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¦kSioKISSise EM1CACY OY BOLtOWAY'S PILLS.
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Fatal Fiu from a Wi.ydow —On Tuesday, Mr.
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Upwards of'one thousand head of foreign cattle
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Sie f eSfeo ' oiay « f a fGhflrgyman Touching to Eleven CaseB of Cares hy these wonderful Fills . £ irtra « t of a Ixttrt frtm the JRce . Gtorge Prior , Curate of Uttagh , LetterSmng , Carrigart , Ireland , lot * Jon . IMS . To Professor Holloway . SHj 1 send you a crude list of tome eleven cases , all cured hyXhe use of your PHI * . I cannot exactly g ive y ° _ a profts ^ onal nam e to the various complaints , but thw know . -some of them haffled the sWU of Derry and tms Gon&ts-. In a previous letter this gentleman statesi a follow :- ^ ithm a . tart attract of y hoas "" ; S - « mtl farmer , whe for more than twenty yea « n « te * W state of health ; Mrs . Prior f ~ * Vard him the Pills , which aid him so much good that i ° ^ y , fortwentyyearSp « the overate h « food orcnj j * 1 it SO mwfc as since taking 5-r f * ^ ^^ ^ -Ss = ssL «« == 3 r - his poor parishioners .
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OX THE CONCEALED CAUSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL OK ACQUIRED DEBILITIES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM . Just Published , A new and ! mportanl Edition <» f the SUiiil Fritttd On Human Frailty , Price 2 s . 6 d ., aad sent free to any part of the United Kingdom on the receipt of a Post Offiee Order for 8 s . Sd . A MEDICAL TVORR on the INFIRMITIES ofthe GEKSRATIVE SYSTEM , in both sexes ; being an enquiry into the concealed cause that destroys physical energy , and the ability of manhood , ere vigour has established her empire : —with Observations on the baneful
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k highly eS « mtial , ttd tf ^ JgjrJKSTJS ¦ ore sarious affections are « wj * [ execution * , and of&pri . g . from * ^ t Jwareo 7 for , itm . u 8 tbe S ^ K ^ s-ri ? poUutedl the stmm 8 ^ SS ^ VSSm SPECIFIC P . ILLS , PE Price 2 s . 9 d ., 4 s . 6 a ., and lls . per Ddi , w * explicit directions , rendered perfectljj intelligible to rv capacity , are well knowa through .. wt Europe to be tL most certain and effectual remedy '< VCr discovered for gonorrhoea , both » Us mild and aggr AWwi foms , by immediately allay ing inflammation r , n 4 arresting further regress . Gleets , strictures , irritation «" yf tho bladder , pains ofthe lotas and kidiejs , gravel , an ; j other disorders of the urinary passages , ia either st \ , are permanently cured in a shor * space of time , without confinement or the least ex .
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BLAIR'S GOUT AMD RHEUMATIC FILLS . A seTere case of Rheumatism , communicated by Mr . Allen , Proprietor ofthe MMiltyklll Uercury . Jfercury Office , Nottingham , March 17 , 1845 . Sib , —I have th » pleasure of forwarding you the par . ticulurs of a case in which BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMAT 1 C PILLS have proved eminently successful . A young woman , named Mary Wain , accompanied t » j her parents , W « O reside at Watnall , aearthis town , called upon me on Saturday last , being desirous of making her case known for the benefit of the public . It appears that Mary Wain had for some years past been a groat sufferer from Rheumatism , but that in October last she was more than ordinarily afflicted , so
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TSDIGESTION , BILE , < Ssc—For Sick Headache X Habitual'Costiveness , Giddiness , Lois of Appetite Lwwness ef Spirits :, with sensation of fulness at the pit of the stomach , pains between the shoulders , and all the distressing feelings arising from Dehility and Indigestion STIRLING'S STOMACH ¦ ILLS are the best remedy . They can be taken at any time without danger from wet or cold , requiring no restraint from business or pleasure . They act mildly on the bowels , without pain or griping , speedily removing ; the causes that produce disease , giving strength to the stomach and promoting a healthy action of the liver , by which they clear the skin , remove sallow , nets and pimples , purify the blood , brace the nerves , and invigorate the whole system . A single dote will convince the sufferer of their health-reitoring properties . For f-males they are invaluahle . They should tm kept in every family , as a ramedy that can be resorted to at all times with safety , in cases of sudden illness . Prepare ] only by J . W . Stirling , 86 , High-street , Whitechapcl . Sold in boxes , at Is . lid ., 2 s . 9 d ., and 4 s . 6 d . each , by
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Mills held an inquest at the Middlesex Hospital , on the body ot Frances Owen , aeed three years , daughter of Mr . Owen , at No . G , Wigmore-street . On Saturday evening ; the deceased child , attended by a nurse , was listening , from a scat inside the second floor opened window , to an organ-player in the street . The nurse , about to leave the room , took deceased from the seat , and thought she was following her , " but when she got to the room door , she heard a scream and the sound of a fall . The child had fallen out of the window , having overbalanced herself in her anxiety to see the organ man . A passer by picked her up and ran with her to that hospital , in which she died four hours afterwards . Verdict" Accidental death . "
Fatal Rencontrb . —An inquest , which has been adjourned , was on Saturday resumed and concluded , at Ilarefield , near TJxbridfje , on the body of William Norman , a steersman in a canal boat , plying on the Grand Junction Canal , the particulars of which have already appeared . The surgeon deposed , that in his opinion , death had been occasioned by a blow or fall , thereby causing concussion of the brain . The Jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter against the man Carpenter . Prison Breaking . —On Monday morning a man named Edmund Pithers , who had given himself up as a deserter from the 28 th regiment of Foot , on
Saturday last , effected Ins escape from the Windsor Borough Gaol , by breaking through the ceiling and roof of the room in which he was confined , and then letting himself down into the back premises of the Five Bells public-house , -which adjoin the prison . Mr . Parker , the landlord , seeing the man come rolling over thejroof of an outbuilding in his yard , and quietly walk out into the road towards the Great Park , immediately gave information to tho gaoler , when the prisoner was pursued , re-taken , and more securely confined , until the order arrives from the Horse Guards for his removal to the regiment from which he deserted .
