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ABERNETHY'S PILE OINTMENT
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Abernethy's Pile Ointment
ABERNETHY'S PILE OINTMENT
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_,,.,.,, _„„ , - ui , nd _no-iions disease is the riles ! ami comparative , how few of the afflicted hnve beeu _per-JntlMtl _? cured bJ ordinary appeals to medical skill ! This , no doubt , arises from the use of powerful _iJntiJnKtoo fr > _uuentlyadiiiinistcr _« d by the profession ; indeed ) strong internal medicine should always be avoided lcadcasesofthts complaint . The proprietor of the ; . l * ove Ointment , alter years of acute suffering , placed himself ir thr the treatment of that eminent surgeon , Mr . Abernethy , was hy lum restored to perfect health , aud has enjoyed r sir since _withottt the slightest return of the disorder , - > ver a period ot hf ren years during whicU time the siunc ' _i-netl-netl-inn prescription lias t * een tlie means of IiealhiR avast number of desperate cases , both in and out of the rietrietor ' s circle * of friend ' , most of which cases had bee . under medical care , and some of them for a very _COUrabl-able time . Abcruethv's eile Ointment was introduced to __ tbe public by the desire of many who had been periV hey healed by its application , and since its introduction the fame of this Ointment has spread far and wide ; even _ftedtfediral Profession , always slow add unwilling to acknowledged the virtues of any medicine not prepared bv nr-ehr-elvcs do now freelv and frankly admit that Abcraet _' iy s Pile Oint ent is not only a valuable preparation , but wenver foiling reined * in every stage and variety of thatappalhng malady . iffeafferers will not repent giving the Ointment a tna ' . Multitudes of cases of its efficacy might be produced , ne me nature of the complaint did not render those who have been cured unwilling to publish their names _, mid . Id in covered Tots , at ' s . Cd . or thcquantity of-hr . _cls . 6 d . Pots in one for Its , with full directions for use , by i ' _liiriiij : ( _tcentto the Proprietor . ) Xapier-str _.-ct , Hoxton , New Town . London , where also can be procured every m , 7 m , 7 ' irVdirine « f repute * , _eluvct from tlicoiiffinal makers , with an allowance ou taking siiat a time . ;** U * Bc sure to ask for" ABE . VETIIY _' _* * PILE OI . VTMEXT . " "The Public are requested to be on their guard _nstnst noxious compositions sold at low prices , " and to observe that none can possibly be genuine , unless the name Ki Kixc is printed oa the Government Stamp affixed to eaeh pot , 4 s . 6 d ., which is the lowtst price the proprietor _ablabled to sell it at , owing to the great expense of t _.- . e ingredients .
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CORNS AND BUNIONS . PAUL'S EVERY MAN'S FRIEND . Patronised by the Royal _family , Nobility . Clergy , ie . n sa sure and speedy Cure for those severe annoyances , without causing the least pain or _ineotiveuieuce . Unlike al _icr icr remeelies for Corns its operation is such as to render the cutting of Corns altogether unnecessary : indeed , we ; y sy say , the practice of cutting Corus is at all times highly dangerous , and has been frequently attended with laineniite ue consequences , heudes its liability to increase their growth ; it adheres with the most _gentlo pressure , produces iinsinstant and delightful relief from torture , and with perseverance iu its application , entirely eradicates the most i eteeterate Corns and Bunions . ' * e £ * e £ timonia _" s have _be _* en received fi * m upwards of one hund ed Physicians and Surgeons ofthe greatest eminence , iwewell as f « vn ninny Officers of both Army and Navy , and nearly one thousand private letters fio . u thegentry in town _ilrdrmmtrj . ; _* _MkZaKin _li'gh terms of this valuable remedy . ifrefrepared t > y Jrilin i _' oy , in boxes at Is l * > d , or three small boxes in one for 2 * 3 d , and to he had , with full . _'irections "U ? use , of C . _Kiko , Kapier-street , Hoxton , Sew Town , Loudon , and all wholesale and retail medicine vendors in town id el country . The genuine has the name of John Fox on the sump . 2 s 9 d Box cures the most obdurate Corns . Afk for " _Paul'r Erery Man ' s _Fritnd . " '" . Mb _rnetliy ' s Pile Ointment , Paul ' s Corn Plaster , and Abernethy ' s Pile Powders , are solo by the followingrespectab _' e i lenieniUts .-md Healers in Patent Medicines : IBaBarclay and Sons , _Farringdon-street ; Edwards . 87 , St . Paul ' s Church-yar < * - Butler , 4 , Che . _ipside ; Newbery , St . nuliul ' s ; -JutUn , Bow Church yard ; Johnson , IC , G . erk-street , Soho , and C 3 , Cornhill ; Sanger , lOO , _Oxford-street ; ifl ' ifl ' onghby and Co , Cl . Bishopsgatc street Without ; Owen , 52 , Marchmond-strcet _, _Burton-crescent ; Eade , 39 , Gos-¦ _sllsll street ; Prout , 5 _' 2 S , Strand ; Hannay and Co ., 63 , Oxford-street ; Hunter and James , _IVebber-roiv ; and retail by all ispspectahle cheuiUU and medicine venders in London . _CtCouxTsr Acexts : —Baines and _Newstme ; Mr . Buckton , Times Office ; Hea ton Smeeton , Hall , Reinhardt and Sons ( C . Brotvne , 4 _* , Briggate , Thornton , 35 , Boar Lane , Denton , Garland , Maun , Bean , Harvey Haigh , late Tarbottom ololland and Kemplay , Land _Jfoxon , C . Hay , 106 , _Briggate , Ithodes , Bell and Brooke Lord , It . C . Hay , Medie-al Hall leeeeds : Cooper , Key and Fis & ar . Bradford ; Hartley , Berry , Suter , Leyland H . ilif ix ; Smith , Eland , Hurst , Cardwell tllell . Smith , Wakefield ; PjonsBarnsley ; Knowles , Thome , Brooke and Spivey , Huddersfield , Hudson , Keighley ofofthouse , Reinhardt ( late C <« rlton ) , Kinon , Alcock , Ba * nes Burrell , Bell , Burton , Healey , Mekon , Freeman , Picker _Hffi i lJ _. Garton , Williamson , Chapman . Hammond , Walli ? , Walker , Broomhead , Noble , Forstcr , Hardman , Stephenson i ' efeir , Bvder and Raker , Hull ; Pipe _? , Keningham , Johnson , Earle , Cornwall , Ilobiuson , Biighain , Beverley ; Brookes lononcaster ; Matthews , Creaser , Drifhield _; Cass , Goole ; Milner , Pickering : Stevenson . Whitby ; Uolton , Blanshard _ldttd Co , Hargrove , Fisher , Otley Linney , York ; Marston , Brigg ; Hurst , Robson , Armitage , fngolhy . Longhottom _jtrjuth ; Waiuwright , Ilonden ; Rayner , Smith Burlington ; Hornsby , Tt ' rai _. gham , Jefferson , Mnlton , Rhodes , _t-naitb _isismpley . Bromliead _. Irelind , _Bue-efcU , Scarborough ; Smith , Fa by , Brid _ington ; Adams , Colton , Pullen , Selby nimbler . Market , Weighton ; Fleck , Marsh , Rotherham , Hattersley , Ball , Officer , Barton , Browne , Gainsbwough _letedhil ' , Old Delph , Priestley , Fox , Pontefact ; Dalby , Wetherby , Slater , Bcdale Dixon , Northallerton , Ward , Rich orend ; Ward , Stokestey , Foggit and Thompson , Thirsk , Monkhouse Barnard Castle ; Pease , Darlington ; 3 ennett _ofockton ; ai . d by ill respectable chemists and medicine venders in erer . r market fmvn in _England . WWholesale _Asents—Messrs . Bolton . Blanshard , and Co ., druggists , Micklegate , Tork .
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_OODGHS , HOARSENESS , AND ALL ASTHMAT ASD PULMO-VAHr COMPLAINTS .
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VALUABLE TESTIMONIAL . 'Ihe following Testimonial ofa Cure ofa Cough of twenty teats standing , aad recovery ot strength wil be read with much interest : — 5 l » . —I beg to in ' orin you that for tbe last twenty ears I have suffered severely from a cough , and have seen under medical treatment with but little relief , and lave not for many years been able to walk more than lalf a mile a day . After taking three boxes of your oienges my Cough entirely left me , and I have this day
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ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL OB , ACQUIRED DEBILITIES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM .
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face , and body ; with approved mode of cure for both * exes _; followed by observations on tha obligations of if AR . _RIAGE , and healthy perpetuity ; with directions for the removal of certain Disqualifications : the whole pointed out to suffering humanity as a "SILENT F RIEND" to be consulted without exposure , and with assured confi dence of _suscess . _skR . and L . PERRY nd Co ., _CoswuLriK 3 _StTBOEOWS . Published by the Authors , and may be had at their Resilence , 19 , Berners-street , Oxford-street , London ; sold by Strange , 21 , Paternoster-row ; Hannay and Co ' ., 63 Oxf rd . street ; Gordon , 146 , LeadenhaU-street * , Powell 10 , Westmorland-street , Dublin ; Lindsay , 11 , _Elm-row ' Sdinhurgh ; D . Campbell , 13 G , _Argyle-street , Glasgow * ' nghara , _Market-street , Manchester ; Hewton , Churchitreet , Liverpool ; Guest , Bull-ntreet , Birmingham . ipisions or tiiis r & _css .
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FRAMPTON'S PILL OF IIEALTII . Price is I'd per box . THIS excellent Family PILL is a Medicine of long-tried efficacy for correcting all disorders of thc Stomach and Bowels , the common symptoms of which are Costiveness , Flatulency , Spasms , Loss of Appetite , Sick Headache , G _ddinees . Sense of Fulness after meals , Dizziness of the Eyes , Drowsiness and Pains in the Stomach and Bowels : Indigestion , producing a Torpid state of the Liver , and a consequent Inactivity o the Bowels , causing a _disorganisation of every function of the frame , will , in tbis most excellent preparation , by a little perseverance , be effectually removed . Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of its salutary effect . The stomach will speedily regain its strength ; a healthy action ofthe liver , bowels , and kidneys will rapidly take place ; and instead of listlessness , heat , pain , and jaundie-ed appearance , strength , activity , and renewed health , will be the quick result of taking this medicine , accordiug to the directions accompanying each box .
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he best wt'di . in" that can be _tuken during pregnancy ' tand for children of all ages tlicy are unequalled . As a pleasant , safe , and easy Aperient , they unite the recommendation of a mild operation with tlie most succeisful effect , nnd require no restraint of diet , or confinement during their use . By _regulating the dose , according to the age and strength of the patient , they become suitable for every case , in either sex , that can be required ; and for ELDERLY PEOPLE they will be found to be the most comfortable medicine hitherto prepared . Sold by T . Prout , T 2 < 3 , Strand , Loudon . Price ls I'd and 2 s 9 d per box ; and sold by and by the Venders of Medicines generally throughout the kingdom . Sold by Thomas Prout , 229 , Strand , London : and by bis appointment hy
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THE GREATEST SALE OF ANY MEDICINES IN TIIE GLOBE .
