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IMMENSE SUCCESS OF THE NEW REMEDY , Which has neveryet failed.—A cure effected or the money returned.
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f | E , WALTER DE BOOS , i-J 1 , Ely-place , Hoi born-hill , London , from many years experience at the various Hospitals in London and on tho continent , is enabled to treat , with the utmost certainty of cuve , every variety of disease arising from solitary habits , delusive , ic , < fcc , excesses , infection , such a gonorrhoea , gleet , stricture , syphilis , in all their varieties andstages ,-trhich , owing to neglect or improper treatment , invariahly end in gravel , rheumatism , indigestion , sextual debility , skin diseases , pains in the kidneys , back arid loins , deficiency of natural strength , and finally au agonising death . The lamentable neglect of these diseases by medical men in general is well known , and their attempts to cure by the use of those dangerous medicines — mercury , copaiba , cubebs , < S : c . —have produced the most distressing results .
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The Atiornet-Generai , objected that the discusmra , if it proceeded further , would seriously intergceyitfa the administration of justice in the Irish ^ Ep ) yfc > t f ¦ jjfc Htme said there -was no fair parailer between ¦ ffie English , and the Irish : law courts . The adminisfiatimin this csuntry was pure and the juries lmisatial . In Ireland the very reverse wasi the case . Sopeacewasto be hoped in that part of the eniineWaU such abases were fully remedied . Mr Siblkib would not press his motion to a divitfon in so thin a honss , winch was , in , fact , at flKtime , within the limits of a " count-out , " but thought that his proposition had been met upon teeknieal points , while its priueiples were left untonched . The Process and Practice ( Ireland ) Bill was read a second time . On the second reading of the Court of Chancery ¦ feland" ) Bill ,
Mr . Tumee said it was Ms intention , eitnor shortly before or immediately after Easter , to more for leave to introduce a bill to remedy the delay and expense attending the proceedings in the Court of Chancery in England . The remedies he desired to see applied were sound , safe , and practicable ; but Bpon lftoking nt this bill , the remedies it provided , in Ms judgment , were calculated to do more mischief , and create greater delay and expense than existed at present . The scheme of proceeding by petition was one which had occurred to him , but the result of great consideration was that lie had rejected it . Mr . Turner then went through some of the provisions of the bill , pointing out the objections to -which , in his opinion , Ic was open , and observing that it was due to the country that fte bill should be either withdrawn and re-introduced in a proper stateor referred to a select committee .
, The Souciior-GEHKBAL , declaring that the obser-¦ safions of Mr . Turner bad not convinced him , and that he was prepared to expect a strenuous opposition to bis bill , replied to the objections of that gentleinan , by whose suggestions , however , and those ef other members , the government , be said , was anxious to profit , in order to frame an effectual measure , it being nothing less thau a denial of justiee if ( as had been stated in that house by Mr . Pemberton Leigh ) no suit in Chancery should be commenced where the sum in dispute was less than £ 1 , 000 . A member here took notice of the state of the nouse , which was accordingly counted , and there Being only twenty-five members present , an adjournment took place at a quarter to ten o ' clock .
"WEDNESDAY , February 13 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The house met at two o ' clock , it being Ash-Wednesday . HiGnwATS ( District Sueveyohs ) Biix . — On moving the second reading of this bill , Mr , Frkwes explained its principle , the object being to divide the country into districts for the appointment of paid surveyors of the roads . After some discussion , the second reading of the till was deferred to a future day . Coustt Rites akd Expenditure Bill . —Mr . Gibbox moved the second reading of this bill , which he observed was similar to the measure of last session , its object being to establish county councils to control county expenditure , analogns to town-councils for the control of town expenditure . There was no ground , he said , for the objection that the bill wonld
supersede the powers of the magistracy ; it merely gave the ratepayers a concurrent control with the government over county finances , leaving tbe judicial fanctions of the justices untouched . He anticipated a charge threatened by Mr . Disraeli , of in * consistency , by observing that rate 3 in the long run ¦ were a portion of rent , and were therefore paid by the tenant-occupiers ; and lie answered another objection—that the margin of reduction was too small to justify the alteration of an old system : he merely asked the house to acquiesce in a most reasonable principle , that taxation and representation should go together . He should propose to refer the bill to a select committee . Mr . Spooseb was favourable to the principle of representative control over county expenditure ; but some of the details of this bill made him pause , and there had been too little time for their
consideration : he therefore moved that the debate be adjonrned . A discussion ensued , in the course of which Lord J . Russell and Sir G . Gret supported the principle of the bill , the debate ou which was postponed until tbe 6 th of March . Mr . C . Lewis then moved for leave to bring in a Dill to amend the laws relative to the management of the highways in England and Wales . The subfeet , he said , had been considered during the recess , and the result was- that tbe difficulty of combining the two classes of roads—highways and turnpikeroads—in one measure was found to be so great that it bad beeadetermined to bring in a bill limited to highways , properly so called . Daring the eight years between 1837 and 1845 , the expenditure
on highways had increased £ 006 . 000 a year , whereas that of turnpike trusts had dim ' ished £ 408 , 000 , the cause being tbe change in the mode of travelling . AH had an interest in the economising of highway expenditure . Tbe great evil consisted in the small area over which the rate was sometimes laid , and in each of the 15 , 000 districts appointing its own sun ¦ seyor , who was frequently changed and who had no wmuneration , the result being want of economy , or skill , and of due discrimination in outlay . This bill proposed that the division of parishes into districts and the appointment of paid surveyors should be compulsory ; that the districts should be the existing divisions of Poor Law Unions ; and that the management of the roads should be placed trader the boards of gurdians , each parish or county continuing to maintain its own highways , tbe only
common expense being the salary of the surveyor ; so that the property npon which the rate would fall , and ail the incidents of the presens highways , would remain as they are . The bill abolished the parish surveyor and the highway rate to nomine ; instead of two rates—poor rate and highway rate—there wonld be one rate collected by the oveneer , and there would still be a maximum . It was proposed to give to parishes a power of combining for the audit of accounts by the Poor Law auditor ; to repeal Sir C . Barren ' s Act , and to provide instead that the money applied from the highway funds to in solvent trusts sbonldbe expended by the paid surveyors . The bill also gave power to boards of guardian ? to appoint standing committees for the special management of highway affairs . In thep-rtial discussion which ensued ,
Sir It . Peel gave his cordial support to the introduction of the bill . He thought it wise to separate the highways from turnpike roads , and to require a compulsory combination of parishes . " With respect to the mode of management , it was premature to give an opinion ; but he thought it well worthy of consideration whether districts might not be established better suited for the management of highways than tlie present Poor Law "Unions ; whether boards of guardians had not Poor Law duties which they might discharge more satisfactorily , if exempted from other duties ; and whether tbe proposed plan might not have a tendency to throw the unemployed poor upon the highways . He did not tnink the proposed audit would be an effectual check .
After some further discussion , leave was given to bring in the bill , which was read a first time , and ordered to be read a second time on that dayfort-WghL jOn the motion of Mr . F . IIaule , the Select Committee on Army and Ordnance expenditure was nominated . The house adjonrned at half-past five o'clock .