Lbapikg Off a Railway Train—A case was heard before the magistrates on Saturday , of much importance to all travellers on railways . On the 17 th ult . a passenger booked from Allonby to Dalston , on the Maryport and Carlisle line , but instead of alighting at this station , remained upon the step of the carnage until the train reached the holme near Cummersdale , when , while it was in motion , he leaped off ! The engine was stopped , and the young man picked up insensible , but he soon recovered , and was found to have escaped with a scratch on the face and a " shake . " The train was delayed in consequence
of the foolhardy " lark , " and Mr . T . C . Heysham , one of the directors of the company , hearing of the circumstance , determined upon making an example of the offender . The law awards a penalty not exceeding 20 a . to any one who shall ride in a railway carriage without paying the usual fare , or without procuring a ticket , and the passenger , not having booked at Dalston , rendered himself liable to conviction under this clause , lie pleaded guilty , and on the recommendation ot the directors , who wished to bring the case forward as a caution to the public , the magistrates fined him one shilling and costs .
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The Chester Infirmary ana Holloiviiy ' s Pills ana Ointment . —A shot-1 time since William Uulloek , u Lricklajvi 1 , was in the Chester Infirmary for nine ^ i ceks for sin nice . rated leg of very long standing ' , where lie derived not tile least relief , lie was also for seven week under the care oi Mr . Alexander Webber , surgeon , at Wellington , Somcr . setshire , without receiving any benefit ; wlu-n , after all Other means liatl failed , he ' cured himself by these wonderful medicines , which he purchased of Mr . . 1 . IT . Clarke , chemist , of Birkchhead , who can attest to tliu facts of the case . However desperate wounds , sores , or ulcers may he , these I'iUs aud Ointment will ewe them .
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HOIlBJiD MURDERS AND SUICIDE . During ' tQe last few days the villages adjacentto Folkestone h / fefoecn mQSt painfully excited by tha commission ' of a double murder in the parish of Blham , about tr miles distant , and the suicide of the murderer . The unfortunate victims were the wife and child of the wretched perpetrator of the deed , named Sharruck Richard Bragg , a bricklayer . On Wednesday morning he rose at an early hour , and while bis wife was in bed with an infant by her side , he struck her violent blows on the temple with a h&mmer . He then committed the like violence on a little girl five years of age , which lay in aside bed , and then destroyed bis own life by cutting his throat immediately afterwards . The particulars attending the dreadful catastrophe ... ay be gathered from the subjoined evidence , which was adduced at the Coroner ' s inquest on the bodies . It was held at the King's Arms Inn , at Elham , before Mr . T . T , Delassauxone of the county coroneri .
, William Jaggers , a schoolmaster , residing in the vil-ISffe , said that he had lodged at the house of the deceased about ten months . The family consisted of Sharruck Richard Bragg , his wife Mary , and two children ; the eldest named Ellen , aged about five years , and an infant aeed four months . The conduct of the deceased man towards his wife and children was most kind , lie had not heard an angry word uttered by l . lm towards either of them . About four weeks ago the deceased w « nt into his room , and remarked that he expected he should be transported , " on which witness said , " I suppose you have committed some great crime that deserves transports tion " He replied that he did not know that he had . He th . n observed that he had boen a bad man to his wife , and witness asking him what he had done he replied that he had not acted rightly to her , but did not 8 ay m what manner . The deceased appeared notm his proper
senses He frequently seemed lo , v and melancholy . On Tuesday night , about half-past ton o ' clock , witness went to bed . Deceased , his wife , and children had retired before that time . About balf-past five on the following morning , he heard something heavy fall on the floor in the room of the deceased ; shortly before which he be . Heved he heard the wife of the deceased groaning . The groans con tinued , and at times grew louder . About six witness got up and dressed himself , and on looking ou of the window saw a little girl knocking at the front door He immediately went down stairs and opened the door . " bat the child was gone . He then discovered some blood uine on the floor of a front room , which is under the apartment occupied by the deceased , and on looking up be perceived more dripping through the ceiling . He instantly called up a female named Quested , and desired her to co and open the bedroom door of the deceased . next
Ann Quested , the Wife Of a blacksmith , was examined She deposed that at about half-past hx o clock on Wednesday morning . sho was called by the last witness logo into the deceased ' s room . She did so , and was horrified on seeing the deceased man lying [ oni the floor covered with blood . She also noticed the bedclothes saturated with blood . Being much alarmed , she hastened down stairs for assistance . James Bragg , brother to the deceased , said that on Tuesday evening , about seven o ' clock , he met his brother I " d had Son , c conversation with him . He accompanied him to North Elnam , for some cabbage piai . ts which he iad purcLed For thela . tmonth . deceafledhflSlaboured under a depression of spirits . Witness was at work with taabout three weeks ago , he was then strange in his conversation , and different from what he had been in the habit Of bein . He asked him several questions with a 5 S of ascertaining the cause , but Ua M . WKI WTO far from btinir collected . - i
.... .. _ -,. a . » " By the Coroner : From what hehad seen and heard , he believed that the deceased was jealous of his Wife . He had heard the deceased say , "If I was to die , there » another man ready to marry my wife . " Sarah Bragg , tie wife of the last witness , was then called . She was one of the first to enter the deceasad ' s bedroom on the alarm being given . She saw the decasod man lying on the floor . He was quite dead and the upper part of Ms body was covered with blood . Kb a chair ' near his corpse she found a razor covered with blood . The one produced is the same . She then went to the bed and lifted the infant from it . The mother was perfectly insensible and was groaning heavily . The little girl was in a side bed . She was covered with blood . They were both breathing . George Gale corroborated her testimony . The hammer produced he found near the body of the deceased on the floor
