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      The Testimony of a Clergyman Touching to Keren Cases of Cures hy these wonderful Fills . Ectract of a Letter / ton the Bev . George Prior , Citrate of Mitmgh , LetterK ^ my , Cxrrigart , Ireland , lOtA Jan . 1816 . To Professor Holloway . Sib , —I - jtai you a crude list of some eleven cases , all cured hy the use of your Pills . I cannot exactly givv you t professional name to the various complaints , but this know , some of tbem baffled the skill of Derry and this County . In a previous letter this gentleman states as follows : — . Withia a short distance of my house resides a tmall farmer , who for more than twenty years has beeu in a bad state at health ; Mrs . Prior gave him a box of th « Pills , which did him so much good that I heard him lay , for twenty years past he never ate his food or eajojtd it so much as since taking your Tills . ( Signed ) Gbosoe Pbiok . # « The above reverend and pious gentleman purchased time ponndt' worth a t the Pills for th * benefit of his poor parishioners . Bad igestion , with extreme Weakness and Debility an Extraordinary Cure .

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      Conjugal Affection .- —Some little time ago a Madame Tin mois obtained from the Civil Tribunal of the Seine a decree of separation from her husband on the ground of ill treatment . M . Tiremois appealed to the Cour Royale against this decision , and on Monday the cauEe came to a hearing . The case of the appellant , as stated by bis counsel , and corroborated to a certain extent by documentary evidence , wa rather curious . lie declared that after the suit had been instituted there was a reconciliation with his wife , and that during the whole of the proceedings they visited « ach other clandestinely , and were by stealth the most loving couple imaginable . According to law , this fact would put an end to the suit , but M . Tiremois stated that the lawyers on both sides were too fond of fees to let tta parties harmonise ,

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      STATE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE-THE MEXICAN WAR—POLK PULVERISED . We take the following excellent article from Young America , of December 12 th .

      THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE . I was prepared for almost everything else n the Mcstage bat this first paragraph : — "In returning your labours in the service of the people , it is a subject of congratulation that there has been no period in our past history when all the dements of national prosperity have been so full ; developed . Sines jour last session no afflicting dispensation has visited our country ; general good health has prerailed ; abundance has crowned the toil of the husbandman ; and labour in all its branches is receiving nn umplcreward , while education , science , and arts , are rapidly enlarging the means of social happiness . The progress of our country in her career of greatness , not only in the vast extension of our territorial ; imits and the rapid increase of our population , but in resources and wealth , and . in the happy condition of our people , is without example in the history of nations .

      If this extract truly represents the condition of this nation , then has this paper been one reiterated lie from its first commencement , now over two years and a half ago , and its publication , which is neither pleasant nor profitable , is no longer necessary , nor that of any National Reform paper , and the papirs of all the other par . ties throughout the country thut are coining out in favour of the Rational Reform measures , with a unanimity unprecedented in any former political movement , must be led away by a woful delusion . But is Mr . Folk ' s representation correct ! Without meaning to charge him with wilful misrepresentation—I say unhesitatingly that it could not , in its main statements , well be more directly at variance with the truth . What is " national prosperity ?" If it consists in an accumulation of wealth in the coun . try , then is the President correct in his first statement ,

      for undoubtedly " all the elements" for the accumulation of wealth have been more fully developed than ever before . But if the mere accumulation of wealth in the country indicates " national prosperity , " then , certainly , must Great Britain far surpass ours and every other nation , for no other nation is so wealthy in proportion to its population , or so well supplied with " all . the elements of national prosperity . " Yet who docs not know that the people of the British Islands are the most miserable of any civilised nation ! And who , that has studied the subject , does not know that the same causes that have mainly contributed gradually to increase the misery and degradation of the British people for the last fifty years , are now produring the same effects among us ? That although " all the elements" of production are increasing , the distribution of products becomes more and more unequal ? That

      through the monopoly of the soil a few are enabled to msnoplise the powers of production , such as labour saving machinery , as soon as they are invented , and that thus these powers , now increasing 1 with unexampled rapidity , become a curse and an oppression to the landless whose labour they supplant » Who that have not been riotm * in the spoils of office , and wilfully evaded all invest gation , can be ignorant that in the State of New York , for example , as in England , the land is passing into fewer hands , the landless rity populations are disproport'onatcly accumulating , wages are falling and rents rising , and prisons , poor houses , and brothels are increasing in a much greater ratio than the population ! Mr . Folk could have obtained official statistics for all these fects ; yet he states that the increase of " national prosperity" for the past year has been unprecedented in our past history !

      To what we can attribute fchU insensibility of the Pre . sident to- the real condition ef the people , if not to the fact he hag been educated in the lap of luxury , fed by the labours of others , and without a' chance of forming a Conception of what it is to be landless and dependent on a mariet and the will of others for the chance to la . bour for the scanty necessaries of life t Will not this statement of Mr . Polk ' g be a bitter Ksson to three-fourths of the people who or whose offspring are not above the liability to wages slavery , against choosing another slaveholder or large landholder for thur President , at least , without written testimony that he understands how to make national prosperity and the prosperity « f the toilers coincident , and that he wilt use all hit powers to secure that result .

