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O The Northern Star. Pbbbuaby 6, I847
o THE NORTHERN STAR . Pbbbuaby 6 , I 847
Abelin-Ethy's Pile 04 Nt Me Nt.
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¦ What n painful .-mil noxie . us d _* sc _.-r ? e is the Piles ! and comparative , Etow few of fthe amicieu nave Deen per . maneM ' y cur _.-. l In _.. rdinarv .-ijr . -e-. ls to medical skill ! This , ve doubt _anses from tba use « f poirerfiil aiH-iiei 11 s t ™ frenucntlv « . ln- & _i « _£ - « l by the _pivfcftaon ; indeed . _Orong internal , neefc _« . _* e should . ways be avoided in aVrca . es of this complaint . _Sbe propriete ,.- _.. f the above Ointment after years of' unite _««*• _" «? . placed himself « : i . iVr B . e tr _-atmcteif that eminent _Jgsn _. Mr . AHen . _i'tby , was by ..... J 2 _^ _£ _2 _^ _£ ra _^^^^ it ever « -i .. _e-e without tlie _slulrteUt return _ed" . he disorder , over a > _e-v ! . _* J »} _$£%£ _^ _- _*^ _** V _*^ _«> " s ! _- ? _AlH . rnCtl . i :,. ii . ri _* svriptUml . a been the means of healing a vast »« « bw 1 « _f ** _- _** * l , * '' _c "V * - ?' ul ollt " _•¦>« vr « . wkt .. r _* _* - circles » f friends _n-ist of which ease * had been under medic . l care , and-some of them for a very _cmsWeS-tfme Aber « ctl . _> - Vile Ointment was introduced t » thc puWu : hy > e . tear * < rf many who had been _perfcctl _^ h " . d 1 v its _Mi-iUcatiur and since iU _intre . _due-Jie . n the _&¦>«* ot this _Ointmeit lias spread f . u * and wide cv-n VheMedi » dI _& _£ _*? u _rfwavi _Jlow add .... _willing to _-ickno-v edged the virtue , _rf any medicine nut prepar ' ed by a ... ve r Uximg reme-elv in _i-ve-in * t , ge ami variety ** _J" ? t « n « " £ * . "' _" _*? J * _„ . „ , .. - . . . , _, , S .., _'Frers irilin-. trtfiK-. it a _" vim ; the Ointment a tnal . _Miflatuelis ot cases t _< r rt < - efficacy mig-. _i be produced , tt _^^^ X _^^^ iS _^ t _KUd _^ e _^ _who have been _i-,. n , _l unwilling to _pifafel . their names . _s oldr » i _^ _'eie- i _IVrts : t ' s . . M . or the quantity « f hr > c _^ ** _-l '<«* m « ne for I te , _witll full directions for use , by « W _C t :: _eri-.. _pmt .. _i-. ) Xapier _^ _rc-t . 11 . mi .-ii . - _"env Town London , where also can be procured every 11 . . mi- * f .- _,..-t .-tV _.-.-.-tfro-. i . _tlie- < iii ! riii : _>* m : _ikei-* .. with an allowance on takiujr six at a time . » i K _?™ r ; t , tk •••• _tnBXKTHY _* _1-lf . E 01 XTMKNT . " " The Publie arc _relucted to be .. n their guard a-, ? . ist ii . _™ « m _M » . Hi « tiii" S _.-1 . 1 at low prices , " -... d t , observe that none can _---issibly be genuine , unless the name . ? " . _" K , ! L L nri .. _« «\ e . a l ie _fieive nniieiit Stamp _aftixei" . to each pot , 4 s . ( id ., which is the _lowest price the proprietor
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CORNS AND BUNIONS . PAUL'S EVERY MAN'S FRIEND . Patronised hy thc Koyal 'Family , Nobility , Clergy , J : c . It a sure and speedy Cure . tor tlmse severe annoyances , v-ithout causing the least pain or _m-onveuience . Unlike all other _renie-dies f _.. r Corns it- * operation is such as to _ri-iuter tlie cutting of Corns altogether unnecessary ' indeed , we _luursav , ihe * practice of cutting Corns is at all times _highly dangerous , and has been frequently attended with lameii . table ironsi _qii'iiees . _besides its _liahil-. ty t . i increase their growth ; it adheres with the most gentle pressure , produces . _-: n instant and delightful relief from torture , and with . perseverance iu its application , entirely eradicates the most inveterate C _.-rns and Humous . _Te- _* .. _i'iie > _-. ii : il- ; have been receiv _.-d fr m upwards of one lunid ed Phjsici ins and Surgeons of the greatest eminence , as well as from _iu-e uy Officers of both Army and Xavy . mid ne * _arly oue thousand private letters li o . n the gentry in town j _ande-ountrv , speaking in high t _* rms < if this _v-jluiiblexviiu-dy . .,, „ ,. .- ' Prepared _t > v John Fov , in boxes at ls _Ud . or three small boxes in one for 2 s 9 d . aud to be had , with full _elircctions for use , of C . _Kisc , Napi-r-street , Hoxton , _N _' ew Tewn , London , and all whole-sale and retail medicine vendors in towu andcountiv . The genuine has the name e _. f John rox . 011 the 6 tainp . is lid Uox cures the most obdurate Corns . _As-k fe . r " Paul's- !" very Man ' s Friend . " Ah _-rnethy _' _- ? Pile Ointment , Paul ' s Corn Plaster , and Abernethy ' s Pile Powders , are sold by the following respectable Chemists and Dealers iel'atent MediVii . es : Barclay and Sons , _Fardngdoii-strcct ; Edwards , fit , St . Paul ' s Church-yard ; l _' utler , 4 , Cheap- _* iue ; _Newbcry , St . Paul's : *" utton , How Churchyard ; Jolmsnn _, lo , _t-eek-street , Soho . and Oi , Cornhill ; Sanger , I ' ll ) , Oxford-street ; _WiHouslibv and Co , til . _Bishoi-sgato street Without ; Owen . 