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AN EFFECTUAL CURE FOR PILES, FISTULAS, &c.
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TO C. P. VILLIERS, ESQ. , M.P. Sre,r-I d...
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MIDLAND CIRCUIT. EtueH, v, Meredith.—Bbe...
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An Effectual Cure For Piles, Fistulas, &C.
AN EFFECTUAL CURE FOR PILES , FISTULAS , & c .
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-dBEKfCB'TKY'S PILE OINTMENT ¦ a- * , i r , j . ,. . „ - . „ a Mvmoavatively how few ofthe afflicted have been permn-J ^ JSSS &^ SF * " * *!?** I- * " ? ™ fl Th ?« no ^ Sbt , arises from the use ofpowcrful aperients too ffiX ?& ^^ if ^^™^' * i Jm . nK ° nten . al medicine should always be avoidedWll cases ^¦ ^ STT ^ * *?? " ^ y ^ 8 of acate offering , placedhimself under the ^ S ^ S ^^^^^^^ k ^^^^ ^^ res tored to p erfect healthr and thus enjoyedit cver ST ^^^ ^^ S S ' oW a period of fifteen years , during which time tin ? same Aber-^« xn thont the slightestrerurn of the ^ f . ^;// vast number of de sperate cases / both iu and out of tho pr o-^^ ^ Si ^ - ^ - * ? S ^ lS ^* *«« under medic dl care , and some of them fora very con-P Ct 0 r J ''L rCleS ,, f ? lends i " £ ? Vf , " , « , t . vtf i « trodaceI to the public by thedesire of many who had been per-^ h « £ £ 5 i ^^^ f :, mc oftnis Ofctaent has spread far and wide ; even aMr ^& f * * Ppfi ^? - ' s 1 » w v " d unwiUins w acknowledge the virtues of anv mediciie not prepared by them-K £ n \^ swjSnSfatto ^ rf ^ r ^^ t & uot vender those who have been cured unwilling to ' publish tt ! old inhered Pots at 4 s- 6 d . or th--quantity of three 4 s . 6 d . pots in one for lis ., with Ml directions for use , by C Kim ? fAaenttothe Proprietor . ) X « . 3 « , - Vapitr-street , Hoxton , Sew Town , London , where also can be procured «•*«• j » « r * « nr . Heiidoe of rejntc , lijrect fr ,. m the original makers , with an allowance on takingsix at a time . *?* Besuretolisk for " ABEHSETIIY'S PILE OINTMENT . The Public arc requested to be on their guard asainst noxious compositions sold at low prices , aud to observe that none can possibly be genuine , unless the name of Kijjc i » printed on the tSovenramt Stamp affixed to each pot , js . 6 d ,, which is the lowest price the proprietor is enabfed ' to sell it at , owing to the great expense of the ingredients .
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CORKS AND BUNIONS . PAUL'S SYBBY HAN"S FRXSND , Patmnitedbg the Royal Fami-y , XoMlity , Clergy , <&? . Is a sure and speedy-Cure for those severe annoyances , without causing the least pain or inconvenience . _ Unlike all other remedies for Corns , it * oiier . itioii , s sucii as to render the cutting of Corns altogther unnecessary ; indeed , we may < ay . the practice of cutting Corns is at all times highly dangerous , and has been frequently attended wiih lanu-iiu We consequences , besides its liability tn increase their growth ; it adheres with the most gentle pressure , produre * an instant and delightful relief fr * m torture , and , with perseverance in its application , entirely eradicates the roi-M inveterate Corns and Guuicms . Testimonials have been received from upwards of one hundred Physicians aud Surgeons of the greatest eminence , as welt as from many Officers of both Army and Navy , aud nearly one thousand private letters from the gentry in to « n and country , speaking in high tenn > - of this valuable remedy . Prt-prired by John Fos , in boxes at is . I J-i , or three small boxes iu « na for 2 s . 9 d ., and to be had , -with full directions Tor nse , of C . Kixg . No . si , Sapi « r- « tre-t . Hoxton New Town , Loudon , and all wholesale and retail medicine vendors in town and country . The genuine has the name of John Fox on the stamp . 2 s . 9 d . Box cures the most obdurate Corns . Ask for " Paul ' s Every Maw's Friend . " Abernethy ' s Pile Ointment , Paul ' s Com Plaster , aud Abernethy ' s Pile Powders asc sold by the following respectable Chemists and Dealers iu Patent Medicine : — Bsrclay aud Sons , Farrinjjdoii street ; Edwards , 67 . St . Paul ' s Church-yard ; Butler , 4 , Chcapside ; Kewbcry , Si . Paul ' s ; Sutton , Bow Church-yard ; J « hustm , •; $ , Cornhill ; Sanger , 130 , O ' xfotdstreet ; VTiVionghhy ana Co ., tii , TSShojisatate-Street Without ; 0 « n » , 5 i , Murihtn .. nd-str « et , Burton-crescent ; Eade , 39 , Goswdl-Strcet ; Prout , 223 , Str :, £ a ; Hannay and Co ., 63 , Oxford-street : and retail by all respectable chemists and medicine vendors in LondoE . C ^ . siar Agests , —Bains aud Newso !! : ? : Ur Bu < -k < on , Times Office ; fieaton Smeetin , Allen , Hall , Keinhardt an < J i . ; ns , J . C . Br . wne , 48 , Brigg-tu , Tlinntun . 35 . Boar-lane , Denton , Garland , Mann , Bean , Harrey Haigh , Jats Tarbottom Bollaud and . Keinplay , L & nd Moxon , C . Hay , 106 , Briggate , Rhodes , Bell and Brooke Lord , R . C « Hay , Medical HalL Leeds ; Pratt , Blai-Ktairn , Newhy , RimmiDBton , Maud and Wilson , Rogerson , Stanfhdd , Bradford ; Hartley , Denton , V- ' attrhou « e . J-.