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/ ASTOHI8HIK« imCACT - HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.
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TJw Tes ^ acmr » f a Cltrgfaiaa vratkiag t » Wrnu . Cases f CmrtA ky tkntnamdcrfml Tills . Crtract of Ltttor from ihe Jtcv . GtorfcPrir , CvrmU of MrithfLetUrXrmf , Qirrifart , IreUn 4 , ltft Jtm . ltiG . - ToProfe »!» rHoll » way . Sol , — I utai j « m a end * list of s » m « eltrem cues , all tared > y the ase of y « ur Jill * . I cawut euctiy give yon » professional > ame to the Tari * ms coaploiats , but this - knw , tone * f tfcec * baflUi tke ( kill « f Verry and this ftuntj . In a previous letter tkis gemtlemam states as ttlows : —With !* a slort distiBc * of my noise resides a mill farmer , ifh » for more tka * twenty years has been iaatad state ef health ; lira . Pri » r gave him a bex of the Fills , which Hi him so much g « od tkat 1 heard him saj , f » r twenty jean past he aever ate his food or e » jojrli it m Kich as sue * takitg yam * Pilli .
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OS THE CONCEALED CAUSE OP CONSTITUTIONAL Oft ACQUIRED DEBILITIES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM . Just Published , A new andi mportant Edition of the Silent . Friend on fiuman Frailty . frice 2 i . 64 ., and sent free to any part of the United Kingdom on the receipt of a Post Offiae Order for 3 s . 6 d . A MEDICAL WORK on the INFIRMITIES « f the GENERATIVE SYSTEM , in both seres ; being an enqmrr into the concealed cause that destroys physical enerev , and the ability of manhood , ere vigour has esta-Kishea her empire : —with Observations on the baneful efetsof SOLITARY INDULGENCE and INFECTION ;
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than perhaps half the world i « aware of ^ for . dt "® 11 ? . ' - rememBtred , where the fountaia ia p » lluted , the . ^ tr , w that flow from it cannot be pure . ,: *? 4 SiP ^^
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ABERNETHY'S PILE OINTMENT . * V"HTHAT a painful aud noxious Disease is . the PILES , W and comparatively hotr feir of the afflicted hart been permanently cured by ordinary appeals t * medical skill . This , no doubt , arises from thi us ..- of powerful aperients too frequently administered by the profession ; indeed , strong internal medicine should always be avoided in all cases of this complaint . The Proprietor of the above Ointment , after years of acute suffering , placed himself under the treatment of that eminent surgeon , Mr . Abernethy , — wa « by tint restored to perfect health , and has enj » yed it ever since without the slightest return of the disorder , over a period of fifteen years , during which time the same Abernetliian ' prescription has been " the
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FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH . mHE BEST APERIENT AND ANTIBILIOUS MEJ . DICINE FOR GENERAL USE IS FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH , which effectually relieves the stomach and bowels by general relaxation , without griping or prastration of strength . Th « y remove headache , sickness , dizziness , pains in the chest , < fcc , are highly grateful to the stomach , promote iigestion , 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 singiig in the head and ears , they offer advantages that will not fail to be appreciated . This mediciue has for many years received tha approval of the most respectable classes of society , aud in confirmation of its efficacy the following letter has been kindly forwarded to Mr . Frout , with permission to publish it , and , if requisite , te refer any respectable person to its author : —
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Dalby , Wetherby . ;« Waite ; Harrogate : Wall , Barnsley ; and all respectable medicine venders throughout the kin gdom . Price lfhjd ; and 2 s , 9 d , per boxi |; % % Xilt for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH , and o& im tht name and addraes of "Thomas Prout , 229 > atraii , Lotion , " on tbe GoT «»»»«» t stamp ,
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:. ' , ; ;; : . AGENTS WANTJED . |; A- : i TO DRUGGISTS , &c—WANTED by Dr . PoweiA , 16 , BleBBington Street , Dublin , AGENTS in the principal Towns throughout the Kingdom , for the Sale of his Specific , for Scald Head , Ringworm , and all Cutaneous Diseases . A Liberal Commission allowed ;
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; IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC . SCALD HEAD , RINGWORM , AND ALL CUTANEOUS DISEASES . Da . Wittuii Powell , 16 , Blessington Street , Dublin , begs to inform the Public , that his SPECIFIC for the above Diseases may now be had in Packages , price 2 s . 6 d ., 6 s ., and 10 s . 6 d each , with full directions for thoir Hie , Tbe half-guinea package contains eight times the quantity of the half-crown . On receipt ofa post-office order er postage stamps , directed as above , the medicine will be forwarded by return of post , until agents are appointed in the diffsrent counties . '
