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    • TWENTY-FIFTH EDITION
    • inemou Ahtiq. 0abia» Dccovebt.—On the 6th instant one
    • The late Mr iooatt, in one of his orations to the mem. hereof tke Veterinary College, observes — « that by the
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      X C Hj Lace! Thus Again ™ Through And Th...

      C ^ THE NORTHERN STAR . ^^^ H ^ J ^^ .

      Twenty-Fifth Edition

      TWENTY-FIFTH EDITION

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      U ^ irp-wa by-Twenty-six Anatomical Engravings on Steel . ¦ On F-fffat DisquaUfeationt , Generative Incapacity , and W S fypJimcnU to ihrrme . Ee-v -ndfaprorfdedltion , enlarged to 1 M pages , price £ r $ C- oy post , direct from theBstablishnwnt , 3 b . 63 . ^ TuT siLENT FRIEND- ; ^ - ^ , / l work onthe exhaus tion and physical decay of the ^ el prodnced hy excessive indulgence , the conae-^ JS- ^ infection , or the obnaeof mercury , mtaohser-2 K 2 . So married atate and the diaqnalificationB Sa- hWentit ; ttUMtratedby twenty-aJx coloured en-S ^& ra and by the detail of cases . By R . and I . PEliar and Co ., 19 , Berners-street , Oxford-Etreet , London , Facrfished by theauthors , and sold by Strange , 21 , Pa ' tmoster-row ; Hanney 63 , and Sanger , 150 , Oxfordstreet Starie , 23 , Tichborne-street , Baymarket ; and te-do ' n , 346 , Leaaenhali-street , London ; J . and R . Bulges ' and Co ., Leithwalk , Edinburgh ; D . Campbell , Axgjil- > ' treet , Giaagow ; J . Priestly , Lord-atreet , and T . Newios , charch-street , Liverpool ; ft . H . Ingram , ^ aiket-rface , Manchester . Part tke First s dedicated te the consideration of tbe Anatomy and Kisiidogy of the orjana which are directly or indirectly enxased in the process of reproduction . It is illustrated br six coloured engravings . Part the Second Treats of the Infirmities and decay of tho system , produced bv over indulgence ef the passion * and by the practice of sl-litary gratification . It shows clearly the mannerin which the baneful consequences of thisindulgence oirra * e on the economy In the impairment and destruction , of the social and vital powers . The existence of ser-o . i = ind serual debility and incapacity , with their ac OTmorViiK txtsa of symp toms and disorders , are traced bi tae diain of connecting results to their cause . This seWion concludes with an explicit detail of the means by whu-h these effects may be rememsd , and full and anrole direc tions for their use . It is illustrated by three coloured engravings , which rally display the effects of efericalfecv . parti ! leTWrd Contains an accurate description of the diseases caused by toection , and by the abuse of mercury ; primary and ecoiiekry lymptems , eruptions of the skin , sore throat , InasiaiDation of the eyes , disease of the bones , gonorrhava , glret , 8 tri »; ure , ie „ are shown to depend on this cause . Thar treatment is fully detcribed in this section , the effects of neglect , either in the recognition of disease Or ia ao treatment , are shown to be tbe prevalence of the jras in the system , -which sooner or later will show itself in ens of the forms already mentioned , aud entail disease niis most frightful shape , not only on the individual himself , bat also on the oSspring . Advice for the treatment of all these diseases and their conseqnences is tendered in this section , which , if dnly followed up , cannot ' ail in e ^ Scting a cure . This part ia illustrated by seventeen coJoored engravixgs . ' t . Part tho Fourth Treats of tee Prevention of Disease by a simple application , by which the danger of infection is obviated . Its action is simple , but sure . It acts with the virnt chemically , and destroys its power on the system . This important part of the Work should be read by every Young Han catering into life . PartthePifth Is devoted to the consideration of the Duties and Obligations c-f the Married state , and of the causes -which lead tothchnpvinessor misery of those who haveenteredinto the bonds of matrimony . Disquietudes and jars between married couples are traced to depend , ia the ma of tcitmv ; i , on causesiesolting xom physical imperfections tu-. d errors , aad the means for their removal of ahown to hs within reach , and fiectual . The operation of certrin disqualifications is 1 illy examined , andinfelieiioies and nnprodactiTe nnjjcs shown to be the usees lary cousequsn . ee . Tho causes aad remedies for this flats form an important consideration in this section of the work . THE CORDIAL BALM OF STRIACTM expressly employed te renovate the impaired powers of fife , when exhausted by the infiuence exerted by solitary f ndrfgenes on the system . Its action is purely balsamic ' its poorer in reunigorating the frame in all cases of seross aad sexual debility , obstinate gleets , mpotency , fc £ ir £ ^ n 25 s , snel debilities arising from vesereal excesses , faas boen demonstrated by its unvarying success in tion-( KBds of cases -To those persons who are prevented ending the married state by the consequences of early rror .-, it ia . nvaiuable . Price us . per bottle , or feur nantiries in one for SSs . TH 3 COtfCEHTBATBD DSTERS 1 TE ESSENCE An anti-syphilitic remedy , for purifying the system from venereal ccntaminattbn , aad is recommended for any of the varied farms of seconi arysymptems , such as eruptions oa tae Man , blotches on the bead and face , enlargement of the throat , toasils , and uvula ; threatened destruction of the nose , palate , & c . Ita action is purely detersive , end its benencial influence on the system is undeniable . Price lis . and 33 s . per bottle . The S . cases of Syriacmn or Concentrated Detersive Essence can only be had at 19 , Berners-street , Oxfordstreet , London ; whereby there is a saving of If . 12 s ., and the patient is entitled to receive advice without a fee , w 2 £ cs advantage is explicable only to those who remit 5 J . or a paekat . Consultation fee , if by letter , 11 , —Patients are reanested to be as minute as possible in tho description of tieirw-. ses . Attendance daiir , af 19 , Berners-street , Oxford-street , Lccdc : i , from eleven to two , and from five to eight ; en Stadays from eleven to one . SoM by Sutton and Co ., 10 , Bow Church Yard ; W . Ed . wards . 57 , St . Paul ' s Chorea Yard ; Barclay « nd Sens , ParriDji' . ia-street ; BaQer and Harding , 4 , CheapEids ; B . Joa-dSun , 63 , Cornhill ; L . HflL , Hew Cross ; W . B . Jeaes , Kingston ; W . J . Tanner , Egham ; S . Smith , Windsor ; J . B . Shillcock , Bromley ; T . Biehes , London , trees , Greenwich ; Thos . Paries , "Woolwich ; Ede and Co ., Dorking ; and John Thurley , High-street , Romford ofwhommavbehaatha 'SILENT FRIEND .

