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ASTOXISHiXtf EF5ICACT <>r HULLOWAY'S PILLS,
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Testisosjai. Mania.— Everybody now-a-d;iys is giving everybody a testimonial. Wellington, in bronze, riding the high horse; Cobden, the peaceful hero of the world—
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< 2 THE NORTHERN , STAlt ^ ' - " ^ February 13 , 1847 .
Astoxishixtf Ef5icact ≪≫R Hulloway's Pills,
ASTOXISHiXtf EF 5 ICACT <> r HULLOWAY'S PILLS ,
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"he'll" Testimony of a Cienrvman wmeMog to klcraa Casts of Cures by these wonderful-Pills . SLrfoLrfitiff of « Letter from- the R : < e . George Prior , Curate of ~ ilcitcc , vjh , Lc < AcrK *^ : v . Cirrujart , Ireland , 10 ! . ' iJan . 1 HS . To Professor IloIIona-y . g gja , I jtait you a . crude list of some eleven cases , Ml tur ; ur :-i : i-y the u = e of your Pills . 1 cannot exactly give you , i pa pv f .-r .-. ioHai naiiii- to the various cemplaiuts , but this Ikii'ku-iw . s . i > : ; e of tke . it JwfltjJ the skill of Dt try and this JJtuJtun'v . In a previous letter this gentleman states as lO'l . ' oHtitvs : — > Vit ! ii : i a f li ;> rt distance of my house resides a im im ill f » r : n < -v , « U *» f -r sn . > ro thin twenty v ? ars has been m in ail ' i 1 st-tteof l ! i-:-i ! h ; Mrs . Prior paw him a box of ffhetlie Piiis , which d '» l h «« * " n » " «^ K" » d Vkat l heard him ¦ Eajsar , »» .- twenty jvari p : ssi he never aie his food or enjoyled ed it so much as since taking y-uir Pills . ( Signed ) Geoboe Pbios . l * * # * Tho above rcverc ^ 'land yious zentletiisn purchased seme iioands' worth o 1 ' ihi Pills for the benefit of
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OS TUB COXCUALED CAUSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL Oil ACQl'IKEU UTILITIES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM .
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and offept fag , train a want of these simple remedies than perhaps half the worId « a . ' aware of ; for , it must be vetAvt & V'vcd , where the fountain is polluted , the stream that How horn it cannot bo pare .
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FOR STOPPING DECAYED TEETH , Price 2 s . GJ .
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AX Additional and Important Evidence of the Salutary Effects of BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS , from Mr . Thomas Yates . " 5 , Albion-road , Sto ' -tc Xewington-grecn , 6 th February , 1817 . " Sir , — "With much pleasure I acquaint you with the benefit that I have derived by taking Hlair's Pills . " On my journey five weeks since , whilst at Chepstow , I had distressing symptoms of an attack of Gout in one foot , and with the utmost difficulty reached Bristol . By this time the disease had fo much increased that I could not place my foot on the floor , the swelling being extensive and the pain excruciating . Having oft-n heard of Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills , I immediately sent to Messrs . Ferris and Score , Chemists , Bristol , for a box , which when I had taken , the pain had wholly subsided . I continued the pills until I had taken two-and-a-half boxes more , when to my gratification I was perfectly restored to health , and able to resume my journey .
Testisosjai. Mania.— Everybody Now-A-D;Iys Is Giving Everybody A Testimonial. Wellington, In Bronze, Riding The High Horse; Cobden, The Peaceful Hero Of The World—
Testisosjai . Mania . — Everybody now-a-d ; iys is giving everybody a testimonial . Wellington , in bronze , riding the high horse ; Cobden , the peaceful hero of the world—
Not A Country; And Hudson, The Railway M...
not a country ; and Hudson , the railway monarch , wuose motto might be , " nulla dies sine Jinea . " fi may , however , be confidently predict that one might be named whose exertions in alleviating human sulferiiigs far -outbalance tUe just aad . viUicgly rendered claimes of those whose names are above enumerated . This will be at once apparent , when we call to mind the almost incalculable amount of agonising torture relieved by Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills , whose proprietor may be said already to fcive reared an imperishable monument on the gratitude of iliuusands .
Surprising Cass of the Recovery of Health by Holloway s Pilli—Mr . Roberts , a gentleman residing in Xew-strcet , Birius ' iisham , had been suffering for years from a disorden-d liver , deranged stomach , palpitation of heart , skovbttEC of breath , swelling of tlie hands , feet , and legs , lowness of spirits , a want of strength and energy , which state of things was slowly breaking up his constitution ; finding no benefit from the medical treatment at Birmingham , he proceeded to London , where he resided for six mouths , inwderto consult the most eminent of the faculty , which he did to no advantage . He then tried these extra , ordinary Pills , which , in a few weeks restored him to perfect health and vigour .
Dathlvo EXTEA 9 RWS 4 RY . —An itinerant preacher of the Baptist persuasion has visited Bridport lately , and , it appears , succeeded in gaining proselytes , as , on Sunday night , about ten o ' clock , he dipped eight adults ( several of whom were females ) in the open river , at Allington . The weattier on the occasion was intensely cold , of which the parties gave evident proof OS their being safely landed on terra firnn .
