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= == __ A8TONISK1X6 EF?ICACY OF IRi . T/LOWAY'S PILLS .
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The Ttstiuiony ot a Cl , rgv ! n : iii Toui-liiug to Etcrj « Cases 01 Cures dv these wonderful Pills . fix-met 0 / a Lilttr / w the Rev . Georye Prior , Cur * . te 0 ; ilirejh . Utter *>»>* , ' . Urrigart , Inland , lotfc Jan . 1 S 4 U . To Professor Holloway . Sir , —I ^ -ud vou : i i-tu-tc list of some eleven caso . < , . ill cui d » y iht- ute of y .. ur Pil ' . s . I c .-mn .. t .-xrutly c iv y :. u it 1 : . f .-ssioKal narni- to the various complaints , bat this ku . xv , s-i-nu in t ' a .-in hanL-. i tlie skMl of Di-rry aud i ! l !^ County . In a ur . ' vi . m « l .-tter this g---nilcman sintc * as fo ! :. i «* : —VVitiliu a sh . prl ili ^ tance of my li . iusf nsiiU' ? : i am , ! i farm . r , wlui f . 'r mxrethan t \ v : ity years has hem in * lnd > titf of liei-ltli ; Mrs . l ' rinr v ; avi . ' him a box ill thi Pills , wliicli dhl him so much k « oJ t ! m 1 h ? ara \ nta sa ; ., for i-. veuty yi-ars » : ist he never at » : his food or i-njo ; - eil it so much as since taking y < nir i'iiis . ( Signed ) ( . Jeokoe Peii . b . » T '; - ! ah ^ vc rc rercis'laudiiiuusgcntlciiwniiurchasei !
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ON TUS ; OSCE . \ LBD CAUSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL Oft ACQUIRED DEaiLinESOFTHEGEXERAnVK SYSTEM . 1 Just Published , A a ? w an 1 . mportantEdition of ih ? i'iieniFrUnd on HuiP . uu Frailty . Frlce - H . Si .. . ssd sent free to anv part of ths Unitsdl Ki : igd >^ i on the receipt of a . " Post Oifise Order for 3 s . 3 d . A MSl'ICAL w .- |? tK nn the IXFIttMITIES ef the GS->* SHATIVE srSTSM , in both sexes ; being an enquiry i : « v . ti : e croceaied cause thut destroys physica l energy , : v . A she ability of manhood , ere rigour hasesti-. blisUi-n her empire : —vritb ' 'bssrvations on the banet" !' efiect ^ of SOLITARY ISDULGSXCE and IXFECTiOX ; local :-i : 3 v-. jii-tiutiynal WKAKXESS , XKRVODS IPiKI-
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and offspring , from a want of these simple remedies than perhaps halt' the world is aware of ; for , it must bo rerat-imvred , where the fountain is polluted , the stream tint How from it caunot bn pure . PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS Price 2 s . 9 d ., 4 s . ( id ., and 11 s . per box , With explicit directions , rendered perfectl y intelligible to cv * ry capacity , aw well known throughout Europe to be the mos . certain and effectual remed y ever discovered for gonorrhea , both .,, it , mild nnd aggravated forms , by imp ' rojiis ying ina 8 mmation a »« » ' «« tin R further Gleets stmturei . irritation of tho bladder , p .-W » 9 of the-. oms an . kidney .,, -ravel , and other disorders of Uie urinav , xia * Mg « s , in either sex , aro permanently cured in a « hor » sp 8 w of ti-. u ^ witlwiu confint , menl Qr t , , eagt ex . po ! s are , T ' ie above medicines are proparad only by Messrs . 11 . < nd L . PEUUT and Co ., Surgaons , 19 , Bernors-street , Oxford-street , London . fsssrs . PERRY expeet . uiheneonstiUedbyletter , the usualfee of One Pound , willmtSehich no notiee whatever ean U Uxken of the commmtcatib * .
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FOR STOPPING DECAYED TEETH , Price 'is . fid . - ^ W tt ^^^ Patronized by Her Majesty , the Qupcn , Her Majesty , tlw Qnetn Downgor , His Hoya ! Iligliness Vrince Albert , Her Royil Hi-huess the Duchoss of Kent , 1 H » Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury , And netirly all the Nobility , the Bishops and the Chr-jy THOMAS & ilOWARH'S SUCCEDANEUM . For tilling Decayed Teeth , however large the cavity . It is superior ; o anything ever before used , as it placed in the tooth in a soft state , without any pressure or pain and inasiioittima becomes us hard as the enamel , and will remaia firm in the tooth many years , rendering extraction unnecessary . It arrests all further progress of dec .-iy , and renders thim ns ; ain useful in mastication . Ail persons can use this SUCCEDANEUM THEMSELVES WITH EASE , as full directions arc enclose
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AN ArtMti nal ana Important Evidence of the Kalutarv EflVcts of ULAIU'S GOUT and RHEUM \ TIC PiLLS , from Mr . Thomas Yates . " 5 , Albion-road , Stoke Newington-sreen 6 th February , 1847 . "Sir , —With much pleasure I acquaint you with the benefit that I have derived by- taking Blair ' s Pills . " On my journey five weeks since , wliilst at Chepstow , I had dii-tr ' .-s-.-. ii ) j { symptonis of an atiack of Gout iu one wot . ami with t \ i ? utiii <» t difficulty readied Bristol . By this time the disease had so much increased that I could not place my foot on the floor , the swelling being extensive and tlie pain excruciating . Having oft n heard of Blair's Ouut aud Rheumatic Pills , I immediately .-ent to Messrs . Ferris and Score , Chemists , Bristol , for a box , which when I had taken , the pain had wholly subsided . I contiuued the pills until I had taken two-and-a-half boxes core , when to my gratification I was perfectly restoted to health , aud able to resume my journey .
