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      The following important testimony to the efficacy of PARR'S LIFE PILLS has just beenreceived by the Proprietors . TO MESSRS T . ROBERTS AND CO ., LONDON . Atalone , December 7 th , 1846 . Sirs , —Yon wfllplease . to sead me six dozen more Parr s life Pills : I am just out . I can asstfre you " >» y are doing an immemsity rf good ; every we wkt has tried ftem in affectioms of the liver and Stomach derive a I *** ""* TO WT& GILCHHIST , Apothecary ani Surgeon . The extraordinary properties of this Medicine are thus Us .-riT . MJbv an eminent phyacian , who says , "After par . tiSSbswvatiom oftke action of Parr ' s Pills I am deterained in my opinion , that the following are their true

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      GLASGOW INFIRMARY-WILL RECEIVE £ 100 STERLING IF aa honest Medical Committee , after fair inquiry , d * not prove Dr GREER'S PILLS to be the best and safsftmediciaaui Scotland , wdhimsalf th * mostliberal , safe , aad successful surgeon and medisal practitioner initsincelBH . Ds GREER ' S PILLS are sold at 63 , Nelson-street ; and at his CONSWLTINO OFFICE , ll , HUTCHISONSTREET . and of all his Agents . More wanted , home and abroad , or athisFAMILY HOUSE , 102 , South Portland . * As ^ ew ? ° VEOETABLE PILLS sweeten the breath ,

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      . A commission to inquire into the special means requisite for the sanatory improvement of the metropolis has been appointed by government , and oonsiats of Lord R . Grosvenor , Mr Chad wick , Dr S . Smith . Professor Owen , F . R . S ; , and Mr L . Jonea .

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      TH » GREATEST CURES OF ANY MS 110 WB 8 IN THH GLOBE . . HOLI ^ O vTAT'T ' OIKTMBNT . A Tery Wocderfel Cure * t a Disord « r » d Liver and Stomach . Bxtraet of a LeKerfrm Mr CharUt Wtson , SI , Prhees Street , SKatjtw , dated Fetruars ISA , 1817 . To Prtfcsjor Hclloway . So , —Havtaf taken y « ur pills te remove a disease » f the StoMack ami Liver , mader which I had l « g suffered , and having followed your printed instructions I have regained that htaltk , which I had thotght lost for sv « r . I had previously had recourse tt several medical men , who are crirtrated for their skill , bmt iastead of curing my Complain , it iicreased t * a most alaralnz dene * .

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      A Patient in adfingstate , Cured of a Disorder in the Chest . Extract of a Letter from Mr Jtooert Cakert , Chemitt , Stttedy , dated January 29 ( A , 1817 . T « Professor Holloway . Sib , —Mr Thompson , National Schoolmaster of this Town , desires me to send you the particulars respecting a son of his , wh » had been seriously ill for three years aad ahalf , and wk * has derived thegrentest benefits from the nseof y » ur medicines , after trying all erdmary resources without effect . The boy is eight years of age , of stramous or scrofulous constitution . He seems to have had a pleurisy , which ended in a large collection of matter

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      THE Earl of Aldborongh cured of a liver and Stomach Complaint . Extract of a letter from the Earl of Aldborough , dated Villa Messina , Leghorn , 21 st February , 1815 : — Te Professor Holloway . So , —Various circumstances prevented the possibility of my thanking yoa before this time for your politeness in sending me your pills as you did . I now take this opportunity of Bending you an order for ths amount , and , at the same time , to add that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach , which all the most eminent of the faculty at home , and all over the continent , had aot been able to effect ; nay ! not even the waters of Carlsbad and Marienbad . I wish to have aaotherbox and a pot of the ointment , in case any of my family should ever require either . Your moBt obliged and obedient servaat , Signed ) Aldboeou < ih . This WinderfiH Medicine can he recommended with the greatest confidence far any of the following diseases ;—Ague Female Irregu- Sore Throat

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      FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH . Price Is l | d per box . THIS excellentFamily PILL is a Medicine of long-tried efficacy for correcting all disorders of the Stemach and Bowels , the common symptoms of which are Cestiveness , Flatulency , Spasms , Loss of appetite , Sick Head ache , Giddiness , Sense of Fulness after meals . Dizziness of the Eyes , Drowsiness , and Pains ia the Stomach and Bowels : Indigestion , producing a Torpid state of the Liver , and a consequent inactivity of the Bowels , causing a disorganisation of every function of the frame , will in this most excellent preparation , by a little perseverance .

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      land et heather , whose knowledge of the sea , and of its ebb and flow , was confined to one grand idea of its magnitude , arrived the other day at the Craig pier with a flock of sheep , intending to cross over to Fife . It being low water , and the boat already well laden , the captain told him he must wait the next hour , as he' was afraid he wonld not have water enough to float from the pier' ' Water enuff , ' quoth John Highlandman , with the utmost amazement , c , man , if he dinna hae water enuff in the muckle sea , fa wud ye get it than ?'

      Fibb in the Old-Kent Road . —On Wednesday evening , beeween seven -and eight o ' clock , a fire broke onion the premises belonging to Mr Munday , a carpenter and builder , carrying on business in St James ' s place , Canal-bridge , Old Kent-road . The fire originated , it is supposed , from a spark flying from alighted candle in the lower part of the dwelling house , and progressed with such violence that in ten minutes the house was one sheet of flame . Several parties at once set to work to extinguish the flames , but without success , and the workshops and the piles of wood next became ignited . Several engines seen reached the scene , but notwithstanding

      the immense quantify of water scattered over the flames , they were not subdued until the dwellinghouse , the workshops , and timber-yard were reduced to ruins . The damage done is very considerable , and the sufferer is insured for only £ 500 . Independent of Mr Monday ' s loss , the premises of Mr Wickson , butcher , have sustained much damage , the roof of the slaughter-house being burned , and the back part of the dwelling severely injured . The buildings occupied by Mr Payne , shoemaker , have sustained much damage . The pent-up archeology of Scotland has at length found a safety-valve in the projection of a threehalfpenny periodical devoted to topography , antiquities , and tradition .