5- ' . Marchmoild-street , Burton-crescent ; Eade , 3 i ' , Goswell street ; Prout , - """ J , Strand ; llannay and Co .. * ' , Oxford-street ; Hunter and James , Webber row ; :. nd retail hy all _rej-pcctable chemists aw ! medicine veuders iu Lemdou . _Couktrv Agents : —Baines and _Ne-wsome ; Mr . _Buclton , Times Ofiice ; Heaton Smeeton , Hall , Reinhardt and Sons , J . C . lirowne , 4- * , _Ilritgiite , Thornton , 35 , Boar Lane , Denton , Garland , Maun , Uean , Harvey Haigh , late Tarbottom , Bolland and Kiinplav , Land Moxon , C . Hay , lOG . Rriggate . Rli _. ules , Bell and Brooke Lord , R . C . llay , Medical Hall , leeds : con per . Kev and . Fisher . _Braelford ; Hartley , Berry , Suter , Leyland _Halifix , - Smith , Eland , _llui-tt , _Cardwell , Gell . Smith , Wakefield ; _Pyluis Barnsley ; Kr . i _. _wle-s , _Thorne , Brooke and Spivey , lludderslield , Hudson , Keighley ; Lofthouse _, Re-iuhardt ( lute ; Carlton 1 , Kirton . Alcocli , Banes Burrell , Bell , Burton , Healey , Melson , Freeman . Pickerin " , Garte . n , Williamson , _Clia-mi . « _lloiumuiul . Wall ' s , Walker , Urooiubead , Noble , Forster , Har . _Imaii _, Stephenson , Weir , Kvder and linker ., Hull ; Pipes , _Kcninslnm _, _iolmson _, Earle , Cornwall , Robinson , lSrighum . Beverley -, Brookes , Doncaster ; M :-tt '; _e- » s , _CreaM-r , Driltiie _' el ; I _' i'S , Goole . ; Milner , Pickering' : Stevenson , Whitby ; Bolton , Blansh _.-ird , aud Co , Hargrove , FuOkt , Otley . Linney , y .. rk ; Marston , Brigs ; Hurft , Hobson , Armitage , lllgolby , Longhottom _, _Louili ; " \ Vaiawriglit , llowden ; llayner / Snnth _Burlington . ; Hornsby , Wrai _. _gliam , Jefferson , _Msilton , Rhodes , *" naitl _>; Champlev . BiemiTiead , Ireland . Buckall , _Scarbornu-ih ; Smith . Fu by . Brid ingtoii ; Adams , Colton , Pullen , Selby ; Ombler , Market , Weighton ; Fleck , Marsh , Hotherliam , _Hattersley , Ball , Officer , Barton , Browne , Gainsborough ; Gledltill , Old Delph , Priestley , F <« , Poiitttict ; Dalby , Wetherby , Slater , Bedale , Dixon , Northallerton , _A ' aid , Richmond ; Ward , StokesIey , Foggit and _Thompson , Thirsk , Monkhouse Barnard Castle ; Pease , Darlington ; Jennett , Stock-on ; ai . d by ill respectable chemists and inedieii . i * venders in every market town in England . «* i . .. i . i .. > .. _m < cv _. « cr _: lt _.. lt .. i > Hlni . cli . i . 1 _anit f . _n _ . druir _^ ists . M _ie-kle-ia te . Yeirk .
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EXTRAORDINARY CURES IIOLLOtt AY'S OINTMENT . wonderful Cireof-Ireadfal Dlcerom _Sores iu the Face and Leg , iu Prince Edward Island . The Truth of this Statement was duly attested before a _Magistrate . I , Hugh Macd . iSALD , of Lot 55 , in King's County , do hereby _declare , thata _mest _wonicrful preservation of my ife has heen effected by tlie use of Holloway ' s Pills aud Ointment * , and I _furtliermor-i declare , that I was very much afflicted with Ulcerous Sores in my Face and L > g ; so severe was my complaint , that the greater part of my nose and the roof of my moath was eaten away , and my leg had three large ulcers on H , and that I applied to several Medical gentlemen who prescribed forme , but !
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OX THE COSCEALED CAUSE OF _CONSTITUTIONAL OR ACQUIRED DEBILIT 1 _ES-OF THE _GESEEtriVE SYSTEM . Just Published , A new audi mportantEdition of the Silent Friend -ob Human Frailly . Price 2 s . 6 d ., aad sect free to an ; - part of the _Ucitoi * Kingdom on the receipt of a fost _Offlee Order for 8 s . 6 d . A MEDICAL WORK en the _INFIRMITIES of the GENERATIVE SYSTEM , in both se = es ; being an eacuiry into the concealed cause thr _. t _destroys physical energy , and the ability of manhood , ere rigour has established her empire : —with Observations . on the baneful effects of SOLITARY _INDULGENCE and INFECTION :
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pa . es of complaints hitherto little understood , and wcred over by thc majority of the medical profession , for aj . st reason we are at a loss to know . We must , how ha , confess that a perusal of this work has left suck a faeerable impression on our minds , that we not only recommend , but cordially wish every one who is the victim f r -. st folly , or sutferiHg from indiscretion , to profit by advice c outained iu its pages . "—Age and Argus Parti , of this work is particularly addressed to those who ure prevented from forming a Matrimonial Alliance , and will be found an available introduction to the means of perfect and secret restoration to manhood . Part II . treats perspicuously upon , those forms of diseases , either in their primary or secondary stat " , arising from infection , showing how numbers , through _neglect to obtain competent medical aid , entail upon themselves years of misery and guttering .
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COCO US , HOARSENESS , AND ALL ASTHMAT AND PULMONARY COMPLAINTS . _EFVECTCALLV CUBED BV KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES . Upwards of thirty years experience has proved tbe infallibility of these Lozenges in the cure of Winter Cough , Hoarseness , Shortness of Breath , and other Pulmonary Maladies . The patronage of his Majesty , the King of Prussia , and his Majesty the King of Hanover , has been bestowed on them ; as also that of the Nobility and Clergy of the United Kingdon ; and , ab « _-e all the Faculty have especially recommended then : as _% remedy of unfailing efficacy . Testimonials are costinually received confirmatory of the value of these Lozenges , and proving the perfect safety of their use , ( for tbey contain 110 Opium nor eay preparation cf that drug ;) so _that theymay be given itcfcmales ofthe most delicate _coutitution , and children of tbe most tenderest years witbout hesitation .
