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ASTONISHING EFFICACY HOLLOWAT*S PILLS.
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Fatal Fall from a Wisdow —On Tuesday, Mr. \ftlla bold an innnoct. nf. fliA MtdrHncnv Uncnifo! nn
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the body ot Frances Owen, aeed three yea...
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The Chester Infirmary and HoUoway's Pill...
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HORRID MURDERS AND SUICIDE. During the l...
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FATAL COLLIERY EXPLOSION. DonnAM.—At an ...
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iciBuwuu vino liisi/ Dbplorable SoPERsnriON.—The following case of
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gross auu uruuj EU| leponcu 10 u« week, ...
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imia iuutlli luu lusb Upwards of )one thousand head of foreign cattle
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jmrc ucujl jaiiucu uu pui> ^ qia months,...
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THE LOSS OF T [IE ELIZABETH.. The follow...
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Sufferings or the Zetlande«s.—Itfappears quite certain that, bad as was the state ofthe poor inliabi-
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tants ot Zetland last winter, they will ...
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toftents, Mtiw $ > & toflttsteA
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Accident at Carlisle CATnEDRAi,.--On Tue...
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Astonishing Efficacy Hollowat*S Pills.
ASTONISHING EFFICACY HOLLOWAT * S PILLS .
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The Testimony of a Clergyman Touching to Eleven Cases of Cures by these wonderful Fills . _Estrttt of « _letter from the Bet . George Prior , Curate of J fcwg h _, Letter Kenny , Canigart _, _Iritani , 10 _» Jan . 18 * 6 . To Professor Holloway . Si » _, —1 send you & crude list of tome eleven cases , all cured by the ute of your Pills . I cannot exactly g Wc you a professional name to the various complaints , but this I lCBOW _, some of them _feaffled tbe skill of _Derry ana this County . In a previous lettcr'this gentleman sUtes ae -follows : —Within a sbort distance of toy house _wsides a inall farmer , who for more than twenty years has been in » bad _. tate of health ; Mrs . Prior gave him a box of the Fills , which did him so much good tkat _i _nearo _liu say , for twenty years past he never ate his food or enjoyed it so much as since taking your Tills .
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ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL © ft ACQUIRED DEBILITIES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM . Just Published , A new andimportant Edition of the Silent . Friend on Human Frailty . Price 2 s . € d ., and sent free to any part of the United _Kingdom on tbe receipt of a Post Offise Order for 8 s . _6 d . A MEDICAL WORK on the _HTFIRMITIES ofthe GENERATIVE SYSTEM , in both sexes ; being an enquiry into the concealed canse that destroys physical enei _^ _jy , and the _ability of manhood , ere vigour has established her empire : —with Observations an the baneful effects of SOLITARY INDULGENCE and INFECTION :
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I . highly essential , and of the greatest J ** " ™™?* _» orescrious atfectionsare visited > po « _« _;««" * _7 _j and of & pri * , from a want of thes . s _. mple . precntiOK . _AanpeAaps naif the WOrid _is aware of ; «* V * _» _- »»* r _« embered , where the fountain is polluted , the streams hat flow from it cannot be pure ; PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS , Price Vs . 9 d ., 4 s . 6 d ., and lis . per box , With exp licit _directions , rendered perfectly intelligible to every capacity , aire well known _tbrougbeut Europe to be the most certain and effectual remedy ever discovered for gonorrluea , both in its mild and aggravate * forms , by immediately allaying _inflaasKiation and _arresting further progress . Gleets , strictures _. _irritation of the bladder , pains ofthe loins ana kidaeys , gravel , and other disorders ofthe urinary passages , in either sex , are permanently cured in a SfHK _* space Of time , Witfcaat confinement or the least ex-
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BLAIR ' S GOUT AMD RHEUMATIC PILLS . A severe case of Rheumatism , communicated by ilr Alien , Proprietor of the _Nol & igluvM _. _Jfewarj / . . Mercury Office , Nottingham , March 17 , 1845 . Sik , —I have the pleasure of forwarding jou the par . ticnlars of a case in which BLAIR'S . GOUT and RHEU . MATIC PILLS have proved eminently successful . A young woman , named Mary Wain , accompanied by her parents , who reside at Watnall , near this town , called upon me on Saturday last , being desirous of making her ease known for the benefit of the public .
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INDIGESTION , BILE , & c—For Sick Headache _Habitual'Costireness , Gidd . ncss , Lota of Appetite _Lowness « f Spirits , with sensation of fulness at the pit of tbe stomach , pains between the shoulders , and all the distressing feelings arising from Debility and Indigestion STIRLING'S STOMACn ! ILLS are the best remed y _. They can betaken at any time without danger from wet or cold , requiring no restraint from business or pleasure . They act mildly on the bowels , without pain or griping , Bpeedily removing the causes that produce diseasa , giving strength to the stomach and promoting a healthy action of the liver , by which they clear the skin , remove sallownets and pimples , purify the blood , brace the nerves , and invigorate the whole system . A single dose will convince the sufferer of their health-restoring properties . For f-males they are invaluable . They should he kept in every family , as a remeny that can be resorted to at all times with safety , in cases of sudden illness . Prepared only by J . W . Stirling , 86 , nigh-street , Wbitechapel . Sold in boxes , at Is . lid ., 2 s . 9 d ., and is . Gd . each , by most medicine dealers .
