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Thua 2 The Northern Star. December 23, 1...
2 THE NORTHERN STAR . December 23 , 1848 .
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. _iStrusn-UiA bv Twenty-six _Anarannw" .- . =-Steel . , __ . ,, BP » _poW _^ ILENT FRIEND ; _^ ii- _^ _vni _« o'k on the _exbauition ana physical decay of _^ c _^^ _daced by excessive indulgence , _theconse-^ ' _^ _S _'fetion , or the abuse of mercury , wife _obser-SSS ? -a SrSSSted . tate and tbo dU < _iuaUfica _* ionB _Schpr _^ entit , - * Jlu _* tratedby _^ _enty-rix ech _oed _enrinK , an * ? _* detaa of ca _JKf fS * ' _? _$ _* RB RBTandCo .. l 9 , _BcrneM-street , _Oxford-street , Lonil L Published by the authors , and sold by St « age , 21 , _jj-rnSraost-T-row ; Hanney 68 , and Sanger , 150 , _Oxford-« et- > et- " -tarie , 28 , Tichborne-street , Haymarket ; and _^ dotrdo _' n , 1 * 6 , Iie »« _enbaU-street , London ; 1 . and B . ¦¦ meinies , and Co ., _Leithiralk , Edinburgh ; D . CsmpbeU , ' _ylkvlUireei , Glasgow ; J . Priestly , _Lord-strset , aud T . iirtoirton , Ctmrcb- ' . _treet , Liverpool ; R . H . Ingram , _irkrtket-place , Manchester .
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PAM _& D THROUGHOUT THE & _LOBE , HOLLOWATS PILLS . A CASE OP DROPSY . Extract of a letter from Mr William Gardner , of Hang . ing Hanghton , Northamptonshire , dated September Uth , 1847 . ' To Professor HoUoway . Sis , —1 before informed yen that my wife had been tapped three t'jnes for the dropsy , but by the blessing of 6 od Upon your pills , and her _peraaverafcee in _tekajsthesn , tie water has now teen kept off eighteen months by their means , which is a great mercy , ( Signed ) Willuv 6 _aebhe « ,
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_A—mfltaiAs _DucoysBT . —On the 6 th instant , one _Mttoplooghraen of that celebrated _sgricultur ' tBt , A ' r John Parkinson , ion ., ¦¦ tru ck with his share against a PJ B of lead , about tenor eleven inches below tke _enrtaoe o ! the _gronnd . On digging it out it wai found tohe lf _& lba . weiaht , _with m inscription in Konun _eanital letters , _apparently _ataapad io a xeeemonthatop . _Ittaeasarai 23 k 6 inches on the fcase ,. and 19 h 3 _| iaehet oaths top , 5 inches awp . Tlieftikiwmg htun- app 9 ztuBo _ it :- _'c . _to-feoti . bm . ivt . ix : ara . ' The land on which this relio was fcuad u _desenbri on the Ordnanoe Maps aa an / Ancient Encaopmeat , ' and tha letter E in the latter word very nearly denotes the pl 9 . cs . -N 0 t _tingham _Journa l ,
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_y S _^^ _^ ::: ::- _> ' X TQE BEST // -6 _&& 1-. _\"\ _MEiDICIlfE This medicinefaas been before _* e B _^ _pubhc only a tew years , and perhaps fa the f _^^ % _ _*^ _M never seen success equal to their P _™^ ' weveV tried , this Medicine were at once _ackuowlei _^ T _2 _S _?! hnnsnd recommendBtion _Mowed _^ _o _^ _HrePaWhad _dredshadsoonteacknowIod _^ thatP _^ _L _!" _^^" _taved them , and were loudiuthefrpra _^ _SrSSSSte at _factsthatwere _^ ntinually brougbl ; » 2 _« _g _^ the » nce « _moredany prejudice whichsoin _^ ay n »' _hfa . continual good winch resulted fi ™ n _»^? _i" 5 S « ely a _famefarar-d wide , at this _momentJl _**\ _ V ____ of country on theface of tho globe _wta * •« . _** J £ t « _w their lUnta , and bavo sought for S _^ _J _^ _SS might be the cost of transmission . The Unitea _ _owws , Canada , India , and even China , have h _^ "nmensequan . rites shipped to their respective _countoes , and with the ssme result as ia England- UtuvEasix Soon . Communicated by Mr Johh Heaton , Leeds .
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TO HR PROUT , 229 , STRAND . « No . 20 S , Piccadilly , London , Oct . 19 , 1847 . Sib , — It is sow tbree years and a half since I was sorely afflicted with Rheumatic Goat , the suffering froc which induced me to try alt the proposed remedies that extensive medical experience could devise , without obtaining any satisfactory relief Irom pain . During ono of tte paroxysm * a friend adrised me to try Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills , observing that he had In some severe cases Uben them himself , and tbey proved very successful . I instantly adopted his advice , and to my joy the excruciating torment soon began to abate , and a few boxes restored me to health , since which I have had no return of the complaint . I trust you will give publicity to my case , that suffering humanity may know , how to obtain a remedy for this distressing disease . I am , Sir , your obedient bumble servant , ' Michael _Nasotth . '
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_CKDER ROYAL PATRONAGE . PERFECT FREEDOM FROM COUGH , * Ia Ten Minutes alter use , and a rapid Cure of Asthma and Consumption , and sU Disorders of the Breath and Lungs , is insured by DR LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS . The truly wonderful power * of tbU remtdy have called forth testimonials from all ranks of society , in all quarters of the world . The following have beea just received : — ANOTHER CURS OF SEYEN YEARS * ASTHMA . From Mr _Edrria Squire , Corn Market , Loughborough , ' - March 19 , 1846 . Gentlemen , —A lady ( whose name and address is below ) celled atmy _, _shop yesterday , and made tbe followng statement respecting the beneficial effects produced by your popular medicine . Sbe hasbeen severely afflicted
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Tbe late Ur Youatt . in one of his orations to the mm . oers ofthe Veterinary College , observer . — « that by the improvement * in modern chemistry , tht , medical profession are enabled successfully to treat diseases which were previously supposed as not within the reach of medicine . ' Tbis truth haa been manifested for many yeart , but In no instance of greater importance to man . Maa than by the discovery of Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Fills .