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      gAtffiP THROUGHOUT THE © LOBE , HOLLOWATS PILLS . A CASE OP DROPSY . Extract ef a Letter from Mr William Gardner , of Hanging Haoghton , Northamptonshire , dated September Hth , l « 7 . Xo Professor HoHeway . SB , —I before informed yea that my wife had been tapped three Jimes for the dropsy , but by the blessing of God upon your pills , and her perseverance in taking them , the water has now been kept off eighteen months by their Beans , which is a great mercy , ( Signed ) 'William Gasskeb , DISORDER OF THE LIVER AND KIDNEYS . Extract of a Letter from J . K . Hey don , elated 78 , King-Street , Sydney , Kew South . Wales , the 30 th September IS 7 . Io Professor Holloway . Sis , —I have the pleasure to inform yon that , Stuart A . . Donaldson , Esq ., aa eauaent merchant and agriculturalist , and also a magistrate of this town , ' called on me on the 18 th instant , and purchased your medicines to the amount of Foomees Poexbb to be forwarded t » bis Sheep stations in New England . He stated that one of his overseers had come to Sydney some time previously for medical aid , his disorder bang an affection of the Liver aud Kidaeys — that he had placed the man for three months under the care efone of the best surgeons , Without any good resulting from the treatment ; the man then in despair used your pills and ointment , and much to his own and Mr Donaldson ' s astonishment , was completely restored to his health by their means . Now , this surprising cure was effected in about ten days . « . , _ ( Signed ) J . E . HBXOON , A DISORDER OF THE CHEST . Extract of a Letter from Mr William Browne , of 21 , South Main-street , Bandon , Ireland , dated March 2 nd , 1847 . To Professor Holloway . Sra , —A young lady who was suffering from a disorder of the chestiVfithher lungs so exceedingly delicate that Bhe had the greatest difSculty of breathing if she took a little cold , which was generall y accompanied by nearly total loss of appetite , together with such general debility Of body as to oblige her to rest herself when going np but One flight ef stairs ; fhe commenced taking your pills aboutsix mouths since , and I am ha ] py to inform you they have restored her to perfect health . ( Signed ) Wiliiah Browns . A CURE OF ASTHMA AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH . Extract ef a Letter from the Rev . David Williams , Besicent Wesleyan Kinister , at Beaumaris , Island of Arigltsea , Ifcrth If ales , January Hth , 1345 . £ o Professor Holloway . Sib , —The pills which I requested you to send me were or a poor man of the name of Hugh Davis , - « ho before he took thaas , was almost unable to walk for the want of breath ! and had only taken them , a few days when he appeared quite another man ; his breath is cow easy and natural , and he is increasing daily and strong . ( Signed ) David Wixliams . THE Earl of Aldborongh cured of a Liver and Stomach Complaint . Brtr * J * A ! er & on » the Earl of Aldborough , dated Tilla iessina , Leghorn , 2 lst February , 1845 :-To Professor Holloway . So , —Various circumstances prevented the possibility my ttantoig jou before this time for JWr poUtenes ~ . J ! Z l . | }' 0 C f . paU *• * ou didl lB 0 W take this opportunity of sending youan erder for the amount , and at the same time , to add that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach , which all the most eminent of the faculty at h .-me , and all over the S- ^ rn ^ r ^ ?^ . ^ t ; nay ! not even the water » of Carlsbad and Marienbad . Iwish to have ano . tterbox andapot of the ointment ^ ia case any of ms family should ever requke either . ' 7 y Your most obliged and obedientservant , ^*^™ j £ ! Umj ££ S £ * oi- « , . tcefo"Owingcomplaints . — BtomOmfimtM Female Irregu- Scrofula , erKings *? £ lantles Evil ISsonSkin ¦ § £ , tZ ^ ° ^ Bond Complaints Headaeho Secondary Symp . iwLk ™ , ^ di gestion TicDouloreux Constrpafaoa of Iifflammation Tumours theBowela Jaundice Ulcera Ccnsnmpaon Lfrw Complaints Venereal Affec UebUity Lambagej ^ oas dropsy PUes Worms , aU kinds gfBen tery Bhemattsm Weakness , from Kiyshielas KeteationofUrino whatever cause Severs of allkiads Stone aud Gravel & c , & c . Sold at the establishment of Professor Holloway , 2 « , Strand , near Tenple Bar , London , and by aU respectable Druggists and Sealers in Medicines throughout the civiflred world , at the following prices : —Is . lid ., 2 s . 9 d ., 4 s . 6 iL , lis ., 22 s ., and 33 s . each box . There is a considerable fariag by taking the larger sites . N . B . —Directions ferthe guidance of patients in every dijoraerare affixed to each box .

      Inemou Ahtiq. 0abia» Dccovebt.—On The 6th Instant One

      inemou Ahtiq . 0 abia » Dccovebt . —On the 6 th instant one

      Ot Gojuenottdat Celebrated Agrioulturist...

      OT gojuenottDat celebrated agrioulturist , Mr John Parkinson , jon ., struck with hu ¦ hare against » Kg of lead , about tenor eleven ; inches below the rorfaw of tta ground . On digging it out it was found tohel 841 hi . weight , with aa inscription ht Somanramtai ietterf , apparently ataaped in a rwBBrjntnotop Itmeasurea 23 k 6 inches on the base , tndI 9 K 3 f inehea on the top , 5 inches deer . The following letters appear uponit :- « c . m .. raon . SBIT . I . VT . i \ . asa . ' The Jand on which thia relio was found is described on the Ordnance Maps as an « Ancient Encampment , * and the letter E in the latter word very nearly deaotss the placs .-ifoHtnoJiaw ioursa «

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      /^ N \ THE BEST - . 0 * 3 ^ A \ MEDICINE This medicine has been before the British public only a few years , and perhaps In the annals of the ^ world waa never seen success equal to their progress ; tae virtues of this Medicine wereat once acknowledged wherever tried , and recommendation followed recommen dation , nun . dredshadsoon toacknowledge ttatPAM *** " ™* j £ | eaved them , and were'loud in thelrpraiae . Thestaru . Bg factstbat were continually brought before the ^^« , ncBrainoveaanypTeiudicewhichsomemayhavefeIt , tn ^ continual good whicfi resulted from ^ ^ SSS » w fame far and wide , at this moment * e « ' » '""" J ? JS country on the face of the globe which has not heard £ their benefits , and have sought for "W ^' j'ggZJ might be the cost of transmission ; J ° ™ ' ^ tat « s , Canada , India , and even China , have had immense ( run . tkea shipped to their respective countries , and with the same result as in Eng land-UmviBSAL Good . Communicated by Mr John Hbaton , Leeds . Gentlemen ,- ! am happy to inform imi that 'we are daily hearing accounts of the good . eflectsofp * aa . lm Paw : to enumerate the cases wouli be a *^ « £ * ormidableforme , aad which has prevented my writing : to inform you before , aal can hardly tell where to begin . One man said he wanted a box of Lifb Puis , for Lire Piixs they were to him , they had done him so much good in relieving him of an obstinate cough and asthma . Another said they were womb ihe » weight w gold ; as he was not like the same man since he bad taken Another said his wife had had a badleg for years , ^ but after taking one small bwc , which was recommended by his Class Leader , her leg was much better , and when she had taken the second box , it was quite as well as the other * , « % A very respectable female said her husband had been afflicted above two years , and had tried many things , bttleineehehad taken Pair s Liis PlM . 8 he was quite a new man . . You will pleaae aendimmeaiately , thirty-sixdozenboxes a ] j . lid , and six dozen at 2 s . 9 d . I am , Gentlemen , yours respectfully , 7 . Brireate , Leeds . Jo" * Hbaiow . TO PERSONS GOING ABKOAD . These Pills are particularly recommended to all persons going abroad and subjecting themselves to great change of climate . Omiokbs ov Tax Abhy AND Kavt , MissKHtABiKs , Ehiobants , && , will find them an in . valuable appenetaje to their medicine chests aa a preventive of the attacks of those diseases so prevalent in our colonies , especially iuthe West Indies , where a small box recently sold for 10 b . In America , also , its fame Is getting known , and its virtues duly appreciated , causing an immense demand for it ; and there is no country or port in the world where it will not speedily become an article of extensive traffic and general utility , as it may be had recourse to in all cases of sickness , with confidence nits simplicity , and in It power to produce relief . None are genuine , unless the words 'PARR'S LIFE PILLS , ' are In White Letters on a Red Ground , on the Government Stamp , pasted round each box ; also the foe limSe of the Signature of the Proprietors , * T . ROBERTS and Co ., Crane-court , fleet-street , London , a the Directions . Sold In boxes as la lid , 2 a 9 d , and family packets at lls ' eacb , by all respectable medicine venders throughout theworld . Full directions are given with each box .

