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* THE NORTHERN STAR. January 16, i^?
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AST0JUSUIS6 EmCACY or nOLLfWAY'S PILLS.
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the 01 ii treatment Tircmois Ciovioai. Afpsciios.—Some little time ago a Madame lir<uii.is obtained from the Civil Tribunal of the Seine a decne of separation from her husband
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STATE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE-THE MEXICAN...
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DESTRUCTION OF WORTH-PARK HOUSE BY FIRE....
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POOR-LAW INVESTIGATION AT WEST DEKBY WOR...
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Scolds.—To what town should incorrigible...
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ELOPEMENT IN HIGH LIFE. An elopement too...
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AMPUTATION WITHOUT PAIN. Our readers are...
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Sale or a VVifk at Shefwkld. —A woman na...
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iHarfeet Intelltffmce.
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CORN EXCHANGE, January U. At this day's ...
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PROVINCIAL MARKETS. Wakkfibld Coix Marke...
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STATE OF TRADE. « LsE ^? ,-Th '? wooll *...
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* The Northern Star. January 16, I^?
* THE NORTHERN STAR . January 16 , i ^?
Ast0jusuis6 Emcacy Or Nollfway's Pills.
AST 0 JUSUIS 6 EmCACY or nOLLfWAY'S PILLS .
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The Testimony of a Clergyman Touching toSlevea Gases of Cures by these wonderful Pills . fe ' tw . ' < jf a LcU 4 f from the Rtv . Gtorgc Prior , Curate of Mrxu-jh , LtqcrKrtiS , C * rrigart , TuUnd , lOthJan . IMS . To Professerllolloway . Sir , —T - / end yofl a crude list of some eleven cases , all cored by the use of your Pills . I cannot exactly giv-.- you a Ifdfessioiial name to the various complaints , but this kuo-v , some of tkem baffi « l the skill of IKrvy and this CtMii ' y . In a previous letter this gentleman states a = feli'iv . * : —Withia a short distance of my house resides a gran i ' " armer , who far m-. » re thaw twenty years has ueeu in a I -i state of health ; Mrs . Prior gave him a box of the Tills , which did him so much good that 1 heard him Say , lor twenty years past he never ate his food or enjoyed it « i much as since taking your Tills . ( Signed ) Gkokob Prior . « * Ihe above reverend nnd pious pentteman purchased benefit of
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ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL OR ACQUIRED DEBILITIES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM . Just Published , A new audi mportantE-lition ol the SUeni Friend on ilU'itan Frailty , Pria 2 s . 6 d ., dad sent free to any part of the United ¦ vinzdom on the receipt « f a " Post OrSse Order foi ? s . 6 d . A MEDICAL WORK on the INFIRMITIES af the GENERATIVE SYSTEM , in both sexes ; being an euquirv into tiie concealed cause thtt destroys physical energy , and the ability eif manhood , ere vigour has established her empire : —with Observations en the baneful effects of SOLITARY INDULGENCE and INFECTION :
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t . oftspriag , tram a want of * ese simple remoa thhn perhaps half the world iasware •{; f » r , it » ab rew »« Wed , where the loumtai is polluted , the statist t hat flow from it caanot be pure . PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS , Price 2 s . 9 d ., 4 s . 6 d ., and lis . per box , WiA explicit directions , rendered perfectl y intelligibU to every pacity , are well known throughout Europe t » be the m » st oertaim and effectual remedy » vor discovered for gonorrhoea , bot * in its mild and aggravated f « ras , by immediately allaying indamsnation and arresting further progress . Cle » ts , strictures , irritatiou of tha bladder , paias of the loins aa * aidaeys , gravel , aud other diswders of the \ irinarv passages , in either sex , are permanently cured in a shor * space of time , without confinement or the least exposure .
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R ) R STOPPING DECAYED TEETH Price 2 s . Cd .
The 01 Ii Treatment Tircmois Ciovioai. Afpsciios.—Some Little Time Ago A Madame Lir≪Uii.Is Obtained From The Civil Tribunal Of The Seine A Decne Of Separation From Her Husband
the 01 ii treatment Tircmois Ciovioai . Afpsciios . —Some little time ago a Madame lir < uii . is obtained from the Civil Tribunal of the Seine a decne of separation from her husband
On Ground : . M. Appealed T > Ihe Cour L...
on ground : . M . appealed t > ihe Cour llny ; i ! e a » ainst this decision , and on Mun ' . l . v . the cause came to a hearing . The case of the appellant . as stated by his counsel , and corroborate- )! to a certain extent b ) documentary evidence , wa rather curious . He declared that after the suit had been instituted there wa * a reconciliation with his wife , and that du-ing the whole of the proceedings they visited < ach other clandestinely , and were by stealth the must loving duple imaginable . According to Jaw , this fact would ,- ut on end to the suit , but M . Tircmois stafpd that the lawyers en both sides were too fund of fees to let the parties harmonise
and , thcre'ore , the suit continued . Amongst other thimsstated toiruvc that M . and Mailamo Tircmois were not tormenting parties t ( i the procecdinss < tf their lawyer , it was mentioned that alter the first cider ol this Tribunal , that , although living in the same house , they should have separate apartments , the wife on the ground fi or , and the husband on the third , the husband and wife , unseen by the servants , visited cacti other , and passed the night to ^ et ' rer . As another proof of thrir loving conduct , tho counsel ( if ' . M . Tircmois produced the c py of a most affectionate letter , addressed by the husband io the wile during the suit , aui a ! . « o the following poetical effu-: ioii fr .-ni Madame Tircmois " , which she had herself delivered at the residence ot her husband , when they had ceased to reads under the same roof : —
A HjN marl Cruel , pourquoi m ' avoir trailie t J 1 ' ai'iiaw de si iioane foi ! J ' .-ii ton ; sacrim- pour Ui , Et e ' est toi qui me SACHiFSE ' . Tu m as coiidamuue a Ia raort ; Je- tc deplais , jc suis eoupuble ; Ik-las . ' s'ii anllii : iit d ' aiuierpour etre aimabie , Ingrat , je te plairais encore ! S . Leoenobe , femmo de T . Notwithstanding this strong cases M . Tiremois was
not destined a-. ain to indulge jn the conjugal blessings with the sa : icti « n ' f the law . J . ldme . Tircmois apjie ; i !\ . d by Counsel before tho Cour ltoyale to maintain the deciee of separation that had been given , and the Court cor . finncd the judgment of the lower irimiual . If , however , as M . Tircmois pretends , his wife and hiiiistlf have l * en at law in spite of themselves , and owing solely to the intrigues of the lawyer ? , their is nothing to prevent their renewing their clandestine meetings , or if they please , tearing up the decree of separation , and living together again in turtle dove harmony in spite of the lawyer . — Galianani .
