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ASTOXISHIKQ MJFICACY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.
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Accipests is the Frost.—On Monday the metropolitan streets and suburbs were to a great extent covered with ice, occasioning many serious and fatal
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v REPRESENTATION OF MANCHESTER. JOHN BRI...
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DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOMEN'S SOCIETY. A meet...
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DESTITUTION AND DEATH FROM STARVATION. A...
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PARRICIDE.—SHOCKING CASE. A youth of 19,...
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Astoxishikq Mjficacy Holloway's Pills.
ASTOXISHIKQ MJFICACY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS .
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ON TISE CONCEALED CAUSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL OE ACQUIRED DEBILITIES OF TIIE GENERATIVE SYSTEAf .
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slum perhaps half the world i « aware ot ; ttr , it ** U « b remesikarcd , where the fountain is poUuted , the » tr 8 » that Sow from it caanot be pure- ~ - v PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS , Price 2 s . 9 d ., 4 s . 6 d ., anins . perbox , With explicit directions , rendered perfectly intelUjflkle to every capacity , ar « well known throughout Euroye t » be the most certain and effectual remedy ever discsvere * for Somorrhcea . both in its mild and aggravated forms , by immediately allaying iaflamaaatiom an * » rresti » g further Gleets ! strictures , irritation of th « blad 4 er , pains sf tho loins andkidneys , gravel , and other disorders of the urinary passages , iu either sex , are perraaHently cured in a shor t space of time ,- without confinement or the least expasure . The above medicines are prepared only by Messrs . R . and L . PERRY and Co ., Surgeona , 19 , Renters-street , Oxford-street , London .
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ABERNETIIY'S PILE OINTMENT . WHAT a painful aud noxious Disease is the PILES , and comparatively how few of the afflicted have been purinanently cured by ordinary appeals t » medical skill . This , no doubt , arises from the us .- of powerful aperients too frequently administered by the profession ; indeed , strong internal medicine should always be avoided in all cases of this complaint . The Proprietor at tho above Ointment , after years of acute suffering , placed himself under the treatment of that eminent surjjeou , Mr . Abernrthy , —wa-s by him restored to perfect health , and has enjoyed it ever since without the slightest return of the disorder , over a period of fifteen years , during- which time the same Abernethian prescription has been the
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FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH . THE BEST APERIENT AND ANT 1 BILIOUS MEDICINE FOR GENERAL USE IS FltAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH , which effectually relieves the stomach and bowels hy general relaxation , without griping or prostration of strength . They remove headache , sickness , dizziness , pains in the chest , & c , are highly ifl-ateful to the stomach , promote . hgrgtion , create appetite , relieve Iangoor and depress-iun of spirits ; while to those of a full habit and free livers , who are continually suffering from drowsiness , heaviness , and ( inging in the head and ears , they off ^ r ad vantages that will not fail to be appreciated . This medicine has for many years received the approval of the most respectable classes of society , and in confirmation of its efficacy the following letter has been kindly forwarded to Mr . Prout , with pe : mission to publish it , and , if requisite , to refer any respectable person to its author : —
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Dalby , Wetherby ; Waite , Harrogate : Wall , Barnsley ; and all respectable medicine venders throughout the kingdom . Price Is . ljd . and 2 s . 9 d . per box ; Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH , and obssrva tho name and addross of "Thomas Prout , 229 > Sfraad , Loadoa , " on the GovornMeat stamp .
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AGENTS WANTED . TO DRUGGISTS , < fce . —WANTED by Dr . Poweil , 16 , Blessington Street , Dublin , AGENTS in the principal Towns throughout the Kingdom , for the Sale of his Specific , for Scald Head , Ringworm , ' and all Cutaneous Diseases . A Liberal Commission allowed . IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC . SCALD HEAD , RINGWORM , AND ALL CUTANEOUS DISEASES . Da . Wiimam Powell , 16 , Blessington Street , Dublin , begs to inform tho Public , that his SPECIFIC for the above Diseases may now be had in Packages , price 2 s , Cd ,, 6 i ., and 10 s , Cd each , with full directions for their use . The half-guinea package cuutains eight times the quantity of the half-crown . On receipt of a post-office order er postage stamps , directed as above , th « medicine will be forwarded by return of post , until agents are appointed iu the different counties .
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FOR STOPPING DECAYED TEETH , ' Price 2 s . Gd .
