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A Patientia ad _ ri 4 r _*_ . t _ _Gured-of- _ Disorder in the Chest . _Ecetraetcfa Le _eorfrow . Str _IfobcriGxltsrt , Chemist , Stiie ihs . _aMed-iJanuar _^ _'SOV : , 18 t 7 . f * VroC » sf , o _** _lloua-isy . Sin , — * f & Thi _jBrgaSOu _/ 'Kafional _Schoolmaster of tfcis Town , desires * - » _e- *» _- « e _ i 50 u the - »_ f * iculars r _ pecting a son of "Ms , t __ liBd-. > heeB seriously ill for three years and abs _' -f , * n' _l- _ ao : _haar _^ a _ iTed the _^ _reateetbenefits fr-jroj the use of _voi r _taeditaiKS , after _trytaj all ordinary _rej _> _ore _\ ntiio et _^ _tfeCt . _ he _hoy _ - _« _ightyears _afage , of e _* rataeirs or :. __ _atsfctoe £ « oustitati « Br . Hu semis to _kartt _ aaap " . _eurif j- _^ _jc li _ruded in a _litrtre collection of matter
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OS TflE CONCEALED CAUSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL « a _ACQOIKED _EBILtTlSS OF THE _OBSBRAIIVB STSTEH . . JnstFna __ _3 _ r , A StW aa __ I _mpoetastEdltion of tbe _SStetnFrienit _« B _Htttz & n FreiHy . Ttioe 5 s . t _>_ , aad sent free » y part of the United Kingdom ou the receipt of a Post _Ofiaa Order for 3 _i . 6 d . A 3 IEOICAL WORKob _thelK-IRMITIES ofthe OB _KSRATITS _grSIBM _, whoth sexes ; being ane * quiry Into the eoeeealed _caase that destroys physica « aergy , aad ths ahiHty tf manhood , ere vigour has esta l Wished her empire . ;—with Obser _ iions on the _banefuefiects of _SOLITAHTf _ISDULGBNGE and _INFECTION 1 lc _ dand _ t _ iit * i Ucaal _WEAKSESS , NERVOUS IRRITATION . COKSU _ F _* _TaION . and on the partial or total
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_^ uor' spaee of time , without _connaeaeat to the least en * . the _abe-M medicines are red onl y by Messrs . R and L . tGKBX and Co ., S _* ge < ms , l 9 , Bert « r « _4 tre «» i _0-, _ i _** _d-** tt « et . London . Messrs . PERB 7 e _? pc _*^ _tfane _< mulledbeletter , _tto * t * al fte _itfOuePo _^ md , tsitluyatKhiehnenoUe < i _^ teurean _betitienoftheK >» Mt >> iiaiiem . Patients are requested to "be as minute as posslbleia ae detail of their ** AS * _ , as to _thedurstton of the comlaiut _, the _syraptaaas , _aga- , habits of living , and general _ccupataon . _Ifedieincs ean be forwarafed to any part _» f ac world ; no _aiiflScalt-f can occur , as J & ey will be securely _aeked , and carefully protected _fro-a-sbserrfttiea . * J . B . _—CotHitry _DrugijUU , Books __ ts , Patent M « _dl" * _toJ _iTwders , aud every ether shopkeeper , can be _ ipp hedwlt any quantity of tke Cordial Bafca of _S-yriawHii _^ the _^ dn _centt' _-SisdDetemv-Sssencc , an- Perry's r _ -ifji ** g »*?** inc Pills , with ____ . _ , _ . lo * _anc-- to _& e T _***?* _- J * ' ost a tiie _prkil'ipsl W _* so ! _ s _* s Patent Mrdlclne _Houeei l . on _ s _ , _ofwbr _f-n mav * » hsS He iSihttst friend .
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_G-S _^ T ! GOUT ' . ' . _-GOTi - !!! Tfe _: New Specific Patented _< d { _elnt- _'_ r'fe > ut , -P _ r 0 i _ K'I by tht Faculty , XobiHty . « r _<_ _- * i * t _ -to .
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TUE POPULAR . MEDICINE . The following important testimony to the efficacy of PARR'S UFEP 11 . LS has just been received by the Proprietors . TO MESSRS T . ROBERTS AKD CO ., LONDON . Athlone , December 7 th , 18 i 6 . Sirs . —Tou will please to send uie six dozen more Parr ' s Life Pills ; I ant just out . 1 can assure you they are doing an immensity of good ; every one who has tried th / m in aSections of the Liver aud _i-tomach derive a greatdealof benefit Tours , ic ., Wiiuiu _GiLcnuisT , Apothecary and Surgeon .
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The extraordinary properties ofthis medicine are thus described by anctninet . t physician , who says , " After par . ticular observation ofthe action of Parr ' s Pills I am de . ternuneal in my opinion , that the following are their true properties : — "Firstly , _—Tbeyincreasethe strength , whilst most Other medicines hare a weakening effect upon the system . Let any one take from three to four or six pills every twenty _, four hours , and , instead of having weakened , they will be fonnd to have retired the animal spirits , aud to have imparted a lasting strength to the hotly . "Secondly , —In their operation they go direct tothe disease . After you have taken six or twelve pills you will _experience their effect ; the disease upon you will become less and less by every dose you take , and if you will j _. ersevere in regularly taking from three to six pills every day , _yeur disease will be entirely , removed from the system .
