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wonderful Core of dreadful Ult » reus Sores in tha Face and Leg , in Prince Edward Island . The Truth of this Statement toas duly attested before a UngiMrate . I , Hugh JIacdonald , of Lot 55 , in King ' s County , do hereby declare , that a m « st wonderful preservation of my life has beeH effected b y the use of Hollowaj ' s Pills and Ointment ; and I furthermore declare , that I was very much afflicted with Ulcerous Sores in mv Face and Leg ; 80 severe was my complaint , that the greater part of my nose and the roof of my month was eaten away , and my l ^ g ha d three large ulcers on it , and that I applied to
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ties of matrimony , and who ever Bad tke misfortune dur their Bore youthful dajs to be affected with any Tform of thes . diseases , a prious eomrsa » f this medicine is highly essential , and of the greatest importance as , z-o re serious affections are visited " wp » n an iaHO *"*^* and ffspring . from a Want of thes * simple > recauu . ns . than perhaps half the world is aware « f ; for , it must be reinembared , where thefountain is polluted , the Streams hat flow from it cannot be pure . PERRY'S PURIFYIN G SPECIFIC PILLS , Price 2 s . 9 d ., 4 s . Bd ., and 11 s . per hoi , With explicit directions , rendered perfectly intelligible to every capacity , are well known througkaut Europe to be the most certain and effectual remedy ever discovered for B on » rrh ( Ba , both in its mild and aggravated forms , by im . mediately allaying inflamynatiou and arresting further progress .
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OS THE CONCEALED CAUSE OF C 0 X 3 TITUTI 0 SAI OB ACQUIRED DEBILITIES OF THE GEXERATITI SYSTEM . Just Published , A new andlinportant Edition of the Silent Friend on Rinnan PraiUii . Price 5 s . Gi ., aHd sent iree to any part of the United Kingdom on the receipt of a Post OSee Order foi Ss . Si . A MEDICAL WORE on the INFIRMITIES ef the GENERATIVE SYSTEM , in both seses ; being an enquiry into the concealed casxse that destroys physical energy , and the ability of manhood , ere vigour has established her empire : —with Observations on the baneful effects of SOLITARY IXDULGHXCE and INFECTION ; local and -constitutional WEAKNESS . NERVOUS IRRI-
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coughs , no uisexess . asd all asthmatic AND PULMONARY COMrLAlNTS . EFFECTCAI . LT CUItED BT JKEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES . Upwards of thirty years experience has proved the infallibiiity of these Loxengcs in the cure of Winter Couf ; h , Hoarseness , Shortness of Breath , and other Pulmonary Maladies . The patronage of his Majesty , the King of Prussia , and his Majesty the King of Hanover , has been bestowed on thtin ; as also that of the Nobility and Clergy of the United Kingdon ; and , above all the Faculty have especially recommended them as a remedy of unfailing officacy . Testimonials are continually received confirmatory of the value of these Lozenges , and proving tiie per fret safety of their use , ( for they contain no Opium nor aim preparation of lhat drug ;) so that theyinny be given to females of the most delicate constitution , and children of the most tenderest years without hesitation .
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VALUABLE TESTIMONIALS . The following Testimonial ef a Cure of a Cough of twenty jears standing , and recovery of strength hi 1 bu i \ ad with much intirest : — 5 ik . —I beg to inform you that for the last twenty years I have suffered severely from a cough , and have been under medical treatment with but little relief , nnd have not for many years beeu able to walk more t ! ian half a mile a day . After taking three boxes of your Lozenges my Cough entirely left me , and I have this day walked to Il'iss , a distance of four miles : for this almost renewtl of life I am solely-indebted to your Lozenge . ! . fou are at liberty to make what use you please of this letter , and I shall be happy to answer any enquiries respectinj ; my cure . I remain , Sir . your obedient and obliged servant , ( Signed ) Mart Cooke . Pencrais , July 10 th , 1 S 15 . To Mr . Ke .-iting , St . Paul ' s Church Yard , London .
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[ From Ihe Gazelle of Tuesday , Xovember 10 . ] William Towubridge , Lawrence-lane , wollendraper—David Fattic , St . Albnn ' s-place , Ed ;; eware-road , stationer —William Allen , Whcelcr-street , Spitalfields , suleboard manufacturer—Henry Godfrey , Milton , next Gravesend , builder—William Bond , ilolborn-hill , linseed victualler-John Blyth , late of Hurges , Belgium , wine merchant—Robert Milner Jcrinan , Kocking , Essex , chyniist—Richard Glorer , ititcham and Mordam , Surrey miller—Thomas Harris lieal , Whinjjham , Kent , grocer—Thomas Wyatt , Oxford terrace , King ' s-road , Chelsea , builder—John Ball , Martin ' s lane , Cannon-street , merchant—John Lamb , Oxford-street , haberdasher—Kosetta , Edcrslitim , Mancliester , draper—William Imray , Liverpool , stationer—John Lester , I'en-y-gellr-lodge , near Wcsham , Denbighshire , farmer—Edward 1 'iyes , Derby , plasterer .
