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ASTONISHING EFFICACY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.
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The Testimony ofa Clergyman touching to Eleven Cases of Cores by th ' ese wonderful Fills . Bxlract of a Letter / root the Rev . Otorge Prior , CuraU of Mevmgh , Letter firmy , Cirrigart , Inland , 101 ft Jan . 1846 . To Professor Holloway . Sis , —I ttmi yon a crude list of some eleven cases , all eared by the use of jour Pills . I cannot exactly give you ft professional name to the various complaints , but this know , some of them baffle-i the skill of Derrj and this Ceanty . In a previous letter this gentleman states as follows : —Within a short distance of my bouse resides a email fanner , who for more tban twenty years ha * been in a bad state of herttb ; Mrs . Prior gave him a box of the Pills , which did him so much g « od tbat I heard him tay , for twenty years past he never ate his food or enjoj . « d it so much as since taking your Pills . ( Signed ) Gkobge Peiob . # * The above reverend and pious gentleman purchased some pounds' worth o f the Pills for the benefit of his poor parishioners . Bad igestion , with extreme Weakness and Dsbility—an Extraordinary Cure .
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Attack op a Mob on Lambeth Workhocbk . —O Saturday afternoon considerable excitement pre * Tailed in Lambeth inconsequence of a violent attack made by a mob of at least 100 persons on the parish workhouse . It was stated that several men , women , and children had applied for relief , and though the parochial authorities paid every possible attention to their cases , some of them were discontented , and bricks , stones , andotber rubbish were thrown against
the doom , threatening at the same time a forcible entrance . Things began to assume the most alarming appearances , and expostulation having proved useless , a body of the police of the L division was sent for , and notwithstanding the formidable number of rioters , " the bobbies" succeeded in apprehending the ringleaders , and clearing the neighbourhood of their violent followers . This workhouse already numbers nearly 1 , 000 inmates , the relief for which body forms no inconsiderable item for the burdened rate-pajera of the parish .
Fires . —Islington . —On Monday morning , shortly after six o ' clock . a fire was discovered on the premises of Mr . Hooper , Highbury-terrace , Islington . The cause had been traced to the over-heating of a kitchen flue , which set the jostlings and bond tira . bers in a blaze . The parish engines were soon on the spot , and the flames were subdued , but not until considerable damage was done to the premises and the furniture . Fortunatel y the occupier is insured in the Licensed Victuallers' office . Bkthhal Gbeb \ . Same morning" a tire broke out at ? , Manchesterstreet , Bethnal-green . When discovered , about 30
trusses of hay and straw were burning in the stable at the rear of the private houses . The engines of the London Brigade and the parish one quickly reached the spot , and the Gremen at length got the mastery over the flames , but not until the roof of the building was burned off , the stock consumed , and the flooring destroyed . The occupier was not insured . Desututios of tub Mktropolis . —Upwards of 50 , 000 persons are now inmates of the London workhouses ; 60 , 000 are receiving out-door relief ; and from 1 , 400 to 2 , 000 nightly sheltered in the refuge for the houseless .
Inquests on Convicts at W oojavich . —On Saturday last inquests were held at Woolwich on the bodies ofthreej more of the convicts who had died , and in each case a verdict of death from natural causes was returned . Each of the deceased had been in a bad state of health when sent to Woolwich , and Mr . Bussey , the surgeon said he thought it highly important to let it go forth to the world that the cause of the large mortality at Woolwich arose from Government having made the Royal Arsenal the convict invalid depot , from both home and foreign establishments . Recently a larg ? draught of these unfortunate Bick beings arrived from Bermuda , which would account for the mortality bmng so large , as all the aged and infirm were sent te Woolwich to be restored to health or die . The labour they performed was comparatively light .
Mysterious Disappearance of a Sbrtant and an Infast . — One day last week an application was made to the magistrate at Marylcbone Police Court , by Mr . Ashdown , !« isaddler , ofPark-Inue , Dorset-square , respecting the disappearance of his little girl , a-jed a year and a half , and I 113 servant . Mr . Ashdown stated that on Tuesday morning his servant , a girl of fifteen , took the child out fora walk , and nothing more had been heard [ of them , notwithstanding the most active search hntl been made . The child , since the father | s > pplication , has t : en discovered under the following roysteriou 3 circumstances : —The servant girl states that on Tuesday , whilst in Bakerstreet , Portman-square , she put the child down whilst she stopped at a doorway lacing her boot , after doing which she was alarmed at not seeing anything of the child . Being alarmed at not finding the
child she did not return to her mistress till the next day . Between seven and eight o ' clock on the Tuesday evening a policeman on duty in Judd-street , Battle-bridge ( a distance of nearly four miles from Baker-street ) , was passing a gentleman ' s garden he heard the crie 3 of a child , lie informed the occupants , and on going into the garden they found tho child , who must havo been put there , as the railings were about five feet high , and there is no space for the child to creep through . In further proof that the child was earned away and placed where it was found , the streets on that day were very muddy , and thelittle thing ' s shoes were unsoiled . It was taken to tlie station-house for that night , and the next morning conveyed to St . Pancras workhouse , where it remained until Thursday night , when its parents were traced out .