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. ALAimiNtt Finns . —On Sunday morning last , between five and six o ' clock , a fire that caused considerable alarm in the neighbourhood , broke out in the upper part of the premises in the occupation of Mr . Goodman , a baker , of 17 , Great Bell-alley , Moorgate-strcct . It was caused from the soot in a blocked up ilac bscomiug ignited , which set fire to a chest ot drawers and the Mooring in one of the rooms . The engines quickly attended , and the firemen succeeded in getting the ilames subdued , but nut until considerable damage had Iwfiii done . A second fire broke out at No . 1 , Bulhel-place , Vine-yard , Tooleysirect , belonging to Mr . E . Clowrow . A spark from a lighted candle falling upon a bed , jet it in a general blazu . The inmates having been aroused from their
slumbers , they kept the lire at bay until the firemen arrived , when , owing to the combined exertions of all parties , the flames were extinguished . Unfortunately the occupier was not insured . 1 ' iusos Discipline . —An inquest was held by Mr . Bcuf . uM , in the Millbank Prison , as to the death of William Everett , aged twenty-two . Captain Groves , the governor , stated that the deceased was convicted at the Northampton sessions , on the 1 st of July , 1816 , 'for fc ' ony , mm sentenced to fifteen years transportation ; he was received into that prb-ou on the 20 th of July , in the same year , and died on Thursday morning . The Coroner — Had he suffered any punishment in prison ? The Governor—Yes , five er six times . The Coroner—W hat were thev , and the offences . ? The Governor—On the 28 th of July he was
reported for talking at the pump , arid he had only bread and water that day . On theSnd of October he was again lcuorlcd for ret using to work , but nothing was done to him . On the next day he was very abusive , rd ' uicd to work , and said he would cut the wafer ' s liver out . For this he was ordeied into the refractory cell for three days , but had his lull i ations . On the 20 th of October he was reported tor talking at exercise , and was deprived ol his dinner . On the " « th of November he was very unruly , said he did not tare fur the governor or his bread and water , and was put into the refractory cell for two days . Dr . Baly having stated that the deceased diedefconsuiuptiun . and that everything was afforded linn in the infirmary , the jury returned a verdict of "Natural death . "
Uepouteo Chargk of Mukder . — The apprehension of Captain Kerr , of the barque Lavcnside , for running away from the ship , oft' Folkestone , with two caskets of diamonds , and other precious stones , valued at £ 3 , 300 , has created considerable interest among those connected with the shipping ol the port of Loudon , more particularly on its being known that government had received notice from tlie British consul at Kio Janeiro , to the effect that the accused was suspected ot kaviy . g murderen one of the crew while on the b . irquc ' s outward passage from England . The principal portion of the crew were taken before the Crown solicitor , at the Treasury , and the subjoined facts were elicited , 'the s-lvvp , on \ va departure ii-oiu England , took out a cargo of coals for
Patagonia , in order to take on board guano- On reaching Gibraltar , however , the captain vio ' ated the instructions ot the owners , by dispcaing of the coals , and entering into u speculation with a Jew of that port , to trade with miscellaneous articles to Cadiz and elsewhere . Two supercargoes were placed on board the barque as a te : np-jrary protection over the property , the understanding being that , as soon as she had discharged her freight at Cadiz , they would be returned to their homes at Gibraltar , both being married men , and having large families . The ship proceeded , as was thought , on a voyage to Cadiz ; but , after touching tbat port , her course was altered for South America , taking with her the two supere trgoes . The men implored Kerr to set them at
liberty when she re-started , which he peremptorily refused . One of them became an object of much sympathy , and evinced the deepest grief on leaving his wifeaud family for so distant a land . At last he manifested symptom * of aberration of intellect , and one night , in a very excited state , he jumped ovcrbaard and was drowned . The ship was brought to , and attempts were made to save hU life , but to ne purpose , the unfortunate man having almost immediately disappeared . It was satisfactorily shown to the Treasury solicitor , that it was the pour fellow ' s own ; tct , and that , t ) ic captain did not throw him overboard , a > described by the other supercargo on his arrival at Rio Janeiro to the British consul . The Hate-paying Clauses of the Reform Act .
—On Saturday , at a large meeting of 'he vestry ol St . Marylebone , the Rev . Dr . Sprey in the chair , Mr George JU .-tnicll brought up a return , which had been moved for , of the number of persons omitted from the list of borough voters last year , consequent on the omission to pay the assessed taxes , poor rates , and other causes , rendered compulsory by the ratepaying clause , dt the Reform Act . The return showed that the number of persons disfranchised for non-payment of assessed taxes was 1 , 082 ; for nonpayment of poor rates , 331 ; an account of rates being compounded for by landlords , 1 , 443 ; and females , 1 , 050 . Total number of houses in the parish of £ 10 annual value and upwards , 1 v , 0 L 7 . The return was ordered to bo entered ou the minutes .
