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      «> ** « ggs 2 StKS * " ° ^ ff ^ S ^ ^^^^'^ topos «^ e « umg . iLENT FRIEND . mea ! c 3 i work on the exhaustion and physical decay of thfS v % . prodaced by excessive indulgence , flu conse . « nmccs " of Infection . <> ^ abuse of mercury , with obscrffi ?« H » m « ried state and tho disqualifications « rb ! ch oreventit : aiustratedby twenty-six coloured enrSbTand bV tie detail of casS 5 . ByR . andL . PERM and Co ., 13 , Berners-street , Oxfordstreet , Loudan . Published bv the authors , and sold by Strange , 2 l , fatcrcoster-row ; Hanney 63 , and Sanger , 150 . Oxfordgtreat- Starie , 23 , Tichborae-street , Haymarket ; and fisrdon , 146 , Ieadennall-street , London ; J . and R . Bslinw , and Co ., Leitawalk , Edinburgh ; D . Campbell , ArgyU-s ' -reet , Glasgow ; J . Priestly , Lord-street , and T . Sewtou , Church-street , Liverpool ; R . H . Injram , Market-place , Manchester .

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      FAMED THROUGHOUT THE GLOBE , HOLLOWATS PILLS . A CASS OF DROPSY . -Srtract af a letter irom Mr William Gardner , of Hanging Haughton , Korthamptonshire , dated September I « h , 1 S 47 . * To Professor Hollow ay . Sot , —I before informed yen that my wife had been tapped three times for the dropsy , but by the blessing of Sod upon your pills , and her perseverance in taking them , tbe water has no w been kept off eighteen months by their Beans , which is a great mercy . ( Signed ) Willuk Gasbneb .

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      AraqoiaiAH DacovKRT . —On the 6 th instant , on Of tta ploughmen of that oelebrated agriculturist , fcr John Parkinson , Jan ., struck with hS share against a pig of lead , about tenor eleyeaincb . es below the inrfioe of the ground . On digging it oat it was found to be ISilbs . weight , vita aa inscription in Roman capita ] letters , appateatly Btaaped in a recess on tho top . It miarorM 25 k 6 inches on tho ™« i and 19 k 3 § inches on Ihe top , 5 inches deep . XhB following letters appear upon it : —• c . m . fboii . BBn . x . TT . is : aba . ' Tha land on which this relio WM found ia described on the Ordnanoe Maps as an Ancient Encampment , ' and the letter E in thelatter word ntj asarly denotes the place ,- ; Nottingham ^ ctirnai % s ^ a ^

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      /^ 7 ^ \ , .. ii ., ' BE 3 TM : r ' ^ S ^ 3 fe N ^ \ MEDICifNE This medicine has been before the Brltieh public only a few years , and perhaps in the annalB of the world was never seen success equal to their progress ; tfce . yirtuu of this Medicine were at once acknowledged wherever trted , snd recommendation follewed recommendation ; nundredshadsoon toacknowledge thatPAsa ' aLiire Pawhad « ved them , and were loud in their praise . The » tartl « g factsthat wero continually broug ht before tfce pnbUcat » nceremovedanyprejudicewhichsomemay bavefelt . the continual good winch resulted from their use spread £ or fame far and wide , at this moment there is scarcely a country on the face of the globe which has not heard of their benefits , and hava sought for "W' « J lJ SS !? might be tho cost of transmission . The United States , Canada , India , and even China , have had Immense quan . tities shipped to their respective countries , and with the some rcBuit as in England-UwivKBSAL Good . Communicated by Mr John Hiiton , Leeds .

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      TO MR PROUT , 229 , STRAND . < No . SOS , Piccadilly , London , Oct . 19 , 1847 . Si * , —It is bow threa jean and a half since I waa sorely afflicted with Rheumatic Gout , the suffering fron which induced me to try all the proposed remedies that extensive medical experience could devise , without ebtaiaing any satisfactory relief irom pain . During one of the paroxysms a friend advised me to try Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic . Pills , observing that he had in some severe cases taken them himself , and they proved verj successful . I instantly adopted his advice , and to mj joy the excruciating torment soon began to abate , and a few boxes restored me to health , since which I have had no return of the complaint . I trust you will give publicity to my case , that suffering humanity may knsw how to obtain a remedy for this distressing disease . I am , Sir , your obedient humble servant , 1 MichaMi Nasmitd . '

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      Tbe late Mr louatt , in one of his orations to the members of fte Veterinary College , observes — that by the improvements in modern chemistry , the medical profes . sioa are enabled successfully to treat diseases wbich were previously supposed as not within the reach of medicine . ' This truth has been Manifested for maay years , but in no instance of greater importance to man-*"« In ? the aise 0 ? ery o ! Blalr ' < w ftn ^ Bheu <

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      PACmiiH 18 IMGEIT OK THE IMMEAsE within tho dis trict comprised ia the Lincoln union . la tfcq poor ' , homo the number of inmate ! baa rapidly risenjfjwn W& , to 28 } . Tha additions oomprlie aMe-boiled ¦ ¦ ptrson ^ and families . The Nottingham JournaI- v g $ yb , the ' Gaatdiam of the Lnnghbortogh Union haya fitaly re . fused to admit able-bodied vagranti Into the Union Workhouse for the night , and the result has been tbat the' dark hole , ' at the top of Mill . street has been cr . wded to ezceaa . On Monday night the sergeant of tbo

      night watoh , being attracted to that flace by a great din . turbance , found seventeen ptraone —• eleven men , a boy , and fiva women — crowded into a place which is onJj adapted for holding half dosen , Lookwood culled up the clerk to the Board of Guardians , who Instructed him to take the women to a lodging homo for tbe sight , which he did . This ' hole * it sosreely fit to put I human being into at all , much lets is it n- ' apted for so great a number as are frequently there . ' At the Nottingham Board of Guardians , on Tuesday , ths number ol inmateain the Union Douse , was repotud to bo 934 ,