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Testimonial MASIA . —Evcrybody now-a-days U giving evfijluidy a ustimoiiial . Wellington , in bronze , lidir . g the high liu-rsr ; Cobden , the peaceful hero of the worldnot a country ; an 1 Hudson , the railway monarch , whose motto might be , " nulla dies sine linea . " It limy , hoivevor , beconiiilently predict that onemiglit bo mimed > vhose vxertiiKis in a ' . ieviating Uuinau cuflcriuRS far outbalance tin ? juit aud wiliiugJy rendered claitnea of those who »» aamen are above enumerated . This will be at once apparent , wlivii we call to mind the almost incalculable a .:: cmit ' . 'f u ^ jr . ising torture relieved by Blair ' s Gout and Ul . tunv . itic I'ilU , nhuse proprietor may bi- said already tj have ivared » n i : upvr : »! iahle monnincnt on the gmtituie of ti : ousai ; iia .
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Alarming Fires . — On Sunday morning , between five and six o ' clock , a fire that caused considerable alarm in tlie neighbourhood , broke out in the upper part of the premises in the occupation of Mr . Goodaiau , a baker , of 17 , Great Bull-alley , Moorgate-strcet . it was caused from the soot in a blocked up iluc becominj ; ignited , « liicli set tire to a chest ot drawers ami the Hoofing in one of the rooms . The engines quickly attended , and the firemen succeeded " in getting the flames subdued , but not until considerable damage lia . i benn done . A second lire broke out at No . 1 , liethcl-nlaue , Vine-yard , Tooleystiett , belonging to Mr . E . Clowrow . A spark from a lighted candie falling upon a bed , set it in a general blaze . The inmates having been arousmi troin tlwit slumbers , they kepi the tire at bay until tin ; firumuii arrived , when , owing to the combined exertions ol all parties , the Humes were extinguished . Unfortunately the ier was not insured .
occup 1 'biso . n Discipline . —An inquest was held by Mr . Beufiird , in the Millbank Prison , as to the death ot William Everett , aged twenty-two . Captain Groves , the governor , stated that the deceased was convicted at the Northampton sessions , on the 1 st ot July , lS 4 G , . for felony , tna sentenced to fifteen years tiausportation ; he was received into that prison on the 20 th of July , in the same year , and died on Thursday morning . The Coroner — Li ad he suffered any punishment in prison ? The Governor— Yes , live or six times . The Coroner—What were they , and the olfenees ? The Governor—On the 2 Sth of July he was reported lor talking at the pump , and he had only bread and water that day . On the 2 iui of October he
was again reported for relusing to work , but nothing was done to him . On the next day he was very abusive , rcfiued to work , and said he would cut the warder ' s liver out . For this he was ordered into the refractory cell for three days , but had his full rations . On the 20 ih of October ho was reported for talking at exercise , and was deprived ol his dinner . On the 6 th of November he was very unruly , said he did not care fur the governor or his broad anil water , and was j > ut into the refractory ceil tor two u ' ays . Dr . Baly having stated that tlie deceased diedofcoilbumptiou . and that everything was aiforded him in the infirmary , the jury returned a verdict of "Natural death . "
Keforted Cuarou of Murder . —The apprehension of Captain Kbit , of the barque Lavensidv , for running away from the ship , off Folkestone , with two caskets of diamonds , and other precious stones , valued at £ 3 , 301 ) , hits created considerable interest anumg those connected with the shipping ot the port ot Loiidun , more particularly on Us being known that govurnmi'iii had received notice from the British consul at Rio Janeiro , to the effect that the accused wa » suspicted ot having murdered one of the crew while on the b . irque ' s outward passage from England . The principal portion of the crew wore taken before ti ; e Crown solicitor , at the Treasury , and tlie subjoined facts were elicited . The ship , on her departure from England , took out a carao of coals fur l a-
ta » o-. iia , in order to take on board guano . On reaching Gibraltar , however , the capuiiu vio afcu the instructions \> t the owners , by disposing ot the coals , and entering into a speculation wilka Jew of that port , to trade with miscellaneous articles to Cadiz and elsewhere . Two supercargoes were placed on board the barque as a temporary protection over the property , the uuder .-tauding being tnat , as soon as she had discharged her freigiit at Cadiz , they would be returned to their homes at Gibraltar , both being married men , and having large families . The 3 hip proceeded , as was thought , on a voyage to Cadiz ; but , after touching that port , her course was altered for Jouth America , taking with her the two supercargoes . The men implored Kerr to set them at
Libert ) when she re-started , which he peremptorily refused . One of them became an object of much sympathy , aud evinced the deepest grief on leaving his wife aud famil y for so distant a land . At last he manifested symptoms of aberration of intellect , and one night , in a very excited state , he jumped overboard and was drowned . The ship was brought to , and attempts were made to save his life , but to no purpose , the unfortunate man having almost immediately disappeared . It was satisfactorily shown to the Treasury solicitor , that it was the po ' jr fellow ' s own : ict , and that . the captain did i » l throw him overboard , a > described by the other supercargo on his arrival at Rio Janeiro to the British consul . Thk Rate-paying Clauses op the Reform Act .