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FOR STOPPING DECAYED TEETH , Price 2 s . fid . ' Patronized by Her Majesty , the Queen , Her Majesty , the Queen Dowager , ' His Royal Highness Prince Albert , Her Royal Highness the Duchess . of Kent , His Graoe the Archbishop of Canterbury , And nearly all the Nobility , the Bishops and the Clergy THOMAS & HOWARD'S SUOOEDANEUM . For filling Decayed Teeth , however large the cavity . It is superior to anything ever before used , as it placed in the tooth in a soft state , without any pressure or pain j and in a short time ; becomes as hnra as the enamel , and j will remain firm in the tooth many years , rendering ex- ; traction unnecessary .- . It arrests all further progress of decay , and renders them again useful in mastication . All pewous can use this SUCCEDANEUM THEMSELVES WITH EASE , as full directions are encloie
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were severely kicked and injured by the horse , which the owner was compelled to kill . Very numerous accidents ocurrcd on nearly every bridge , owing to the horses of omnibuses , &c , being unable to ascend the slippery roadway . An unloaded coal barge , belonging to a merchant ofSouthwark , was found drifting down the river , and it was ascertained that the barge had left Chelsea in the charge of a lig hterman named David SmMi , andfiom marks on the barge it is supposed that that individual wai walking along the gunwale , which was covered with frozen snow , and slipped overboard . On Tuesday afternoon , an accident of a very serious nature occurred tO a lad and a man who were sliding on the ice in St . James ' s Park , and ran against each other with such violence as to knock each other down . The former received a severe fracture of the skull , and the latter broke his arm and received several other injuries . Shortly after , another accident occurred to a man who was skating , and by some accident fell and broke his cola lar-bone .
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[ From the GaztlUof Tuesday , December 15 . ] John Cross Humliy , Blackfriars-road , and Northampton , boot manufacturer—William Thomas Gooding , Old Brentford , gluss cutter—William Hunter , Gru / s . inn-lane , " coach manufacturer—Henry Tattersall , New Wharf-road , Battlebridge , common brewer—Thomas Taylor , Hend . bourne Worthy , Southampton , blacksmith—William Tom and , John Matthews , IIum ; erford , Berkshire , brewers—John Newby , Leicester , haberdasher—Henry Peers , Bivkenhead , stone mason—William Jonas , Liverpool , boiler maker—Frederick William Farley , Liverpool , hatter—James SutclifFe , Habergham Eaves , Lancashire , cotton spinner — Richard White , Durham and Sunderland , merchant .
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——^^* i i » . i Intelligent as most certainly the community now are . comparatively with the state of society in former times , still there appears to have been one essential matter overlooked in the search for intelligence and happiness , How often do Medical men recommend exercise to their patients for Indigestion , Liver Complaints , Costiveness , Sick Head-aches , &e . Females leading an inactive life , and thousands of both sexes arc , through their sundry avocations , debarred from that exercise in pure atmosp here which is essential to health ; to all such , therefore , we would recommend the occasional use of that excellent Family Medicine , Frainpton ' s' Pill of Health , which , as a restorative , a gentle aperient , and a promoter of u heaithy action of the system , stands unequalled in public estimation .
Loss of Teeth . —In consequence of the complete or even partial ruin of the teeth , the face shrinks ; the countenance assumes a different expression , and " wrinkles will prematurely furrow the face . " The only remedy for tins is to supply the loss with Artificial Teeth , thereby restoring cler < r articulation , perfeet mastification , and " preventing the hollow and shrunken cheeks , the thin aud contracted lip , so characteristic of old uku . The new Patent Composition Teeth , invented by Mr . Howakd , Surgeon Dentist , 61 , Burners Street , Oxford Street , London , most fully answer this purpose , and are . fixed without attracting any roots or teeth , or giving any pain whatever . They will also be found mora eeomomical than any others .
Holloway ' s Pills . —The llowing extraordinary case , cannot be made too public . George Wright , of Highstreet , Yauxhall , well known at Hill ' s Potteries , Yauxhall ,. walk , where lie formerly worked during ten years , but for the last five his health has beeneo bad that he could do nothing , being greatly emaciated , suffering from a diseased liver , and also the dropsy , besides an affection of the spine . He was in the hospital at Win . Chester for five inoivths , and afterwards in Westminster Hospital for three months longer . To sum up—from almost a dying state , he has been restored to such com . parativo health and rigour in tho short space of five weeks , as to aBtonish all who know him ; aud this by Hoi . loway ' s Pills .
