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      ¦ w onderful Cure of dreadful Ulcerous So ; -esin . the Face and Leg , in Prince Edward Island . Tie Truth cf this Statement uos dul y attested before a Vagiskote . I , Hu « h Macdonald , of Lot 58 , in King ' s County , do barcbj declare , that a , most -wondwful preservation of nvy life has been effected by tbe use of Hollowsy ' Fills and einfcnent ; an * I fartherraor * declare , that 1 was very mush afflicted with Uletrous Sores in my Face and Leg ; ¦ o severe was my complaint , that the greater p « rt of my ao « e and the roof of tny mouth was eaten away , and my kr had three laree ulcers on it , and that I applied to ull

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      ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL OR ACQUIRED DEBILITIES OF THE GENERATIVE - SYSTEM . Just Published , A new an £ i mportant Edition of the Silent Friend on Human Frailty . ftice 2 s . 6 d ., and sent-free to aay part of the United Kingdom on the receipt of a Post Offiee Order for 3 s . 6 d . A MEDICAL WORK on the INFIRMITIES of the GEifSRATIVE SYSTEM , in both sexes ; being an enquiry onto the concealed cause that destroys physical energy , and the ability of manhood , ere vigour has established her empire : —with Observations on the baneful effects of SOLITARY INDULGENCE and INFECTION ; local and constitutional WEAKNESS , NERVOUS IRRI-

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      . „ ,, „ ,, nad the misfortune tiei of matrimony , ™ * ° ^ 0 be affected with an > dur theirmore' J ™ £ ^ g £ ourseofthis medicine ; form Of these iscase *^ Pro ^ and ifri ^ ftw * wantofth . se simple . precattt . ons , thai . Perhaps half the world is aware . f ; for , it must be re membered , where the fountain is polluted , the streamB hut How from it cannot be pure .

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      FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH . THE BEST APERIENT AND ANTIBILIOUS MEDICINE FOR GBSERAL USE IS FIIAMPTON'S PILL OP HEALTH , which effectually relieves the stomach aud bowels by general relaxation , without griping or prostration of strength . They remove headache , sickness , dixsiness , p .-iins in the chest , . fee ., are highly grateful to the stomach , promote iigrstion , create appetite , relieve langour and depression of spirits ; while to those of a full habit and free livers , who are continually suffering from drowsiness , heaviness , and singing in the head and ears , they offer adrantages that will uot fail to be appreciated . This medicine has for many years received th « approval of the most respectable classes of society , and in confirmation of its efficacy the following letter has been kindly forwarded to Mr . Prout , with permission to publish it , and , if requisite , t « refer any respectable persou to its author — -

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      REES COMPOUND ESSENCE OF CULEBS . —The most speedy arid effectual remedy ever discovered for the cure of discharges , glets , strittures , weakness , whites , pains in the loins an-1 kidneys , heat , irritation , and gravi-1 , frequently removing every symptom of disease in four days , sometimes sooner . It contains in a ron centrated state all the efficacious parts of the cubeb combined with the salt of sarsaparilln and other choice alternatives , which makes it invaluable for eradicating all in ' - purities from the blood , preventing secondary . ymptotn , falling of the hair , blotches , < tc , and giving strength to the whole system . It does uot contain mercury in any form , and may be taken by the most delicate or weakly of either sex ivith perfect safety , as % vell as benefit to their general health .

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      Strange asd Singular Discovert . —A ganp o ) English " Tliu « s" have recently been discovered in the following singular manner : —On the 21 st of September , 1 S 4 . 6 , 1 was informed iliat a meeting of the rate-payers of the township of Clayton , was to beheld in the School Room , Clayton Green , on that day nnd that a preposition would be submitted to the meeting , the object of which was to obtain a portion of the commons land , belonging to the said township , for the site of a new church . From curiosity I attended the meeting . Well , the first proposition that was made , was something like the following : — "Tliat we , a majority of rate-payers , request the Poor Law Commissioners to allow the s . ile of a portion of the commons land for the site of a church . "

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      A wonderful case of an attested cure of Dropsy liy Holloway ' s Ointment and Pills . —Cojty of a letter from Mr . Thomas Taylor , chemist . — " Stockton , April 17 th , 1845 . Sir—Mrs . Clough , the wife of Mr . John Clough , ot Acklain , a respectable farmer , had been suffering from dropsy for five years , and had the best medical advice without receiving any benefit . She had heard of your Ointment and Pills , nnd used thrill with such surprising benefit that she has now left off taking them , being so well ; but , previously , she bad been given uj » as incurable . ( signed ) Tii » . mas Tavlob . " Determination of blood to the head , apoplexy , ifcc ,