A frightful case of a bad Leg cured by Holloway ' s Pills and Ointment . —Mr . Thos . Clark , a retired captain from the South Sea trade , residing in Glube-lane , Hile-i-nd , had had a bud leg for five years , tliere were about twenty holes in it ; several pieces of bone had come away , the limb was often the size of a cliilds body ; it frequently caused the most excruciating pain . The captain was told that his leg must he amputated ; and he , like huu dreds of others , has just got i t soundly healed by means of these surprising remedies , which are infallible in the cure of all wounds , sores , and ulcers . Atmosphebic Changes . — Although changes in th
temperature are more prevalent m the temperate zon ° than in other latitudes , there is scarcely a spot to be found where such great differences exist as in Great Britain , varying in a ifcw hours some twenty degrees or more . The ' effect of such rapid changes on the bodily health is very afflietfng to many thousands of persons , especially those in the middle and more advanced ages of life , causing attacks of those painful disorders , Sciatica . Gout , and Rheumatism . Happily for those who are sfilictcU -with those painful diseases , chiinical science lias produced that excellent Medicine , Blair ' s gout and Jlheu . matLsm Tills . . _ „
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- * 5 » The Free-Traders and their Workpeople , —We are not much in the habit , says the Carlisle PatHot , of following the strong temutation to draw a comparison every week between the misery oftlie working daises and " the alleged prosperity in many of our manufacturing establishments ; but this week we cannot avoid directing the attention of our readers to the simple but harrowing facts which transpired in a case of death , apparently from starvation , before the Coroner on Monday last . An old man ofseyentyeight years died suddenly . He could not werk , and one daughter did not seem to be occupied , so far as any evidence transpired , but rather the- reverse as the Coroner ' s report states : — " His wife and one daughter wind bobbins in Messrs , Dixon ' s factory ; their united earning were on an average 4 s . 2 d . per
week . Is . 8 d . were left in the wareroom lor rent ; the remaining 2 s . 6 d was the only means of support for the whole family . Duving last week , however , their wages amounted to one shilling , after the reduelion <> f rent , and upon this lour human beings had to procure the means of existence for sevoii days . On Friday their oniy sustenance was a threepenny loaf ; and on Saturday four halfpenny biscuits , three of which formed the only food the wretched family tasted that day , the fourth biscuit being reserved by the wife and children for the oM man's breakfast on Sunday morning " God help him ! He died—and as far as man can judge his fate , it was well he did . But will some of these Free-trader * tell how the bobbin-winders live upon iliis flourishing system of Free Trade which their emp loyers have helped to establish .
Thk LiSD the REHKDY . -Thero m a feature of our Foreign ail rices which we regard withahveiy and joyous interest . We allude to the new British mode of dealing with Irish complaints and yrierRU-« 'cs . Instead of doubling the troops , or even the police , and passing Coercion bills , as would have been done a lew years since in v'ew of apprehended famine in Ireland , the British Ministry has resolved to provide relief on a gigantic scale for the suffering Irish by giving them employment . No new Poor-. Law Bastilws or Curfew bills , but new Canals , Railroads , bog-drainings , &c . < fcc—these are the means resorted to in preparation for an expected scarcity of food . Meal in vast quantities is sent into Ireland , and work devised at which the poor are to bo steadily
and usefully employed until the crisis is past . Sucli is the new safeguard against the anticipated turbulence and sedition of starving millions ; who will say that it is not an improvement on the devices of former ages ? Who does not sec that it suggests still farther improvement ? How many thousands on thousands is not England supporting in Poor-houses , rear after year , who , with an acre and a cottage to i-acli family , would more comfortably support themselves ? Why should not public charity , to all but incurably infirm , ultimately take this shape altogether , and secure to each unfortunate a place lo live and a chance to work , rent-free and inalienable , instead of subsisting him at a heavy annual charge in an almvhouse ? Is not the principle susceptible ol universal application l— . Vew York Tribune .
Jmprovhmbnts in Tim Army . — The 2 nd battalion of Grenadier guards , stationed at St . John ' s Wood barracks , commanded by hi . Col . Sir 0 . Honyman , are new enjoying privileges formerly unknown in the British army : they have now a library that would do credit to any institution in England It consists of nearly one thousand volumes of various works ( the battalion ' s own property ) , including ancient anil modernhistor } , naval and military history , including the whole of the late campaigns in India , nearly all the new works of our modern writers , together with biography , geography , « fec , with the most excellent maps on a very large scale , maps ol' India , America , Great Britain , and all Her Majesty's colonies . The men are furnished free of expense , with copy books , pens , ink , and every accommodation in the library ,
so that the man who objects to go to the regimental school may here improve himself . Those men who do not wish to attend either school or library can have copybooks in the barrack-room , free of expense , by applying to the pny-soijeant of their company . The daily and weekly papers arc also taken in at the library , together with the monthly periodicals . Various sorts of games are also followed up in the barracks , such as cricket ( of which there is an excellent club , including many of the officers ) , racket , quoits , skittles , and foot-ball ; and in the evening , every accoiuodation is afforded in the library for chess , draughs , and dominoes , where t a or coffee is provided extra for those men who mny wish for it . The members of the library ( which is open to all ) subscribe one halfpenny weekly , and a number of the officers lmc subscribed most handsomely to
wards it . Heating ' s Coocir Lozenges . —It is a prevailing opinlon that all Proprietors Medicines come under the denomination of quackery , sudi is not the case . Having the maker ' s name affixed to the Government Stamp " is merely a guarantee against all Spurious Imitations of valuable Medicine . * , " and to copy that , subjects the imitator to transportation ; consequently as a safeguard to tho public , the Commissioners of Her Majesty . s stamps , have permitted the words KEATING * COUGH LOZENGES to be engraven in the Stamp aflixed to each Packet . If alU ' rom-ietory preparations are to be classed
under the head of Quack Medicines , "James ' s j ovcr Powder » Mover's Powder , " " Singleton ' s . Eyo Ointment , " " Battlev ' s Sedative Solution of Opium , and many others , which are constantly prescribed by the most eminent of the Faculty , would come under this denomination . Upon this subject the rharnwceuiicnl Journal , of the 1 st of August , 1848 , page 51 , under the head Pharmaceutical Quackery , states : — "The sale of an ordinary domestic Medicine mav be extended by a judicious e ( position of its qualities and virtues , and we are not disposed to call in question the propriety of this practice , when nothing "W the simple truth" is slated . THIS IS NOT QUACKERY , although it subjoets the articles to Stamp Duty .