Extension of the South Western Railway . —On Saturday the viaduct reached Glasshouse-street , Lambeth , having completed one-half of the proposed extension , and alread y crossed the Kennigtonand Vauxhall-bridge-roads ; on Monday the houses in Gloucester-row , Princes-row , Moss-flelds . Salamancaplace , street , and row , together with several in Anderson ' s-walk , was demolished for the further progress ; as also , in thecour . se of a few days , the houses on either side of the Westminster-bridge-road , where the railway crosses at the Marsh-cate .
Fatal Accident . —Information was on Tuesday forwarded to the Coroner ' s office of the death of Thomas Whitehcad , aged fifty-eight years , under the following circumstances . The deceased was a distiller , and resided at No . 4 , Lnxton-place , Regent ' spark , and on the 12 th inst . he was altering the clock being perched upon a chair , when , losing his eqnilionuin , he fell backwards and sustained such injuries as to cause his death in the University College Hospital on the 22 d inst . A Child Found Murdered in Bruxswick-fquare . —On Tuesday afternoon , Mr . G . I . Mills held an inquest at the Elephant and Castle , lung ' s-voad , Camden Town , on the body of a newly-born male child . Henry Smith , street-keener on the
Foundling estate , deposed that on Sunday morning last he was on duty in Brunswick-square , when he was informed by a man that there was a bundle lyini : within the inclosure of the square . He went to the spot , and , in the hollow , al out five feet below the railings , hefonnd a bundle , the outer covering of which was an old blue handkerchief with white spots . On opening the bundle ho found tho body of a nowly-born male child , wrapped in a piece of white sheeting , covered with blood , lie gave information to the police , and the body was taken to St . Pancras workhouse . Mr . T . II . Cooper , the parish surgeon , said he had examined the body , which was that of a verv fine full-grown male child . The umbilical cord had
been cut close to the body , and there had been considerable hemorrhage . The child had been born alive , and was now very much decomposed . The jury ultimately returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown . " Robberies . —On Monday information was received by the police , that Mr . John Waite , of No . 13 , Cityroad , was robbed on Saturday night last , while coming out in the crowd from the Eagle Saloon , of a gold watch . Also was stolen from the person of Mr . Cowling , of Shepherd ' s Bush , Hammersmith , while riding in an omnibus , near the Regent ' s Park , a silk purse , containing eight sovereigns and some silver .
Destitution of tuk Smtaivieuw Weavers On Tuesday night a meeting of t ! ichroad-silk hand-loom weavers of Spilaliields and its ' vicinity was held at the Crown and Anchor , Waterloo-town , Bethna' - green , to receive the report of the committee ap . pointed at the meeting on Tuesday evening last , to wait upon Mr . llanbury , to request that ho would , in the present alarming state of the weavers , distribute the money in his hands out of tho funds raised for their relief in the year 1 Si 2 ; Mr . Avanche , a weaver , in the chair . Mr . Brctton , on the part of the committee , stated that tbe deputation had had an interview with Mr . Iknbury ; he informed the
deputation that lie had JESOO remaining of tho fund t > US 42 , uutthathe had no power to dispose of it without the sanction of the committee . The report having been unanimously received , it was resolved that Messrs . Brctton and Pickcrsgill should then wait on Mr . llanbury : they proceeded directly , when they ascertained that the committee had awetubled that evening , and it is understood that measures will be taken to distribute the money . A resolution was then agreed tnhftu . eox ., that Mr . llanbury be applied to to defray the expense of the two meutin <> 9 out of tae funds in his possession . Thanks were voted to tuc chairman ami the meeting separated
Akothkr Maniac Railway Travkllbk . —The rapidity ot locomotion peculiar to railway travelling would really appear to have a most extraordinary ettecton the minds ot soive men , if one may judge from the stance occurrences every now and then taking place en the principal line of railway . It is only a few weeks since that the public were startled by an account ot a gentleman who , after threaten ^ to murder hu companion in a first-class carriage on 1 , ° t . T ilailwa - ' f cd fr ° m the train , and , by a miracle , escaped with only a few slight bruises . A few days ago an incident of a somewhat similar character occurred on tho South-Eastem Railway . A person of respectable appearance , whose name has since been ascertained to be Scott , booked himself at the Mkstono station of this line by a thitd-etai » train ior London . During the progress of the tram his manner attracted the observation of Slime ot his fellow-passengers , but it was not until