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tne town of Mere , in this county , we (// _cuudxertiser ) were _struck at beholding the fi in re , the excellent order the fields appeared to be in , the low neat cut he _» es or fences , and the immense quantity of oxen , _aov-s , and sheep grazing in tbo meadows ; this led io an inquiry to whom those rich , brp £ d fields belonged . To Sir H . R . Ilosre _, ( lie rich hanker of Fleet-street , London , was the ready reply , wbose seat is -bout three miles from Mere , and seven _ uleB from Wincanton , who bimsHF has thf- _. fol-Iowlng seven farms in bis own hands ;—Shirton _, Knoyk , _Coicat , llill Grounds , Brenbam Lodge , Top Lane , and Search Fume . " altogether containing between 3 t * 390 and 4 _. G 0 O sores , once so poor and consi
dered so _unproductive that every farmer of the old school faiied ingetting tb _ r living from _tbef-Hsns they occupied { .. hence Mr Haste , one after tbe other , was driven toccake the be 6 t < of > 3 Uch land , or suffer it . tO be _stillleesi-scfa' if overran . with weeds . He therefore hired f _ n bailiff ' s , parohased hones , and every eecessary implement of _luubandry ; employed at least one _hundred and fifty labourers , keeping between seventy and eighty horses , giving _conet & nt wo- ;_ to woodsaen , carpenters , bricklayers ; thus moee than two handled men _thtcagh him have eonstai _ employment _, winter and _susn-er , wet or dry , at gocd wages : ths lowest amount paid to labourers ia __ . _ _aer week , some having 2 _ =. at the present time ; _ o _reduetiocjn tbe cold and-fthort days . Ills
cottages are let to -his labourers ai _tfoem 30 s . to 40 s . per _ann-jm , with latge gardens , dghteS common or pasturage , enabling same to keep a . cow or two , and in the-winter fatten tea or three pigs . Mr Iloare himself ha * - . *_ any cows is milk at one t ' n _ e as yields him twice each week -fourteen to sixteen dozen pounds of gocid butter , has seventy calves weaning ami fattening ti one time . _ nd in the winter at least fifty beasts stalled ; when fat . they are sold generally to beast-dealers in the _neighbourhood , some ef these beasts frequent ! - / reaching the enormous w _ ght of from sixty to eighty score pounds each . About onethird only is grszipg land ; be has sever less than one _tliousand sheep and five hundred ewes for breeding , of the pure Soi _ ido _* _rn breed . nearly one _thousand acres cf this very land was never considered to be worth more than ls . per acre for rent per annum , when Mr Hoare bad it first in his possession , the
occupiers then thinking three to fonr sacks per acre of wheat a , good field ; now by cultivation , draining , and mana _ in _ - . it _wet _ . d let for _SOs . per acre . Five hundred acres of wheat grown last year on thia wry land produced on an average frem ten to eleven sacks per acre . This gentleman lets off a large breadth of land to farmers in the neighbourhood , giving every encouragement and assistance to those who will follow ! in his _pUns , by lending them money , finding drain tiles , and rendering every assistance they may reasonably ask , and even more than they expect ; not raising the rent as extra management leads some to adopt , but granting long leases at the olden low terms tomduce thoso nnder him _topsraevcre ; those _notbimdedtopngudicesoondowell ; the _self-billed and ignorant are soon compelled to leave . A short time ego he discharged one of his stewards who ne-. _zlected carying out the plans and . orders he had laid oowa ,
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THE _EXcJjUoi _'' _" _** ' _»«¦ _ u . _ou _, ____ , tin onr last impreision wa were m < . rely enabled bde _fli to notice tbe above _shocki-a _**; _catai _. trophe . W « now present onr readers with the _fcdie- 1 particulars , wbioh have been gleaned from _varieus so urces , and may be relied upon 8 S accurate . ! The buildings the scene < st _-the-asplos ' lon Immediately abut npon the lUm _VMtrth , _fcri-og-onl . _ueparated from It by a narrow canal . Ast-hese _ tDayh ( - well to describe their structure as whea st « n _ n _ . 13 . fore tbe _introducttea of _Run'COtton tliey were _•*••«_ afor the purpose of drying gunpowder , and ** cre called stoves ; ihey wore four tu uumber , and _stosd In __ -cow one before the other , with a mound of > i ** Tth ctf _ -pyramidical form , of about
rJO feet base , between each to cut off communication in tbe event of anaec _* tdent : ; ' * 3 ut the sequel will show of vow little -service this . > p _*< _ecautlon was in reference to the _gun-w * ton , *_ _r «*> _tooner hnd the eiplosion ofthe contents of'tbe stave ... o . 4 taken place than the Unmet immediately ' C _ nm _ _iic- _* . ted to N » . 3 , and it , with its contests , as well as these of No . 4 , was blown into the air , leaving " _"itcratty-net ono stone upon another . The im _ ense'bi _ 8 of _iwn'forming the machinery were _bt-nt and broken as if _the-y _^ ad been bnt mere twigs , and the massive 'beams of timber were rent asunder and l » y _scatterca _wbout-in-small pieces ia every direction , Indced _. _'kna-ruage i _» _^ incapable of depicting tiie scene ol _desohttion .
A few minutes after the explosion , min , women , and children were seen "hurrying to the scene of destruction , anxious for tbc-safety of some relative engaged in the _vjajtfk _" , _ftttd the alarm ot all was still heightened by a report thut another explosion was momentarily expected __*__»__** - _, stove No . 2 , containing upwards of 200 barrels « f : ganpowder which was only 8 a _pnrated from stove Vo . 3 hy a mound of earth _. The scene now was scarcely to be depicted , hundreds who had been hurrying to the spot were now retracing their steps , tearful every moment of being sacrificed themselves . A 9 , however , the engines bugaii to arrive , -confidence was _semewhatrestored , and many ventured to go close "to the bu rning ruins . The engines now began pouf ' _n' ? In volume * of water , but it was a _considerable time before any visible effect was made on the flames , of so combustible a nature were the materials used in the manufacture .
Allhasde were directed as soon as the fire became somewhat subdued to the rtscueof the _fiiaforara beneath Uie ruins , whose cries for help were heartrending In thu extreme . One by one , however , at the bricks and timber _were-clearcd away they were extricated ; many of them _, although much burnt and bruited , wero jet alive ; they were immediately conveyed to on _aalj & cent building , where every attention was paid to them by Messrs Giraud and Sriape , surgeons ; and as soon as conveyances -could be obtained , they were carried to their respective homes .
The exertions of the men assisting at the _eni-inct and clearing away the _rut-bfth were praiseworthy in the extreme , and to those exertions aire to be attributed the laving of many lives . Search was now made in the marshes nnd fields adjoining , and here the mutilated remains of several were found , many yards from the scene of destruction . They were immediately gathered up and removed , and , though some few bodies were _recognised , the limbs ef course could not be , Hnd they were put together in baskets to await the inquest . On « poor fellow , named Ransom , wbo was haymaking in an adjoining field , was _knock « d down by the report , but as soon us be recovered himself ke hastened to tbe spot to render every assistance in bis power , and succeeded in reM * uing three or four of the sufferers ; but one _T > oor little fellow , whose brother also fell a victim , died in his arms .