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      DHEABFUL MURDER . The following narrative of the murder of John Baptist Epatlie . Bishop of Sion , Vicar Apostolic of Milanesie andMuronisie , the Isle otYsable , is taken from thi-Sydney journals , December , 1845 : —On the morning that the melancholy circumstance occurred , his lordship accompanied l > y the Rev . Mr . Fremont , the Rev . Mr , Chauraineund two Jay brothers , put off from the vessel in the boat , with the second mate and four seamen , in order to find a place to form a settlement ; they had been five days making excursions for tl . e purpose . When the boat game left the vessel , the second mate i nquired of his lordship , to which place they should go , and was directed to proceed to the' unfriendly tribe' a name which the inhabitants of that part of Ysable had gone on board the vessel from all the natives who had previously visited them . A missionary had told them that if they wi-nt there they would

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      ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY . A collision of an exceedingly frightful and alarming character took place on Saturday morning on the Eastern Counties , about a mile and a half on the Camhridge side of Bishop . ? Stortford ; which , although it did not result in the loss of life , involred the destruction of a vast amount of property . On Friday evening , immediately after the departure of the up fast train , which leaves Cambriilgcat nine o ' clock , p . m ., an engine with a train consisting of thirty-five trucks , partially laden , started from the same place en route for Stratford . About half-past nine another train consisting of thirty-three carriages , ladeu with wheat and other . species of grain , also started from Cambridge on the up line , on its way to London , driven by a man named Parker . On the arrival of the truck train , within a

      mileand-a-half of Hishnps Stortford station , the feeding-pipe of the engine attached to the truck train became out of order , and rendered it unable to proceed , The driver and stoker set to work repairing the engine , and about halfpast twelve o ' clock , having completed their object , the train was set in motion ; but had scarcely done so , when train laden with grain was heard coming tip . Festal , the guard of the | true ! t train , with all speed ran down the line , and exhibited the red signal ; button late to stop the grain train , whieh was approaching at the rate of twi nty miles an hour . In an instant after the collision took place , the engine of the grain train dashing with fearful violpnce into the tail of the truck train . The crash is described as frightful in the extreme . Eight carriages ol the grain train and eight or nine of the truck train being smashed to atoms .

      The escape of the engine driver and stoker of the engine of the grain train wns truly maraculous . The stoker was thrown into a field adjoining the line for a considerable distance , and , as the engine turned over , Parker , the driver , who had shut off his steam , and was at the time holding on by the break , turned over with it down the embankment , an » l was shortly after got from under it , in on apparently insensible condition , from which , however , he speedily rallied , after being extricated from his perilous situation . Between two and three hundred labourers were immediately set to work to clear away the ruins , hut it occupied considerable time , and caused much delay in the other trains . A rigid investigation lias been instituted by ilie directors . The engine of the grain train is completely destroyed , and the loss altogether is calculated at not less than £ 3 , 000 .

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      lowing extraordinary aJkir occurred at lonbndge Wells Chapel , New-road . A young man in the habit of going to the above place of worship three limes a week , fur the purpose of practising on the organ preparatory to the Sunday ' s service , entered as usual at nine o ' clock in the evening in question , accompanied by the "blowing" boy , who is about twelve years ot' age . Immediately on their closing the door a loud shriek was heard by both parties , which they mistook for the howl of a dog , the elder ot" the two saying stand back , or it may fly at us . Having waited some minutes , and all being quiet again , they proceeded as usual to the vestry for a light . After they had lighted their candle by the aid

      ot phosphoric matches , they began to retrace their steps for the purpose of going to the organ gallery ; but on the young man turning round to close the door , the light shone full on the face of a young female stretched on the ground . Without saying a word he let fall the candle , and ran to the door to get out , but found he had dropped the keys as well as the c > ndle , and had not courage enough " to go back for ( liem . The boy was equally afraid and began to halloo most lustily . The screams were heard by a lady who resided in the house next door to the chapel , who went , followed by her servant , to see what was the cause of the disturbance . Having sue ceeded in opening the door they entered , and all four immediately went to the vestry , where they found the young female half undressed , her stays bein » laced in front , and laying on the cushions she had

      taken from tlie-pulpit and pews . The lady having attempted in vain to get her to speak , sent her servant for two doctors in the neighbourhood , who arrired shortly afterwards . As soon as the medical gentlemen had seen her , they pronounced life almost extinct , and said she must be taken to some neighbouring hospital . She was conveyed in a cab to that of the London University . It is supposed that she intended to commit suicide by starving herself to death , and chose the interior of the chapel as a place in which she would not in all probability , be discovered until Sunday , by whieh time life " must have become extinct . One of the medical gentlemen was of opinion that she had taken arsenic , but in so small a quantity as to be scarcely perceptible . It is not known how or when she effected an entrance into the chapel .