A . v Illicit Distillery — a seizure of a verv large illicit distillery was effected on Saturday , by the officers of excise . On proceeding to the premises , No . 1 , Grattan-street , Bithnal green , where ostensibly was carried on the business of a general dealer in the wood and fish trade , they found in a lower kitchen under the ' shop ^ a . large still , fitted in brickwork , which appeared to have been recently at work , as it was quite warm ; a quantity of lermeuted molasses wash , ready for charging the still for further operation ; several barrels ol yeast , forty largo barrels , a small stock of spirit ? , and the usual fittings of a distillery . A man , found on the premises , gavo the name of John Spencer , and said he worked the stiil for his father , lie was taken into custody , an 1 conveyed to Worship-street p .. liec station . The wash and yeast were destroyed by the officers , and a van having been procured , the still , stock , and utensils were conveyed to the excise warehouses in Bioadstreet- to be adjudicated upon by her Majesty ' s
Com-. Metropolitan Police . —Accounts have just been laid b > fore Parliament ( pursuant to Act ) showing the sums received and expended for the purposes of the Metropolitan Police , Police Superannuation Fund , and Police Courts , in the year ended { list of December , 1840 . It therefrom appears , that the receipts for the service of the Metropolitan Police in that year were £ 381 , 503 13 s SJ , and the expenditure £ 326 , 925 13 * 5 d—making the bjdance in hand £ -54 , 008 3 d . The receipts on account of the Superannuation Fund were 22 , 03 'J cash , and £ 73 , 331 government stock , valued atihe sterling cash . The expenditure by superannuations , allowances , and gratuities to police constables amounted to £ 7 , 733 , leaving a balance of upwards of £ 14 , 200 cash , and £ 73 , 331 government stock .
Daring Street HonnEny . —Information was received on Monday last , by the police that , between two and three o ' clock on Saturday afternoon , as Mr . William J . Carwardine , clerk , in the employ of Messrs . Wilson and Company , of Silver-street , Wood-street , City , was proceeding from Messrs . Barclay and Company ' s , bankers , Lombard-street , to the Old Jewry , by way of the Poultry , he was robbed of a black leather pocket-book , containing a bill of exchange for £ 5114 s . also of a canvass bag containing £ 25 in gold . The robbery was effected by the thief cutting through both Mr . " Carwardinc's great coat and pocket of the undercoat .
I ' atal Accident from the Frost . —On Sunday night , about half-past eleven o ' clock , as a woman , named Jeffries living at No . 13 , Camden-street , Kensington Gravd Pits , was returning home , she feihvith great force en her buck . She wat assisted home by two policemen , but she died shortly after her arrival , having ruptured a blood vessel by the fall . Fatal Accidkst ox the Croydon ATMOSPHERIC Railway . —Owing to the snow on Sunday getting into the atmospheric tube , the various trains after five o ' clock had to be conveyed by the locomotive . At nine o ' clock an attempt was made to work the down train by atmospheric power , but in consequence of a stoppage a locomotive was sent after the train to assist it on its journey , when one of the men employed to
superintend the closing of the valve by the cement , not being aware of the arrangement , and it is supposed not suspecting * a locomotive on the atmospheric line , was fulfilling his duty , and before he was observed the engine ran over hitu , a . lmo 3 t literally crushing : him to pieces . An inquest was subsequently held on deceased , and evidence having been elicited , the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death , " Bukglaht . —Information was forwarded on Mondaylast to the various police stations of a burglary having been effected between six and eight o ' clock in the morning , at the residence of Mr . J . Worge , 10 , Lansdowne-tenace , Caledonia-road , Islington . The property stolen consisted of five £ 10 , and three £ 5 Bank of England notes , as also several valuable gold and silver watches , gold mounted brooches , diamond pins , rings , and other articles , to the value of about £ 150 . Death in a Police Cell . —On Menday Mr . Mills held an inquest , at the Crown and Anchor , Kingstreet , St . Giles' , on the body of John Harvey , aged
forty-five . The deceased was a well known mendicant who , having lost the use of his limbs , was in the habit of traversing Bioomsbury , Bedford , and Russell Squares , and their vicinities , in a squatted position , a small pad only between him and the ground . On Wednesday last , he was in Southampton-street , following his usual vocation of mendicancy , amidst the rain . His helpless condition excited considerable sympathy . The constable on duty having several times in vain desired him to " move on , " was at length compelled to remove him to the station house , George Street , St . Giles ' s , where he was placed in a cell warmed to a temperature , of eighty degrees . Every half hour , until eight o ' clock on Thursday morning , he was visited bythe gaoler ; but when he visited his cell at twenty minutes after eight o ' clock , the gaoler found him dead . Mr . Bennett , Surgeoriy who performed the post mortem examination , found the body in a frightful state of filth . His liver was so friable that it crumbled te pieces . He died from apoplexy .
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Thb Benefits of Sulphuric Ether . —On Satur " day an operation was performed on a man , at the King ' s College Hospital , by Mr . Ferguson , of an interesting character , in consequence of its being one of the first ever attempted . The patient , an old marine , had previously lost the greater portion ot his arm ; on Saturday , while under the influence ot sulphuric ether , the remaining portion was amputated , the blade bone cut away , and part of the shoulder bone sawed off . At the first incision of the knife the man gave a slight shriek , and the next moment began to laugh and talk , calling out during the operation , " clear the gangway . " The operation lasted five minutes and a half . When the effects of the ether had gone off , the man declared he had felt no pain althoug h the wound made was very large . Another man had a cancer cut out of his upper lip without experiencing any pain while under the influence of the sulp huric ether .