- (<; on . Wosd . Dyer , Purker , Jennings , andLeyland , Halifax ; Smith , Elland ; Hurst . Cirdwell , Geil , and Smith , Wakefield ; Harrison . Barnsky ; Knowels , Thorne , Brook , and Spifey , Hud . der .-r ' eld ; Hcdson , Kc-igli 2 «\ i ; L < . fW" = u £ t =. E-i « JiKr . it , Ktr .- , Alrock , Baines , Burrell , Bell , Burton , Healey , Mel . bod . Frctmaa , Pickerin ? , Carton , WiJli . mison , Chapman . Hanimoud . Wallis , Walker , Broomhead > Xfoble , Poster , Har .-imao , Stephenson , Weir , Bydtrandltarker , Hull ; Pipe ? . Kcn ' mgham , Johnson , Earle , Cornwall , R & binson , Brhiimm , Beverley ; Brooks . Donetskr ; Matthews , Cresstx , Driffield ; Cues , Cook ; Millner , Pickering ; Stevenson , Whitby ; Bolton , Barnshardand Cj ., Hargrove , Fisher , Otley , Linney , York ; Marston Brigg , Hurst ; Bobson ,. Armita ^ s , Ingoldby , Lonjjbottom , Luu » h ; Wainwrigbf , Howden ; Rayner , Smith , Burlington ; . Horsby , Wraugbam , Jcffcrton . Molton ; Rhodes , Snaiih ; Cham-pity , Broomhead . Ireland , Buckall , Scarborough ; Smith , Fhrby , Bridlington ; Adams , Colton , P-jUen , SeSby ; Ombiier , Market Weighton ; Pleck Marsh , R-otberbam ; HattersUj , Bali , Odi it . Birton ; . Bro ' -. n , GainiooroWh : Gfe . fliiH , Old Oelj . ft ; I ' riestmay , Foi , Fontefract ; Dalby , Tfethcrby ; Sl » - « -. Bedale ; Dixon , Sorrhallwtiiu ; Ward . Richmond ; W 3 rd , Stoktsley ; Feggitt and Thompson ,. Thirsk ; Monk-iouse , Barnard Castle ; Pea- > e . Dati-ugton ; Jcnnett , Stockton . And by all respectable Chemists and Msdiciue Ten - -, rs in every Market Town ii = Ensjlnnd . Wynlesale Agents : —Messrs Button , Blaushard and Co ., Bfugaists , Mecklegate , York .
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THE CREA . TEST SALE OF AST JJED ICIKBS IN TILE GLOBE . HOLLOWaTs PILLS . A Cure of a Desperate Scorbutic Eruption of long Standing . £ rtract */ aietfrr , dated iYolverluvap Vm , die \ fth of Feb 1817 , confirmed by Mr fitaijwoji , Stationer . To I ' rofessor HoUoway . Sra , —Having been wonderfully resfc-rsd from a state f s restsuffering , illness , aud debility , by the use of your pills aiidointment , I think it right for the sake of others to make ray case known to you . For the last two -years
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ON TK 3 COKCSALBD CAUSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL 0 S ASQ'JISSD BBILIT 1 ES OP THE GEXEHATIV £ SYSTEM , Just Published , Ass ? and tcjsortimtEdition of tho fiSent Friend on fTttmau Frailly . rlca is . 5 d .. asd sent freo te > y part of ths United Xiajdom 02 the receipt of a Post Office Order for 3 s . Si . AMS MCil . -V ? OKK on the IS 3 FIRMITIE 5 ef the GB KERATIVS SYSTEM , in bothsexesj being an en { utry lato the concealed cause that destroys phyaicaeaergr , and she ability of manhood , ere vigour has estal biislied her empire : —with Observations oa the banemmeouuiSOLIXAUr INDULGENCE aud INJECTION 1
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Part II . treats perspicuously upon those forme < =, ' iisea ^ es , either in their primary or secondary state ' arising from infection , showing how numbers , through : tegle « t to obtain compstest medical aid , entail upon hemselves years of misery and suffering .
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GOUT ! GOUT !* GOUT ! : ! The New Specific Patented ifedidnefor Gout , Patronised by the faculty , Nobility , aud Gentry , d-c . THE Discoverer of this Invaluable Specific has , after great study and research , proved , by facts , that this < - © U , Mixture U the only efficient remedy yet discovered f rt ' iat excruciating disorder—the expensive pills and » ixt ires , daily puffed off , having proved a complete f Ua e . This medicine claims a two-fold superiority over eery other yet produced for the public good ; a certainty o' CU -e , and a re-cstahlishment of health , In afew days at a trt ling expense . No particular restrictions a .-enecea-
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THE POPULAR MEDICINE . The following important testimony to the efficacy of PARR'S LIFE PILLS hasjusfc beea received by tho Proprietors . TO MESSRS T . ROBERTS AND CO ., LONDON . Athlone , December 7 th , 1846 . Sirs , —You will please to send me six dozen more Parr ' s Life Pills ; I am just out . I can assure you they are doing an immensity of good ; every one who has tried them in affections of tho Liver and stomach derive a greatdealof benefit . Yours , & c , Wiuiam Gilchrist , Apothecary aud Surgeon .
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WORTHY OF IMITATION . TO THE SDITOE OF THE N 03 THEBN STAB , O'ConnorvUle , August 2 nd , 1 S 4 £ ; Sia , —The following letter , received by our fellow allottee , Mr Tawes , having been read at our weekly meetiog , held in the- school-room , July 2 " th , I was instructed to forward it to you , and to beg the favour of its insertion in the Stab . Permit me to say that I concur in the . views expounded by the writer , and that I hope other institutions and individuals will follow the ex . ample ' so praise worthily set by the'Operative library . ' I beg to subscribe myself , sir , jours respectfully , — . Smith , Secretary , July I 6 th , 181 r .