—On baturuay , at a large meeting of 'he vestry of St . Maryltboue , the Rev . Dr . Sprey in the chair , Mi-George Darnell brought up a return , which had been moved ior , ot the number of persons omitted from the list of bn-ougu voters last year , consequent on the omission to pay the assessed taxes , poor rates , and other causes , rendored compulsory by the ratopaying clauses ot the Reform Act . The return showed that the number of persons disfranchised for non-payment afasbsssed taxes was 1 , 032 ; for nonpayment ot poor rates , 334 ; an account of rates bemi ; comp uiuicd for by landlords , 1 , 448 ; and tannin , 1 , JoO . loial number ot homes in the parish of £ 10 annual value and upwards , 11 , 017 . The remruwos ordered i-j be entered on the minutes .
Ax kucii Distillery . —A seizure of a very large inieit distillery was effected on Saturday , by the olticer-sol excise . On proceeding to the premises , No . 1 , Grattan-street , lij tunal green , where ostensibly was carried on the business of a seneral dealer in tho wood and fish trade , they found in a lower kitchen under the ; shop , a large stili , fitted in brickwork , which appeared to have been recentl y at work , as it was quite w . inn ; a quantity of fermented molasses wash , ready t >> r charging the still for further operation ; several barrels of , yeast , forty large barrels , a small stock of spirits , and tho usual fittings of a distillery . A man , found on the premises , gave the name of John Spencer , and said he worked the still tor his tather . lie was taken into custody , and conveyed to Worship-street p -lice station . The wash and yeast were « estr .. ycd by the officers , and a van having been procured , the Hill , stock , and utensils were conveyed to the excise warehouses in Broadstreet . , to be adjudicated upon by her Majesty ' s
Commissioners . Metuoivlitax 1 ' olice . —Accounts have just been laid I ) . ton ; Parliament ( pursuant to Act ) showing the sums received and expended lor the purposes of the Metropolitan Poliee , Police Superannuation Fund , and Police Courts , in tUe year ended Gist of December , ltvili . It therefrom appeals , that tho receipts fur the service ot the Metropolitan Police in that yeat were £ . t 31 , y 'J 3 Vh 3 d , and the expenditure £ 320 , 925 loi 3 d—making the balance in haud £ 51 , 008 3 d . Tho receipts on account of the Super animation Fund were £ J , 03 i ) cash , and £ 73 334 government stock , valued at tha sterling cash . The expenditure by superannuations , allowance ? , and gratuities to police constables amounted to £ 7 , 783 , leaving a balance of upwards of £ 11 , 200 cash , ant £ 73 , 334 government stock .
Daring Street IIobueky . —Information was received on Monday last , by the police that , between two and three o ' clock on Saturday afternoon , as Mr . William J . Carwardine , clerk , in the employ of Messrs . Wilsun and Company , of Silver-street , Wood-street , City , was proceeding from -Messrs . Barclay and Company ' s , bankers , Lombard-street , to the Old Jewry , by way of the Poultry , he was robbed of I a black leather , pocket-book , containing a bill of ex-1 change for £ 5114 s . al > o of a canvass bag containing ' £ 25 in gold . The robbery was effected by the thief I cutting through both Mr . Carwardiue ' s areat coat j and pocket of the undercoat .
Fatal Accident fkom the Frost . —On Sunday I night , about naif-past eleven o ' clock , as a , woman , named Jeffrie ^ living at No . 13 , Caraden-street , Kensington Gravel Pits , was returning home , she fell with great force en her back . She was assisted home by two poiicenicii , but she died shortly after her arrival , having ruptured a blood vessel by tlie fall . ! Fatal Accidkm ox the Cimydon Atmosphkrk ; j Railway . —Owing to the snow on Sunday getting into i the atmospheric tube , the various trains after five j o ' clock had to be conveyed by the locomotive . At nine | o ' clock an attempt was made to wurk the down train by atmospheric power , but in cunsequem o of a stoppage a locomotive was sent after the train t ¦ assist it or . its journey , wheu or . o of the men employed to superintend the ciusing of the valve bv the cement , I
not being aware of the arrangement , aud it is sup- 1 posed not suspecting a loc-moiive on the atmospheric ! line , was fulfilling his duty , and befoie he was ob- j served tUe eugme ran over lrim , almo . it literally crush- ' ing . him to pieces . An inquest was subsequently acid on leased , and evidence having ken ciieited , the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . " Efcac . LAiu-. —Information was forwarded on Monday ! last to the various police stations ot a hurg ' . arv having been tfleeted between six and eight o ' clock in the morning , at tlie reside nee of Mr . J . Worge , 10 , Lans- j downe-terrace , Caledonia-road , Islington . The pro- ; pert ? a-ulen consisted oi' five £ 10 , and three A'S Bank ] of England notes , as also several valuable ^ old and j silver watches , gold mounted brooches , diamond j pins , rii : gs , and other articles , to the value of about ! £ 150 . 1
Dkatk in a Police Cell . —On Menday Mr . Mills ! heid an inquest , at the Crown : vud Anchor , King- i street , St . Gilus ' , on the body ofJoim llarvey , aged , forty-five . The deceased was & well known im-udicant -. viiO , having lost the use of his limbs , was in the } habit oftravmiiii ; Bloomsbury , Bedford , and Russell ; Square * , and their vicinities , in a squatted position , j a small pad only between him and the ground . On Wednesday last , he was iu Southampton-street , following his usual vocation of mendicancy , amidst the rain . IIis helpless condition excited considerable i sympathy , Tiie conatable on dutv ' awing several j
times in vain desired him to " vuofe on , " was at ! length compelled to remove him to the station house , | George Street , St . Giles ' s , where he \ va « ?' . ? . ced in a cell warmed to a temperature of eightv decrees . Evory half hour , until eight o ' clock ots . " Tuureduy morning , he was visited by the gaoler ; bat when he vuitod liis cell at twenty minutes after eight o clock , the gaoler found him dead . Mr . Bennett , Surgeon , vho piricrsttd the frost mortem txamu-atioc , found tlit body in a fViglitfui state of alth . lln > liver was « friable thai ; it crumbled t » pieces , Us died from ato'ji-SKj . J
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The Benefits or Sulphuric Ether . —On Saturday an operation was performed on a man , at the King ' s College Hospital , by Mr . Ferguson , of an interesting character , in consequence of its being one of the first ever attempted . The patient , an old marine , had previously lost tho greater portion of his arm ; on Saturday , while under the influence of sulphuric ether , the remaining portion was amputated , the blade bone cutaway , and part of the shoulder Lone sawed off . At the first incision of tho knife the man gnve a slight shriek , and tho mxt moment besjan to laugh and talk , calling out during the operation , " clear the gangway . " The operation lasted five miuutes and a half . When the effects ot the ctlier had gone off , the man declared he had felt no pain , although the wound made wa . i very large . Another man had a cancer cut out of his upper iip without experiencing any pain while under tho influence of the sulphuric ether .
