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    • ASTOXISHING EFFICACT ot HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.
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    • Extraordinary Preservation of Human Life.— A nirfilimstaTinp nf a. npniili.-ir nriwiilnnt.inl nnt.nrp
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      Astoxishing Efficact Ot Holloway's Pills.

      _ASTOXISHING EFFICACT ot HOLLOWAY'S PILLS .

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      The Testimony ofa _Ciergvaum vouching to _Mewa Cases f _Curss by these wonderful Pills . Extra * of a _Lttter fm ihe Rev . Surge Prior , Curate of _Mcxtagh , LetterKrmy , _Ctrngart , Ireland , 10 th Jan . IMG . lo Professor Holloway . gIK i . } iBi you a crude list af some eleven cases , all cwed ' oy the use of your Pills . 1 eanmot exactly g ive you a professional name to the various complaints , but this I know , some of tbem baffled the skill of Derry and this County . In a previous letter this gentleman states as fellows : _—Yf ithin a short distance of my house resides a small farmer , wh * for more than twenty years has been in a bad state of health ; Mrs . Prior gave him a box of the Pills , which did him so much gaod that I heard him say , for twenty years past he never ate his food or enjoyed it so much as since taking your Pills . ( Signed ) GeokgiPsiob . » . * The ab _» ve reverend and p ious gentlemam purchased thbenefit of

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      ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL © R ACQUIRED DEBILITIES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM .

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      is highly essential , and of the greatest importance a _sore serious affections arevisited ) upon an innocent "rife and fispring , from a want of thes _» _simple prec » utions , than perhaps half the world is aware ef ; for , it must be remembered , where the fountain is poRuted , the streams hat flow fro ni it cannot be pure .

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      ABERNETHY'S PILE OINTMENT . WHAT a painfal and noxious Disease is the PILES , aud comparatively how few of the afflicted hare been permanently cured by ordinary appeals to medical skill . This , no doubt , arises from the _uso of powerful aperients too frequently administered by the profession ; indeed , strong internal medicine should always be avoided in all cases of this complaint . The Proprietor of the above Ointment , after years of acute suffering , placed himself under the treatment _» f that eminent surgeon , Mr . Abernethy , —was by him restored to perfect health , and has enjoyed it ever since without the slightest return of the disorder , over a period of fifteen years , during which time the same Abernetbian prescription has been the

      -¦ Moral Effects Of Light. — Dark And Sombre Rhvellinos Nnd Streets Are The Wpll.Knnwn Resort Nft.Lio

      - ¦ Moral Effects of Light . — Dark and sombre rhvellinos nnd streets are the wpll . knnwn resort _nft . lio

      — E— --—— — - —- -~W Most Depraved Chsse...

      — e— -- —— — - — - - ~ w most depraved chsses in all cities and towns . This maybe said to be a universal law of our social economy , and hence it becomes a matter of some importance to consider whether it would not be advisable , nn moral grounds also , to attend with greater care to the construction and improvment of the residences of our labouring population . Darkness _produccss carelessness and _degression of mind , and of the whole nervous system , especially if It b _« conjoined with Idleness , its almost necessary companion . A dark

      house is generally a dirty house ; and it is in dark corners that the poor accumulate filth , which they are too idle to throw out of dcors . If such dwellings were exposed to the light of day , a sense of shame would often induce a superior degree of cleanliness ; < nd the cheerfulness of mind which alight house tends io foster would be productive of still greater advantages . Mr . Clay , in his report on Preston , has well said , that " something may be hoped for a people who can feel ' a joy in flowers ;'" but tho poor can seldom uosses even this small advantage in the miserable _residences we have provided for them . — Liverpool _Healtii of Towns' Advocate .

      A Damper To Eloquence. — Amusing Scenes ...

      A Damper to Eloquence . — Amusing scenes occur occasionally in grave assemblies . During the late sessions of the New Hampshire Legislature a newly-fledged orator rose to make his maiden speech in the House of _Representatives . A Bill had been _brought in to tax bank dividends , and , watching his opportunity , the debutant addressed the Members : — " Mr . Speaker , the gentleman from Dover who intraduced this Bill does not seem to be aware of its Inevitable results . He would strip the widow . " ( Uoars of laughter , and cries of" The widow who ?"

      • ' What widow ? " " Not in this public hall , I hope , " < fee . ) As soon as the tumult had subdued in s _« me decree , and the orator could make himself heard , he iudignantly proceeded : — " Gentlemen need not think to put me down by clamour . Is there no sympathy here for the widow and the orphan ? I say , Sir , this is worse than stripping . Put on this tax , and I say you drive the widow to her last shift . Here the clamour became so groat that the speaker , despairing of a hearing resumed his seat . It wag almost ten minutes before the House could transact ts rezular business . — . Yew York Paper . .. .. .,.

      Conyictjon Op An Innocent Man. On Tbe 27...

