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      _^ HOLLOW ATS PILLS . 9 be _Teslnmamy _« f » _CUncna _** " _TMrtiag-1 _» _klevim Cases f C « rw by thes * _iraaderfml Pills . _Attract of « Letter from itte E * v . George Prior , OuraU of Mevagh , LetterX irmg , Qurigarl , Ireland , _lttk Jan . _Iti 6 . lo Profess _» r Holhway . Sie . —I _veni ;•» * cr _« _de lut _ot ' _swne _elorem cases , all cured l » y the use of _y _. ur Pills . I _eamn _. t exactly givr jou apr _. _* fes- _* io » al _» arae to the _vari _«* s co « _ptaints , but this know , some af thtm bafflU tht skill _« f D < _rry and thw County . In * previous letter this gemtlema * rtates as follows : —Within a short distance of my lw » se resides a mall fanner , wh _» for wore iham twenty years has heen in a bad state of _tiwlth ; Mrs . Pri _» r pave him a bex of the Pills , which AH hi » *• much g _« ud that I heard him say , for twenty years past he _aever ate his food or enjoyed it so niach as sines taking y _« ur fills .

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      OX THE _CONCEALED CAUSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL OR ACQUIRED DEBILITIES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM . Just Published , A new andi mportant Edition of the Silent Friend on Human Frailty . Price 2 s . 6 rL , and sent free to any part of the United Kingdom on the receipt of a Post OEee Order for 8 s . 6 d . A MEDICAL WORK on the INFIRMITIES ef the GENERATIVE SYSTEM , in both sexes ; being an enquirv into the concealed cause that destroys physical energv , and tbe ability of manhood , ere vigour has established her empire : —with Observations on the baneful effects of SOLITARY INDULGENCE and INFECTION ; local and constitutional WEAKNESS , NERVOUS IRRI-

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      than perhaps half the world i aware ot ; fcr , _itiaust I _remembartd , where the fountain ig polluted , thc _strea that flow from it caanot be pure .

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      ABERNETHY'S PILE OINTMENT . WHAT a painfal aud noxious Disease is the PILES , and comparatively how few of the afflicted have been permanently cured by ordinary appeals t » medical skill . This , no doubt , arises from the us of powerful aperients too frequently administered by the profession ; indeed , strong internal medicine should always be avoided in all cases of this complaint . The Proprietor of tho above Ointment , after years of acute suffering , placed himself under the treatment ef that eminent surgeon , Mr . _Abernetliy , —» _v by him restored to perfect health , aud has enjsyed it ever since without the slightest return of the disorder , over a period of fifteen years , durin ** - wliich time the same Abernethian prescription hag been ths

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      FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH . THE BEST APERIENT AND ANTIBILIOUS MEDICINE FOR GENERAL USE IS FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH , which effectually relieves the stomach and bowels by general relaxation , without griping or prostration of strength . They remove headache , sickness , dizziness , pains in the chest , & c , are highly grateful to the stomach , promote digestion , create appetite , relieve langour and depression of spirits ; while to those ef a full habit and free livers , who are continually suffering from drowsiness , heaviness , and _sing-Ue in tha head and ears , they offer advantages that will not fail to be appreciated . This medicine bas for many years received ths approval of the most respectable classes of society , and in confirmation of its efficacy the following letter has been kindly forwarded to Mr . Prout , witb permission to publish it , and , if requisite , to refer any respectable person to its author : —

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      Dalby , Wetherby ; Waiise , Harrogate : Wall , Barnsley ; and all _res-pectable medicine venders throughout th « kingdom . Price 1 b . l _$ d . and 2 s . 8 d . per box _. Ask fer FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH , and observe the name , and address of "Thomas Prout , 229 i Strand , London , " on the Government stamp .

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      AGENTS WANTED . TO DRUGGISTS , Ac—WANTED by Dr . PoWEtii , 16 , _BlesBington Street , Dublin , AGENTS in the principal Towns throughout the Kingdom , forthe Sale of hia _SPECIFIC , for Scald Head , Ringworm , and all Cutaneous Biseaies . A Liberal Commission allowed . IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC . SCALD HEAD , RINGWORM , AND ALL CUTANEOUS DISEASES . Da . William Powell , 16 . _Bleasineton Street , Dublin , begs to inform the Public , that his SPECIFIC for the above Diseases mny now be had in Packages , price 2 s . Gd ., 6 » ., and 10 s . 6 d each , with full directions for tlieir use . The half-guinea package contains eight times the quantity of the half-crown . On receipt ofa post-office order er postage stamps , directed ns above , the medicine will be forwarded by return of post , until agents are appointed in the _different counties . ¦

