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    2 THE NORTHERN STAR. ___ Febbuaby 27, I8...

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    2 The Northern Star. ___ Febbuaby 27, I8...

    2 THE NORTHERN STAR . ___ Febbuaby 27 , I 847 .

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    HOLLOWAY'S PILLS . The Testimony « f a Clergyman vouching to Eleven Cases of Cores by these wonderful Fills . txti-aet of a Letter from the Rn . Oeorge Prior , Curat * of MtmgK , Letter Kr » y , Carrtyart , Ireland , 101 ft Jan . 1846 . To Professor Holloway . Silt , —I * ttm & you a crude list of some eleven cases , all cured by the use of your Pills . I cannot exactly give you a professional name to the various complaints , but this know , some of them baffled the skill of Deny and this County . la a previous letter this gentleman states as follows : —Within a short distance of my bouse resides a small fanner , who far more than twenty years has been in a bad state of health ; Mrs . Prior gave him a box of the Tills , which did him so muc h g » od that I heard him say , for twenty years past he never ate his food or enjoyed it so much as since taking your fills . ( Signed ) Geokoe Paioa . » * The above reverend and p ious gentleman purchased eome pounds' worth o f the Pills for the benefit of his poor parishioners .

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    OX THE CONCEALED CAUSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL Ofi ACQUIRED DEBILITIES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM . Just Published , A new and ! mportant Edition of the Silent Friend on Human Frailty . Price 2 s . 6 cL , aad sent free te any part of the United Kinsdom on the receipt of a Post OSise Order for 35 . 60 . A MEDICAL WORK on the INFIRMITIES of the GENERATIVE SYSTEM , in both sexes ; being an enquiry into the concealed cause that destroys physical energy , aud the ability of manhood , ere vigour has established her empire : —with Observations on the baneful effects of SOLITARY INDULGENCE and INFECTION ; local and constitutional WEAKNESS , NERVOUS IRRITATION , CONSUMPTION , and on the partial or total EXTINCTION of the REPRODUCTIVE POWERS ; with means ef restoration : the destructive effects of Gonorrhoea , Gleet , Stricture , and Secondary Symptoms are explained in a familiar manner ; the Work is Embellished with Ten fine coloured Engravings , representing the deleterious influence of Mercury on the skin , by eruptions on the head , face , and body ; with approved mode of cure for both sexes ; followed by observations on the obligations of MARRIAGE , and healthy perpetuity ; with directions for the removal of certain Disqualifications : the whole pointed out to suffering humanity as a "SILENT FRIEND" to be consulted without exposure , and with assured confidence of succeas .

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    nd offspnrg , from a want of these simple remedies than perhaps half th » world is aware of ; for , it must be remembered , where the fountain is polluted , tha stream that flow from it cannot be pure . PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS Price 2 s . 9 d ., 4 s . ( id ., and lis . per btz , With explicit directions . reuderedpcrfcetly intelligible to « very capacity , are well known throughout Europe to be the most certain aud effectual remedy ever discovered for gonorrhoea , both in its mild and aggravated forms , by Immediately allaying inflammation and arresting further progress . Gleets , strictures . lrritation of tho bladder , paias of tho loinsand kidneys , gravel , and other disorders of the urinary passages , in either sex , are permanently cured in a shor space of time , without confinement or the least exposure . The above medicines are prepared onl y by Messrs . R . and L . PERRY and Co ., Surgeons , 19 , Berners-street , Oxford-street , London . Messrs . PERRY expeet . tBheneonstiUedlyleUer , theusual fee of One Pound , without which no notice whatever can be taken oftheeommwieation . Patients are requested to be as minute as possible in he detail of their cases , as to theduration of the com . laiut , the symptoms , age , habits of living , and general ccupation . Medicines can be forwarded to any part of he world ; no difficulty can occur , as they will be securel y packed , and carefully protected from observation . N . S . —Country Druggists , BookseUers , Patent Medicine Venders , and every other shopkeeper . cau be supplied with any quantity of the Cordial Balm of Syriacum , the Concentrated Detersive Essence , and Perry ' s Purifying Specific Pills , with the nsual allowance to the Trade , by most of the principal Wholesale Patent Medicine Houses in London , of whom mav bp bad he "Silent Frii > nd . "

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    FOR STOPPING DECAYED TEETH , Price 2 s . 6 J . Patrcnized by Her Majesty , the Queen , Her Majesty , the Queen Dowager , His Royal Highness Prince Albert , Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent , His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury , And nearly all the Nobility , the Bishops and the Clergy THOMAS « fc HOWARD'S SUCCEDANEUM . For filling Decayed Teeth , however large the cavity . I is superior to anything ever before used , as it placed in the tooth in a soft state , witfiout any pressure or pain and in a short time becomes as bard as the enamel , and will remain firm in the tooth many years , rendering extraction unnecessary . It arrests all further progress of decay , and reuders them again useful in mastication . All persons can use this SUCCEDANEUM THEMSELVES WITH EASE , as full directions are enclose