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      PATRIOTS OUT OF THE H 0 J 8 E AND LICKSPITTLES IN . M MB IDITW OP-m KMTDESH 8 TA * . Si « , —It is no less true than pitiful , that the greatest democrats hare found their quietut in the Uome of Common * , and in the end , have become the greatest enemies to the liberties of the people . It is said , there is noiule without an exception , and I know of but two inntancw in which the assertion Is dl « - proved , —lit—where the letter Q commences a word , the letter U mutt follow ; aid 2 ad , when a man '» innate feelings are pride , avarice , and ambition , then most assuredly will be found the attendants , treachery , tyranny , andobsequiongneii .

      Need we look farther for precedents than Burdettor Breugham , —who once so great patriots as they I And who since such renegades ? It is such creatures as they who retard the cause of liberty far more than the people ' s oppressors ; they disgust the ardent , ridicule their principles , and bring into contempt the active and sincere advocates of freedom . It is much to be desired that the new blood which will flow into St Stephen ' s , in the persons of Poi , Peanon , J . Williams , and Thompson , will net be inoculated with the arittocratio itch ; that their eloquence will not evaporate in Dr Reid ' s atmosphere ; that their nerves will not be shaken by the aristocratic cook-crowing ; that their vanity will not be fed at the mahogany of a Lord Fitz-foodle ; that their humble acquaintances will not

      be shirked upon meeting them arm-in-arm with , or in the fashionable cabriolet of , a Sir William Mud ; and that they will not forget those who gave thorn the viAttt to such goodly company , and the grade from which they sprang . I am led thus to remark , upon perusing in the Stab the report of the < Tower Hamlets demonstration , ' in which I find the following evidence of a suocumbing spirit on the part of Mr G . Thompson : — ' It was his intention as soon as he was upon rafliclehtly intimate terms with his honourable colleague , &c . * $ Mr O'Connor referred tD this passage , and it is to be Jwped that iho gentle hint he gave upon the subject wilgEJrt ' be lost . V ; Sir , if Messrs Fox , Thompson , WiUiaaPtfjp&iPearsoD , are really desirous of serving the massoa . SThey must ' follow ia the wake of Meairs O'Connor , ' Dancombe , and

      Wakley . They must treat their aristocratlcal associates with becoming contempt ; return tb » disdain wtiiob . will undoubtedly be evinced to them , and as in the next ' sea-¦ ion there will be the devil to pay , they must always keep their pUehhol . It may [ be said , that the gentlemen in question are quite capable of taking care of themselves ; no doubt they are , for as yet the breath of slander has not fell foul of them , but so we thought of Brougham , Burdett , and the counterfeit Harvey . We all know evil communications corrupt good manners , and that the danger arises from our aptness te imitate the manneri ef others , when put before us in an attractive' form , and from the pains taken to corrupt us ; and as the new blood men are now public property , they must expect to be well watched , cautioned , and questioned , without taking offence at the public doing so , I an , Sir , your obedient Servant , Fbankuh . fv I ##

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      GUILDHALL . —Pones Cohhiiieb : — The Police again , —Mr J . Blanchard , a stationer , of 11 , Budge , row , was summoned for obstructing J . Baldwin , 446 City polioe , in the execution of bli duty . On the 3 rd imt ., as the defendant was passing through Upper Thames , street , a disturbance bad arisen owing to Baldwin using what appeared to bystanders unnecessary violence , in compelling a vendor ef fruit to go away . A man of the name of Edwards was passing at the time , having a large bag on his shoulders ; he remonstrated with the constable upon his conduct , wken he was at ence laid hold of by . Baldwin , and told he should take him to the station-house for obstructing him in the execution of his duty , The man put down bis bag and refused to go ; several persons interfered , and the defendant feeling

      that a gross exoess of duty was being pursued by the policeman , also interfered , and advised Edwards if the police constable persisted , not to carry his bag , but as the constable was the younger of the two , to compel him to carry it , and he ( the defendant ) would go to the station-house and represent the conduct of theconstable to the inspector . He did so , and on the defendant arriving at the Qarlick-hill station , before he could see the inspector , Baldwin took him into custody and placed him in the dock , making a charge against him for obstructing him in the exercise of his duty , The inspector refused to entertain either of the charges , and

      directed the constable if he had any complaint to make to summon the parties . Alderman Copeland said it was most monstrous that a tradesman of the City of Lendon should be subjected , at the mere will and caprice of a police-conBtable , to be taken into custody and placed in the dock appropriated to felons , simply because there was a fancied obstruction in the exercise of his duty . Such an occurrence could not have taken place in the metropolitan district without the constable ' s dismissal . He Bhould mark his sense of the conduct of the constable by dismissing the summons . There was also a summons against Edwards , which the alderman dismissed . ¦

      HAMMERSMITH . — Mobh Respectability » and Petit Labcekct . —A . Waller , who refused to give his address , was finally examined on a charge of robbery , while pretending to be in search of lodgings . On Saturday the 4 th inst ,, the prisoner calUd to see some lod ging ] at the house of Mr C . W , Durnford , High-street , Notting-hlll . Mrs Durnford showed him the rooms . While the prisoner was inquiring , very minutely , as to the accommodation , he suddenly asked her if she would oblige him with a glass of spring water , at which junc . ture Mr Durnford entered the room . He prevented his wife getting the water , and asked the prisoner , who agreed to take the apartments , for his name and a rofer . ence . The prisoner accordingly wrote down , * Mr John Robent' as his name , and his reference ' Mrs Miley ,