Seas Sib , — In accordance with resolutions passed at a general meeting ofthe different Operative Libraries in N % tttfc £ h & Ytt , ! Mi &\ tfc \ v : ia \ t 5 , 1 vwvh taVva YhtwpptKtu . nity to address you , as jou have lately loft the more immediate neighbourhood ; excuse me as a stranger in doin r so . It it the prevailing opinion amongst us and our members , tbat you have tho honour to be one of the first pioneers in a great movement , intended to clear away the accumulated , rubbish of generations long gone by , in fact to emancipate the working classes from most ofthe troubles they are heirs to ; to let England and the world see it is possible to raise ourselves in the condition of society without a bloody convulsion , or using tho ' argument'of tyrants to raise us from the slough of competition , and place bsioro us a comfortable independence , or at least give us a fair day ' s wage fora fair day ' s work— -a state of things so long looked for in rain .
Such being our opinion , it appears to us that a fearful responsibility rests with you and your fellow allottees , in the attempt to realise the hopes above ' indicated , while we agree , that en our part we should be neglecting our duty did we not assist you by all tbe means at our command . As the cultivation ofthe minds of your companions must be of some consequence , and have a tendency to make them happy and contented , we have come to'tho resolution of lending yon a certain number of books , not fora given time exactly , but until you have no further use for them , or w < 5 may mako application for their
return , or probably until you can procure a . library of your okii , I must now request you to write as soon US possible , informing me the beat way of seining the book ? . We should likewise he glad to hear of . your welfare , & c . Make what use you please of this letter . Perhaps it might be as well to make it public , as other iustitutions might follow our example . Yours , truly , HEsar Ksacse , Secretary , To No . I Library , N . B ; I hear there are four Operative Libraries in Nottingham , and ons at Radferd .
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TO C . P . VILLIERS , ESQ . , M . P . Sre , r-I deem it my duty not only to myself , but to the electors and non-electors of the borough of Wolverhampton , to make a few remarks on your conduct at the hustings , on the da ; of nomination , and to comment 01 . tbe evasive , shuffling and unprincipled answers which you gave to the questions then and there put to you . Iu the first place , you were asked to explain * the reasons why you voted against tho Ten Hours' Bill V Your answer was , 'thatyou were not aware the workingclasses wanted less money for working for , than they have at present , that there are times of great commercial depression , when work is very scarce , and that it would be hard to prevent men from working as many hours as they pleased , when they could get plenty of employment . '
Sir , the above answer was a lame and miserable at . tempt to exonerate yourself from that foul stain which your vote on the factory question has fastened upon your public character . It was a vain attempt to justify your conduct in the eyes of the working classes . Apparently you are not aware , of the fact , that ths great bulk of working-men are politicians ; that tbeir opinions hav ? undergone a complete revolution ; that whereas formerly they thought none but your class ( I mean the aristocracy ) had a right to participate in legislative matters—they have been driven by oppression to inquire why they , in the midst of plenty , have suffered want , misery , and oppressien f whilst your class has been enjoying not only the necessaries , but the luxuries of life ; and they have justly arrived at the conclusion that class legislation has produced this unequal and ap . palling state of things .
But , to return to the question ; your answer was partial and one sided ; you were award ofthe tact that women and children'were the parties for whose benefit the Tea Hours' BUI was projected , but you had not the candour , you had not the honesty , to state this fact to the meeting . Now sir , I ask you respectfully , plainly , and candidl y —do you not think ten hours a day more than cither a woman or child ought to work iu a close and unhealthy atmosphere ? Further ; would you like a mother , a wife , a sister , or any fe ,, Mle for whom you entertain regpectful feeling * , to be compelled to work from t wire to fourteen hours a day in an unnatural and unhealthy position ? God forbid tbat you should be possessed of so small a share of humanity I If yon are I , for one , do not envy jour feelings !
In common with many of my fellow working men I behove that long hours have a tendency to reduce wages and ifeftt a diminution of the hoars of labour would have an opposite tendency , and I will give you my reason for MVtettaMng that belief . Potmwlywehad at our com . mand a good foreign trade ; at that time all tho manufacturing power we possessed was put into requisition ; men worked like slaves by night and by day ; machinery was improved and goods were manufactured without re . gardto quantity \ master manufacturers were amassing large fortunes ; they thought this state of things would always continue , and thoy glutted every jtartat they could command : —manufactured goods became for a great length of time a complete drug , and the
consequence « as that thousands wtre thrown out of employment and reduced to a state of extreme misery , destitution , and want ; a commercial panic ensued , and all classes of society goffered through the dreadful tftects of over-production . Now , sir , bad men ^ worked short hours , and kept the supply of goods below the demand , they would have had regular end steady employment , at well remunerated wages ; for it is a well-known fact that when the supply of any description of goods is kept DOlovr the demand . ' tho workmanship requisite to produce the tamo enhancestn value , and the workman gets well paid for big labourj for instance , witness the case of the Shtffield grinders . A few years ago they worked sis . teen , eighteen , and io some esses , twenty hours out of tbe tweoty . four ,, and could with difficulty procure tho SMKsajsi n » esgtrb » « f Bfa s ft * rason was . their la .
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hour exceeded the demand , . ^ tersjaid ^ heavy 8 tootaofgobd . and 4 enr ^ n th a »^ W 2 . bs men were so oppressedat last , * 8 t ^ ereforcea to make an attempt to better their wndUtoa ^ ineyre solved upon trying short hours , and they »«^* ™ the time they did formerly , and can live bettoi ana get more money . The reason is obvious , thoy *> ««* ? " - market get overstocked with tbeir labour , So mncn » Ionic hours . ' ¦ ' ¦ • ' . I now proceed to the next question , which is oi para mount importance to the working classes , I me » n tn franchise . I asked you 'If you would support a measure - ..,, . .,. , ; , „• . ,. ;
to confer the vote on every man unstained by any cap » a » offence who had attained to tbe age of 21 years i xour answer , sir , was a complete equivocation . You attemptea to make tho people believe that you would give your support to such a measure ; whereas , you claime ditire privilege o f doing just as you pleased with regard to > r . The electors , according to your answer , have no right to control you ; you claim the privilege of exercising your own judgment in opposition to their united desires , if they do not make their opinions square with yours . Yet sou call yourself the representative ofthe enlightened constituency of Wolverhampton ! What do yourepre-Bant 1 Why , your own views , nnd y ou claim the rlyht
todoso ' . l ,, „ . , . » . flow , sir , strictly speaking , ought not an If . P . to he the servant of his constituents ? If you were engaging a servant , and the day after you bad engaged him , you requested him to perform a certain duty , and he said— ' I think I have a right to please myself , I cannot sea tho utility ofobeying your command , audi will not doit until I am thoroughly convinced it will bo useful , ' would you not consider him an insolent fellow ? Yet this is exaesly the treatment you give your constituents-.