      Sekioos Accidknt with a Tobacco Pipe . — On Monday evening , shortly after six o ' clock " , as a man was walking oh the west side of the London-road , Soutlnvark , with , a lighted pipe in his mouth , he was suddenly knocke < i < lown by another , who was running in an opposite direction , the force of whom drove the stem of the pipe completel y through his gullet . 1 lie parish surgeon immediately extracted the pip < . and ordered his instant removal to Guy ' s Hospital On examination by the bouse surgeon , at the lattei place the injury was found to l > e of sunb a friglilfu nature that very little hones are' / Entertained of lii recevery .

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      CRUELTY TO AN 1 NS , aN'E P AUPER . On Tuesday an ' adjourned inquiry was held at the Greyhound Inn , UaverhM , on the body Of John Webb , an old imbecile inmate of the Abridge Union , whose death was ascribed to the revolting cruelty practised toward , him for a considerable period . The previous invest ** lion took place on the 5 lh , when Ann mSford , of Haverhill . daughter of the deceased , deposed , that about a month since , in consequence o ' information she received , she went to see l , « r father . Upon entering , she found him lying on the bed on Ms back . He appeared senseless , and Mood was Sckl ng down his face . She ask . d Slater what he had been doing to her father . Slater sain nothing . SUthen ZLA how it was that blood came trickling down hia ( Lv father ' s ) face . Slater then said , " You are a d-d iteh * WWM fool than your brother . " She went and told the . Utm Her father was quite helpless . He had received several other injuries on different parts of Ins

      bodv , and was very filthy . Frederick Webb , son of the deceased , deposed to similar facts . On the 28 th of August he saw the governor , and told him he had heard bis father was cruelly used when the master said , " Whoever told you so , it ' s a downright a—d lie . " The governor also said , " Why don't jou take your old father out « he is a d—d filthy old man ; he is as much trouble as ten . " He wag re . fused permiBson to see his father in the infirmary . On the proceedings being re-opened , John Forest Chater deposed that his house and gnrden adjoined the Old Union-house at Risbridge , and over , looked the premises on three sides . He knew the deceased John Webb well . Had often seen him jn the in .

      firmary . Could see him plainly as low down as the waist . For more than two or three months witness h : id heard bad language used in that room by Slater the nurse . Witness was induced on one oceasion to listen , as there was much bad language going on . A few days after heard similar bad language , and saw Slater hit deceased on his face with his right hand . His hand was open . Webb was sitting up in bed . Upon one occasion after the above namel , when Slater had been reading prayers , witness heard Slater say to some one , " Lay still " , you d—d old b—r , " Frequently during- the last three months had heard bad language in that room . Knew it was Slater by being familiar with his voice . Heard one Mow . and saw one struck .

      John Hearn said . In the course of last spring I was an inmate of the Risbridge union , and was in the infirmary ward . Slater , the mnn now present , Wat nurse of the ward . The deceased was an inmate . I saw Slater on one occasion shove the deceased sideweys on the stairs . Coroner : Did you ever see a cord round his logs ? Witness : Yes , 1 have . After he shoved Webb down stairs , I saw Slater pulling him up stairs by a cord . He was tied round his legs , just above the instep . Coroner : How was the deceased lying ? Witness : His legs were uppermost .

      Coroner : And his head ? Witness : Hishedd wasdanelinsdown the stairs . He was upon his back . After Slater had pulled him up hree or four stairs by the cord , he sent for John Biforfl o assist him . Biford came soon afterwards . Slater had hold of the rope , and on pulling the deceased up two step * more Biford took the deceased by the shoul . de-s , and between them he was taken into his room . Witness then saw the cord taken off , and the deceased was then atrapped in a chair . Heard the old man say , Oh , dear , you will kill me . " Did not know what became of him afterwards . Slater used to read prayers .

      Mr . Samuel S . Georpe Escott . surgeon , of Haverhill , and Iioubb surgeon of the Risbridge union for ? everal years : Had ' his attention directed to Webb , the deceased , during lhe time-he was in the infirmary . Six or eight weeks ago was ordered fcy the master or mistress to see the deceased as he had had a fall . I examined him , and found a contusion on the back part of the head . Slater said that deceased had had a frill and hurt . his head . The skin was razed , and it was a recent injury . I saw him four or five times , and the wound healed . Aoout three weeks afterwards was again told by Slater that deceased had had another fall , and I saw that there was a small cut over one of his eyes , to whieh I applied a iiece of plaster , and it got well .