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    GOOD NEWS FOR THE MILLION !! IN all cases where practical experience and economy with secrecy is required , consult with J . MOHUIS and Co ., Surgeons , No . 31 , Ncwingtou-eauscway , South , wark , London , vtho , during an extensive practice of twenty-two years , in which time they have been successful without a single failure , in 40 , 000 cases which lengthened and extensive practice enabled them to effect a complete cure of every stage and symptom of all disorders arising from Indiscretion excess , solitary habits , & o ., iuclud ing Impotence , Seminal Weakness , A * c . The cures performed in less time and on such economical terms as were never before practised , no restraint of diet or hinderance from business at all necessary , or fear of discovery or exposure . J . M ., and Co ., may be consulted by letter , patients stating the full particulars of tlie'r case , when an equally perfect cure will be effected as by a personal visit . Advice and . 1 Prescription will be forwarded in reply by return of Post to any part of the Country , and correspondence continued until a peifect cure is accomplished on receipt of Half-a-Sovereign . J . MORRIS and Go ' s , "Batamcal Purifying Pills" may also be iiad as above , price 2 s . 9 d . per box , with directions or free , on receipt of Postage Stamps to the amount of Three Shillings . —These far-famed renovating Pills have , for many years , been celebrated for their wonderfu powers aud purifying qualities in all complaints , arhinl from Indiscretion , & c , the effect produced after a fe ;; doses is truly astonishing , not only iu pui ifying the blood , hut also establishing a complete renovation of the constitution , and being prepared solely from vegetable sublances will keep in every climate . To captains < . f ships and others taking long voyages they are invaluable . Mcdical . Vapour Batii Establishment , 31 , Newiugton-Causeway , London . —^ »»»——— -M- —¦—¦¦»—a « - ———

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    Halifax , Saturday . —The business done in yarn and piece good j to-diiy . is about au average of the ' last three or four weeks ; prices arc quoted stationary . In th c wool market sales continue to be effected very slowly . IiOcudale Funnel Maiiket , Feb . Ij . —We have had a very dull market , and a very limited , number of pieces sold .

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    Attack or i Mob ok Lambmu Workhouse . —O Saturday afternoon considerable excitement pre " vailed in Lambeth inconsequence of a violent attack made by & mob of at least 100 persons on the parish workhouse . It was stated that several men , women , and children had applied for relief , and though the parochial authorities paid every possible attention to their cases , some of them were discontented , and bricks , stones , and other rubbish were thrown against

    the doors , threatening at the game time a forcible entrance . Things began to assume the most alarming appearances , and expostulation having proved useless , a body of the police of the L division was sent for , and notwithstanding the formidable number of rioters , * ' the bobbies" succeeded in apprehending tlm ringleaders , and clearing the neighbourhood of their violent followers . This workhouse already numbers nearly 1 , 000 inmates , the relief for which body forms no inconsiderable item for the burdened rate-payers of the parish .

    Fires . —Islington . —On Monday morning , shortly after six o ' clock , a fire was discovered on the premises of Mr . Hooper , Highbury-terrace , Islington The cause had been traced to the over-heating of a kitchen flue , which set the jostlingsand bond timbers in a blaze . The parish engines were soon on the spot , and the flames were subdued , but not until considerable damage was done to the premises and the furniture . Fortunately the occupier is insured in the Licensed Victuallers' office . Bethnal Grko . Same morning * a fire broke out at 1 , Manchesterstreet , Bethnal-green . When discovered , about 30 trusses of hay and straw were burning in the stable at the rear of the private houses . The engines ol the London Brigade and tho parish one quickly reached the spot , and the firemen at length got the mastery over the flames , but not until the roof of the building was burned off , the stock consumed , and the flooring destroyed . The occupier was not insured .

    Destitutios of the Mktropolis . — "Upwards of 50 , 000 persons are now inmates of the London workhouses ; 60 , 000 are receiving out-door relief ; and from 1 , 400 to 2 , 000 nightly sheltered in the refugefor the houseless . Inquests on Convicts at Woolwich . —On Saturday last inquests were held at Woolwieh on the bodies of three } more of the convicts who had died , and in each case a verdict of death from natural causes was returned . Each of the deceased had been in a bad state of health when rent to Woolwich , and

    Mr . Bossey , the surgeon , said he thought it highly important to let it go forth to the world that the cause of the large mortality at Woolwich arose from Government having made the Royal Arsenal the convict invalid depot , from both home and foreign establishments . Recently a large draught of these unfortunate sick beings arrived from Bermuda , which would account for the mortality being so large , as all the aged and infirm were sent to Woolwich to be restored to health or die . The labour they performed was comparatively light .

    Mysterious Disappearance of a Servant and an Infant . —One day last week an application was made to the magistrate at Marylebone Police Court , by Mr . Ashdown , | apaddler , ofPark-laoe , Dorset-square , respecting the disappearance of his little girl , aged a year and a half , and his servant . Mr . Ashdown stated that on Tuesday morning his servant , a girl of fifteen , tookthe child out for a walk , and nothing more had been heard ' of them , notwithstanding the most active search had been made . The child , since the father ' s ' application , has been discovered under the following mysterious circumstances : —The servant girl states that on Tuesday , whilst in Bakerstreet , Portman-square , she put the child down whilst she stooped at a doorway lacing her boot , after doing which she was alarmed at not seeing anything of the child . Being alarmed at not finding the child she did not return to her mistress till the next

    day . Between seven and eight o clock on the Tuesday evening a policeman on duty in Judd-street , Battle-bridge ( a distance of nearly four miles from Baker-street ) , was passing a gentleman's garden he heard the cries of a child . He informed the occupants , and on going into the garden they found tho child , who must have been put there , as the railings wero about five feet high , and there is no space for the child to creep through . In further proof that the child was catried away and placed where it was found , the streets on that day were very muddy , and the little thing ' s shoes were unsoiled . It was taken to the station-house for that night , and the next morning conveyed to St . Pancras workhouse , where it remained until Thursday night , when its parents were traced out .