Now , sir , I ask you by what right you and your class deprive the working classes , who contribute a {{ renter amount towards the maintenance of the State than all other classes put together , oi the exercise- of political rights 1 Have they nottho same nice and sensaiive feelings i the same susceptibility f the same pswer of exercising their rational facultica-J ' nnd , finally , can they not vie with your class in point of conduct and general intelligence ?' Then , svrj . tellme from what authority , you andyour class derive the power , the po" * er to degrade ub beseath the dignity of men , and rob us- of the rights conferred upon us by the laws of nature and the unerring laws of God ? God made man equal 1 ; . your class has created an inequality amongst-them : ' « AlHtncnare equal lnhissight , The bond ; the free , the black , the white ; Ho life to all and being gave , But never , never , made a slave !?'
I now proceed to the last question . Ur Linney aske'i you , would you resign your seat for Wolverhampton ,, in case you should be-returned ' . for South . TjaBcaaMrol : You , in the most ungentlemanly way , attempted to hold Linney op to the meeting as an object worthy of derision and contempt ; for asking a foolish question ,. You said you . wero riot awarethat you had been elected for South LaBcasbirev Now , honourable sir , did youinot know that you had given your consent to become a candidate for South Lancashire ? : Did you < not Snow ' that you . were only
making a convenience—a kind of tools '—of the * er » lightened constituents ' of'this- iorough , who have coi « fidodso much in your * political honesty ?• Did you not know that you only came to- secure your seat for Wolver hampton , iu easeyou . sbould be defeated in South Lancashire ? And , finally , when Linney asked - you . 'the question , could you . not hare said— ' 'lis true I have offered ib ? . services to . tho conttituents of South Lancashire , and , thtrefore , Mr Linney ' a question is a very proper ono ; but I am not in a position to answer it until the Lancashire election terminates . '
Such » course would have been too-honest for your purpose ; afld i therefore , you made a vain attempt to make Linney appear a fool , to prove yourself an honest man ! But thecatiSBOwouiof thebng— -the question is pro . perlyanderstood . Linney's conduct is justified , and if you go . to represent South Lancashire , you will have treated the electors of this borough with scorn and contempt , and will forfeit the confidence and respect of every hottest man . Yours , < fcc , Thomas Almond .
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MIDLAND CIRCUIT . EtueH , v , Meredith . —Bbeach ' of Fxomise of Mar . BI 46 E , —Suing a Female . —Mr Whitehuvst , in stating this case to tha jury , said the plaintiff , Mr Stephen Ethell ^ waa an ujholaterer of Anu-streot , Birmingham , and the defendant , a lady , residing with her brother in the village of Yardley , near that town , Tho action was brought to recover damages for breaking a promise of marriage . The parties were not acquainted with each other until tho July of last year , when an intimacy wag formed at tbe house of Mr Thomas Ethell , a nephew of the plaintiff . Mr Stephen Ethell was a widower of 43 , having a daughter about 21 , and the defendant , Miss
Meredith , was about SO . Prom this it would be seen that there was no great or improper disparity of age . After an acquaintance of some few weeks an attachment sprung up between the parties , and Miss Meredith intimated to Mr Thomas Ethell , the nephew , she contemplated a marriage with Mr Stephen , his unek , and requested that he would . communicate with her brother upon tho subject . He did so . The brother of the defendant at tbat time approved of tbe connection ; and it was subsequently arranged that the marriage should take place in tbe month of October . The defendant provided her marriage clothes , and the plaintiff proceeded to make tho necessary arrangements for the nuptials . A short time afterwatdsMiss Meredith declined to fulfil
her promise ; aud when requested to state the grounds of nor refusal , she stated , iu the first instance , that her brother would not give his consent ; and that the plaintiff was too old ; and she did not like to marry a man of such aft age . With respect to the plaintiff ' s age , he ( Mr Whitehouse ) presumed she knew that at the time she entered into the engagement , but it was evident there was something behind . The plaintiff , in consequence of the conduct of the defendant , had been the object of derision and laughter ; and thought that under the circumstanco he could do no otherwise than bring the subject before a jury . The defendant had simply pleaded that she had not . made any promise . That would be seen by the evidence he ( Mr Whitehurst ) should produce ; Miss Meredith had secured the assistance of his learned
friend ( Mr Humfrey ) , whom , perhaps , they had frequently heard , or beard of , in cases of that description . His friend would , no doubt , attempt to laugh the case out of court , and , if possible , he would get the jury to laugh with him . He ( Mr Whitekurstl was fond of fun , and he had no doubt they would hare a great deal of fun on that occasion , ( Loud laughter . ) Ills learned friend would ask them what wounded feelings a man of 45 could possess ? How it was possible that he could sustain damage by the loss of a matrimonial connectiou with a woman of 30 ? Every cose must , however , be judged by its owie merits . The plaintiff did not ask for extravagant damages ; but although a man ' s feelings were not so strong as those of a woman , still be had his feelings ; and when injured and wounded , ' as they were
in the instance how before them , it was the duty ofthe jury to award reasonable damages . Thero would , be believed , be no dispute about the facts . The only consideration would he the amount of damages to be awarded to the plaintiff . The learned counsel proceeded to call the following witnesses ;—Mr Thomas Ethell said he was acquainted with Miss Meredith , Sh « was on a visit at their house last summer . Mr Stephen Ethell visited there , and he and Miss Meredith became acquainted , The plaintiff became attached to her , and Miss Meredith received his addresses favourably , He continued his alien tione . At the musical festival , in Augutt , Miss Metedith was on a visit to the phintiff > daughter . She is 21 . The plaintiff is from 40 to id , aud tbe defendant fall SO . Daring the time the defendant was on a visit to
the plaintiff she told witness tbat she was about to marry the plaintiff , aud that there was only ono obstacle , that was her brother , She requosled him to speak ' to her brother upon the subject . Accordingly , one night at supper , afttr they had been to a meeting of the Church Pastoral Aid Society , tbe witness , addressing tbe defendant ' s brother , who was present , and in reference to the intimacy then existing between the plaintiffand defendant said , 'You see how comfortable they ere together—( laughter ); now ' s the time to speak —( continued laugh , ter ); if you have ' any doubts nowmention them . ' Defendant's brother said he had none , and that he was quite willing , if thoy were —Mr Miller : What did you do then ! —Witness : I got up and said , ' ' God bless you both together . " ( Loud laughter . )—Mr Millw : What did the brother say ' —Witness : 'So say I . ' ( Roars of
