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AN EFFECTUAL CURE FOB PILES, FISTULAS, &o.
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Sbernbtht's pile ointment . ( mpapnflwly how few of the afflicted fcav * beea psrma . -TTTflAT a painful and noaous disease » the . 1 ^ , Th | * doubt ) ariSBg from the use of powwflil aperlonti W nently cured by ordinary appeals to ¥ edVf' ^ 7 Btrong internal mddicine should aliwys be avoided in all tJbfre ^ ertT administered by the P'o ^ icn - ^ fo ^ e ° ntf after , ea « of ac-. te suffering , p laced himself und . r eSEes of this compUint . The Proprietor oftueao restored to perfect nsnlth , andhasenjoyedLit ever file treatment of that eminent ^""'^ ffi , over a period of fifteen years , during which time the >« no Ab £ - sUce without tnesHghtest return ofthc iJisoru . e ter of despErate cases , both in and out of the Pro-SetWan Prescription has been the f ^ ps of hea ling « f * ^ 1 Medical care , and some of them for a very consider . l ^ isiSfne ^^^ A ^^ s ^^^^^ ssSi s S ^ 2 OT 3 SSS 3 . « K twjas » aB ^^^ iS ^ ISSSfS—SS at a time . A-RwrvifnTV" * PUT ? OINTMENT . ' Tho public are requested to be on their guard &&S& ££ tt ^?^ - ^ &S&&SSSS eaafrUd tosdl it at , owing to the £ rcat expense of the ingredients .
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¥ AMED THEOUGHOUr IflK GLOBEt HOLLOWAY'S PILLS . A CASE OF DROPSY . Extract of a Letter from Mr William Gardner , of Hanging Haughton , Xorthamptonshire , dated September 14 th , lSi ~ . To Professor Holloway . Sir ., —I before inforratd you that iny wife had been tapped ttiree times for the dropsy , but by the blessing of God ujun your pills , and her perseverance in taking tu « m , the vi-dter hxs now been kept off eighteen months by their Oieacs , which is a great mercy . ( Sign » d ) William Gabdxeb .
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BLAIR'S GOUT AXD RHEUMATIC PILLS . —Ccpj of a . letter from Hr J . J . Wihon , Chemist , Slonkfcar , Tori . < To Mr Thomas Prout . 14 th June , 18 i 7 . 'S ' r , —Having suffered most dreadfully for the last six years in . iia repeated" attacks of the gout , asd receiving no bent . fit from ths best medical advice I could obtain , I ivas indiiced , about sis weeks ago , to try a box of Blair ' s Gout an J Rheumatic Pilie . When I commenced taking them , which was in the afternoon , my teet and elbows ivere very muehswollen and inflamed ; I was ^ suffering the most intense agony . I had that nig ' it sound and refreshing sle-. ji , sud awoke in the morning comparatively free fruin pain : and before I had fiuifhid the bos , I never was better ia my life . They hare n'tt only entirely removed the gout , but have also very much improved my general bealtii . I bave since recommended them to f jur individuals , who have suffered much from gout and rheumatism ; and they all speak highly of the benefit they have received from them . If jou think my case worthy of insertion amongst the many cures effected by your wonderful medicine , you are at perfect liberty to publish it , — I am , s ' r , yours respectfully , J . J . Wilson . '
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auwj , L , ) HT , rj . " - ' - . zz ^ Tbe Late Mb Yodatt , in ene of his orations to the members cf the Teterinary College , observes- * That by the improvements In modern cliemistry , the medical profession are enabled successfully to treat diseases which ^ vere p 7 cviously supposed as not -wiibin ths reach of me < 3 icine . ' This truth has been manifested for many year * - , bit in no instance of greater importance to nunVind 55 f . ? Ule discovery of Biair's tfout and Eireumatiu
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SCURTY AND IJIFURE BLOOD . ANOTHER MOST EXTSAOnDINABT COEE BI MEANS Ot HAL SE'S SCORBUTIC DROPS . —The following case has excited so much interest , that the Guardians of the parish of Brtnt , Devon , have considered it their duty to si ? n their names to the accompanying important declaration . It is well worthy the notice of the public : — ' We the undersigned , solemnly declare , that , before Thomas Robins ( one of our parishioners ) , commenced taking-Halse ' s Scorbutic Drops , he was literally covered with lares ruunin" wounds ( some of them so large that
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OS THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON THE HEALTH AND SHORTENS THE DURATION OF HUUAN LIFE . BLLBSTB 4 TED WITH NUMEROUS CoLOTOED EtfOBAVlHes , Just Published , in a Sealed E nvelope , priee 2 s . 6 d ., or free by post , 3 s . 6 d . ^ ONTROFL OF T HE PASSIONS ; a Popular Essay \ j 011 fne Duties and ObligatioaB ef Married Life / the « ahappiness resulting from physical impediraeats and defects , with directions for their treatment ; the abuse of the passions , the premature declina of health , and mental and bodily vigour ; indulgeacein solitary anddeluiive habits , precocious exertions or infection , inducing a long trainof disorders affecting the principal organs of ihs body , causing r < as ' . uiptisBS , mental and nervous debility aad indigt : tio ¦ > , with remarks « n gsaerrbssa , gleet , stricture , and syphilis . Illustrated with Coloured Engravings and Cases .