Accipests Is The Frost.—On Monday The Metropolitan Streets And Suburbs Were To A Great Extent Covered With Ice, Occasioning Many Serious And Fatal
Accipests is the Frost . —On Monday the metropolitan streets and suburbs were to a great extent covered with ice , occasioning many serious and fatal
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, in tne -onuee-roaa a norse - tached to a cart heavily laden with hay , proceeding up the hill totvards the bridge , in consequence of tlio slippery condition of the ground , ' fell down , and the cart being overturned , a boy named Farley , who was seated at the top , was dashed upon the ground , and sustained a . deep fracture on the head . On the same spot , shortly afterwards , a boy accidently slipped down , and before he could recover himself the wheels ofa cab had pawed over his chest . Two other accidents of nearly a similar nature occurred during the day on London-bridge and in Fleet-street , opposite Fettcr-hne , resulting in the serious maimiii " of two persons named Ulara Lloyd and Emma Morgan . On Uolborri-hill , a powerful horse , attached to a brick eart , ' was thrown down opposite Shoe- ! ane , and several persons who a-si .-ted in detaching the animal
were severely kicked and injured by the horse , which the owner was compelled to kill . Very numerous accidents ocurrcd on nearly every bridge , owing to the horses of omnibuses , die ! beinp unable to ascend the slippery roadway . An unloaded coal barge , belonging to a merchant of South wark , was found drifting down the river , and it was ascertained that the barge had left Chelsea in the charge of a lighterman named David SmMi , andfuni marks on the barge it is supposed that that individual was walking alone the gunwale , which was covered with frozen sr . ow , and slipped overboard . On Tuesday afternoon , an accident of a very serious nature occurred to a lad and a roan who were sliding on the ice iu St . James ' s Park , and ran against each other with such violence as to knock each other down . The former received a * cvere fracture of the skull , aiid the latter broke , his arm and received several other injuries . Shortly after , another accident occurred to a man who was skating , and by some accident fell and broke IriscoJS lar-bone .
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[ From the Gazette of Tuesd-xy , Decemberlo . ) John Cross Humbv , Blackfriars . roud , and Northampton , boot manufacturer—William Thomas Gooding , Old Brentford , glass cutter—William Hunter , Gra \' sinii . lane , coaeh manufacturer—Henry Tattersall , New Wharf . roa'd , Battlebridge , common brewer—Thomas Taylor , II ° ntU bourno Worthy , Southampton , blacksmith—William Tom and John Matthews , Hungerford , Berkshire , brewers-John Newby , Leicester , haberdasher— Henry I \ ers , Birkcuhcud , stone mason—William Jones , Liverpool , boiler maker—Frederick William Farley , Liverpool , hatter-James Sutcl'ft'e , Habergbuiu Haves , Lancashire , cotton spinner — Richard White , Durham and Sunderland , merchant .
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Intelligent as most certainly the community now arc comparatively with tlio statu , of society iu former times , still there appears to have been one essential matter overlooked in the search for intelligence and happiness . How often do MetUVal men recommend exercise to their patients for Indigestion , Liver Complaints , Costiveness , Sick Head-aches , & c . Females leading an inactive life , and thousands of both sexes are , through their sundry avocations , debarred from that exercise in pure atmosphere which is essential to health ; to all such , therefore , we would recommend the occasional use of that excellent Family Medicine , Frampton ' s Pill of Health , which , as a restorative , o gentle aperient , and a promoter of a healthy action " of the system , stands unequalled in public estimation .
Loss or Tbkth . —In consequence of the complete or even partial ruin of the teeth , the face shrinks ; the countenance assumes a different expression , and " wrinkles will prematuiely furrow the face . " The only remedy for this is to supply the loss with Artificial Teeth , thereby restoring clear articulation , perfect nmstiticatioii , and " preventing the hollow and shrunken cheeks , the thin and contracted lip , so characteristic of old age . The new Patent Composition Teeth , invented by Mr . IIowakd , Surgeon Dentist , 64 , Eerners Street , Oxford Street , Loudon , most fully answer this purpose , and are fixed without extracting any roots or teeth , or giving any pain whatever . They will also be found more ceomoitiical than any others .
llolloway ' s Pills . —The Rowing extraordinary case , cannot be made too public . George Wright , oi ' JIighslrect , Vauxhiill , well known at Hill ' s Potteries , Vauxhall ,-walk , where he formerly worked during ten years , but for the last live his health lias been so bad that he could do nothing , being greatly emaciated , suffering from a diseased liver , and also the dropsy , besides an affection of the spine . He was in the hospital at Winchester for live months , and afterwards iu Westminster Hospital for three mouths longer . To sum up—from almost a dying state , he lias been restored to such com . partitive- health and vigour in the short space of five weeks , as to astonish all who know him ; and this by llolloway ' s Pills .