Fatal Fall From A Wisdow —On Tuesday, Mr. \Ftlla Bold An Innnoct. Nf. Flia Mtdrhncnv Uncnifo! Nn
Fatal Fall from a _Wisdow —On Tuesday , Mr . \ ftlla bold an _innnoct . nf . fliA _MtdrHncnv _Uncnifo ! nn
The Body Ot Frances Owen, Aeed Three Yea...
the body ot Frances Owen , aeed three years , daughter of Mr . Owen , at No . 6 , Wigmore-street . On Saturday evening , the deceased child , attended by a nurse , was listening , from a scat inside the second floor opened window , to an organ-player in the street . The nurse , about to leave the room , took deceased from the seat , and thought she was foil' wing her , but when she got to the room door , she heard . 1 scream and the sound of a fall . The child had fallen out of the window , _having _overbalanced herself in her anxiety to see the organ man . A passer by picked her up and ran with her to that hospital , in which she died four hours afterwards . Verdict" Accidental death . "
Fatal Rencontre . —An inquest , which has been adjourned , was on Saturday resumed and concluded _, at _Harefield , near "Oxbridge , on the body of William Norman , a steersman in a canal boat , plying on the Grand Junction Canal , the particulars of which have already appeared . The surgeon deposed , that in his opinion , death had been occasioned by a blow or fall , thereby causing concussion oi the brain . The Jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter against the man Carpenter . Prison Breaking . —On Monday morning a man named Edmund Pithers , who had given himself up as a deserter from the 28 th regiment of Foot , on
Saturday last , effected his escape from the Windsor Borough Gaol , by breaking through the _ceilinc : and roof of the room in which he was confined , and then letting himself down into the back premises of the Five Bells public-house , which adjoin the prison . Mr . Parker , the landlord , seeing the man come rolling over ] _tnejroof of an outbuilding in his yard and quietly walk out into the road towards the Great Park , immediately gave information to the gaoler , when the prisoner was pursued , re-taken , and more securely confined , until the order arrives from the llorse Guards for his removal to the regiment from which he deserted .
Lkapisg Off a Railway Train . —A case was heard before the magistrates on Saturday , of much importance to all travellers on railways . On the 17 th nit . a passenger booked from Allonby to Dalston , on the Maryport and Carlisle line , but instead of alighting at this station , remained upon the step of the carriage until the train reached the holme near _Cummersdale , when , while it was in motion , he leaped off ! The engine was stopped , and the young man picked up insensible , but he soon recovered , and was found to have escaped with a scratch on the face and a " shake . " The train was delayed in consequence
ofthe foolhardy "lark , "and Mr . T . C . Heysham , one of the directors of the company , hearing of the circumstance , determined upon making an example of the offender . The law awards a penalty not exceeding 20 s . to any one who shall ride in a railway carriage without paying tbe usual fare , or without procuring a ticket , and the passenger , not having booked at Dalston , rendered himself liable to conviction under this clause . He pleaded gnilty . and on the recommendation ot the directors , who wished to bring the case forward as a caution to the public , the magistrates fined him one shilling and costs .
The Chester Infirmary And Houoway's Pill...
The Chester Infirmary and HoUoway _' s Pills and Ointment—A short time since William Bullock , a bricklayer , was m the Chester Infirmary for nine weeks for an ulcerated leg of very long standing , where he derived not the least relief . He was also for seven week under the care uf Mr . Alexander Webber , surgeon , at WolKngton _, Somersetshire , without receiving anv benefit ; when , after all other means had failed , he cured himself by these wonderful medicines , which he purchased of Mr . J . II . Clarice , _^ chemist , of _Jlirkeliliead , who can attest to the facts of tlie case . However desperate wounds , sores or ulcers may be , these Tills and Ointment n'ill cm-el them . '
Horrid Murders And Suicide. During The L...
HORRID MURDERS AND SUICIDE . During the last few days the villages _anjaccnttoTolkemtone have been most painfully excited by the commission of ft double murder in the parish of Elham , about ten miles distant , and the suicide ofthe murderer . The unfortunate victims were the wife and child of the wretched perpetrator of the deed , named Sharruck Richard Bragg , a bricklayer . On Wednesday morning he rose at an early hour , and while his wife was in bed i with an Infant by her side , he struck her violent blows on the temple with a hammer . He then committed the like violence on a little girl five years of age , which lay in a Side bed , nnd _' then destroyed his own life by cutting bis throatimmediately afterwards . The particulars attending the dreadful catastrophe may be gathered from the subjoined evidence , which was adJvieed at the Coroner ' s inquest on the bodies . It was held at tbe King ' s Arms Inn , at Elham , before Mr . T . T . Delassaux , one ofthe county coroners .
William Jaggers _, a schoolmaster , residing in the village , said that he had lodged at the house of the deceased about ten months . Thefamily consisted of Sharruck Richard Bragg , his wife Mary , and ' two children _, - the eldest named Ellen , aged about five years , and sn infant aged four months . The conduct of the deceased man towards his wife and children was must kind . Ho had not heard an angrj word uttered by him towards either of them . About four weeks ago the deceased went into his room , and remarked that he expected he should be transported , on which witness said , "I suppose you have committed some great crime that deserves transports . tlon . _' _» He replied that te did not know that he had . He then observed that he had bo « n a bad man to bis wife , and witness asking him what he had done , he replied that he had not acted rightly to her , bnt did not say in what manner . The deceased appeared not in his proper
senses . He frequently seemed low and melancholy . On Tuesday night , about half . past ten o ' clock , witness went to bed Deceased , his wife , and children had retired before thattime . About half-past five on the following morning he heard something heavy fall 00 the floor in the room of the deceased ; shortly before which he be . lieved he heard the wife ofthe deceased groaning . Tho groans continued , and at times grew louder . About six witness got up and dressed himself , and on looking out ofthe window saw a little girl knocking at the front door . He immediately went down stairs and opened the door , but the child was gone . Ho then discovered some blood ly ing on the floor of a front room , which is under the apartment occup ied by the deceased , and on looking up he perceived more dripping _through the ceiling . He instantly called up a female named Quested , and desired her to go and open the bedroom door of the deceased .