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      TO MR PROTJT , 229 , STRAND . No . SOS , Piccadilly , London , Oct . 19 , 1317 . Sii , —It is how three years and a half since I was sorely afflicted with Rheumatic Gout , the suffering from which induced me to try all the proposed remedies that eiteniivo medical experience could devise , without obtaining any satisfactory relief irom pain . During one of the paroxysms a friend advised me to try Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills , observing that he had in some severe cases taken them himself , and they proved very successful . I instantly adopted his advice , and to my joy tbe excruciating torment soon began to abate , and a few boxes restored me to health , since which I have had no return of the complaint . I trust yon will give publicity to my case , that suffering humanity may know how to obtain a remedy for this distressing disease . I am , Sir , your obedient humble servant , < Michael NAssnTH . * . The above testimonial is a further proof of the efficacy of Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills , which afford speedy relief to those afflicted with gout , rhematism , lumbago , sciatica , tic-dolereux , pains iu the head and face , and all analagoua complaints . Th e never-failing effects of Blair ' s Gontand Rheumatic Fills in curing every description of Gout and Rbeuma . tfsm , having secured to tutm a celebrity unequalled by any medicine of past or present times . They not only give relief in a few hours , but restore to perfect health in an inconceivably short space of time .. They are equally speedy and certa a in lumbago , sciatica , pains in the head or face , aud indeed in every jheumatic or gouty affection : in fact , such baa been the rapidity , perfect ease , and complete safety of thia medicine , that it has aa . tonished all who have taken it ; and there is scarcely a \ ity , town , or village in the kingdom but contains many r ateful evidences of its benign influence . Sold by Thomas Prout , 229 , Strand , London and , by his appointment , by Heaton , Land , Hay , Haigh , Baines and Newsome , Smeeton , Reinhardt , Horner , Rush-worth , Stavelly , and Brown , Leeds ; Brojke , S < wsbury ; Bolton and Co ., Walker and Co ., Hartley and Danhill , Doncasttr ; Jad . son , Ripon ; Foggitt , Coates , and Thompson , Thirek ; Wiley , Easlogwold ; Spivey , Hnddtrsfield ; Ward , Richmond ; Sweeting , Knareaborough ; Haraou and Wilsoa , Darlington ; Dixon , Hatcelfe , and Longdate , Northallerton ; Rhodes , Suaith ; Spinks and Pannett , Tadcaster ; Rogerson , Hicks , Sharp , and Slick , Bradford ; Arnall and Co ., Walnwright , Brice , and Priestley , Jontifract ; Cori ? well and Smith , Wakefield ; Sutter , Liyland , Hartley , Denton , Dyer , and Lrffhouse , Halifax ; Booth , Rochdale ; Limbert , Boroughbrldge ; Dalby and Swales , Wetherby ; Waite , Hairowgate ; Wall , Baruslty , Atkin . son , Brlghonse ; aad all respeot & bia Medicine Venders tbronghout the United King-lorn . Ask for BLAIR'S GOOT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS , and observe the name and address of 'Thomas Front , 229 . Strand , Lendon , impresied upon the Government Stamp , affixed to each box of the Genuine Medicine .

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      UNDER ROYAL PATRONAGE . ' PERFECT FREEDOM FROM COUGH , " Ia Ten Minutes after use , and a rapid Cure of Asthma and Consumption , and all Disorders of the Breath and Lungs , is insured by DR LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS . The truly wonderful powers of thia remedy have called forth testimonials from all ranks of society , in all quarters of the world . The following have been just re . ccived : — ANOTHER CUR E OF SEVEN YEARS' ASTHMA . Vrom Mr Edwin Squire , Cora Market , Loughborough , "• March 19 , 18 * 6 . Gentlemen , —A lady ( whose name and address is below ) called at my | shop yesterday , and made the followng statement respecting the beneficial effects produced by your popular medicine . She has been severely afflicted with asthma fov seven years until about three months ago , when having received a letter from a friend in Louth , recommending Dr Lecock ' s Wafers , she purchased a box , and although she bad not been able to lie down for twelve , or fourteen weeks , the first dose enabled her to do so , and take a comfortable night ' a sleep , and ahe ia effectually ( Bred by five boxes . The 1 dy added , that since her wonderful restoration to health , she has walked a distance of eight miles ia one day , without being particularly fatigued . And whenever she takes cold she has recourse to a dose of the Wafers , which afford her instant and never-failing relief . I can prove the genuineness of this case and furnish the name and address of tbe lady , which ia Mrs Martha Raven , St Laurence , near Ventnor , Islo of Wight—Edwin Scuibe * ANOTHER CURE OF COUGH AND HOARSENESS . To Mr P . Reberts , Ranelagh-street , Sir , —It is with much pleasure I bear testimony to the extraordinary powers of Lecock ' s Pulmonic Wafers . I had seen troubled with a cough and hoarseness for nearly two yeara , without relief , when I was induced to try Locock ' s Wafers , the t-ffect of which was soon visible , for one large box ( ia . 9 d . ) has quits cured me . I have since wcommended them to several of my friends , and they have also experienced the greatest relief from t ! em . —Johh Williams . —Parliament -street , Liverpool , Jan . i , 1 B 17 . _— . ^ CURB 3 OF PULMONARY CONSUMPTION . Gentlemen , —I can speak of your wafers myself , with the greatest cosfider . ee , having recommended them in many caaes of Pulmonary Consumption , and they have always afforded relief when everything else has failed , and the patients having been surfeited with medicine , are delighted to meet with so efficient a remedy , having such an agreeable taste , & c .- ( Signed ) -Jno . MiWSOJf , surgeon , 13 , Mosley-street , Sewcastle » on-Tyne , Decern , ber 5 , 181 ? . IMPORTANT TO ALL WHO SING . From S . Pearsali , Esq ., Her Majesty ' s Concerts , and Vicar Choral of Lichfield Cathedral . Gentlemen , —A lady of distination having pointed out to me tho qualities of Dr Locock's Wafers , ! v » as induced to make a trial of a box . and from this trial lam happy to give my testimonial in their favour . I find by allowing a few of the wafers ( taken ia the courso of the day ) to gradually dissolve in themouth , my voice becomes bright and clear , and tone full and distinct . They are decidedly the moat efficacious of any I have ever used . —S . Peabsall , Lichfield , July 1 P , 1815 . Dr Locock ' s Wafers give Instant relief , and are a r » pi * cure of asthmas , consumption , colds , and all disorders Of the breath and lungs , & e . To singers and public speakers they are Invaluable , aa in two hours they remove all hoarseness and Increase the power and flexibility of fhe voice . They have a most pleasant taste , . . .. . Price Is lid ; 2 s 3 d '; and Us per box ; or sent by post for is 3 d , 39 , or lis 6 d , by Da Suva & . Co ., 1 , Bride-lane , Pieet-street , London . . ¦ » » * Sold by all Medicine Tenders . Bbwabe of Imitations . —Unprincipled persons ( Chemists and others ) prepare Counterfeits of that popular remedy , « Da Locock's Polhonic Wafebs . ' Purchasers are therefore cautiened not to purchase any ' Pulmonic ' Medicine or « Wafers' unless the words « Da Locock ' s Waiebb * appear in wbite Letters on a Red Ground , on the Government Stamp outside each Box ; without whieh all are counterfeits and aa imposition .

      The Late Mr Iooatt, In One Of His Orations To The Mem. Hereof Tke Veterinary College, Observes — « That By The

      The late Mr iooatt , in one of his orations to the mem . hereof tke Veterinary College , observes — « that by the

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      improvements in modern chemistry , th * medical profession are enabled successfully to treat diseases which were previously supposed aa not within the reach of medicine . ' This truth has been manifested for masy yeara , but in no instance of greater importance toman , kind than by the discovery of BkuVa Oout and . Rheu . « maticPvlUi