weir arrival at the Undstone Road station that anything of a serious character . occurred . On reach-in " this phce , however , Mr . Scott . exhibited an cxtvaov " dmary degree of excitement , ; and callin" aloud for assistance , declared that his fellow-passcn ^ crs were attempting to stab him with their knives . The guard endeavoured to appease him , but ho insisted on getting out of the carriage . Under the impression that if the train were once in motion the unfortunate msn would remain quiescent , tho guard gave the signal to ; the driver to proceed . He had scarcely
done so when Mr . bcott burst open the carriage door , and jumping on the platform , bounded over tho hedge into an adjoining field , across which he ran at full spaed . The guard observing all that had occurred , immediately stopped the train , and giving chnsc , came up with the poor fellow in a few moments . Partly by persuasion and partly by foroe , ho induced mm to return , and having placed him in a second-
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class carriage , under the care of a porter and two of the passengers who kindly offered to undertake the disagreeable duty , the train again proceeded . After the train was in motion Mr . Scott ' s excitement increascd . and notwithstanding the utmost precautions , he contrived to force bis head and shoulders through the window of the carriage , smashing the glass and frame to piece 3 , and being with great difficulty prevented from precipitating himself out of the carriage . On arriving at London Bridge he was consigned to tho care of the police , who conveyed him to the
Southwark Police court . Mr . Pulsford attended on the part of the company , and by desire of Mr . Macgrcgor , the chairman of tho board , on the magistrate undertaking to see that the unfortunate man was restored to the care of his friends , expressed the desire of the directors to take no further proceeding in the matter . It has been ascertained that Mr . Scott is a student for the Catholic priesthood , and that he was on his way from a collegiate institution at Calais to Liverpool , where his friends resided , when the above facts occurred . _ _
Alarming Firks . — Shortly before midnight on Monday , a fire broke out on the premises in the occupation of Mr . F . Sargeant . si greengrocer , in Stonecutter-yard , Kent street , Southwark . It originated in a building used as a stable . The alarm was promptly given , and the firemen soon arrived , but not in time to save the building , for both that and a horfe contained therein were burned . The groans of the animal during the agony of death were distressin ? . —About the same hour a fire that created considerable alarm , but fortunately did little mischief .
broke out in Verrey s Hotel , 18 , hew Bond-street . It was caused by the heat of a muffin oven on the ground floor . Owing to the timely aid the fire was soonlextinsuished . —Between one and two Wednesday morning , a firo was discovered burningat No . 1 , Cambridge-street , Golden-square , in the occupation of Mr . P . Turnbull , pawnbroker . A spark from a lighted candle , it is supposed , was tho cause . The inmates succeeded in extinguishing the flames , but not until sow wearing apparel was destroyed , and the building injured .
Inquests . — Suicide by a Youno Female . — On M . inday afternoon last , before Mr . Mills , at the Norfolk Arms , Burton-crescent , on the body of Eliza E'tery , aged nineteen . The deceased had been , during the past four weeks , in the service of Mr . Venn cheesemonger , ofMarchmont-street . On the night of Thursday last she made an excuse to go out fo purchase half a pint of porter , instead of which she went to a chemist's in the neighbourhood and procured a pcnnywsrth of laudanum . Having been taxed with so doing , she denied it , but the laudanum was found concealed under a cup in the front area .
In consequence of that a police-constable was called in , and the deceased was taken to the station-house , but she having informed the inspector on duty that the drug was required to cure her tooth-acho , and it being proved that none of it had been taken , she was allowed to go home . During the whole of Friday she appeared in good spirits , but on Saturday morning , on the return of Mr . Fenn ' s nephew from market , he found the deceased hanging by the neck to tho back door , by means of a cotton duster , which she had fastened to the lock . She was quite dead . Verdict , "Temporary insanity . "
Inquests . —Suicide . — On 1 uesday , by Mr . Bedford , at the Crown , Crown-court , Windmill-street , Uaymarket , on the body of Mrs . Mary Ann Pikely , aeed fifty-two years . The deceased had been for some time past addicted to intemperance . On Saturday night last , her daughter returned home and found the deceased lying on the bed , quite dead and cold . A cup was found tin the table which had recently contained arsenic , and n paper with a portion of the same poison . Mr . Mottley , a surgeon , said the deceased had died from the effects of arsenic . She had taken sufficient to kill twenty persons . Verdict , "Temporary insanity . "