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      FOR STOPPING DECAYED TEETH , Price 2 s . 6 d . Patronized by Her Majesty , the Queen , Her Majesty , the Queen Dowager , His Royal Highness Prince Albert , Her Royal _Ili-flincFB the Duchess of Kent , His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury , And nearly all the Nobility , the Bishops and the Clergy THOMAS & HOWARD'S SUCCEDANETJM . For filling Decayed Teeth , however large the cavity . It is superior to anything ever before used , as it placed * n the tooth in a soft state , without any pressure or pain and in a short time becomes as hard as the enamel , nnd will remain firm in the tooth many years , renderiag extraction unnecessary . It arrests all further progress Of decay , and renders them _apain useful in mastication . All persons can use this SUCCEDANEUAI THEMSELVES WITH EASE , as full directions are cncldie

      Accmsnts In The Fhost.—On Monday The Metro-

      AccmsNTS in the Fhost . —On Monday the metro-

      Politan Streets And Suburbs Were To A Gr...

      politan streets and suburbs were to a great extent covered with ice , occasioning many serious and fatal accidents . In the _Waterloo-bridge-road a horse attached to a cart heavily laden with hay , proceeding up the hill towards the bridge , in consequence ofthe slippery condition of the _ground , fell down , and the cart being overturned , a boy named Farley , who was seated at the top , was dashed upon the ground , and sustained a deep fracture on thc head . On the same spot , shortly afterwards , a boy accidentty slipped down , and before he could recover himself thc wheels of a cab had passed over his chest . Two oilier accidents of nearly a similar nature occurred during thc day on London-bridge and in Fleet-street , opposite Fetter-hne _, resulting in the serious maiming of two persons named Clara Lloyd and Emma Morgan . On _ilolborn-hill , a powerful horse , attached to a brick

      cart , was thrown down opposite Shoe-lane , and several persons who _a-sisted in detaching the animal were severely kicked and injured by the horse , which the owner was compelled to kill . Very numerous accidents ocurred on nearly every bridge , owing to the horses of omnibuses , < fcc , being unable to ascend the slippery roadway . An unloaded coal barge , belonging to a merchant ofSouthwark , was found drifting down the river , and it was ascertained that the barge had left Chelsea in the charge of a lighterman named David _Smii Ii , and fi om marks on the _bariie it is supposed that that individual was walking along the gunwale , which was covered with frozen sr . ow , and slipped overboard ' . On Tuesday afternoon , an accident of a very serious nature occurred to a lad and a man who were sliding on the ice in St . James's Park , and ran against each other witb such violence as to knock each other down . The former received a

      severe fracture of the skull , and the latter broke _ms arm and received several other injuries . Shortly after , another accident occurred to a man who was skating , and by some accident fell and broke his col a lar-bone .

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      [ From the Gatetteof Tuesday , December 15 . ] John Cross Humby , Blackfriars-road , and Northampton , boot manufacturer—William Thomas Gooding , Old Brentford _, glass cutter—William Hunter , _Grav ' _s-iim-laue _, coach manufacturer—Henry Tattersall , New ' _-Wiiiirf-road _, Uattlebridge _, common brewer—Thomas Taylor , Headbourne Worthy , Southampton , blacksmith—William Tom aud . John Matthews , Hungerford , Berkshire , brewers—John Newby , Leicester , haberdasher—Henry Peers , Birkenhead , stone mason—William Jones , Liverpool , boiler maker—Frederick William Farley , Liverpool , hatter—James Sutcl'ffe , _Huberghum Eaves , Lancashire , cotton spinner — Richard White , Durham and Sunderland , merchant .

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      Intelligent as most certainly the community now are -omparatively with the state of society iu former times , still there appears to have been one essential matter overlooked in the search for intelligence and happiness . How often do Medical men recommend exercise to their patients for Indigestion , Liver Complaints , Costiveness _, Sick Head-aches , & , c . Females leading an inactive life , and thousands of both sexes are , through their sundry avocations , debarred from that exercise in pure atmosphere which is essential to health ; to all such , therefore , we would recommend the occasioual use of that excellent Family Mediciue , Frampton ' s Pill of Health , which , as a restorative , o gentle aperient , and a promoter ofa healthy action of the system , stands unequalled in public estimation .

      Loss or Tsetii . —In consequence of the complete or even partial ruin of the teeth , thc face shrinks ; the countenance assumes a different expression , and " wrinkles will prematurely furrow the face . " The only remedy for this is to supply the loss with Artificial Teeth , thereby restoring clear articulation , perfect mastiiicut'on , and " preventing tbe hollow and shrunken cheeks , the thin and contracted lip , so characteristic of old age . The new Patent Composition Teeth , invented by Mr . Howakd , Surgeon Dentist , 64 , Berners Street , Oxford Street , London , most fully answer tbis purpose , aud are fixed without extracting any roots or teoth , or giving any pain whatever . They will also be found more ccomotnical than anv others .

