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1 _HOLLOWAY'S OINTMEIT . _;* _staTa slra' ' _< * -4 fataT 7 < _ta atf a _vavy Bad Leg . _JSaffratt aa / _a Letter , MO , _Soxmuniham , lUh _Jotvmwy , _1 MT . To FrofMMr Holloway . : So ,- St * , —I beg to fofbrm _yontkat I _safftred wi * a bad leg _rnr _sonrsorar years , ant had beam utter tbe hand * _oCartiiactaVMtaabletaargeaa her * ftc some montbt , _wimoutgeKng ten _v * bj _ralisf , so tbat at last I mentiont « l to the Stirgeon <* at i hoawoaldlifce to try yonr pill * and oinkutm ' . and he said
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_Ampattlion of Two lega prernted . Bt Btbraet of a Letter dated Roscomrsan , February i 9 _ft , Ii 8 t 7 , i 8 t 7 , _ fra »«« highly _respcetabUFroprUttrtf _aeRoicem iM ** tnJe * rnal . To _Profeiior Holloway . „ So _Sra , —Mr Ryan , the well-known proprietor of tha Hotel _iiextiextiioor Urae _. _had _tworery Bad _Vegt , one with _ejgbt _iilrealrers on it , the ather with three , they were in inch a _ie _» afo « tfiil _atata that th * effluvia from tbem wa * very great Horn torn * time since at made a journey to Dublin for thepnr . iMHeMHe of consulting some of the most eminent professional inennen _, but _retarned home ta his family with the choice of _i-ath-amer one or two alternatives—to have both Legs _amiMt-aatated , or die . '—On his way home aemet a _Gentlemtns [ in tin the Coach who recommended the use of Hollo-ray ' s _IPillPill _s and Ointment , whicb he had recourse te , aid wa |_* er _| perf £ cUy cared by their means alone . ( Signed ) _CniUis _ToxiT , £ _Eiilir M & Proprietor of the _RetcsmtMit Journal .
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A A Cam 01 a Desperate Scorbutic Eruptioa of long Standintr . _IktEctraetefa . Lttttr _, Sated Wdvtrhanpton , _thtVXhofFeb . 18 * 7 , confirmed by Mr Simpson , Stationer . To Professor Holloway . 8 Srs . —Having heen wonderfully restored from a state i _ofsofsreat suffering , Illness , aad debility , hy tha use of your I pillpillg and ointment , I taint it right for the sake of others to ito make my cate known to yon- For the last two years I it was afflicted with violent Scorbutic Eruption , which i eoreompletely acorered my chest , and other parts of my body _, icatcattsiag such violent pain , that I cttu in troth say , that I fcrfcr months I was not able to get sleep for mora than a veivery short time together . I applied here to all the priprincipal _niediaal men , as also to those in Birmingham , _wrwithant getting the least relief , at last I was recommaneoded by Mr Thomas Simpson , Stationer , _Ifarketpltplace . to try _joar pills ani ointment , which I _« 3 id . and I _anamhajwrtosay . that l _«^ oo _« _Mcrmyse « _asttoron _ rWy CMcared ; I _aain now sleep all the _mgnt throngb , and the atoms In . oy bickand limbs have entirely left me . ( Signed ) _Richakd _Havxxi ,.
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Core of a Dreadfal and Dangerous Case of Erysipelas . J Jit _thefoUotcing remarkable ease the Lady had been both iedeaf and blind from Ae virulence of the complaint . —Feb UAwL 1847 . : Mrs Gibbons , of _Tivoli-place . Cheltenham , was for two -feyeari so _dreadfally afflicted with Erysipelas that she aW & eca n _« ( _howanrerextraoralinaryitmay appear ) bath blind dad deaf , from the Severity of the _tliseaae , and daring the _wlwholeof toe time the was attended by several of the mmosteminent medical men in Cheltenham , without _reueoalr ing any benefit whatever , and , as a last resource , she trtriedllollo way's pills and ointment , which in two months piperfectly eared the dreadful complaint , and likewise _rettttoredhwte health . . - , « Mrs Stovle , the * ery respectable _landlady of th Newmarketlnn , Cheltenham , can bear witness to thi
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ON THB CONCEALED CAUSE OP _COHSTITOTIONAL K _ACQUIRED _BBILITIBS OP THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM . Just Published , A new auaii important Edition of the Silent Friend on flumem FraUty . rice 3 * . « d ., aad sent tree to y part of tbe United Kingdom on the receipt of a Post _Offite Order for 3 s . Sd . at MEDICAL WORK on the INFIRMITIES ef the GE A . TS _8 RAT 1 VE SYSTEM , in both sexes ; being an en uiry into the eoncealed cause that destroys _physicasoergy . -uid * he aWU _^ y of manliooii , ere-rigoair has esta " ttUhed h » r empire : —witb Observations aa the _fcanefuaeecteof 50 MTART INDULGENCE and INPECTIONl
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dot * space of time , without confinemeat to the least expotwr _* _. The above TBeiiemHMf ,. _^ red /< n _ % by Mtesrt . B sad L . PSRKT _*^ A Oo ., Sm _^ t _< mi , l 9 _; Bemen _^ tnet , _Oxfectt-tweet , _Lendon . - Kasrs . FSRRY * s _^ , «\ t * eons 1 _dUdhyUtttr , * U usual ft * _efOMltosncl , tri ! mOut « mn _»*^ _fcUdmcfttoeotmxwieation , Patient * are requested to tie at minute as possibleta he detail et * their _catet _. as to tittduratiom of tme _comlaiat , the _tymptems , age , habits of living _, and genera ! ccupaMon . Medicines can be forwarded to any part of he wetid ; no difficulty can occur at they will be securely awktd , aad careftdly pretected from observation . N . B _.-Oo- » try Druggists , Booksellers , Patent _Medlelie _vesaers , and every otherghopkeeper _. oan be supplied with * n y qaantity of tke Cordial Balsa of _Syrlacnm , the _ConcttutwtedDtterslveEtsenee , and PerryV Purifring Speiflc PlUs _, with the usual allowance to the Trade , by o _* t o ** _y risoipai Wholesale Patent _Miolcme House * _IjOndea . ef _wkom mav _tv had he « ' _Silant Friend . "
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GOUT ! GOUT !! GOUT ! . ! He / fine Specific Patented Medicine for Shut , Patronised by tke Faculty , Nobility , and Sentry , it .