    Extension of the Soutu Western Railway . —On Saturday the viaduct reached Glasshouse-street , Lambeth , having completed one-half of the proposed extension , and already crossed the Kennigton and Vauxhall-bridge-roads ; on Monday the houses in Gloucester-row , Princes-row , Moss-flelds , Salamancaplace , street , and row , together with several in Anderson ' s-walk , was demolished for the further progress ; as also , in the course ot a few days , the houses on either side of the Westminster-bridge-road , where the railway crosses at the Marsh-cate .

    Fatal Accident , —Information was on Tuesday forwarded to the Coroner ' s office of the death of Thomas Whitehead , aged fifty-eight years , under the following circumstances . The deceased was a distiller , and resided at No . 4 , Laxton-place , Regent ' spark , and on the 12 th inst . he was altering the clock , being perched upon a chair , when , losing his equilibrium , he fell backwards and sustained such injuries as to cause his death in the University College Hospital on the 22 d inst . A Child Found Murdered in Brunswick-. 'quare . —On Tuesday afternoon , Mr . G . I . Mills held an inquest at the Elephant and Castle , King's-voad , Camden Town , on the body of a newly-born male child . Henry Smith , street-keeper on the

    Foundling estate , deposed that on Sunday morning last he was on duty in Brunswick-square , when he was informed by a man that there was a bundle lyinc within theinclosure of the square . He went to the spot , and , in the hollow , al out five feet below the railings , he found a bundle , the outer covering of which was an old blue handkerchief with white spots . On opening the bundle he found the body of a newly-born male child , wrapped in a piece of white sheeting , covered with blood , lie gave information to the police , and the body was taken to St . Pancras workhouse . Mr . T . II . Cooper , the parish surgeon , said he had examined the body , which was that of a very fine full-grown male child . The umbilical cord had

    been cut close to the body , and there had been considerable hemorrhage . The child had been born alive , and was now very much decomposed . The jury ultimately returned a verdict of " Wilfulmurder against some person or persons unknown . " Robberies . —On Monday information was received by the police , that Mr . John Waite , of No . 13 , City , road , was robbed on Saturday night last , while coming out in the crowd from the Eagle Saloon , of a gold watch . Also was stolen from the person of Mr . Bowling , of Shepherd ' s Bush , Hammersmith , while riding in an omnibus , near the Regent ' s Park , a silk purse , containing eight sovereigns and some silver .

    Destitution of the Spitalfields Weavers . —On Tuesday night a meeting of the broad-silk hand-loom weavers of Spitalfields aud its vicinity was held at the Crown and Anchor , Waterloo-town , Bethnaigreen , to receive the report of the committee appointed at the meeting on Tuesday evening last , to wait upon Mr . Hanbury , to request that ho would , in the present alarming state of the weavers , distribute the money in his hands out of the funds raised for their relief in the year 18 ) 2 ; Mr . Avanche , a weaver , in the chair . Mr . Bretton , on the part ot the committee , stated that the deputation had had an interview with Mr . H & nbury ; he informed the

    deputation that he had JtSOO remaining of the fund of 1842 , but . that he had no power to dispose of it without the sanction of the committee . The report having been unanimously received , it was resolved that Messrs . Bretton and Pickersgill should then waiton Mr . Hanbury : they proceeded directly , when they ascertained that the committee had assembled that evening , and it is understood that measures will be taken to distribute the money . A resolution was then agreed tonem . con ., that Mr . Hanbury be applied to to defray the expense of the two meetings out of the funds iu his possession . Thanks were voted to the chairman and the meeting separated .

    Another Maniac Railway Travrller . —The rapidity of locomotion peculiar to railway travelling would really appear to have a most extraordinary effect on the minds of some men , if one may judge from the stranec occurrences every now and then taking place on the principal line- of railway . It is only a few weeks since that the public were startled by an account of a gentleman who , after threatening to murder his companion in a first-class carriage on the North-Western Railway , leaped from the train , and , by a miracle , escaped with only a few slight bruises . A few days ago an incident of a . somewhat similar character occurred on the South-Eastern Railway . A person of respectable appearance , whose

    name lias since been ascertained to be Scott , booked himself at the Eelkstone station of this line by a third-class train for London . During the progress of the train his manner attracted the observation of some of his fellow-passengers , but it was not until their arrival at the Godstone Road station that anything ot a serious character . occurred . On reaching this place , however , Mr . Scott [ exhibited an extraordinary degree of excitement , ; and calling aloud for assistance , declared that his fellow-passengers were attempting to stab him with their knives . The guard endeavoured to appease him , but he insisted on getting out of the carriage . Under the impression that if the train were once in motion the unfortunate

    man would remain quiescent , the guard gave the signal to "tho driver to proceed . He had scarcely done so when Mr . Scott burst open the carriage door , and jumping on the platform , bounded over tho hedge into an adjoining field , across which he ran at full speed . The guard observing all that had occurred , immediately stopped the train , und giving chase , came up with the poor tellow in a few moments . Partly by persuasion and partly by force , he induced him to return , and having placed him iu a second

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    class carriage , under tho care of a porter and two of the passengers who kindly offered to undertake the disagreeable duty , tho train again proceeded . Alter the train was in motion Mr . Scott ' s excitement vncreased . and notwithstanding the utmost precautions , ho contrived to force his head and shoulders through the window of tho carriage , smashing the glass and frame to pieces , and being with great difficulty prevented from precipitating himself out of the carriage . On arriving at London Bridge he was consigned to the care of the policewho conveyed him to tho

    , Southwark Police court . Mr . Pulsford attended on the part of the company , and by desire of Mr . Macgregor , the chairman of the board , on the magistrate undertaking to sec that the unfortunate man was restored to the care of his friends , expressed the desire of tho directors to take no turthor proceeding in the matter . It has been ascertained that Mr . Scott is a student for the Catholic priesthood , and that he was on his way from a collegiate institution at Calais to Liverpool , where his friends resided , when tho above facts occurred .