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VALUABLE TESTIMONIAL _. The _fallowiag Testimonial ofa Cure ofa Cosghof twenty years standing , aad _recovery of strength will be read with much ia terest : — Sib . —I beg to inform you that for the _lact twenty years I have suffered severely from a cough , and have been under medical treatment with but lit tie relief , and have not for many years been able to walk more than half a mile a day . After taking three boxes of your Lozenges my Cough entirely left me , and I have _fliis day
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KEATING'S QWJGn LOZENGES , as I have for a long time been troubled with shortness of breath and a bad cough , and have tried a great variety of medicines , but _ler * ved very _Kttle benefit from them t but since I have made trial of Kbating _' b Cough _Losenoes , I . have breathed better , and the _oough is quite gone _, lam , Sir , your * truly , Sarah Fletcher . To Mr . C * ot * T . Saffron Walden , July 11 th , 1841 .
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An * Inference —On Saturday , Mr . Waklev _. M . P ., held an inquest atthe Cock anil Lion , _Wigniore Street . Marylebone , on thc body of Joseph Crampton aged four weeks . The mother found it dead in bed by her side on Wednesday _mornins . It had not been _prcvious-ly ill , nor had it met with any accident . The Coroner , at the latter case , said it waB a very common 'one , and that he held sometimes four or five similar inquests in a day . The impression used to be that all children so dying had been overlain . There never was a more stupid fallacy , and he believed the members of Itis own profession were the authors of it . In the course of some observations in reference to the prosentstate of Ireland , thc Coroner
said it was all owing to the want of a poor law in Ireland . " We TOu _** t teach the owners of land in Ireland , " said Mr . IVaklcy , "that they must either find employment for their poor , or support them by a tax on their property , as we do [ in Endand . He would advocate in his place in Parliament the extension of the pvincipk of the English Poor Law in Ireland . " A verdict of Natural Death was returned . The Lash . —Woolwich , Jan . 30 . —This morning , at half-past eight o ' clock , the whole of the troops in the garrison were mustered in the Riding School , at thc Royal Artillery Barracks , to see the sentence of a district court-martial , held on Wednesday last , on gunner and driver . T . Beatty , of Captain Grant's company ( IOtii battalion ) carried into effect . The
prisoner was convicted some time since by a district court-martial ofthe crime of desertion and of stealing half a sovereign , belonging to Corporal Frazer , which the latter had entrusted him to get changed . lie was then sentenced to six months' imprisonment , and to be branded with the letter D . This sentence was carried into effect , and the prisoner waa sent to the Military Prison , at Fort Clarence , Chatham . Whilst in confinement , ! he attempted to injure his eyes , with the view , . by inducing a deprivation of sight for the purpose of being discharged from the regiment . Being detected , he was sent up to Woolwich , to be tried for thia offence , technically called " tampering , " and the district court-martial
sentenced him to receive fifty lashes . The sentence was carried into effect this morning , under the superintendence of the field officer on dutv . The unfortunate man received the fifty lashes * at the hands of two drummer . * -, the first being , according to practice , withdrawn , after he had inflicted twenty-five lashes . The prisoner , though evidently of a weak frame of body , bore the infliction with the most stoical indifference , and at its conclusion refused to allow any of his comrades to assist in putting * on his clothes . } His _strut-iile * with his suffering wa- * , however , of btitshort duration for , on being brought into the open air , he became faint , and he was supported by three men up the steps of tho Royal Ordnance Hospital , whither he was at once conveyed .
Roiiberihs . — On Saturday evening between the hours of six and seven , a man . twenty-live or twentysix years old , carrying a blue bag on his arm , called at the residence of Mr . Todd , in Nottingham Place , with a false message , and stole from the hall two great coats , ono of them dark green , lined throughout with sable fur , and worth , £ 50 . On Sunday evening tho house of Mr . _Tutt . No . S , Georgina-street , Camden Town , was robbej during the absence of thc inmates , of a double-bottomed gold watch with three gold seals and key , twelve silk handkerchiefs , and other property . The thieves entered by breaking in at the kitchen window . On the same " evening , the house of Mr . Simmonds , 11 , _Exofr-r Street , South , Camden Town , was entered and robbed of a gold
neck chain , £ 4 . in gold , 10 s . in a silk purse , aud a great coat . Suicide of a SuncEOx . —On Monday , Mr . Payne held an inquest atthe East India Arms , Fcnchurch Street , on the body of Mr . Thomas Greenwood , aged 41 , a general practitioner , of No . 2 , Fcnchurch Buildings . The deceased came home on Sunday evening in a state of intoxication , and shortly afterwards was observed to mix something with his tea , which he swallowed , and died alter a short interval . Mr . Henry Bailer , surgeon , of Jewry Street , said he had been acquainted with thc deceased for many years , and had known him to have made two previous attempts on his life . When called to him on Sunday , he lound him insensible , and in a quarter of an / iour the deceased died . Witness had examined
the liquid in tlie tumbler , and found it to consist of tea mixed with essential . oil of almonds . One ofthe jurors saitl that about three years ago tho deceased sustained severe injuries on the head by falling off an omnibus , and since then was occasionally out of his mind . Yerdict , Temporarv Insanity Alabming Firb . — On Sunday morning , a fire , nearly attended with the most disastrous results , was discovered on tlte premises belonging to Mr . J . 1 . Clarke , ironmonger , situate at 8 , Limekiln Hill , Limehouse . Ihe fire _originated on the ground floor , and when first discovered was ascending the stairease _, ihe inmates happily succeeded in effecting a _Bafe retreat ; hut the fire could not be extinguished until that portion of the house in which it commenced was burned out , and the furniture and upper rooms were severely damaged . Painless Or-ERATioxs— Effects of Ether—A man was admitted into the London Hospital having his ancle