ViiiK . —A Sre , which created some alarm , broke out on Monday , iu the printing premises of Mr . Taylor , Crown-court , Piekett-s reet , East b rand . It was caused Ly the sudden bursting of the boiler belonging to the printint : press , aud the workmen had time on ' y to eff-.-ct their escape , when the premises b . 'Iow were in flames , and a dense volume of smoke i-sued therefrom . Several fire-ensinc * were quiekly in attendance , and with a plentiful supply of water , the fhnies were extinguished . XjGun . rSiiBi . TEK rim the Houseless Poor . —On Tuesday the committee of the Association tor the
Sightly reception of the Houseless Poor made a report of the number of unfortunate individuals who have , since the opening of their three establish ments on the l-lili of last month , availed themselves of its advantages as shelter from the inclemency of the weather . In the central asylum , in Playhouseyard , St . Luke's , 2 , £ > 7 men , women , and children were admitted . In the eastern asylum , Glajshousestreet , East Smitlifield , 1 , 035 ; and in the western asylum , Upper Ode-street , Marylebone , 1 , ( 544 ; making a total of 5 , 810 individuals . The number of rations distributed amongst them during the same period amounted to 59 , S 1 C .
Tus bus fiiiiLr . —When Sir William Hamilton announced to the Royal Irish Academy Professor Madley ' s discovery of the central sun , tbe star round which ocr orb of day and his planetary attendants revolve , a waggish member exclaimed , "What our sun's sua I why that must be a grand sun . ' "
State Of The American People-The Mexican...
STATE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE-THE MEXICAN WAR-POLK PULVERISED . Wa take the following excellent article from Tbuno America , of December 12 th .
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE . I was prepared tor almost everything else u the Message but this first paragraph : — "In resuming your labenrs in the service of thu people , it is a sublet of congratulation that there has been no period in our past history when all thu elements of national pro » er 4 ty have been so fully developed . Since your hsfsejfcton ho afflicting dispensation has vititcd our country ; general good health has prevailed ; abundance has crowned the toil of the husbandman ; and labour in all its branches is receiving ( in ample reward , while education , science , and arts , are rapidly enlarging the means of social happiness . The progress of our country in her career of greatness , not only in the vast extension of our territorial ' . imits and the rapid increase of our population , but in resources and wealth , and in the happy condition of our people , is without example in the history of nationo .
If this extract truly repr esents the condition of this nation , then has this paper been one reiterated lie from its first commencement , now over two years and a half » go , aud its publication , which is neither pleasant nor profitable , is no longer necessary , nor that of any National Reform paper , and the papers of all the other parties throughout the country that are coming out in favour of tho National Rrform measures , with a unanimity unprecedented in any formerpolitiea ] movement , must be led away by a woful delusion . Bu * isHv . Poik ' srepriscntation correct f Without meaning to charge him with wilful misrepresentation—I say unhesitatingly that it could not , in its main statements , well be more directly at variance with tbe truth . What is u national prosperity ?" If it consists in an accumulation of wealth in the
country , then is the President correct in his first statement , for undoubtedly " all the elements" for the accumulation of wealth have been more fully developed than ever hefore . But if the mere accumulation of wealth in tht country indicates " national prosperity , " then , certainly , must Great Britain far surpass ours and every other nation , for no wtmv watvnw h so wealth ] ivi proportion to its population , or so well supplied with " ail the elements of national prosperity . " Y « t who docs not know that the people of the Bii tish Islands are the most miserable of any civilised nation ! And who , that has studied the suhj'Ct , docs not know that the same causes that have mainly contributed gradually to increase the misery and degradation of the British people for the last fifty years , are now producing the same effects among us ? That although " nil the elements" of production are increasing , the
distribution of products becomes more and more unequal ? That through the monopoly of the soil a few are enabled to menoplisc the powers of production , such as labour f aving machinery , as soon as they are invented , and that thu » these powers , now increasing with \ sTvxamp \ ed lapidify , become a curse and an oppression to the landless whose labour they supplant ! Who that have not been rioting in the spoils of office , and wilfully evaded all invest gallon , can be ignorant that in the SUte of New Ymk , for example , as in England , the land is passing into fewer hands , the landless city populations are disproportionately accumulating , wiges are filling and rents rising , and prisons , poor houses , and brothels are increasing in a much greater ratio than the population ! Mr . Polk could have obtained nfficial statistics fur all these facts ; yet he states th-it the increase of " national prosperity" for the past year has been unprecedented in our past history !