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personal investigation , and great res » arches in the study * f medieiflfl . In a word , tie work has merits wkioh deve-I « $ e no superficial attainmsnts , and ws cordially and most earnestly recommends it for general perusal . —Weekly
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A BERNETHY' 3 PILL for the NERTES and MUSra . CLES . —The Proprietor of these Pills is a medical man . The brother of a pationt of his applied to Mr Abernethy for advice . He gave him a prescription , and these pills are prepared accuratel y frem that prescription . The patient ' s complaint was a nervous one , a » d it wa « atterly impassible tor any one to be in a worse rendition than he was ; muscular power was iJso lest in someparts , and his legs fairly tottered undar him . Ha had a box ef the pills prepared , and the effects were all but Miraculous ; for not only did ths nemwnesB leave him , but muscular power returned to all parts dofioient of it . The proprietor has since tried them oa huadruds of his patients , and he can conscientiously state that their
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( From the ( faselle of Tuesday , Mar . 28 . ) BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . . HichardjParsons , of Plymouth , builder— Morr ! s Lumley , of 34 , Gibson-square , Islington , andd , Great Trinity . lano , City , commissioH agent .
BANKRUPTS . Robt Thompson , of Basingstokp , stone mason—Chas . Ellis , of Easthothly , Sussex , grocer—William Maunder , of 8 . Peel-place , Kensington Gravel-pits , baker—William Ilenry Norman , of 12 . Adam ' s-place , King ' s-road , Chelsea , and J 2 , Drury-laue , baker—William Clark Wright , formerly of Bayswater , but late of Norland-square , Notting . hill , shipowner—William Joseph Joyucr , of Ayeley , Eisex , manufacturer of agricultural machines— William Hughes , jun ., of Chatham and Stoke , grocer—William Yarington Scott , of North Walskam , Norfolk , plumber-Thomas Winterton , of Tottenhain-courtroad , hosier-John Talbot Ubadell , of Exbury , brickmaker—Henry Charles Robinson , of Breekiiock-creBcent , Camden-town , and 2 , Caledonia-place , King's-cross , surgeon—George
Williams , of Surbiton , Surrey , draper— David Harri 3 , of Newport , Monmouthshire , grecer—Mark Kirk . of Noltingi ham , builder—Luke Lcncn , of Worcester , tobacconist-Joseph Hobson and Thomas Mowbray , of Leicester , buildtrs—Stephen Fisher , and William Cliff Brown , of Neivark-upon-Trerst , builders — Georgo Hawkins , of Bristol , victualler—John Fryer Coombes , of Eristol , mil . liner—Humphrey Turner , of Bristol , draper—James Gal . pin , of Broadwindsorj Dorsetshire , innkeeper—Abraham Dunn , cf Hedun , Yorkshire , attorney—Elizabeth Green , of Spring-mill , and Crosland-moore , Yorkshire , common brewer—Richard Kickson , of Cofn ilawr , Denbighshire , publican—Ilenry Buckmaster , of Liverpool , wine merchant—Thomas Rooney , of Liverpool , tailor—Ilenry Coleman , of Liverpool , stock broker .
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS . Charles Walker , of Leominster , Herefordshire , farmer —Thomas Henshaw , of . Burton , Cheshire , licensed victualler—George Goodwin , of ECcles , Lancashire , rail , way time keeper—Henry Hudson , of Stockport , Cheshire , out of business—Richard Ivey , of Pottroath , Cornwall , beer seller—Richaid Jacks and Thomas Jacks , of Walton on the Hill , Lancashire , chemists—Thomas Richard Sudlow , of West Derby , Lancashire , book-keeper—Thos , Robert Abbot , of Witham , Essex , out of business ~ Samuel Dickiason , of Adington , Lancashire—Eldred Fillarly , of
Horshnm , Sussex , butcher—William Sturt , of New Shoreham , Sussex , carpenter—Josoph Oakley , of Brighton , out of business—Charles l ' earee , of Scarborough , innkeepor-Havriet Payne , of Cheltenham , out of business—George Prideaux , of Barnstaple , basket maker—Richard NY ebb , of Askern , Yorkshire , butcher—Thomas Shepherd , of Broadworthy-town , Devonshire , boot maker — Sarah Wright , of Salford , Mnm-hester , out of business—liobert Howcrcfc , of Wisbeach , St Peter's , Cambridpefhire , butcher—William Jierridfe Hall , of Wisbea ' . h Guyhirn , Cambridgeshire , tailor—Edward Roper , of Colchester , chemist .
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . William Henderson Matheson , of Leith , merchant—D . Wi Henderson , and James Bogie , jun ., of Kirkaldy , corn merchants—Samuel Wallace , of Kilwinning , Ayrshire , merchant—John Richardson , of Edinburgh , bankor—Nathaniel Harvey , of Glasgow , tailor .