      TJpwBrds ef 200 vagrants had been relieved during tha week , whilst tha number of ouf . door paupers receiving relief was 2941 . The clerk road the following letter , which had been ¦ received from the Poor-law Board : — Poor-law Board , Sonumt Houbb , Not . 10 th 1848 . — The Poor-law Board have received a communication from the Colonial Land and Emigration Comrais ? loners , proposing to facilitate the smlgratlon to a limited extent to Australia of young females from tbe Eaglish workhou » e > , provided they are sent out as boob as they aro fit for work , and have obtained sufficient educatltn . The enoloied extract from the letter will explain to the

      guardians tha terms , on wbich it is proposed that tbe emi . gratlon should be conducted ; and the boaid request tbat the guardians will take the subject Into their conilderatlon and Inform them whetiur the guardians would be desirous of promoting the emigration of any young females in accordance frith the arrangements there soggested . A set of forms is Bent herowltb , which win further show the condition rcqnlrid to be fulfilled ; and the course that muit he pursued In case tbe emigration is proceeded with . — ( Signed ) W . J . loKLir , AssUtanl Secretary . ' The latter was accompanied by two forms , one to be filled up by the guardians , and another to fie presented'by ibe female wishing to emirate .

      Thb Fowestoxe Ghost;—TUe Cankbboby JoDBMiL says : — 'Hat about & fortnight a 8 tory b » sb ? on in dr . culatioa that a' ghost' was to be seen on the Bsylo , ' nightly playing his pranks upon those unlucky enough to come within his reach . A fnw evenings since a child was running d « wn the steps , when a man strangely dressed ran after him . The child ran home to its father , crying' Father , the ghost , tbo ghost on tbe steps !' The rann hastened to the epot , and succeeded la cap . taring the ' real ghott , ' in woman ' s attire , having wrapped round him two or three blankets , asa two

      boards , lashed one behind aad one before , to give an appearanoe of great bright . It proved to be an old man named Spicer , upwards of seventy ytars of age , * bo lived In a wretched shed near the steps , a recipient of 2 i 6 d per week from the parish . Ho was taken by bis captor to the station-house , and ' neit roornlDg brought before the Mayor In hla 4 gbestlj attire . ' HU worship , taking into consideration his great age , ordered him to be deprived of his weekly allowance and to b « taken to the Blham . Union . The ' ghost' was then escorted by the police to his cottage , amidst the yelling axd hooting of a large mob , and was shortly afterwards token to his

      destination . ' A Fabh « RoBBiD . —Mr Noses , of Hl « hwortb , lately attended Farrlngdon market , where he met a gentleman mast anxious to purchase some of Wb excellent cattlo if he gold them at a fair price . Mr Noyes was so flat , tered tbat he sent his son hone before him in his gig to get out the beasts so that the gentleman might see them , for which purpose he would ride to his farm in the gen . tleman's gig . Mr Nojes appointed to meet hia customer at the Salutation , whore he found him dealing with a butcher for sheep , whloh he ultimately purchased , offer-Ing in payment his cheqae for £ 40 . but the bu ' -cher , uot

      having the balance to pay back , the utmost regret was evinced by the gentleman , who wstfd not on any ncoonnt have lost Ub bargain , and effered 10 s te any one who would cash the cheque , which had but a few days to ran , CiUghtby the tempting offer , and anxious to oblijehls new friend , Mr Noyes caBhed the oheque . The sequel need not be told . By some stratagem the gentle , nan and the psuedo butcher mada out of the town together , leaving an old horse not worth 40 s , for MrNoyw , wh . o soon learned that he had been regularly done , and that Vota the gentleman and the butcher were a pair of sharpers .

      The iats Bobgla&y neau Bibhinqiiah . —Four men , WClMiBOTTn thieves in Birmingham , Borne * Edward Bunner , Samuel Banner , John Smith , and William Henry HU 1 , have been committed to take their trials for the burglary and robbery of * 0 O sovereigns at the house of Mr Sly , at Shirley Heath , on the morning of the «; b ol the present month . Sly , the prosecutor , swore positive !) to the two Banners entering his room , and being engaged with others in tying his arms and l « gs . Tbe other prisoners were seen , with the BuRners , going It the direction of Sty ' s house , and returning the follow . Ing morning towards Birmingham . O ' . ber evidence , slightly corroborative of these faots , were given agalnsv the prisoners . They all protested their Innocence . The magistrates offered to take bail for tbe prisoners Smith and Hill .

      THI UM BjOK-STEAHNQ C * BB AT OiFOBD . —Oa Frlday week , the prisoner Belany underwent another examination at the city gaol , wfilch ended in his bslnjr folly oommltted to sesiions on the second charge , It is stated that , after his committal , the prisoner made a conf « Bfaion before his solicitor and Alderman Browning of having stolen the books . In reference to this case , the Caubbidok Chhohiclk says : — ' There Is too much resson to fear that the prison er has carried on similar practices at Cunbriage . Oa Wednesday last , Mr Mayor , cf 91 John' . Ooll « g « , Inquired of the librarian to tbe Union Society if he bad missed ' Ward ' s Ideal of a Ckrlstlaa

      Church out of the library . Upon receiving a reply in the affirmative , IIr Mayor said he believed he had re cognised the botk in the shop of Mr Johnson , Sidney Stree t . The librarian proceeded thither , and discovered amongst the stock of Mr Johnson , who affordod every faollliy o the iaqulry , not only the book in question , bat several others belonging to the Union Society , These books , it appears , Mr Johnson purcbasod of Belany at different times . The external marks had boon carefully erased , aad the labels within removed with so much nicety that it was difficult to discover that they had ever existed . We understand that no leas than 126 volumei have been mitied from the Union rooms . '