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had a pleurisy , wliich ended iu a large collection of matter in the chest , which eventually formed a passage through the wales of the chest , which ended in three fistulous ores , which continued to discharge large quantities of pus up to May , wben he was induced to try jour medicines ; attliisdate he was in an apparent dying condition , and in the highest degree of Marasmus or Consumption . He had severe hectic fever , the urine depositing large quantities of _sedimeut—constant _digressing cough—no appetite —and the stomach rejecting nearly everything he took , both food arid medicine , he began by taking five of your pills night and morning , which were gradually increased to ten , which in a short time hud the efi ' ect of completely curing the cough , _tltestomacli affections , and restoring the . wine to its natural state . His strength and flesh are also restored , and his appetite keen and digestion good . ( Signed ) Robert Calvert .
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THE Earl of Aldborough cured of a Liter and Stomach Complaint . Extract ofa letter from tlie Earl of Aldborougb , dated Villa Messina , Leghorn , 2 lst February , 1815 : — To Professor Holloway . Sir , — Various circumstances prevented the possibility of my thanking you before this time for your politeness iu sending me your pills as you did . I now take this opportunity of sending you an order forthe amount , and , at tbe same time , to add-that your pills bave effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and _steroiaeh , which all the most eminent of thc faculty at li me , and all over the continent , had not been able to effect ; nny ! not even the waters of Cailsbad and Marienbad . I wish to have another box and a p _« t of the ointment , in case any of my family should ever require either . Your most obliged and obedient sen-ant ,
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IMPORTANT TO MANY . REES' COMPOUND ESSENCE OF _CTJBEBS . —The most speedy and effectual remedy ever discovered for the cure of discharges , gleets , strictures , weakness , whites , pains in tbe loins and kidneys , heat , irritation , and gravel , frequently removing every _symptom of diseaso in four days , sometimes sooner . It contains in a concentrated state all tho efficacious parts ofthe Cuheb combined with the salt of sarsaparilla and other choice alteratives , which make it invaluable for eradicating nil impurities from tlie blood , pi eventing _secondary symptom ? , falling off of the hair , blotches , eve , and giving strength and energy to tlie whole system . It docs not contain mercury in any form , and may be taken by the most delicate or weakly of either sex with perfect safety , as well as benefit to their general health . In all cases of debility it has been found of the _greatest utility .
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—On Tuesday , pursuant to adjournment , a meeting of the directors and guardians of the poor of the parish of St Paocras , was held in the Board room of the workbouse , when tbe chair was taken by Mr Howorth , senior churchwarden , for the purpose of reconsideriiiK a communication from the Poor-law Commissioners , dated the 16 th _instant , and which has already been published . The effect of the communication was the same as upon former _occa-ions , viz ., the requiring certain returns to be made , and , in fact , a direct interference with the management
of the workhouse , against whieh the guardians bave now , and hitherto , evinced their disregard . A very warm discussion ensued upon tbe subject between several members of the board , the unanimous feeling of which was to rebut , or contend against any proceedings that might be adopted by the Poor-law Commissioners ; and , at the end of a lengthy conversation , the following resolution was _preposee , put , and carried r . em . eon . — "That Mr M'Galie _* , the vestry-clerk , be instructed to write to the Poor-law Commissioners , and simply acknowledge the receipt of their communication ot tbe 16 th inst . "
Discovery op Ancient Tombs . —The excavation * for tbe Lyons mil way have brought to light , not tar from the gates of Melun , a number of tombs of the highest interest to the antiquary . At a depth of no more than two feet , eighteen stone sarcophagi have been discovered . Thc chaste and simple _foim , and the large dimensions of these sarcophagi give them a majestic and imposing appearance .
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Cpbe of a Diseased Ancle op Long Standing bv Holm way ' s Ointment and Pills . —The wile oY Mr Batchelor , a carpenter , residing for twenty years _piist at Ilampstead , had been laid up for a considerable time with a diseased ancle , the pafn was often almost maddening ; hy bad treatment humours settled in her head and other parts , causing incessant and elistractiiig headaches , which had such an effect upon her health that there was every symptom of her constitution rapidly breaking up . She had recourse to numerous medical men without obtaining the least benefit , but , notwithstanding , Holloway ' s Ointment and Pills cured her , and made her as well ns ever she wns in her life . Coass- —There is nothing so distressingly painful as a Corn , and yet nothing which can be so easily _re-nedicd . We havo ourselves given a trial to that excellent Corn Plainer , known as " Paul ' Every Man ' s Friend , " and are so convinced of its efficacy as to recommend it to the notice of all our readers . Paul ' s Every Man ' s Friend can he obtained of any respectablo Chemist in town or country , in boxes at Is . _i"d ., or the quantity of three 6 mall boxes in one , for 2 s . 9 d .
Napoleon _Bonapaete . —His fate furnishes a remarkable instance of the instability of human greatness , and there is no doubt that his dislike to medicine remotely caused his early dissolution ; for rather than take Borae simple remedy , he allowed disenso to gain ascendancy over the constitution , and deatb was the result . Thus It is that pewons cannot be more watchful of their state of health _, and being always provided with a safe and efficient medicine , such as _** . w _ti . i ton ' s Pill of Health , enjoy th e two greeatstble-siu _; ' . ti world , health and lout life .