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EXECUTION IN SPAIN . On the 28 th ult . a notorious brigand , named Clavero , expiated a host of assassinntions by the ignominious punishment of the garrote . The instrument of punishment is no otlicr than a tourniquet fitted to a stake , against which tho patient is seated ; andiron collar is passed round his neck , and after two or three turns of the screw , which is armed with Archimedean force , the culprit is strangled . Jose Clavero walked with the firmest step from his dungeon to the scene of expiation , courteously bowing to his friends and the surrounding spectators ; one would have thought that he was no more than an amateur observtr of the scone . The priest exhorted him in vain ; he shrugged his shoulders , and smiled at the numerous pretty woman whom he descried . His coffin preceeded him , borne by penitents ; the scaffold was before him ; and vet , li !< e Fieschi , he could jolte
and chatter . Arrived before the fntnl stake , he leapt rither than , walked up the J . tep& of the scaffold , extnninuil the ftit-il machine with all the attention of a connoisseur , asked for a glass of wine , which he swallowed at a draught ; and then , talfin-, ' off a handkerchief which bound his hair , he gave it to the priest , and bogged him to transmit it to be his JPepa . All the priests obliged him to kneel , exhorting him in an earnest manner to reconcile himself to his Goo , whose image they exhi bited before him—in vain ! ho turned away his head , and asked if they were coins to tcazehim much longer . The curates at length left him , when addressing the crowd in a sonorous tone of voice , anil with marked emphasis , he
said , that- " If he had had 2 900 reals to buy justice with , lie should not bo in such apliirht . "' He then sat himself down with great nonchalance on the bench oackeil by the stake , and rcfuaud to have his face covered with a white cap . wishing , as he said , to enjoy the fine speutilde before him till the last moment . The tjcecutioncer applied the screw . Scarcely two seconds separated Jose from the great gulf of eternity , which he employed by calling out in a firm voice to the Bxecutioneer— " Screw tight screw tight V An instant afterwards he had ceased to live , and the crowd separated with the following moral reflection upon the corpse : — "Era un vaUente , " —( He was a brave fellow . )
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.. 9 . Ah American Plbnimtentuhv . —In a report of a singular case of bigamy , honourable mention was made ofa Mr . Earl , one of the witnesses . Respecting this gentleman the Liverpool Journal publishes the following interesting particulai' 3 : — Ifr . Earl's life is romantic , and one chapter of it relates to Liverpool . Some two montliB since he arrived herein a packet ship from New York , and although not encumbered with superfluous luggage , he patronised Mr . Lynn , at the Waterloo . He had all the ease and elegant appetite of nn accomplished gentleman , and the cook was delig hted at having in the hotel bo admirable a critic of the productions of his cuisine . lie drunk no wine but claret , save and except a pint bottle of champjvgnedurinsfthe process of mastication , and his httbiti were exceeding regular . Like the Irish Dragoon of
Washington Irving , he gave the house a world of trouble , but everybody was delighted with him . He talked so pleasantly , and promised so liberally , that the waiter was delighted to obey his orders . To us he described himr el fas being the agent of a great American land company , tbo lessee of two theatres , the proprietor of one newspaper in New York , and the editor of another . Hl » moans were ample , and no one asked him for money . To the Mayor , en his arrival , he applied respecting th « polic » , and he invite 1 half Hie Town Council , from time to time , to dine with him . Almost every day a guest or two honoured him to dinner , and the resources of tha Waterloo were sufficient to satisfy them nil . Among other projects which brought him to England , was to negociate with the London assurance offices to open an
office in America , and , in the way of busiueBS , he appointed an advertising agent in the Gorce . In hii moments of leisure ho sauntered up and down Bold-streat , and got quite familiar with aereral shopkeepers . To them ho represented himself as a man of fortune ; nnd by way of encouragement , he gave an order to one for £ 180 worth ofladies' stays , and from another he ordered a twenty guinea shawl . He received them , but did not pay for them ! In due time , he announced his intention of departing , took his berth in tho Halifax boat , and ordered his bill . He expressed his astonishment at the moderation of the charges , put the bill in his pocket , walked , out , and—did not return Hint dny nor the next . He will no doubt return—for he is an honourable manpay the bill for tho stays and for tho shawl !