V Representation Of Manchester. John Bri...
v REPRESENTATION OF MANCHESTER . JOHN BRIGHT'S VIEWS RESPECTING THE TEN HOURS' BILL , THE PEOPLE ' S CHARTER ; AND THE RESTORATION OF THE CHARTIST EXILES . John Bright is a candidate for the representation of Manchester , in the place of Mr . Mark Phillips , who has announced his intention to retire from Parliament . Mr . Bright met the electors of Hulme ( included in the parliamentary borough of Manchester , ) on Monday the 7 th inst ., at the Shakespeare Inn , York ¦ Street , when the " Rochdale pet' * underwent a rather searching examination , We give such portions . as will serve to inform our readers of Mr , Bright ' s views on the questions named at the head of this article .
TUB TEN HOURS' mil , Mr . Beswick inquired what were the opinions of Mr . Bright as regarded the factory bill , as he had voted against Mr . Milner Gibson ;—( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Bright : I voted against the ten hours factory bill twice , in 1814 and 1846 , when brought forward by Lord Ashley ; and I do so in accordance with the opinion which I have held for many years;—and on that occasion—on both occasions—1 spoke and voted against Lord Ashley . Now , I am myself connected intimately with the labouring and manufacturing trade of this district . I came to the consideration of this question not , I believe , witho . it all the facts before me which It was possible that any other man could have . I knew there was a considerable number of the working classes , both those who worked in factories and those who did
not ,, who bad a desire , and conceived it to be just , to Pmit the work iu factories to ten hours a-day . My opinion is , that no defence , no sound defence , can ever be made for a legislative enactment that will at all interfere with the perfect freedom of the labour of adults ; that is , I mean people of mature age , people grown up , whether man or woman , —and that being the opinion whicr . I have come to , and so long as I hold it , I shall not be able to give any other vote with respect to that measure than such as I have given thereto . —( Hear , and hissing . ) * # * Time was when I was iu favour of a Ten Hours' Bill—( cheers ) ;—and I gotup a petition when Michael Thomas Sadler was in Parliament , in 1828 or 18 iJ !> , in favour ol this proposition . I got itsigncd and paid the expenses , mostly , if not entirely , out of my own pocket ; and I have a letter by me from him , saying be would present it . Well , I acted then under the feeling , which I presume many entertain who supports a Ten Hours' Bill , that it would be plcasanter to work ten hours than twelve . But
I think I am not less humane now than I was then . Really , I believe I am more so , I have given great consideration to that question , and I confess , with my present opinions , if I were to give my vote for that bill , I should vote for the grossest injustice which could be inflicted on all parties connected with the staple trade in this district . ( Hear , and hisses . ) The passing of that bill would destroy , at one blow , as much of the ootton trade in England at the present time , as existed in England at the end of the war , and be equally injurious toother branches of the trade ol the country . 1 think it would be the most disastrous measure that could be passed . I think if the working men are really desirous of accomplishing this object , they hare only to make an effort amongst themselves , and I know tbey can and do make strenuous efforts ; but I am sure they will become much more powerful , by discussing this mutter amongst themselves , and much more independent , and will much better regulate this matter , and brin ^ about any reduction of time by acting for and amom ; themselves , that can possibly be done by an act of parliament .
Mr . JticuAHD IUnrono , amidst great confusion , and cries of order , anked what was Mr . Bright ' s opinion with reference to legislative interference with factories ^ Had it been beneficial or not » ( Cries of " Keep to this , " and cheering . ) Mr . Bright : The question put to me is , whether I believe legislative intt-rferenee with factories , so far as it has been carried , is beneficial or not . The question has been often asked , and I have heard it argued —( confusion and cheers)—in the house of common ! with great force . 1 am Dot prepared to say that there has already been no good thing done by the legislation which has hitherto interfered with factories . But I am not of the opinion that would attribute the improvements rvitliin the Inst twenty years iu factories to legislative interference because any man acquainted with factories at all , will find , and must know , that those which have improved the most are those which the Act of Parliament has not iuterf « rcd wi' h a t all ( II ear . )
Ma . Radfoud asked if the lion , member did not think it impossible to educate the people after fourteen hours ' attention to any business , particularly after that of factory labour ? Mr . Bright : That question rssolves itself into this , — Do I think it possible to educate the people who have to apply for It hours at any labour or occupation by which they have to earn a living . Now that would again resolve itself into the consideration , and there is no doubt great truth in it , whether young persons were not much more likely to be better educated if they only worked 10 hours than if they worked 12 hours . Well , 1 am quite certain that a man who wc-rks 10 hours a day , or a young person who is engaged at work 10 hours a day , is much more likely to be educated than one irho works 12 hours . —( Hear , hear . ) I do not differ on this point at all . I differ as to whether the reduction of time should be carried out b y legislative enactment , or whether it should be carried out by a regulation between the masters and the operatives themselves .