      No , 5 , Quintain-street , Mile . end . road , ' and quitted the house , saying he should wish to enter the lodgings in two or three dayi . Mr Durnford , however , suspected at once the prisoner ' s olject was plunder , and deter , mined on watching his proceedings . He accordingl y followed him unperceived until he saw him go to the house of Krs Spice , No . 4 , Notting-hill-terrace , where Waller knocked at the door . Knowing that Mrs Spice was 90 years of age , and bedridden , also thai if he went to tha house the prisoner would recognise him , Mr Durn . ford looked oat for stme other person , and seeing Mr C . E . Barnes , surgeon , called him to his assistance , and explained the circumstances to him . Mr Barnes happened to be Mrs Spice ' s medical attendant , and went to

      the house . On being admitted , he found one of the servants in the front parlour with the prisoner , who was explaining to her that he shoutd each morning wish his boots to have an exquisite polish . Mr Barnes immediately told the prisoner that he did not believe that he wanted any lodging , and ordered him to aocompamy him into another room . The prisoner did so , and Mr Barnes dlreoted him to empty his peokets , on whioh he pulled out a pair of old-fashioned silver sugar-tongs , and gave them up , They were found to have been taken from a drawer of a sideboard in the front parlour while the servant went up stairs to Mrs Spioe to communicate to her the prisoner ' s application for the lodgings . He was then given into custody .

      On Monday a solicitor , with some raembon of the prisoner ' s family , were in attendance . His solicitor submitted there was no case against his client , inasmuch as there was | no positive proof that the sugar tongs were Mrs Spice ' s property , or that they were in the drawer on the Saturday , not having been seen from the previous Wednesday . Mr BeaJon said he differed in toto from that opinion . He thought that the case had dearly been made out against the prisoner , whom he must commit fer trial . The solicitor trusted the worth y magistrate would not inflict such a disgrace on the family of the prisoner , who were of the highest respectability . He had received a liberal education , and it would be destroying him to send him to prison , as he weuld ever after lose all self-respect . After repeated endeavours of the solioltor teget a fine inflioted , during which the prisoner sobbed and wept , Mr Beadtn said

      he did not know whether he was aeting right in doing what he was going to do , when the inquiry showed that , had it not been for the energetic conduct of Mr Durn . ford and Mr Barnes , the prisoner might have had in his possession a quantity of more valuable property . When , however , he was asked to temper justice with merey , he couldbutbear in mind the number of persons brought before him on similar charges , who were not so well educated as the prisoner ; and therefore , although he would take the case under the clause pointed out , he would not inflict a penalty , whieh he had been asked to do , as he felt he should not be doing his duty if he did not send the prisoner to priton , with hard labour for two months . The solicitor implored th « magistrate to alter kis decialon as far as hard labour was concerned , and remit that ; but . Mr Beadon firml y resisted the ap . peal , and the prisoner was committed .

      SODTHWARK . —Attempt to Poison a Wife . —John Marshall , charged with having attempted to poison his wife , Elizabeth , by infusing tobacco in ale which she drank , wasbrought before Mr Seckerfor re-examination . The wife had also been locked up , owing to her having neglected to attend the second examination . Mr Wag . staffe , the police surgeon , described that upen analysing the contents brought away from the complainant ' s stomach , a portion ef strong snuff was diicovered , which it was apparent was the powder whioh the prisoner was observed to mix in the ale , and it was further confirmed by a witness who stated that on the night in question the prisoner walked into his shop and purchased some snuff . The complainant again solicited for her husband ' s discharge , but the magistrate said that there was evidence

      of the deleterious nature of the article mixed in the ale , and it might have produced her death if promptmeaaurei has not been adopted . Complainant i I hepe your worship will not send me to gaol again . Mr Seeker I have no wish to imprlion you if you find bail that you will appear , but a warrant was obli ged to be issued to compel you to oome forward , and if you are permitted to go at large you might probably keep out of the way , so that the prisoner might escape from this charge on which he has been taken into custody . Prisoner ) I hope my wife will be allowed to use her own discretion in the matter ; it is hard to make a woman prosecute her hutband when she has no wish to do so . Mr Seeker said that the offence with which the prisoner was charged was one of a m « st ioriou « description , and although uU wife

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      had expressed a st rang , disinclination to press the charge , still upon publio grounds ' it wM-compoliory upon her to prosecute . The complainant , who laid it was impos . sible the eould get bail , was then with her husband con . vejed to the county gaol . % ''" '¦ > i " v . THAMES . — A -PicxPOCKiT . — John . Calton was charged with having : stolen two sovereigns from a respectable looking man , named Thomas Herbert , who in his turn was alleged to have embezzled the money . Prom the evidence of a young man named Thomas Pears , it appeared that late on Saturday night the prosecutor was very drunk in Osborne-strett , Whitechapei . and attracted a crowd araund him by bis mad antics . Witness saw a great many thieves collect on the spot , amongst whom was the prlioasr , who , watching bis opportunity , slipped 1

      his bands into the prosecutor ! pocket , and pulled out two sovereigns . Witness immediately seized him , when his own arms were pinioned to his side , A constable coming op , seized the man who was pinioning kirn . Witness said this is not the thief , that ' s him running up Osborne-street . The policeman sprung hii rattle , and witness pursued , and eventually succeeded in capturing the prisoner . In his defence Calton betrayed his Old Bailey association by commencing 'Gentlemen of the —— I mean your worship ( correcting himself ) , don listen to that young man . Kit likely I weuld rob apoor man that was tip > y ! ( Laughter . ) I would rather take care of him , and see him safe home . ' ( Laughter . ) Mr Yardley said he might tell that tale to a jury . He should fully commit him to take his trial for the felony .