To what we can attribute thii insensibility of the President to the real condition of the people , if n-t to the fact he has been e lucated in the lap of luxury , fad by tb > labours of others , and without a chance of forming a conception of what it is to be landless and dependent on a market aud the will of others for the chance to labour for the scanty necessaries of life f Will not this statement of Mr . Polk's be a bitter Ugson to three-fourths of the people who or whose offspring are not above the liability to wages slavery , against choosing another slaveholder or large landholder for thoir President , at least , without written testimony th : it he understands how to make national prosperity and the prosperity » f the toilers coincident , and that he will use all his powers to secure that result .
If we did not make great allowance for '' the accident of birth" and other circumstances not the least imposing of which is the possession of an income of 26 , 000 dollars a year , it would be difficult for us in New York to understand tbe President ' s assertion that " liibour in all its branches is receiving an ample reward" and his allusion to "the happy condition of our people , " as anything hut 'bitter irony , ' in tho teeth of the fact that at least 70 , 000 of our 400 , 000 papulation in this ci ' y are dependant on charity or pauper relief , that females make shirts for five cents , that others apply in vain for work at that price and « do worse , ' and that at this very tima our poor house commissioner is doing what Iv . rolj dare be done in England , ' refusing applications for relief , although here , as in England , husbands aud wives , parents and children , are separated in the poor hou-es , and many in the most necessitous condition are thus prevented from applying for relief !
But ptrhaps the President would say , if by any possibility these facts could be pressed home upon him , al some of our NatUe neighbours say , that this pauperism is mostly foreign , and is only to be found iu our seaports . Hr . Polk tnightlearn if he took the means that a President ought to take , that every city , inland as well as seaboard , are gradually approaching New Yotk in their increase of poverty and pauperism , and that the causes are at work that would produce the same results , though more slowly , if not ft foreigner came to our shores . Here is an extract from the " Syracuse Star ' of the 5 th instant : —
"The Poor . —The Poormaster of this town recently informed us that within the few days previous he had been applied tu by , and had relieved , ' over six hundred different persons ' . ' Win n we reflect that it is only those who are most necessitous aud needy that usually make application for town charity , we at once perceive the alarming state of want and destitution existing litre in ohr in'di " t at the present time . Should not some active and concerted measures be taken by our citizens to provide relief to the poor during the coming winter ! Cannot the hands aud hearts of some of our benevolent ladies he enlisted in the wcrk !
Does that little item from an inland town look as though " labour in all its branclm , " was " receiving an ample reward ! " What must our farm labourers and their employers throughout the country , the former of whom toil ( whom allowed ) from sun to sun for six , eight , and t « ii dollars a month , think of the President's statement ! What must the widows and orphans of the men forced by necessity to venture on the ocean , so many of whom have lain in vtinrows along our shores lately , think of the assertion 1 What will our miners and mechanics say to it f "Amply rewarded- " anthey ? And this assertion ft om a man receiving l () 0 , n 00 dollars for four years' salary !
About two-thirds of the Jlefsage { ana it is a long one ) , is taken up with a history and dctence of the war ; but a far different hi-tory of it will go down to posterity ! The defence is probably as good a one as could be made ; but it does not afford the least justification . There would at this moment be a thousand tim . g more reason for civil war by our landless population who are denied the smallest foot-hold on their native soil , and suhjreted to the most necessitous and degrading alti-rnatites , even to inlisimcnt as lighting mercenaries at seven dollars per uionth , than the President makes out for the Mexican war . One tiling he makes plain , that the war was caused by the annexation of Texas ; another thing is almost equally plain , that if no attempt had been made to taku by force the territurv between the Neucts and the Hio
Grande , and had our aimy been connm d to the defence of the disputed territory , the war might have been avoided . The President attempts to show that the disputed territory was a part of Text *; but fully as much to thv purpose has been said mi the other side , and one fact is , in my opinion , sufficient t » outweigh nil Mr . Polk's argument , that the residents and cultivators of the disputed territory left their cops to rot ou General Taylor ' s approach , although offered protcctioa ' . But even admitting that it was right to tax the nation eionnousiy to it-aintuin all the terri . tory this side of the- Rio Gmride , where is tliejusti / ication for invading and debolathiK the h mes of the Mexicans , and letting lo"i > e , to commit robbery , rape , and murder , a hired and debasing > oldiery , in great part collected from Europe , and inspired by whiskey !
If the collection of money due by Mexico , and not the acquisition of territory for the extension of slavery and and speculation , had been the ical pretence for the war , why not have declared non-intercourse with Mexico , \> t even have made reprisals upon her soaimtrce , without shedding blood , or , at least , without committing rape and murdering children ? There is no doubt , from tho President ' s own showing , that Mexico was unable to pay the demands upon her , even admitting them to be just ; that she was struggling for national existence with frequent change of rulers ; and there can be no doubt , that nonintercourse would have been far more cheap , humane , and likely to be effectual in obt lining the paltry dollars . Although I do not consider Mr . Polk alone to blame in this war , believing it a most base plot of ono party , sanctioned from motives equally base by another , I would not bear Mr , Polk ' s share of the guilt of it for all the dollars in the world .
The pains- taken by the President ' s friends to make it believed that Mexico commenced the war by murdering our citizens , a statement which he repeats in his message , shows the need of justification . Who does not rtcollee-t that Captain Thornton ' s company were chasing a few Mexicans when they came upon a larger party aud were captured f , But , admitting the causes for the invasion of Mexico , and for the murder and rapine which have been the corgi quence , to be as just as tkc President has endeavoured toshowthem , I contend tha tit is the policy of . the large majority of tha people of this nation to oppose tho war to the utmost , as I believe they do , because they are suffering , and liable to suffer , for their deprivation of the right to the soil , a far more serious deprivation than that experienced by the alleged Mexican spoliations . The war is an obstacle in tho way of the recovery of the right to the soil , and that alone is ample ground for opposition to t , aud all it a supporters
The President wants provision for building forts and maintaining bis conquests in Mexico ! and two millions for secret service money ! Will these grants be made , in the face of the Seutbera declarations that their object is to obtain a balance of slave power ! He wants a Ivan of twenty-ttiree millions , too , for
State Of The American People-The Mexican...