Suicide iv Clerkeswell Wobkhousij . —On Tuesday , before Mr . Mills , deputy-coroner , at the Golden Anchor , Clerkenwell , on the body of John Perrin , aged sixty-nine , a pauper . The deceased had been an inmate of the workhouse about three years . Lately ho had been desponding , and imagined that his friends had not behaved so kindly to him . On the morning of Saturday last , about halt-past six o'clock , he was found in his bed , with a piece of cord tied round his ncrk , and fastened to a hook in the wall . An instant alarm was raised , and the deceased was cut down , but life was extinct . Verdict , "Temporary insanity . "
Suicide . —On Tuesday , before Mr . TV . Baker , at the Black Horse , Kingshnd-road , on view ot the body of Diana Coleman , aged forty-three years . On Saturday nieht last her husband , when he returned home from his work , found the deceased intoxicated . An altercation ensued , and on the following morning , about six o ' clock she left home . About two hours afterwards the body of the deceased was discovered floating in the Regent's Canal , close to the Kingsland-road bridge , 'flipjury returned an open verdict of" Found drowned . "
DEATns from Fire . —On Tuesday , before Mr . Baker , at the London Hospital , on the body of Jamrs Barrett , aged fifty years . On Saturday night , the 9 th of Jan ., he went home intoxicated , retired to bed , when the tobacco fell from the pipe and ignited the bedclothes . A lodger in the same house perceived the smoke issuing from the windows . The fire was extinguished , and the deceased wns removed to the hospital , where it was found that he was severely burnt . He died on Friday last . Verdict , "Accidental death . " Another , on the l ; ady of Charles Murphy , aged fifteen months . On We ' d uesday last , the deceased was left in the care of its brother , a boy about fifteen years of age . In the afternoon he left ihe infant asleep in bed , and went out to play . During his absence the child crawled from the bed and its clothes caught fire . The child was taken to the hospital , where it expired on the followifig Friday . Verdiet , " Accidental death . "
Destructive Fires . —On Wednesday night , about eleven o ' clock , the premises in tho occupation of Mr . Morgan , greengrocer , No . 13 S , High-street , Shadwell , were discovered to be on fire . An instant alarm was raised , and after considerable trouble , the inmates , who were in their beds aslepp , were aroused . By that period , tho lower portion of the prenvsos was wrapped in fire , and tho flames were ascending the staircase with such fury that none of the inmates were able to escape by the regular means . In the space of a few minutes , Mr . Morgan , two females , and five children , appeared at the first floor front , and with the assistance of police constable Carr , 1 GG K , and a waterman named Griffith , the whole of the parties were taken from the windows ; and strange to
say , not one of them received the least personal injury . Some idea of the fury of the flames , and the intense heat to . which they were exposed , may bo formed , when it is stated , that the instant after the residents had left the house , tho Sre shot through the front windows with the greatest fury . The engines of the parish , London brigade , and West of England Company , quickly attended , and plenty of water being procured from the mains of the East London waterworks , the engines were called into requisition , and the firemen carried the hose up the staircase , and by that way they were enabled to pour a continuous stream uuon the flames . | Whilst , howover , they were so engaged , a large mass of flame entered one of the rooms in which the firemen were , and Mackay , the head engineer of Wellclose-square station , was knocked down by its power , and had it
not been for tlie timely aid afforded by other firemen , he doubtlessly would have lost ifis life in the building . B y dint of great perseverance , the flames were extinguished before twelve o ' clock ; the damage done , however , is very considerable : fortunately , the proprietor of the premises was insured in tbe Pticonix and Union Fire-offices . How the fire originated could not be ascertained . About an hour previous , a fire broke out in tho premises occupied by Mr . George Wild , a carpenter and builder , situate in West-street , Spa-voad , Bermondsey . The cause is wrapped in mystery . The engines of the parish , London brigade , isnd West of England offices , reached tho seeno of conflagration in a space of time almost incredibly brief , hut the / lames were not . extinguished until a building , 30 feet by 13 , in which the fire began , was destroyed . Unfortunately the same is
not insured . Fire on tub River . —On Tuesday night a fire broke out on board a barge moored off the coal whippers' re » istcr-ofh ' ce , Lower Shadwell , in which the shovels , baskets , and other working gear \ iaed in the delivery of ccal-ships are deposited . A fire had been kindled in an iron grate on board , ncd some boys , while playing , capsized tho grate . There was a good deal of c&mbustib ' e matter in the vessel , and tho flames soon burst forth . An alarm ws > s raised , and a great number of coal-whippet's and others went on l > oard and extinguished the flames , not before considerablo damage was clone .