( From our Second Edition of last weekj THURSDAY , February 7 . The HOUSE OF LOBDS sat but for a short time . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — Extension of the Suffrage . — Mr . Hmre gave . notice that he would at an early day ask leave to bring in a bill for extending the suffrage , for introducing Vote oy Ballot , and for shortening the duration of Parliaxnents . Exemption fkom "Local Taxation . —Mr . P . ScuorE stored for leave to bring in a' bill to exempt dwelling-houses below a certain value from local taxation , liei detailed at much length the oppression , tbe Injustice , the discontent , and the various evils created , as he alleged , by the present state of the law , which checked improvements in the dwellings of the poor , bat which , after a short discussion , was negatived without a division .
Austria asd Hungary . —Lord Dodixt Stuart moved an address for copies of correspondence and other documeata connected-with Russian , Turkish , Asstrian , and Hungarian affairs . He wished for infonnation as to the part which government bad ta&en in the questions referred to in those documents . His lordship went at very great length into an examination ofalltfee recent operations in Hungary , and having detailed many cases of atrocity oq the part of tbe Imperialists , be defended the cause and
conduct of the Hungarians , stigmatised Russia ss a violator of treaties , and declared that this country was roused to the determination of protecting the Ottoman Empire against the Czar , of whose " traditional designs " he avowed himself rationally apprehensive . ¦ ' ¦ - - Lord Palsiesstos declined to produce lie papers , Lord Claude Hamilton , and Mr . Disraeli defended the conduct of the Austrian government Mr . MojrcKTOsMiLSEs , Mr . Gocsbuks , and Mr . kattan , supported the motion , after which itwa 3 witliarawn . - ¦
PsoHiBmn ) Mahhuoes . —Mr . Sro&BT WoBttET Movedfor leave to bring in a bill to amend and alter the act of 5 and C William IV ., so far as relates to marriages within certain of the prohibited degrees of affinity , and stated that the bill was substantially the samfi as that of hat session . Sir Kl Ikglis , Mr . Law , arid Mr . Godlburk opposed its introduction , when the Home divided , and the motion for leare ^ o bring jn the bill iras carried by 2 # against 65 . ; - - ¦ - - ¦ ¦ ' iZii ' ' -. ¦ " " /> '" . ' ¦' ' "' ' . " . ' " V" : ' V
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Catholic Disabilities . —Mr . Anstey moved for leave to bring in a bill for the repeal of the penal acts against the Roman Catholic religion , and stated that it was substantially , the same as preceding bills introduced for the same object . ¦ Sir . R . Inolis and Mr . Law opposed it . The House divided , when the motion for leave to bring in the bill was rejected by 77 against 72 . . After some further business the house adjourned at one o ' clock .
( From our T / iird JSdition of last Week . ) FRIDAY , Febkbaby 8 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Dollt ' s Brae Affair . — Lord Stanley gave notice that he should on the 18 th inst , call the attention of the House to the affair of Dolly ' s Brae , and to the conduct of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in the matter . Criminal ConE . —Lord Brougham for the third time laid on the table a bill for consolidating and amending the Criminal Code , which TO read a first time . ..
Some other business was also despatchedi and their lordships adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — Australian Colonies . —The House having resolved itself into a committce Lord Jonx Russell gave a brief outline of the bill which government wished to introduce for the better government of these colonies , and after a lon « f discussion leave was given to bring it in . Pabtt Processions . —Sir AV . Somertolb moved for leave to bring in a bill to restrain party processions in Ireland , stating the reasons which had induced the government to introduce the bill and tbe nature of its provisions . —Leave was given . The Solicitor-General obtained leave tO bring in a bill to enable persons having limited interests in land in Ireland to make building leases and improving leases ; and a bill for facilitating and better securing the due administration of charitable trusts ; both bills being substantially the same as those introduced into the house last session . The house adjourned at half-past eleven o'clock until Monday .
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— - ^ i DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOMEN SOCIETY . EMPLOYMENT IN PRISON . On Tuesday a large meeting of this society was held at two o ' clock , in the Hanover-square Rooms , for the purpose of calling the attention of the government to the disastrous consequences which accrned to the honest and industrious needlewomen from their being subjected to an unreasonable com . petition by the system adopted in prisons of giving employment to criminals and introducing their manufactured articles into the market , which lowered the prices and . injured the guiltless portion of the working community . Alderman Farebrother took the chair . Tbe platform was full , and the body of the room was crowded .
Tbe Chairman said some two or three years ago he was one of a deputation which visited Sir J . Graham on the subject of workhouse labour , and he believed that in consequence of the measures which had been taken by the society , the system bad been put a stop to , so far as it interfered with the fruits of out door industry . And he bad . no doubt that the same result would follow tbe steps taken by that meeting . Mr- Nicholas moved the first resolution , to the effect " That the meeting being fully aware of the great disadvantages under which the artisan and needlewoman labour in consequence of the employment of prisoners in the making ud of clothes , &c .
for contractors and slopsellers , and that protection is brought into competition with free labour , thereby reducing the prices , and rendering it almost an impossibility for the poor but honest classes to obtain a livelihood for themselves and families ; producing from the want of employment pauperism , prostituiioB , and general crime , desire earnestly to submit for the consideration of her Majesty ' s government the absolute necessity of discontinuing such employment , experience having shewn that the cessation of needlework in the workhouses and charitable institutions ha 3 to a certain degree ameliorated the condition of the setup tresses . "—He happened to be one of the vestry of the great parish of Marylebonc , under whose notice this subject had been brought , and that vestry originally thought that they were doing a most praiseworthy act when they employed
tbe inmates of tbe workhouse in the New-road , which , at the present moment , containad about 2 , 000 individuals ; but , in looking at the fuels of the case , when it came to be properly represented to tbe guardians and the vestry that hundreds of the ratepayers who were bordering upon pauperism were most materially injured by the plan which they had adopted , they took the subject into serious consideration , and the work was from that time discontinued . He was sorry that in this country the prison discipline was made a premium for crime , but such it was at the present moment . The convicted criminal was well clothed and well fed to the detriment of the untainted portion of the community . A man who worked hard for twelve or sixteen hours in the day found it almost impossible to support a wife and family , while a man convicted of crime was supported comfortably in prison .
Mr . Mitchell seconded the resolution . They * ere called upon to rescue ^ the poor labouring class from a competition which pressed down their means of subsistence below that point which was absolutely requisite to enable them to administer to tbe necessities of thrir common nature . Mr . Goodfellow condemned the government for undermining the labour market , and causing misery and degradation , and'also deprecated the principle on which Ihty bad hitherto acted , of enforcing a man to be become a criminal before they would give him work . Tbe government , in fact , had proved themselves to be the great slopsellers , and were guilty of neglecting the wants of the many , whiie they lent their aid to the aggrandisement of the few .
Mr . Upton , working tailor , then addressed the meeting , and further pointed out the injury which the woman sustained from this unfair competition . The resolution was unanimously carried , and a committee havuig been appointed to wait on Sir G . Grey to explain the objects of the meeting , the proceedings terminated .