twenty years , ( to create a standing army to tax . eat 0 rs , ) besides the fifteen millions , which the Union sai 4 was expected from the lands just offered to tho speculators , but which fifteen millions he does not even hiiit at in his estimates !!! So President ' s message ever contained a more mischievous fallacy than Mr . Polk's attempt to show our farmer j that they should be dependent on a British market for the surplus produce . When the people of Britain recover their right to the soi' , they will not need a bushel of our grain ; and ive shall be compelled to manufacture for ourselves . When our agriculture and manufactures are properly porportioned , as they will be when we recover our tight to the soil , wo shall need no foreign market except to acquire products that our climate will not produce This is the tendency of things , and ought to be the especial aim of a ltcpublican President .
A small portion ef the message is devoted to the i-i . porta"t topic , the Public Lands . The President again recommends his graduation plan , for getting settlers on to the poor lands iu order to give tho speculators butter chances at the best . The President ought to know by this time , without any if * , that there is no way toprevtmt Land Monopoly but for the people to hold the land in common , and jjuarantee to each family the use of a sufficient portion . Heprnposes to bring the laws of Oregon " intomnrkot !" I doubt much whether he ever will . If I was there with a printing establishment , as I once thought to be , he ehould have a fiw . ht for it first ; and it would not be much of a fig ht either , for every soldier he sent there should be off ered possession of 1 G 0 acres of land .
Destruction Of Worth-Park House By Fire....
DESTRUCTION OF WORTH-PARK HOUSE BY FIRE . The bandsome residence , the seat of Josepb Monti'fiore , Esq , tbe eminent merchant , was completely destroyed by an early hour on Tuesday morning . The house consisted partly of a very ancient buihlinc ; , formerly a large farm house , but Mr . Montofiore bad laid out several thousands in niedentir . ing it , and en ' urging it to more than double its former size , till it botlv uvcaeuted an imposiri'i aspect externally , and was a fit abode for a gentleman of fortune and consideration . He bad been atayinsr there on Sunday , and was out on Monday with the Crawley and Horsham hounds ; lie returned to lunch , and left at about four o ' clock for London . Tbe tire in the dining-room , which was in the older portion < d' the house where he had been sitting , was then allowed to die
out . About half-past ten on Monday night the housekeeper was going through tho rooms to see that all waa sale , and perceived a strong smell of fire ; this was traced to the dining-room , which was found full of smoke , and soon after tho door had been opened flame * broke out , and the house began to catch fire rapidly . The neighbours were alarmed as quickly a * \ w « . \ W « , wwl Iv . \? , U : wm 1 \ x > render aW the aid in their power , Mr , Savage , the station clerk at Three Btidtjes , who was formerly superintendent of police on the Brighton Railway , was able to <; ive some valuable directions for the emergency , and the labourers from all parts spared no exertions ; but little or nothing could be done beyond removing hastily some of tho more costly and portable articles
of furniture . The neatest engine is at Keigatc , ton miles off , ami a message was sent for it by the upgoods-train , but some mistake occurred , and the engine , instead of being brought to Worth-park , was taken to Lord Monson ' s , on the other side of Ueigatc ; and , in fact , no engine arrived from first to last . The fire , therefore , hi'd complete mastery of the premises , and burnt on freely and rapieUy . A large white cat , a great favourite , provided for its own safetyby mounting a tree iu the garden , and looking quietly on , in less than two hours the mansion was on fire from end to end . The roof fell in portions ; the noble biiliard-ronm , and the chambers over it , were the last to yield ; but before live o ' clock on Tuesday morning the entire place was burned to the ground , nothing remaining but a few fragments
of walli and swiie chimneys , parts of which have been falling by scraps since . Mr . Montefiore , for whom a mounted express was sent , arrived in the course of the morning , and thanked his friends and neighbours for their assi ' stanc , remunerating the labouring men vciy liberally , and congratulating . all that no injury had ' occurred to the person of any one . The fire is supposed to have originated in the chimney of the dining-room . It is seen now that there was a larjie cross-beam about three feet above the grate , and some of the materials which usually shielded it from the heat may probably have got detached , and crumbled away after the hatd frost . No estimate has yet been announced of the damage done ; but , of course , the utter destruction of a gentleman ' s mansion , with most of its costly furniture , must cause a very heavy lots to some party or other
Poor-Law Investigation At West Dekby Wor...