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perance "Jan , Broadway : Mr L ' atbie in the chair . On Saturday evening , June 26 th , Mr D . Walford brongbt forward his subject , " Republics versus aVlonarcbie 8 _, " dejcribicgmonarcby as an invention of tbe Heathens , as adopted from them by the children of Israel , in opposition to tbe voice of their prophet , who foretold the evils that would ensue from it , and which had come to pass , for most assuredly it bail reduced tbe people to become mere " hewers of wood and drawers of water . " Fiom the time kings had cursed the earth with their _presence , tbere bad been nothing bnt one continuous scene of rapine and bloodshed . Hereditary monarchy appeared to him
perfectly ridiculous , placing on thrones alternately madmen , infant * , and fools , for sovereigns , Ue held republicanism to be the better system of government , inasmuch as it gave the people the opportunity of choosing the best and wisest ef . men to rule over them . ( Laud cheers . ) Mr Stallwood followed on the _sameside , illustrating his argument by referring to Portugal , Spain , Rome , and England , under former monarchs . Mr Stallwood was much applauded , no one appearing to defend monarchy . Tbe subject was close ) , and an announcement made that the subject for Saturday next ( this evening . ) July 3 rd , will be , "Is Genealogy opposed to Geological Formation ?"
_Tse Tbetoxal Hail , Carteret-street _, has followed the example ofthe Temperance Hall , Broadway , and wasopened on Saturday evening last , for a discussion on " The _People ' s Charter . " Air Trnmble very eloquently explained and defended the Six Po ' mts . Mr Broome agreed with Universal Suffrage , but could not agree with secret voting ; looked on it as the de- . troyer of Hbeity both in Rome and France ; thought if the people of England had the vote they _woHidbemuch too virtuous to use it in secret . Mr Tilt agreed with Mr Broome in his objections to the Ballot , and _thought the people were notyet prepared for Universal Suffrage ; they were not intelligent enough . If they were not first educated , it would throw open the _fjood-g-ites of corruption . He did not think every poor wretch who might happen to sleep under Waterloo Bridge should be _entru-ted with the franchise ; thought the doings at Sudbury , Ipswich , and other places , were sufficient proof of
what , people would do if they had the vote . Mr Stallwood , in a speech that was much applauded , replied to the objections urged b y Messrs Broome and Tilt , and contended tbat " The People ' s Charter , " whole and entire , was tbe best system that could be adopted . Mr Bowler thought it _wasavery strong proof of ignorance wben a man stood up and contended that his fellow-men were too ignorant to use aright ihe elective franchise . ( Cheers . ) He thought if the People ' s Charter -wasonce enacted , we should no more hear of " poor wretches" who were compelled to _sleep under the arches of Waterloo Bridge . ( Loud cheers . ) His experience told biro thatfroiuttieinfluence wielded by the large employers over their workmen , it was absolutely necessary tbat they should have tbe protection of the Ballot . ( Loud cheers . ) Eleven o ' clock having now arrived , _thequeastion was adjainrned until Saturday ( tills evening . ) at half-pa _^ eight o ' clock .-
Gibsos ' s Stitcb of thk Quksn was added to the Royal Academy Exhibition on Saturday last . The statue is in niarble , about the size of life , with an antique feeling , and yet a good deal of Canova about it . Uer majp ? ty is represented standing with a wreath in her right band , a small roll of paper in her left . The face is like , and the bead is surmounted by a tiara . The neck is somewhat strongly marked , and the balance of the figure on the Iettfoot hardly just . The drapery ia admirably arranged , and quite a study and example in a very difficult department . Mr Gibson bas coloured his statue after the ' antique fashion and with extreme good taste . " The tiara , wreath , and sandals , are of a light yellow colour ; the border ofthe drapery a faint blue and red . The statue was a commission from the Queen , and will be erected either in Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle , whichever will afford the best light .
_Posi-OFFICB . —Among the provisions of the Postoffice Bill ( printed by orderof Parliament , and wbich has been drawn up by Mr Parker and the Chancellor of the _Exchequer ) are clauses giving power to the Postmaster General to collect and receive foreign and colonial rates ,-and to require the prepayment of postage on Utters to beinitamps , " , arid may refuse to receive or send by the post any letters tendered contrary to any regulations made un- _* er this enactment . " Power is also to be given to reduce inland postage , in all-cases where it shall exceed one penny , and foreign postage is to be chargeable as the letters of seamen and soldiers . The senders of rejected letters are to be compelled , it is proposed , to pay the postage thereon ; and in proceedings for that postage , the apparent writer is to be deemed the sender of any such letter . 'Postage duties are to be part of the Post-office revenue . ' ¦ . ¦¦¦ _' - >
The Sum j Medal . —This decoration has just been struck at the Mini . -The reverse _represents a simple figure of Victory , awarding , with outstretched hand , her wreath to the soldiers ofthe successful army ; , whilst , of the defeated , a grouped mass of Sikh armour and arms alone tell of their participation in the events the medal celebrates . The obverse exhibits a well-executed portrait of Queen Victoria .-Dreadful _Cibcchstakck . —About four miles from Ashburton , in the parish of Woodland , iasituaied , in _ratberi a secluded spot , a quarry and limekiln ? , known as Pulstord Limekilns . On Thursday rooming last , as one of the workmen proceeded to the
month of tbe kiln , about half-past five o ' clock , he saw on the burning lime what he considered for the moment to be the remains of a sheep , but on looking more minutely be saw it waa the head of a human b .-ing _, with other remains of the body , then scorch * iog to pieces ; and , jumping in on the burning lime , betook out the head , part ofthe thigh , and other remains . Information was sent to the coroner at Ashburton , and an inquest has been held , but to the present time wbo the unfortunate being was ib wrapped in mystery . On the kiln-bed was found a leathern belt , and two or three potatoes . Tbe workmen did not leave the quarry oh the previous evening UHtil nearly 7 o ' clock , and no stranger was seen in the neighbourhood on tbat day . —West Briton ,
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anotheb cent : or a Bad _Lbo Br Hoixowai ' s Puts amd Ointment!—Extract of a letter from Mrs Murray , whose husband had been a sergeant in the Scotch Greys , and is now in the Metropolitan Police , SS , _Cbaries-streeC Westminster , 2 'th April , 1816 . Sir—Having been long afflicted with an abscess ia the log , I applied for relief to some ofthe most eminent of the medical profession , but getting no better I was admitted into the Westminster Hospital , and after a long stay I left unenred ; indeed _, tbe surgeon said that any _further effort on bis part was _ptteeify useless . _Tetshortiy afterwards my leg was cured by using Holloway's Pills and Ointment ,