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THE LABOUR QUESTION . An adjourned meeting of the Metropolitan Trades Delegates was held on Thursday evening , at the Mechanics' Institute , Southampton-buildings , Holborn—Mr . Segrave in the chair . The meeting was addressed by Messrs . Wilson , Young , A . Campbell , S . M . Kydd , and Jacobs ; and a resolution was submitted to the effect th . it the prosperity of England would be best realised by employing and protecting her population . Mr . Taylor moved , and Mr . Merriman seconded , the amendment , which stated protection to be an absurd hoax . The resolution was carried by an immense majority . A petition on the motion having been adopted , Mr . Walter Cooper addressed the meeting , and thanks having been given to the " chairman , the business terminated .
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GROSS OPPRESSION AND DEBAUCHERY ON BOAOTJ ^ MIGI ^ XP . ? . ?! " - ~ ¦ . : Ourmost recent files-fromi South . Australia ar 0 filled with charges of-the most ,, geriou . 8 nature against the surgeons and oncers of-the emigrant barque Indian . These chargesowere originally published in the Adelaide Observer . A public meeting was next held on the subject . Ultimately the emigration agent at Adelaide , Captain Brewer , appointed a meeting , at . which the emigrants ' committee should exhibit their charges before him in presence of the accusers and the accused . The meeting was held on the 10 th of September , in the native schoolroom . There were present . beside the emigration agent and emigrants' com * nrittee , eighty passengers by the Indian , of whom twelve were females , the surgeon , matron , schoolmaster , and officers of the vessel j and a crowd , of spectators .
Mr . Grundy , on the part of tho committee , commenced proceedings by reading the following letter from Caroline Arnold , who , having obtained a situation at Morphetfc Yale was unable to be present : — Morphett Vale . Owing to family affairs , and the very flattering accounts we received in England of Adelaide , in South Australia , I was induced , like many more , to emigrate to the above colony . I solicited several persons advice as regards any impropriety in a single female going out alone and unprotected , and having no friends to receire me when I arrived at my destination . I was told I would be in no f ear of not having the same protection as though I were at home ; that I might rest assured no one would dare insult a single girl on board an ' emigrant ship . ' With this assurance I remained satisfied ; but , on ! too soon I found I
was cruelly deceived . 1 was also informed , while at Deptford , bj a committee of ladies , that when we arrived in port those who had no friends , and felt the want of a home , would at once be removed to a house in . Adelaide where they might get their clothing washed and seek for situations . There again I was deceived , That deception I should not so muchiiaTe minded had I been as comfortable as I expected I should . When I say comfortable I never expected I should have come the voyage without some difficulties ; but I thought they would be of a different nature—sometimes having very unfavourable weather ; Mid you u'ill'Coon hear that I have hnd none of these expectations realised . I had been on board a very short time when I was compelled to make a complaint to the captain regarding the conduct of the purser so often being in the single girls' apartment . Many a time I have left the roam and fasted from my food rather than sit in his disagreeable
presence , and to heav his impolite , and I may say , disgusting chat . The first time he annoyed me , such as I could complain of him , was this : —I was busily engaged sewingin my own apartment , The purser came down , seated himself beside me , putting one arinaround my waist , and with the other on my head to kiss . I endeavoured to repulse his advances and to make my escape , which , after a few moments had elapsed , I succeeded in doing . He appeared very cross , and also said that he hoped when he came down «; ain , I should not look so d—d cress . He said I should never' have any favours from him while 1 was in the ship Indian . God forbid I should have any favours from him ; I only required justice . When I complained to the captain of these annoyances , and asked why the purser was so often allowed to visit us , he said it was his duty to come often and see if ow provisions were as they ought to be ; and if he did often have tea with us single girls , he did the snme with the married people . I told him he was aware
that 1 was there alone , without any person to take my p » rt or to protect me . He said , 'Do not think you have no friends here . You have plenty ; and I mjself will see you protected . ' I left the cabin , went to my berth , and remained till evening , when the doctor wished to nave an interview . I accordingly went to him . He said , 'lam much surprised that you should have been telling such falsehoods respecting the purser . He denies your statement , and declares he-neyersaw you until yesterday ; and the only reparation you con make is to write a note apologising for those falsehoods . ' I was so hurt , and my heart felt bursting to think I should be made a liar by such a detestable villain—for such he was in my sight for ever afterwards . He annoyed m » no more personally , but I do believe most of the uncomfortabless I received was through . him , through his bribery . The following is a copy of the note I sent to him , according to tbe doctor ' s request ;— , .
'Sib , —Have I to apologise for telling a falsehood ! I should be telling one if 1 did . That I can never do . I will pardon the insult I received , on condition that you will no longer annoy me with your addresses , when you see the are very disagreeable and offensive . ' To Mr . Dean . ' % ' CinowsA Aniiom ' The doctor next day told me that note would not do . Tho purser said if I did not write another in stronger , plainer terms he should punish me . I did wot write again , nor 'did he speak any more to me . Soon after these complaints the second mate used to frequent our place any hour in the day or any hour in the night If he came in , us many times he did when we were dressing , ke never withdrew , but remained in the same position . ' I have slept in my clothes for weeks together , and dare not undress , he has so frequently been in bed with the girls of a night . 'Tis not , I can assure you , sir , a pleasant task to have to
complain so of my own sex , I cannot describe to you all th « scenes I have witnessed . Suffice it to say , 1 would not again see what I have seen , experience what I there experienced , no , not for a thousand pounds . Tho girls always looked with scorn and revenge on me , because of the second mate . One day the captain ordered the single girls up on the poop . I went upstairs , but not on the poop . I saw the captain in earnest conversation with several of the girls . I took no particular notice , and went below . Soon after ho sent for me on the poop . I went up , and to my great astonishment , he had all the girls around him . While I was placing mjself between the doctor and the captaiu , some of the people said , ' Miss Arnold , there is water going to be thrown over you . ' I camu immediately down . Just as I reached the bottom of the ladder down came the water . Fortunately I did not get much ; it went over some married people who were standing near . Ths girls told me it was through telling tales . Had they
have dared , I firmly believe they would have thrown me overheard , such was their malice towards me . I was very unwell , and ths doctor would take but little notice ; and indeed it was a very difficult thing to get him to come at all . On one occasion I was very ill ; 1 sent for him several times . He did not come for two days after . He then said my throat was very bad ; ho would come in the evening , and said I should have a mustard poultice on ; but he never came near me for a day or two . When he did come he said I must get up and send my bed on deck . It was a very damp day , and had been raining . No one would take it up , and cried shame on him wishing to have it done , seeing me obliged to support myself with pillows . I was very weak , not being able to take my daily' food , and he sent me nothing else . Such was the manner I was treated by those who should have protected me . I could tell you a great deal moro , but I have not time to write more at present .
I remain , sir , your obedient servant , Carolink Arnold . Mr . Grundy next read the following declaration , signed by eighty of the emigrants by the Indian : — To the Committee appointed to inquire into the treatment of emigrants on board the barque Indian . We , the undersigned , emigrants by the above-named vessel , having read and carefully examined all the statements made by our fellow emigrants at a public meeting held at the Norfolk Arms , lluudle-strect , and published in the Adelaide Observer , September 1 , 1849 , gladly avail ourselves of this opportunity to enrol our names is confirmation of those facts , and to express our earnest wish that those who may be more favourably situated as regards time and distance will embrace every opportunity of exposing the'gross and palpable deficiency of provisions , " tho wanton immorality , ' * the constant abuse , ' ' and frequent threats to which we were , exposed during the whole voyage . ' And also to place those persons who have sinned a document favourable to the captain , doctors , and officers in their proper light both as regards character and position while on board the ship .
