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    • TERRIFIC EXPLOSION OP FIRE-DAMP AT OLD.. BURY.
    • ASTOSISHnm EFJICACT HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.
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      The Testim » ay ef a Clergyman Tomcking to Kevcm Cases of Cures bj tkcsetrraierfal Pills . Attract of a -Letter frim the 2 ?« . George Prior , Curate Of Mmagh , XeH « ri > iHjr , Cxnigart , IreUmd , lift Jan . 1846 .

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      OX THE COXCEALED CAUSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL OS ACQUIRED DEBILITIES 01 ? THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM . Just Published . A . new anui important Edition oi the SStni FrivxiX on JJumhu JFraiU * . Price is . 5 d ., aad sent free to any part of the United Kingdom oh the receipt of a Post OiSwe Order tor Ss . Sd . A 3 IQDICAL WORK on tiie INFIRMITIES af the GEXEiiATIVE SYSTEM , in both sexes ; being an enquiry into the concealed cause that destroys physical energy , aHd the ability of manhoud , ere vigour has * established , Ler empire ;—witii Observations on the banstul effects of SOLITARY INDULGENCE and IXJr"ECT 105 : local aud < onstitaiion < U tVEAKXESS , XEliVOUS IilKl-TATIOX , COXSDill'TIOX , and on the partial or total

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      —^—^^ M ^^ W^—ssore serUus aSeotioas areTisited '» p »» a «? i «« oe «*« J ** tf ' e and SspriBg . from a wanUf these simp iejprecamtisns . Ann perhaps half the , w « rW is aware » f ; ftr ^ t ¦»»»* ? remembored , where the fountain is p » Uuted , the streams hatflowfron it cannot be pure . ; 3 : PERRY'S PURIFHNG SPECIFIC PILLS , Price 2 s ; 9 d ., 4 s . 6 d ., an « ll « . perbox , - . Witk ex licitdireCti . ns . rendered perfectly mtcmgtfcle to every capacity are well known throug hout Eur . pe t . be . he £ 2 X 35 * « A effectual ramedj ever- diBCtremi for Sonorrkoea , both in its mild and agRmatei forme , by . immediately alia * " * i-flam-natio . and arresting further PF Gleets strictures , 'rritati <>« of tho bladder , pains of the loins and kidneys , gravel , and other disorders of the urinary passages , in either sex , are permanently cured in a shor > space of time , without confinement or the least exposure .

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      ABERNETflY'S PILE OINTMENT . "CTTHAT a painful and noxious Disease i 3 the PILES , VV and comparatively how few of the afflicted have bien permanently cured by ordinary appeals t * medical skill . This , no d * ubt , arises from the us of powerful aperients too frequently administered by the profession ; indeed , strong internal medicine should alwajs be avoided in all cases of this complaint . The Proprietor of ths above Ointment , after years of acute suffering , placed himself under the treatment of that eminent surgeon , Mr Aberaethy , wa- by him restored to perfect health , and has enjoyed it ever since without the slightest return of the disorder , orer a period of fifteen years , during whieh time the same AbemethinH prescription has been the

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      BLAIR'S GOUT AMD RHEUMATIC PILLS . A severe case of Rheumatism , communicated by Mr . Allen , Proprietor of the Notting ham ITereury . Mercury Office , Nottingham , March 17 , 1845 . Sra , —I have the pleasure of forwarding you the par-• iculirs of a case in which BLAIR'S GOUT and RIIEU . M ATIC PILLS have proved eminently successful . A young woman , named Mary Wain , accompanied bj her parents , who reside at Watsall , sear this town , called upon me on ^ ' atjirday last , being desirous of making her case known for the benefit of the public .

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      BinuiNonAM , Wednesday Night ' . At an early liOHr yesterday morning another of thosa mining explosions which have of late been of such frequent occurrence and attended with such fatal results , « onk place at Rounds' Green . New Colliery , situated at Newberry Lane , near Oldhatn . about five miles from this town . The facts connected with this awful calamity may be briefly stated , and will bo found afterwards more minutely detailed in the subjoined report of the proceedings it the coroner ' s inquest . It appears that between 5 and 6 o'clock of the morning in question some of the men at work in tho mine descended into the pit . TllC ) wore accompanied by the manager and the ' ,. ' dopgy , " folio ived by others—in all 25 men and boys . A short time after the descent of the men . th « manager ( Mr . Holland ) , discovered that some parts of the mine were filled with sulphur and he cautioned his son not to proceed further

      in the direction in which the mine " rose . " The young man , at that moment , turned into a new gate <' road , " apirt from the infected atmosphere . In less than three minute * afterwards lie was startled by the report of an explosion , which , according to his own wards , deprived him of liis hearing , the candle he held in his hand was extinguished , and ho was Me in total . darkness . So powerful , too , was the effect of ihc " vapour that he with difficulty preserved himself from suffocation . After a few minutes he succeeded in groping his w * y tofflie shaft of the pit . Assistance was also rendered from the surface as speedily a < possible , and on examining the mine the « cene which presented itself was appalling . Bodies blackened and burnt were scattered iu all directions , 16 were immediately removed up the shaft dead , three died within an hour afterwards , and another is not expected to survive . An accident bo fat . il us this may lend to some further inquiry , a ? to whether the most effectual means are in existence to prevent their recurrence , and whether those means are efficiently carried out .