      The prosecutor , Thomas Herbert , was then In his turn placed in the dock , charged with'havlng embezzled £ 8 . 4 s , the property of his employer , Mr Henry Usher Davis , lamp cotton andglassmanufacturer . ofWo . W . Maundersplace , Mile-end-ioad . Mr Davis stated that the prisoner was in his employ . It wns his duty to deliver goods , re ceive the money , and sometimes collect bills , but to pay all moiwys received over to him every evening . He had been eent on Saturday with a receipt for £ 2 . 4 s . to Mr Burrs , of Wapplng , who had paid him the money , but as ha never returned , and would not account for the money on Sunday , he gave him into custody . Mr Yardley thought the money bad now been accounted for . At any rate the evidence was not sufficient to sustain ft charge of embezzlement , and . he should dismiss the case .

      Two women , named Catherine Donoghue and Elizabeth Pike , surrendered before Mr Yardley , on bail , and Catherine Gilbert , a girl aged 17 , was brought up in custody on remand , charged with stealing a box con * tainiog 18 or 19 sovereigns , tome trinkets , and other property , in the dwelling house of Richard Scott , a Custom-house officer , Bedford-street , Commercial-road . This case was a very complicated one , and has repeatedly occupied the attention of the magistrate . After hearing evidence to a considerable extent , Pike , who is a respectable woman , was discharged . Mrs Donoghue , in

      defence , made a very long statement , denying any patlclpa . tion in the robbery . Gilbert also made a long defence , and in the most solemn manner declared that Mrs Donoghue planned therobbery . Mr Yardloy . old he eould not receive the statement of the girl ai evidence ngainit her fellow-prisoner , and that , upon the whole case , he felt bound to . commit Gilbert for trial for the felony . With respect to Mrs Donoghue , the testimony was not so complete as it was against the girl , but there was so much suspicion attached to her condviot , that he should call upon her to find bail to answer any charge that might be preferred against her at the seisioas .

      WORSHIP . STREET . —Jovibilx Dbaiaviti . —Two boys , named James Brown and William Oakley , the former thirteen and the latter anly eight years of age , were placed at the bar before MrHammill , charged with having stolen the sum of £ 26 in silver money , th « pro . perty of Mr Edwin Oonway , butcher , in the Hackney road . It appeared from the evidence that on Saturday morning last a canvass bag , containing the above men . tioned amount , was entrusted to the prisoner Brown by the prosecutor , in whose service he had been a consider able time , with directions to leave it at an adjoining public-house , preparatory to its being exchanged for gold . The prisoner conveyed it there accordingly , but returned back in a few minutes and asked for its re-Btoration , as it had net been counted correctly . The mosey was therefore re-delivered to him , but ob >» did not return to his employer ' s , inquiries were set on foot , and it wai then ascertained that he had absconded .

      Information of the robbery was given to the police , but he was not me t with until the following morning , between five and six o ' clock , when a milkman , who had been apprised of the circumstance , saw the two prisoners pro ceedingin the direction of Cambridge heath , and obserr * ing that they were watched , they started off , but wete overtaken and given into [ custody . On searching the elder prisoner at tne station the bag containing £ 2510 s . 6 d . was found in one of his pockets , and they acknowledged that they had been walking about together all night , and spent the balance during their nocturnal rambles . ' In consequence of the extreme youth of the delinquents , and the greater portion of the money having been recovered , the wife of the prosecutor expressed her disinclination to carry the case any further ; but Mr Hammill considered that such a degree of design and artifice bad been manifested in the conduct ef the elder prisoner that he felt bound to remand him , and should order the younger one to be discharged .

      WESTMINSTER . —Dsbpibats Assaults—D . Sullivan , an Irish labourer , was charged with the following desperate assaults upon the pslice . On the previous evening Hervins , 119 B found defendant and another man , both of whom were drunk , fighting in Queenstreet , Pimlico , and caught hold of the defendant at the very moment that he was about to kick his antagonist , who was lying on the ground . On both men promising to go home quietly the constable suffered them to depart , but the defendant immediately returned , and said he would not go until he had had the life of the man

      with whom he had been fighting , adding , with an oath , that if the policeman prevented him ho would rip his heart out . Hervins immediately took him into custody , when the latter endeavoured repeatedl y to throw him , and after a long struggle they both fell together , when the defendant kicked the constable most savagely , as he was lying on the ground , on the cap of the knee and on his shin . Two other constables came to his assistance , when defendant repeatedly kicked them in the most savage manner , and the last named was so injured in the lower part of the stomach that it was found necessary to place him Immediately under medical treatment . It ultimately required a large party of the pslice to convey the defendant to the station-house . In reply to the charge , the defendant said he was drunk . He did aot remember anything about assaulting the constables . ) Ir Broderlp sentenced him to fourteen days' imprisonment for each assault , making a term of six weeks for the whole , without imposing any fine .

      Cbokl Robbibt . —G . Clapcott , a stonemason , was charged with robbing R . Dyke of half-a . govereign , the whole of his wearing apparel , and tools . The prisoner and proiecutorboth worked at Buckingham Palace , and lodged together . On Monday week , in the absence of the prosecutor , the . prisoner removed the former ' s boxes in the presence of the landlady , informing her that they were about to leave the apartment , and , after pawning a portion of the property , abiconded to Hull , where he was apprehended , and the remainder of the stolen preperty found in his possession . The prisoner denied the robbery , and was committed for trial .