, Several witnesses were then examined , who tpoke to the melancholy and desponding state of the deceased's mind . Upon one occasion he said he was done for , and boped it would be a warning to others . Mr . James Beattie , surgeon , of Elham , deposed to having been called to the house of the deceased on Wednesday morning , and foun d the bodies of the deceased as previously described . On entering the room , he saw on the left side a large pool of blood , and near it the hammer now exhibited . The deceased man was quite dead , his throat was extensively cut . His wife was in the agonies of death . Her head was covered with blood , and on examining her injuries , he found that the right
temple bone was fractured . One end protruded through the skin , and the other was foreed into the brain , which was consequently exposed . Further injuries on the bead and face were also perceptible , and the right eye was destroyed . Blood was flowing from the temporal artery . The blows which were the ca . ise of death appeared to have been inflicted by a blunt instrument , such as a hammer , and by a right-handed person . He considered the first blow must have rendered Iht insensible , The left temple and small mallor bone of the child were fractured . Over the latter was an extensive laeeruted wound . Those injuries were quite sufficient to have caused death , and were doubtless inflicted by a heavy instrument . Thi > child expired at eight o ' clock , the same
evening . The Jury found that " the deceased , Sharruck Richard Bragg , killed and sla ved Mary his wife , and Ellen his daughter , while in an unsound state of mind , and whilst in that insane state did destroy himself by cutting his throat with s certain razor . " The shocking catastrophe has created much sensation in the neighbourhood of Elham . The wretched man wflg in bis twenty-ninth year , and bore a very good character .
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FATAL COLLIERY EXPLOSION . Dorhah . —At an early hour on Sunday morning , n great deal of smoke having been observed issuing from the mouth of the downcast shaft of the Alexander Pit , at Rainton , near the city of Durham , the property of tin Marquis of Londonderry , fears were entertained that , during the night , an explosion bad taken place ; and , on snmeof the officers of the pit descending the shaft , tliej found that theirfeafg werGtoo fully verified . Itappeared that , shortly after three o ' clock on the preceeding day , the workmen had left the pit , when there was not the least appearance of danger from an explosion . The onlj person who was left in the shaft on the Saturday night was a pitman named Richard Stott , aged about ninety years , who had charge of the furnace used for ventilating
the shaft . When the deputy overman descended the shaft the following morning , he found Scott lying besida the furnace quite dead , his body exhibiting the usual appearance of a person who had been killed by an explosion of fire-damp . On proceeding towards the stable , it was found that the whole of the horses , 17 in number , had also fallen victims to the explosion . It is a most providential circumstance that the explosion took place on the Sunday morning , for had it happened at any other time , the consequences might have been of the most frightful nature ; everything in the mine having life at the time of the explosion perished . Had the catastrophe occurred ontheSaturdaymorning . it is supposed that upwards of 100 lives would have been sacrificed .
On Monday afternoon , an inquest « v * s held on the body of Stott , before T . C . Maynard , Esq ., Coroner for Easington Ward , when John Streaker , the deputy overman , stated thnt on Saturday he le ! t the pit at about three o ' clock in the afternoon , and at that time there was not the least appearance of fire in the shaft ; there was , as was the usual custom , two oil lamps left burning , but their being left Ourni . -. g would not have caused the pit to fire . He could not assign any reason for the explosion , but it was his opinion tbat it bad not taken place spontaneously . Several other witnesses were examined , but their evidence waB merely a corroboration of that of Streaker ; they all spoke to having left the pit safe , and the lamps burning , on the Saturday afternoon . After a short consultation the Jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death .
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gross and cruel superstition was reported to uh last week , but it appeared to border so closely << n the improbable , that we withheld it . Unfortunately it proved but too correct . The wife of an individual residing at Skerton had imbibed the preposterous notion that a " charm" to insure the accomplishment of her wishes regarding the termination of any forthcoming event might be wrought by putting the cat in the oven ' . Being desirous , on the Regatta
day , that Lancaster should win the cup , ske resorted to this revolting mummery , and kept poor puss actually fastened in the oven until the race was over , when the ill-fated animal was taken out lifeless , having been literally roasted to death . We understand that this foolish old woman's crotchet is notorious in Skerton , and that she played the same inhuman prank at last year ' s Regatta , and on another occasion , when a dog belonging to a gentleman in the neighbourhood was to run at Hornby coursing meeting . —Lancaster Guardian ,
Royal Exchange Improvements . —The extensive range of premises forming the corner of TJimulneedle-stieet and Old Broad-street , in the renr of the Royal Exchange , are forthwith to be pulled down for the intended improvements . These premises embrace a long range of shops and warehouses extending to the Hall of CaiurueTce , which , when cleared away , will aubrd a fine view of the back front of the Exchange . Fl ogging in The Army . —The officers of the 7 th Hussars were hooted , hissed ; md pelted with mud and stones as tin . regiment passed through lianlmry hist week . The sympathisers with the murdered White are discussed as being " Inds , " " labouring classes and railroad men . " TJie cries were directed olely at the officers .