POOR-LAW INVESTIGATION AT WEST DEKBY WORKHOUSE . On Monday , Mr . Austin , assistant poor-law commissioner , attended at the board ronm of the West Derby Workhouse , for the purpose of investigating a complaint preferred against William Tristram , one of the relieving officers of that union . The complaint was to Che effect that through bis negligence or refusal to administer relief , the death of a labourer about 37 years of age , residing in Black Boltonstrect , Edge-lull , and named James Parks , had been caused . Mr . Peter Br . idshaw , rate-book clerk and assstiant overseer ; said , oh Tuesday morning the 15 th of December , about half-pa-t ten o ' clock , a man entered the door of the overseer's office—I was present ;—he put his hand out immediately and caught hold of the counter to support himself , and sank down upon a
chair tnnt was standing there , apparently quite exhausted . He appeared to breathe with great difficulty , and in about five minutes I asked what his object was ? He stated that he was on his way to the union workhouse to sec the relieving officer , that he could not get there in time , and he looked up to tho clock and said it vas half-past ten then . I asked him if he wanted relief , he said he did , that he bad not tasted any food since the previous morning . I told him that it was board day , that he would be in time , and that we would urocure a car for him . I asked the assistant-surveyor , Ralph Owett , who was then in office , whether he would join me in procuring a car for him , at our joint expense , and he agreed . By " we , " 1 moan myself and Owett . The man was much pleased at the proposal about the car . A car
was brought , the man was put in , and the drivet was ordered by mo to drive to the union workhouse , 1 paid the fire . I never saw the man afterwards , I should say , from what he told me , that he was suf . fering both from disease and want of food . I have seen very distressing cases of confirmed asthma , and the man in question was labouring under the worst case of asthma I ever saw . I have heard of persons dyinu : immediately of suffocation from confirmed asthma . The reason I did not at once relieve him was , because the board were sitting , and I thought it best to send him on by the car at once . I am aware that , as assistant overseer , the law directs me
to administer relief in enses of absolute necessity . 1 considered the case of this man a mere casual , and not a permanent one—and one that ought to come before the board at once , as ho could be conveyed before tliem iu five minutes . He was a quarter of an hour of twenty minutes in my office . Ih stated to me that his family consisted of a wife and four children , the two youngest being twins , lie did not say that they had been without food since tkc da ) before . I did not ask him whether they had or hail not been without it , for the man answered with such great difficulty that I asked him as tew questions as possible . His difficulty arose from confirmed asthma and the exhaustion consequent on walking .
Mr . Grcaterex , surgeon , ascribed death to disease in the lungs , but admitted that being without food from Monday morning to Tuesday evening would be unfavourable to his complaint . The wife of the deceased statid , —My husband died on the lOtii of December , lie applied for relief at the workhouse on the 15 th . lie got no relief . Ho got a doctor ' s note at the workhouse and brought it to me on the 14 th . That was the first time he bad been for relief . I pledged and sold all we had . We had . no food , —not a mur-el . On the Monday morning we had our last meal . It consisted of coffee without sugar and dry biead . On the Tuesday morning I made my husband sonic coffee before lie went to the workhouse , lie had nothing to eat with it , because we had nothing at all to eat in the house , and no means of getting any . Tuesday ni » ht 1 had something to eat . That was purchased with half-a-crown which a gentleman had given tne after my husband went to the workhouse . 1 had no further relief until
Friday , when four shillii / gs worth of bread and different articles were sent by Mr . Tristram . That was the first relief I had had from him except a medical order . My husband had been out of work three weeks . He was very ill during that time . He had work to go to , but could not go . The week before be applied for relief all that wo bad was 4 s . 1 sold two chairs to get us that 4 s . ' The week before that I pledged my clothes to get us food . My husband got back about five o ' clock on the Tuesday . lie said that when he asked for relief at the workhouse they asked him how long he had been off work ; ho replied three weeks ; and the man who asked him said , " A pretty fellow you are to come for relief when you have only been off work three weeks . " He further said that the man who refused him the use of the donkey cart told him " that there was the house f * . r him , and that , if he could not walk homo , lie might stop in the house . " My husband said , before he died , that it was a hard thing to die for want in a Christian country .
Mr . Peers , one of the guardians , deposed that Tristram said , at the time the application was made , " 1 have got rid of that chap ; ho was frightened , and bolted when I named the house , " Two witnesses were examined for the defence , with tho view of shelving that Tristram had done all that was necessary in the case , and the evidence was transmitted to the Poor Law Commissioners who will communicate their decision to the Derby Board ,
Scolds.—To What Town Should Incorrigible...
Scolds . —To what town should incorrigible scolds be seat ? To ( S / trcwsbury .
Elopement In High Life. An Elopement Too...
ELOPEMENT IN HIGH LIFE . An elopement took place last week which caused considerable sensation in " high society . " The youthful parties were the Hon . Miss Lister , eldest daughter of the late Lord RibMesdale and the late Lady John Russell , and consequently step-daughter of the Premier , and Mr . Maurice Drummond , third son of Mr . Charles Drummond the opulorlt banker . It was known to both families that a warm attachment existed as far back as two years ago . Lord John Russell , on learning that fact , we hear , did not positively discourage the addresses of the suitor , but most properly advised a more mature consideration , and mentioned the youth of both the parties as the only obstacle .
On Friday last , shortly before six o ' clock , the Hon . Miss Lister clandestinely left the roof of her affectionate guardian , and her absence was not positively ascertained until just before dinner time , when inquiries among the domestics proved fruitless , as tho youthful lady had departed unobserved by any of * . he establishment . The Earl and Countess Grey were , with a small circle , dining with Lord and Lady John Russell ; but the Noble Lord was so much affected , that the party broke up shortly after they had assembled . Tbe fugatives bent their course to the Continent , and not to Gretna , the usual rondesvotiz for runaway lovers ; and a satisfactory cluohavinfa been obtained to their route , the Messrs . Robert and Charles Di unimond , brothers of Mr . M . Drummond , without the least possible delay , proceeded in quest of the parties . They were discovered in France , and were immediately brought back to this country by their friends , and reached London on Sunday afternoon .
Tho lion . Miss Lister was instantly taken to the residence of her step-father . On Tuesday morning the " r » i > aways" were marritd at St . Paul ' s Church , Knightsbridge . The ceremony uas conducted with the strictest privacy . Thc ' llon . Miss Lister is in her twentieth year , and Mr . Maurice Drummond is within a few months two vcars her senior . lie is , we understand , a clerk in the Treasury .
Amputation Without Pain. Our Readers Are...