Ann Quested , the wife of a blacksmith , was next examined . She deposed that at about half-past six o ' clock on Wednesday morning , she was called by the last witness to go into the deceased ' s room , She did so and was horrified on seeing the deceased man lying on the floor covered with blood . She also noticed the bedclothes saturated with blood . Being much alarmed , she has . tened down stairs for assistance . James Bragg , brother to the deceased , said , that on Tuesday evening , about seven o ' clock , he met his brother and had some conversation with him . He accompanied him to North _Elham , for some cabbage plants which he had purchased . For the last month , deceased has laboured under a depression of spirits . Witness was at work with him about three weeks ago . he was then strange m his conversation , and different from what he had been In the habit of being . He asked him leveral questions with a view of ascertaining the c * _use , but his an = wers were far from being collected .
.. .. By the Coroner : From what he had seen and heard , he beliercd that the deceased was jealous ef his wife . He had heard the deceased say , If I was to die , there is another man ready to marry my wife . " Sarah Bragg , the wife of the last witness , was then colled . She was one of the flret to enter the deceased ' s bedroom on the alarm being given . She saw the deceased man lying on the floor . He was quite dead and the upper part of his body was covered with blood . On a _chsiir near his corpse she found a razor covered with blood . The one produced is the same . She then went to the bed and lifted the infant from it . The mother was perfectly insensible and was groaning heavily . The little girl was in a side bed . She was covered with blood . They were both breathing . George Gale corroborated her testimony . The hammer produced he found near the body of the deceased on the floor .
Several _witness were then examined , who spoke to the melancholy and desponding state of the deceased ' s mind . Upon one occasion he said he was done for , and hoped it would be a warning to others . Mr . James Beattic , surgeon , of Elham , deposed to having been called to the house of the deceased on Wednesday morning , and found the bodies of the deceased as previously described . On entering the room , he saw on the left side a large pool of blood , and near it the hammer now exhibited . The deceased man was quite dead , his throat was extensively cut . His wife was in the agonies of death . Her head was covered with blood _, and on examining her injuries , he fouad that the right
temple bone was fractured . One end protruded through the skin , and the other was for » ed into the brain , which was consequently exposed . Further injuries on the head and faee were also perceptible , and the right eye was destroyed . Blood was flowing from the temporal artery . The blows which were the cause of death appfared to have been inflicted by a blunt instrument , such as a hammer , and by a right . handed person . He considered the first blow must have rendered hi r insensible . The left temple and small mallor bone of the child w « re fractured . Over the latter was an extensive lacerated wound . Those injuries were quite sufficient to have cnused death , and were doubtless inflicted by a heavy instrument . The child expired at eight o ' clock the same
evening . The Jury found that " the deceased , Sharruck Richard Bragg , killed and sla > ed Mary his wife , and Ellen his _daughter , while in an unsound state of mind , and whilst in that insane state did destroy _himself by cutting his throat with s certain razor . " Theshocking catastrophe has created much sensation in the neig hbourhood of Elham . The wretched man was in his twenty-ninth year , and bore a wry good character .
Fatal Colliery Explosion. Donnam.—At An ...
FATAL COLLIERY EXPLOSION . DonnAM . —At an early hour on Sunday morning , a great deal of smoke having been observed issuing from the mouth of the downcast shaft of the Alexander Pit , at Rainton , near the city of Durham , the property ofthe Marquis of Londonderry , fears were entertained that , during the night , an explosion had taken place ; and , on some of the ofliceis of the pit descending the shaft , they found that theirfears weretoo fully verified , Itappeared that , shortly after three o'clock on the proceeding day , the workmen had left the pit , when there was not the least appearance of danger from an explosion . The only penon who was left in the shaft on the Saturday night was a pitman named Richard Stott , aged about ninety
years , who had charge ofthe furnace used for ventilating the shaft . When the deputy overman descended the shaft the following morning , he found Scott lying beside the furnace quite dead , his body exhibiting the usual appearance of a person who had been killed by an explosion of fire-damp . On proceeding towards the stable , it was found that the whole of the horses , 17 in number , had also fallen victims to the explosion . It is a most providential circumstance that the explosion took place on the Sunday morning , for had it happened at any other time , the consequences might have been of the most frightful nature ; everything in the mine having life at the time of the explosison perished . Had the catastrophe occurred ontheSaturdaymorning . it is supposed that upwards of 100 lives would have been sacrificed .
On Monday afternoon , an inquest was held on ths body of Stott , before T . C . Maynard , Esq ., Coroner for Easington Ward , when John Streaker , the deputy overman , stated that on Saturday heleit the pit at about three o _' clockin the afternoon , and at that time there was not the least appearance of fire in the shaft ; there was , as was the usual custom , two oil lamps left burning , but their being left _burning would not have caused the pit to fire . He could not assign any reason for the explosion , but it was his opinion that it had not taken place spontaneously . Several other witnesses were examined , but their evidence was merely a corroboration of that of Streaker ; they all spoke to having left the pit safe , and the lamps burning , on the Saturday afternoon . After a short consultation the Jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death .
Icibuwuu Vino Liisi/ Dbplorable Sopersnrion.—The Following Case Of
_iciBuwuu vino _liisi / Dbplorable SoPERsnriON . —The following case of
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gross auu _uruuj EU | leponcu 10 u _« week , but it appeared to border so closely en the improbable , that we withheld it . _Unfortunately it proved but too correct . The wife of an individual residing at Skef ton had imbibed the preposterous notion that a " charm " to insure the accomplishment of her wishes regarding the termination of any forthcoming event might be wrought by putting the cat in the oven ! Being desirous , on the Recatta
day , that Lancaster should win the cup , she resorted to this revolting mummery , and kept poor puss actually fastened in the oven until the race was over , when the ill-fated animal was taken out lifeless , having been literally roasted to deatn . We understand that this foolish old woman ' s crotchet is notorious in Skerton , and that she played tho same inhuman prank at last year ' s Regatta , and on another occasion , when a dog belonging to a gentleman in tie neighbourhood was to run at Hornby coursing meeting . —Lancaster Guardian .