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jC ; j . ' SCT - ¦ - ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ " ^ BBPRB&HXA . fiQKO ? MANCHB ^ SRi JOtttf ; BftlGHT'S ViE % ~ BEilBCTIKO ; j ! HE TEN HOURS ' , BILL , THE " PEOPLE'S CHARTER , AND THE RESTORATION OF THE CHARTIST EXILES . John Bright is / a candidate for ! the representation of Manchester , In the place of Mr " . Mark Phillips , who ha »; announced his intention to retire from Parliament . Mr . ' Bright met the electori of Hulme ( included in the parliamentary borough of Jfanohester , ) on Monday the 7 th inst ., at the Shakespeare ; Inn , ' York Street , ; wtien the " Rochdale pet" underwent a rather searching examination . Wo give such portions as will serve to inform our readers of Mr . Bright ' s * iews on the questions named at the head of this article . :.-... , .
THE TEN HOflBS' BILL . Mr . Bssnics inquired what wer e the opinions of Mr . Bright as regarded the factory bill , as he had voted against Mr . Milner Gibson ;—( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Bbiqht : I voted nuainst . the ten hours factory bill twice , in 1814 and 1846 , when brought forward by Lord Ashley ; and' I'do so in accordance with the opinion which I have held for many years;—and on that occasion—on bath occasion *—I spoke and voted against Lord Ashley . Now , I am myself connected intimately with the labouring and manufacturing trade of this district . I came to the consideration of this question not , I believe , without all the facts before me which it was possible that any other man could have . I knew there was a considerable number of the working classes , both those who worked in factories and those who did
not , who had a desire , and conceived it to bo just , to l ' mit the work in factories " to . / ten " hours a-day . My opinion is , that no defence , no Bound defence , can ever be made for a legislative enactment that will at all interfere with the perfect freedom of the labour of adults ; that is , I menu people of mature age , people grown up , whether man or woman , —and that being the opinion which 7 . have come to , and so long as I hold it , I shall not be able to give any other vote with respect to that measure than such as I have given thereto . —( Hear , and hissing . ) * , »• " * Time was when I w *« in favour of a Ten Hours' Bill—( cheers );—and I got up a petition when Michael Thomas Sadler was in Parliament , in 1828 or 1829 , in favour of this proposition . I got it signed and paid the expensos , mostly , if not entirely , out of my own pocket ; and I have a letter by me from him , saying he . would present it . Well , I acted then under the feeling , which I presume many entertain who supportB a Ten Hours' Bill , that it would be ploasanter to work ten hours than twelve . But
I think I am not less humane now than I fvas then . Really , I believe I am more so , I have given-great consideration to that question , and I confess , with my present opinions , if I were to give ray vote for that bill , I should vote for the grossest injustice which could be inflicted on all parties connected with the staple trade in this district . ( Hear , and hisseB . ) The passing of that bill would destroy , at one blow , as much of the cotton trade in England at the present time , as existed in England at the end of the war , and be equally injurious toother branches of the trade of the country , I think it would be the most disastrous measure that could be passed . J think if the working men are really desirous of accomplishing this object , they have only to make an effort amongst themselves , and I know they can and do make strenuous efforts ; but I am sure they will become much more powerful , by discussing this matter amongst themselves , and much more independent , and will much better regulate this matter , and bring about any reduction oi time by acting for and among themselves , that can poseibly be done by an act of parliament ,
Mr . Richabd Radfobd , amidst great confusion , and cries of order , asked what was Mr , Bright ' s opinion with reference to legislative interference with factories . Hhu it been beneficial or not ! ( Cries of " Keep to this , " and cheering . ) Mr . Bbight : The question put to me is , whether I believe legislative interference with factories , so far as it has been carried , is beneficial or not . The question has been often asked , and I have beard it argued —( confusion and cheers)—in the house of commons with great force . I am uot prepared to say that there has already been no good thing done by the legislation which bus hitherto interfered with factories . But I am not of the opinion that would attribute the improvements within the lust twenty years in factories to legislative interference , because any man acquainted with factories at all , will find , and . must know , that those which have improved the most are those which the Act of Parliament has not interfered wi'h at all . ( Bear . )
Mb . Radfobd asked if the hon . member did not think it impossible to educate the people after fourteen hours ' attention to any business , particularly after that of factory labour ? Mr . Bbioht : That question resolves itself into this , — Do I think it possible to educate the people who have to apply fur 14 hours at any labour or occupation by which they have to earn a living . ' Now that would again rasolve itself into the consideration , and there is no doubt great truth in it , whether young persons were not much more likely to be better educated if they only worked 10 hours than if they worked 12 hours . Well , 1 am quite certain that a man who works 10 hours a day , or a young person who is engaged at work 10 hours a day , is much more likely to be educated than ono who works 12 hours . —( Hear , hear . ) I do not differ on this peint at all . I differ as to whether the reduction of time should be carried out by legislative enactment , or whether it should be carried out by a regulation between the masters and the operatives themselves .