After rendering all the assistance in his power , _to-•* w < - _;« evening be complained of a severe pain in his chest , during the night he was much worse ; and am Thursday morning , though every means was _emj _. leyed to _relicre him , death relieved him from his suffering . — thus failing a victim to hit exertions in the Cause of Iminanity . _Hehadbei- n married but a few moutbs . Workmen were engaged the whole of Wednesday ( be day ot tbe explosion ) and Thursday in clearing thc ruins , aud up to Friday . Thc following are the names ot the per . sons killed , whose _reiwiine can be _ialentified , Hnd on whose bodies _anitaquest has been _ha-ld , viz : Henry Top . ping , the managing _chymist , Jonathan Hammond , R . Knowler , Austin Vfylet , Edward Irish , James Tillcy , John _Petlt-y , Sarah Hinds . Mercy Clark , and the body of a boy of about 16 , which was too much disfigured to be recognised .
The following , as well as others , were known to have been working at tbe factory , but their bodies bave not been found - —Mary Cheesman , Thomas Stringer , Harriot Hall , and several ethers . The following , were severel y injured . - —Thomas Smith , William Smith , George _W-a ' _t-ht . IK-nrj Sparkcs , — _Cullen , John Yideon , John Denne , Henry _Aylelt . _Thoraaa Stringer , John _ emp 8 till , William Itogeri ! _, Thomas Smith , John Chambers , John "Woolley , John _M'Kcwen _, Mary M'Kewen , and Hobeit Cheesman . All the above , with the exception of one or two , are going on well , and are expecttd to recover , but in the contusion that even now exists it is impossible with mtainty to define tbe number ot thoso injured , and the extent of the injuries .
_ISO . _DEST ON THE SOPFEBERS . On Friday an inquest ou the sufferers was held be . fore Mr J . Hinde , the coroncrfor the district , in ft storebouse adjacent to the scene ofthe _disaster , and alter the jury bad inspected the bodfes , which presented a most appalling sight , the following eridence was adduced : — Mr William Hall , the proprietor uf the , wotks , examined . —I reside in the parish of Osiiringe , nnd have extensive works , called thc"MM « h Works . " in thf-parish of _ re 6 _t-Hi , where I carry on the manufacture of guncotton . The partners in tbe concern are , myself , my brother , and PiofeKor Schoenbein _, the inventor . The superintendence ofthe works devolved upon myself and Mr Henry Topping a chymist . I used to spend a great portion of my time in the factory with him , assisted by
Henry Day . On Wednesday morning I went to _tt-e factory about eleven o ' clock . There were about forty _ , er . sons in tbe two buildings , Nos 3 and 4 . Oa that morning 1 was also at the works from sir o ' clock until eight . I paid particular attention to the boys then at work , and showed them how to fill the tubes with gun cotton , as they were not doing it quite to my satisfaction . I gave directions where I thought it _necesrary to insure perfect safety . Ono of the manuf . icturin _ r managing-assistants , ofthe name of Bay , was at my elbow ail the time , so as to be able to actduring my absence . I considered the buildings fully efficient and safe for the purpose or manufacturing gun-cotton . I left tho buildings _atout eight o ' clock , and all was then perfectly safe . I returned about eleven o ' clock , and was within half a minutes
walk ofthe stove—probably from fifty to eighty yards , when So . 4 exploded . The _bnildings fell about me . I was going towards the buildings at the time , and I met Mr Day returning from them . He told me Mr Topping _tiasttlCTe . Mr Day was _returning towurds the works with me when tbe explosion took place . I saw the materials of the building asend into the air and fall in all directions . I paced to and fro for a minu ' e or a minute and a half , until I thought it safe to venture . I then went np to the buildings , and heard cries under both of them . I then called all my people immediately to assist in getting out the sufferers _frwh the ruins , and every possible exertion was used to extricate them . Several hundred persons soon came to assist . We used our utmost endeavours until the fire drove us away . The fire
commenced at No . 3 about three _. or four minutes after the explosion . I ordered out my ensures , and sent to _Faversham for the town engines . We gotcut famrteen persons alive from the ruins and several dead . The only person I identified was Mr Topping , I always exa . mined the thermometer in the stove myself to ascertain the heat , and regulate it accordingly , I gave the stove the longest possible period so as to lessen the heat as much as possible . I have not been able to ascertain the cause of the explosion . M y orders were that the scat was never to exceed 110 degrees ' in No . 4 , and 320 in No , 3 , which heats 1 considered perfectly safe . I had thtre a self-registering thermometer used in both stoves to
show the heat when I was absent , and which 1 never allowed any one but myself to interfere with . I hare tried the beats at different degrees to ascertain its safety . Professor _Schonbttin has told me that gun-cotton will not explode at 284 degrees j I myself have tried it np to 350 with the thermometer , and there'bas been no explosion . AH the fourteen persons but one were got out of No . 3 , and out of tbe part whicii formed the packingroom . The gun-cotton is manufactured by the French government and also by- merchants in America . 1 have had three applications from tbe English government for gun-cotton , and have executed several hundred . orders in all parts of the kingdom ,
This closed Mr Hall ' s examination , during the Whole « f whieh he was much affected . John Day , of Faversham , examined . —I reside at Fa . srersbam , and am employed b y Mr Hall at theguncetton Kcsks . 1 have been so employed about five weeks , and eame from London for that purpose . I consider myself competent to manage the gun-cotton works . I received my instructions from Mr Hall and Topping . I was daily employed in the works , and went there tbatmorning _atoitfC o ' clock . _Iwtat to breakfast , and on my return remained there until about a minute before tbe ex . plosion took place . I wentoutto see if Mr Hall had come , and met him tvithtn half a minute ' s walk from the build _, lug I had left . We . were re _ m __ g towards It _vt-hen an explosion toofc p . ace _„ jjfo . j # j . _^^ snd tM into the willowtrees . I immediate * / _ _eard a great nblie , more as of a tumbling than a report , ' I was imm ' _sdi . ately covered with dust . I went to the place , and found tha premisek all in ruins and on fire . Agreat many
