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HOLLOWAY'S OINTMEHT . SxtrsaHBxnry Chsreof aCferfnsWeigttf j Mrs Cage , - ¦ : ' . fa » ' «« yBad Lag . ' £ i * - «^ tf « Zrf ** r , 4 «<«* S < ix » mtn « am , 18 tft . ' ' - - •! January , 1847 . - ' To Profer » or Holloway . ' Six , —I beg to hrfbrra you that I suffered with a »» d leg for some years , nut had bessi under the hands of an . spectableSargeon here fcc some months , without getfcng any relief , so ftat at last I meutitm *! to the Surgeon that I should like to try jonr pilU and oihtaamt , and he said " Bo so , for I do n » t im any chante of your getfcngbetter . without my Tw ' ing the knife , to get a pscper discharge Bt taking J « nr mils and nsing jonr ointment , 1 got immediate veU . f , au * inashort time a . onip letecwe , » r ¦ wbich , lt » an * Sod - . andtoyou , Sir . I- « tnro " ?* £££ . anki It is generally known abonthera , andiscallei Tsnrprislng «« . _ ^^ . ^ » « * The above fie-tWa is n . w so hele »« ¦* " » £ * even i « hi ? 80 th year , as to be . able t . djscharg . the duti « « , 01 erk to the CoBm * ion « re of Ta ** , at Saimnndham . -.. ' ..
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OK THE COKCEALBD CADSE OF CONST 1 TDTIOSAL OS ACQUIRED EBILITIBS OF TH & jC-ENERATIYE srsTEir .
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noif ' epaw of time , without confinement to tbe least ex'i 1 v . ' - - ? — MMTO * ' - ' Theaowemedicine * m ? . " ^ rsd only by Metsrs . E aad L . FBRBT and ^ : , Stasia , U , B ^ evMOtet t Odbrt-MNOt , London . * * < - ¦ . . - ' ^^ r . ^ M & n . PB 8 aV <* p ** b *^**** dtybi ! ett « ri 1 1 feo V <^ - *^^^ ' ! *^^*^«* S ^ Mn Mb ^ ta ^ oftheooinmWKationt \ ' ' ' ;¦• "* - "" - - . PatietKa are raqueit ** - ' to be ^ i minute as possiblein be detail ; « f their ca « es ,-88 to theduration of the comlaitttjtbe ' sympteaia , age , habits of living , and ' general ooupatira . Uedicrnes can . be forwarded to aoy part of he wacid ; no diffieur ^ r-can occur , as they wiliie securely a « fc «^ . aodearefnUy . pr « tectedfrom observation . - ....--N ^ B .-Oowitry Dru ^ giatfl , Booksellers , PateBt-Jfedlclae V « cder « , and every otherahopkeeperj ' oaB be applied vvith any quantity of tke Cordfel Balm of Syriacwm , ; the Coneantrcied Detersive Essoaee , and Perry * * Purifying Spe-. ific KU » , with tlw nanal ^ allowance 1 to the Trade , by st . 0 the i » rineipai "Wh « lesale'Patent Medicine Honser toirdo «» , ofwb « jTiena-v b ^ hfld he V Silent Trimid . "
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Wbstuinbcsr Mkntal Improveuesi Society , Temperance 'lall , Broadway : Mr Cathie in the chair .
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On Saturdaf evening , June 26 th fMrD . 'Walford brought forward his subject , ' * Republics versus Monarchies , " < 3 e ? cribingmonarchy as an invention of the lieathens . -as adopted from them by tbe children of Israel , in opposition to tbe voice of their prophet ,, who foretold the-evils that would ensue from it , and which had come . to pass , for most assuredly it had reduced the people to become mere " hewers of wood and drawers of water . " Ftom tbe time ' kings had cursed the earth . with tleir presence , there bad been nothing but one continuous scene of lapine ami blo .-dghed . Hereditary monarehy ^ appeared to him
perfectly ridiculous , placing onitlirones alternately madmen , infants , * nd fools , for sovereigns . He held republicanism to be the better system of government , inasmuch as it ga « e the people the opportunity of choosing the "best ¦ and wisest of . men to rule over item ., ( Lend cheera . ^ Mr Stallwdod followed on the same side , illustrating his argument by reierring to Portugal , Spain , Rome , and England , under foemer monarcbs . ; Mr Stallwood was much appl auded , no one appearing to defend monarchy . The subject was closed , and an announcement made that the-subject for Saturday next ( this evening , ) July 3 rd 4 » wili be , * ' Is Genealogy opposed to Geological Formation ?"
Tim Teetoih , nAiutCarteret-street , has followed the esample of the Temperance Hall , Broadway , and was opened on Saturday evening last , for a discussion on " ' £ he People ' s Charter . " . Mr Trumble very elequen % , explained and defended tbe Six Points . Mr Broome agreed with UEwersal Suffrage , but could not agree with secret voting ; looked on it as the de . troys ? . of liberty both in - Rome and France ; thought is the people of Eagiawi bad the votethey would baicuch too virtuous * o use it in secret . Mr Tilt agreed with Mr Brooraeijn his objections to the Ballot , aad thought the people were not yet prepared for Universe ! Suffrage ; they were not intelligent enough , dfrthey were not first educated , it would throw opemthe flood-gates of . corruption . He did
not think every poor wretch who might happen to sleep under Waterloo Bridge should be entru > ted with the franchise ; thought tfe & tfoings at Sudbury , Ipswich , and « cther places , were sufficient proof of what peoplei «? oa ! d do if they ifcad the vote . Mr Stallwood , in & zpeecu that was . much applauded , replied to tke-objections urged ty Messrs Broome and Tilt , xod " . oontended that "The People ' s Charter , " wholcand entire , was t & wnest system that could be adopted . Mr Bowler thought it was avery strong proof of ignflrance when a mac-stood up and contended that ; hj £ tellew-men wexe . too ignorant Jto use ariaht the ^ lsc ^ ve franchise . i ( Cheers . ) He thought if the Peqple's Charter wasonce enacted , we sbonld no more hear . « f " poor wretches" who were
oojppelled to sleepier the arche & af Waterloo hudae . ( Loud cheers )) His experience told him tba / v from " theinflueace « wielded fry the bw ^ eemployers overs their workmen , jt ^ ss ab ^ ioteJyaaeeasary that tbey should have the . protection of ( the Ballot . ( Lour ; cheers . ) Eleven . a'dock having oow . arrmd , ihequestion was adjounned , until Saturday ijthis evening , ) at half-past eight o ! clock . ' GiBSO ! , "' s Status of eiiE .-IJfjEB . v wasaidefiio the Roya ! Academy Exhibition on Saturday last . The statue ie , lQ marhle , ahaut-. the size ot life , with an antique-feeling , and yet xgood deal of Cane-ragout it . tier gsajesty is repcesonted standing wfth a wreath in , her right hand , a small roll of paper in her lef f . Tie face is like , aedttbe head is surmoeu & d
by a tiara , ffhe neck is somenihat strongly nmrt & ed , and the balance of tbe figure-on . the left foot haw . % just . The drapery is admiraWy . arranged , and quite a study and « xasple in a very difficult department Mr Gibson bas-cafoured his statue ; after the antique fashion and sit $ extreme gooaHaste . The tiara , sreath , andsaodaJs , areofalightj ' . ello » colour ; the border of the drapery a faint blue « ad red . The statue was a comiuisston from the Queou ., and will be erected either in Buckingham Palace « r Windsor Cattle , whichever willafford the best light P < ai-OFFicE . —AmQqg the provisions of ( the Postoffice Bill ( printed by order of Parliament , and ffhicu Has been drawo ' upby MrF * rW . an < i the
Chancellor of the Excjiequr ) are clauses giving power to the Postmaster ( General to collected receive foreign and colonial rates , and to require ike prepayment of postage on Inters to be in stamps , * and may refuse to receive or send by the post any letters tendered contrary to any regulations made ua ^ tr this enactment . " Power is also to be given to reduce inland postage , in all cases where it shall exceed one penny , and foreign postage is to he chargeable as the letters of seamen and soldiers . The senders of rejected letters are to be compelled , it is proposed , to par the postage thereon ; and in proceedings for that postage , the & ppateut writer istobe deemed the sender of any such letter . Postage duties are to be part of the Post-office revenue .