Tiie Great Impostor . —Mr , Daniel OConnell has probably met his match at last . Ilia shameful alliances with the unprincipled Whig Government have hitherto been sanctioned by the Irish leadables as often ashechose to make them . But the young Ireland party have broken ground with him at last and they are Jikely to get the better of the hoary Queenworshipping impostor . This is of importance . The great drag chain on progress in the British Islands has for the last 40 years been Mr . Daniel O'Connell . He humbugged and misled a people that could not be cowed and beaten down . But such has ever been the fate of the millions !—Albany , ( U . S . ) Anti-Itenter . Better not to enow too much or ooa Ancestors .
—Ip is nn old saying that it is a wise clii d that know its own father . We may rather call that a happy child that scarcely can tell who his own father is . So far from regarding a clearly traceable descent as a blessing , we look upon itns one of the greatest curseo . What n throng of fools , villains , nnd spotted characters is heaped on that devoted head , which can count up a long string of ancestors ! What a reul blessing it would be not even to h . we known one ' s own grandfather ! for then all the horrors and shame of the past are buried in oblivion , and no one could upbraid us with the crimes of our ancestry . To take the highest family in these kingdoms for an example—Who would have dnred to tell our present amiable queen , if history had not preserved the names nnd deeds of her fore-fathers , what a race she has sprung from ! What mad head would have dared to assert that
her family annals present such a precious set of thieves , murderers—ay , murderers of their own kith and kin , quarrelsome savages , unnatural monsters , smotherers of innocont children , tearer j out of eyes , burners of peopl « alive , killers of wives , nnd perpetrators of offences that canno . t be named ; a catalogue of characters so leprous with crime and disreputable that no honest sweep would -care to own kinship with them t But history and a thousand pens have blazoned this everlastingly abroad , and has thereby , if we will but look sensibly at it , for ever unweaved all the mischievous mystery and proud pretensions of pure blood ; and satisfied us that if any man has an advantage in this respect , it is he who possesses the benefit of want of evidence agitinst him , and , be his blood what it may , can boldly say— " Let him who can charge my ancestors with wrong , do it ; but I myself can charge the ancestors of the highest boasters of high blood with crimes which ought to have been visited by tha hangman or the axe . " We do not mean to assert this melancholy trutb , and one which , for the happiness
and dignity of humanity , has been too much overlooked , as affecting only our royal race , but as affecting all royal and all noble races ( so called ) whatever . You have only to look through the most authentic records of any nation , or of nny family , to convince yoursulf that there is not a doscent of a thousand , no , nor 0110 of five hundred years , which is not crowded with such a throng of cruel , bloody , unprincipled , unnatural , murderous , covetous , lustful , traitorous , and godless monsters , as put the bare fiction of pure blood to the utmost shame , and teach us that it is not in the post that we are to seek for tho honour of ourselves or human nature , but in the present . It is not from savage and ignorant antiquity , but from the civilised , and christianised present , that we must win genuine distinction , if we | ave to have it : it is not from others , but from ourselves . The course of true glory , like the course of population and refinement , turns not backward on the rising , but towt \ rd » the setting sun , It travels not eastward , but westward .--ffamp&tn ' a Jliitory of tlw English Aristocracy .
Brigands . The finail from Corunria to Madrid was stopped on the 30 th ult . by a band of brigands , and all the passengers were robbed , One person lest 10 , 000 reals ( 2 , 500 f . ) Mr . Macrkady read Macbeth to a large audience in tho Mechanics' Institute , Manchester , on Tuesday evening . The sura realised by tho institution was £ 50 .
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Robbery at thb Leeds Workhouse . —The relieving officers' rooms at the Leeds Workhouse were entered last week , and a sum of upwards of £ 170 was abstracted from the desks in the rooms and carried away . There can be little doubt that the robbers had been well acquainted with the premises , and the arrangements of the offices , from these two facts : —First , the night chosen for effecting the robbery was tho one immediately preceding the pay-day , when , of necessity , they must have had a larj ; e amount of cash in their possession ; and , secondly , no other drawers were broken open , except those of the two relieving officers mentioned . Tiie Burglary at Easing . —On Saturday , the youn £ f woman whose daring and singular robbery of Mr . Jones , at Ealing , we reported last week , was finally examined at the Brentford Petty Sessions , and was fully committed for trial .
Firb at a CoACit Factort . —On Sunday morning the coach factory of Messrs . Witham and Co ., Lincoln ' s-inn-fields , was discovered to be on fire . Ihe surrounding property was sived with great difficulty , and for some thne it was feared that every building in the city would be destroyed . The fire was not extinguished until property valued at several . thousaud pounds was burned . Fike at tub Victoria Hotel . —A fire broke out at this exiensive hotel , Euston-sqimre , on Saturday ni » hfe , bnbvby the speedy assistance ofa large number ol the railway porters and constables , was extinguished before much damage was done .
Burglary at the Manchester Workhouse . — La « t week , some thieves broke into one of the olh ' oes attached to this workhouse in which the documents and papers are kept . evidently with the expectation of providing money , or articles of value . They were disappointed j nothing but some bread and cheese rewarded their search . Attempted Suicide . —On Saturday a gentleman of long and high standing on the ^ press , and who has lately filled the situation of official assignee in the Bankruptcy Court , attempted todestroy himself . The circumstance occurred on Friday morning abouteigh o ' clock . The servant having called her master at the usual hour , he rose from his bed , but not having come down stairs , the maid , as was her custom in such cases , knocked again in about half an hour , to learn if anything was wanted . He replied that he did not want her at present . In . about ten or fifteen
minutes afterwards , the servant again knocked at her master ' s bedroom-door , when she was told , in a weak and inarticulate voice , to come in . On entering she was horror struck to find her master hanging over the side of the bed , and holding his hand to his hand to his throat , in which there was a deep gash , and from which the blood was pouring in a copious stream . The surgeon found not only the throat cut with a razor , but a large incision also made on the left wrist of the unfortunate gentleman . Every possible assistance was rendered , and hopes were entertained of his recovery . There are various rumours as to the motives which led to the rash act . One thing which may aid in throwing light on the causes which led him to attempt his life , is the circumstance of its having occurred on the first anniversary of the funer . il ot his wife , to whom he was most warmly attached .