      THE INQUEST . An inquest upon the bodies of four of the unfortunate men was held this day , before Mr . George Ilinchclirf-, coroner , at the Talbot Inn , Oldbury . At the commencement of the inquiry this morning , the coroner expressed the difficulty he experienced in obmining evidence relating to the cause of the sad accident they were met to investigate . The "butty" and " doggy" were both killed . Throo-and-twenty men went down the pit ; of that numbers were already dead ; and , of the four surviving , one w « i severely burnt . Harriet Latimer —I am a married woman , and live in OMbury . 1 knew Joseph Troth . He was a miner and worked in Mr . Parker ' s pit in Newberry . lmie . I saw him brought home yesterday morning . His body was dreadfully burnt . I am sure it was the borly of Jonpli Troth .

      Thomas Ro vie—I live at Brown's . grcen , and am banksman at Mr . . Faker ' s qoal pitntNewbery-lanc , Oldbeiry . I was there when the men went down into the pit / estenlay morning , The first men went down about halt-past five o ' clock . I saw Troth , Windmill , and the two Bodens go down about six o ' ulr . ck . I saw Holland , the " butty , " go down the pit" Joseph Smith was the "doj : gy " of the pit , and under-munapcr under Holland , lie generally went down before Holland in the morning , and he went down before him about half an hour yesterday morning . Twenty-five men went down the pit on that occasion . Mr . Thomas Hnines was tha ground bailiff of the works . Sir . Iliiines went down sereral

      times afterwards . A little before seven o ' clock I heard a great noise , as if gunpowder had gone ( iff , and the fire showed itself at the top of the pit . In consequence of seeing the flumes . I made an alarm immediately , and several men came from a stone pit adjoining . When they came we got the ropes on as soon as we could , and some men went down . Some of the men wlio went down to assist tiie sufferers wire brought up insensible , Sixteen men were brought up dead out of the pit ; five others were seriouslj injured , and four escaped unhurt . Three out of the five seriously injured have died since . I can't say whether or not the " doggy" took down the safety limp yesterday morning . Sometimes he did and sometines he did not .

      Mr . John Holland . —I am a miner , and worked in the pit at Newbury-lane . My father , Jo '> Holland , was the butty , and lost his life by the explosion . He had been manager for the last two years . Joseph Smith was his manager or ' doggy" for the last two years . About a quarto past 6 o ' clock yesterday morning I and my father went down the pit iu the same skip . Most of the men had then , gone down . All the men nnd boys had gone down except Tliomas Morris , and he being too late to go down with the othorSj th <) skip was sent up the Bliaft for him . The " doggy" generally goes down the pit after the men who take care of the horse * . Two men go down for that purpose .

      Witness . —When my father and I went down , my father went into the workings and I stopped at the bottom of the shaf t . Iu about ten minutes I went up to the New Gate-road to put down some rails . My father afterwards came to me with his waistcoat off , ready for working . He said , " John , don '; you no up the crop , for there is sulpher in it . " Tlie ' crop is where the mine rises . After he was gone , in about three or four minutes I heard the explosion . It took my hearing awiiy , and I was all in darkness . I s < iw no rush of fire . lean

      K ' ve no further account , but I thought I should have been suffocated by tho sulphur . The explosion blow my candle out , and I fought , my way in tho dark to within 15 nr 20 yards of the bottom of the shaft . Thomai Morris and Thompson came to me and told m « that tho skip ami the rope had been blown out of the pit , The first thin ) : I afterwards saw was a lamp broughtdown the drawing shaft of the pit . It was then discovered that several of the men and boys were killed , and amongst them my father , the "butty , " end the "doggy , " Joseph Smith .

      Coroner . —Now , Holland , is the safety lamp used every morning in this pit ? Witness . —It is . It is the duty of the " doggy" to use it There are two Inmp 3 in the pit ; but I don ' t know whether the " cozgy" used them yesterday morning or not . The men were at work in the pit the nig Sit before . The Coroner , upon inquiry , understood that the in . quest upon two ot' the bodies at Dudley had been adjourned , and other inquests ha > ing been held the same afternoon at various distance .:, said he should adjourn the present inquiry until tomorrow . The bodies of the unfortunate sufferers lie in three counties , so that there will be three separate inquests . « t » i ..

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      TIIE FAMINE IN IUELAND (!!!) The importations of provisions into the port of Liverpool , from the Irish ports during the week from the 30 th ult . tj thcSih inst . inclusive , comprised of the following list of articles : —10 , 179 firkins , 309 half firkins , 1 , 078 buckets , casks , isc , and 323 boxes of butter ; 312 sacks and 602 barrels of wheat , 1 , 952 sacks of flour ; 190 sucks , 800 qrs . and 2 , 250 barrels of oats ; 21 tons weight , 339 sacks , and 430 other packages of oatmeal ; 50 barrels ef barley , 72 suck . 3 of malt , 512 boxes ' and tierces and 35 other packages of linens nnd cottons ; 50 tons weight nnd . 317 bag 3 of meal , 11 bags ami 6 casks of seed , 317 kegs and 8 casks of lard , U bags of feathers ; 259 baiTul * , 24 kegs , 42 firkins , and 10 other packages of pork ; 13 puck , ages of general provisions , 11 packages of hams , 112 casks of whisky , nnd 332 bale » of bacon . The arrivals at the port of Bristol iu the same period comprised 110 cwt . and