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Picr-M'H 18 _LASQEIT ON THE MCBIA-E within the district comprised ia tht , Lincoln union . Ia the poor bouse the number of inmates has rapidly risen from 130 to 281 . The addition * comprise able , bodied persons and families . The Hottinobah JormmL says , the Guardians of tbe _Losgbboruogh Union bave _Utoly re . fused to admit able-bodied vagrants Into the Union Workhouse for the night , aud the result has beon that the' da _* _-k hole , ' at tho top of Milt-street has boen crmdcd to excess . On Monday night the sergeant of the
night watch , being attracted to that place by a great disturbance ,, found seventeen perions —eleven men , a boy , snd fira women — crowded into a place wbicb is only adapted _<«*** holding half a down . _Laokwood edled up the cleric to the Board of _Gaardlan * , who instructed bim to take the women to a lodginghouse for the night , which be did . This hole' is _sonroely fit to put a human being into at all , much lets is it adapted for eo great a cumber as are frequently there , ' At the Kotting . bam Beard of Guardians , oa Tuesday , the number af _inmitcs io tbe Union House , was recortcd to be 331 .
Upwards * ' 200 vagrants bad been relieved daring the week whilst the number of out . door pauper » receiving rtllef _' _wasSMl . The cltrk read the following letter , which hod been received from the Poor-law Board : — ' _Pocr-Iaw Board , Somerset HouBe , Nov . lOih 1818 . — The Poor-law Board have received a communication from tbeC jlonial tend and Emigration Comaisiioners , proposing to facilitate the emigration to a _llmlt-d extent to Australia of young females from thc _Eagllsh work _, houses , provided they are sent out as soon as they are fit for work and have ob tained sufficient _education . The enclosed extract frem the letter will explain to the guar .
discs the terms , on which It Is proposed that the emigration -hoold be coodaoted ; and tbe board request that tha guardians will take the subject into their _conslderatlon and Inform them whether the guardians would be desirous of promoting the _emigration of « ny young females In accordance with the arrangements there * uggested . A set of forms tt tent herewith , which will further show the condition required to be fulfilled , and tho _cour-e that must be pursued in case tbe emigration ls proceeded wltb . - ( Signed ) W . J . Ln _* ai * t . A" * - * " * Secretary . ' The letter wis accompaniol by two forms , one to be tilled up by the guardians , and another to be _ented ' by the female wltblnl * to emigrate .
pres The Fo _tiEsroHx GnosT . -Tne Cakkb _. _ok _JociiMt gave :- * For aboat a fortnight a story bas been in circulation tbat a _« gho »< . ' wai to be setm on tbe ' B * _ylc , n _' gbtly playing his pranks upon those unlucky enough to come within his reach . A _fcw evenings since a child wat _running _n _* » wn the step * , when s man strangely dressed ran after him . The child ran homo to its father , crying * Father , the ghost , tbe ghost on tho steps ! The man hastened to tbe spot , and succeeded ln cap . taring the « re * l ghost , ' In _woma »' s attire , having wrapped round him two or three blankets , and two to
boar-is , lashed one behind and one before , give an appearance of great height . It proved to fee an old man named Splcer , upwards of seventy years of age , « ho lived in a wretched shed near the steps , a recipient of _t \ 6 d per week from the pitlth . He wat token by Us captor to the station-house , and next morning brought before the Mayor in hli ghOBtly attire . ' His worship , taking Into consideration hit great ago , _ordered him to be deprived of his weekly allowance and to be taken to theE . bam Union . Tke ' ghost' wae then escorted b y the polioe to his cottage , amidst the yelling and hooting of a large mob , and was shortly afterwards taken to his
destination . ' A Fahik _** Robbed . — Mr Noyes , of Highwortb , lately attended _Farriogdon market , where ho met a gentleman most anxious to purchase- tome of Ms _excellent cattle If he sold them at a fair price . Mr Nojes was to fla t _, tered tbat he sent his son home before him In his gig to get out the beasts so that the gentlemsn might see thea , for which purpose he would ride to bis farm in the gen . tlemsn ' s _g'g . Mr Noyes appointed to meet his customer at the Salutation , where he found him dealing _wl'h a butcher for sheep , which ho ultimately _purobasrd _, offeruot
ing ta _-jAjment Ma _chtqw for £ _« . bat tha _ha'cher , baring the balance to pay back , th * utmost regret was evinced by the gentleman , who w « u'd not on any account have lost his bargain , and effered 10 s to any ono wbo would cash the cheque , which had but a few days to ran . Caught by the tempting off « , and anxious to oblije his new friend , Mr Noyes cashed the cheque . The sequel need not be told . By some stra _' agem the _gentlotaan and the piuedo butcher made out of the town togather , leaving an old _borae not worth _iOs , for Mr Noyce , wbo soon learned that he bad been _regolsrly done , and that _Vota tho gentleman anJ the butcher wtre a pair of
sharpers . The uti Bobqubt m « _Bibhinsham . —Four men , wtll . kBOwn thieves In Birmingham , named Edward Banner . Samuel Banner , John Smitb , and William Henry Hill , have been committed to take their trials for the burglary and robbery of 500 sovereign * at tbe bouse of Mr Sly . at Shirley Heath , on the morning of tbe _C ( h of the present month . Sly , ihe prosecutor , swore _posltlvel * to the two Banners entering hts room , and being engaged with others In tjlng bis arms and legs . Tbi other prisoner * were seen , with the Bunners , going It the dirrction of Sly ' _a honse , and retarnlng the follow _, log morning toward * Birmingham . 0 : ter evldettce , slightl y corroborative , of these facta , we . ro given _again-, the _pri-oaere . They all pro tested their Innocence . The magistrates _offered to take hall for the _ptlsoners Smith and Hi 1 .