The bciiw Mkmi . — This decoration has just been struck at the Mint . The reverse represents a simple figure of Victory , awarding , with outstretched hand , her wreath to the soldiers of the successful army ; whilst , of the defeated , a grouped mass of Sikh armour and arms alone tell of their participation in the events the medal celebrates . The obverse exhibits a . well-executed portrait of Queen Victoria . .. , Dbkaufol CxacDNSTASCK . —About four miles from Aehburtou , in the parish of Woodland , issituated , in rattier 8 secluded spot , a quarry and limekilns , known as Pubfond Limekilns . On Thursday morning hut , as one of the workmen proceeded to the
mouth of the kilo , about half-past fire o ' clock , he saw on tbe burning lime what he considered for the moment to be the remains of a sheep , but oh looking more minutely he saw it was the head of a , human being , with other remains of the body , then scorching to pieces ; and , jumping in on the burning lime , he took out the head , part of the thigh , und other remains . Informatian was sent to the coioner at Ashburtoh , and an inquest has been held , but to the present time who the unfortunate being was u wrapped in mystery . On the kiln-bed was foum * a leathern belt , and two or three potatoes . The wori ^ men did not leave the quarry on the previous evening until nearly 7 o ' clock , and no stranger was seen in the neighbourlrood on that day . —West Briton , Akotheb cuke or a Bad Leg bt Hou . owav ' s Puts am > OiKTHENTl-Extractof a letter from Mrs Murray whose husband had been a sergeant in the Scotch Greys and is now in the Metropolitan Police , 3 s , Charleg-street ! IVestmiuster , Stth April , 1816 . Sir-Having been lone afflicted with an abscess in the leg , I applied for relief to some of the most eminent of the medical profession , but getting no better I was admitted into the Westminster Hospital , and after a long stay . I left nncured : indeed , thesnrgeon said that any farther effort on his part was perfectly useless . Yet shortly afterwards my leg was cured by using HoUowy ' a Pills aid oiatmwt , ' " » ™ cure < ,
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7 i "' \ U 1 G 11 LAND LAND-ROBBERS . '¦" : ^ TiiE Distress ht' < thb highlasbe—the - ' ¦ « ' ;' . .: ¦ - ¦ : { "' - CA 0 SE AS © THE CDRB . V ^' V . ¦ " £ " ,. i \ a ^ rova the J ^^^ W ^ h Eq ^ ne , ) J ' -- ; . Stay-A letter has tetaiy been addrerted . hy 'A Fellow oftheKMsianio Society ltd Lord John Russell , the purpose « f-which is to « h « w ' * ha causes , ' and to point out a permanent remedy ' 4 mthe destitution in the High r lands ; and as , this tattim-ie suggestive < . tO' me of a ;; good many . tpp ics connected"with the same subject , ' ! would , with you ? leave , be peWnitted to say a few « wbrds . The pamphleteer describes ' -KimKlf as ^ a ' peNflaab ^' uhintef IipenMn Highland matters ' . * This , I dare-sray , may be correcinrhen he has occasion to speak . of the rations al . lowed os the 'Rtlie ( Jfaal » C 5 qmnjitteeVtoth » Gael , and ^
the gain * and losses ooBSijouent to that , people on the , manufacture of kelp ; ' , but his . knowledge extends no ' far- ! ther ;< and , such being the case , I cannot htlpsegarding it ) a « i a speotes of preauaipiiorkimnim to venture to address ] the Prime . 'MinisterofiEngliind . on . a theme whiih involves : pfinclples . and stirs . up associftions io : iUtt « rly alien . to that descriptfon- ' ofpeiiiiy -and farthing . ; reasoning by ! which he has chosen * to illnmnete it . iTrut . ihe elevates ' his tonojulittle when iw , comeB ^ to talk abent ' -early and improvident marriages , ioverf population , o \ ier . diyiBion « of iand ,. o , T « r . ppvCTty ' , ' anrt the inecessity of ^ ovtrnmeht interference to prevent . such abominations ' to < tiii > State ' in future phut thonghihe , callshitnself' a mtmberjof the Ossianic-Socjttj . ' andimiffht thereby be supposed ( o have imbibed . some of ths heroUm and originality , of Ossian ' , ' he can see . ns . cure for the disorders of thenorth hut the
stale and-oft-repeated one « f- ' : a-4 jatem of- emigration on a gigantic scale , ' at the ^ public expense . - Likeimoot other propagators of the same nostrum , however , ; he does not declare that , he will liravely . go : Along with the emigrants to their place of banishment ,. and there share ' with them their toils andithi ir sorrows , and diligently instsuot them ¦ how to ward . off those souroes of ' tnuu-ry which , he say » have sunk them'io low in tae scalaof huniaplty at'home . ilo . 'no ! be loves his own < fissslde in iQtasgow and jtteatute comforts ioo well for that ; bu * he 'geWaualy advises that ithe . Queeh ' s . QoTOrnnmnt should iond « a eaptaln andlUulemmt ' along-. wUh the human bislng * he wishes to exile ; ibat what the-duties , of rthis tnilitany * s - ¦ cort are to be he has not clearly defined .. _ Now , air , > tbis is ! a 'fairspecimes of the sort of stuff . with which the
press i ? inundated-when the , claitas of the K \ ghland poor come to demand ., pahlic attenvicn . Banistarieut fro » « bo lautiMt tticlr"fttctier « ,-ar : aoiDe -paltrymttfgation of their vrrotigs is'theontversal . crJTaysed . The . failure or ; this , that , or the ortie * branch of nunufaeiiiri , is . assigned at the . cawse of the distress of iho people , findthey arc intuited ' with compliments ( when they ought . ' . to . be ashamed of them ; for t & a meek composure with which they base : borne th ' o * e ' distresses ; bi » ithetriw « ijus » of the distress few attempt to point out , ihtich less grapple with ; aiu ^ it is never asked whether there may iwt he men in high places , and heartless speculator ' s , mch as this Osaianic Society' man is , far mtre deserving of banishment ' than the clansmen are themselves , ; but all these things must straightway be done now . 'The