Mr . Radioes asked if it wore Mr . Bright ' s opinion , then , that if the hours of labour were reduced one-sixth , wages would be proportionably reduced ? Mr . Bright : Well , I never yet took upon myself the character of a prophet ( Laughter and hisses . ) But ii I am asked , when certain figures are put down upon a slate , to add them up , nnd am told they come to so much , I think I could tell wbethor they do or not . And it is my honest opinion that if the period of working were by act of parliamet reduced to ten hours , or diminished onesixth , that eventually the reduction of wages would at least equal , I think it might exceed the reduction of the time . —( " Hear , " and disapprobation . ) Mr . Radfobd : If , then , the hours of labour were increased one-sixth , would the . value of that labour be enchanced in the same ratio ?—( " Hear , " and
confusion . ) Mr . Bbiqht : The question is this •—If the hours of labour were increased from twelve to fourteen , do I think the rate of wages would be increased in the same proportion ? Well , if the hours of labour were increased by actof parliament , — . (" hear ^ " and cries ef " order , " )—if they were increased to fourteen hours by act of parliament , my honest opinion is , there might be an increase of wages ; but if the hours of labour were { increased by reason of tho intense competition which rendered it absolutely necessary to get off with a given quantity of machinery an increased quantity of work , then , I think , there would not be any increased wages . It is porfeetly notorious that ten hours a day is not considered , long enough by the workmen themselves ; and this feeling is not confined to the operatives only , but if we look to the higher grades of society , to the lawyers for instance , we find some of them in Manchester killing themselves by the imposition of voluntary labour . —("' Hear , " hisses and uproar . )
THE CUABTBB . Mr . Radfobd : Provided a motion were made in the House of Commons —( "order , " and cheering)—for Universal Suffrage —( applause ) , —Vote by Ballot , Annual
Parliaments— ( bear)— -Puymentof Members , No Property qualification , and Equal Electoral Districts , and it is likely your vote , if given , would secure their adoption ,-would you give that vote ? Mr . Bbiqiit : With all these things put together ?—( Laughter , cheers , an < i hisses . ) I am asked , if a measure were introduced giving to every man , 21 years of age , the Suffrage , who had not committed a crime—establishing Annual Parliaments , Vote by Ballot , No Property Qualification , Payment of Members , and Equal Electoral Districts , Now , to some portions of that 1 give a decided negative . I never would vote , so far as I at present believe , for Annual Parliaments , and for the Payment of Members of Parliament , ( Cheers an i hisses . ) I would vote for short parliaments , such as should give a thorough control
over representatives on the part of constituencies . When I say short parliaments , I do not think anybody can tell , even to a month , what time they ought to sit ; but 1 should be exceedingly glad to vote for three years' parliaments . ( Cheers . ) I should vote for Vote by Ballot . ( Applause . ) I think nothing more absurd than are our present Electoral Districts , by which Manchester , witb 250 , 000 inhabitants , only returns two members to parliament , and some little borough , whose population might be abstracted from Manchester any morning and no one would miss them —( laughter )—returns just as many . The next question ib Universal Suffrage . That is the question , is it not ! ( Cries of " That is the question , " " To ba or not to be ; " cheers and huzzas . ) 1 think the other night I fully explained the views I held on this sub
ject . ( No , no . ) When , then , a motion was brought before parliament that tended in the direction of the extension of the Suffrage , I gave this proposition my support , as evidencing my wish to proceed in that direction It is my epinion , that no parliament will ever , or any considerable number of members oi parliament will be prepared at one sttoke of the pen , and by one act , to transform the present system of representation into that which is known by thenamo of tho People ' s Cliarter . I do not believe they will do it ; nor do I believe that many persons think it would be an advisable change so to do . I think , as a member has wisely expressed the opinion , there shsuld be manifested on the part of the legislature an hone 6 t disposition not to exclude men from the
franchise , but tn include them in the franchise . And I have always , whether in or out of parliament , advocated that honcat principle that should rather include them thnn drive them out ; because I think it totally impossible that five men who have no vote can ever be satisfied with the vote of the sixth , and that is supposed to be the condition of tho whole grown population of the kingdom . I have supported every proposition brought into parliament for the extension of the Sutfrage . I am , too , deeply sensible that there are outside the electoral pale a large number of those who are in every way qualified to be within it ; and it will be my pleasure , by every rational means , to extend that pale , and bring more and more into it , so that no man should be able to say there was not a full and free representation of the psople , ( Cheers , )
In reply to a subsequent question as to the " property qualification" and " payment of members , " Mr . Bbiqut taid—In Scotland there is no property qualification , and a man not having a sixpenco can bo elected , and even in this country the qualification can be most easily evaded :
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and it would , therefore ; be much better to have no law on he subject ^ With rtspect to tKe Jpaynient of members I thinkthat ' nothinge 6 iild . b 8 ; wow fo ^ icountry than a House of Commons which Is returned ^ merely to be remunerated , nnd ! whlch has no eartbly ^ object but the ad . rancement of their own interest . There may be instances where a man of superior eicellenco and virtue may be elected by a constituency and supported by tbem ; but upon a review and consideration of the whole of this question , I could not give my vote to the payment of members of parliament , I do not think , it would be ser viceable to the country .