    Alarming Firbs . — Shortly before midnight on Monday a fire broke out on the premises in the occupation of Mr . F . Sargeant . a greengrocer , in Stonecutter-yard , Kent-street , Southwavk . It originated in a building used as a stable . The alarm was promptly given , and tho firemen soon arrived , but not in time to save the building , for both that and a boric contained therein were burned . The groans of the animal during the agony of death were distressing—About the same hour a fire that created

    considerable alarm , but fortunately did little mischief , broke out in Verrey ' s Hotel , 18 , New Bond-street , It was caused by the heat of a muffin oven on the ground floor . Owing to the timely aid the fire was soon ' extinguished . —Between one and two Wednesday morning , a fire was discovered burning at No . 1 , Cambridge-street , Golden-square , in the occupation of Mr . ° P . Turnbull , pawnbroker . A spark from a lighted candle , it is supposed , was the cause . The inmates succeeded in extinguishing the flames but not until some wearing apparel was destroyed , and

    the building injured . Inquests . — Suicide by a iouno Female . — On Monday afternoon last , before Mr . Mills , at the Norfolk Arms , Burton-crescent , on the body of Eliza Emery , aged nineteen . The deceased had been , during the past four weeks , in the service of Mr . Fenn , cheesemonger , of Marchmont-street . On the night of Thursday last she made an excuse togo out to purchase half a pint of porter , instead of which she went to a chemist ' s in the neighbourhood and procured a pennyworth of laudanum . Having been taxed with so doing , she denied it , but the laudanum

    was found concealed under a cup in the front area . In consequence of that a police-constable was called in , and the deceased was taken to the station-house , but she having informed the inspector on duty that the drug was required to cure her tooth-acho , and it being proved that none of it had been taken , she was allowed to go home . During the whole of Friday she appeared in good spirits , but on Saturday morning , on the return of Mr . Fenn's nephew from market , he found the deceased hanging by the neck to the back door , by means of a cotton duster , which she had fastened to the lock . She was quite dead . Verdict , '' Temporary insanity . "

    Lvquests . —Suicide . — On Tuesday , by Mr . Bedford , at the Crown . Crswncourt , Windmill-street , Havmarkct , on the body of Mrs . Mary Ann Pikely , aged fifty-two years . The deceased had been for some time past addicted to intemperance . On Saturday night last , her daughter returned home and found the deceased lying on the bod , quite dead and cold . A cup was found on tho table which had recently contained arsenic , and a paper with a portion of the same poison . Mr . Mottley , a surgeon , said the deceased had died from the effects of arsenic . She had taken sufficient to kill twenty persons . Verdict , "Temporary insanity .

    Suicide in Clerkenwell Workhouse . —On Tuesday , before Mr . Mills , deputy-coroner , at the Golden Anchor , Clerkenwell , on the body of John Perrin , aged sixty-nine , a pauper . The deceased had been an inmate of the workhouse about three years . Lately he had been desponding , and imagined that his friends had not behaved so kindly to him . On the morning of Saturday last , about hall-past six o ' clock , he was found in his bed , with a piece of cord tied round his nerk , and fastened to a hook in the wall . An instant alarm was raised , and the deceased was cut down , but life was extinct . Verdict , '' Temporary insanity . "

    Suicide . —On Tuesday , before Mr . W . Baker , at the Black Horse , Kingshnd-road , on view ot the body of Diana Coleman , aged forty-three years . On Saturday night last her husband , when he returned home from his work , found the deceased intoxicated . An altercation ensued , and on the following morning , about six o ' clock she left home . About two hours afterwards the body of the deceased was discovered floating in the Regent ' s Canal , close to the Kingsland-ioad bridge . Thejury returned an open verdict of" Found drowned . " Deaths from Fire . —On Tuesday , before Mr . Baker , at the London Hospital , on the body of James Barrett , aged fifty years . On Saturday night , the 9 th of Jan ., he went home intoxicated , retired to bed ,

    when the tobacco fell from the pipe and ignited the bed clothes . A lodger in the same house perceived the smoke issuing from the windows . The fire was extinguished , and the deceased was removed to the hospital , where it was found that he was severely burnt . He died on Friday last . Verdict , "Accidental death . " Another , on the body of Charles Murphy , aged filteen months . On Wednesday last , the deceased was left in the care of its brother , a boy about fifteen years of age . In the afternoon he left the intant asleep in bed , and went out to play . During his absence the child crawled from the bed and its clothes caught fire . The child was taken to the hospital , where it expired on the following Fridav . Verdict , " Accidental death . "