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Abominablk OreBNCB . -At the Lewes _Assmes . JnbnBowyer , 65 , a person of _gentemanly appear _ance , _wliolias for thirty years practised as _asol _. c to in the town of Petworth , was indicted as a principal in feloniously demanding money fromSir C . _B *' « _"rel under a threat of accusing his son , Mr Percy Burrell ofan abominable offence ; and Panie Steer , 29 , was char ged as an accessory in feloniously inciting the other prisoner to make thc charge . It _appeara that Mr Percy Burrell , the eldest son of Sir C . Burrell , of Knepp Castle , a magistrate for the county , and h _« hl y connected , had bee n for several years residing u pon the continent , and was staying at Pans at the _t . mnnf the present transaction ; and it seemed that he _" prfson _^ Steer . whose father had been _intheservice of Colonel Wyndbarn , » nd who was known to
the Burrell family , was at Pans with his wife in December , 18-14 , and upon his meeting Mr Percy _Rurrell accidentally , he made himself known to him as a dependent of the Wyndham family , and asked him for some pecuniarv assistance to enable him and bis wife to return to England . 11 appeared that Mr Burrell gave him fifteen francs , and this was clearly proved to havebeen the whole extent of the transaction between Mr Burrell and theprisoner , although the subsequent proceedings showed pretty clearly that the journey of Steer to Pans , and his meeting with Mr Burrell were the commencing proeeedinis of a most atrocious conspiracy to extort money . In the beginning of January , 1845 , the other prisoner , Bowycr , first made his appearance in the transaction , and meeting Mr Coppard , one of the Rolhitors of
Colonel Wvndham , at the Petworth _Quarter bcssions , he called him on one side , and he at once distinctly made the charge whieh formed the subject of the present indictment , and wished Mr Coppord to communicate with Sir 0 . Bnrrell or Col Wyndham in order that the matter might be hushed up , and that there should bo no exposure . lie , at the same time , said that Steer was ihe person who made the accusation , and that he must have a thousand pounds to hush it up , and he produced two letters , dated from Paris , and addressed to him by Steer , in which tbat prisoner detailed the circumstances of the revolting accu _** ation , and said that Mr Burrell had promised to give him a thousand pounds on New Year ' s day . and if he did not do so he would come to England and expose him . Bowyer also produced n
letter . which he ' represented to be in the handwriting of Mr Burrell , signed in the fictitious name of John Smith , dated from St . Martin _' s-lane , and promising to pay the money on new year ' s day . He at the same time su ggested that Sir C . Burrell should give him ( Bowyer ) a _thousand pounds , and that he should at once proceed to Paris and propose to Mr Burrell to lend him that sum ti stop proceedings , and take his note of hand for the amount , which he said he would endorse to Sir Charles upon his return as security for the repayment of the money by hi- son . Upon the circumstance being communicated to Sir Ciiirles he at once indignantly spurned all idea of compromising the charge , and declaredthat Ifo would not give the tenth part ofa farthing to defeat the ends of justice , and upon his being shown the letter
signed John Smith , he immediately saw that it was not his son ' s writing , and from other circumstances it became pretty clear that a very deep laid scheme oF extortion was in existence . It transpired that a short time before Steer went to Paris , he was seen to drive one day into the town of Petworth . in a gig with a servant in livery by his side . Such a proceeding on the part of a poor labouring man , naturally excitins some surprise , he made very free use of the name of Mr P . Burrell , and made insinuations wbich were , no doubt , intended to operate in furtherance of the scheme of extortion . Steer continued in Paris during the time of tho negotiation between Bowvcrand the solicitorof the Burrell family , and Bowyer continued fo produce letter - from him and his wife respecting the
charge , and expressing their intention to come to Eneland . accompanied by an Italian , whom they _dosumatedas B . Steer ' s wife was represented as being perfectly aware ofthe nature of the pretended connection between her husband and Mr Burrell , and they asserted that the reasons why he would not eive Steer the money he promised hira on New Year ' s Day was , because he would not get , as they said , a "divorcement" from his wife , and send her to England , so that he mig ht remain with Mr Burrell . AU tbe ?© proceedings , however , failed in their object through the firmness of Sir C . Burrell ; but it should be stated , that upon a represemation being made fo Mr P . Burrell , of 'he charge that was made against him , he explained what the real character of the transaction was , stating that he was merely
induced from a feeline : of charity towards one ofthe familv dependents in distress in a foreign country , to give Steer fifteen fnmes to help him home , nnd that the rharee was a most base and unfounded one . Finding that all attempts at extorting money had cntireb-failed , Steer came to England , and having ; committed some offence , he was sent to eaol , and if any doubt could have possibly remained as to the falseness of the charge made by him against Mr Burrell , it wa ? entirely removed by his making a voluntary admission to the chaplain that the transaction was exactly as represented bv that gentleman , and tbat the charge was _entirrly false ; and he at the same time asserted that Bowyer had been theoriginal concoctorof the scheme of extortion , and that he was merely his instrument in carrying it out . These factr . were proved in
evidence , and Mr P . Burrell . upon his being examined , repeated upon his oath the statement made in his letter , as to what took place between him and the prisoner Steer , nnd declared that , after giving him the fifteen francs to help him home , he heard nn more <> f him unti l he received nn intimation of the charge fhat had been preferred _against him . The Lord Chief _. Tuatice then went carefully through the material points of the evidence , and the jury almost immediately returned a verdict of guilty against both prisoners . His lordship ordered them to be called up for jude . ment , ard in passing sentence he expressed his entire con currence in the verdict that had been delivered , and adjudged them both to be transrorted beyond the seas for the term of their natural lives . The prisoner Bowyer , who appeared quite astounded at the sentence , was then , with his companion in crimeremoved from thc bar .