      By the Coroner : Slater did not tell me anything else than that the man had had a fall . The injuries were so trifling that it was not thought necessary to enter them in the' report book . In the regular course of my daily vlsi . s for three days before his death I found him to be sinking . There is an entry to such effect in the book . The " Medical Weekly Return-book " was here brought in , from which the Cornnerread entries of the treatment . Some day between the 11 th and 18 th of Septembp . r— "Debility and ulcerated hip . " After gMng through the cases the worthy Coroner threw down the book , observing , I don ' t like the book , Sir . I should like to have seen the gradual progress of disease in the patient until he was released from his sufferings by death . " The medical officer , in further examination , stated that on the day the deceased died he called about the middle of the dav at the usual time of risiting .

      Coroner—Then if you did not see him before four in the afternoon on the day of his death , he had not been visited since the day before ? Mr . Escott—No . Coroner—Have you no special applications made to you in extreme cases such as these ! Mr . Escott—No , I have not . Coroner—Do you talk to the patients ever ? Mr . Escott—Sometimes . Coroner Ever to Webb ? Mr . Escott—He wa § foolish and had not the capacity to make known any complaint . I fr < quently used to ask him questions , but ho never gavo me any satisfactory answer . He always behaved very w . 11 before me . Last Monday , by order of the Coroner , assisted by Mr . Harvey and Mr . Martin , I made a post mortem examination of the body , the cause of death wa = water on the ehest—the case was quite na'uml , nor did he consider that death was in any w ^ y accelera ted by ill usage . ;

      Coroner—Have you any female nurses in the ward « Mr . Escott—No . Sir , not at present , nor paid male nurses either . Coroner—Then I understand there are no paid female nurses to attend to the poor creatures in the house ? Mr , Escott—No . A loner correspondence was read between Mr . Jackson nnd the Poor-Law Commissioners , r- la'ive to an inquiry into the circumstances above detailed , the effect of which had been , that the course of tho Commissioners would be determined by the resuit of the present proceediugs . The Coroner having summed up the evidence , whieh

      was very voluminous , the jury returned a verdict of "Nasural death , " with the following addition—" The Jury cannot consider they hare discharged tlieir duty without wishing to record their horror and detestation of the cruel and inhuman treatment which it has been proved the dcccased received from the nurse Slater ; and that gross negligence has been exhibited by him ( the late master ) in allowing such treatment to pass unnoticed and unrcported to the board . They also consider that the Board of Guardians are highly reprehensible for employing a man pauper , for tliu suite of a paltry economy , to attend upon the sick and infirm inmates , instead of an efficient and responsible female nurse . "

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      and a Kcntuckian once made an agreement to hunt in company , and divide equally the same which they might chance to kill . Unfortunately , a crow and a wild turkey were all they shot . " Well , " said the Kentuckian , at the end of the day , " as we are to divide equally , you take the crow , and I'll take the turkey ; or I'll lake the turkey , and you take the crow . "— " How ' s that ! " inquirei ! the Indian . The Kentuekian in rapid accents repeated his proposal , to which Die Indian , after a blank and puzzled look , consented , but with the remark— " It sounds all vrry fair ; but , somehow or other , you always get the

      turkey , and I always get the crow . " Tliis is an admirable illustration of the mode , not only in which the Americans have dealt with the Indians , but in which the aristocracy in all countries and ages have dealt with the people . Everywhere the cunning and strong have leagued with the mass , under pretence of achieving the common good , but with the secret object of securing merely their own . They have put themselves at the head of nations , with the proposal to divide equally the benefits accruing from this partnership , but they have invariably contrived to keep the turkey , and cut ( iff the poor bamboozled people with the crow . —Humpden ' s History of the Engglish Aristocracy .

      Electric Telegraph . —On Saturday eveninjr , at S rijjht o ' clock , a telegraphic despatch was received at Rugby station , from Derb y , giving a description of a man who had stolen a silver watch , and £ S Ids . The Inspector on duty watched the persons of the passencers by the next up-train from Derby , and from the description forwarded , apprehened a person , upon whom the stolen property was found . The person robbed , arrived in the afternoon , and identified both the thief and his property . Preparations are making for effecting a communication , via bastern Counties , by electric telegraph , between London and Liverpool . Between Ely and Peterborough the wires are already fixed ; and in the opinion of Mr . Powell , the superintendent , the whole length between London

      and Liverpool will be completed in less tliun two months . When completed , a message will be enabled to be conveyed to and from Livorpool in ei « ht minutes . A communication will also be opened with York , Newcastle , Hull , Leeds , < Sic . by means of the northern bi anch of the Midland . Southward of London the electric telegraph will be carried along the north Woolwich line , which will shortly be opened for traffic , and passing under the Thames , by means nf the submarine telegraph , form a communication between Woolwich Dtck-yard and Liverpool . On the completion of the Thames Haven and North Gravesendlinoitis the intention of the company to effect , if possible , by means of the electric and submarine telegraphies , a communication with Sheerness Dock-yard .