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HIGHLAND _LAND-ROBBERS . THB MSTRE _38 IN THE _HIOHLAMDg—THB _CAI _1 SB AND THE CURE . J ( Fromthe Edinburgh Widely E * prut . \ Sib , — A letter has lately been addressed by 'A Fellow of the Ossianio Society'to Lord John Russell , the purpose of which is to show 'the causes / and to point ont _apermanentremedy _' ibrthe destitution ia the Highlands ; _fcnd as this letter is suggestive to me of a good many topics connected with the same subject , I would , with your leave , be permitted to sty a few words . The pamphleteer describes himself as « a person not unintelligent iu Highland matters . ' This , I dare say , may be correct when he has occasion to speak of tbe ration ! allowed by tbe 'Belief Heal Committee' to the Gael , aud tbe gains and losses consequent to that people 6 h the
manufacture of kelp ; bnt bis knowledge extendi no farther ; and , such being the case , I cannot help regarding it as a species of presumption in bim to venture to address the Prime _Ministsrof England on a theme wbicb _lavc-lvit principles and stirs up associations so . utterly alien to tbat description of penny and farthing reasoning by which he has chosen to illustrate it . True , be ' elevates bis ; ton * a little wben he comes to talk about' early and improvident marriages , over-population , over-divisions of land , over-poverty , ' and the necessity of government interference to prevent such abominations to th * ' State in future ; but though he calls himself « a number of ths Ossianic Society , ' and might thereby be supposed to have imbibed _atome of the heroism and originality , ef _Osiian , he can see no cure for tbe disordsrs of the north hut the
stale and oft-repeated one of' a system of emigration on a _papanfio scale , 'at tbe public expense . Like most other propagators of the same nostrum , however , he does not declare that he will bravely go along With the emigrants to their place of banishment , and there share with them tbeir toils and their sorrows , and diligently instruct them how . to ward off those source * of tatacy wbnh be _snyi have suck them so low iu tae scale of humanity at home . No , no' he loves his own fireside in Glasgow and creature comforts too well for that ; but be generously advises that tht Queen's Government should send ' a captain and lieutenant * along with the human beings li * wishes to exile ; but what tbe duties of this military escort ate te he h _** has not clearly defined . " Now , sir , this it a fair specimen of-the sort of stuff with which the
press is inundated when the claims ot th * Highland poor come to demand public attention . Banishment from the land of their . fathers , or some paltry 1 mitigation of their wrongs , is the universal cry raised . The falluroW this , that , or the other branch of « iaiiu /< _z ( _jl « r _# , is assigned at the cause ofthe distress of the people , and they art insulted with compliments ( when they ought to be ashamed ef them ) for the meek composure with wbich they have borne those distresses ; but tho true C _* M _> V Of the distress fen- attempt to point oat , much leu grapple witb ; and it Is sever _naiw _niieatier there may , not bo men in high places , and heartless speculators , _» uch as this' Ossianic Society' mnn is , far mere deserving of
banishment than the clansmen are themselves ; _, but all these things must straightway be done now . The pro » poundings of poor-law doctors , emigration doctor * , and surplus-population doctors have been weighed in th * balance of experience and common sense , and found wanting ; and we are at last arrived at a juncture when . it behoves ns to inquire , not as we have hitherto been doing , whether one farthing ortno farthing * ' worth of bread _a-dev , doled out either bj voluntary or legallyextorted charity , may bt sufficient to maintain a Highlander and his family , and . whether , it might not have been better for tbe realm , after all , if the deserted glens of tbe Highlands had been kept under tillage as of old , and tbe sea-weed , which the ancient cultivator ' s of these
glens made into kelp , put into the soil , which is now lying watt * , and overrun with mots , for lack of human labour and nourishment : I say . ' we bare reached a crisis wheu it wonld be sheer loss of time on por part' to ask «_ u £ * - tions such as these ; but we are to inquire what the natural and Inalienable rights ef tbe Highland peasantry are , and , having found them out , frankly , and with all speed ; give them back . What these _riijbU a ' _ru I , will endeavour ( not for the first time publicly _^ to explain Immediately . Tea , kings and < __* ieens may breed aa * infinitum } and our . surplus . population doctors will say nothing , and . what is worst of all , the swinish multitude will glory in upholding those klpgs and queens , and tbeir progeny , in all those various forms of pomp , ' idleness , _uselessnoss , and luxury which are so
inseparable from their position . Feudal dukes and lords likewise may bring tribes of bloodsuckers into existence , and fools and self interested parasites will meet to celebrate the birth of every heir-apparent with , riotous rejoicing ; but let a Highlander take unto himself a wife , and thereby fulfil nature's Jaw , and a brand is forthwith set upon him by the abettors of the rich and the powerful . Though he may sweat with hard labour from night to morning , be is stigmatised as an idle vagabond and cumberer of the ground , and nothing short of tho annihilation ot himself and his children will satisfy Mb foes . But the _letter-writer I have alluded to admits that tbe time was when even tbe article of population , ' aa be calls it , was more esteemed in the Highlands than it is in these days , when chieftains reckoned the value of their
* domains' by the number of warriors they could bring into tbe field ; but candour required , while he was malting mention of these historical fncts , that he should also bave told ut what the nature of the tenures were by which the chieftains held the 'domains' he speaks about . The clansman held his farm ( which was hot a wretched bit of potato-croft , among rocks and bogs on the soilehore , as it now is , but several acres of good land in the glen , and unlimited freedom of hunting and pasturage among the mountains besides , ) by as good a charter at the chief held his cattle . Nay , more , the chief , even in feudal ages ( a corruption of the patriarchal , ) coubi be set adrift by the votes of the clan , and often was so ; and , certainly , to exterminate and drive hit followers out of their possessions by burning brands , ' as bus been
done hy the Highland lairds for two generations _past , was tbe last Idea tbat would bave struck him . Indeed , the chief conld not by any possibility , even at common law , have exeroited such a dreadful stretch of power ; for , be it observed , he wa » not the proprietor of ( he territories of the clan ; he was simply the adopted prince or leader ci the tribe ; and it was only ill consequence of our kings arrogating to themselves the monstrous prerogative of conveying away landt which were not their own to tbeir favourites and sworn vassals , that the chief camo to wrest from his clansmen their hereditary inheritances in the soil , and to style himself a proprietor in the modern tense of tho term at all . "Wet * , Sir , if this be an accurate _representation of tht affair , is not the path of duty plain before us 1—via ., to restore the Highland clans to an entire absolute right of property in the lands of wbich they hare been robbed ; and I would ,