Railway Incident . —On Wednesday information of tho following imposition and robbety was received by tl \ ft p olice -. —A k * w days since Mrs . Philips , a lady residing at ii , Upper Kcnnington-green , while proceeding on a visit to Eshcr , by the South Western Railway , met in one of the iirst-class carriages with a young man of elegant appearance , cvidentlya foreigner , who entered into conversation with her , and made himself a most agreeable companion during the short journey . On Tuesday afternoon the gentleman , who had by some means or other nfovtained M * s . Pli ; ll : ps ' s address , called at her residence , and requested an interview with lier , whi ch was grouted . In the course of thi-iv tctc-a frtc , the gt-ntleman informed tlie lady that he was the
secretary to the Russian embassy in this country , and handed her a card , on which was engraved the name of" Emilie Knoskendorsey , Russian Embassy , " and before tho interview was concluded he had so ingratiated himself with his new acquaintance ) as to obtain from her ( under what fraudaulcnt pretence has not yet transpired ) a gold Geneva watch and a £ 5 Bank of England note , with which ho took his departure . A few minutes after he left the house Mis . P . b'H ' psnv- 'ml from the roomasmatt packet containing seven , pairs of new French kid Hoves That discovery ^ used on Mrs . Philli ps ' s wind a doubt of Monsieur Knockensdorsey ' s veracity and inquiries were speedily mado at the Russian embassy , whore it was found he was u / ikUQwn ,
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DREADFUL SHIPWRECK . The following account of the appalling shipwreck ofaFrenoh vessel appeared in tlie Times of Monday : — " Tjl ? VC 88 cl » named Emilie , a brig of 2 A 0 tons , was of Nantes , she had four months ago been to Dun kirk with fruit , where the captain , whose name was Selicre , had her repaired and now coppered . In search ofa freight , about a month ago , he left Dunkirk for Cardiff with a fresh crew , consisting ofa mate , four able seamen , two ordinary seamen , and a cabin boy . On arriving at Cardiff he heard through a pilot of his being likely to find a freight at Newport , and he proceeded there and got a full cargo of iron rods for Marseilles . At four o ' clock in the
morning of Saturday last the ship left Newport—a steamer having towed her about a league to sea . She made little way all that day on account of there being little or no wind , but soon after sunset the wind sprang up , and by night freshened so , and at the same time was so thick with rain that they shortened sail ; throughout the night it blew very hard , and with torrents of rain ; they reefed a second time and all hands remained on deck , the night vas so thick ; and as the wind was unfavourable the captain determined to return to Cardiff . About 8 o ' clock in the morning they passed close'to a . beacon and very shortly after the vessel struck a sand , they instantly let go their anchor with a chain cable , but it snapped ; the vessel continuing to proceed the cap .
tain would not let go another anchor , which they were preparing to do , thinking she would clear the obstacle , but soon after she struck again , and every how and then , as they were endeavouring to get into deep water . The vessel drifted all this time , the wind blowing dead ashore , but they could not seethe land by reason of the torrents of rain , so they let go two anchors , which held , but tbe vessel was in very shallow water ; they hoisted a flag of distress half way up the peak ; this was about 10 o ' clock , and they remained at anchor until about 2 , the wind all the time blowing very hard with a deal of rain . On the tide rising , they , in order to beat to sea , tried to weigh their aachors , but could not , so Jet them slip , and manoeuvred to try to get the vessel to sea , but
the wind blowing dead ashore , with much sea , tuey could not , and the vessel drifting struck again , and fearing the falling of the masts , and the sea sweeping the deck , they all took to the cabin , but the sea rushing in there they ran upon deck again and found the two boats and every thine had been carried away , so they took refuge on the poop ; but the waves pursuing them there they started again , and all nine ran up the mainmast . There they remained two or three hours , shivering and shaking with cold , wet , and fatigue , and , continually looking wistfully around for help , could see nothing . At length it cleared a little , and , to their astonishment , they saw they were close to the land , and , perceiving a man on the cliff who kept throwing up his arms to catch their
sight , they waved their arms to him and hallooed . To hear them was impossible , from the howling of the wind , roaring of the sea , and rumbling of the stones ; but after a time the man ran away , as for help . Full of hope , they encouraged each other the best way they could ; but it was dusk—night coming on at a rapid pace , and tlie wind and sea increasing made the masts shiver most alarmingly , and the vessel going fast to pieces they all silently slipped off their shoes and upper garments against the coming struggle . The cabin boy whimpered , he could not swim . They told him they wouM all assist each other . Crash went the mast , and all were precipitated into the boiling sea . "Not a shriek , " says the man who was saved , "
escaped any ono of us . What then took place around me I know not . I was at the bottom of the sea , but in a moment up again , and struck out for tho shore . While swimming 1 saw , without his hat , a man near me swimming most manfully ; he hallooed out to me' Catch hold of a piece of wood . ' I knew him to be my townsman , Jacques Francois Stumu-Jere , of Dunkirk , from his speaking in Flemish . I snatched a small piece of wood , which I held under my arm , and was buffeting the waves with my other , when I saw and caught a hencoop . A wave then threw me on the shingles , another immediately higher up , nnd a third ngainst the cliff . I fell stunned . On recovering I looked around for my comrade , but saw him not , nor the captain nor any of the crew . As the waves still reached me I held on to the cliff , but found they receded , and when I thought all danger from
them passed I left where I was , being there exposed to another danger from the cliff constantly fulling from above through the thaw and rain . I scrambled some little distance to westward on the beach , hoping to find a place in the cliff to climb up , but finding none , as it was dark , I returned to near where I had been ; but suddenly recollecting that the man on tho cliff had run towards the east , I dragged myself in that direction , but sonn fell exhausted on ' . ho stones . After remaining in that state a length of time I heard 3 ome voices , started up and hallooed—they answered me , and two men and a boy with a lantern enrao to me ; the boy pave mo a piprn of bread and cheese , which I instantly ate , for I had had nothing all day ; other people arrived , and took me to the village and house where , thank God , I now am . " The house is a public-bouse , the Plough and Harrow , at Monkwash .