Further Operations under thk Influence op Ether .. —Three very successful operations were performed at St . George ' s Hospital , on Thursday ; one by Mr . Cesar Hawkins , who removed a long piece of dead bone from the interior of 'he new bone formed around it , in the leg of a Hi tie b > y . The little patient inhaled lor about th > ee minutes , and awoke as out of a sleep , just as the operation was concluded , having passed through it without the slightest siyn of suffering . This operation is always extremely painful , and iii the present ease would have been " mure than usually so , in consequence of the inflamed a : id tender state of the bone . Afterwards , Mr . Cutter amputated a thi » b , ( tlie ether being previously administered ) ,
with the same smcess . The third patient was a negro , from whose shoulder a large tumour was remuved by Mr . Tatum . Having inhaled the ether , he felt nothing of the operation , and , on recovering his consciousness , was with difficulty convir . ceJ that he had lost his load . His surprise and pleasure on seeing the tumour were very ludicrous . Thu painful operation of removing a cancerous breast was performed at the Clu'lteniiam hospital , when the ether was tried ( for the tir-t time in that town ) . A few minutes alter the operation was completed , tho poor woman recovered her consciousness , a : id being asked if alio had telt any pain , said— "None whatever ; you have n » t done the operation , you aro only deceiving me ; nor would she believe to the contrary
till tlie removed breast was shown to her , aud then doubted that it had be-i-u cut out with a knifo . Mr . Lansdown , of the Bristol hospital , also reports a list of successful instances , and remarks , in conclusion , that ho has " nnw administered the ether thirty timea , and in no instance has been anything like a tendency to apoplexy , neither have I se « n any injurious effects resultiu" from it . "—A man was admitted on Wednesday into the Royal Free Hospital , and , on the arrival of Mr . T . Wakleyjun ., one of the surgeons , it was found necessary to perform an operation , to which the man consented , expressing a wish that it mi « ht be " done with ether . " He was theu removed to the operating theatre , and
Ferguson ' s apparatus beini ; charged , the patient commenced inhaling , which he did vigorously for half an hour , without any effect being observed . Mr . ^ Yakley , jun ., thinking the case a failure as regarded the ether , was anxious to commence the operation , but the man persisted in inhaling , and in thirteen minutes from that time he became quite insensible , and remaiucd so for four minutes , during which time Mr . W . ikley performed a very serious operation without the man betraying the slighest consciousness . Thus he inliak'd for nearly three quarters of an hour , inspiring tho vapour of three ounces of pure sulphuric ether . The nun , however , explained the extraordinary fact by admitting that he was a " waszer dram drinker . "
* all of Two Houses in Loxg Acrk . —On Tuesday morning , shortly before twelve o ' clock , a serious accident , but fortunately unattended with fatal consequences , occurred in Lorn ; Acre . The improvements which have lately taken place in that district have rendered neces > sry the removal of many houses contiguous to the new church of St . Giles ' * * in the Fields . At the point where Hanovei-street intersects Long Acre , several houses have been taken down by consent of their occupants ; but the intended improvements have remained some time in abeyance , in consequence of Mr . Ilersey , the piopiietor of the George Inn who held a lease from ihe Mercers' Company , refusing to surrender without a greater compensation . Some time since Mr . Kensall , the district surveyor , had pointed out to Mr . Hersev the
dangerous position in which his house stood , and recommending that measures should be adopted for giving it temporary support . Nothing , however , was done , and on Tuesday morning a cracking sound was heard , and Mr . Ilersey having been forewarned , recommended all his inmates to retire from the premises . Had it not been for this timely warning all must have perished . In a few minutes the walla fell in with a fe . irful crash , and the greatest danger exisis that other houses may fall , owing to the slightncss of the foundation on which they aro coustructed . The second h ouse that fell was " that of a Mr . Ciark , livery st . tble-kceper . 1-IisJ . tables were coutigious to Mr . Hersey ' s premises , but it fortunately happenncd that his assistants had left before the occurrence , which has involved the destruction of considerable property .
Impudknx Robberv . —On the same dav two men having the appearance of portors , called at the residence of Captain Buckland , No . 41 , Upper Parkstreet , Euston-squaro , saying that they had been employed to remove the Captains lui § a « e to the railway . The servant at once allowed them to take two heavy trucks and a portmanteau that were standing in the hall ready for rent > val , containing a quantity of valuable property . On the Captain ' s return with the porter he had engaged , the robbery was detected , and is supposed to have been committed by two men whom the captain refused to emplov in its removal .