      Holloway ' s Pills . —The Honing extraordinary case , cannot be made too public . George Wright , of Highstreet , Vauxhall , well known at Hill ' s Potteries , Vnuxhall _.-wiilk , where he formerly worked during ten years , but for the last five his health has been so bud that ho could do nothing , being greatly emaciated , suffering from a diseased liver , and also the dropsy , besides an affection of the spiue . He was in the hospital at Winchester for five months , and afterwards iu Westminster Hospital for three months longer . To sum up—from almost a dying state , he has been restored to such compamtive health and vigour in the short space of live weeks , as to astoniili all who know him ; and this by Holloway ' s _VUls .

      ¦Representation Of Manchester. John Brig...

      ¦ REPRESENTATION OF MANCHESTER . JOHN _BRIGHT'S VIEWS RESPECTING THE TEN HOURS' BILL , TIIE PEOPLE'S CHARTER , AND THE RESTORATION OF THE CHARTIST

      EXILES . John Bright is a candidate for the representation of Manchester , in the place of Mr . Mark Phillips , who has announced bis intention to retire from Parliament . Mr Bright met the electors of Hulme ( included in the parliamentary borough of Manchester , ) on Monday the 7 th inst ., at the Shakespeare Inn , York Street , when the " Rochdale pet" underwent a rattier searching examination . We give such portions ns will serve to inform our readers of Mr . Briglit ' B views on the questions named ut tbe head of this article . THE TEN U 0 UB 8 * BILL . Mr . Beswick inquired what were the opinions of Mr . Bright as regarded thc factory bill , as be had voted against Mr . Milner Gibson ;—( Hear , heur . )

      Mr . BaiaiiT : I voted _iiirniust the ten hours factory bill twice , in _18-M and 1816 , when brought forward by Lord Ashley ; and I do so in accordance with the opin . ion which I have held for many years;—and on that _oci casion—on botli occasions—1 spoke ami voted _against Lord Ashley . Now , I am myself connected intimately with the labouring and manufacturing trade of this district . I came to the Consideration ot this question not , I believe , without all the facts before me which it was possible that any othttr man could hare . I knew there was a considerable number of the working classes , both those who worked in factories and those who did not ,, who bad a desire , nnd conceived it to be just , to _I _' mit the work in factories to ten hours a-day . My opinion is , that no defenc . _* , no sound defence , can

      ever be made for a legislative enactment that will at all interfere with the perfect freedom of the labour of adults : that ia , I mean people of mature age , people grown up , whether ntliu or woman , —and that being the opinion wbicl J . have come to , and so long as I hold it , I shall not be able to give any other vote with respect to that measure than such as I have given thereto . —( Hear , and hissing . ) * * * Time was when I was iu favour of a Ten Hours' Bill—( cheers ) ;—and I gotup u petition when Michael Thomas Sadler was in Parliament , in 1828 or 1829 , in favour of this proposition . I got it 6 ' _gned and paid the expenses , mostly , if not entirely , out of my own pocket ; and I have a letter b y me from him , saying he would present it . Well , I acted then under the feeling , wliich I presume many entertain who supports a Ten Hours' Bill , that it would be pleasanter to work ten hours than twelve . But I think I am not less humane now than I _ivas then . Really , I believe I am more so , I have given great

      consideration to that question , and I confess , with my present opinions , if I were to give my vote for that bill , I should vote for the grossest injustice which could be inflicted on nil parties connected with the staple trade in this district . ( Hear , and hisses . ) The passing of that bill would destroy , at one blow , us much of tlie cotton trade ia England at the present time , as existed in England nt the end of the war , and be equally injurious toother branches of the trade ot the country . 1 think it would be the most disastrous measure _tl-ut could b _..- passed . 1 think if the working men are really desirous of accomplishing this Object , they have only to make an effort amongst themselves , and I know they can and do make strenuous efforts ; but I am sure they will become much more powerful , by discussing this matter amongst themselves , and much more independent , and will much better regulate this matter , und brin » about any reduction ol time by acting for and among themselves , that can possibly be done by an act of parliament .

      Mr . Richard Radfovd _, amidst great confusion , and cries of order , asked what was Mr . Bright ' s opinion with reference to legislative interference with factories . Hail it been beneficial or not 1 ( Cries of ' Keep to this , " and cheering . ) Mr . Bright ; The question put to me is , whether 1 believe legislative _inti-rl ' erence with factories , so far as it has been carried , is beneficial or not . The question has been often asked , and I have heard it argued *—( confusion and cheers)—in the House of commons with great force . I am uot prepared to say that there has already been no good thing doBe by the legislation which has hitherto interfered with factories . But I am not of the opinion that would attribute theimp'evcrnents rvitliiii the last twenty years in factories to legislative interference be . cause any man acquainted with factories at all , will tinil , nnd must know , that those which have improved the most are those which the Act of Parliament hus not interfered wi'h at all . ( Hear ) «

      Mb . Radford asked it' the lion , member did not think it impossible to educate the people after fourteen hours ' attention to any business , particularly after that of factory labour ? Mr . Bright : That question resolves itself into this , — Do I think it possible to educate the people who have to apply for 11 hours at any labour or occupation lit which they have to earn a living . Now that would again resolve itself into the consideration , and there is no doubt great truth in it , whether young persons were not much more likely to be better educated if they only worked 10 hours than if they worked 12 hours . Well , 1 am quite certain that a man who works 10 hours a day , or a young person who is engaged at work 10 hours : i day , is much more likely to be educated thau one who works 12 hours . —( Hear , hear . ) I do not differ on this point at all . I differ as to whether the reduction of time should be carried out by legislative enactment , or whether it should be carried out by a regulation between the masters and the operatives themselves .