laughter . ) It was afterwards arranged that the marriage should take place in October , on tbe plaintiff ' s birth . day so tbat both the birth-dey aud the marriage * day might then be kept" together . ( Great laughter . ) Subsequently the defendant said it would ha too soon , and the day remained unfixed . —Cross-examined by Mr Humfrey ; Why , you do your respected uncle injustice , don ' t you ! Was he not the son of William and Mary Ethell!—Witness ; He was . —Hr Humfrey : Is he not near JO ?—Witness : No , I believe he is not . Mr Humfrey : ^ Is it , then , the custom of your family to be baptised before they are born 1 ( Laughter . )—Witness : No , I believe not . How can theyl ( Laughter , )—Mr Humfrey : Why , was not your respected uncle , according to the registry t hold va my hand , baptised In the year 1800 '—Witness : I don't know . I don't believe him to
ha 48 or 49 years of age . I went to school with him , and I am 40 , —Mr Humfrey : This thoughtless young man became acquainted ¦ with the young lady in July , and made this proposal after a meeting of the Pastoral Aid Society ?—Witness : Yes ; that was on the 1 st of Sept ., and the marriage was appointed for October . I do not Denote Miss Meredith is mors than SO , because my wife went to school with her , and she is 29 .-Mr Humfrey ; Yes ; but you know that Is no criterion . You uent to school with your respected uncle . ( Laughter , )—Witness :
1 do not know that my uuelo got 30 $ . oat of the poor girl for her wedding cloiheg . I beliere two othw actions have been brought ! arising out of this affair—No , I fay au assault ; No . 2 , for . slander ; and , now , « o . 8 for a breach of promise of marriage . 1 do not know that the girl is of weak intelkct , or different in mind to other youug women . She has , I bellevs , some property —Mr Humfroy j I thought so . After some further evidence , the case for tbo plaintiff was closed , aud Mr Kumfroy addressed the jury . Ht never remembered , in his F * B « fc « f mdijjg , a ^ o ^ invthiehomaj ) bYonrt * aB
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action against i ^ woman tor a breach ,, of promise of marriage in which the action was not Related by cupidity . Was It likely ' thateuch f t marriage ytould ever have been a ' h ' appy marriage ? He asked them , as fathers and brothers , having wives and sisters , whether they would , by their verdict , sanction such an action ? The plaintiff had como there to get money out of the pockets of tho defendant ; which he knew he could not get by marriage . ^ Her friends had interfered to prevent that abomination . He ( Mr Humfrey ) admitted that if a _ ., , j % ;'_ .. £ __ vL _ t ,, « nnh' ; i > f nromlse of
promise had been made and broken , there must be a rrrdict for the plaintiff ; but ho hoped , for the credit of the country , it would be of tho ' smallest possible coin known in the circulating medium of the realm—tbat would he a hundred thousand times more than he deserved . —Lord Penman supposed the jury would agree with him that there had been a promise , and tbat it had been broken . The only question therefore was as to tho amount ' of damage 8 - He need not trouble them with any observations upon that point . The evidence thoy had heard would direct them . —The jury found a verdict
—Damages , ono farthing .
OXFORD CIRCUIT . ExiEAOBDiKABT Case or MuRDEB .-John Skinuer , a polo and weak-iookiBjj young man , was charged wltft tbe wilful murder o ( Mb wife , Sarah Skinner , on the Zai of June last , at Clifton . It ap peared that a few days before the evening in question the prisoner and hih wtfo bad some word * , which ended in blows . On the evening of her death , while drinking tea , John Ir « ln , her brother , came intonhe bouse , and observing some bruises on' her arms , and that she seemed much indisposed , asked her what waa the matter . The prisouer being present at this time , she answered that she had fallen down a ladder a few d » y > ago > but at the same time gave him a wink , which induced him to suspect that the prisonerhad beeen ill using her . Upon this he remarked ,
that if people conld not livo happily together as man and wife , they ought to separate in peace . To this expression of opinion the prisoner replied to the effect , that Irwin did not know who was in fault , and tbat some people were 80-fond of quarrelling that it was impossible to live on good'terros with them . To this the brother-in-law answered , 'Any how , that is not a * characteristic of my family . '' Upon this the prisoner rose from his seat , and told Irwin to leave the room : He-got up to comply , with the order , but bis sister seized him by thearm and besought him to stop , ortheprisoner would killher . Yielding to this solicitation , ho was about to sit down again , when the prisoner attempted topuahhimout , A struggle ensued , and both fell on the bed . The prisoner seized a knifedrove him through' fear of it to the door , and ,
, as soon as-he was outside , dealt him a blow With the left bandi which precipitated him down two or three stairs . Here hu paused to listen , to ascertain , if possible , what the prisoner was at -but all . was still , until , all in a moment ,, he was startled'by a dreadful' smash ; ' at the same time people who were walking in the siueet below saw the deceased falling headlong from the window to tbe ground . It was a window on the third floor . The poor woman was immediately raised from the ground , but her skull was fractured ; sho sighed heavily oneo or twice , never spoke , and breathed her last in a few moments . One of the passers by , who saw her come flying out of the window , beard her at the same instant utter a piercing shriek y a second noticed that , tho window was closed immediately afterwards ; whilst a third declared
that he saw a hand draw the window into the- casement , close and fasten it . The room was then opened , the window was found shut , and tnado tight with the button attached to it ; the knifo before referred to was on a shelf , in an open cupboosd , and the . prisoner was lying at full length on the , bed . Upon being asked by the peace-officer what was the matter , he said a quarrel had arisen beiweea himself and wife , that her brother had interfered , that he had driven him fr « m the rdom , and then laid himself down , and that , on turning himself round be saw the hair of his wife ' s head loose , as she fell from the window ; that he then got up and shut it . The policeman further ^ said , that when the prisoner was informed that his wife lay ' dead on the ground , he smiled , and fell hack again on tbe bed .