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CHRISTENED . At the parish church , Brighton , on Sunday , the 19 th ult ., Feargus , son of Thomas Harvey , one of the ' Old Guards' of Chartism , a member of the Land Company , and also a member of the Fraternal Democrats . MARRIED . - , ... On Monday morning , March 20 th , at Brighton Old Church , John Horne ( a successful allottee on the Minster Lovcl Estate ) , to Matilda Futtock . About fitty of their friends sat down to dinner , acd just as tho cloth was being cleared , Mr Herne was presented with a pig , which was put on the table , and after regaling himself with beef gravy from the dish , was ehristened—Maria Elizabeth O'Connor . Minster Lov ' el .
DEATH . On Friday , March 17 th , Thomas Clark "Warren , agod fourteen months , son of John and Maria Warren , of Mac clesfield ,- and was interred at St Ann's , in tho pariBh of Westminster , on Sunday , the 19 th . Lately , at Snig ' s End , Corse , Gloucestershire , John Coolen , eldest son of Mr Eli Coolen , late of Sootevillo Les Rouen , France . The deceased was a member of the second section of the National Land Company , Rouen branch . His remains were borne te his last home , Corse church-yard , by his frienis , who deeplv lament his loss , as do also his sorrowing parents . 1
' Glory to them that Die in this Gbeat Caose !—Amongst the victims of the French Revolution , buried on Saturday , was George Good , a young English printer , who was shot through the breast in the attack on tho Chateau d'Eu post , Palais Royal , while fighting with the people . —Paris correspondent of the Mokning HebaLd . — The young Englishman who has thus sealed his devotion to liberty with his life ' s Wood , was tho son of Mr John Good , so well known \ o , and respected by , the inhabitants —but more particularly our Chartist brethren —of Brighton . Mr Good , sen ., is one of tha comparatively few middlo class men who , holding in utter contempt the selfish prejudices of their order , ' havo honourably distinguished themselves by an earnost advocacy of umversal freedom . Tho father has rendered many pecuniary and other sacrifice , and the son has now sacrificed existence itself , for the advancement of the ' good cause , ' However , 4 Hope is not withered" In affliction ' s blast—The patriot ' s blood's the seed of Freedom ' s tree . ' May that assurance afford some consolation to the es . teemed parents ef young George Good . ]
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WALKS AND WANDERINGS AROUND O'CONNORVILLE . CHENIES . 'Tis Sunday morning—day of-rest from labour—a wise institution of the olden world , when man 3 temporal as well as spiritual interest was cared for ; all nature seems hushed in repose , the very cattle in the fields seem to recline more luxuriously , as if conscious that it was theirs as well as man ' s holiday , and curaed be they who would make it a day of gloom and ascetic austerity , contrary to its original intent . 'Tis Sunday morning , I take my dog—a beautiful animal of the retriever specie 3—given to me by my friend Sam Kydd , and start for a ramble . Where ghall we go ? My dog jumps the stile opposite our gateThis decides the point . We will cross the
. common lo Cheniea-it k a rural walk through eur neighbour farmer Bigga ' a ground . The niRht lias been stormy , but the sun now shines wsplendently , casting a spirit oflifeandjoy around . Itis my farat walk after an illness of somo weeks . How my frame seems to re vive under the cheering influence of a lovely day . I cast off the langour and depression , inseparable from illness , and look around with a mirthful smile . My dog , who has long missed my company , and his usual rambles , can scarce keep his spirit within bounds . Now he starts into yon field , seattering a whole flock of sheep ; anon , he is chasing the larks ; the oows in the farm yard next attract his attention . ' Lion ! Lion ! leave the cows . Come to your master' and anonhe is crouching at your
, , feet ; What is man without a companion ? Truly , was it said , even in the Garden of Eden , ' It is not good that man should be alone . ' And a dog is a companion 1 dearly love ; if joyful , you can give vent to your exuberance of spirits in your gambols with him ; if morose , chide him ; it will clear your spirits as thunder clear the atmosphere . This , may be nonsense , but , with Mrs Barbauld , I pity the man who cannot talk nonsense . We have crossed the fields , and arrived in Ohorley Wood Bottom , a little hamlet , about three-quarters of a mile from ' ourhome . ' Uerewemet with the 'Lovetts , ' the 'Winnstts , ' and other fine old Saxon names , which bring back the times of Robin Hood and his merry men , and Friar Tuck and Little John—talea which formed the
( Might of our childhood , and are still capable of affording much instruction to our adult age . We ascend a steep hill , and are now on Chorley Wood Common , without exception , one of the most beautiful in the kingdom . It comprises about 500 acres , rising in the form of a mound , and when you have ascended the summit , the view is really splendid , embracing a large extent of this , the most delightful portion of Hertfordshire . We cross the common , its beauties opening upon us as we gradually ascend . Rustic cnttage 3 here and there variegated with a new brick residence , abound on the outskirts of the common . In one of the latter lives the village shopkeeper and cottage- lawyer , one whose annals would be well worthy of record , but we must not