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have been landed at this port during the last six months , and thegreater portion were disposed ot to butchers and slaughtered in this immediate neighbourhood , —Plymouth Tifies . Strange Anecdote of Somnambulism . — A more familiar instance of somnambulism is that of a deceased Hampshire baronet . This gentleman was nearly driven to distraction by the fact that every night he went to bed in a shirt , and every morning awoke naked , without the smallest trace of the missing garment bein ? discovered . Hundreds of shirts disappeared fn this manner ; and as there was no fire in his room , it was impossible to account for the mystery . The servants believed their master to be mad ; and even he began to fancy hinvelf bewitched .
In this conjecture , he implored an intimate friend to sleep in the room with him , and ascertain by what manner of mysterious midnight visitant his garment was so strangely removed . The iriend , accordingly , took up his station in the haunted chamber ; and lo ! as the clock struck one , the unfortunate baronet who had previously given audible intimation of being fast asleep , rose from his bed , rekindled with a match the candle which had been extinguished , deliberately opene i the door , and quitted the room . His astonished friend followed ; saw him open in succession a variety of doors , and pass along several passages , traverse an open court , and eventually reach the s'able yard , where he divested himself of las shirt , and disposed of it in an old dung heap , into which he thrust it by means of a pitchfork . Having finished this extraordinary operation without taking the smallest heed of his friend whu stood looking on , and plainly saw that he was walking in hi ?
sleep , he returned to the bouse , carefully reclosed the doors , re-extinguished the light , and returned to bed , where the following morning he awoke , as usual , stripped of his shirt ! The astonished eyewitness of this extraordinary scene , instead of apprising the . « leep-walker of what had occurred , insisted that the following night a companion should sit up with him ; choosing to have additional testimony to the truth of the statement he was about to make ; and the same singular events were renewed without tke slightest change or deviation . The two witnesses accordinply divulged all they had seen to the baronet ; who , though at first incredulous , became , of course , convinced , when , on proceeding to the stable yard , several dozens of Blurts were discovered ; though it was surmised that as many more liad been previously removed by one of the lle ! p ( Jf 8 , who probably looked upon the hoard as stolen goods concealed by some tbief . —Poynls ' s World of Wonders .
Shameful Treatment of Poor Emigrants . —The Elizabeth and Sarah Emigrant fillip , which lately sailed for North America , with about 300 Irisli emigrants on board , was nearly wrecked two or three times on her passage . She arrived at Basque Island , with a frightful fever raging on board , to which the captain , and no fewer than twenty three passengers , had fallen a sacrifice . This fearful loss of life seems to have arisen entirely from tne capidity of the captain , who was also the owner of the vessel . The accounts state that " The ship sailed from Kiilalu , on May 26 , 24 days after the day advertised , and the time the emigrants had come on board . Theoriginal number of emigrants she was to carry was fixed at 218 , but the number in her when she sailed proved far greater , amounting to 280 , besides the crew , and the accomodation provided on board consisted only of thirty-two berths . Owing to the great length of time before she sailed , most of the emigrants had consumed a large quantity of their stores , and by the
time the vessel had reached half-way to her destination their position was most deplorable , subsisting on short allowance , and many with scarcely any . What was worse , the water had from some cause become putrid . At the time of the shin running ashore on the St . Peter ' s Island , the captnin had an attack of fever , which soon carried him off , and many of the passengers expired from the tame disease . The bodies of the passengers were immediately committed to the deep , but that of the captain was kept on deck for thirteen days , until the ship arrived at Basque Island . Asmaybesupposed , itwnsinashockingstate of decomposition . In the meanwhile twenty deaths had occurred , and the illness that prevailed in the ship was truly frightful . A vast number of tbe emigrants continued in a dangerous condition up to the time of these accounts being sent off . The state oi the ship when it arrived is described to have been most disgusting . She was only 330 tons burthein , and was entitled to carry no more than 155 adult passengers . She had 87 bevond her complement . "
Caution to the Public—Notice to Blacksmiths . — The public are hereby informed , that Mr . John Recce , by trade a blacksmith , and professing to belong to the Society of United Trades , lately resident at No . 8 , Devonshire . -street , New Northroad , IToxton , London , came , en tramp , to tbe Fabriek of Mr . John Oliver York ex-company of St . Germans de Navarre , France , in search of employment , and obtained a job of Mr . Edward Davis , the foreman . After working a week he expressed a desire to send a sum of inonry to his wife , in London . The foreman very kindly lent him fifty francs or £ 2 sterling , which I transmitted through the hands of Mr . T . M . Wheeler , to its destination on the 2 nd of September , 1840 . On the week following a man of the name of Thomas Lewis , of London , also
a smith , came in search of work , but the skop being lull he could not bo employed . On tbe Saturday night the workmen subscribed several small sums of money , he saying he had nothing to subsist upon . The same night Iteece and Lewis decamped . Recce having robbed n poor widow woman , of the name of Smith , of a fortnight ' s board and lodging and money lent by her , in all about 32 francs , his employers of 30 francs , Mr . Latham , the proprietor of an English Hotel , of 00 francs , a Polish watchmaker , of fivreux , of 30 francs the value of a watch and also several small sums be borrowed of his shopiuates . The poor widow had also passed her word fora pair of boots , he being in want , which would have been added to the list of his swindling , but the shoemaker saw him passing by his shop to the Diligonce Officeand
, poized him till he had paid . He also robbed a pool Frenchman of his wages , who was striking for him , Recce and his companion went together . A person saw Recce show near 150 francs , and Lewis showing £ 8 . Lewis said , " they thought l . had no money but I have more than any of them that assisted me , but it will do to spend . " Recce is a man about 30 years ofiige , and calls himself a Wclcliman , dark hair , and has a blaguard countenance and bearing altogether , aboutb"lt . Gin . high , and had not time to wash himself before he went away , Lewis is about the same age , of a respectable appearance and about 5 tl " . -tin . in lie / glit . John Sidaway , suli-Soctelary , and agent to the Chartist Co-operative Land Society . St . Germans do Navarre , pros Evereuxd department de L'tfnrfi .