      BOW STREET —An Abistooiat . —A well dressed man who gave his name as Captain Allen , and stated he was a Justice of the Peace and friend of Sir R . Peel , was placed at the bar before Mr Jardine , charged with being drunk and disorderly . Policeman A 162 said that he took the prisoner into custody on the preceding Bight in the Adelphi Theatre . He was very drunk , and turnbled twloe going up the stairs . The check taker and other persons connected with the theatre had directed him to be taken into custody , and they returned him his money . He had been tossing with a cabman for sixpence before he entered the theatre . There could be no doubt whatever of bis having bean drunk . The

      prisoner denied the charge , and gave it as his intention to bring au action against this violation of hit personal freedom , and against all those who aided and abetted in the outrage . The policeman said that the prisoner had endeavoured to intimidate him while going to the stationhouse , by saying that he was a magistrate , &c . Ha car . ried a thick stick with him , but he did not attempt to commit any violence . The prisoner ( after pointing in silence for some seconds at the unfortunate officer , according to a custom in which he constantly indulged ) said : ' Fellow 1 nothing but respect for the laws of my country prevented ray killing you with that stick . Such fellows as you ought to bo killed ' . —Mr Jardine : < It was

      very well for you that you didn't do soV-The prisoner : ' Ah , well , I don't know about that . ' Inspectors Black and Dodd both said that the prisoner was 'reeling drunk' wken brought to the station-house . Several applications had been mads to bail him out , but it was not till eleven o ' clock ( he was apprehended about half-past eight ) thathe wob sufficiently sober to justify the adoption of such a oourse . Ho was then bailed out by Mr Murray , of Parllameut-street , This gentleman and another witness came forward , and said that the pri . soncr was not drunk at the time , but that k « was only muoh excited ; he was of a very excitable temperament , The prisoner said that he had never been in custody before , ' savein the Napoleon ; ' that it was all a eonspiracy against him , and that he would bring an action He had been at TatterBal ' s all the afternoon , aiid he would bring any man there , If necessary , to prove that he was sober . Mr Jardine fined him one pound which hopaid majestically , and stalked out of the court '

      CLERKENWELL .-A Binbiit Socuii .-The sacre . tary and stewards of a benefit society , entitled the " Resource Beneat Society / held at the Duke of York public house , Gloucester-street , Clerkenwell were summoned before Mr Tyrwhitt to show cause why they refused to reinstateMr John Deniion , one of the members , a master newwender , carrying on his business in Liverpool . road Islington , and to allow him the benefitarlslng out of the fundB of the society . Mr Robinson attended for the complainant , and Mr Wakeling , of St John ' s square , for the defence . It appeared from the evidenee of complainant thathe had been a member of the society eighteen years , and had paid his weekly subscription regularly until he fell ill , whea he declared upon tha funds of the society , and was allowed a weekly sum . It appeared , however , that he was watched , and observed to fold a few newspapers , which being communicated to the society , ho was seratohed off the list of members , and refused any further assistance . He applied , pursuant to

      the rules and the act of Parliament , for arbitrators to be appointed to investigate and decide upon his « ase , when he gave the proper written notice , and paid to the «« cretary with it Ida ., calling upon the society to have his case arbitrated upon within forty days of the notice ; but fifty days elapsed , and no further notice was takes ,

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      of it , when complainant applied for a TT ""^ ^ quently t * which it was eommaulcated £ T « . ^ trators had been appointed , and hX > Cafe After considerable dUcuiaion , ? n retf ' ** iSS not having duly appointed S ! ' ' ^!? Act of Parliament within forty da , 7 , fte ! ° !> t ftl beea given . Mr Tyrwhht decided . gZ ^ n ° « c , ft that point . Mr Wakeli . gnow Utoffi ^ * & naat had rendered himself liable to b \ ' > & «« deprived of all the benefits arising from ^" H « u accordance with the 18 th clause In theruls ^ ' " Ma was seen to carry on bit trade , work or " « 2 newsvender , by folding up some newspi D .., , lln « the back parlour of hliown house , and can * til * ia named Brltton , who deposed that on the 8 th * """sii was requested by the society to call at con , ° , ^ h ¦ hop in the Liverpool . road , when he saw him ¦ lll ' i lour folding up some newspapers , Mr Tvr » i !? P » t . how many did you see him fold up « _ Wit , l * u » five , your worship , Mr Robinson : And th ji " Poar to catch him . Mr Robinson urged that his eii s tr *> tnKiMlnitaliJ Tf Ban rtiUniilnn . i " eQt ( ln » v . viuamfv iihu ¦ vutuuB

      w ww *| » ••¦¦ MJ B&T th fc aUl newspaper was part of his work or trade and ? * vender he was not paU extra for doing s ' o . J'l , " *! , concurred in that opinion , and ordered the c bl to be re-instated upon the society . 9 rn Plaln at MAN 3 I 0 N . H 0 USB .-Thi At tehmid Ura Maik-lanb . —Ovenstone , who attempted to m * * Crawley , 1 h Mark-lane , was finally examined tr ^ scarcely able t » stand . George Crawley , said- ^ offices at No 12 , Mark-lane . On the 4 th of a ^ ' 4 going to my ofliee , I found the prisoner and a ""' 1 ^ named Nathan there . I asked the orisoner wa « r tlOa wished to see me . He nodded his head , and I Jj . « will be good enough to step into the inner room t * ° " iivuw

      Pjiuhu * v jvh * «* v au « w vuo 4 UUU 1 oDQ f f 1 . ^* him . His back was towards me . I closed th ^ He turned round , and I beard a shot , and homed ' made my escape . I wasshot in the jaw , TheonW iv '' I had observed in the prisoner before he fired th / nt * was that he shook his head , but there wat noth !" about him that caused any suspicion of his intern ! By Mr Sheard for the prisoner . —Crosj . exanin . jJ saw nothing further as far as I was conserned v Samuel Harris , 13 , Pencbnrcb-street , surgeon , iaiawas called to see Mr Crawley in our surgery , \ i told me tha the had been shot , and upon looking lui I found that a bullet had lodged in the jaw , As the was no haemorrhage I advised that he should go t 0 th ! hospital . Cross-examined : I saw enough of the mnS

      to know that it was a bullst-wound ; and a dang etOy one . The Lord Mayor asked whether any solicitor at tended for the prosecution t ( No answer was returns ! The Lord Mayor : The case h one of great importiu to the public , and I am bound to take care that th ! judges shall not have all the trouble in the projecmln I shall , therefore , have th » policemen bound otm t prosecute , and the City aolleitor to conduct th ... the Central Criminal Court . Mr Crawley hm ^ Zl affected , He expressed his gratitude to th « « . « . geutlemenofSt Thomas ' s Hospital , to who . e . kmiS attention , he laid he owed his life . He f . n V , ¦ * . the prisoner . The Lord Mayor said fej f commit the prisoner for shooting with intent t «« , J He expressed Ws gratification at hearing 7 aer