1 ? atal Accident . —An inquest was held on Tuesday in tho brond room of the Royal Freo Hospital , Gray ' s Inn-road , on the body of Edwin Glynn , aged CO , lace in the employ of Mr " , Aahfield , builder , Red Lion-square . The deceased with others , was engaged splicing poles on a scaffolding in front of a house in Burne ' s court , Col bath-fields , when he missed his footing and foil to the ground on his head . A concussion of the brain and death ensued . Verdict accordingly . Firb in TnB Olp- strkkt Road , —On Wednesday night , a few minutes before ten o ' clock , a five broke out upon the premises of Mr . Bury , Victoria Coffeehouse , Old-street-road . While the parties connected with the premises were in the lower rooma quantity
, of smoke filled the room , and in a few miuutes the roaring of flames was heard in the upper part of the house , shortly after which the fire burst through the chamber windows . Several engines quickly attended ; the fire , however , prevailed , nor was it quenched before the building ( built chiefly of wood ) was burned through , and its contents consumed . The fire is supposed to have originated through some defect in the flue . It is said that the occupier is not insured . Exten-ivb Fire . —Between six and seven on Wednesday morning a terrific fire suddenly burst forth from the cabinet manufactory of Messrs . Bailes , 23 , Charlotte-street , Fiztroy-square . Iu the course of a few minutes two machines belonging to the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire arrived
, and the parish engines , with numerous others of the London Brigade , and no time was lost in setting the engines to work ; but owing to the firm hold the fire had obtained , it became apparent that tho manufactory was doomed to destruction . Accordingly , tho firemen exerted themselves so as to prevent ° its further spread . Whilst so engaged , the roof and part of the outer wall fell with a tremendous crash , and the flames then shot into Mr . Oliver ' s mahogany loft , se ' tiug tire to the building , and also to a number of pieces of valuable cabinet wood . The hoses of several engines were taken through the surrounding houses , and by that means the firemen were enabled to attack the ilami . 'S in the right quarter ; but it was past nino before . hey oxtinqiiishod them , and not until Messrs . Bailes ' s manufactory was burned down .
s a a <¦ 11 Fall in the Trick of Bread . —Oh Wednesday there was general fall of one halfpenny , throughout the metropolis , in the price of the 41 b . " loaf of bread , the charge now beius ; 81 . for inferior , an-l 9 § d . and lOJ . for the best broad . S » rae of the bakers are seiling a mixture of rye bread at 7 £ d . the 4 lb . loaf . E \ stkun Uouxtus lt . UL . WAY . —Another lamentable accident occurred on this line on Saturday afternoon , at _ a place called Matter ' s Bridge , a short distance this side ot Braxbourne , to the fireraai ' . of the goods train , which leaves Loudon at twenty minutes to tout
« I r s ! 1 I 3 ' * o ' clock . It appears that , contrary to all regulauDns , the poor follow , at the spot uanied , piv exiled to oii his engine , and whilst so engaged slipped off , there r > A being any protection-against suck au accident , and fell with both leg'i on thfi rail . The entire trait : passed over him Wore there was a possibility of release , when it was ascertained that one le ^ was completely detached from the body , and the other nearly so . The unfortunate sufferer ( a very young man was brought back by the five o ' clock train , and in atantly conveyed to the London Hospital .
' ' Afflicting Cask —On . Saturday information was : brought to Guildhall that Irvine , the old man who ' was formerly a merchant , living at 5 ( i , Wood Street ,. Cheapside , ivnd who was in the year 130 U ruined by ; the seizure and confiscation of a large quantity of Manchester goods which he had exported to Hamburgh , and has for some time past supported himself by hawking haberdashery , which he had been prevented latterly doing by an attack of fever , had died that inoi'Mii * . U will be recollected thit an account appeared in the newspapers of an appeal for askance
he made to Mr . Aldennnu . Folmson who kin . lly ^ i- 'e him a sovereign to enable him to replenish hu sUok . Tho publication of the ease also excited much putoiw sympathy , and about £ '< J 0 . wete sent iu by liecievo . I lent and charitable individuals , of wkicti biieunortunate man received £ 4 . previous to his lieatu . With that he took a temporary lodging on ' lWiay last , at No . 17 , Allen Street , Goswull Street , where he became ill , ar . d , although medical ' assistance was called in , ho gradually sank . I [ e has left twu ciiiL dren ( sons ) totally unprovided tor . Died , on tlw 3 rd utt ., at Long Buckby , Mi \ G « atg « Coopw , agtd 'it years , Me of tho SonWtowu locality
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RICHARD OASTLER , ESQ ., TO THE RIGHT HON . LORD JOHN RUSSELL , M . P ., ULR MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE . ( Concluded from our Last . ) The excessive competition to which 1 have before alluded has hail the effect , by reducing the value ol labour , of forcing the o peratives to send thoir wives and children to the slavery of the mills , thereby still further reducing the value of their own labour , and oponin ? the door to social and domestic evils that make the stoutest heart tremble . The result is , the unsoriptural union of Industry and Dfijphcc w ' th Poverty and Vice ! Labour , that should produce health , Iui 3 for fruit disease ' . Diligence , that should ensure plenty , is crowned with want !
It is to that branch of our national industry—th ( / Wor iM—that I would now direct your lordship ' s most serious attention , knowing that it is utterly impossibleyour Government can elevate the religious , mural , social , and domestic condition of the inhabitants of the manufacturing districts , if you leave the factories in their present condition . This assertion obtains abundant pr oof in the public documents to which your lordship has access . Thorein , you will find demonstrative proof given by clergymen , main * , traks , schoolmasters , medical men , millowners ( at their head , the late Sir Robert Peel , Bart ., ) respectable inhabitants , anil factory operatives , that , to work women and growing youth * more than tc ; i hours a day h totally incompatible with the good condition of their health and morals .
