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Saturday, August 10. % House Of Lords.—T...
» ve of attendance ou committees . Indeed , ' no "man conld long endure such an amount of labour _, last year the house had sat 932 hours , p assing 89 bills ; while this year , up to the return , it had sat 1 , 041 hoars , passing bnt 53 bills . The hon . baronet then contended thai ; Government had always been able to carry a bill when they had shown that they were resolved to do so , and that whenever they had shown themselves careless upon a question , the _measure had failed to pass . Lord Johs _Russem _, said that no other legislative assembly in the world had ever got through such an amount of business as the House of Commons had performed . Many weeks of discussion were
necessarily required by the important legislative question which tbat house had regularly to consider , and the time for earning measures of a novel character was thereby materially curtailed . But he was far from considering that time was necessarily lost because bills were brought in , discussed , and then postponed ; inasmuch as such proceeding furnished the beft possible material for future legislation ; and unless a government possessed a prophetical power , it certainly conld not prevent its measures from incurring sueh a fate . After defending his conduct in introducing and afterwards abandoning certain bills , his lordship declared his opinion that the country had every reason to be satisfied with the conduct ofits representatives .
Mr . Bsight considered tbat a full house was much too cumbrous a machine for discussing the details of measures . He thought that such details _misht be referred to a select bod y of members , while the house itself should discuss " principles only . Mr . Stafford attributed much ofthe delay complained of to the fact that whereas the lionie formerly consisted of two parties onl y , it was now split up into fonr . Cetix ) x . —Mr . Home then moved that the evidence taken before the Cey lon Committee should be printed .
Mr . Hawes , on the part of Lord John Russell , opposed the motion , moving as an amendment tbat the evidence in question be referred to the Colonial Secretary and the government . He reminded the house that the committee which took the evidence had decided that it ought not to be published , because it was in a great measure ofa private and confidential nature . He agreed in that decision of the committee , although it prevented him ' from defending the Colonial-office against a variety of unfounded and exaggerated charges . that had been brought against it . : Mr . NEWDEGiTB Mr . M'CtJLLAGH Mr . Y __ ERS , and Sir J . Ho gg having spoken upon the question , Mr . ileus withdrew his motion , promising to bring the subject on and to prosecute it to the fullest extent next session .
On . tbe motion of Sir G . Gbet it was resolved that the house at its rising should adjourn till "Wednesday , at one o ' clock . The other orders of the day were disposed of , aud the house adjourned at half-past eight o ' clock .
TUESDAY , August 13 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Lord Mokieagle brought under the notice of the honse the conduct ef Charles Gream and Michael Alexander Gage , Esquires , who had induced a number of perrons to afSx fraudulent signatures to a petition which had been presented on the subject of the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks BUI . De concluded with moving that these two persons had heen respectively guilty of a gross breach of the privileges ofthe house . This motion , which gave rise to some discussion , was agreed to . Mr . Gream and Mr . Gage were then called to the bar , and were heard in their defence . Both of them denied that they had intentionally been guilty of fraud .
Lord _Camtbeu . suggested that some specific punishment sbould be meted out to these parties . The Lokd _CniscEiioB after some observations , moved that Charles Gream and Michael Alexander Gage stand committed to the custody of the Usher of the Black Rod , and afterwards to be taken to _Xewgate , and there confined for the term of a fortnight . The motion _wa 3 agreed to , and the parties were conveyed to . Newgate . Peeseco tios of _Peotestaxts . —The Earl of Bodes complained of the persecution to which persons were liable in Ireland who abandoned
the Church of Rome and became converts to the Protestant faith . After describing some cases ofthe kind , the noble earl concluded with asking whether the government would lay on the table any communications they had received on the subiect ? The Marquis of _Lassdow . ve expressed Ms regret that religious dissension and irritation shonld exist to such a great extent in Ireland , which had , to a certain degree , grown out ofthe system of proselytism whieh had sprung up there . He would have no objection to grant the reports which had been received from the police , and the instructions g iven by the government .
After some conversation this suggestion was acquiesced in by Lord Roden , and the subject dropped . The Crime and Outrage ( Ireland ) Bill was read a second time ; and , the standing orders having heen suspended , the bill was read a third time and passed . The Friendly Societies Bill was also read a third time and passed . The house then adjourned .
WEDESDAY , August U . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The house sat this morning , in order to forward all bilk upon the table a stage , and that the royal assent might be given to a mass of bills , public and private . The royal assent was given to seventy-six bills , pnblic and private . Lad GiMPBEtt , referring to the report of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the operation ofthe regulations lately adopted for preventing Sunday labour in the Po _' st-office , expressed his
belief that such report would go a _considerablejTway towards removing the evils of which the country had been complaining for some weeks . He stated his conviction , as one of the judges ofthe land , that the new Sabbatic restrictions had a tendency to obstruct works of necessity and mercy . He rejoiced exceedingly that those restrictions , which he did not hesitate to say really led to a desecration ofthe day of rest , would speedily be abolished by the new regulations which he understood government was about to make .
Lord Mokteacle concurred in Lord Campbell ' s opinion , and added his opinion of the cruel hardship which the Sabbatic meddling lad inflicted npon the poor classes . HOUSE OF COMMOXS . —In answer to a question by Mr . Wild , Sir G . Gbet said that he could give no positive answer as to the intention of government to take any steps , during the recess , forthe better supply of the metropolis with water . In answer to Mr . Thobselt , Mr . Laboccilere said that the report upon the new Sabbatic regulations for the Post-office Lad been laid upon the table of the house , but he was not prepared to announce the coarse that the government intended to take upon the subject . An encounter took place between Mr . O'Connor and Mr . Hayter , and our readers ' will find the details of it in Mr . O'Connor s Letter .
Mr . Sewbegate called the attention ofthe house to the errors in a report recently presented on foreign tariffs . Mr _.-I _ BoccHERE admitted the importance of the subject , and regretted the . errors which had arisen , He explained the mode in which the Board of Trade obtained the particulars the inaccuracy of which had been complained of , and promised thatthe subject should receive attention .
