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      - niiEaiuisu iu aa TUB IS isa J . MEDICIUE IN THB * ffOBI _3 > . In introducing the folio-nag Testimonials ta the notice of the public , it may not be out of place in giving' * ew observations respecting Parr ' s Life Fills . This medicine has been before the British ptfdic only a few years , and _jjerhap 3 _* n the annals of the world was never seen sue ? _Regnal to their pro-cress ; the virtues of this Methane ware at once aclmowledged wherever tried , and recom--mfffldationfoUowedreMi ** mendaaon ; _himW 80 _ihadsoon toactoowledge that Parr ' s Bfi Mf _*»? sa _fS and were loud in their praise . The startling facts that were continually brongh t before tie Mbhc at once removed anv _ureiudice which some may have felt ; the con-

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      OH THE COSCBALED CAUSE THAT PRETS ON THE HEALTH AND SHOETESS TflE DURATION OF HUltAN LIFE . Illustb & _ted with Colotoed Engravings . Jast Published , in a Sealed Envelope , price 2 s . fid ., or free by post , 3 s . 6 d . CONTROUL OF THE PASSIONS ; a Popular Essay on the Duties and Obligations of Married Life , the -anbappmess resulting from physical impediments and defects , with directions for their treatment ; tbe abuse of the passions , the premature decline of health , and mental and bodily vigour ; indulgence in solitary and delusive habits , precocious exertions or infection , inducing a Ion ; ,- train of disorders affecting tbe principal _organs of the body , causing consumptions , mental and nervous _debility and indigestion , with remarks on gonorrhoea , ( fleet , stricture , and syphilis . Illustrated with Coloured Engravings and Cases .

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      TWENTY-FIETR EDITION . Tjlustrated by Twenty-six Anatomical Engravings on _SteeL On Physical _Disjtiolif . cntiens , Generative Incapacity , and Impediments to Marriage . Anew and improved edition , enlarged to 195 pages , price Is . Gd . ; by post , direct from tiie Establishment , 3 s . 6 d . ia postage stamps ,

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      ous and sexual debility , obstinate gleets , mpotency , barrenness , ana debilities arising from venereal excesses , has been demonstrated by its unvarying success in thon sands cf eases . To those persons who are prevented entering the married state bythe consequences of early errors , itis jivaluable . Price Us . per bottle , or four quantities in one for 83 s . THE _CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE An anti-syphilitic remedy , for purifying tbe system from venereal contamination , and is recommended for any of the varied forms of secondary symptoms , such as eruptions on the skin , blotches on tbo Lead and face , enlargement of the throat , tonsils , and uvula ; threatened destruction of the nose , palate , < fec . Its action is purely detersive , and its beneficial influence on the system is undeniable . Price Us . and 33 s . per bottle . The 5 * . cases of Syria-rum or Concentrated Detersive Essence can only bo had at 19 , Berners-street , Oxfordstreet , London ; whereby there is a saving of ll . 12 s ., and the patieat is entitled to receive advice without a fee , which advantage is applicable only to those who remit 51 . for a packet .

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      . _^ < _Sm \ . Instant Relief and speedy _BwaHHgMg lBfe Hoarseness , Asthma , Hoop . -Mffl _^ _P Sff _TPffyjIf "il i "" g Cough , Influenza , _Con-WVXem _ K ** M ujur- * w _* - "P sumption , 'fcc , by . BROOKE'S

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      DISPENSARY FOR THE CURE OF DI 3 EASE 3 OF THE SKIN AND ALL CUTANEOUS AFFECTIONS Hahmtead Stbeet , _Fitzsot Sqoabe . _Piynclan—THOMAS INNIS , M . D ., 33 . _^ iteroy square , _ifenber of the Boyal College of Surgeons , London ; late Assistant Surgeon in the Him . East India Company ' s

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      Witbnumerous casesshowingt . be Author's _sucegsfl " treatment of Cutaneous Diseases of the most inveterate character , and suggesting treatment whereby many distressing- and disfiguring blemishes ofthe skin may here _, moved , and all painful affections of the skin alleviated . Dr Innis may be consulted daily , at his residence , 33 , Fitzroy Square , London .