Mr Huddlestoh , who appeared for the prisoner , got out , on cross-examination , that the deceased was a strong , fully developed woman ; tbat the window was so small that It would hare required very considerable violence to have forced her body through ; tbat the prisoner was himself in bad health at the time , and was by no means a powerful person . The learned counsel then called a child , Daniel Cfanahy , aged about seven years and a half , who Stated that ho and two other boys were sleeping on tbe 'landing' of the prisoner ' s room on that night ; that he was aroused by the first noise , got up , saw the man Irwin forced out , and while the door was open
noticed the deceased go to the window , opea it , and throw herself out ; that the prisoner , on returning totha room , saw at once what had happened , and after a short pause went and buttoned up the window . Thisevidence , both as to the position of the' parties , time , and circuit .-stances , was very closely tested by tho counsel for the prosecution , but the lad did not waver ; his demeanour and mode of giving his testimony , in fact , drew down an expression of approbation from his lordship , who remarked that it was improbable that any amount of tutoring could prepare so youig a person for concocting such a story , and so well supported , if it were not true .
Mr Justice Erie summed up most carefully , and told the jury that if they believed the evidence ofthe Itoythey should acquit the prisoner altogether . —The prisoner was found Not Guilty ,
WESTERS CIRCUIT . Chahgx of Murder , — Maurice Perry , aged 28 , was indicted for tbe wilful murder of John Bailey , in tho parish of Bathampton on tbe 23 th June last , the dc ceased being at the time a constable in the execution of his duty . On Monday evening the 28 th June last a number of 'railway men , 'including the prisoner , were assembled together at tbe George public-house , at Bathampton , A quarrel arose between two men named Dainton and I ' otter , and it was arranged tbat they should adjourn to a neighbouring field to fight . After tbe men had been lighting- for some time constable Thomas Smith interfered , and was immediately knocked down by one of the persons in the ring . At the same time somebody
exclaimed , ' I will kill nny constable that comes into the field . ' The deceased John Baiiey , then came up in his shirt sleeves , and , according to tbe testimony of some of the witnesses , said to the prisoner , ' I am a constable , and if you don't stop fighting I must take you . ' Whereupon the prisoner said , 'Ho didn ' t care for any countable , ' and immediately knocked tbe deceased down . Whetber or not tbe prisoner was the man who actuall y struck the constable in the ' first instance , it would ap . pear that he kicked him whilst on ' tbo ground , and struck him as he was about t « rise . The result ofthe affray was , that J . Bailey was carried off the field a dead man . On tho following day a post mortem exami . nation took place , and the opinion of the surgeon was , that the death was caused by an effusion of blood in the
cavity of the chest , arising from the rupture of a large vein beneath the collar bone . This vein being close to the heartsyncope was produced , and death must have been instantaneous . There was also an effusion of blood at tho base of the brain , nnd there were external marks ef violence on the left arm and on the forehead . The injury to the brain was most probably the result of a fall , and tho rupture of the blood-vessel must have been produced by a violent blow , or by the body coming in contact with soma hard substance . The witnesses all agreed as to the fact of tho prisoner taking an active part in the affray ; and it was positively stated by more than one person that be was tbe man who knocked
Bailey down . It should be stated that a man named Samuel Crawley was indicted for being present aiding and abetting Maurice Perry in the commission of the offence ; but be has avoided being taken Into custody . Henry Crawley was also charged , hut only upon tbe coroner ' s inquisition , with being concerned in the affair . Chief Ju & tice Wilde , in summing up , told the jurythat if , upon looking at the whole of tho evidence , they should be of opinion that a mob was collected on the occasion in question , and that the prisoner was one of that mob , engaged in the unlawful act of preventing , by violeat means , tbe nfficer from executing his duty , thoy must find him guilty of murder , although they might not think that his was tbe hand which actually stru k
tho fatal blow . The jury deliberated for upwards of half an hour , when tbe foreman announced that they found the prisoner guilty of being a party concerned , but they did not think there was sufficient evidence tbat he gave the fata ] blow . The Judge : Concerned in what , Gentlemen ? A Juryman : In tbe murder . The Judge : That is a verdict of guilty . If you find that the deceased was on the field executing his duty as a constable , by endeavour , ing to stop the fight , and that tbe prisoner was engaged in preventing him by acts of violence , you must find him guilty , but if you should think otherwise , your verdict must bo one of not guilty . The jury again turned round , and , after a very brief consideration , returned a verdict of Guilty .
His lordship then put on the black cap , and passed sentence upon the prisoner , who was perfectl y cool and collected throughout , aud left the bu protesting his innocence . Several of tho jurymen were deeply affected at the result of the inquiry , and some of them shed tsars when the verdict was returned .