      ™ T * of the general character of the m £ l * T * ° * Thomas ' s Hospital , and he taJff ffiSa j whom he had heard such an excellent private CW *» up to the period of the commission JSSlf'K have altered the opinion entertained of him \ v th 7 ™ petrationof so heinous an offence . Th » nri . ft n .. -j not a | word . Mr Crawle , said the pt&RTjS he waiin the hospital , sent to be informed ef w 5 of his health , and desired that he should be told th » t £ ( the prisoner ) regretted the violence he h » d committed and could net geeis what had influeneedhim to commil such an act . The prisoner was then coaaitteTJ ? triQ l *

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      FEARFUL SHIPWRECKS ; Thh Mahlodk . —The losi of the shi p Mamlonls of Ifoff York , on its way to Liverpool , oee&stonimt ' th « destruction of 42 human beings . The ship sailed frem New York , Aug . 9 , for Lirerpoo ! With four cabin passengers , thirty-six in the steeraie ' and a crew of twenty four officers and men , She ral ceived her first injury on the night of Sunday , August 13 * in about latitude 38 K . and longitude 67 W . She was then lying to in a violent hurricane , under the main spencer and fore topmast stay sail . About tea minutei before twelve o ' clock she was struck by a heavy squall and careened so much that the cargo shifted , and sb « immediately fell upon her beam ends , the weather rail ou the quarter deck being within a few feet ef the water , The main and mizen masts were immediatel y cut am and the ship righted , but the cargo burst open tha hatches and floated aboutcreatsd much confusionanl

      , , increasing danger . Within a very short time the vessel filled , and she became water-logged , the starboard-raU being under water . In this condition th ' e crew and pas . sengers remained until daylight on the next morntor , the 16 th , when the dreadful truth became apparent to them that out of sixty . four souls onl y twenty-two re . mained alive , the others having been washed omboardi The steerage passengers occupied the house on deck , and were in bed . at the time of the disaster . The heavy sea that struck the ship swept this house overboard with all its inmates , and hence the great loss of that class of pas . sengers , only one out of the 36 having been saved . The cabin passengers were also in bed , and , as the ship lay on her beam-ends , they were rescued through one of the windows on the weather side . The captain , Christian . son was once washed overboard , but recovered bimselt in the rigging of the mainmast . The names of those saved are :

      J . G Butler . Esq ., of Brooklyn ; Captain and Mm ChrirtiansonS Miss F . Patten ; Mr H . Plant , of Demerara ; D . S . Hales ; Hall , first mate . Throughout Monday and Monday night the jtorm continued to rage , the sea making a complete breach over the wreck . On Tussday the sufferers descried a ves . sel , but the weather centinued-so storm ) that the ; could not indulge any hope of being aided by her , and night again overtook them in their wretched and dangerow situation . On Wednesday morning , however , the laaw vessel they had seen on the previous day , the brig Belize , Capt . James H . Dawes , from Beston bound M Port-au-Prince , was seen bearing down to the wreck , the weather having at this time somewhat moderatedi Though the attempt to rescue the survivors was still

      attended with some danger , Capt . Dawes and his offl . cers and crew bent themselves aobly to the task , and th « twenty . two sufferers were safely conveyed on board tbs Belizo . Their wants were immediately and generouslj provided for , and the greatest attention paid to their weak and worn-out condition ; and the mate in relating the generous conduct of Capt . Dawes , shed tears ofgratl * tu'de ; he said he never received such treatment , Capt , Dawes changed his course , and brought them all safely to New York , where they arrived on the morning of tba 27 th of AugUBt . The Mamlouk was a new vessel , on b < f first voyage She was 850 toni , and owned b ) Wanes Delano , jun , Esq . She had a fall cargo of flour , provh slons , &o ., which was worth about 30 , 060 dollars , mi wat insured for 81 500 dollars .

      Thb Iduka . —Omb Hondbkd asd Seventt . Tw # Poem DiowMED . —On Monday morning , the 9 th ult ,, at one o ' clock , in latitude 44 25 , longitude 5830 , to weather being foggy , the ship Shanunga , fromLiverpw )( came in contact with the Swedish barque Iduna , froa Hamburg for New York , with two hundred and six persons on board . The Iduna sunk in about half-an-honr , Immediately after the collision the Shanunga ' a boats were put out , and with one boat belonging to the barqns picked up thirty-four persons only , One hundred wi seveuty . two persons , including tho maiter , Capt . Ernest Andreas Moberg , were lost . The survivors reached Boston in a state of great destitution . The men w «» clothed in such clothes as the generous eaptain and t «' of the Sbanunga could muster . The wemen , who escaped with th « lr night dresses , were clad with such ruda garmtnte as could be made out of bunting and wbate « r else could be found on board .

      The Citt of Dim—This fine ship , which sailed hence on the 7 th ult ., for London , was wrecked on the west reef of Bicquet Island , on Wednesday , the lltb uH ,, and will be a total wreok . Her cargo consists of 2 , 12 * barrels of flour , and a quantity of deals and staves . The following are the particulars : — ' Left port on tie 7 th . Towards midnight , on the lOtb , it came on foggji but at about two o ' clock , a . m ., the weather clearing , passed the Brandy Pots ; Soon after , came on a thick fog—kept th « ship under ea » y canvass with the lead constantly going , with & good look-out—the weaftf partially clearing at times , and land seen from the mast ' head by the pilot , who appeared satisfied with his position , agreeing with the soundingB . At two pin ,, ' " 11 th , heard the guu en Bicquet Island the pilot beUS