1 ' atal Accident . —Three young men who reside at the New British Iron Company ' s works , Abersyclian , went out for a day ' s shoatin ? on the adjoining mountain ; and on their return in the evening , upon descending a steep road , Parh'tt bsing in advance a few yards , Wandsworth and Arnold following , the latter ' s foot slipped , and the trigger of the gun unfortunately cauyht in some part of his dress , the muzzle pointing towards Parfitt , the contents ( a heavy charge ) entered the poor fellow ' s back between the shoulders , and lodging in the heart and lungs , caused death instantaneously . An Inquest was held last week at Hem 9 by , Suffolk , on the body of a miller in that village who a few days bffore had while employed in bis garden , accidentally overturned a skep of bees . The insects attacked the intruder , and stung him so dreadfully , that he died a short time afterwards . The jury found a verdict accordingly .
A Few days ago a ' man , employed at the paper mills of Echarcon ( Seine-et-Oise ) , had his arm caught by part of the machinery , and was drawn with his breast over the cylinder , highly heated with boiling water , and thus underwent the double torture of having his flush burnt and his limbs dislocated . In this frightful state he lingered fortj . eight hours , and then expired . Horrible Affair . —We have been informed that the master of the Ennistymon workhouse has been committed to Ennis gaol for having confined two little boys in the black-hole or refractory ward , and that having forgotten he had left them there , he found them dead when he went to look after them , — Limerick Reporter ,
Suspected Poisoning . —A case involving a strong suspicion of poisoning , which took place two years ago , has been discovered at Sutton-upon-Trent . The person , whose death is in question , was a larmer of Carlton-upox-Trent , Taylor , who died on the 2 Gth of November , 1844 . Some remarks having got abroad relative to the cause of his death , orders were given for the exhumation of the body , and a jury was empannelled , which sat on Friday and Saturday last . From the evidence adduced it appeared that the deceased was unmarried , and that a woman named Elizabeth Smith , who was described as somewhat prepossessing in appearance , intelligent , and twentyeight years of age , took care of his house . In September , 1844 . Taylor was attacked more than once by severe illness , during which his housekeeper nursed him with great care , but he ultimately sunk
under the complaint and died on the day above named ; his disease , being , in the opinion of the medical attendants , ulceration of the stomach . After his decease , the woman Smith showed signs of much mental suffering , and at length confessed to other parties that she administered mercury to her master at two separate times , which she put in his coffee . It nppcnrs that a preparation of arsenic is frequently kept by the farmers to steep the wheat before sowing , and this prepaiation is commonly known ameng them by the name of ' mercury . " The witness who spoke to having heard Smith , confess her having administered the drug , said that at the time she declared her only intention was to make her master ill , but not to cause his death , for which ? he felt great remorse . The inquest was ultimately adjourned that the contents ot the stomach of the deceased might be taken to London for examination .
A Collector of tolls at Waterloo-bridge , who absconded with £ 25 belonging to ihe company , has been taken by the police at Chelmsford . It seems he had dissipated the whole of the money he ran off with , and on reaching Chelmsford , and finding himself destitute , he gave himself up to the county police , and confessed the embezzlement . He was handed over to the Metropolitan force , A Wealthy Thief . —Last week Charles Donellan , a labourer of East Ham . was discharged from Ilford Gaol , where he had undergone an imprisonment of
twenty-one days , for stealing some cabbage plants at East llam . It seems that in this case poverty was not the incentive to his crime , for on his being searched at the prison , the sum of £ do in gold was found upon him , and also £ 3 os . in a little bag . It appears that he had , on the evening he was taken into custody , drawn the money from the Barking Savings' Bank , and we understand he also possesses £ 500 in the funds . He formerly kept a small shop , and was always noted for his penurious habits . — Essex Paper .
Narrow Escape from Suicide . —A determined attempt at | suieide was , on Monday , made by a sailor , named Thomas lumber , belonging to the Britannia East Indiaman , while under the influence of drink , lumber , together with his wife , came home-late , and about half-past four o ' clock in the morning , Webb , his landlord , was aroused by a loud kicking nohe in the passage , and on going down stairs to learn the cause of the disturbance , he found his lodger suspended by the neck with a rope , one end of which was fastened to the banisters . He was kicking and plunging about dreadfully , and his face was quite black . He was immediatel cut down , and
a surgeon was sent for , and after bleeding and the other usual methods had been used , animation was restored , and he was taken to the Southwark Police Court . The prisoner , on being asked why he attempted so rash an act , replied that he had received his advance note from the shipowners on the previous morning , and having got it cashed , he was spending it somewhat freely when lie fell in with a female , who he accompanied to . a house in Tooley-street , where he had more drink , and he believed she must have put some deleterious drug in it to take away his senses , as when he got home he thought he cpuld not do better than hang himself , which he accordingly did .