THS LATE _BjOK-STEAUKG _CiBE AT _O'rOBD . — On Frlday week , the prisoner Belany _uaderweut another examination at the city gaol , which ended In hi * _boing fully committed to sessions on the second charge . It Is stated that , after his committal , the pri-oner made a confes . tion before bis solicitor and Alderman Browning of having stolen the books . In reference to this o « e , the _Cajmsidos Cmomcie _« _Bys : — ' there it _ioj much reason to fear that the prisone r has carried oa similar prac _tices at Osmbridge . Oa Wednesday last , Mr Mayor , ef St John ' * College , inquired of tho librarian to the Union Society if he had missed ' Ward ' s _Tdaal of a Christian
Cuurch' out of the library . Upon _receding a reply in the affirmative , Mr Major said he believed he had re cognised the botk in the shop of Mr Johnson , Sidney Street . The librarian proceeded thither , and discovered amongst the stock of Mr Johnson , wbo afforded every facility ts the iBanlry , not onlytbebook ln qaestion , but several others belonging to tho Union Society . These books , it appear * , Mr Johnson purchased of Be ' tny at different times . Theexttmal marks had been catcfully erased , asd the labels within removed with so much nicety that it was difficult to discover that they had erer existed . We understand that no less than 126 volumes have been missed from the Union rooms . '
_Fatas AcoiDEMt . —A shocking _eocutrenee took place on S » _tnrday , the 9 . h instant . The Lucy , a vessel _belongln _? to _Dandee , from Newcastle witb _coalt , had eame Into Eyemouth in a very leaky state , so much to that the skipper refused to take her farther . In const quence of tbis tbe owner dispatched tno seamen from Dundee to assist in navigatlog the _ve-sel to her destination . These men left _Edinburgh by the eix o ' olock night mail train on Saturday , Intending to get out at Ayton , There is no _denbt , however , but tbat by the time tbey arrired at Ayton , tbey were so very much Intoxicated that they seemed not exactly to know where they were bound for . Oa the train having the _statiin , the keeper was afraid
something wocld happen , as he observed the carriage door opened by tome one , and shortly after he seat ono ef the porter- along the line in case any Individual might bavo leapt oat . H ! b fear * were realised by the porter coming on oae ofthe sailors lying at the tide of the line with a broken arm and a fractured skull , but he retained sufficient consciousness to direot the porter to proceed farther , where he would find his c iropanlon . Ho did so , and a few yards onwards the _sccc-nd man was found dead , _hte head lying ia a water run . It was quite evident that death ensued instantaneously , as his head was /¦ rightfully anufhtd . The unfortunate men , _whoto name Was Slack , was burled In Ayton churchyard on the 18 ; b last . The survivor it getting on will .
The _utb Collision orr tbe Ricuuono ahd Datchet _Railwat .-. Oa Saturday , Samuel Heeley , tho driver of the _Vultare engine , was placed before Mr Penryhn and a vtry fall bench of Richmond magistrate * , charged with the manslaughter of Richard Perry , a _chalnman ' in the service of tbe engineers of tbe Soatb Western Railway , a * . _TMchnond _, _\> a the 17 vh of Novomber last , — Mr Edward Henry Hill * , surgeon , proved that the deceased Richard Perry's death arose from a most extensive comminuted fracture oa tbe right side of the skull , a piece of tbe bone , tbree inobtt lu length , pressing on the train . There wae also a large extravasation of blood on the brain . These Injuries were the result of great violence , tuch ae woald be produced by a collision . — _-Ssmucl Lack , tba ' _poiatiman at New Richmond , added to hit former _testimony that tbe sound of the
bell which he had to ring on the approach of a down _, _trtio completely burled the noise of a train or engine _cotalag in an opposite direction . Aa engine In progress it vtry deceiving ; one _msment it is 100 yards off , and tha nest Itis upon yoa . He thought , in coming round the carve from 0 ! 4 Richmond station it was toarcely possible for an engine to pull up iu 150 yards , or before it had got on to tbe point * . Tbe night was very dark , but not foggy . —Mr Joha T . _Gorcb , the superintendent ot the _locomotire department , added the following to bis former testimony : —He had known the prisoner for the last eight yeart at being in the company ' s employ bat he bad only bten an engine-driver tha last two > ear * . The book of roles produoed , which had been Uk tntroM _tVe prisoner , was given to every man In tho company '! ¦ _srvice . He observed that the 63 rd rule had been tern
ont . The wth rule provided , that * durlDg a journey the _englneman matt keep a tbarp look out forward , standing ia each a position as will enable him immediately to work his engine as required , and so that he nay instantly observo any obstruction whioh may be on the road , or signal whieh may be given to him _fo- hi * guidance , to whioh be must pay instant attention , whether he knows or understands why it U given er not , ' This rule , it wonld be teen the pilsoner had disregarded , as alt * tbe following one , wbich states , tbat * np engineman shall ever leave his engine , except In cases of great necessity , when he must take care to leave It ia charge of the fireman , but on no account whatever Shall both leave it either on the main line or on any elding on the line . ' He had alto broken tbe roles 69 , 22 n \ na 7 fl which latter rule enjoins a driver on approaching -2 _£££ * J " , _*™ " _^ 8 " M 0 fr _«'/ "bead ! whether from fog er _otberwlte , ' to slacken his . need and approach it so moderatel y as to ba a 2 to stop Ms engine promptly aad without tbe danger of collision or acoident . Aad _ruleSwas moit i » S «
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on a driver , being coached in these words , — A . red lamp by night , or a red flig by day , or any signal of whatever colour _violemly waved , shows that an engine must step Instantly . ' This Important rule the prisoner bad wholly disregarded . _—0-ptaln Prioe , one of tbe _maglstrates , wished to know if , before they were intrusted with aa engine , they were _saljected to a course ef examination as to their profioltnoy 1—We understood the officials of the company to state that no such regulation existed . — Joseph Andrews , who , It will be remembered , was one of thoie who rode ou the engine , after a
_searchlog examination , swore that the prisoner was perfectly sober , and that be had been with bim from twelve o ' clock in the day , and all he bad taken was a _Iittlo beer lo his dinner , tnd some ale and bread and obeese at the Lo . _CDmotive _baer-abop . —The prisoner , on being nskud if h « wished to aay anything , eaid he should reserve hia defence . He was then oommitted for trial at tbe pre . sent sessions of tho Central Criminal Court . —Mr Hills , tbo surgeon , said the prisoner , when taken to gaol , must be admitted into the _infirmarj , er be wouW not answer for his life , —Mr Penrbyn , the committing magistrate , said that should bs doae _.