      14 sacks of oatmeal , 4 . 271 and S 00 sacks of oats , 175 hampers of bacon , 1 , 624 packages of butter , 24 of pollnrd , 137 kigs of lard , 04 barrels and 72 otiier packages of barley , 66 of pork and various other articles ; and , according to a second return from the same port , of the arrivals from Ireland up to the 5 th instant , U 46 barrels of barley , 700 firkins of but'er , 445 bales of bacon , 120 kegs of lard , 35 tiercc-s and 39 barrels of pork , 50 sacks and 150 barrels of oats , 26 casks of whisky , 31 firkins and and casks of lord , several packages of hams and other articles , which do not require to be more particularly specified . The importation of similar articles of supply iato the British metropolis from the sister island , up to the latest authentic and current returns , consisted of the subjoined list in a compendious form , which includes the supplies at the port from the quarter mentioned , from the 80 th ult . to the 10 th inst ., inclusive : —3 , 457 quarters and 8 S 8 barrels of eats , 1 , 000 barrels of barley , 4 , 587

      tierces and hampers of bacon , 29 , 020 packages ( of various kinds ) of butter , 703 tierces nnd other packages of lard , US bales of linens , 49 packages of hams , 1 , 498 packages of pork , 33 of waste , 197 of middles , 229 of paper , 1 S 3 of whisky , 1 800 boxes of soap , 737 packages of general provisions , 361 casks of purter , 60 packages of malt , 24 of Fi-rinafiour , 1 , 294 boxes and other packages of i'g ? s , ' -4 of tongues , 104 of beef , 40 of lumons , some of portable soup , 4 G pigs , 41 head of horned cattle , 1 SS sheep , 107 of general merchandise , and a variety of other articles , of too varied and general a character to bi- more specifically enumerated . In giving this list of arrivals at the ports » if London , Liverpool , and Bristol , from Ireland , which are of especial interest , and of equal importance at the present time , we forbear to advance any concluding remarks , further than that the SHpply of butter has been of an unusually extensive nature , whilst that of ether descriptions of provisions have far exceeded the usual average arrivals from that country . —Hominy Paper .

      [ Is not this horrible ? The mere p erusal of the above list extorted from a people who are starving for want ot ' the very provisions they are bereft of by landlord or money . lord made taws is enough to tuin one sick . Will anything short of a thorough revolution do the slightest good for Ireland ?]

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      f ' JJREADFUL STORM IN' AMERICA . ^ gHiNGTON ^ O ctober ^ o ; 7- ; P . M .-T | e | c § ontr Sarah Churchman , Captain Baymore , from J ^ iilavia Key Wost , ? for Brazos " Santiago , arrived at the north-east pass ! Wednesday morning the , 21 st inst ., S aindeil Com . Sloat and Son from the Pacific , and Lieutenant Pease , bearing despatches ior Wasnm £ te Picayune of the 23 d inst ., says it-is indebted to Lieut . Tease for the details of a terrible gale in the Gulf , of a f « r . V which is unexampled , To begin at Key West . It commenced blowing from the JVortli-East on the morning of tho 11 th , and the tide rose rapidly . The storm increasing in violence raged to an hurricane until midnight , when it abated . Ihe next day it blew a moderate gale . But the nun-inane had swept away every dwelling house save six ,

      in Key West . They were totally destroyed . ine Custom House , and the Marine Hospital , were both unrofed . It is supposed that of Government property destroyed the amount is 300 , 000 dollars . Ihe loss of life is very great . A great many persons were drowned , and killed by falling buildings , The light house and dwellin ? house attached were destroyed , and 41 souls perished in th « e buildings . —The Sand Key lighthouse is gone , and the buildings and people The U . S . Brig Perry ran ashore , but it thought she may be saved . Commander Sloat was on board her all the hands were saved ; .,. The Perry lies in . ' even feet water . The Cutter *! orris , Waidron , is ashore three miles from Key West with loss of masts , anchors chains , puns , bulwarks , and probably a

      , total loss . The brig Colorado , of Boston , was probiibly flismasted and went ashore , but was got off much injured- The schooner Com . Kearney , is ashore in two feet water . . The schooner Gov . Bennntfc "Warficld , was 'dismasted , is now discharging , and will be condemned . The II . W . Safford of N . Y . for Brazos Santiago came in djsniastsd , and would urobibly h « condemned . Brig Matamoras from New York for St . Marks was dismasted , but lies hi"h and dry with part of her cargo thrown overboard . The Brig Waskallow from New York left before the gale ; the schooner Catherine II . Bacon , damaged but not losit ; also the Adclia Waidron , of Rnode Island , the Brig Gen . Wilson of N . Y ., wnt ashore in throe feet water . The Brig Napoleon , of

      Boston , dismasted , was condemned and sold for two hundred dollars . The Bark Frances Watts , from Havana , for N . Y ., was damaged and two masts gone . The pilot boats , Lafayette and Louisa sunk in the harbour . The ship Eben Treble , of Boston , went ashore on the north-west bank , and is now high and drv , and cannot lm got off . There are i or 5 vessels in the vicinity bottom up . About 20 vessels are ashore on the reef , among them is the barque Iris , from New Orleans , for New York , Their cargoes are mostly lost . The current ran 0 milca an hour tlirouqli Key We 3 t . As far as ascertained , fifty persons had lost their lives . Stone could not withstand the gale , so violent were the elements , The scene was awful in the extreme .