, Poisonin g — Sentence op Dkati _.. —Afc Bury St . Edmunds , Catherine Fostn _* , 18 . _wasarraisned , charging her with the wilful murder of her husband , John Foster , bv administering to him arsenic , at Acton , on the 18 th of November last . The deceased , who was an agricultural labourer , was a native of Acton , a small village near Sudbury , where also lived the prisoner , for whom , though of no prepossessing appearance , he early in life conceived a warm afFection . They went to schoo l together in early youth , and worked together till she went to service , at the ace of sixteen , when his boyish penchant ripened into manly love . During her absence he frequently visited her . and matters progressed botween them in this wav till the autumn ot last year , when the prisoner , beingaboutto par a visit to
hernuntatPakenham , a village on the other side of Bury , and twenty miles from Acton , the lover became most desirous that the marriage should take place , possibly because , like all lovers , he fancied that every man would fall in love with the lady of his affections , and he _misht lose his prize . Be that as it may , according to Mrs Morley ' s testimony he _earnestly urged tbe propriety of his being at once married , and agreed that he would allow hia bride to pay her promised visit to her aunt as soon as she pleased after the ceremonyall he wanted was to be married at once ; and being b . _icked in his suit by the prisoner , the ceremony took place at Acton church on the 28 th of October , after wh ' ch the young couple took their abode in the house of Mrs _Morley , with whom was then living , besides her daughter , a son . Thomas aged three years .
John Foster , having thus trained the long-cherished object of his heart , was as happy in the possession of his youthful wife as man could well be . On the third morning thev parted according to his promise . He handed her into the carrier ' s cart , and bidding adieu to her . asked if " she thought she would stay all a month ? " To which she replied , " No , John , I'll be back before . " At tho lapse of ten days she returned to her home , and her husband ' s cup of happiness seemed filled to overflowing . He was happy as the day was long ; . worked with zeal , alacrity , and joyousness in the daily discharge ofhis " lot in life . " He was then , as he had ever been , according to one ot the witnesses , " as strong and blooming a young man as ever you seed , " though he had about a fortnight beforo met with an
accident while loading a waggon of hay , but that had only produced a slight headache , a thing which his friend assured him would soon pass off—as ho " often had it on Mondav , after a day ' s rest . " This remark was fully verified . The deceased soon resumed his wonted cheerfulness and strength , and on the 17 th of November returned from work to his evening meal with his friend , singing all the way to that house whence he never departed alive . On his arrival he partook of supper with his wife and her little brother , their homely meal consisting of dumplings , potatoes , and tea . The man had no sooner partaken of his dumpling than he was taken violently sick at the stomach , and obliged to go into the yard . Soon after this his _mother-in-la _* , who had been out all day waehinr , came home and found him _retchins violently in a basin , the contents of which she threw into a _neifflibourinir ditch , near to which some fowls
were in the habit of picking up their scanty subsist * ence . During the whole of the night the poor man remained in great pain ; at four o ' clock : he tried to get up , but fell down from great weaki"e 6 s , and on tbe following morning his wife went to Ai _' elford for a doctor , whom she told ber husband _h- . _*^ got a " bowel complaint , " and asked to come and s . ° e him that day . Deeming frora her account that his pa _ti _* " _* t was suffering from English cholera , then very pre ' _valent , the surgeon prescribed accordingly , and tl . ' e prisoner took away the medicine , Borne of which she gave to her husband . On her return she found him worse than when she left him , and lie . finally died in her _armu at four o clock , and soon after which hour his mother and the surgeon arrived . On the same dav the fowls all died , and a post mortem examination of tbe body ofthe deceased was made by Mr Jones , of Melford . At that time no suspicion was engendered ,
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and that gentleman gavo it as his opinion that the deceased came to his death from English Cholera ; but suspicion being afterwards excited by thc death of the fowls in a sudden and mysterious way , a further and more searching inquiry was deemed necessary by the coroner , and the contents of the stomach of tho deceased were taken to Bury , where tiiey were subjected to analysis by Mr Image and Mr Newham , who unhesitatingly pronounced the presence of arsenic in great quantities , not only in the stomach and its contents , but also in the crop of the fowls , and a pudding bag , in wliich thc _prisoner had boiled the dumpling , of which the deceased had eaten on the night before his death . Under these circumstances recourse was had to the familv for further
information , and it was ascertained that the prisoner had spent ihe day with the mother of her husband * ' very comfortably , " from twelve to four , when she stated that she " must go home , for it was dumpling night . " Her brother was also called before the coroner , when he stated that his sister had made ono dumpling for supper , of which they all partook . Afterwards , however , he varied his statement , and then , as was stated to-day , deposed to having seen his sister make two _dumplings on the night in question , into one of which alio had put some powder out of a paper , nfter which sho burned the paper , and put that dumpling into a pudding cloth . He is also represented to have stated that he and his sister snnnpd off a different dumpling of which thc
deceased ate . In addition to this it was shown that after the " unfortunate occurrence the prisoner had staled that " she wished she had gone to Bury before she had married , for then she would not have been married at all , and would havo got a god place . " This she stated on the day after her return from Bury , and also on that after her husband's deatb , wlien she had gone into a neighbour ' s liouse in tears and asked for leave to stay there " while the doctors opened John , " which sho could not bear to witness These fact ** were for the most part proved to-day , but the boy , when examined , though he stated that he had seen his sister make the two dumplings , and boil one for the deceased in a bag , denied that he had seen her put anything info it from
her pocket , or burn any paper , and persisted in saying that both his sister and himself , who had not exhibitediany symptoms of illness , had partaken of the same dumpling with thc deceased . On this subjret Mr Image and Mr Newham both deposed that if the deceased had taken tho poison in that dumpling , it was impossible that any one else ould have tasted it without experiencing great illness and danger to life from it . At the close of the case for tbe prosecution , which occupied the entire day , thc jury retired for about 20 minutes , and after that time returned a verdict of guilty , Tho learned judge then , in a most impressive nnd feeling manner , paised the awful sentence ef death . * Theprisoner , who is a good-looking country girl , was tlurn removed , apparently unconcerned .