AMPUTATION WITHOUT PAIN . Our readers are aware that a series of experiments , iceently made by an American physician , led him to announce to his professional brethren tho discovery of a gas , the inhalation of which was capable of . reducing the inhaler to a state rf insensibility of so ' ntense a character , that the most painful surgical operations might be performed without causing any , even tht slightest suffering to the patient . We stated on Saturday that an operation had been performed on the preceding day , at the Richmond Hospital , in tbis city on a female , who was subjected to the inhalation of the gas whose newjy-discorered properties promise to confer such benefits on suffering JtumaHity ; and that the result was of the most satisfactory character . Through the kindness of a professional ' friend , we are enabled to-day to give some of the details of this most interesting and successful experiment . i
The patient was a young woman , under twenty years of age . She received an injury in theelbowjointsome weeks since , which is supposed to be inflicted by a bramble penetrating the joint , and inducing inflammation of the delicate membrane that covers the surface of the bones of the joint . When admitted to the hospital , the joint was much swollen , and in a state cf suppuration . Mr . M'Donncll , the gifted surgeon , under whose care she was , applied every remedy which professional skill could suggest , hut without effect . The patient was rapidly sinking ; her constitution was unequal to the combat ; hectic fever set in , and on a consultation being held it was the unanimous opinion of the surgeons ot the institution that there remained but one means of saving the
girl ' s lite—amputating the arm . Ihe poor girl was apprised of her position ; she consented to undergo the operation , it being the last chance of life , and Wednesday last was fixed on as the day on which it was t » he performed . We understand that on Tuesday evening Mr . M'Donnellfirstconceivedtheideaof Usting t ' e efficacy efihe narcotising gas—the fumes of pure sulphuric ether — but with that self-devotion so characteristic of great minds , ho resolved that his first experiment should be on himself . The necessary apparatus had to be made , and the contemplated operation on the girl was postponed to Friday . The apparatus necessary to apply the fumes of the ether with effect , though simple , required nice adapatton . That recommended consists essentially of two valves
placed in a tube , and acting in different directionsthe one opening at each insphation , so as freely to admit the fumes of theether , and closing at each « xpiration ; the other opening at each expiration , « o as to admit of the eicape of the expired air , and closing at each effort at inspiration , so as to exclude the atmospheric air , and thus prevent the too great dilution of the fumes . These valves , it is obvious , must play with ; such freedom as to offer no serious obstacle to the process of inhalation . After several failures an apparatus was procured , and Mr . M'Donncll , accompanied by a professional friend in whose steadiness and skill be had perfect confidence , ro tired to his study to make his first experiment—and on himself .
After a few minutes inhalation the operator became perfectly insensible . He , however , was quickly restored from his temporary death . No unpleasant sensation remained , and—resolved , that the poor girl > hould not be experimented on till he had first properly satisfied himself that no possible injury could result to her—Mr . M'Donnell again and again operated on himself , each time producing the most perfect insensibility—in fact , a complete absence of all sensation ; and , on being restored , each time felt , as he afterwards described it , no unpleasant sensation ; but , on the contrary , rather a pleasing sense of quiescence during the return of sensibility , which lasted for some minutes .
Having thus convinced himself of the safety of the experiment , and his friends of the perfect temporary annihilation of sensation , Mr . M'Donnell proceeded on Friday to perform the operation ( amputation ) on hit patient , in the presence of a number of his professional brethren . Having treated his patient as he had previously treated himself , she became insensible in a few minutes , and he proceeded to operate . The several stages of the operation were proceeded with , the patient all the time evincing no evidence of consciousness . The integuments and muscles were cut through , tbe bone was sawed across , and the amputated arm laid aside the patient continuing to all appearance ignorant of the whole proceeding . These several stages occupied something more , we believe , than a minute and a half , anil more than two minutes more elapsed before the patient evinced any symptoms of returning sensibility . "When she first became conscious , the
distinguished operator was tying one of the bleeding vessels . This she felt , and described her sensation accurately , she also complained of a sense of smarting , such as is usually felt after an incised wound , over the surface of the stump . She was perfectly conscious durii g the dressing of the ^ ump , aud her sensations at the time , in no way appeared to differ from tho .-e of patients operated on iu the usual way . She appeared , however , to suffer less , and was less agitated , than other patients . Since Friday , the patient has been doing well , no bad symptoms have appeared—none of any character attributable to the exhalation . Important Experiments at tub London Hospitals . The following particulars , connected with the introuuetion cf the recently discovered ethereal influence to patients in the course ef undergoing surgical operations at several of the metropolitan hospitals on Saturday , and which was generally adopted at those institutions on that day , will doubtless be read with
considerable interest . Mr . Ferguson , tho eminent surgeon of King ' s College Hospital , having signified his intention of operating on three patients by the inhalation of ether in that institution , the theatre was crowded by members of tho medical profession , amongst whom were Drs , Forbes , Todd , Rudd , Farrar , Pabridge , Avery , Bowman , Drewett , Hall , Thompson , Robinson , Cartwright , Stevens , and others . The first patient operated upon was a young woman , a semp tress . She had been admitted on the 31 st ult ., suffering severely from an abscess lormud by constantly sitting at needlework . It was the second time it had so formed . It appears that she had it opened on Thursday , and tbe operation rendered necessary on
Saturday was the removal of what was described to be a blind external fistula . The young woman when brought iu had a handkerchief tied over her eyes , and seemed exceedingly weak . Having been placed on a kind of couch , the inhalation of the vapour was proceeded with , and in a few seconds she fell asleep . Dr . Forbes , perceiving Mr . Ferguson was about commencing the operation , observed that the patient was not effectually etherised , adding as a proof of bis assertion , that she still clenched his hand . In the next moment , however , the knife had completed its work without a murmur from the patient , or the least muscular action . The apparatus was only kept to her month till insensibility was apparent , not more than
two minutes . She recovered to a state of consciousness immediately alter the operation . On Mr , Fcrgusson asking her if she was aware the operation was performed , and whether she felt any pain , she replied that she was confident she felt the use of the knife , but experienced not the slightest pain . Two other patients ( males ) , who evidently were suffering severely , were next operated upon with equal success . One of them , on recovering from his insensibility , remarked that he had bad a dream . On Saturday , the inhalation was tried by Mr , Mackmurdo at St . Thomas ' s Hospital , in the pre sence of Mr Green , Dr . Barker , Dr . Leeson Mr Clark , Mr . Whitfisld , and other gentlemen con nocted with the institution .