Rotal Exchange _Improvemehts . —The extensive range of premises forming the corner of Threadneedle-street and Old Broad-street , in the rear of the ltoyal _Exchange , are forthw ith to he pulled down for the intended improvements . These premises embrace a long range of shops and warehouses extending to tho Ilall of Commerce , which , when cleared away , will afford a line view of the back front of the Exchange . Flogging is The Armv . —The officers of the 7 th Hussars were hooted , hissed and pelted with mud and stones as tin regiment passed through Banbury last week . The sympathisers with the murdered White are _discussed as boini ? "lads , " "labouring classes and railroad men , " The cries were directed solely at the officers .
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FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS AT THE GENERAL
POST OFFICE . The official quarter at tho Post Office taking place in the course of the _ensueing week , it is expected thnt several ofthe new _arragements will come into operation at that juncture . In addition to the several improvements heretofore noticed as being in contemplation in the executive departments of the general and _Jsondoa district post , the following alterations just decided upon by the authorities may be relied upon as accurate . The scale of pay of the general and district latter carriers is to be made uniform , the minimum salary proposed being £ 60 per annum , and the maximum £ 110 . The officers are to rise in the following order _t—For the first five jears the , amount paid is to be £ 00 annually ; for the next five , _* 80 ; the third five , £ 100 ; and after twenty years' _scrvi . tude the pay is to stand at £ 110 . The fiiet step towards a consolidation of tbe whole of the men in both departments is about to be taken without delay . It has been no » ' proved that it Is practicable to get out or deliver in
town the provincial letters before eight o'clock in tha morning—a point of duty it was not thought possible to achieve when the recently adopted regulations with reference to the abandonment of the early delivery were contemplated , so that to guard against any emergency in that respect , fifty auxiliurios were appointed to get through the delivering duty . Now this is found to be easily done , the following plan is to be carried out : —The auxiliaries are to have notice that their services are to be no longer required than up to the Christmas quarter , notice to be given to them to that effect on the 10 th of the present month . Further , that the general post letter carriers be employed to deliver the district letters at eight o ' clock in the morning , and the district men now so employed are to be instructed to take the outside " assis . tancies , " now delivered by the " auxiliary" men ; Not only are the usual gratuities , and the " accommodation , " or " early" money to be done away with , but it has beon at length decided by the Lords of the Treasury that the " Christmas boxes" to Post Office servants shall cease
altogether , and that an entire change in the Directory compilation , and the remuneration for the collection of the information for it , _Rhall take place after the next publication of that work has been effected . Steps will also be taken forthwith so as to assimilate the various portions of the duty , and to simplify the several parts , so as to make each department distinct , and capable of working independently of the other . To the superior officers increased salaries are to b < given , a principle which has been carried out within the last few days with respect to the inspectors of the London district post letter carriers , who have received £ 20 per annum , in addition to their former salaries , by order ofthe Lords ofthe Treasury .
[ For these improvements the people are mainly indebted to Mr . Duncombe , whose vigilant supervision of Post Office affairs , and repeated motions on the subject in Parliament have taught the _authorltisB at St . _Mai-till ' _S-Io-Grand , that they can no longer neglect their duties , commit injustice , nor cramp the powers of the establishment with impunity . WUenoiiehonest and determined member of Parliament effects so much good , what would twenty of the same character , under his guidance , achieve ? 1
Imia Iuutlli Luu Lusb Upwards Of )One Thousand Head Of Foreign Cattle
imia iuutlli luu _lusb Upwards of ) one thousand head of foreign cattle
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jmrc _ucujl _jaiiucu uu pui > _^ qia months , and the greater portion were disposed ot to butchers and slaughtered in this immediate neighbourhood . — Plymouth Times . Strange Anecdote op Somnambulism . — A more familiar instance of somnambulism is that of a deceased Hampshire baronet . This gentleman was nearly driven to distraction by the fact that every night he went to bed in a shirt , and every morning awoke naked , without the smallest trace ofthe missing garment being discovered . Hundreds ot shirts disappeared fn this manner ; and as there was no fire in his room , it was impossible to accountfor the mysterv . The servants believed their master to be
mad ; and even he began to fancy uinveit bewitched . In this conjecture , he implored an intimate friend to sleep in the room with him , and ascertain by what manner of mysterious midnight visitant his garment was so strangely removed . The friend , accordingly , took up bis station in the haunted _cnambar ; and lo ! as the clock struck one , the unfortunate baronet who had previously given audible intimation of being fast asleep , rose from hi * bed , rekindled with a match tbe candle which had been extinguished , deliberately opene t the door , and quitted the room . His astonished friend followed ; saw him open in succession a variety of doors , and pass along several passages , traverse an open court , and eventually reach the stable vard , where he divested himself of
his shirt , and disposed of it in an old dung heap , into which he thrust it by means of a pitchfork . Having finished this extraordinary operation without taking the smallest heed of his friend wh _^ stood looking on , and plainly saw that he was walking in his sleep , he returned to the house , carefully recloscd the doors , re-extinguished the light , and returned tn bed , where the following morning he awoke , as usual , stripped of his shirt ! The astonished eyewitness of this extraordinary scene , instead of apprising the sleep-walker of what had occurred , insisted that the _following night a companion should
sit up with him ; choosing to have additional testimony to the truth of tbe statement he was about to make ; and the same singular events were renewed without the slightest change or deviation . The two witnesses accordingly divulged all they bad seen to the baronet ; who , though at first incredulous , became , of course , convinced , when , on proceeding to the stable yard , several dezens of shirts were discovered ; though it was surmised that as many more had been previously removed by one of the helpers , who probably looked upon the hoard as stolen goods concealed by some thief . _—Poyntz's World of Won ders .