      If we did not make great allowance for '' the accident of birth" and other circumstances not tlie least imposing of which is the possession of an income of 38 , 000 dollars a year , it would be difficult for us in New York to understand the President ' s assertion that " labour in all its branches is receiving an ample reward" and his allusion to " the happy condition of our people , ' / as any . thing but 'bitter irony , * in the teeth of the fact that at least 10 , 000 of our 400 , 000 population in thU city are dependent on charity or pauper relief , that females make shirts for five cents , that others apply in vain for work at that price and 'do worse , ' and that at this very time our poor house eommissiouer is doing what hardly dare be done in England , ' refusing applications for relief ! although here , as iu England , husbands and wives , parents and children , are separated in the poor houses , and many in the most necessitous condition are thus prevented from applying for reliif !

      But perhaps the President would say , if by any possibility these facts could be pressed home upon him , at some of our Natue neighbours say , that this pauperism is mostly foreign , and is only to be found in our seaports . Mr . Polk might learn if he took the means that a President ought to take , that every city , inland as well as seaboard , are gradually approaching New Yoik in their increase of poverty and pauperism , and that the causes are at work that would produce the same re 3 ulti , though more slowly , if not a foreigner came to our shores . Here is an extract from the " Syracuse Star of the 5 th instant : —

      The Pooh . —The Poormaster of tl . is town recently informed us that within the few days previous he had been applied to by , and had relieved , ' over six hundred different persons I' Yf hpi we rtfluet that it is only those who are most necessitous and needy that usually make application for town charity , we at once perceive the alarming state of want and destitution existing herein ohr m'dst at the present time . Should not some active and concerted measures be taken by our citizens to provide relief to the poor during the coming winter 1 Can . not the hands and hearts of some of our benevolent ladies he enlisted in the work !

      Does that little item from an inland town look as though " labour in all its branches , " was " receiving an ample reward 1 " What must our farm labourers and their employers throughout the country , tlie former of whom toil ( whom allowed ) from tun to sun for six , eight , and ten dollars a mouth , think of the l ' reeideni ' s statement ? What must the widows aud orphans of the men forced by necessity to vtntnre on the ocean , so many of whom have lain in winrows along our shores lately , think of the assertion I What will our miners and mechanics say to it ! " Amply rewarded I" are they 1 And this assertion from a mau receiving loO . OOO dollars for four years' salary !

      About two-thirds of the Message ( and it is a long one ) , is taken up with a history and defence of the war ; but a far different history of it will go down to posterity 1 The defence is probably as good a one as could be mude ; but it does not afford the least justification . There would at this moment be a thousand times more reason for civil war by our landless population who are denied the . smallest foot-hold on their native soil , and subjected to the most necessitous and degrading alternatives , even to mlistment as fighting mercenaries at seven dollars per month , than the President makes out for the Mexican wbt . One thing he makes plain , that the war was caused by the annexation of Texas ; unotber thing is almost equally plain , that if no attempt had been made to take by force the territory between the Ncuces and the Rio

      Grande , and had our urmy been connntd to the defence of the disputed territory , the war might have been avoided . The President attempts to show that the disputed territory was a part of Texas ; but fully as much to the purpose has been said nn the other side , and one fact is , in my opinion , sufficient t « outweigh nil Mr . Folk's argument , that the residents and cultivators of the disputed territory left their crops to rot on General Taylor ' s approach , although offered protection 1 But even admitting ' that it was right t tax the nation enormously to maintain all the territory this tide of the Bio Grande , where is the justification for invading and di-tolating the h mci of the Mexicans , and letting louse , to commit robbery , rape , and murder , a hired and debasing -soldiery , in great part collected from Europe ., and inspired by whiskey t

      If the collection of money due by Mexico , and not the acuuisltion of territory for the extension of slavery and and speculation , had been the leal pretence for the war , why not have declared non-intercourse with Mexico , or even have made reprisals upon her commerce , without shedding blood , or , at least , without committing rape and murdering children 1 There is no doubt , from the President ' s own showing , that Mexico was unable to pay the damands upon her , even admitting them to be just ; that she was struggling for nationai existence with frequent change of rulers ; and thers can be no doubt , that non-Intercourse would have been far more cheap , humane , and likely to be effectual iu obtaining the paltry dollars . Although I do not consider Mr . Polk alone to blame in this war , believing it a most base plot of one party , sanctioned from motives equally base by another , I would not bear Mr . Polk's share of the guilt of it for all the dollar * in the world .