Mr . Grundy next produced oral testimony in support of the allegations in the documents he had read , Mr . Holdswqrfch , who had been a constable on board , but resigned , declared Miss Arnold was a most deserving young woman , and her statement worthy of belief . He added , that ho had reason " to know her statement was true apart from his confidence in her veracity . Mrs . Holds worth considered Miss Arnold as nice and proper a young person as any on board the ship . Mr . Burns and others made similar declarations .
A passenger , whose name we could not catch , stated he heard the doctor say that Miss Arnold deserved to be ducked . ( "Shame , shame . " ) The doctor here referred to the passage in Miss Arnold s letter describing the cowardly outrage alluded to . He maintained he was not aware of it , nor present at it . He dwelt on two discrepancies in the young woman ' s statement , contending they vitiated her complaint altogether . One was , that she called the topgallant-forecastle a . poop , and the other was , that the persons at the meeting who witnessed the throwing of the water admitted they did not see him on the forecastle at the time . He called on
. Mrs . May , the matron , who stated that she considered Miss Arnold the most respectable girl on board tho ship . She had no knowledge of hor before going on board , but since landing had given her a general invitation , She ( Mrs . May ) had , on one occasion , when the captain had given permission ' and supplied cheer for a little birthday party fit being the ship ' s birthday and his own child ' s ) felt offended at heaving that Miss Arnold said they were the worse for wine , when they broke up , which they did between nine and ten o ' clock . She believed it was for those remarks Misb Arnold got ducked and though vexed with her at that time for casting such tation her tronl
an _ impu upon " ma y" character , her opinion was unchanged . Some things , were said to be missing , and the doctor desired her ( the matron ) to institute a general search . She did so , and whilst examining Miss Arnold ' s effects , in her presence a messenger came and told the young woman she was Wanted on deck by the doctor and the captain . 'She ( tho matron ) afterwards hoard that an attempt was made to duck Miss Arnold after she went up but that the young woman was warned b y some person and escaped the greater part of the water that was thrown , the greater portion of tho contents of the bucket falling upon two married women , who were in the room and confirmed the statement .
Mrs . Margaret Bonas stated she was tho person who warned Miss Arnold . The captain was on the poop , but ishe ( Mrs . Bonas ) did not see tho doctor thero . . ¦ - ,, ¦ -...-.,.. ¦ The doctor , in endeavouring to " extricate . himself from the odium of this un-English , usage of a re spectablc and worthy young femaje , was adroitlv broughe up by Mk-, Grundy , who pointed out the anomaly of justifying an action which lie Lad Just before denied . " ' ; " . ' f Captain English here asked the matnm if she ever saw the second mate in tho berthsi or apartment of the single women ?— -The matron , declared she saw the second mate several tiniea lying on the young women's beds , and once she saw ' him asleep on a form just outside of a berth . — -Captain English — And why . did you not report it to the doctor 'Matron—I did report it to the doctor . > '
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Mrs . Murphy saidithefe was a young girl sitting beside ¦ h&vW&M ^ MpJfe M *^^ Arriold'rstatemenTrespecting ; the ^ P ™ P . f ""f of ' the Beoond mate . The / girlnaturally feltdiffident , but would hoh ' e ^' tly arisw « y if questioned on the subject . She introduced . MSTHUl as the person ane referred to .. '• ¦; " ' . . Miss Hill , in reply to Mr . Grundy ' s inquirv , put in the most delicate form , declared the second mate used to be in certain of the single girls' berths at ni ght ; and moro shameless still , sometimes in the day . His conduct was grossly indecent , and his language the worse she ever heard . '
Miss Lewis also stated that the scenes witnessed on board the vessel justified the term applied to ifcr" a floating brothel . " It was a fearful thing for unprotected females to be placed for months at the mercy of such sea monsters . ; The doctor , who should have checked such proceedings with a firm hand , disregarded their complaints or threatened to punish the complainants ; and those threats were carried out on Miss Arnold and others who resisted and resented the advances of the second mate and his ruffian associates .
The doctor examined the matron , with a view to show that Miss Arnold had incited the young- women to remain on deck an hour later than he permitted them . lie signally failed , as the matron declared Miss Arnold told her of the determination of the girls , and also stated that she would retire at the proper time . Mr . Gvundy then proceeded to the charge made against tho surgeon of neglecting the sick . In support of it ho read over again the part of Miss Arnold ' s letter that relates to this subject ; a letter from Mr . Barbel , a passenger , which had appeared in the Adelaide papers , and a letter from Samuel Illingworth , also a passenger . In support of the allegations in these documents- the' following oral testimony was adduced : —
Mr . Burns stated an instance where a Mrs . Cook was dangerously ill , having miscarried during the night . The doctor paid no attention to three messages , and only went on the agonised husband ' s declaring . he would complain of the inattention at the end of the voyage . —' The doctor said the three applications might probably have been made in the course of half-an-hour . —Mr . Grundy : And why should you wait half-an-hour when you were told the person was dangerously ill ?—The doctor objected to answer the question . He then recollected himself , and said he had no doubt he was otherwise engaged . —( A Voice : Yes , fishing . ) ( Groans and hisses . )—Mr . Grundy wished the doctor to answer the Dirticular charge respecting Mr . Berken ' s
child . —Dr . Sandford : It was not entitled to medical comforts unless it was sick . —Mr . Stephens here read from the commissioners' dietary , that " it should be in the discretion of the surgeon-superintendant to issue , three times a weeK , to children under seven , four ounces of rice or three ounces of sago , in lieu of salt meat . " —Dr . Cotter , who had himself filled the office of surgeon to an emigrant ship , and is now in extensive practice in the colony , here confirmed other observations . which fell from Mr . Stephens . —Dr . Sandford replied he was not particular on the point . He distributed the medical comforts . indiscriminately , till he found them disappearing too fast . —( A Voice : Yes , to your favourites . ) [ A perfect Babble of confusion followed . Charges and accusations were poured on the luckless doctor ' s head from all parts of the room . We could onlv eather a few of the cases . !—Mr . Berken
declared- that tbe other child alluded to in his letter was at the point of death when he left home , and he attributed its state to tho doctor ' s refusal to give it proper sustenance during the voyage . —W . Johnson said his wife was very , ill , and the doctor said she should have porter and other nourishing food , but told him he ought to buy it for her , which he was unable to do . ( " Shame . " )—Jesse Johnson declared his wife and child were so reduced that he did not expect them to live . The doctor refused to give them the comforts he himself said they required . . (" Shame , shame , ")—Mr , Grundy , when order was restored , read the following list of the " medical comforts" entrusted to the doctor for the use of the passengers , adding it was probable he would be called on to account for their approriation . Of one matter ( the preserved milk ) he ( Mr . Grundy ) jocosely observed the captain could perhaps give them the history and obituary , ( A laugh , in which the captain joined . )