trench upon his privacy ; we givo him a , nod as a brother radical , and pass onward by a pretty cottage , situate in a deep dell , environed round by such a beautiful and compact hedge that the wreathing smoke alone informs you that a human habitation is near . Many of these beauteous dells aro to be foHnd on the common , containing cottages with _ their pretty gardens , and making quite a feature fn the scene . Wo have diagonally crossed the common , and in a few mlnutss find ourselves in the Black Horse , comfortably epjoying a glass of home-brewed and a crust , with a relish that exercise of this description can alone give . The house , landlord and landlady are quite in keeping with the common—substantial , nought showy—the latter a portly pair , weighing
about twenty Btone each . We start refreshed on our ramble . Lion plunges into ene of the numerous ponds with which the common abounds , and such a cackling of geese is heard as would deafen the ears ot a city dandy ; 'Lion , Lion , ' and again the dog is at our side , and the geese are once ruore monarchynay , nature owns no monarchs , citizen rulers of their watery domain . How soft and green is the mossy grass after tho late rains , —how . beautifully blooms the furze . Lincsous , the botanist of Sweden , ay , and of the world , on seeing in England , for the first time , a field covered with its golden blossoms , exclaimed , enraptured , that it was the moat lovely sight he had ever beheld , and its varied succession of bloom has given rise to the old saying , that , ' when
furze is out of blossom , kissing 13 out of fashion , ' a period that lovers will pray may be far distant ; apro > pos , of love , we have no ^ arrived at the church , a new erection of flints , rfith stone groins , —the flints are worked with mathematical precision , and contrasting with thenwtar in which they are embedded , give the whole a very pretty effect . It is Chorley Wood , onr parish church , already associated with our dearest hopes and regrets , —its joy-bells ringing out their merry peal , haa consecrated Hymen ' s torch to some of our youthful allottees ; and already has the death of one of our number , Mrs Richardson , a favourite ofoldCobbett's , rendered its quiet grassy churchyard no common oarth to us : we all accompanied her remains to this her last home , and when my
own hour comes , I would not wish a more fitting one ; abutting on the common and on the high road , it forms a boundary between the natural and . artificial life , like death itself , that great boundary between tho known and the unknown world . Opposite the church , on the right hand , is a pleasant mansion , its lawn sloping down to the coaimon , and rented by Lord John Russell , who is about giving it up , Her Majesty having presented him with a mansion at Richmond , that he may be nearer to her . royal residence of Windsor , when a certain interesting annual event takes place which will render her stay there for a short period indispensable , and eventuate in blesssing us with another royal specimen of
the beauties of monarchy . A crowd in tho road new attracts our attention , they are collected round farmer White's gate , and in a cesspool have discovered a sheep skin , and the skins of upwardoof a dtzen fowls , the whole having evidently been stolen , and placed here to avoid detection . Poverty has been making fearful havoc in our neighbourhood , and offences of this description are numerous . We loiter in the crowd , and listen to the comment . ' Poor people cannot starve . ' ' Mr White has been thrashing with the machine this month past , while we have lain still . ' ' We"A , they ' ve had a good blow-out for once . ' ' It was who to skin the fowls , they'll never ha able to awaar to them / This is the state to
which our rulers have brought society . Crime meets with sympathy instead of abhorrence . Crime , did I say , is it criine to obey the laws of nature ? ia it crime for starving men to satisfy the pangs of hunger ? Nay , is it not rather a crime of the deepest dye to starve quietly in a land blessed by nature with a bounteous plenty ? I know tkat this doctrine may be called vicious and immoral ; I know that it is opposed to the customs and usages of our false civilisation ¦ but I detest the iron chain that custom hath woven round the feslings of mankind . I will ever wage war with that worst of all despotisms , which
chains the tongues of men , lest m their enthusiasm they might utter truths dangerous to the safety of our social and political fabric . Were I one oi these outcasts , these pariahs of society , I would pour forth such burning words , as should raise the veriest coward into fell resistance . What is life or the loss of life , to the thouBanuB who are yearly dying of hunger ? what need they but to muster spirit from their own ranks to raise as formidable a standard kere , as everthe ^ acguene of old did in feudal France ? This may be said to be treason and rebellion ) but it is true to reason and humanity .