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      THE GREATEST CURES OF ANY MEDICINES INTHE GLOBE . HOLLO WAY _^ OINTMENT . A Very Wonderful Cure of a Disordered Liver and Stomach . Extract of a Letter from Mr Charles Wilson , SO , Princes St « et ,. Gta - t * oia , dated February llth , 18 i 7 . To Professor Holloway . Sib , —Having taken your pills to remove a disease of the Stomach and Liver , under which I had long suffered , and having followed your printed instructions I have re . gained that health , which I bad thought lost for ever . I had previously had recourse to several medical men , who are celebrated for their skill , but instead of curing my Complaint it increased to a most alarming degree . Humanly speaking your pills have saved my life ! Many tried to dissuade me from using thorn , and I doubt not but that hundreds are deterred from taking your most excel-

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      NO TICE m . _Ihese Lozenges contain no Opium or any preparationof that Drug . COUGHS , HOARSENESS , AND ALL ASTHMATIC AND PULMON A RY C O MPLAINTS EFFECTU A LLY CURED BY ' KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES .

      A Calcutta Paper States That The Brat Explosion Of Fir* Damn Which Has Ever Happened In An Indian

      A Calcutta paper states that the brat explosion of fir * damn which has ever happened in an Indian

      Coal Mine, Occurred In Tho Mines Of Mess...

      coal mine , occurred in tho mines of Messrs _Erskine and Co ., at Sanadhaua , near Mungnlpore , on the 17 th of September , when two miners were bo severely burned that they died shortly afterwards . _ The Court of Common Pleas , Boston , U . S ., has decided that money lent at a card-table , while the parties were playing , is irrecoverable at law . An Irishman arguing on the relative claims of the Church of England and the Church of Rome , advanced the following proposition as a clencher : — 'Sure we all know that St Paul wrote , an epistle to _theBomatiSfhritdidyou erer hear of an epistle to the _Protestanti r

      Corregpoiltrencei

      _Corregpoiltrencei

      The Manchester Fourth Branch, Thj Execut...

      THE MANCHESTER FOURTH BRANCH , _THj EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE MECHANICS SOCIETY , AND THE LAND AND LABOUR BANK . TO TBE IB'TOS OF THE NOBTBEBN STAB , Sib—You are already aware of the Btrnggle betwixt the Council of the Mechanics' Society and the No . 4 Branch . I not only write to jou , but to those of our members throughout England , Ireland , and Scotland , who have given their votes in favour of tbe Fourth Branch and their bank . The question which the Council hare put to tbe members bf tbe whole ofthe society is as follows : — 'Shall any branch of our _soolety be allowed to deposit their _fuads-in the National Land and Labour

      Bank ! ' Tbe result is as follows : —For depositing in tho Land and Labour Bank , 498 ; Against depositing In the above bank , 198 S ; majority again **—1488 . Oa the 6 th of November , 1817 , the Council met to decide upon the votes , and they came to the following resolution : — ' Tbat inasmuch as a great majority of the members of our society are opposed to the funds being deposited in the National Land and Labour Bank , we tbe General Executive Council do instruct all branches who have so deposited their funds , to _withdraw the same within twenty-one days . '

      The No . 5 Manchester Branch have nearly £ 200 in the Land and Labour Bank . On receiving the notice from the Council to withdraw their funds , tbey held a summonsed meeting on the llth of November , and passed the following resolution : — 'That in accordance with tbe 31 st rule of our Bociety , ne resolve to appeal to the nest delegate meeting against the decision of the Executive Council . ' When the No . 4 Branoh received their notice to withdraw tbeir money , tbey held a summonsed meeting on the 20 th ult . and passed the following resolution : — ' Resolved—That we are of opinion tbat we have acted in accordance with the letter and spirit ofthe ninth rule in banking our money , and that we consider the interference of the executive council upon this occasion an uncalled for , uBJustifiable , and dictatorial inter _, ference , and tbat tbey bave exceeded the powers dele * gated to them by the delegate meeting , in requesting No . i Manchester ¦ Branch and ethers to withdraw their

      money from the Land ani Labour Bank , and that we , _^ ue members of the Manchester Fourth Branch , _assembled at a summonsed meeting , do respectfully decline to ' concede to the request of the conncil , and that we do so for tbe following reasons ; viz . —First . Because the Executive Council is enly to act in cases where the society ' s rules are silent . Second . —Because we have acted in accordance with the ninth rule . Third . —Because the council have not recommended to us a bank wherein to place our funds . Faurth . —Because we claim tbe same right as other branches ; vis . tbe right to piece our funds in tbat bank which we think is the most safe , and that giveB » he greatest amount of interest . Fifth , —Because we consider the Land and Labonr Bank gives thegreatest amount of interest , and Is as safe as any bank In Eng : land , and that we do hereby appeal to tbe next biennial meeting of delegates of our society , to decide thit quest on of banking our money . We make this appeal in accordance with the llth and 31 st rules of our society . The votes were then taken .