moreover , without scruple , ' expel the existing race of proprietors from their estate * , as a just retribution for ' the inhuman manner is which they have exercised their usurped dominion over tbeir fellbw . _cltizehs . ' Sure I am , no loss of territory that they could sustain would be a ' severe euough _punishrotnt for the virtuous - communities of men and women these ariBtocrattcal r tyrants have beggared and scattered ; and no _atouemtnt thes could make to the sufferers would be a sufficient requital for the many tears tbey have caused to flow , ' and the honest hearts they have broken . In dealing with' this business , we neither want 'Edinburgh nor London news _^ paper commissioners' to go to the Highlands and make cold , bootless investigations into the circumstances of a race whose language thej cannot speak , and into whose feelings they are incapable of entering . ' No '; what we want is an energetic public opinion created , " and a Roman dictator with a stout heart and ah iron ' hand
toenforce it—an opinion wbich will go to the rootof the whole of tbe social evils of the north , and * -e contented with nothing short of compute justice being doneio . our _longneulecied mountaineers ; not by giving them , as Lord John Russell ' s Ossianic monitor counsels , ' ' infeftmenf In land en some far distant foreign shore _. bnt _'infeftment' in the fertile straths from whence thej wero ejected in their own natal clime . _Infolldwing this 'tatter course , ' a few rapacious unpatriotic intruders have only to be removed , while by planting the Highlanders on lands across seas , the aborigines of these regions will be the sufferers , ' aiid they would have as good a title to regard the Highlanders as spoilers and intruders as the Highlanders themselves have to regard as _siich _t-nel _, own landlords beyond the Tay . _Butwby , Task ,
expatriate the Highlanders of Scotland , . because of their ' al ' . eged numbers , and tbeir ' over poverty ? ' 1 » there not plenty of space in 'he Highlands to contain them ?—and is not the resources of the Highland soil , if properly called forth , adequate to feed and clothe— ' ay , and enrich too , the whole ofjtlie people . there ! ' But as the ground is in tha ? _raeennhile apportioned'in the Highlands , what else , pray , but '« _overipoyt-rty , ' . famine and' over . _divisions of land' Is to be looked for , more especially when Lord John Russell ' s addresser informs os that the holdings of the _inhabitants ' consist of * an acre or two of scrdggy soil , never intended by nature for culture , ' for whicb a high rent iB exacted , and when the former ' nurseriesof fair women and brave men have
teen converted into sheep-walks of countless miles in extent . ' The wonder rather is , under such a terrible misapplication of God ' s own earth as this ; that there arc to be found human beings in the Highlands at all ; and yet , will your readers believe me when I tell them , that the very person who could thus speak of the sheepwalks being countless miles in extent , assures us , with the next breath , that elbow room' is only to _bepbtalhed throughout the valleys aiid the mountain ' s of our Caledonian Alps after wo Wave , probaMy , got more ' than onehalf Of the present inhabitants shipped off to the colonies ! If , then , we deserve the Scottish name—if we love the 'laud of mountain and flood , ' we will not rest , contented nntll the children of the hilts are removed from
the ' tcroggv crofts' on which they are languishing , and transferred to their OBCieut vallejs , where they will have ample scope fur exertion , and where tbey will be in a situation te acquire habits of useful industry , both as labourers and farmers ; while , living as thej are , they are sternly excluded from both . And here , Sir , in conclusion , i am constrained to lament the entire extinction of every patriotic principle in Scotland , So mere Andrew Fletchers are to be seen in the senate or on the public platform to proclaim the wrongs and to defend the rlghti of our countrymen . While with one hand we beckon thousands upon thousands of indigent . Irish to come and settle in the midst of us , who being along with them nothing but habits of moral and physical degradation , murderous to the community—with the other we drive the cream of our own people from our _boiom _, or Hand idly by aud see them melt away around us ; and when famine , pestilence , and lordly oppression seem to have dope their worst in _degrading Itiftt people . w «
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meanly appeal to English statesmen and English generbilty , instead of looking to ourselves . In vain did "W illiam Wallace give _uphli godlike spirit as an offering to the * future _wtiUbtlDg and independence of his country ; la vain need Scotsmen descant on tbe _deeis of their aneesteM , if inch conduct at this it to be persisted In . One hundred years ago bad tbe attempt been made to ¦ weep the Highlands of its tons and daughters , tbe whole nation would have run to tbeir arms . But the day * of chivalry and manly Independence of mind art gone , and a bast spirit of crouching servility and mean calculation hat transfused itself throughout every rank and degree . The thoughtful beholder , however , of thedowcfalofall that was once grand and sublime in the history of ibis native land , cannot be prevented from exclaiming with Sootla's _cbosen bard : — - - * Fareweel to a' our Scottish
fame—Fareireel our ancient _glory—Fareweel even to tht Scottish name , _Sae fam'd in martial story ! Now Sark rint o'er the Sol way sands , And Tweed tint to the ocean , To mark where Bnghn &' t _Prcrinee _sttnds ; ' Such a parcel of _rtgaetln _auavtoa . ' J _« bn Srsiu , 2 , Danube Street , Edinburgh .
Co-Operative League. A Toires Of The Co-...
CO-OPERATIVE LEAGUE . A _toires of the Co-operative League was held on Monday night at Farringdon Hall , King ' s Armsyard , Snow-hill , for the purpose of passing resolutions in support ofthe objects of the Society . Tbere was a large attendance of ladies present , and amongst them Mrs Mary Howitt ,. and a lady who writes in some of the London journals , under theeignatureof "Silver-pen . " In the ; absence of Mr Wfl . Ham Howitt , President of the Society , Mr Lane , of America , was called to the chair , tie . stated . his conviction that no modification of the present competitive state of society could remove the evils from which the people were suffering , and recommended the League to cooperate in the spirit of brethren , on the same principle that the _Hopedale community andothercommuhit ' _es in America act upon . Mr Hawkins moved the firat resolution , to the effect— ' , _* . " ..
That the advent of Labour was approaching , aud tbat the meeting should rejoice at it as the medium by which the world , should be delivered from tbe wrongs and sufferings _unfler wbich It now groans . Mr Maunder seconded the resolution , and urged ithat the doctrine that the people should be content with their position was bad , and that they should do all in their power legitimately , to improve it . The resolution was unanimously carried . ¦ _--. -- . _MrBuoos , of tile Health of Towns' Association , tllOVed tho _RBCnnd _rutsoluliuil _,: ' WlllCU naa _. _laaaiati in the nature of a sentiment , expressive of a desire to see the " union of all nations in the _bands of universal brotherhood ; commerce released from all re * _strictions , and transacted in a comprehensive and beneficent spirit ; and that it might prove the means of destroying local prejudices , and lead men to make common cause in the promotion of human happiness . "
Mr RicHABnsos seconded the resolution , which was carried by acclamation . Mr Ainobr , secretary to . the Society , proposed tbe third resolution in support of the co-operative cause , and recommending men to abandon the old ways of competition and strife , and to consent to labour for their mutual good , in which they would find their highest enjoyment . Mr _Vfoatn Cooper , in an excellent speech , seconded tbe resolution , which was carried , after wbich ; and thanks to the chair , the meeting separated .
Church-Rates. A Publio Meeting Was Held ...