Shocking _Accidskt at _RoTflBBUAU . —On _Saturday an inquest was held on view of tbe body of _Jo'epb Oxley , aged forty , who was employed at Mr Bentley ' _t brewery . The deceased was one of the men appointed to attend to tbe night duties of Mr Bentley ' t establishment , nnd early last Saturday morning he wat watching the brewing of bitter ale by a new process , Mr R . J . Bentley was also in attendance for the tamo purpose . Shortly before two o ' clock in the morn ' ng Mr B . ntley bsd _Inspeoted the copper oalled the Victoria , to see If it was nearly boiliug , wbicb mi j be _asoertaiced by listening at the men holo in the top , where a router is rapidly at work with flies , propelled by a shaft from the maohinery in an adjoining room , and Which it done to keep tbe hops In continual motion , and prevent tbeir sticking to er
horning the eopper . OiUy went up toon after kis master to see tbat all was going on right , and it is supposed that when tie was In the aot of _letuing to listen whether tbe liquor was boiling , a loose flannel jacket whioh he wore wae caught by thesbaft , tben Tunning at tbe rate of at least 100 revolutions per miaute . In tbis _frightful position hi * legs were twirled round by the shaft , and thrown with great violence each tlmo npon an iron border Which divides a portion of tbe _pkt'orm , Tbis was re . pcated nine or tea times bef & re tbe mach _' nory was thrown out of gearing , which was done as speedily aa possible . The poor _fello-f ' _s legs were _troken In several places , and cut very severely . The wooden clogs which he wore at the time were torn from the upper leathers
and _scattored in different directions , and bit . cap was hurled from his head . His _fliooel Jacket : wan torn to pieces , and ethlbitod _cosvinolng pro' f * of the destructive power of the shaft . Mr R J . _Bentley immediately re paired to the p _' ace and rendered every assistance in kis power . The sufferer wat promptly conveyed home , but ho expired In tbree or fonr hours . Ho wa * perfeotly sensible to the last , and the upper part of bis body was li jured to only a trifling extent . Tbe deeensed , when a lad , worked wiih his father in a _cotl-plt near Ratber . ham ; but having witnessed tho death of hts parent and others by fire-damp ho resolved never to enter another pit , bnt worked bb a farm labourer till aboat nineteen yeart ago , when he entered the _scrvioe of Mr Bentley .
Home . Mi de Wills . —The following oates were heard In the prerogative Coort of Canterbury , a _faw days since : —Mary Howell , deceased ; probate _rofu'ed , 0 D the ground that the will was written on oae side ofa sheet of paper _osly , while the signatures were _imcrlbfd on the otber , J Birch , deceased ; probate refuted , iu consequence of blanks left for legacies having been filled up ln red Ink . Jane Corner , deoeased ; probate refused , on the ground stated in the oase of Mary Howell . WU . llam Sanger ; probate rufuRod _, oh the g-Mind of tbe charaoter of certain alterations made in the will , Either Powell , deceased ; application for probate op posed , because the same will was signed by the testatrix by two names , those of ' Powell' and ' Watkios . ' Probate granted on tbe _testimony ef a clergyman , who know the signatures to be those of 0 _U 6 and the same pcT-on . Elizabeth Rote , deceased ; the will of the te « - tatti * wat only discovered twelve yeart after her deceaie , tnd come years after tbe death of tbe psrty who had administered to the property ; probate granted .
_Absbdeeh . — Towards ttn o ' clook on Friday nlgbt tbe hnrricone became particularly violent , and we are sorry to state that lots of life acd . considerable damage to property bat been the result ; A deplorable aooldent hap . oened at the New Gas _Workt , shortly after ten o ' clock . The roof of tbe retort house , which was constructed with an iron frame , and covered with slates , w & t suddenly jerked up at the south side , fell with a crash , and smashed Into _fraRmtnte , There were eight men in the retort house at the time , all stokers , and engaged in charging the retort furnaces . One of the roof beami , and a quantity of thc roofing , fell upon a poor old man namtd Oeorge Murray , who was at tbe moment hurling a barrow , and killed bim on the spot . Another poor fe'low Charles Clark , bad Ills le ? broken ; end a third , Alexander Low , had bis arm dislocated end his head cat .
The other five men miraonlouely escaped uninjured . A carrier ' s shop iu Loch S rest , belonging to Mr John Watt , leather merchant and currier , haa been blown down . An enclosure in West North Street , for bulldog por . poses , _h-, « been blown to pieces . Mortimer ' * wood yard , at _PoynerncoH , hai heen blown down , and seriously _S ' . _nvaged . Two wood yards , la Frederick Street , have beon blown open . One ef tho windows of the old Re . oord Office , in _Caitlc-ttreet _, now used as a diipenmry , has bean blown in . In Bon Aacord Street , a quantity of paling , & 0 ., hat been blown d wn . In thev _' c ' nlty of t _* ie Share , a great number of windows and sky ' . 'ghts have b « cn reduced to fragments , Tbe streets are completely strewed with broken cans , tiles , lime , & c , The violence of tbis Storm was severely felt at Ed ' nbur'b , Paisley , Dublin , and Cork , but , fortunately , no lives wero lest .
Stobm and _L'fis cr IirB , Qutoow , _SAtvaviv . — This city and neighbourhood wat visited by a atom ol wind and rain , which was moro fatal in Its results then an ; similar visitation which hot occurred within the prlod of onr recollection , At an early hour the wind began to blow in strong and fitful gusts . The dty _contfaued stormy throughout , aud between four and seven o ' clock in the evening tbe wind blew a _perfect hurricane . One of tbe most distressing circumstances ia connexlou with the storm occurred about five o ' olock lu the after _, noon , at which hour two men were billed , end et third dangerously , if not fatally , injared . Under tbe Paisley Road , near Greenlaw Place , tuns the General TeiminuB and Glasgow Harbour Railway . Theroad at that spot it carried over tke line by a bridge , Hanked on either
tide by a ttone parapet wall , nearly breast high . For greater protection to the public , tbe company recently fixed on the top of the parapets in question large _platet of _oait-lron , about three feet in height , half an loch thick , and secured to the stone work by strong Iron bolts . The place being peculiarly oxpoied to tho wind , whioh blew wllh terrific fary down the gully form d by the line of excavation , tho surface of the Iron plates acted like a lever upon the stonework , and at tbe hoar already mentioned , the whole south parapet gave way , and fell forward upon tho road . MoBt unfortunately , at this moment , three young men , carters , ln charge of two veMcltl , wero crossing tha bridge , all of whom were in an _lnitsnt felled te tbo ground , and burled among the ruin * . With seme difficulty the un f ortunate men were
extrioated and carried into the toll-home . Tbeir names _aroHogb Cavan and Matthew Cavaa , brothers , and James _M'Nai'ght , all of whom belong to Liawood . The first named is the survivor of the p * . rty . Tbe storm ap peers to have raged with tbe _greatsst fury in tho southern distriot ofthe city , as tbe dismantled condition of many tenaroentB In that quarter _snffiaiently shows , and several very narrow escapes wore made while the storm was at Its height . At the harbour , tbe seamen belonging to the different vessels were engaged daring tho gale in taking precau lent to prevent damage , and we are hBppy to learn tbat none of the vessels _tueutnc " . material in jut y , beyond wbat was _oooinloned by tha grinding of _thelites against one another . About eleven o ' cleok ft began to rain heavily , arid the storm abated . The electric telegraph wires were so deranged by the storm that they ceased to work . Hogb Cavan , the only survivor of the fatal catastrophe at the railway viaduct on tho Paisley
road , daring the _hurrioane of Friday night , has since died ef the injuries he sustained . The damage done to property has been very extensive . Its effects were felt with _eanilderable severity on the Clyde , as far down as Greenock , where we understand ono or two small _gauborts were cast est ore , but no particulars bave been learned . The keeper of _GarmojU L ghtbouse and bis family made a very narrow _esoape with thoir lives . This llghtheuie Is erected on a fl Dating punt nearly opposite Dumbarton , and moored fore aBd aft wltb chain cable * . Part of the punt U oooupted with tbe wooden dwelling of tbe keeper , whe constantly remains on board to keep the light in order . On Friday night , whea the galebad reached Its _greatest fury , tbo keeper observed with alarm that the punt had sprang a leak , and was fast sinking , Tbe small boat attaobed to the floating lighthouse wat Immediately lowered by bin , and tbe whole family , consisting of his wife and child , along with a niece ,
_hsstenod to make their _escaps from their sinking babl . tation . In this they fortunately succeeded , und , trustlag themselves to tbe mercy of the wind and waves , were driven across the Clyde to the north shore , which they reaohed in tafety , ' Soon after they ltft the punt it w « nt down , and was completely _tubmirged . _ImmodUte _meaiuret bave been taken , we _bslleve , to raise tha vessel , her light being of much importance to the _navigattenof the river . Between t _> ven and eight o ' clock the hurricane laid hold with such violence on the range of glass In the Royal Botanic Gardens at almost _Uttan .