      For the motion ... ... 38 Against a

      Majority ... 86 What will the Conncil say" and what will tbe' Whist _, ler * say ? and what will the Examines say ! and what will the Whigs say ? and what will tbe Free Traders say" and wbat wilt tbe disappointed so . _cialist say and what will the 1986 out of the 700 Q members say ! and what will Selsby say , when each and all have read the Fourth Branch resolution " I think they wil ! say , ' It is no use , we might as well give up our opposition , for we cannot shake tbe confidence of tbe Fourth Branch ; we only increase tbeir faith in the Land and Labour Bank , for the first time they met thera were only 23 votes for Feargus and 17 votes against him —and the second time they met thero were 25 votes for Feargus and one againt him—and the third and last time proves that they are going on with the days of

      railways and progression , for they voted 33 for Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., and only two against him ! ' The ' Whistler' said that tke mechanics had withdrawn their money from the Land and Labour Bank , and tbat he had induced them to do so . Oh , holy Moses ! what a _mlstakb that was . Well , the Examiner thought it would try to play a better tune , and it was this ; ' The mechanics have decided bya majority in favour of withdrawing the money from the Land and Labour Bank , and will do so in less than a month . ' A double flat . Wby , sir , the sparrows npon the dunghills at O'Connorville can whistle better tunes . 'Ah , bat , ' says one ' the council will suspend your branches if you Will not withdraw your money . ' Very well , they will not annihilate us , neither would that withdraw our money , and wbat better would the council be ? Let us see who is right and who is wrong upon this question of Banking .

      The following Ib an extract from the Sth rule * — ' AU monies in each branch shall be invested in the names oi five trustees . Any branch banking its money in the names of trustees , such trustees shall not hold any office entitling tbem to a key of tbe society ' s box . ' We asked the council what part ofthe above part oi theiaw we had _violated—they conld not tell us . The _generalseore . tary made an appeal against us to the council ; this act of his was against the 31 st rule , which is as followB : — ' Any member or members of thU society , or person claiming on account of a member , finding himself or themselves aggrieved , or having any complaint against the officers or members , may apply to a committee for redress . If he or thsy do not receive satisfaction , he or they may appeal to a general meeting of their branch . If

      not satisfied with its decision , they have the power to appeal to the executive council , whose decision shall be final , by giving to the secretary of tbo branch a proper notice of their intention . The secretary to furnish no other evidence to the executive council tban that heard before the branch ; but any branch not being satisfied with the decision of the executive council may appeal to the following delegate meeting , from whose decision there can be no appeal' ( the delegate meeting is in 1849 ) . Now Mr Selsby , the general secretary , never did take the question to a committee , or a branch cither . Had be done so he would have lost two votes in the council , for his branch sends two members to the council ; and the caso coming from his branch , they could not bave voted ; so that instead of tbe chairman of the council giving his

      casting vote , that we had violated the 9 th rule , wc should have had two of a majority in our favour 1 The question sent round to the brancbos , contemplates tbe altering of tbe 9 th rule , and the violation of tbe 15 th rule , wherein it is stated— ' That the delegates cannot alter a rule , except it has gone round the branches six weekB before the delegate meeting , and whatever is agreed upon at that meeting , iB binding on all the members . ' Therefore the council had no right whatever to send snch a question eut as they did in their appeal against No . 4 branch . Their duty is to see that each branch and each member , has tbe right , and the 9 th rule gives erery branch a right to place their funds in that bank whicb they consider best . One of our members has received a letter from Leeds , stating that & proposition waft made in the

      mechanics' branch there , that they place £ 500 in the Land and Labour Bank , and the writer states tbat the secretary of that branch said they could not place it in tbat bank , for he had received a letter from Mr Selsby , and It stated that the voteB that had already come in were 900 for the Land and Labour Bank , and 3 , 000 against It . _< Tbis , ' says tbe writer , _< was our ruin , for it occasioned the Iosb of our motion by five , There being 23 fer tbe money going to the Land and Labour Bank , and 28 against it . ' . I do hope those members who bave voted for the Land and Labonr Bank , will not give up their rights , but will follow tbe honourable _example set them by the 4 th branch and others , who , knowing tbeir rights , have had courage to mention them . One of the council members said he hoped that Mr O'Connor would gain the object he

