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ermpOH-IN-ASHFIEU ) . —The Ashfield i » WTMiedAnrieni Druids , No . 215 held a ^ fea si brother Kirk ' s , the Crown and Wool-WklnLSuSon-m-Ashfield , on Monday evening , E 3 i iminffd 3 of sztj brethren sbd friends sat tin » a ffi 054 eccsllent and plentiful dinner . ifcsfiB cloth ¦ sras drawn , Mr . C . Plumbe , printer , realfeaio the chair , and harmony was immedij ^ KSBBeBeeds sadTO 360111 * 1111 ^ -without interscan ! a Isie hour . A great variety of toast ? b ! sefijssns were given , Intermixed -with k a 33 jofET ^ jairs . beautifully executed , by the ia ^ ss , songs . &c The brethren and frientis ^ mssaiighlj plaased -with their evening's
enjoy-^ fiSLISIE . —Mi . COBDES AXD Co 3 a ) SEL &SSOS . —Sliese two worthies reached here on Sjadaj the 5 ih inst ^ at eleTea o ' clock in the eyen-? $ . Qmilarshad been sefit to aD the members of fel £ S | ne , aBd other exertions ssed foi thB purpose Sa'nJ a good mnsier for their receptioB . I ? Pt-^ I ^ CTiWiWa , only abcat sixty or seventy periS 2 as ^ Wed at the Coffee Honse Assembly Boom , resaiter passing a Tote of thanks to thosa two SufenisL 1 ihey agreed to inriie them to a public
feiia » tmthB foBoTccg morning . The host was MJthahe might etfelj prepare breakfast for 400 ^ SEBilhalf-a-erown ewh . Kext morniDg bills "EBuidslj circulated annoimenig the breakfast at fe o ' clock , and ibongh masy tickets irere distri" GedjTSSB , noi mare than from svctg to seventy ^ n&als "were present . So nmch for the increase si prcEperityofiheLe&gne in Carlisle . Up to e present time not more tssn £ 300 has been snbsabed here , though one firm alone gaTe £ 100 oa a
inner occasion . JTOTHNGfHAM .- —Chctch Bates . —On TtdDesflay , the Hth instant , the large parish of St . &r £ s was liroim into a state of great excitement Jrfcslebe discorered thai an attempt would be Bkca 3 ! imi 5 iiaT 20 obtain a ehnrch rats . The Lfcs dlis ease are , tiiat Su Mary ' s Church is erfediail 3 upper szxmes , and Dr . Wilkins seemed feas » Kthat Ms parishioneis were al ? o cracked [ htSErEpper 5 fcorie 3 , bnthow far he was justified isin % ^ asSait £ ring nsction to his sou l will be ssirSsibal state of the poll . On Tirarsday | » saB { , jae 8 iiannbers"were assembled , and Tipon JKjj Jeioiig ^ opeBed , the Testry was immediately
c ^ Wj-botJaeonjegaeaice of the Church nnder-S £ J > ganrjbe meedng was adjourned : o ihe an Idi ; sad the Sev . Br . Wilkins , Archdeacon O o ^ ghsau Prebendary o ! SonthweB , " ^ carof XMsrjya 3 tector of Sl Paul' s ^ and Incumbent i&tlhiBgs cfParBsSeld , Wing , Lowdham , Wal-&aa , &t it ijoj- j } , chajj . according to law , and EWfflBd than that £ 3300 was wanted to Tepair " rr ^ T ' sGnireh . This inforraanon was received * = a load cries © f "Same , skaae , " and produced t ^ fla Jj * confusion , which was increased by vimvm s , ( SmrAwsxden , rnforming them that SSSS ! ° _^? P ^' &V ^ ^ d £ 1 ^ 60 to pay
SKrjoatSTrMch they had incurred ; he proposed t 2 Sf ^ ILSd - ** V ° ™> d . ^ r . J . J . Page * SM * a Jfcr Mr . & Beggs lose to propose an ^™ aft , irf he -ms called to order by the « a ^ n , f « eaffing tshurch rates ioignitous j he graatotlns rate both as to time and principle , 5 ^* 55 si . outrage npon decency to attempt to w 3 - ^ te » "ffllfl 3 t thousands aronnd them 3 ^^ raig the greatest privations and distress ; ShSfSL ^ ihe ptople , for the Chnrch g ^ tsftnxt eighi and ten millions per year to 5 « t the people , and yet told them thai they were &S 5 ? x eierdse theiT ^ hts-this Charch ^ . " v ^ oesithe enemv of th * nnnr « t , ^ it -n ^ =
fS ** o ?» o » A for Bnth Mate . He moved as ^ ggwit , "That this meeting regard all fedrtw ¥ ™? 1 lit 0 D 5 asd ^ jastj and Uierefore ^ n ^ L ^ i question be adfonrned to that day ' Sfi ^ i ^ Heai 7 ^^ D seconded it , , SfB ^ fcJ " S 311160 ^ refused to prnit tothemeetsS-iSS ^ S ^ peast ^ -load calls ^ ere made * 5 h * 5 ^ chab ' ^ ck he also refused to ' afc ^^ ¥ was greeted with cries of "V"W ?^ * more P ^ 8 »>< 1 fewer par- , kit tb » T ? " ^^ Pastor feeding his flo ck , " - ^ aito ® again rose and told him that ^ hHmnrS ^ ^ Pecimen of priestcraft , ' * & £ ? ^ Vr . Waana be rWectfnlly ! jg « . *>*»» the cbaj , but he stDl refused to * Q ai bI , ^ sproceeding to take the votes , * iptSP J ^ imdd- against it nntil a check . &m ^ fk ^ 3- - Morrison was then i ^ J Kt ^ , ^ the P 011 continued until J * & ** " 'dock , when there was § £ a * SUie ...... _ ] 45 1 ™ 4 Biendment tpi
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Pbel ' s Ibtsh Whiskey Dxmffi . —Donegal jail ifl full of illicit distillers , committed for a breach of the revenue laws . As Ibish provincial paper has the following startling announcement : —** A list of the subscribers to the reword / or the murder of JameB Scully , Esq . appears in om columns of thi 3 day !" Axokgsi the applicants for relief at tbeChelmsfora board on Tuesday -week , -was a female named Poole , fr 8 in WriUle , aged 36 years , who had been two years a grandmother , having a daughter married , now in her 19 th year . Thjs pcbijc lunatic asylnms of the kingdom amoniit to 25 . The private licenced houses number 120 , and contain about 5 , 600 persons of all ranks ; of these houses , 32 , containing 2 , 500 patients , are within the metropolitan district . ___