      , satisfied that he was four miles west of Bio . At ha ^ past two soundings varying from twenty to twenty * fathoms , and at three o ' clock a cast of thirteen fathoff ' i As we were about bringing the ship to an anchor , ot " served a rock within twenty yards of the ship , and "W struck at the same moment , it being then hig h wa'eft Immediately took in sails , got out the beats witb *' intention of getting the anchor out , but no looner i >» the long boat been out , the tide ebbing very fast , tn «» the ship settled on ths reef , fell over on her broaoW and filled with water , the crew rushing toto the bwU with the few things they could save . The captain » ' * pilot remained on board till nearly darkand tba boat '

      , with the crew alsngside . The weather tontinuing W * with a fresh breeze from the west , and the captain w ^ ing it wai not prudent , for ? the nafcty of all , to rettf "' any longer , left the ship , accompanied by the P ' lota ° . crew and made Bicquet Island the same night , fi ' set ° they were kindly received by Mr Hammond , the keep * of the light-house there . On landing , Captain Maor >«' was informed that there were three pilots on tho isl fl 0 j with their boats , and he immediately availed himself their assistance , and proceeced to the ship the f ° *! j morning , with the crew . On arriving , found her IJ » in the same position , there being only two feet of ffjj on hoi > 1 n » hnai-rt alilo flnt nnchnrs nnt . with tb ' " " ., VB % » -w——^»« j

      wm s «*«¦ * WW «*» ¦• " •"••• ^ , v— H VH---- J ft 11 of the vessel rising with the flood tide , bat fe » ° . % their efforts unavailable , for as the tide rose she ; further over . All attempts to get her off were " »«*" { given up , and they , immediately commenced saving *) they could from the ship into the boats , andre tni ' again to the Island . Captain Maurice then proceedi ° Green Island , where he engaged scbooneri to saf ° much of the cargo as possible , assisted by his creff , * remain by the Bhip ,

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      LtvzB , Stomach , and Bowel complaints , cured by Holioway ' s Pills . —la dose , hot , or sultry weather , the food in the stomach frequently ferments and brings on bowel complaints , which is at all times dangerous to weak and elderly persons . When the liver is out of order it induces heavy or drawsy sensations , the forerunners of direful diseases , as Dropsy , Apoplexy , Paralytic Strokes , &c . Such , and other baneful consequences are immediately prevented by a few doses of these searching Pills , while they speedily and surely banish disease when the system Is already under its direct influence . Persons at the turn of life should , at so critical a period , take Hoi . loway ' s Pills . Napoleon Bonapaete . —His fate furnishes a remarkableinstance of the instability of human greatness , and there is no doubt that his dislike to medicine remotely caused his early dissolution : for rather than take some simple remedy , he allowed disease to gain the ascendancy over Ms constitution , and death was the result . Thus it is that persons cannot be too watchful of their state of health , andbeing always provided with asafeand efficient medicine , such as Frampton ' s Pill of Health enioy the . two greatest blessings of this world , health and long life .

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      O'CONNORTILLE . TO TBE SDITOS OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sib , —A gross falsehood having by some means appeared in the Stab respecting one of the occupants of O'Connorville , a man by the name of Oddy , which state , ment is in every way calculated to do him serious injury , it is most respectfully requested that you will do him the justice to insert the annexed , which ia an exact copy of a statement furnished by him . It will be seen by it that instead of £ 10 , as stated , he has bad in all but £ 24 , and has laid out £ 18 2 s . 6 d . By inserting this you will oblige . ff . Bakhks , Lambeth . O'Connorville , Sept . 5 th , 1847 . Respected Sib ,

      The amount of money I have received since I came here , which was ob the 1 st of January latt , has been as follows : —

      From Bradford , my own society 2 0 0 From the Directors , as aid money ... 32 11 » Withthesaidsumlhave 24 19 0 Bought two young cows ... £ 9 t 5 bus . of barley , at 7 s . 6 d . per bus . 1 18 G 4 } bushels of potatoes for seed 19 6 Peas , beans , and other seed ... 0 15 0 Three apple trees 0 3 0 Furniture , kitchen requisites , and bedding 3 5 8 Bought of the Company , timber by Wheeler 0 8 2 Ploughing and harrowing ... 0 9 11 Food for cows rake , and scythe . 0 16 9 — . — is a 6 Balance to support myself and wife ... 8 7 6 Wk . Odbt . This , sir , needs no comment . ¦ ¦ iiiiiwh ¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦

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      -n < mv-r-r- «^ ps ^^ r ^ ' ^ ' ^^ wrv THE SLEAFORD TRAGEDY . TO THE EDITOB OF THE NOBTBEIH STAB . Sir , —I have been a humble worker in the good cause of right against might for a number of years , and have not until no w requested a corner in the people ' s only paper , but having waited the last iortnight , fully expeoting some sther Lendon member or members of the National Land Company would have expressed their sentiments en the above herrible oeeurrence , I feel it my duty ( if yon will permit me ) to say a few words on the matter . What are the London branches abeut that they , sit

      tamely down beneath this terrible wrong t A worthy , honourable , active member of our glorious Land move , ment has been cruelly slaughtered in the public streets , and the authorities ! the Lord save ut i call it' Eicuaable Homicide ! ' Pshaw ! There is sot a shadow of excuse for this nothing less than murder , and if ever a raan ought to be brought to justice for the perpetration of a foul crime , that brutal petty tyrant Sharpe ought not to escape . Methinks if a large meeting was held in Londen for the purpose of bringing prominently before the public all the circumstances of this dreadful case , and strongly worded resolutions were passed , loudly condemning the atrocious decision of these non excusable Dogberriti , and demanding of their masters a further investigation , it would encourage the good men of Sleaford , and

      strengthen the hands of that indefatigable patriot and honest lawyer , ( and God knows we ought to prize him , for honest lawyers in our day are few and far between , ) Ernest Jones , ( he ought to be called earnest Jones , ) for he has nobly done his duty . We number nearly forty thousand members , and if each subscribed one penny it would amount to £ 160 . for the benefit of the bereaved widow . Oh ! let us not as Chartists , as Landsmen , as lovers of mercy , of justice , and of right , practically belie our principles , by refusing to aid the widow and the fatherless under such terribly afflicting circumstances , and in heaven ' s name , let not London , which ought to be the most forward , be the most backward in doing good . I am , Sir , In the bonds of Democracy , yours , John Bkzeb , Cripulegate Branch .