      bad ia view—viz ., the emancipation of tbe working classes ; but who would believe bim to be sincere in his wish , when he moved _thattwenty-ona days ' notice sbould be given to withdraw the money from Mr O'Connor ' s Bank 1 Mr Selsby said ' he had no doubt bnt Mr O'Connor was honest . ' Then , if so , why did he make the appeal against the money going to an honest banker ! Another councilman said he believed that nd bank waB safe , but he did think the Land and Labour Bank would stand five years , and _yst that man voted for the withdrawing of the money . The council have not told us where to place our money ; whether we should put it into our pockets , or a hank , we cannot tell ; but one of the councllmen had a splendid idea where it should be placed , whtn he moved that it should be taken ont of

      the Laud and Labour Bank and placed in the Royal Bank in Liverpool , that had already _stoppsd payment , Another councilman moved , and another seconded , the motion that No . 4 . Branch should not be allowed to send any clearance to any other branch , and the members ' travelling cards should not be received in any other brancb , if they would not draw the money out of tbe Land and Labour Bank . But this motion was not carried . The question is now what will tbe council - do , will they expel the members of No , 4 . and 5 . Branches 1 It was said , at tbe council , and in Bome of the branches , too , that the bank was not a bank when the fourth branch pnt their mOBey into it in August . That is not true , for the Derby braich put their money into the Land and Labour Bank on the 17 th of April , three months

      before the fourth branch . Te , mechanics of Bolton , wbat has capital done for you 1 Are not your members atarv . ing t Did not your strike cost you £ 14 , 000 , and In 1844 had jou not to form a Protective Society , composed of tho millwright * , smiths , moulders , engineers , and machfniets , to save yoursolvesfrom the horrible quitanee paper , emanating from the capitalist , and yet some of you vote against that bank tbat would save you f Ye machinists of Loudon , have you forgotten tbe thousands of pounds you spent iu resisting the oppressor ' s rod ! and yet somo of you have voted against the Bank of Freedom' . Ye mechanics of Glasgow , have ye forgotten tbe £ 12 000

      you -pent iu maintaining your rights ! Have ye forgot _, ten the Glasgow cotton spinners ? . and yet some of ye voted against the Terror of Tyrants , the Land and Labour Bank I Ye mechanics of Bury , have ye forgotten the struggle you had in 1645 with capital ? and yet some of je voted against the Defender of Labourl Ye mechanics of Yorkshire , have ye forgotten your £ 14 , 080 spent in Leeds ? Ye mechanics of Newton , have ye forgotten jour brother _Cheesborough being murdered lu a felon ' s den ! Have ye forgotten your general _seoretary , Mr Selsby , and twenty . _six meehanioB , being locked up ln a gloomy cold damp dungeon by the capitalists f Hava you forgotten Mr Roberta and the NoU hmi * Siab

      The Manchester Fourth Branch, Thj Execut...

      strugglingnightana . _Wforyou 1 Have you _forgottea that the _NoBT HEBir _Stau arid tlie Attorney _Genwal saved Mr Selsby and Co . from-baring the fate . : of the Dorsetshire labours ! and yet seme of you are-voting against the bank , which your kind and noble benefactors have established for the emancipation of labour ! Good Lord , deliver me from the sin of ingratitude , and the wilfal Violation of our rules ! Here is an extract of ibe llth Rule . Whioh proves as clear as _noon . day , that they , th « council , have exceeded their powers . It _readsthus : ' The duties of the Executive Council shall consist in having tbe nower to decide in cases of appeal , such decision to be final , except in the case of the branches wbo may appeal to the delegate meeting . ( Tbey _tonto * n * w * anvtbimr wherein tho society ' , rules are silent . ) ' Now , SSK * man will tay the 9 th Rale is silent ! It is _notsilent ; it give , us the right tab ank _-fH _^ _n judgment beBt determines for . Ab a proof , the

      our Crewebrancb , during this struggle , have removed part of their funds ont of Sir Benjamin Heywood ' sibank , and placed them in the _gavlngs _' _-bank . Then , why not the fourth branch be allowed to bave the same rig ht ? The chairman of the council said be acted conscientiously when he gave the casting vote against the fourth branch . If he did , he is not a fit person to be in the chair , for ne must have been ignorant ofthe rules ofthe society . If not , he must have _aoted against his conscience , therefore he must either be a false or an ignorant man . I think either ofthe two , in the sight of all honest men , would dlsqualify him from filling that office . I do hope tbat all our branches will now see that we are right , and will Bee in ours their own rights / and will have courage to maintain them , and rally round the fourth branch , for the struggle ii not over yet . Hop ing tbat the Land and Labour Bank will get tbat support , which it requires to emancipate labour from the iron grasp of capital .