      The pains taken by the President ' s friendi to make it believed that Mexico commenced the war by murdering our citizens , a statement which he repeats in his message , shows the need of justification . Who does not ricollect that Captain Thornton ' s company were chasiug a few Mexicans whon they came upon a larger party and were captured 1 ' But , admitting the cauBes for the invasion of Mexico , and for the murder and rapine which have been the consequence , to be as just as tke President has endeavoured to shew them , I contend tha tit is the policy of ; the largo majority of the people of this nation to oppose the war to 'the utmost , as I believe they do , because they are suffering , and liable to suffer , for their deprivation of the right to the soil , a far more serious deprivation than that experienced by the alleged Mexican spoliations . The war is an obstacle in the way of the recovery of the right to the soil , and that alone ii ample ground for opposition to t , and all it s supporters .

      The President wants provision for building forts and maintaining his conquests in Mexico ! and two millions for secret service money 1 'Will these grants be made , in the face of the Ssuthern declarations that their object is to obtain a balance of slave power I _ Be want * a loan of tweaty . three millions , too , for

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      *> - ¦ AW X l *~ J Jl J . A . Alt twenty year * , ( to create a standing army to tax . eatjM , ) besides the fifteen millions , which the Union said was expected from the lands just offered to the speculators , but which fifteen millions he does not even hint at in his estimates ! t ! No President ' s message ever contained a more mischievous fallacy than Mr , Polk ' s attempt to show our far . merithat they should be dependent on a British market for the surplus produce . When the people of Britain recover their right to the soil , they will not need a bushel of ourgrain ; and ire shall be compelled to manufacture for ourselves . When our agriculture and manufactures are properly porportioned , as they will be when we recover our right to tho soil , we shall need no foreign market except to acquire products that our climate will not produce This is the tendency of things , and ought to be the especial aim of a Itepublican President .

      A small portion of the message is devoted to theH . portant topic , the Public Lands . The President again recommends his graduation plan , for getting settlers on to the poor lands in order to give the speculators better chances at the best . The President ought to know by this time , without any ifs , that there is no way to prevsKt Land Monopoly but for the people to hold tho land in common , and guarantee to each family the use of a sufficient portion . He proposes to bring the laws of Oregon " into market !" I doubt much whether he ever will . If I was there with a printing establishment , us I once thought to be , he should have a fieht for it first ; and it would not be much of a fight either , for every soldier be tent there should be offered possession of ICO acres of land . UVUIU UG VUbl VU | iUOOC 9 OIVII V * l JLUV tlvl CO VI 1 UI 1 U *

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      DESTRUCTION OF WORTH-PARK HOUSE BY FIRE . The handsome residence , the seat of Joseph Montefiore , Esq ., tho eminent merchant , was completely destroyed by an early hour on Tuesday morning . Tlie house consisted partly of a very aneient building , formerly a large farm house , but Mr . Montefiore had laid out several thousands in modernising it , and enlarging it to more than double its former size , till itbotb presented'an imposing aspect externally , and . was a fit abode for a gentleman of fortune and consideration , lie had been staying there on Sunday , and was out on Monday with the Crawley and Horshamhounds ; lie returned to lunch , and left at about four o ' clock for London . The fire in the

      dinmg-room , which was in the oldor portion of the house where he had been sitting , was then allowed to die out . About half-past ten on Monday night the housekeeper was going through the rooms to see that all _ was safe , and perceived a strong smell of fire ; this was traced to the dining-room , which was found full of smoke , and soon after the door had been opened flames broke out , and the house began to catch fire rapidly . The neighbours were alarmed as quickly as possible , and hastened to render all the aid in their power . Mr . Savage , the staticn clerk at Three Bridges , who was formerly superintendent of pMice on the Brighton Railway , was able to give some valuable directioas for the emergency , and the labourers from all parts spared no exertions ; but little or nothing could be done beyond removing

      hastily some of the more costly and portable articles of furniture . The nearest engine is at Reigate , ten miles off , and a message was sent for it by the upgoools-train , but some mistake occurred , and the engine , instead of being brought to Worth-park , was taken to Lord Monson ' s , on the other side of Reigate ; and , in fact , mo engine arrived from first to last . The fire , therefore , had complete mastery of the premises , and burnt on freely and rapidly . A large white cat , a great favourite , provided for its own safety by mounting a tree in the garden , and looking quietly on . In less than two hours the mansion was on fire from end to end . The roof fell in portions j the noble billiard-room , and the chambers over it , were thejast to yield ; but before five o ' clock on Tuesday morning the entire place was burned to the ground , nothing remaining but a few fragments

      of walls and some chimneys , parts of which have been falling by scraps since . Mr . Montefiore , for whom a mounted express was sent , arrived in the course of the morning , and thanked his friends and neighbours for their assistance , remunerating the labouring men very liberally , and congratulating all that no injury had occurred to the person of any one . The fire is supposed to have originated in the chimney of the dining-room . It is seen now that there was a large cross-beam about three feet above the grate , and some of the material ? which usually shielded it from the heat may probably have got detached , and crumbled away after the hard frost . No estimate has yet been announced of the damage one ; but , of course the utter destruction of a gentleman ' s mansion , with most of its costly furniture , mubt cause a very heavy loss to some party or other '