CHURCH-RATES . A publio meeting was held in the large room Of the Swan Inn , CHthero , on Wednesday evening , June 23 rd , "To take , into consideration the _unjuat and illegal determina ' tion of a small minority of a vestry meeting to impose a much larger rate than was agreed upon by a majority of tho meeting , and to give the inhabitants of the chapelry an opportunity of expressing _, their sentiments on the subject , which was denied them by the Chairman of the . above meeting . " At half-past seven the room was densely crowded ;
there were , about 700 present . Robert _Trapps , Esq ., town clerk , was called to tbe chair . He addressed the _metting at somo length , to shew that a farthing and not twopence in the pound was the real rate , and pledged his character as a lawyer , that it was the only legal and bona fide rate , and that the ratepayers would be justified in resisting the twopenny _iste to the utmost . The Rev . Joseph Wadswobth , Independent minister , next shewed the baneful and unchristian character of church-rates , and concluded by moving— . ¦ .-
That cburchrateB and other compulsory imposts for tbe support of religion , are unjust , oppressive , and injurious , being opposed to the principles of Christiouity , and to tbat religious liberty which is the inalienable right of every human being , Mr Heaton seconded the resolution , which was put and carried unanimously . Mr _Jacksok , _Wesleyan Association minister , next addressed the : meeting , in a most effective and eloquent speech , destroying every position taken up by the pro-rate party , and contrasted their conduct with _thedoctrines of the New Testament , which rande them look moat "strange and unaccountable , " and concluded an address , of three-quarters of an hour , by moving-:
That tbis meeting strongly disapproves ofthe attempt which was made by the vestry meeting to bind the majority by the _miaqrity , and considers that the decision from the chair , announcing tbat the question was curried by a minority , contrary to the highest authority , and in no way binding on the ratepayers . ' Mr Carmicuael _, churchwarden of Chadburn , seconded the resolution , and said tbat _whes the rate was first proposed ' _amonRBt the churchwardens , he used bis best endeavours to prevent them from calling a meeting of the ratepayers , and uraed upon them the desirability of raising the amount by the voluntary rather than the compulsory . principle ; but no , they would act up to , and enforce the law , regardless of consequences . _,-,.- « ¦ - ¦ ¦ : >
The resolution was put and carried unanimously . _MrKiatLAsn , of Sabden ( Baptist minister ) , next addressed tbe meeting , and concluded by recommending the electors to vote for no candidate , be . he Whig , Tory _. _jor Radical , who will not , when in his place in tbellonse of Commons , take bis stand upon _Anti-. StatejChvirch Principles . Hemoveil—That this meeting regards the imposition of churchrates on the chapelry of Clitheroe , of twopence in tha pound , as peculiarly oppressive and unjust , and are dett ' rraiaed to resist , the payment of the same , by every legal , peaceable , and _soBStitutionul means . ? .. Mr John M ' 1 _ujuham seconded the resolution , whioh was carried unanimously . . . < ¦ Mr _Carmichael asked the chairman ( Mr _Trappes ) , if Mr Anderton , tbe minister , requested him . Mr C ) , to collect the twopenny rate , what course should he adopt ,
Mr Tbappss said he only knew of one rate , and that was the legal rate of one farthing in the pound ; he ( Mr C . ) might collect that rate , and not one farthing more . . '„ ¦ " * ' _' . - !¦' .. ¦ . ' . Mr ! Carmichabi _. proposed , and Mr _Beurt aeconded _, a voteof thanks to Mr Trappes for his conduct in the chair . , -a Mr _' _. _TRAppss thanked the meeting , and assured them they might at any future time command his services , ' when they . conducted , themselves so orderly and _discreellyas that night ; . All the speakers were frequently and rapturously applauded .
United Patriots' Benekt Aud Provibbnt Sc...
United Patriots' _Benekt aud Provibbnt _Scoieti . —The Bristol branch of the above society held their annual festival oh Monday , 28 th ult ., at the White Hart Inn , BmUhgtoh . a village two miles from Bristol , A _Bpleriilid dinner was provided for the _occasiona'and ah excellent band of music enlivened „ the _Evening ' s entertainment ; - ' After the cloth was removed ,. ' Mr ' Thomas Frankham was called to the chair , and Mr Robert : Nicholas to the vice-chair , and , after a few preliminary remarks , the chairman proceeded to propose a number of toasts and sentiments appropriate to the _occasion , amongst which we may mention the " Health of the patrons of the
society , " T . S . Duneombe , Esq ., M . _Jf _., T . Wakley , Esq ., M . P ; , ' and other gentlemen . After a warm eulogy on the public conduct of these gentlemen for their untiring zeal in the working man ' s cause , the toast Was draught with enthusiasm , the band playing the tune "Hearts of Oak . " Thanks having been voted to the chair , and that portion of the press which advocates the rights of labour , the company adjourned to the Green , inthe ' rear of the house _. ' and enjoyed themselves in sports and dancing . It was a pleasure to witness such a large assemblage of well dressed and respectable individuals of both sexes , so happy ' as they evidently were . * ' ' . '_ , _ '¦ TBAVEtusoAf
Akciem and Modebn _.-yteralapse of nearly & century , the _Quickeilver mail , we are informed , leaves this road in the course of a few days . That mighty monster steam _seems to bring a revolution of changes wherever it takes its course . Half a century since , iri the recollection of many an old personage now living in Ashburton , once a day _passedtheDilirence coach , with its basket fastened behind for passengers who could not afford to pay the top fare ; then followed other vehicles , performing tho distance from Dock to Exon in about twelve hours ; that well-known whip of olden days , Crack _, always stopping at the celebrated New Inn , four miles
from Ashburton , with his vehicle and passengers , an hour to dine and witness a battle of cocks , which were always procured ready for the fight ; Numerous bets took place , to the mortification of some . ' of the passengers , who were consideralle losers . S _» , nce then time glided on , and the Subscription , De _^ ance ' and a host ol other coaches , have passed awr 4 y and a little time longer the celebrated coach Tap ' . ivy , with its pleasing guard , John Goodwin , wU \ bid adieu . The old maidens , who seem _sqQharar . d every morning with the musical _perfwrnahcea of Goodwin , will be thrown into _inexpressible grief _*{ their irreparable low . _—ZocaJ _roptr-i
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THB LAiJD ' AND THE CHABTBB . TO TH * MHTOl OF TBI n 6 » THI « ir STAB . _«» , —With few _honwwable exceptions tbe conduetors ofthe prett have _aoted dishonestly towards tbe reop !» i because , bad the most important and flagrant abuses been continually held up to public gaxe , they could not by any possibility bave prevailed until the present moment ; but these questions bare been studiously . voided , and those who havo laboured for tbeir overthrow are too generally held up to derision and publio odium . However , " truth li mighty , and must prevail , " and those who are engaged in this righteous struggle may take courage , for the . day of theh _?~ if ademption draweth nigh . At the time of tbe American and French _reroinrtoBt the people were induced madly to engage In a crusade against liberty , and had it been , tbat the punishment had fallen upon those who deserved it , no
cause would hare existed to find fault with the system ; but it so _happtnt that posterity is punished for the misdeads of their ancestors , and therefore we are made to feel the chastisement . ' .. Had tbey made common cause with them we should have escaped the ordeal wbich moat be passed through , either peaceably , or otherwise . Nothing short ofthe People ' s Charter " can enable ut to abolish the Land monopoly , wbicb is tbe greatest curse that can possibly affect this country . __ In , the mean time it behoves the people to exert all then _energles te provide funds for purchasing all the lands that may come into the market ; by this means they will acquire a standing in society , improve their own condition , and that of their _fellow-labourers , by reducing the competition in tbe labour matket . Our motto * must be for the ensuing Election , " . The land and the Charter for _^ ver , *' --I am , youra respectfully , R . C . 3 uwoh , an Elector of Nottingham .