The seaman ' s name who is saved , is Jean Sohie , of Dunkirk ; he is 25 and unmarried . The bodies of the eight others have all been found ; four were t-. ken to Monknash church . Atv inquest was held on them on Monday last . As the Frenchman could not sneak English and as no one in the parish knew French , the coroner hearing I did sent for me , and requested I would be interpreter for them , to which I assented , and was sworn . Tho coroner , the jury , tho Frenchman and myself went to the church to view the bodies . On my raising the cloth from the first corpse ' s face , Sohic said , that is the captain , his name is Seliere ; lie is of Nantes , and about 30 years of age and unmarried . On my lifting thecloth from another ' s face , he said , th . it is the cabin boy , Augustc D'Aubricour , he is 14 . On seeing a third , he said , that is Alexandre Sauvage , ordinary seaman , about IS years of age . Of tlie fourth , who was much bruised about tho face , he said , after examining the clothes , that is Brassard , ordinary seaman , about 16 years of
age . The two bodies found in Wick parish were taken to that church . An inquest was held on them there on Tuesday . On going with the coroner to the church , Sohie , as before , identified the bodies , although their faces were dreadfully beaten and lacerated by striking the rocks . One he said was Godin , the mate , about forty-eight years of age , a married man , but he did not know if he had any children ; the other he said was Anguste ¦ , about forty-three , has a wife and one child ; he is of Caen . The two bodies picked up under these lighthouses were carried to Marcioss Church . An inquest was held on them . ~ Sohie said , one of the bodies was that of Eliennc , an Italian , and an able seaman , about thirty years of age and unmarried ; the other that of Jacques Francois Stimulce , an able seaman , aged forty eight , of Dunkirk , and who has a wife and five children to mourn his loss . This is the man who spoke to Sohie in Flemish while
swimrmng . The vessel has gone all to pieces ; but the cargo ( iron ) lies all in a heap on the sand , about half a mile beyond Nash Coom . James Viney , Assistant-Light-keeper of the Nash Lighthouses . Nash Lighthouses , Glamorganshire .
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APPALLING ACCIDENT . Ten Perboxs Drowsed in ax Omnibus . —A most melancholy occurrence took place at Bideford last week , which , in consequence of the number of lives thatweve sacrificed , has cast a gloom over the-whole neighbourhood and the adjacent villages . On Tuesday evening , Bowden ' s omnibus , which plies between Bideford and Torrington , and is designated the Safety , drew up opposite the quay , and at 6 o ' clock started for the latter town . The vehicle was full of passengers , 11 persons being inside , and one on the roof . It had not gone many yards before one of the horses became restive , and after making two or three plunges the polo and splinter broke asunder from tho carriage , which instantly went down tho declivity of tho quay , and with tho wholo of its passengers was
precipitated over into the river . The night was dark , and there were upwards of 20 feet of water , the tide being up . There was a terrific shriek from the passengers , but it was only momentary . A woman , who was on the roof , fortunately got ashore , and Mr . Michael Chapule , a glovemaUcr , of IVvriugton , by a desperate effort burst open the door of the omnibus and swam ashore , assisted by a soldier , who bravely jumped in to his reBcue . lie was the only one of the inside passengers who escaped , the vemaindcr p ' . perished , Grappling irons wero immediately procured , and every effort made to save some of them , but all in vain ; it was nearl y two hours before the omnibus was brought ashore . When raised on to the quay the sight was truly horrifying ; the sufferers wero lying in a mass at the furthermost end from the entrance . It was evident they had struggled earnestly to escape . The inquest on the bodies took place on Wednesday , before Mr .
