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    • ASTONISHING EFFICACY •v
    • Fatal Fall from a Window —On Tuesday, Mr
    • Dbplirable Superstition.—The following case of
    • Upwards of'one thousand head of foreign cattle
    • Sufferings of the Zetlanders.—It'appears quite
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      Astonishing Efficacy •V

      ASTONISHING EFFICACY v

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      HOLLOWAY'S PILLS . XbA Testimony of a Clergyman vouching to Eleven Cases of Cures by these wonderful Pills . Sttrott of « Letter / rem the Rvs . George Prior , Curat * of Jfawaft . Letter Kenny , Carrigart , Ireland , lOti Jan . IMS .

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      BLAIR'S GOUT AMD RHEUMATIC PILLS , A severe case of Rheumatism , communicated by Mr , AUen , Proprietor of the Nottingham Mercury . Mercury Office , Nottingham , March 17 , 1845 . Sir , —I have the pleasure of forwarding you the particulars of a casein which BLAIR'S GOUT and EHEUMATIC PILLS have proved eminently successful . A young woman , named Mary Wain , accompanied by her parents , who reside at Wataall , aearthis town , called upon me on -Saturday last , being desirous of making her case known for the benefit of the public .

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      INDIGESTION , BILE , & c—For Sick Headaoh .-Hahitual'Costiveness , Gidd ness , Low of Appetite Lewness ef Spirits , with sensation of fulness at the pit of the stomach , pains between tbe shoulders , and all the distressing feelings arising- from Debility and Indigestion STIRLING'S STOMACH 'ILLS are the best remed y . They can be taken at any time without danger from wet or cold , requiring no restraint from business or pleasure . They act mildly on the bowels , without pain or gri ping , speedily removing the causes that produce disease , giving

      Fatal Fall From A Window —On Tuesday, Mr

      Fatal Fall from a Window —On Tuesday , Mr

      Mills Held An Inquest At The Middlesex H...

      Mills held an inquest at the Middlesex Hospital , on the body ot Frances Owen , aged three years , daughter of Mr . Owen , at No . 6 , Wigmore-street . On Saturday evening , the deceased child , attended by a nurse , was listening , from a seat inside the second floor opened window , to an organ-player in the street . The nurse , about to leave the room , took deceased from the seat , and thought she was following her , but when she got to the room door , she heard a scream and the sound of a fall . The child had fallen out of the window , having overbalanced herself in her anxiety to see the organ man . A passer by picked her up and ran with her to that hospital , in which she died four hours afterwards . Verdict" Accidental death . "

      Fatal Rencontre . —An inquest , which has been adjourned , was on Saturday resumed and concluded , at llarefield , near Uxbridae , on the body of William Norman , a steersman in a canal boat , plying on the Grand Junction Canal , the particulars of which have already appeared . The surgeon deposed , that in his opinion , death had been occasioned by a blow or fall , thereby causing concussion ol the brain . The Jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter against the man Carpenter . Prisos Bhkakisg . —On Monday morning a man named Edmund Pitliera , who had given himself up as a deserter from the 28 th regiment of Foot , on

      Saturday last , effected his escape from the Windsor Borough Gaol , by breaking through the ceiling and roof of the room in which he was confined , and then letting himself down into the back premises of the Five Bella public-house , which adjoin the prison . Mr . Parker , the landlord , seeing the man come rolling over ! thejroof of an outbuilding in his yard , and quietly walk out into the road towards the Great Park , immediately gave information to the gaoler , when the prisoner was pursued , re-taken , and more securely confined , until the order arrives from the Horse Guards for his removal to the regiment from which he deserted .

      Lbapi . no Off a Railway Traiic—A case was heard before the magistrates on Saturday , of much importance to all travellers on railways . On the Ifth ult . a passenger booked from Allonby to Dalston , on the Maryport and Carlisle line , but instead of alighting at this station , remained upon the step of the car' iage until the train reached the holme near Cummersdale , when , while it was in motion , he leaped off ! The engine was stopped , and the young man weired up insensible , but he soon recovered , and was found to hare escaped with a scratch on the face and a " shake . " The train was delayed in consequence

      ot the foolhardy "lark , " and Mr . T . C . Heysham , one of the directors of the company , hearing of the circumstance , determined upon making an example of the offender . The law awards a penalty not exceeding 20 s . to any one who shall ride in a railway carriage without paying the usual fare , or without procuring a ticket , and the passenger , not havin « booked at Dalston , rendered himself liable to conviction under this clause , lie pleaded guilty , and on the recommendation ot the directors , who wished to bring the case forward as a caution to the public , tho magistrates fined him one shilling and costs .

      The Chester Infirmary ;„>D Hollowav's Pi...

      The Chester Infirmary ;„> d Hollowav's Pills .-Did Ointment—A short time since William Bullock , a bricklayer , was in the Chester Infirmary for nine weeks for an ulcerated leg of very long standing , where he derived not f he least relief . He was also for seven week under the care of Mr . Alexander Webber , surgeon , at Wellington , Somer . setslure , without receiving any benefit ; when , after all other means had failed , he cured himself by those wonderful medicines , which he purchased of Mr . J . II . Clarke , chemist , of Eirkehhead , who can attest to the facts of the case . However desperate wounds , sores . or ulcers may be , these Pills and Ointment will cure them .