This fact i s also established by the unanimous testimony of hundreds of public meetings held in the towns and villages of the manufacturing districts , many of them in Manchester . 'ihe » reat county ot York , at the last public meeting of its inhabitants , presided over by the lligh Sheriff , has verified what I have stated . If , my lord , you will have the women and children incessantly overworked in factories , you must have desponding fathers , improvident mothers , degraded daughters , reckless sons , and , consequently , miserable liomes . In such a community it is in vain that your Government attempts to improve the condition of the people . If you will "sow the storm , you must reap the whirlwind . " But surely , if our manufacturing system must have the labour of these poor victims , the prosperity of England does not requir < > that that labour should be extended to a length of time that 13 destructive of every enjoyment—oi life itself .
And , after all , what is the gain of this unnatural and ttnacriptural factory systoni ! Loss , ! os 3 , loss Loss to all , saye a very few individuals , who by their immense ill-gotten wealth are enabled to maintain a destructive competition against those of small capital . This is a fact , my Lord , worthy of a Statesman ' s thought—a very small number nf immensely rich manufacturers are all that is gained by tho present system , while the great bulk of respectable manufacturers are constantly on the brink of ruin , and wide-spread destitution , disease and
immorality " stalk over the manufacturing districts . " This ia the reason why every nnnufacting town is novr a garrison . Why shou l d they be garrisoned ? They were not formerly . They are the meat centres of our boasted "prosperity "—the great hives of our national wealth . Why then should they be garrisoned ? Because , my Lord , injustice beai ' s the sway , tyranny oppresses , and insatiate competition deprives the industrious artisans of the jus-t reward ot their toil—plenty , thrifty wives , healthy and obedient children , and comfortable homes .
To force this degraded population to bow their neck in abject submission to a slavery more cruel than that from which they paid millions to relieve their black brethren , our seats of industry are transformed into garrisons , their excessive labour is , in fact , extorted at the point of the bayonet ; thus , the nation is heavily taxed to uphold tlie greatest injustice , and , finally , to in ure its own decay ! My L- > rd , as First Minister of our Queen , I urge you to ask yourself—why should our manufacturing towns , that ought to present to the rest of the empire models of comfort , morality , contentment , and happiness , be sources of constant anxiety and alarm to the Government ?
No other answer can be given than , that injustice rei * ns therein—the oppressors rule !—and , it is feared that " oppression will drive wise men mad . " My Lord , the regulation of factories has often , during the last thirty years , occupied the attention of Parliament . The Ten Hours' Bill will be intraduced once more early in the coming session . Surely , this time , the earnest prayer of the factory slaves will be granted , and England will be relieved from the shame and the curse of supporting her trade by " the groans and tears of women a ; id children . " If p ; uience industry , ami a strict attention to tho course prescribed b y the Con ' ttnution be favourable to tho prayer of supplicants to the House of Commons , those who pL-titLm for the Ton Hours' Bill may claim the most favourable hcarin " .
For more than thirty years they have waited and prayed—undaunted by repeated "efusals—in pence and order , they once more prefer their claim . If justice can claim a successful hearing , they must succeed , for none can—none does—deny that their prayer is just . Under suoli circumstances , guilt will assuredly attach to a denial , and sin cannot go unpunished . It is the contest of poverty against wealth—of justice against oppression — of right again-t might . True , the oppressors themselves sit on the judgment seat . The petitioning slaves are unrepresented in the People ' s Home—to God their woes are known—by Him their prayers will n ;> t be disregarded . May your government have the high honour of granting their petition , and thus demonstrate that the improvement of the condition of the people is , indeed , their aim .
During tho debate on the fen Hours' Bill in the last session it was stated by a member of the House of Commons that , "if an Eleven Hours' Bill were granted , the manufacturing operatives would be satisfied , and cease to " agitate' for a Ten Hours ' Bill . " It is due to the manufacturin g operatives to state that they do not wish to deceive the Legislature . That hon . member was deceived by a " Ten Hours' Bill delegate , who had been tampered with m London , by a professing friend , a member of" the house . 1 hat delegate will not again misrepresent his constituents' wishes . The petitioners for the len Hours Bill can agree to no compromise — their claim admits ol no reduction—they know , thai to work women and growing youths more than ton hours a day is death ! This fact has been proved by a host o the most eminent surgeons and physicians ; it is established by the reports of the Registrar-General .
To ascertain the resolution of the manufacturing operatives and their friends on this point , 1 have re ° - cently attended public meetings tn nine manufacturing towns in lorkshire , and three in Scotland . Among the thousands who assembled , only three individuals voted for eleven hours ;« they were not operatives . I also attended two public meetings in the city of Edinburgh , where the petition for ten hours was unanimously carried . I had the pleasure to find these numerous mid influential meetings attended and supported by clergymen , magistrates , manufacturers , medical men , and many highly influential persons , as well as the operatives . In six of the Yorkshire meetings » ve were honoured by the active support of the vicars and the clorgy . Iu Scotland we had the like honour . Several most respectable manufacturers spoke in favour of the Tea Hours Bill . At Leeds and Iluddersfield 1 was delighted by the presence of the Hon . Memhar
for Oldlmm and the lion . Member from Knarcsbevowgh . Those gentlemen can tell "the IIouso " with what hearty greetings they were welcomed ; they can speak to the calm , but fixed resolution of tho people , on the question of eleven hours . At Edinburgh I was again witness to the estimation in which "the poor man ' s friend" ( the lion Member for Kna-csbnrough ) was held by the inhabitants of that enlightened city . Tha Hon . Member for East Cornwall also visited Edinburgh , with a view to pleading the cause of tho poor factory children : the postponement of tho meeting prevented him doing so . I need not say evary meeting was conducted with the greatest order-a Ten Hour Bill meeting and order are almost inseparable terms ; during the last thirfc / years hundreds have been held , one attended by more than 120 , 000 persons , yet a single act ot disorder is not known to have been committednever wa » there need for magisterial interference .