Mr . Radfobd asked if it were Mr . Bright's opinion , tlieu , that if the hours of labour were reduced one-sixth , wages would be proportionably reduced ! Mr . Briqut : Well , I never yet took upon myself the character of a prophet . —( Laughter and hisses . ) But il I am asked , when certain figures are put down upon a slate , to add them up . and am told they come to so much , I think I could tell whether they do or not . And it is my honest opinion that if the period of working were by act of parliamet reduced to ten hours , or diminished onesixth , that eventually the reduction of wages would at least equal , I think it might exceed the reduction of the time . —( " Hear , " and disapprobation . ) Mr . Radfobd : If , then , the hours of labour were increased one-sixth , would the value of that labour be enchanced in the same ratio ?—( " Hear , " and confusion . )
Mr , Bbioht : The question is this : —If the hours of labour were increased from twelve to fourteen , do I think the rate of wages would be increased in the same proportion ? W ell , if the hours of labour were increased by act of parliament , —( "hear , " and cries of "order , " )—if they were increased to fourteen hours by act of parliament , my honest opinion is , there might be an increase of wages ; but if the hours of labour wereiincvvftsed by reason of the intense competition which rendered it absolutely necessary to get offvtith a given quantity of machinery an increased quantiiy of work , then , I think , there would not be any increased wages . It is perfectly notorious that ten hours a day is not considered long enough by the ' workmen themselves ; and this feeling is not confined to the operatives only , but if we look to the higher grades of society , to the lawyers for instance , we find some of them in Manchester killing themselves by the imposition of voluntary labour , —(• ' Hear , " hisses and uproar . )
THE CHAKTBB . Mr . Radfobd : Provided a motion were made in the Houseof Commous—(" order , " and cheering)—for Universal Suffrage—( applause ) , —Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments —( hear)—Payment of Members , No Property qualification , and Equal Electoral Districts , and it is likely your vote , if given , would secure their adoption , would you give that vote ! Mr . Bbioht ; With nil these things put together!—( Laughter , cheers , ana hisses . ) I am uslted , if a measure were introduced giving to every man , 21 years of age , the Suffrage , who had not committed a crime—establishing Annual Parliaments , Vote by Ballot , No Property Qualification , Payment of Members , and Equal Electoral Districts . Now to some portions of that 1 give a decided negative . I never would vota , so far as I at present believe , for
Annual Parliaments , and for the Payment of Membeis of Parliament . ( Cheers an 1 hisses . ) I would vote for short parliaments , such ns should give a thorough control over representatives on the part of constituencies . When I say short parliaments , I do not think anybody can tell , even to a month , what time they ought to sit ; but 1 should be exceedingly glad to vote for throo years' parliaments . ( Cheers . ) I should vote for Vote by Ballot . ( Applause . ) I think . nothing more absurd than are our present Electoral Districts , by which Manchester , with 250 , 000 inhabitants , only returns two members to parliament , and some little borough , whose population might be abstracted from Manchester any morning and no one would miss them —( laughter )—returns just as many . The next question is Universal Suffrage . That is the question , is it not ? ( Cries of " That is the question , "
•• To be or not to be j" cheers and huzzas , ) I think the other mght I fully explained the views I held on this sub ject . ( No , no . ) When , then , a motion was brought before parliament that tended in the direction of-the extension of the Suffrage , I gave this proposition nry support , as evidencing my wish to proceed in that direction It is my opinion , that no parliament will ever , or anyconsiderable number of members oi parliament will be prepared at one stiokeof the pen , and by one act , to transform the present system of representation into tint which is known by the name of the People ' s Charter . I do not believe they will do it ; nor do I believe that manypersons think it would be an advisable change so to do , 1 think , as a member has wisely expressed the opinion , there sh * uld he manifested on the part of the legislature
an honest disposition not to exclude men from the franchise , but t > include them in the franchise , And I have always , whether in or out of parliament , advocated that honest principle that should rather include them than drive them out ; because I think it totally impossible that five men who have no vote can ever be satisfied with the vota of the sixth , and that is supposed to be the condition of the whole grown population of the kingdom . I have supported evtry proposition brought into parliament for the extension of the Suffrage . I am , too , deeply sensille that there are outside the cleetoi al pale a large number of those who are in every way qualified to be within it ; and it will be my pleasure , by every rational means , to extend that pule , and bring more and more into it , so that no man should be able to say there was not a full and free representation of the people . ( Cneers . )
In reply to a subsequent question as to the " property qualification" and " payment of members , " Mr , BitioiiT said—in Scotland there is no property qualification , and a man not having a sixpence can be elected , and even in this country tb . v qualification can be most easily evaded :
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and it would , therefore , bo much better ' to have no law on he subject . With rfcspect to the payment of members I think that nothing could be worse for a country than a House of Commons which is returned merely to be remunerated , and which his no earthly object but the advancement of their own interest . There may be instances where a ; man of superior eject Hence and virtue may be elected by a constituency and supported by them but upon a review and consideration of the whole of this question , I could not give my vote to the payment Of members of parliament , I do not think it would be ser viceablo to the country .