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      PlOPIMSK IS IWOEIV OH THE IHCBEASE Within the district comprlted in tbe Lincoln union . la the poor house the number of inmate * has rapidly risen from 130 to 289 , The additions comprise able-bodied persons and families . The Nottingham Joubhal says , ' the Qaardians of the Loughboroogh Union havo lately ra . fused to admit able-bodied vagrants Into the Union Wor « bouaefor the night , and the result has been that the' dark hole , ' at the top of MilUtreet has been or wded to excess . On Monday night the sergeant of the night watch , being attracted to that place by a great dis . lurbanoe , found seventeen peraoss — eleven men , a boy , and five women _ crowded into a place which is only

      adapted for holding half a ooisn . Lock wood culled up the clerk to the Board of Guardians , who Instructed him to take the women to a lodging bouse for the night , which he did . This 'hole * Is scarcely fit to pat a human being into at all , much lees is It acapted for so great a number aa axe frequently there . ' At the Notllngham Board of Guardians , on Tuesday , the number of inmates in the Union House , Was repottid . to be 931 . Upwardaef 200 vagrants had been relieved during the week , whilst the number of oat-door paupers receiving relief was 2941 . The clerk read the following letter , which had been received from the Poor-law Board : — ' Focr-law Board , Somerset House , Nov . 10 th 1818 , — The Poor-law Board have received a communication from the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners , proposing to facilitate the emigration to a tin . U < dexteni

      to Australia of young ftmalei from ' the Eaglish workhouses , provided they are sent out as eooa as tbey-ere fit for work and have obtained sufficient educatitu . The enclosed ' extract from the letter will explain to the guar , ditms the terms , on which It it proposed that the tunl . gration shonld be coaducted ; end the board request that the guardians will take the subject Into their considers . Hon and Inform them whethir the guardians would be desirous of promoting the emigration of any young females In accordance with the arrangements there euggested . A set of forms it sent herewith , which will further ehow the condition required to be fulfilled , and the course that mast be pawned in case the emigration is proceeded with . - ( Signs *) w . J . Lc «« r , Ai . Utaat Secretary . ' The letter was accompanied by two torma , one to be filled up by the guardians , end another to be presentedby the female wishing to emierate .

      ; The Folkestone GaosT .-The Cantebbdby Jocbjul says :- * For about a fortnlght a story has bien In clrculatioa that a ' ghost' was to be seen on the ' Biyle , nightly playing his prunka upon those unlucky enough to come within his reach . A . fsw evenings since a child was running dawn the atepi , when a man strangely dressed ran after htm . The child ran home to Its father , crying « Father , the gho » t , the ghost on the steps ! Theraanhasteaed to the spot , and succeeded in cap . taring the real ghost , ' in womaa ' s a «* re , having wrapped round him two or three blankets , and two boardilashed one behind aad one before , to give an

      , appearance ot great height . It proved to be an old man named Sploer , upward * of seventy years of age , * no lived la a wretched shed near the steps , a recipient of 2 a 6 d per week from the parish . He was taken by his captor to the etatlon-houae , and next morning brought before the Mayor In his ' ghostly attire . ' His worship , taking into consideration his great age , ordered him to be deprived of his weekly allowance and to be taken to theBlham Union . The « ghost' was then escorted by the police to his cottage , amidst the yelling a » d hooitng of a large mob , and was shortly afterwards taken to hie destination . ' ....

      A Fabhe * Robbed . —Mr Noyce , of Htghworfb , lately attended Pawingdon market , wherehe met a gentleman most anilous to purchase some of his excellent cattls if he sold them at a fair price . Mr Noyes was so flattered that he sent his son home nefore him in his gig to getont the beasta ao that the gentleman might see them , for which purpose he would ride to hie farm In the gen . Woman ' s gi g . Mr Noyes appointed to meet hla customer at the Salutation , where ho found him dealing with a bntoherfor sheep , which he aHlmfttely purchased , offer , log In payment his cheque for £ 10 , hot the bu-cher , not

      having the balance to pay back , the utmost regret mt evinced by the gentleman , who w # u'd not on any account have lost hla bargain , and effered 10 a to any one who would cash the cheque , which had but a few daya to ran . Caught by the tempting offer , aad anriouato obllte his new friend , Mr Noyf * caahed the cheque , The sequel need not be told . By some atratagem the gentlenan and the pauedo butcher made ont of the town together , leaving an old horse not worth 40 s , for Mr Noyea , who aoon learned that ho had been regularly done , and that Voth the gentleman and the butcher were a pair of

      sharper * . The late Bobolary heab Bibhinoham , —Four men , wtlt-kBOwn thieves In Birmingham , named Edward Bunner . Samuel Banner , John Smith , and William Henry Hill , have been committed to take their trials for the burglary and robbery of 500 sovereigns it the house of Mr Sly , at Shirley Heath , on the morning of the ( ith of the present month . Sly , the proaeoutor , swore positive ) . * to the two Banners entering his room , and being engaged with others in ty ing bis arms and lege . The other prisoners were seen , with the Bmanera , going k the direction of 5 ly * s house , and returning the follow , ing morning towards Birmingham , Other evidence , slightly corroborative of tbese . f acts , were given against the prisoners . They all proteated their innocence . The magistrates offered to take bail for the prisoners Smith and Hill .

      The iate B 5 ok . steaiino Case at Oifobd . —Oa Fri . day week , the prisoner Belany underwent another examination at the city gaol , which endtd in his being folly committed to sessions on the second charge , It is stated that , after hla committal , the prisoner made a confession before his solicitor and Alderman Browning of having atblen the books , In reference to this case , the Caubiidoe Chbonicle says : — 'There fa too much reason to faar that the prison ' * r has carried on similar prac ttcea at Cambridge . Oa Wednesday last , Mr Mayor , ef 9 t John ' s College , inquired of the librarian to the Union Society if he had missed I Ward ' s Ideal of a Christian

      Church ' out of the library .. .. Upon receiving a reply in the affirmative , Mr Mayor said be believed he had . re cognised the boak in the shop of Mr Johnson , Sidney Street . The librarian proceeded thither , and discovered amongst the stock of Mr Johnaon , who afforded every facility to the inquiry , not only the book In question , bat several others belonging to the Union Society , These books , it appears , Mr Johnson purchased of Belany at different tim - a . The external merka had been carefully erased , aad the labels within removed with so much nicoty that it was difficult to discover that they had ever existed . We understand that no leas than . 126 volumes have been ' mlsaed from the Union rooms . '

      Fatai Accidsmt . —A shocking euourrence took place on Saturday , the 9 th Instant , ! The Lucy , & vessel belorighy to Dandee , from Newcastle with coals , had came into Eyemouth in a very leaky state , so much so that the skipper refused to take her farther . In consequence of this the owner dispatched two Bremen from Dandee to assist in navigating the verael to her destination . Theae men left Edinburgh by the six o ' clock night mail train on Saturday , Intending to got out at Ay ton . There ( s no deubt , however , but that by the time they arrived at Ajtoa , they were ao very much Intoxicated that they seemed not exactly to know where they were bound for . Oa the train leaving the station , tho keeper was afraid

      something would happen , as ho observed the carriage deor opened by some one , and shortly after he seat one of the porter * along the line in case any Individual might havo leapt ont . HU fvars were realised by the porter coming on one ef the sailors lying at the side of the line with a broken arm and a fractured skull , but he retained sufficient conscii > uaness to direct tho porter to proceed farther , whir * ho would find hie companion . Ho did bo , and a few yards onwards the stownd man was found dead , hi * head lying in a water run . It was quite evident that death ensued Instantaneously , aa' his head was frightfully emashed . The unfortunate man , who . e noma was Black , was burled in Avion churchyard on tho 13 ih inst . The survivor it getting on wUl ,

      The late Collision oh the Richmond Ann Datcbet Railway —Oo Saturday , Samuel Hteley , the driver of the Vulture engine , was placed before Mr Penryhn and a very fall bench of Richmond magistrate ? , charged with the manslaughter of Richard Ferry , a ' ohalnman ' in the service of the eFgineere of the Soath Western Railway , at Richmond , on the 17 th of November last . — Mr Edward Henry Hills , surgeon , proved that the . deceased Richard Perry's death nroao from a moat oxtcnaivo comminuted fracture on the right aide of the skull , a piece of the bone , three inobsa In length , pressing on the train . There was also , a Urge extravasation of blood on the brain . Theso injuries were the result of great violence , such as would be produced by a collision , —Samuel Luck , the pointsman ot New Richmond

      added to hla former testimony that the sound of tho bell which he had to ring on the approach of a down , train completely burled the noise of a train or engine comiag in an opposite direction . Aa engine In progress is very deceiving ; one mement it la 100 yards off , and the nextltlaapoa jou , He thought , in coming round the curve from Old Richmond station it was scarcely passible for aa engine- to pull up in 150 yards , or before it had got on to the points . The night waa very dark , bat not foggy , —Mr Joh » ' V . Ooocb , the superintendent of the locomotive department , added the following to his former testimony : —Ho had known the prisoner for the last eight years as being In the company ' s employ , bat be had only been an englncdfiver the last two years . The book of rnlea produced , which had been , taken froaa tVe prisoner , was given to every tnan : in the' company ' s service . He observed that the 63 rd rule had beentern out . The 65 th rule provided , that ? during a journey the englmman must keep a sharp look out forward .