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      HORRID MURDERS AND SUICIDE . During the last few days the villages adjacent to Folkestone have been most painfully excited by the commission of a double murder in the parish of Elham , about ten miles distant , and the suicide oftho murderer . : The unfortunate victims were the Wife and child of the wretched perpetrator of the deed , named Sharruck Richard Bragg , a bricklayer . On Wednesday morning he rose at an early hour , and while his wife was in bed with an infant by her side , he struck her violent blows on the temple with a hammer . He then committed the like violence on a little girl five years of age . which lay in a side bed , and ^ then destroyed hi s own life by cutting his throatimmediately afterwards . The particulars attending the dreadful catastrophe may be gathered from the subjoined evidence , which was adduced at the Coroner's inquest on the bodies . It was held at the King ' s Arms Inn , at Elham , before Mr . T . T . Delaasaux , one of the county coroners .

      William Jaggerc , ft schoolmaster , residing -in tho village , said that he had lodged at the house of the deceased about ten months . The family consisted of Sharruck Richard Bragg , his wife Mary , and two children ; the eldest named Ellen , aged about five years , and an infant aged four months . The conduct of the deceased man towards his wife and children wag most kind . He had not heard an angry word uttered by him towards either of them . About four weeks ago the deceased wont into his room , and remarked that he expected he should be transported , on which witness said , "I suppose you have committed some great crime that deserves transporta . tion . " He replied that Ire did not know that he had . He then observed that he had been a bad man to his wife , and witness asking him what he had done , he replied that he had not acted rightly to her , but did not say In what manner . The deceased appeared not in his proper

      senses . He frequently seemed low and melanchol y . On Tuesday night , about half-past ten o ' clock , witness went to bed . Deceased , his wife , and children had retired before ' thattime . About half-past five on the following morning , he heard something heavy fall on the floor in the room of the deceased ; shortly before which he believed he heard the wife of the deceased groaning . The groans continued , and at times grew louder . About six witness got up and dressed himself , and on looking out of the window saw a little girl knocking at the front door . He immediately went down stairs and opened the door , but the child was gone . He then discovered tome blOOd lying on the floor of a front room , which is under the apartment occupied by the deceased , and on looking up he perceived more dripping through the ceiling . Ho instantly called up a female named Quested , and desired her to go and open the bedroom door of the deceased .

      Ann Quested , the wife of a blacksmith , was next examined . She deposed that at about half . past six o ' clock on Wednesday morning , she was called by the last witness to go into tho deceased ' s room . She did so , and was horrified on seeing the deceased man lying on the floor covered with blood . She also noticed the bedclothes saturated with blood . Being much alarmed , she hastened down stairs for assistance . James Bragg , brother to the deceased , said , that on Tuesday evening , about seven o'clock , he met his brother and had some conversation with him . He accompanied him tO UOrth Elham , for some cabbage plants which he had purchased For the last month , deceased has laboured under a depression of spirits . Witness was at work with him about three weeks ago , he was then strange in his conversation , and different from what he had been in the habit of being . He asked him several questions with a view of ascertaining the cause , but his answers were far from being collected . ... .

      By the Coroner : From what he had seen and heard , he believed that the deceased was jealous of his wife . He had heard the deceased say , "If I was to die , there is another man ready to marry my wife . " Sarah Bragg , the wife of the last witness , was then called . She was one of the first to enter the deceased's bedroom on the alarm being given . She saw the deceased man ly ing on the floor . He was quite dead and the upper part of bis body was covered with blood . On a chair near his corpse she found a razor covered with blood . The one produced is the same . She then went to the bed and lifted the infant from it . The mother was perfectly insensible and was groaning heavily . The little girl was in a side bed . She was covered with Wood . They were both breathing . George Gale corroborated her testimony . The hammer produced he found near the body of the deceased on the floor .

      Several witnes « es were then examined , who spoke to the melancholy and desponding state of the deceased ' s mind . Upon one occasion he said he was done for , and hoped it would be a warning to others . Mr . James Beattie , surgeon , of Elbam , deposed to having been called to the house of the deceased on Wednesday morning , and found the bodies of the deceased as previously described . On entering the room , he saw on the left side a large pool of blood , and near it the hammer now exhibited . The deceased man was quite dead , his throat wa s extensively cut . His wife was in the agonies of death . Her head was covered with blood , and on examining her injuries , he found that the right

      temple bone was fractured . One end protruded through the skin , and the other was foreed into the brain , which was consequently exposed . Further injuries on the bend and face were also perceptible , and the right eye was destroyed . Blood was flowing from the temporal artery . The blows which were the cause of death appeared to have been infiicted by a blunt instrument , such as a hammer , and by a right-handed person . He . considered the first blow must have rendered hi-r insensible . The left temple and small mallor bone of the child were fractured . Over the latter was an extensive lacerated wound . Those injuries were quite sufficient to have caused death , and were doubtless inflicted by a heavy instrument . The child expired at eight o ' clock the same

      evening . The Jury found that "the deceased , Sharruck Richard Bragg , killed and slaved Mary his wife , and Ellen his daughter , while in an unsound state of mind , and whilst in that insanfr State did destroy himself by cutting his throat with s certain razor . " The shocking catastrophe has created much sensation in the neighbourhood of Elham . The wretched man was in his twenty-ninth year , and bore a very good character ,

      Fatal Colliery Explosion. Dubhah.—At An ...