      CONYICTJON OP AN INNOCENT MAN . On tbe 27 th of last month , a poor man , named Thomas Nott , a tailor , was convicted of felony at the Clerken . well sessions , and sentenced to three months' imprison _, ment and hard labour . His innocence has been since made apparent under very singular circumstances . The evidence on which he was convicted was given by ft girl named Mary Ann Evans , who is onl y h years of age , and in the service of a Mr . Still , upon whom the robbery was committed . She swore that on the night preceding the apprehension of Nott , she saw him in the yard in the rear of her master ' s house , and after he had gone a quantity of children ' s Pnen and wearing apparel ,

      hung out upon the lines to dry , were missing , and that a portion of them was found in an adjoining yard , which the thief must have passad over , on the same uight . She also stated , that on the following morning , when she got up , she saw tbe prisoner standing close to the parlour window of her master ' s house , and immediately recognized him as the man she had Been in the yard tha night previous , and that some time afterwards he came to the house with a bundle which contained a great portion of the stolen property , and placing the bundle in her hand , _begged of her not to say anything to her master and mistress , and he would reward her lor aer

      secrecy . On this evidence the magistrate , Mr . Broderip , had no alternative but to commit the prisoner for trial , and he was sent away in the police van to gaol , not before he had loudly protested his innocence , and declared that the girl was perjured . The same evidence was given on the trial , and his protestations of innocence , and the excellent character he received from several witnesses , availed him nothing _, lie was found guilty , and sentenced by the Assistant Judge to ba imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for three months .

      Among the witnesses to character wag a respectable woman named Swift , a former landlady ofthe prisoner ' s , who after the trail expressed publicly a strong opinion of his innocence , and _* the wickedness aud perjury of the g irl Evans . Two or three nights after the trial the girl Evans was sent out upon an errand , and she returned with her bonnet torn , her clothes in disorder , and blood streaming from her fact . On her master and mistress inquiring how she came to be in that state , she stated that she had been waylaid by the woman Swift , who made a furious attack upon her and cut her face . On the evening of Friday the 2 nd inst ., the girl was again sent out , to fetch some milk , and she returned apparently suffering from violence inflicted upon her , and said the woman Swift had again waylaid her in the Back . road , and after striking her several times about the head and

      face ran away . On the following day she complained that Mrs . Swift had assaulted her while she was cleaning the door . stcps . In consequence of these alleged repeated attacks on the girl she was advised to seek redress at the police-court , and obtained a peace-warrant against Mrs . Swift , On the following afternoon ( Sunday , the 4 th inst . ) , about half-past one o ' clock , the attention of Mr . Still and his family was directed to the screams of tho girl and her cries for help , and upon proceeding into the front parlour , where she was nursing the infant , they foundher labouring under great excitement , and she declared that Mrs . Swift had just come from under the bed , in the back parlour , armed with a large carving knife , and after knocking her down with the child in her arms , she opened tbe front door and ran away . Imme . diate pursuit was made , but no tidings of Mrs . Swift

      could be gained . Some wearing-apparel , linen , and other property , were missing directly afterwards ; and Mr . Still made an application at the station-house for assistance to police-sergeant Harris , No . 19 K , who immediately suspected the girl was the thief , and on in . quiry being made , it was found that on the Saturdaymorning , when Swift was represented to be in Lucas * street , she was _upwards of two miles from the spot . A lodger , who had some suspicion that the girl was an impostor , looked up the chimney in the girl's bed-room , where he found a bundle of weariupr apparel fastened with a eord , which the girl had led Mr . and Mrs . Still to believe had been stolen by Mrs . Swift . Sergeant Harris made further inquiries , which satisfied him of the innocence of the man Nott and of Mrs . Swift , and that everything tbe girl had said about them was false from

      beginning to end . She afterwards made a full confession of her guilt , and said that Nott was innocent , and that she had dropped the child's cap in his house for the purpose of securing a conviction against him ; that all she had said relating to Mrs . Swift was false , that she had never seen the woman in the house , and inflicted the bruises on her head and face with her own hands , to be revenged on Mrs . Swift for the observations she had made concerning her . She signed two declarations , affirming the innocence of Nott and Mrs . Swift , and expressing her regret at having made false charges against them . The inspector ' s report , the declarations of the girl , and a memorial from Mr . Still , who has done all in his power

      to effect the liberation of Nott , bave been laid before Sir George Grey , the Home Secretary . A _fortnight has elapsed since the document was forwarded to the Homeoffice , but nothing whatever has been dose , no answer has been returned to the memorial , and the man Nott still remains in prison . The girl Evans has been discharged from her situation , and is at large . The wife and family of the poor fellow Nott are in a state of great distress , and some temporary relief has been afforded from the funds of the poor-box ofthe Thames Policecourt . The inhabitants of Lucas-street and its vicinity intend to open a subscription to relieve the distressed family , and again call the attention ef the Home-Secretary to the case .

      The Risbridge Union. The Inquest Held On...

      THE RISBRIDGE UNION . The inquest held on the body of an aged and lunatie pauper named John Webb , and the severe verdict returned by the Jury as stated in the Star last week , have led to an official investigation by the Poor Law Commission , The inquiry took place at Haverhill on Tuesday , before Sir James Walsliam , Assistant Poor Law Commissioner , and the board of guardians . Tha attendance was very numerous . The first evidence taken was that of Mr . Jardine _. clerk to the board of guardians , who stated , that Mr . and Mrs , Arnup were master and mistress of the Risbridga workhous _* up to the termination of the last quarter . They sent in their resignation on the 28 th of August , 1846 ; on the 18 th of September Mr . and Mrs , Hann were elected to the vacancies . The former master and matron resigned in consequence of having- some proparty left them , and Hot from anything connected with the case of Webb ; they attended at the inquest , but were not examined .