Commission of Lunacy . —On Monday acommissim de lunatico inquirendo was opened at the Coach and Horses adjoining Sion House , at Isleworth , before Mr Commissioner Winslow and fifteen special juror . - , lo inquire into the state of mind of the ltev . B . Lewes , rector of Kilrlicdin , Carmarthenshire , now at Dr Costcllo _' s , Wyke Ilouse , near Brentford . The unfortunate object of fhe inquiry is 02 years of age . He is a bachelor , and possessed of a rectory worth about * £ 500 a-year , and of _fre-hold property worth nbout £ 500 a-year more . About H years since be was affected with a menial attack , from which he recovered , _wtan be told Cant . Davis , who had taken out the commission , that should he _aaain be affected he wished him to take charge of llis property . In
March , 1846 . he fell from Ins horse , and was dragged some distance in the stirrup , which so shook his nerves , that on the 3 lstof March lie was attacked whileperformine the burial service at his own church so as to be unable fo go on with it , and from that time he had laboured under delusions , showing that he was not able to take care of himself or _property . Captain David Davis , magistrate of Carmarthenshire , described tho nature of the reverend gentleman ' s property—his first and recent attack of insanity . After he fell from his horse he dressed nnd came down stairs , seizing his gun , with which ho attempted to shoot himself . _A'ter that delusions of poverty came on ; he turned away his workmen under the impression that he could not afford to pay
them . He refused to have his hay or corn cut , saying he could notafford to pay , and it was _nGeesiary to get it done by the tenants . Ho further imagined that he was dirty in his person , for which there was no foundation . The present proceedings were rendered necessary by Mr Evans , a brother- 'n-law , having taken forcible possession of part ofthe freehold property- The rev . eentleman imagined every person he saw was a sheriff ' s officer , who , he feared , wished to take him for debt j and also that lie expected to go to Newgate , or die in a workhouse . W , Williams , Esq ., M . P . for Coventry , gave similar tes .
timony , which was confirmed by the evidence of Dr , Costello , the proprietor of Wyke House , Dr Conolly _, and Sir A . Morrison . The rev . gentleman was then introduced to the Court . Ue stated that he knew the object of the inquiry—he knew that he was not capable of taking care of himself or his property . He was in debt and difficulties ; if lie hnd £ 20 , 000 he could not pay his debts . He was very comfortable at Dr Costello ' s—it was such a beautiful place . The unfortunate gentleman in other respects bore out the foregoing testimony , and tbejury , without hesitation , returned a verdict , dating the unsoundness of mind from 31 st March , 1840 .
Charok op Wilful Mvjrokr . —W . Peck and W . Goodwill were indicted at Beaumaris , for the wilful murder ofa boy , named Martin , by cruelly beating a _< d otherwise maltreating him on board the brig Athelstonc , of which ship Peck was captain , and Goodwill first male . The crimo was _alleged lo have been committed nn the 4 th of January last , whilst the vessel was on her voyage from Quebec to Swansea . The brig left Que bec in November last , hound for Swansea , and on the day named in tlie indictment was in the English Channel ; a gale of wind had been raging , but having partially subsided , all hands were ordered on deck to make sail . In a short time it was found that the deceased had not CAtne on deck with the mate ' s watch , to which he
_belonged ; the mate went below for the purpose of sendimt him up , when he found the boy in the act of _dressing . lie took a small line or piece of yarn , and heat the boy with it , and then stripping off his clothes except his under and flannel shirts , hauled him on deck through the scuttle-holes ; the mate went over to the lee side , and held the boy in the water , which broke heavily over tke vessel , for about ten minutes ; on being released , the deceased went b : low for the purpose of putting on his clothes ; in about a quarter of an hour , the captain p assed down to the forecastle , nnd was followed in a few minutes by tbe mate ; shrieks and cries were heard by the crow on deck , asfrom aperson in great agony , and the second mate was an eyewitness of the
beating inflicted by the captain . Tho two officers were down for about a quarter of an hour , at the end of which time the lad was again forced on deck through the _skuttle hole . At this time there was blood on his face . Ho was dragged aft , the captain beating him along with a piece of rope near an inch thick , knotted at tho end _. During thc whole of this time the buy hnd nothing on but the two shirts . The captain beat hira for four or five minutes when on deck , nnd then ordered him to ascend thc rigging to lco < e the mainsail . lie afterwards ordered the second mate to go aloft , and thrash thc boy to his duty , as he was sheltering from the inclemency of the weather , on the _leeside of thc mast . The mate , however , did not strike the boy ,
but hit the ropes _instead . On descending the lad was again beaten by the captain with the maintopsail halyards , ropes three inches in circumference . Tho captain then took up a boathook , and struck Martin on . the small of the back with it , using all his power and might ; this was repeated live or six times , and the boy appeared as if dying ; it was between five and six o ' clock on an intensely cold winter mornine , with a heavy sea running . The hoy was next observed lying on the chain-cable , amidships , with no clothing on him ; he was stretched on the cold iron , with his legs and feet uncovered , and appeared insensible . Soon after , he was carried down to his hammock by the mate and one of thc crew , and . in a short time after , he expired . The body wns covered with marks all over black and blue , as though it had been terribly
beaten ; on ihe following day it was consigned to thc deep , the funeral service being performed by the captain . It appeared thatthe unfortunate boy was rather Ri ' ckly , of tender constitution , and was troubled with a flux . lie , however , was capable , wben he chose , of taking his share in the working ofthe vessel . The first port the vessel arrived at was Holyhead , where she was discharged and the crew paid off , when one of thc men laid tlie information . The above evidence was sworn to by five of the crew , who generally agreed as to the severity ofthe beatings , the uncovered state in which the boy was , and the blows with the boot-hook , which was 13 or 14 feet long . The jury acquitted Goedwill , and found Peck guilty of manslaughter , with a recommendation to mercy . He was sentenced to two years' hard labour .