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The Plundering Pbopitmongers. To Ths Bbi...
THE PLUNDERING PBOPITMONGERS . TO THS _BBir o * or THI KOBTHIBK STAK . . S « , —I beg to state that tbo magistrates of this borough have lately . posted up in _oonBplcuout places an abstraot . ot the . acts relative to bakere and milUra adulterating flour or bread , having annexed to tbe several Acts of Parliament severe penalties , with the view of protecting the publio . One villain of a miller has only recently been fined £ 20 for adulterating the flour with "beans or peas , " and his excuse was , tbat it wst absolutely neoessary to mix these vegetables witb tbe wheat , te cause the flour to be more adhesive in preparing the bread' What effrontery 1 In place of £ to be ought to bave been fined £ 100 , and , to repeat the act , to be trar , _*> - uairtuU for _sovon _j > n .. ~ .
Another gross imposition on the public , especially the poorer class of _society , Is practised by the fraternity of grocers who . not only basely adulterate sugar , coffee , tea , cocOB , & c „ to make greater profit , but , in weighing the article * , put paper along * ith it , thereby making their fraud greater , for in getting half a pound Of sugar , C 0 C 0 _B , butter , or seap , there will be half an ounce , if not more , lobe deducted from tbe article purchased . Why should not the legislature intrfere and prevent such frauds on the poor and cause this clau to weigh every article without paper , or , if such be necessary ( scales for soap and other articles oaght lo be provided ) to hold the arti .
ole , let paper ofthe same tort and sice be put in the oppotitescale ? This I haveteeu done by a 'friend" or Quaker , who wis so conscientious that he felt , if he acted otherwise , he was defrauding his cattomer . Surely our Commons' House of Parliament hare al much right to dabble in such matters that concern the poor to closely as to enact that turbot , scented soap , oils , afec , shall be admitted duty free , became such are solely for their , use aud consumption , or that , on their finer teas and coffee , a bight r duty is not charged than for that consumed by the plebeian order ofthe community ,
Our bread is yet a shameful price , the 4 tb . loaf hemp ; 10 d ., seconds . Ought not Parliament to interfere and prevent monopolists making fortunes of £ 61 , 000 or £ 70 , 000 in a few weeks , causing a dearth in the midst of plenty t It was rumoured tbere were public granaries to be erected ta k _« ep down bread to 6 d . for the 41 b . loaf , but sush an act of justice is not to be expected from class legislators . A _WciaL-WlSBBB . AND _HATE & OV _IHJDBTICK .
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! TO TRB EDITOR OF THE _KOBTMBN STAB . Sib , —In looking over a late number of the Star my attention was arrested by a letter addressed to you , and
headed"PRINCIPLE « . _ESPEDlEaVCT . " I think I should be guilty of a dereliction of duty if I did not say a few words upon tbe latter part of that letter cautioning the Chartists of Leeds as to tlieir policy respecting Joseph Sturge . It is not for me to speak of the motives of the writer , but I think he is in the wrong ; I hope , therefore , that you will allow tbe following lines a place in your paper : TO MR WILLIAM RIDER , Sib , —Io your letter published in the Star , dated June 18 th , I think there is much uncalled-for abuse of Joseph Sturge , sucha 8 " cojaplete bainbog , " and "birasofa _featbt-r flock together . " Now , Sir , have you forgot the nobis stand of Joseph Sturge at Birmingham against both Whig and Tory , _wlm _. the same Joseph Sturge was lauded
to tbe skies by the editor of the Northern Star for his manly stand for universal freedom t You . misrepresent tbe man when you say that he dissents from one ofthe most essential points of Chartism , . Tote by Ballot . Now , Sir , at the meeting you allude to I was present , and Joseph Sturge distinctly stated , in the very face of Whig * gery , that he would vote for the Ballot ; but he said further , that be hoped the day would come when the manly independence of Englishmen would do without the Ballot . So says Feargus O'Connor , and so say I , But you ask the _CliartUts of Leeds , had Joseph been one of our brethren , would Edward Baines have seconded a resolutloB , callini . on Joseph to allow himself to be put in nomination , and pledging tbe support ofthe meeting to obtain his return _f 1 answer it is ti »« Government Scheme of Education that has driven Edward Baines to
supporting Joseph Sturge ., 1 firmly believe that Joseph _Sturiteis a sincere advocate of the principles of political freedom , _« s embodied in the . , People ' s " Charter ; and I hope and trust that the Chartists of Leeds , aud all sincere Reformers , will work heart and soul to accomplish his _rsjutn . Are the Chartists of Leeds to let such an opportunity _« o by for another seven years and not embrace it ! I answer , emphatically . No ! Go heart and toul with Baines or Richardson , if , by doing no , you elect a good aod sincere advocate of the political rights Of man . ChartisU of Leeds , be up and doing ; rally round tbe standard of Liberty , form your branch committees , and work heart and hand to obtain the election of Joseph Sturge . Yours truly , Wim . uk Sites , a sincere Chartist . Brittian ' s . fold , Holbeck , near Leeds .
P . » . —Ed ward Baines told the electors and non-electors that he disagreed with Joseph _Sturge's political principles . w . S .
Lord Holland's " Equivalent New (!) Foot...