completely crushed by the fall of a cask ol sugar upon it . Immediate amputation was essential _, but the patient obstinately refused to submit to the operation , till lie wan told it could be done without pain . Then he readily assented . The ether waB administered , and the leg removed . The patient afterwards asserted tbat lie had felt no pain , but , on the contrary , that his sensatio ns were of the most pleasant description . When the crushed limb was afterwards dissected , it was discovered thatthe large artery and vein of the leg were completely severed by the accident . Now , had thc operation been delayed ( and without the ether this would have happened ) the patient might have rallied in a few hours from the shock , and then a violent bleeding from the wounded artery would have followed , enough to exhaust or destroy the patient . The extirpation ofa large tumour from the neck ofa lady residing at Redford , occupying sixteen minutes in performance , is reported by the surgeon who operated as _having been
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effected without the least consciousness of pain to thc patient , and three operations upon the eye peri ' _ornisd at the Maidstone Ophthalmic Hospital appear to have been equally successful . With a view to ascertain precisely the successive effects produced by inhaling ether , and so determine to what extent it should be carried , Dr . Plomley , of Kent , breathed it himself , and says that its effects may be divided into three stages or degrees . The first is merely a pleasurable feeling of half intoxication ; ihe second is one of extreme pleasure , similar to the sensations produced by inhaling laughing-gas . Consciousness in this stage is not destroyed , though there is incapa *
bility of motion . Tiiere is not exactly an insensibility to pain , but an indifference , " a _care-for-nothing" sort of feeling . If operations are done in this stage , the patients almost always recover before the operations are completed , and the results aro unsatisfactory . Most of the failures may he at tributcd to this cause . The third stage is one of profound intoxication and insensibility . The individual is lost to pain and outward impressions ; but the mind is often revelling in tho most pleasurable regions , as in a dream . This is tho stage for operating . It may be known by the relaxed state ofthe muscles , and the falling of the pulse .
SunoiOAL Operation without Pain . — Another successful application of the vapour of sulpheric ether has been made at Westminster Hospital , where a part of tho thigh bono was removed by Dr . Snow , from a patient suffering from necrosis . The operation lasted seven minutes , during which time the patient remained unconscious of pain . On Tuesday afternoon two more operations were successfully performed in tho large theatre ot the _Charing-cross Hospital , on patients while under the influence of ether vapour . The first operation was performed by Mr . Avery , and consisted in the removal of the largo toe nail of the left foot—a very painful process ; and , in the second case , Mr . Steghall , the house-surgeon , extracted several teeth from a young man who had inhaled the _ether . In both cases the patients acknowledged that they had not felt thc slightest pain during thc operations .
Alarming Fins , asd narrow Escape of several Families . —On Sunday night , shortly before eleven o ' clock , a destructive fire broke out upon the premises in the occupation of Mr . Rouse . Btraw bonnet maker , _carrying on business at No . 13 , Bermondsey-street . The flames originated in the front shop , and were first discovered by police-constable 250 M , who immediately sprang his rattle , and after considerable trouble succeeded _^ in arousing fro m their slumbers the whole nf tho inmates , consisting of four or five families . Before , however , that ho had accomplished his object the shop became fired from end to end , and the flumes wero rising with such fury that none
of the residents were able to gain the street door . Fortunately they were enabled to effect a retreat from the back of the premises , thereby escaping a most horrib ' e death . One of the lodgers , whilst descending with a child in his arms , fell through one of the windows and seriously cut his hands . Thc engines having arrived , and an abundant supply of water having been obtained from the mains iu the distiict , the fireman set to work , and by carrying thc hose into the building , they were enabled to attack the flames in the riglit quarter , which soon got the fire subdued ; not , however , until the whole of the stock in trade was destroyed , and the premises seriously burned .
_Destiujuon is St . Luke ' s Chelsea . —This parish contains about 45 , 000 inhabitants , of whom one in very 14 is now actually receiving parochial relief . The returns for the past week are as follows : —Inmates ofthe workhouses , 397 ; children at the establishment at Tooting , 126 ; recipients of out-door relief , 2 , 094 ( being an increase in this class since last week of G 68 ); the total amount to 3 , 217 , of whom about one-third are Irish . There have been from 150 to 220 now applications daily , and they seem likely tobe still more numerous .
Serious Accident at the Euston Square Railway Station . —On Tuesday afternoon , between two and three o'clock , an accident ofa very seriom character occurred at the above railway station to one of the porters , named Joseph Price , living at 23 , Granville Street , Somers Town . He was unloading the train at the station , and by some means gotjararacd between the buffers , and sustained such injuries as to render his immediate removal to the University College Hospital necessary . Fatal Accident at Whitehall . —On Tuesday a
poor old woman named Ann Green , aged 70 , who resided in Wellington Place , near Tothill Fit Ids prison , expired in the Westminster Hospital , from injuries recei ved from a carriage . She was crosssing the road at Whitehall , and being very deaf , did not hear the approach of a carriage , although repeatedly called to , and the consequence was that the pole struck her on the head , and she was very severely injured . She _wai taken in an insensible state to the Westminster Hospital , where she died from the effects of the wounds .
Plate Robbery . —O i Tuesday the police received information of a burglary having been committed thc previous night at the house of Mr . W . Cope , of S 3 , St . Martin ' s Lane , vellum binder . The thieves must have been well acquainted with the premises and ihe habits of the family , as also of the plate depository , a large closet in the drawing room , to which alone tlieir attention was directed . The lock was _fnreed , and the whole of the plate was abstracted , consisting of a quantity of silver table , tea , dessert , gravy , mustard , and salt spoons : forks , mugs , and other articles , together with wearing apparel , to thc value in all of nearly £ 100 , with which the depredators got clear off .