      FATali AcoiDBHIi—A ihockin ? occurrence took place on Saturday , the 9 th instant . The Luoy , a vessel belonging te Dandee , from Newcastle with coals , hadcema Into Ejremouth in a very leaky state , so much so that the skipper refused to take her farther . In oonitquence of this the owner dispatched two seamen from Dundee to assist in navigating the verBel to her destination . These men left Edinburgh by the six o ' clock night mall train on Saturday , intending to get out at Ayton . Them is no deubt , however , but that by the time they arrived at Aytoa , they were so very much Intoxioated that they seemed not exactly to know where they were bound for . On the train having thoBt&tim , the keeper was afraid

      something would happen , as he observed the carrlags door opened by some one , and shortly after he sent one ef tbe porter * along the line in oase any Individual might havu leapt out . His fears were realised by the porter coming on oae of the sailors lying at tbe side of the lino with a broken arm and a fractured skull , but ho retained sufficient consciousness to direot the porter to proceed farther , where he would find bis companion . He did bo , and a fen yards onwards the Bccsnd man was found dead , hit head lying ia a water run . It was quite evident that death ensued instantaneously , as bis head was frightfully emashid . The infortunato man , who . e nsmc was Black , was burled in Ayton churchyard on the 13 ; b last . Tbo sarTivcr ia getting on well ,

      Thb late Coilhioh oh the Richmond and Datcqet Railwai — Ofl Saturday , Samuel Heeler , tbe driver of the Yultare engine , was placed before Mr Penryhn and a very fall bench of Richmond magistrate ? , oharged with the manslaughter of Richard Perry , a' chalnuiau ' in the servioe of tbe ecgineeis of the South Wosttrn Railway , at Richmond , on the 17 th of November last . — Mr Edward Henry Htll » , surgeon , proved that the daceaiod Richard Perry ' s death nroao from a most ezten . Blve comminuted fracture on the right side of the skull , a pieoe of the bone , three inches in length , pressing on tho brain . There was also a large ex travasation of blood on the brain . TheBO lnjaries were the result of great violence , such as would b » produced by a collision , —Samuel Luck , tho polntBman at Now Richmond .

      added to bis former testlmoay that tbe sound of the bell which he had to ring on the approach of a down . train oomplately burled the noise of a train or engine coning in an opposite direction . As engine in progress is very dicelving ; one ansment it is loo yards off , and the next It is upoa you . He thought , in coming round the curve from Old Richmond station is was searoely passible for am engine to pull up in 150 yards , or before It had got on to the poiuts . The ni ght was very dark but not foggy .-Mr 3 Am V . Goocb , ihe superintendent of the locomotiva department , added the following to hlafor « er te . tlmon , ;_ H had known the prisoner for wi"l el I ht , J r 8 aBbelngin th 8 c ^ pany ' s employ , but he hadonly been an engine-driver tbo last two years The book of rules produoed , which had been taken froa t . e prisoner , was givon to every man In the company ' s " * Ho observed that tho 63 rd rule had been tern oat . The 6 Sth rule provided , that during a journey ^^ J' r **—« P ** out t rw « d Btandlng in Buch

      a position as will enable him ImmdL tel , to work hi . engine as required , and so that he miylOBtaBtlyobiervB any obsUuellon whloh may bo Zt , £ ° ' J ^ " hloh ma y « to hlm f <* his guidance , to whloh he must pay in . tant attention , whether he knows or unders tands why it is given er no . ' This rule it would be seon , the prisoner had disregarded , as ali » the following one , whloh states , that no engineman shall ever leave his esglne , except in cases of great BeoewU ,. when h , must take care to leave it ia charge of tkenriman , butonno account whatever shall both l <\ i . ! ^ "o broken the rales 09 , 22 , 74 , and 79 , which litter rale enjoins a driver on approartW any £ K ° , plaM whwe hD " Dnot se 8 fr «^ «*« i whether from fog er otherwise , } to slaoken his speed toainUft i U B ° medMately ^ to be able to Blop his engine , promptly aad without the danger of eolilslw w avciaent , Aaa r « is 3 was mt bapsiatlTO

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      on a driver , being couched to thew words , — 'A red lamp by night , or a red flig by day ^ r any signal of whatever colour vioUntly . waved , shoVrs that an engine must Btop instantly . ' Ttils important rulo the prisoner ba 4 wholly disregarded , —Captain Prloe , one of tbe magistrates , wished to know if , before they wer « intrusted with an engine , the ; were subjected to a eourse ef examination b « to their proficltncy !—We understood the officials of tbe company to Btate that no saoh regulation existed . —Joseph Andrews , who , It will be remembered , was one of those who rede on tbe engine , after a

      searching examination , swore that the prisoner was perfectly sober , and tbat be bad been with him from twelve o ' clock in the day , and all be had taken was a little beer to his dinner , and some ale and bread and cheese at the Locomotive beer-shop . —Tho priBoner , on being SBkad if hu wished to say anything , said he should reserve hta defence . He was then oommttted for trial at the prtsent sessions of the Central Criminal Court . —Mr Hills , the surgeon , said the prisoner , when taken to gaol , must be admitted into the infirmarj , or he would uot answer for bis life . —Mr Fenrhyn , the committing magistrate , Bald that should be dono ,

      Shocking Accident at Rothkbhajc , —On Saturday an inquest was hold on view of tbe bed ; of Joseph Oxley , aged forty , who was employed at Hr Beotley ' g brewery . The deceased was one of the men appointed to attend to the night duties of Mr Bentley ' s establishment , and early last Saturday morning he was watching the brewing of bitter ale by a new process , MrR . J . Bent ley was also in attendascs for the same purpose . Shortly before two o ' clock in tbe morn ' ng Mr B ntley had inspeoted tbe copper called tbe Victoria , to see If it was nearly boil-Ing , which may be ascertained by listening at the . man hole In the top , where a router is rapidly at work with flies , propelled by a shaft from the maohlnery in an adjoining roam , and whioh is done to keep tbe hops in continual motion , and prevent their stioking to er burn .