SlUMEFDX TllBATMEST OP PoOR EMIGRANTS . The Elizabeth and Sarah Emigrant ship , which lately sailed for North America , with about 300 Irish emigrants on board , was nearly wrecked two or three times on her passage . She arrived at Basque Island , with a frightful fever raging on board , to which the captain , and no fewer than twenty-three passengers , had fallen a sacrifice . This fearful loss of life seems to have arisen entirely from the rapidity of the captain , who was also the owner of the vessel . The accounts state that " The ship sailed from Kiilala _, on May 2 C , 24 days after the day advertised , and the time the emigrants had come on board . Theoriginal number of emigrants she was to carry was fixed at 218 , but the number in her when she sailed proved
far greater , amounting to 280 , besides the crew , and the accomodation provided on board consisted only of thirty-two berths . Owing to the great length of time before she sailed , most of the emigrants had consumed a large quantity of their stores , and by the time the vessel had reached half-way to her destination their position was most deplorable , suhsistingon short allowance , and many with scarcely any . \ V hat was worse , the water had from some cause become putrid . At the time of the ship running ashore on the St . Peter ' s Island , tbe captain had an attack of fever , which soon carried him off , aud many of the
passengers expired from the Fame disease . Ihe bodies ofthe passengers were immediately committed to the deep , but that ofthe captain was kept on deck for thirteen days , until the ship arrived at Basque Island . Asmaybesupposed , it was in a shocking state of decomposition . In the meanwhile twenty deaths had occurred , and the illness that prevailed in the ship was truly _frightful . A vast number of the emigrants continued in a dangerous condition up to the time of these accounts being sent off . The state of the ship when it arrived is described to have been most disgusting . She was only 330 tons burthern , and was entitled to cam no more than 15 S adult
passengers . She had S 7 beyond her complement . Caution to the Public — Notice to Blacksmiths . — The public arc hereby informed , that Mr . John Reecc . by trade a blacksmith , and professing to belong to the Society of United Trades , lately resident at No . 8 , Devonshire ,-street , New Northroad , Iloxton , London , came , on tramp , to the Fabrick of Mr . John Oliver York ex-company of St , Germans de Navarre , France , in search of employment , and obtained a job of Mr . Edward Davis , the foreman . After working a week he expressed a desire to send a sum of money to his wife , in London . The foreman very kindly lent him fifty francs or £ 2 sterling , which I transmitted through the hands of Mr . P . M . Wheeler , to its destination on
the 2 nd of September , 1 S 4 G . On the week following a man of the name of Thomas Lewis , of London , also a smith , came in search of work , but the shop being full he could not bo employed . On tre Saturday night the workmen subscribed several small sums of money , he saying he had nothing to subsist upon , The same night Reece and Lewis decamped . ' Reecc having robbed a poor widow woman , of the name of Smith , of a fortnight's board and lodging and money lent by her , in all about 32 francs , his employers of 30 francs , Mr . Latham , the proprietor of an English Hotel , of 50 francs , a Polish watchmaker , of Evreux , of 30 francs the value of a watch and also several small sums he borrowed of his shopmates . The poor widow had also passed her word for a pair of boots , he being in want , which would have bee n added to the list of his swindling , but the shoemaker saw him
passing by his shop to the Diligence Office , and seized him till he had paid , lie also robbed a poor Frenchman ot ' _his wages , who was striking for him , Reecc and his companion went together . A person saw Reece show near 150 francs , and Lewis showing £ 8 . Lewis said , "they thought I . had no money but I have more than any of them that assisted mo but it will do to spent ' . " Reecc is a man about 30 years of age , and calls himself a Welcbman , dark hair _) ami has a blaguard countenance aiul bearing _altogether , about 5 ft . Cm . high , and had not time to wash himselt before he went away , Lewis is about the same age of a respectable appearance . and about 5 fcf . 4 in . in height . John Sidaway _, sub-Sccietarv , and aeent to the Chartist _Co-opcrative Land Society . Si . Germans de Navarre , pica Everenxd department de L Lure .
looLisit _WAOER . —An inhabitant of the department of the Nord , remarkable for his potatory powers , laid a wasrer that he would drink fortv enncttcs ( about five gallons ) of beer in three hours . He performed the feat , buc was brought home insensible Three days after he was dead .
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EXTENSIVE FLOODS IN THE NORTH . The heavy and continuous rains in Scotland have caused great destruction . Several bridges on the Berwick and Edinburgh Railway have been undermined , and given way ; a portion of an embankment has aho been swept away , and altogether about twenty miles of the line is impassible . Passengers are conveyed that distance by omnibus . At Galashiels and neighbourhood considerable damage was done to agricultural property , to houses ,, and to factories . All the mills were stopped and business was at a complete stand . The Gala rose higher than ever before witnessed . The flood in the Tweed was greater than it has been for many years . Immense quantities of timber , rural implements , railway
sleepers , and other articles , carried away from the lower lying grounds , came down the stream . At Haddington the Tyne rose to such a height as to 0 VerhW the _iOWer Stores of the houses in its vicinity —the houses were very much damaged , and much loss was occasioned to many poor people , by having their bedding and . furniture destroyed . In Sept ., 1807 , a flood nearly as large as this one is remembered by some ofthe oldest inhabitants , but the present flood must rank in the _ansals of the town next to the great one of the 4 th of October , 1775 , which is chronicled as one of the remarkable events in the burgh . Similar accounts are given ofthe state of Lardstoun , where the Leader appears to have been equallv swollen « M ) d impetuous . The floods _? eem to have been confined to the border counties of Haddington , Berwick , and Roxburgh .
The Loss Of T [Ie Elizabeth.. The Follow...