persons soon came np and assisted in _eriricating the sufferers . I considered myself quite safe ia the manu . factory of the gun-cotton . Mr Hall gave direextions that one . tore should never he higher than 120 and J b _.-diere those orders were always attended to . I believe - a greater heat m ight be _usedwit _* . safety . I cannot account at all for the explosion . I think there Were ¦ _* l _ f *_ S nnT' ' IT ' _P" _!' positively to the fact . _Si ? _i _ " _' _£ ever _* _thta g Possible to save and _ _T __ _^ he _^ ere" _* Er Pw _«» tlo _^ a » _aiwa , Bt 8 ken for the , safety of the work-people . Mr Topping has always expressed himself as feeling perfectly safe . A man «_ f tbe -anra 0 of Cheesman had the charge of the fire , in drying the cotton ; he i » very much injured by tha explosion . I examined the thermometer about 10 _ainutes beforethe explosion ; in No . 4 it was 108 , and in No . 3 between 119 and 120 . From the time I saw the _ b . _« T » er Vl _" _* im 80 f _"Hosion _itwasimpos . _KyonilOdegrce _* _. 6 '
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JobnBurney , of Faversham , examined . -I am foreman of the carpenter , at Mr JUU _% and was on the work , at the time ofthe explosion , and Immediately went toth * spot . I saw the bodies of most of the tuff . rer . taken out , and can identify _ o . e on which the _insert i _. now holding . . . Frederick Bunttoff _. _of Faversham , Mammed .--l was employed at tbe gun-cotton works at the _tirneot the explosion . I heard a great noise and became int _^ sible , and when I came te my senses found myself in aw ruins . 1 cannot in any way account for the accident . I got away from tho place ss soon ns 1 could . I faw Topping about ten minutes before the blow . I saw Mr Hall about 7 o'olock in the morning . I cannot tell how I got out . 1 was not hurt or burnt at all . I can t say whether the explosion commenced in No , 3 or No . 4 . ...... r
Alfred White , of Islington , chemist , examined . —1 have been employed by Mr Hall to examin t * t . nd supe r _, intent ! bis works , with a view to tlieir extension and improvement , particularly in the manufacture of the aeid . I was there on Wednesday morning about 9 o ' clock . Ail wa . then quite safe . 1 am well acquainted with the mattrwU used for the purpose of making the _gun-votton nnd the ingredients ; there is no danger in them . 1 am certain tbat every precaution was used in the buildings to prevent accident by Mr Hall and every one about . I have known Mr Topping some time ; lie was a very careful _«» ' ! intellig ent _pa-rson , arid a proper person to be intrusted with the care of the works . The temperature of tbe store was by no meansliltely to cause an explosion _. Topping would have liked to have hud it up to 180 , but Ur Hall would not consent to it . I cannot account for the accident in any other way than from some incautious act of the workmen in doing their work .
This closed all the evidence _tbatcould be adduced , snd after a short ooasuication tho coroner Announced ( lint tbe inquest was adjourned until the 9 th of August , in order that the evidence of those injured might be taken , as by tbat time it was _thoughtsome would be sufficiently recovered to to examined _.
INQUEST ON GBOBCE BAN 80 H . An inquest on tho body of George Ransom , whose dedth we have above advirtcd to , wits held on _Friiluy _evenin-r , at half-past six , at the Guildhall in tbe t'oroui _ h of Faversham , before Mr Shepherd , the coroner for thu borough , where a most respectable jury had been en-pannetted . Alter the prelinihtary matter of swearing the jury had been gone through , tliey at once proceeded- to the house of tbe deceastd to view the body , and on their return to ihe hull the cor . Her britfly addressed tbem , and explained Ihe object of tbe Inquiry . He ( the coroner ) , however , thought tliey would have no _dima-ulty in coming toa conclasion as to the cause of death ; and although at lint , he thought tbeir inquiries would have exteuded to the cause of the accident , yet en consideration he had vome to the conclusion that it would bo un . necessary , and , therefore , the simple fact they had to deal with was tho cause of the death , and not of the exp losion .
Messrs Half were present at the inquiry , and seemed much affected _. The following witnesses were then called * . — John Butt , of tbe parish of Preston , in the county of Kent , examined . —4 work for Messrs Hall , aud reeide in their Marsh _iVorks , in the parish of Preston . On Vf ed . nesday morning last I waB haymaking near to Nos , 3 nnd 4 stoves there , about 100 yards off , - they have been used in the manufacture of gun-cotton . The _deceased , Geo . Ransom , was at work with me , and close to me . Alout a quarter past eleven o ' clock an explosion-- _'"'l ; _pisee at No , i _stoye , We buth fell . <' _" " ... with tho concussion . On rtcn ' vcriniii I went towards , the stove on . the south side , and told Ransom to follow me . . He , however , went on the other side ot the mound ( tbe north-nest side ) , the mound between us and the explosion . The wind was then blowing in the direction towards where Ransom was , and I lost sight of him , in consequence of the smoke . 1 never saw hitn after this .
_Frealerick r _" r » ncis Girnud , of Faversham , surgeon , said , —lam a sura-eon , and reside at Faversham , In _vaiiisequi _*» cc of an _explosion at the Marsh Works ou Wednesday last , 1 attended to rtndei * any assistance in my powir , in company with Mr Shape . Thc deceased came up to roe whilst ne were attending the wounded , and said he felt great inconvenience from the acid he had inhaled , and asked if I could-do'anything for him . I tail'him to get as much freshair as he could , aud if after that he was net any better , to come to me at my surgery , and I would sec if I c , ould not relieve hint _, i inquired on my return if be hnd been , buthe had not .
I heard nothing more of him till about ( our o ' _clttel-, the next morning , when his wife called mc up , and said deceased bad lind very little sleep all ni _^ ht _, and bad suf . fered very much _t-iekness and coughing . I gave hira medicine , such as I thought most calculated to relieve him , and viBited Wm very soon after seven o ' clock . 1 found him no better , nnd from that time until the time of bis death , abont _balf-pnst eleven or twelve o ' clock , ' Mr Sll . _'ipe anal I used all the means in oar _uowir for his recovery , but without success , and he expired about twelve o ' clock , I have sitce made a post mortem examination , the result of which in , that I found tlie * * internal texture
of the lungs showing the marks of a high degree of irritation pervading tbe air cells and air tubes throughout , and 6 uch as would be produced by the contact of an acid mepbitic gas , and filled with an exudation resulting from that irritation , and thereby causing suffocation , which was the immediate cause of death . The bad effects of inhaling gas , as above stated , would have been increased by the _subsequent-taking of stimulating drink ; I am , therefore , decidedly of opinion that the in . haling of the gas was the immediate cause of death . Nitric acid , and more especially if combined with sul . phwc bcW , and coming in contact with straw or other similar combustible materials , Would be sure tO generate mephhlc gas in large quantities ; and nny person working in the midst of those premises , must of necessity inhale it in large quantities .