The St Mabin _Mtj _^ dkh . —At the Bodmin Assizes , Mary Treverton , 30 , , _was indicted for the wilful murder of Samuel Ilockin , at the parish of St . Mabyn , on the 10 th of October . The deceased wns a cooper atthe village of St Mabyn . He was a married man , nnd had before and since his marriage carried on an illicit intercourse with the prisoner , who lived in the same neighbourhood . They had _Juarrclled on various occasions previous to the fatal eed . John Clements , a labourer , stated that on Sa . turday , tho 10 th of October , he was passing alone
Denhatti-bridge-lane , about a quarter before six o ' clock in the morning , when he _tound thc deceased lying upon his face . There is a house on the spot where the body was found , and thc head was dose to that house . The back of his head was severely cut , and there was a quantity of blood upon it . The wall ¦ a 'as covered with brains . His ceat pocket was pulled do * , vn and torn . The coat was also torn up the back . He \ \ _as not quite dead , but insensible . He found a atone * Dout _&™ - * s , x ) nc _* fro , 1 ] the body , and there w _;' * Mood upon it . He afterwards saw it in tie _posBt _^ ion of the _coiif-table . Oa tke Sunday
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before deeea « eo ' s marriage , witness visited _decease who was then living with the prisoner . Ifo 3 _Hockinstandin ? _wi"h his head bleeding , and a ?* minutes afterwards , the prisoner came in . The _«? ness went on to state that on that occasion a qua * i took place between the prisoner and _drcca-cd * J the former threatened to knock his brains out ' \„ Hockin , the widow of Samuel Ilockin , said ha _•* ,, fifty years of age at the time ofhis death . Tlicnri soner had been living with him before witness •*• ' married tohim . After the marriage the decpnsed still continued to visit the prisoner , and ho was o foi occasions absent from witness all night . Three _weet subsequent to the marriage , Mary Treverton and ff
went away iromuic village and were _abseii * , abr , _^ three weeks . Ever since the period of his return tb » I deceased continued to Jive wiih witness— but sho | had often seen him at the prisoner ' s house . D _ecease was at home on the evening of Friday , tlio Oth 3 October , and he went outat seven o ' clock . Sho treat to bed at twelve o ' clock , and had never seen him ah frora that time . She did not know whether ha n-. danyrooneyaboutli . nl on the night in question He never gave her any money . _Cross-examincd-H _* _wascontinu- 'lly visiting Mary Treverton down to ths time of his death . Witness had a child by tho de ceased . It was seventeen months old . He was quite sober when he left the house on the night of the Oth Oct ., but ho had been drinking a little that dav Mary Dart said she sat up thc whole of the ni « ht in a kitchen wliich looked into the road . In the course of the night , between one andtwo o ' clock , sho
observed a light in tlio kitchen window at Trevet . ton ' s liouse . It was a moonlight night , and b etween two and three o ' clock she observed a man pass hep window twice , lie was dressed in a light fustian coat and trowsers . She thought it was Samuel Ilockin . Between five and six that morning s _)* left I : er homo and went into Treverton ' s passage The door was not fastened , but Treverton s door wag locked or bolted . ' A few minutes afterwards the pr _' . soner cance down and opened the door , she had on _& day cap , nnd her clothes appeared " crammed , * Witness asked her if sho had been to bed , and she said "Yes . " They then heard voices outside , and the prisoner looked out of window . Several people then came to tbe door and said , "He is dead . ' * Witness ' s little girl came in afterwards and stated that Samuel Hockin was found dead . 'Die prisoner replied , " Who could be so cruel ? " Witness asked her why she did not go out ? and she said she could
not on any account whatever . Witness said she thought she saw S . ilockin pass by her window on the preceding night , and the prisoner made _nj answer . At that time G . Stephens came in and said , " In a few minutes your house will be searched . ' Whereupon the prisoner went up stairs and did not comedown again until the constable arrived . West , the constable , said something to the prisoner '** mo . ther , who thereupon called her daughter down . She had no shoes on , and she took a pair of slippers from under fhe stairs and put them on . The constable told her she must go with him , and she said " Whafe do you mean by that ? " The constable West produced the shoes , and some hair cut from deceased ' s head after his death , also the stone , which still pre . seated marks of blood , Mr SJade addressed tlie jurv
tor the prisoner , and after coramentimz upon the whole of the case , contended most emphatically that the evidence was not sufficient to warrant them in finding a verdict of guilty . Mr Justice Cresswell having summed up th * . jury deliberated for a few minutes , and r-turned a verdictof Nut Guilty . Tha prisoner clapped her hands for joy , and was immediately conducted out of court . The excitement caused by this trial was very great . It was remarkable that the majority of the spectators were females , and Mr Justice Cresswell observed , that there were many women whose curiosity led them into scenes from which the better feelings of human nature ought to exclude them . The Indies present appeared fully to understand this rebuke from the learned utlge .