      FATAL COLLIERY EXPLOSION . Dubhah . —At an early hour on Sunday morning , a great deal of smoke having been observed issuing from the mouth of the downcast shaft of the Alexander Pit , at Rainton , near the city of Durham , the property of the Marquis of Londonderry , fears were entertained that , during the night , an explosion had taken place ; and , on some of the officers of the pit descending the shaft , tliey found that their fears weretoo fully verified . It appeared that , shortly after three o'clock on the proceeding day , the workmen had left the pit , when there was not the least appearance of danger from an explosion . The only person who was left In the shaft on the Saturday night was a pitman named Richard Stott , aged about ninety

      years , who had charge of the furnace used for ventilating the shaft . When the deputy overman descended the shaft the following morning , he found Scott lying beside the furnace quite dead , his body exhibiting the usual ap . peacance of a person who had been killed by an . explosion of fire-damp . On proceeding towards the stable , it was found that the whole of the horses , 17 in number , had also fallen victims to the explosion . It is a most providential circumstance that the explosion took place on the Sunday morning , forbad it happened at any other time , the consequences might have been of the most frightful nature ; everything in the mine having life at the time of the explosison perished . Had the catastrophe occurred on the Saturday morning , it is supposed that upwards of 100 lives would have been sacrificed .

      On Monday afternoon , an inquest was held on the body of Stott , before T . C . Maynard , Esq ., Coroner for Easington Ward , when John Streaker , the deputy overman , stated that on Saturday hele ' -t tho pit at about three o ' clock in the afternoon , and at that time there was not the least appearance of fire in the shaft ; there was , as was the usual custom , two oil lamps left burning , but their being left burning would not have caused the pit to fire . He could not assign any reason for the explosion , but it was his opinion that it had not taken place spontaneously . Several other witnesses were examined , but their evidence was merely a corroboration of that of Streaker ; they all spoke to having left the pit safe , and the lamps burning , on the Saturday afternoon . After a short consultation the Jury returned a verdict Of Accidental Death .

      Dbplirable Superstition.—The Following Case Of

      Dbplirable Superstition . —The following case of

      Gross And Cruel Superstition Was Reporte...

      gross and cruel superstition was reported to us last week , but it appeared to border so closely en the improbable , that we withheld it . Unfortunately it proved but too correct . The wife of an individual residing at Skerton had imbibed the preposterous notion that a " charm" to insure the accomplishment of her wishes regarding the termination of any forthcoming event might be wrought by putting the cat in the oven ! Being desirous , on the Reeatta

      day , that Lancaster should win the cup , she resorted to this revolting mummery , and kept poor puss actually fastened in the oven until tho race was over , when the ill-fated animal was taken out lifeless , iiaving been literally roasted to death . We understand that this foolish old woman ' s crotchet is notorious in Skerton , and that she pfayed tho same inhuman prank at last year ' s Regatta , and on another occasion , when a dog belonging to a gentleman in the neighbourhood was to run at Hornby coursing meeting . —Lancaster Guardian .

      Royal Exchangh Improvements . — -The extensive range of premises forming the corner of Threadneedle-street and Old Broad-street , in the rear of the Royal Exchange , are forthwith to be pulled down for the intended improvements . These premises embrace a long range of shops and warehouses extending to the Hall of Commerce , which , when cleared away , will afford a fine view of the back front of the Exchange . Flooding in The Army . —The officers of the 7 th Hussars were hooted , hissed and pelted with mud and stones as tlu regiment passed through Banbury last week . The sympathisers with the murdered White are discussed as being "lads , " "Iabourinc classes and railroad men . " The cries were directed solely at the officers .

      Gross And Cruel Superstition Was Reporte...

      FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS AT 'i'HK u . r , ur . n . AU POST OFFICE . The official quarter at the Post Office taking place in the course of tho ensueing week , it is expected that several of the new arragemenfs will come into operation at that juncture , In addition to the several improvements heretofore noticed as being in con templation in the executive departments of the general and London district post , the following alterations just decided upon by the authorities may be relied upon as accurate . The scale of pay of the general and district ivtter carriers is to be made uniform , tiie minimum salary proposed being £ 60 per annum , and the maximum £ 110 . The officers are to rise in the following order : —For the first five years the amount paid is to be £ 60 annually ; for the next five , « 80 ; the third five , £ 100 ; and after twenty years' servitude the pay is to stand at £ 110 . The first step towards a consolidation of the whole of tbe men in both departments is about to be taken without delay . It has been no * proved that it is practicable to get out or deliver in

      town the provincial letters before eight o ' clock in tho morning—a point of duty it was not thought possible to achieve when' the recently adopted regulations with reference to the abandonment of the early delivery were contemplated , so that to guard against any emergency in that respect , fifty auxiliaries were appointed to get through the delivering duty . Now this is found to be easily done , the following plan is to be carried out : —The auxiliaries are to have notice that their services are to be no longer required than up to the Christmas quarter , notice to be given to them to that effect on the 10 th of the present month . Further , that the general post letter carriers be employed to deliver the district letters at eight o ' clock in the morning , and the district men now so employed are to be instructed to take the outside "assistancies , " now delivered by the •' auxiliary" men ; Not only are the usual gratuities , and the " accommodation , " or " early" money to be done away with , but it has been at lenirth decided by the Lords of the Treasury that the "Christmas boxes"to Post Officeservants shall cease