THE CHARTIST EXILES , Mr . RAMoan inquired if Mr . Bright would VOtefO * the liberation of Frost , Williams , and Jones ? Mr . Bbioht : That question was di « cussed during the last session of Parliament , and I did not vote for their liberation . I do not , in the first place , think it desirable , except in some very extraordinary cases , that the power of punishment which is vested b y the constitution in the law and in the crown , andin the judges , should be made a constant subject of discussion in an assembl y like the House of Commons . I think it of infinite importance that the power of pardon which is vested in the crown should there remain , and not remain with a popular an . sembly . But still I admit this is an important case , and one which may perhaps be said to justify the departure from all former rules , but upon a mature consideration
of all the circumstances of the case , I do not think it consistent with my principles and duty to give my vote ' so as to compel the government to send them home ,
Distressed Needlewomen's Society. A Meet...
DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOMEN'S SOCIETY . A meeting of the committee and members of this society was held on Monday at the Crown and Anchor Tavern . James Luke Hansard , Esq ., was called to the chair . Mr . Alderman Fakebbotheb , who first addressed the meeting , entered into an elaborate commentary upon a mass of correspondence which had pnsied between him . self and Lord Ashley and other members of the committee who had seceded from the society , in consequence , as they alleged , of the confusion into which the affairs of the society had got , and after they had remonstrated , without effect , upon the necessity of having an efficient and pMd secretary to manage the accounts . The alderman gave a long explanation of his conduct , which he thought was impugned by Lord Ashley ' s conduct in sending a circular to the members of the Societv , stating the cause of this secession was the confusion alluded to . Lord Asulev said that Alderman Farebrother had made no motion on the subject of his speech , and therefore left him with no definitive conclusion which he
might have combatted . With regard to the subject before the meeting , he believed that a very few words wou'fl suffice to explain the whole affair , He had been rf quested to join this society by the worthy Alderman , and because he had heard of the great distress of the needlewomen , and was anxious to better their condition . Having done so , he bestirred himself on its behalf , and had induced a great many to become subscribers to it . However , after some time , he heard a great many complaints of the ill-condition of the affairs of the society , and the consequence was that Mr . Shaw joined him in requesting an investigation of the accounts , the result of which was that Mr , Shaw was appointed sub-treasurer . A short time after this , Mr . Shaw , Mr . Cooper , Mr . Jeffreys / and himself , having talked the matter over , they had Come to the conclusion that nothing short of a full
investigation of the accounts , and the employment of a paid secretary , could ever olace the society on a firmer footing , and that Mr . Roper should be superseded and a vote of thanks passed to him fer the zeal and activity he had displayed . It wag then found that the society could not go on by itself , and a committee was formed for the purpose of soliciting the Milliners' Society to join them and form a combination between the two , but this proposition was not acceded to ; and , therefore , finding the affairs of the society in such a state of confusion , and that there was no chance of getting them set to rights , he felt compelled to withdraw from it , and this fact he intimated to the worthy alderman , in a letter which he addressed to him upon the 6 th of July . On his return from the Continent in six weeks afterwards , he was surprised to hear that a meeting had been held , at which
the worthy alderman presided , but that his letter an nouncing his retirement was not read , but that the president stated liis presumption that his ( Lord Ashley ' s ) reasons for retiring were that he did not wish to be chairman of two institutions for the same purpose at the same time . He was greatly at a loss to account for such nn omission having been made , and he believed such a thing had never been heard of . before ; and had t >« not taken steps to have had a copy of that Ivttt-r sent to the subscribers they would have been in utter ignorance of his real reasons for retiring from the society , particularly those who had been induced to join it by reason of his connection with it . He could also say that the reason Mr . Cooper , and Mr . Shaw , and Mr . Jeffreys , and others had left the society , was because they felt dissatisfied at the manner in which its affairs had been managed .
An irregular discussion ensued , which was at length terminated by Lord Ashley moving a vote of thanks to the Chairman , and the meeting separated after four hours and a half debate .
Destitution And Death From Starvation. A...