      Mr . S . G . _Eastcott _, in . answer to questions from , the assistant commissioner , deposed that he had acted as medical officer since 1836 . Slater had acted as male nurse in the infirmary for two or three years . Two women named Willis and Bigmore bad acted as nurses also ; but only for the women . They scarcely ever interfered with the me " . The Assistant Commissioner . —Slater is described as having been a servant . Do you think he had , from his previous life , gained any kind of acquirements _particularly fitting him for such an office as that of nurse ? Mr . S . G . Eastcott . —Not the least in the world . He was only taken because , of the old men in the house , he appeared generally the fittest for the duty . He was not appointed at his { Mr . Eastcott ' s ) suggestion or advice . He did not know how lie was appointed nurse . He bo * lieved he was appointed by Mr . Arnup . [ One of the

      gnardians stated , that the appointment was made long before Mr . Arnup ' s time . ] We had never had occasion to complain of Slater ' s conduct to the sick poor ; He visited the infirmary daily at four o ' clock , and , when sent for , at other times ; none of the _poar complained to him , as medical officer , of having been ill-treated by Slater , nor had any complaint been made to him of his conduct to Webb . Knew it was in t / vidence that there were contusions on the head of the man Webb . lie was told b y Slater that deceased had had a fall . Webb was childish and imbeeile , but he did not think he ought to have been moved into a lunatic asylum ; he would not have certified his removal into one . There were no lunatics at present in tha house , and no person had been removed as a lunatic since the inquiry had been raised . A woman named Elizabeth Grainger was removed , but that was before _anything was said about Webb ' s case .

      The Assistant Commissioner . —In tho evidence given at the inquest by the lad Ilurrell _, there is a statement of a revolting description , that Webb was dragged up stairs with a cord tied round his leg by Slater ; do you know anything of such an occurrence . Mr . _Eaatcott . —The first information I had of it was from what appeared at the inquest . Mr . Jackson . —What was the outward and palpable evidence of the old man s ( Webb ' s ) imbecility * Mr , _Eastcott . —He would answer incoherently to question ! , and had all the simplicity of a child . The Assistaut _Commissianer . —Could you have depended on any answer he gave to any important question ? Mr . Eastcott I could not .

      The Rev . W . Hicks , M . A . Had been chaplain to the bouse for nearly tan years , and consequently during the whole period in which Slater had acted as nurse . The poor were in the habit of communicating with him freely , and he hoped none of them would scruple to make any complaint to him . They knew that any complaint made to him would be laid before the guardians and followed u > . He had never heard any complaint from Webb in reference to the conduct of Slater , nor had he had any occasion to remonstrate with him on his behaviour * as far as Slater ' s conduct had met his eye , it had always been steady , sober , and exemplary . He sometimes visited the _houso twice a-day , and must have seen any impropriety if it had existed . He had never beard Slater make use of the gross and abominable language described at the inquest , but he could tnke it upon himself to state that cases of harshness and instances of gross language ,, positively deposed to by witnesses on tho inquest , could not , and did not , take place .

      The Assistant Commissioner , accompanied by several of the guardians , the clerk , and Mr . Jackson , then proceeded to the infirmary , to take tbe evidence of several inmates too ill and feeble to come to the board-room . Of these old people , three were quite incapable of giving anything like evidence , and the only one who could do so , an aged man , named Abraham Bigmore , refused to be sworn , declaring , however , that he would speak the truth . He said he had been in the house eight years and in the infirmary three ; Slater acted as nurse during the period he had been in the infirmary . Ho remembered Webb . He was a relation of his . He was " feeble both of mind ana body . Slater ' s conduct was kind to Webb and tbe rest of them ; bat n « jv « r heard

      The Risbridge Union. The Inquest Held On...

      him swear—he only d—d them a little ; ne slapped Webb a time or two in the face . Witness was not pre , sent when old Webb was lugged upstairs by the cordbut heard speak of it as soon as it was done . In the coursa of some conversation as to the credibility ofthe evidence against Slater , the Assistant Commissioner said it was clear that his conduct must go before another tribunal ; Anything that could shake the testimony against him might be g iven there . A woman named Ann Clerk , stated to be ninety years of age , was called , but her evidence only amounted to this , that she had never heard Slater swear or use bad language . The _Assistant-Coramissioner thought her testimony neither direct nor material , and she was not questioned ; two other male inmates of the house were also called , but they were too imbecile and unsound in mind for their evidence te be taken . This seemed to be the end of the case of the guardians . The other witnesses were called by Mr . Jackson , solicitor for Well ' s family .

      — Bigmore , a female pauper , deposed that Slater behaved badly to the old man , and much abused bim . Had heard him swear to Webb , and call the sick men " d—d old rascals . " Was told by Mrs . Ling that eld Webb was being dragged up-stairs by the leg ; this was last April . She spoke of ill-treatment of a man named Metcalf , but it appeared she had only been told of it by the man ' s wife . A woman named King was ordered gin by the doctor ; but she did not get any till three weeks before she died . Witness strongly denied an imputation that she was herself a pilferer ofthe mutton and tea of the invalids , and given to swearing _.