THE CHARTIST EXILES . Mr . Radfoto inquired if Mr . Bright would TOtefo the liberation of Frost , Williams , and Jones f Mr . Brioht : That question was discussed during the last session of Parliament , and I did not vote for their liberation . Ido not , in . the first place , think it desirable , except in some very extraordinary cases , that the power of punishment which is vested by the constitution in the law and in the crown , and in the judges , should be made a constant subject of discussion in an , assembly like the House of Commons . I think it of infinite importance that ihe power of pardon winch is vested in' the crown should there remain , and not remain with a popular assembly . But still I admit this is an important case , and one which may perhaps be said to justify the departure from all former rules , but upon a mature considaratiori of all the circumstances of the case , I do not think it consistent with my principles and duty to give my vote so as to compel the government to send them home
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DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOMEN'S SOCIETY . ^ A meeting of the committee and membors of this society was held on Monday at the Crown and Anchor Tavern . ¦ .. . ¦¦¦ -. ; .: ' - . -. ; . ;¦ - : .: ; ¦ James Luke Hansard , Esq ., was called to the chair . Ifr . Alderman Faeebeotbeb , who first addressed the meeting , entered into an elaborate commentary upon a mass of correspondence which had pasted between bitnseif and Lord Ashley and other members of the committee who had seceded from the society , in consequence , as they alleged , of the confusion into which the affairs of thi" society had got , and after they had remonstrated , without effect , upon the necessity of having an efficient and p « d secretary to manage the accounts . The alderman . gave a long explanation of his conduct , which be thought was impugned by Lord Ashley ' s conduct in sending a circular to the members of the Society , stating the cause of tltis secession wag the confusion alluded to .
Lord Ashlet said that Alderman Parebrother had made no motion on the subject of his speech , and therefore left him with no definitive conclusion which he might hare combatted . With regard to the aubject before the meeting , he believed that a very few words would suffice to explain the . whole affair . He had been requested to join this society by the worthy Alderman , and because he had heard of the great distress of the needlewomen , and was anxious to better their condition . Having done so , he bestirred himself on its behalf , and had induced a great many to become subscribers to it . However , after some time , he heard a great many com . plaints of the ill-condition of the affairs of the society , and the consequence was that Mr . Shaw joined him in requesting an investigation of the accounts , the result of which was that Mr , Shawn as appointed sub-treasurer ,
A short time after this , Mr . Shaw , Mr . Cooper , Mr . Jeffreys , and himself , having talked the matter over , they had come to the conclusion that nothing short of a full investigation of the accounts , and the employment of a paid secretary , could ever nlace the society on a firmer footing , and that Mr . Roper should be superseded and a vote of thanks passed to him fer the zeal and activity he had displayed . It was then found that the society could not go on by itself , and a committee was formed for the purpose of soliciting the Milliners' Society to join them and form a combination between the two , hut this proposition was not acceded to ; and , therefore , finding the affairs of the society in such a state of confusion , and that there was no chance of getting them set to rights , he felt compelled to withdraw from it , and this fact he intimated to the worthy alderman , in a letter which he addressed to him upon the 6 th of July .. On his return from the Continent in six weeks afterwards , he was
surprised to hear that a meeting had been held , at which the worthy alderman presided , but that his letter an nouncinghis retirement was not read , but that tke president stated his presumption that his ( Lord Ashley ' s ) reasons for retiring were that he did not wish to be chairman of two institutions for the same purpose at the same time . He was greatly at a loss to account for such an . omisiion having been made , and he believed such a thing had never been keard ' of before ; and had h » not taken steps to have had a copy of that latter sent to the subscribers they would have been in utter ignorance of his real reasons for retiring from the society , particularly those who had been induced to join it by reason of his connection with it , - Re could alao say ' tliat the reason Mr . Cooper , and Mr . Shaw , and Mr . Jeffreys , and others had left the society , was because they felt dissatisfied at the manner in which its affairs had been managed .
An irregular discussion ensued , which was at length terminated by Lord Ashley moving a vote of thanks to the Chairman , and the meeting separated after four hours and a half debate .