DESTITUTION AND DEATH FROM STARVATION . An inquest was held on Monday night as to , the death of Eliz ibetb Doddemeafle , aged 70 . Mr . Lavies , of Great George-street , surgeon , who had opened the body , said he found it very much attenuated ; hut there were no marks of violence . From the state of the viscera , and the absence of all fat from the muscles , which want of food would produce , and also finding no organic disease , he could come to no other opinion than that destitution was the cause of deatb . Mr . Lavies described the State of the place , and observed that it was the most wretched one he had witnessed in a somewhat long experience . The husband , he was told , had been in the nary , and had been wounded in his head . He said he had a little work , and did not wish his wife to go to the workhouse .
Mr . Barker , the landlord of the White Hart , Sevendials , and the brother of the deceased , said that she had been well off when she married , but her husband had been extravagant . He had himself done what he could for them , and had made them an allowance until lately . They had an allowance from Marylebone , but in consequence of their state becoming known , it was stopped at the beginning of the year , and they were requested to go into the house , but she said she would , sooner starve first . Margaret Eleanor Richardson said , she resided in the
same bouse as the deceased , but had not seen her leave her room for the last two years . Dr . Wright attended her last year , and said that the only thing she wanted was food—not physic . Her husband was there at the time , and said he would do the best he could for her . Mr . Thomas , the relieving officer of the parish , also sawboth her and her husband this time last year , and advised them to go into the workhouse , but they said they would not , as they should be separated . Deceased had several times since told witness that the fear of being neparated from her husband , with whom she had lived for so many years , prevented her going into the work .
house . Ann Diggle , of No . 13 , Dacre-street , said that it was through her the attention of the parish officers were called to the deceased ' s case a year ago . Witness at that time saw her lying in the area completely naked . When the parish officers were called , and the room was entered , she was found with her husband's shirt , on , but nothing else . The officers of the parish wished to take her to the workhouse , but her husband would not let them , Mr . Thomas , the relieving officer of Westminster , was sent for . and stated that the last time he saw them was in February , when he wished them to go into the house , but they would not , and no other application had been made to him . He should have out-door relief or go into the work house now , if he wished .
Doddemeade said he would adopt the latter as soon as his wife was buried . The Jury returned a verdict , that " the death of the deceased was caused by the want of the common necessaries of life . "
Parricide.—Shocking Case. A Youth Of 19,...
PARRICIDE . —SHOCKING CASE . A youth of 19 , named Chevillon , and a boy of fifteen named Guy , were tried on Thursday , at Versailles , by tho Court of the Assize of the Seine-et-Oise ; the first of parricide , and the second for complicity in the murder . The father of Chevillon , a labouring man , about 10 years of age , was , about 12 months ago , attacked with a paralysis of the limbs , for which he was treated without effect ia several hospitals . The poor fellow , however , did not despair of recovery , and , having a little money , he resolved on returning to his lodging—a room on the ground floor of a house at Versailles , and there obtalningmedical assistance . His son , also a labourer , but a youth of disrolute life , and very profligate habits , occupied the room with his father (| who was so completely helpless that he could not rise from his bed . and it was necessary , when
he wanted air , to lift him from it , and place him at the door . On the 23 rd of August last , he ivas still sanguine of recoviry , and had a foot-bath , arid took some refreshment . Only a day or two previously he had received from some member of his family , on whom he had claims a sum of 2001 ' ., which was placed in ab . ig near his bed , On the following morning , at half past seven , some neighbours were called in by young Chevillon , who told them that his father was dying . This was indeed tho case ; they found the father insensible , and removed him to an hospital , where he died a few hours afterwards . On a post mortem examination the medical men declared that
the man had not died of the malady under which he had so long suffered , but of suffocation ; and as it was known that the son WHS in company with G uy , the younger prisoner , and had passed tho night of August * 23 in debauchery , spending a good deal of money , and as the 'JOOf . which the fathor had received werer . ot to be found , it was supposed that he had stolen it , and caused the death of hisparent . Young Chevillon and Guy were arrasted . and t he following confession was made by tho latter . He said ( hat ho was in tho room of tho deceased with the son , , ho purchased some charcoal at the desire t > f thsfethe * . t 0 make a small fire on the hearth , to war-ai some broth a . t instead of doing this the son made » . large fine e » fc ' u
Parricide.—Shocking Case. A Youth Of 19,...