Mr Alfred White , of Islington , chemist , examined . — lam _achtmistand reside at Islington . I have beetsuperintending tbe manufacture of gun-cotton in tbe Marsh Works of Messrs Hull . In the process sulphuric acid and nitric acid _aie used in large _quantities , and' it is therefore necessary to have a considerable qu . Mitity of these articles in stock . On Wednesday morning last there was a quantity of sulphuric acid Bnd a quantity of nitric acid each separately , and also a quantit y of the two combined , ready for immediate use , and also gome that hnd been used , to the north of No . 3 store . I had seen them on the morning of the explosion about 9 o ' clock ; they were then p : operly put ai way , the greater part in carboys , and quite safe . On the Thursday morning , after the explosion , I again saw that tbe _Hl » . jorlty of them had been broken by the ' ailing of the walls of No . 3 stove , and the tffect ., of , tbe e . \ _plosloB . The
first effect with reference to the nitric acid would be a large quantity of vapour of nitric acid . When the straw witb which the carboy 8 are encased _bfcomes dry , the nitrous gas would be evolved . The nitrous gas would be converted into nitrous acid , and that would produce very injurious _tflec'B upon any animal _tist-ue with which it might come in contact . If combined , nith sulphuric acid , this action would certainly be more energetic . Sulphuric acid , when coming in contact with straw , would also produce sulphurous acid , which would be equally injurious and fatal if iu contact with animal tissue . I bave had many opportunities o f _nitnessing the effects ofthe gases thus produced , and had personal experience of it myself . I have heard the evidence of Mr Giraud , the surgeun , aud concur with Wm in his opinion as to tho cause ofthe death of tho deceased , and in his evidence asto the effects of stimulating drink from his desciiption of the appearance on the post mortem
examination . At tbe conclusion of this witness ' s evidence the coroner briefly summed up , and after a minute ' s consultation thejury returned a verdict . "That , the deceased died from _suffocatiava produced b y the inhalation of the fumes of mepbitic gas . " ¦ Mr _Bftthutst-icAittte i , _appeatei in behalf of Messrs Hall . On Saturday morning the remains of 19 of the unfor . tunate sufferers wcre . ; buried in the _churchyard ofthe village of _ avlngton , which closely adjoins Messrs Hall ' s works .
The melancholy scene was attended by many hundred persons from the tovi ; n and neighbourhood . of Faversham . The remains ' of those of tlie elect ased identified had been coffined on the previous dtiy _. by Messrs Hall ' s _dlrection ; _andtbismorhing , at 10 o ' clock ; ** numerouseaval . cade of gorrowfng _mourn-rs ' _asstmbled nt the works to pay the last tribute of respict aud affection to their uu . fortunato relatives . The number of whole bodiesbu ' _ried was _nlno only , the remains of Mr Topping and George Rati 6 oni not being interred with the rest . The mutilated remains of those who were-blown to ' pieces had been collected at far ai possible with great care , and these were enclosed in separate coffins . " - ¦' _Themournfulprocession moved from the works at a few minutes after-10 o ' clock , the coffins being _chioflv borne by the fellow . _labourers of tho deceased
Mr William . Uall , Mr White , the chemist , Mr Dav Mr Skinner , and several other gentlemen employed _tm ' th _» works , followed _ub mourners . . The _preeesiion-was met at the entrance of the church yard by _the-officiatlng minister , who read the solemn service forthe burial of the dead in a very impressive manner , tears , being , drawn from nearl y eVcty one present . Mr Hall specially ' was very much affected . At the ' close ofthe mournful ceremony the several relations returned to their _wpectivc homes , where sueh _wordly comforts as . their necessities required had been liberally provided forby order of if _essrs Hall .
It ehonldhere be stated that nothing can _posiibly ex . ceed the kindness of these gentlemen to the unfortunate sufferers . Mr W . Hall bas during the last two or three days frequently personally visited them at their home _, and his instructions are thatnothing which can possibly alleviate tbeir _^ sufferings in any way _thall be omitted Messrs Giraud and . Snips , the medical gentlemen are iri close attendance on them . The latest _accounts of vouS : and *"' tt ls wgretted > * " _> _«•*<*• The extraordinary effect of _theexplosion on the build n _. i 5 sn the neighbourhood , nnd on thecorn fieldfaZ ¦ in
. . in . mtv . nnnnnf _Maioltnl .. i __ .. . " ¦ us me yici uity , cannot possibly be realised _excent b » , „ _witm- _** ., The roofs of all the buildings S _« _. * * ofam _-Jeoftheexplosion arecom ,, t ? y _! _Si _ _fff tiles , and the w alls are much shaken y 4 '" ? oftl _»«* r of 1 Wtem . - i . iiv a miKnt Lfh _- _*" t _^ m _^ ' _£ " vv = p _> _P"M of _„ , „ . •__ , , _MaaitaMnto _, ™ _,, . _, _. _^
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_•¦^ _rr _^ _Sm _^ _JmmXmt _r _ _tSASKT _^ -5 _« - U wholly destroyed . One of the most _remnduMe _* leeU _ortheexploslonUtha removal . . ¦ it _»»**»« "Jg !* bodily , ofthe enormous mound of earth skirting _ the-No . 4 stove . Another instance of its . -ower was shown in the forcible ejection from a deep well of two massive pumps , the leaden pipe * of which , nearly twenty * e « long , were drawn up and thrown to a very _considerate _distance-^ , d . _nrcent a m * T « _deBo . ation perfect
. .. . The explosion wat heard at an enormous distance from Faversham . At Deal and Maidstone , and even at some places more thnn thirty miles from the _sctne ot tho accident , parties are described to have hcire * itau . tinctly . " It may be interesting to state that the _strength of gun . cotton _isj-istsix times thatof gunpowder ; in other words , ? . <__ drams of the cotton a te equal to two ounces of powder _.
Railway Accidents And Casualties. Horrid...