Upon the crimson tented plain , Beneath the ocean wave , How many of earth's noblest sons , Have filled a rebel's grave . We now leave the Common , and with a greater stiffuess in our gait , as more compatible with the high road , and the serious thoughts just engendered , march musing onward , the common and common rights being the subject of our meditation , There haa long been a talk of this beautiful common being enclosed ; if so , the usual plan is for the land to be divided among the various farms in the parish ; according to this arrangement O ' Connorville would come in for its chare of the spoil . Selfishness argues itwould . be advantageous to have the common
enclosed . Principle asks what would become of tho numerous poor families , who gain half their livelihood by keeping stook , collecting manure , cutting fuKte , fern , &c , off the common , and principle , as it ever should , triumphs over selfishness . Besides , although the common is almost too far off , being a mile by the road from the nearest houses , for any stock which we at present keep , yet we find it very benefioial , for we can cut both furze and fern—the latter making tho vor be 3 t manure , superior to straw . Last year I used a considerable quantity of it . But a truce to ? meditation . It ia about three mile 3 [ from O'Connorville to Chenies . We reach the an ' oient almshouses at the entrance of the village , We copy the quaint old fashioned inscription : This
Hospital wa 3 bilded Ado . , 1003 , ot the towndaeion of Anne Covntess of Warwik , Daughter of Fravnces , Erie of Bedford , who departed 1603 , and Bi Her Wil appoynted the same to be made for : the releife of tenne poore people . ' The whole village of Chenies is the property of the Bedford family ; it was thoir original residence when they were simple , ( query cunning ) country gentlemen , ere the spoil of the church had enriched them at the expense of the rights of our Catholic population . In the church , a plain anoiont edifice , rest the remains of the Bedford family , including the two wives of tho present Premier , ( a third is still living ) , their p oreeouB tombs
contrasting strangely with the simplicity of the building . Lord Wfiothsley Russell , brother to Lord John , is the Vioar , and generally performs the duties thereto attached ; he lives in a mansion adjoining the church , and bears a deservededly high character for affability and kneyolence , Tho Tillage is pretty , mo 3 t of tho houses having been recently ereot . ed , and remarkable for tho porches , chiefly of brick , in front of the doors , scarce a house being destitute of thia convenience ; whether th ? inhabitants are in any way allied to tho ancient philosophers of tho porch , I have not yet been able to discover . Adjoining the chureh is tho chief attraction of the village , the ancient mansion of tlio Kusaell family , a beautiful
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brick structure of the Elizabethan style ; a portion of two wings remain standing in exccllant preswvation ; they are aompletely emblazoned in ivy , and when seen by moonlight form as eharroing a scene as many in tho kingdom , far more vaunted for beauty , ine mansion must originally have beon very extensive ; tradition attributes its destruction to that great 1 « - veller Cromwell ; there undoubtedly was a combat , this neighbourhood . memorialsof which are still to be Been . The mansion was used as an almshouse some years back , but is now in the occupation of a person named Floyd . I hare not yet had an opportunity 0 visiting the interior which report states to be well worth inspection . Whilst viewing thia interesting specimen of the architecture of our ancestors , .
could not avoid tracing areBemblancebetweaitand the present state of society . Both are alike venerable from their antiquity , and though hoary and decayod within look pleading to the eye , but the ivy that gives apparent strength and beauty to the ruin is gradually assisting in crumbling it to decay ; so also with the ; expediencymeasures ef the day ; though thoy give an apparent youth and freshness to the old worn fabrio , yet their very incongruity will assist in bringing it more speedily to ultimate destruction . May the temple of liberty be erected upon its ruins ! We now bend our ateps homeward , passing through the beautiful clumps of elms which form a grove in the centre of the village ; embowered in these elmAi is a double-action pump , of a novel description , which
throws water from an immense depth to the surface , and constitutes the chief supply of the village . About half a mile from Chenies we quit the road and prooeed home by the green lanes ; these green lanes , how many pleasant associations they call to mind—how many poets have sung of them and novelists pictured them ; but the stern eye of utility sees only land lying jn waste that would supply bread to thousands of pining stomachs ; between this and O'Connorville upwards of 100 acres lay thus comparatively idle , one donkey being the sole tenant of the di-mesne . Lion , who has been at a loss for an adventure , pounces upon tha ass , who is quietly resting his overwearied frame ; round and round him wheels tlie
dog , jumping and barking in very glee , until emboldened by the apathy of the beast , he seize 3 him by the nose . So it is with the human animal , overwearisd with the heavy burdens which social and political tyranny have forced upon him , he has not spirit to resent the repeated insults offered him until tha oppressor , emboldened by his non-resistance , consummates his despotic design ; and so varying in thought from grave to gay , as vary the skies in our Protean climes , reflecting every light or sombre tint , we journey homeward ; and now , quietly Beated in our arm chair , record these note 3 , tru 8 t | ng the reader Kill have as much pleasure in perusing them as we have in inditing them . Thomas Martin ¦ Wh eeler . O'Connorville .
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TEE FRENCH REVOLUTION . Could neither the cunning king nor his cunning minister just have looked acrosB the channel and seen how our rulers manage these matters ? Could they not have Been that by leaving open the safety valve of popular complaint—allowing us , to throw off our wrath in talk and newspaper'declamation—they can go on for years , perhaps for ages , laying on us as muoh burden as they pleaBB . ' Co . uld he not sco that our government has loaded us with the debts of all Europe , crushed oupcommerce , swamped our colonies by monstrous monopolies , filled our towns with misery , and Ireland with beggary and death—but have taken care not to shut down the safety valve of complaint , or their fate would have been—what bis is .
But the point which it concerns uato fix our eyes upon in this glorious demonstration , is the magnificent power of popular fortitude and wisdom which it has displayed to the world . A people rising in the face of 100 , 000 soldiers , of a deadly cordon of fortifications , and of a murderous police in arms in the very heart of them , and dissipating all the might of arms , the lorce of governmental subtelty , and the splendour of royalty , like a mere morning mist . The whole has gone to pieces with a suddenness that resembles nothing but the shifting of a theatric scene . Is this then monarchy ? How wretched a thing it is . Is this then military power ? How despicable it is ! Is this then a people exercising its will ? How glorious ! If after this there be a monarch unpunished for
his treason to the state , we may be sure that there is a people equally remiss . If there be liberty infringed there is a degraded nation ! The French have destroyed the last portion of the prestige of tyranny , and we owe them a debt which we can only repay by asserting our own rights as boldly and as nobly . We have Been in this country how the coward but greedy vampire of aristocracy shrinks and trembles at the first brave word of the nation . Wo saw it at the time of the Reform Bill —we saw it but the other day at the production of the audacious Whig budget —yet , we . lie prostrate at this moment , enduring
abuse , extravagance , and extortion , which we exclaimed against half a century ago . Taxation extends itself , but not tho suffrage—retrenchment is a word actually lost out of the mouths of reformers . The aristocratic phalanx of placemen sit in all the bloom of unshorn patronage , pensions , salaries , . ^ and power , and the people pay ninetentbs of the taxation and starve . Look , fellow countrymen , across the channel , and let that national pride which has often led you into bloody contests with your Gallic neighbours at least inspire you with shame at'the glory which they have won from you in the contest for political liberty .