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      Northampton . —A correspondent who quaintly calls himself "An Act-of-Parliament Vagabond . " writes to us that the clergyman of Waddesden , ( referred to in the Star of . October 24 th , ) stands not alone in his good works . An equal share of praise is due to the following irentlenien for their humane conduct in obtaining allotments for the poor , viz .: Rer . Percival , Calverton ; Knapp , Shenley ; Long , Buckingham , * S T . Adams , Great Ilonrood ; F . Clark , Eyilon ; Walters , Woodford ; White , Maid Cord , * Waffon , Chipping Warden ; Thorpe , Aston Le Walls ; J . Spence , Culworth ; Harding Suljirave ; Wetherell , Byfield ; J . M . Jackson , Bow Biickhill ; Dennison , Woburu Sands ; S . Wright , Drayton , Parslow : Turner , VVhitchurch ; Latimore , Waddesden ; Gilby , Kilsby ; Swainson , Crick ; Mosley . Cold , Ashby ; J . A . P . iole , Welford .

      Foreign Cattle . —The steam-ship Sirius , which wt . s mentioned as having made a liist voyage from the Dutch port , Nieu Diepe , to the British metropolis , with a cargo of cattle , has made a second from the same place , which is especially remarkable on account , of having on board one hundred and eighteen cows , being a full complement of horned beasts , and eight hundred and fifty-eight sheep , thelargest number nf that description of cattle which has at any one time being brought in one vessel from the continent of Europe to this country . The fact is doubly interesting on that account , conjointly with the consideration of the port of supply having but just commenced a traffic , by means of this steam-ship , for such purpose . A second arrival has likewise taken place from Brouwershawen , by the City of London , arrived at Blackwall , with ninety-seven oxen and cows , and one hundred and twenty-one sheep , on hoard , which is , on a similar account , of interest and

      worthy of remark . r lhe General Steam Company s fine steam-ship Trident , which has been placed on the Hamburgh station , has brought , in addition to a general cargo of butter , vegetables , grain , seed , horseradish , pork , &c , , 'tho largest quantity of iive cattle , and also of fresh meat , which has been brought by the steam ships to the port of London from the Ilanscatic port mentioned , baring thirty baskets and one barrel of fresh beef , and twelve baskets of other descriptions of meat , in a fresh state , and eighty-four oxen . The importation of oxen from Hamburgh has generally comprised from twenty-five to iifty head of cattle at the most ; the present is , therefore , a large proportionate increase upon the average number supplied , the mention of which , in an especial manner , cannot fail to be of interest , as it is undoubtedly of importance to the general public , aa well as to those more immediately concerned in such matters .

      The Emfkror of Austkia . —lie is a little man , of no dignified , or even prepossessing manner , and is said to be almost a cretin , or , in other words , an idiot , ile is said , too , often sadly to perplex his ministers . On an occasion , Prince Metternich was reading to him an important a : id somewhat lengthy diplomatic paper ; and when it was finished , he waited for the emj > eroi- ' s observations . The latter , who had been look ins out of tbe window the whole time , turned sharply round , and observed luminously . — " What a number of carriages must pass in the street ; I myself have just counted two hundred !"—Dolman ' s Magazine . —[ Such a thing as this the ruler of millions !]

      Thk Peace Question . —A public meeting was held in the Li'Cture-soom , Newcaatle-upon-Tync , last week , to receive Elihu Burritt , the American champion of peace . The immense theatre was filled with a respectable audience , consisting of both sexes , and on tho platform were ministers of various dissenting denominations , besides members of the corporation , and other gentlemen of great local influence ; the Rev . J . Pringle occupied the chair , and introduced Mr . Elihu Burritt , who was welcomed most enthusiastically , the assembly continuing their plaudits for some seconds . When silence was restored , the

      speaker commenced his address , the delivery of which occpied a considerable time . The Rev . II . Chvistopherson moved a resolution expressive of gratitude to Mr . Burritt for his exertions , and pledging the _ meeting to the adoption of the pacific principles which he had advocated . This was carried by acclamation . Mr . Burritt , in responding to the compliment , introduced the pledge which forms the basis of the League , or Bond of Universal Brotherhood , which , he said , had already been signed by large numbers , including some of the most eminent men in this country .

      Ihe Andgyer Inquiry Blue Books . —The printer to the House of Commons has just sent forth the report of the Anduver inquiry . It occupies two thick Toltunes , containing 2 , 034 pages ; 25 , 619 questions ; and 7 < M pages of appendices ; the whole , weigh within an ounce of fourteen pounds . We are told by an experienced printer that the mere cost ot paper and print cannot be less than from £ 1 , 500 to £ 1 , 600 . This being the lightest item in the expense of the inquiry , it nilbrds some means of estimating what the country has had to pay for tho flirtations oi Mr . M'Doughall with the Andover paupers ; and for the vagaries of Air . Assistant-Commissioner Parker during the delegate investigation which they uecasioned .