LORD HOLLAND'S " EQUIVALENT NEW (!) FOOT WAT" THROUGH HOLLAND . PARK , KENSLNGTON
TO TBE EDITOR 0 > TBS HOBTHIBN . _STAK . DS 4 B Sib , —You have doubtless beard that it is the intention of Lord Holland to block up the footway before Holland House , and to divert the same in a line with his graBd entrance drive , which is opposite the " Earl ' s Court Road" to Brompton . This be : styles a " new" footway , and so it seems to those who do not know anything to the contrary ; but if any of your readers who take aninterest in tbe question ( and it is a question in which many are interesting themselves ) will peruse the "Maps of London , " in the '' Kinn ' _s Collection '' of the Library of the British Museum ( which they can do upon the mere application for a free ' " order . " to ' . Sir HeDry Ellis , the
Chief Librarian , signed by two respectable householders ) , they will find this " new" line of footway is about _bb " new " ns Holland House . It was originally a lane wbich led ( ram the Thames to Vfillesden . Vfhen _taa Holland Park portion ofit was made away with I know not , but I insist that because Lord Holland is willing to restore it , that ia not any just reason wby he should ¦ deprive tbe public of another ' me , of . thoroughfare equally " as important , —I mean that which passes before Holland House , which is the remains of a l » no alio , ' and a very ancient one too . Let Lord Holland restore the stolen footway by all means ' but let bim not do so at tbe cost of the one which the public already enjoy , and which they _coaslderno " equivalent " , can bo given , is indeed there cannot .
Trusting that you will give publicity to the above , I remain , dear Sir , yours , for public rights , Henbt Howell _Gaiirttus , Secretary of the West London Central Anti-Enclosure Association . ' P . S , Holland Purk is already too much enclosed with black boards at hi gh as a _OTae-storied house . Lord Holland says he has his fences Wi * height for fear tbat , in the event of the public being robbed , the thief ( or thieves ) might not escape ; a very plausible reason , truly , for blocking up the country , but one which Englishmen , however gullible , are not likely to _swaUow . It Is worth a visit to Holland Park , in order to " see sight of" Us giant fencts ; the long lane to it from _Kotttng-hltl actually looks like a long sewer , so bigb and so black ars the fences each tide of it , .. June 89 , 1847 .
In The Assembly Of The States General Of...
In the Assembly of the States General of Croatia , held at Waradin , it has been resolved that the national language should bn used instead of "Latin , and that ho person shall be elected as Deputy _yiho does not understand and speak Hungarian . _DiBr-ft-a Hiohwat Robbery . —About a _quajtor before eleven o ' olock on Tuesday night a most _audacious robbery and assault was committed in W » _% nd-road , on the person of Mr Edward Rountree , a ger * lemM in her Majesty ' s Customs , residing at 22 .
. West-street , Mile _End-road , who waa returning home , accompanied by his wife . When neatly opposite the London Hospital , an attempt was made by two fellows to pick his pocket , and while turning _roundtopvey ( _jntu _» ra , h * eTea ; i . _i- ? _eiaBCvere hlowon the face from one of their accomplices , which knocked him down , and before he recovered a valuable gold watch and chain was stolen from his person , tatwithstanding tho alarm _rai s _^ l , tie _thiOYeaBUwe _^ In escaping ,
Wreck Of Four Ships. ^J Tbe Miracle, C»P...
WRECK OF FOUR SHIPS . _^ J Tbe Miracle , C » ptain"iIiiott , ( ailed from tht * . I of Liverpool in the latter part of March _Cty _* Quebec ; besides her crew she bad on board n _^ M thaft _*? _M 0 emigrants . ) In a gale ofwind , ou ths _& i of M _*// _tbuj unfortunate vessel was driven asW _^ a rtef of rocks off the _Magdalenihlamlfl , . where ; M few _houwaho became a complete wreck . _ThajjH _mehtatostruck her masts fell overboard , and _$ i capjtain of the ship seeing tbat the loss of tbe »«__ 5 i WM inevitable , had the boats lowered , and « ithp * _f crewexertod all possible means to preserve the hV o f the emigrant * , who crowded the decks in l _?
greatest _staw oi excitement .. Aiwr inceruant _^ the greater part of tbe . poor creatures were got _tiftf ' , ashore on the island , but in two instances the aW struck against tbe rock , were shattered to _atw and their living freight , amounting to nearly 70 _ni ? sons , were drowned . Before the vessel ' arrived _^; Magdalen Islands , a fever had broken out _an _^ the emigrants , which carried off 20 . The nam ,, a j these who perished are not mentioned in thepartictL < lars received at Lloyd ' s ; the survivors are said t have been conveyed to Pioton , where they _arriJ 1 on the 29 tb . The vessel had been properly surv . _j-2 ! before her sailing from Liverpool ; she was 8 trom __! built , and registered at Llovd ' eas 621 tens , lurj _ * j been built at St John ' s , New ; _firuuswick , in M It is not known if she was insured . '
Two English . vessels were lost on the same ni _ U 60 miles southward of Magdalen Island ; one wy from London to Quebec , called the Brothers , t _> property of Messrs Brooks and : Co ., of _Southw _» t k All hands , it is supposed , were lost . Letters from Sues , dated June 8 , received by . _Ju overland mail , announce the total loss of the barqu * _Vfelcome , belonging to Greenock , 0 U a coral roelt » the _Inland of Yarabo , in the Red Sea . It _*« attended with melancholy loss of life . The cbi . _ mate , an Arab pilot , and also 12 of the seamen , wen drowned . The accident occurred at 10 o ' clock on the night of the 11 th of April , the vessel being 0 a her homeward passage . No sooner did she _strik . than the vessel turned over on her beam-ends , aiu _. sunk in 10 fathoms of water . * The master and re , mainderot the crew , after being in the water sod __ time , succeeded in getting hold of tbe long-boat _, which floated , and gained the village of Yambo oa the 10 th . The loss is estimated at £ 20 ,
000-Another loss , thatof a whaler , off the coast of New Zealand , is also reported at Lloyd ' s . It is that . { the De _' _phos , 500 tons burden , commanded by Capt . West . On the morning of tbe 27 th of December last , in the midst of A violent squall of wind and . raiu , breakers were discovered a short distance oa _thplo _^ u . _— oi . w _^< iut > _a \ uvavny _luiasn-. _ps , _anu xu five minutes was shattered in a thousand fragments . By almost a miracle all . but six of the crew wert saved . When she struck- she rolled bulwarks under , towards the reef—by the returning wave she rolled outwards with her masts under water , and sa remained , when the crew clambered up upon the aids which lay out oi water , which offered some protection
from the waves . ' The next sea that struck stove iu her decks , and partially broke up her stern , and tha succeeding one detached the side centre on which they were clinging , and threw it , with tbe untortu . nate sufferers , upon thereof . No land was to be seen , and there was much reason to suppose tbey were on a bare reef on the wide ocean . The morning light , however , dissipated tbeir fears in revealing the land at a distance of four miles , to which thej were able to proceed on the reef . It proved to be Palmerstoa Island , near New Zealand . There they remained several days , and were eventually taken off by tht American ship Alert . The loss of this vessel , witk its contents , is reported to be about £ 10 , 000 .