      altogether , and that an entire change in the Directory compilation , and the remuneration for the collection of the information for it , shall take place after the next publication of that work has been effected . Steps will also be taken forthwith so as to assimilate the various portions of the duty , and to simplify the several parts , so as to make each department distinct , and capable of working independently of the other . To the superior officers increased salaries are to h given , a principle which has been carried out within the last few days with respect to tho inspectors of the London district post letter carriers , who have received £ 20 per annum , in addition to their former salaries , by order of the Lords of the Treasury .

      [ For these improvements the people are mainly indebted to Mr . Duncombe , whoso vigilant supervision of Post Office affairs , and repeated motions on the subject in Parliament have taught the authorities at St . Martin ' s-le-Grand , that they can no longer neglect their duties , commit injustice , nor cramp the powers of the establishment with impunity , When one honest and determined member of Parliament effects so much good , what wovM . Uomty of the same character , under his guidance , achieve ?]

      Upwards Of'one Thousand Head Of Foreign Cattle

      Upwards of'one thousand head of foreign cattle

      Have Been Landed At This Port During The...

      have been landed at this port during the fast six months , and the greater portion were disposed ot to butchers and slaughtered in this immediate neighbourhood , —Plymouth Times .

      Strange Anecoote of Somnambulism . — A more familiar instance of somnambulism is that of a deceased Hampshire baronet . This gentleman was nearly driven to distraction by the fact that every night he went to bed in a skirt , and every morning awoke naked , without the smallest trace of the missin" garment being ; discovered . Hundreds of shirts disappeared fn this manner ; and as there was no fire in his room , it was impossible to accountfor the mystery . The servants believed their master to be mad ; and even he began to fancy hiimelf bewitched . In this conjecture , he implored an intimate friend to sleep in the room with him , and ascertain by what manner of mysterious midnight visitant his garment was so strangely removed . The friend ,

      accordingly , took up his station in the haunted chamber ; and lo ! as the clock struck one , the unfortunate baronet who had previously given audible intimation of being fast asleep , rose from his bed , rekindled with a match the candle which had been extinguished , deliberately opene I the door , and quitted the room . Ilis astonished friend followed ; saw him open in succession a variety of doors , and pass along several passages , traverse an open court , and eventually reach the stable yard , where he divested himself ot his shirt , and disposed of it in an old dung heap , into which he thrust it by means of a pitebfork . Iiaving finished tills extraordinary operation without taking the smallest heed of his friend wh ., stood looking on , and plainly saw that he was walking in his sleep , he returned to the house , carefully reclosed the doors , re-extinguished the light , and returned to

      bed , where the following morning he awoke , as usual , stripped of his shirt ! The astonished eyewitness of this extraordinary scene , instead of apprising the sleep-walker of what had occurred , insisted that the following night a companion should sit up with him ; choosing to have additional testimony to the truth oi the statement he was about to make ; and the same singular events were renewed without the slightest cbange or deviation . The two witnesses accordingly divulged all they had seen to the baronet ; who , though at first incredulous , became , of course , convinced , when , on proceeding to the stable yard , several dozens of shirts were discovered ; though it was surmised that as many more had been previously removed by one Of the helpers , who probably looked upon the hoard as stolen goods concealed by some thief . —Poyntz ' s World of Won ders .

      Shameful Treatment of Poor Emigrants . —The Elizabeth and Sarah Emigrant ship , which lately sailed for North America , with about 300 Irish emigrants en board , was nearly wrecked two or three times on her passage . She arrived at Basque Island , with a frightful fever raging on board , to which the captain , and no fewer than twenty-three passengers , bad fallen a sacrifice . This fearful loss of life seems to have arisen entirely from the capidity of the captain , who was also the owner of the vessel . The accounts state that " The ship sailed from Killala , on May 20 , 24 days after the day advertised , and the time the emigrants had come on board . Theoriginal number of emigrants she was to carry was fixed at 218 , but the number in her when she sailed proved

      far greater , amounting to 280 , besides the crew , and the accomodation provided on board consisted only of thirty-two berths . Owing to the great length of time before she sailed , most of the emigrants had consumed a large quantity of their stores , and by the time the vessel had reached half-way to her destination their position was most deplorable , subsisting on short allowance , and many with scarcely any . What was worse , the water had from some cause become putrid . At the time of the ship running ashore on the St . Peter ' s Island , the captain had an attack of fever , which soon carried him off , and many of the passengers expired from the same disease . The

      bodies of the passengers were immediately committed to the deep , but that of tlie captain was kept on deck for thirteen days , until the ship arrived at Basque Island . As may be supposed , it was in a shocking state of decomposition . In the meanwhile twenty deaths had occurred , and tho illness that prevailed in the ship was truly frightful . A vast number of the emigrants continued in a dangerous condition up to the time of these accounts being sent off . The state of the ship when it arrived is described to have been most disgusting . She was only 330 tons burthern , and was entitled to carry no more than 155 adult passengers . She had 87 beyond her complement . "