      GosroRT—Royalty at a Discount . —A master tailor , by the name of Walton , in this town , illuminated the front of nis house with crown and P W ., on the anniversary of the birth-day of the Q . ueen'a eldest boy , because he happened to make him some sailor ' s suits of clothes . Snip was laughed at for his pains / particularly by the working-classes . Royalty is nt a very low ebb here . The game will be up long before the young gentlemen comes to the years ot maturity . ¦ Fir-EMARRBa' Stiuke at Norwich . —The journeymen pipcraakcrs in this city , held a meeting at the London Tavern , St . Andrew ' s , a few evenings since , when they determined to stand out for an advance of wattes , to which the masters have not at present consented , A strike has , therefore , taken place .

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      Caution to the Public . —No sooner is a medicine well established in public favour than a host of imitators spring up , who , fur the sake of profit not only wrong tho Proprietor of the Genuine Medicine , but inflict a serious injury on the unwary purchaser of their base connterteit trtish . These remarks apply tottieremedj which , is so well known as " Abernethy ' s Tile Ointment . " This excellent remedy for Piles has been established by undoubted proofs of its efficacy . Purchasers may be able to detect these frauds by asking ; particularly for " Abernethj's Vile Ointment , " in covered pots , pikes-is . 0 d ( which is the lowest price the proprietor is enabled to sell it , owiug to the t ; rejit expense of the ingredients , ) and observe ttie name of C . King , is on the government stump , pasted round each pot . Sufferers from Piles will not repent giving tlu Ointment a trial .

      A Hand nnd Arm covered with Wounds , cured by Ifollonay's Ointment and Pills . —Thomas Main injured his hand two years ago in the yard at Northfleut , which iu a short time began to swell to an alarming extent , and broke out from the fingers up to the elbow into several Ulcers . Not only was this poor man incapable of doing anything for eighteen months , but what was worse , ho had been discharged as incurable from an hospital after being there niue weeks . From this hopeless stats has this person been radically cured by Holloway ' 8 Ointment and Fills !

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      Testimonial to Mr ! WAKLEtyr-A meeting was held at the Angel Inn , - Islington , von Jilonday evening , to consider what 8 tepsoughtto . be taken by the borough ofFinsbury , " to mark their approbation of the great serviced of the Hon . Gentleman , especially in the late investigation at Hounslow , when his firmness and consideration tended so materially to mitigate the horrors of the flogging system . " Dr . Lynch presided . He remarked that as the attendance was rather thin , it might be well to decide upon steps to secure a meeting worthy of the object for which they had been convened . He looked upon Mr . Wakley as one of the most useful men of his generation , and aa one who had conferred great benefits upon the public and upon the medical profession . Mr . Curzon , the

      Secretary , read letters Irom Mr . JN . 11 . Uollett , M . P ., Mr . T . S . Duncombe . M . P . Dr . Bowring . M . P ., Mr . Douglns Jerrold , Mr . Browne , and several other gentlemen , enclosing subscriptions , and expressing their approval of and willingness to co-operate in the object for which the meeting had been convened . Mr . Ourzon also read a letter from the churchwardens of Kensinuton . announcing that the subject had been taken into cossideration by the vestry ot that parish , and tiiat . it was the intention to hold a public meeting there . He also announced that Mr . Walter ha . l subscribed £ 10 to the fund , and had , in conjunction wish Mr . Fielden , M . P ., expressed his willingness in become one of the trustees . After some dcfultory discussion the meeting was adjourned . . , ¦

      Oi'knino thk Pokts . —A puMio meeting took place in Hall ' s Riding-school , Albany-street , . Regentspark , on Monday evening , for the purpose of adopting measures to induce the Lords of the Treasury to open the ports , or , in the language of tho placards , "to give Lord J , Russell the excuse ho requires for opening the ports and giving the people cheap bread . " Dr . Bird commenced by stating that Sir B . Hall had been written to . and solicited to take the chair , but had not deigned to reply . ( Shame , shame . ) Sir C . Napier had also been written to , and had written , inr . ply , this : — "I very much doubt the policy of holding tho present meeting , for Lord John Russell

      had said , when the last deputation waited upon him , that auitation would not induce him to open the ports . " ( Oh , oh . ) But Sir Charles Napier was now in office , and so was Lord John Russell , ami there was a vast difference between the ins and the outs . A very long memorial addressed to the ¦ Lords ' . of the Treasury for opening the ports was about being read by Mr . Ramsey , when Captain Archerley interfered , and produced tremendous uproar . The memorial was ultimately read and proposed by Mr . Ramsey , seconded by Mr . Ellis , and unanimously adopted ; as was subsequently a third resolution , for the formation of an association to be called "The Anti-Food

      tax Confederation . Mr . B . Escott , M . P ., and nia Constituents . — Mr . B . Escott called a meeting of his friends and of the electors , last week at Winchester . The Hon . Member addressed them at great length . He professed himself to be a determined friend to the rights and liberties of the people ; and said the recent events had solved a jrreat political problem . Whatever man was Minister—whether Lord John Russell , Lord Stanley , Lord George Bentinck , or Sir Robert Peel , he must govern the country , if he governed it at all , in accordance with the opinions and wishes of the people .