Impudent Robbery . —On Tuesday afternoon a well dressed man , apparently about forty years of age , called atthe residence of Dr . Brydges , it ) , Guildford Street , Russell Square , nnd urder the pretence of having something to communicate to that gentleman , was shown into thc parlour , whilst the servant went to apprise his master . A few minutes afterwards the Doctor entered the parlour , and was surprised to find _thathi-j- ' visttuv" had decaped , taking with him a set of valuable surgical instruments in a morocco
case . A Precocious Thief , —At Bow-street , on Tuesday a boy named Benjamin Kerrison , about eleven years of age . was brought before Mr . Jardinc , charged with the following daring attempt at robbery , at _Messrs . Farrance ' s , confectioners , Charing Cross . Jane Bcaty said she was in the employ of Mr . Favrance , and was iu his shop on Tuesday morning ; about a quarter before eleven her attention was attracted by hearing the sound of the till in the side-counter heing drawn out , and almost immediately afterwards she saw the prisoner run out of the side-door into Spring Gardens , and she also _observed that he had got the change-bag in his hand . It contained a quantity of silver . A short time previous to the robbery she had taken some change from it , and the prisoner must have seen her put it back in the till , as he had been watching
about tiiere all the morning , vi hen he ran out she pursued him , and never lost sight of him till he was stopped by a man , and , just before he was so stopped , she saw him throw the bag over the area of No . 9 , Spring Gardens . Edward Butt , police _^ constable 03 A , said , a little before eleven this morning he saw a crowd'iu Spring Gardens , and mi going up saw the prisoner down the area of No . 9 . Spring Gardens , and the last witness was also there picking up the money _, lie took the prisoner iuto custody , the young woman charging him with having stolen a bag containing some money . Ue counted the money ; it consisted of len half-crowns , forty-six shillings , twenty-five sixpences , nnd two fourpenny pieces—in nil £ 1 -is . 2 d . He had driven the prisoner away from Mr . Farrance ' s shop door several times iuring the morning . The prisoner , who had nothinglo .-ay , was fully committed for trial .
Heartless _Tukatmrst of the Poor . —On Tuesday au inquest was held hy adjournment , before Mr . Baker , Coroner , at the house of Mr . \ V . Finney , thc Queen ' s Head public house in High-street , Poplar , concerning the death of an infant named Louisa Banner , aged 18 months , who died on board a Gravesend steam-boat , on her way to Blackwall . The inquiry excited considerable interest . The body ofthe child , when _tlicjitry viewed it , was in a emaciated state , and covered with sores . It appeared from the evidence of Mary Ann Banner , the grandmother of tlte deceased , who resides in St . Martiii's-l . ine , Westminster , that tlie child was
illegitim . ite . The child appeared a very promising one when born , though very small . The mother and child had boon removed backwards and forwards several ' times from St . Martin _' _s-in-the-Fields , Westminster , to Chatham , owing to a dispute , as to settlement , and on the 23 rd they were again sent back from Chatham , per steamer , and on arriving at Blackwall the child was found to be dead . Thc medical evidence proved that deceased ' s death had been accelerated by exposure to the cold . Aflc . other testimony the Jury returned the following verdict— " That Louisa Banner died from natural causes , " and added that the child was not in a fit and proper state to be removed . "
Extensive Robbery of Gold and Silver . —On Tuesday information was circulated that between ten and eleven o ' clock on Monday night there was stolen from the house of Mr . James Clarke , New-street , Lambeth , a rosewood writing-desk , brass hound , containing £ 185 in sovereigns _atid £ 100 in Bank of _England notes of £ 10 each , the numbers and dates unknown . The robbery is supposed to have been committed by a tall thin man in dark clothe !* , who was seen entering the parlour window , which had been left unlastencd , and who must have gone upstairs and taken the writing desk from the first floor
front room , and left the house by the front door . _Metroi-olitan " a _>* d Suburban Cemeteries Society . —A parliamentary commission lias just terminated the preliminary inquiries tor tho first Bill _intm-hiced by this company for a cemetery of 150 acres , east of London , the estimates of which , being proved , showed a return of a net dividend per annum of from 12 to 20 per cent ., as the ground may ie filled up in 250 or 350 years . The standing orders were declared to be complied with on Saturday , and Messrs . Masterraan and Lyall , members for the city of London , bavp undertaken the charge of the Bill Uiro " gh tlie House of Commons .
An* Inference —On Saturday, Mr. Waklev ....
THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . The Fraternal Democrats held their _ustnl meeting on Monday Evening last at tho German Society ' s Hall , Drury Lane . J . A . Michelot presided . Several town members were elected , and candidates for election nominated . Jesse Caines , of Bristol , was elected honorary member . The address of the Polish Democrats to Europe having been read , Ernest Jones moved , and Charles Keen seconded , ' * That a suitable reply be given on behalf of the society , and Julian Harney and Ernest . Jones wero appointed to draw up an _address to that effect . " Other business was postponed in consequence of the absence of G . J . Harney , occasioned by ill-health . The next meeting of the society will take place on Menday evening , February 15 th .
Democratic Committee For Poland's Regene...
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE FOR POLAND'S REGENERATION . This committee assembled on Tuesday evening , January 26 th , at the Chartist Assembly Rooms , Dean Street , Soho . The president being engaged during a portion of the evening attending the Registration Committee , Mr . John Moy was called to the chair . The minutes ofthe previous meeting having been read and confirmed : letters were read frora _Accrington . Leicester , Sheffield , Bath , and Deptford . Mr . Stephen Bailey was elected member of the committee , alter which thc following country members were elected : — Accrington . — William Beesley . Bath . —Henry Page . Dumfribs . —Peter Gray . Deitford and Greenwich . —James Wikhirc , — RobinBon , Thomas Paris — Richardson , George Floyd , Walter Friar , Joseph Morgan . John English , Charles Firth , Simon Sweetlove , and Samuel
Brewerton . Leicester . —Thomas Rayner Smart . Sheffibld . —George Cavill . Mr . Harney , in accordance with the promise given in his letter in reply to thc Weekly _Bispatch , tendered the resignation of the secretaryship . Mr Henry Ross moved "That Mr . Harney ' s resignation be not accepted . " Seconded by Mr . Caughlan , and carried unanimously . Mr . Ernest Jones moved , " That this committee consider the attack made by the Weekly Dispatch on Mr . Harney , as base , calumnious , and unworthy of the character of thc English press , and thc members of this committee tender to Mr . Harney the expression of their undiminished confidence , and thanks for his valuable services . " The motion was seconded by Mr . Doyle , and unanimously adopted .