Interestksg to Bacheloes . —The Poor Law Gommissionera observe , in their sanitory report , that "marriage improve rather than diminishes j the probability of life . " i Pbofitablts Piety . —The keeper of a London gin-! shop , named Thomas Williams , concludes one of j his advertisements b y saving , that , ** in conseiquence of no business being transacted on Sunday , [ he hopes to meet with the support of a discerning I public . " The Amkb 3 C 4 S iron trade is increasing japidlj . In 1842 it employed 27 , 000 men , and turned out 191 , 530 tons of pig , and 112 , 856 of bar . Bbtush Cigaks . —At Worship-street police-office , j on Monday , a young man named CharkB Nash was I charged with hawking cigars without a license . It appeared that the cigars were made from rhubarb leaves , and called by the prisoner * ' British manufactured cherootB . "
vak Dikmes ' s La >~ d . —Botasicai . Gahdes . —We learn from the Launceston papers , that arrangements are being made for establishing a botanical garden in that town , the local government having granted to the inhabitants seven acres of land for that purpose . Ths "Dsios Woekhoi-se , Newcastle , now contains Sve hundred inmates^—Beariy double the number that were admitted on the erection of the building ; the pressure of the times having gradnally filled np the vacant accommodations of the establishment . Thibiees iabge vessels are ai present fitting with the Archimedean screw , among which may be mentioned the Great Britain , now building at Bristol , a vessel of more than 3 , 000 tons burden , the Battler , government frigate , and three French ships of war .
Ths CasQebar Telegraph says , that the peasantry of the baronies of Gallen aud Costello have entered into a resolution not to p&y their Roman catholic pr irsts , under an impression that they have been instrumental in imposing on the people th _ - burden of a poor-rate . Much jot has bkes excited in the Principality of South Wales daring the last few weeks , by the report that the Messrs . Bailey , of Nantyglo , had discovered the seam or vein of iron ore , so well known in Scotlond under the name of Mushefs Black Band , that name having been deservedly given to it in conseqnence of its having been first discovered by the celebrated metallurgist of that name , Mr . Darid Mashet . It has recently -been discovered in the Anthracite district of the
neighbourhood of Swansea , Glamorganshire . —Cambrian ,. Yvss Caused * t Lightning . —The whole of the southern part of Wiltshire was visited on Monday night and early on Tuesday morning with a very severe storm of thunder and lightning , and a fire , caused by thelightning , broke out in a newly erected barn and skllling in the occupation of Mr . Thomas Parham , of Knook , which were completely destroyed , There were four sheep in the skiDing , and the poor animals were scorched to death . The barn , ¦ which ws 3 of extensive dimensions , and had only been finished last autumn , was filled with barley , all of which was consumed by the flames . The stock was insured in the Globe Office . The building ( the property of Lord Heytesbury ) was uninsured . —Bath Journal .
A C 0 HKESP 05 DENT , who writes from Corstautinople , states that an atrocious murder had been committed by the Khan of Bokhara , in Central Asia , on two British officers—namely , Colonel Stoddart , formerly attached to the British legation in Persia ; and Capt . ConoHy , the author of a wellknown book s > T travels in the east . It appears that these gentlemen , travelling through the country , were seizsd a 3 spies , and that both were beheaded in the market-place—Colonel Stoddart first , and Captain ConoLy after , the latter having refused to save his life by renouncing Christianity .
EXTBAOBDINABT ilECHAjUCAL INVENTION . A gentleman residing at Milton next Gravesend , a native of Faversham , who for many years carried on an extensive business at Ramsgate , after eleven years study , b . a \ 3 succeeded in completing sorce machinery , which will , when bronght into use , he imagines , snpercede the aid of steam-power . It may , he thinks , bs applied to clocks of any description , require no winding tip when put together , and will continne going so long as the material last . The Hekklxg Fisheht . —In Orkney the herring fishery has been very successful during the last month , pariicnlarly at Lewis , where herrings were selliag a" week ago at the low price of oi . a cran . So great has been the success that we hear the fishermen have been under the necessity of stopping for a time , owiag to the want of the means of preserving anymore .
Distress jn Paislet . —We understand the Provost on Friday lagt gave in his resignation as chairman and convener of the relief committee . In giving hi 3 reason , he states in substance that it is in consequence of the relief committee being unable longer to afford such an allowance to the unemployed a 3 will -preserve their lives and prevent begging stealing , and other unlawful practices ; and further , because the only use of a relief committee is to prevent the existence of such a state of things . —Paisley Advertiser .