THURSDAY , August 15 . HOUSE OF LOEDS _.-At a quarter to two o ' clock the Queenleft Buckingham Palace , in state , for the purpose . of proroguing Parliament . The crowd of sight-seers and holiday-makers assembled in the line of route wa 3 as numerous and as loyal as usual . The House of Lords presented a brilliant appearance , the larger number of those present being . ladies , who always muster strong on these occasions . - Between fifty and sixty members of the House , of Commons accompanied the Speaker tothe bar , to give an account of their doings during the Session , and to hear the Royal Speech , which waB as follows :-
"J &' Loeds and _GsttrtEUEH , "J have the satisfaction of being able to release yoa _sfj-oai the duties of a laborious Session . The assiduity and care witb which yon nave applied _youreelres to the business which required your attendee , merit my cordial approbation . " Tbe aet for the better government of my Ausfaaliaa _polonies , will , 1 trust , improve tbe conditions of _. those rising co _ mbniUea . It will always be _gtaWjHig to me to be able to extend tbe advantages of -representative _iustitntioDJ , which form the glory aad _bappinesa of ay peaple , to colonies _inhs-SAJL _?? f _? P * We ot e _^ rcUmg , with _* 2 _ffiS _££ 5 _ _T _* *•* _Fwlegea of freedom . assent to fcheAct which yon fane passed for the im-. eountry . fcia , _Jtost , calculated te promote Ihe _aelfarenf esery _^ _lass ( connected with this _eswnS : _SrancbpftbenaiiQnalinterest . « _"e « _uai .
_JheM . f _<^^ _ualds _<^ tmuanoe of Litermeote _^ ithin the _anniU ofthe _mafcropelia « ia con . _iornatjiiwith those-enli ghtened views _yrioch hare for tk _^ object _iiie in _^ rovement of tho public iealtk : _Isltall waiohwi * interesHae _vtogusta of measu * _# s relating to this important subject I have given my cordial assent to tiie act for ihe « tenoon af the . elective franchise in Ireland . J look tqjthe inort _benefitjialcoiuequebeea froma . _"Bteasure-whkb . has been framed with a view to gwe ! to my _peoaleifi _Irdand a fair partiejpation in . the _Waefitajofoaf _Mj-resentattesyrtw-t . _**! _hauoXmeasd witb the . greatest interest and ¦ _fcturfkcupn tke _' me «« are _« whioh bar * been adopted _^ _aww l 0 'ti » 1 _mpw » _neat o f th § _sdmutration ¦ : " :-v _^ iKj _7 ?; -r . f :.- - ¦ _- . •¦• _<• ¦ ¦ • ' • : - ' * . - f- "'" _-iih _^ _vw ; : . ; ¦ , ¦ : ¦ ¦ - ... ¦ - -
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bf justice in various aeP » t _™ f _S _^ _SiJ anticipate they will be productive of mucii _^ uuiic convenience and advantage . - PnM .. " fJpVTLEXIE _* - OP THE ROUSE OF _COMMONS , « The im _pwvement of the revenue and the large ihe im P * x _\^ u , , faen made in various reductions _^ ,., _^ e ° _hie tended to give to our branches of _^« P _^ _S , r ty and security . I am financial _™ f £ " s _* bSbeen enabled to relieve _% S $£ _^ f _« mo ofthe burthensof taxation , wYthout impairing the sufficiency of our resources to meetthe charges imposed upon them . "MT _LOW-SASD GE . VTIEUB * _-, , . ' / _« I am encouraged to nope that the treaty between Germany and Denmark , which has been concluded at Berlin under my mediation , may lead at no distant period to the restoration of peace in the north of Europe . So endeavour shall be wanting on my part to secure the attainment of this great blessing . _ ___ _^ __
"I continue to maintain the most friendly relations with foreign Powers , and I trust that nothing may occur to disturb the general peace . " I have every reason to be thankful for the loyalty and attachment of my people , and while I am studious to preserve and to improve our institutions , 1 rely upon the goodness of Almighty God to favour my efforts , and to guide the destinies of this nation . '' „ , : HOUSE OF COMMONS .-rOn the return ofthe Speaker from the House of Lords , he stated that , in obedience to the Queen ' s command , he had attended her Majesty in the House of Lords , where her Majesty had been graciously pleased to give her Royal assent to several Bills , and had also delivered to her parliament a most gracious speech , which the right hon . gentleman read , and which our readers will find above .
The Speaker having shaken hands with Lord John Russell , and the greater portion of the members present , the house broke up , and thus ended the labounous , if not important , session of 1850 .
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Biughtox . —The members met on Monday evening , and , among other business , took into consideration the notice issued by the Executive Committee , for the purpose of forming a union of the various Democratic societies whoso head-quarters are in London ; also , to make arrangements to receive Ernest JoneB , Esq ., on Wednesday evening , August 21 st . After a vote of thanks to the chairman , the meeting separated . Metropolitan Delegate Council . —This body met at the City Chartist Hall , 26 , Goldenlans , on Sunday afternoon , August llth ; Mr . Stallwood was unanimously called to the
chair . —A fortnightly Chartist Tract . —This subject was again brought forward , specifications put in , and , in order to obtain more information , itwas further adjourned until the next sitting . —Mr . Fuzzon postponed his motion for an open-air meeting on Clerkenwellgreen _untilnextv-eek . —The "Irishman" Newspaper . —The following resolution was unanimously adopted : — " That the best thanks of this council are eminently due and hereby riven to the Irishman newspaper , for the very
fraternal manner in which it inserted our address whole and entire . "—Progress of Chartism . — -In addition to the previous weekly meetings , it was arranged and announced that a great public meeting , for the district of Westmiuster and Pimlico , should be held at the Temperance-hall , Broadway , on the 26 th instant , and the Pimlico friends' assistance was respectfully solicited . Some other business was transacted , a vote of thanks given to the chairman , and the council adjonrned .
Derby . —A meeting of delegates was held on Sunday last , August llth , at Swan wick , when the following places were represented : — Derby , Belper , Swanwick , _Codnor Park , Butterry , and _Sntton-in-Ashfield . It was resolved : — " That the above-named places form themselves into a district ; that Mr . Bezer be engaged to lecture at Derby , Belper , Swanwick , and Sntton-in-Ashfield ; that a camp meeting he held on Holbrook Moor , and that the Derb y council have the management of it ; that the next district delegate meeting be held on Sunday , 22 nd September , at the Anchor Inn , Swanwick , and that Mr . John Moss , boot and shoe maker , 81 , Parker-street , Derby , be district secretary , to whom all communications for the district must be addressed' '
Soho Locality . — The members met in their hall , 2 , Little Dean-street , on Wednesday last , to discuss the propositions of the National Reform League . Mr . Robinson was called to the chair . An animated discussion ensued , in which Messrs . Swift , Rogers , M _ _JeH , Stallwood , and several others took part , when it was agreed that the debate be again adjourned till Wednesday next . A vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman , and the nieeting , which was well attended , dispersed .