Further Operations under the Influence of Ether . —Three very successful operations were performed at St . George ' s Hospital , on Inwsday ; one by Mr Cesar Hawkins , who removed a long piece of dead bone from the interior of fhe new bone formed around it , in the leg of a little bsy . The little patient inhaled lor about three minutes , and awoke as out of a sleep , just as the operation was concluded , having passed through it without the slightest sign of suffering . This operation is always extremely painful , and in the present case would have been more than usually so in consequence of the inflamed and tender state of the bono . * Afterwards , Mr . Cutter amputated a thigh , ( the ether being previously administered ) ,
¦ with thqjsame su ' . ccss . The third patient was a negro , from whose shoulder a lar ^ c tumour was removed by Mr . Tatum . Having inhaled the ether , he felt nothing of the operation , and , on recovering his consciousness , was with difficulty convinced that ha had lost his load , llis surprise and pleasure on seeing the tumour were very ludicrous . The painful operation of removing a cancerous breast was performed at the Cheltenham hospital , when the ether was tried ( for the first time in that town ) . A few minutes after the operation was completed , the poor woman recovered her consciousness , and being asked if she had felt any pain , said—" None whatever ; yon have nst done the operation , you arc only deceiving me ; nor would she believe to the contrary
till the removed breast was shown to her , aid then doubted that it had been cut out with a knife . Mr . Lansdown , of the Bristol hospital , also reports a list of successful instances , and remarks , in conclusion , that he has " now administered the ether thirty times , and in no instance has been anything like a tendency to apoplexy , neither have I seen any wijtlriom effects resulting from it . " ~ A man was admitted on Wednesday into the Royal Free Hospital , and , on the arrival of Mr . T . Wakloy , jun .,-oneof the surgeons , it was found necessary to perform an operation , to which the man consented , expressing a wi * k that it might he " done with ether . " He was then removed to the operating theatre , and
Ferguson ' s apparatus being charged , the patient commenced inhaling , which he did vigorously far half an hour , without , any effect being observed . Mr . Waldey , jun ., thinking the case a failure as regarded the ether , was anxious to commence the operation , but the man persisted in inhaling , and in thirteen minutes , from that time ho became quite insensible , and remained so for four minutes , during which time Mr . Wakley performed a very serious operation without the man betraying the slighest consciousness . Thus he inhaled for nearly three quarters of an hour , inspiring the vapour of three ounces of pure sulphuric ether . The man , however , explained the extraordinary fact by admitting that he was a " waeer dram drinker . "
Fall of Two Houses in Long Acre . —On Tuesday morning , shortly before twelve o ' clock , a serious accident , but fortunately unattended with fatal consequences , occurred in Long Acre . The improvements which have lately taken place in that district have rendered necessry the removal of many houses contiguous to the new church of St . Giles ' s in the Fields . At the point where Ilanovei -street intersects Long Acre , several houses have been taken down by consent of their occupants ; but the intended improvements have remained some time in abeyance , in consequence of Mr . Horsey , the ptopi ietor of the George Inn , who held a lease from the Mercers' Company , refusing to surrender without a greater compensation . Some time since . Mr . Kensall , the district surveyor , had pointed out to Mr . Horsey the dangerous position in which his house stood , and
recommending that measures should he adopted for giving it temporary support . Nothing , however , was done , and on Tuesday morning a cracking sound was heard , and Mr . Hersey having been forewarned , recommended all his inmates to retire from the premises . Had it not been for this timely warning all must have perished . In a few minutes the wails fell in with a fearful crash , and the greatest danger exis . 's that other houses may fall , owing to the slightness of the foundation on which they are constructed . The second house that fell was that of a Mr . Clark , livery stable-keeper . His ^ tablcs were contigiousto Mr . Ilersey ' s premises , but it fortunately happenned that his assistants had lelt before the oecurrence , which has involved the destruction ot considerable property .
Impudent Robbery . —On the ssmc day two men having the appearance of porters , called at the residence of Captain Bucklaud , Ni . 41 , Upper Parkstreet , Euston-squarc , saying that they had been employed to remove the Captains luggage to the railway . The servant at once allowed them to take two -heavy trucks and a portmanteau that were standing in the hall ready for rem / v .-il , containing a quantity of valuable property . On the Captain ' s return with th" porter he had engaged , the robbery was detected , and is supposed to have been committed by two men whom the captain refused to employ in its removal .