THE LOSS OF T [ IE ELIZABETH . . The following account < f the last voyage of this unfortunate vessel has been furnished by Captain Watson , who speaks in the warmest language of the generous conduct of Captain Griswold , of the American ship Northumberland . On the 4 th of September , the Elizabeth sailed from the Downs , on a voyage to Quebec—nothing of consequence occurred until Sunday the 20 th , when in Lit . 47 30 N , and long . 37 30 W , they met with a hurricane , veering from S . W " . to N . E . At six , a . m ., they laid-too under close-reefed topsails and main spencer , at . eight a . m . the main topsail blew from the yard * , and at nine a heavy sea struck the ship , heaving her on herbeam . en . u 9 , carrying away her rudder , and canting ihe ballast . The crew used every exertion to right her . On Monday _, the 21 st , they succeeded in" their endeavours , and
the gale inclined to moderate . At five , p . m . of the 23 rd , a chain was put round the rudder , and on the 24 th she bore away from the English Channel . On the 25 th they saw a brig dismasted and water-logged upon which they bore down . This vessel proved to he bound for St . John ' s , New Brunswick . They took the crew from the wreck and proceeded on their course to the westward , until the wind increased to a gale . At eight , p . m ., they hove to , and at nine a sea struck the vessel swept the bulwarks away , and hove her completely over . They then cut the _' mainmast away , the ship in the meanwhile labouring very heavily . The crew were now busied in turning the ballast and bailing the water out in buckets , as the pumps were choked . On Monday , the 27 th , at five , p . m ., the American packet Northumberland , came in sight , and hove down upon them . They managed to launch one of their boats , and Captain Watson , with seven hands , got on board the
Northumberland with extreme difficulty , one man having his ribs broken , and another his skull fiacturrd . The boat was then manned by _^ four men of \ hc Northumberland ' s crew , accompanied by Mr . Es > on , the third mate . It soon reached the Elizabeth , and took the remainder ofthe crew off , with the exception of the carpenter , who was a foreigner , and refused to enter the boat without his clothes . Whilst they were waiting for this man the boat swamped alongside , and the chief mate was drowned ; another person had his arm broken . Immediately afterwards a boat was put off from the Northumberland , by mi ans of which the remainder of the crew wp . resafely placed on board that vessel , From this period to that of their having landed at Portsmouth , on Monday , they experienced the greatest kindness from Captain Griswold and the officers of the Northumberland , whose humanity is deserving of the highest praise .
Sufferings Or The Zetlande«S.—Itfappears Quite Certain That, Bad As Was The State Ofthe Poor Inliabi-
Sufferings or the Zetlande _« s . _—Itfappears quite certain that , bad as was the state ofthe poor inliabi-
Tants Ot Zetland Last Winter, They Will ...
tants ot Zetland last winter , they will this year he in a still worse condition . When their supplies of meal failed them , many had small potatoe pits to apply to , but the desolating ravages of disease have there also affected that crop , the greater part of which is now totally unfit for food . We use the language of a correspondent when we state : — " Bear is not so good as was looked for , in some cases it has boen destroyed by a worm in the top of the _crain . Potatoes ore almost unfit for food , and the poor cottagers will be in a truly miserable condition , If some
one does not take pity on them . The complaints arising from want last year were dreadful to hear , hut this year matters will be incomparably worse . " Such is one out of other statements which have been made to us , on this painful subject . IV ' e know well how difficult it is to excite feelings of commisseration in the minds of the Government ) on behalf of those who do not raise a hue and cry of their own accord , and who have among them no political agitators to threaten them with the lash ; but we do think the fact that the _Zetlandlevs have so long and so patiently borne their distresses , should induce , at least , inquiry to be made . —John o' Groat Journal .
Our Bkd-Rooms . —Their small size and their _lowncss render them very insalubrious ; and the case is rendered worse by close windows and thick curtains and hangings , with which tbe beds are often so carefully surrounded as to prevent the possibility of the air being renewed . The conseqtienee is , that wc are breathing vitiated air during the greater part of the night ; that is , during more than a third of our Jives ; __ and thus the period of repose , which is necessary for the renovation of our mental and bodily vigour , becomes a source of disease . Sleep , under such circumstances is very often disturbed , and always much less refreshing than when enjoyed in a well-ventilated apartment . ; itoftcn happens , indeed , that such repose , instead of being followed by
renovated strength and activity , is succeeded by a degree of heaviness and langour which is not overcome till the person has been some time in a purer air . Nor is this Hie only evil arising from sleeping in ill ventilated apartments . When it is known that the blood undergoes most important changes in its circulation _through the Jungs by means of the air whirli we breathe , and that these vital changes can only be effected by the respiration of pure air , it will be easily understood how the healthy functions of the lungs must he impeded by inhaling for many successive hours the vitiated air of our bedrooms , and how the health must be effectually destroyed by respiring impure air , as by living on unwholesome and innutritions food . In the case of children and young
persons _predisposed to consumption , it is of still more urgent consequence that they should breathe pure air by night as well as by day , by securing a continuous renewal of the air " in their bedrooms , nurseries , schools , « _fcc . Let a mother , who has been made anxious by tlie sickly looks of her children , go from pure air into their bedroom in the morning before a door or window has been opened , and remark the state of the atmosphere , the close , oppressive , and often foetid odour of the room , and she may cease to wonder at the pale , sickly looks of her children . Let her pay a similar visit some time after means have been taken , by the chimney ventilator or otherwise , to secure a full supply , anil continual renewal of the air in the bedrooms * during the
night , and she will be able to account for the more healthy apnearance of her children , which is sure to be the consequences of supplying them with pure air to breathe .- —Sir James Clark on " The Sanative lu / fucncc of Climate . " _Pj-tbipied _Fokest _aear Caiho . _—TJie traveller Iiaving passed the tombs of the Caliphs , just beyond the nates of the city , proceeds southward across the Desert to Suez , and havingjourneyed for some miles up a low barren valley covered with sand , gravel , and sea shells , fre _., h as if the tide had retired but yesterday , he crosses a range of sand hills . Tlie scene is described as being beyond conception singular and desolate Fragments of trees , all converted to stone , ring like iron at the stroke of his horse ' s hoof , and extend in the form of a decayed prostrate forest , for miles and miles . The petrifaction is of a