» -ncous _* y to oihy beforo it f _* e entire large centre houso , both roof and front ; and _. altboBgh Mr Murray and tbe went from their hands . Some idea may be formed o ! T 7 * _?? tb 6 6 ale _» ai « P 5 rleneed her , , when itis u _DrirsfttS _5 " hcaV > a 6 hIar * f 0 * btch «» . _K _ij " _* " _? re fiMd wlth _•«« ban , run iu with lead , was completely turned off Us bed when the frontgaveway , Prorldeatlally no lives were lost , or n aZKa nJa , _' _l talaei ' A dtolded _Schwas made In another large home , the Conservatory , but happily the men with ladders got this part secured
_Gntfowwa _Bwtosio N eH thi _Exstebr _CortmsB _BAitWAL—An aooldent ofa most extraordinary _charaohr occurred on UoBday morning at the Witham station Ofthe Eastern Counties Railway , happily unattended with loss of life . A luggage train arrived at the station at about a quarter to three o ' clook , bringing in safety two barrel * of gunpowder , one for Bralntree and one for Maldon , weighing together 23 lbs . These barrels _, which were on the last truck , were takea Og at _F , ita .
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_wUera the _VtaUonand Bratetne Un * Joint , and plaeed ou tbe _up-line by a portar at tho station , who act tt _nlflht _inspector , whilst he want Into tbeoflbe to bcok his _iriln . Tho mail train to London arrives at the _stition at lour minutes to three , and tho powder hid not been on the Hoe more than tight or ten minute * b fore that ir _* in oame up . it stopped short ofthe barrel ' , but on moving on again passed Immediately over them , aad some of the oindert from tbe fire-bos falling npon the _powder , the barrels immediately exploded . The carriages were thrown iff the line , and oil tustaisod more or lea * da . nnge by the _teverity of the _tbock . Tbe engine , however , for a few moment ! continued its ceurio , showing that tbo explo'ioa could not bavo absolutely taken place until It had passed over the barrels . It It supposed to have occurred _woiltt a oarrlage called the guard ' s _treak was
in tbe aot of palling , The explosion shook the houses in Witham , wbioh ls half a niile off , and is said to have been heard at Colchester , fourteen miles _dlntant , In the more Immediate vicinity of the station tbe _windoa a of ( he homes were completely shattered . When people h _* d recovered their fright ttey began to look after iho passengers and person * attending the train . The engineer and stoker were fonnd to be -. tunned , but not otherwise hurt , The guard had his arm bruised only , and thepa < secgert , of whom there were twelve , wero only fearfully alaraud . The line was torn np for a short distance , nnd wis re * plaoed as _epeedlly as possible . Some of ihe rails wore bent in aa extraordinary _mduner . The train wbb de . loyal two hours at the station , a fresh engine and _carriage having , of course , to be prodded . The _miraculous way iu _whlsh every ono eicap : d tbU terrible accident ii a , subject of the most livtly _uratltude .
_BxTBHBtve _Pidndeb at _CnBtTtKtfASr . —An extensive robbery of plate and jewellery wai _oammit'cd on _Wudni'iday evoniug week , betwnen eight and nine o ' clock , at the residence of Mrs Jones . 28 , Promenade , the value of tbe articles being estimated at upwards of £ 560 . Ao cording to the best account , it would _tetm that the thieves gained admission to the premises by passing from an empty hoano _, _twe doors off , which is et present tin . dorgoing repair , _alont * tbo roofing of tbe balcony ; and so , by breaking a pane in the window , gaining admission to Mrs Joaes ' _t bed room oa the _teoond fl > or , and
where the articles stolen were usually kept in several _drawert and cabinets appropriated for the purpose , tbe Io : ks of which were either picked or forced , and tbe contents removed wlhout creating the least alarm , _though the family were all at home at tbe timo , Mrs and Miss Jonet being in the dining room , and tbe servants in the basement apartments . The robbery wat discovered between nino and ten o ' clock , and , of course , immediate information wat tent to the police , who hastened to search the premises , and _despa'ched officers np and down tbe lines ; bat hitherto the _thi-. v « t and their _boo'j have 80 S eesifully eluded every inquiry .