      standing in each a position as will enable him Immediately to work hla engine as required , and ao that he may Instantly observe any obstruction which may be on the road , or signal which may bo given to him for bia guidance , to which he must pay instant attentloo , whether he knows or underatands why it is given er not , ' Thia rale , it would be eeen , the prisoner had . disregarded , as alia the following one , which states , that' no engineman shall ever leave hla eaglne , except In oaaes ' of great necessity , when he mast take care to leave It in charge of the fireman , bat on no account whatever shall both leave it either on the main line or on any aiding on the line , ' Ho had also broken the rulea 69 , 22 , 74 , and 79 which latter rule enjoins a driver on approathlng any station , or other place where ho sannot sec freely ahead whether from fog er otherwiae . j to slacken hla apeed wd approach it so moderately as to be able to stop his tngtae promptly aad without the danger ot collision . „ accident . And . rule 3 was m iim £ re

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      on a driver , being couched In these words , — 'A red lamp by night , or a red flabby doy , ~ or any signal of whatever colour violently waved , shows . that an engine must atop Instantly . ' This ImpMtsra ' t itule the prisoner had wbolly ; dleregBrded , —Captain Price , one of the magistrates , nlshed'te know if , before they Wer « intrusted with an engine , they were auVj « cted to a course of examination ns to their proficiency ?—We undorsteod the officials of tho company to state that no auoh regulation existed , —Joseph Andrews , who , it will be remembered , wea one of those who rode on the engine , after a

      searching examination ' , swore that tho prisoner ' waa perfectly sober , aad that ho bad been with him from twelve o ' clock in the day , and all he had taken was a little beer to his dinner , and some ale and bread and cheese at the Locomotive beer . thop . —The prisoner , on being asked if he wished to say anything , said he shonld reserve hla defence . He waa then committed for trial at the pre . aent sessions of the Central Criminal Court . —Mr Hills , thosorgeon , said the prisoner , when taken to gaol , must be admitted Into the infirmarj , er be would not anawer for his life—Mr Pesrhyn , the committing magistrate , said that should be done .

      Shocking Accidbht at Rotheeiiaii . —On Saturday on icquest was held on view of the body of Joseph Oxley , aged forty , who was employed at Mr Bentley'a brewery , tho deceased was one of the men appointed to attend to tho night duties of Mr Bentley ' a establishment , and early last Saturday morning he waa watching the browing of bitter ale by a new process , MrR , J , Bentley was also in attendance for the same purpose . Shortly before two o ' clock In the morn ' ng Mr B . ntley had inspected the copper called the Victoria , to see If It waa nearly boiling , which may bo ascertained by listening at tho man hole in the top , where a router , la rapidly at work with files , propelled by a shaft from the machinery in an adjoining room , and which la done to keep the hops In continual motion , and prevent their sticking to or

      burning the copper . Otley went up soon after his master to see that all was going on right , and it Is supposed that when be was in the act of leaning to listen whether the liquor was boiling , a loose flannel jacket which he wore was caugh t by the shaft , then runniog at tberate of at least 100 revolutions per minute . In thia frightful position his legs were twirled round by the shaft , and thrown with great vlolenea each time upon an Iron border wblch divides a portion of tbo platform . This wna repoated nine or tea times before the machinery was thrown out of gearing , which was done as speedily aa possible . The poor fellon ' a logs were broken in several places , ' and cat very severely . The wooden clogi which be wore at the time were torn from the upper leathers

      and scattered in different directions , and bis cap was hurled from bis heed . His flsnnel jacket , was torn to pieces , and eihlbtted convincing proofs of the destructive power of the shaft . Mr R . J . Bontley immediately re paired to the place , and rendered every assistance in bis power . The sufferer was promptly conveyed home , but he expired in three or four hours . He waa perfectly sensible to the last , and the upper part of his body was injured to only a trifling extent . Tho deeeaied , when a lad , worked with bis father in a coal-pit near Ratherham ; but having witnessed the death , of bis parent and others by fire-damp he resolved never to enter another pit , but worked aa a farm labourer till about nineteen years ago , when he entered the service of Mr Bentley .

      Homb-Mabe Wills . —The following' caaea were heard In th » prerogative Court of Canterbury , a few days since : —Mary Howell , deceased ; probate refused , on the ground that the will was written on one aide of a sheet of paper only , while the signatures were intcrlbcd on tbe other . J Birch , deceased ; probate refused , in consequence of blanks left for legacies having been filled up in red ink . Jane Corner , deceased ; probate refoaed , on tho ground stated in tae case of Mary Howell . William Sanger ; probate refused , oa the ground of the character of certain alterations made In the will . Esther Powell , deceased ; application for probata op posed , because the same will wai signed by the testatrix by two names , those of 'Powell' and ' Watklns . ' Probate granted on the testimony ef a clergyman , who knew the signatures to ba those of one and the same pmon , Elizabeth Rose , deceased ; the will of tbo testatrix was only discovered twelve years after her decaase , and some years after the death of the part ; who had ad . ministered to the property ; probate granted .

      Absbdeik . — Towards ten o ' clock on Friday night the hurricane became partlenlarly violent , and we ore sorry to atate that loss of life and considerable damage to property baa been the result ; A deplorable accident bap . oened at the New Gas Works , shortly after ten o ' clock . The roof of the retort , house , which waa constructed with an iron frame , and covered with alatea , waa aud . denly jerked up at the south aide , fell with a crash , and smashed into fragments . There were eight men in the retort boats at ibe time , all stokora , and eugagei is charging the retort furnaces . One of the roof beams , and a quantity of the roofing , fell upon a poor old man named George Murray , who was at the moment hurling a harrow , and killed him on the spot . Another poor felow , Charles Clark , had his leg broken ; and a third , Alexander Low , had Ms arm dislocated andhis head cut .

      Tho oiher fire men miraculously escaped uninjured . A currier ' s shop in Loch Street , belonging to Mr John Watt , leather ' merchant and currier , has been blown down . An enclosure In West Kerth Street , for building purposea has been . blown to pieces . Mortimer ' s wood yard , at Poynernook , bai been blown down , end seriously damaged . , Two wood yards , in Frederick Street , have been blown open . One of the windows of the old Re . oord Office , in Caitle-atreet , now used as a dispensary , baa been blown in , In Bon Accord Street , a quantity of paling , < fcc , has been blown down . In the vicinity of the Shore , a great number of windows and skylights have bten reduced to fragments . The streets arc completel y strewed with broken cans tiles , lime , etc , The violence of this storm wag severely felt at Edinburgh , Paisley , Dublin , and Cork , but , fortunately , no lives were lost .