I'OOLisu Wager . —An inhabitant of the department of the Word , remarkable for liis potatory powers , laid a wager that he would drink forty canettcs ( about five gallons ) of beer in three hour ? , lie performed the feat , out was brought home insensible Three days after he was dead .
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EXTENSXVE FLOODS INsTHE NORTH . The heavy and continuous rains in Scotland have caused great destruction . Several bridges on the Berwick and Edinburgh Railway have been undermined , and given way ; a portion of an embankment has also been swept away , and altogether about twenty miles of the line is impassible , Passengers are conveye ' d that distance by omnibus . At Galashicls and neighbourhood considerable damage was done to agricultural property , to houses , and to factories . All the mills were stopped and business was at ft complete stand . The Gala rose higher than ever before witnessed . The flood in the Tweed was greater than it has been for many years . Immense quantities of timber , rural implements , railway sleepersand other articles , carried away from the , ,, - . ¦ lr , .... T * "V 'l > n \ TP "IT V * v ^ w *^ * -it-v j- » » » t rwr » T * - » t # . t » m rT
, lower lying grounds , came down the stream . At flnddington the Tyne rose to such a height as to overflow the lower stores of the houses in its vicinity —the houses were very much damaged , and much loss was occasioned to many poor people , by having their bedding and . furniture destroyed . In Sept ., 1607 , a flood nearly as large as this one is remembered by some of the oldest inhabitants , but the present flood must rank in the annals of the town next to the great one of the 4 th of October , 1775 , which is chronicled as one of the remarkable events in the burgh . Similar accounts are given of the gtate of Lardstoun , where the Leader appears to have been equally swollen ind impetuous . The floods < = eem to have been confined to the border counties of Iiaddineton . Berwick , and Roxburgh .
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THE LOSS OF THE ELIZABETH . The following account < f the last voyage of this unfortunate vessel has been furnished by Captain Watson , who speaks in the warmest language of the generous conduct of Captain Griswold , of the American ship Northumberland . On the 4 th of September , the Elizabeth sailed from the Downs , en a voyage to Quebec—nothing of consequence occurred until Sunday the 20 th , when in lat . 47 30 N , and long , 37 SO \ V , they met with a hurricane , veering from S . W . to N . E . At six , a . m ., they laid-too under close-reefed topsails and main spencer , at eight , a . m . the main topsail blew from the yards , and at nine a heavy sea struck tlie ship , heaving her on her beam-ends , " carrying away her rudder , and canting the ballast . The crew used every exortion to right her . On Monday , the 21 st , they succeeded in their endeavours , and
the gale inclined to moderate . At five , p . m . of the 2 Scd , a chain was put round the rudder , and on the 24 th she bore away from the English Channel , On the 2 otb they saw a brig dismasted and water-logged upon wliich they bore down . This vessel proved to be bound for Sc . John ' s , New Brunswick . They took the crew from the wreck and proceeded on their course to the westward , until the wind increased to a gale . At eight , p . m ., they hove to , and at nine a sea struck the vessel swept the bulwarks away , and hove her completely over . They then cut the mainmast away , the ship in the meanwhile labouring very heavily . The crew were now busied in turning the ballast and bailing the water out in buckets , as the pumps were choked . On Monday , the 27 th , at five , p . m ., the American packet Northumberland , came insight , and bove down upon them . They managed to launch one of their boats , and Captain
Watson , with seven hands , pot on board the Northumberland with extreme difficulty , one man bavins his ribs broken , and another his skull fractured . The boat was then manned by . 'four men of the Northumberland ' s crew , accompanied by Mr . Es ? on , the third mate . It soon reached the Elizabeth , and took the remainder of the crew off . with the exception of the carpenter , who was a foreigner , and refused to enter the boat without his clothes . Whilst they were waiting for this man the boat swamped alongside , and the chief mate was drowned ; another person had his arm broken . Immediately afterwards a boat was put off from the Northumberland , by m > ans of which the remainder of the crew were safely placed on board that vessel . From this period to that of their having landed at Portsmouth , on Monday , they experienced the greatest kimlness from Captain Griswold and the officers of the Northumberland , whose humanity is deserving of the highest praise .
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certain that , bad as was the state of the poor inhabitants of Zetland last winter , they will this year be in a still worse condition . When their supplies Of meal failed them , many had small potatoe pits to apply to , but the desolating ravages of disease have there also affected tbat crop , tbe greater part of which is now totally unfit for food . We use the language of a correspondent when we state : — " Bear is not so good as was looked for , in some cases it has b"en destroyed by a worm in the top of the grain . Potatoes are almost unfit tor food , and the poor cottagers will be in a truly miserable condition , If some
one does not take pity on them . The complaints arising from want last year were dreadful to hear , hut this year matters . will be incomparably worse . " Such is one out of other statements which have been made to us , on this painful subject . We know well how difficult it is to excite feelings of commisseration in the minds of the Government , on behalf of those who do not raise a hue and cry of their own accord , and who have among them no political agitators to threaten them with the lash ; but we do think the act that the Zetlandlers have so long and so patiently borne their distresses , should induce , at least , in . QU . irv tO be made . —JToTino ' Groat Journal .