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Wkstmi . vstkr Debating _Societf . —The members of thc Westminster Debating Society held their usual weekly meeting on Saturday evening , when Mr Fitch was elected chairman , and opened the business of the meeting by announcing the subject for dis « cussion , viz : "The Best Means of Approoriating the Land to the Benefit of the Woiking Classes . " Mr Bowler , in a masterly speech , contended that the land ought to be in the hands of the government , to be leased out to the people in allotments to such an extent as would ensure each man , by the exertions oi his physical powers in its cultivation , an honest and
competent livelihood . Mr B . next quoted from several authors , showing the great amount of evil the people were suffering under , and attributed the greatest portion of that evil to the land being in the possession of the few , instead of , as it ought to be , in the hands of the many . The land was man ' s natural inheritance—his birthright , and never would he be able to exercise bis faculties , moral , physical , ot intellectual , with that benefit nnd _satinfactiun to himself and to his fellow-man , until that wliich was first given to him by his Creator was restored , and he became once more the _consumer of what his labour produced . ( Cheers . ) Mr Cathie replied , and said he could not understand what Mr Bowler meant
when he asserted that they had a " tij * lit" tothe land . No man hud any more particular " right " than another to the possession of the soil ; buthe argued that present circumstance demanded that those who held it now should continue to do so . Place the English working classes upon the landmake them an agricultural people , and what would become of them ? What condition were the people of Ireland in now ? He need not ask that twice , for he was sure there was not one present but knetr what was the position of the _Irishman , and win * felt for his sufferings with that fellow-feeling wliich ia alone proverbial among the poorer classes of any country , lie maintained that just what was the condition of Ireland at the _pre-eut time would ba
that of England , were she reversed into an agricultural country , in a few years time ; for to no other cause could he attribute thc ignorance and distress existing in Ireland than to her pastoral and agricultural character . ( Cheers . ) Mr Dtmtlly replied to Mr Cathie in a brief speech ; alter which Mr Trumble spoke on the same side , _denouncing in severe terms Mr Cathie ' s short-sighted notions , and defended Irishmen and Ireland from what he considered' foul aspersions . He did not consider that the Irish people were ignorant , nor could he for a moment attribute their present downfal to the absurd cause Mr C . had done . He contended that it was the effects of bad government and foolish legislators —men who studied not thercal wants ofthe people . He would _siy give every one his piece of land and his vote , and then , and not till then , would etch and
every one enjoy the blessings intended for him at his birth . ( Cln'crs . ) Mr Walford next spoke , and contended , on the authority of Thomas faine and others , that every man had a natural right to an equal portion of the soil ; that no man could claim the land as his property by what was termed "right divine ; " and that man would never be in his natural state until he was placed on what God intended he should be—the bind . ( Cheers . ) Mr Irvine succeeded , and made an excellent speech , in which be was warmly appl aided . Mr Stevens next rose on the side of Mr Cathie . Mr Bowler having rose to reply , was met with a proposition of adjournment , which , however , was negatived , and tho chairman dissolved the meeting , by announcing the subject for next Saturday evening ' s discussion , viz . — "The _Hivint-Philosophy of Pleasure * . " to bo opened by Mc Trumble .
_Anti-Suvkrv Soirbe . — On Tuesday evening , a farewell soiree , given as a mark of respect aud esteem to Mr Frederick Douglas , the champion of the cause of slavery abnlition , previous to his departure to America , was held at the London Tavern , Bishopsgate-street , nnd was very numerously attended , 1 " '' ladies and gentlemen being present , amongst whom , we observed the Revs Dr Bumming , Price and CsS W . Howitt , Esq ., W . 11 . Ashurst , Esq , Dr Ox ! _ey » Dr _Estlin , Deputy Stevens , Joseph Griffiths , Esq . ' Kungo _Bapogee , Vakeel of the Rajah of _Sattara _, _MHare , E _* _-q ., D . W . Wire , Esq ., and many others o _* note and talent . The guests arrived at half . past si ! o | clock . and were entertained by vocal music until eight o ' clock , when George Thompson , Esq ., tookthe chair , and proceeded to nddrcss the meeting . Tho following sentiments wore proposed and seconded by several gentlemen , who spoke at length in their favour , and when put to the meeting were carried by acclamation : —
" This assembly hereby expresses Its deep abhorreni . ' of the system of slavery which dooms to compulsory unmitigated , and uncompensated toil , attended win * _unutteratle cruelties , a large portion of the liumsn f _« mily , and would especially mark its disapprobation d the American people proclaiming _rqual and iiK _. licnab _' heirship to liberty as the birthright of every ham »' being , and denying the _enjoymctit thereof to _> _ne-siJ' _* part of its population for a peiiod of seventy years no * past , and wonld turtber deprecate the conduct _oftbos _' bodies of professing Christians who , b < f _tlu-ir connect . * with the system , and apology for it , are at _oiuie strong ** I eng and _perpetuating it .
This assembly hereby most earnestly appeal" to tb < supreme Legislature of the United States to _wercise _N prerogative by abolishing slavery in the _disttiot of Co luuibk , and the traffic between the state * , and to th * * riom legislatures in the south to emancipate the boso men in their respective territories , as n mean - of secut ing honour and renown to the white -.. _opulatson , tsi elevatiou and _happiness to the slave . This assembly hereb y tenders to Mr F , Doug las tM > heartfelt congratulations on his attainment of the bW ings of freedom : and having witnessed with delig ht hi raagnanimouB and undaunted course in pourtra ) tog ' touchingly tbe wrongs and sufferings , and adv _ocatio _? irresistibly theiualieuaMer . _'^ _hts of 3 , 000 , 000 ofhis fell" * beings , who are held In ch ' _tlns and slavery in ' « United States , heveby expresses , _Hs unfeigned hope *' the great Parent of good may spare bisinvaluiible _* _- _** _- labour on tbeir behalf , until tbe _trun _" of jnl _' _-lw s _^ sound from the Atlantic to the Rock y Mg _'*»* _- * _u-- s ' " _^ from Canada to the Gulf of Meiico . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 3, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03041847/page/2/
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