The Executive Committee of tiie _National Charter Association met at the office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , on Wednesday evening , August 14 th . Present—Messrs . Davies , Stallwood , Grassb _y , Arnott , Miles , and Milne . Mr . Davies in the chair . Correspondence was read from Falkirk , requesting a supply of the tract" Chartism ; " from Staleybridge for a like supply ; and also for one hundred of the addresses issued by the Metropolitan Delegate Council ; from Todmorden and Exeter remitting cash , and requesting a fresh supply of cards and tracts ; from Yarmouth _requesting the sanction of the Executive to form a Chartist district in and around Norwich and Yarmouth , the first meeting to
be held at the Light Horseman , Stump Cross , Norwich , which was granted . The address to the electors and non-electors , on the necessity of returning some sixty Chartists at the next general election , was unavoidably postponed until next week . —Secretaries attendance at the Office . —For the greater facility of business for the future , the secretary has arranged to be at the office , 14 , ' Southampton-street , Strand , every day ( Sundays excepted ) , from ten to six o ' clock ; and ou Monday evenings from seven to nine o ' clock . —The Federal Union . — The Secretary reported , that he bad sent the invitations , and thatthe several friends had accepted ofthe same . — Great Westminster and Pindico
meeting . —Nix . Stallwood reported , that the Temperance Hall , Broadway , was taken for the 28 th instant ; that Messrs : Reynolds , Harney , and others , had agree * to attend ,- and that correspondence was opened with other Democrats . —Bloomsbury . —Messrs . Isaac-Wilson ,. and E . _Finden , attended as a deputation from the above locality , and expressed a desire to have a large public meeting convened to aid the spread of Chartism ih that district , and to request the aid of the Executive . The deputation was most courteously received , and a meeting at an early day ia the Assembly Rooms is anticipated as the result . At its rising , the Committee adjourned until Wednesday evening , August the 21 st . -,- ¦¦ .. , . - ¦
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Heywood . — -At a meeting of members the following resolutions were adopted : — " That each member shall pay sixpence towards raising the fond to enable Mr . O'Connor to windup the Company . " "That the levy shall be paid at the secretary's residence , 63 , Bridgestreet , any Monday evening , until the 23 rd of September ,. 1850 . " "That James Evenson shall be president ; Thomas Wrigley treasurer ; James Scott , secretary ; and that Thomas Slater arid Robert Howarth be added , to form the committee . '' , ,
Northampton . — At a meeting , held at Dychurch-lane Chapel , on the 8 th of August , the following-resolution was agreed to :- —' "That in order to defray the ' expences of winding-up tbe National Land Company , that each paid-up member be called upon for a levy of 8 ixpenee , to be paid by Old Michaelmas Day , and any shareholder neglecting to do so shall forfeit all claims upon the . Company . That T . Mehew , Chalk-Jane , secretary , he empowered to take monies at any time , for tie convenience of . members . " Nineteen shillings was contributed for the same at the
close of the meeting . . '' .. _!/• '" H _ _tTHin—A meeting _washtld on Monday , Aug . 12 th , at the Chandler ' s Arms , Georgetown , to sub * ¦ crtbe towards defraying the expenses of the windjng op of the Land Company , when it was proposed by Mr . Henry "Wilson , of theHo ; 1 braneb , f and . seconded by jfr ; Jacob Jones , and carried unani-* Boua " 7 , T- _- * fSaf ; every member—paid-hp or other Wise—shall __ sctibe sixpence ; and 'that every _*^ bef or * « * _ r _ i 6 Ider not _eompljirig with . the J _ T ? "solution in one month from ftb ) date , shall _»* _it his or te claim onihe Company . ? . ; . ";;' _,: > « o *« i * it . —A meetine <> f shareholders was held on _Bandny morning la _« Vto take , into _cn ' _ttsideration tna but jneans _btassi » thn \ - the _winding up of the
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affairs of the'Company , '' when it wa 3 resolved ; - _^ " That the sum of -sixpence be levied on each _' merdber for the above purpose . " Six'shillings were paid in by twelve members , after which it was resolved to adjourn the meeting to tho first Sunday in September , tor the members to pay the above levy . Todmorden . —At a meeting of members held on the oth inst ., it was resolved : —' . * That every member pay sixpence towards tho expense of winding-up the affairs of the Land Company . " " That those who do not pay their lories shall have the amount taken ont of their share money when the Company is wound-up . " _ ,
Eehmondset . — A meeting was held at Mr . Wright ' s , 4 , Grange-road , on Sunday , July 28 th , ' to tako into consideration the best means to enable Mr . O'Connor to wind up the Land Company—Mr . Triptveo in the chair . Moved by Daniel Linihan : " That each member pay 6 d . to defray the expenses consequent on . the winding-up of the Land Company . "—Carried . Moved by J . Wright , jun . : — " That a meeting bo held every Tuesday night to receive subscriptions . " Moved by D . Linihan •—" That Mr . Triptree , of Grange-road , be treasurer pro tern ., and Mr . Wright bo secretary , pro tern , "
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A VOICE FROM THE LAND . TO THE EDITOR OP THB NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sir , —Having been a located member upon Dodford , more than twelve months , I tender my thanks to tho noble founder , Feargus O'Connor , for placing me upon the land of my birth . I am aware that we have had difficulties to contend with , and still have ; nevertheless , I havo a confident hope that a little more time and exertion will bring us through . And , I think , ours is a proud position to occupy , when we contrast it with the day labourer , who has only about seven shillings a week after harvest , and often no work , while I shall have tho necessaries of life , and a comfortable home , and can bid defiance to stern winter . Hoping our champion may live to realise hia fondest wishes , and those of his friends , and when he dies a glorious immortality , is the desire of a contented four-acre occupant at Dodford . John _Woodin .