Our Bed-Rooms . —Their small size and their lowness render them very insalubrious ; and the case is rendered worse by close windows and thick curtains and hangings , with which the beds are often so carefully surrounded as to prevent the possibility of the air being renewed . The consequence is , that we are breathing vitiated air during the greater part of the night ; that is , during more than a third of our lives ; and thus the period of repose , which is neces-Bary for the renovation of our mental and bodily vigour , becomes a source of disease . Sleep , under sued circumstances is very often disturbed , and always much less refreshing than when enjoyed in a well-ventilated apartment ; it often happens , indeed , that such repose , instead of being followed by renovated strength and activity , is succeeded bv a degree
of heaviness and langour wliich is not overcome till the person has been some time in a purer air . Nor is this the only evil arising from sleeping in ill ventilated apartments . When it is known that the blood undergoes most important changes in its circulation through the lung g b y means of the air which we breathe , and that these vital changes can only be effected by the respiration of pure air , it will be easily understood how the healthy functions of the lungs must be impeded by inhaling for many successive hours tbe vitiated air of our bedrooms , and how the health must be effectually destroyed by respiring impure air , as by living on unwholesome and innutritions food . In the case of children and young persons predisposed to consumption , it is of still more urgent consequence that they should breathe pure air by night as well as by day , by securing a
continuous reneir . il of the aiv in their bedrooms , nurseries , schools , &o . Let a mother , who has been made anxious by the sickly looks of her children , go from pure air into their bedroom in the morning before a door or window has been opened , and remark the state of the atmosphere , the close , oppressive , and often foetid odour of the room , and she may cease to wonder at the pale , sickly looks of her children . Let her pay a similar visit some time after means have been taken , by the chimney ventilator or otherwise , to secure a full supply , and continual renewal of the air in the bedrooms during the night , and she will be able to account for the more healthy appearance of her children , which is sure to be the consequences of supplying them with pure air to breathe . —Sir James Clark on " The Sanative Influence of Climate . "
iVrniFiED Forkst near Cairo . —The traveller having passed the tombs of the Caliphs , just beyond the gates of the city , proceeds southward across tbe Desert to Suez , and havingjourneyed for some miles up a low barren valley covered with sand , gravel , and sea shells , fresh as if the tide had retired but yesterday , lie crosses a range of sand hills . The scene is described as being beyond conception singular and desolate . Fragments of trees , all converted to stone , ring like iron at the stroke of his horse ' s hoof , ami extend in the form of a decayed prostrate forest , for miles and miles . The petrifaction is of a dark brown hue ; the pieces vary in size from one foot to fifteen in length , and from half a foot io three
feet in thickness . They are scattered so thickly ihat an Egyptian donkey can hardly thread his way amongst them . The whole haa an appearance so natural , that in Scotland or It-eland it might be passed without remark as an enormous drained bog in which the exhumed trees lay rotting in the sun ' The roots and nidimenta of tlie brandies are often perfect , and even the worm holes eaten under the bark may be detected . Although the trees are so completely siJiciEcd as to scratch glass , and to be capable of receiving the highest polish , yet the most delicate sap vessels and the finest portions of the centre of the wood , are perfectly preserved , and bear the examination of the strongest magnifiers . —Tail ' s Magazine .
Extraordinary Discovery . —The body of a yourg man , named Joseph Lilley , a fishmonger , and native of Bedford , was last week discovered in a retired spot called Claphsim-wood , the throat being frightfully cut . so as to sever the windpipe , with a contused wound over the left eye , apparently the effect of a blow with some heavy weapon . The bodv was in a eroaching posture , under a large tree , to which it bad been attached by a hankcrchicf the corner «{ which was torn off , the other eml beins ; tied t « another handkerchief , which was around the neck of tbe deceased , und the ipMa « f v hwh wore dccpliembedded in thawound . Within a few vards of the 8 ro « . a hat was picked up , and a knife stained with blood was fount ! lying amongst the underwood . Au ... quest was held , aiidtlie J . 117 returned a verdict 1 Hat the deceased Joseph Lilley was found dead in Uaphiim-woou , with certain wounds which the furors are of opinion were inflicted by the deceased Uiinseh . vuen iu an unsound state of mind . "
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Accident at Carlisle CatiikdRAl . —On Tuesday morning , during divine service , an accident occurred of an alarming nature , though fortunately unat > tended with any serious results . Our readers are aware that the Dean and Chapter hare commenced repairing and beautifying this noble structure , and it was while workmen were engaged in the repairs that the accident happened . The morning service had butjust commenced , when the congregation were disturbed by a noise proceeding from the window
winch is now being rebuilt , and immediate afterwards a number of very large stones foroed their way through the blinds which are placed inside the cathedral to prevent any annoyance during the process of the works , and fell with great violence into the bsdy of the church , completely smashing the pews in their descent . Most fortunately , no one happened to be sitting in that part of the church , and thus , with the exception of frightening those within the building and stopping the service for a few minutes , no injury was sustained by the congregation . —Carlisle Patriot
Extensive Fire at Newcastle . —A fire ' was discovered about three o ' clock on Sunday morning , in the extensive premises of Messrs . Richardson and Coxon , hnendrapers , Grey-8 treet , and Marketstreet , Newcaatle-upon-Tyne . The fire was discovered issuing from the roof , and an alarm having been given , the engines were soon upon the spot , when it was ascertained that the premises adjoining , occupied by Messrs . Alder , Dunn , and Co ., and known as the Albion House , were also on fire , which appeared to be confined to the upper part of the
building . ihe engines were well supplied with water , and the exertions of the firemen being admirably supported by the police , the fire was subdued in the course of little more than an hour . The upper part of Messrs . Richardson and Coxon ' s premises wag used as a warehouse , and nearly the whole of the goods in it have been injured or destroyed . The upper rooms of the Albion House were occupied as sleeping apartments , and the fire is supposed to have arisen in one of these , and to have spread to the next building .