Fatal Accident . —An inquest was held on Tuesday in the brof . il rom of the Rival Free Hospital , Gray's Inn-road , on the body of Edwin Glynn , aged GO , ( ace in tlie employ of Mr , AslificM , builder , Red Lion-square . The deceased with others , was engaged splicing poles on a scaffolding in front of a house in Burue's court , Col bath-fields , when he missed his footing and fell to the ground on his head . A concussion of the brain and death ensued . Verdict accordingly . Fine in the Old-street Road . —On Wednesday night , a few minutes before ten o'clock , a fire broke out upon the premises of Mr . Bury , Victoria Coffeehouse , Ohl-street-road . While the parties connected with the premises were in the lower room , a quantity
of smoke filled the room , and in a few minutes the roaring of flames was heard in the upper part of the house , shortly after which the lire burst through the chamber windows . Several engines quickly attended ; the fire , however , prevailed , nor was ic quenched before the building ( built chiefly of wood ) was burned through , and its contents c-. nisurocd . The five is supposed to have originated through some defect in the flue . It is said thut the occupier is not insured . Extensive Fire . —Between six and seven on Wednesday morning a terrific fire suddenly hurst forth from the cabinet manufactory of Messrs . Bailes , 23 , Charlotte-street , Fiztroy-square . In the course of a few minutes two machines bslongina to the Royal Society for the Protection of Lite from Fire arrived ,
and the parish engines , with numerous others ot the London Brigade , and no time was lost in setting the engines to work ; but owing to the firm hold the ( ire had obtained , it became apparent that the manufactory was doomed to destruction- Accordingly , the firemen exerted themselves so as to prevent its further spread . Whilst so ens-aged , the roof and part of the outer wall feU with a tremendous crash , and the flames then shot into Mr . Oliver ' s mahogany loft , setting tire to the building , and also t ' . > a number of pieces of valuable cabinet wood . The hoses of several engines were taken through tlie surrounding houses , ami by that rnenns the firemen were enabled to attack the flames in the right quarter ; but it was past nine before they cxtinquished them , and not until Mesn's . Bailes ' s manufactory was burned down .
Fall in tub Prick of Biieao . —On Wednesday there was general fall of one halfpenny , throughout the metropolis , in the price of the 41 b . loaf of bread , the charge now being 81 . for inferior , and 9 £ d . and 10 . 1 . for the best bread . Some of the bakers are selling a mixture of rye bread at 74 d . the 4 ! b . loaf . Eastern Counties Railway . —Another lamentable accident occurred on this line on Saturday afternoon , at a place called Manser ' s Bridge , a short distance this side of Bi'oxbourne , to the fireman of the goods train , which leaves London at twenty minutes to four o ' clock . It appears that , contrary t » all regulations , the poor fellow , at the spot named , proceeded to oil his engine , and whilst so engaged slipped off , there not being any protection against such an accident ,
and fell with both legs on the rail . The entire train passed over him before there was a possibility of release , when it was ascertained that one leg was completcly detached from the body , and the other nearly so . The unfortunate sufferer ( a very young man ) was brought back by the five o ' clock train , and instantly conveyed to the London Hospital . Affuctixo Case . —On ( . Saturday information was brought to Guildhall that Irvine , the old man who was formerly a merchant , living at 50 , Wood Street , Chcapside , and who was in the year 1806 * ruined by the seizure and confiscation of a large quantity ot Manchester goods which lie had exported to Hutuburgh , ami has for some lime past supported himself by hawking haberdashery , which he had been preattack of feverhad died
vented httcrly doing by an , that morning . It will be recollected that un account appeared in the newspapers of an appeal for assistance he made to Mr . Alderman Johnson who kindly gave him a sovereign to enable him to replenish his stock . The publication of the case also excited much public sympathy , and ahout £ 20 . were sent in by benevolent and charitable individuals , of which the unfortunate man received £ 4 . previous to his death . With that he took a temporary lodging on Tuesday last , at No . 17 . Allen Street , Gustvell Street , where he became ill , and , although medical ' assistance was called in , he gradually sank , llo has left two childreii ( sons ) totally unprovided for . DtEP , on the 3 rd ult ., at Long Buckby , Mr , George Cooper , aged 21 years , late of the Sorocrs Town locality
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RICHARD OASTLER , ESQ ., TO THE RIGHT iS LORD JOHN RUSSELL . M . P ., HER MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE .
( Concluded from , our List . ) The excessive competition to which 1 have before alluded has had the effect , by reducing tlie value ot labour , of forcing the operatives to scud their wives and children to the slavery of the mills , thereby . still further reducing the value of their own labour , and opening the door to social and domestic evils that make the stoutest heart tremble . The result is , the unscriptural union of Industry and Diligence w th Poverty and Vice ' . Labour , that should produce health , baa for fruit disease ! Diligence , that should ensure plenty , is crowned with want !
It is to that branch of our national industry—the factories—thiit I would now direct your lordship '> most serious attention , knowing that it is utterly impossible your Government can elevate the religious , meral , social , and domestic condition of the inhabitants of the manufacturing districts , if you leave the factories in their present condition . This assertion obtains abundant proof in the public documents to which your lordship lias access . Therein , you will find demonstrative proof given by clergymen , magistrates , schoolmasters , medical men , m-Downers ( at their head , the late Sir Robert Peel , Bart ., ) respectable inhabitants , and factory operatives , tint , to work women and growing youths _ more than ten hours a day is totally incompatible with the good condition of their health and morals .