Thb Madrid Gazelle publishes a circular from the Minister of the Interior , ordering the political chiefs to convoke immediately the provincial depntationp , for the pnTpose of proceeding to elect members to Cortes . The electoral &ts are to be closed on tho 28 ih insL , and to remain posted until the 15 rh of February . The flections are to cammence on the 27 th February , in the chief town of each district , and the general examination of the ballots is to take place on the 10 th of MaTch in the capital of each
1 pr . Shocking Cibcuiistance . —On Thursday an inquest was held at the New Baiiey , before Mr . W . S . flutter , on view of the body of William Lippet , sixty years of age , who died on the morning of that day under the following circumstances : —The deceased , we understand , had beca employed by the Rev . Dr . Beard , to take care of some unoccupied property in Broughton , and in the last week in December , ia consequence of strong suspicions that he was not honest , Dfonnation was given to the county police , and an officer was sent to the premises to search the deceased's boxes . Whilst the officer was stopping down , and in the act of searching a box , the deceased took ihe opportunity of stabbing him with a gonge ,
inflicting several severe wonnds on his thighs and the lower part of . his body , from which he has not yet recovered . The deceased was immediately taken into custody , and lodged in the £ » ew Bailey , where he died at the time above-mentioned . The first witness called was Richard Walker , turnkey of the prison , who stated , that on Sunday , the 1 st of Jan ., the deceased and nine oiler prisoners were together in one lock-up , in the front part of the gaol , witness having the " care of them . Oae of lhe prisoners , a man named Watson , requested witness to lend him a razor , t © shave himself -ssith . It had been the practice for a . length of time for the prisoners to shave themselves , and witness Itnt him the razor Some time afterwards witness heard an alarm in the
lock-tip , and on . going immediately to learn its cause , fonnd that the deceased had cut his throat . He was at that time walking up and down in 'ha lock-up , defying any one to touch him , and exclaiming , ** Let me die , let me die . " Witness immediately sent a messeng r to Mr . Stott , surgeoB , who arrived in abont ten minutes . William Watson , the man to whom . the razor was lent , stated that after he and three other prisoners in tbe lock-up had shaved themselves , ihe deceased requested a man narr . e ; Wilkinson to shave him . Wilkinson did so , after which the deceased got the razor and wiped it upon his sleeve , and then put it to his throat aud said , " Good by , my lacs ; and tell them that it is the fault of the parson that this is done , " at the same
. instant drawing the razor backward and forward across his throat . Witness ran to him , and after s severe struggle got the razor from him , whilst the rest of the prisoners were shouting for the turnkey , ior . W . B . Stott , assisrant-stirgeon to the gaol , described the wound in deceased ' s throat as being three inches in lengta . The windpipe was-quite exposed , bnfe not divided . Several of tie muscles were cut through , but the principal vessels were saved . The deceased had , however , lost a great quantity of blood . Witness attended to him in tbe usual way , and after that he was pat to bed in the hospital of ihe prison . Oa the fourth day the wonnd was looking well , and as if it would quickly heal ; but the deceased was exceedingly unmanageable , and on the
sixth day the wound was again drawn open , and the first object in healing was quite defeated . On Sonday the 8 th instant , he wu put under restraint , but still continued to move his head and body , and the disturbed state of hJB intellect kept increasing until Ms death . Witness was of opinion that the decease wm insane . He had examined Ms head since death , and found disease of tbe brain , wMch appeared to have been going on for some time . It was iis opinion that ihe -deceased wonld have recovered from the effects of the wound , and that the deceased state of the brain was ihe cause of death . Tbe jury returned a verdict rn accordance with the opinion of the surgeon . The deceased was a married man . — Manchester Guardian ,
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Fibe in ths Old Kent RoAD .-rThe extent of damage arising from a destructive fire in the Old Kent-rord on Monday evening exceedB that of any fire in the metropolisfor some years past , as will be evidenced bj the official statement subjoined : —Tbe floorcloth manufactory belonging to Mr . Josiah Rolls , in which the fire broke oat on Monday , at three-quartera past six o ' clock , p-m ., was entirely destroyed , and three drying , stoves and outhouses at the back severally damaged . Injured to tbe extent of £ 10 , 600 , which amount ia distributed amongst the following offices , viz ., Sun , Union , Phcenix , York and London , Atlas , and Imperial . Tne
floorcloth manufactory of Mr . 3 . Goulson wholly destroyed ; stock insured to the extent of £ 2 , 000 in the Sun Fire-office , and building for £ 1 , 500 in the Licensed Victuallers . Private house , Ranger-place , occupied by Mr . Goulson , wholly destroyed . Furniture , part saved , insured in the Sun for £ 200 ; bnUding insured also in the Sun for £ 200 . Private house ^ Ranger-place , occupied by Mr . Gibbs , wholly destroyed . House insured for £ 400 , and furniture £ 200 , in Royal Exchange . Ale stores belonging to Mr . T . Mills , under Mr . Goulston ' s factory , eighty barrels of ale . destroyed ; insured in the Licensed Victuallers' Office . Several private houses adjoining received considerable damage .
Desperate Assault . —On Tuesday evening the turnkey of Kirkaldy gaol entered a cell in which were confined two prisoners—one for sheepstealing and another for some other theft—for the purpose of giving them supper . As is usual , he locked the door , and instantly one of them seized him by the throat and bore him backwards . Recovering himself , he struck the opponent a blow on the head with the key whichknocked him senseless on the floor . Immediately the other prisoner Beized him the same manner .
A severe struggle ensued , when the noise the combatants made reaching the gaoler , he came rnnning to the door , and the turnkey having got his knee upon Ms opponent ' s breast , while he held Mm down by tha throat with hi 3 left hand , opened tho door with the other and admitted the gaoler . The prisoners were then seenred and laid in iron * . There cas be no donbt that the object they had in view was to effect their escape , and certainly the turnkey deserves great praise for the intrepid manner in which he resisted them . —Caledonian Mercury .
Fatai Accidents . —The following loss of life took place at Grangemouth one evening last week . A sailor who had been onshore , in going along a plank to return to the vessel , which was lying in the canal , accompanied by a young woman , happened to lose Ms balance , and , catching hold of the girl , both unfortunately fell iuto the water . An old woman who was near the spot at the time of the accident gave the alarm , and , it is reported , rnshed into the water to lend her feeble aid to save the drowning conple . The captain of the vessel also plunged into the water for the same humane purpose , but perished . Exertions were now made by several people to remove the bodies from the water . The captain was taken out lifeless . The bodies of the girl and sailor were taken out clasped in each other ' s arms . The poor old woman was taktn out alive , but ia not expected to survive . — Caledonian Mercury .