      ing the copper . Oiley went up soon after his master to see that all was going on right , and it is supposed tbat when te was in tho act of leaning to listen whether tbe liquor was boiling , a loose flannel jacket which he wore Ttao caught by tbe shaft , then running at thernte of at least 100 revolutions per minott . In this frightful position bit legs were twirled round by tbe shaft , and thrown with great violence each time upon an iron border whioh divides a portion of . the platform . This was repeated nine or tea times befere the machinery was thrown out of gearing , which was done as apeedlly as possible . Tbe poor fellow's lejs went Vroken in several places , and cut very severely , Th 9 wooden clogs which be wore at tbe time were torn from tbe upper leathers

      and soattered in different directions , and his cap was hurled from his bead . His fUnnel jacket , was torn to pieoes , and eihlblted convincing proof * of the destructive power of the shaft . Mr R . J . B-. ntley immediately repaired to the pl ace and rcadered every assistance In his power . The sufferer was promptly conveyed homo , but he expired In three or four hours , Ha was perfectly sensible to tbe last , and the upper part of his body was Injured to only a trifling extent . The deceased , when a lad , worked with bis father in a coal-pit near Ratherbam ; but having witnessed the death of his parent and others by fire-damp he resolved never to enter another pit , bnt worked as a farm labourer till about nineteen years ago , when he entered the service of Mr Bentley .

      Home-made Wiug . —The following cases were heard In tbt prerogative Court of Canterbury , a few days Blnce : —Mary Howell , deceased ; probate refused , on the ground that the will was written on one side of a sheet of paper only , while the signatures were Inscribed on the other . J Birch , dooeased ; probate refused , in ooneequence of blanlh left for legacies having been filled up in red ink , Jane Corner , deotaood ; protmto refused , on the ground stattd in the ease of Mary Howell . Wll < liem Sanger ; probate refused , on the ground of the character of certain alterations made in tho will . Either Powell , deceased ; application for probate op posed , because the same will was signed by tbe testatrix by two names , those of'Powell'and 'Watkins . ' Probate granted on the testimony ef a clergyman , who knew the signatures to be those of one and the same penoa , Elizabeth Roao , deceased ; the will of the testatrix was only discovered twelve years after her decoate , and seme years afier tbe death of the patty who had administered to the property : probate granted .

      Abmdkh . —Towards ten o clock on Friday night tbe hurricane beosme particularly violent , and we are sorry to state that Iobb of life and considerable damage to property has been the result , A deplorable aocldent happened at the New Gas Works , shortly after ten o ' clock . The roof of tbe retort house , which was constructed with an iron frame , and covered with slateB , was suddenly jerked up at the south side , fell with a crash , and mashed into fragments . There wero eight men in the retort honsa at the time , all stokers , and eDgaged ia charging the retort furnaces . One of the roof beams , and a quantity of tbe roofing , fell upon a poor old man named George Murray , wbo was at tbe moment hurling a barrow , and killed him on the spot , Another poor fe'low , Charles Clark , had bis leg broken ; and a third , Alexander Low , had his arm dislocated and his head out .

      Tbo other five men mlraoulouBly escaped uninjured . A ourrler ' s shop In Loch Street , belonging to Mr John Watt , loather merchant and currier , has been blown down , An enclosure in West Nerth Street , for bnlld'Dgr purposes , has been blown to pieces . Hortlmer ' t wood yard , at Poyntrnook , has been blown down , and g erloudy damag « d . Two wood yardB , In Frederick Street , have been blown open . One ef the windows of the ol * Reoord Office , in Caatlcstreet , now UBed aa a dispensary , hasbesn blown in . In Bon Aocord Street , a quantity of paling , &c , has been blown-down , In the vicinity of the Shore , a great number of windows and skylights have b « en reduced to fragment !) . The streets are completely strewed with broken oans , tiles , lime , 4 c The violence of this storm was severely felt at Edinburgh , PaUley , Dublin , nnd Cork , but , fortunatel y , no lives wero lost .

      Stobh and Losi of Life , Glasgow , Sawed ** . — This city and neighbourhood was vUited by a storm of wind and rain , weioh was mere fatal in its results than Any similar visitation which ha * occurred within the period ofonr recollection . Alan early hour the wind began to blow in strong and fitful gusts . Tbe d » y contlsued stormy throughout , and between four and seven o ' olook in the evening the wind blew a perfect hurrloane . Ono of tbe most distressing circumstances in conntzlon with the storm ocenrred about five o ' clock In the after , noon , at whloh hour two men were billed , and atblrd dangerously , If not fatally , injured . Under tbe Paisley Road , near Oreenlaw Place , runs tbe General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway . The road at that spot is carrlad over tbe line by a bridge , flanked on either

      side by a stone parapet wall , nearly breast high . For greater protection to the public , the company recently fixed on the top of the parapets in question large plates of oattilron , about three fiet in height , half an inch thick , and secured te tha stene work by strong Iron bolts . The plaoe being peculiarly exposed to the wind , which blew with terrific fury down the gully fona < d by the line of excavation , the surfaoe of the iron plates acted like a lever upon the stone « work , aBd at the hour alroady mentioned , the whole south parapet gave way , and fell forward upon tho road . Most unfortunately , at this moment , three young m « n , carters , in charge of two vehiclw , were crossing tbe bridge , all of whom were In an loBtsnt felled to the ground , and buried among tbe ruins . With same difficulty the unfortunate men were

      extrioated and oarrled Into the toll-bouse . Their names aro Hugh Cavan , and Matthow Cavaa , brothers , and James M'Naught , all of whom belong to Llnwood , Tbe first named is the survivor of the psrty . The storm ap pears to have raged with the greatast fury in the southern distriot of the city , as the dismantled condition of many teoamonts in tbat quarter Buffioiantly ehows , and several vory narrow escapes wero made while the storm was at Its height . At the harbour , the seamen belonging to the different ves » els were engaged durlag the gale In taking precaulfna to prevent damage , and we aro happy to learn that none of the vessels tusttined material lojury , beyond what was occasioned by the grinding of their sides against one another , About eleven o ' cleok It began to r » ia heavily , and the storm abated . The electric