MEDICAL COMFORTS . That a supply of medical comforts shall be put on board in the following proportions to 100 statute adults : — " 1 cwt . ef oatmeal , 281 bs . of West India arrowroot , 561 bs of Scotch barley , 1501 bs sago , 301 bs preserved boiled beef in lib . tins , 201 bs . of preserved boiled mutton in lib . tins , 400 pints of lemon-juice in wickered stone bottles of five gallons each , 3001 bs . sugar , 18 bottles port wine , 12 bottles of sherry wine , 100 gallons of approved stout , including at least six dozen of bottled stout , 10 gallons of brandy , 10 gallons of rum , 10 gallons of vinegar , 6 dozen pints of preserved milk , 1 cwt . of chloride of lime , 1 cwt . of marine soap . —The above medical comforts to be issued at' the
discretion of the aurgeon » whether for the sick or to preserve health . —Women who may be nursing may have a pint of stout each day , if ordered by the surgeon , and the surgeon is to make liberal use of the preserved milk for keeping the health of the younger children . "—[ The reading of this document created much surprise , few of the emigrants present evidently being aware that they and their families were entitled to such indulgences . ]—Mr . Shaw said he had been suffering with rheumatism , and the doctor ordered him an additional blanket . He one day ventured to complain of other things , and ten minutes after the blanket was'taken away from him . ( " Shame , shame . '')—Dr . Sandford : It is ' all false . —The Emigrant Agent :
These are distinct charges . You cannot repel them by a general denial like that . —Dr . Sandford : Then I shall call Mrs . Wood , the nurse . —Mrs . Wood came forward , and said it might be true that Mr . Berken had only got lib . of arrow-root , but how much did his daughter get?—Mr . Berken : Why I have no daughter . ( Laughter , groans , hisses and hubbub . ) On silence bcingrestored ,--Mr . Grundy said , that the woman ' s husband signed a complaint , addressed to the captain and the doctor , on the short allowanco of provisions on the 13 th May , which ho handed to the chairman . —Dr . Sandford said if the arrowroot and other medical comforts were not given to tho proper persons it was not his fault ; he issued them freely . —Mr . Grundy could not receive that as an
answer to the complaint . The doctor should see what his patients required , and ho should ascertain thiit it was duly served to them . —Mrs . Wood said the comforts were fairly distributed , amidst a volley of jibes from the meeting . —Mrs . Wood here stated that she took the blanket from Mr . Shaw . There was an order to do so , but not from the doctor . —The matron declared she used to issue arrowroot , &c , in three spoonsful at a time , and afterwards but two spoonsful , but the doctor said to her that the people complained , and he thought he had better distribute it himself , as perhaps it would satisfy them better . He said that in a smiling , friendlv manner , giving her no reason to
suppose ho was dissatisfied with her management . Ho then placed it in other hands , and move than a month after ho preferred an unfounded charge against her , which she was willing to meet and anxious to refute . —( A voice : Oh , let the doctor answer for himself . )—The doctor intimated b . 3 was not prepared to enter into the charge against Mrs . May . —The witnesses were not in attendance . —Mrs . May : Sir , with some appearance of justice you complain of delay in your case . How much greater the injustice of delay to me . I attended this meeting in the hope of having an opportunity to refute your false charge . ' I never can hope for such an opportunity again . . .
The charge against the captain and officers of affording an insuificient supply of water and provisions to tho emigrants wae stated by Mr . Burns , a passenger : — r Mr . Burns , who , in an able speech , detailed the deficient issue of provisions during the voyage , he described the mode by which he arrived at his results , which were that the supply of water was short of 4 , 125 gallons of the fair allowance . That on comparing notes with the emigrants by , the Emily , they found that the passengers in that ship had about thirty gallons per day more than the passengers by the Indian . There was a deficiency of peas during tho voyage of 140 gallons , and tho daily deficiency nf 1 , 1 . 0 ml was at ln ; isf . sixteen nniinds . fOins nf
" Hear , hear . " )—Captain English said there was no allowance of bread at all . They could have as much as they liked . —Mr . Burns : So far from that being the facfc the people were constantly complaiiiing . ~ A female declared she was frequently hungary during the voyage , and would have been glad to havo got bread if she could , honestly and Eonourauly . —Mr . Holdsworth ( a constable ) said , he could not make the insufficient quantity of bread he received meet the demand , andhc was in consequence relieved of the duty of distributing it . —One of the ship ' s officers hero cried out , " Why , bread was so plentiful that the pigs were fed on it !"—A Female : "Yes ; the captain ' s pigs were fed on our bread , and the pigs wore for the cabin . "—Mi . Grundy . hoped that the facfc would bo observed . The captain ' s pigs were fed on bread which the people were
deprived of ; and that it . was the emigrants bread was proved by the fact admitted , tliat the . emigrants ' bread was whiter ' than that used by the crew . —Mr . Burns continued ; Ho calculated that tho deficiency of bread was aboui ; nineteen ., cwt . during the voyage , and a similar complaint had to . be made with reference to the , preserved meat , sugar , anil butter ; and . be had an opportunity of testing iho mode of serving out the pork , whereby a quantity of COO lbs . was served out as 707 lbs . ( Cries of " That ' s a fact . " ) . The speaker dwelt on several ottier deficipn < 3 ies , and concluded .. by saying that he had no doubt everything was issued in the same stinted manner . ' So convinced . was he of that fact that when applied to" by the doctor to act as constable , 'ho . refused the appointment . He knew it was a decepiipn and a mockery , and he would not be a ^ party to injustice . ( Loud cneerfl , ) -Dr . jfcnft ,
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ford : Ifc was your duty to act in such a case . If wrong was being rdone you ¦ Bhould-have vprotestea against it ;—Mr . Burns :: I _ , should , then . have incurred tne vengeance of theVp ' owers'that ' were , and been beaten like MrTHill , ' jor duoKed like Caroline Arnold . I preferred biding my time .- , 1 knew we should " meet " at Philip ' pi . " Here I have an opportunity to compare notes with you . Ilere lean prove that bur food was withheld , our persons assaulted , our feelings outraged , and our property damaged ! Here' I can demand the inquiries that there ^ I dare not sue for , and from this free colony I can send home to the colonisation commissioners and to the British parliament a duly authenticated statement , that will , I trust , prevent a repetition of
such plundering oppressions aa we have been subjected to . ( Great applause . ) ; - The evidence relative to attempts to intimidate such as complained was as follows : — The smoking between decks , assaults , beastly language , wilful damage to the e 6 ple ' a property , and other insularities of Mr . Dean and Mr . Hands , were then described by different speakers ; after which Mr . Tlill repeated tho printed account of a brutal assault committed on him by the seconc mate . Hia account was substantiated by severa witnesses , and two were produced who attempted to explain it away . Mr . Hill , however , solemnly declared he kept his bed for a fortnight after the assault , and had not yet quite recovered from the
effects of it The captain made a short statement with reference to the charge of extorting improper freight . It appeared from him that the particular packages alluded to were liable to duty as merchandise although they wore the emigrant ' a tools , in-, dispensable to his trade . Several passengers replied , that when Mr . Hands was upbraided with destroying Mr . Shaw ' s property and other outrages , he used to threaten them that they would mnke them pay freight for their luggage at Adolaido . Mr . Bainbridgo described a similar outrage committed on him by the captain's clerk since they arrived in port . He was called up out of his bed after he had returned from town , wearied looking for employ and a house to remove to . On coming on deck , he was