NORTHERN CIRCUIT Fatai FioHi .-Edward Parker , 20 , John Castley 25 , Joseph Drape , 24 , ThbuiM Johnson , 28 , and Thomas Yates , 21 , stood indicted , the former for killing and slaying Edward Seward , at Lancaster , and tbe rest for awing and abetting . The prisoners , who are all very boyish-lookiBg , pleaded net guilty , The cireumstanow ofthe caso aro as follows i-Jt is tbe custom at Lancaster , on the Sunday preceding the races , for publicans to bare booths ' on the raca ; ground for the sale of tquors and other refreshments . On tbo 4 th of July last , the deceased and the piieone * accidentally me at <» e of these booths . They wore both sober at the time au ( 1 commenced « trotting' one another , as It is
called iu Lancashire , about their respective quaMca-« ons as runners . High words ensued , and they agreed to stttle thsir disputes by fighting' for love . ' Alter shaking hands , they accordingly fought for nearly aa hour . At the end of the SWffcfA round , Par . ker caught deceased round tho neck and struck him with his fists about the head , rtntil their backets separated thea . Seward th . ua fell to ths ground insensible , and th » ugh medical nW was instantly procured from the County Asylum , near- which the fight , took Place , ho never rallied , anil « plred about seven o ' clock tho next morning , k . surgeon proveo th » immediate cause « f 4 eath to b « tdmslon of bload an th » brain ; wlilclj , 1 » m $ m . X ? tbe prftnwr'a coflngrl , )« # ftt « i
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might have been produced by the violent aC { f ^^^ ward himself during theflght . His lordshi p , „ ° ? 0 , 8 « , circumstances , stopped the caso , and directed th "k ^ acquit all the prisoners . The jury according ] , . * l arf '» a verdict of not guilty . ' el « Ml J LA » oAsn « E FionTiNo . -nnm Hyde , 21 , , ., for killing Blchard Marsden , at Over Dar » c ' Blackburn , in May last . The prisoner aud ^ " t had been at a rabbit chase , in the neighbourhood 1 * Darwen , and afterwards adjourned to the nearest r , ? . ' house , whera deceased eventually challenged ft ! soner to tight . The latter , after a good deal of ?' " tance , consented , and they both went into an adjo '' '' field . Deceased , after a few rounds , fell hi & T ]„ . "' * l might have been produced by the violent . ^ T ^ "" ^
» f mi ml The condition * nf thpfkh * « raro ii .,. ; 'l ground . The conditions of the fl > . h * were , that it » be ' apand down , ' i . e ., kick and strike , and Hjde * li ^ his opponent was prostrate , hioked him on th »\ . ' The deceased got up , and after a few Voeffectuni effort renew the contest , dropped down and expired insta . !/ 0 For the deft nee , it was contended tbat tbe Injury „ - •?• caused death ms produced by the tail , and rio tJ \ , !^ kick . The jury found the prisoner guilty . His Jordsh * said be eould not pass sentence tratil he had giy cn JP case tho gravest consideration . The prisoner mu «
saererore , stand own tin morning , ue noped the tfm » would soon come when such brutal exhibitions , which- ^ 2 not speak much for tlie advance of the great county f Lancaster iu christian feeling , would be at an end . Ukhanls Assauxt . — Isaac Brookbnnk , 35 , „ charged with killing Betty Bradshaw , on oM woman of fl , at Forton , a small vfllage near Lancaster , in j u i last . The evidence disclosed gross brutality on the pj t of the prisoner . Some ill-feeling had existed be tween him and the deceased andhcr husband , owing to a heH belonging to the old caupls having been trespassed sn in seme way by the prisoner . They remonstrated ( yjh , him ,, when he struck the deceased a violent blow , and sht
felt with such force as to fracture one of her thi ghs : sht survived the accident only eight days . For thedafenee evidence was adduced to prove tbat deceased struck pr {) soner first , and that the former had been suffering from an affection of the chest and dropsy of tbe extremities for a long time previously . —His lordship said the jut ? must acquit the-prisoner of the felony . They had the optiwii-however ,. of finding him goihy of a common sj . sault . —The jury ^ returned a verdict to that effect . — -Hii lordship sentenced the prisoner to be . imprisoned sad kept to-hard labour for twelve calendar months .
The I.Ate Fatal Guk Cotton Explosion At ...
THE I . ATE FATAL GUK COTTON EXPLOSION AT FAYERSHAM . Hubert Cheesman , who appeared to have suffered most severely , was accommodated with a teat , and said , I reside in the parish ot Preston next Feversham , ana am in the employ of Messrs Hall , at tbeir factory . 1 was employed there when tbe accident took place on the Hth of July last . I had charge of the fires in S l 3 nnd 4 stoves . The temperature I was directed to keep up was 120 degre ' es for No , 3 , and 110 degrees for No , 4 . As near as I can say those were the degrees of heat la the stoves on the morning of the accident . Mr WiUi am Hall , one proprietor , and Mr Topping , the manager , were both at the works from an early hour in the morn , ing , and neither of them complained of anything beinj wrong . I was engaged in my usual duty about half sn hour before tho accident occurred , and I am quite sure
tbe heats were as I have stated . I was iu No 3 stove when the accident occurred ; I heard no- explosion ; it was momentary , and I cannot tell how it took place . I do not know where the explosion first occurred , -whether ta No , S or No . 4 . I was buried in the ruins of tbe weigh . ing room of No . 3 , about four or five feet from where t had just previously been standing . I was greatly la . jurcd , and was removed to my home . The instruction ! as to working the stoves given by Mr Hall and Mr Top . ping were carried out in every particular so far as I am able to say . I have nothing further to state in reference to tbe accident . Every precaution was invariably taken for tbe prevention of accident . Mr William Hall wa » the principal manager , t ascertained the heat of tb » drying room by means of self-acting thermometers placed there for that purpose . No other person except myself had control of the fires . A woman named M'Ewen was employed on the stoves ; she had access to
and might have seen the thermometers . I have no re . collection of her having spoken to me on the subject of overheating the stoves . She certainly never told ms that if I did not keep the fires lower they should all be blown up . I asked her during that morning to make some starch , but I have no recollection of having spoken . with her on any other subject . My wife ( since deceased ) was employed in the works or tbe morning » f the accident ; she made no complaint to me on the subject of tbe heat , I have been in the employ of Messrs Hall dwlngtho last 15 years , and perfectly understood the dan . gerous nature of the occupation I was engaged in , I cannot attach blame to any person in connexion with tho accident . When I last saw the fire in No . 4 , it was nearly out . The time required to raise the temperature eight or ten degrees is 2 or 3 hours , If the Stoves were cold it would take 12 or H hours at least to obtain & temperature oi 110 degrees in the drying room ,
The court was here cleared for some time , and from subsequent proceedings it appears to have been agreed among the jury to request tho coroner to proceed to the residence ofthe woman M'Ewen , in the towa of Feversham , for the purpose of ascertaining whether she still persisted in tho statement she was alleged to have made to the effect that she had warned Cheeseman on the morning of the accident , not to overheat ths stove * . The coroner and the foreman of the jury , together with the Messrs Hall , Mr Bathurst , and Mr Sheppard , accordingly proceeded to the residence of the party referrud to , the proceedings having been meantime ad * journed for one hour .