A Council of French Ministers was held on Thursday , under the Presidency of Marshal Soult . It was reported in the Salle des Conferences of the Chamber , xhat the Council had taken into consideration the result of the discussion which arose the preceding day in the bureaux relative to the right of search and the Spanish question . The majority of the Cabinet appeared disposed to accept , in the address , a phrase expressive of a wish that negotiations might be opened forihe revision of the treaties of 1831 and 1833 . M . Guizot did not share this opinion of his colleagues , but held to their execution .
It is said that Sir Henry Hardinge purposes to bring forward several measures which he recommended when giving his evidence before the committee on military punishments . Among others , we understand that the comfortless stat 6 of the soldiers ' barrack room will be remedied , and that many of the useless and harassing regulations will be done away with ; for instance , a soldier is not allowed to smoke in his room ; he is not allowed to sit down on his bed , nor to mend his shoes in his room . Such absurd restrictions ought to be removed . Tfcecrowding together
of the men is also another annoyance : the rooms ought to better arranged , and not more than twelve or fourteen men should be put into them . We trust that these and manv more beneficial alterations may be introduced . We are , iowever , of opinion that nothmg can be effected to make the soldier contented while serving , except limited engagements , and an alteration in the issue of the bounty , so that the recruit may join free from debt , and commence his career on his full daily pay . —Naval and Military Gazette .
Railway Stoppage bv Snow , —As the Exeter mail was proceeding down the Southampton railway one night last week , the train , either , from the heavy fall of snow on the Hue , or from the inability of the engine to proceed further , was suddenly brought to a stand-still about seven miles beyond Woking station . Accordingly the tram put back to that station , where an additional engine was obtained , and the train proceeded on its way . When , however , within a short distance of tbe place where the stoppage occurred , it was again impeded bv the ; breaking of the
axle i f one of the engines , and again forced to put back to Woking . The mail was delayed by these circumstances upwards of two hours . Travellers u p - wards , from Devonshire and Cornwall , describe the fall of snow as very heavy dnring the night . The Dover and Hastings mails were behind time nearly two hours in reaching London from the depth of snow on the route . All tbe hills and valleys on the road to Tunbridge-Wells and Dover are heavily covered with snow , and Shooter ' s-hill has entirely changed it 3 aspect within a few hours .
Ikon Trade . —The usual quarterly meetings of the ironmasters weTe held doring the last week . The anticipations that a considerable demand wouid have arisen from the settlement of affairs in the East and the commercial treaty with Chrna , were not realized , having been checked by tho delay in the completion of the arrangements with Spain and Portugal , which caused hesitation on the part of purchasers of iron , while the expectation of their being speedily and favourably concluded induced the ironmasters and holders to be firm , and but few pales were effected and no very laTge contracts made . A confident expectation exists , however , that as spring advances , and the arrangements al ' uded to are completed , there will be an increased demand , with a full maintainance of present prices , if not a considerable advance . The sales made by needy individuais , under such suspense , cannot be considered to form a criterion of the market prices . —Birmingham
Gazette . Edinburgh Snow ball Riot . —On Friday , about twelve o ' clock at noon , the time when the medical students usually proceed to their respective classes in tbe High School yards by way of Infirmary-street , a number of policemen , amounting to about eight or twelve , were loitering about the last-mentioned place , when a few boys commenced throwing snowbalk at one another . Aa the students passed , a few of them joined those already eDgaged with the snowballs . Although we must confess wo saw no injury offered to eifher the property or the person of any one , howeveT , the policemen very rashly interfered , which made the balls fly thicker than before , and a number of the students took possession of tbe space within the walls of the Infirmary . The policemen being all the time in Infirmary-street , made a rush
at tbe gate , whsre a smart skirmish ensued between them and the students , which lasted some minutesthe policemen doing their best to make prisoners of the students . They were repelled , however , and pushed outside of the gate . One of them ran to the police-office foi more assistance , and soon after , Lieutenant Kerr and a reinforcement of police arrived , who weie loudly hooted by the mob , who had now begun to collect in large bodies . About one o ' clock there could not be less than 600 Btudents opposite the College . Snowballs were flying in all directions at the police , and all the shopa in the neighbourhood were closed . Several students were taken and then rescued by the mob . However , after several hours riot and fighting , the police succeeded in securing the most violent of the party , and at five o'clock tranquillity was completely restored . —Edinburgh Weekly Chrenicle .
Distbess of the Irish Faemebs . —At the Newry Qaarter Sessions , on Friday , Mr . Jone . , the assistant-barrister , in his charge to the grand jury , gave the following account of the increase of litigation , resulting / rom the protracted and still existing distress of tbe farmers : — "At the sessions for the present quarter , he h » d h ^ ard 30 U 0 civil bills—2000 at Mewtownards , and 1000 at Hilsborough . There would probably be another 1000 at these sessions , making altogether 4000 civil bill entries . There was a larger number of entries than ever he had known to be brought before him at the sessions for a single
quarter . Since he first came to this country there was a positive increase of one-fourth in the number of civil bill entries . The extraordinary increase on the present occasion he attributed to the very depressed state of the lower classes . Though the last harvest "was a most luxuriant and bountiful one , yet still , in consequence of the low price , it did . not afford an adequate remuneration . " This , let it be borne in mind , is the description given by a Tory Assistant-barrister of tbe condition of the farmers in what is termed tbe crack Protestant comity of Ireland . "—Dublin Evening Post .