knocked down by Mr . Ross , and thecaptain wanted him or any of the malcontents to stand before him , and he'd "knock seven bells out of them . " The lights were ' extinguished , and the people lay in terror all night . In the morning , a child was found dead in the bed alongside of its mother , and no one knew when the death occurred . That night , while on deck , both the captain and the doctor told him that he should leave the ship the next morning , or his things would be thrown overboard . The doctor admitted he said so . The captain attempted to show that Bainbridge was removing the seamen ' s chests , to enable them to run away from tbe ship . Several persons stepped forward and said there were two seamen's chests there—one Bainbridcre had bought
and paid 15 s . for , and the other was dragged near his berth in his absence by two females , for the convenience of sitting upon . After some further discussion of no moment , Captain Brewer said ( after hearing all parties ) that he would report on the matter to the colonial government without delay . In the meantime , of course , the committee would act as they thought proper . Mr . Grundy said that particular case was in Captain Brewer ' s hands , and there was no doubt he would deal with it on its merits . The committee had a more extensive object in view than merely exposing thelinefBoiency of the doctor , or the culpability of the captain , whoso conduct he ( Mr . Grundy ) was compelled to denounce as disgraceful
to the character of the English merchant service . ( Hear , hear . ) The committee should wage war with the system , and , ; if possible , " reform it altogether . " ( Cheers . ) We have been compelled to omit some of the charges as being too gross for publication , as also was much of the recrimination that took place . A charge of grog selling , which involves a serious penalty , was-also established against the ship ' s officers . As one of the many instances which want of space prevents us from reporting , we many mention that the doctor endeavoured to shelter himself from the charge of indifference to the wants of the emigrants , by stating that if he . had been made acquainted with them they would have been
redressed , the captain at the same time laying hold of the snme straw ; whereupon Mr . Stephens handed to Mr . Grundy , who was on his legs , a copy of the memorial addressed to the doctor and the captain , on the 13 th May , which sets out by a reference to "the loud , and frequent complaints that had already been made . " This respectable - memorial , it was further stated , had arisen out of the facfc that verbal and individual complaints to the doctor and the captain , in their separate capacities , had been disregarded , and , strange to say , the doctor was rash enough to return that important document , because not addressed to him alone , an awkward admission , by the'bye , that he considered himself solely responsible for the health and bbmforfc of the emigrants .
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, BRITISH COLLEGE OP HEALTH , New-Road , London . THE lUCH AJTO GREAT IN THE POWER OF THE .- UNPRINCIPLED . TO TOE EDITOR OP THE NOMHERN STAR . Sm . —There can in truth be no doubt that the higher classes , in this and all other countries , Imve completely fallen into the power of the unprincipled , owing to the infernal pharmaceutical poisons introduced by doctors to prop their Guinea Trade and to keep the people in . the darlc as regards the cure of their complaints . I can easily fancy that doctors don't like this question of poisons to be brought forward , well knowing that upon an investigation of the matter they will not appear in a very honourable position—no doubt doctors will say that the British College of Health had no right to let the public into the secret ; but it should be observed that since Mr . Morison , the Hygeist , protested against the poisons introduced by doctors as medicines , we have had Mr . Lytton Bulwer , Justiee _ Talfourd , Mr . Amos , the celebrated jurist , and all eminent men , who have reported facts of crimes committed by the potions which clearly show that to wink at the different ways in which such poisons may be used would only lead to imminent danger ; I , therefore , do say that , upon the showing of such men as Bulwcr , Talfourd , and Mr . Amos .
the higher classes are completely in the power of the unprincipled , and It has come to this—• that he who has the greatest amount of property or pmer is in the qreatesl danger . ' -No one who closely examines this question will deny it to be so . We are told that there are now in France parties who will stop at nothing : —see then what a mighty engine these poisons of doctors arc in the hands of the wicked or designing . I say it is useless for doctors , or their friends to deny the fact—almost daily do we see in the newspapers some dreadful catastrophe , resulting from their poisons ; but doctors say that such poisons are essential to the cure of some diseases—this is a wicked lie—no , sir , poisons are' poisons , whether in the hand of the professional oi non-prefessional men—they only tend to prop the ' Guinea Trade ! ' and happy will be the day when they are sent to the tomb of all the capulets . If these poisons arenecesary to the cure of diseases how comes it that hundreds of- thousands of Ilygeists throughout the world have done without them for the last twenty-fiva years , and that we have some sort of doctors who repudiate them , such as the Hydropnthists , ic . Yours , Sic , London , Feb .-1850 . A HYGEIST .
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. ™~ . > .-y- :: rg . -- ^ •¦ ¦• jr ^ j ^ ----7-V- :: ^ - - Ma »* -i . aW Monday ^ February 11 . —Owing \ to the shorfc ' supply of Euglist wheat , this morning , ' there was rat her more inclination ' to buy oil the part of our millers , and ( hestands were cleared at fully last Monday ' s prices . Foreign ; wheat met with a' little better inquiry , at previous rate * . Flour sold more freely , but without alteration in prfceg . Finest English malting barley maintained its value ; but all other descriptions and foreign sold very slowly . Beans and peas unaltered . Ilye dull sale . The arrival of oats was small , in consequence of the boisterous weather , but the . trade continues to rule dull and without improvement in price . Unseed and cakes quite as-dear . Tare 3 slow sale . Ked cloverseed is offering more plentifully from , our growers ; and althoug h prices are nominally without change , there was but little doing to-day . White sted i 3 offerinelower . ¦ . *
. _ „_ ,, ___ ,. „__„ __ BbitTsh . —Wheat . —Ess » x , Suffolk , and Kent , red , new 3 is to 10 s , ditto white 40 s to iGs , Lincoln , Norfolk , and York , ahire red 32 s to 3 Cs , Northumberland and Scotch , white 32 s to 30 s , ditto red 32 s to 30 s , Devonshire and Somersetshire , red , —s to —s , ditto white — to —» , rye , 21 s to He , barley , 22 s to 24 s , Scotch 22 s to 24 s , Angus—s to — g , Malt ordinary , —s to' — s , pale' 50 s to 54 s , peas , grey , new 23 s to'J 4 s , maple 26 s to 27 s , white 23 s to 24 s , boilers new 26 s to 2 Us , beans , large , new 22 s to 23 s , ticks 24 s to 25 s , harrow , 2 os to 26 s , pigeon . 26 s to 24 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire feed , 15 s to 18 j , ditto Poland and potato , 17 s to 20 s , Berwick and Scotch , 17 s to 21 s , Scotch feed , 17 s to 18 s , Irish feed and black , 14 s to 17 s , ditto potato , 178 to 19 s , linseed ( sowing ) 50 s to 52 s , rapesasd , Essex , new £ 27 to JE 30 per last , carraway seed , Essex , new 26 s to 30 s per cwt , rape cake , £ i to £ 4 10 s per ton , lia . seed , £ ? 10 s to £ 10 10 s . per 1 , 000 , flour , per « uuk oi'MhOlbg , ship , 26 s to 28 s , town , 36 s to 888 .