      Opkniso me Ports . —A public meetin ? was held in the Crown and Anchor Tavern , on Tuesday , for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety oi memorializirjg Lord John Russell for the immediate abolition of all taxes upon human food . The Rev . Mr . Stoddart took the chair . The raeet « ing was adddressed by Messrs . Cochrane , Hellis , Hamilton , Savage , Henley , Ellis , Hughe ? , Campbell , < fec . Resolutions and memorial were agreed to , and a deputation appointed to wait on the Premier with it .

      Suhuky Protestaot Alliance—On Tuesday evening a meeting of this Society took place at the ' norns Tavern , Kennington , for the purpose of forming a branch society for Surrey , in connexion with the National Club , established " to maintain the Protestant Church free from Romish corruption ; to refuse power and money to the priesthood of the Church of Rome ; to resist a godless , to preserve a Christian education in our schools . " Sir Digby Mackworth took the chair , and several cleraymen addressed the meeting in a style anything but calculated to promote brotherly love , besides indulging in the usual misstatements and exaggerations on such occasions .

      The Peace Society . —The third lecture on the evils and immorality of war was delireredjon Tuesday evening , atthe Hall of Commerce , Threadneedlestreet , by Mr . John Stock , Baptist Minister atjDhat * ham , to a numerous audience . The subject to be disciisssed was , that the New Testament is in every case the standard of appeal as regarded the lawfulness of every war , and upon this theme the lecturer delivered a long address . It was announced that the fourth and last lecture would be delivered on Monday evening next , by Elihu Burritt . Public Batus and Wasimiouses . —At the adjourned annual meeting of the Worcester Corporation on Monday , the Council unanimously agreed to the proposal for establishing baths and wash-houses for Worcester , and a committee was appointed to carry out the resolution .

      Public Baths . — Three large establishments of public baths are about to be formed in St- Marylebone ; one , on a large scale , at St . Mary's , Puddington ; ground has been already secured in Orangestreet , Leicester-square , near the Artesian Wells , for the baths , in St . Martin ' s ; while the works of the great model establishment in Goulston-square , in the eastern metropolis , now completed , will shortly be thrown open for general inspection and public consideration . Health of London . —On Monday a deputation

      from the Health of London Association waited on tiie Lord Mayor , at the Mansion-house , with a resolution passed nt a meeting of the Association . The resolution was , in effect , to invite his Lordship to become President of the Institution . The Lord Mayor received the deputation very courteously , but expressed his regret that the numerous engagements to which he was bound by his office precluded the possibility of his complying with the request of the Association . His Lordship stated that he would be happy to assist the Association in any other way .

      Ltnu . —Anti-Malt Tax Association . — Extba-ORDiSMtY Scene . —This day ( Tuesday ) has witnessed such a scene in Lynn as probably never occurred here before . According tp public advertisement , the leading men in Lynn , including most of the gentry and the chief of the most opulent fanners residing in . the neighbourhood , assembled together for the purpose of receiving a deputation of four gentlemen from the total Repeal of the Malt Tax Association , amongst which nas a Mr . Latimore , who seemed to be their great gun . As the hour arrived , numbers of persons of all shades of opinions were wending their way to the market room ( a public building granted by the mayor , who was present ) to hear the great benefit that would accure to the working man

      a 3 stated m the great posters emblazoned on the walla of the town . Precisely at twelve o ' clock the deputation entered the room ; a tenant farmer was called to the chair , and Mr . Smith , Treasurer to the Society , addressed the meeting , after which Mr . Latimore spoke for upwards of an hour , weary inj ( tho patence of the audience quite out , and then the other two had their turn . At this stage of the proceedings a working man by the name of Bolmand addressed the meeting , ^ expressing his surprise and astonishment at the aadacity of the Association , in soliciting the aid of the working classes to carry a measure which if it would put a farthing into his pocket would put a wound into theirs , and proved that their pretended object — the benefitting of the working man . was all a delusion . He urged upon the audience to stand aloof , and not to be made the stalking

      horse of faction any longer , and concluded a praiseworthy address , with a powerful appeal to the . working classes to hope for nothing from such men as had addressed them , but to rely wholly on themselves fora ju » t restitution of those rights of which they had been unjustly deprived . The deputation attempted to answer him , but stood completely aghast when the Chairman put the first resolution , being negatired by a majority of two to ono in favour of Balmond . The Chairman then threw down his papers and his pens , and left his colleagues to fight the battle themselves , when the meeting put a working man by the name of Newhound in the chair , and after two or three working men had expressed their sentiments upon the question , the meeting separated , giving tUvee cheers lor the cause of labour .