It was asserted by two members during the last debate on the Tsn Hours Bill , "that the factory operatives could not wish for the Ten Hours Bill because they did not strike for it . " My Lord , the advocates of the Ten Hours Bill seek te obtain it by peaceful means—they do not wish to quarrel with their employers . They consider " a strike" as little less than a declaration of warhence they abjure " strikes . " They hopo that , in tne eye of the Legislature , this will add force to their just claim , and they pray that their determination to keep the peace and to avoid all irritating measures may never again be charged upon them as apathy in the cause that lies nearest their hearts . * * # Except by about half a dozen members , it is unanimously admitted in the House of Commons that interference is absolatoly necessary ; and if so on waat scoiluI car it be denied thai that interference snoaid at . least , extend to the protection of the iifsaot tue faoicry slaves \"
' \ ' ' ' 1 i ' 1 . Io 8 u pr my country that , on a question of life , , u . l dosuh to hundreds » t thousands , we are required ; to admit tie arguments of pounds , shillings , and , pee . ee . bueh , however , is ths way of this age . Nay , i Ue MiiMti calculator oi' yn ) nt aud loss becomes elo-, qtwntij paslauthropic , asserting . " If you don't work ! taese persons to death , you must , Jof necessity , starve I tuem to death . If you reduce their labour one-sixth , ' , you must aUo reduce their wages one sixth ; and , wUu , tlicir present wages " , tliey cad scAcoely mautair
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themselves . " Thus confessing that it , ^^^ Rystcm , the weakest must be subject to tlioif s c bur . lens , and that their reward must [« , *!»«< death ! ^ ^ tin ^ If our opponents are correct , it must be tn , by abstracting .. ne-sixth fro m the quan'itt 'V ' ^! commodity in thu market , we reduce its „¦ , Hv sixth . Or It must he shown that the imol ' ? K is not governed by supply nnd demanil ° ' ! i % Our " philosophic" cavillers a » sert ' ed f ducing the labour of infants undi > r fr . urt . " - f » age from twelve to eight hours a dav ti " - ^ ' ^ ' !' would be reduced one-third ; and when tK , > i was made to six hours a day , t | 1 ( iy forctn ^ l J "< ii reduction of one-fourth in wages . The r i rtll ' r ever , overthrows their theo ry . " i ' | ) c J *} % hot . working in mills six hours a " day " i , h . n "&- , wages than twelve hours a day ' <¦ i ' 110 ley they received more . " A > d why ? ij nia tl J " case , children are required , and the i , rp « ,, i / ; , Rito l uie ot ^
t ion is removed . "" cousin truth , the obvious rffoot of the ev ^ hours of labour is to lower tho iit « e " ° ftli » adding of two hours a day to the Srkl ?** l posing that time to be ten hwira i davw - ne ' < - respect , precisely equival ent to t | . * X } ' "' fti , every ten persons employe ! , or , in othw » V * ° to polling ten perrons to do theVo k of tJl " [*• » - a country where labourers are moll e '* hi <* ( in the market for labour d , '" Umcl ' 0 U 3 'fi two persons , thus d < wiv ,, | "S ^ i f ^ ^ those whose prolonged hours of labSurlm- " i "" * them of employment . |; y tl e , , ?¦ icpvi underbidding on tho p a * of tileK » ° thi ' oloyed , the wagers of ail " m-, »? „ are U n « a . ducedtothe loWpoi ti "T ?^ ^ destitution , and still , " t J ) Z' that Ju * tabov m .. ; t > e sustained h . v th-i . * 8 n Perun" >«« i « ^ TSX&tfS * - *** maximum tune ofy m h L if . fm > . , the adding one-Hovcntli to tin ' mm , <• , c W » wlent to other w (| ., , it w | , ;^ berof labourers , or , ij means ot ewnin E their K V * Portion of the creased competition nwlf i J 1 : ilv ) ' bv in . loweBt enduraiK pVCfi ^!; r oflahow ti »« lead weight on so £ ? t L ' '"" T ^ entl ! fours" with the acSjjS ? E ° " " ° a ! demand—it is confirmc 1 » , } e \ SS ' f »' aniJ a ready stated . The truth se X V * ' ° fact it ought , than to secure a iu , f *» i asin JMtw should be employed J reWai ' d to ei « l » . ail
. Again , it is affirmed by our '' , „»„„ jectors . that , if rou reJn pp \ l . f F SGn 3 e o 1 ' - from twelve to tender a ' / o uSllno ^ f \™ a ^ Mjg a&aft ^ u ' -rsssffisrsc ^ a of mine cm refute it . ' wor ' * . If on this question we rau ^ t introduce twnff eign trade we arc compell ed to i , lire wfi i tl foreign trade , for tho maintenance of > £ ' 5 limrly sacrifice the lire * of thousan-Is If our * ll !' ' subjects annuall y , and the morals aBd co . rf h millions ? Have those victims anv intere t , V contmuance of this boasted forei gn £ f '" £ make cloth-they do not woar coats . They mm . taeture men and calico-their shirts are ra « TU weave blankets-there are none on their beds \ all their ^ hare is absorbed by this extolled fo « K
iSow , my Lord , there must be something radical wT 5- * foundation of such a foreign trade What is this worm that snim at the root Sf our domestic prosperity ? Is it not selBshncs * ' ' Adam Smith , the apostle of the " philosopher *" mvea hs the foundation of his adored scherae-tk ' so are his words : — e Every individual is continuall y exerting himself to gad out the most advantajjeou ? employment for whatever capital he can command ; although it is his ownadvauta < tc , and not th . it of sDcioty , that he has in view w that , tho study of his own advant age , uaturally , or ratlwr necessarily , leads him to pr ? f ? r that employment which i 9 most aiJvantaif'oua to society .