      Mr . _Radpobd asked if it were Mr . Brigbt ' s opinion , then , that if the hours of labour were reduced one-sixth , wages would be _proportionably reduced ? Mr . Bkiqut : Well , I never yet took upon myself the character of a prophet . —( Laughter and hisses . ) But if I am asked , when certain figures are put down upon a slate , to add them up . und am told they come to so much , I think I could tell whether thej do or not . And it is my honest opinion that if thu period of working were by act of parliamet reduced to ten hours , or diminished onesixth , that eventually the reduction of wages would ai least equal , I think it might exceed the reduction ofthe time . —( " Hear , " and disapprobation . ) Mr . Radford : If , then , the hours of labour were increased one-sixth , would tlie value of that labour be enchauced in the same ratio ? - —( " Hear , " and confusion . )

      Mr . _Bbigut : The question is this ;—If the hours of labour were increased from twelve to fourteen , do I think the rote of wages would be increased in the same proportion ? Well , if the hours of labour were increased by act of parliament , — ('' hear , " and cries of " order , " )—if they were increased to fourteen hours by act of parliament , my honest opinion is , there might be an increase of wages ; but if the hours of labour were . increased by reason of thu intense competition which rendered it ab . solutely necessary to get off with a given quantity of machinery an increased quantity of work , then , I think , thtre would not be any increased wages . It is perfectlynotorious that ten hours a day is not considered long enough by the workmen themselves ; and this feeling is not confined to the operatives only , but if we look to the higher grades of society , to ihe lawyers for instance , we find somo of them iu Manchester killing themselves by the imposition of voluntary labour . —(•* Hear , " hisses and uproar . )

      TUE CHARTER , Mr . Radford : Provided a motion were made in the House of Commous —(" order , " imd cheering)—lor Universal Suffrage —( applause ) , —Vote by ballot , Annual Parliaments —( hear)—Paymentot Members , No Property qualification , and Equal Electoral Diotricts , and it is likely your vote , if given , would secure their adoption , would you give that vote ? Mr ! Briout : With all these things put together ?—( Laughter , cheers , and hisses . ) I am asked , if a measure were introduced giving to every man , 21 years of age , the Suffruge , who had not committed a crime—establishing Annual Parliaments , Vote b y Ballot , No Property Qualification , Payment of Members , and Equal Electoral Districts . Now to some portions ot * that 1 give a decided negative . 1

      never would vote , so tar us I at present believe , for Annual Parliaments , and for tlie Payment of Membeis oi Parliament . ( Cheers an J hisses . ) I would vote for short parliaments , such as should give a thorough control over representatives on the part of constituencies . When I say short parliaments , I do not think anybody can tell , even to a month , what time they ought to sit ; but I should be exceedingly glad to vote for three years' parliaments . ( Cheers . ) I should vote for Vote by Ballot . ( Applause . ) I think nothing more absurd than tire our present Electoral Districts , by wliich Manchester , with 250 , 000 inhabitants , only returns two members to parliament , and some little borough , whose population might be abstracted from Manchester any morning and no one would miss them ;—( laughter )—returns just 8 s manv .

      The next question is Universal Suftrage . That is the question , is it uot 1 ( Cries of " That is the question , " "To be or not to be ; " cheers aud huzzas . ) I think the other night I fully explained the viuws 1 held on this sub ject . ( No , no . ) When , then , a motion was brought before parliament that tended iu the direction of the extension of the Suffrage , I gave this proposition my support , as evidencing my wish to proceed in that direction It is my epinion , that no parliament will ever , or any considerable number of members ot parliament will be prepared at one stiokeof the pen , and by one act , to transform the present system of _representation into tli . t which is known by the name oftlie People ' s Charter . I do not believe they will do it ; nor do I believe that many persons think it would be an advisable change so to do . I think , as a member lias wisely expressed the opinion .

      there _sheuld be manifested on the part ofthe _legislature an honest disposition not to exclude men from thc franchise , but 11 include them in the franchise . And I have always , whether in or out of parliament , advocated that honest principle that 6 liould rather include them than drive them out ; because I think it totally impossible thai five men who have no vote can ever be satisfied with the vote of the sixth , and that is supposed to be the condition ofthe whole grown population of the kingdom . I have supported every proposition brought info parliiment for the extension of the Suffrage . I am , too , deeply sensible that there are outside the electoral palu a large number of those who uro in every way qualified to be within it ; and it will be my pleasure , by every ruiional means , to extend that pale , and bring more and more into it , so that no mun should be able to say there was not a full and free representation of the people . ( Cheers . )