dark brown hue ; the pieces vary in size from one foot to fifteen in length , and from half a foot to three feet in thickness . They are scattered so thickl y that an Egyptian donkey can hardly thread his wav amongst them . The whole has an appearance so natural , that in Scotland or Ireland it _irii-ht be passed without remark as an enormous drained boe in which the exhumed trees lay rotting in the sun ! J he roots and rudiments of the branches are often perfect , and even the worm hole s eaten under the bark may be detected . Although the trees are so completely siliciEed as to scratch R lass , and to be capable of receiving the highest polish , yet the most delicate sap vessels and the finest portions of the centre ofthe wood , are perfectly preserved , and bear the examination of the strongest magnifiers —Tuit ' s Magazine ,
Extraordinary DiscovEny . —The bodv of a young man , named Joseph Lilley . a fishmonger , and native ot Bedford , was last week discovered in a retired spot called Clapham-wood , the throat being fri « htiully cut . so as to sever the windpipe ,-with a contused wound over the left eve , apparently the effect of a Wow with some heavy weapon . Tho body was in a . eroncliing posture , _iini _. ' m- a largo freo _, to which it had been at Inched by a hankevebief , the corner of which was torn off , the other end being tied to another handkerchief , which was around the neck of the deceased , and tin : lokls of which were deeply embedded in tha wound . Within a few yards ofthe _»| ota hat was picked up , and a knife stained with blood was found , lying _unionist the underwood . An inquest was held , aid the Jury returned a verdict " That the _deceased Joseph Lilley was found dead in _Clapiiatn-woriii , with certain wounds which ih » Jurors arc of opinion were inflicted by the deceased himself , when in an unsound state of mind . "
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Accident At Carlisle Catnedrai,.--On Tue...
Accident at Carlisle CATnEDRAi ,.--On _Tuesdayaf morning , during divine service , an accident oeeurreded of an alarming nature , though fortunately unaUttended with any serious results . Our readers arere aware that the Dean and Chapter have _conimencededj repairing and beautifying this noble structure , _audud it was while workmen were engaged in the repairsirs that the accident happened . The morning servioeoe had butjust commenced , when the congregation werere disturbed by a noise proceeding from the _windotritr
which _lsuow being rebuilt , and immediate afterwards Is a number of very large stones forced _tueirwayiy through the Winds which are placed inside the cathe-edral to prevent any annoyance during the process ofof the works , and fell with great violence into the _bedyly of the church , completely smashing the pews in their ir descent . Most fortunately , no one happened to be _) e silting in that part of the church , and thus , withh the exception of frightening those within the buildingig and stopping the service for a few minutes , no injury -y was sustained by the congregation . —Carlisle Patriot , t .
Emknsivb Fire at _Nkwcastib . —A fire was _dis-ii covered about three o ' clock on Sunday morning , inn the extensive premises of Messrs . Richardson and d _Coxon , lmendrapers , Grey-street , and Market-1-street ( ! Newcastle-upon-T yne .. The fire was disco- ) - vercd _^ suing from the roof , and an alarm having g been given , the engines were soon upon the spotT ; , when it was ascertained that the premises adjoining , ' , occupied by Messrs . Alder , Dunn , and Co ., and ! known as the Albion House , were also on fire , which b appeared to be confined to the upper part of the 0 building . The engines were well supplied with i water , and the exertions ofthe firemen being atlmira- bly supported by the police , the fire _wassubdued in the i course of little more than an hour . The upper part t of Messrs . Richardson and Coxon ' _s premises waa i used as a warehouse , and nearly the whole of the i goods in it have been injured or destroyed . The > upper rooms of the Albion House were _oceuoicd as I
sleeping apartments , and tlie fire is supposed to have I arisen in one of these , and to have spread to the next i building . Accident bt _Machinery . —Another frightful accioecurred on Saturday , at the office of Mr . Cox , printer , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields . George Heinson , a _, young man about 23 , in taking off the block ofthe inner cylinder , endeavoured to lay hold of the bar , when his hand got jammed in the machinery The poor fellow , when extricated , was taken to King ' s College Hospital , and placed under the care ofthe house-surgeon , who considered that amputation must be resorted to . The young lad Cook , who was injured m the same office on Monday , died on Friday night .
A Child Suffocated at its Mother ' s Breast — i On Monday Mr . W . Carter field an inquest at the Surrey Arms Tavern , Thomas-street , Kennin » _ton , respecing the death of Harriet Lloyd , aged ' five weeks , whose parents reside at No . 23 , ' james-street , Cambtrwell New-road . The deceased was the daughter ot a compositor . On Wednesday afternoon last the mother fell asleep on the sofa with _xho deceased in her arms , and when she awoke sometime afterwards she discovered the child quite insensible and black in the face . She was immediately conveyed the deceased to the surgery of Mr . Carr , in the Camberwell New-road , who pronounced life quite extinct . He subsequently mado a post mortem examination of the body and found that death had arisen from suffocation , most probably from pressure against its mother ' s breast whilst lying on the sofa . The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
_DEAin op thb Barok de Bode . —The Baron de Bode , whose claims on the British Government to a sum ot money , amounting to nearly a million , have so _Jonff been before the public , died on Friday _evea » ing . The- death of the Baron was quite sudden . After taking a glass of water he was observed to look pale and be tremulous , and in a few moments more iell down and instantly expired , lie had been complaining of illness for nine or ten davs previously , brought on , it was supposed , by his familv , by mental anxiety in connexion wiih the further ' hearin » of his case , which is appointed for next month . °
MANBUuoHTEn .--Two boys were committed for manslaughter last week at Bath . They had been accustomed with other boys to annoy Ann Burt tha _w-ite of a painter , and on Sunday night , while enterthe passage of her own house , they caught hold of _lm l , y ii _baclc part of uer uress wilh * rt !! lt _violence . The fail produced immediate insensibility , which continued until the death ofthe poor woman on the following morning . Accident at a Brewery . —On Saturday , a bricklayer , employed at the Brewery of Messrs . Harris , _Ilampstead-road , was at work on the top of the building , from whence having lost his footing , he fell into a well from a hei ght of above 250 feet . He was conveyed to the London University College Hospital , when it was ascertained by the house-surgeon that he had sustained a broken le _^ r , fractured both arms , and other serious injuries .