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LANCASTER . Reg . v . TnoMPSON and others . —Defrauding tub Customs . —This was an indictment for a conspiracy , charging the defendants , Henry Thompson , Samuel Tillotson , and Thomas William Maddox , with conspiring together to remove certain goods from a bonded warehouse at Liverpool , without payment ofthe duties thereon , with intent to defraud the customs revenue of the same . There was another
count charging the defendants with conspiring together to remove certain wines without payment of the duties ; and a third count charging tho defendant Thompson with conspiring with certain persons unknown to defraud the Queen . The Attorney-General , in opening the case , said that this indictment had been preferred at the instance of her Majesty ' s Attorney-General against the defendant Mr . Thompson , who was a wine-merchant and importer carrying on business at Liverpool , and the
defendants , Tillotson and Maddox , who were "lockers" employed at the customs at Liverpool , for conspiring together to defraud the revenue , and because it was necessary to protect the fair trader , who was undersold by these practices . It was almost unnecessary to state that a large duty was payable on the admission of foreign wine for consumption into this country . On tho wine being lauded it was removed into what were called "bonded warehouses , " and the duty was not payable on the wine until it was taken out of those
warehouses for consumption . In these warehouses the merchants had each particular compartments , which were appropriated to themselves , and to each compartment there was a door with two locks , the key of one being kept by the merchant , and of the other by the custom house officer , called a "locker , " whoso duty it was to attend to that bonded warehouse ; by this means of security the wines bonded in such a warehouse could only be removed with the concurrence of tbe merchant and the locker . Between the years 1839 and 1842 tho defendant Thompson had a double vault in a bonded warehouse , called " Harbord ' s Vaults , " of which the other two defendants , Tillotson and Maddox , were lockers ; and the charge against the defendant Thompson was , that he , in conjunction with the other two defendants , or some persons unknown ,
had removed 208 casks of wine between the years 1839 and 1842 , without paying the duty thereon , and without any proper authority . The usual course of delivery when wines was removed from a ship was for an officer to gauge the wine , and he then made out a note of the mark and contents of the cask , and delivered that note and the cask to a carter , and that note was called "a cart note . " the carter delivered the wine and the " cart note " to the locker at the bonded warehouse to which the wine was sent , and the locker indorsed the " cart note" as a receipt , and entered the wine as received in a book called the " locker ' s book , " and placed the wine in the warehouse . If the merchant wished to remove the wine to another warehouse he
preferred a written request to the director or comptrollerof customs , upon which , as a matter of course , the comptroller granted what was called a sufferance note , oa preseating which to tho locker the wine could be removed , and the locker entered its removal in his book . The duty on the wine was seldom paid until itwas sold , when it was removed out ofthe warehouse by a proper delivery order , called a " slip , " and its removal in this way was entered , in . tho locker ' s book . The 208 _casKs in question ; hadfbeen removed without payment of duty , _^ by . collusion with the lockers . The reason why this prosecution was now instituted was because this fraud had only recently been discovered . Earlv' iii 1848 an inquiry was instituted in Liverpool
as to the mode of collecting the . duties , and an order was made to take the amount of stock deposited in the bonded warehouse there . This order was a good deal talked about , and it was then that Mr . Thompson took a step which had led to the discovery on which the , present proseoution was founded . Between the 15 th of May and the 7 th of June -in that year , Mr . Thompson , by his clerk , passed an entry of 208 casks of wine , for whieh he applied to pay the duty . When an entry is passed , an order for the payment of the duty is given , called a slip , which being paid is a delivery order , and he then got slips for the whole 208 casks , making it appear tbat he was anxious to get this quantity of wine out of bond , the duty on which amounted to
£ 1 , 951 . This being such an unusual quantity to take out of bond at once excited observation , and it then appeared that these slips for the delivery of the 208 casks of wine were never presented—Mr . Thompson , in fact , no doubt well knowing that the wines were hot in the warehouse . This led to inquiry . . It also appeared that by the statute the wine merchant was entitled to a drawback for leakage on the wines in bond not exceeding one per cent , per annum ; and Mr . Thompson would have been entitled to this drawback for six or seven years , which would amount to little less than £ 300 . The amount of leakage was ascertained , by "dipping" or gauging the wines , but this necessarily implied an examination ofthe wines . Mr . Thompson
never applied for this drawback , because he knew well the wines were not there to be dipped . -This being still more suspicious , the stobk-book kept by the locker was examined / and it was found that there was no entry ofthe removal ofthe wines , and on examination of the vault it was discovered that the wines were gone . The other two defendants were the lockers employed at these vaults , and without their concurrence the wines could not have been removed . The whole of these wines had been removed between the years 1839 ahdi 842 , at which time the defendants Tillotson . and Maddox were lockers of Mr . Thompson ' s bonded vaults . It further appeared that , ; before the year 1842 , Tillotson and Thompson had taken a lease of a place called
the _Strawbery-gardens , at Everton , where wines and liquors were sold , which , as regarded Tillotson , was contrary to the Customs regulations . This ; also , ; was' a suspicious circumstance as against Tillotson . o These were the facts he should prove , and which had led . the government to institute this proseoution" as a protection to the fair trader and for the punishnient of these frauds . Evidence having been given , Mr . Cowling submitted that there was no _oase against Maddox . —The _Attorney-Geaeral said he would not then press the case against Tillotson . —M _> ' Serjeant Murphy then submitted that there remained nn _aara nf _nonsniraov
against his client , the case beinggiven ' up as tothe other two prisoners , and there not being a scintilla of . evidence that any one else had assisted or acted with Thompson in removing the wines , _aind he could not conspire with himself . —His- Lordship : There might not be evidence to fix the other two' prisoners , ; yet the jury mightbe of opinion that florae persons to themunknown had assisted theprisoner Thompson . ; But he would reserve'this ; point'also . —Mr , Serjeant Murpby t the _^' " - ' _addreAed : tlie _') , 'jiii 7 for Thompson _: : and j the _iAttorney-Geheral -having replied , his _lordsbipsummed up , and the jury found the prisoner Guilty : . Sentence will be passed in the Court of Queen's BenchV . ' f ! l
f ;;; GLOUCESTER . ' " . _43 habob , _of . _Mubdbb : bv . _SiARVAiioir . —Elizabeth Bubb , _airepulsive'looking . woman , aged 40 , was charged with thewilful : murder of Maria Hook , at Churcham , in May last . Mr . Huddleston and Mr . Powell were counsel for the prosecution , and Mr . Pigotfc defended the . .. prisoner . . , . _; There : was also < a _cbsrgeofinahsl _aughteragainst the prisoner together with ! » _» n ; named Richard . Hook , but the court first tried the female prisoner on tha more serious charge . " Mr . _Huddleiton having addressed theiar */ _. cailedi Mary ; Jtothoi * i % married won _ nvWu * io _ « _H _« S !» B « _kW _wWwer , Md _lhrtSh t _**^ B _tf _^ T _^; wi % _han , Beme _ _tjw « d , _mii _ _ttSde-