The secretary read thc address of "The Polish Democrats to Europe . " The address was warmly applauded . On tlie motion of Mr . Doyle , seconded by Mr . Ross , it was resolved that the " Address "just read be entered on the minutes , and acknowledged by addresses from this committee "To the Poles" and " To tho British People . " Messrs . Ernest Jones and Julian Harney were appointed a subcommittee to prepare thc addresses . Some other business having been transacted , the committee adjourned .
The committee re-assemhledj on Monday evening last , but in consequence of the absence ! ot thc secretary , occasioned by indisposition , but little business was done . The committee adjourned to meat again on Friday evening . _jgn Mr . Doyle , when on his recent tour , received at Dundee and Aberdeen the names of several friends desirous of becoming honorary members of the committee ; unfortunately Mr . Doyle has lost or mislaid the list , therefore , our Dundee and Aberdeen friends will oblige by sending their names , dsc , to Mr . G . J . Harney , Northern , Star Office . Some names were expected before this time from Edinburgh ; will our democratic friends in the Scottish metropolis afford their aid to the committee ?
Anniversary Of The Birth Day Of Thomas P...
ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH DAY OF THOMAS PAINE . A public tea party was held at the Literary Institution , John-street , Tottenham-court-road , on Friday evening , January the 29 th , in commemoration of the birth of the immortal Thomas Paine . Mr . Thomas Cooper presided , and after tea delivered an appropriate address . He also read a letter from a gentleman in the North commenting on the services Thomas Paine had rendered to thc human race . The letter excited warm applause . The chairman then gave the first toast * . — The _psopte may they study , the first principles of government , and may they never relinquish the strug _.-le for social and political _rights , till the whole population have obtained them . Responded to by Mr . J . B . O'Brien . Tho next sentiment was . _- - — Tlie memory of Thomas P . iiuc , may his works , imperishable as the language in which they are written , be . coaic universally studied and reduced to practice- .
Responded to by Mr . J . Watson , and Mr . Walter Cooper . The next sentiment was :- — Tlie Press , may its transcenelent talent be exerted in establishing the rights and liberties of mankind , end in elevating the intellectual , social , aud moral character oi thu people . Responded to by Mr . Alexander Campbell , and Messrs . Buchanan and Stallwood . The next sentiment was - . — The speedy downhill of the iniquities of Kingcraft and Priestcraft . Responded to by Mr . Henry llctherington , and Mr . YY . D . Saull .
The speeches were all interesting and worthy of the political and intellectual celebrity of the speakers . The musical harmony of thc evening , included the " Marseilles Hymn , " "A man ' s a man for a ' that , " and several other choice effusions ofthe democratic muse . Tho services of the choir were most efficient , and the singers , both male and female , deserved and received the enthusiastic applause ofthe meeting .
The Land! To The Members If Benefit Soci...
THE LAND ! TO THE MEMBERS IF BENEFIT SOCIETIES AND SICK CLUBS . Brothers—For years past I have noticed the advocacy of thi Small Farm and Allotment System , and also that th * _L-ibuurer with the allotment , is in affluence in comparison with the Labourer without it . Being fully satisfied of its benefits , I _revived to introduce the suhject before the soeiety of which I was a member , we having funds which were not very profitably employed . Accordingly , nearly five years ago , I proposed that wcshnuld purchase Land as ' the safest investment , and for affording healthful and profitable emploi ment for the leisure hours of the members who
chose to take allotments . I had some trouble to get a seconder , and not another voted with me . The next year I made the same proposition , and had about twenty supporters . 1 beg of the Members to make inquiries as to the benefits to be derived . Resolved to persevere , I propo * ed it a third lime , when my proposition was carried all hut unanimously . Previous to this , we had a mortgage paid back , which had been lcut at four per cent ., aud which we resolved to put in the Savings Bank , according to our usual practice ; namely , to appoint two members to invest about thirty pounds , but this time wc had one hundred and twenty pounds to deposit , so in consequence we had to appoint eight members . When we applied at the Savings' Bank , the Chairman inquired it it was Club
money we wished to _dep-- _» sit , and being answered in the iiitmnntive , he askul if th .-Club wa _< j enrolledwc answered that it was not ; then , he said , all the money you have deposited in tiiis manner , is , strieily speaking , forfeited , and we cannot receive any more , but you will be allowed to withdraw your deposits , and at your next meeting tell your members the benefit to be derived from enrolment , and try to get them to have the Club ; enrelled . Wo then took the money ton private hank , who informed us that money was so plentiful , they could only allow one per cent , _^ interest . It might be plentiful amongst their own class , but God knows it was the reverse amongst us of the working class . We considered these things over tho next meeting , and came to this conclusion—that wc were sufficiently
well informed to manage our own affairs , aud we had better be our own hankers ; accordingly , wo purchased two acres of middling quality ot land , at one hundred guineas per acre . Two acres and twentythree rods , with a well sunk near ono hundred feet , thc fences putting in order , and a road up the centre of the laud , cost near two hundred and seventy pounds ; and yet it will pay the society five per cent _, ou the outlay , and answers well for the occupants . I have been offered by persons out of tho soeiety , as much as two shillings per rod lor an allotment . The allotments arc mostly of fifteen rods each , one of whieh 1 hold , nnd which produces quite a sufficiency of vegetables for my family of five persons , besides a lodger or two . Tho vegetables are of thc best quality , and the remnants assist in rearing a nig or two . The rent is trifle
a mcro , and tho labour is amply repaid in the improved health of the shop-pent artizan , to say not one word about pn . fit , which is not inconsiderable , especially this winter , wlfon potatoes are selling at fourteen pence per peek , with all kinds of garden produce dear in proportion . Each allotment is woll stocked with winter greens celery , and cabbage plants lor the spring , and a ah . it time will be seen _shoc-niiikcrs and tailors curving their spades early in the morning to follow a imtttni employment , whieh some wiseacres sav will incapacitate them for their usual employ ment ; hut experience has taught us tho _rev-thc oi this , fm- w „ number some of the best workmen in tho u , _* . ¦ , ,. _„„ . the above , 1 hope some may bu led to sec the advantage that Land lHvestmiuil is io us »» n soc ' wv , and « s individuals . 1 _inutn ' m , yoitn * respectfully , G . A . —Sr . _ntr . t'M ! v ti . nn ; Ihhv Si . F _. _dmi'N _' . _' _s _Pui-llsr FliUXUlV SoelBTY .