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      POOR-LAW INVESTIGATION AT WEST DERBY WORKHOUSE . On Monday , Mr . Austin , assistant poor-law commissioner , attended at the board room of the West Derby Workhouse , for the purpose of investigating a complaint preferred against William Tristram , one of the relieving officers of that uniori . v / Tue complaint was to the effect that through his ; negligence or refusal to administer relief , the d ^» th > : cf *»^ labourer about 37 years of age , residingfI ' RjBfici Boltonstreet , Edge-hill , and named'JamesiPwkB ^ had been caused . ¦' ¦ ' -. ') ^ ta ^ 0 ' i ' Mr . Peter Bradshaw , rate-book demand assstlant overseer , said , on Tuesday morning the 15 th of De . cember , about hal ' past ten o ' olock , a man entered the door of the overseer ' s office—I was present—he put his hand out immediately and caught hold of the counter to support himself , and sank down upon a

      chair that was standing there , apparently quite exhausted , lie appeared to breathe with great difficulty , and in about five minutes I asked what his object was ? lie stated that he was on his way to the union workhouse to see the relieving officer , that he could not get there in time , and he looked up to the clock and said it was half-past ten then . I asked him if he wanted relief , he said he did , that he had not tasted any food since the previous morning . I told him that it was board day , that ha would be in time , and that we would procure a car for him . I asked the assistant-surveyor , Ralph Owett , who was then in office , whether he would joinme in procuring a car for him , at our joint expense , and he agreed . By " we , " I mean myself and Owett . The man was much pleased at the proposal about the car . A car

      wns brought , the man was put in , and the driver was ordered by me to drive to the union workhouse . I paid the fire . I never saw the man afterwards . I should say , from what he told me , that he was suf . fering both from disease and want of food . I have seen very distressing cases of confirmed asthma , and the man in question was labouring under the worst case of asthma I ever saw . I have heard of persons dying immediately of suffocation from confirmed asthma . The reason I did not at once relieve him was , because the board were sitting , and I thought it best to send him on by the car at once . I am aware that , as assistant overseer , the law directs me to administer relief in cases of absolute necessity . 1 considered the case of this man a mere casual , and not a permanent one—and one that ought to oome

      before the board at once , as ho could be conveyed before them in five minutes , lie was a quarter of an hour . or twenty minutes in my office . He stated to me that his family consisted of a wife and four children , the two youngest being twins . He did not say that they had been without food since tke da ) before . I did not ask him whether they had or had not been without it , for the man answered with such great difficulty that I asked him as few questions as possible . His difficulty arose from confirmed asthma and the exhaustion consequent on walking . Mr . Greaterex , surgeon , ascribed death to disease in the lungs , but admitted that being without food from Monday morning to Tuesday evening would be vmiavowaWe to his complaint . The wife of the deceased stated . —My husband died on tho

      10 th of December , lie applied for relief at the workhouse on the 15 th . He got no relief . Ho got a doctor ' s note at the workhouse and brought it to me on the 14 th . That was the first time he had been for relief . I pledged and sold all we had . We had no food , —not a morsel . On the Monday morning we had our last meal . It consisted of cofhSe without sugar and dry bread . On the Tuesday morning I made my husband some coffee before he went to the workheuse . He had nothing to eat with it , because we had nothing at all to eat in the house , and no means of getting any . Tuesday night I had something to eat . That was purchased with half-a-crown which a gentleman had given me after my husband went to the workhouse . I' had no further relief until Friday , when four shillings worth of bread and different articles were sent by Mr . Tristram . That was the first relief I had had from him except a medical

      order . My husband had been out of work three weeks . He was very ill during that time . He had work to go to , but could not go . The week before he applied for relief all that we had was 4 s . I sold two chairs to get us that 4 s . The week before that I pledged my clotbes to get us food . My husband got back about five o ' clock on the Tuesday . He said that when he asked for relief at the workhouse they asked him how long he had been off work ; he replied three weeks ; and the man who asked him said , " A pretty fellow you are to come for relief when you have only been off work three weeks . " He further said that the man who refused him the use of the donkey cart told him " that there was the house fer him , and that , if he could not walk homo , he might stop in the house , " My husband said , before he died , that it was a hard thing to die for want in a Christian country .

      Mr . Peers , one of the guardians , deposed that Tristram said , at the time the application was made , "lhave got rid of that chap ; he was frightened , and bolted when I named the house . " Two witnesses were examined for the defence , with the view of showing that Tristram had done all that waa necessary in the case , and tho evidence was transmitted to the Poor Law Commissioners who will communicate their decision to the Derby Board

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      h . rf » " ^ To hatt u 8 hould incorrigible scolda be sent ? To / SAretvabury .