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_ DESTITUTION AND DEATH FROM STAHTATJON . An inquest was held on Monday night as to the death of Elizabeth Doddemeade , aged 70 . Mr . LavieB , of Great George-street , surgeon , who bad opened the body , said he found it very much attenuated ; but there were no marks of violence . From the state of the viscera , and the absence of all fat from the muscles , which want of food would produce , and also finding no organic disease , he could come to no other opinion than that destitution was the cause of death . Mr . Lavies described the state of the place , and observed that it was the most wretched one be had witnessed in a somewhat long experience . The husband , he was told , had been in the navy , and had been wounded in his head . He said he had a little work , and did not wish his wife to go to the workhouse .
Mr . Barber , the landlord of the White Hart , Sevendials , and the brother of the deceased , said that she bad been well off when she married , but her husband bad been extravagant . He had himself done what he could for them , and bad made tbem an allowance until lately . They had an allowance from Marylebone , but in consequence of their Btate becoming known , it was stopped at the beginning of the year , and they were requested to go into the house , but she said she would sooner starve first . Margaret Eleanor Richardson said , she resided in the same house as the deceased , but had not seen her leave
her room for the last two years . Dr . Wright attended her last year , and said that the only thing she" wanted was food—not physic . Her husband was there at the time , and said he would do the best be could for her . Mr . Thomas , the relieving officer of the parish , also saw both her and her husband this time last year , and advised them to go into the workhouse , but they said they would not , as they should be separated . Deceased had several times since told witness that the fear of being separated from ber husband , with whom she had lived for bo many years , prevented her going into the workhouse . .
AnnDiggle , of No . 13 , Dacre-street , said that it was through her the attention of the parish officers were called to tbe deceased ' s case a year ago . Witness at that time saw her lying in the area completely naked . When the parish officers were called , and the room was entered , she was found with her husband ' s shirt , on , but nothing else . The officers of tbe parish wished to take her to the workhouse , but her husband would not let them . Mr . Thomas , the relieving officer of Westminster , was sent for , and stated that the last time he saw them was in February , when he wished them to go into the house , but they would not , and no other application had been made to him . He should have out-door relief or go into the workhouse now , if he wished . Doddemeade said he would adopt the latter as soon as his wife was buried .
The Jury returned a verdict , that " the death of the deceased was caused by the want of the common necessaries of life . "
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^ IW . 11 — PARRICIDE . —SHOCKING CASE . A youth of 19 , named Chevillon , and a boy of fifteen named Guy , were tried on Thursday , at Versailles , by tbe Court of the Assize of the Seine-et-Oise ; the first of parricide , and the second for complicity in the murder . The father of Chevillon , a labouring man , about 40 years of age , was , about 12 months ago , attacked with a paralysis of the limbs , for which he was treated without effect in several hospitals . Tho poor fellow , however , did not despair of recovery , and , having a little money , he re . solved on returning to Ms lodging—a room on tbe ground floor of a house at Versailles , and there obtaining medical assistance . His son , also a labourer , but a youth of dig * eolute life , and very profligate habits , occupied the room with bis father , who was so completely helpless that he could not rise from his bed , and it was necessary , when he wanted air , to lift him from it , and place him at the door . On the 23 rd of August last , he was still sanguine of recovery , and had a foot-bath , and took some refreshment . Only a day or two previously he had received from
some member of his family , on whom he had claims , a sum of 200 f ., which was placed in a bag near bis bed . On J the following morning , at half past seven , some neigh-1 bours were called in by young Chevillon , who told them that his father was dying , This was indeed the case * they found the father insensible , and removed him to an ' < hospital , where he died a few hours afterwards , On a post mortem examination the medical men declared that ' tke man had not died of the malady under which he had so long suffered , but of suffoeation ; and as it was known that the son was in company with Quy , the younger prisoner , and had passed the night of August 23 in debau . cbery , spending a good deal of money , and as the 206 f . which the father had received were not to be found , it was supposed that he had stolen it , and caused the death of hisparent . YoHng Chevillon and Guy were arrested , aad ( he following confession was made by the latter . He said t hat he was in the room of the deceased with the son , w ho purchased somo charcoal at the desire of the father , to make a small fire on the hearth , to warm some tooth ; 01 instead of doing this the ion maie a large fir * en tho
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floor , and , unseen by ; the father , took away the bap * n , mining the 2 « 0 franc The room became * ery hot * rick man complained , but the son told bin , th ,. * , ? WmK do Wm good , and then left with Guy doriw tt . T after him . The , went to a ' dance , and S that ° ' mthsereral persom of btd ^ hwacUr . At about fi ™ £ the morning he sentry to ' his ! father ' s lodging £ " £ 'SSSh T ' dead > ° r 6 tUrnedand 8 a ' d « £ ta l «^ h a C - , r 8 g 6 9 / thereem . »> at had looked through the window and Been the fatherin the agonisa of death . Chevillon remained drinking for about two hours and then went to tbe place himself . Finding the father peeehlesn , and therefore unable to give any information as to tha causoofthe hopeleB 8 state in iMthhtiru iflag . Chevillon , after swcpiDgth . remaias of the charcoal ia ¦ iil ? re" % CV ? n * ° Ut 8 nd called * he nei 8 h ° ours . Che . vlllon at first denied that he had made any fire , and prl ! ° ! 2 " *" *? " * death h «* " « place . ; theZ