    Destructive Fires . —On Wednesday night , about eleven o ' clock , the premises in tho occupation of Mr . Morgan , greengrocer , No . 138 , High-street , Shad , well , were discovered to be on tire . An instant alarm was raised , and after considerable trouble , the inmates , who were in their beds asleep , were aroused . By that period , the Jower portion of the premises was wrapped in tire , and the flames were ascending the staircase with such fury that none of the inmates were able to escape by the regular means . In the space of a few minutes , Mr . Morgan , two females , and five children , appeared at the first floor front , and with the assistance of police constable Carr , 100 K , and a waterman named Griffith , the whole of the parties wore taken from the windows ; and strange to

    say , not one ot them received the least personal injury . Some idea of the fury of the flames , and the intense heat to which they were exposed , may be formed , when it is stated , that the instant after tho residents had left the house , the firo shot through the front windows with tho greatest fury . The engines of the parish , London brigade , and West of England Company , quickly attended , and plenty of water , being procured from the mains of the East London waterworks , the engines were called into requisition , and the firemen carried the hose up the staircase , and by that way they were enabled to pour a continuous stream upon tho flames . gWhilst , however , they were so engaged , a large mass of flame entered one of the'rooius in which the firemen were , and Mackay , the head engineer of Wellclose-square station , was knocked down by its power , and had it not been for the timely aid afforded bv other

    firemen , ho doubtlessly would have lost bis life in the building . By dint of great perseverance , the flames were extinguished before twelve o'clock ; tho dmuage done , however , is very considerable : fortunately , the proprieterof the premises was insured in the Phoonix and Union Fire-offices . How the fire originated could not be ascertained . About an hour previous , a fire broke out in the premises occupied by Mr . George Wild , a carpenter and builder , situate in West-street , Spa-road , Bennondsey . The cause is wrapped in mystery . Tho engines of the parish , London brigade , nnd West of England offices , reached the sccno of conflagration in a space of time almost incredibly briel , but tho / lames wero not extinguished until a building , 30 ieet by 13 , in which the fire began , was destroyed . Unfortunately the same is not insured .

    Fire on the River . —On Tuesday night a fire broke out on board a barge moored off the coal whippers' register-office , Lower Shadwell , in which the shovels , baskets , and other working gear used in the delivery of coal-ships are deposited . A fire had been kindled in an iron grate on board , and some boys , while playing , capsized the grate . There was a good deal of combustible matter in the vessel , and the flames soon burst forth . An alarm was raised , and a great number of coal-whippers and others went on hoard and extinguished the flames , not before considerable damage was done .

    Railway Incident . —On Wednesday information of the following imposition and robbery was received by the police : —A few days since Mrs . Phillips , a lady residing at 3 , Upper Kennington-green , while proceeding on a visit to Eaher , by tho South Western Railway , met in one of the tirst-class carriages with a young man of elegant appearance , evidently a foreigner , who entered into conversation with her , and made himself a most agreeable companion during the short journey . On Tuesday afternoon the gentleman , who had by some means or other ascertained Mrs . Phillips's address , called at her residence , and requested an interview with her , which was granted . In tho course of their telc-a-tete , the gentleman informed the lady that he was the

    secretary to the Russian embassy in this country , and ' handed her a card , on which was engraved the name of" Emilie Knockendorsoy , Russian Embassy , " and before the interview was concluded he had so ingratiated himself with his now acquaintance as to obtain from her ( under what fraudaulent pretence has not yet transpired ) a gold Geneva watch and a £ 5 Bank of England note , with which , he took his departure . A few minutes after he left tho house Mis . Phillips missed from the room a small packet containing seven pairs of new French kid cloves . That discovery caused on Mrs . Phillips ' s mind a doubt of Monsieur Knockensdorsoy ' s veracity , and inquiries wero speedily made at tho Russian era-I bassy , whore it was founi he . was unknown .

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    DREADFUL SHIPWRECK . The following account of the appalling shipwreck of a French vessel appeared in the Times of Monday : — " Tho vessel , named Emilie , a brig of 2 i 0 tons , was of Nantes , she had four months ago been to Dun kirk with fruit , where the captain , whose name was Selidre , had her repaired and new coppered . In search of a freight , about a month ago , he left Dunkirk for Cardiff with a fresh crew , consisting of a mate , four able seamen , tw » ordinary seamen , and a cabin boy . On arriving at Cardiff he heard * through a pilot of his being likely to find a freight at Newport , and he proceeded there and got a full cargo of iron reds for Marseilles . At four o ' clock in the mornin g of Saturday last the ship left Newport—a

    steamer having towed her about a Uague to sea . She mad e little way all that day on account of there being little or no wind , but soon after sunset the wind sprang up , and by night freshened so , and at the same time was so thick with rain that they shortened sail ; throughout the night it blew very hard , and with torrents of rain ; they reefed a second time and all hands remained on deck , the night was so thick ; and as the wind was unfavourable the captain determined to return to Cardiff . About 8 o ' clock in the morning they passed close > a . beacon and very shortly after the vessel struck a sand , they instantly let go their anchor with a chain cable , but it snapped ; the vessel continuing to proceed me captain would not Jet no another anchor , which they

    were preparing to do , thinking she would clear the obstacle , but soon after she struck again , and every now and then , as they were endeavouring to get into deep water . The vessel drifted all this time , the wind blowing dead ashore , but they could not see the land by reason of the torrents of rain , so they let go two anchors , which held , but the vessel was in very shallow water ; they hoisted a flag of distress half way up the peak ; this was about 10 o ' clock , and they remained at anchor until about 2 , the wind all the time blowing very hard with a deal of rain . On the tide rising , they , in order to beat to sea , tried to weigh their anchors , but could not , so let them slip , and manoeuvred to try to get the vessel to sea , but the wind blowing dead ashore , with much sea , they could not , and the vessel drifting struck again , and