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES . Horrid Death cr as Engine _Drivrh os ins _EASTuns Counties . —A most shocking accident has occurred upon the Eastern Counti _s railway , by which an engine driver , named Thomas Parker , was hurried into eternity . It appears that Parker was driving a load of trucks Irom BroxlKmrne to tbe Stratford station , when on arrivi _** . _** at _Manscrbridsie—a peculiarly constructed viaduct over a small mill stream—he looked orer the side of the en _* me , it is supposed , to see whether any _derangement of tke train bad taken place , when bis head- struck against _thecross pieces of the viaduct , which knocKcd him off his _engineand falling on the rails tbe tram
, passed over him , and severed bis arms from his body . The stoker seeing the accident stopped the tram , but before lie could do so it had proceeded some dis . tnnce , and another train in the rear came along before the stoker could give tho necessary warning , and having passed over thc unfortunate mnn s body , cut it to pieces . At the inquest , on tbe 17 th inst ., the surueon havin _** stated the nature ot the injuries deceased had received , and that , they had caused death ; Samuel Barrow , an ofitcer in the company , said that ho saw deceased _Jyin _* between the metals . There was not sufficient space for him to turn out . of the way of the engine , because of the truss ol the bridge taking up so much room . By a Juror : Una there not been Bnme other accident at this bridge ?
Witness * . _Xes , within the last 12 months . At that time one of the servants of the company had his h'RH cut off by tbe wheels of an engine . _Foremtin : is that man now alive ? Witness : 1 believe he is—I last saw him in the hospital . Coroner : Do you think the _bridge is _dangerous ? Witness 1 am sure it-is —it ought to be altered . Robtrt Reese expressed a similar opinion as to the dangerous construction ol the _bridge . He and others had complained of it to their superior officers , but no notice had been taken of it , and now he ( witness ) , and some of the other men , had determined to memorialize thc board , si that it raiVht be removed . Deceased was a steadj
young man . He had left a wife and two children The coroner bavins summed up , the jury , alter a brief consultation , agreed to the following verdict : — "Wo find that Thomas Parker was accidentally killed at Menser ' s-bridge , on the Eastern Counties line of railway ; but , before we separate , we wish to give onr om nion , derived Irom the evidence in this case , that such bridge is dangerous , and that it cm-lit to be removed , and we desire the coroner to send this our verdict to the directors of the paid line . " The coroner _aj-recd to do so , _aridim _* _, that if no notice was taken of it , he should feel it his duty to bring the matter before the commissioners of railways .
Shocking Murder. -A Box" Sentenced. To D...
SHOCKING MURDER . -A BOX" SENTENCED . TO _DKATH . At the Chelmsford Assizes , a few days since , James Willsmor _.-, _aged 17 , was indicted for-the wilful murder of John Terry , by fracturing _hisskuil with a hoe . The deceastd _\*/ a 8 an old labouring man , living near RocMord , and son the 31 st March , which was the day be received the injury , he was nn his way to that town about 10 o ' _clock in the morning . The prisoner had been lodging at a public house in South _Fat-nbridge , four mile * from _Rochford , and left the public-house und proceeded in a direction for Rochford the same morning ., 'a . Soon after this the prisoner and the old man joined company , aud they were seen
by several ofthe witnesses _Ba / _king . together towards tbe Mead , near _Dacgett _' _s farm , on the road to the town above mentioned , the prisoner at the time having a line in his hand , and the deceased a hoe stick without the iron end . About eleven o ' clock tbe same morning the poor old man was found lying in the Mead , in a dreadful state . He was literally covered with blood , itnd . llio top of his right ear was completely severed from the head , and was fnund in a mass of clotted blood among his hair . His pockets were rifled , and his watch , a canvass purse , a key , and a small sum of money were missing . He had sufficient consciousness to state that ho had been robbed and ill-used , and he was then taken tothe
workhouse nt Rochford , where he remained until the 22 nd April , when , he-, died .. It appeared that alcost immediately , after the timo whin the robbery and assault must have been committed , the prisoner went into a publichouse at Rochford , where he produced it watch , which , turned nut to be that of the decensed , and offered to sell it to any one in the room for ten shillings , but no ose would buy it , and he then called for some beer , which be paid for with a half-crown .- On his way to Rochford the pvifionvr bad sold bis hoe for sixpence , and he shortly after ' wards Isold the watch to a man named Prig for 54 , and upon being taken into custody the canvass purse , which contained tbe key ofthe poor old man's box , was found in his . pocket .. The prisoner was after *
wards _b'ken into the room where thee deceased was lyingin bed , and _ononis being rait-ed up and shown tlie prisoner , he immediately said ( hatha was the man . who _ri-bbed and beat him . Tbe deceased _aleo _, at the _sama time , identified the watch and other articles that were produced as his property . Mr Hodge , surgeon , proved that deceased died of a fracturi * of the skull , and he produced that , portion _<» i it which had received ibe fatal injury ; and upon the hoe belonging to the prisoner being produced , it wns found that tbe iron back of it fitted exactly the wound in the skull , and the surgeon said he had no doubt that it was inflicted by it , and that , in nil pro liability , one severe blow had caused the mischief .
Baron Parke , in summing up , told thejurythat whether they should be of opinion the fatal injury had beeu inflicted with the intention to maim aud disable the deceased , ov whether it was merely to further the object of robbing him , in either casein the eyeoi the law it would amount to wilful murder . The jury then deliberated for a few minutes , when they returned a verdict finding thc prisoner Guilty of murder . They at the same time recommended him to mercy on account of his youth . The learned judge then put on his black cap , and said tbat the jurv had come to the only conclusion which their duty to society had enabled thera to come to upon tho cvidence , and it was now bis most painful duty to pass upon a mere stripling , a boy just _euterim ? nnni _* . life
the sentence of death . He believed that it was not hiB intention to have taken the life of the deceased but it was quite clear tbat the fatal blow was _stiuck with tho intention to render the deceased nower _! e _ art _ is hen , ig i i _* n > _* _SS _£ : and as death ensued his offence clearly amounted tothecrimeofwilml murder . Thejury had recommended bim to mercy on account of his youth , dnvf „ ih o t , tW _. , d be _Consistent with his duty 10 such a case , to do wore than transmit that r _^ mmenoati « . i , to the proper quarter . The sentence _Lpr u Vf ? ? n tl ? e U 8 ual fora * ' _^ o _»•»• _nart jt _^ _^ _* ed _jghtert «_ o _« a duringLny part ot the proceedings .
Extbionjomnv Death Or A Girsr—Before Mr ...