Mary U'Ewensaid , she was employed atMessrs Hall ' J works , and attended at seven o ' clock , as usual , on tbe morning of the accident . Her general employment was picking di eased cotton in No . 3 stove . On tbat morning she was making starch from half . past eight to half-past ten , close by the stokehole fire , which Is quite away from the room where the cotton is dried . No fire wai ever kept inside the building , tho heat arising from radiation from the ' gloom pot . ' The fireplace or stokehole was outside the building . Witness returned to the drying-room about half-past ten . The witness continued- —Cheesman , as he usually did after breakfast , shovelled on about five or six shovels of coals whilst Bh » was making the starch . Nothing more than usual passed between us . The heat was not so great that morning
as it had been on other mornings . I am speaking of No . 8 stove . I had nothing to do with No . 4 . The heat was usually 120 in No , 3 . It might exceed it two or three degrees sam * tvm & a , and sometimes it was less . I do not understand the working of the thermometer . I judged of the heat by what I heard others ssy . If the heat had been much greater than it was I could not have told it from the thermometer . When the explosion took place I was in the stova just by the side of th » bench . I had picked one case oi tsottou , aud w » s going to fetch another when the door of the drying room flew open . Tho bricks and rubbish fell about , and I was blown outside . I never heard any noise . The first I knew of the accident was when I saw the stove door fly open . I never made any observation to Cheesman
that morning respecting the beat of the stove . I might have said something by way of joke , about a week or a fortnight before , such as , ' Why , Cheesman , do you want to send us all adrift V when the heat was so very great , but I never meant anything serious . I have never told any one that I did make such remark to Cheesman that morning . There have been a great many false reports made of what I have . said . If any oae says I did make such a remark that morning , they say what is not true . It was very hot and sultry on the morning of the accident . If I ewr felt the beat too oppressive I opened the door , and it lowered it two or three degrees directly . I did not dc
so that morning , but I bad asked Mrs Clarke to do so , and she was just going to do so when the accident occurred . Mr Hall was frequently in the stoves , and had been there twice that morning . I have heard him once or twice complain of the heat in the winter time , and he then always gave Instructions that it should be lowered . Ho said nothing about the heat that morning . He was always very particular , and would never allow a bit of cotton or « flou 'h' to lie about . He was always there , aud , of course , was liable to the same danger as themselves . I have no fault to find with any one . I always found Cheesman very steady , very careful , and very attentive .
On the return of the coroner to the Inquest-room , after some further evidence , that gentleman charged the jury , who unanimously agreed to the following verdict : 'That the deceased , Henry Topping , was killed by the explosion of a certain gun cotton factory , but how that explosion arose no evidence appears , ' The total number of deaths resulting from the accident has been 21 . Only U bodies have been discovered , the remaining 18 having been blown to atoms . Portions ofthe human frame are sttll found in the eorn fields at an enormous distance from the scene of the cstastrophe ; and it is a dlsgraoeful fact thas some inhuman wretches , since the accident , have actually possessed themselves of mutilated fragments for the purposa of exhibition . At Sittingbourne and Whitstable , portions of limbs were exhibited for some days to a depraved crowd at so much per head . The disgusting affair was , howwM , pYtropMy put a stop to by the local magistrates
Impostasr To Pebboss Taocbhd With Pllhs....
iMPOSTASr TO PEBBOSS TaoCBHD WITH PlLHS . ^ JlU * merous medicines have beeu offered to the public at various times as remedies for the Puis , but we are not aware that any have proved so eminently successful as 'Abernethy ' s Pile Ointment ; ' indeedjso great is tb * repute this OiatrnwA has acquired a & to outward avph * cation for Piles , that it is now ased by the moreenlightflued andwprejuuicod part of tho medical profession . It is necessary to be particular in asking * fo Ahcrnethy ' s Pile Ointment , ' sold in covered poto at 4 s id ,, aud observe- that the name of C , King is on tha government stamp . Sold by all respectable chemists iu th * United Klngd om .
A Bad Leo oy T « i & tt Tbabs' Stasdins CUr < w by Holloway ' s Ointment and PlUs .--Th 6 particulars or ths extraordinary case are as follows : —Mr James M'DouahJ , n Native of Ireland , now residing at No . 7 , Seorgeyard , Whitechapol , was discharged from the Navy in 1813 , « consequence of his leg having then been bad for two y « ar »> and pronounced iu Plymouth Hospital , as incurable * During the forme * long period ho had had the advice of the most skilful surgeons iu London , Dublin , and other places . Notwithstanding tho dreadful state of the !« Ri and nvesHia-tiiirty fears of suffering , the limb te «« souudlv h ratojlbv Mnjo . su of RoiJujw's Ojntuseat « " * Puis ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 14, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_14081847/page/2/
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