      In reply to a subsequent question as to the "property qualification" und " payment of members , " Mr . Bright said—In Scotland there is no property _qualification , ami a man not having a sixpence can be- elected , und even in this country tbe qualification can be most easily evaded ;

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      and it would , therefore , be much better to have no law on he subject . With respect to the payment of members I think that nothing eould be worse for a country than a llouse ' of Commons which is retur ned merely to be remunerated , and which has no eartM y object but the ad * vancement of their own interest . There may be instance ' where a man of superior excellence and vir tue _mav h elected by a constituency and supported by them - but upon a review and consideration of the whole of this question , I could not give my vote to the payment of members of parliament , I do not think it would be Ber viceable to the country .

      TIIE CHARTIST EXILES . Mr . Radfoiw inquired if Mr . Bright would votefo 1-tho liberation of Frost , Williams , and Jones ! Mr . _Briout : That question was dUcussed during tho last session of Parliament , nnd I did not vote for tbeir liberation . I do uot , in the first place , think it desirable , except in some very extraordinary cases , that the power of punishment which is vested by the constitution in the law and in the cronn , and in tlie judges , should be made a constant subject of discussion in An _assimhly like the House of Commons . I think it of infinite importance that the power of pardon which is vested in tho crown should there remain , and not rcmuin with n popular as _> _sembly . But still I admit this is an important case , and one which may perhaps be said to justify the departure from all former rules , but upon a mature _consideration of all the circumstances of the _crbc , I do not think it consistent with my principles and duty to give my vote so as to compel the government to send them homo .

      Distressed Needle Women's Society. A Mee...

      DISTRESSED NEEDLE WOMEN'S SOCIETY . A meeting of the committee and members of this society was held on Monday at the Crown and Anchor Tavern . James Luke Hansard , Esq ., was called to the chair . Mr . Alderman _FAREnnoTHEB , who first addressed the mectinir _, entered into an elaborate commentary upon a mass of correspondence which had pns ted between him . self and Lord Ashley and other members of the committee who had seceded from the soeiety , in consequence , as they alleged , ofthe confusion into which the affairs of the society had got , and after they had remonstrated , without effect , upon the necessity of having an efficient and piid secretary to manage the accounts . The alderman gave a long explanation of his conduct , whieh he thought wns impugned by Lord Ashley's conduct in sending a circular to trie members of the Socictv , stating the cause of this secession was the confusion alluded to .

      Lord Ashley said that Alderman _Firebrother had made no motion on the subject of his speech , and therefore left him with no definitive conclusion which he might have combatted . With regard to the _subjt-ct before the meeting , he believed that a very few words wou'd suffice to explain the whole affair . He had been r < quested to join this society by the worthy Alderman , and because he bad heard of the great distress of the needlewomen , and was anxious to better their condition . Having done so , he bestirred himself en its behalf , and bad induced a great many to become subscribers to it . However , after some time , he heard a great many complaints of the ill-condition ofthe affairs of the society , and the consequence was that Mr . Shaw joined him in requesting an investigation of the accounts , the result of which was that Mr . Shaw « as appointed sub-treasurer .

      A short time after this , Mr . Shaw , Mr . Cooper , Mr . Jeffreys , and himself , having talked the matter over , they had come to the conclusion that nothing short of a full investigation of the accounts , and the employment of a paid secretary , could ever nlace the society on a firmer footing , and that Mr . Roper should be superseded and a vote of thanks passed to him for the zeal and activity he had displayed . It was then found that the society could not go on by itself , and a committee was formed for tbe purpose of soliciting the Milliners' Society to join them and form a combination between the two , but this proposition was not acceded to ; and , therefore , finding the affairs of the society in such a state of confusion , and that there was no chance of getting them set to rights , he felt compelled to withdraw from it , and this fact he intimated to the worthy alderman , iu a letter wbich he addressed to him upon the 6 th of July . On his return from thc Continent in six weeks afterwards , he was

      surprised to hear that a meeting had been held , at which the worthy alderman presided , but that his letter au nouncing his retirement was not read , but that the president stated his presumption that his ( Lord Ashley ' s ) reasons for retiring were that he did not wish to be chairman of two institutions for the same purpose at the same time . He was greatly at a loss to account for such an omission having been made , and he believed such a thing had never been beard of before ; and had he not taken steps to hare had a copy of that letter sent to the subscribers they would have been in utter ignorance of his real reasons for retiring from the society , particularly those who had been induced to join it by reason of his connection with it . He could also say that the reason Mr . Cooper , and Mr . Shaw , and Mr . Jeffreys , and others had left the society , was because they felt dissatisfied at the manner in which its affairs bad been managed .