Accident bt Machinery . —Another frightful aceioccurred on Saturday , at the office of Mr . Cox , printer , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields . George Heinson a young man about 23 , in taking off the block of the inner cylinder , endeavoured to lay hold of the bar , when his hand got jammed in the machinery . The poor fellow , when extricated , was taken to King ' a College Hospital , and placed under the care of the house-surgeon , who considered that amputation must f ) Q resorted to . The young lad Cook , who was injured in the same office on Monday , died on Friday night .
A Child Suffocated at its Mother ' s Breast . — On Monday Mr . W . Carter held an inquest at the Surrey Arms Tavern , Thomas-street , Kennington , respecing the death of Harriet : Lloyd , aged iive weeks , whose parents reside at No . 23 , James-street , Carabtrwell New-road . The deceased was the daughter of a compositor . On Wcdnesdayafternoon last the mother fell asleep on the sofa with the deceased in her arms , and when she awoke sometime afterwards she discovered the child quite insensible and black in the face . She was immediately conveyed the deceased to the surgery of Mr . Carr , in the Camberwell New-road , who pronounced life quite extinct . lie subsequently made ajrosf mortem examination of the body and found that death had arisen from suffo . cation , most probably from pressure against its mother's breast whilst lying on the sofa . The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
Death of the Baron de Bode . —The Baron de Bode , whose claims on the British Government to a sum of money , amounting to nearly a million , have so long been before the public , died on Friday evening . The death of the Baron was quite sudden , After taking a glass of water he was observed to look psle and be tremulous , and in a few moments more tell down and instantly expired . He had been complaining of illness for nine or ten days previously , brought on , it was supposed , by his family , by mental anxiety in connexion with the further hearing of his case , which is appointed for next month .
Manslaughter . —Two boys were committed for manslaughter last week at Bath . They had been accustomed with other boys to annoy Ann Burt the wife of a painter , and on Sunday night , while enterthe passage of her own house , they caught hold of her by tbe back part of her dress with great violence . The fall produced immediate insensibility , wliich continued until the death of the poor woman on the foljowing morning . Accident at a Brewery . —On Saturday , a bricklayer , employed at the Brewery of Messrs . Harris , Ilampstead-road , was at work on the top of tbe building , from whence having lost his footing , he fell into a well from a height of above 250 feet . He was conveyed to the London University College Hospital , when it was ascertained by the " house-surgeon that he bad sustained a broken leir , fractured both arms , and other serious injuries ,
Six Men Drow . vkd . —Last week , six men employed at the Quarry , near Ilasses Bay , whence stones are conveyed for the embankment of the Foyle , were drowned in consequence of the mismanagement of a flat while engaged in loading it with stone . Mine Explosion . —Last week , the inhabitants of VVeBt Broimvich was thrown into a state of gveat excitement , by the report that an explosion of sulphur had taken place in one of the coal-pits of the late Mr . Horton , at Lyttleton Hall . On arriving at the spot , it was found that the rumour was but too well founded . It appeared that Mr . John Baylis , the " doggy . " or manager of the pit , hadgouedownaa usual with the miners , to the number of twent ? -four
men and boys . As was customary , he tried the workings with the safety lamp ; and in the first side of the work he discovered an accumulation of sulphur . He set the colliers to disperse it , and shortly after , went to the other side ot the work to ascertain . Whether any sulphur had been forced into it out of the first . In about ten minutes alter , tlie explosion took place . Its effects were very afflicting . Seven of the unfortunate men cho were engaged dispersing the sulphur were dreadfully burned , their budies in S'ime parts being literally roasted by the flame and blackened by the clouds of vapour . Suspended in the sk i p , about eighty yards down the shaft , which is sunk to the depth of three hundred yards , were John Robinson , the engineer , and Wiiliam Uadley , a workman engaged in repairing the shaft when the explosion took place . The hot aii , wliich rushed up the shaft with irresistable violence , carried the
skip and the men for some distance upward , when it became unhooked from the rope to which it was attached , and these two unfortunate persons were precipitated to the bottom of the pit , a depth of nearly S 00 feet ! They were awfully mutilated ; and , in their blackened , shattered , and mangled remains , it would have been difficult even to trace the outline of humanity . Their remains , as soon as possible , were gathered up and removed , and the 8 Ufferers by the burning were conveyed home . A lad . named Joshua Cash , died on Tuesday . Hoyes are entertained of the recovery of the others with the exception of one . A verdict of Accidental Death was returned . [ Of course , it always is so in these cases . I Ins wholesale destruction of life for the mere purpose of saving a few shillings to the profitmongcr , will continue until Government interferes to protect the miner with a Irian hand 1
Death by Mistaken Mebictxe . —On the 1 st instant , an inquest was held at lladdenham before Mr . Cowley , Coroner for Bucks , on the bodv of William Knibbs , a pauper , aged S 5 . It appeared in evidence the deceased had been superannuated nearly twenty years , and resided in a small cottage with , lug sister-in-law . He had been in the habit for many years of taking laudanum , Godfrey ' s cordial , and spirits , to allay frequent attacks of-diarrhoea but during the last twelve months , had been persuaded o leave off the laudanum and spirits , and resort only to Godfrey s . He made a point ot keeping two distinct bottles , a very small one for the laudanum , and one considerably larger for the Godfrey ' s . On the previous Mond ay he had a return of his old com-Plaint , when a neighbour remarked she thought laudarium was the best remedy . Shortly afterwards he wid to his sister , I don ' t know which to take , laudanum or Godfrey's . " Ue then went to the old shop witn