propoundings of poor-law doctors ,, emigration doctors , and surplus populatioa . doctors have bten weighed in th » balance of ciperience and common sense , and found wanting ; and we are at last arrived at a juncture when it behoves us to inquire , not as we have hitherto been doing , whether one far » hing . or . tY « o farthings' worth of bread aidsy , doled out either by voluntary . or legallyextorted charity , may be sufficient to maintain a High , lander and his fumily , and whether it might not have been better for the realm , after all ; if the deserted glens of the Highlands had been kept under tillage as of old , and the sea-weed , which the ancient cultivators of these glens made into kelp , put into tbe soil , which is now lying waste , and overrun with mofs , for lack of human labour and nourishment : I say , we have reached a crisis when
it would be sheer loss of time on our part to ask questions such as these ; but we' are to inquire what the natural and inalienable rights ef the Highland peasantry are , and , having found them out , frankly , and with all speed , give them back . What these rights are ; I will endeavour ( n « t for the first time publicly ) to explain i \ n . mediately . ^ Yes , kings and queens may breed ad infi . nitum , and our surplus-population doctors will say nothing , and . what i * wnrst of allj the swinish multitude will glory in' upholding those kings ' and queens , and their progeny , in all those various form ' s of pomp , idleness , uselessuess , and luxury which are so ' inseparable from their position . Feudal'dukes and lords likewise may bring tribes ef bloodsuckers into existence , and fools and self interested parasites will meet to
celebrate the birth of every heir-apparent with riotous rejoicing ; but let a Highlander take unto himself a irife , and thereby fulfil nature's law , and a brand is forthwith set upon him by the abrttors of the rich and the powerful . Though he may sweat with bard labour from night to morninif , he is itigmatized as ati idle vagabond and cumberer of the ground , and nothing short of the annihilation ot himself and his children will satisfy his foes . But the letter-writer I have alluded to admits that the time was when even ' the article of population , ' as he calls it , was more esteemed in the Highlands than it is in these days , when chieftains reckoned tbe ralue of their ' domains' by the number of warriors they could' bring into the field ; but candour required , while he was making mention of these historical facts , that he should
also have told us what the nature of the tenures were by which the chieftains hid the 'domains' he speaks about . The clansman held bis farm ( which was not a wretched bit of potato oroft , among rocks and bogs on the seashore , as it now is , but-several acres of good land in the glen , and unlimited freedom of hunting and pasturage among the mountains besides , ) by as good a - ' charter as the chief held his castle . Nay , more , the chief , even in feudal ages ( a corruption of the patriarchal . ) -coiil . i beset adrift by tbe rotes of the clan , and often was to ; and , certainly , to exterminate and drive his followers' out of their possessions by burning brands , as has been done by tbe Highland lairds for two generations past , was the last idea that would have struck him . Indeed , the chief could not by any possibility , even at common
law , have exercised such a dreadful stretch of power ; for , be it observed , he was not the proprietor of the territories of ( he clan ; he was simply the' adopted prince or leader ol tbe tribe ; and it was only in consequence of our kings arrogating to themselves the monstrous prerogative of conveying away lands which were not their own to their favourites and sworn vassals , that the chief caroe to wrest from his clansmen their hereditary inheritances in the soil , and to style himself a proprietor In the modern sense of the term at all . Well , Sir , if this be an accurate representation of the affair , is not the path of duty plain before us ?— -viz , to restore the Highland clans to an entire absolute right of property in the lands of which they have been robbed ; and 1 would , moreover , without scruple , expel the existing race or
proprietors from their estates , as a just retribution for the inhuman manner in which they have exercised their tuurped dominion over their fellow-citlzens . Sure I urn , no loss of territory' that they could sustain would he a severe enough punishment for the yirtuous conimu " . mttea of men and women these aristocraiichl tyrants hare beggared and scattered ; and no atonement they could make to the anfit-reri would be a suflicient requital for the many tears they have caused to flow , and the honest hearts they have broken . In debling with this business , we neither want 'Edinburgh nor London newspaper commissioners '" to go to tbe Highlands and make cold , bootless investigations into the circumstances of a race whose language they cannot speak , and into whose feelings tbey are incapable of entering . No ; what we createdand lto
want is an energetic pnulie opinion , a , jtnan dictator with a stout . heart and an iron hand toen-( force itr-an opinion which will go to the rootof the whole «> f the social evils of the north , and '" e contented with noti & g short of compute inssri-cE being donerlo our longxwgiected mountaineers ; not hy giving them , as Lord Job * Russell ' s Ossiamc monitor counsels , ' infeftmc »( in lead en some far distant foreign shore , but ' infeft-Mttf & i the fertile straths from whence they were ejected in' tnt * rown natal clime . In following this latter course , men dacious unpatriotic intruders have only 10 he removed , while by planting the Highlanders on lands across sets , the aborigines of these regions will be tbesuff «* ers , and they would have as good a title to regard tf » Highlanders as spoilers and intruders as to such
the HigWttB * " themselves have regard as their ownian ^ o ^ B beyond , the Tay . But why , I ask , expatriate ) «& e Highlanders of Scotland , because of their al ! ej » ed s ^ mbers ^ and their 'over poverty ! ' Is there not p lenty 4 f space in the Highlands to contain them ?—an * I » «* t the resources of the Highland soil , if properly ca'Wed 4 brth , adequate to feed and clotheay and eririefr * oe , » ho whole of the people there S But as * tbe ground \ i aatho mermvhile apportioned in tbe Highlands , what ?*** , pray , but ' ovcr-poverty , ' famine and ' over . divisicnS'Of land'Is to be looked for , more especially when L ordJuhn Russell ' s addresser informs us that the holdi tigs -of the inhabitants consist of « an acre or two of scro . » gy « eil , never intended by nature for culture , ' for which a Web rent is exacted , and when the brave have