Hosmtt Rkwabdkd.—A Few Evenings Uince, A...
Hosmtt Rkwabdkd . —A few evenings _uince , a lul in the employ of Messrs Maxwell and Sou , law book * sellers , Bell-yard , Fleet-street , was sent out on _business for his employers into the city . On passing tht obelisk at the end of _Farringdon-street , he taw lying on the ground , in the mud , a piece of paper folded as a letter ; on looking at it he found it to be an un * sealed letter , addressed to Mr Asber , British Museum , containing several Bank notes . ' The lad immediately returned to his employers' house ef _business , and handed the letter and notes to the head olerk in the counting-house , stating to him when and where h _» had found them . The clerk , on examining the contents , found enclosed two £ 40 and five £ 10 Bank of England noteB , amounting in the whole to £ 130 , He .
then directed the lad to go immediately to the Museum , and make inquiries for and ascertain if Mr Asher could be seen . On going there he found Mr _Asher had left , and would net return till the next morning . It appears that Mr Asher had received the notes at the Bank in the course of the afternoon , and for safety had placed them in an old envelope directed to him , and then placed them in the bresst _> pocket of his coat , and did not discover his loss till going to rest at one o ' clock in . tho morning . Ho hastened early in the morning to the Bank , arrived before tbe hour of business , took the only remedy ia his power to save , if possible , his property , ascertained the numbers , and stopped the notes . He then went , in a low desponding mood , to the
Museum , where the lad was waiting for him . On Mr Asher being pointed out to the lad , he inquired if he had lost anything . Mr Asher answered , with great emotion , "Yes , bave you found anything J " To his delight the lad answered he had found soma bank-notes . The lad directly gave up the notes to Mr Asher on his describing them ; and muoh to the honour of that gentleman he handed back a £ 10 note . The lad , with much _acuteness , inquired " if he could make use of the note ? " Mr Asher , recovering from his surprise , said "No , you cannot ; but yoa shall go with me in a cab to the Bank and obtain tht _chanee . " They proceeded accordingly to the Bank
and obtained the change . Air Asher handed the lea , sovereigns to the lad , and on leaving took down his name and address in his pocket book , and promised the lad to do everything that laid in his power to hel p him ; he would obtain for him a good situation , at . promote in every way he could his future interest and welfare , for the truly honest , upright , straightforward manner in which he had acted in this transaction . It may be added that at the time Messrs Maxwell . ' lad found the money another lad yraa with him , to whom he afterwards gave four sovereigns , and placed the remainder of the money in St Clement ' s savings bank . '
Fatal AcciDBifT on thi _Ckoyoox Railroad . —An . accident of a very distressing nature occurred near : the Anerley station of the above railway , _ataboutai quarter " before six o ' clock on Thursday evening . Thai Anerley tavern and tea gardens form a picturesque s object on the tight of the Croydon Railway . They c are tenanted by Mr Buckraaster . The son of this s gentleman is the victim of the unfortunate occur- - rence , and the manner in which the accident tookk place may be thus briefly detailed . It appears thatit Mr BuckraaHBter holds some land on the opposite _sidalo ofthe railway to that on which the tavern is situates . Ou this land Rome labourers ' were employed on Thur ** day in haymaking , the son of Mr _Buckmaster , a re-emarkably fine young man , aged only 19 , _superintend-ding their operations . At the . hour _abore-mentienedjd
the deceased was in the act of crossing the _railways from the tavern into the field , when a pilot enginene on its way to town passed the station at a rapid _pacese before the unfortunate young man could elear _thehe line he was struck by the off buffer and thrown i i distance of several yards , falling with great vioiencow on the back of his head , and fracturing his skull to so J frightful extent . The accident was observed by tbtb driver ofthe engine , who immediately , _brounht up _ip and assistance having been procured , the _deceaseW who still breathed , was placed on ' a truck and broughgh immediately to the London-brid ge terminus , _whenonc he was removed on a stretcher to Guy ' s _Ilospitalta ! Mr S . _Abershaw , the house surgeon , on making ai ai exatnitiRtieft , at once pronounced the unfortunatia _* man to be auito dead .
Before Mr Wm . Carter , the ceroner for East SurJur rey ,. and a jury , at the Crooked Billet _Tavermrn Penge-common , Norwood , relative to the death 01 o _> Charles Joseph Buckmaster , aged 19 years ,. who loslosi bislife near the Annerly Station , on Thursday evewen ing last , under tbe most painful circumstances . ThTh jury having been sworn , proceeded to view the _bodjod . j Upon their return the first witness called was _Josepsep Buckmaster , the proprietor of the Annerly Taverren : Norwood , who deposed that the deceased was bi bii son . lie assisted witness in the management of hf h business . On Thursday evening last , about a qua . ua ter to six o ' clock , witness was standing in a fie ! fie !! situate on the left of the down . line from Lon . doj . don watching his men , who were engaged in _haymakinninn
when he was suddenly alarmed by hearing tl tit whistle of a steam-engine indicating danger . Wi Wii ness turned round and . saw the deceased _walkitlkiii steadily along the aide of the up line towards ts t field . Immediately afterwards witness observed ed :: engine and tender passing the Annerly station . T . T men in charge of th « engine made a loud and cd « : Unuedalarm to warn the deceased , who ¦ _aV & VMhee _& _eec' ! the signal . They had likewise shut off th * _stessteai and were using the break , but before the _entitle _stoati _pto the deceased was knocked , down . Witness _uss 11 to the spot , which was about 200 yards torn the ihe ii nerly station , and found the deceased insensible , ale , 11 bleeding from a wound on the baok of his head . d . wag placed on the eneine and removed to Guv ' s Ir s II
pit & l , where Mr Abershaw _pronounced him _dn dl from a fracture of the skull , a portion of which ich penetrated the brain . By tb . e coroner . —W _^ 'W _^ _' _- wag quite certain that the deceased lost his life aife ai dentally , and that the engip . _e-driver and stokeriker ' all they possibly could to prevent the unfottuottuu occurrence . Other evide Dce having been taken , ken _,, coroner summed up , rer « arkin * on the melancilanc : nature ofthe case , pointing out the law in refera * _efen _> to tbe management of railways , and the _respvespii bility placed in parties taking charge of _lecomccomcc engines , ifproot were given of any culpable ne <_ nefi in tbeir duties _^ t \ m coroner subsequently left left * case in tho hands of the jury , who _UBanitmnimu agreed to & verdict of—Accidental Death .
The Queen , on the advice of Lord John Rut Ruai has settled on Mrs Dr Chalmers and ber famifamiii pension on the civil list of £ 200 a year ,
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Citation
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 3, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03071847/page/2/
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