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ceased , on frequent , . occasions , when the childrenof Bubb were -at ; mealsi ' -grovelling on the / . floor , and nicking up the _criimbs tbat fell from the breakfast table . She did not ask for _foodTTmt . picked . up anything that shc ceuld ; go t . " She was ih a very filthy state in her persoii , ' and appeared toi'liave ho clothes on except an old frock , ' which Was bpen at the back . The prisoner ' s children were well fed , but the deceased appeared ' cast away for want . " ' . Therefwas plenty of food for all , hut witness did ' not see anything given to Maria Hook . The witness spoke to the prisoner having on several occasions spoken " of the ' deceased as a " nasty little devil . " As she was lying on the ground picking up the crumbs the prisoner said ; " if she did hot get up she would kick _^^ ' . " : T _ - _„ _.. _^ 4 . A _^ _oniftWa ¦ _n _. children of
, her in two . " . On one occasion when sho went out to work tho prisoner loft a piece of bread of about as big as her three fingers for Maria Hook ' s dinner , and two larger pieces of bread , ono for each of the other children . She ( prisoner ) told witness that the deceased . had been tolling her father about it , and added , " sooner than the d- _^—d nasty ittlo devil should tell her . father anything sho would kill her . "—Emma Jackson was next called . ¦ Snohad known the prisoner about twelvo months . Mrs . Hook , the mother of the deceased child died about twelve months before the child ' s death . Tne prisoner was a sister of Mrs . Hook , and went to live with Richard Hook on his wife ' s death . Hook had three other children besides the deceased ; they
were all older than Maria . , The prisoner had two boys of her own , aged six and twelve , years , and they all lived together in Hook's house . Tbe deceased was four years old when she died . Witness lived iii a room ' adjoining Hook ' s houBe under the same roof , tor about twelve months before the child ' s death . At tho timo of Mrs . Hook's death the deceased child wa nice little girl , and appeared perfectly well . Alter her mother ' s death , however , sho began to waste away , and got gradually into a very ragged and dirty condition , and looked worse and worse every time tho witness saw her . The prisoner did not give the child food enough , and when sho went out in the morning to work she would give her a piece of bread to last her for the day . The
child would ask for food . The prisoner cursed her instead of giving her food . Prisoner was continually in tho habit of beating and ill-using the deceased child . Had seen Mrs . Bubb eating toast and huttor at a time when the child was crying for broad , but she gave her none , though she would send her a small bit up stairs about as big as three fingers . The prisoner's own children were treated well and had the same food as the prisoner herself . Tbe child at length got so weak that sho was not able to stand , and was in the h abit of crawling about the room on her hands and knees . Towards the last she was placed in tho chimney corner upon a heap of rags . Witness had frequently given the child food , which she seized hold bf in both her hands
and devoured it ravenously . Had seen the prisoner beat the deceased moro than twenty times . Had seen her washing the child in cold water somo two or three months before its death ( it died on tho 24 th of May . ) Saw her pull the child out of . the tub , push her across tho room , and exclaim , "You d d young , bitch , you'll never die , and nothing ' 11 ever kill you . " Had frequently heard the prisoner wish the child dead , curse her , and call her bad names . . Saw her beat the child three weeks before its death . ; On the morning of its death , at four o clock , witness was called into Hook ' s house by Bubb , who said she thought the child was dying . Witness found the child on Bubb ' s lap , groaning dreadfully , and it died at eight o ' clock . Bubb cried
a little just as the child died , but her tears seemed to have been drawn ' forth by fri g ht at the child ' s dreadful appearance in the agonies of death . —Mr . Potter , a schoolmaster living at the distance of about a quarter of a mile from the cottage of Hook , deposed that he had known Hook and his family for years , past , and had played with and nursed his children . One day , on coming home , he found his wife feeding tbe child at his gate ! His wife gave her three pieces of bread and butter , which she ate voraciously , and appeared in a most destitute condition . The child was in a filthy condition , and the only article of dress on her person was an old stuff frock . She would have eaten another piece of broad and butter , but witness thought it would not
be ri g ht to give it her in her weakly condition . He told her to como again next day , when he gave her some dinner . She was there hours before dinner time , waiting at the gate . She came daily for weeks , and appeared always in the same pitiable plight . She was a perfect skeleton in body ; but when he saw tho body at the inquest he could not recognise it as the same child , from emaciation . When he first saw the child at his gate he supposed the child to be some beggar ' s child , and did not recognise it as Hook ' s , from its altered appearance since its mother ' s death . Witness fed another child of Hook ' s which also came te his house for food . —Several other persons who lived in . the neighbourhood were examined , and they all agreed
in : tho accounts they gave of . the neglect and illtreatment of the unfortunate deceased by the prisoner . —It was stated that tho deceased ' s body weighed only 61 bs ., the usual weight of a child on its birth . The deceased was more than four years of age at her death . —Mr . Humble , surgeon , and medical officer ot the _Westbiiry-on-Severn Union , deposed that he first saw the deceased in November , 1848 , when the prisoner and Ann Apperhy brought her to him . . He examined the child , and prescribed a slight aperient for her , directing that she should have port wine and nourishing food . He found that she was afflicted" with prolapsus ani , a disease not uncommon to children , but not of a dangerous character . In 1849 ( January ) ho again saw the deceased
at her father's house . She was huddled up over some ashes , and was naked with the exception of a small rug over her shoulders . There was no fire in the room , and the child seemed emaciated from want of proper food and clothing ; made a post mortem examination of the body , and found it in an excessive state Of-emaciation ; it only weighed Clbs . ( Sensation in court . ) A child newly born would usually weigh from 6 lbs . to 8 lbs . This child was four years old . It appeared about the Usual height of a child of that age , but was a complete skeleton . Death from starvation would present such external appearances as the body of the deceased Maria Hook presented . The body internally was healthy ; the lungs were perfect , and there were no symptoms of consumption . The heart and viscera generally were small . The stomach was perfectly empty . Looking externally ahd internally atthe appearances
presented by the body , witness was of opinion , that the child died from want of sufficient food and clothing . —Charles Bampton , huckster , proved that Hook and Bubb bought goods at his shop to the amount of 10 s . to 14 s . per week . —After an address of two hours from Mr . Pigott , who dwelt especially on the absence of motive for murdor , hisLordship summed up in a speech ofan hour and _^ 'half , and the jury , after retiring for _^ ten minute _^ r-returned a verdict of Guilty of aggravated manslaughter , and the prisoner was sentenced to transportation for life . Riohard Hook was charged with the manslaughter of his daughter Maria Hook , at Churcham , by omitting to give Her proper food and clothing . —Ik his . defence the prisoner said he' had always provided sufficient food and clothes for thb ; child , and had directed Bubb to attend to ' her . —The jury found him NotGuilty . ' " ' f ' . '