Seduction , Desertion , axd Soioidh . —Bradford , Monday . —A case of a most deplorable and heartless character , which has occupied the attention of a Coroner ' s Jury for several days , was brought to a conclusion , this afternoon by Mr . Jewison ,, the Borough Coroner , at the Wharf Hotel . The circumstances are briefly told . Between six and seven o ' clock , on Sunday evening last , an infant , carefully wrappid up in a shawl , was found lying upon the bank j of the canal . The suspicion being entertained that the mother of the child was drowned , the canal was searched , and the body of a young woman , named Elizabeth Smith was found . In the
excitement that prevailed in the neighbourhood , it was reported that she deceased had ( the previous evening ) had a quarrel with a young man , named William Ellis , who was the putative father of the child , and that the fatal result had arisen from this difference between them . Suspicions being entertained of Ms being concerned in the deceased ' s death , lie was apprchendod and taken before tho borough magistrate , who remanded him until the result of the inquiry . Tho deceased was a native of Darlington , tin worked at one of tho factories in the town . Her only relation in the town was a brother . Ellis had paidbia addresses to the deceased , who was about
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nineteen years of age , and the foundling referred to was the result of their intimacy . lie refused how ever , to marry her , and in con sequenoe , an information , with a view of affiliating the offspring was obtained , and served upon him , and would have * been disposed of on Saturday . Ellis had becomo acquainted with another young woman also a fac « tory girl , residing in lodgings in Wellington-street and on Sunday the deceased saw them together ! Subsequently deceased and Ellis met , but what transpired between them it is impossible to say for
nothing was seen of tho deceased afterwards , until her body was got out of the canal . The prisoner was present during the inquest , and conducted him . self in a manner to create the utmost indignation of those present . The Jury , unable to obtain any further evidence , returned an open verdict— " Thai the deceased was found drowned , but how she came into the water there was no evidence to show " The prisoner , on leaving the Court , was met by ' a large mob , who , but for the interference of the police would have inflicted on him severe punishment
The Latb Murder at Biusiot .-The Bristol Mercury contains the following particulars relative to the murderess and her victim :-White , the deceased , was an Irishman , about thirty years of age , during the last seven of which he has acted as aconl stable in the St . Philip ' s division of our police ; his murderess , Ferris , is a married woman , with two children ; her husband was formerly a carrier , residing in this city ; but about twelve months a"o . in consequence of domestic disagreements , he separated from his wife , and went to reside at Mai hern near Chepstow , where some say he has a small property . White lodged and boarded with Mrs . Ferris , and it is feared that an intimacy of an improper kind . ' had subsisted between them ; to
jealousy arising out of which the dreadful crime may , very probably be attributed . We are informed that there are circumstances in the history of the unhappy prisoner , and particularly in relation to her connexion with White , which make her , to some extent , an object of commiseration . She was married at the early age of sixteen to her husband , Ferris , and had by him three children , one of wftora has since died . We are assured by these who had the mean 3 of knowing , that her conduct as a wife was unexceptionable ; and that her separation from her husband , rendered necessary by continuul domestic differences did not arise from any misconduct on her part . After he had left her , her mother and stepfather consulted as to the best means of supporting her , and they
took and furnished the house in Lion-street , under the idea that , by taking in lodgers , she might half contribute to the support of herself and children . In an evil hour for them both , Patrick White , who had for a long time been acquainted with her , went to lodge with her . He had before made overtures of an improper nature to her , which she more than once rejected , and there is too much reason to beliuve that he accomplished her ruin by means of drugged liquors . After a time she became pregnant by him ; and , it is said , in order to avoid the disclosure of their joint dishonour , he prevailed upon .