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      mmmm ^^ mmmmmm ^ m—mmmiammmmmm ^ m * ELOPEMENT IN HIGH LIFE . An elopement took place last week which caused considerable sensation in " high society . " The youthful parties were the Hon . Miss Lister , eldest daughter of the late Lord Ribblesdale and the late Lady John Russell , and consequentl step-daughter of the Premier , and Mr . Maurice Drummond , third son of Mr . Charles Drummond the opulent banker . It was known to both families that a warm attachment ex iBted as far back as two years ago . Lord John Russell , on learning that fact , we hear , did not positively discourage the addresses of the suitor , but most properly advised a more mature consideration , and mentioned the youth of both the parties as the only obstacle .

      On Friday last , shortly beforesix o ' clock , the Hon . Miss Lister clandestinely left the roof of Her affectionate guardian , and her absence was not positively ascertained until just before dinner time , when inquiries among the domestics proved fruitless , as the youthful lady had departed unobserved by arty of * . he establishment . The Earl and Countess Grey were , with a small circle , dining with Lord and Lady John Russell ; but the Noble Lord was bo much affected , that the party broke up shortly after they had assembled . The fugatives bent their course to the Continent , and nut to Gretna , the usual rendesvouz for runaway lovers ; and a satisfactory clue having been obtained to their route , the Messrs . Robert and Charles Drummoud , brothers of Mr . M . Drummond , without the least possible delay , proceeded in quest of tho parties . They were discovered in France , and were immediately brought back to this country by their friends , and reached London on Sunday afternoon .

      The Hon . Miss Lister was instantly taken to the residence of her step-father . On Tuesday morning the " runaways" were raarribd at St . Paul ' s Church , Knightsbridge . The ceremony vi as conducted with the strictest privacy . The Hon . Miss Lister is in her twentieth year , and Mr . Maurice Drummond is . within a few month * two years her senior . He is , we understand , a clerk in the Treasury .

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      AMPUTATION WITHOUT PAIN , Our readers are aware that a series of experiments , recently made by an American physician , led him to announce to his professional brethren the discovery of a gas , the inhalation of which was capable of . reducing the inhaler to a state of insensibility of bo ' ntense a character , that the most painful surgical operations might be performed without causing any , even tho slightest suffering to the patient , We stated on Saturday that an operation had been performed on the preceding day , at the Richmond Hospital ,, in this city on a female , who was subjected to the inhalation of the gas whose newly-discovered properties promise to confer such benefits on suffering humanity ; and that the result was of the most

      satisfactory character . Through the kindness of a professional friend , we are enabled to-day to give some of the details of this most interesting and successful experiment . The patient was a young woman , under twenty years of age . She received an injury in theelbowointsome weeks since , which is supposed to be inflicted by a bramble penetrating the joint , and inducing inflammation of the delicate membrane that covers the 8 urface of the bones of the joint . When admitted to the hospital , the joint was much swollen , and in a state of suppuration . Mr . M'Donnell , the gifted surgeon , under whose care she was , applied every remedy which professional skill could suggest , but without effect . The patient was rapidly sinking ; her constitution was unequal to the combat ; hectic

      fever set in , and on a consultation being held it was the unanimous opinion of the surgeons of the institution that there remained butone means of saving the girl ' s life—amputating the arm . The poor girl was apprised of her position ; she consented to undergo the operation , it being the last chance of life , and Wednesday last wasfixed on as the day on which it was t » be performed . We understand that on Tuesday evening Mr . M'Donnell first conceived the ideaof listing tlie efficacy of the narcotising gas—the fumes of pure sulphuric ether — but with that self-devotion so characteristic of great minds , lie resolved that his first experiment should be on himself . The necessary apparatus had to be made , and the contemplated operation on the girl was postponed to Friday . The apparatus necessary to apply the fumes of the ether

      with effect , though simple , required nice adapation . That recommended consists essentially of two valves placed in a tube , and acting in different directionsthe one opening at each inspiration , so as freely to admit the fumes of the ether , and closing at each expiration ; the other opening at each expiration , bo as to admit of the escape of the expired air , and closing at each effort at inspiration , so as to exclude the atmospheric air , and thus prevent the too great dilution of the fumes . These valves , it is obviouB , must play with ] such freedom as to offer no serioua obstacle to the process of inhalation . After several failures an apparatus was procured , and Mr . M'Donnell , accompanied by a professional friend in whose steadiness and skill he had perfect confidence , re tired to his study to make his first experiment—and on himself .

      After a few minutes inhalation the operator became perfectly insensible . He , however , was quickly restored from his temporary death . No unpleasant sensation remained , and—resolved that the poor girl should not be experimented on till he hud first properly satisfied himself that no possible injury could result to her—Mr . M'Donnell again and again operated on himself , each time producing the most perfect insensibility—in fact , a complete absence of all sensation ; and , on being restored , each time felt , as he afterwards described it , no unpleasant sensation ; but , on the contrary , rather a pleasing sense of quiescence during the return of sensibility , which lasted for some minutes .