      After taking some further evidence , the inquiry closed ; a report will be forthwith made to tbe commissioners . We have reason to believe that Slater will be proceeded against by an information under the 55 th George III ., e . 137 , sec , 5 , even if the guardians or the relations of , Webb do not prefer one ; Slater not having been an official under the eontrol of the commissioners , he cannot be proceeded against under the New Poor Law Act ,

      Tiie Famine. At The Meeting Of The Court...

      TIIE FAMINE . At the meeting of the Court of Aldermen on Tuesday , Sir C . Marshall presented a petition from the baker who is serving'Jthe contract to supply the City Prisons with bread . It stated ' * that in consequence of the failure of the potato crop which caused so unlooked-for an advance in the price of flour , ( nearly £ 1 per sack , and a further advance expected ) , the price allowed to the petitioner amounted to little more than half the price now charged for bread at many baker 3 ' _-siiops in London , in consequence of which he daily lost a considerable amount , and he prayed that the Court would take the matter into consideration , and allow him au advanced price , so that he might be able to supply bread of ths quality he would wish to keep up , and at the same time to lessen the great loss he was sustaining . " A discussion then ensued in the course of which

      Alderman Farebrother said lie was anxious to do all in his power to remove the impression which had been very generally made that a failure to a very fearful extent had taken place in the potato crop and in the corn crop . He knew from the _beu authority that the grossest exaggerations had been made with respect to these two articles of food by , no doubt , pariies interested in raising the prices , for the purpose of receiving an unreasonable profit from the panic which the apprehension of famine would naturally excite . ( Hear , hear . ) It was cruel to exciU an alarm ofthe kind . The corn would prove to be , according to information procured from those well qualified to judge , an undoubted average crop , and tho growth of potatoes , which was spoken of with such _degpair , would turn out to be very different from the public expectation . The fact was that immense quantities of potatoes were kept back from the market last year until these were completely spoiled , in consequence of the cal culations of tho monopolists .

      Aid , Lucas said lie thought it was reasonable in people , when they found that the pries of ( train and other necessaries of life had risen all over _Europe , to feel some alarm for themselves . ( Hear , hear . ) For his part , he hoped ? here would be enough for all ; but certainly his opinion was , that the cultivation of the soil did not bear a fair proportion to the increase of the population . ( Hear , hear . ) He believed 'that the price of grain was as high in Paris or _] Dantzic as it was in this country . He could not , therefore , help expressing his fears , and he could not blame others , for entertaining apprehensions . Sir P . Laurie said that Alderman Farebrother and he had been lately visiting the corporation estates in Y orksliire and they had ascertained that one farm had not one bad potatoe upon it , ( Hear , hear . ) The crops were very large .

      Alderman Challis said it appeared to him that the present question was not famine to the community , but famine to the contractor and his family . ( A laugh . ) The petition was referred to the local committee .

      Coventry And Its Member. Mr, Williams, T...

      COVENTRY AND ITS MEMBER . Mr , Williams , the member for Coventry , met his constituents on Monday , in accordance with the excellent custom he has pursued of submitting his parliamentary conduct annually to their criticism , Mr , Williams made a long speech , after which he was asked the following questions ( we quote from the Alomivg Chronicle ) : — A working man of the name of Weston inquired of Mr . Williams if he was favourable to a reduction in the hours of factory labour ? Mr , Williams said that his opinions on that subject had betn most unequivocally expressed . He had voted for a reduction of the hours of labour iu factories from 12 to 101 hours . Experiments had been tried by Mr . Gardner , of Manchester , which proved that as much work could be obtained in 10 $ hours as in 12 , and that the work was better done . Another working man asked if the present government intended to extend the suffrage ?

      Mr , Williams said he was not in the secrets ofthe government . He himself wasfarourable to an extension of the suffrage . He had voted for a bill to extend the time for the payment of rates and taxes , so as to allow a period of nine months , Instead of three months , as at present . Such a change of itself would greatly increase tbe suffrage . Another person asked whether Mr . Williams would support Mr . Duncombe , if he brought in a bill embodying the principles ofthe Charter . Mr . Williams said that was an indifferent question , the Charter had never been brought before the house . He had always been friendly to au extension of the suffrage ; but he could not say that he would support the Charter , Whenever any motion had been made to in . crease the suffrage or for the ballot , he had always supported it . Sometimes by asking too much , everything was refused ; and he did not think the people were yet prepared te obtain the Charter .

      Mr . Mayhew asked if Mr . Williams would support the system of the religious endowments of the Catholic priesthood in Ireland ? Mr , Williams said he never would support the grant ofa single farthing in support of any religious endowment _, ne had divided the house over and over again on that subject , and would do so again , even if he stood alone in his opposition . Mr . Flint said that a resolution expressive of confidence in the public character of Mr . Williams had been put into his hand , to propose to the meeting ; but that since he had been in the Hall , he had felt some doubt concerning the propriety of submitting that resolution . He wished for a more explicit and unequivocal declaration from Mr . Williams concerning the character , and he now asked that gentleman whether he was prepared or not to support its principles .