her to adopt means for procuring abortion . What his motive could have been in plying the two women with drink , on the day of his murder , and , contrary to his habit , abstaining from it himself , can . only be inferred . The remains of White were interred on Thursday afternoon , in the bury ' ng-ground attached to the New Catholic chapel , at Clifton . Notwithstanding that pains had been taken to keep the time fixed for the funeral as secret as possible , intelligence of it got . abroad , and many hundreds of persons assembled in the neighbourhood of the buryingground to witness the ceremony . The chapel was crowded to such excess as almost to impede the
performance of the service . Death from Reckless Dnivisa . —On Tuesday , a yonn ^ man in the service of Mr . Wheatley , coach proprietor , at Greenwich , met his death under reekless circumstances . The deceased and several shopmates had been to a supper , two of them stopped to speak before they separated . At the moment a light chaise cart containing two individuals passed by at a rapid speed towards town , and before either could reach the footpath , they were both knocked down by the cart which , the driver did not ' stop , but continued to drive at the same rapid speed until out of sight . One of the men was carried to the nearest surgeon ' s , where it was ascertained that he had received a fracture of the base of the skull , a severe scalp wound , and other injuries . He expired a few houra after . The other man is going on favourably . When the police were made acquainted with the
circumstances , a mounted messenger went in pursuit of the persons in charge of the cart , but owing to the time that elapsed , the delinquents effected their escape . Crueltt to a Do . \ key . —At the county magistrates' office , Rochester , on Monday , William TaEsell , a blacksmith , living at Chatham , was charged with having poured boiling water into a donkey ' s ear . The donkey , belonging to a wood-dealer , was passing through . Rhode-street , when the defendant came out of the forge , and , holding the animal bj tJie ear , poured the water into itjfrom the saucepan . The donkey , writing with agony , ran back some distance , and it became necessary to place it under tho care of a farrier . Tiie magistrates , after severely censuring the defendant for his cruelty , convicted him in a penalty of 20 s ., including costs . [ The wretch should have been flogged with a cat-o-ninetails . ]
Determined Attempt at Suicide , —On Monday the neighbourhood of York-terrace , Westminster , was thrown into a state of considerable alarm , in consequence of a report that a young man , who is connected with a respectable family in Crloucester * shire , had committed suicide . On inquiry it appeared that the unfortunate gentleman , whose age did not exceed 28 , had been estranged from the society of his friends , and had abandoned himself to indolence and dissipation . An allowance to the extent of £ 10 per month was made to him , which he regularly received through the hands of the legal advisers of the family , a solicitor of Gray ' s-inn . Some time ago ha became acquainted with a young girl , a dancer at the Opera , and who was known by the name of Ellem
She continued to lire with him for some time , joining with him in his excesses on the receipt of the monthly allowances , which was soon spent , and the remainder of the month they were often in a complete state of poverty . About a fortnight ago this girl received an authority to receive his allowance which , it is stated she did , and absconded , leaving her paramour in the greatest distress . Lk commenced selling what little furniture they had , the proceeds of which he spent in drink , and on Saturday repeatedly said he should not survive it . No notice was taken at the time , but on Monday morning he not appearing as usual , his neighbours became alarmed , and the landlord ' s agent went to the rear of the premises and discovered the unfortunate man
ying weltering in his blood , which was fast issuing from his throat , in his bedroom . The doors were broken open , and the wretched being , who was alive , but perfectly insensible , was conveyed to the Westminster Hospital , when it was found he had inflicted so severe a wound in his throat , that although the carotid artery was not sepaiated , but little hopes were entertained of his recovery . Alabmikg Fire near Regent's Park . —On Tuesday evening , between the liours of seven and eight , a fire of a very alarming nature broke out in the residence belonging to Mrs . Needham , No . 12 , Stanhope Street , Park Place , Regent ' s Park . It appears that whihfc the inmates were in the drawing room they were alarmed by the crackling of wood . Upon examination it was ascertained that the upper room in flames
was . An attempt was made to subdue the flames by pouring buckets of water upon them , bufc the fire had already obtained a strong hold , and bursting through the roof the flames rose to an alarming height . Information having been despatched to the stations several engines speedily arrived . Unfortunately , however , the firemen had to wait upwards of twenty minutes ! before any water eould be procured , and meanwhile the fire continued to descend down the staircase and through the flooring into the rooms beneath . Water waving at length been obtained , the engines were set to work , and the flames were by nine o ' clock entirely extinguished . The damage done is considerable , but . fortunately , Mrs . Needham was insured in the County Office . The origin of the fire could not be ascertained .
Serious Railway Accident . —On Sunday night last , an accident ofa dreadful character took place on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway , near Kenda ] , which is likely to terminate in fatal consequences , A party of sub-contractora- and other persons engaged on the line had gone oa a pleasure trip to Shap , a distance of about sixteen miles , to celebrate the completion of the railway , and for that purpose procured two- engines belonging to the company , we understand entirely without their consent . On returning , one of the engines went on in front .
and arriving at it » destination first , waa incautiously left standing on the rails when the- second engine arrived . A collision ensued which dashed the first engine to atoms , and dreadfully injured those parties who were on the latter , who were thrown off in all directions . One man , Smith , was dashed into the furnace of the engine , and dreadfully scorched and otherwise injured ; so that no ho e remains of his re « covcry . Another person had hia . thigh lsuserated , and others weie injured to a great extent . The engineer has absconded .
The Daoenham : R vrder . —Three of th&palieeraen who committed perjury before the coroner's jury in this case have been dismissed from the police force ; The opinion of the law officers of tke Crown ba 3 been taken as to whether a conviction for perjuiy could be obtained , and these authorities have decided that it could not as regards the men Bulfoy , Feans , and Stevens , because they were not on oath when their first statement was made . As soon as this opinion was received , the above-named constables were dismissed from the force . With respeet to Parsons , Kempton , and another constable , no opi nion , has as yet beeH given , they , therefore , remain under tho same surveillance as heretofore ; but , as the oifence was committed out of the jurisdiction ot we Central Criminal Court , they cannot be tried until the Spring assizes of March , in all probability the result of the entire proceedings will not » e Knowa until then ,
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- EXTRAOKDINAttY CREDULITY AND IMPOST U B . CnoTDON . —A well-dressed , middle-aged woman , who gave the name of Kcziah Siddons , hut who is better known in Croydsn as Anne Trust , was examined last week on the following charge : — Miss Elizabeth M . Dodd deposed as follows : —I reside with my aunt , Miss Markley , who carries on tho business of a stationer in Croydon . I know the prisoner . About last May she came to me and said that n young gentleman belonging to the East India College , at Addiscombe , was anxious to pay his addresses to me , and that he hud employed htr as his agent to convey messages and letters between us . She described liinv ns being tail and fair , and said that his mime was Anderson , and the reason assigned for the secrecy was , that if it were known that he w : is corresponding with any young lady , tho
authorities might deprive him of his commission . A gentleman answering the description given by the prisonur had been to ihe shop , and she believed tho informa-ion made to her by the prisoner , and they communicated together from time to time upon the subject . In August , the prisoner showed her an advertisement in a newspaper to the ifivct that the communications were still to be kept up through " a friend , " and she said this advertisement came from Mr . Anderson , and referred to her . The prisoner told her that everything must he kept very secret , and it would be necessary , as her lover had been sent to India , and that she would follow him there to he married , and she , the prisoner , was to accompany her , antl it was necessary that she should have an outfit . In consequence of this , witness gave the prisoner several dresses , and she said her lover was to meet her at Bengal , and they were then to be married . The prisoner
then Baid she must have some money to pn pare for the voyage , and witness sold out somo stock belonging to her , and the first sum she gave the prisoner was £ 19 , and she afterwards gave her another sum of £ 15 . On last Friday week , upon the prisoner ' s r . presentation that everything was ready for their journey ,: he clandestinely packed up her clothes and left her aunt ' s house , and accompanied tho prisoner to the Greyhound Inn , at Sutton , where they remained until the Wednisday , and during that period she gave the prisoner another sum of £ 10 , but she returned her £ 5 . They pioceaded from Suttmi to the Red Hill station of tho railway , and from thence by train to Dover , intending to go to France , and proci eding by the overland route to India , to meet her lover . While they were at Dover , however , some gentlemen from Croydon overtook them , nnd the prisoner was taken into custody , and the witness returned with her friends . . * - ' .