      Caution to the Public—Notice to Blacksmiths . — The public are hereby informed , that Mr . John Reece . by trade a blacksmith , and professing to belong to the Society of United Trades , lately resident at No . 8 , Devonshire . -street , New Northroad , Hoxton , London , came , on tramp , to the Fabrick of Mr . John Oliver York ex-company of St . Germans de Navarre , France , in search of employment , and obtained a job of Mr . Edward Davis , the foreman . After working a week he expressed a desire to send a sum of money to his wife , in London . The foreman very kindly lent him fifty francs or £ 2 sterling , which I transmitted through the hands of Mr . T . M . Wheeler , to its destination on the 2 nd of September , 1840 . On the week following

      a man of the name of Thomas Lewis , of London , also a smith , came in search of work , but the shop being full he could not be employed . On tbe Saturday night the workmen subscribed several small sums of money , he saying he had nothing to subsist upon . The same night Reece and Lewis decamped . Reece having robbed a poor widow woman , of the name of Smith , of a fortnight ' s board and lodging and money lent by her , in all about 32 francs , his employers of 30 francs , Mr . Latham , the proprietor of an English Hotel , of 50 francs , a Polish watchmaker , of Evreux , of 30 francs the value of a watch and also several small sums he borrowed of his shopmates . The poor widow had also passed her word for a pair ef boots , he being in want , which would have been added to the list of his swindling , but the shoemaker saw him

      passing by his shop to the Diligence Office , and seized him till he had paid . He also robbed a poor Frenchman of his wages , who was striking for him , Reece and his companion went together . A person saw Reece show near 150 francs , and Lewis showing . £ 8 . Lewis said , " they thought lhad no money but I have more than any of them that assisted me , but it will do to spend . " Reece is a man about 30 years of age and calls himself a Welchman , dark hair , and has a blaguard countenance and bearing altogether iiboutftt . pin . high , and had not time to wash hintsell before he went away , Lewis is about the same age of a respectable appearance and about 5 tf . 4 in . in height . John Sidaway , sub-Secrctary , and agent to the Chartist Co-operative Land Society . St . Germans tie Navarre , pres Eveieuxd department de L hure .

      hooLisit Wader . —An inhabitant of the departnient ot the Nord , remarkable for his potatory powers , laid a waser that be would drink forty canettes ( about five gallons ) of beer in three hours . He performed the feat , but was brought home , insensible Three days after ho was dead .

      Have Been Landed At This Port During The...

      EXTENSIVE FLOODS IU THE NORTH . Tho heavy and continuous rains in Scotland have caused great destruction . Several bridges on the Berwick and Edinburgh Railway have been undermined , and given way ; a portion of an embankment has also been swept away , and altogether about twenty rhilea of the line is impassible . Passengers are conveyed that distance by omnibus . At Galashiels and neighbourhood considerable damage was done to agricultural property , to houses , and to factories . All the mills were stopped and business was at a complete stand . The Gala rose higher than ever before witnessed . The flood in the Tweed was greater than it has been for many years . Immense quantities of timber , _ rural im plements , railway

      sleepers , and other articles , carried away from the lower lying grounds , came down the stream . At Haddington the Tyne rose to such a height as to overflow the lower stores of the houses in its vicinity —the houses were very much damaged , and much loss was occasioned to many poor people , by haying their bedding and . furniture destroyed . In Sept ., 1807 , a flood nearly as large as this one is remembered by some of the oldest inhabitants , but the present flood must rank in the anaals of the town next to the great one of the 4 th of October , 1775 , which is chronicled as one of the remarkable events in the burgh . Similar accounts are given of the state of Lardstoun , where the Leader appears to have been equally swollen < vnd impetuous . The floods seem to have been confined to the border counties of Had * dington , Berwick , and Roxburgh .

      The Loss Of The Elizabeth. The Following...

      THE LOSS OF THE ELIZABETH . The following account of the last voyage of this unfortunate vessel has been furnished by Captain Watson , who speaks in the warmest language of the generous conduct of Captain Griswold , of the American ship Northumberland . On the 4 th of September , the Elizabeth sailed from the Downs , en a voyage to Quebec—nothing of consequence occurred until Sunday the 20 th , when in lat . 47 30 N , and long . 37 30 W , they met with a hurricane , veering from S . W . to N . E . At six , a . m ., they laid-too under close-reefed topsails and main spencer , at eight a . m . the main topsail blew from the yards , and at nine a heavy sea struck the ship , heaving her on her beam-ends , carrying away her rudder , and canting the ballast . The crew used every exertion to right her . Oil Monday , the 21 st , they succeeded in their endeavours , and

      the gale inclined to moderate . At five , p . m . of the 23 rd , a chain was put round the rudder , and on the 24 th she bore away from the English Channel . On the 25 th they S & w a brig dismasted and water-logged upon which they bore down . Tin ' s vessel proved to be bound for St . John's , New Brunswick . Theytook the crew from the wreck and proceeded-on their course to the westward , until the wind increased to a gale . At eight , D . m ., they hove to , and . at nine a sea struck the vessel swept the bulwarks away , and hove her completely over . They then cut the mainmast away , the ship in the meanwhile labouring very heavily . The crew were now busied in turning the ballast and bailing the water out in buckets , as the pumps were choked . On Monday , the 27 th , at five , p . m ., the American packet Northumberland , came in sight , and hove down upon them . They managed to launch one of their boats , and Captain