      Haying thus convinced himself of the safety of the experiment , and his friends of the perfect temporary annihilation of sensation , Mr . M'Donnell proceeded on Friday to perform the operation ( amputation ) on his patient , in the presence of a number of his professional brethren . Having treated his patient as he had previously treated himself , she became insensible in a few minutes , and he proceeded to operate . The several stages of the operation were proceedod with , the patient all the time evincing no evidence of consoiousness . The integuments and muscles were cut through , the bone was sawed across , and the amputated arm laid aside the patient continuing to all appearance ignorant of the whole proceeding . These several stages occupied something more , we believe , than a minute and a half , ami

      more than two minutes more elapsed before the patient evinced any symptoms of returning sensibility . When she first became conscious , the distinguished operator was tying one of the bleeding vessels . This she felt , and described her sensation accurately , she also complained of a sense of smarting , suck as is usually felt after an incised wound , over the surface of the stump . She was perfectly conscious during the dressing of the stump , and her sensations at the time , in no way appeared to differ from those of patients operated on in the usual way . She appeared , however , to suffer less , and waB leas agitated , than other patients . Since Friday , the patient has been doing well , no bad symptoms have appeared—none of any character attributable to the exhalation .

      Important Experiments at thk London Hospitals . The following particulars , connected with the introduction of the recently discovered ethereal influence to patients in the course ef undergoing surgical operations at several of the metropolitan hospitals on Saturday , and which was generall y adopted at those institutions on that day , will doubtless be read with considerable interest . Mr . Ferguson , the eminent Burgeon of King ' s College Hospital , having signified his intention of operating on three patients by the inhalation of ether in that institution , the theatre was crowded by members of tho medical profession , amongst whomwerteDra . Forbes , Todd , lludd , Farrar , Pabridge , Avery , Bowman , Drewett , Hall , Thompson , Robinson , Cartwright , Stevens , and others . The first patient

      ope rated upon was a young woman , a semptress . Sue had been admitted on tlie 31 st ult ., suffering severely from an abscess formed by constantly sitting at needlework . It was the second time it had so formed . It appears that she had it opened on Thursday , and the operation rendered necessary on Saturday was tho removal of what was described to be a blind external fistula . The young woman when brought in had a handkerchief tied over her eyes , and seemed exceedingly weak . Having been placed on a kind of couch , the inhalation of the vapour was proceeded with , and in a few seconds she fell asleep . Dr . Forbes , perceiving Mr . Ferguson was about commencing the operation , observed that the patient was not effectually etherised , adding as a proof of his

      assertion , that she still olenched his hand . In the next moment , however , the knife had completed its work without a murmur from tho patient , or the least muscular action . The apparatus was onl y kept to her mouth till insensibility was apparent , not more than two minuteB . She recovered to a state of consciousness immediately after the operation . On Mr . Eergusson asking her if she was aware the operation waapeytormed , and whether she felt any pain , she replied that she was confident she felt the use of the knife , but experienced not the slightest pain . Two other patients ( males ) , who evidently were suffering severely , were next operated upon with equal succUs . One of them , on recovering from his insensibility remarked that he had had a dream .

      On Saturday , the inhalation was tried b y Mr Mackraurdo at St . Thomas ' s Hospital , in the pre ' . sence of Mr Green , Dr . Barker , Dr Leeson Mr The effects of the other were first tried on a pa . tient who is to be operated on hereafter . The inhalation , although continued { or upwards of three minutes , did not produce insensibility on the patient nrst tried , and the amount of cerebral congestion , contracted irri 3 , and other symptoms , were so unsatisfactory as to induce the medical gentlemen to de-Bist , The next patient was a child , s « jeaja old .

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      who had a scrofulous disease ofthT ^ ^ Insensibility was speedily pied aJ ^ V murdo immediately removed ! 4 ?^ & did not appear to sustain much p 8 ?' . iJSfi period of comple insensibility to external - « Eh ^ was but momentary . The child didI \ P ^ h withdraw the han / during theope at ?* 01 "Qi covering asked if his fingeVwL oPfc ;^ ! H cognisant of the fact , and when askedI if 'S , % 1 should then be removed , answered , ••\ & « child seemed to suffer no subaeauent ; , ° ' Til neither did the patient to whon ? the fij ** 3 administered . On the whole the result ^« sidered verv satisfactory . Ult *** At Charing-cross Hospital an onei-ai ; I *«/ M ^ rwvM uimi ifttw iim ucijutj oi