      telegraph wiros were so doranged by the Btorm that they ceaeod to woik . Hugh Cavan , tho only survivor of the fatal oataB'rophe at the railway viaduct on the Paisley road , during tho hurricane of Friday night , baa since died ef tho injuries he sustained . The damage done to property has bacn very extensive . Its effects were fell with considerable severity on the Clyde , as far down as Greenock , where wo understand one or two small gaubores ware c&si ashoro , but no particulars have been learned , Tho keeper of GarmoyU L ' gbthouse and his family made a very narrow etoape with their lives . This lighthouse is erected on a floating punt nearly opposite Dumbarton , and moored fore aBd aft with chain cable * . Part of tbe punt is oocupied with the wooden dwelling of the keepir , who constantly remains on board tokeep tbo light in order , On Friday eight , when the galebad

      reaohed its greatest far ; , tbo keeper observed with alarm that the punk had sprung a leak , and was fast sinking . The small boat attached to th * floating lighthouse was Immediately lowered by bin , and tbe whole family , consisting of his wife and child , along with a niece , hastened to make their escape from th « ir sinking habitation . In this they fortunately auooeeded , and , trusting themselves to the mercy of tho wind and waves , war * driven across the Clyde to the north shore , which they reoohod ia safety , Soon after tb « y left the punt it want down , and win completely submerged . Immediate measures havo been taken , we believe , to raise the vessel , her light being of muoh importanoe to the navigation of the river . Between seven nnd eight o ' clock , the hurrlcano laid hold with such vlolenoe on tho range of glass lu the Royal Botanlo Gardens at almost

      Initantaneously to carry before it tVc entire large eentre house , both roof and front ; aad , although Mr Murray and the people employed by him were on th « spot , yet It literally went from their hands . Some idea may be formed of the saverllj of the gale , as exptrlenetd hero , when It is mentioned tbat a course of heavy ashlar , to whloh tho upright standards were fixed with ' iron ban run in with lead , was completely tutued off Its bed when the front gave way . Providentially no lives were lost or serious Injury sustained A decided breach was made n another large house , the Consomtory , but happll , th . men with ladders go » this part Beoured

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      where tbe M /! ldi > ' ial | d : Br « iIntre « linB jolnf , and placed on the up . Hne by apor ter ' aY'thVetattonJ'who acis us n ' ghi inspector , whilsthe Itw * Into theeffi > e to book bis ir « ln . The mail train to London arrives at the station at four minutes to three , and the powder had not been oa tbe Ine more than eight or tea minniei btforo that train oame tip . It stopped short of thft barrel * , but on moving on again passed Immediately over ihem , and some of the oinJers from the fire-bos falling upon tho powder , the barrols immediately exploded . Tbe carriages were thrown off the line , and all instated more or less damtga by the soverlty of the shock . The engine , however , for a few moments continued its oeurie , showing that the explosios could not have absolutely taken place until it had passed over the barrels . It is supposed to have occurred whilst s oarrtage called the guard ' s break was

      ia the aot of panlng . The explosion shook tbe houses In Witham , whloh ii half a mile off , and is ia ! d to havo been heard at Colchester , fourteen miles distant , In the more immediate vicinity of the station the windows of the houses were completely shattered . When people had reoovcred their fright they began to look after the patsen * gars and persons attending the train . The engineer and stoker were found to be stunned , but not otherwise hurt , The guard had his arm bruised only , and the passengers , of whom there were twelve , wera only fear / ally alarmed , The line was torn up for a abort dlstasoo , and was roplaoed as speedily as possible , Some of the rails were bent in an extraordinary manner . The train was de . layei two hours at the station , a fresh engine and oarriat / e having , of course , to be provided . The miraculous way in whlsh every one esoapsd this terrible accident is subject of the most lively RraMtudc .

      Extehsiye Pluhde * at Cheltehhah . —An extensive robbery of plate and jowellery was committed on Wednesday evening week , between eight and nine o ' clock , at the residence of Mrs Jones , 28 , Promenade , tbe value of the articles being estimated at upwards of £ 560 . Ao cording to the best account , it would seem that the thieves gained admltilon to tha premises b y passing from an empty house , two doors off , which Is at pre » ent undergoing repair , bIob ; the roofing of the balcony ; and so , by breaking a pane In the window , gaining admission to Mrs Jones ' s bed room oa tbe second fbor , and

      where tbe articles stolen were usually kept in several drawers and cabinets appropriated for the purpose , the looks of which were either picked or forced , and the contents removed without creating the least alarm , though the family were all at home at the time , Mrs and Miss Jones being in the dining room , and the servants in tbe basement apartments , The robbery was dlscovsred between nine and ten o ' clock , and , •( coarse , immediate information was sent to the police , who hastened to search the premises , and despa ' ched officers up and down the lines ; but hitherto the thieves and their booty hava sue < eessfully eluded every Inquiry .

      FaiE TaADS in Com . —About twen ' y French vessels ladea with corn , arrived in the port of Gloucester during the week before last . Before the repeal of the corn laws , tbe average arrival here of French vessels was not more than twenty , five In the course of the year ; but within the last two months alone the arrivals have excceled fifty . FlBB AT HoBHDOH-eW . TBE-HlT , L ( ESSEX ) , —A most destructive fire , which , there is reason to fear , was wll . fall ; occasioned , broke out last week , upon Chollej ' s Faun , In the ocoapatien of Mr Lmraoo Holmes , To «

      flames were first s « en In the stackyard , progressed to . w « rds the nartb , and in an incredibly short space of time enveloped threo wheat staoks , one of beans , one of oat straw , a double barn filled with wheat , recently oarried in , two cart Bbeds , a large etable , and a range of stables and cattle sheds 199 feet in length , all which , covering an area of 255 feot by 125 feet , were reduced to rulHS , tegether with threshing and dressing machines , waggons , ploughs , and other implements . The grain and straw destroyed inoladed the whole produce of tbe farm , consisting ef 25 S aores .