      An irregular discussion ensued , which was at length terminated by Lord Ashley moving a vote of thanks to the Chairman , and the meeting separated after four hours and a half debate .

      Destitution And Death From Starvation. A...

      DESTITUTION AND DEATH FROM STARVATION . An inquest was held ou Monday night as to the death of _Elizabeth Doddemeadc , nged 70 . Mr . Lavies , of Great George street , surgeon , who had opened thc body , said he found it very much attenuated ; hut ihere were no marks of violence . From the state of the viscera , and the absence of all fat from the nm-cles , which want of food would produce , nnd also finding no orjranic disease , he could come to no other opinion than that destitution wns thc cause of death . Mr , Lavies described the state of the place , and observed thnt it was the most wretched one he had witnessed in a somewhat long _experience . The husband , be was told , had been in the navy , and had been wounded in his head . He said he had a little work , and did not wish his wife to go to t . hp wnrkhnucft .

      Mr . Barter , the landlord of the White Hart , Seven _, dials , and the brother of the deceased , said that she had been well off when she married , but her husband had been extravagant . He had himself done what he eould for them , nnd had made them an allowance until lately . They had an allowance from Marylebone , but in consequence of their state becoming known , it was stopped at the beginning of the year , and they were requested to go into tbe liouse , but she said she would sooner starre first . Margaret Eleanor Richardson said , she resided in the fame house ns the deceased , but had not seen her leave

      lier room for the last two years . Dr . Wright attended her last year , and said that the only thing she wanted was food—not physic . Her husband was there at tho time , and said he would do the best he could for her . Mr . Thomas , the relieving officer of the parish , also sawboth her and her husband this time last year , and advised them to go into the workhouse , but they said they would not , as they should be separated . Deceased had several times since told witness that thc fear of being _separated from her husband , with whom she had lived for so many years , prevented her going into the workhouse .

      _AnnDtegle , of No . 13 , _Daeve-street , said that it was through her the attention of the parish officers were called to the deceased ' s case a year ago . Witness at that time saw her lying in the area completely naked . When thc parish officers were called , and the room wns entered , she was found with her husband ' s shirt , on , but nothing else . The officers of tbe parish wished to take her to the workhouse , but her husband would not let them . Mr . Thomas , the relieving officer of Westminster , was sent for , and stated that the last time he saw them was in February , when he wished them to go into the house , but they would not , and no other application had been made to him . He should have out-door relief or go into the worhhouse now , if he wished . Doddemeade said he would adopt the latter as soon as his wife was buried .

      The Jury returned a verdict , that " the death of the deceased was caused by the want of the common necessaries of life . "

      Parricide.—Shocking Case. A Youth Of 19,...

      PARRICIDE —SHOCKING CASE . A youth of 19 , named Chevillon , and a boy of fifteen named Guy , were tried on Thursday , _ntVersailles _. by the Court of the Assize of the Seine . _et-Oise _; tho first of parricide , und the second for complicity in the murder . The father of Chevillon . a labouring man , _al-out 40 years of age , was , about 12 months ago , attacked with a paralysis of the limbs , for which he was treated without effect in several hospitals . Tbe poor fellow , however , did not despair of recovery , and , having a little money , he re-Bolved on returning to his lodging—a room on the ground floor of a house at Versailles , and there obtaining medical assistance . His sou , also n labourer , but a youth of digtolute life , and very profligate hal _. its _, occupied the room with his father , who was so completely helpless that he could not rise from his bed , nnd it was necessary , when

      he wanted air , to lift him from it , and place him at ths door . Ou the 23 rd of August lust , he was still sanguine of rtcoviry , and bad a foot-bath , and took some refreshment . Only a day or two previously he had received from some member of his family , on whom he had claims a sum of 200 f ,, which was placed in a bag near his bed . On the following morning , at half past seven , some neighbours were called in by young Chevillon , who told them that his father was dying . This was indeed the case they found the father insensible , and removed him to an hospital , where he died a few hours afterwards . On a jiost mortem examination the medical men declared that

      the man had not died ot the malady under which he had so long suffered , but of suffocation ; and ns it was known that the son was in company with Guy , the younger prisoner , and had passed the night of August 'J 3 in debauchery _, spending a good deal of money , and as the ' - ' 00 f . which the father had received werer _. ot to bv found , it was Kiipp seil that he had stolen it , and caused the death of his parent . Young Chevillon and Guy were arrested , and t hc following confession « as made by the latter . Uu said t bat he waB in the room of the deceased with the son , „ ho purchased some charcoal at the desire of the father , t 0 make » small fire ou the hearth , to warm some broth ; a t instead of doing this the son made a large fire en the

      Parricide.—Shocking Case. A Youth Of 19,...