former « nurseries of *»»* avomen and men been converted into slWfwwalks of countless miles in extent . ' The wonder / -adM * is , nnd « v such a terrible misapplication of God ' s <»» s « Mrtb as this , that there are to be found human beings to the Highlands at all ; and yet , will jour readers iM & os / e me whtn I tell them , that the very person who ciWMittiUB speak of the sheepwalks being countless milesI fn « etent , assures us , with the next breath , that * eltow riW « r ° is only to be obtained throughout the valleys and the jnavuitainB of our Caledonian Alps after we have , probaWy ^/ got more than onehalf of tbe present inhabitants shipped off to the colohies ! If , then , we deserve the Scottish flame—if we love the' land of mountain and flood , ' wt » wall not rest contented until the children of the bills are removed from the ' icroggy crofts' on which they are husguishiug , and transferred to their ancient valleys , whei'fi they will have
ample scope for exertion , and where tlcey wall be in a situation teacquire habits of useful industry , both as labourers and farmers ; , while , living as they are , tbey are sternly excluded from both . And here , Air , in con-1 clu « ion , I am constrained to lament tbe entire extinction o ferery patriotic principle in Scotland . No l / iore Anii ' t"m Fletchers are to be seen in the senate or on the public pJatform to proclaim the wrongs and to uVend the ri fc 'htsof our countrymen . While with one hand we beckon t housands upon thousands of indigent Irish to come and . Mttle in lne nilQ » tof us , who bring along with them nothii . 'B but habits of moral and physical degra . datiun , murdv * t 0 the community—with the other we drive the crt ' o . o' our own people from our bosom , or stand idly by a ^ them melt away around us ; and when famine , pestii , ncB » » nd lordly oppression seem to ht , v « Awe their ww ** t ' » degrading \\ w \ people , we
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™ ZZ _ tt _ z ^~ i ^^ n ^— ¦— - ir ? \ rax msahly appeal to English statesmea and Bngll * g « neroslty , instead , of looking to purselves . ' In rsto ; did William Wallace give ujthis godlike spirit al an offsrlng : fo the foturaweil-beliig and ihdepeodence ^ of hUeeuntry '; invilu needjScotemin deilMntiOR tho ; deedi . of : ^ beir ancesters , If such conduct as this fs ^ tobe ^ pertisted in , 1 Oue-bubdred years ^ go , had the attempt been . made to ' swsqp the Highlands of its ions and daughters , the whole nation would have run to their arms . I But the days of chivalry and ,- manlyr independence ' ' « f ; tnjn < l are gone , and a baw spirit of crouching serviHiy and meaja cBlculation has transfused / itselfi throughout every rank and degree , 'ffhe ' thoughtful beholder . ho * ewr ,. of ithedowcfal of all that was oncfcgrarid and suiliiae in itlie history of bis native land , cannot be prevented from exclainiing with ' SeVtia ' schosehbard : — ' ' ' ' •« Vaveweel to a' our Scottish , fame— ......
"¦ " * ' iFareweelour ancient glory- — ,. „ , JFareweelcMn to the Scottish name , Saefanl'd'inmhriial stosy ! ' .. ; . ¦ , : ^ owSarktrltts ' o ' er the fiolway sands , , "• ''¦ ' '' And Tweed tins to the ocean , 11 ' To ' mark -where [ Englwiidk . Province stands ^ , ' : > . ' . > j fiubh a parcel of regaesin a nation . ' _ j en « * iEiiii ,-2 , Danube Street , Edinburgh .
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;;; . co-operativ . eideague . > . A , soirfleof the 'Co-operative JLeague was bdltl oa "AJoiiday night .-at iEarringdon Hall , ' King ' s Aimsyard , SnowJiill , for the purpose of passing reeelutiions in support . of the objects of tthe Society . Tliere was a large attendance of ladies present , nad amongst them . Mrs , Mary llowitt , and a lady who writes in some of -the London journals , under tbe aignatureof '•• ' Silver ^ pen . ' ? - ; In the * absence of Mr ^ VViU Jiaro Howitt , President ot , the Soeietyi- Mr'Lahe , of . America , was called to the chair . lie statedVis coniviction thatnoaiodification of fine-present conv petttire state of society could remow theerils from which the people were suffering , ' and recommended the'League to cooperate in the spirit of brethren ; on ; the same principle that the Hopednte community and other communities in America not upon ;; Air Hawkins moved the first resolution , to the effect- ^ -, ¦¦¦ ' ' - - . ' ¦ :,- •' - ^ '" "
. That the advent of Labour : was approaefefag , and that the meeting should rejoices * it as tbe medium by which the world , should be delivered from . the wrongs and sufferings under which It now gmoans . •'• ¦¦ ' that the doctrine that tho people should be content xith their position . was bad ,: and that they should do all in their power legitimately to improve it . The resolution , was unanimously carried . : MrBsoos , of the ' Health of . Towns' Association , moved the second .. resolution ;; which wne' more in tbe nature of a , sentiment , expressive of a desire to" see the " union of all nations in the bands of universal brotherhood j commerce released from all restrictions , and transacted in a comprehensive and beneficent spirit ; and that it might prove the means of . destroying local prejudices , and lead men to make common cause , in-the promotion of human happiness . " ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ :. ¦; i , ' i ,-i ' - , " ¦ ; ' ;•• ¦ ! ' i . ^ .- . " .
Mr RiCHAnnfiO . v seconded the resolution , which was carried by acclamation . Mr AiNOBn , secretary to ) the Society ^ proposed the third . resolution in support of the co-operative cause , . 'ind , refom » nendingmen to abandon tbe-old > ways of competition and strife , and to consent to labour for their mutual good , in . which they would find their highest enjoyment . { .. !¦ . i'l' .. i ... Mr WiLTER Cooper , in an excellent speech , seconded the resolution , which was carried , after which , and thanks to the chair , the meeting separated . .