      Divoh , —A gang of burglars have been busy in the ne ' ghbourhood ef Cradlton , They oarry on their depre . datlons In the most systematic and daring manner ; nnd the alarm occasioned by them is bo great , that the Inhabitants of the town met in Teitry , on Thursday last , an 1 raised a large subscription to pay special constables for watching until Lady-day next . Almost the first night , however , of the new guardians being on duty , the preralsts of Mr S , Brown , of Union Terrace , were enured from the field behind , and a determined but un . ¦ ncaessfal effort was made to focee the door of his counting house . Another WgUry was coGsmltted tho same night in the East Town , where the thieves forced

      an entranoe by the street window , On Sunday , three fellow ; , who had their faces disguised by masks , entered the cottage of an old man named Stoneman , living at Pasbury , Rot far from the soenes of the murder ant ' burglary recently recorded , and cruelly illtreated hi * wlfo , knocking out several of hor front teeth by the blow of a bludgeon . They then plundered the old man of £ 4 and all the provisions fee had . Oa Ftid&y an attack was made on Mr Hellycr , a butoher , of Dunsford , who attends Exeter Market , and who , on returning theno , when near Hoocombe Bridge , about one mile from EuUr , and within gunshot of a publlc-houie , was set on by two men and a lad , who knscked him from hla horse , and robbed him of £ 45 .

      ?»¦ at PaisTotf , ia LANCAsniBB . _ On Monday e 7 enlng a fire broke ont in tbe model room of tbe ezten * slve premises belongisg to Mr Clayton , engineer and boiler maker , and which are generally known by the name of the Soho Foundry , They are situate at the north end of the town , close upon the caaal bank . The fire was discovered by Mr Clayton , who , with his bookkeeper , proaseded to the fourth story of the building , where it appeared to rage , bat as they did not succeed In putting It eut , they gavo an alarm . Within a short lime a number of engines arrived on tho spot , and in

      conssquenoe of the ample supply ef water the fire was extinguished after the destruction of the fourth and fiftb stories of this extensive fabric The damage done is estimated at the least at £ 16 , 000 , as a vast number of patterns which have accumulated for the last fifteen years have been destroyed . A man of tho name of Botsbury met with a severe accident in attempting , with the assistance of sone other hboming men , to remove large oog wheel , It unfortunately fell npon hla legs and broke both of them . Very slight hopes are entertained of his recovery ,

      Gum foi Doveb Castib , —The officer commanding the Royal Artillery at Sover has received directions from the Honourable Board of Ordnance to have four guns , recently sent from Woolwich , of an ia . proved construction and superior range to any others in Dover , mounted on the east and north sides of the Northern Keop of the Castle . The calibre of theBe guns is eight inches in diameter , and propel a shot G 8 bs . the extraor . dlnary distance of more than three miles , RitLWat Accidint . —A melanoholy accident occurred on Monday morning last on the Heworth Colliery Railway , near Newcastle , to the Rev . JameB Anderson , a dissenting minister , of Zion Cbapel , Felling , He left his house apparently in perfeet health , for tbe purpose of visiting a sick member of his congregation , at Whit * House , Heworth , aad on his way he walked for a abort distance on the wagron way . At that time tho waggons

      were in motion , the full waggons proceeding down the laollne , and by their weight drawing up those that were empty . The man having charge of the op-wsg ; oop observed Mr Anderson walking oh the lino , and immediately after saw him fall suddenly down . Perceiving the danger that he was In from the direction in which he had fallon , the waggon man ran forward and endeavoured to drag him off the line . Unfortnstely In thl » humane attempt he was unsuccessful , and from the construction of tho railway the waggons could not be stopped They oame almost instantly , sad , paasing over his chest and foet , mangled his body in a dreadful manaor . Death of course supervened Instantaneously . It 1 » , however , supposed that a fit of apoplexy or a spasm of tho hean watthaoauteof htB fall , and that he was probably Insensible , or had died befere tbe waggon passed over him . A coroner ' s jury , after investigating the faotB , returned n verdict of AccidentalDjatb .

      Distbksbiho Occobrekce . — An incident of a pecn ltarly paloful a » d distressing oharaeter occurred In Prinoes Street , Glasgow , about eight o clock on Saturday night . At that hour a middle-aged woman , rather respectably attired , with a young child In herarm . 9 , came to the offioe of Mr Cameron , pawnbroker , and got a shawl which had been deposited with him . Shortly after leaving tho premises some parties in going up the stairs leading to the shop wero attracted by the cries of tht child , and , on examination it was found tbat the unfor tunate woman had sat down on the steps close to the office entrance , and there expired , unnotioed * She was Instantly removed to the dootor ' s shop , nearest at hand , but all efforts proved fruitless to restore animation . The body was removed to the Central Police-office , and the child given in oharge to a nurse . They have since been claimed by their relatives .

      . Cdbiods Cam . —On the afternoon of Thursday week an inoldent , almost wlthont parallel , took place in th « Nl » l Priiu Coart , at Liverpool , before Mr JustlooErle The loarned judge had finished his summing up In a oase of sheep stealing , and the foreman of the jnry was consulting bis brethren as te the verdict they shauld com * to , when the foreman was Informed tbat one of tht gentlemen In tfeo J ury box had not been iworn . Imnu . dUtely on ascertaining the faot , the foreman ( Me Blaokle gave notice of it to the leaned Jadge . On in quiring it appeared tbat one of the jury , who had retired for a few minutes in tbe course of the day , „! pre vented bv one of the officers Irom entering th . 35 Another juror wh « happened to be In the Immediate nelghkourhoodof thejur , box , was told togolmol 7 nd nCSrh « m M ° r ^ UeteS * Art 2 msteredto him . Moreover , It was it&ttd that to the rtl Ti , ° ' , . V i *""" *«« red , a slmlUr

      sisis S ~ f-S'CS'K Shlfe . , V t , ° '' 8 bellt «*«"« oa . Te time Sdl Sv" ° " t 0 ' eild overhlsnetesolthe TheTarn fl /^ 7 llnellM M **' ^ 0 the box . 2 ! , SS * 3 ud 8 t appr 0 T 8 d of the » H 8 gei » l 0 B , but ttought there would be some difficulty in oarrylnB it out , " , m th » eje of . tho law , nothing had then been done In «? £ " . ' Ur SowlM ^* " Uegested that the witnesses ¦ Jght give their account of the matter , and hlB lordBhlp Would sea whether It agreed with what he had already on his notti , Tho learned judge thought the suggestion ? S ?* 9 WW ?»» i »! tf MWttnft toted , upon It , The