      floor , and , unseen by th © father , took away the bag containing the 280 franca . The room became very hot the sick man : complained , but the son ( old him the h « at would do him good , and then left with Guy , closing the door after him . They went to a dance , and when that was over , to a public house , where Chevillon drankin company with several persons of bad charactsr . At about five in the morning he sent Guy to his father ' s lodging to see whether lie was dead . Guy returned , and said that be had not had courage to enter the reem , but had looked through the window and seen the father in the agonies of death . Chevillon remained drinking for about two hours and then went to the place himself . Finding the father speechless , and therefore unable to give any information as to the cause ofthe hopeless state in which he was lying

      . Chevillon , after sweeping the remains of the charcoal in the fire-place , went out and called the neighbours . Che . Villon , at first , denied that he had made any ftcc and pre tended that his father ' s death had taken place in the due course of nature , but some of the witnesses having _declared that the stone floor of tUe room was hot when they entered , and that there were still embers .. _* , the earth , he shifted hi , course , and made the following statement _:-hii father , he said , had become weary of life . | resolved to abridge his sufferings by suicide . He bad given the 208 inna . to his son , _,. s be _' n * no longer of use to himself , and desired him to make a large charcoal fire on the floor , in order that the fumes mi ght produce death , and when the

      fire had been kindled he ordered the son to leave . This , Statement did not impose upon the , examining _magistratef and it was contradicted , not merely by the confession o Guy , but by much circumstantial evidence . The prisoner Chevillon persisted in hi * , falsehood , and pretended that he thought he was doing his duty in obeying the " _injunc tions of his father . On the trial ihe Counsel for Cllevillon endeavoured to shake the evidence as to the cause of the death ; and , secondly , supposing that he might hav » niedef suffocation , sought to obtain credit tor the statement of his _cilent , urging at the same time that in law the man wh » assists another to commit suicide is not guilty of murd .. r ; the jury , however , found Chevillon guilty of parricide , hut with extenuating circumstances ; and he was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment with hard labour . Guy was acquitted .

      The Rbpublic Of The Pvreseea.-»-In A Dee...

      The Rbpublic of the PvRESEEa .- _» _-In a deep and retired valley of the Pyrenees exists tho small independent state ot Andove , under the joint protection of France and Spain . It hag law * by _pretenp . tion , which are administered by two judges , one French , and the other Spanish . This little republic comprises fifty-four villages , with a population of 12 , 000 inhabitants , living on the produce ofthe flocks and herds , their principal wealth . When Napoleon crossed the Pyrenees on his way to Spain , he .-. topped at Andorra , the capital , and proroi .-cd to confer on the republic a written code of laws . But this promise concurrent political events prevented him from performing . The inhabitants have at _lenuth framed

      a code for themselves , and it was promulgated last month at the chief town . It is of the greatest simplicity , comprising all ita enactments , civil and criminal , in 100 articles only . Murder is a crime extremely rare in this little state , and . when sentence of death is pronounced , it cannot be executed unii it is confirmed by a general _assembly of representa tiyes of the villages convoked at Andorra . The mode of execution is consistent with the Nature ot the people . At a short distance from the h ad into Catalonia is a tremendous precipice , ihe bottom of which no eye of man could discover . The criminal with his cres bound , is led to the edie , ; w . d in the presence of all who wish to attend , is thrown over by the executioner .

      Extraordinary Hoax . —During the past week , the neighbourhood ot _Aldersgate-street , City , has been the scene of great confusion , owing to the _following extraordinary hoax , which lias been played off upon a respectable tradesman named ltussell , carrying on business as a stationer and accountbook manufacturer in the above-named thoroughfare . It appeared that , on Wednesday evening Inst , aa the clock wai strikini : the hour of 5 , seven hair-dressers entered Mr . Russell ' s shop , followed hy three other persons , each carrying a wig . Upon inquiring their business , Mr . Russell was informed thut they had been ordered to attend at that hour tn dress the family ' s hair . Before sufficient time had elapsed to tell tha parties that tiiey had been hoaxed , iu

      steppod a butcher _> man , with a tray _nllid with logs of mutton , and sundry other joints of meat ; the man had no sooner placed his tray on thc counter than a _fishmonger brought in a stock offish , nnc two winemerchants followed , each having a couple of hampers of wine on their backs . Mr . Russell having explained to the people that he knew nothing whatever of the affair , and that the orders must have been given by some evil-minded persons , , in comes a . gentleman who announced himself as a corn extractor , and who stated that he had been hired to attend at 5 o ' clock to operate upon Mr . Russell ' s corns . A number of pastrycooks were tbe next who entered the shop , each bringing an immense number of custards , tarts , jellies , & c . But judge of t _« e surprise of every one in the place when the next arrival was _nnnounced . It consisted of five beautiful carriages , each drawn by two horses , the c . _' . _'ichman and footman attired in livery . The crowd , when the

      carriages drew up , was very great , and it required ) the services of the police to keep a space for the duped tnidesijMfcio pass to and fro Whilst the tradesmen were corBHbg with each other , as a finale to thc whole , inown ' e five chimneysweepers , who statedthat they had been ordered to attend with all possible expedition to extinguish Mr . Russell ' s chimney _,, which they understood had taken fire . It took Mr . Russell nearly the whole of the night to answer the many parties who had been so imp med upon . Tho _following _ni'iht * ( Thursday ) live pi . _iiii > i ' _t _* ne tuners waited upon the same gentleman , and stated that they had been hired to tune Mr . Russell ' s instruments . A carriage and pair were also brought , aa the coachman said , to take the family io the theatre . A great number of other tradesmen were served in a sitnil r manner ; and , unfortunately , the police have not been able as yet to trace cut the guilty parties .