Six Men Drowned . —Last week , six men employed at the Quarry , near Ra ? ses Bay , wlienca stones are oonveyed for the embankment of the Foyle , were drowned in consequence of the mis « management of a flat while engaged in loading it with stone . Mine Explosion * . —Last week , the inhabitants of West Bromwich was thrown into a state of great excitement , by the report that an explosion of sulphur had taken place in one of the coal-pits of the lata Mr . Horton , at Lyttleton Hall . On arriving at the spot , it was found that the rumour was but too well founded . It appeared that Mr . John Baylis _, the "doggy , " or manager of * the pit , had gone down aa usual with the miners , to the number of twenty-four
men and boys . As was customary , he tried the workings with the safety lamp ; and in the first side of the work he discovered an accumulation of sulphur . He set the colliers to disperse it , and shortly after , went to the other side ut the work to ascertain . whether any sulphur had been forced into , it out of the first . In about ten minutes after , the explosion took place . Its effects were very afflicting . Seven of the unfortunate men v . ho were engaged dispersing the sulphur were dreadlully burned , their bodies in some parts being Jiterally roasted by the flame and blackened by the clouds of vapouf . Suspended in the skip , about eighty yards down the _bhaft , which , is sunk to the depth of three hundred yards , were John Robinson , the engineer , and rViiJiam Hadley _, a work / nan engaged in repairing the shaft when the explosion took pface . The hot air , which rushed up the shaft with itresistable violence , carried the
skip and the men for some distance upward , when it became unhooked from the rope to which it was attached , and those two unfortunate _persons were precipitated to the bottom of the pit , a depth of nearly 800 feet ! They were awfully mutilated ; and , in their blackened , shattered , and mangled remains , it would have been difficult even to trace the outline of humanity . Their remains , as soon as possible , were gathered up and removed , and the sufferers by tho burning were conveved home . A lad , named Joshua Cash , died on Tuesday . Iloves are eHtertamed ofthe recovery of the others with the exception of one . A verdict of Accidental Death , was returned . [ Of course , it always is so in these cases . This wholesale destruction of life for tho mere purpose of saving a few shillings to the profitmonger , will continue until Government interferes to protect the miner with a high hand . J
Death bt Mistaken Medicine . —On the ] st instant , an inquest was held at Iladdenhani _, before Mr . Cowley , Coroner for Bucks , on the bony of William Knibbs , a pauper , aged S 5 . It appeared in evidence the deceased had been _superannuated nearly twenty years , and resided in a small cottage _whhhia sister-in-law . He had been in the habit fur many years of taking laudanum , Godfrey's ' cordial , and spirits , to allay frequent attacks ot' diarrhcea , but during the last twelve months , had been persuaded to leave oft' the laudanum and spirits , and resort only to Godfrey ' s . He made a point of keeping two ( listtnet bottles , a very small ono for the laudanum , and one considerably larger fey the Godfrey ' s _O" . the previoui Monday he had a return of liiYold complaint , when a neighbour remarked she thought laud
anum was the best remedy . Shortly afterwards ha said to his sister , " I don ' t know which to take , lau-¦ P ? l . ; ? tif , ' e _- ' " He then went to tlie oJd shop with his Godfrey ' s bottle , and on his return he observed to his sister , that what they had given him was a dear drop _. and nothing like so much as what he always had befove , and that he should not make two bites of it . lie then placed the bottle en a shelf , and about six o ' clock went to bed . His _sister-inlaw , who 8 _lei _* t in an adjoining room , fancied soon after twelve , that she heard him breathing very hard , struck a light , and went to him . He then appeared in a state of stupor , and could not be roused , which so much alarmed her that she called up * neighbour , and sent for a Mr . Tyler , who occasionally prescribed in simple cases of _emergency ? there bcint * no _nvvnlnr mpdip . il ui . _in within 1 ° .
miles . lie however advised them to fend fo _?? parish surgeon , which however was not done , aud tne deceased died about five o _- cloek the same _mouutty The bottle w » 3 found to be empty , and from the evidence of Mr . Lee , tho surgeon , who examined tn _« bodv , no doubt whatever existed but that dceeasto died from the effects of an overdose of laad ; _tntH »' Mr . Weston _ssfid , he recollected the deceased cuuiiDB to his shop on the day in question , tunt he asKeu for 2 pennyworth of laudanum . He was positive tuCIo was no mistake on his part , but he did _™>\ f _** Z « nv remark to deceased about bringing th » UiHlirt ) ¦ bottle . His apprentice then deposed that he aL . _iwnitonhvl _ilfw _.-ised hpimr in the _slion , ilint .-i _iittw
sirl stood by his side at the time , _amUjskea tori pennyworth of Godfrey ' -, with which he ( the apnre _* tice ) served her . He also _lieanl the _deceaged «* for laudanum . He was certain Out the two iuutlei were not _cbansed whilst on the counter . Ihe _JorTf after considerable deliberation , returned a verm " "That deceased died from the effects of _t- . kmg _»» overdose of laudanum by mistake , but whether _M originated with iiini or Air . Woston and his 3 ppr * * tice , they could not determine , "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 10, 1846, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_10101846/page/2/
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