      Mr . Williams said , he thought he had already answered that question . But he would answer it again , by asking how many out of the constituency of their ancient city 3 , 000 in number , were favourable to the Charter < He was convinced no member of the House ot Commons wouldgo farther in prompting the extension of the sufferage than himself . A conversation here arose , which terminated in a general expression of satisfaction with Mr , William . 's replies . A rote of confidence was passed , and Mr . Williams , in returning thanks , again alluded to the support he had given iu every attempt which had

      been made to improve the franchise . He had aided Mr . Duncombe and Mr . Sharman Crawford in their efforts ; and had of ten been at his post doing duty for the public in tho absence of the advocates for tbe Charter . [ Query when . ] He should continue to pursue the same undeviating course of conduct ; and if ever an occasion should arise , in which any public act of his should be in direct opposition to the wishes of a majority of bis 80 Uconstituents , not a day should elapse before his seat was placed in their hands . It was his opinion that every public man was bound to obey the wishes of an intelligent constituency ; but if he could not do so conseienciously , he was bound to relinquish his seat ,

      Extraordinary Preservation Of Human Life.— A Nirfilimstatinp Nf A. Npniili.-Ir Nriwiilnnt.Inl Nnt.Nrp

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      And Which Shows The Amount Of Suffering ...

      and which shows the amount of suffering of which the human frame is capable , has just occurred on the Derbyshire moors , and within a few miles of Sheffield . An aged man , named Barton , and who resides at Ilolmesfield Lidgate , near Owler Bar , on the Totley moors , left his house about noon on Friday last , on a visit to his daughter , who lives on a lonely track of moor-land near Baslow . His daughter ' s residence , however , he did not reach , nor did he return home , which led to a _suspicion that something had befallen him , and a party of his neighbours and friends instituted a rigid search in every direction in which it was considered probable he

      might have gone . Notwithstanding their exertions nothing could be heard of him till about four o ' clock , when he was found laid under the shelter of a stone wall , and although insensible was alive , after being _exposed to the inclemency of the night air , and without food of any kind for nearly eighty hows . Of the manner in which he came into the deplorable condition in which he was found , the poor fellow could give no account ; he supposes that he must have gone to the side of the wall , and there been seized with a fit . But of this he has no rememberanee , nor does he at all recollect ever coming to a state of consciousness as to his deplorable condition . It is gratifying to know tW he is recovering , after having been , as it were , snatched from the very jaws ofthe grave , _—SheSield Iris ,

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      Makslarjameit At Sthktfohd.— Wehave To R...

      MAKSLArjamEit at _Sthktfohd . — Wehave to record the recurrence of another death from that brutal and sanguinary mode of fighting for which this country is so notorious , in the case ofa young farm labourer named John Royle , residing at Stretford , who expired at the Royal Infirmary on Saturday last , __ from the dreadful injuries inflicted upon him by kicking or " purring . " On Monday , the borough coroner , held an inquest on the body , when tbe following was elicited from those present at the time of the fatal occurrence : — Deceased , Dennis Lowe , Ileaton Brown , and four other farm servants of Mr . Thomas Warburton , farmer , of Stretford , were getting potatoes in a field about half-past five o ' clock on Monday evening , the 5 th instant , when they began to throw

      potatoes at each other in play , and one of them hit deceased . Deceased became very angry , and , gathering up a large piece of soil , said , " The next person that throws at me , I'll throw this at him , choose who it is . " He liadno sooner resumed his seat than he was again hitwith a potato , when , suspecting Brown had thrown it deceased-aimed a piece of soil at him . Brown i threw at deceased , who slippedand . _ii )' 1 ' _^« rthe soil , when , enraged at _havingmisstd : rownran athim , and kicked himlas he lay . , ick . _amosfciterrific one , was inflicted on 11 . -i tender part of his body , Brown swearinsrat _ir . o u : e , lie would " punch his b—y eyes out . " _P-ve-iM-d _tnen got up and said to Brown , "Thou lias li . me fir me , " informing him at the same time he leit blood running from _hiB body . This Brown ilt-nied , nnd offered to bet a shilling it _' _was not so , bin deceased replied that was not a proper place , and he would show him when they got home .

      Deceased then resumed work , and continued at it a lew moments , when leaving-offtime ( six o'clock ) arrived , and the parties went home . A surgeon was sent for , but deceased continuing to get worse , was next day conveyed to the infirmary . Here he continued to get worse , mortification ensued , and on Saturday he died in a most dreadful state of suffering . Brown wore a pair of excavator ' s boots , with steel tips on the toes , and is described by the witnesses as having taken a furious running kick at his victim . Since the fatal occurrence , Brown has been unceasing in his attention to the deceased , and has manifested deep regret at the fatal consequence . The jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against him , and he has since been brought before Mr . Trafford , at the New Bailey , and committed to the assizes . —Manchester Examiner .