Madaxb Vestbis ' s fiEAUTT . — The New York Theatre was crowded to excess on the first night of Madame Vestris's ( now Mrs , C . Matthews ) appearance , bat it was remarked that there was a want of lightness in her step , and an angularity in the contour of her face , which was attributable to advancing age . On the second night , however , her appe&rante completely contradicted this ' inference , for her movements were as elastic , and ber face as beautiful , as ever . —Fatigue waa the main cause of her being seen to less advantage the first night ; and its removal was no coubt owing to her high estimation and use of Holloway's Ointment , which is superlative in giving tone to the frame ; as well as of singular tfficacy in paralj sis , scrofula , rheumatism , gout , cancer , wounds ot all kinds , « to . Let all who travel provide themselves with this precious unguent .
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The Bodb light was exhibited , for the first time in Liverpool , on Saturday night . Within the last twelve years , Mr . Wombwell has bred and reared , within the United Kingdom , upwards of 130 lions . Inthe y eah 1816 the assessment of the hundred of Salford to the county-ratei was £ 918 , 397 . The last assessment , that of 1841 , reaches the enormous sum of £ 2 , 703 , 292 . The house of Representatives of New Hampshire have declared , by a vote of 111 to 106 , in favour of the total abolition of capital punishment . —Scotsman . '
The Militia . —We have good authority forgfcating that the militia for this county will be raised early in the course of the ensuing spring- ; that a ballot will take place , when they will be regularly embodied , and had up for twenty-eight days' training and exercise . Preparations are already making to carry this object into effect , —Liverpool Standard . The election of a representative for iWth Shropshire , in the room of Sir Rowland Hill , now elevated to the peerage , took place on Monday , at Shrewsbury , Lord Clive was the only candidate , and was elected without opposition . A company has recently been established at Birmingham , Connecticut , where pins are made at the rate of a million a day . The head and pin are one , and indivisible ; and , ' by the great improvements upon the European manner ' of manufacturing , the quality of the article is said to be far superior , although at a reduced price .
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NOMINATIONS . ' FOR THE GENERAL CO UNCIL . I I ,, " . EDS . 1 Mr . Squire Farrar , frm teror , 33 , Mulberry Place . Mr . William Mackavoy , mechanic , 'Silver-street , Water-lane . Mr . Mathew Garbutt , wea ver , 28 , Windsor-street , York-road . j Mr . John Ambler , potter , . Moor-street , Brewery Field . } Mr . Benjamin Knowles , joinor . Bowling Green Yard , St . Peter ' s Square . ; Mr . Jonathan Braysbaw , weaver , Stone Row , Camp Field . j Mr . George Bramham , flour-dealer , West-street . Mr . Thomas Fraser , carver , Pottery Field .
Mr . Samuel Boothman , bricklayer , Orange CoBrt , Orange-street . I Mr . James Ambler , mechanic , 2 , Gross Jo&mstreet , Meadow-lane . j Mr . William Baron , tailor , 7 , Plum-street , Leylands' j Mr . John Wilson , pencil-maker , 35 , Georges' Court , Georges-street . \ Mr Joseph Jones , shoemaker , Wheat-street York Road . | Mr . Neal Graham , baker , So vereign-stteet , Schoolclose , sub-Treasurer . j Mr . William Brook , tobacconist , 21 , Kirkgate , sub-Secretary .
LONDON—CHAllTIST SHOEMAKEBS . Mr . James Smith , No . 10 , Moor-square , Cripple gate . Mr . Miles Lake , Portpool-lane . Grays | Inn-lan » . Mr . John Banks , ditto . : Mr . Thomas Kearnes , 13 , Long AlIey , Moorfields Mr . John Hody , 3 , Can * square , Cripplegate . Mr . Edward LpDgwith , 8 , Peter-streeti Sun-st . Mr . Charles M'Carthy , Three Herring Court , Red cross-street . j Mr . Thomas Mills , New Inn-street , Curtain-road Mr . WQliam Wacer , Haberdasher-square , Milton street . ¦
Mr . Michael Newman , Milton-street . Mr . John Baxter , King ' s Head-court , Fetter-lane , Mr . William Long , Rope-maker-flt . rv . et , Moorfields Mr . Isaac Negos , Bell-alley , London-vyall . Mr . John Rogers , Bowling-alloy . ; Mr . John Tims , Tash-court , Gray's InWane . Mr . — Coxhcau , Portpool-lane . Mr . William Searle , Pinner ' u-court , Gray ' s-Innlane . ! Mr . John Richards , Carr-square , Cripplegate , sub-Treasurer , i Mr . George Greenslade , No . 6 , Ironmonger-street , St . Luke's , sub-Secretary .
CAMBERWFLL . Mr . David Elwards , tailor , St . George ' s-place , Water-lane . Mr . Edward Marshall , shoemaker , I 2 , Fevershamplace , Melon Ground , Peckham . Mr . John Simpson , painter , Elm Cottage , Waterloo-street , Camberwell . Mr . John Sewell , broker , Rockirigham ^ place , New Kent-road . t Mr . Richard Sevrell , shoemaker , South Lambeth , sub-Treasurer . ¦; Mr . Charles Dawer , brioklayer , 4 , Jane-place , Old Kont-road , sub-Secretary . ;
LOUGHB 0 B 0 UGH . Mr . William Stevenson , needlemaker , New-street Mr . Charles Payne , beli-foundfr , Wood-gate . Mr . John Smith , epar turner , Hi « h-street . Mr . John Hurst , framework-knitter , Wellington street . ' Mr . George Turner , ditto , Pinrold-gate . Mr . Thomas Eveleigh , grocer , Marketplace , sub Treasurer . Mr . William Sutton , warp-hand , Mpira-street sub-Secretary .