Church-Rates. A Public Meeting Was Held ...
CHURCH-RATES . A public meeting was held in the large room of the Swan Inn . 'Clithero , ort Wednesday evening , June 23 rd , "To take into . consideration the unjust and illegal determination of a small minority of a vestry meeting to imposea much larger rate than was agreed upon by a majority of the meeting , and to give the inhabitants of the ( chapelry ah opportunity of expressing their sentiments on the subject , which was denied them by the Chairman of the above meeting . " At half-past seven the room was densely crowded ; there were about 700 present . Robert Trapps , Esq ., town clerk , was called to the chair , lie addressed the meeting atsome length , to shew that a farthing and not twopence in the pound was the real rate , and pledged his character as a lawyer , that it was the only li gal and boiiafide ^ rate ' , and that the ratepayers would be justified in resisting the twopenny 1 ate to the utmost . ' '" . ' ' * . . "' . . .
The Rev . Joseph WibswoRifl , Independent minister , next shewed the baneful and unchristian character of church-rates , and concluded by movingr- ;" That ^ church- rates [ and other compulsory imposts for . the support of religion , are unjust , oppressive , and injurious , being opposed to the principles of Christianity , and to that religious liberty which is the inallinable right of every human being , Mr Heaios seconded ^ the resolution , which was put and carried , unanimously .. Mr Jackson , Wesleyaii Association ministrer . novt addressed the meeting , in a most effective and eloqwent speech , destroying evevypoaitioh taken up by the pro-rate party , and contrasted their conduct with thedoetrines of the New Testainent . which ' made them look most " strange . asi ' d unaccountable , " and conclud e d an address , of three-quarterB of an hour , by moving— .
That this meeting strongly disapproves of the attempt which was made by the vestry meeting to hind the majority by the minority , and considers ' that the decision I ' rom the chair , announcing that the , quest ! on wascarried by a minority , contrary to the highest authority , and in no way binding on the ratepayers . ' ' Mr Carmiciuel , churchwarden ' of Chadburn , seconded the resolution , and said that when the rate was first proposed jamongst the churchwardens , he used his best endeavours topreventtbem from calling ameetingof the ratepayers ; , and urged " upon them the desirability of raising tbe amount by the voluntary rather than the compulsory principle : but no , they would act up to , and enforce the law , regavdless of consequences . The resolution was put and carried unanimously .
MrltiRTUKD , of Sabden ( Baptist minister } , next addressed the meeting , and concluded by recommending the electors to vote for no candidate , be he Whig , Tory , or Radical , who will not , when in his pjace in tbe Ilonso of Commons , take his stand upon Anti-State Church Principles . He moved—That this meeting regards tbe imposition of churchrates on the cliapelryof Clitheroe , of twopence in the pound , as peculiarly oppressive and unjust , and are determined to resist the payment of the same , by every legal , peaceable , and constitutional means . Mr John M'Ilquuam seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr Cakkiciukl asked the chairman ( Mr Trappos ) , if Mr Anderton , the minister , requested him ( MrC ) , to collect the twopenny rate , what course should he adopt .
Mr Trappes said he only knew of one rate , and that was the legal rate of one farthing in the pound ; he ( Mr C . ) might collect .. that rate , and not one farthing more . , Mr Carmicjuel proposed , and Mr Bkrut seconded , a vote of thanks to Mr Trappes for his conduct in the chair . Mr Trappes thanked the meeting , and assured them they might at any future time command hia services , when they conducted themselves so orderly and discreetly as that night ; All the speakers were frequently , and rapturously applauded . " '
United Patriots'benefit And Provident So...
United Patriots'Benefit and Provident Socrerr . —The Bristol branch of the above society held their annual festival on Monday , 28 th ult ., at the White Hart Inn , Brislington , a village two miles from Bristol . A splendid dinner was provided for the occasion , and an excellent band ol . music enlivened the evening ' s entertainment . After the cloth was removed , Mr Thomas Frankham was called to the chair , and Mr' Robert Nicholas to the . ' vice-chair , and , after a few preliminary remarks , tho chairman proceeded to propose a number of ' toasts and sentiments appropriate to the occasion , amongst which we may mention the " Health of tho patrons of the
society , " T . S . Duuoombe , E < q ., M . P ,, T ; Wakley , Esq ., M . P ., and other gentlemen . After a warm eulogy on the public conduct of these gentlemen for their untiring zeal in the working man's cause , the toast was draught with enthusiasm , the band playing the tune " Hearts , of Oak . " Thanks having been voted to the chair , and that portion of the press which advocates the rights of labour , the company adjourned to the Green , in the rear of thohouse ,, and enjoyed themselves in sports and dancing . It was a pleasure to witness such a large' assemblage of welldressed and respectable individuals of both sexes , so happy as they evidently were . -
Ancient and Modern Travelling . —After a lapse of nearly a century , the Quicksilver mail , we are informed , leaves this road in tbe course of a few days , That mighty monster steam seems to bring a revolution of changes wherever it takes its course . Half a century since , ' in the recollection of many an old personage now living in Ashburton , once a day passed theDilicenee coach , with its basket fastened behind for passengers who could not afford to pay the top fare i tnen followed other vehicles , performing the distance from Dock to Exon in about twelve hours , that well-known whip of olden days , Crack , always stopping at the ' celcbrated New Inn , four miles
from Ashburton , with his vehicle and passengers , an hour to dine and witness a buttle , of cocks , which were always procured ready for tho fight . Numerous bets took place , to the mortiiT . ^ tioB of some of the passengers , who were considerate losers . Since then time glided on , and the Subscription , Defiance , and a host of other coaches , have passed away , and a little time longer the celebrated coach Tantivy , with its pleasing guard , John Goodwin , will bid adieu . The old maidens , who seem so charmed every morning with the musical performances of Goodwin , will be thrown into in « prC « 8 jbte grief at their irreparable toBB , « - £ w < rf Paper ,
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~^ HBf & ND 4 s ND ? THE CHAr |® R ^ . *< i ' , ' ^ . £ ? -i-1- . ' . y ^ j & . £ ; to TBt iBnaSte THiNownw * w **^' ' Sit , —With few ^ honoiu rHbre V ^^ of the . press haveacted / dishonestly towards the yeople , because , had the most Important and flagrant abuses been continually held < up to public g » w , thejr could not by any possibility -fiove " prevailed ttutil the present momwat j but ] these ^ questions '" ' **!** . been studiously avoided , and those who have labour . dwr their orerthrowrfufotoo generally beldup . to . deriei & n and . public odium . 'However , " 'truth is mighty , and awist prevail , " and these who are engaged in this ri g hteous struggle maytake'Courage , 'for the day Vtf dheir . redemption draweth nigh . At the time of the American and French revolutions thepeople were induced madly to enijage in aorusflde against liberty , and had it been that the
punishment had fallen < ipon those who deserved it , no cause would have existed to find fault with the system ; but it so happens that posterity is punished for the misdeedsof -their ancestors , and therefore wo are made to feel the-ehastissment ,-: Had they made common cause withthem . we should have escaped the orleal which must He passed through , either peaceably « r otherwise . Nothing short of the'Teeplo ' s Charter" can enable us to abolish the Land . monopoly ,.. which . is the greatest curse that can possibly . , affect this country , in the mean time it behoves iMe people , to exert all their tnergles to provide funds for purchasing all the lauds that may pomei'into the market ; , by this means they will acquire a standing in society , improve their own condition , and that of their fellow-labourers , by reducing the cotnpetltionin the . labour ' maiket ,. ; Oav motto * must be for the ensuing Election , ¦ ¦ . The , Land and the ; Charter for . eyer . 'V-I am ^ yours respectfully , . ; ,. E . C . Sutton , an Elector of Nottingham .