- course of nature , but some of the witnesses having declared that the stone floor of the room was hot when theV ^ A- that there W ^ ¦* « "b" on the earth , he shifted his course , andmadethefollowing . tatement :-4 ii ffi ' . "V beC ° me We&lf t of M * - and resolved to abridge his suflferings by suicide . . He had given the 200 rancs to h , son , as being no longer of use to himself , and desired him to make a large charcoal fire on the floor , in order that the fumes might produce death , and when the fire hau been kindled he ordered the son to leave . This , statement did not impose upon the examining magistrate ? and it was contradicted , not morely by the confession o Guy , but by much circumstantial evidence . The pr isoner Chevillon persisted in his falsehood , and pretended that he thought be was doing his duty in obeying the injunctions of his father . On the trial the Counsel for Cbevillon endeavoured to shake the evidence as to the C 8 U 86 Of the death ; and , secondly , supposing that he might haw
niedof suffocation , sought to obtain credit for the statement of his cilent , urging at the same time that in law the man wh » assists another to commit suicide is not guilty of murder ; the jury , however , found CheTillon guilty of parricide , but with extenuating circumstances ; andh « was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment with hard labour . Cuy was acquitted .
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Thk Rbpubhc of thb PrBBNBBs . —In a deep and retired valley of the Pyrenees exists the small independent state ot Andorre , under the . joint protection of France and Spain ; It has laws by prescrip . tion , which are administered by two judges , one French , and tho other Spanish . This little republic comprises fifty-four villages , with a population of 12 , 000 inhabitants , living oh the produce of the flocks and herds , their principal wealth . When Napoleen crossed the Pyrenees on his way to Spain , he stopped at Andorre , the capital , and promised to confer on . the republic a written code of laws . But this promise concurrent political events prevented him from performing , The inhabitants hare at length framed
a code for themselves , and it was promulgated last month at the chief town . It is of the greatest simplicity , comprising all its enactments , civil and criminal , in 100 articles only . Murder is a crime extremely rare in this little state , and , when sentence of ( death is pronounced , it cannot be executed unti it is confirmed by a general assembly of represents tires of the Tillages conveked at Andorre . The mode of execution is consistent with the mature oi tbe people . At a short distance from the road into Catalonia is a tremendous precipice , the bottom of which no eye of man could discover . The criminal with his eyes bound , is led to the edge , and in the presence of all who wish to attend , is thrown over by the executioner .
Extraobdinabt Hoax . —During the past wetk , the neighbourhood ot Aldersgate-street , City , has been the scene of great confusion , owing to the following extraordinary hoax , which has been played off upon a respectable tradesman named Russell , carrying on business as a stationer and accountbook manufacturer in the above-named thoroughfare . It appeared that , on Wednesday evening last , as the clock was striking the hour of 5 , seven hair-dressers entered Mr ! . ' Russell ' s shop , followed by three other persons , each , carrying a wig . Upon inquiring their business , Mr . Russell was informed that they had been ordered to attend at that hour to dress the family ' s hair . Before sufficient time had elapsed to tell the parties that they had been hoaxed , in ,
stepped a butcher s man , with a tray filled with legs of mutton , and sundry other joints of meat ; the man had no sooner placed his tray on the counter than a fishmonger brought in a stock offish , and two winemerchants followed , each having a couple of hampers of wine on their backs . Mr . Russell having explained to the people that he knew nothing whatever of the affair , and that the orders must have been given by some evil-minded persons , in comes a gentleman who announced himself as a corn extractor , and who stated that he had been' hired to attend afe 5 o ' clock to operate upon Mr . Russell ' s corns . A number of pastrycooks were the next who entered the shop , each bringing an immense number of custards , tarts , jellies , &c . But judge of the surprise of every one in the place when the next arrival was announced . It consisted of five beautiful car * Wages , each drawn by two horses , the coachman and footman attired in liverj . The crowd , when tbe
carnages drew up , was very great , and it required the services of the police to keep a space for the duped tradesmen to pass to and fro . Whilst the tradesmen were condoling with each other , as a finale to the whole , in came five chimneysweepers , who stated that they had been ordered to attend with all possible expedition to extinguish Mr . Russell ' s chimney , which they understood had taken fire . It took Mr . Russell nearly the whole of the night to answer the many parties who had been so imposed upon , The following night ( Thursday ) five pianoforte tuners waited upon the same gentleman , and stated that they had been hired to tune Mr . Russell ' s instruments . A carriage and pair were also brought , a 3 the coachman said , to take the family to the theatre , A great number of other tradesmen were served in a similar manner ; and , unfortunately , the police have not been able as yet to trace out the guilty parties .