      Fatal Occurrence on the River . *—On Sunday afternoon a party of children were proceeding up the river in a small pleasure boat , in the charge ofa waterman , when alad fell overboard whilst attemp--ing to reach some article out of the river , and was lost . A Case of Suspected Murder is thus reported by the ' _Devonshire Chronicle : — "A well-known inhabitant of Taunton , named T . Cross , thirty years of age , came by his death on the night of Monday last in a somewhat mysterious manner . For some time past , the deceased , who was a stone-mason , had beon working with his father and a younger brother , who were also masons , in the erection of a bridge at Ilalberton . On leaving work on Monday night , the

      father and brother repaired to their lodgings , a short distance from their work , after having received a promise from deceased that he would follow them immediately afterwards . A considerable time having elapsed , and the deceased not appearing , the father returned in pursuit , when he found him at an inn near the bridge , but returned without him . Shortly afterwards a man with whom deceased had been working , named Bailey , was proceeding to the house of deceased ' s father , where he also _lodged , when he was attacked by three men , who severely kicked and beat him , so as to render him almost insensible , at the same time uttering imprecations on the next person they should meet with . It is supposed that about this time , it being then between eleyen and twelve o ' clock that night , the deceaspd came up , as he was seen on the road shortly before , and either hearing the threatenings of the villians who were but a short distance from him , took shelter upon tbe

      ' 1 aunton and Tiverton canal bridge , and thus fell into the liver , or else was brutally murdered and thrown into the river . The deceased not arriving at his lodgings for the night , early next morning search was made , when he was found in the canal . On examination , several severe bruises and wounds were discoverd about the head , especially under the ears . An inquest was held on "Wednesday , when no evidence being adduced to implicate any particular parties , a verdict of " Found Drowned" was recorded . It has since been ascertained that three men have left their employ at Ilalberton under rather suspicious circumstances ; this , coupled with a report that a cry of murder was heard near the bridge about the time the deceased was passing it , together with the bruises about the head , makes it generally believed , in the neighbourhood where the melancholy circumstance occurred , that the deceased came by his death by foul means .

      Unfortunate Circumstance . —A few days ago a servant girl out ef place , in very distressed circumstances , applied to the magistrate at Westminster Police Court for assistance . It having been ascertained , on strict inquiry , that she was a very deserving object of charity , some silver was given to her from the poor-box to redeem a portion of her clothing , which was in pawn , and to afford her temporary relief- Subsequently , in consequence of the excellent charater she bore , the chief usher of the Court procured her a situation . The unfortunate girl had only been in the situation a few days , and had given great satisfaction , when in crossing the road on an errand she was run over by a cart , and was so much injured as to be unable to follow her employment .

      Fire at Messrs . Erard ' s Pianoforte Factory . —On Tuesday _^ evening , between seven and eight o'clock , the inhabitants of Great Marlborough-street , Oxford-street , and their vicinities , were greatlyalarmed by the sudden outbreak of fire upon the extensive pile of buildings belonging to Messrs . Erard and Co . The flames were first discovered , by one of the workmen , issuing through the windows , both back and front , of that portion of the factory termed the bracing and veneering shop . This compartment being on the first floor , and eontigious to several piles of timber , the most serious apprehensions were entertained for the safety not merely of the entire

      works , but also for the many buildings that surround them . _Owincto the indefatigable exertions ofthe firemen , the flames were checked just as they were rolling up the staircase into the floor above . Both compartments contained a large number of instruments partly finished . Those in the bracing shop are either consumed or rendered worthless by the action of the fire , and those in the floor above are considerably damaged by heat and smoke . The loss must be considerable , and had it not been for the timely discovery and the prompt arrival of the engines , it is quite probable that the whole of the immense property would have been destroyed .

      On Monday morning , the body of a child was discovered lying under the arch of the Margaret-street bridge , Regent ' s Canal , wrapped up in a brown apron . There was a stone placed inside , and it was supposed that the deceased was thrown from the bridge . Mr . Burchell , a surgeon in the Kingslandroad , examined the body , but could not discover any raarUs of violence . The Jury returned on open verdict— " Pound Dead . " On Monday night , a female , whose name is supposed to be Mary Brown , about twenty years of age , was proceeding with others with whom she was acquainted , towards the Surrey side of Waterloo Bridge , when an altercation took place between the party , and the deceased instantly ran into the recess , and then threw herself into the river . She

      was picked up in about ten minutes , but all efforts to restore animation were unavailing . Suicide . —On Tuesday an inquest was held on the body ol Hannah Quaintrail , aged twenty-two , a single woman ; The deceased had formed an acquaintance with a young man about two years ago . At times her mind was much affected , and on several occasions she had threatened to destroy herself . In consequence of her affliction the intimacy was broken off . Since that period she has been in a very low and desponding state of mind . On Saturday the 10 th instant , she left her home , and she never was seen alive afterwards . On Sunday last her body was discovered floating in the Regent ' s Canal , near _Haggerstone-bridge . The Jury , at the suggestion of the Coroner , returned an open verdict of— "Found Drowned . "

      Recovery of Stolen Property . -As William Watson , a cotton spinner , was searching for worms , for bait , in a field near London-road , last Saturday afternoon , he discovered two handkerchiefs filled with watches , hid a few inches below ground , These he immediately carried to the office of Mr . White , pawnbroker , and , npon examination , they were found to be part of Mr . White's stock , which was stolen from his premises on the night ef the 17 th of August last . There were 96 silver watches and one brass watch in the hankerchiefs , which were handed over to the Calten police . A returned convict is in custody on this charge—Glasgow Constitutional . Continued Desecration of the Dead . —Although public attention has been called to the extraordinary proceedings of exhuming the remains of several hundred persons at the burial ground attached to Saint Giles Workhouse , in Short ' s-gardens no measures