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¦ ;* . A Parson h « re wishes the cry to be "No Popery !"Fudge , /; ; . ,--,. :: ' - ¦ ^^ ; ' /
;^ - . THE PLUNDERING PROFITMONGERS . ' ¦ :- ' r TO THE IDIIOB OF THE HOBTHIBN STAB . ' S » , —I beg to state 'hat tho magistrates of this borough have lately posted up in conspicuous places aoiabstractot the acts relative to bakers arid mill-rs adulterating flour or bread , having annexed to the several Acts of Parliament severe penalties , with the view of protecting tbe public . One villain of n miller has only ttucutiy'Xictu'uueu %£ v r- j .. i . —• : _„ •» . _ u ... —uu " b ' eant or peas , " and his excuse was , that it' was absolutely necessary to mix these vegetiibles with the wheat , t » cause the fl . mr to be more adhesive in preparing the bread ! What effrontery 1 - In place of £ 20 lie ought to have been fined £ 100 , and , to repeat the act , to be trans , ported for seven years . " . '¦¦ -s
• Another gross Imposition on the public , ' especially the poorer class of society , is practised by the fraternity ol grocers ; who not only basely adulterate sugar ; coffee , tea , cocoai Asc „ to make greater profit , but , in weighing the articles ; put paper along with It . Xthereby making their fraud greater , forin gettlnghalf a pound of sugar , cocoa , butter / orseap , there will be half an ounce , If hot more , to be deducted from the article purchased . Why should not the legislature interfere and prevent such frauds on the poor , arid cause this cla » s to weigh every article without paper , of , 'if such be necessary ( scales for soap and other articles bngbt to be provided ) to hold the arti .
cle , let paper of the same sort and size be put in the oppnsite scale ? This I have seen done by a " friend" or Quaker , ' who was so conscientious that he felt , if ho acted- ; otherwise , he was defrauding his customer . Surely our Commons' House of Parliament hove as much right to dabble in such matters that concern the poor so closely as to enact that turbot , scented soap / oils , & c , shall be admitted duty free , because such a'e solely for their use and consumption , or that , on their finer teas -and coffee , a bight r duty is not charged than for that consumed by the plebeian order of tbe community , ' - .. . „ ,,,.: ,.. ..- .
' Our bread is yet a shameful price , tbe 41 b . loaf beinu i 0 d ; j seconds . . Ought , not Parliament to interfere and prevent monopolists making fortunes of £ 60 , 000 or £ 70 , 000 in a few weeks , causing a dearth in tho . midst Of plenty ? It was rumoured there were public granaries to be erected , to keep down bread to Gd . for the 41 b , loaf , but such an act of justice is not to be expected from class legislators . A Weil-Wishes , and Hatee of Injostici .
To The Iditob Of Tde Hobtb1en 8tib. Sir,...
tO THE IDITOB OF TDE HOBTB 1 EN 8 TiB . SiR , _ In looking over a late number of tliu filar my attention was arrested by a letter addressed to you , und headsd— . "PRINCIPLE " 0 . EXPEDIENCY . " I think I should be guilty of a dereliction of duty If I did not say a few word * upoo the latter part of that letter cautioning the Chartists of Leeds as to their policy respecting Joseph Sturge . It is not for me to speak of the motives of the writer , but I think he is in the wrong ; I hope , therefore , that \ ou will allow the following lines a place in your paper :
TO MR WILLIAM RIDER . Sib , — In your letter published in the Star , dated June 18 th , I think there is much uncalled-for abuse of Joseph Sturge , such as " complete humbug , " and "birdsofa feather flock together . " . Now , Sir , have you rorgot tno nnhlp stand of Joocjiii aturge at Birmingham against both Whig and Tory , when the same Joseph Sturge was lauded to the skies by the editor oi the Ifortncru Star for his manly stand : for universal freedom * You misrepresent the man when you say that lie dissents from one of the nvosi essential points of Chartism , Tote by Ballot . Now , Sir , at the meeting you allude to I was present , and Joseph Sturge distinctly stated , in the very faes of Wlv . ggery , that he would vote for tbe Billot ; but be said further , that he hoped the day would come when the manly , independence of Englishmen would do without the Ballot . So says Feargus O'Connor , « ud so say I , But you ask the Chartists of Leeds , had Joseph been one of our brethren , would Edward Baines have seconded a
resolution , calling on Joseph to allow himself to be put in nomination , and pledging the support of the meeting to obtain his return ? I answer it is the Government Scheme of . Education ( hat has driven Ethvard Baines to supporting Joseph Sturge . I firmly believe that Joseph Sturge is a sincere advocate of tbe principles of political freedom , ne embodied in the People ' s Charter ; und I hope and trust that the Chartists of Leeds , and all sincere Reformers , will work heart and soul to accomplish his return . Aro the Cbnrtisfs of Leeds to'let such nn opportunity go by for another seven years and not cmbrace it ? I answer , emphatically , No ! Go heart and soul with Baines or Richardson , if , by doing so , you elect a goad and sincere advocate of the political rigiits of man . Chartists of Leeds , be up and doing ; rally round the standard of Liberty , form your branch committees , and work heart and hand to obtain the election of Joseph Sturge . Yours truly , WlUUM SriES , a sincere Chartist . Brittian ' s . fold , Ilolbeck , near Leeds . P . S . —Edward Baines told the electors andnon-elec tors that he disagreed with Joseph Siurgc ' s political principles . W , S .