_ExTBionjomnv Death or a _Girsr—Before Mr _ _Sir ' _- Sn t i , b 0 d _^ a Bi P sy at llle Grasshopper , near iicmpsncld . One morning during the past week Mr _ rai 3 on of Botley-hillfarm , near that place , was going nlpllg the road , when hesaw _aomethin-- amohing at a distance . ; He went to tke spot , and discovered tlio dead body of a woman , in a state of nudity , all lier clothes haying been burnt off , except her shoes and . part of- 'heir stockings . A bundle of rags was _burning under her . The body was in a frightful state from the burns—the skin " os tho face , neck , head , arms , " body , thighs , and legs , being quite blackened with the , heat . She had a wedding ring on , and was apparently about 30 years of ace . A tnli _!! _-. _™ _.
pipe ; much used , was found near the spot , and under hera box with a small portion of tobacco in it . * rQtrt subsequent evidence , it seemed 5 that some gip ' sieB had encamped on _Botly-hill , oneof which was a party oi four women . A gipsy of anothpr oaimii near Ihem heard one of tho K _& _T HS it SS morning , from her saying , ' _Good-bf , " and 1 _ahoaS geared to descend the hill . The othm had left and he did not know where they had gone to * but he supposed the woman he heard ' _ay " _ _Sv » £ _ £ manner . An iron kettle , partly consumed , was near _&•_&•¦?? «» _wfewwe _wB that a __ , _»_ _^
u » u aunerea tothe bottom and set lire to her clotliM as sho waa carry _ng it on _hwhirt _o _* k _ _S- _^ it _* t __ 3 j £ 355
A Catholic Cli-.Na*_Uj. A»Ai Holloiyav's...
A Catholic _CLi-. na *_ uj . » ai _Holloiyav ' s rills _ a nnnr person who Una been in » _vm-i . , i „! v i J tilis >—A poor _syattaS _^ sSSS apparent y dyi « - _ , an by a _distinguished member ofthe Ca hohc Uiurch . John Thompson , JBh . ., the proprietor ot tbe " Armugh Guardian , " can te » . t to the truth of this , as well as other _remnrisable ' cures , _thtit have been effected in that port of _Irelaud _, by the use of this invaluable metllMup ,
Trades' Movements/^ Tflx Qvilttho Wbavbb...
TRADES' MOVEMENTS _/^ _TflX _QvilTtHO WBAVBB 8 OF _Mi _!» f ! RE . last annual meeting , decided upon expendin , \ tion of their funds for the purpose of ergai . i ! r ¦ _** . whole « f botli the broad nnd narrow _» ea , _l \ Lancashire , in "The Quilting Weavers p _* _^ tion Society . " In _or-ler to carry out this des . i ( , !! S em-aged Mr Wm . Dixon , of Manchester , _t _^ S fake the task of explaining the rules and obie 3 the society throughout the weaving districts N On Monday , July 12 , Mr Dixon , accomp an _* _.,, Mr Henry Hey wood , set out upon his _missis _h held a meeting in tho Assembly-room , Queen ?* ¦ Inn , " Bolton . Mr Holt was unanimously . a ] t A . H the chair , and opened tho meetim * in _aneatanii • TRADES' _MOVEMENTsT _^
_proprtate _npeecn . _« r _i _* ix _. > n , wuaj was greeted _* _fi \ ra p turous app lause , explained the _objeet- * 7 mission , after which . Mr lleywood _addres _^ 3 meeting . A committee was then formed of th 8 5 iw weavers present ; and it was agreed that u should hold another meeting on Sunday , JU | V 3 The thanks of the meeting were given . _<_ £ speakers , and the chairman and the opera *** separated highly satisfied with the evening ' , _^ _ceedintfs . On Tuesday , . Mr Dixon and Mr Ileyvro _.. . ceedod to _Tydlesly Banks , the village _having Q previously plncarded , calling a meeting _tofeH on that evening , in the large room of thc Spi _„ '; Arms . The meeting was called for 8 o ' clock , h . _^ which time the room was densely crowded _vt' _^ anxious and intelligent audience . Mr I _' _alliu .
working weaver , was unanimously calleu to the cha _" . and opened the meeting in one of thc most tc _|| j ' _spoechos , in his own plain wav . that ever it _vn _' lot to hear , and truly verified the sayine- _" _^ there is many a man now gracing tho _seat-iZ that would be an ornament to the _Eenatchoas _^ : the country . " Mr Dixon , niter some introd _** . _- ' remarks , entered into an explanation of the _tf pies ot Trades' Unions ; after which he pan . * . *? the foolish policy which had hitherto been p _,,, ' by tho unionists of this country , in breaking _ p {? ranks of Labour info sections , and clearl y d _.- _^ stratcd the means by which Capital had mad .,. easy prey of labour . Mr lleywood addressed jj meeting at some length , after which the _th-i _. L the meeting were given to Mr Dixon and th « t _^ man , and the meetim * separated highly sat ' isti __„ _£ the evening ' s proceedings . The men of Pr _* . j _^ have already _organised _themaelve ? _, and _appej jj bo lullv alive to tlieir own interests .
MOVEMENT OF THE OPERATIVE _MASOVt FOR THE REDUCTION OF THE HOUR ? OF LABOUR . A crowded and enthusiastic meeting of this _brai _* of operatives was held at the Temperance _jjj - _WntcrW-roail , Lambeth , on Thursday - ivenin , ** M > - Smith was unanimously called to thecha / r , at j briefly opened thc proceedings . Mr _Moi'iiu moved the adoption of the follot-j , resolution : — ' - That it i * the opinion ofthis meeting that , in _ordt . _, establish the four o ' clock _mova-ment and support ¦ __ ;
masters who have already conceded tho same , tw _mnsona of London do leave work ou Saturday , _Jq u _^ 17 th , _1 & _47 , _atfaiura » _'elock . thereby _e-aineiii _; . _ibi-ir .. . _,. initiation to carry out this _important measure . As a majority of the _emttloyers had agreed to theproposition , he called upon his _fellow-operatiie . j ' show thaise who U _ . l not conceded their very m _^ rate request , tbat they were in downright _earrq by unanimously adopting the resolution he lis . _^ posed .