Fbee _Tbadz ih _Coait , —About twen _* y Frenoh _vcs-els la ' tea with corn arrived in the portof Gloucester during the week beforo last . _Bof-re the repeal of the com laws , the average arrival here of _Freooh _vesiclB wss not more than twenty-fivo In the course of the year ; bat within tho last two months alone the arrivals bave exceeded fifty . _Frae at _HoHNDoif-eitinr-Hiii , ( Essex ) . —A moat destructive fire , wbicb , there it reason to fear , wat wilfully occasioned , broke out last week , upon _Cbolie- _' s Farm In the occupation of Mr Lawson _Holraee . Th *
flames wore first _sten In tha stackyard , _progresses to . _wsrdithe _narth , and In an incredibly short spaced time enveloped three wheat _staoks , one of been * , one of oat straw , a double _btrn filled with wheat , recently o & rried in , two cart shedt , a large stable , and a range of stable * and oattle sheds 190 feet in length , all which , covflring an area of 255 feet by 125 feet , were reduced to ruin * , _together with threshing and dressing _machines _, waggons , p oighe , and other Implements , Tbe grain and straw destroyed Included the whole _produoe of the farm , consisting *¦ ' 256 acres _.
_Davoif . —A gang of burglars have been busy in the ne _' _ghbourhood ef CredltoB . Tbey carry an their depre . dationt lu the most systematic and daring mar ner ; and the alarm occasioned by them is so great , tbat the Inhabitants of the town met in Ye » try , on Thursday last _, and raited a large subscription to pay tp > cial constables for watohtng until Lady-day next . Almost tbe firat night , however , ot the uew guardians being on duty , tbe premises of Mr S . Brown , of Union Terrace , were entered from the field behind , and a determined but un . _tucoessfut effort wai made to force tho door of hie counting house , Another burglary wai committed the tame night ln the _Eatt Town , where the thieves forced
an entrance by tbo _stieot window . On Sunday , three fellow * , who had their facet dltguli < d by masks , _e-tered the cottage of an old man named Stooeman , living a t _Pasbury , not far from the scenes of tbe _niurder an <» burglary recently recorded , and cruelly illtreated bit wife , knocking oat several of her front teeth by the blow of a bludgeon . They then plundered the old man of £ _i and all tho provisions bo had . Oa Frid & y on attack was mai » e on Mr Hellyer _, a butcher , of _Dunsford , who attends Breter Markof _, and whe , on returning these _> . when near Hoocombe Bridge , about one mile from _Ettt-r _, and within gumbot of a public-bouse , was set on by two men and a lad . who _knsoked him from _hlthorao _, and _rohbed him of £ 15 .
Fixe at _Pbeston , in _Lancashire . —Oa _Mosdsy evening a fire broke out in tho model room of the _extcnslY 8 prPmlS 6 SuB _* umgli ) j * to Mr Clayton , engineer an « boiler maker , and which are generally known by tbe name ofthe Sehe Foundry . They are situate at the north end of the town , close _upen tbe canal bank . The fire was discovered by Mr Clayton , who , with bis book _, keeper , proceeded to tho fourth atory of the building , wbere It appearod to rage , but aa thry did not succeed in putting It eat , tbey gave en alarm . Witbln a short time a number ot engines arrived on tbe spot , and in
_consequ' -noe of tbe ample supply ef water tbe fire wat extinguished after the destruction of the fourth and fifth s ' orles of this extensive fiibrlc . Tbe damage done it _ettima'ed at the least at £ 10 , 000 , as a vast number of patterns which have accumulated for the last fifteen year * bave been destroyed . A man of tbo name of Bots bury met with a severe accident in attempting , with tbe assistance of some other labouring men , tn remove a large cog wheel . It unfortunately fell npon hit legs and broke both of them . Very ( li ght hopes are entertained of his recovery .
_Guki _roa Doveb _Castli . — The officer commanding the Royal Artillery at Dover has received directions from the Honourable Board of _Ordsaace to bave fonr _gant , _rec _* Dtly tent from Woolwlcb , of an liprov . d construction and superior range to any others in D ver , mounted on the east and north tides of tbe Northern Keep of the Castle . The calibre of these guns it eight laches In diameter , tnd propel a ihot 03 bs the extraordinary dietanee of more than three _mllis . R mi _. wa . t _AcoiDSNT . —A melancholy accident occurred on Monday morning last on the Heworth Colliery Railway , near Newcastle , to the R- */ . Jtmea Ander-on , a dissenting minister , of Z ton Cbapel , Felling , He left his house apparently in perfect health , for the purpose of visiting a tick number of his congregation , at White House , Heworth , aad on his way be walked for a short distance on the wageon way . At that time the waggons
were in motion , tbe full waggont proceeding down the incline , and by their weight drawing op those that were empty . The man having charge of tbe _np-w-gjons observed Mr Anderson walking on the line , and imme . _diateiy afier law bim f-II suddenly down . Peroeiving the danger thathe was in from the directUn in wbich he had fallen , the waggonman ran forward and endeavoured to drag him off tba line . Cofortnstely iu this humane attempt he waa unsuccessful , aad from the _construotlon of the railway the war rods oould not b i stoppod They oame almost instantly , and , pasting over bis ch _< : tt and ftet _, mangled hit body in a dreadfal manner . Deatb of course supervened _iustantanceuily . It is , however , _Bnpponed that a fit of apoplexy or a spaim of the heart was th * oause of hit fall , and tbat he was probably lcsoa » ible , er bad died before tbe waggon _pasied over him . Acorou _> r _* BJ '> ry , after Investigating tho faots , returned a verdict of Accidental Di & tb .
_DiflraEiB'KG _OccoSBEifcs , —An incident of a peou H & _tly _pnlcfol end dlairewlug cbarbCter occurred In Princes _Strtet , _Glaigow , about eight o'clock on Saturday night . A t that hour a _mtddle-tged woman , rather _respeotably attired , wltb a youog child in her arms , oame to the office of Mr Cameron , pawnbroker , and got a shawl which bad been deposited with bim . Shortly after _leAvinj f ihe premises teas parties In going up the eteir _* . leading to tbe shop wero attraoted by the cries of tbi child , and , on exemlnation it was found tbat Ihe _unfor lunate woman had sat down on the steps close to the office entrance , and there expired , unnoticed . She wi * Instantly removed to the doctot ' _t shop , nearest at hand , but all efforts proved fruition to restore animation . The body was removed to tho C _.-ntral Police-office , and tbs child given In ohargo to a nurse . They have since been claimed by tbolr relative * .