      , have been taken by the Boaid of Guardians or other parochial authorities to suspend the operation . The consequence is , that workmen , to tbe number of fiveand-twenty are _afcLU engaged at their revolting task . Some idea may & formed of the quantity of human remains disturbed , from the fact that although the portion of ground already excavated ia eighty or one hundred feet long by twenty ov thirty in breadth , and fifteen deep , the workmen still continue to discover coffins heaped so close together , that they at first sight resemble a heap of boards crushed together by some superincumbent weight . All the coffins , however , discovered , did noj present this appearance , as some of them were found to be quite firm , even after the lapse of so many years exposure to the air and the operation of removal . It would appear that at 'che time the more ancient coffins were deposited i ; was ho , the oUStojO to affix , inscription _pkttes _,

      Makslarjameit At Sthktfohd.— Wehave To R...

      as many ofthe hda _etiil sound bear the initials of the deceased . person and the date marked out in metal nails . Many of the coffins would seem to have been originally covered with some dark coloured cloth , a * the remains of some such material are still attached to them . Poor Law Murders , —On Tuesday , police constable G 118 was called to the house ho . 3 , Pear-street court , High-street , Spitalfields , and on proceeding to a room on ' the ground-floor , the door of which had been broken open , he discovered in one ofthe corners

      there the dead body of a woman , covered with filth and rags . There was no furniture in the room . A portion of dirty scraps of old rags , mixed with a little straw , was all that could be discovered , and upon which the body was then lying . The deceased , whose name was Ann _Lovell , forty-five years of age , having frequently been heard to exclaim , that she would starve herself rather than go into a workhouse , and having been missed for a day or two , her door was broken open , and her body was found as above de . scribed .

      Another pitiablecase is related by the chairman of the Poor Man ' s Guardian Society , who complains of " the great cruelty practised by the _guardians of St . Pancras workhouse towards a helpless bedridden old woman , named Ray . " He says : "I visited the poor creature early , and found her in bed in one of the attics ( in Frances-street , Tottenham-court-road ) , eating her breakfast , which was brought and administed to her through the humane and generous instrumentality of a widow woman in very straitened circumstances in the adjoining attic . I was much shocked at the frightfully emaciated condition of the aged sufferer , now verging on eighty years , who looked like a perfect living skeleton . I learn that the parish at one time allowed her 2 s Cd and a loaf per week , but have stopped the allowance

      about four monts ago , because she will not go into the workhouse . Since that period the poor thing has been gradually dying from starvation , surrounded by filth of the most repulsive description . Urgent representations at intervals have been made to the guardians in her behalf , but all to no purpose . On inquiry , I found that the repugnance of this poor woman to entering into the workhouse was insurmountable . She declared she was sure she should bo a corpse on the following day ; and this impression I find is produced not only from the bad reputation which that establishment possesses , but also from the fact of her haying a relation who had been harshly treated therein . Under such circumstances she persists in declaring that she would _perfer dying in her present bed than be at tbe mercy of the St . Pancras guardians .

      Attempt at Arson at _Li-EDS . -On Monday , John Joseph Hall was examined before the Mayor of Leeds on a charge of having attempted to set fire to the _aTS use of _> employers , Messrs , Hives and Atkinson , flax spinners , of Leeds . The accused is a young man of respectable connections , about 17 years of age , and has been a short time engaged as _clei-km the house above mentioned . On Saturday night about nine o _' elock , after the _COUnting-nOUSe had been lor some time locked up , the prisoner went there , and soon afterwards an unusual light was discovered by the watchman , who , on entering , perceived a strong smell of lucifer matches , but it did not appear that the building had beei actually on fire _, the prisoner was remanded .

      _JSumerous and Serious Accidents . —On Tuesday the following fearful accidents occurred : —The first case was that of George _Flacknell , aged 17 years , a bricklayer ' s labourer . He was employed in _repairing the roof of a house in Few Street , Dockhead , an 2 while doscending from the roof the ladder broke , whereby he was precipitated a depth of forty feet to the basement of the building . He was promptly raided up by his companions , who ascertained that he had received concussion of the brain , and such other extensive injuries , that it was deemed necessary to convey him to Guy ' s hospital , where he now remains without hope of recovery . The second accident happened to Andrew Doyle , landlord ofthe White Bear Tavern , Kingsland Road . He had beea

      on a visit to a friend at Rotherhithe , at which place lie drank to much wine . He got into an omnibus for the purpose of reaching borne , and while stepping irom the vehicle he missed his footing and fell heayily to the ground , by which he received a frightful lacerated wound of the scalp , and considerable injury to the skull , He was taken to Guy ' s Hospital . A third accident occurred , to a female named Ann Gibbons , residing at Knightsbridge . She had been for a few weeks at Margate in Service , and while on board the steam-vessel she got into conversation with a young man , a perfect stranger . They reached London Bridge , where she left him , but she was then quite intoxicated , which attracted the attention ofa City police constable , who , seeing her incapable of taking care of herself , took her to the Tower Street station house , where she was placed in the usual cell , and by some means she fell off the seat