      Hurrah for tbe fourth Brancb . I remain , yours truly , OMK WHO KNOWS HIS BIOHTS , AND IS DETER MINED TO MAINTAIN THEM .

      Letter Ii. . To The Editor Of The Nobthe...

      LETTER II . . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOBTHEBt * STAB , Sib , —On the 27 th of November , it was expected tbat the council would come to a final conclusion on the 4 th and * >( b , and Derby branches , banking tbeir funds in tbe Laud and Labour Bank . All credit is due to those three branches for maintain _, ing ' their rlgbtB by supporting the , rules as they bave done , ' and credit is more especially due to the two council members from the 4 th and . 5 th branches , who have had the battle te fight , who told the council tbat they ( the two council _iobb ) would suffer expulsion from tbe society before they would give up their rights . The motions which were submitted to the council ,

      were : —• 1 st . 'Resolved that the appeals from Na . 4 and 5 branches be accepted , and that their case lie over nntil tbe delegate meeting in 1849 , according to the llth and Slat rules , ' Votes for this motion one . 2 nd . As an amendment to the motion : — 'That this council has heard with regret , the decision of the Manchester 4 th and Sth , and Derby branches , on the banking question ; but _nevertheless , baving tbe opinion of a large

      majority of the members , to the effect that na branch ofour society shall deposit our funds in the Land and Labour Bank , deem it onr duty , as servants of tbe so * ciety , to suspend the above branches from all connexion with the body , until the decision of the majority is ac . ceded to—and tbat the other branches of our society be instructed not to receive any travelling cards or' clearances from the before-mentioned branches , until tke decision of tbe majority is complied witb . ' The votes for the amendment were three . A * rider' was moved as follows : —

      - That , Inasmuch as we , the Executive Council , have not as yet received all tbe Bank schedules from the branches respecting the banking information required , we consider that it would be unfair to settle the ques tion of the Land and Labour Bank until we get the said information , so that we may be better able to settle this matter to tbe satisfaction of all parties concerned . ' The votes for this were eleven . Carried , Yon will see that the question is not yet settled—bnt you may rely npon it , tbat the meney will not be

      withdrawn from the Land and Labour Bank . I cannot help noticing oae remark of the council member from No . 4 brancb , in the discussion on the council , which was as follows : — ' Gentlemen—to show you tbat I have confidence in the Land and Labour . Bank , I have this evening told a friend of mine , wbo has upwards of £ 40 of mine , that I want it , and that I intend to send £ 30 of it to the Land and Labour Bank , that the prophecy of Mr O'Connor may be fulfilled , viz ., 5 , 000 working men will be lo * cated on the land next year . ' Yours , & c „ Ac , mmm . _^^ mm . m _____ m _.

      Emigration . To The Bbitob Of Tbe Mobtbe...

      EMIGRATION . TO THE _BBITOB OF TBE MOBTBEBN STAB . Sib , —Ab a subscriber to jour paper , and also toyour admirable Land Flan , I hope you will not deem this an intrusion . A few evenings since , I saw in one of tbe papers , two horrible cases of ship fever , tbat bad occurred onboard two _emigrantvessels , one containing 500 emigrants , the Other about two-thirds of that number . The former vessel lost nearly the whole ofthe miserable passengers , besides the crew , except two ; the latter vessel above two-thirds . Naw , this Bystem of emigration has decidedly one advantage—it rids the world of the miserable victims of misgovernment . The system now _carried on of sending men fiom their homes , by holding out golden inducements , is both cruel and UBjust .

      The deaths of tbe poor deluded wretches , recorded in the papers for tbe last ten years , by shipwreck , fever , « 5 * c „ sre disgraceful to a country like this , with its use . less New Forest , Windser Park , and thousands of acreB of now useless land _. If the tide of emigration is to continue , for God ' * sake let the state of the vessels , their accommodation , and the ability of tbeir commanders , be properly enquired into , I am , your obedient servant , William _Cbowh .

      » The National Defences.' To Tbe Zditob ...