      Stobm and Loss . cr Life , Glasgow , Saidbdai , — This city and neighbourhood waa visited by a atormof wind and rain , which waa mere fatal in ita results than any similar visitation which has occurred within the period of our recollection . At an early hour the wind began to blow in strong and fitful gusts . The day con . tljiued stormy throughout , and between four and seven o ' clock , in the evening the wind blew a perfect burrioane . One of the moat distressing circumstances la connexiou with the storm occurred about five o ' clock In the afternoon , at which hour two men were hilled , and a third dangerously , if not fatally , injured . Under tho Paialey Road , near Greenlaw Place , runs the General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway . The road at that spot la carried over tie line by a bridge , flanked on either

      aide by a stone parapet wall , nearly breast high . For greater protection to the public , the company recently fixed on the top of the parapets in question large platea of oast-Iron , about three feet In height , half an inch thick , and secured to tho atene work by strong iron bolts . The place being peculiarly exposed to the wind , which blew with terrific fury down the gully form' d by the line of excavation , the surface of the iron platea acted like a lever upon the atone-work , aad at tbe hoar already mentioned , tho whole south parapet gave way , and fell forward upon the road . Moat unfortunately , at this moment , three young men , carters , In charge of two VoMolw , were crossing the bridge , all of whom were In an mutant felled to tho ground , and burled among the

      rulnn . With seme difficulty tbe unfortunate men were extricated & nd carried into the toll-house . Their namea are Ha (? h Cavan , and Matthew Cavan , brothers , and Jsmoa M'Naught , all of whom belong to Llnwood . Tae first named la the survivor of tho pwty . The storm eppe » r « to Have raged with the greatest fury in the southern district of the city , as the dismantled condition of many tenamonts in that quarter auffieiimtl ? shows , and several very narrow escapes wore made while tho storm waa at Its height . At the harbour , the seamen belonging to the different vessels were engaged during the gale In taking preoau iens to prevent damage , and wo are happy to learn that none of tho vessels eusuinod material lojury , beyond what was occasioned by the grinning of their aides against one another . About eleven o'clock It

      began to rain heavily , and tho storm abated ,- The electric telegraph wires were so deranged by the storm that they ceased to work . Hugh Cavan , the only survivor of the fatal catastrophe at tho railway viaduct on tbe Paisley road , during tho hurricane of Friday night , has elnce died of tho Injuries bo sustained . The damage done to property has boen very extensive . Iti effects were fell with considerable severity on the Clyde , as far down as Greenock , where vro understand one or two small gauborto wero cast ashore , but no particulars have been learned , Thekeepar of GarmojU L ' ghthouae and hla family made a very narrow escape with their lives . This lighthouse la erected on a floating punt nearly opposite Dumbarton , and moored fore and aft with chain cables . Part of the punt is occupied with the wooden dwelling

      of the keeper , who conatnntly remains on board to keep tho light in order . On Friday night , whea the galehad reached ita greatest fury , the keeper observed with alarm that tho puat had sprung a leak , and waa fast slaking , The small boat attached to the floating lighthouse waa immediately lowered by him , and the whole family , consisting of his wife and child , along with a niece , hnatenod to make their escape from their sinking habl . tatlon . In thia they fortunately succeeded , and , trusting themselves to the mercy of the wind and waves , were driven across the Clyde to the north shore , which they reached in safety , Soon after they left the punt it went down , and waa completely aubmerged . Imme . dluto measures have been taken , we believe , to raise the vessel , her light being of much Importance to the

      navlgallon of the river . Between seven and eight o ' clock , the hurricane laid hold with such violence on the range of glaaa In the Royal Botauto Gardens aa almost tnstan . tancously to carry before it tie entire large centre houae , both roof and front ; and , although Mr Murray and the people employed by him wero on the spot , yet it literally went from their hands . Some , idea may be formed ot the severity of the gale , aa e , perlenecd tore , when it la mentioned that a course of heavy ashlar , to which the -Sft J ? " ! ^ flMd wltb lron bM » . wn iu with lead , waa completely turned off its bed when the front gave way . Providential ! , nojivea mn tort o serious injury anatataoa . A decided breach J . maSe n another large house , the Conservator , but haonllv

      vSSTLfZZT . " ™ ( tan ter onen ^ T ^ ° moi » " ^ dlnary oharao . ter occurred on Monday morning at the Wltham nation with osfonS Co ** " * ^^ junmtnm twfh ^ VT" ""^ o ^ oo * . Waging la safety K . u * , ° powdw . «• «* Bralntreo and one for Maldon , weighing together 28 lbs . These barrels , Which we ,, on . t ^ he Jajj ( jack , were t ^ ker , off M Wltham

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      where the Maldon ' and Bralntrie line Joinf , and place ! on the BJ > . llne by . a porter ol "the station , who acta as nigh ' . inapiotor , wbilsthe . went into the offiie , to book but train . Ttie mall train to liendon arrives a't j tbe station atiour mlnutei to three , and the powder hid ; not been on the line more than eight or ten minutes ' before that train oame up . Italopped abort of the barrel ! , bat on moving on again passed Immediately ovet them , and some of the cinders from the fire-box falling npon the powder , the barrels immediately exploded . Tbe carriages were thrown off the line , and all sustained more or less da . mage by the severity of the shock . Tbe engine , however , for a . few momenta continued ita ceune , showing that the explosloa could not have absolutely taken place until it had passed over the barrelf . It is supposed to have occurred whilst a carriage called the guard ' s break was

      in tho act of palling . The explosion shook the houses In Wltham , which it half a mile off , and is raid to have been heard at Colchester , fourteen miles distant , In the more immediate vicinity of the station tbe windows of the houaea were completely shattered . When people had recovered their fright they began to look after the passengers and persons attending the train , The engineer and stoker were found to be stunned , but not otherwise hurt . The guard bad his arm bruited only , and tbepatsengcra , of whom there were twelve , were only fearfully alarmed , The line was torn up for a short diseases , and was replaced at speedily as possible , Some of tbe rails were bent in an extraordinary manner . The train waa do . layel two hours at the station , a freah engine and oar . riage having , of course , to be provided . The miraculous way in which every one escaped this terrible accident ia a subject of tbe moat lively gratitude .

      . Extensive Pluhdix at Cheltenham . —An extensive robbery of plate and jewellery waa committed on Wedneaday evening week , between eight and nine o ' clock , at the reeldeacc of Mrs Jones , 28 , Promenade , the value of the articles being eatlmated at upwards of £ 660 . Ao cording to the beat account , it would seem that the thieves gained admission to tbe premises by passing from an empty house , two doors off , which is at present undergoing repair , along the roofing of the balcony ; and ao by breaking a pane in the window , gaining admitslon to Mre Jones ' s bed room oa the eeoond floor , and

      where the articles stolen were uanally kept in several draweru and cabineti appropriated for the purpose , the looks of which were either picked or forced , and the contents removed wl . hout creating the least alarm , though the family were all at homo at the time , Mra and Miaa . Joneabejng in the dining room , and the aervanta In the basement apartment * . The robbery was discovered between nine and ten o ' clock , and , ef course , immediate information was sent to the police , who hastened to search the premises , and deapa ' ohed officers up and down the linea ; but hiiherto the thieves and their booty have bus . ceaafully eluded every inquiry .

      Fbie Tbade ih Cobm . —About twenty French veasela laden with corn , arrived in the port of Glouceater during tho week before last . Before tbe repeal of the com laws , the average arrival here of French vesiela waa not more than twenty-five In tbe course of the year ; hut within the last two month * alone the orrivaai have exceeded fitty . Fibb at HoanDoN . 9 N . Tni . HiU ( Essex ) . —A most destructive flra , which , there la reaaon to fear , was wll . fully occasioned , broke oat last week , upon Cboliey ' a Farm , in the occupation of Mr Lawaoa Holmea . Tht

      llamas were first seen In the stackyard , progressed to . wards the north , aud In an incredibly abort apace of time enveloped three wheat stacks , one of beans , one of oat atraw , a double barn filled with wheat , recently carried In , two cart aheda , a large atable , and a range of stables and cattle sheds 199 feet in length , all which , covering an area of 255 feet by 125 feet , were reduced to mine , tegetherwlth threshing and dressing machines , waggons , ploughs , and other Implements , The grain and straw destroyed Included the whole produce of the farm , consisting of 258 acres ,

      Devon . — A gang of burglars have been busy in the ne'ghbourhood ef Crediton . They carry en their depredations in the moat systematic and daring manner ; and the alarm occasioned by them is io great , that theiubabitanta of the town met in Ye » try , on Thursday laat , and raised a large subscription to pay special constablt-s for watching until Lady-day next . Almost the fir «! night , however , of the new guardians bein ? on duty , the premlaea of Mr S . Brown , of Union Terrace , were entered from the field behind , and a dettrmlned but unsuccessful effort was made to force the door of bis counting house , Another burglary was committed the same night in the East Town , where the thieves forced

      an entrance by the street window . On Sunday , three fellow . * , who had their facet ditgulaed by masks , entered tbe cottage of an old man named Stoneman , living at Pasbury , not far from the scenes of . the murder an *' burglary recently recorded , and cruelly illtreated hi * wife , knocking out aeveral of her front teeth by the blow of a bludgeon . They then plundered the old man of £ 4 and all tho provisions be had . Oa Friday an attack was made on Mr Hellyer , a batcher , of Dansford , who attends Exeter Market , and who , on returning thenc-i , when near Hoocombo Bridge , about one mile from Euttr , and within gunshot of a publlc-boute , waa set on by two men and a lad , who knocked him from hla horse , and robbed him of £ 45 . '