      . u cttier Tt " u removal of a large fatty tumour over t £ 7 N of a young woman , 22 years of age . It i . H-JN 3 the writer W state whether the non . uS M trial arose from the defective construct ;^ . , of l ] paratus , or the vapour not acting upon m ? N tion of the female . h m the cogj No doubt in course of time this valuable , li will be brought into general use in thi N hospitals throughout the kingdom nu'N Most Important 0 pkraiI 0 !( 8 at g ' , Tr 1 -Guy ' s Hospital was on Tuesday ero » dJ , ^ by members of tbc medical profession from 5 , ^ of the metropolis and from the country * ^ the results of two surgical operations fiu « ' S process of inhalation of ether . TheT ! tl ; e »> that of a bey , 12 or U years of age ( V - ^ \ ( or stone . ) When brought into % e ° ,, S usual

      puuna as , Mr . Kobinsou , of Gower . t ^ inventor of the apparatus , offered ihtJt ?<* halation to the patient . At first he rS /?* operated on , on account of the many Zl toi sent . By some tact the pipe was intK » > new closed , and in two minutes Mr 2 ^ the patient was ready . The opera ; , ? , J . ^ monoed , and in one minute more th 0 If" * removed by Mr . Morgan , the operator Thft » removed to his bed ; and on bein / TiiM »" Burgeons , and on being shown tl ? e Zl ? , *' » id he , " you never took tha 5 fromme ° ft ^ I never felt it . " The nextca , wjT sti fr ' traordinary . The patient was a man te < years of age , suffering from congenital he i " operation for which is , perhaps ? t > T ? and prolonged in surgery . When £ 3 if operating theatre , he readily took W ™

      from tour to live minutes the word in fo ^ Z Key , the operator in this instance , by Mr |' Oii to commence the operation . From the Mm * ™* ment to the completion of the operatio & was under the knife from 15 to 20 minuti ' ffif recovennghe was asked by those around hiS had felt pain , and replied ' Not in the lealt-Sf k « en looking at those gentlemen outside up'fi He alluded to numbers who could not ga ? n 2 ance and had availed themselves oftlie SS the theatre . Messrs . Morgan and Kev % »?« the result to be mo 8 t perfect asto ndffi" "

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      ir ? - \ y AT Sheffikld . -A Wm , nauied Harriet Trotter was sold by her husban ? £ wiii ? h chan , f s i ! effield - T « ££ ! Sfi her will She and her husband had often qJarr and he threatened to kill her if she wouKR ! n ? Prte w ^ UCti 0 n- The niayor of Shel interfered before the woman was removed from Corn Exchange , and she was placed in custody i S 3 ! ffere 18 Sued for * k w ^ fon li t . How T . ° , Ekjo T CmusiMAs . -An ingenious print in a small town in Warwickshire , who was empl the other day to print some bills , stating theim ^ ° f . ?? rae »/ 'he princi pal tradesmen to close

      IZff ^ " . Monday following Christmas D 3 stituted C for S , thus representing the md lieges as having entered into a league to close tW eftopi during a season rather remarktble for t mcreased necessities for opening them which cm ! imposes . H ROBBEHIES BT SlIAM POLICBMEK . -On Wednesdn morning , information was forwarded to all thS trepohtan police stations of an attempted hSS robbery under the following novel circumstanr It appears that about eleven o ' clock a fSe B J Martha Cooper , the wife of a mechanic S 3 Crosbv-row Snow ' s Fields , Bermondgey ^ J'S ing along King-street , Borough , when she ^ stopped by two decently-dressed men ul ! " ^

      seniea themselves as officers connected with ti tective pohce , and , as she had a large parcel S 3 ing apparel under her arm , they demSS 5 , nl XL 3 ! i T ' K examine the conte"ts . a Aes swered he description of a female they were loote for . She , with great p resence of mind , refused to allow them to search her property , but toK toshow their authority , when they pull 5 , printed paper . She at length told them they 5 h « tfr ^? ' !? W ^ sht Proper to accompa her to one of the tradesmen ' s shops . They b e-rer , refused to accede to her proposal , and , ih& she was entering the nearest house for thatpurw they saw _ a policeman some distance off . ami im ^

      aiateiy afterwards effected their escape . Seal other attempts of a similar character have bJ

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      CORN EXCHANGE , Jancaet U . I At this day's market there was so little English ntai on sale that no change in value can be reported , i * foreign , Jrayers again came forward , and fveolv offitf the improvement noted on Monday , whereas ' holdi " generally demanded a further advance of Is . to 2 s . [> ' quarter . Th . supply of barley was short , and heUll ! to Us . h olier . The same remark applies to malt . JIJ money is also demanded for beans and peas . Indian d without change . Oats at Is . per qr . advance 6