In answer to questions , the complainant said she had begun to have suspicion of the prisonor , but she was induced to accompany her on account of her threats of personal violence , and she repeatedly threatened to shoot licr if she broke her promise to go to India . Mr . Adams , who appeared for the prisoner , asked the complainant if she knew anything of the prisoner bulbru this transaction ?—She replied , that she had known her for two years , and she added , that she believed she got her living by fortune telling . Mr . Adams : Has she ever told your fortune?—Complainant : Severe ! times .
Mr . Adams : Did you never have the curiosity to malto my inquiry whether there was any young gentleman at Addiscombe of the name of Anderson ?— Complainant No , I did not . bicause the prisoner said that if any in-( juir ' es were made , it would spoil all ( roars of laughter ) . Mr . Adams : Then did you never see the gentleman , or have any personal communication with him ? Complainant : No , sir . The prisoner said he was tall and fair , « nd I ^ collected , a gentleman answering that deveription coming to the shop , and that his name was Anderson , and this was all I knew about him . Mr . Adams : Then you actually started upon an overland journey to India , to meet and to be married to a gentleman whom you had never seen or spoken to upon the subject ?—Complainant : I did , sir ( laughter ) . The prisoner , upon being called upon for her defence , repeated her statement about the young gentlemen btirig in love with Miss Dodd , and said that the money was only applied to the nceessary expenses .
The magistrates said there was no doubt that the prisoner had acted in a most crafty and wicked manner , although at the same timo they considered it was most extraordinary that a younj woman of the age of Miss Dodd should have been so credulous as to allow herself to he duped by such an absurd story . They were of upi « nion , however , that tiie evidence did not support the charge , and they were therefore compelled to dismiss it ; but they , at the same time , remarked that they saw quite tnough of the prisoner ' s course of life to induce them to caution her to be careful in future , or she might depend she would get into a scrape , and receive some punishment . The prisoner was then discharged .
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LOSS OF Afl WHALING SHIP .-M ASS ACRE OF HER CREW . For sever il months anxiety has been felt regarding the fate of a whaling ship ; named the Cape 1 acket Captain Powell , last from Sydney , and twenty-eight selcn , I er crew . We . regret to state . that inform tion has now been received from Sydney that the unfortunate vessel ( which has been missing two years ) had fallen into the hands of the natives of the New Hebrides , Sandwich Wands and thrse belonging to her , excepting four hamb , savagely murdered . The particulars have been reported by Capt Jones , of the Barque Flizabcth , " ^ arrived at Sydney from tho New Hebrides on the 9 th o June having had a narrow escape of meeting imilar fate From a native who was on hoard the Gape
Packet , but escaped the massacre , Captain Jones learned ( he following particulars :- ! wo or Jiree days after the vessel ' s arrival , three boats were sent off to the shore for water , and while the crew were so employed , the natives attacked them , and every one ot them were kilieil . The canoes then pushed off to the ship , on board of which were Capt . Powell , ten English , and four coloured men . They were permitted to come upon deck , Capt . Powell being unconcions of the fate of those whom he had sent ashore . For a few minutes they behaved themselves in their usual friendly manner ; having surrounded their victims ; the signal was given , and the slaughter
commenced . The attack was so sudden , that not the least resistance could be Made : the captain , with the whole of the crew , were killed . The four coloured men were not molested . The bodies of the murdered crew were taken ashore and devoured . The ship was then ransacked and pillaged of every , thing of value . She had 700 barrels of sperm oil on b > ard , but the casks were broken up for the purpose of getting the iron hoops ; and after stripping the ship , securing the fire-arms , powder , &c ., she was set on fire and totally consumed . Three of the men whose lives had been spared by the natives had managed to escape from the island in' a canoe , and had been takon on board by a French vessel .
Atcownta, ®Fflmcesi, & Inquest*.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 14, 1846, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1392/page/2/
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