BADFORD . Mr . Thomas Ellis , cordwainer , Forest-side . Mr . Will-am Norman , dyer , South-street . Mr . William Shepherd , machine-maker , Bloomsgrove . Mr . Henry Cope , framework-knitter , Chapelstreet . Mr . ThomaB Wright , lace-manufacturer , Ilkestonroad . Mr . James Saunders , druggist , Donman-street , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Edward Wildbore , machine-maker , Turtonyard , sub-Secretary . SILSDEN . Mr . H . F . Mitcholl , whitesmith . i Mr . William Steel , hat manufacturer . Mr . Thomas Cowling , cartwright . Mr . S . Driver , nail-maker . Mr . M . Cinman , do . Mr . S . Dixon , do . sub Treasurer . Mr . William Mitchell , do . sub-Secretary .
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HOL 1 WPIBTH . —Mr : Abraham Gill delivered a brief hut interesting lecture on Sunday evening last , in the Wortloy-hill School ; subject— " The past and present relief of the Poor , and the invasion of England by William the Conqueror . " BURY . —Mr . James Leach lectured in the Chartist Working Men ' s Hall , on Monday evening , on the present distress of the country . BLACKBURN . —The North Lancashire Delegate Meeting was held here on Sunday . D » lega £ es present from Blackburn , AccriDgton , Padiham , Ojakenshaw , Burnley , Bacup , and other places . Letters jread from Clitheroe , Preston , fcc The necessity of engaging a district lecturer was introduced , and it was resolved that if money can be raised , a district lecturer be engaged . It was then moved , and unanimously carried ,
that Mr . Wm . Beesley be Jreqatsted to stop » n this district at the present , and become the lectured It was farther agreed that each locality be supplied with the plan of organ ' zition , and that another delegate meeting be held at Padihara this day five weeks , when it * ia requested all those places which have now joined the district , and all those places that are desirous jof joining , will send delegates . The greatest unanimity ] and good feeling were manifested ; each seemed determined to do his duty . The letters read were all of ! one spirit , willing to abide tbe decision of the meeting . ! There is every prospect of North Lancashire , with a little exertion , being again foremost in the agitation . Mr . Beesley will lecture on Monday , at Blackbiitn ; Tuesday , at Preston ; Wednesday , at Clitheroe ; and Thursday , at Padiham . {
MOBSLEY —Mr . Christopher Doyle , of Manchester , delivered a lecture here , on Monday evening last , on " War and Taxation . " The lecturer handle ^ his subject in an able and argumentative manner j and gave great satisfaction . Any Chartist lecturer desiriug to delivtr a lecture here must correspond with the sub-Secretary seven days previous , otherwise he will not be received . i HULEi . —Mr . Arran delivered an eloquent and telling lecture to the Chartists of Hull , in the Free Masons ' Lodge , on Monday evening last . He was listened to with the closeat attention , and the sentiments he uttered were responded to by loud plaudits . He sat down amidst hearty and lengthened cheers .
BRISTOL . —Chauxisx Youths—Mr . Bairstow , lectured to the Chartist youths ou Wednesday evening week , in compliance with a request made by them . Mr . B . delivered a most eloquent and instructive lecture , recommending the cultivation of the mind , particularly called upon the young men to abandon the Reading of novels , and dwelt with much ardour upon the necessity of reading the works of Milton , Paine , Byron , Channing , &C-, works which none could read without becoming both better and wiser . At the conclusion of the lecture , which occupied two hours in delivery , aud made a powerful impression on his auditors , j a vote of thanks to the lecturer was moved by Mr . H . Cook , seconded by Mr . Shrives , and carried unanimously . JYIALTON . —Mr . Kydd , of Glasjow , lectured here on Friday , in the Boy ' s School Room , Old Maltongate .
BOLUNWOOD .-Od Sunday evening | ast , Mr . Jeremiah Lane , of Manchester , delivered an interesting lecture in the Ralph Green Chartist Room , to a numerous andl attentive audience . Ho urged upon his hearers to adopt the system of Home Colonisation , as the best mtans of carrying the Charter . ; At the clese of the lecture , Mr . John Massey , of j Newton Heath , spoke for some time ; after which tbe Chairman introduced Mr . Wright , of Stockport , who } gave a most effective address . He spoke at some length in favour of Mr . Lane ' s plan of getting upon the | and , and concluded by calling upon his hearers to support the families of tfee incarcerated Chartists , assuring them that nothing tended so mu ^ h to lighten the sotrows of the prisoner , as hearing that his wife and : children WbTe not neglected . The tbanka of the \ meeting having been given to the several speakers , the meeting broke up . j
NOTTINGHAM . —The Chartists meeting at the sign of the F . O Connor , bave nominated the following persons as competent to examine Mr . Campbell ' s accounts , namely , Mewis . T . M . Wheeler ^ Ruffe } Bidley , J . G . Dron , Wm . Botwell , and John Watkins . WABJUNGTON . —The Chartists of Warrlngton having seen that it was tbe intention of Mr . T ^ icbinaon , the Manchester Packer , to decline public life as ' a Chartist lecturer , and knowing bis honesty aud zeal in the cause of liberty , especially in that town , call on him to persevere in the good cause . They recommend to examine the Executive ' s books , Mr . 1 . M . Wheeler , Mr Ruffey Ridley , Mr . J . G . Dron , Mr . William J BolwcU , and Mr . John Watkins . 1
NORTHWICH . — Chartist lecturers wishing to lecture in the above place are requested to give a week ' s notice either by letter or through the medium of tbe Star j they will also be required to produce -their credentials . It these tetraa ata not complied with , their services will not . ba accepted- .