Thb Ebijuimabx . — The young stranger , yclept Kookie Ekie , brought here ( Kirkaldy ) some week 9 ago by one of the whale ships of this port , has , since his sojourn in this town , not only become an object of attraction to the community , but has been taken under the special patronage of the gentry , who have bestowed on him every kindness and attention . They have metamorphosed his condition of life , from that of a rude denizen of nature ' s wilderness , to a smart looking sprig of gentility , by having dressed him in a new suit of fashionable clothes . His savage dress of seal skin he onlj resumes when invited to visit any of the baronial seats in the neighbourhood , such as Raith , Dysart , Balbirnie , Werayss Castle , where ha
has shown with what dexterity he can use the boyr and the spear , and , when convenient , manage his canoe , which implements he always takes with him on such occasions . He seems a lad , about fourteen or fifteen years of age , stout made , broad features , dark sharp eyes , jet black glossy hair , with a little tinge of sallow in his complexion , and seems quite at home . As he is apt to learn , it is to be hoped that experienced teacher under whose tuition he is placed , will use every endeavour to pour instruction into Li ' s untutored mind . . We also are informed thai Captain Kinnear , with whom he is domiciled , pledged himself to his parents to take him home on his return to the country next spring .
Highland Destitution—In reference to the distress in the West Highlands , the following is a touching and melancholy fact , given on the authority of a medical gentleman of extensive practice : —A . woman , with a sucking infant at her breast came on board the Free Church schooner to beg for a handful of meal , I looked to her , and the sight went to my heart—the natural nourishment for her infant was clean gone . She held in her hand a small piece of the flesh of a salted eel . Masticating this , she ap * plied it from time to time to the mouth of her babe
—it was all she had . " She did what she could as % mother ; the infant shrunk , but tasted it . Who can read this short , but pitiful tale of misery , and not sympathise with a people on whom adversity is pressing so severely . — Greenock Advertiser . The Edinburgh Evening Post , in adverting to this painful subject , says , " We deeply lament to perceive that the sufferings of the people of the Highlands from want of food have arrived at a dreadful and appalling pitch . And yet , whatever be the amount and intensity oi distress endured , we hear of no riots , no outbreaks , no attacks upon life or property .
Embezzlement Extraordinary in Manchester . — Manchester , Friday morning . )—The town has been all but electrified by the absconding of a person of the name of Smith , for many years the confidential manager for Mr . Shuttleworth , of the stamp-office . Mr , S , as is well known , has had the exclusive sale ofa peculiar kind of yarn , the manufacture ot the Messrs . Strutt , of Belper and Derby , but he , sinee his appointment to the stamp office , has , it is under * tood . left the full management to Mr . Smith . and who in addition to hist duties to Mf . Shuttleworth , has also acted as a kind of cotton broker for various persons . The exact mode in which he has contrived t <>
involve several parties is not fully known ; there l » no doubt , however , but that he has , in more instances than one , sold the same lot of eotton twice over , obtain ing of course payment in both cases , without handing over the proceeds to Mr . Shuttleworth . Report states that Mr . Shuttlewiirth will be a considerable sufferer , and also a Mr . Trueman ; and we have heard that the executors ofa person deeeased have been thus swindled out of a sum little sk ) rt « t £ 1 000 , Tho amount of his defalcation is differently stated , varying from £ 5 , 000 to 410 , 000 . How he has ™ ade away with such sums , is at present not
; very ) lear , but no doubt , speculation in railway i shares has been one of the causes . It is one of the 1 most extensive cases of embezzlement that has occuri red in Manchester for a very long period . . No books I of accounts can be found . i W * st India Pine Appm .-0 n Tuesday the un-! usual occurrence at this season of a »»"""• I India pine apples . fcok place , at Keel . ng and Hun , 8 , , Monument-yard , ex-Rojal Mail Packet Tay . Theia was about W hundred of the taonptaon termed Bird ' s Eye * wul » W & * & «»«•»<»•
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 19, 1846, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1397/page/2/
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