    fearing the falling of the masts , and the sea sweeping the deck , they all took to the cabin , but the sea rushing in there they ran upon deck again and found the two boats and everything had been carried away , so they took refuge on the poop ; but the waves pursuing them there they started again , and all nine ran up the mainmast . There they remained two or three hours , shivering and shaking with cold , wet , and fatigue , and , continually looking wistfully around for help , could see nothing . At length it cleared a little , and , to their astonishment , they saw they wcreclose to the land , and , perceiving a man on the cliff who kept throwing up his arms to catch their sight , they waved their arms to him and hallooed . To hear them was impossible , from the howling ol

    the wind , roaring of the sea , and rumbling of the stones ; but after a time tho man ran away , as for help . Full of hope , they encouraged each other tho best way they could ; but it was dusk—night coming on at a rapid pace , and the wind and sea increasing made the masts shiver most alarmingly , and the vessel going fast to pieces they all silently slipped off their shoes and upper garments against the coming struggle . The cabin boy whimpered , he could not swim . They told him they would all assist each other . Crash went the mast , nnd all were precipitated into the boiling sea . "Not a shriek , " says the man who was saved , " escaped anyone of us . What then took place around me I know not . I was at the bottom of the sea ,

    but in a moment up again , and struck out for the shore . While swimming 1 saw , without his hat , a man near me ' swimming most manfully ; he hallooed out to me ' Catch hold of a piece of wood . ' I knew him to be my townsman , Jacques Francois Stumulere , of Dunkirk , from his speaking in Flemish . I snatched a small piece of wood , which I held under my arm . and was buffeting the waves with my other , when I saw and caught a hencoop . A wave then threw meon the shingles , another immediate !? higher up , and a third against the cliff . I fell stunned . On recovering I looked around for my comrade , but saw him not , nor the captain nor any of the crew . As the waves still reached me I held on to the cliff , but found they receded , and when I thought all danger from them passed I left where I was , being there exposed

    to another danger from the cliff constantly falling from above through the thaw and rain . I scrambled some little distance to westward on the beach , hoping to find a place in the cliff to climb up , but finding none , as it was dark , I returned to near where I had been ; but suddenly recollecting that the man on the cliff had run towards the cast , I dragged myself in that direction , but soon fell exhausted on ihe stones . After remaining in that state a length of time I heard some voices , started up and hallooed—they answered me , and two men and a boy with a lantern came to me ; the boy gave me a piece of bread and cheese , which I instantly ate , for I had had nothing all day ; other people arrived , and took me to the village and house where , thank God , I now am . " The house is a public-house , the Plough and Harrow , at Monkwasb .

    The seaman ' s name who is saved , is Jean Sohie , of Dunkirk ; he is 25 nnd unmarried . The bodies of the eight others have all been found ; four were t iken to Monknash church . An inquest was held on them on Monday last . As the Frenchman could not speak English and as no one in the parish knew French , the coroner hearing I did sent for me , and requested I would be interpreter for them , to which I assented , and was sworn . The coroner , thejury , the Frenchman and myself went to the church to view the bodies . On my raising the cloth from the first corpse ' s face , Sohie said , that is tho captain , his name is Seliere ; he is of Nantes , nnd about SOyears of age and unmarried . On my lifting thecloth from another's face , he said , that is the cabin boy , Augustc D'Aubricour , he is U . On seeing a third , he said , that is Alexandre Sauvage , ordinary seaman , about 18 years of age . Of the fourth , who was much bruised about the face , he said , after examining the clothes , that is Brassard , ordinary seaman , about 10 years of

    ** ££ The two bodies found in Wick parish were taken to that church . An inquest was held on them there on Tuesday . On going with the coroner to the church , Sohie , as before , identified the bodies , although their faces were dreadfully beaten and lacerated by striking the rocks . One he said was Godin , the mate , about forty-eight years of age , a married man , but he did not know if he had any children ; the other he said was Auguste , about forty-three , has a wife and one child ; he is of Caen .

    The two bodies picked up under these lighthouses were carried to Marcross Church . An inquest was held on them . ~ Sohie said , one of the bodies was that of Eticnne , an Italian , and an able seaman , about thirty years of age and unmarried ; the other that of Jacques Francois Stimulrie , an able seaman , aged forty-eight , of Dunkirk , and who has a wile nnd five children to mourn his loss . This is tho man who spoke to Sohie in Flemish while swimming . The vessel has gone all to pieces ; but the cargo ( iron ) lies all in a heap on the sand , about half a mile beyond Nash Coom . James Viney , Assistant-Light-keeper of the Nash Lighthouses , Nash Lighthouses , Glamorganshire .

    Appalling Accident. Ten Persons Drowned ...

    APPALLING ACCIDENT . Ten Persons Drowned in an Omnibus . —A most melancholy occurrence took place at Bidef ' ord last week , which , in consequence of the number of lives that were sacrificed , has cast a gloom over the whole neighbourhood and the adjacent villages . On Tuesday evening , Bowdcn's omnibus , which plies between Bidcford and Torrington , and is designated the Safety , drew up oppesito the quay , and at 0 o ' clock started for the latter town . The vehicle was full of passengers , 11 persons being inside , and one on the roof . It had not gone many yards before one of the horses became restive , and after making two or three plunges tho polo and splinter broke asunder irom the carriage , which in & tantly went down tho declivity of tho quay , and with tho whole of its passengers was

    precipitated ever into the river . The night was dark , and there were upwards of 20 feet of water , the tide being up . There was a terrific shriek from tho passengers , but it was only momentary . A woman , who was on tho roof , fortunately got ashore , and Mr . Michael Chappie , a glovemakcr , of Torrington , by a desperate effort burst open the door of the omnibus and swam ashore , assisted by a soldier , who bravely jumped in to his rescue . Ho was the only one of the inside passengers who escaped , the remainder all perished . Grappling irons wero immediately procured , and every effort ^ made to save some of them , but all in vain ; it was nearly two hours before the omnibus was brought ashore . When raised on to the quay the sight was truly horrifying ; the sufferers were lying iu a mass at tho furthermost end from the entrance . It was evident they had struggled earnestly to escape . The inquest on tho bodies took place on Wednesday , before My .