Murmr bt _Poisonino . Hannah Curtis . was charged . on . the coroner ' s inquisition with the wilful murder of Thomas Harris , her . former husband , atthe parish of Frampton Cottrell ... The prisoner was formerly married to Harris , who died after a short illness , and in a month after his death-she married a man named Curtis who used to visit her during the lifetime of her husband . On opening the body there were traces of arsenic discovered in the deceased . —A great number of _witnesseiwere examined in support of the indictment .--Mr . Cooke addressed the jury for about an hour and a half , examining the evidence critically , and contending that j although this was undoubtedly a case of suspicion , the facts , ' as they , had been given on oath ,
were as consistent with innocence , as with guilt . The question , for the jiiry to , decide was , whether the arsenib ( which there waB . no doubt had been the cause of death ) had . been administered to the deceased wilfully for the purpose of destroying life , ahd , if so , by whom ., He contended that the suggestions made in the evidence , that the poison had been administered in , tea , and in wine , ; were , not borne out , the witnesses ' stating -that there was . no appearance of sediment or any foreign substance in the cups . Mr . Hereja ' th , too , . had given his . opinion tbat arsenic killed within . . twenty-four hours ; but here the " sickness had extended lromfthe 10 th April—before the prisoner , had been proved to have bought the poison at Mr . Morton ' s—until the 30 th ,
when the deceased died . The same symptoms were apparent in the , illness ofthe deceased on . the 19 th as on the 26 th of April ; He suggested that the correct version of the unhappy affair was that the deceased . Burns having been used to take magnesia , which , was kept ; in : a . particular , _beaufefc , . had . unfortiipfitely taken _some _. of the arsenio . 'in mistake for it . ; In . _copclusion the learned counsol having addressed _h-inBelf to , most of the points in the evidence ,: whiohf appeared ih any degree to be favourable , tp . the _prigonejfg called upon Rthe , jury tojiriye the prisoner _the'benefit of any ' _Spubt that , _inayibe _raiaeu iu _nioiruiiuus
. _- . —jiue _learaeu uuage summed up ih a clear and _jperspibubus . manner , and read and commented upon the whole of the evidence . —The jury , after retiring for . half an hbur , returned with a , verdiotnf .. Guilty of * jurderl—The Judge then put on the blackcap and pr _^ ounpfed the awful lentenoe of death , upon _, ihe _prpner , without holding _ _ufc any hope of mercy _. _beseaching her to spend her few «« n » in . _? . hou 1 _' 8 _» _making her peace with God - Thepnsoner heard _theaentenoe unrhdfed , butfre . quently declared her innocence . ' Me trial : lasted about nine hour ? . X ' - '• ¦ - . " _¦ _" _"¦ su-; _" ¦ ; .:, ;¦ ' " ; .: . ,: i : ' _" ,. " _-wbi _ _' _« l ' . ' _- ¦ yyy _^ y
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greatest interest , in , the-county , andthe * cburfc' \ vas crowded to suffocation _ during the , ' , trial ; The prisoner , a fine-looking young man , is the son of very highly . _respectabje parents , _, his father ; -having ; for many years rented a large farm . of . ¦ Mr ' * -Leigh ; -. of "Dillirig . tpn , jhear Iiminsteiy . in . this , county , ' paying him at one time near £ 2 , 400 a year . ;; He . diedin May , 1849 , _fand the widow continued the farm until March las tj when she was to leave . ' The prisoner with twoptherbrothers lived with her , and the prisoner was also , the agent of the Sun Fire Office at Ilminisier . ' Mrs . Paull was to leavo , tho farm on March 25 th , and as there was to be a Bale of the furniture on the 21 st , the family left on the evening of the 20 tli . At ' about eight o ' clock . Mrs . Paull . greatest : in ' _ercst : in the- county . and thet . _cburs'Svas
Miss Paull , Charles . Paull , the prisoner , and two female servants left the farm , tho ladies riding , in a car drawn by a pony , and tho prisoner walked across an orchard and some fields / and met the car , which had to go rather a round-about road . Soon after they had got a milo from the farm a light was seen , which it was subsequently discovered proceeded from a fire at the farm , for it appeared that within half an hour of the family leaving , ono of tho wheat ricks was discovered to be on fire . An alarm was immediately' given , and after great exertions the fire was confined to the rick in which it originated . The farming stock was insured in tho office of which the prisoner was the agent , and had been tor many years by the late Mr . Paull . For some
time , there wore various rumours about the cause of tlie fire , which it was supposed wa 3 tho work of an incendiary . At last Mr . Leigh issued a handbill , offering £ 50 for the discovery of tho perpetrator , stating that tho perpetrater had done it maliciously , with intent to defraud the insurance company . In consequence of this , rumours got afloat that it was caused by some one ofthe Paull Family , on whioh they requested the coroner to hold an inquest , to inquire into the cause of the fire . This was accordingly held , and numerous witnesses examined , upon which the jury returned a verdict that thefire was caused by some person unknown , and entirely exculpated the Paull family from havinsr _anvthins
to do with it . This inquest was held on the 9 th of April , 1850 , and nothing moro was heard aboutit until May 6 th , when an information , was laid against Thomas Paull as being the guilty ' party . This was solely on the evidence of a man named , John Harris , an old servant of Mrs . Paull , who had been examined at the inquest , and had stated some immaterial facts , and then said tbat was all he knew about it . Upon his evidence Mr . Thomas Paull was held to bail to answer the present charge . This witness stated that on the night preceding that of the fire the _prisonor had offered him five pounds to ignite one ofthe rioks , and had several times since offered him various other sums . The witness
repeated his evidence a second time with the greatest accuracy . ' Several other witnesses were called , but their evidence did not at all advance the case for the prosecution , or in any way tend to confirm the evidence of the witness Harris . Mr . Stone here addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner in an eloquent' and powerful speech , denouncing iu the strongest terms the conduct of the witness Harris , whose evidence it was not possible for them for one moment to believe . The whole was a perjured tale , concocted for tbe purpose of convicting his
young master , in order to obtain the reward of £ 50 offered by Mi * . Leigh . After commenting with great power on the incredible statements of this man , and the manner in which hehad given his evidence , and on being called on to repeat it giving it word for word , after saying that ho had never repeated it to any one , he called on the jury to Bay whether it was necessary for him to go further , and further damage the character of this man by calling his witnesses , and showing that tho man Harris had grossly perjured himself in denying that he had said what he had been asked on his
cross-examination . —The jury interrupted the learned counsel and said they were quite satisfied . —Mr . Justice Coleridge then said that after the strong intimation of the jury as to their opinion of the evidence of Harris , in which he entirely concurred , it would not be necessary for him to address them at any length . So one could have heard the way in which the man Harris had given his evidence without being convinced that he must have learned his evidence by heart ; indeed he ( the learned judge ) believed that the man , or some one as wicked as
himself , had written down the tale , and that he had learnt it by heart . As it . was , the case entirely depended on his testimony , as there was an entire absence of motive to induce a respectable young man like the prisoner to commit so serious a crime , from the commission of which he could not obtain the slightest benefit , and the committal of which could only injure his family and himself . —The jury immediatel y returned a verdict of Not Guilty , which was received with loud cheers by a most crowded oourt , and the prisoner immediately left tho dock surrounded by his friends .