This fact is also established by the unanimous testimony of hundreds of public meetings heh' in the towns and villages of the manufacturing districts , many of them iu Manchester , 'i he great county of York , at the last public meeting of its inhabitants , presided over by the High Sheriff , has verified what I have stated . If , my lord , you will have the women and children incessantly over-worked in factories , you must have desponding fathers , improvident mothers , degraded daughters , reckless sons , and , consequently , miserable homes . In such a community it is in vain that your Government attempts to improve the condition of the people . If you will " sow the storm , you must reap the whirlwind . " But surely , if our ma . nufacturing system must have the labour of these poor victims , tlie prosperity of England does not require that that labour should be extended to a length of time that is destructive of every enjoyment—of life itself .
Ami , after all , what is the gain of this unnatural and unscriptural factory system . ' Loss , loss , loss ! Loss to all , save a very few individuals , who by their immense ill-gotten wealth are enabled to maintain a destructive competition acainst those of small capital . This is a fact , my Lord , worthy of a Statesman ' s thought—a very small number of immensely rich manufacturers are all that is gained by the present"system , while the great bulk of respectable manufacturers are constantly on the brink of ruin , and wide-spread destitution , disease and
immorality " stalk over the manufacturing districts . " This is the reason why every manufacting town h now a garrison . Why should they be garrisoned ? They were not formerly . They are the great centree of our boasted " prosperity" —the great hives of our national wealth . Why then should they be garrisoned ? Because , my Lord , injustice bears the sway , tyranny oppresses , and insatiate competition deprives the industrious artisans of the ju > t reward of their toil—plenty , thrifty wives , healthy and obedient children , and comfortable homes .
To force this degraded population to bow their neck in abject submission to a slavery more cruel than that from which they paid millions to relieve their black brethren , our seats of industry are transformed into garrisons , their excessive labour U , in fact , extorted at the point of the bayonet ; thus , the nation is heavily taxed to uphold the greatest injustice , and , finally , to inure its own decay ! My L'ird , as First Minister of our Qiieen , I urge you to ask yourself—why should our manufacturing towns , that ought to present to the rest of tho empire models of comfort , morality , contentment , and happiness , he sources of constant anxiety and alarm to the Government ?
No other answer can be given than , that injustice reigns therein—the oppressors ^ rule!—and , it is feared that "oppression will drive wise men mad . " My Lord , the regulation of factories has often , during the Inst thirty years , oscupicd the attention of Parliament . The Ten Hours' Bill will be introduce ! once more early in the coming session . Surely , this time , the earnest prayer of the factoryslaves will be granted , and England will be relieved from the shame and the cursa of supporting her trade by " the groans and tears of \ vo : ue : i and children . " If patience , industry , and a strict attention to tho course prescribed by tho Constitution be favourable to the prayer of supplicants to the House of Commons , those who petition lor the Ten Hours' Bill mav claim the most favourable henrimr .
For more than thirty years they have waited and pravod—undaunted by repeated refusals—in pence and order , they once move prefer their claim . It'justice can claim a successful hearing , they must succeed , for none can—none does—deny that their prayer is just . Under such circum-ttances , guilt will assuredly attach to a denial , and sin cannot go unpunished . It is the contest of poverty against wealth—if justice against oppression—of right apain-t might . True , the oppressors themsdves «( ton tfiejuefmnent teat . The petitioning slaves are unrepresented in the People ' s Home—to God their woes are ku-iwii—by Him their prayers will n it be disregarded . May your sovernment have the high honour of granting their petition , and thus demonstrate that the improvement of the condition of the people if , indeed , their aim .
Dunm , ' the debate on tho Ten Hours' Bill in the last session it was stated by a member of the House of Commons that , "if an Eleven Hours' Bill were granted , the manufacturing operatives would be satisfied , and cease to ' agitate' for a Ten Hours ' Bill . " It is due to the manufacturing ; operatives to state that they do not wish to deceive the Legislature . That lion . mcmh ; r was deceived by a Ten Hours' Hill delegate , who hid been tampered with , iu Lo : i'bn , by a professing frigid , a member of" the house . " That delegate will not again misrepresent his constituents' wishes . The petitioners for the Ten Hours' Bill can agree to no compromise —their claim admits of no reduction—they know , that to work women and crowing youths more th . v . i ton hours a day is death ! This fact ha * been proved by a host of the most eminent surgeons and pbvsk-ians " ; it , is established by the reports of the Registrar-General .
To ascertain the resolution of the manufacturing operatives and thoir friends on this point , 1 have re " cently attended public meetings tn nine manufacturing towns in Yorkshire , and three in Scotland . Among the thousands who assembled , only three individuals voted for eleven hours ; they ' were not operatives . I also attended two public meetings in the citv of Edinburgh , where the petition for ten hours ' was unanimously carried . I had the pleasure to find these numerous and influential meetings attended and supported by clergymen , magistrates , manufacturers , niedic . il men , and many highly influential persons , as well as the operatives . In six of the Yorkshire meetings we were honoured by the active support , of the vicars and the clergy . Iu Scotland we had the like honour . Soveral most respectable manufacturers spoke in favour of the TV ; Hours Dill . At Leeds and ILidderslield I was delighted by the presence of the Ilo : i . Member
for Oldham and the Hon , Member trim . Knaresborough . Those gentleman can tell " the House " with what hearty greetings they were welcomed ; they can speak to the calm , but fixed resolution ot tho people , on the question of eleven hours . At Edinburgh I was again witness to the estimation in which " the poor man ' s friend " ( the Hon . Member for Kna > -csbsroug ! i ) was held by the inhabitants of that enlightened city . The lion . Member for East Cornwall also visited Edinburgh , with a view to pleading the cause of the poor factory children : the postponement of tho meeting prevented him doing so . J . need not say every meeting was conducted with the greatest order— , i Ten Hour Bill meeting and order are almost inseparable terms ; during tlie last thirty years hundreds have been held , one * attended by more than 120 , 000 persons , yet a single act of disorder is not known to have been committednever wa « there need for magisterial interference .