      Watson , with seven hands , got on board the Northumberland with extreme difficulty , one man bavin ? his ribs broken , and another his skull fractured . The boat was then manned by ! four men of the Northumberland's crew , accompanied by Mr . Esson , the third mate . It soon reached the Elizabeth , and took the remainder of the crew off , with the exception of the carpenter , who was a foreigner , and refused to enter the boat without his clothes . Whilst they were waiting for this man the boat swamped alongside , and the chief mate was drowned ; another person had his arm broken . Immediately afterwards a boat was put off from the Northumberland , by moans of which the remainder of the crew were safely placed on board that vessel . From this period to that of their having landed at Portsmouth , on Monday , they experienced the greatest kindness from Captain Griswold and the officers of the Northumberland , whose humanity is deserving of the highest praise . .

      Sufferings Of The Zetlanders.—It'appears Quite

      Sufferings of the Zetlanders . —It ' appears quite

      Certain That, Bad As Was The State Of Th...

      certain that , bad as was the state of the poor inhabitants of Zetland last winter , they will this year be in a still worse condition . When their supplies of meal failed them , many had small potatoe pits to apply to , but the desolating ravages of disease have there also affected that crop , the greater part of which is now totally unfit for food . We use the Ian . guage of a correspondent when we state : — " Bear is not so good as was looked for , in some cases it has been destroyed by a worm in the top of the grain . Potatoes are almost unfit for food , and the poor cottagers will be in a truly miserable condition , If some

      one does not take pity on them . Tho complaints arising from want last year were dreadful to hear , but this year matters [ will be incomparably worse . " Such is one out of other statements which have been made to us , on this painful subject . We know well how difficult it is to excite feelings ofcommisaeration in the minds of the Government , on behalf of those who do not raise a hue and cry of their own accord , and who have among them no political agitators to threaten them with the lash ; but we do think the fact that the Zetlandlers have so long and so patiently borne their distresses , should induce , at least , inquiry to be made . —John o' Groat Journal .

      Our Bed-Rooms . —Their small size and their lowness render them very insalubrious ; and the case is rendered worse by close windows and thick curtains and hangings , with which the beds are often so carefully surrounded as to prevent the possibility of the air being renewed . The consequence is , that we are breathing vitiated air during the greater part of the night ; that is , during more than a third of our lives ; and thus the period of repose , which is necessary for the renovation of our mental and bodily vigour , becomes a source of disease . Sleep , under such circumstances , is very often disturbed , and always much less refreshing than when enjoyed in a well-ventilated apartment ; it often happens , indeed , that such repose , instead of being followed by renovated strength and activity , is succeeded by a degree

      of heaviness and langour which is not overcome till the person has been some time in a purer air . Nor is this the only evil arising from sleeping in ill ventilated apartments . When it is known that the blood undergoes most important changes in its circulation through the lungs by means of the air which we breathe , and that , these vital changes can only be effected by the respiration of pure air , it will be easily understood how the healthy functions of the lungs must be impeded by inhaling for many successive hours the vitiated air of our bedrooms , and how the health must be effectually destroyed by respiring impure air , as by living on unwholesome and innutritions food . In the case of children and young persons predisposed to consumption , it is of still more urgent consequence that they should breathe

      pure air by night as well as by day , by securing a continuous renewal of the air in their bedrooms , nurseries , schools , die . Let a mother , who has been made anxious by the sickly looks of her children , go from pure air into their bedroom in the morning before a door or window has been opened , and remark the state of the atmosphere , the close , oppressive , and often foetid odour of the room , and she may cease to wonder at the pale , sickly looks of her children . Let her pay a similar visit some time after means have been taken , by the chimney ventilator or otherwise , to secure a full supply , and continual renewal of the air in the bedrooms during the night , and she will be able to account for the more healthy appearance of her children , which is sure to be the consequences of supplying them with pure air

      to breathe . —Sir James Clark on " The Sanative Influence of Climate . " Petrified Forest hear Cairo—The traveller having passed the tombs of the Caliphs , just beyond the gates of the city , proceeds southward across the Desert to Suez , and havingjourneyed for some miles up a low barren valley covered with sand , gravel , and sea shells , fresh , as if the tide had retired but yesterday , he crosses a range of sand hills . The scene is described as being beyond conception singular and desolate . Fragments of trees , all converted to stone , ring like iron at the stroke of his horse's hoof , and extend in the form of a decayed prostrate forest , for mile ' s and miles . The petrifaction is of a dark brown hue ; the ! pieces vary in size from one

      foot to fifteen in length , and from half a foot to three feet in thickness . They are scattered so thickly that an Egyptian donkey can hardly thread his way amongst them . The whole has an appearance so natural , that in Scotland or Ireland it might be passed without remark as an enormous drained bog in which the exhumed trees Jay rotting in the sun ! Ihe roots and rudiments' of the branches are often perfect , and even the worm holes eaten under the bark may be detected . Although the trees are so completely silicified as to scratch glass , and to be capable ol receiving tho highest polish , yet the most delicate sap vessels and the finest portions of the centre of the wood , are perfectly preserved , and bear the examination of the strongest magnifiers . —Tail ' s Magazine .