    Pridian , the borough coroner . Their names were given out as follows : —Mrs . Fanny Friendship , aged 40 ( left five children ); Ann Norman ( a widow ) aged 05 ; Mrs . Elizabeth Friendship , aged 35 ( left six children ); Mary Ann Friendship ( daughter of the last deceased ) , aged 11 ; Mrs . Ann Page , aged 40 ; Mr . John Chappie , aged GO ( brother of the gentleman who escaped ); John Passmore , aged 80 ; Miss Elizabeth Griffey , aged 60 ; and two other women , names unknown . Tho burden of the evidence went to prove that the melancholy affair arose from accident alone , for although the driver was charged with being drunk , and incapable of taking charge of his horses , the whole proved unfounded . After a lengthened inquiry , which lasted several hours , the jury returneil the subjoined verdict : — " Accidental death ; and the jury * 6 tvongly recommended an indictment being laid ' against the authorities ot the town for allowing the quayside to remain m the dangerous state it toi , "

    The Diamond Robbery . Robert Kerr, Capta...

    THE DIAMOND ROBBERY Robert Kerr , captain of the Levenside , who standcharged with having stolen a large quantity of din monds which were consigned to merchants in Lm , don , and entrusted to his care , was brought vmL further examination , at the Mansion House Z Saturday . ' Daniel Campbell was then called . He said-r went out in the vessel Levenside as second mate T recollect the vessel loading a cargo at Bahia for the homeward bound voyage . It is my duty to keen what is called the cargo book , in which I enter what is received . _ I did not know that while the vessel was at Bahia we received any diamonds on board , I first learned the fact that there were diamonds ' on board when we were between Bahia and the coast of France . Tho master showed me tne bill of lading then , and that was , I think , the first time I knew there was anything of the kind on board . I asked

    why the diamonds were left out , and the master said he was afraid of pirates or others coming on board . He afterwards showed me the parcels in the boxes , having taken them out of a drawer in tho cabin table , which he alway kept locked . I remember some gentlemen coming on board , to whom he showed the diamonds . When we came off the Downs a Deal pilot came on boaad , and thclcaptain came to mo and said he was going on shore . I asked him why he was going on shore , to which he replied that he would rather meet the owneraon shore than on board The captain then went ashore , leaving the Deal pilot and myself to manage the vessel . The steward was always in the cabin . The captain , before he went away , went into the cabin to dress himself and remained there Tabout halt an hour or less ' Next morning Mr . M'Millan , one of the owners , came on board with an officer of the coast guard , and I remember they broke open the drawers , and the diamonds were not to be found .

    George Foreman was next called by Mr . Clarkson —He said I am a licensed victualler , residing iu Lower East Smithfield . I keep the Albion public house . On Thursday , the 21 st of January , the pri . sonercame in the evening to my house , between five and six o ' clock , and appeared surprised that the old landlord was gone . On the next day he asked me to recommend him to a tailor ; and I sent him to my neighbour , Cornelius Hoare , and we both went to the prisoner in his bedroom , where he appeared to be ill . On the dressing-table there was a parcel with rough stones in it , like gravel stones , lying open and loose in papers . He was measured for the clothes , and after that we entered into conversation together , and he said he had been out three tears , and

    had been trading two years of that time backwards and forwards for himself , and had brought home some precious stones , which he called diamonds . He pointed them out , and said that they were of but little value in the country in which he had got them , but they were valuable hero . Ot their value he did not say anything ; but he gave me a parcel to sell for him , and said he wanted £ 550 for them . I asked Hoare whether he knew any lady who would be likely to become a purchaser , and he replied that he had a friend who might buy them , and he mentioned the name of Mr . Gideon . 1 wont with Hoare to Gideon , and he sent for Mr . Benjamin . Benjamin came , and said he would take the diamonds to tho market . We then went to the Royal Exchange , and Benjamin offered them to a person who refused to purchase them , and told Benjamin to go to his office and speak to his clerk . Afterwards I returned to the captain . I had the diamonds at the time , and I

    told him that I had asked £ 550 for them , but the gentleman would not give any such price for them , aud he said to me , "Take the whole ot them , and go and get me what you can for them . " He then said , " There is a few for you , landlord , and there is a few for your tailor , for you have had a great deal of trouble about it ; " and fie gave us some of the diamonds . Mr . Martin did not give me an account of the weight oi the diamonds . I left thera wholly and solely in Benjamin ' s possession . Mr . Martin had given us his cheque for the sum , and we went to the Commercial Bank of London , and got the cheque cashed . We received £ 200 in gold amongst the cash for the cheque . When we got the JEI . ToO we went home and gave it to the captain , who paid me for the accommodation he had had at my house a £ 60 note , saying that that would settle the bill . Mr . Clarkson—Had you your diamonds in your coat pocket all the time ?