Lord Holland's "Equivalent New(«) Footwa...
LORD HOLLAND'S "EQUIVALENT NEW («) FOOTWAY" THROUGH HOLLAND . ? AUK , KENSINGTON . TO THE EDITOR OF THE KOBTUEBN STiX . Deir Sir , —You have doubtless heard that it is the intention of Lord Holland to block up the footway brfore Holland House , and ' to divert the same in a line with his grand entrance drive , which is opposite the' * Earl ' s Court Road" to Brompton . This he styles a " new" foutwHy , and so it seems to those who do not know anything to the contrary . ; but if any of your readers who take an interest in the question ( and it is a question in which many are interesting themselves ) will peruse the "Maps of London , " in . the " Kill ' s Collection" of the Library Of the British Museum ( which they can do upon the mere application for a free " order" to Sir Henry Ellis , the Ciiief Librarian , signed by two respectable householders ) ,
they will find this " new"Hue of footway is about as •* new" as Holland House ; It was originally a lane which led from the Thames to' Willesden . When tho Holland Park portion of it was made away with I know not , but I insist that because Lord Holland is willing to restore it , that is . not any just reason why ho should deprive the public of another line of thoroughfare iqually as important , —I mean that which passes before Holland House , which is the remains of a l » ne also , and a very ancient One too . Let Lord Holland restore the stolen footway by all means , but let him riot do so at the cost of tbe one which the public already enjoy , and which they consider no " equivalent" can be given , as indeed there cannot . *
Trusting that you will give publicity to the above , I remain , dear Sir , yours , for public rights , HEnnr Doweix Griffiths , Secretary of the West London Central Anti-Enclosure Association . P . S . Holland Park is already too much , enclosed With black boards as high ae a one . storied house . Lord Holland says he has bis fences this height tor fear that , in the event of the public being robbed , the thief ( or thieves ) might not escape ; a very plausible reason , truly , for blocking up the country , but one which Englishmen however gullible , are not likely to swallow . It is worth a vieit to Holland Park , in order to " see sight of" its giant fences ; the long lane to it from Notting-hill actually looks like a long sewer , so high and so black are the fences each side of it , : June 20 , ' 1817 .
In The Assembly Of The States General Of...
In the Assembly of the States General of Croatia , held at Waradm , it lias been resolved that the na . tional language should be used instead of Latin , and that no person , . shall be elected as Deputy who does not understand and speak Hungarian . t Daring Highway Robbkry . —About a quarter before eleven o ' clock on Tuesday night amostaudaciou 8 robbery and assault was committed in Mile fcnd-road , on the person of Mr Edward Rountree a gentleman in her Majesty ' s Customs , rosidine at 22 West-street , Mile Enil-road , who was returnW home accompanied by his wife . When neailyopposite the London Hospital , an attempt was made bv two fellows to pick his pocket , and whila tnmi ™
yound to prevent them , he received a severe blow on the" face from one of their accomplices , which knocked hirau . wn , at ^ beiore he recovered a valuable gold watch a . nd chain was stolen from his person . N « twitt » tand ; ig w » alam yajspil , the thieves succeeded u > esttapiDs ,
{¦ Wreck Of Four Ships/ The Miracle, Cap...
{¦ WRECK OF FOUR SHIPS / The Miracle , Captain Elliott , sailed from tho port of Liverpool in tbe latter part of March , last , for Quebec ; besides her crew ' ahe had im boarA nofewo r than 400 emigrants , in a gale of wind ; on . the' QUt of May , this unfortunate Vessel was driven ashore oi ' areef of rocks off the'M agdalen Island *; where in & few hours she became a complete , wreek * The moment shel struck her masts fell . overboard , ' and . the captain * of tbe ship seeing that the loss of . the vewel was inevitable , bad the boats' lowered , and with hi * crew . exerted all possible means to preserve the ' liveg of the emigrants , who crowded the decks in the greatest state of . ' excitement . After incessant zeal the greater part . of the poor creatures were got safely ^
ashore on the island , but m ¦ tiro instaircea tbe boats struck against the rock , were shattered ., to atoms , and their living freight , amounting to heafly ^ Opersons , were drowned . Before the vessel arrived off Magdalen Islands , a fever had broken out among the emigrants , which carried off . 20 . 'The names of these who perished are not mentioned in the particulars received at Lloyd's ; the survivors-are said tov have been ' conveyed to Pictbn , where they arrived on the 29 th . : The vessel had been' properly surveyed before her sailing from Liverpool : ' she was' strongl y built , and registered at Lloyd ' s as 627 tons , having been built at St John ' s , New Brunswick , in 1841 , It is not known if she was insured .
Two English vessels were lost on the same night , CO miles south ward of Magdalen bland ; one was from London to Quebec , called the Brothers , the property of Messrs Brooks and Co . ; of Soutbwark . All hands , it is supposed , were lost ;' Letters from Suez , dated June 8 , received by tha overland mail ,, announce the total loss of the barque Welcome , belonging to Greenock , on . a coral rock off the Hand of'Yambo , in the Red Sea . It wa » attended with melancholy joss of life . ' The chief mate , an Arab' pilot , and also 12 of the seamen , were drowned . The accident occurred at . 10 o ' clock on the night of tbe 14 th of April , tbe vessel 5 being on her homeward passage . No . sooner did she striko than the vessel . turned over oh her beam-ends , and sunk in 70 fathoms of water . The master and remainder ol tbo crew , after being in the water some time , succeeded in getting hold of the - long-boat , which floated , and gained the village of Yambo ou the 16 th . The loss is estimated at £ 20 ,
000-Another loss , that of a whaler , off the coast of New . 7 . aalf » ni 4 ..- > a' niar * ••« ! A »» - « J - «»¦ T > Ar * l '»* , . If . i « lhat of the Pe ' phos , 500 tons burden , commanded by Cant . West . On ' the morning of tho' 27 th of December last , in the midst of a violent squall of wind and rain , breakers were discovered a short distance oa the lee bow . She struck , heavily midships , and in five minutes was sh . ittered ' in a thousand fragments . By almost a miracle ail butsix of the crew were saved . When she struck she rolled bulwarks under ,, towards the reef—by the returning wave she rolled outwards with her masts under water , and s » remained , when the crew clambeied up upon the side which lay out oi water , which offered some protection
from the waves . ; The next sea ' that struck store in her decks , and partially broke up her stern ; and the succeeding one detached the side centre on which they were clinging , and threw it , with the unfortunate sufferers , upon the reef .- No land was to be seen ., and there was much reason to suppose they were ou a bare reef on the wide ocean . The morning light , however , dissipated their fears in revealing the land at a distance of four iniles . to which they were able to proceed on the reef ; It proved to be Palmeraton Liland , near New Zealand . There they remained several days . _ and were eventually taken off by the American ship Alert . The loss of this vessel , with its contents , is reported to be about £ 10 , 000 .