      Extraordinary Discovery , —The body of a young man , named Joseph Lilley , a fishmonger , and native of Bedford , was last week discovered in a retired spot called Clapham-wood , the throat being frightfully cut . so as to sever the windpipe , with a contused wound over the left eye , apparently the effect of a blow with some heavy weapon . The body was in a croaching posture , under a large tree , to which it had been attached by a hankerchief , the corner of which was ^ torn off , the other end being tied to another handkerchief , which was around the neck of the deceased , and the folds of which were deeply embedded in the wound . Within a few yards of the SfOta hat was picked up , and a knife stained with blood was found , lying amongst the underwood . An inquest was held , and the Jury returned a verdict " That the deceased Joseph Lilley was found dead in Clapham-wood , with certain wounds which the Jurors are of opinion were inflicted by the deceased himself , wheu to an unsound state of mind . "

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      Accidbnt At Carlisle Cathkdral. -On Tn««...

      ACCIDBNT AT CARLISLE CATHKDRAL . -On Tn «« hvta « morning during divine service , an accident occurrS or an alarming nature , though fortunately SJ tended with any serious results . Our reader * Tar n ™ aware Uiat the Dean and Chapter have comSnS repairing and beautifying this noble structure ^ it was while workmen were engaged in . thewpainin that the accident happened . The morning servicici had butjust commenced , when thecongregation weren disturbed by a noise proceeding from the window *! winch is now being rebuilt , and immediate afterwardrd * anumber of very large stones forced theirwayaj ! & n £ L the W ind 8 Which are P ] aced in « de «» cat ™ &» K dnHil 0 yMCft ^ ' n * the Process oioil the works , and fell with great violence into the bodjdi dLcen ? " M „; r mp etel ? r a 8 hin sthe p <™ & 228 descent . Most fortunately , no one happened to bebe : Bitting m that part of the church , and thus . v . tHh mg

      Z ^ T-X '' Wn those withinthe buildingng and stopping the service for a few minutes , no iniurT wassustained by the congregation . -CardkPaSI Extensive Fire at Newcastle . —A fire waq di ^ covered about three o ' clock on Sunday mornT g , SS the extensive premises of Messrs . RichaSn ^ nB Coxon , hnendrapers , Grey-atreet andI CK verea issuing from the roof , and an alarm havinma been given , the engines were soon upon the 73 when it was ascertained that the premises adjoinE occup . ed by Messrs . Alder , Dunn , and Co anofd known asthe Albion House , were also on nre , whfcfch appeared to be confined to the upper part of theie building . The engines were well supplied witjth water , and the exertions of the firemen bein < radm . > 9 . » .

      My supported by the police , the fire wassubduedin theie course of little more than an hour . The upper partrt of Messrs . Richardson and Coxon ' s premises waats used as awarehouse , and nearly the whole of theie goods in it have been injured or destroved . Theie upper rooms of the Albion House were occupied ass sleeping apartments , and the fire is supposed tohavee arisen in one of these , and to have spread to the nextt building . Accioeot nr MAcnr . vEKr . —Another frightful acci- - occurred on Saturday , at the office of Mr . Cox ,:, printer , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields . George Heinson , aa young roan about 23 , in taking off the block of the 3 inner cylinder , endeavoured to lay hold of the bar , ' , when his hand got jammed in the machinery . The >

      poor fellow , when extricated , was taken to King'ss College Hospital , and placed under the care of thee house-surgeon , who considered that amputation musfct be resorted to . The young lad Cook , who was in--jured in the same office on Monday , died on Friday night . " A Child Suffocated at its Mother ' s Breast . — On Monday Mr . W . Carter held an inquest at the s burrey Arms Tavern , Thomas-street . Kennington ., respecing the death of Harriet Llovd , a ^ ed live ) weeks , whose pare nts reside at No . 23 , James-street ,, Cambtrwell New-road . The deceased was thei

      daughter of a compositor . On Wednesday afternoon i last the mother fell asleep on the sofa with the de-. ceased in iier arms , and when she awoke sometime i afterwards she discovered the child quite insensible i and black in the face . She was immediately conveyed . the deceased to the surgery of Mr . Carr , in the Cam- > berwell New-road , who pronounced life quite extinct . He subsequently made zpost mortem examination of the body and found that death bad arisen from suffocation , most probably from pressure against its mother ' s breast whilst lying on the sofa . The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "

      Dmm of tub Barou de BoDB . —The Baron de Bode , whose claims on the British Government to a sum of money , amounting to nearly a million , have so long been before the public , died on Friday evening . The death of the Baron was quite sudden After taking a glass of water he was observed to look pale and be tremulous , and in a few moments more fell down and instantly expired . He had been complaining of illness for nine or ten days previouslv , brought on , it was supposed , by his family , bv mehtal anxiety in connexion with the further hearing of his case , which is appointed for next month .