It was assorted by two members during the last debate on the Ten Hours Bill , " that the factory operatives could not wish for the Ten Hours Bill because they did not strike for it . " My Lord , the advocates of the Ten Hours BUI seek to obtain it by peaceful means—they do not wish to quarrel with their employers . They consider "a strike" as little less than a declaration of warhence they abj . ire " strikes . " They hope that , in the eye of the Legislature , this will add force to their just claim , and they pray that their determination to keep the peace and to avoid all irritating measures may never again be charged upon them as apathy in the cause that lies nearest their hearts .
Except by about half a dozen members , it is unanimously admitted in the House of Commons that interference is absolutely ncsessary ; and if so , on what ground can it be denied that that interference should , " at least , extend to the proteoti ia of the lives of the factory slaves ?" 1 blush far my country that , on a question of life and death to hundreds ef thousm ; ' !* , we are required to admit the arguments of puuinis , shillings , and pence . Such , however , is the way of this ago . ' Xav , the sordid calculator of profit and loss becomes eloquently philanthropic , asserting , " If you don ' t work those persons to death , you must / of necessity , starve them to death . If you reduce their labour one-sixth , you must Also reduce their wages one sixth ; and , witli their present wages , they pan scarcely maintain
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themselves . " Thus confessing that , in our soeial system , the weakest mu « t be subject to the heaviest burdens , and that their reward must be untimelv death ! J * # * If our opponents arc correct , it must be true that by abstracting one-sixth from the quantity of anv commodity in the market , we reduce its value onesixth . Or It must be shown that the price of labour is not governed by supply and demand . Our " philosophic" cavillers asserted ' that by reducing the labour of infants under fourteen years of ago from twelve to eight hours a day , their wages would bo reduced one-tbird ; and when the ieduction was made to six hours a day , they foretold a further reduction of one fourth in wages . The result how over , overthrows their theory . The children now working iu mills six hours a day "obtain m > ln = »
wages than twelve hours a day . " « ' In nianv cases they received more . " And why ? Because more children arc required , and the pressure of COuipcti . ( ion is removed . In truth , the obvious effect of the extension of the hours of labour is to lower the rate of wages thp > adding of two hours a day to the working time / sun posing that time to baton hours a day ) brin * in thi « respect , precisely equivalent to the adding twoT » every ten persons employed , or , in other words < W polling ten persons to do the work of twelve wffi a country where labourers are more nunw * ., 1 , 11 V the market for labour demands ) mtIst cemShhZ two persons , thus deprived of work , to underbid those whose prolonged hours of labour have deprived them of employment . Gy the operation of this underbidding on the part of those who are iinera nloycd , the wagers ot m , i " must necessaviW be ™ "
ducedtotne lowest possible level , " that just above destitution , and still "the two supernumeraries mu 4 be sustained by the public . " UWd « es This argument holds good in the case of the Sab bath . If seven , instead of six days , were tho * maximum time ot labour , it would be equivalent to adding one-seventh to th ? number of labourers , or , in other words , it would deprive that prnportion ' of the means of earning their bread—it would also , by increased competition , lower the wages of labour to ths lowest endurable price—still leaving one-seventh a dead weight on society . This argument is " on all fours" with the acknowledged theory of supply and demand—it is confirmed by experience , in the fact already stated . The truth seems to be , as injustice it ought , than to secure a just reward to each , all should be employed .
Again , it is affirmed by our " common sense" objectors , that , if you reduce the hours of labour from twelve to ten per day , you will not only reduce the _ wages one-sixth , but you will also destroy our foreign trade , by the increased price of our manafaatnres . _ I confess my inability to comprehend this logic ; if it does not carry its own answer , no words of mine can refute it . If on this question we must introduce that of foreign trade , we are compelled to inquire what is that foreign trade , for tho maintenance of which we willingly sacrifice the lives of thousands of our
fellowsubjects annually , and the morals and comfort of millions ? Have those victims any interest in the continuance of this boasted foreign trade ? They make cloth—they do not wear coats . They manufacture linen and calico—their shirts are rag ? . They weave blankets—thee are none on their beds . No ; all their share is absorbed by this extolled foreign trade . Now . my Lord , theremustbe something radically wrorn ; in the foundation of such a foreign trade . What is this worm that gnaws at the root of our domestic prosperity ? Is it not selfishness ? Adam Smith , the apostle of the " philosophers , " gives us the foundation of his adored scheme—these are his words : —
Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command ; although it is his own advantage , and not that of society , that he has in view , yet that , the study of his own advantage , mtnrally , or rather necessarily , leads him to prefer that employment which is most advantageous to society . Upon that principle the trade ( home and for * eign ) of England is founled . Are these principles true ? » * * Tho " philosophers" ridicule and turn away from the results of experience , and deny the authority of tlm Holy Bible . They will , perhaps , listen to one of their own order—the most accamplUhed scholar in their school—the late Francis Horner . Adam Smith was not " worshipped" by him . He says—The discovery that I did nnt understand Smith speedily led me to doubt whether Smith understood himself .