      whereby she received a fracture of the right leg . She was removed to Guy ' s Hospital . Another accident took place to a man namsd John Pearcy , residing at Bermondsey . He was a labourer , and whilst proceeding to work at an early hour in the morning , near the Neckinger Road , Bermondsey , he walked into a small excavation , which had been left improperly protected . He was released by two policemen , who carried him into the tavern opposite , when he was found to have sustained a fracture of the right thigh , and extensive contusions on the body . A fifth accident happened to a man named John Calloway , residing at Basingstoke . He was assisting in a papermaker ' s machine room , when he got his right arm in between the cog wheels , and received such frightful injuries , that it is feared the arm will require amputation , as the only means of saving his life .

      As Unpleasant Position . —Mr . B . Arthur , of Wood-street , Queen * square , on his way from Taunton to this city , last nisht , found himself in a very awkward situation . Being alone with another gentleman , on leaving _Highbridge-station , he heard something running down on the seat and bottom of the carriage ; supposing the gentleman unwell he inquired , but received no answer . Immediately afterwards the gentleman made a most strange noise , something between a cry and a groan , and fell across the bottom ofthe carriage . It was quite dark and no person was on either side of the seats next to them . On arriving at Banwell it was discovered that he had attempted suicide by cutting his threat with a penknife , which was lying on the seat . A man was placed with him , and he was brought on to the Bristol station , where he was recognized and taken to one of the hospitals . —Bath Jaurnal .

      Alleged Murder at Birmingham . —An inquiry relative to the cause of the death of an unfortunate woman , named Kcef ' e , terminated in the acquittal of her husband . It appeared from the concluding testimony that her death was caused by loss of blood arising from an injury received in the scuffle , but there was no evidence to show that her _husbind inflicted those injuries upon her , as there was no one in the room with them at the time of the occurrence . The Jury returned a verdict of " Homicide per misadventure . " Incendiary Fire . —An extensive fire occurred last week at the farmstead efMr . Nethersloe , at West Street , a village situated three miles from tho town of Sandwich , and seven from Dover . The fire broke ont in a barn , and in little n : ore than a quarter of an hour communicated itself to three other barns , three out-houses , and some stacks , all of which were totally consumed .

      Melancholy Suicide . —On Saturday , an inquest was held on J . W . Grove . The deceased , who was a single man , had been out ot employment for some time , which . preyed heavily on his mind . He had used every exertion to obtain a situation , but was unsuccessful . The deceased was a very quiet and sober man , and when he returned to his lodging he would sit for hours together in a low and desponding mood . On Thursday evening the deceased returned home in a pale and dejected state , and after a few minutes he went down stairs into the garden . Shortly afterwards a young man named Brooks discovered the deceased hanging to a beam in the watercloset . The Jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "

      To The Bodily Afflicted, And Susperikg ....

      To the Bodily Afflicted , and _Susperikg . —Mr . KING , formerly a resident Medical Officer in the " London" and " Middlesex" Hopitals , now attached to " St , Bartholomew ' s , " continues to give advice to those Patients in the country , who may be desirous of consult _, ing hira . On the recei pt of a half-guinea fee , ( by Post Office Order , or otherwise , ) together with a descrip tion of ths symptoms of the complaint , and the age , temperament , & c & c , ot the patient , Mr . Kino will forward a prescription of those medicinal remedies , whioh he may consider most suitable ; and at the same time , will lay dovm for the guidance of the patient , those rules concerning the management , regimen , diet , int ., which may be most advantageous in the case . Address : Mr . King , 3 , Lloyd Square , _Pentonville , London .

      Tne mortality of London , and indeed , of Eng land generally , shows a gradual annual decrease , whilst it is irtl known the population increases considerably . Tho rates of premium for Life Insurance have been greatly reduced during the last few years , yet the offices continuu as prosperous as formerly . These facts clearly demonstrate that some cause either unknown or n » _lifi < sd < sd , must have produeed such favourable results . Amongst tlieso causes , the increased knowledge of anatomy and the many very valuable discoveries in medicine will stand most proniinent . The small-pox , that annually carried oft' thousands , has been successfully combattcd by vaccination ; and Gout , that used to claim its numerous victims , ha » been thoroughly vanquished by Blair ' s Gout and llheunwtic Pills .

      A _Persos Suffering Greatlt prom Impaired Health , Weakness , and Debility , cured by Holloway s Pills . —The following is a statement made by the wife «* a general officer in the army as to tho following facts ;—" A person whose constitution appeared so decayed that p ins might he run into her ancles without feeling any pain ; her legs swelled to the size ofa child ' s body , and . then burst anil became ulcerated to a __ certain degree ; in other respects she appeared like one in the last stage ot dropsy , yet was completely eurcd by giving her _Hoihv . way ' s Pills , when overv other means had failed ! Mr . Besley , the propricror ofthe " Exeter Chronicle , " can _gl , _* c the name and ildress ot" . Mrs . General B _, wbQ V _,,-it-HvS & ea UliS _Wiipculous cure ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 24, 1846, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_24101846/page/2/