      Death of a very old Soldier . —On Friday last , says the Aberdeen Journal , Alexander Duncan died in this city , at the great age of 11 . 1 years . He w ; is a native of the parish of Cairncy . He enlisted in the irmy in 17 ? 7 , and was discharged in 1 S 03 , returning ' . o his original craft of a shoemaker , and drawing his > cnsion for forty-three years . Although his appearincc bespoke the frailties of extreme age , yet he wasablc to step about until within a few months of bis death .

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      THE METROPOLITAN CENTRAL REGISTRAT 10 N AND ELECTION COMMITTEE . TO THE PEOPLE 03 ? THE UNITED KINGDOM . Fellow-Countrjmen , —In conformity with the resolution of a convention lately held at Leeds , and composed of delegates from all parts ot' the country , representing the working classes , that a Central Registration and Eleetive Committee buformed in Luiulun , to assist in organising the couiiti'y for the purpose ot securing the return of candidates pledged to the principlcsof the People's Charter to the Commons House of Parliament at the next general election , a public meeting was held at the Scientific Institute , Tottenlinm-coiirt-rouil , on Monday , 31 st ot August , 184 ( 1 , tvhicn u committee of fifteen persons were unanimously appointed , in conjunction with the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association , to carry into full effi-ct the above desirable object . The committee having assembled , and being duly constituted , considered that tlieir first duty was to appeal to the whole country for that necessary support and assistance which can alone render their services available

      in securing at the next general election the return of such candidates as may have been nominated by the Central and Local Committees , and approved of by the people . We have , by our agitation , succeeded in implanting our principles in the public mind ; they have progressed against all opposition , nnd it is now time that we centralisu the power which we have created . In our opinion , the House of Cuinmons is the only place to display that centralisation ; because there your representatives can best make known your piiiiciples , combat all opposition , dissipate that ignorance which exists in the House , concerning the nim und object of the Charter , and enforce your claims to universal enfranchisement with thateffect which will ensure their publi ity not only in the British press , but also that of the civilised world .

      The Central Committee recommend the immediate appointment of li « cal committees iu all the principal toi nsof t-e kingdom , for the purpose of carrying out tliu ins . ructions of the lute Convention ( see Hand Bouk published by the Exective Committee ) , thoy also recommend to the local . committees to furnish . the central body with the number of electors in each of their respectivo boroughs , the number that voted at the last election lor their respective party candidate , the probable number who could be placed upon the register , ar . d all such information as may benr upon this subject ; the committee will then be able tj see at a glance tho < e cities and boroughs where they have a probability of sucand ill

      cess , w take their measures accordingly . The committee , if efficientl y supported , are sanguine of being able to return several candidates pledged to the principles of the People ' s Charter , even with the present limited franchise , and should the general election be delayed until after the registration of 1847 , we shall be able to place many thousand names ou the register , by which means we may easily secure the representation of many of tliu principal cities and boroughs of the kingdom . To effoct tins grand object n large fund will be required ; eaeh locality will then fne fee the necessity of immediately adopting Motive measure * for its creation for ou this a ' . oi&g ( icueosis the success of the movement '

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      . ~ 5 3 our utility , or your advantage . Fellow cY . UKtryfe having pointed out the way , we leave yeu to will y * own emancipating ; the present ciisis sec-ma to us to b * favourable to renewed exertions , one and all we hare rn * solved to make a great , unittd and constitutional tfFor » to be free , and we call upon all friends of human emtt cipntion to arise and embrace the present opportunity ' We have a wily but a weak government to deal wiflj ' TVe have reached that point in the scale of wrong om oppression , when nothing save a patriotic represc ntatin body can minister to the people ' s wants , improv .: theip condition , increase their resources , extend their liberties or hand down the preat boon of boons , " The Charter as the Bill of Rights for their children . ( Signed ) Thotna 3 Slingsb y Buncombe , Esq . M . P ., President . Thomas Wakely , Esq , M . P ., Vice-Presidem James Grassby , Secretary . . . ,