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ABERDEEN . —A public meetiLg , called by advertisement , was held in the Hall , 83 , George-street , oa Wednesday week , to hear the report of Mr . Archibald M'Donald , their delegate , who alone with Mr . Wm . Chilton , Birmingham , represented the citizens of Aberdeen ia the Conference lately held at Birmingham . The Hall waa densely crowded , even to overflowing , and the greatest interest seemed to prevail throughout the immense throng , while Mr . M'Donald went over the principal matters which had come before the Conference , and which he explained iu a clear and masterly manner , very much to the satisfactiou of the meeting , who recorded an unanimous vote of thanks to him and Mr . Chilton , When Mr . M'Bonald had closed hiadiseourse , which occupied above twi > hoara ia delivery , Mr . John
Legge rose , and moved th © following resolution , which was seconded fcy Mr . John Fraser , and carried all but unanimously : — " That this meeting is of opinion that the Complete Suffrage Delegates , iu having withdrawn from the Conference , acted contrary to the principles and spirit of democracy ; that they being the parties who called that Conference , the object of which was to endeavour to unite the middle and working classes for the immediate attainment of universal freedom—bat when they , the Complete Suffragists , found themselves unable to carry their own particular plans into-operation , withdrew , we , therefore , in public meeting assembled , express our decided abhorrence at such dastardly conduet , being in our opinion extremely at variance with the common usages of every deliberative assembly .
LONDON . —The metropolitan delegate meeting waa held on Sunday afternoon , Mr . Knight in the chair . Credentials were received from Mr . Moy , for Lambeth ^ Mr . Pickeregill , from CHobe Fields ; and Messrs ; Rogers and Beck , from the Star . Golden-lane . Twoshillings and sixpence was received from tbe Horns , Crucifix-lane , for delegate meeting , and several small sums for Mr . Wild . A letter was received from a gentleman stating that be had made a present of » handsome pair of silver-plated candlesticks to be raffled for in aid of the Victim Fund , tickets Is . each ; and if upwards of one hundred were sold , he wonld also give to tbe winner a pair of snuffers and tray to match . The present was exhibited in the room and was much admired . The Secretary was instructed to
write a letter of thanks to the donor , and several tickets were disposed of . Considerable dissatisfaction was expressed at Uie nuo-utleudoncc of tUo delegates , ami the Secretary was instructed to write to their localities . Reports were received from several localities deprecating the time of the delegate meeting being wasted in useless discussions regarding tbe anti-Corn Law party , Mr . Rose moved , and Mr . Andrews seconded , " That the delegate meeting organize a Metropolitan Victim and Defence Fund for the defence and support of those who might become victims in the metropolitan district , or who may have been members of any London locality . " Messrs . Page , Humphries , Cuffay , Wheeler , and others pointed out the necessity of such a fund , and regretted that no active general defence '
committee was in existence , which might have superseded the necessity of such a step . The motion waa unanimouusly agreed to . it being distinctly understood that whatever surplus of money should at any time be in hand should be paid over to the general fund . Messrs . Cuffay , Simpson , Rose , Wheeler , Page , Humphries , Cook , Salmon , and Pickersgill , were then appointed a committee to superintend tbe above fund . Mr . Morris reported that a new l .-cality was to be opened the following evening at Hampatead , and requested the attendance of members . Mr . Maynard wished to substitute another motion in the place of that which ho had given notice , of ; but this being against the rules , Mr . Maynard moved tbe resolution adopted by the delegates at the Birmingham Conference with the
following addition , " we , therefore , recommend to the members of the National Charter Association to abstain from factiousiy interrupting public meetings of the people called for any plan of reform having for its object the principles contained in the Charter ; they deem it also necessary to warn tbe working classes against being led away for any plan which does not go to the root of their political rights" In proposing this resolution .- Mr . Maynard denied the charge of inipuie motives , which he asserted a daily Cbartist journal had attempted to fasten upon them . He was convinced that they must alter their line of policy according to the alteration of circumstances . Mr . Simpson seconded the resolution .
and Mr . Knight snpported it Mr . Andrews moved , and Mr . Rose seconded the previous question , which , waa supported by Messrs . Humphries , Christopher , Page , Mudge , Cook , Overton , Cuffay , Wheeler , and Morris , After an extended discussion , tbe amendment was carried , by twelve to six . Tbe sum of eight shillings and sixpence wa 3 paid for bills , &c for the roffie getting up by the committee for the benefit of the family of Dr . M'Douall . Mr . Page gave notice of a motion recommending the appointment of an individual to act as General Secretary , until one was duly elected . Mr . Cooper ' s plan of'Organ i zation will also be discussed on Sunday next . Tbe meeting then adjourned .
Mr . Wheeler addressed theCh&Ttists assembling at the Goldbeater ' s Arms , Homerstown , on Sunday evening , upon the " Pleasures and advantages to be derived from scientiac and literary pursuits , " and gave a brief ouUise of tbe sciences of astronomy , chemistry , geology , &c , aud dwelt at some length upon thnt most important of all sciences , the science of society , lhe address being rather novel in its character , was well received . Mr . Davoc , in an eloquent manner , illustrated tbe same suKject . Several pertinent remarks were made by M < r . Hodges who presided over the meeting . Mr . Humphries introduced the subject of the Central Hall , and various members spoke highly of the undertaking . Several shares were disposed of . Mr . SKelton lectured on Sunday evening to a u merous audience ., at tbe Clock House , Castle-street , neicester -square .
Hampsxead . —A lecture was delivered here on Monday evening , by Mr . Rouse , from London , who was met by Mr . Merrish , of Shoreditch locality . Another lecture will be delivered on ntxt Monday evening , at half-past . seven . Several persons enrolled themselves as members . The Camberwell locality met as usual on Monday evening tojtiapsact business , at the Cock Inn . Mr . Simpson was appointed agent for tbe City of London Political Institute , and Mr . T . Sawell will deliver a lecture on the principles of the People's Charter , at the above inn , next Monday evening .