The effects of the other were first tried on a pa tient who is to bo operated on hereafter . The inha lation , although continued for upwards of three mi nutcs . did not produce insensibility on the patien first tried , and the amount of cerebral congestion contracted irris , and other symptoms , were so unsa tisfactory as to induce the medical gentlemen to de sist , The nest patient vm » child ! j jx yean old
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who had a scrofulous disease of the indoTrT Insensibility was speedily produced , and M , v ?* '' murdo immediately removed the nVer The - k did not appear toi sustain much pain , alUioi , ! S 1 t , 5 ?' period of comple insensibility to external iinmT 8 was but momentary . The child did not aE " 10 na withdraw the hand during the operation and * ° covering asked if his finger was off . He did nnt ° n re " cognisant of the fact , and when asked if tlief * should then be removed , answered , "No" i ? child seemed to suffer no subiequent inconveni neither did the patient to whom the other was fi 6 ' administered . On the whole the result was e ¦ sidered very satisfactory . ' ( , nei * At Charing-cross Hospital an operation waq «* tempted under the influence of ether . It wan *> . removal of a large fatty tumour over the slinul i of a young woman , 22 years of age . It is difiicut / *^ the writer to state whether the non-success t f * i trial arose from tho defective construction of th « , paratus , or the vapour not acting upon the constitu " tion of tho female . u " »
tiiu-No doubt in course of time this valuable discover , will be brought into genera use in the nn „! r hospitals throughout tile kingdom . Uie uu , ne ™ u » Most Impohtant Opkbmjojb at Oct ' s HoSrim -Guys Hospital was on luesrfay crowded to ££ b y members of tho medical profession from all 1 . 7 * of the metropolis and from the cZt ? to , X . " the results of two surgical operations under the n * process of inhalation of ether . The first m „ * that of a boy , 12 or 14 year * of age fj i n ^ ( orstpne . ) When brought into ^ tfij ^ j bound as usual , Mr . Robinson , of Gower-stnlt ^ inventor of the apparatus , off ^ Z ^ Tt ^ uwatiun
ro we patient . At first he reftucd to Z operated on , on account of the nnnvn I ! ^ sent . By some tact the pipe Wls * M SOns , Panose closed , and in two minute lV ' ^ e '' ' ^ the patient was ready . Sl £ S »^ menced , and in on / Jni , „ f 0 f"l ' ' , {^'' comremoved by Mr . Morgan he o .- « f ih Z . * ! M ffas removed ro hi , ^ Jtj ^\& $% ™ surgeons and on being shown UwISS « An « siid he , " yon never took «»¦»* flnlZ . T , ' An ' operation for which fs , perha ^ ffmos ? S ±
* uu prolonged in surgery . When broneht into ti . operating theatre , ho readily took ih ^ ' ^ ipj ^ From four to hvc minutes the word w „ giTen ? o Mr key , the operator in this instance , by Mr . Robinson o commence the operation . From the cunVS ment to the cmj , let . on of the operation , the PS was under the knife from 15 to 20 minutes . ( J J 2 recovering he was a . ked by those around him if 1 m had felt pain , ami replied " Not in the least ; he had been looking at those gentlemen outside , up there " He alluded to numbers who could not gain a-lmi ' ttance and had availed themselves of the skylio ' bt of thotiieatre . Messrs . Morgan and Key pronounced the result to be most perfect and astounditi "
Sale Or A Vvifk At Shefwkld. —A Woman Na...
Sale or a VVifk at Shefwkld . —A woman named Harriet 1 rotter was sold bv her husband at the Corn Exchange , Sheffield , on ' Tuesday , against her will She and her husband had often quarrelled , and he threatened to kill her if she would not consent to be sold by auction . The mayor of Sheffield interfered before the woman was removed from the Corn Exchange , and she was placed in custody , and warrants were issued for the apprehension of the husband . # How to E . njoy Christmas . —An ingenious printer in a small town in Warwickshire , who was employed the other day to print some bills , stating the inten . tion of some of the principal tradesmen to close their ihops till tho Monday following Christmas Day , substituted C for S , thus representing the worthy lieges as having entered into a league to close their chops during a season rather remark . ble for tha increased necessities for opening them which custom
imposes . Robbkbibs by Sham Pouckmex . —On Wednesday morning , information was forwarded to all the me . trepolitan police stations of an attempted hiohway robbery under the fi-llowiug novel circumstances ---i It appears that about eleven o ' clock a female named Martha Cooper , the wife of a mechanic , residinsr in Crosbv-row , Snow ' s Fields , Bermondsty , was Basing along King-street , Borough , when she waa stopped by two deeently-tiressed men , who repre . stnted themselves as rjfticers connected with the detective police , and , as she had a lari : e parcel of wearin * apparel under her arm , they demanded , in the Queen ' s name , to examine the contents , as she answered the descrij-tion of a female they were looking for . She , with great presence of mind , refused to to allow them to search her property , but told them to show their authority , when they pulled out a printed paper . She at le :. « th told them thev mi-hl s . e the contents if they thought proper to ac-comnanv
her to one of the tradesmen ' s shops . They , how * e- 'er , refused to accede to her proposal , and , whilst she was entering the nearest house for that purpose , they saw a policeman some distance off , and immediately afterwards effected their escape . Several other attempts of a similar character have been made in the same district , in which the robbers have effected their object .
Iharfeet Intelltffmce.
iHarfeet Intelltffmce .