      Fibb at Pbebtoh , ih Lancashibs , '— . On Mosday evening a fire broke ont in the model room of the extenalve premises belonging to Mr Clayton , engineer and boiler maker , and which are generally known by tbe name of tho Sohe Foundry , They are situate at the north end of the town , close open the caaslbank . The fire Waa discovered by Mr Clayton , who , with hla bookkeeper , proceeded to tbo fourth story of tbe building , where It appeared to rage , but aa they did not succeed in putting it out , they gave an alarm , Within a short time a numtwr of engines arrived on the spot , and in

      consequence- ot the ample aupply ef water the fire wna extinguished after the destruction of the feurth and fifth stories of thia exteoalve fabric . The damage done ia estimated at tbe least at £ 10 , 000 , as a vatt number of patterns which have accumulated for tht last fifteen years have been destroyed . A man of the name of Bote bury met with a severe accident In attempting , with the assistance of some other labouring men , to remove a large cog wheel . It unfortunately fell npon hit legs and broke both of them . Very alight hopes are entertained of hit recovery .

      Qons fob Doveb CASTii . —The officer commanding the Royal Artillery at Dover has received directions from the Hononrable Board of Ordnance to have four guns , recently sent from Woolwich , of an laprov . d conetruction and superior range to any others in Dover , mounted on the eatt and north aides of the Northern Keep of the Castle , The calibre of these guns la ei ght lachea In diameter , and propel a ahot CS'ba . the extraordinary distance of more than three miles . Railway Accidiht . —A melancholy accident occurred on Monday morning laat on the Bewortb Colliery Railway , near Kewcaetle , to the Rev . James Aadertoa , a dissenting minister , of Zlon Chapel , Felling , He left bis house apparently in perfest health , for the purpose of visiting a sick member of his congregation , at White House , Hewortb , aid on his way he walked for a short distance on the waggon way . At that time the waggons

      wero In motion , the full waggons proceeding down tbo Incline , and by their weight drawing up thoso that were empty . The man having charge of the up waggons observed Mr Anderson walking on the line , and immediately after saw him fall suddenly down . Perceiving the danger that he was in from the direction iff which he h « d fallen , the waggonman ran forward aad endeavoured to drag him off tho line , Uofortnately ia this humane attempt ho waa unsuccessful , aad from the cobe truoilon of the railway the waggons could not bt > stopped They oame almost instantly , aad , passing over bia ehest and feet , mangled his body Jn a dreadful manner . Death of course auperrened lnstanrancsutly . It if , bomver , supposed that a fit of apoplexy or a spasm of the heart waa tho cause of hie fall , and that he was probabl ) insensible , or had died before the waggon passed over him . A coroner ' s jury , after investigating tho facta , returned a verdict of Accidental Baath .

      Distbebbino OccoBiENCE , —An incident of ft peon Hsriy paftifui aad distressing character occurred Id Princes Street , Giaagow , about eight o ' clock on Saturday night . At that hour a middle-aged woman , rather respectably attired , with a young ohtld In herarma , oame f o tho office of Mr Cameron , pawnbroker , and got a shawl which had been depoaited with him . Shortlyafter leaving the premises some parties in going up the stairs trading to the shop were attracted by ibe cries of tht child , and , on examination it was found that tho unfor tunate woman had eat down on the steps close to the office entrance , and there expired , unnoticed . She wna Instantly removed to the doctor ' s shop , nearest at hand , but all efforts proved fruitiest to restore animation . The body was removed to the Central Police-office , and the child given in charge to a nurse . They have since been claimed by their relatives .

      Cobious Case . —Oa the afternoon of Thursday week an incident , almost without parallel , took place in th ( Nlal Prlua Coart , at Liverpool , before Mr Juatioe Erie . The learned judge had finished bis summing up in a 0886 of aheep stealing , and tho foreman of the jury wa » consulting his brethren as to the verdict they should come to , when the foreman was Informed that one of tin gentlemen In the Jury box had not boon sworn . Imme . dutoly on ascertaining ihe fact , the foreman ( Mr Blaokie ) gave notice of it to the Iearmed judge . Oa in quiring It appeared that one of the jury , who had retired for a few minutes in the course of the day , waa pre vented b y one of the effioera from entering the court Another juror who happened to be In tho immediate neighbourhood of the jury box , was told to go into it , and bysomeoverelght the oath waa neglected tobeadiat . nlateredtohim . MoMOver , It waa ttat « d that in the preceding case that of a burglar , In which the prlaontr was found guilty , but the sentence deferred , a similar state of

      things existed . Tho learned jeidga . aid the mistake in the sheep ateallng case wairsmsdiablo , but ^ did nst kn 9 ff Bh , d 0 wi ( h th d , » which a verdict ef guilty had been recorded . The evl iT i ^ V ^ BteftllDg 0 M 0 ttu »» " gain °° gone trough . Tbe juror to whom the oath hadnot been ad . ministered was then iwern , the Jury again charged , and hewltneasee recalled . Mr Bowler augge . tedl to the learn * l judge , that the course boat tailed to save time would be for his lordship to . read over hit neteioithe evidence of the witnesses as they oame Into the box . ihe learned judge approved of the auggeatloa , but thought there would be eoma difficulty in carrying it out « t ln the eje of the law , nothing had then bten done in the oaae . Mr Bowler then suggested that the witnesses ¦ lght give their aoeount of the matter , and hit lordship would see whether It agreed with what he had already on his notia . The learned j udge thought the suggestion auewgUsntone , and accordingly acted upon It , Ihe

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      case was thus again go . ™ . through , and the prleoaera were found guilty of the oftV toc charged against them , Hlabrdahip then retired from court te consult with hia learned brother , Mr ; Baron Atderaou , as to what steps should be taken , ia reference to the case of bur . giary , in which a verdict of guilty had been return ed . Oa returning , the learned Judge ordered the wl lnetVeg Jn the case to be recalled , with a view to ita being tried ever again . The witnesses , however , were not formi earning , und the case waa ordered to be postponed till the following morning . After further deliberation , how .

      ever , the learned judge said there was a caaeon record of a similar character which would render it unnecea . aary to re-try the case at present . A man waa tried on a charge of murder , by a jury , one of whom by ao omls . slon was not sworn . The judge before whom tbe case wai tried decided that the verdict waa valid until de . clared void on a writ ef error , and then the prisoner would be again taken up and tried afresh . The learned judge eaid he should pass sentence upon tho prleoner , tell him of . the omission which had taken place , and of hla right if ho thought proper to bring a writ of error .

      Bedfobbsdibb , — Shockikq" OsATHi—Ou Mondoy morning , a man , named Richard Hawkins , working for Mr Peddcr , the occupier of one of the Heme farms , of Todllngton , whilst serving the pigs , and in the act of getting up a supply of milk , & c , from tbe cistern , fell headforemost into It , and waa auffocaled . It appears that about eight o ' clock Mr Peddtr , perceiving the els * tern-door open , and the pait lying near—aa unusual ocourrene- —went and looked in , and saw the lagsoftha poor man resting against the wall ef the cistern , the whole e ! tho remaining portion of bis sody being beneath the mixture ( milk and ( trains ) , which waa about a faot and a half dnep ; Assistance waa immediately rendered , but when he was got out he waa found to be qalto dead , having been , it la supposed , in the elatern about half an hoar . From the position be was found in , it is evident that he bad no means of extricating himself , aa he waa tying on bia back with the right arm bent under his body , and hia fett pitched against the opposite well . The deceased hss left a widow and five children ,

      St Maby ' s , Rbdcufpe . —A gentleman of Bristol , a dissenter , has offered to bring from Caen one hundred tons of stone , freight free , for the restoration of St Mary ' s , Redcliffe , In commemoration of the transfer o I the Bristol Dicks to the Corporation , and the conae « queot great diminution of the dock dues .