floor , and , unseen b y the father , took away the w ~ ; a . mng the 2 « 0 francs . The room became ver ho * ** sick man complained , but the son fold him the W JJ 5 l ! do him good , and then left with Guy closing . ? nW after him . The , went to a dance , Kj J ° f with several person , of bad charact . r . At aboutH the morning he sent Guy to his father ' s lodging to ' whether be was dead , Guy returned , and said that h ! had not had courage to enter the room , but had looked through the window and seen the father in the agonisT ,, death Chevillon remained drinking for about two horn ? and then went to the place himself . Finding the fcuj speechless and therefore unable to give any Jnformafi as to the cause of the hopeless state in which he was ! , £ ? Chevillon , after sweeping th . remain , of the charcoa fa rillon at first denied that he
had made any fire , and ore tended that his father ' s death had taken place in the due T" ! ?!^* ' but SOme of tne ***«« " havng declared that the stone floor of th . room was hot when they ¦ « hiSftEJ that t , H f wore 8 til 1 ewber 8 on the Sr 2 shifted hbcoune , and made thefollowing , ta ten . ent : _ his ahriSA ' l . » ^ ^ 1 ° me We " oflife ' * resoWed w abridge his sufferings b y suicide . He had given the 208 tianesto his son . -as being no longer of use to himself , and desired him to make a large charcoal fire on the floor , in order that the fumes might produce death , and when the fire had been kindled he ordered the son to leave . This , statement did not impose upon the examining magistrate ? and it was contradicted , not merely by the confession o Guy , but by much circumstantial evidence . The prisoner Chevillon persisted in his falsehood , and pretended that he thought he was doing his duty in obeying tho injunctions of his father . On the trial the Counsel for Chevillon
endeavoured to shake the evidence as to the cause of the death ; and , secondly , supposing that he might have nied ef suffocation , sought to obtain credit for the state , ment of his cllsnt , urging at the same time that in law the man wh « assists an . other to commit suicide is not guilty of murder ; the jury , however , found Chevillon guilty Of parricide , hut with extenuating circumstances ; and be was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment with hard labour . Guy was acquitted .
The Republic Of Tub Pyrenees.—In A Deep ...
The Republic of tub Pyrenees . —In a deep and retired valley of the Pyrenees exists the small independent state ot Andorre , under the joint protection of France and Spain . It lias laws by prescription , which are administered by two judges one French , and the other Spanish . This little republic comprises fit ' ty-four villages , with a population of 12 , 000 inhabitants , living on the produce ol ' tiie flocks and herds , their principal wealth . When Napoleon crossed the Pyrenees on his way to Spain , he stopped at Andorre , the capital , and promised to confer on the republic a written code of laws . But this promise concurrent political events prevented him from performing . The inhabitants have at length framed
a code for themselves , and it was promulgated last month at the chief town . It is of the greatest simplicity , comprising all its enactments , civil and criminal , in 100 articles only . Murder is a crime extremely rare in this little state , and , when sentence of death is pronounced , it cannot be executed t-nii it is confirmed by a general assembly of represents tires of the villages convoked at Andorre . The mode of execution is consistent with the Bature ot tho people . At a short distance from the road into Catalonia is a tremendous precipice , the bottom of which no eye of man could discover . The criminal with his eyes bound , is led to the edge , and in the presence of all who wish to attend , is thrown over by the executioner .
ExTRAORDiNAnr Hoax . —During the past weik , the neighbourhood of Aldersgate-street , City , has been the scene of great confusion , owing to the following extraordinary hoax , which has been played off upon a respectable tradesman named Russell , carrying on business as a stationer and accountbook manufacturer in the above-named thoroughfare . It appeared that , on Wednesday evening last , as the clock was striking the hour * of 5 , seven hair-dressers entered Mr . Russell ' s shop , followed by three other persons , each carrying a wig . Upon inquiring their business , Mr . Russell was informed that they had been ordered to attend at that hour to dress the family's hair . ^ Before sufficient time had elapsed to tell ths parties that they had been hoaxed , in .
stepped a butcher's man , with a tray filled with legs of mutton , and sundry other joints of meat ; the man had no sooner placed his tray on the counter than a fishmonger brought in a stock offish , and two winemerchants followed , each having a couple of hampers of wine on their backs . Air . Russell having explained to the people that he knew nothing whatever ot" the affair , and that the orders must have been given by some evil-minded persons , in comes a gentleman who announced himself as a corn extractor , and who stated that he had been hired to attend at $ o ' clock to operate upon Mr . Russell ' s corns . A number of pastrycooks were the next who entered the shop , each bringing an immense number of custards , tarts , jellies , etc . But judge of the surprise of every one in tiie place when the next arrival was announced . It consisted of five beautiful carriages , each drawn by two horses , the coachman and footman attired in Jiverr . The crowd , when the
carriages drew up , was very great , and it required the services of the police to keep a space for the duped tradesmen to pass to and fro . Whilst the tradesmen were condoling with each other , as a finale to the whole , in came five chimneysweepers , who stated that they had been ordered to attend with all possible expedition to extinguish Mr . Russell's chimney , which they understood had taken lire . It took Mr . Russell nearly the whole of the night to answer tho many parties who had been so imposed upon . The following night ( Thursday ) five pianoforte tuners waited upon the same gentleman , and stated that they had been hired to tune Mr , Russell ' s instruments . A carriage and pair were also brought , as the coachman said , to take the family to the theatre . A great number of other tradesmen were served in a similar manner ; and , unfortunately , the police have not been able as yet to trace out the guiity parties .