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      Singular Suicide at Stockton . —The wife of a tailor committed suicide last week , by drowning her . self in the river Tees . The deceased had been for some time in a desponding state , and it is supposed had several times contemplated the commssion of the rash act The better to avoid observation , she . dressed herself in the clothes of her fon , who is a sailor , by whom they were found on the banks of the river . Suicide op the Swiss Giantess . —An inquest wag held last week at the Red House Tavern , Hattersea on the body of Eliza Lawrence , alias Madame Litizj but who was better known as the Swiss Giantess , ' which was picked up in the river , near the Red House , on Wednesday week . A waterman observed

      the body of the deceased floating past the Citizen pier , and brought it on shore . There was found in the pocket of tbe deceased a piece of paper on which was written "No . 9 , Short ' srgardens , Seven dials , Knock twice and ask for Emma . " The waterman proceeded to the house mentioned , and a young female , " Emma , " answered him , and at once ac . companied nim to tbe Red House , when she iden . tinea the deceased as the Swiss Giantess . The last ; time the deceased was seen alive was about ten o ' clock on Tuesday night , wlien she was obs-eryed upon Waterloo-bridge , and about tvr © hours before she entered a hous « in the neighbourhood of Golden square , when she asked an unfortunate female for a penny , statins that she had not eaten anything for the twenty . four hours preceding She also com . plained of the extreme state of distrpss in which sk

      was at the time , stating that from Monday last she had had scarcely anything to eat , and had no money , or anything to make money of ; she also said she waa goinc over Waterloo-bridge , an ° i she had a great mind to stop there , and make " a hole in the water . " There could be no doubt the unfortunate woman had thrown herself in . Some of the witnesses spoke of having known the deceased when she was the constant companion of the Marquis of , and othet noblemen and gentlemen , and when she lived in first rate style ; but for the lat ' er three or four years she lias been getting from bad to worse , until at length she wanted the common necessaries of life ; she was in the 51 st year of her age , and though not married , had a son , who did not live with her . The Jury , after hearing evidence to the abnve effect , returned a verdict of" Suicide whilst labouring under temporary insanity . "

      A Man Killed by an Omnibus . —On Saturday evening a youne man whilst crossing the carriage way leading to the London Bridee terminus of the railway was knocked down by a Brompton omnibus , and before the driver could stop the hones , both the off wheels passed over the deceased ' s head . The poor fellow was carried with the blood gushing copiously from his ears , eyes , and mouth , into Saint Thomas ' s Hospital , where he breathed heavily twice and expired . A Child Killed by a Bullock . —On Monday , a girl about twelve years of age , was killed at the foot

      or Blackmai- 's-bridge , under the following circumstances . It was the market day at Smithfield , and there are usually several drovesof beasts being then driven orer the bridge . A regiment of the Buffs was m route from the Surrey side , and the band was play . in ? , which alarmed a bullock in a drove , who ran at one of the soldiers , but only knocked the musket out of hU hand . The child was passing at the same time opposite the Royal Hotel , when the infuriated beast next made an attack on her , and butted with such violence on her , that she was knocked down and covered " with a gore of blond , arising from extensive wounds . She was killed instantly .

      Suddex Death . —An inquest was held on Saturday on the body of Courtnde desPesez , foimerly a Colonel in the army of Don Carlos . Ho returned to his lodgings on Wednesday night in his usual health , and was found dead in bed on the following morning . Mr . French , surgeon , said he had made a post mot ' tern examination of the body , and tbnnd death to have been the result of a long-standing disease of the heart . There was sufficient disease to have caused his death thrre months ago . The Jury returned 3 verdict of '" Dii d from disease ot the heart . "

      Determined Suicide . —On Monday , the following determined suicide was committed by a decently dressed man , opposite the Penitentiary , MiHuanfr , He was observed walking about Millbank for soraa time , apparently absorbed in thought , when he Middenly mounted the wall which runs along the bank of the river and jumped off into the water . Several labourers , who were at work near the place , instantly ran to the spot but the mnn had completed bis oWect , for there was nothing to be seen but the old ha { . \ hich he had worn , and which was floating with the stream . Colliery Explosiox near Wakefield . —I ast wrelt , an explosion ot fire damp took place in Haigh Moor pit , at Stanley-lane-end , near Wakeneld , bt-loi > sing to Messrs Hudson and Co ., of Leeds , by which three men lost their lives . The names of the suffereH were Norris Beauniount , James Sideb ?> ttom , and George Clayton , who were all shockingly burnt .

      Naval Court Martial . — A Court Martial was held on board her Majesty ' s ship Victory , at Portsmouth , on Saturday , to try Lieutenant II . A . Story , Senior Lieutenant of her Majesty ' s steam friuate Retribution , on a charge of having , on the 13 t ! i of August last , oontined one of the crew of that ship ill the coal-bunker , without an order from his captain for so doing , the man havinc died while so confined , from the effects of breathing carbonic acid cnf . Before the proceedings commenced , Lieutenant Story objected to Rear-Admiral Parker , and Captains Pasco and Chads sitting as nv-mbers of tha Court , they having previously conducted an inquiry into the circumstances of the case , by order ot lhe Admiralty , and the present Court Martial being ordered on their report . The Court was cleared .