      » THE NATIONAL DEFENCES . ' TO TBE ZDITOB Of TBE SOBTHEBS STAB , Sis , —For some months by gone , there has been , what Cobbett used to term a moving ofthe straw , with respect to the defences ofthe country . Humours of various kinds have been more or less rife . Latterl y these have assumed a definite shape and bearing . An aristocrat in the House of Incurables , has given notice of a motion on this subject—and the public prints begin to hint certain projects of the Duke of Wellington , for the more effectual protection ofthe wealth , wrung from the producers of Great Britain , against the designs of those wbo are said to covet wbat they have no better right to than its present possessors . The reason for this anxiety is asserted to be the fact , tbat the general application ef steam navigation has rendered the navy of England comparatively

      ineffectual in preventing invasion , and that while tbis may induce such an event , there are no effective means at tbe disposal ot the government , to repel a foreign foe once landed . What effect the abortive attempt to raise tbe militia the other year may have bad in creating this anxiety among those' who have something to lose , ' I will not say , but this I hope , that the peeple are prepared , wben appealed to for assistance , firmly to demand , ere they risk their lives in battle , something to fight fersomething better tban tbe stigma of helotry and the blessings of coercion . Whem government produces its plan , if sucb is contemplated , I shall trouble you again _. In the meantime , I trust the chosen leaders of the people are on tbe alert , and tbatthe people themselves are wiser and more steady than those wbo left old Rome with _SlCIBIUS , Queen . street , Dumfries , December 5 , 1847 .

      Statu Of Tbadk.—Destitotiob In Paisley. ...

      Statu of Tbadk . _—Destitotiob in Paisley . --The weavers are no sooner finished with their webs , than they are thrown utterly destitute on tbe charity of the publio ' . No new webs are being given out , but a few ofa very low and unremunerative description of eoods , and of these the number is exceedingly limited . Few , if any , sales can be effected , and it wiil be sometime before a revival ean reasonably be anticipated , This is always a dull season of the year , but the present is peculiarly so . Whilst ou ; trade is ao completely paralysed , destitution is progressing with fearful and rapid strides . To meet the great mass of misery and suffering around us , prompt measures must be taken . This has hitherto been done by means of soup and bread . Tho total number receiv-000 of these abont

      ing relief is between 3 , 000 and 4 , ; . 1 , 500 are adults , about _HQ 0 above 12 years of aw , and about 1 , 200 under 12 years of age . Above 200 schedules have within these few days beep issued , and the number will immediately materially increase . The poor ' s rolls of tho Burgh and Abbey are daily getting heavier . The number of casual paupers relieved by the Burgh Parochial Board is 500 , being about double tbe usual average . In the Abbey the casual poor amount at this time to 350 , being nearly double the number during the corresponding month of last year . A considerable number of poor havelately been sent home to Ireland . Tho expenditure of the Burgh Parochial Board is at present at the rate of £ 7 , 000 per annum , and tbat ofthe Abbey at the rate of not less than -612 , 000 ;

      Millions _oibuahels of human botes , mixed with those ot horses , mules , & o ., collected at _Leipsic , _AusterlitJijJena , Waterloo , and other battle-fields , have been imported into Hull ; from the continent , and , after being ground to dust , used to manure the fields of Yorkshire . Se much for glory ! A Staffordshire overseer was discovered at a recent parish meeting , to have made sixty-three weeks in a year ! and he had also made an entry about * county rata ! ' The constable , whose laugh at the overseer was the loudest , next produced his account , including a charge for a' conquest' on a dead man The Spanish real in Massachusetts is called a ' ninepence , ' in New York a ' shilling , ' in Maryland a 'levy , ' in South Carolina - _aevenpence , ' and in Louisiana a * bit . '

      A vegetarian society has _bsen established at Ramsgate , headed by Joseph Brotherton , Esq , M . P ., who has been an abstainer from animal food for the last _tbirty-eight years .

      Sllipwrbcksr""^ 555 ^ Loss Ov Thb Fbankp...

      SllIPWRBCKSr _""^ _^ Loss OV THB Fbankpibu ) , with Twbntv t We regret to announee the total w _^ r _^ s _Frankfieldafine _s _^ pool to Oallao , with the less of twenty _liT ** _« r , wa _» wrepked at half . past five o ' clock on t s _ho morning , near East Mouse , off the Isle of / % j and about twenty miles north mt of _itJW . Eight ofthe crew were saved . im _m [ Mobe Losses on ' the _GooDWH- . _'—rheaa ? . sands were the scene of another unfortnn-t _. _^ _e on Sunday night last . The wind was Bn > i strong , and the New Holland , Mr BradleV 5 ! ? _{ _ , _««_ IW on _P-l-inn fill . T . _nnJ «» * . . ' » _0 'Bt- »

      them , and the probability is that ere this rim ? - been lost . The crew were picked up by the t . » lueger , and have been safely landed . The _lathis instance will no doubt prove very _consider m " A number of vessels have run into _RamsKatet-iii loss of cables , anchors , < fec , and several lug _» ers h also _guneoff with such to vessels _signali ' sin _*?? - _! _- _** Nearly all the bodies of the unfortunate felK f ' who perished by the loss of their vessel , the * da i * rata , of and from Naples , in P evensey-bay „ Hastings , have been washed ashore ; Tke _surviri four of the crew were saved by clinging to _oSS ofthe wreck . The catastrophe has created 3 sensation in the neighbourhood . aca