ma yodfroy ' 8 bottle , and on his return he observed to his sister , that what they had given him was a dear drop . and nothing like so much as what he always had before , and that he should not make two bites ot it . lie the « placed the bottle mi a shelf , and about six o ' clock went to bed . His sister-inlaw , who slept in an adjoining room , fancied soon after twelve , that she heard him breathing very hard , struck a light , and we , to him . He then appcarecl in a state of stupor , and could not be n . used , which so niucli alarmed her that she called up * neighbour , and sent for a Mr . Tyler , who occatonally prescribed in simple cases of emergency ,, tuere being no regular medical man within lour miles He however advised them to send for the
parish surgeon , which however was not done , and the deceased died about five o ' clock the same morning . 1 he bottle was found to be empty , and from the cvitionce ot Mr . Lee , the surgeon , who examined th » body no doubt whatever existed bat that deceased died from the eilecta of an overdose of laudanum . Mr . Weston said , he recollected the deceased coming to his shop-on the day in question , that ho a . « fced for 2 pennyworth of laudanum . Ue was positive there was no mistake on his part , but ho did not make any remark to deceased about bringing th « Gm ! iVey ' * bottle . His apprentice then deposed that he also recollected deceased being in the shop , that a little jJU'l stoisd b y his side at the time , and Hilu'J l ' tfi'a Vpiwyworth of Godfrey ' s , with ivhich lie ({ lie apprentice ) sewed her . lie also heard the deceased usk
for hudanum . Ho was certain that the two bottles were not clumped whilst on the counter . The Jury , after consider ;! We deliberaijoi ) , rpturucd » verdict "That da-eased died from the effects of taking '" overdose of laudanum by mistake-, but whether it originated with him or Mv . Westou and hisauHrett * tice , they could not determine . "
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FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE . The official quarter at the Post Office taking place > n the course of the ensuring week , it is . expected that several of the new arragements will come into operation at that juncture . In addition to the several improvements heretofore noticed as being in contemp lation in the executive departments of the general and London district post , the following alterations just decided upon by tne authorities may be relied upon as accurate . The « caie oi pay Of the general and district Utter carriers « to be made uniformthe minimum salary proposed being iM ¦ . _ ¦ . Mnnnnrnnn- . ___»» ^
, per annum , and the maximum £ 110 . The officers are to rise in the following order - . —For the first five years the amount paid is to bo £ C 0 annually ; for the next five , * 80 ; the third five , £ 100 ; and after twenty years servitude the pay is to stand at £ 110 . The nr « t step towards a consolidation of the whole of the men in both departments is about to be taken without delay . It has been no > v proved that it is practicable to get out or deliver in town the provincial letters before eight o ' clock in tha morning—a point of duty it wag not thought possible to achieve whea the recently adopted regulations with reference to the abandonment of the eatly delivery were
contemplated , so that to guard agninst any emergency in ttiat respect , fifty auxiliaries ware appointed to get through the delivering duty . New this is found to be ea , ily done , the following plan is to be carried out : —The auxiliaries are to have notice that their services are to be no longer required than up to the Christmas quarter , notice to be given to them to that effect on the 10 th of the present month . Further , that the general post letter carriers be employed to deliver the district letters at eight o ' clock in the morning , and the district men now so emplojed are to be instructed to take the outside " assistancies , " now delivered by the " auxiliary" men ; Not only are the usual gratuities , and the " accommodation , " or " early" money to be done away with , but it has been at length decided by the Lords of the Treasury that tlie " Christmas boxes" to Post Office servant * shall cease
altogether , and that an entire change in the Directory com - pilation , and the remuneration for the collection of the information for it , Khali take place after the next publication of that work has been effected . Steps will also be taken forthwith so bb to assimilate the various portions of the duty , ana . to simplify the several parts , so as to make each department distinct , and capable of working independently of the other . To the superior officers increased salaries are to t > : given , a principle which has been carried out within the last few < laj' 6 with respect to tho inspectors of the London district post letter carriers , who have received £ 20 per annum , in addition to their former salaries , by order of the Lords of tlie Treasury .
[ Por those improvements the people are mainly indebted to Mr . Buncombe , whose vigilant supervision ot Post Office affairs , and repeated motions on the subject in Parliament have taught the authorities at St . Martin ' s-le-Grand , that they can no longer neg lect their duties , commit injustice , nor cramp the powers of the establishment with impunity . When one honest and determined member of Parliament effects so much good , what would twenty of the same character , under his guidance , achieve ?]
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Fatal Fiu From A Wi.Ydow —On Tuesday, Mr.
Fatal Fiu from a Wi . ydow —On Tuesday , Mr .
Depvibable Superstition.—The Followine Case Of
Depvibable Superstition . —The followine case of
Upwards Of'one Thousand Head Of Foreign Cattle
Upwards of ' one thousand head of foreign cattle
Sufferings Of The Zrtlanders.—It'appears Quite
Sufferings of the Zrtlanders . —It'appears quite
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 10, 1846, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1387/page/2/
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