Tub Esquimaux , — The young stranger , yclept Kookie Ekie , brought here ( Kirkaldy ) some weeks ago by one of the whale ships of this port , has , since hissojourn in this town , not only become an object of attraction to the community , but has been taken under the special patronage of the gentry , who have bestowed on him every kindness and attention . They have metamorphosed his condition of life , from that of a rude denizen of nature ' s wilderness , to a smart looking sprig of gentility , by having dressed him in a new suit of fashionable clothes . His savage dress of seal skin he only resumes when invited to visit any of the baronial seats in the neighbourhood , _ such as Raith , Dysart . Balbirnie , Wemyss Castle , where he
has shown with what dexterity he can use the bow and the spear , and , when convenient , manage his canoe , which implements he always takes with him on such occasions , lie seems a lad , about fourteen or fifteen years of age , stout made , broad features , dark sharp eyes , jet black glossy hair , with a little tinge of sallow in his complexion , and seems quite at home . Ashe is apt to learn , it is to be hoped that experienced teacher under whose tuition he is placed , will use every endeavour to pour instruction into his untutored mind . We also are informed that Captain Ivinnear ^ vrith whom he , is domiciled , pledged himself to his parents to take him home on his return to the country next spring .
Highmnd Destitution —In reference to the distress in the West Highlands , the following is a touching and melancholy fact , jjiven on the authority of a medical gentleman of extensive practice : —A woman , with a sucking infant at her breast came on board the Free Church schooner to beg for a handful of meal , I looked to her , and the sight went to my heart—the natural nourishment for her infant was clean gone . She held in her hand a small piece of the flesh of a salted eel . Masticating this , she applied it from time to time to the mouth of her babe
—it was all she had . " She did what she could as ¦* mother ; the infant shrunk , but tasted it . Who can read this short , but pitiful tale of misery , and not sympathise with a people on whom adversity is pressing so severely . — Greenock Advertiser . The Edinburgh Evening Post , in adverting to this painful subject , says , " We deeply lament to perceive that the sufferings of the people ot the Highlands from want of food have arrived & t a dreadful and appalling pitch . And yet , whatever be the amount and intensity ot distress endured , we hear of no riots , no outbreaks , no attacks upon life or property .
EmBKZZLEMENT ExTnAORDINARY IN MANCHESTER . — Manchester , Friday morning . )—The town has been all but electrified by the absconding of a person of the name of Smith , for many years the confidential manager for Mr . Shuttleworth , of the stamp-office . Mr . S ., as is well known , has had the exclusive sale of a peculiar kind of yarn , the manufacture of the Messrs . Strutt , of Belper and Derby , but he , since his appointment to the stamp office ^ has , it is undertood . left the full management to Mr . Smith . and whoin addition to his duties to- Mr . Shuttleworth , hasalso acted as a kind of cotton broker for various persons . The exact made in which he has contrived
toinvolve several parties is not fully known ; there is no doubt , however , but that he has , in more instances than one , sold the same lot of cotton twice over , obtaining of course payment in both cases , without handing- over the proceeds to Mr . Shuttleworth . Report states that Mr . Shuttlcw . rth will be a considerable sufferer , and also a Mr . Trueman ; and we have b card that the executors of a person deceased have bee ; i thus swindled out of a sum little short ot £ 1 000 » The amount of his defalcation is differently stated , varying from £ 5 . 000 to £ 10 , 000 . How he
lias /*<; ado awav with such sums , is at present not very .. ' Slear , but no doubt , speculation in railway shay es has been one of the causes . It is ono ot the mo ? t extensive cases of embezzlement that has occurretf . in Manchester for a very long period . No hooka of accounts can be found . West India Pise ArPLBS .-On Tuesday the uni usual occurrence at this season of a sale or nest I India pine apples took place at Keeling and Hurst s . Monument-yard , ex-Royal Mail Packet 'lay . The . a * as about five hundred of the description termed Bird ' s Eye , and in very good condition .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 19, 1846, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_19121846/page/2/
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