Foreign . —Wheat . — Dantzig , 42 s to 48 g , Anhalt and Marks , 30 to 40 s , ditto white , 40 s to 42 b , Pomeranian red , 408 to 42 s , Kostock 41 s to 4 Gs , Banish , Holstein , an * Frieglnnd ) 30 gto 34 s , Petcrsburgh , Arehangel , and ui ^ , 32 b to 3 iB , Polish Odessa , Vlt to ' Us , Marianopoli , and Ber . dianski , 32 s to 35 s , Taganrog , 32 s to 34 s , Brabant and French , 34 s to 36 s , ditto white , 38 s to 42 s , Salonica , oOg to 33 s . Egyptian , 23 s to 2 Gs , rye , 20 s to 22 s , barley , WiKHiar and Kostock , 18 s to 21 s , Danish , 18 s to 22 s , Saul , 2 Us to 24 s , EastFrlesland , lCs to 17 s , Egyptian , 15 s to 16 s , Danube , 15 s to 16 s , peas , white , 23 s to 24 s , new boilers , 2 ostb 26 s , beans , horse , 22 s to 23 s , pigeon , 24 s to 25 s , Egyptian , 22 s to 24 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed and black , lls to 15 s , ditto , thick and brew , 16 g to 20 s , Riga , Petersburgh , Archangel , and Swediih ( Jl 4 a to 16 s , flour , United States , per l !) 01 bs ,, 22 s to 24 b , Ham . burgh . 20 s to 22 s , Dantzig and Stettin 20 s to 23 s , French per 2801 bs ., 32 s to 34 s . Wednesday ^ - February IS . —With the market bare for grain , we are very dull for every article , without alteration in price . ..
. _; . _ Arrivals this week : — Wheat—English , 450 quartergj . foreign , — quarters . Barley—English , 1 , 010 quarters ; foreign , — quarters . Oats — English , 4 , 840 quarters ; foreign , — quarters . Flour—40 sacks . Richmond ( Yobkshibe , ) Feb . 9 . —We had a large supply of grain this morning , and a great quantity unsold . Wheat sold from 4 s te 5 s 3 d ; oats , Is 8 d to 2 s lOd ; barley , U 2 d to 3 s Cd ; beans , is to 4 s 6 dper buehol . BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are ftoiu 6 d . to 7 d .: of household ditto , 4 jd . toSJd . per libs , loan
CATTLE . SMmirreto , Monday , February 11 . —The supply of foreign stock on offer to-day was very limited , and of but middling ^ quality . Fresh up to our market this morning the arrivals of homered beasts were but moderate . Their general condition was , howevei'i ipmewhat superior to those exhibited for some weeks past . Owing to the unfavourable state of the weather for slaughtering , the beef trade ruled exceeding inactive , at barely last Monday ' s quotations ; the top figure for the best Scots was 3 s . lOd . per 81 bs ,, at which a clearance was not effected . From Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , we received 1 , 940 Scots and short , horns ; from the northern counties , 380 short-horns ; and from other parts of England , 750 Herefords , runts , Devons , &c . The Scotch supply was only 120 head . Comparatively speaking ,, the numbers of sheep were small . As the arrivals of dead meat fresh up to Newgate and Leadenhnll have fallen off , the mutton trade ruled steady , at Friday's im . provement in value of 2 d . per 81 bs . The primest old downs sold at from 4 s 2 d to 4 s 4 d per 81 be .. The supply of calves wasngnin limited ; while the veal trade proved tolerably firm , at last week ' s currencies . In . piga very little business was transacted : but we have no change to notice
in value . Head of Cattie at Smitofibld . — Friday . —Beasts , 794 j sheep , 8 , 480 ; calves , 125 ; pigs , 280 . Mondaj .-Beasts , S , 146 ; sheep , 16 , 3 flG ; calres , 63 ; pigs , 175 . Price per ttono of 81 bs . ( sinking the offaL )—Beef , 2 * lfldto 3 b lOd ; mutton , Si Od to 4 s Od ; veal , 3 s 2 d to 4 s Od ; pork , 3 s 4 d to 4 s Od . Jiewqate and liEADENHALL , ifonday , Feb . i . —Inferior beef , 2 s 4 d to 2 s 6 d ; middling ditto , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lOd ; prime large , 3 s Od to 3 s 2 d ; prime small , 3 s 2 d to Ss id ; torso pork , 28 Od t » 3 s 4 d ; inferior tnuiton , 2 s Gd to 2 s 8 d j middling ditto , 2 s lOd to 3 s Od ; prime ditto , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 6 d ; veal , 3 s Od to 4 s 0 d ; small pork , 3 s 6 d to 4 s 0 d '; per 81 b , by the carcase . ovisiojfg _ Losoos , Monday . —Without activity in out mavket last week , there was nothing of importance passing in Irish butter , and prices scarcely varied . Foreign : No improvement in quality , demand , or value . Bacon : Irish singed sides were less dealt in * and the turn cheaper . American nearly stationary in demand and price . Hams and lard as lastreported . ¦ , English Botter Mabkbt , Feb . 11 . —We have no alteration to notice , except that old Dorset butter is now become almost a dead letter with us , the only demand being for new milk butter , which asyet appears in only smaUquantities . Dorset , fine new milk , 101 a to 108 s per cwt . ; ditto , fine old , 80 s te 84 s ; ditto , inferior , 56 s to 70 s ; fresh , 8 s to-13 s per doz . lbs .
POTATOES . Southwabk Watebhbe , Feb . 11 . —The arrivals the past week coastwise have been limited , notwithstanding which trade is heavy , and in conscqueheeof . the . je'T Jal e'e suPP ^ y by rail , it is with difficulty the following prices are sustained : —Yorkshire ltejents 90 s to 120 s per ton ; Wisbech ditto , 70 s to 100 s ; Scotch ditto 70 s to SOs ; ditto cups , 60 s to > 70 s ; French Whites 70 s to 80 s ; Belgian G 5 s to 75 s .
FRUIT , VEGETABLES , &c . Covent Gahden Market . —The supply of vegetables pretty well kept up , and fruit for the most part is sufficient for the demand , except hothouse grapes , pears and apples , which are scarce . Tine-apples are also less plentiful . Filberts and walnuts are abundant , and chesnuts plentiful . Oranges and lemons are abundant , and there are some good Seville oranges in the market . Amongst vegetables turnips and carrots are good . Cauliflowers and broccoli sufficient fov the demand . Potatoes are unaltered since our . last account : foreign ones fetch from 50 b to 70 s per ton : 'Lettuces and other saladingare dearer , and so are mushrooms . Some French beans , asparagus , seakale , and rhubarb , may be obtained . Cut flowers consist of heaths , pelargoniums , bignonia venuata , primulas , camellias , cinerarias , Christinas rose ? , azaleas , lilacs , lilies of the valley , epacrises , acacias , and roses .
SEEDS . LoxDoy , Monday . —The operation ? in the seed market were of little interest . Clover was more pressingly offered , and secondary qualities of red were rather cheaper , In other sorts of seeds no change occurred ; but the demand for almost every article was slow .