Iio.Fesrr Rewards".—A Few Evenings Since...
IIo . fEsrr Rewards " . —A few evenings since , A lad in the employ of Messrs Maxwell and Sou , law booksellers , Bell-yard , Fleet-street , was sent out on busit . ness for his employers into the city . On passing the obelisk at the end of Farringdon-street , he saw lying on the ground , in the mud , a piece of paper folded as a letter ; on looking at it he found it to be an unsealed letter , addressed to Mr Asher , British Museum ,, containing several Bank notes . The lad immediately returned to his employers' honseol business , and handed the letter and notes to the head clerk in the counting-house , stating to him when and where he had found them . The clerk , on examining ! the contents , found enclosed two £ 40 and five j £ 10 Bank of England notes , amounting in the whole to £ 130 . He
then directed tile lad to go immediately to the . Mu * seum . nnd make inquiries for and ascertain if Mr Asber could be seen . On going there he found Mr Asher had left , and' would not return till the next morning . It appears that Mr Asher had received the notes at the Bank in the course of the afternoon , and for safety had placed them in an . old envelope directed to him , and then placed them in the breastpocket of his coat , and did not discover his loss till going to rest at one o ' clock in the morning . He hastened early in the morning to tlie 'Bank , 'arrived before the hour of business , tonk the only remedy in his power to save , if possible , his property , ascertained the number * , and otuppctf tfie DOteS . lie then went , in a low desponding mood , to the
Museum , whore the lad was waiting for him . On Mr Asher being pointed out to the lad , he inquired if he had lost anything . Mr Asher answered , with createmotion , "Yes , have you found anything ?" To his delight the lad answered he had found some bank-notes . The lad directly gave up the notes to Mr Asher on his describing them ; and much to the honour of that gentleman he handed back a £ 10 note ,-The lad , with much acuteness , inquired" if he could make use of the note ?'' Mr Asber , recovering from his surprise , said " No , you cannot ; but you . shall go with me in a cab to the Bank and obtain the cbanse . " Tbey proceeded accordingly to the Bank
and obtained the change . Mr Asher handed the ten sovereigns to the lad , and on leaving took down hie name and address in his pocket book , and promised the lad to do everything that laid in his power te help him ; he would obtain for him a good situation , and promote in every way he could his future interest and welfare , for the truly honest , uprig ht * straightforward manner in which he . had acted in this transaction . It may be added that at the time Messrs Mixsvells' lad found the money another lad was with him , to whom he afterwards gave four sovereigns , and placed the remainder of the money in St Clement ' s savings bauk .
Fatal Accident on tub Cbotdo . v Railroad . —An accident of a very distressing nature occurred near the Anerley station of the above railway , atabouta quarter before six o ' clock on Thursday evenine . The Anerley tavern and tea gardens form a picturesque object on the right of the Croydon Railway . ' hey are tenanted by Mr Buckmaster . The son of this gentleman is the victim of the unfortunate occurrence , and the manner in which the accident took place may he thus briefly detailed . It appears that Mr Bucknvister holds s me land on the opposite side of the railway to that on which the tavern is situate . On this land some labourers were employed On Thursday in haymaking , the son of Mr Buckmaster , a remarkably fine young man , aged only 19 , superintending their operations . At the hour * bove-mentioned
the deceased was in the act of crossing the railway , from the tavern into the field , when a pilot engine on its way to town passed the station at a rapid pace ; before tbe unfortunate yonns : man could clear the ' line he was struck by the off buffer and thrown a distance of several yards , falling with great violence on the back of his head , and fracturing his skull te a frightful extent . The accident was observed by tbednver of the engine , who immediately brought up and assistance having been procured , the deceased ! who still breathed , was placed on a truck and brought immediately to the London-bridge terminus , whence he was removed on a stretcher to Guy ' s Hospital . Mr S . Abershaw , the house surgeon , on making an examination , at once pronounced the unfortunate man to be quite dead .
Betore Air Win . Carter , the coroner for East Surrey , and a jary , at the Crooked Billet Tavern , l enge-common . Norwood , relative to the death of Uiarles Joseph Buckmaster , aged 19 years , who lost his hie near the Annerly Station , on Thursday evening last , under the most painful citcumstances . The jury having been sworn , proceeded to view the body , upon their return the first witness called was Joseph Buckmaster , the proprietor of tho Annerly Tavern INorwood , who deposed that the deceased was his son . He assisted witness in the management of his business . On Thursday evening last , about a quarter to six o clock , witness was standing in a field situate on the lett of the down line from London , watching his men , who were engaged in havmakinr . ien
w uo was suddenly alarmed by hearing thewhistle ot a steam-engine indicating danger . Wit-SW T J nd ? 7 deceased walking steadily along the side ef the up line towards the held , immediately afterwards witness observed an engme and tender passing the Annerly station . The men in charge of the engine m % de a loud and continued alarm to warn the deceased , who never heeded the signal . They had likewise shut off the steam , and were using tho break , but before the engine stopped the deceased was knocked down . Witness ran to the spot , which was about 200 yards from the Annerly station , and found the deceased insensible , and weeding from a wound ou the back of his head . He was placed on the engine and removed to Guv ' s
Hospital , where Mr Abershaw pronounced him dead irom a fracture of tho skull , a portion of which had penetrated the brain . By tho coroner . —Witness Was quite certain that the deceased lost his life accidentally , and that the engine-driver and stoker did all they possibly could to prevent the unfortunate occurrence . Other evidence having been taken , tke coroner summed up , remarking on the melancholy nature of the case , pointing out the law in reference to the management of railways , and tho responsibility placed in parties taking charge of locomotive engines , if proof were given of any culpable negioofc in their duties . The coroner subsequently left the case in the hands of the jury , who unanimously agreed to a verdict of—Accidental Death . ¦¦
The Queen , on ' the advice of Lord John Russell , has settled on Mrs Dr Chalmers and her family * pension 0 B the civil list of £ 200 a year .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 3, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_03071847/page/2/
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