Perjury . —Azariah Richardson , 31 , was indicted for wilful and corrupt perjury . This was a proseoution by the Watch Committeo of Bath , arising out ofa summons taken eut by the prisoner against one of the inspectors of the police force of that city , named Dunn , in which the prisoner charged him with having assaulted and abused him on the 27 th of April last . _, The summons was heard by the magistrates onthe 7 th of May , and was dismissed . Richardson and a man named Ruddick were then examined , and in the course of their depositions they swore that on the 27 th of April Dunn had struck Richardson with his fist ; that he had knocked Ruddick down three times ; that they afterwards went to complain at the Widcombe
station , when Dunn came in , and , calling them " rascals , " kicked them both out , saying he would havo " . none of their London tricks there . " They also stated that Dunn had ' afterwards offered-to compromise the matter . Witnesses were now called to prove that these statements had been sworn to by the prisoner , and to disprove their truth . For the defence , a mat named Sargent , ' was called by Mr . Stone , and he swore positively that he saw Dunn knock Richardson down , and kick him twice , in Southgate-street , on the ' night of the 27 th April , about twelve o ' clock , arid that he also knocked Ruddick down . It appeared , however , that although Sargent had heard of the summons
and of the subsequent examination of Ruddick on the charge of perjury , he had not gone before the magistrates , and had said nothing about the matter till within the last three weeks . Mr . Phinn replied on the part of the proseoution , and his Lordship having Bummedup , the jury found the prisoner Guilty . Isaac Ruddick waB then indicted on a similar charge . The evidence for the prosecution was nearly identical with that in the last case . The prisoner was undefended . —Guilty . His Lordship then sentenced both prisoners to be transported for seven years . By direction of the Judge the witness Sargent was . apprehended , and ordered to be taken before a magistrate on a charge of perjury .
LIVERPOOL . _-MANSIfAlTOHIBB OJ ?; A WlFB Bt HBR HUSBAND . — Robert Reed , 33 , was indicted for the manslaughter of his wife , Eliza Reed , at Liverpool , oh the 9 th of the present month ; 'by striking her with his fist upon the lobe of tho left ear . : The prisoner prayed for counsel , and his lordship assigned him Mr . Aspinall . The prisoner was a singer in a concert room , and on the night of the occurrence his wife went to f etch him home . On their way home they quarrelled ,, and immediately upon entering their lodgings the prisoner struck at his wife , and she ran or was pushed into a dark parlour , into which the prisoner followed ., In about five minutes afterwards the prisoner left the room and went to his
Dearoom . Aiemaie went into the parlour shortly afterwards , and found Mrs . Reed lying in a pool of blood , being at the time quite dead . Mr . Wilson , surgeon , gave it as his opinion that death had been occasioned by the wound on the ear , but said that this might hare been produced either by . a blow or a fall . ; The defence of Mr . _Aspinall . was , in effect , that there was no proof that death was the result of a blow given by the prisoner , and the surgical evidence fwent to show that death might have been occasioned by a fall . The jury found the prisoner Guilty . , Sentence deferred . Stealino Posi _Lbiiebs . —Joseph Booth Pearson 16 ; was , indicted for haying , at Manchester feloniously / stolen a post letter , the Drobertv of John
Wood Fletcher , and also with stealing eight nost letters from , the Manchester post-office , with the intention of robbing ; his employers , Messrs . Wood and Westhead ; f The prisoner pleaded Guilty . -Mr Ppllook addressed his lordship ; in . miti gation of mnuhment , on account _' of the prisoner ' s good conduot since ; _his imprisonment on the charee -The sentence deferred . ' ' - _'• ' ¦ ,. ¦ > . vu * _'r '' ' -- iue m _M _^ A _^ . _*^ hpmag Dickenson , _^ respectable _rJX i _?•>**» ' > J _^ _. _neg _^ nt _management Of a bate of cotton , over whioh fie had ; the _manwe . ment ; caused the death of James _JoK _^ E prisoner is a warehouseman k the eZov of ohe & _S one part of his duty was to _superhiterid the _recontoauf cPttontobe _warehoused On _thediwsS
_hd 3 _rZ T _? l V / ' oottw , to be wire . ES . 8 lunj * * _ v _^ of cotton from the cutis _ilK _H con _W" > e of there being no bnea ine _rope bepame entangled . -fTbefdeceased called ouvand the prisoner canto to the . warehouse door , and . m attempting to free it from the cathead tiie rope became slackened and the bale fell uponthe deoeaBed in the cart below , whereby he ' was killed . During the progress of the trial , the proseoution was abandoned , and the prisoner acquitted , * * 5 '' 1 . Stabbing . a „« nt CbiiKori ' R . _^ -Thomas Gordon , an elderly man , was indicted for having , at Liverpool , on the 20 th of July , maliciously stabbed _Wou S Pritohard , with intent to do him grievous bodily harm . The prosecutor is a colleotor of rents , and th _» prisoner , _ocoupied > small tenanoy for which Pntchard _^ as the agent ; On the da y stated intho indictment prisoner went to _proswutgr _' _l resideJS
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in Paul-street , and was seen shortly to come ou 6 again , but in a little time afterwards was observed again to enter the house , at which time he had an instrument , supposed to bo a knife , in his hand ., On entering the house , he Wont and stood over prosecutor ,, who was sitting writing at a table , and said * "Are you Pritchai'd ? " Prosecutor answered , ? 'I believe I am . " Prisoner replied , "If you are , lam Gordon : tako that , and you will want no more , " and then stabbed him with a chisel in the abdomen . On the way to Bridewell he admitted the offence to the police officer , and said the prosecutor had been the ruin of him and his family . —In his defence the prisoner said that _Pritchard had frequently distrained upon his furniture for small sqms ; that on in Paul-street , and was seen shortly to come ouft
the day _. preceding the occurrence , whilst he and his wifo were absent from home in search of work , and whilst he and his wife were the only parties in the house , he brought tho bailiffs and took away the whole furniture for a claim of 6 s . The neighbours collected tho amdunt , and ho tendered it to Pritchard , who refused to take it unless 7 s . 6 d . for expenses were paid . He ( prosecutor ) behaved rudely to him , and thrust him from the house . He becamo desperate , and having the chisel in his pocket he unfortunately used it against Mr . Pritchard , and was now exceediugly sorry for tho act . —The jury fo ' und . the prisoner Guilty , but recommended him to mercy on account of his _family . —Sentence deferred .