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      PROVINCIAL _ MARKETS . S ^ pES ^ KSTAtsd S ? a 5 . Ta , -carfia ? £ rd ^ . s ^ a . ""' " '""" - ""'• " « H Liybipool Corn MAWCBT . -There has been a stall Tuesdav ^ nrl ! . " " t ' k ° 3 d > t 0 4 d ' P " »•« ' ™ H luesaajs prices . Tho extreme rates of last TuhW hwe been obtained for oats , barley " . an ,, pe « , X mrah Z , "S . lli * wheat , but the growers asking H S Der ^ t ? - hadtat aIimlted WttinMspasibft i ! wipl V v t * v " E * * "OK . - During the pr « K ^ nr aS u * ft . ** ? " ws realized an bailee of !• " »* checked satis ^ eld for a rise of 3 s " t 0 4 s ' *«* to ^ nr ' nt . ^ " " « T . -Wh « t ™ M be quoted li to is . per qr . higher than on Sutunfev h . at u ,, ri ««

      . carce ° i £ ^ i ™™ J- Bjecont nucsei « other ern a ' , pCaS mail"ain thtir value . In oats si otuer . grnin we had no alteration . De 7 buB 1 { , 0 T 0 ? ' ? ° M «* n .-Anadvnncof 4 iLtoti farnierfi L ° ii i Wheat ' T 6 iven »* the miller ., and so * OatsV « l . 1 m "Ot * el 1 evetl a » that increase lap * 2 iM ! fld aHUd - ' 058- pwUlbs . Flour frf U . per load more money ; superfine 54 s . ; best sewnS 2 ioib ' s . n d 0 > 48 s - Mca ^ 50 s - t 0 * - '••» « lmii m « Tano f 8 ? i \ Colly U *« M—Wheat was heU te < davsowf dl t 0 J ilpeV 7 " - on the « " »•< - "">¦ rf * f barrel dSX ?' . must be noted Js . per sack * the article a ' " amouut ot" busi" « ss P" **'

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      STATE OF TRADE . j tor " T ? Tf Th ? W ° ? llan tr " « M' anything , is a shaJeW r m J . fom Sn '' puses are doing a trifle move basins '; than , they were lately . Prices remain firm . j JUNCiiESTEB . -Soino little business has been donO-j better , yet lar from saving prices . With one except ^ very manufacturer in Staljbridge is now workiin ? ' ' ro : ; three to four days a-week ; and hero one of the larg ** j concerns closed their mills yesterday , HBADFORi > .-l > ieCt . s : Om- markets have been of ratM an unsatisfactory character to-dav . The feeling iu tf market Is , however , iu general , that of gloom , and (\ almost universal dearness of food renders a speedj «' val in trade nnt to impossible—Yarns without site * tion .- Wools remain remarkabl y ttrm at last week ' s qt >

      lUuFix .-Tlio new year has opened with much of ^ dulness that characterised the latter markets of its pH decessor , and it is generally thought that the contin ^ j advancing prices of provisions tend to protract wj greater distance the period of a revival But fcp W have dianged han ,. ia the hall , and prices " eiuaL 5 «» » J ? aTn » Tf ? r Tllfre Uas been » considerable f , nesb done in light goods for tho spring trades . GoodW " ewtanum dauud , and several orders have beon gi * for broads of that colour . r . SW ** " ??" 8 has beeu a 1 « ie * nlark < > " bOt ' limited demand for goods .

      J £ « i T ° are glad t 0 loa ™ * hat mor « AnI * r ' . y orders have been received ; and that there is aUo . ratW ; more doing for the home trade , notwithstanding the t ** ful increase which has taken place in the price rf P "* ! sions ot all kinds . NoTTiNQHAji . -Laco : Some inactivity prevails » % market , though prices of wrought good * and J ; ' i continue fully et 1 Uiu to what they were at our last rep *' —Hosiery : The market presents no particularly nD » ' «' ture this week . The demandfov useful suruig «» ° js + continues very brisk ; and tUe factors arc busily * % \ laying in their stocks for tha coming season , tlie pro'r , of which are very encouraging , In tho cotton yarn »» : ket wo have notice this , week of a Shird advauc * Is . per bundle . ! GiAsoow . -Cotton Yarn : Our marfcet presents a % firmer aspect this week , and advances to ft cousuW ^ titeut have been obtained . —Cotuu Goods : The m ' continues depressed for piuoe gowls generally .

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      All heavy , sleepy , drowsy and apoplectic sympt ? in ; v , mediatory removed by Holtaway ' s Fills . —There ' \ f much danger to be apprehended from attacks of p : 'ri ! ¦ , or apoplexy when any of tho foregoiug symptoms' , about tho system for any length of time , sucli *' ,., > things indicates jnuch derangement of the stom » "' ; livev , aud clearly remonstrates a great want ot yUI ' tho blood ; when this is the case not a moment slio " ^ lost in taking a fow strong doses of these celebrate * ; which so thoroughly cluanse tho bowels aud sto '" ^ , while they act upon , the liver and other organs , a' ™ . restore tho blood to its pristiuo purity by reuw ^ seeds of disease .

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      —^^**^****^***——** 55 g THIS NORTHERN STAR '; ' Jwrm i , ^ I

      Astonishing Efficacy Hollow Ay's Pills.

      ASTONISHING EFFICACY HOLLOW AY'S PILLS .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 16, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1401/page/2/