Look on that picture and on this . — A great people winning in two days the charter of their liberties from the hands of false rulers ; in the midst of slaughter and excitement acting out the poetry of religion ; another people , once great , grovelling in misery and debt at the feet of the feeblest government which ever plundered and disgraced these realms . A nation most be lost indeed which does not profit by the mighty lessons which , have just been read to the world . —William Howiit .
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The Akctic EsPEDtnoK . —A Reward of £ 2 , 000 fob the DiseovEHY of Sib John Fkanklin . —Lady Franklin has issued a notice offering a reward of £ 2 , 000 , with a view of inducing any whaling ship , which resorta to Davis ' a Straits or Baffin's Bay , to make search for the expedition under the command of Sir John Franklin , respecting wham the greatest anxiety has for some time past been manifested , no tidings having reached England with regard te the progress of the expedition , or the safety oi those who compose it . Her ladyship ' s notice stipulates that search shall be made in those parts which are not in the scope of tha expedition sent out by government , and that the £ 2 . 000 is to be divided as follows : — £ 1 , 000 between the owners , captain , officers , and
crew , of any ship which shall depart from the usual fishing grounds , for the purpose of exploring Prince Regent ' s Inlet , Admiralty Inlet , Jones ' s Sound , 01 Smith ' s Sound , providing such ship , finding the expedition under Sir John Franklin ia distress , shall make up to and afford it-relief ; and £ 1000 to be divided amongst the officers , owners , and crew of aBy ship which shall at an early period of the whaling season make extra exertion for the above object ; and in the event of discovering the expedition , should such assistance be required , bring Sir John Franklin and his party to England . Her ladyship intimates that , in order that there may be no misunderstanding about the rewards , the matter shall be referred to the following gentlemen , whose
decision shall be final , those gentlemen having kindly consented to act as referees in the matter : —Admiral Beanfont , Captain Sir William Edward Parry , R . N ., and Mr Ward . Parliambntakt Papers . —House op Lords . —( 75 . ) —Increase and Diminution in Mumbkr of Persons , Salabies , &c ,, in Public Offices is 184 * 7- —In 1847 there have been added to the official personnel of 1 , 282 individuals ; there has been an increase in the amount of official salaries of £ 04 , 222 . ii . 7 * d . ; of emoluments of 18 , 529 . llg . lid . ; oi retired allowances of £ 14524 . ICs . 3 d . ; of expenses , .- £ 36 . 649 . Is . 7 | d . ; beinga total of £ 133 , 925 . 14 s . 4 R Per contra there has been a reduction of thirty-two
persons ; and a diminution of salaries to the amount of 7 , 739 . 83 . lOd . ; of emoluments , £ 4 , 049 . 15 a . lid . ; of retired allowances , £ 6 . 657- 15 s . lOd . ; of expenses , £ 5620 . 03 . 7 f d . ; iH all , £ 24 . 076 . 1 B . 2 | d . The chief inerease han been in the- Customs ( 62 persons and . £ 49 , 077 . 18 ? - Ud . ) and in the Post-office ( 1 , 109 persons and £ 38 , 987 . 12 s . 8 d . )—Housb of Commons . —( 17 G )—Freight Money ( Greenwich Hospital ) , — From Nov . 29 t , h , 1837 , to April 20 th , 1847 , the treasurer of Greenwich Hospital received for freight money , £ 98 , 009 . 18 s . 4 d . This total was paid on 1 , 781 voyages ; £ 24 , 238 . 10 * . 3 Jd . was received on public account ; and £ 73 , ^ l . Si , Oid . on private account .
West London Anii-Encloscee Association . —At the last meeting of the committee of thia Association , Maroii 24 th , Mr G . Wiggcell in the chair , the secretary presented nearly three hundred pamphlets from Earl Stanhope ; also , books from G . W . M . Reynolds , Eaq , Letters from Mr Richard Oobden and Mr John Bright were read ; likewise , a letter complaining of Colonel Fox ' s enclosure pranks at Kensington . Kind friends having either been thanked by resolution , or elected honorary membera for services rendered , the meeting adjourned .