      and the validity of the objection allowed . The three officers referred to then rose ami withdrew . The facts of the case having oren proved , Lieutenant Story , in his defence , said that he w . ig actuated by the best motives in ordering the man into the coal-bunker ; as , had he reported , him to the captain , his offence would have exposed him to a much more severe punishment , and that had the man remained on the platform as ordered , instead of descending lower , lie would hod have experienced any bad effects from the gas . No person could feel more regret at the death of the man than himself , lit called a number of witnesses , officers , petty nflkcr ? , seamen , and marines , belonging to the Retribution * who all bore testimony to his humanity , and his uniformly kind treatment of his ship ' s compnn }" - This Court was then cleared to consider the sentence :

      and , after an hour had elapsed , they found—That Lieutenant Story had been guilty of punishing the man without fir .-t reporting him to the Captain ; l » nt ( in . consequence of its being customary for first Licutenniits in that and other strain ships to place men in the coal-blinkers for punishment , without so reporting them , the Court fully acquitted Lirutrnnnt Story of any blame connected with the death oi the deceased . Fire at Ashtos-under-Lyne . —The extensive rot ton mills of Messrs . Bayley and Brothers , employing upwards of 1 , 000 person s , took fire , on Saturday night last . The fire was first discovered about eleven o clock , p . m . by the watchman connected witb the mill , who observed a light in the warehouse , and on examination found that part of h in whi ch thi *

      waste is kept was in a blaze . He immediately g : »' J an alarm the fire bell was rung , the peeple got . « p » and in the course of a short time thousands of p er " sons were congregated around the building . $ llcf was the rapidity of the fi » -e , that the building , wh ' ' is three stories high and seven windows in lenutUi was , in the course ot about two hours from the tiia * of the outbreak , completely gutted , the whole , ui ' -f . interior being destroyed , " it is generally supi ' - ^ that the fire must have originated from spontaneous combustion , although every precautiqu was takt-n 0 / the firm to exclude any greasy or oily waste us " that taken into the warehouse , a separate p'llCC IJj the yard being appointed to receive all matters 1 that description . The whole of the 10 , 000 pie *' together with every other article ,, were ilestW ) ' " , ' The estimated damage of the stuck is £ 2 , 500 , « ' % including the value of the building , the total loss ' ' , be between £ 3 , 000 and £ 4 , 000 . Both building ^ stock are insured in the Pheanix , but the iii sur . 1 " will scarcely cover this amount .

      Fatal Filial Affection . —On Monday evewj ^ Mr . Mills held an inquest at Hammersmith , 0 : 1 - ^ body of Eliza Rogers , aged forty-seven . It "i ' l * , . ^ that the deceased , a person of very feeble he * ' £ had lost her father some time since , and was i « ' habit of visiting his grave at all hours and fea » _ yr On Friday morning last sue was found lying J , ^ father ' s grave , in a state of semi-nudity ami a" -: j lifeless . Though she received prompt j !' ' 'j « assistance , she expired in the course of the «»)'• , was proved that on Thursday night , which «;«* ' , i tempestuous one , she stol e from her bed , aim * > ; ' clad , visited the churchyard . Mr . R ; . y , a **" - $ . was of o pinion that the deceased ttietl U 0 & ^ ltaustion , the result of exposure to the ilia-- ' Verdict accordingly , ¦ * *

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      « nm MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS . —RETURN OF CHARTIST ' TOWN COUNCILLORS , &c TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Sib , —With your pi-imission , I would address a few wot ds to the Churtist body , on the necessity ot bringing forward " Chartist Carididmes" lor Town Councillors at the forthcoming election . We are now agitating for the purpose of returning , at the next General Election , Chartist members of the House of Commons . No * v , would it not add to the strength of our causewouldHt not show that we were dettruiined to test tilt election body , with men representing our principles , if we were to seize upon the opportunity now presented to us , of returning to the Municipal bodies . Chartist Councillors , six point men , men not ashamed nor afraid 01 ' tliw name ? That we en 11 Uo so is evident , Leeds for instance . We have a more extended franchise , and why not use it . Not in one or two boroughs , but in many ; and suppose the tvor . it , that ive are unsuccessful , shall we not be able to number by hundreds , aye , und by thou sands the men who hare voted for Chartist . But we could , without doubt , carry our men in some places , and then I do not think we should see the press puss by us so silently . We should then have a permanent footing in such places ; not a lecture or a . meeting to be thought of for a short time , and then forgotten . No ; we thouhl have men advocating our cause where the press does report the firoceediiigs ; meu supporting all improvements , and opposing abuses and usi-less expence , We should then have the works of Chartists to point to , when asked by our opponents , " What better arc Chartists than Whigs or Tories ?" Hoping you will yourself call the attention of the body . whose cause you so ably advocate , to this very neccssarj uctiou , I remain yours truly , A Cuaktist . I enclose a shilling for the Executive , ninth tie h \^ d enough to forward to the proper quarter . [ The shilling was acknowledged by thu General Secretary iu lust week ' s Star . —Ed . X . S . ]