Lpon that principle the trade ( home and foreign ) of England is foun ' ed . Are these principle true ? ' • * The " philosophers" ridicule and turn away from tlio results of experience , and deny the authority of the floly Bible . They will , perhaps , listen to one cl their own order—the most accnmplUhed scholar in their school—the late Francis Homer . Adam Smith was not " worshipped" by him . He says—Tho discovery that I did not understand Smith speedily led me to doubt whether Smith understoJ hissself . Again :
I should ba reluctant to expose Smith ' s errors befon his work has operated its full offset . We mve much a ' . present to the superstitious worship of Smith ' s mes , auJ wo must not impair that feeling uutil the victory is camplctJ , Francis Horner also ad'ls : Until w-i can give a correct and priche the > ryoft ! n nature and origin of wealth , his ( Adam Smith ' s ) pSputar , plausible , and loose hypothesis is as ^ ood for the vulgar ai any other .
His to uphold this "loose hypothesis" fiat one leijislators are willing to sacrifice more live , than the demands of the most sanguinary war would re quire ! I contend , my Lord that a foreign tr \ Je , whicli leaves the home prnducer 3 in pnvertycanuot increase a nation ' s wealth ; though it may produce a tow rail lionsures , yet it is a drain , wasting the enirgi ? 3 oi the people . The following appear to be tha sound principles o tnde , home and foreign : —
IIomb Iiude originates in the mutual exchange of the products of domestic skill and industry . Thus one man employs himself in producing something th'it he wants , and when he has produced more than he wants of that commodity , he seeks to exchange that surplus forother comraoilities which he requires , and of which others have been preducing more than they require . By the mutual exchange of the surplus productions o each , all will be thus supplied with a sutficieuev of the production of the whole .
When the prosperity of a country is increased br tho Woll-WqrkinB Of this sound principle of trade , the productive interests require an intermediate class , in order to distribute the surplus of each kirn ! of production to the whole community . When all have been thus supplied ( but not till then ) , and there is still a surplus of homo productions , a capital will be . raised upon which to found a 1-oREioj Trade . In that trade , tho exchinge
should be for such productions of other countries as are required at home , and cannot be produced there . Care miist be taken to limit that foreign trade to the amount of capital represented by the surplus ofuome productions , over and above what all require at home . If the foreiijn trade be extended in a greater degree than this , the inhabitants of the country must oe impoverished in proportion to that excess . A tew intermediates may gain—the population must Iosg . r
To exchange necessaries for luxuries , while ths makers of those necessaries are in want of them , may be accordant with the "loose hypothesis" of Adam Smith , and the principles on which our foreign trade h conducted ; but it is repugnant to those of CUristianity and common sense . My Lord , "the trade of England is sustained v the groans and tears of women and children . It is tor your Lordship to decide , shall it be re gulated " bj the principles of justice , or shall it " perish I " I have the honour to remain , v r ,, -, MyLord . lour Lordship ' s most obedient servant , r . . Richard Oa-stler . L-mdon , J anuary 13 , 1 S 47 .
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IscAUiiots use op KtUK-AitMs—Fatal Effkcb .- ' Scarcely a week passes but the country papers contain cases of mutilation and neath arising fr . > m i-avelessness with fire-arms ; and if a statistical return of such mishaps could be obtained , it would present * very startling record of misery induced bv'implenienti used for amusement . An inquest was ' held on tha ¦ 1 th infant at Basingstoke , upon the remains of V . iNewlyn , the father of a young family , now thrown upon the world unprovided for . Ir appear d that ho went out to shoot small birds , and had DUt the l" « ded arrei oi
u ms gun into one pocket , and the stock into tue other , when as he was getting over a gate the sun was discharged and the contents passed throug h Ins head blowing nearly half of it away . Another recent accident was induced by the same amusement . A . retired farmer named Golbourne , living Iwtwee tt Hertford and Waro , went with a double gun iutw hia garden , where he fired at nnd wounded ^ a bulfin <*» which , however , he could not catch . While searching a hedge tor his noblo game , an explosion was heard , and tho old man was found on the gremw dead . —A third instance presents itaelf . W . H ^ ni aged 24 , a joiner , at Woodborough , described » 3 ' very torn ! of going about with a gun , " calleJ « Pon his father-in-law on business , but with a f owling ' piece under his arm . About half-an-hour after to had goae away , tho father heard the report of lt «* arms , and soon after found his son lyin" upon tw read rolling about as if in great Dain : a sun was " *?*
nun , and blood was running from his side . H « " u words were , " The whole charge of shot is iu mf / he lingered till ni ght and then died . Some ottW evidence at the inquest should lie given in the hope ic . may deter others from risking such a fate . O . 'rf * the witnesses said . u [ saw snioke comin ? out ot > w ceased ' a clothes , aud asked him where it came Ir'HJ . but he gaye no answer . 1 turned his coat a » ' « , } said , ' Will , you aro in flames , ' and ho said , " l ' put it out . ' [ tuned his waistband aside , aw . ' * , his shirt ¦ sop ned . with tlood . " The surgewt ite '" 0811 the cortdittcR cf tlw dying man . The- » l \« t P * 'L tered in a lump , he said , and then spre ad i » tf . '" ; body . He could distinctly feel the shot , and watM ' " in different parts of the aWomen .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 13, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1405/page/2/
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