Mr W . Allex , in seconding the motion , _)' _.-., was the dnty of the entire body of _maaims to Us _., their work on the . dny _appointed atl ' our o ' clock , __ only in justice to themselves , but _al-ojn ju 5 tic _ jj those masters who had conformed to their wish . . _^ be was happy to say that they constituted the _tnajorln _oferaployers . ( Much applause . ) Mr M'Do . _NAEiiy said _heapprebrnded thetewy _. ; the resolution went to create a strike , whieh _ahou ! . he the last resource . Ue was sorry MOBp . ' iji resolution , and , indeed , he much regretted the _,, cessity of doing so , but he had witnessed and _lelt th . misery entailed by strikes , therefore he shnuM reel jj his duty to submit the following amendment :-
That this meeting are opposed to strikes _eiceptu _, last resort , aad , therefore , recommend the propriet j _. tending a _remonstrance to all such employers as hi ; _, not yet complied with our request . Ue thought this mode best calculated to obtain cot cession . He knew that _strikes invariably entaii _* . discontent , misery , and wretchedness , upon then , and , not uulrequeiitly . sent somo of their Lrcitret , th' _* ir wives , and families , to premature grares-Ihear , hear)—and hence he thought _liispolicj-t ' . best . Leaving at four o ' clock was the st"rtit ( point ; but where would the end lie ? True , then . solution did not directly recommend a strike , bat ; had a tendency to provoke one . For instance . i
they demanded pay for the hour and a-half , and fa I employers refused , he could not see how a strike wj to be avoided . He thought the interest of the eni _pluyer and employed identical . He could not conceit * what interest the employers could have in seeingtb operatives and their families in raps . When'h '! were _engaged in a b ' eneficontstru _^ gle like this , thei ou _;* ht to have the support of the press ; but , db » Innately , the press had degenerated into amen mercantile affair , with hot few exceptions ; too ti whom had representatives present . ( Cheers . ) ilt valued the four o ' clock movement , and belieftdii would lay the foundation for a good custom . tM _cbcersl ) ' '
"Mr \ V . Lbach snid : he thought the resolnlit ! premature , and hence he would second thc _aatiiment . Mr Joseph Wood rose , loudly _applaudfdi _ainddij he had nothing to say _. _ajjainst the addiess of _to-otto M'Da'nnell in the abstract , but he would beg tonsure him that the mover of the resolution neverce _* _. templated a strike . ( Cheers . ) It waa merely ad *} ted io test the feeling of masters and operative ' s . Hi could not see th >! yw . re at all premature in to movements ; it shonld be remembered that thev bad given _theiremployera'fourteen days'notice , aud _Rttlii expiration of that time a deputation had waited ( J them , and he was happy to say , that Messrs Willi * and Thomas Cubitt , with the majority of masteH had complied with their request . Tho Cubim ' had not only given tbe _m-ivilera to ths mason ? _hS
tn all the men engaged in their empky . ( _Lotii Cbeers . ) [ Mr Wood here related the _result of aj interview he and some of his brethren had wiih thu ! employers at the Freemasons * Tavern , Great _QiKftstreet , at which they had assurM their emptor' *; " that they by no means menaced a strike onto _presen 1 occasion , ( bear hear , ) that the _hour-ani-n-til was not worth striking for , but that it _cencetsitr * were not granted , tbe day might dime when _scraethisi else might be added to the four o ' clock _moveinenti and they then might feel it _necessary ta hate ' strike . ( Greatcheering . ) Hut injustice _tothetsploycr who hnd conceded , it was thought _necesar ? that a demonstration should be ninde , and ii * the _sonority of masters still held out , their only _alternati-i was to drop their tools at four o ' clock , whether , the * got paid for tbeone-hour-and-a-halfornot . fG _"*> t cheering . ) He _admittedstrike & _weroneeeas-ar ? «»•
A month ' s notice bad been given to their ewplorer" p to consider this questiuu _, and _hethmu-ht thst cM enough , [ indeed if they had dallied so Jong _wW their sweethearts after they had popped thc questi'Mi they ¦ ¦ w ould have got tho sack , and remained _iinmMjir _* ried until the present time . ( Loud laugh '* ' a * *™ applause . ) Tho carrying out the resolution wlM show that they were undeviating , firm and unanimomnn in their resolves . ( Great cheering . ) Mr GBonorj Scoit thought , were they to _aJ'W brother _M'Donnell ' samendment , the masons _wonltw indeed be a deucnerate race . Never was _tinia nior _- ori
propitious for their purpose , never was masons "W' * more plentiful . He did not bolieve all the _m-ruw _"** _* in the world would convince a man _determined nt ) to be convinced . ( Hear , bear . ) lie believed M ther M'Donnell to be asgoodaraanasany in Londord and he trusted ho would consent to withdraw b amendment and unite , with them in iheir strum which he was convinced . must bave a _triumpbrti issue . ( Immense applause . ) Mi- M'Do-f ** a ** i _ said a few , words in exDlan & ti" _* ti and again strongly deprecated any thine that •*« lead to a strike .
Mr J . Wood replied . Tho question was then put , when thirteen hid » xo appeared for the amendment , and a complete fot « ot « for the original resolution , which was declared to Ito 1 ca' _* r'e « ajnidst applause , again and again _repeated ' Mr J . Iviiciibk moved tho following ..-That in order to obtain full bem fit / of tho four o ' cWeW movement the employer-, he _requested to pay the * * _ftv * as soon as tho men leave work . . Mr Jaogeb seconded the motion , which was t _fi « ried unanimously . Mr G . Scott , inmovitig _. a resolution _exhortingh ? I brethren to union and consequently to ¦ . 'ontinuinu success , illuBtratod tho power of union by the acts-its the ancient Greeks and Romans , and made a pofjotn ful
and _ekqueut appeal , which was greeted * ' tf great applause . . Mr J . Wocd , in seconding the motion , _ssidfid j _masuns were behind other trades in respect to < , o 1 matter to which his brother Scott bad alluded . 1 . should not only like to see an anual dinner , but wt 9 to see an operative masons' institution , for tr ' benefit of their aged and infirm , . nnd an asylum im those children who might be deprived of w _* 1 W parents . . . Mr _M'Donshu _corJially supported the _reflolunlun which w _. „ unanimously adopted . _, On tho motion of Mr Scon a vole of thanks . _^ a given to tbo Northern Star and tho other _port'toti ef tho press who had aided them in their _stniggrugl whicb was carried by acclamation . ,
, Mr _Staiawoop , on behalf of the Northern Jnackiiowi _' eds . ed the _cowplinject amidst B * plause . , „ . , Three cheers wore then given for the _empWJpK who had conceded their requests , aad the mee _ _*< dissolved _.
Thc "E.-Unburgh Chamber Of Commerce »^»«...
Thc "E _.-Unburgh Chamber of Commerce _»^»« solved to i _* vi > k-j _» _staa-i _-jgaiBSv Sir _W * _^ ' Bank Act .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 24, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_24071847/page/2/
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