Again : I should b 2 reluctant to expose Smith ' s errors before his work has operated its full effect . We owe much at present to the superstitious worship of Smith ' s name , and we must not impair that feeling until the victory is complete . Francis Horner also adds : Until we c . in give a correct and precise 'henry of the , nature and origin of wealth , his ( Adam Smith ' s ) papular , plausible , and loose hypothesis is as good for the vulgar as any other . It is to uphold this "loose hypothesis" that our legislators are willing to sacrifice more lives than the demands of ths most sanguinary war would reouii-o !
I contend , my Lord tint a foreign trade , which leaves the home producers in pnvertycannot increase a nation's wealth ; though it miy produce a few millionaires , yet it is a drain , wasting the energies of tho people . The followis' appear to bo the sound principles of tivde , home and foreign : — Homs Thank originates in the mutual exchange of the products of domestic skill and industry . Thus one man employs himself in producing something that he wants , and wiu-n he has produced more than he wants of that commodity , he seeks to exchange that surplus forotlier commodities which he requires , and of which others have he . ni producing more than thev require . By the mutual exchange of the surplus productions ot each , all will be thus supplied with a sufficiency of the production ot * the whole .
When the prosperity of a country is increased by the well-working of this sound principle of trade , the productive interests require an intermediate class , in order to distribute she surplus of each kind of production to the whole community . When all have been thus supplied ( but not till then ) , and there is still , i surplus of home productions , a capital will hi raised upon which to found a Foreign Tkadu . In that trade , the exchange should bi for such productions of other countries as are required at home , and cannot ba produced there . Care must be taken to limit that foreign , trade to tho amount of capital represented by the surplus of home productions , over and above what all require at home . If the foreign trade be extended in a greater degree than this , the inhabitants of the country must be impoverished iu proportion to that excess . A few intermediates may gain—the population must lose .
To exchange nccoss-wies for luxuries , while the makers of those noccs-aries are in want of them , may be accordant with the " loose hypothesis " of Adam Smith , and the principles on which our foreign trade is conducted ; but it is repugnant to those of Christianity and common sense . My Lord , " the trade of England is sustained v the groans and tears of women and children . It is for your Lordship t 3 decide , shall it be regulated by the principles of justice , or shall it" perish ?" I hare the honour to remain , Mv Lord ,-Your Lordship ' s most obedient servant , Richard Oastleh . L-union , January 13 , 18-17 .
Incavtious Csii Of Fire-Arms—Fatal Effec...
Incavtious csii of Fire-arms—Fatal Effects .- ^ Scarcely a week passes but the country papers contain cases of murilatton and neath arising fr mi carelessness with lire-arms ; and if a statistical return of such mishaps could be obtained , it would present a very startling record of misery induced byjimplements used for amusement . An inquest was held on the 4 th instant , at Basingstoke , upon the remains of W . Newlyn , tin ? father of a young family , now thrown upon the world unprovided tor . !¦ -, anpear d that U 0 wont out to shoot small birds , and bad nut the loaded barrel of his gun into one pocket , and ' the stock into theothcr , when as he was getting over a gate the gun was discharged and the contents passed through M head , blowing nearly halt of it awav . Another recent accident was induced by the same amusement . A retired farmer named Golbourne . living between Hotttord and Ware , went with a double gun into his garden where ho fired at and wounded ' a bulfineh , wnioh , however , he could not catch . While searching a hedge for ms noble game , an exnloaion was
i i ^ ,. man was fo » nd on the ground deat . -A third instance presents itself . IV . Jalland , apd 21 , a joiner , at Woodborough , described as very food of going about with a gun , " called upon ins tauher-m-law on business , but with a fowlingpiece under his arm . About half-an-hour after he nad gone away , tho father heard the report of firearms , and soon after found his * on lying upon the road rolling about as if in great pain ; a cun was near him . and blood was running from his side . Hi 3 onlv word * were , "Tlie whole charge of shot is in mo ;" lie lingered till night and then died . Some of the evidence at the inquest should bo given in the hopeit may deter others from risking such a fate . One of the witnesses said , " I saw smoke coming out of deceased s clothes , and asked him where it came from , but he gave no answer , I turned his eont n *\ A & . and
said . Will , you are in flames , ' and he said . ' Am 11 put it out . 1 turned r » U waistband aside , and saw his shirt sopped with blood . " The surgeon desaribed the condition ef the dying man . The shit had entered m a lump , he said , and then spread into his body . lie could distinctly feel the shot and wadding in difterent parts of the abdomen . Dibu , on the 29 th ult ., at Brle rUy Hill , Staffordshire , m he S , th year of her n » f , Mrs . filfcnueth KimfcerUnJ momer of Mrs . Roinnna Bed well , of the same place .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 13, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_13021847/page/2/
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