      _Distbbssing Shipwrrck . _—HASTISOS _. -Darin- ' Hie . severe gale from S . W ., with which the ErH Channel was visited on Sunday night and Mondav morning , a brig bound for London , called the Cham _piqu , laden with a West Indian cargo . consistine chiefly of tobacco , rum , and sugar , was wr ecked in Pevensey-bay , a few miles to the east of Beachev . head , and , melancholy to relate , only three men a nd a boy out of a crew of lourteen were saved . They were washed _, a « hore on a portion of the wreck to whioh they clung . Six bodies have been picked up near the wreck . The beach to the eastward of _Pevens-j bay has been during the day completely covered with tobacco in tbe leaf , vast _quantities of which have

      been picked by the numerous parties who have since midday crowded the shore . The coast-guard are ou _thefalert to secure any portions of the wreck that may be seen floating by , and already a considerable quantity of timber , consisting of spars , Ac , has been brought on shore . It is somewhat remarkable that sbe grounded very near the spot where the Tire _Cornelissen Dutch East Indiaman was wrecked ia tbe terrific gale on tbe night of the 27 th of December , now nearly two years ago . Saturday night was a very similar one to that weare alluding te , and , what ia not a little singular , the two vessels foundered nearlv

      at the same hour , as welt as in the same place , both having run aground a little before four o ' clock on the Sunday morning ; but we are sorry to say , not with the same results as regards the saving of life , as in the former case only one life , was lost , whereas i u this melancholy instance but four of her crew , who were within a day ' s sail oftheir destination , remain to tell tbe sad tale of their disaster . These were picked up by the coast guard early on Monday morning , and their deplorable condition was relieved by the officers at the nearest station . DISABIER 3 Or IHB EAST 00 A 8 T— - _"ARB OW BSCAPB OF THB

      _Clir OF LONDON SIEAMKB . Harwich , Tuksdat—The recent frightful galea which occasioned so much havoc in the Channel ofi the more eastern portion of the coast , have caused an equal amount of mischief in the North Sea , and more deplorable results have been reported here . At times it blew a perfect hurricane from the S . S . W ., and during its height several vessels were almost instantaneously lost on theGunfleet Sands . The City of London steamer , from Rotterdam for London , has had a very narrow escape , and considering the perilous position she was in , and the weather she had to encounter , her present condition appears most miraculous . She left Rotterdam for the Thames ou

      Saturday , and was exposed to the full fury ofthe storm -which prevailed that night . She was thrown on her beam ends , and the sea making a perfect breaohover herdeoks , a number of cattle were washed overboard and lost . Upwards of thirty bullocks and sheep also died on board during the raging of the storm . The captain , Mr Cook , veiy wisely determined to run for this port , and after encountering , if possible , more tempestuous weather , succeeded in making the harbour . A three-masted vessel and a brig were seen to go down , with all hands , it is sap . posed , to the westward ofthis port . Tlie crews of the Albion and Bridgeholm were rescued , and are reported to have been taken on to Gravesend . Tha accounts from Yarmouth , Cromer , and other places along the northern coast , communicate a sad list of

      casualties . Inthe roadstead off Yarmouth the ship * ping suffered severely . The Concord , Mr Clump , master , of Ramsgate , got ashore on the Shipwash Sands during the night , and all attempts to save her proved useless . The life-boat was launched , and , by dint of the usual exertions of the Yarmouth boatmen , rescued the crew . The unfortunate vessel was totally lost ; and in the course of the morning the Dar . lington packet , belonging to Stockton , met with a similar fate on the Scroby Sands , The captain , how . ever , and his erew were preserved . The Reform , of Goole , and bound to that port , foundered in Lynn Deeps on Sunday nigbt , but the master , Mr Platton , and his crew are reported to have been saved . _JSota port along the coast that has not some unfortunate vessel which has been rendered almost derelict by tbe gale . Its equal has not been experienced for years , aud it ia Btill Wowing fearfully .