      Manslaughter . —Two boys were committed for manslaughter last week at Bath . Thev had been accustomed with other boys to annoy Ann Burt the wife ot a painter , and on Sunday night , while enterthe passage of her own house , they caught hold of her by tho back part of her dress with great violence . the tall produced immediate insensibility , which continued until the death of the poor woma ' n on the foll owing morning . Accident at a Bbewebt—On Saturday , a bricklayer , employed at the Brewery of Messrs . Harris , Ilampstead-road , was at work on the top of the building , from whence having lost his footing , ha fell into a well from a height of above 250 feet . He was conveyed to the London University College Hospital , when it was ascertained by the house-surgeon that he had sustained a broken leg , fractured both arms , and other serious injuries .

      Six Men Dbowned . —Last week , six men employed at the Quarry , near Rasses Bay , whence stones are conveyed for the embankment of the Foyle , were drowned in consequence of the mismanagement of a flat while engaged in loading it with stone . Mine Explosion . —Last week , the inhabitants of West Bromwich was thrown into a state of great excitement , by the report that an explosion of sulphur had taken place in one of the coal-pits of the late Mr . Horton , at Lyttleton Hall . On arriving at the spot , it was found that the rumour was but too well founded . It appeared that Mr . John Baylis , the " doggy , " or manager of the pit , had gone down as usual with the miners , to the number of twenty-four

      men and boys . As was customary , he tried the workings with the safety lamp ; and in the first side of the work he discovered an accumulation of sulphur . He set the colliers to disperse it , and shortly after , went to the other side ot the work to ascertain whether any sulphur had been forced into it out of the first . In about ten minutes after , the explosion took place . Its effects were very afflicting . Seven of the unfortunate men v ; ho were engaged dispersing the sulphur were dreadfully burned , their bodies in some parts being literally roasted by the flame and blackened by the clouds of vapour . Suspended in the skip , about eighty yards down the shaft , which is sunk to the depth of three hundred yards , were John Robinson , the engineer , and William Hadley , a workman engaged fn repairing the shaft when the explosion took place . The hot air , which rushed up the shaft with irresistable violence , carried the

      skip and the men for some distance upward , when it became unhooked from the rope to which it was attached , and these two unfortunate persona were precipitated to the bottom of the pit , a depth of nearly 800 feet ! They were awfully mutilated ; and , in their blackened , shattered , and mangled remains , it would have been difficult even to trace the outline of humanity . Their remains , as soon as possible , were gathered up and removed , and the sufferers by the burning were conveyed home . A lad , named Joshua Cash , died on Tuesday . Hoyes are entertained of the recovery of the others with the exception of one . A verdict of Accidental Death was returned . [ Of course , it always is so in these cases . This wholesale destruction of life for the mere purpose of saving a few shillings to the profitmonger , will continue until Government interferes to protect the miner with a high hand . ]"

      . JDbatb by Mistaken Mbbicine . —On tbe 1 st instant , an inquest was held at Haddenham , before Mr . Cowley , Coroner for Bucks , on the body of William Knibbs , a pauper , aged 85 . It appeared in evidence the deceased had been superannuated nearly twenty years , and resided in a small cottage with his sister-in-law . He had been in the habit for many years of taking laudanum , Godfrey's cordial , aud spirits , to allay frequent attacks of diarrhoea , but during the last twelve months , had been persuaded to leave off the laudanum and spirits , and resort only to Godfrey's . He made a point of keeping two distinct bottles , a very small one for the laudanum and one considerably larger for the Godfrey ' s , on the previous Monday he had a return of his old complaint , when a neighbour remarked she thou ° ht laudanum was the best remedy . Shortly afterwards he said to his sister , » I don ' t know which to take , lau-•?!??• ^ GoofreyV' He then went to the old shop with his Godfrey ' s bottle , and on his' return he obed to

      serv his sister , that what they had given him was a dear drop , and nothing like so much as what he always had before , and that he should not make two bites of it . He then placed the bottle en a shelf , and about six o ' clock went to bed . His sister-inlaw , who slept in an adjoining room , fancied soon after twelve , that she heard him breathing very hard , struck a light , and went to him . He then appeared in a state of stupor , and could not be roused , which so much alarmed her that she called up a neighbour , and sent for a Mr . Tyler , who occasionally prescribed in simple cases of emergency , there being no regular medical man within lour miles . He however advised them to send for the parish surgeon , which however was not done , and the deceased died about five o'clock the same morning . The bottle was found to be empty , and from the evidence of Mr . Lee , the surgeon , who examined tlie body , no doubt whatever existed but that deceased died from the effects of au overdose of

      laudanum-Mr . Weston saSd , he recollected the deceased cowing to his shop on the day in question , that ha asked for 2 pennyworth of laudanum , lie was positive theto was no mistake on his part , but he did notmak * any remark to deceased about bringing th » Godfrey 3 bottle . His apprentice then deposed that he ai- ° recollected deceased being in the shop , that a lutw girl stood by his side at the time , and asked 1 ^ ' * pennyworth of Godfrey's , with which he ( thoappi * " ' tice ) served her . He also heard the deceased a *» for laudanum , lie was certain that the two bottle were not changed whilst on the counter . The . •«?; after considerable deliberation , returned a ven ' "That deceased died from the effects of taking 11 " overdose of laudanum by mistake , but whether » originated with him or Mr . Weston , and his apprCll ' tiWi they gould not determine , ''

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 10, 1846, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_10101846/page/2/