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      case was i \> w Again gone through , and the prisoner ! wero found guilt y of the off-noe charged against thtra , Ills l .. rdsbip then retired from court te consult with his lenrned brother , Mr Baron Alderson , as to what steps should be taken in reference to ta « case of bur . glary , in whlchaverdlotof guilty hadbeen returBed Oa returning , the learned judge ordered the witnessed in tho case to be recalled , with a view to its being tried ever again . Tbe witnesses , however were not forth , oniliia ; , and the case wat ordered to be postponed till the following morning . After further deliberation how .

      ever , the learned judge said there was a case on record of a similar char « oter which would render it nnnecea . sary to re . try the casa at present . A mas was tried on a charge of murder , by a jury , one of whom by an omlsslon was not sworn . The judge before whom the case wai tried decided that tbe verdict wai valid until da . olared void on a writ ef error , aod then tbe prisoner would be again taken up and tried afresh . The ' learned jud ge said he should pasa sentence upon tbo prisoner tell him of the omission whloh bad taken place ' and of his right if he thought proper to bring a writ of error .

      BiDFOEDsaias , — ShockhkT Deaths — On Monday morning , a man , named Richard Hawk ' ns , working for Mr Puddcr , tbe occupier of one of tbe Herns forms , of TodJlBgton , whilst serving the pigs , and in the act of getting up a supply of milk , 4 c , from the cistern , fell headforemost into it , and was suffocated . It appears thut about eight o ' clock Mr Pedder , perceiving the cis . tern-door open , and the pail lying near—aa nnnaual occurrenc —went and looked in , and saw the legs of tbe poor man resting against the wall ef the cistern , the ( thole of tha remaining portion ot his body being beneath tho mixture ( milk and grains ) , which was about a feot and a half d » ep ,- Assistance was Immediately rendered , bnt when he was got out be was found to be qaite dead , bavin j been , it 1 b supposed , In the cistern about half an hour . Frsm the position be was found in , it is evident that be bad no means of extricating himself , as he was lying on his back with the right arm bent under his body , and his feet pitched against the opposite wall . The deceased has left a widow and five children .

      St Mart ' s , Ridclifpi . —A gentleman of Bristol , a dissenter , has offered to bring from Caen oae hundred tons of stone , freight freo , for the restoration of St Mary ' s , Redcliffa , in commemoration of the transfer 0 f the Bristol D- cks to the Corperation , and the consequent great diminution of the dook dues .

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      Air Abas Fdrisal . —The following description ef an Aran funeral appears in the ^ soobss D'Ijidbxet Loibs ; — 'You have requested me to apprise you on what day you could be admitted to the presence of tho Emir . You will have to wait a long time , for his < receptions' are suspended . A child of the dUra died ten years of age , and another , a son of the elder brother of Abd-el-Kader * . bas died this daj . These two deaths have prafoundl y afflicted the unfortunate Emir , and the entire cfeira is plunged in meurntng . Abd-el-Ksdsr shuts himself up in tho strictest solitude , and will receive na one for several weeks to oome . The funeral of the deceased took place yesterday . This ceremony , performed without oomp or pride , presented no remarkable features , I was unablo to ascertain what took plpce in the

      apartments at the hour of interment . The greatest dlacre . tlon , as you will raadliy imagine , waa observed by the attendance of tbe chateau on the occasion of tbe funeral preparations , at which the Arabs alone assisted . The oorp ? e was enolo 9 ed ln abler covered with a white cloth , and placed en a stretcher barne on the shoulders of four Arabs . At the momont when tbe funeral cortege com . menced Us procesBUa , heart-rending cries were heard to issue from the window of the apartment belonging to the mother of tha deceased child , wbo , completely enveloped ( n her white veil , addressed to her son ooe last farewell . The father walked behind the coffin , with a chiplet in his hBndf , praying with fervour and weeping bitterly . At bis side were the Lieutenant SIdi-Kaddour and the steward Kara-Mohammed , accompanied by Captains

      BoUsonnet and FonrnUr , and followed by some fifteen Arabs , Tbe cortege , surrounded by unarmed soldlerB , attracted a van concourse of persons ia tbe streets of Amboise . The touching simplicity of the ceremony—* presenting so striking a contrast to the absurd pomp of 'Carlstian' funerals—and the monrnful attitudo ef the unfortunate exiles , could not fail to excite the pity , and even the sympathy of the spectators . The populace ia general manifested much feeling ; and if , occasionslly , the religions meditations of the Arabi were disturbed by a somenbat Indiscreet eagernesi to witness the cereraony , we mutt blame that spirit of Ule curiosity to wh ' ch we French are only too prone . The cortege having re -chad the cemetery the Arabs dug the grave . During this operation the father of the deceased , who betrayed an uttor absence of Moorish stolc ' sm did nothing bat weep and pray by turns . The Arabs Inter their dead

      withmuoS care and precautian . The corpse is laid dawn on its right side , with the fsce turned towards the oust . Fragments of wood , plaoed abovo the bltr , form a s > rt of doma , covered with leaves and grass , and consolidated by stones . The earth , which is oast over the whole , does not touch the coffin , which the Arabs take gmt care to protect from the dampness of the soil . The g-avtdiggers having washed their hands and feet tbe ceremony terminated . Oa his return to the chatean tba father of tho dceaased thanked Captains Bodsonnier aad Fournler for their klndneBS , and Immediately retired to hh apartment , Itapptars that the deaths of these children are ascrlbable to the carelessness of their parents or nurses wbo allow them to run about in tbe open air with bare feet , and very thinly clad—a habit whioh may be very safe in the scorching soil of Algeria , but is not exactly suited to the ruder climate of these northerly UtitHdes .