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Caution to the Public—No sooner is a medicine ¦ wel l established In public favour than a host of Imitators spring up , who , for the sake of profit , not only wrong the Proprietor of the Genuine Medicine , but inflict a serious injury on the unwary purchaser of their base counterfeit trash . These remarks apply to the remedy which k so wall lniowu as Auorncthy ' 3 pile Ointment . ' This excellent remedy for piles has been established by undoubted proofs of its efficaoy . Purchasers may he able to detect tSieso frauds by asking particularly for ' Abernstliy ' s Pile Ointment , ' 1 b covered pots , price 4 s . 6 d . ( which h tha lowest price tho proprietor i 9 enabled to gell it , owing to tko groat expense of the ingredients ) , and observo the namo of C . King , i » on the government stamp , paatsd round each pot . Sufferera from piles mil not ropeut giving thu Ointip . ent a trial , . 4
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Mysterious and Tragical Occuhkench is Esses . —Much sensation has been created in the county of Essex by an occurrence of a very tragical nature , which took place at Riyleigh . Mr Thomas Roberts , a tradesman of that place , who was the Dephew of the Mayor of Rochester , returned home about twelve o'clock one night last week , after playing a rubber af whist with some friends . He appeared in excellent spirits , jand having smoked a pipe with his assistant and apprentice , they all retired to bed . Mr Roberts went inta the bedroom of the two young men partly dressed , with a candle in one hand and a pistol in the other , and , in a hurrtad manner , de < sired them to get up , and call in some neighbours , for there were seven or eight men in the house , who
declared they would have his money or his life . They immediately run out , and upon returning they found Mr Robertson the stairs , with the pistol lying by hia side , and his brains blown out . A surgeon visa quicklywoughtin i butlife was quite extinct . There was not the slightest appearance of any foroible entrance into the house , but in the sitting-room a candle was burniBg , and eight wine-glasses , each containing a small quantity of gin , were standing on the table . Nothing waB missed from any part of tha house . A coroner ' s inquest waa held to inquire into the circumstances of thia very myBterioua affair , — The coroner , upon the opening of the case , said that the first account he had heard of the occurrence impressed him with the idea that the deceased had
destroyed himself , but since his arrival in Rayleigh , he was induced to think it might be the result of accident . —Several witnesses were examined , who detailed evidence to the effect already stated . —The coroner , having read over the depositions , observed that the strong presumption was , that the deceased , when ha spoke of robbers being in the house , must have been labouring under some extraordinary mental delusion ; fer , after the most searching investigation , nothing had been , detected at all calculated to justify that assertion . It was difficult to assign any rational motive for such an assertion , even had the deceased contemplated Buicide , there being nothing to prevent
him . The case was involved in mystery , which no further inquiry was calculated to dispel . It was probable that the wound which caused death was the result of accident ; at all events , the safaat course to adopt , would be to return such a verdict as would leave the matter open to further inquiry , should fresh evidence be obtained . The jury accordingly returned a verdict , ' That the decased , Thomas Roberts , came to his death from a pistol wound ; but how or by whom inflicted there was no evidence to show . ' The ooroner then granted his warrant for the interment of the body , and the praceedings terminated .
FataIi Accident to a Guard on thb Eastern Couniies Riii . WAT .--On Saturday morning , one of those lamentable occurrences which too frequently have their origin in apathy and indifference , or upon too great reliance upon former hair-breadth escapes , took place on the line of the Eastern Counties Railway . It appears that the down train arrived at tha Bishop's Stortford station ( 32 miles from London , )^ about half-past eleven , a . m ., where it received soma luggage , and departed . The guard ( Morgan ) , who 5 a tha son-in-law of Mr Ray , a licensed YictuaUer-jf .
Long-lane , Shoreditch , as the train was proceeding , raised himself for the purpose ef adjusting the position of some boxes , and , before he could be aware of itj the train , which waa passing rapidly along , progressed underneath one of the arches , and the head of the unfortunate guard oame in frightful collisioa with a portion of the inner roof , and , it is supposed , killed him instantaneously , as , on the arrival of tba train at the next station , his head iraa found to be dreadfully fractured and indented . The unfortunate deceased iB stated to have been | ilie fiaest man en ' gaged UBQa this liae 0 i railway « ,
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MABLBOBOUSHSTREET . — Stabbims CaTb " ^ Dddlbt-Stbebt . — Htmrj Parker was charged with having stabbed Eliza Burgess , and her mother Marj Ititohio . The case of Mary Ritchie was taken a short time ago , as har wounds wers sufficiently healed to ea . able hor to come forward and give evidence . On th& charge tho prisoner was ordered to stand full y committed Eltea Burgess was now sworn , and said I am a single " woman , and I lodge with my mother at No , 26 , Dudley itreet . I have kept company with tho prisontr * about two years . On Satarday nljfht , the 19 th of February wa oamo home together to my mother ' s , and he wanted to stop there al ! night ; but my mother objectad , and the prisoner left , saying , ' I shall not see you any more' Oh
Sunday morning , I was looking out of the windew and I saw him go byi I went dora stain nnd asked if He kad any money . He picked up a great stone and said he would dash my brains out if I did not go away from him . I then left him . About ten minutes afterwards he knocked at onr door , and when I opened it we had a few words about money , upon which he struck me in the mouth . I ran up stairs and called to my mother . He tried to pull me back , and tore my clothes in the struggle . About ten minutes after he came np to oar room and pulled out a knife . He said ' Tiiat ' a for tha pair of you . ' Then my mother camebefoieme tosave ' me . I saw the prisoner make several blows at her ' with " the knife , in tha stomach . I screamed and my mother ran