Coaiorji Cabb , —On the afternoon of Thursday week , an incident , almost without parallel , took place in th « Nisi Prius Court , at Liverpool , before Mr Jastice Erie . The learned Judge h » d finished his summing up ia * case of aheep stiallng , Bnd the foreman of the jury wat con _. ulHng bis brethren as te the verdict _tdey i _*» uW come to , when tbe foreman was _Infornud that ono of tb . gentlemen in tho Jury box had not bten iwora . Imme . di & _tely on _a-cemlolng ihe fact , the foreman ( Mr Blaok !*) gave notice of It to the learned j ldge . On in quiring It appeared tbat one of the jury , who had retired for a few minutes ln the course of the day , was pre vented by one of _theoffioera from entering the _ciurt . Another juror who happened to bo in the imm * . _aiat » neig _hbourheod of th * Jary box , w » s told to go Into it , and by some oversight the oath was neglected tobeadui . _nistered tohlm . _Morsover , Itwas stated tbat in tbe pr . _ccdlag can , that of a burglar , In whioh the prisoner wat found golh y but the _sentenca deferred a similar
_, , ttate of things exltted . The learned Judge said tbe mistake ta the sbeep stealing case was remediable , but he did _nat ku _« w wbat to do with the preceding _caso , In whioh a verdict ef guilt y had been recorded , The evi dence In ths sheep stealing oare muit agala be gone through . The juror to whom the oath badnot beon administered wat then swern , tbe jury again oharged , and tho witnesses reoilled . Mr Sowler _tuggested tothe learned judge , that the course best _tulttd to save time would be for hi * lordship to read over his nates of the evidence of the witness ** as theyosme Into the bix . The learned judge approves * of tho suggestion , but thought there would be torn * difficulty in carrying it out , »« In tha ci e of tbe law , nothing had then been done in the case . Mr Bowler then suggested that the _wltneiiei _ntlgbt give their account ot the matter , and hli _lordihlp would sea whether Itngroed with what he hsd already ou bis _aotts . The _learnsd judge thought ths suggestion an _eicelUnt one , and accordingly _qoied upon It , Tbe
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case wa * thua again gone through , ana the prlsOHei * wero found guilty of the off-. nce charged against thera . ( Ill lordship tben retired from court te consuls with hie learned brother , Mr Baron Alderson , as to what steps should bo taken ia reference to the ease of bur . glsry . iu whlcha _verdlctof guilty had been returaed . On _returning , the learned judge ordered the _wltnesif * In tbo case to be recalled , with a view to its being tried over again . Tho witnessei , however , were not forth _, _osming , und tho _caie was ordered to be postponed till tbe following morning . After further deliberation , how .
ever , the learned judgo said there was a case on record of a similar chsracter wbich would render it nnnecessary to re-try the oaso at present , A man was tried on a charge of murder , by a jary , one of whom by an omission was not sworn . The judge before whom the caso wa _< tried decided that tbe verdict was valid until declared void on a writ ef error , and tbtn tbe prisoner woald be again taken up and tried afreib . The _' lcarned judge sail be ibould pan sentence upoa " tho prisoner ,. tell bim of the omission which had taken place , and of bis right if ho thought proper to bring a writ of error
_BiDFOMwniBE , — _Snocxiiro " Deatb ;—On Monday morning , a mm , named Richard Hawk ns , working for Mr P _«? ddcr _, theocoupler of one of the Heme firm- , of _TodJlBgton , whilst serving tho pigs , and in tho act Of getting up naupply of milk , 4 c , from tho _clst ' rn , fell headforemost into It , and wdb _sufficated . It appears ( hut aboat eight o ' clock Mr Pedder , perceiving the _clstern-door open , end the pall _ljlng near—aa unutual ocourrenc —went and looked in , and saw tbe lt ? gs of tha poor man retting _ognlott the wall ef the cistern , the whole of tho remaining parcioa of hit _Vody being beneath the mixture ( milk and grains ) , which wat aboat a faot aod n hulf d-ep . Assistance wat immediately rendered , bat when ho was got out be waa found to be _qaitedead , having been , it li supposed , in tha tistern about bal ( on hoar . Fram the position he was found in , it is evident tbat he bad no means of extricating himself , as ho was lying on bis bick with tbo right arm bent under hia body , and hit feet _pitched ageintt the opposite wall . The deoeased hatleft a widow and _fivo children .
St Mast ' s , Redcliffs . —A gentleman of Bristol , a dissenter , bas offered to bring from Caen one hundred tons of stone , freight free , for the restoration of St Mary ' s , _Redcllff- , in commemoration ofthe _transftr o t the Btir tol B ckB to tbe _Corporation , and tbe consequent great diminution ofthe dock dues .
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Am Abab _Fonebal . — Tbe following description ef an Arab funeral appears in the _Pbcobes _D'Indheet _Loibe : — . ' You . have _requested ma to apprise you on what day you could bs admitted to the presence of the Emir , _foa will have to wait a long time , fur his ' receptions' are suspended , A ohild ofthe diera died ten yeart of age , an 4 another , a son of the elder brother of _Abd-el-Kader . has diod this day . These two deaths have _profoundly sffl ctcd the unfortunate Emir , and the entire deira ia pliiogod In mourning , Abd . _el-Ktder _thutt himself up < ntho strictest tolitudo , and wi _' -l receive ne one for ¦ everal weeks to come . The _fatural of the deceaied took plac * yesterday . Tbis ceremony , performed withont pomp or pride , presented no remarkable features . I . was unable to ascertain what took pltce in tho apartments at the hour of interment _. The greatest dlicre . tion , aa you will readily imagine , wat observed by tho attendance of tbe obateau on the occasion of tbe funeral
preparations , at which the Arabs alone _aisiited , Tho oorpse was _enoloaed in a bier covered with a white cloth , tnd placed <> n a stretcher borne on the shoulders of fonr Aratt , At the moment when tbe funeral eort * _£ * commenced Itt _procestitR , heart-rending cries were heard to lisno from the window of the apartment belonging to the T . oth-r of tho deceased child , wbo , completely enveloped In ber white veil , _nddressed to her ion ooe last farewell _. The father walked behind the ceffin , with a chaplet in his hand-, _prayirg with _fervoor and weepfog bitterly . At his tide were the Lieutenant Sidi-Kaddour and the steward Kara-Mohammed , accompanied by Captains _Boisionnet and _Fouroler _, and followed by _tomo fifteen Arabs . Tbo cortege , _nurroundod by unarmed ( _Oldleri _, attracted a vast concourse of persons in tbe Streets Of _Amboiss . Tbe touohing simplicity of the ceremonypresenting * o _itriklng a _coa'rast to the absurd pomp of 'Christian ' funerals—tnd the mournful attitude ef the