The Land! To The Members If Benefit Soci...
RICHARD OASTLER , ESQ . TO THE RIGHT nON . LORD JOHN RUSSELL it » HER MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY "fo STATE . " " - " . MARY 0 J ? [ Under the above head Mr . Oastler hag written , i . ter occupying four columns and a quarter of tin * w . . Post . Its extreme length prevents us giving theW _^ its complete form , the fo 1 Ioiv _' _n-- _" extract 6 contain t . stance . Eo . N . S . _) ' aln Us _«*¦"• Mr Lord—There was a time when your Lordshln ine under the mUrepresentation » of political _n-irt - _^ supposed , as did many others , that I was an " Inii _' _- "' _* _person ; " you were wont to hear me denounced he l of your colleagues , as "on incendiary- ' -. ' . „ _did ' tur _^ _" the peace . " Others , who havo outlived similar Bl _^? from higli quarters , have ceased to be distrusted l T hope that now I may be relieved from the imn «* made by slanderers , and that your Lordshi p J ] " T * jeet counsel , even from myself . ot re *
It has , by successive Governments , been _. vsumed it ,. * interference _« nd regulation i „ our industrial , ndprod _» tire interests are detr mental to tho , _*„ ,,,. „ _""" _" produc . that the only way to promo ,: _& _%££% IT *" man should do that which , eem 9 m " _TJT , \ hat ev « r self , having no regard to the pr ' _fiTof _Sr ?< * _^ that productions are only valuable in PMn 0 VttaI _S M _* ability of those who require them to _hLZ _^ ZS _^ and that their increase can only be nrnfit < , i , i „ -5 " » tion to thatdeniand . V P ° fiUbte " * Pt oPor . Theresultofthis gre . it mistake has been _thatnf «» i nat tew
_imiivMnni . _-.,... _« „ ,. „ „ . _„ j _s ' ' a individuals have accumulated immense masses of \ ve » , v . whilst the millions , who have been tl . e instruments _rf creating that wealth , . re sunk into a state ofpov t _? misery and moral degradation that is truly JumZ ' _Ti-rn , instead of being the first and best W'SK . £ the products of our na tional industry , are , in million , J instances , unable to purchase the bare necessaries ot lif , and we are consequ _ently , driven to foreign markets for the sale of those _v-e-ry commodities that our own people need , but are not able to buy . _p
Again , the character of the people has been most _grievously _misapprehended ; Englishmen have been thus estimated and described by a recent Lord Chan _, cellor _, m a speech to the House of Lords- ' As immediately calculatin g on parish relief , " and ' no longer striving for the means of maintaining their children but heedlessly , recklessly counting upon the parish fund , out of which , whether in _ilckuets or In health , in youth or in age , in impotence or in vigour , they know that tbey may claim the means of support and setting the pains of labour against those of a scanty
sustenance , they prefer idleness and a bare subsistence toplentyearnedbytoil . " His Lordship also asserted—We have a constant , and I may also say , almost a regular proof , in every part ofthe country , in districts agricultural , ¦ _manufacturinp , and even commercial , aad whether the people are superabundant or 6 carce , in . creasing , stat ' onary , or diminishing in numbers , that able-bodied men _prtfer a small sum in Idleness to a large sum in wages attended with a condition of earning those wages by labour . * * Xaj , the keepw of the king ' s conscience absolutely declared , " Idleness and her sister , Guilt , now stalk over the land !"
The character of tho people of England has b ; en wofully mistaken by tlieir governors . They are not idle mj Lord ! Tlieir fault is—they are too laborious . Mil . lions of our fellow subjects , thus misrepresented and misapprehended by their governors , have worked them _, selves to death ! Hundreds of thousands , male and female , have sacrificed their lives , by _ovcr-working before they reached their twentieth year ! The people of England are not "lazy , " my Lord ! They are uo incessantly engaged in the useless and destructive viar
of unrelenting competition ! True , there are often liun . dreds of thousands ' unwillingly idle—and wh y ? Because they have previously worked too long , or because others are now doing so . It is the boast of the era . phiyers of operatives in the manufacturing districts , " that those shops tint work over hours are always _preferrsd . " This is often done , that by over . siraining his own strength , the artisan may keep his wif « and chil . dren out of the mill . It is this proneness to " over-time " that makes labour of so little value .
When the character ofthe people was entirely misunderstood , none need wonder that laws , most opposed to their wcll-beins _, should have been enacted , Underfills fatal misapprehension , Governments have passed laws _designed and calculated to firce the people into a " fiercer competition "—to the still more incessant appli . cation of their industry—to _r gonising , killing , and con . sequcntly , useless labour ; careless as to whether that labour is productive , apparently supposing tbat that which ought to be' the most important function of govern _, ment may he more safely left to chancel
The truth is manifest ( it can -. _nsever no good purpose to hide the fact ) , in proportion to the relaxation of the laws regulating our industrial interests and protecting our artisans and labourers , the _wretchedness of these cms of toil increased , until tlte demand upon thc poor ' s rates became seriously alarming ; when , taking advantage of this faet _. thc _pvopounelcrs of tbe new creed of political economy raised an _al-irm in tbe minds of their uppoiieiits _, the ancient territorial aristocracy , working upon tlio selfishness of the barons of England , the cunning "philosophers" _persuaded them that , iftliey did not entirely change ( with a view to its entire extinction ) , the title of the person to relief , " their estates would be eaten up by the sturdy beggars , the lazy paupers !"