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      Am Arab FoHiBAt . —The following description ef an Arab funeral appears in tbe Paoaaas D'Indbeft ioiBE : — ' Ton have requested me to apprise you on what day you could be admitted to the presence of the Smir , f oa will have to wait a long time , for bis receptions' are suspended . A child of the diera died ten yeara of age , and another , a eon of the elder brother of Abd-el-Kader . has died thia day . Theae two deatha have profoundly afflicted the unfortunate Emir , and the entire deira is plunged in menrnlng . Abd . el-Kader ahuts himself up In the strictest solitude , and will receive ne one for several weeks to come . Tbe funeral of tbe deeeaied took place yesterday , Thlsoeremony , performed without pomp or pride , presented no remarkable featurea . I was unable to ascertain what took pls > ce in the

      apartmonta at the hour of interment . The greatest diacre . tloa , as you will readily imagine , was observed by tha attendance of the chateau on the occasion of the fnneral preparations , at which tbe Araba alone assisted . The corpse was enclosed In abler covered with a white cloth , and placed en a stretcher berne on the shoulders of four Arats . At the moment when the funeral cortege com . menced its processi-ra , heart-rending cries were heard to issue from the window of tbe apartment belonging to the mother of the deceased child , who , completely enveloped in her white veil , addressed to her eon oce lost farewell . The fatber walked behind the coffin , with a chnplct in hla hands , prayipg with fervour and weeplcg bitterly . At his aide were the Lieutenant Sidi-Kaddonr aad the steward Kara-Mohammed , accompanied by Captains

      Boisaoonet and Foamier , and followed by some fifteen Araba . The eortepe , turrounded by unarmed toldlers , attracted a vaat concourse of persona in the streets of Amboiea . The touching simplicity of tha ceremonypresenting to striking a contrast to the absurd pomp of ' Christian' funerals—aud the mournful attitude ef the unfortunate exiles , conld not fail to excite the . pity , and even the sympathy of the spectators . The populace la general manifetted'much feeling ; and if , occasionally , tbe religions meditations of the Arabs were disturbed by a aomewhat Indiscreat eagerness to wltseta the cere . eaeny , we must blame that spirit of Hie curiosity to which we French are only too prone , Tht cortege having reached the cemetery the Arabs dug the grave . During this operation the father of the deceased , who betrayed an otter absence of Moorish Btoic ' sm did nothing but weep and pray by turns . The Araba inter their dead

      with much care and preoautlan . The corpse la laid down on ita right side , with the face turned towards tho esat , Fragments of wood , placed above the bier , form a sort of dome , covered with loaves and grata , and conso . Mated by atones . The earth , which ia caat over the whole , doe « not touch the coffin , which the Araba taks great care to protect from the dampness of the toil , The grav- dlggera having washed their hands and feet the ceremony terminated . 01 hia return to the chateau tbo father of the decaaaed thanked Captain * Boistonnler and Foamier for their kindness , and Immediately retired to hi < apartment . It appears that the doaths of theae children are ascrlbable to the carelessness of their parents or nursea , who allow them to run about in the open air with bare feet , and very thinly clad—a habit which may be very safe in the scorching soil of Algeria , but is not exactly suited to the ruier climate of these northerl y latitudes . '

      Thb Abctic Votaoibs . —Subjoined we insert a letter received the other day by the mother of Dr Rae , the second in command in Sir John Richardson ' s expedition : —* Athabasca Lake , Half-past 3 , a . m ., July 11 , 18-43 . I hare scares time to scribble you a line . aa the boats of Mackenzie River have just hove in sight , on their way to the Longer Methy Portage . It is true I might have written a day or two sooner , bat I hoped to hare reached Fort Chips , wyau before the boats passed . All the expedition party are quits well , excepting two or three of the

      sappers and miners , who have got sore limbs ; their exertions on the portages is the kind of work they find most severe . We hare been driving with the current down the Athabasca River , with the eras . quitoea so numerous that we could get no sleep . On entering the Lake ( Athabasca ) , the first object that struck our attention was the sail * of the boats at g distance of fire or six miles . They were making for a narrow channel that leads by a shorter but more intricate route into the Athabasca River , ' so that had we been an hour later , we would have missed them altogether . '

      Thb Corn Law Rhtmbr ok Usivjsrsal Suffrages Sir : The long withheld rights of the people of Eng . land will , ere ions , be conceded . The tide of events is flowing in rapid succession—America and France republics ; Switzerland , Belgium , Holland and Norway comparatively free ; and last , but not least , with its compulsory system of eduoat ? .. . . Prussia , in pos * session of the People's Charter almcit , for they have by declaration of tha king , rqua ! electoral districts , paid niembe'rs , n » property qualification , triennial parliaments , and universal delegated suffrage . Hear that , Lord John and Sir Robert—and you , young Fitzvrilliam—and you , Mr Baines , who declared that compulsory education made men servile slaves . The Prussians have a free press , the right of meeting , and , as Mr Man has prcved . a first-rate system of edu-ation . National ! Compulsory 1 Better com ' pel a child or its parents to send him to school than

      the policeman compel him to go to prison for doin » that which he would not have done had he received a proper education . The answers to the canvassers in one district near Sheffield , as to their intention of votung at tho West Riding election was , ' T ' steward hasn't been . ' Will the Prussians be greater slaves or serfs , or asses or fools , than these £ 50 tenanUt-will clowns are ? No ; nor the millions of England either . -Ebbmkzbb . Elliott , scribe . —Sheffield , Dec . 1848 . Lamartinb ' si'Jocklyk' asd Louis Napolbon ,-1 fie Library of Louis Napoleon has been sold br auction , and amongst the books was a handsome copy , bound in morocco , of Lamartine ' a poem of Jocelyn . The value of the work was much enhan . cod by the fact that on the inside of the cover ap . peared the following words in the handwriting of the E . " ? ' P ^ ^ ' ? ? renob > but we translate them for the benefit ot Louis Napoleon ' s country trieBds , whomaynot understand his lanenaoe an

      well as he does theirs :- « Undertook the readier of this book at Florence , Sunday , the 7 ch of May , 1837 . Abandoned it as being too sublime for me . Undertook the reading for the second time , Monday , the Sth , without being more fortunate . Recommenced by a new effort , Tuesday , theOth , and abandoned it dehnttively . Considering the present position of toe author and the critic as rival candidates for the f residency of the French Republic , thia anecdote is aomewhat curious . Little did the Prince think , when he wrote the above , that he and the poet whose work he had been obliged te abandon as being teo sublime for him , would one day meet under circum . stances which must severely test the ability of both , Opium Eatbhs -The Lancet states that 4 the Mncolnshire poor are ao abandoned to opium-eating as in some instances to spend in the bane ' ul drug * . ; 63 . out Of a weekly 3 s . ! ' a ' decree of fatnous de .

      mum to the Circean vice that would appal Coleridge or De Quincey ihimself . The same writer extracts a passage from the evidence of a brother medical witeeaj , a druggist , that he himself sends { £ i 00 . worth a year more opium to Ireland , now than he did before ; and Dr Griudrod , the ablest of all temperance advocates , admit * that in the fens of Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire a v & at quantity of opium is consumed . Vast must be the quantity consumed somewhere or somehow , for , according to the returns of the Board of Trade , issued on Thursday week , there were no less than 8 , 000 lbs . ' of opium imported in the single month of October , that being by no means a comparatively large quantity , for occasionally as much as 32 , 000 lbs . are imported within the same time .

      Earlt Dbspatch op thb Ibdia Mail via Marsbillbs . —The next mail for India via Marseilles , will ba closed at the Geieral Post Office , St Martin ' s la Grand , on the evening of the 23 rd inst . This alteration has become necessary i'n consequence of the 24 th ( the usual day for the despatch of this mail ) ni [ . n on Sund * y' *** Vfleday following being Cuxiatwaa Day ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 23, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_23121848/page/2/