      Tub Esquimaux . — The young stranger , yclept Kookie Ekie , brought here ( Kirkaldy ) * _-onie weeks ago by one ofthe whale ships of this port , has , sine © his sojourn in this town , not only become an object of attraction to the community , but has been taken under the special patronage of the gentry , who have bestowed ou him every kindness and attention . They have metamorphosed his condition of life , from that ofa rude denizen of nature ' s wilderness , to a smart looking sprig of gentility , by having diessed him in a new suit of fashionable clothes . Iiis savage dress of seal skin he only resumes when invited to visit any of the baronial seats in the neighbourhood , such as Itaith , Dysart . Balbirnie , Wemyss Castle , where he

      has shown with what dexterity he can use the bow and the spear , and , when convenient , manage his canoe , which implements he always takes with him ou such occasions , lie seems a lad , about fourteen or fifteen years of age , stout made , broad features , dark sharp eyes , jet black glossy hair , with a little tinge of sallow in his complexion , and seems quite at home . Ashe is apt to learn , it is to be hoped that experienced teacher under whose tuition he is placed , will use every endeavour to pour instruction into his untutored mind . We also are informed that Captain Kinnear , with whom he is domiciled , pledged himself to his parents to take him home on Ilia return to the country next spring .

      _HioiiLiND _DfiSTiTuiiOK—In reference to the distress in the West Highlands , the following is a touching and melancholy fact , uiven on the authority of a medical gentleman of extensive practice : —A woman * with a _gucking infant at her breast came on board the Free Church schooner to beg for a handful of meal , I looked to her , and the sight went to my heart—the natural nourishment for her infant was clean gone . She held in her hand a small piece of the flesh of a salted eel . Masticating this , she applied it from time to time to the mouth of her babe

      —it was allshe had . She did what * -he could as ¦* , mother ; the infant shrunk , but tasted it . _IVhocan read this short , but pitiful tale of misery , and not sympathise with a people on whom adversity ispressing so severely . — Greenock Advertiser . The Edinburgh Evening Post , in adverting to this painful subject , says , " We deeply lament to perceive that the sufferings of the people ofthe lliahlauds fromwant of food have arrived at a dreadful nnd appalling pitch . And yet , whatever be the amount and intensity ol distress endured , wc hear of no riots , nooutbreaks , no attacks upon life or properly .

      . Embfzzlement Extraordinary in _Maxciikster . — Manchester , Friday morning . }—The town has beeu all but electrified by the absconding of a person of the name of Smith , for many years thc confidential ' manager for Mr . Shuttleworth , of the stamp-office . Mr . S ., as is well known , has had the exclusive Sill © ofa peculiar kind of yarn , the manul ' aci uro ot the ftlessis . Strutt , of Belper and Derby , but he , since his appointment to the stamp office , has , it is undertoud _. left the full management to Mr . Smith _. and who in addition to bis duties to Mr . Shuttleworth , has also acted as a kind of cotton broker for various persons . The exact mode in which he hai contrived to involve several parties is not fully known ; there ] 8 no doubt , however , but that he has , in more in *

      stances than one , sold the same lot of cotton twice over , obtaining of course payment in both cases , without handing over thc proceeds to Mr . Shuttleworth . Report states that Mr . Shuttlew rth will be a considerable sufferer , and also a Mr . Tnieman ; and we have heard that the executors ofa person deceased have been thus swindled out of a sum little . _** h : > rt ef £ 1 000 , The amount of lu 9 defalcation is ihfferently stated , varying _fr-ja _* . . 45 , 000 to _^ 10 , '> 00 . How he has -nade _ivway with such sums , is at _pi-en-nt not very : lcar , but no doubt , speculation in railway shares _liim been one of tlie causts . It i _> one of the most extensive cases of embezzlement Mint has occurred in Manchester for a very long period . - \ o books of accounts can be found .

      "West Ispia Pis * Am . Bs .--On _TWl « y the unusual occurrence at this season of a sale ot West India pine apples took place at Keelimr and Hurst _s , Monument-yard , _ex-Royal Mail Packet ' I ay . The ! & was about five _hundred of the description termed Bird ' s Eve , and in very good condili _' in .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 19, 1846, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_19121846/page/2/