      Thb Aectio V < mosB 9 . —Subjoined we insert a letter received the other day by the mother of Dr Rae , the aecopd in command in Sir John Richardion ' s expedition : — 'Athabasca Lake , IIalf-pa 3 t 3 , a . m ., July 11 , 1848 . I have scarce time to scribble yos a line , as the boats of Mackenzie River bare j oat hove in Bight , on tbair way to the Long or Methy Portage . It is true I might hare written a day or two sooner , but I hoped to hare reaohed Fort Chipo . wyau before the boats passed . All the expedition party are quite well , excepting two or three of the

      sappers and miners , who hare got sore limbs ; their exertions on the portages ii tbe kind of work they find most severe . We have been driving with the current down the Athabasca River , with the muaquitees so sumsrom tbat we could get so sleep . Oa entering the Lake ( Athabasca ) , the first object that struck oar attention wbb the sails of the boats at a distanoe of five or six miles . They were making for a narrow channel that leads by a ' shorter bnt more intricate ronte into the Athabasca River , so that had we been an hour later , we wonld have missed them altogether . '

      The Corn Law Rhtmbr on Usivbbbal Suffragb . Sir : The long withheld rights of the people of England will , ere long , be conceded . The tide of events is fbwing in rapid succession—America and France republics ; Switzerland , Belgium , Holland and Norway comparatively free ; and last , but not least , with its compulsory system of eduoaticn , Prussia , in poa-8 e 3 sion of the Peopl& ' ii Charter almost , for they have by declaration of tho king , equal electoral districts , paid members , ns property qualification , triennial parliaments , and universal delegated suffrage . Hear that , Lord John and Sir Robert—and you , young Fitztfiliiaa—and you , Mr Baines , who deolare ' d that compulsory education made men servile slaves . The Prussians have a free press , the right of meeting

      and , as Mr Man has proved , a first-rate Byttem of education . National ! Compulsory ! Better com ' pel a child or its parents to aend him to school than the policeman compel him to go to prison for doin » that whioh he would not have done had be leceived a proper education . The answers to the canvassers in one district near Sheffield , as to their intention of r otiineat the West Riding election was , T ' steward hasn t been . Will tbe Prussians be greater s ' aves or serf ? , or asses or foote , than these £ 50 tenant-at-will clowns are ? No ; nor tha millions of England either , —Lbbnbzbr Euiott , Bcribe . —Sheffield , Dec . 1 S 4 S . LiMARTINB ' a ' JOCKLTN' AM ) LOUIS NAP 3 LKOS .-The Librar

      y of Louh Napoleon has been sold by auction , and amongst the booka waa a handsome copy , bound in morocco , of Limartine ' a poem of Jocely n . ' The value of the work was much enhanced by the fact that on tbe inside of the cover ap . peared the following words in tho handwriting of the Prince . They were in French , but we translate them for tho benefit of Louis Napoleon ' s country friends , who may not understand his language so well as he does theirs :- ' Uadertook the reading of thw book at Florenoe , Sunday , the 7 th of May , 1337 . Abandoned it as being too sublime for me . Under , took the reading for the seoond time , Monday , the Ota , Without beiOR more fortunate . RonnmmflnPfwI

      7 c a . ° . , ff ° A TueBday , the 9 th , and abandoned it definitively . ' Considering the present position oi the author and the oritio as rival candidates for the 1 residenoy of the Frenoh Rapublic , this anecdote ia soaewhat curious . Little did tho Prince think , when he wrote the above , that he and the poet whose work he had been obliged te abandon as being too sublime for him , would one day meet under circum-1 stances whloh musk severely tost the ability of both , Opium Eatrrs- The Lancst states that 'tha unooinahire poor are bo abandoned to opium-eating as in some instances to spend in the baneful drag H hi . out of a weekly 3 s . ! ' a degree of fatnoue 1 devotion to the Ciroean vice that would appal Coleridge or De Q , uinoey ; hitsself . The Bame writer extracts a passage from tho evidence of a brother medical witness , a druggist , that he'himselt sends ! £ 100-worth a year more onium to Ireland , now than he di »

      before ; and Dr Grindrod , the ableat of all temperanoa advocates , admiti that in the fens of Lin « ooinBhire and Cambridgeshire a vast quantity "' opium is consumed . Vast must be the quantity consumed somewhere or somehow , tor , acoording W the returns of the Board of Trade , issued on Thursday week , there we » no less than 8 , 000 lbs . ' of op ioo imported in the single month ofOotober , that being by no means a comparatively large quantity , ' « occasionall y qa muOh ai 33 , 000 lb » . are im port within the same time .

      Eablt Despatch op the India Mail wo M *!} . sxauH . —The next mail for India via Marseilles , /!' be closed tX the Gaaeral Post Offioe , St Martin « ' ? Grand , on the evening of the 23 rd inst . This a l - teration has beoome necessary in consequence of «(» 24 th ( tha usnal day for the despatob of this m ? " falling on Sunday , and the toy following b » M > i Christum Day ,

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      2 X ' tHE NORTHERN STAR . December 23 , 1848 .

      Tvfekty-Flfth Bditlos. Unseated By Twenty-Six Anatomical Engravings On Steel. ¦ _ ¦ . Oh Incapaeua

      TVfEKTY-FlFTH BDITlOS . Unseated by Twenty-six Anatomical Engravings on Steel . ¦ _ ¦ . oh incapaeua

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 23, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1502/page/2/