The Irish Democrats In London. The Usual...
THE IRISH DEMOCRATS IN LONDON . The usual weekly meeting was held on Sunday-Mr . Dwain in the ehair—and was honoured by a preliminary visif from tiro of D . W . Harvey ' s special messengers ; they were politely accommodated with a seat at the table . Mr . Clancy proposed three hearty cheers for the . success of the gallant " Irishman , the begotten of John Mitchel , the child of Ireland ' s future destiny ; " which was responded to in a manner not to be mistaken . The minutes having been read and confirmed , Mr . Clancy addressed the meeting on the necessity of supporting the Irishman . It was not support to merely subscribe , but their ingenuity should be
taxed to place it on a firm basis , nor was it the Irishman atone that demanded their support , there was a sterling little fellow who had done his work gallantly for the last few weeks ; he knew they would anticipate the Red Republican ; they should do all in'their power to give him a lift too . He ( the Speaker > would do ono man ' s work by presenting to each subscriber of the Irisftman ( on the last day of August ) a copy of the Red Republican , gratis . A _cojiy of the Irishman was ordered to be filed , and three copies destributed gratis . _Articles wero read from the ' _Irunman , and highly applauded . The meeting was addressed by Messrs . Dwain , Joyce , Flanagan , Lynch , & c .
An Infant Poisoned By Its Mother.—A Pain...
An Infant Poisoned by its Mother . —A painful case of child poisoning has beon the subject of investigation at Hull during the past week , the accused being a young woman named Mary Ann Lamb . The accused having been engaged as web nurse by a Mrs . Foster , of Carlisle-street , placed her own illegitimate child in the charge ofa woman at Beverley , offering to pay 3 s . a week for its maintenance . On Friday last , by the request ofthe mother , she brought the infant over for her to see . Before , however , Mrs . Clubley arrived in Hull , Lamb is proved to have purchased a pennyworth of laudanum at the shop of a druggist in Millstreet , and when her child was brought to her mistress ' s house in Carlisle-street , she sent Mrs . Clubley ont of the way , and ( by her own confession )
administered some of the narcotic to the poor little creature , who died in convulsions the same evening . The mother was instantly taken into custody , and has been committed on the coroner ' s warrant to take her trial for wilful murder . Thb Working Tailors' Association . —We regret to learn that the premises occupied by the above body at 34 , Castle-street-east , Oxford-street , were broken into on the night of Monday , or early on the morning of Tuesday last , and a large quantity of goods stolen by the miscreants . Fibb at Bradford . —A little before midnight on Wednesday evening a very serious fire broke out at the extensive dye-works of Messrs . Smith , of this town . The amount of loss is calculated at from £ 7 , 000 to £ . 8000 .
_Exkc-jtioh at _EmsBURon . —The final sentence of the law was carried into effect upon William Bennison , who was found guilty at the High Court of Justiciary about three weeks ago of the murder of hit wife by poison . An explosion took place onthe 29 th ult . in a gunpowder manufactory at Etterstad , a league from Christiana , in Norway . Ten men were at work at thetimc ; six were killed on the spot ; two were seriously injured ; and the other two could not be found .
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Therapeutics . —The history of medicine is hy no means flatterinp to science . It is questionable whether more is known of diseases , their cause , and their cure , at this moment , than in the time of Galen ; it is certain that diseases arc quite as numerous , and in the aggregate as fatal . Every age has produced some new system of artificial therapeutics which the next age has banished ; each has boasted in its turn of cures , andthey , in their turn , have been condemnedas failures . Medicines themselves are the subjects of fashion . Is it not a positive proof that medicine is yet unsettled ; in fact , that it has no established principles , thatit is little more than conjectural ? ' At this moment , ' says Mr . Pinny . the opinions on the subject of treatment are almost as numerous as the practitioners themselves . Witness the mass of contradiction on the treatment of even one disease , namely , consumption . Stroll attributes its
frequency to the introduction of bark . Morton considers bark an effectual cure . Keid ascribes the frequency ofthe disease to the use of mercury . _Brillonet asserts that it is curable by mercury only . Ruse says that consumption is an inflammatory disease—should 1 ) 6 treated by bleeding , purging , cooling medicines , and starvation . Salvador * says it is a disease of debility , and should be treated by tonics , stimulating remedies , and a generous diet Galen recommended vinegar as the best preventative of consump tion . Dessaultand others assert that consumption is oftenbrought on by taking vinegar to prevent obesity . Beddoes recommended foxglove as a specific . Dr . Parr found foxglove more injurious in his practice than beneficial . Such are the contradictory statements of medical men ! ' And yet there can be but one true theory of disease . Of the fallibility and inefficiency of medicine , none have been more
conscious than medical men themselves ,, many of whom have been honest enough to avow their conviction , and now recommend MESSRS . DV BARRY / _'Ji REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD , a farina , which _carsful analysis has shown to be derived from the root ofan African plant , somewhat similar to our honeysuckle . It appears to possess properties of a highly curative and delicatel y nutritive kind ; and numerous testimonials from parties of unquestionable respectability , have attested that it supersedes medicine of every description in the effectual and permanent removal of indigestion ( dyspepsia ) , constipation , and _diarrhesa , nervousness , biliousness , liver complaint , fl & tulencj _, distension , palpitation of the heart , nervous headache , deafness , noises m the head and ears , pains in almost every port of the body , chronic inflammation and ulceration of the stomach , _erysipelas , eruptions on the skin , incipient
consumption , dropsy , rheumatism , gout , heartburn , nausea and 6 ickne 6 S during pregnancy , after eating , or at sea , " _oiynpirits , spasms , cramp , spleen , general debility , paralysis , asthma , coughs , inquietude , sleeplessness , involuntary blushing , tremour , dislike to society , unfitness for study , loss of memory , deliwions , vertigo , blood tothe head , exhaustion , melancholy , groundless fear , indecision , _wretcheduess , thoughts of self-destruction , and many other complaints . It is , moreover , admitted by those who have used it to be the best food for infants and invalids _generahy , as it never turns add on the weakest stomach , but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner , and restores the faculty of _digestion and nervous and muscular energy to the mnSt _« n . ™ ,, _W _^• t . appr _^ _atil of LoTstuar de Decies ; the Venerable Archdeacon Alexander Stuart _, of Ross , a cure of three _wears' nfl »™ c _^ .. . _wSL ? S i ?
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 17, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_17081850/page/8/
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