TALLOW , HIDES ASD OILS . Taliow , Monday , Feb . 11 . —Since Monday last our market hns ruled vere inactive , and prices havo farther receded 3 d to Sd per cwt . To-day P . Y . C . on the spot is sellingat 37 s 6 d to 37 s 9 d per cwt . We have offers , but no buyers , ofnewT . C , deliverable up to the end of the year , at 39 s per cwt . Town tallow is 37 s per cwt . net cash . Fough fat is 2 s Id per 8 Ib . Advices from St . Petersburg , to the 26 th ult , state that prices of tallow owing to the improved tone of tho hitters from London , had advanced to 115 and 116 roubles , with hand money . Leadesiiall . —Market hides 5 Clb . to C 4 tt > ., ljd to lid per 1 b . ; ditto 641 b . to > 721 b , lid to ljd ; ditto 72 fl > . to " SOJb ., 2 d to 2 id ; ditto 80 R > . to 831 b ., 2 Jd to 3 d ; ditto SSlb to Ofifl ) ., 3 d to 3 Jtl ; ditto 9 GB ) . to 104 B ) ., 3 id to 4 d ; ditto lOilb . to 112 Jb . 81 d to 4 d ; caltskins each 2 s Gd to 3 s Gd ; Horse hides 5 s to 6 s . Linseed per cwt . 31 s 9 d to 32 s ; rapeseed English refined 42 s Od to —s ; brown 41 s Od ; Gallipoli per ton . 50 f . ; Spanish 50 ? . ; Sperm 821 . to —1 . ; bagged SSI .: South Sea 311 . 0 s t « 33 / . ; Seal pale 39 J . 10 s to —I . : do ., coloured ,. 3 ?/ t . ; cod 30 f . to Sit ; cocoa nut per ton 38 Z . to 401 . ; palm , oil .
COLONIAL PRODUCE . Toesdat Evening . — Sugar . — The market has again opened for the week with a downward tendency , and although the importers of Mauritius showed firmness by buying two-thirds of the 9 , 000 bags offered , yet a decline of 6 d was established on the partsold , also on 700 bags Bengal . 3 S 0 hhus . only of West India sold to-day , the prices of which were about those of Friday last . Refined market dull grocery lumps 49 s to 51 s 6 d . Coffee . —The market has become unsteady ; good ordinary native Ceylon sold after business hours yestoi'duy at 06 s ; to-day , 59 s has been accepted for a smnll parcel , at which they are now reported buyers , and the quotation iso 9 sto 6 i's . About half of the plantation Ceylon offered in public sale was bought in ; the remainder sold at Is decline .
Cocoa . —A small part only of the Trinidad and Bahia was sold in public sale . Cotton We are without transactions to report to-day ... Indigo Ths . quarterly sile , containing 14 , 30 ;) chests , commenced to-day . The attendance was good , with a fair demand . Middling and good middling description were most ill demand , while ordinary and low sorts were rather dull of sale , Also Madras and Kurpahs , 565 chests aold . Compared with lust October sales , wo quote good and fine Bengals 4 d to Cd advance ; middling Bengals Cd to 7 d advance ; . ordinary and Jow Bengals 4 d to 6 d advance ; ordinary Oudes 3 d to 4 d advance ; dry leave Madras 3 d to 4 ( 1 advance ; erdinrrv Knrpihs 4 d advance . Rice . —The demand has somewhat improved to-day , Bdm remains dull . Tallow continued quoted at 37 s Cd . Tea—The market lias been steady . In other articles no material alteration ; but there has been a general heaviness hanging over the markets . "WOOL .
Cur , Monday , Feb 11 . —The imports of woo ] into London astweek were only 704 bales , including 536 bales from Sydney , 60 from the Cape of Good Hope , 100 from Buenos Ayrcs , and 8 from Italy . The public sales of Coloiiial wool begin next Thursday , and the quantity at present declared is 12 , 800 to 13 , 000 bales . A fair business is doing , and . opinion rules in . favour of the article , in wftich there have been some purchases for shipment . . Liveiipooi ,, Feb . 9 . —Scotch . —There hasb ' een a moderate business doing in Laid Highland wool at our quotations ; white is also more looked after . There is not quite so good a demand for Chevoit and crossed , but the stocks are light , and holders firm . : Foreign . — There is still a good inquiry for most kinds at full price . The public sales commence in London on the 14 th inst , when about 12 , 000 bales will be offered . Thero will also be sales here on the 1 st of March , " when , ilboufi 2 , 000 hales will be oft ' ered of different sorts . . Imports , for the week 263 bales ; previously this year 5 , 556 bales . .
. COAL . Muxdat , Feb . 11 . —Factors veryfirm : and-without any alteration in price since tliis daj fortnight . Stewarts i '« - Heltons 19 s ; Kelloe ISs Cd ; Braddylls 18 s Gd Eden 18 s ' Wjlam 16 s Od ; Lambtons ISs 6 d . Fresh avvivals 124 -lef ' from last day 299 . Total 423 ; . " * " * > . .
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Actual State of Wobks at Westminster Paiace . —TVe walked from one end " of the enormous building to the other , a few days ago , and were grieved by the air of desolation which everywhere prevailed . Had we known nothing of the truth we should have fancied that the builder had gone wrong , and that a messenger from the Court of Bankruptcy was in possession—a result , by the way , which would very probably have bee . h brought about , as we shall show presently , if the builder had been a man of less substance than Mr . Grissell . To a very large portion of the building nothing whatever has been done for four years ; there it stands in carcase , just as it did four years ago . The first contract , commenced ten years since , is
positively not yet wound up . In the Commons lobby the scaffolding is standing exactly as it was eighteen months ago , and there are no orders yet given for building it .. In the Commons' library tnere had not been a man at work for two or three yearjj till last week , when three or four joiners were sent in to take down some pedestal presses which had been put up . Our readers who understand these things will Laugh when we tell them that the whole number of joiners now employed on the building is thjrty . The House of Commons has been standing still for six months . The Commons' refreshment room , again , i 3 exactly as it was one year and a half ago , and as it will be one' year and a half hence , unless the Commons themselves permit it to proceed . —Builder . Tighe Island lv the Pacific—On the 16 th of last October , her JLije 3 ty ' s steam-sloop Gorgon , Commander Paynter , took possession of Tigre Island in the name of { he Queen , in consequence of
the Honduras government refusing to pay their just debts , and returned to the commander-in-chiet' on the station , leaving a party of forty-six officers and men on the island . Rear-Admiral Hornby , how' e « er , Laving disapproved of the steps taken by the commander , despatched the Gorgon from Callao on the 14 th December last to Migra Islaiidj to embark the party , and to surrender the . islatid . . ' Income axd Phjopebtt TaX ;—It may not be generally known , that by the income tax 5 and 6 Viet ., every parish or township is liable to make good any loss occasioned to the revenue by the , default or failure of the collector to-pay over the monies he has received . An instance of this kind has just occurred at Maryporfc , where a eupplementary assessment has been made } levied , and collected . npon the inhabitants , "in consequence of ^ the collector having inisapprb priated * ome of the ¦ momes received by iim .. . , , ' .
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8 THE NORTHERN STAR . Febb ^ t 16 , 1880
Immense Success Of The New Remedy , Which Has Neveryet Failed.—A Cure Effected Or The Money Returned.
IMMENSE SUCCESS OF THE NEW REMEDY , Which has neveryet failed . —A cure effected or the money returned .
Prin^D. By Williamkider, Offlb. 5. Macciesfiekustreef.
Prin ^ d . by WILLIAMKIDER , offlb . 5 . MacciesfiekUstreef .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 16, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1561/page/8/
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