Pridian , the borough coroner . Their names were given out as follows : —Mrs . Fanny Friendship , aged 10 ( left five children ) : Ann Norman ( a widow ) aged 155 ; Mw . Elizabeth Friendship , aged 35 ( left six cK'ldren ); Mary Ann Friendshi p ( daughter of the ast deceased ) , aged 11 ; Mrs . Ann Page , aged 40 ; Mr . John Chappie , aged 60 ( brother of tho gentle . man who escaped ); John Passmore , aged 30 ; Miss Elizabeth Griffoy , aged CO ; and two other women , names unknown . The burden of theevidenco weut to prove that the melancholy affair arose from accident alone , for although the driver was charged with Lci" ? druvk , ana incapable of taking charge of his horses , the whole proved unfounded . After a lengthened inquiry , which lasted several hours , the jury returned the subjoined verdict :- " Accidental death ; and the jury ' strongly rcoommended an indictment being laid against tho authorities of the town for allowing the quay . sido to remain ia the dangerous stato it was . "
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THE DIAMOND ROBBERyT ~ " Robert Kerr captain of the Levenside , who it * , a charged wHh having stolen a large quantity nf a- 3 monds which were consigned to merchants in r « don , and entrusted to his care , was brought n « r further examination , at the Mansion House * Saturday . v > ° 1 Daniel Campbell was then called . He said r went out in the vessel Levenside as second mate t recollect the vessel loading a cargo at Bahiafor th homeward bound voyage . It is my duty to kee what is called the cargo book , in which I enter what is received . I did not know that while the veasM was at Bahia we received any diamonds on board f first learned tho fact that there were diamonds ' On board when we were between Bahia and the coast of France . The master showed me tne bill of ladi ™ then , and that was , I think , the first time I knew there was anything of the kind on board . I asked why the diamonds were left out , and the master said . he was afraid of pirates or others coming on board
lo afterwards showed me the parcels in the boxes having taken them out of a drawer in the cabin table , which he alway kept locked . I rememb Dt some gentlemen coming on board , to whom he showed the diamonds . W hen we came off the Downs a Deal pilot came on boaad , and the ^ captain came to ma and said he was going on shore . I asked him why he was going on shore , to which he replied that ha would rather meet the owners on shore than on board The captain then went ashore , leaving the Deal pilot and myself to manage the vessel . Tlie steward was always in the cabin . The captain , before he went away , went into the cabin to dress himself and remained there Tabout halt an hour or less ' Next morning Mr . M'Millan , one of the owners , came on board with an officer of the coast guard , and 1 remember they broke open the drawers , and thedia . monds were not to be found .
George Foreman was next called by Mr . Clarkson —Ho said I am a licensed victualler , residin" in Lower East Smithfield . I keep the Albion public house . On Thursday , the 21 st of January , the prj . soner came in the evening to my house , between five and six 0 clock , and appeared surprised that the old landlord was gone . On the next day he asked me to recommend him te a tailor ; and I sent him to my neighbour , Cornelius Iloare , and we both went to the prisoner in his bedroom , where he appeared to be ill . On the dressing-table there was a parcel with rough stones in it , like gravel stones , lying open and loose in papers . He was measured for tlie clothes and after that we entered into conversation together ' and he said he had been out three years , and
had been trading two years of that time backwards and forwards for himself , and had brought homo some precious stones , which he called diamonds . He pointed them out , and said that they were of but ittle value in the country in which he had got them but they were valuable here . Of their value he did not say anything ; but he gave me a parcel to sell for him , and said he wanted £ 550 for them . I asked Iloare whether he knew any lady who would be likely to become a purchaser , and he replied that ha had a friend who might buy them , and he mentioned the name of Mr . Gideon . I went with Iloare to Gideon , and he sent for Mr . Benjamin . Benjamin came , and said he would take the diamonds to tha market . We then went to the Royal Exchange , and Benjamin offered them to a person who refused to purchase them , and told Benjamin to go to his office
and speak to his clerk . Afterwards I returned ta the captain . I had the diamonds at the time , and I told him that I had asked £ 550 for them , but tho gentleman would not give any such price for them , and he said to me , "Take the wlio ! e of them , and go and get me what you can for them . " He then said , "There is a few for you , landlord , and there is a few for your tailor , for you have had a great deal of trouble about it ; " and he gave us some of tho diamonds . Mr . Martin did not give me an account oj the weight ol the diamonds . I left them wholly and solely in Benjamin ' s possession . Mr . Martin had given us his cheque for the sum , and we went to the Commercial Bank of London , and got the cheque cashed . We received £ 200 in gold amongst the cash , for tho cheque . When we got the £ 1 , 750 wo went home and gaye it to the captain , who paid me for the accommodation he had had at ray house a £ S 0 note , saying that that would settle the bill .
Mr . Clarkson—Had you your diamonds in your coat pocket all the time ? Witness—Yes . After I left the captain in the morning I gave my diamonds to Iloare , and desired him to get what he could for them . Mr . Clarkson—And what did he bring to you ? Witness—lie brought me £ 50 , and said there was £ 80 more coming . Iloare and I were to have in all £ 280 for our diamonds . Mr Clarkson—It is fair towards Mr . Benjamin to say that he gave up the diamonds he purchased of Foreman and Iloare to the solicitors tothe prosecutors when he learned that they had been stolen . Cornelius Iloare , the clothier and tailor mentioned in Foreman ' s evidence , said all that Foreman stated was correct ; lie cnuld add no more .
Mr . Clarkson—We understand that Foreman put into your hands the diamonds which the prisoner gave to him , and that you di 3 posedof all the prisoner gave to both of you as presents ? Hoare—Yes ; and I took them to Mr . Gideon , and ultimately I sold them to Benjamin for £ 280 . I received £ 140 of it , and I gave Foreman £ 50 , and he nave me credit for £ 00 . I paid it into the Bank of England , and since that 1 refunded all I received to Benjamin , and he restored the diamonds to the solicitors for the prosecution .