In order to secure _eeess to this wicked device , a _eotn . mission was appointed to makeachse out against the poor . On the report issued by that commission , tbe working classes of En - and , who were , and still are , the mnst . _industrious peop . e in the world , were charged with surly , stubborn idleness , and many other vices . The barons were not aware _<¦{ the stratigem , they _vere caught in the trap ; they did not perceive that it was tho re-luxation of the old protective laws that , by reducing the value of labour , had forced those who eould get work
to work over-time , and these to drive the less fortunate entirely out of employment , forcing them to apply tothe _pterish fund . Hence the lamentable increase of demand for parochial relict " . The aristocracy felt this heavy pressure on their estates ; they did not , however , apprehend the true cause , but , unhappily for their own order . ind the poor , they believed that the people were _. _idle and vi . eious , and , with a few honourable exceptions , supported their enemies , the "philosophers , " in passing a law that deprived the poor of England of a right more sacred than that of tlieir lordships to _the-lr estates .
That was the master blunder of the age . Sin _^ e then English soeiety has been undergoing the operation of disorganisation . Every rank is thrown into confusion . * t * * The ' ast session of Parliament affords : i lesson worthy a statesman ' s study—it will not fail to arrest the attrr .. tion of the _histiirian . After weeks of debating , an Act was passed , declaving all interference _ittjarionj . In a hurry , almost without debate , nt the very close of the tame session , the same persons passed an Act , interfering with every aero possessed by the Irish landlords!—an Act that , in fact , confiscates to the poor every rood of land in Ireland , where fur ages the landlords _' liave refused to acknowledge that the p 00 r had any rights . Thus does it please God to confound human wisdomto punish the proud , and to "break in pieces the oppressors . "
No fact is more easily demonstrated Hum that tbe famine is the natural fruit of our own _selfiih system of legislation . It is our duty , while ne endeavour to mit :. gate the severity of our just punish r . ent _, to confess our guilt , and to remove the cause of our _sufleriitgs _, by acknowledging and defending the rights of nil . How are we now _strivinjr to overt the evil—to remove tho _scourge ? By means , however laudable in themselves , utterly inadequate to tlieir end . * ' While we endeavour to relieve the suflereis in one part of the empire , we are , by the natural effects of increasing the demand lor bread-* tufl ' s in others , raising their prices , and gradually paving the way to a general famine . * * # Sow , _larnine _flemands a sacrifice on thc part of all , If we refuse to bear our share at present , the pressure will be more burdensome at some future period _.
Be wise in time . The only method ; that can be really useful are , as for ns mav be , to diminish the general consumption of bread stuffs . The _consumption of bread stuffs in our distilleries starch uv . _nmfactoHe- _' . and cotton mills , should be instantly prohibited by law , and speculation in thoso - articles should be interdicted . The Queen should issue her royal proclamation that it is necessary in every family to limit the use of bread I stufis m the kitcheiiR , stubles , and kennels— to _absolute ! necessaries . Her Majesty should set the example by 1 ngourously prohibiting the use of any kind of bread stuff f m the royal household than can possibly be dispensed 1 with : herroyal favour should be withdrawn fiomallivho i refuse to make this sacrifice .
When we have survived this storm it will be wise o always to hold a Government stock of at least : _* _t > OOf ) _l-t' 0 A quarters of wheat . The union workhouses ( whieh Will 11 ue useless tor their original purposes , if we wisely appre- •• elate the lesson we are now taught ) will make good mv w tional storehouses ; they will then cease to be a national il disgrace—they will be our glory . Do not despise these hints—if the famine be real , the ie sacrifice must be universal—better to make that sacrifice _, _* e while it is bearable than sutler it to work its own univer . r . Bal devastation . ( To _hecondudid in our ' . if . rt )
Neees^-V ' Tl "* S,0 **-™O«Rinn Exercise...
neees _^ _-v ' tl "* s , 0 ** - _™ o « rinn exercise is absolutely ly r fr . « ., _^«? irf tlw _fwjtvjment of health , persons depriv .-d « 11 u . in w _: _Iking with ease and comfort bv corns ar ., 1 bunions its ! uu eontuleutly recommended to make trial wf the Corn nn I mister _knuwn as' * Paul ' s Every Man ' s Friend . " whieh ehi _e an be pri-eurod ot any respectable Chviuist in our town in in * _lioM-i . alls . I'd . i ,. r Corns , and in larger boxes for Corns _nsi miel Humous at ' . _' s . ! M . Dr . liiiins nud llollimny _' s Oiutiiient .-Dr . Biiuis , whe * ho J was one ol the princi pal physicians in tho island of of I Jamaica , lias expressed himself inthe following manner _icrr Oinim . « i * ¦• - e _, » ur . - » S ¦ _•*>«»« VropcrtU * of Holloway ' s _yV V ! " ! , " ! , _" . ! " alio many trials of this ointment io im 1 , " w , ° . _' _- . Ulcol ' s _w- _'W-i _sacral year *' experience in -ina il-1 . _» i . . ' S _••'••• . ' ¦ ' •¦ -mo ( 0 consider as incurable . I am am i mw happy to say that in all eases it was really and truly ulyj . w . _«• , r . Sl 8 Uud ' ' _»""»¦ M . D ., F . S . A ., Sco . " _Holi [ olit it . ? . ' . ? - ' _¦*•¦¦ -- '••* will cure bad legs however long _iiigj " " _'* _- » _£ * likewise the most obstinate cases of King ' s Evil " vili or _tn'iyiulu .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 6, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_06021847/page/2/
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