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      ' 'u m » ^ i ^ p ^ m - THE PROPOSED LEAGUE FOR THE ABOLITION OF NATIONAL WRONGS . TO THE EDITOB OF THS NORTHERN STAB . Dbab Sib , —The letter of a 'Constant Reader' upon this subject ( inserted In your last ) proves how little he knows of me or my proposal . I am no more an' O'Brien , ite ' than I am an' O'Connorite . ' I am no man ' s' ite , ' though if either Mr O'Brien or Mr O'Connor propose a good thing 1 am willing to support it , m far as in my power lies . Mr Gammage I only spoke with once , and I then told him what I have told many more , that they were going in anything but the right course ; I have never been ' misled , 'because I would not be led ; I am my own leader , and when I fail to be such I shall consider myself unfit for service ; the individual who requires leading being , in my opinion , but so much live lumber . However , with regard to the League in question , the idea originated with myself and a very few friends , who la . ment the loss of time , talent , and means , whioh is bestowed upon little societies against particular wrongs , when one grand League would abolish all wrongs in a short time . O'Brien hat publioly opposed this League scheme , declaring that the people are ignorant , want instruction , and are not yet prepared for actloa ; and some think the National Charter Association to complete that there it no danger of my proposal being carried into effect very speedily . When , however , the people consider the question ] fairly , they will see that it is muoh more rational to draw np a list of wrongs , and send to Parliament men who will abolish them , than it is to UBite and petition men for rights who never mean to grant them ; but , so far as I am concerned , it is immaterial to me whioh course the people take . One great error of the people is , in supposing that persons have an interest in bringing forward plans for the benefit of all . Judging from the present state of public patriotism , I should say that few persons have a far greater interest in keeping la than coming out . God help those who think otherwise . Yours , for principle , Hbhm Dowew , Gbifmths . Marjlebone , Sept . Hth .

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      CHARTIST POLICY . TO THE EDITOB OF THE MOBTHE&H StAB , Dbab Sib , —You were 10 kind as to insert the letter I seat you a few weeks since , for whieh I return you my sincere thanks . And you were al to pleased to aocom . pany that letter with a few remarks , which of course you had ofrerfect right to do . la reply to those remarks , I have only to say , that although I do not see either the Justice or sound poliey' conveyed in them , I do not feel inelined to enter upon the subject , &b it could be productive of no manner of good , and would only be opening old wounds which have already preyed too much on the bod y of Chartism . My objeot in writing at present is to correct an error into which one of your correspondents ia last week ' s Star has fallen . I regret that such correspondent ( whoever he may be ) did not read my letter , had he done so , he would have seen that there is no connection between my plan and that of Mr H . D . Griffiths . Your correspondent remarks that we have already an Executive And an Election and Registration Committee in existence . I know we have , and nothing would give mo greater pleasure than to see one or the other , or both of . these bodies , reoommend

      • ome efficient p lan for raising an ! l ««< m fund . Audif jsBssaaassKasa issS ^ Gissassrsi ssSfetSitasaaj'a IS question of Sanatory Reform , while he might be S £ RI ever , other reform that we hold to be aU mportal . I think , sir , that thepnly policy we ought to Sue n the selection of candidates , is to stand by the Princip les of the People ' s Charter . If those principle , were triumphant in the legislature , we could speedily settle all other qtmtlons . You will percelveby this how far Mr GrlflUht' plan is founded on any suggestion of mine Again I say to the Chartists , prepare instantly for another general election . Let the Election and Beg istration Committee adopt some plan for supply ing the needful , and issue such plan immediately , that the country may be made alive to the importance of the subject , Yours in the sacred cause of liberty . A . G . GAMltAQE , Stony Stratford , Sept . 16 th 1847 .

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      THE SCOTTISH MARTYRS . TO THB ZDITOB OF THE NO&THEBIT STAB , - Sib , — Your paper of August 21 st contains a letter professing to give an account of the proceeding ! of the committee for the erection of the monument to the memory of Baird and Hardy , but whioh letter contains many false statements ; I only intend , however , to notice ont of the number , and were it not that it is likely to tend to the discredit of the committee I would not have taken any notice of it . The statement that I refer to is in the first paragraph , and is ai follow * : — ' The working men of Glasgow , the men who toil and think , have done honour to the dead by collecting a hundred and fifty pounds , and erecting a monument therewith . ' Now thi » statement appeared rather strange to some of your Glasgowreaiders , from the faot that I had stated at a meeting of subscribers and the public , nineteen days previous to the above date , that I had ealy received in all , the sum of ninety-two pounds , but that there were fifteen pounds more to be accounted for in the purchase of the ' ground on whieh the monument is erected , making in all one hundred and seven pounds , in place of £ 150 , as the writer of the letter above referred to states . Well might par . ties ask what has become of the money , when I only accounted for £ 107 , while we have here a itatement made by one of the committee , who states the turn collected to be £ 150 . I have only to say , in conclusion , that the committee will require £ 150 , to finish their work , and if any of your readers will favour us with subscriptions , they will be thankfully acknowledged . Ia tho name ef the committee , Yours respectfully . Jab . Walkeb , sub-treasurer , 185 , High-street , Glasgow .

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      2 THE NnB . TfrERN STAR . September is n

      The Popular Medicine.

      THE POPULAR MEDICINE .

      Ijiohlakdmah Puzzled.—A Drover, Fresh From The

      IJiohlakdmah Puzzled . —A drover , fresh from the

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 18, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1436/page/2/