Benjamin Benjamin said—I am a general dealer , and reside in the Minories . I was introduced to Foreman and Iloaro through the intermediation of Mr . Gideon , who is a particular friend of mine , and introduced tkenito Mr . Martin concerning the diamonds , and Mr . Martin bought them . I had previously offered them to a gentleman on 'Change . I received nothing more than my commission , £ 25 upon the sale for £ 1 , 750 from Mr . Martin . I afterwards bought 399 carats and a quarter from Iloare and Foreman for £ 280 , which was at the same ratio that Mr . Martin purchased the lot for .
Mr . Clarkson—You afterwards sold your purchase ; what did you get for it ? Benjamin—I went out to seek a customer , and I succeeded in effecting a contract for £ 520 ; and the momen ; I heard haw the diamonds had been got , I succeeded in annulling the contract , and I gave up the diamonds in the presence of Mr . Peachy and Air . Levi . Mr . Peachy here produced the diamonds which Benjamin had purchased , and Mr . Clarkson applied to the Lord Mayor to impound them at once . " Ilia Lordship immediately complied .
Mr . Clarkson—They seem to be large . Benjamin—Diamonds may be largo and r . ot a bit the better for that . I ought to mention , that there are no more than two or three judges of ' . rough , diamonds in London , and a man is as liable to losa as to gain £ 1 , 000 , by purchasing a lot of them . There is nothing mwe doubtful . Mr . Martin weighed the lot he purchased , and I believe tkcro were 2 , 500 carats , judging from a glance I took at the scale , but 1 am not positive of that . Mr . John M'Millan , one of the owners of the Levenside , stated that in consequence of what he had heard of tho captain , he went down to Deal a week before the vessel got into the Downs . He went on board with the captain of the coast-guard , and found
that the captain had gone away . He examined tho vessel , and found that the diamonds of which the mate had spoken to him had also di * aw ? eMed . H" - went in search of the captain , but was una ble to find him . Ho then proceeded to London , and from thence he went , accompanied by Vr . Forrester , tho officer , to Boulogne , and froni Boulogne to Montreuil , where they found the prisoner , who returned v \ i \\ them to England . On the passage the prisoner asked witness whether Iloaro and Foreman were ia custody , and when witness said ho believed not , ho seemed surprised , lie remarked to witness that ho expected to be transported for what he had done . He withed , he said , to havo gone to Havre , and from thence to havo proceeded to America .
John Forrester said—When I apprehended tho prisoner I asked him what money ho had , he theu threw hispurse on the table , anoVl asked him whethe ? ho had not more money , to which he replied , " No , I havo been robbed of it . " There was £ 81 in gold . I asked him whether he had any diamonds , and ho said he believed he had , and he produced three diamonds ; afterwards he asked Mr . M'Millan to speak to him , and 1 received from that gentleman £ 20 l > in bank notes . The Lord Mayor said that when the depositions were made out he should commit the prisoner for trial .
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SnoonNO at a Sparrow and Killing a Pig 1—Vfohave heard of cockuey sportsmen shooting at a crow and killing a barton cock—and of an Irishman having a gun that would shoot round tho cornerbut we never before heard of a railway policeman shooting at a sparrow and killing a pig ! Sueh , however , is the fact . On Tuesday morning , one of tUo policemen on the Great Western Railway , stationed at Hillfarrancc . procured a gun for the purpose ot amnaing himself by shooting birds iluvina the inter * vals ef the trains passing . The first object that attracted his attention was a ppavrow hopping aboua in a neighbouring orchard . ; l \ e took aim , and tired . when lo' . instead of killing the sp&rrow he found that ho had shot a i > ig . He forthwith repaired to tho owner , and offered to give the value of the animal in exchange for the carcass , which was accepted , I ' affair has caused much nierrxuent among tiio gent lemen of tho railway .
Extiuorpinaiiy Cubes of Dropsy by Holloway ' s I ills * —Emma Williams , a servant living with Mrs . Simtm ' ' ' Oldhnm-rond , Manchester , had lately become of su « " •» size from dropsy as to appe » r ( to use her own expression ! as big as a butt ; every usual treatment was tried . u «* without effect , in this sad state shu had recourse to Hoiloway ' s Tills , and by them the water « ns entuv'j removed from lwr system , and an effectual cure pwkw iu about six veoks . These Pills wore lately tried W " two dropsical patients , discharged as incurable from u » ° » . f tho freest Hospitals in London , ttiul tlioy ! U « " both sasvtiy sureaoy tW {< unou » uwOAsUw .
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. THE NORTHERN STAR . Fmmniw o » « ,.
Astonishing Efficacy Holloway's Pills.
ASTONISHING EFFICACY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 27, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1407/page/2/
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