      Sanitary Improvements . —A public meeting of the parishoners of Marylebone , was held on Wednesday evening , in the Literary and Scientific Institution , Edward-street , Portman-square , to consider the measures necessary to be adopted to promote the better sanitary state of the parish . Mr . Bojid Cabh ell , M . P .. presided . An association was fovmed to aid in carrying out the views expressed in the following resolution : — "That the parochial authorities of the parish of Marylebone be respectfully requested to remedy the foregoing evils at the expense of the parish , particularly with regard to imperfect cleansin " and sewage ; that public cabinets d ' aisance and urinals be formed in the poorer neighbourhoods that

      water be turned on from the mains at proper periods for the purpose of cleansing out the gully holes and sewers ; that the gully holes be tapped in order to prevent noxious exhalations ; that lime be given to the indigent poor for the purpose of whitewashing thoir rooms ; that the water conipanios be urgently requested to give daily and abundant supplies of water ; that a medical officer of inspection be appointed in the parish for the protection of public health ; and that the whole of the streets , courts , and places , be cleansed daily , and men employed during the day in cleansing the leading thoroughfares , on the system ao successfully adapted in the City of London . "

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      Swoidk . — Mr . Alsa ? er , an official assignee and city correspondent of the Times , died on Su ' ndav morning at his residence , Queen-square , Bloom / bury , frftmthe effects of the injuries Inflicted on him " self by his own hand , on the 16 th instant . In add ! tion to a dreadful wound in the throat , the nnfortu nate gentleman severed one of the arteries of tu arm . For two or three days after the dreadful at tempt on life , Mr . Alsager waa considered by h ;« medical attendants to be going on favourably •« ,,, „ sanguine hopes were entertained that he niiirht » cover . During the early part of the week , however " and up to Thursday last , Mr . Alsager continued in »' composed state of mind ; so much so , indeed + w on Wednesday ^ executed a will , and ffixed ., i 8 £ in

      nature 10 vw uwwnw » a nrm nand . On Fri . r unfavourable symptoms first appeared , iufl amma £ presenting itself around the principal wound T 2 effort was made to arrest its prog ' ress unWnn - vain , and after lingering in a stft Tof S to L r " for many hours , during the greater portS whwf time he was in a state of high deiiri m i J He had attained his 67 th year , iffi , 5 * ?/ " ??• of eight daughters ( one of whom ° J ma ^ l f clergyman in the colonies ) , and one son % «;«„ * L was held on the body by Mr . MiCthe ^ puTco roner , on Monday , when evidence as to the priced ' mg facts was given by the domestic servants ,. ffh » deceased , the parties in attendance Bp 2 Wm * d he medical gentleman . His daughter state , 'fi he strongly condemned suicide when he hear . 1 n ? the death of Mr . Haydon , but seldom alluded to It >' When leav . n h , s country seat at Kingston , on tha morning previous to bis committing the fatal act ha looked depressed , as he had done for a Sfr

      yious , but said he would most likely return " thefol owing night The only evidence «/ to theca seof the act was that given by Mr . Olenford , relative to and also connected with , the Times from which it appeared that that gentleman attributed t to Mr Alsager having erased to be connected with that paper , and also to the ' recurrence of the fist an'deKT ac ll ? i V ' eat ] 1 ' wh 0 I » S «? £ deny attached . The Jury came to the unanimous conclusion that Mr . Alsager died from the effects of a wound inflicted in the thmt by himself , but ha ° no ey dence was adduced as to his state of mind when he committed the act . The result of the verdiet will [ bem every respect harmless , as far as the will ot the deceased is concerned .

      _ Suicide or a Medical Assistant . —On Monday an inquest on the body of Mr . Ilarley , aged 32 years was concluded . Tho deceased poisoned himself with prussic acid , on the 6 tl » inst ., and the delay in bringing the inquest to a conclusion , arose from the necessity of a post mortem examination . The Jury returned as their verdict , - That the deceased committed suicide while under the influence of temporary insanity . " Eitraordixart Cask op Forgbrt . — Between twelve and one o ' clock on Friday last week , a stylishly dressed young man drove up in a horse and gig to the door of Messrs . Early , drapers , in Hoiborn . On alighting he entered the shop , and de-ired to be shown some cambric handkerchiefs . After inspecting several , he selected half a dozen , and desired that they might be hemmed , and he would call for them on the following morning at the same time paying 10 s . as a deposit . He then addressed Mr . Early and asked him if he could oblise him with a cheek

      upon his bankers for £ 8 , in exchange for the same number of sovereigns , which he placed on the counter , remarking that he wished to send that amount to a friend in Whitechapel , and that he could easily forward it in a letter . The gentlemanly demeanour of the applicant induced Mr . Early to comply with his request , and he wrote a cheque for £ 8 on his bankers , Rogers and Co ., Cletnent ' s-lane . The swindler , of course , acknowledged Mr . Early ' s kindness , and hoped tlmt he would not be disappointed with his handkerchiefs ; he then entered his gig and drove off . According to subsequent inquiries , the checque , shortly after two o ' clock , was presented at the bunkers , a " 0 " having been added to the 8 , and the letter "y" to the word eight , and the correctness of the document not being doubted , one of the principal clerks paid the whole amount , £ 80 in gold .