      A Singular Encounter.—The Fishermen Of C...

      A Singular Encounter . —The fishermen of Codgwith have lately been bringing ashore some good catches of fish . Recently , ono of the fishermen caught a large conger ; and , as soon _as-tbe monster was on board , he seized his captor firmly by the throat , and coiled himself tightly round the poor fellow ' s body , as if he would be at ence avenged . The fisherman was unable to free himself , until he took his knife , and drew it across the conger ' s head . Its jaws then became unlocked , and its victim liberated .

      _Opbnino op Mills and Resumption of Full Tore . —Messrs J . and T . Sparrow , Eanam Mill , Black * burn , employing upwards of 60 * hands , which has been for some weeks closed , and at other times worked three days , recommenced full time on Friday morning . Messrs . John Turner and Co ., Throstle Nest Mill , and Ewood Mill , employing aboat 1 , 049 hands , which for a short time back havebeen work * ing thirty-six hours per week , commenced on Friday morning at eleven hours per day , and hopes are now entertained that the commercial gloom will bs quickly dissipated . Miutarv Execution in Inma . —The progress of insubordination amongst the European soldiers of her Majesty's corps in the upper provinces has not been at all checked by the threats of severity that have been held out , and the Commander-in-Chief , after

      issuing a long order , framed with the object of dispelling the delusion prevalent with respect to the treatment felons receive on transportation , has found it necessary to order the sentence of death to be carried out in two instances . In one of these a mau named Atkins , who had been convicted of striking an aBsistant-surgeon , was selected as the victim , and twelve men were ordered to act as executioners . All tbe troops at Meerut were assembled to witness the scene . The unhappy man to the last expected a reprieve . At length , however , the mandate was given to fire , and , strange to say , but one bullet struck bim , and that in the thigh . The _provost-serjeantstepped forward and blew out his brains with a pistol , and aU the twelve men who had fired were cast into confinement , and will be tried for a conspiracy to evade the performance of their duty . Of the other execution no particulars have as yet been received .

      Mvlier Monabnsis . —An extraordinary phenomenon has lately been seen at Devonport—a woman named Bell with no fewer than three legs . The prodigy being so uncommon , the magistrates committed her to the safe custody of their gaoler . [ Rather harsh conduct to an extra-pedal belle , It may be incidentally mentioned that the superfluous member was a wooden one , which she had stolen from her husband . ] As M . P . may demand his Waobs . —Some say that Andrew Marvell was regularly paid his wages so long as he served for Hull ; but I believe he only received from hia constituents yearly a complimentary cask of herrings . I know no reason , in point of law , why any member may not now insist on payment of his

      wages , or if he never means to stand again forthe same or any other place , why , in point of prudence , he may not insist on his rights . Inmost cases the proceeding would be what in the law of Scotland is called an action of repitition , ' to recover back money wrongly received . For this point of the People ' s Charter—payment of wages—no new law is required . —Lord Campbell ' s Lives ofthe Chancellors . The East India Company have announced their intention of exporting the extraordinary quantity of 236 , 953 gallons of London porter to Bombay . ; Six Pilots Drowned . —On Sunday morning about tide time , several pilots belonging to No . 4 pilot beat embarked in No 12 , for the purpose of proceeding to their own vessel , which was on duty on the Heylake station . At half-past one o'clock the two vessels being but a short distance from each other between

      the bell buoy and the bar , the pilots got into the punt belonging to No . 4 , and were proceeding to tha * vessel through a heavy sea caused by a strong gale from the westward , when the punt was _capsiyed by the waves , and the whole seven men were iram _^ diately seen struggling in the water . The crews oi the two pilot ) boats made the most strenuous efforts to save their comrades , but they only succeeded ra rescuing one , Thomas _Eddleston , who was picked up _by'No . 12 . The others we regret to say , were au drowned . The names of the unfortunate sufferers are , Wiiliam Quayle _, David Davis , and John JuW , journeymen ; and George Benson , Joseph Lecrow t and . William Charlton , apprentices . The tody _« _Quayle was subsequently picked up by the crew of _W _j 4 and taken on board , where every means were triea for tho restoration of vitality but withont success *

      R-7 M 017 KBD AvOUESTAtlON OF THB _ASMt . -it _« rumoured in influential circles that there wili W _»«" many months elapse , a further augmentation of toe army . The last made , about eighteen months _SJflw amounted to 10 , 000 _nen

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 11, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_11121847/page/2/