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      IRON STEAM SHlPS- ^ jjD BOILER-MAKING—IN JURIOUS EFFECTS OF PIECE-WORK . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —Permit me through the medium of your widely circulated , paper , to offer a few remarks upon the injurious effects of piece work as it stands at the present time , with regard to the public safety , and the welfare of the trade in general , called "Iron Ships Steam Boiler Building . " It has been a general practice of late , for the employer to set the men thu work at so much a yard for riviting , and so much a plate for plating , nnd bo on in the various branches of the trade . That theoperative ought to obtain the highest price he can for his labour , is a

      right that I think cannot be denied , but that he has a right to endanger the lives of his fellow creatures , by turning the work from his hands in the way piece work is generally done , is a right that no man of principle will allow . The merchants have been decided by this system , for th ' ey ha > e paid a good price for an inferior article , as may be seen by inspecting the boats built on the banks of the Thames , and those built on the Mersey . Those boats called the " The Iron Duke , " " Birkenhead , " the " Ajax , " the Windsor , " the " Haringtou , " built by Thomas Vernon , Egg ., compare this work with the London work , and it will be as an old dwelling house to a new and splendid mansion . How is this ? He has had a day ' s work donefora day ' s wages . Thereis no need of cement to stop the leaks in those vessels while laying in the

      river or dock , as is the case in the London built boats . But this , sir , will not keep them tight when labouring hard in a heavy sea . And here , sir , if not out of place , I would show in what way the merchants have been decided . They havo appointed a man to inspect tlieir work , who has been totally unacquainted with the trade . Wood is different to iron , a man that never worked at it cannot be competent to judge of its fitness or unfitness for ajob . A man who does not preperly understand the art of plate iron working is not fit for the situation , which is not the case , they being shipwrights in general instead of Iron Boat Builders . But I would advise the merchants to appoint a man who has served his time at the trade . The trade has made a movement to regulato piece-work , but for what reason I cannot say the employer do not seem

      willing to aBsistthem . The men have agreed to a fine if found making more than ene day ' s time and a-half , that is 15 hours in a day . The men know they cannot do mure and do justice to the mi reliant , and why any employer should force a man or oven allow men to act so unjustly both to himself and the trade at lar # e , I cannot imagine , but I do sincerely hope that Lloyd ' s Insurance will look strictly into these statements , and for any information they may want to guard against deception , I am convinced the trade will furnish . The only thing studied at thu present time , is to get the boats into the water , whether they sink or swim seems to be a matter of indifference to the employers of London generally , but I hope tbe merchant ' s interest , and the public ' s safety , will in a very short time be deemed matters deserving a

      little consideration . In the next place , sir , I shall refer to that branch called steam boiler making , upon which so much depends , and some thousands venture their lives daily and hourly . The system generally prevailing in this branch is abominable . The employer ' s and the merchants have been robbed , the public safety endangered , the trade ruined , and the operaviYe brought to starvation . In every shop there is a man commonly called foreman , and generally speaking although their is some honourable exceptions , they are the most ignorant , tyrannical set of men you could find . The masters in some cases not being attentive to their business , have left to these men the entire controul of the shop , and they to make money , have engaged incompetent men for a deal less than men would work for who knew their business ,

      at the same time they have eharged their employer '; -, the highest wages given in the labour market , Again , the employer have let the work to those men at so much per ton , and the men have had to work under them day work . They have trusted mere boys to do the most particular work . They have set agiicultural labourers to that part called " Holding up , " and the result has been that competent workmen would not stop with them , It is not likely the honest operative would woik for tuch avaricious and grasping roeo . These men have in a short time been able to boast of their thousands in the bank , while the operatives have received hardly sufficient to keep budy and soul together . But the work , sir , upon whieh

      the lives of so many of our fellow creatures depends , what could it be compared to ? A sieve more than a steam boiler , when it have been filled with water , they have had to get ashes from the smith ' s fires before they could get them to lill , and before they stand to get sttatn have had to put nearly a load of horse-dung into them , or potatoes , and if the men have made any complaints to the employer they have ^ been misrepresentedjby the foreman , and differences bc-tiveen the employed and tl : e employer have been tho consequences , leading to strikes , &c . Such is the position of the boiler makers of London . I will not trespass any further upon the columns of your valuable paper , but if you will insert this , jou will greatly oblige the boiler makers of the London district . Your much obliged , And obedient servant , T . C . " United Boiler Maker . '

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 17, 1846, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1388/page/2/