      Sl 7 DDE ! f DfiATH DURINO A IlEARTr LAUOII . —On Monday , an inquest was taken on the body of Elizabeth Walker , aged 40 . a married woman . The deceased , on Saturday afternoon , was in tha company of a few friends , when she gave way to a hearty laugh . In a minute after a quantity of blood gushed from her month . A surgeon of the neighbourhood was sent for , but on his arrival life was extinct . Verdict , " Visitation of God . " Isgenious Smdcgliso . —On Monday a seizure of an extraordinary description took place at St . Katherine ' s Dock , A case of live geese i brought over

      from Harlingen in the Magnet steamer , had been landed from the vessel and was being examined by the officer , when he thought the geese appeared unusully tall . He made a more careful scrutiny , and ascertained that a quantity of hay . forming a false bottom , had been made , on which the geese were standing , and on removing that he discovered beneath a quantity of very thin deal boards . These were also removed , and a quintity of eigavs , weighing 41 lbs ., were exposed to view . The case , geese , twenty-eight in number , and the cigars were immediately seized and conveyed to the Queen ' s

      Warehouse , Accident on the North-Western Railway . —On Monday evening the inquest terminated on the body of a porter who wa 3 killed last week at Camden Town . The Jury returned the following verdict : — " That Enos Lea was crushed to death between the buffers of two of the trucks on the London and North-Western Railway , impelled by a certain loco « motive engine which had brought the train of fiftyfour carriages on the previous night from Birmingham , that such train being four hoursjand three-quarters behind its time , coupled with thefaet , that there was a disregard of signals , was the main cause of the occurrence ; and the Jury cannot but express their sense of the danger which mnst always result from such neglect of time signals . "

      Horrible Brutality . —A correspondent of the Times , under the signature of " an Old Horse Master , " gives the following sickening details of tha brutal and disgusting practices carried on in the Veterinary School at Alfort , in France . " A short time ago 1 happened to be at Alfort on a " dissecting day , " and being in the " salle de dissection , " about two o ' clock in the afternoon , I there saw one of the most horrible sights that it was possible to witness . The professor told me that the horses for dissection are brought into the " salle" at . five o'clock in the morning , and remain there to have operations performed on them until they die . There were three out of eight alive when I was there ; and the professor told me that he had seen horses which had

      actually lived out the whole day . It is true that they are bled at the commencement of the day , for each of the six pupils ( which is the number allowed to each horse ) bleed 3 him in turn in each jugular vein ; but no blood is allowed to flow , as the great object is to keep the poor beast alive , in order , as M . le Professeur told me , " to accustom the pupil ' s hand to the motions of the animal . " The routine of the day is for the pupils to practise the following operations and others of a more delicate nature : — bleeding ; firing , ( which they ( * o almost all over tho body , ) tying the carotid arteries , opening the windpipe , cutting out sand-cracks , removing portions of the coffin-bone , and others too horrible to mention . I am not more chicken-hearted than my neiohboura , having been pretty widl hardened by war and bloodshed ; but I defy the boldest man to watch the dissections at Alfort without feelings of the deepest Ifth

      disgust . , e argument holds good , "that it i 3 necessary to accustom the operator to the motions of the animal" in veterinary practice , ought it not to hold good in the much more important operations on the human subject , for I fancy most men would prefer to lose their horse ' s life by a slip of the knife than their own 1 —[ Here is a specimen of the way in which , on pretence of advancing science , students are trained to the infliction of the most cold-blooded cruelties , and to witness unmoved the aeony of other animated beings . Such a hardening of human nature of these persons cannot take place without affecting their whole moral being in the most injurious manner . The merciful man has been truly described to be merciful to his beast , what then can be expected from men who , under the guise of necessary practice , coolly commit such dis » ustin" and abominable outrages upon poor dumb animals aa those described above ? 1

      Incendiary Fire .-An incendiary fire broke out in inar-Iane Chapel , Nottingham , on Sunday mgat , in an hour the flames were subdued , and the interior of the chapel being entered by mean 8 ot breaking open the large front door , tke puloit was found to be entirely destroyed , tho gallery and organ extensively burnt , and the wood flyor on which the pulpit stood , the reading desk , and several pews altogether destroyed and reduced to ashes . The firemen remained in the chapel inspecting all its parts , to discover , if possible , the cause of this disaster , supposing all to be safe , when at a quarter bciore o a . m . a second fire broke out in a pew in the north west corner of the chapel , which bad evidently been smoldering for hours , the articles burning not being of a very combustible nature , llus second fire , however was discoveredand put

      , out before much mischief had been done in this part of the building . A most searching inquiry took place as to the cause of this work of destruction . 16 was discovered that the vestry had been ransackedf nearly a bottle of wine in the cupboard had been drunk , a cash-box broken open , and the vestry door left wide open . Against an outer door leading to the street , whieh was locked , a chair had been plaeed , and feet inavks upon the wall and on the top of the door wore seen , proving the way taken by tha party doing the mischief - to make his escape ; ia short , the wholo of the circumstances proved that the fire had been ihe work of an incendiary . Tha building is very handsome , erected at great coat , ana had a fine toned organ in it , which is seriously injured . What amount of damage has beondoBS cannot yet be properly estimated ,

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      Terrific Explosion Op Fire-Damp At Old.. Bury.

      TERRIFIC EXPLOSION OP FIRE-DAMP AT OLD . . BURY .

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      Astosishnm Efjicact Holloway's Pills.

      ASTOSISHnm EFJICACT HOLLOWAY ' S PILLS .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 21, 1846, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1393/page/2/