    Witness—ies . After I left the captain in the morning I gave my diamonds to Hoare , and desired him to get what he could for them . Mr . Clarkson—And what did lie bring to you ? Witness—lie brought me £ 50 , and siid there was £ S 0 more coming . Hoare and 1 were to have in all £ 280 lor our diamonds . Air Clarkson—It is fair towards Mr . Benjamin to say that he gave up tho diamonds he purchased of Foreman and Hoare to the solicitors to the prosecutors when he learned that they had been stolen . Cornelius Hoare , the clothier and tailor mentioned in Foreman ' s evidence , said all that Foreman stated was correct ; he ' cnuld add no more . Mr . Clarkson—We understand that Foreman put into your hands the diamonds which the prisoner gave to him , and that you disposed of all tho prisoner gave to both of you as presents ?

    Hoare—Yes ; and I took them to Mr . Gideon , and ultimately I sold them to Benjamin for £ 2 S 0 . I received £ 140 of it , and I gave Foreman £ 50 , and he gave me credit for £ 90 . I paid it into the Bank of England , and since that I refunded all I received to Benjamin , and he restored the diamonds to the solicitors for the prosecution . Benjamin Benjamin said—I am a general dealer , and reside in the Minories . I was introduced to Foreman and Hoare through the intermediation of

    Mr . Gideon , who is a particular friend of mine , and I introduced them to Air . Martin concerning the diamonds , and Mr . Martin bought them . 1 had previously offered them to a gentleman on 'Change . I received nothing mora than my commission , £ ' 2 j upon the sale for £ 1 , 750 from Air . Martin . I afterwards bought 399 carats and a quarter from Hoare and Foreman for £ 280 , which was at the same ratio that Mr . Martjn purchased the lot for . Mr . Clarkson—You afterwards sold your purchase ; what did you get for it ?

    Benjamin—I went out to seek a customer , and 1 succeeded in effecting a contract for £ 520 ; and the moment I heard lu * w the diamonds had been got , I succeeded in annulling the contract , and I gave up the diamonds in the presence of Mr . Peachy and Mr . Levi . Mr . Peachy here produced the diamonds which Benjamin had purchased , and Mr . Clarkson applied to the Lord Mayor to impound them at once . His Lordship immediately complied . Mr . Clarkson—They seem to bo large . Benjamin—Diamonds may be large and not a bit the better for that . I ought to mention , that there are no more than two or three judges of [ rough diamonds in London , and a man is as liable to lesa as to gain £ 1 , 000 , by purchasing a lot of them . There is nothing more doubtful . Mr . Martin weighed the lot he purchased , and I believe there were 2 , 500 carats , judging from a glance I took at the scale , but I am not positive of that .

    Mr . John M'Millan , one of the owners of the Levenside , stated that in consequence of what he had heard of the captain , he went down to Deal a week before the vessel got into the Downs . lie went on board with the captain of the coast-guard , and found that the captain had gone away . He examined the vessel , and found that tho diamonds ot which the mate had spoken to him had also disappeared , lie went in search of the captain , but was unable to nnd him . He then proceeded to London , and lrom thence he went , accompanied by A ? r . Forrester , the officer , to Boulogne , and from Boulogne to Montreuil , where they found the prisoner , who returned with them to England . On the passage the prisoner

    asked witness whether Hoare and Foreman were in custody , and when witness said ho believed not , he seemed surprised . He remarked to witness that ha expected to be transported for what he had done . He wished , he said , to have gone to Havre , and from thence to have proceeded to America . John Forrester said—When I apprehended tho prisoner I asked him what money lie had , ho tliw threw his purse on the table , and I asked him whether ho had not more money , to which he replied , " N'Ji I have been robbed of it . " There was £ 81 in gold . I asked him whether he had any diamonds , and ho said ho believed he had , and lie produced three diamonds ; afterwards ho asked Mr . M'Millan to speak

    to him , and I received from that gentleman £ 200 a bank notes . The Lord Mayor said that when the depositions wero made out he should commit the prisoner for trial . ii n ^^ ltn— —¦

    Shooting At A Sparrow And Killing A Pio ...

    Shooting at a Sparrow and Killing a Pio - *" We have heard of cockney sportsmen shooting . * " » crow and killing a barton cock—and of . an Irisbaw having a gun thai would shoot round the c 0 . rner ""** bat we never before heard of a railway poheeniai ' shooting at a sparrow and killing a pig ! Such , ho »* ever , is the faftt . On Tuesday morning , ono ot too policemen on . the Great Western Railway , station ** at Hillfarrance , procured . * gun for the purpose _ « amusing himself by footing birds durms then tor vals of the trains passing . Ihe first object that at tracted his attention was a sparrow hopping a "' in a neighbouring orchard ; he took aim , and lire * when lo ! instead of killing tho spwrow he fount ! tW » he had shot a pig . Ho forthwith repaired to w owner , and offered to give the value of the aiui » a \ " * exchange for the carcass , which was accepted , J ¦" affair has caused much merriment among the ge utu ' men of tho railway . Extraoiidinahy Cuniss of Dropsy by llolloway s l ' ' ' ; ' —Enmia Williams , a servant living with Mr * . Smi " 'j Oldhtun-road , Manchester , had lately become o t sw > size from dropsy as to appear ito use her own i \\«< " " ^ as big as a butt ; every usual treatment was triell > _ j 0 without effect , in this sad state she had recoup „ Holloway ' s Pills , and by them the water « 0 ' ! . , cll'J removed from her system , ami an effectual cure l ! Lju lu about six weeks . Theso Pills were lately tnyw' ^ two dropsical patients , discharged as incurable m » ^ of tho largest Hospitals in London , and they ul » both shortly cured oy this fauwus uusdteuwi

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 27, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_27021847/page/2/