Corn Exchange, January U. At This Day's ...
CORN EXCHANGE , January U . At this day ' s market there was so little English wheat on sale that no change in value can be reported . In foreign , buyers again came forward , and freulv offered the improvement uoteel on Monday , whereas ' holders generally demanded a further advance of is . to : ' s . per quarter , Tha supply of bailey was short , and held Is . to 3 s . higher . Ttie same remark applies to malt . . Mor « money is also demanded for beans ami peas . Indian e ~ oni without change . Oats at is . per qr . advance .
Provincial Markets. Wakkfibld Coix Marke...
PROVINCIAL MARKETS . Wakkfibld Coix Market -Fine drv wheats are Rene rally held firmly , at an advance of Is . " to 2 s . per quarter but the large supply is evidently a check to our millori buying treely . Barley is buld on higher terms . Beans met n slow sale , at late prices . Malt is held at an ad . vaneeofis . per load . Liviupooi , CoBjtMARKHT .-Therc lias been a steadr dfiiiand on wheat lor local consumption and for shipment to Ireland , at an advance of 3 d . to id . per bushel on last Tuesday ' s prices . Tho extreme rates of last Tuesday have been obtained for oats , barley , beans , peas , and oat . JIull Cobk MAKMT . -At this day ' s market we had a fair show of English wheat , but tho growers Asking too meuli money , wu had but a limited business passing at 3 s . per quarter advance , except for superior sorts BlRMiNCHiJi Corn Eschanor . - During' the present week English wheat has realized an advance of is / to 3 * . per qr . ; Malting barley held for a vise of 3 s . to 4 s . por qr cheeked sales . r
i NEwcAsxtB Corn Market .-Wheat must be quoted is . to . ' s . per qr . higher than on Saturday last , liarlev was held for is . per qr more money . Uye continues extremely scarce , Beans and peas maintain their value . In oats and other grain we had no alteration . vrAitkiNOTON Cok . v Market .-Au advance of 4 d . to 6 el » ei bushel , on wheat , was given by the millers , and some 1 T ^ n , rU M no } , L ' , U ovon ilt rt' » t "crease I » P « i « : Oats were sold at 4 s . yd- to 5 s . per 45 lbs . Flour fetched -s . per load more money ; superfine 54 s . : best seconds 2 * onSii . " 0 a , WOa ' ^ Meal ° US- t 0 5 " « - l , el' luud rf Manchustkr Cork Mabkel-WIim * was held for an advance of id . to 3 d . per 7 . lbs . on the currencv of this day se iiiught . Flour must be noted Is . per sack ; . mi barrel dearer , with a fair amount of business mssiti ,- ia he article . *
State Of Trade. « Lse ^? ,-Th '? Wooll *...
STATE OF TRADE . « LsE ^? ,-Th ' ? wooll * n trade , if aivythiiur , is a shade Lotter . ihe foreign houses are doing a tritle more business than they were lately . Prices remain firm . AiAscHESTBa .-Smne little business has been done at better , yet far from saving prices . With one exception , every manufacturer in Stulybridgeis now working from three to four days a-week ; and here one of the largest concerns closed their mills yesterday . Dsadfobd . —Pieces : Our markets Uav * been of rather an unsatisfactory character to . day . The feeling in tin market Is , however , in general , that of gloom , and tin ) almost universal deartiess of food renders a speedy revival in trade next to impossible . —Yams without alteration .-Wools remain remarkably firm at last week ' s nuotations . '
llAiiFAX .-Tlie new year has opened with much of th » dulness that characterised the hitter markets of its pre . accessor , and it is generally thought that the continually advancing pneos of provisions tend to protract to a greater distance the period of a revival . But few pier « have changed ban . s iu the lull , and prices remain uiumproved . HuDDKUsriEtD—There has been a considerable business done in light goods for the spring trades . Good blues ; continue in demand , and several orders have been given for broads of that colour . UiiciiOALE . —There has becu a quiet market , with but * : limited demand for goods . Leicestku . —We are glad to learn that more American i orders have been received ; and that there is also rather r more doing for tho home trade , notwithstanding the fear- - tul increase which has taken place in the price of provi- sions of jill kimis . F '
Nuttinuium . —Laco : Some inactivity prevails in tbtt » market , though prices of wrought good ; and y ; i «» « continue full y equal to what they were at our last report . I . —Hosiery : The market presents no particularlv new fea- itore this week . The demand for useful spring " goods still 11 continues very brisk ; aud the factors are busilv *« s »> 5 " ! - laying iu theirstocks for the coming season , the ' prosi'f ' t * I * ot which are very encouraging , In the cotton vara nn ' : : ket we have notice this week of a third advance ot it Is . per bundle . Glasgow . —Cotton Yam : Our market presents a much -h firmer aspect this week , and advances to a considerate 'W extent have been obtained . —Cotton Goods : The market , et continues depressed for pioc goods generally .
All Heavy, Sleepy, Drowsy And Apoplectic...
All heavy , sleepy , drowsy and apoplectic symptoms lin * "'• mediately removed by Ilolluway ' s Vills . —There is oO ' . a leu much danger to be apprehended from attacks of paralysi * sis or apoplexy when any of the foregoing symptoms ha « fti « ft about the system for any length of time , " such a state oj ¦ oj things indicates much derangement of the stomach a »* u |* liver , and clearly remonstrates a groat want ofp » w » > ' < 11 the blood ; when this is the ease not a moment should B _' . tw lost in taking a few strong doses of these celebrated l '"'»<"'»' which so thoroughly cleanse the bowels and stoirt' ^ 'I' -ici ' while they act upon the liver and other organs , and " j " * T restore the blood tu Its pristine purity by removal !; tu » tu seeds of disease ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 16, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_16011847/page/2/
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