out of the room . Priaonw directly tried to lock the door . I pulled his arms back . Then he ran at me with the knife . I turned my back , and he stabbed me in th 8 back . I tried to get out of the room , but he prevented me , and placed himself against the door . I took hold of his arms and swung him round , and he then ' jobbed the knife at me over his shoulder , and stabbed me on the forehead . I got OUt of the room , and assistance came , and I was token off to Charing-cross Hospital . I was In tho family-way by the prisoner at tho time , and I have since been confined in the hospital . —Mr Steggall , housesurgeon at Charing . croBa Hospital , described the wounds which witness had received . —The prisoner made no de « fence , and was fully committed ,
SOUXHWAEK . — Jeaioosi . — Amelia Bray was charged with taking a quantity of laudanum with intent to poison liorself . On Monday afternoon the prisoner walked into the Surrey Coffee-house , in Union-street , and called for a cup of coffee . The cofi'eo having been placed before her , a person sitting in an adjoining bos heard something fall on tha floor , looked over , and saw ( hat it was an empty phial . He picked it up , and found that it had contained laudanum , which she had evidently swallowed . She was conveyed to St Thomas ' s Hospital , where the stomach-pump was used , and with good effect ,
Her step-mother attended , and said she was a girl ot excellent temper and disposition until she became attached to a man whom she had very recently seen enter a conotrt-room with another famale . She had a good home , and frUnds willing to receive her , if she would promise not to repeat the attempt . —The magistrate said that he sheuld strongly advise hsr parents to let her remain in prisen , where she would be taken every care of in the infirmary , and have time for ruction , besides rjceiving the wholesome advice of the chaplain of the gaol . The prisoner waa than committed .
CLERKENWELL . —A Coal Company . —Mrloekstsn « , a half-pay officer , applied to Mr Combe for his assistance and advice . Applicant stated that at the commencement of the present month he saw an advertisement in the newspaper , stating that mpuctable parties who wished to increase their income would be employed as collector * lot orders and money , by appling to ' B . C ., ' No . 01 , Charlotte-street , Islington . Applicant presented himself , and was introduced to a person who represented himself as the manager of the Mechanics' and General Coal Club Company , newly started ; capital , £ 20 , 000 , hi shares of £ 1 . ; deposit Is . p : r share . The office had a business-like appearance ; several persons were acting as clerks . Having- been informed it would be necessary for every collector to take forty BhaTes , at 1 b . each , he
readily assonted , and paid the money . His appointment was made out , in which it was specified that he was to pay the further sum of £ , 6 . on or before the —— next , or in case ef default , tbe shilling per share for the forty Bh&res was to be forfeited . The applicant was to receive £ 80 . per annum , payable out of the profits of the com . psny , and was engaged for a particular district . He was to Bolicit orders , and sub . collectors , who were to take three Bhares each , at Is . per share , were to receive £ 15 . per annum . He wtHt on actively with hia duties , collected numerous orders , and engaged several sub-collectors up to Monday evening last , when he proceeded to tno office of the company and discovered thai the place
was closed , and all tie parties had ' bolted . ' The place was besieged by duped and disappointed collectors , and tradesmen who bad been swindled , and although every possible inquiry had been made no tidings whatever could be traced of tbe manager or bis colleagues . —Mr Nesbitt , one of the ushers of the court , said that several respectable persons had applied there for information how to act , as they had besn defrauded under similar circumstances to Mr Lockstone , Inquiries had been made by the police of the district , who had ascertained that the Mechanics' and General Coal Club Company , ' was a complete fraud . —Mr Combo , after listening attentively to applicant , regretted that' he could do nothing fer him under tbe circunastaaces .
GUILDHALL . —Liability op Masters to Sdppost thiib Apprentices . —Mr John Axob , bookbinder , was summoned for refusing to pay the wages doe to Matthew Bennett , sis apprentice . —The father of the complainant stated Ihht about fifteen months back he apprenticed his son to the defendant for sis years , and he was to receive four shillings per week during the term of big servitude . A short time ago the lad became ill , and was obliged to attend at the hospital as an out-door patient , in consequence of which he was unable to work , and his master refused to pay him his weekly wages . There were three weeks now due at three shillings per week , an arrangement having been entered into , when last before the
alderman that complainant should take one shilling less if the boy continued ill . —Mr Ason thought he was not bound to support tbe lad when deriving no benefit from his labour Alderman Challis said the 4 th cf Geo . 17 . was imperative on the subject . —The defendant said he wonld not pay a farthing . —Alderman Challis said that in that case he must go to prison . The lad looked too ill to work . —The defendant replied that he would do that in preference to giving a penny . —The deposition of tho parent was then taken , and Alderman Challis ordered the payment of the t > ree vreeks a , nd tbe costs of the summons to bo paid After a little hesitation Mr Axou ultimately changed his mind and paid the money .
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An Effectual Cure Fob Piles, Fistulas, &O.
AN EFFECTUAL CURE FOB PILES , FISTULAS , &o .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 1, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1464/page/2/
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