unfortunate exiles , could not fail to _excito the pity , and even the sympathy of the _tpectatort . The populace Ingeneral manifested mnch feeling ; and if , occasionally , the religions meditations of the Arabs were disturbed by a somewhat _tndlicreat _oagernesa to _wltsets tbe _ceremesy , we mmf blame that spirit of idle curiosity to wh ' oh we Frenoh are only too prone . Tb ? cortege having _reached the cemetery the Arabs du ; the grave . During ; thlt operation the father of the deceased , who betrayed an utter abstnoo of Moorish atolc _' sm dil nothing bat weep and pray by turns . The Arabs inter their dead with muc _* t care and precaution . The corpse ls laid down on its right side , with the face turned towards tbe cist . _F-agmante of wood , placed above the bit r , form S
sort of dome , covered with leaves and grats , and _consolidated hy Btone _* _. The earth , which It cast over tbe whole , do ? " not touch the coffin , which the Arabs take great one to protect from the dampness of the soil . The _gravt diggers having washed their hands and feet the ceremony terminated- 0 i bit return to tbe chateau tbe father of _thodtc'ased thanked Ciptalns _Bulsionnier and _Fournier for their kindness , and immediately retired to hi * apartment , It appears tbat the deaths of these children are _ascrlbable to the carelessness of their parents or nurses , who allow them to run about in the open air with bare feet , tad very thin ' y olad—a habit which may be very safe in tbe scorching toil of Algeria , bnt is sot exactly suited to the ruier climate of these northerly _latitats . '
Thb Arctic VorAGRBS _.-tSubjoinea' we insert a letter received the other day by the mother of Dr Rae , the second in command in Sir John Richardson's expedition : — 'Athabasca Lake , Half-past 3 , a . m ., July 11 , ISIS . I havo scarce time to scribble job a line , as the boats of _Macketzle River hare just hove in sight , on their way to the Long or Methy Portage . It is true I might have written a day or two sooner , but I hoped to have reaohed Fort Ch ' ipewyau before the boats passed . All the _expedition natty are quits well , excepting two or three of the
sappers snd miners , who hare got sore limbs ; their exertions on the portages is tbe kind of work they find rnwt severe . We bave been driving wi : h the current down the Athabasca River , with the _musqaitses so numerous that wo conld get no sleep . On entering theL- > ke ( Athabasca ) , the first object that struck our attention was the _saiU of the boats at a distance of five or six _miUa . They were making for a narrow channel that leads b y a ' shorter but more intricate route into the Athabasca Rivor , so that had we been an honr later , we would have missed them altogether . '
Thb Corn Law Rhtobr on Unitbbjal Suffrage * Sir : The long withheld rights of the people of England will , ere long , be coEoedcd . Tbe tide of events is fl * wine in rapid _suooetsion—America and Francerepublics ; Switzerland , _Balgium , Holland and Norway comparatively free ; and last , but not least , witb its compulsory system of eduoation , Prussia , in possession of Ihe People' *) Charter almost , for they havft by _declnration ofthe king , equal electoral distrioti , paid members , ne prorerty qualification , triennial parliaments , and universal delegated suffrage . Hear that , Lord Jdhn and Sir Rubert—and you , young Fitzwilliata—and you , Mr Baines , who deolared that compulsory education made men servile slave * . Thd Prussians have a free press , the right of meetinff .
and , aa Mr Man has prtved , a first-rata system of _eoVation . National ! Compulsory ! Better com ' pel a child or its parents to send him to school than the policeman oompel him to go to prison for doing tbat whioh he would not have done had he received a proper education . Tbe answers to the canvassers in one distriot near Sheffield , as to their intention of _votungat tha West Riding election w . « _. ' T 'steward hasn't been . ' Will the Prussians be greater slaves or serf ? , or asses or fools , thsn these £ 50 _tenant-at-will clowns are ? No j nor tho millions of England either . _—EBBsszua Euioit , Bcribe . —Sheffield , Dec . 1848 . Lamartink ' b 'Jockltn' and Louis Nap _8 lkon . — The Library of Louis Napoleon has been Bold by auction , and amongst the books was a handsome
copy , bound in morocco , of _Lvnartme ' _s poem of ' _Jocelyn . ' The value of the work was much enhanced by the fact that on the inside of tbe cover appeared the following words in the handwriting of the Prince . They wero in French , but we translate them for the benefit of Louis Napoleen _* 9 country friends , wbo may not understand his language go well aa he does theirs :- ' _Uedertook the roadine of this book at Florence , Sunday , the 7 _ch of May , 1837 . Abandoned it as being too sublime for me . Undertook the reading for the second time , Monday , tbe 8 th , without being more fortunate . Recommenced by a new effort , Taesday , _theO'h , and abandoned it definitively . ' Considering the present position of the author and the critic as rival candidates for the
_P-eudenoy ofthe French Republic , this anecdote is somewhat curious . Little did the Prince thinkwhen he wrote tho above , that he and the poat whose work he had been obliged te aband ' -m as being teo sublime for him , would one day meet under _citoumstances which must severely test the ability of both , Opium _Eatbbs—The Lahoet states that 'the Lincolnshire poor are bo abandoned to _opium-eatirg as in some instances to spend in the bane ' ul drog 2 s Gi . out ofa weekly 3 i . !* a degree of fatuous devotion to the Circean v ' < ce that would appal Coleridge or Da Quinoey . himself . The came writer extracts a _parage from the evidence of a brother medical
_witnes _* _. adrnggist , that _he'himselt sends ' £ 400 . worth a year more opium to Ireland , now than he did before ; and Dr Grindrod , the ablest Of all temperance advocates , admits that in the fens of Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire a vast quantity of opium is consumed . Vast must be the quantity consumed somewhere or somehow , for , acoording to the returns ofthe Board of Trade , issued on Thursday week , there were no less than 8 , 000 lbs / of opium imported in the tingle month of October , tbat being ; by na means a comparatively large quantity , for _ooflSMonally _« muoh as 32 , 000 lbs . ate _imported within the same time .
Earw Dk & patcb of the India Mail via Marseilles . —Tha next mail for India via Marseilles , will be closed at the Ganeral Post Office , St Martin ' s le Grand , on the evening of the 23 fd inst . This a , V teration has become necessary in consequence of ihe 24 'h ( the ueual day for the despatch of this mail ) falling on Sunday , and tho day following being _Cunetmaa Day ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 23, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_23121848/page/2/
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