Bebmondsey . —At the usual meeting , at the Ship Tavern , Long Lane , Bermondsey , on Monday , Mr . Woolard in the chair , the Secretary brought forward the balance sheet , which was audited and found correct . Mr . Maynard reported from delegate meeting . Mr . H . Foster was appointed to the office of subsecretary in the place of John Maynard resigned . All communications to be sent to Mr . H . Foster , 31 , Butler's Buildings , Horsleydown . OUSEBURN . —The Chartists of this locality held their weekly meeting in their room on Sunday morning ; Mr . William Dixon in the chair . The discussion was resumed on Mr . Cooper ' s plan of Organ i zation , which was brought to a close by Mr . J . Hall moving , and Mr . Bruce seconding , ihe following resolution , which was carried unanimously :
— " That this meeting having 'carefully read and discussed the plan of Organization , suggested by Mr . Cooper , and part of the delegates assembled at Birmingham , are determined to give it our decided opposition ^ and abide by the present plan , with the alterations suggested by the Editor of the Northern Star , of Deecmber 3 rd ., viz . ' That there be a paid Secretary at the present salary and an unpaid Committee of five persons to be elected annually , and sit in some central place in England to conduct the affairs of the Association . '" PETERBOROUGH . —The Chartists of Peterborough and Eye held their Hsual weekly meeting on Monday evening last , when the usual business of the locality was transacted .
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STOPPAGE OF THE BANK OF PAREEB , SHORE , AND CO . OF SHEFFIELD . ( From a ThirdEdition of the Sheffield Independent . ) Itis our deeply afflictive duty to announce the v ^ orst piece of local Bews that ever was published in Sheffield , —the st&ppage of the Sheffield Old Bank of Messrs . Parker , Shore , & Co ., that highly respected firm , who have earned and maintained until this time , a degree of public confidence such as no country bankers have exceeded . The disastrous intelligence iB conveyed in the following notice i—11 It is with the deepest regret that Messrs Parker , Sho re , and Co ., announce , to their much valued connection and the public , that , owing to the longcontinued commercial depression , and tbe heavy losses , which their banking-house has sustained in preceding years , they are under the necessity of suspending payment ; and they have also to announce to the creditors , that immediate steps will be taken to bring their affairs to a close . " Sheffield Bank , Jan . 14 , 1843 . "
This calamity will inevitably produce the greatest diemay and embarrassment , not in Sheffield only , but throughout the neighbourhood . The immediate effeot will probably be a panic and a run upon the other bank 3 . With regard to them , we have great satisfaction in being enabled to give an assurance which we trust will be muuh to calm the public mind . Tho stoppage of Messrs . Parker , Shore , and Co ., is not produced by any run , or sudden event . It is the result , as they state , of the longcontinued depression , which , by rendering business unprofitable , has prevented them from retrieving the losses of former years . The other banks , therefore , are not taken by surprise . They have had timely notice , and we are assured , on the highest authority from several quarters , that they are fully prepared
for any panic or any run that may ensue . From a well-iuformed source , we have the information that they are ready to pay at once every penny that can be demanded of them . Most serious , therefore , as the effect of tho stoppage of Messrs . Parker , Shore , and Co , must be , we feel satisfied that the other banks will stand firm , and' are ready to render all the accommodation which they can with propriety to those who may be embarrassed by the stoppage . With regard to the issue of this disastrous event we are also enabled to state that it is confidentially anticipated that the assets of the bank , aided by the property of the partners , will prove more than adequate to the payment of all demands . We believe that the affairs of the bank will be wound up under a fiat in bankruptcy . ,
Wo can&otconclndothis melancholy announcement without expressing our deep sympathy for the partners iu the bank , and especially for its revered head , Hugh Parker , Esq . Every man in Sheffield will feel that the calamity is infinitely embittered by the reflection , that his latter years should have been darkened by the foreshadowing , and by the consum mation of such an event . We trust , however , that he will derive consolation from the universal and heartfelt sympathy that will be elicited . He and
his partners will enjoy the satisfaction , not only of knowing that they have done all that economy and careful management could d p , to avert this disaster , but that the public confidence in their honour and integrity is unshaken , and will receive a new justification from the disclosures now to bo made . We believe it will be proved thut the partners have for several years made great personal sacrifices to sustain the bank . We have heard it stated that , for many years past , neither Mr . Parker nor Mr . Shore have drawn anything out of the bank .
We trust that the assurance we are enabled to give , that the other banks are perfectly prepared and safe , and the anticipation that ultimately the creditors of Messrs . Parker , Shore , and Co ., will sustain no loss , will tend to calm the public mind , aud save the town from the aggravation of tne original calamity which unbounded alarm would produce . We bave also seen the following communication ia re erence to this disastrous event : — " Iris Office , Monday , five o ' clock . 11 A large meeting of the merchants and manufacturers has been held in the Cutlars' Hall , this afternoon ; the Master Cutler in the chair ; at which it was unanimously resolved , ' That in order to prevent an increase of the distress consequent on tho failure of the Shtfficld Old Bank , the notes of all the other banks now existing in Sheffield shall be taken as usual . ' The paper containing the resolution was very numerously signed . '
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ARRIVAL OF THE BRITANNfA . Tho British and North American Royal Mail Steamer Britannia , Captain Hewitt , which sailed from Boston on the afternoou of the 1 st « and Halifax , on the night of the 3 d instant , arrived at Liverpool on Sunday night . She encountered dreadful weather during the passage , and felt the full effects of the hurricane on Friday last . She has , notwithstanding , made the voyage iu under fourteen days from port to port . We have received by the Britannia New York papers to the 31 st ult , and Baston to the 1 st and Halifax to the 3 d inst Their contents are not important .
The New York papers of the latest dates are filled with reports of the proceedings of the court-martial instituted for the trial of the mutineers of the United States brig of war Somers , ¦ which was sitting on board the North Caroline , at New York . The mutiny was the all-engrossing topic of conversation ; we have given an outline thereof in another column . Tho proceedings in Congress were of the ordinary kind . The subjects before it purely domestic , though allusion had been made te the Oregon territory , oii a motion being made for papers concerning it The Government seemed to ba blamed for having passed the subject over in tbe negotiations between them and Lord Ashburton . Toe general features of the money-market are described as remaining the same as at tbe sailing of the previous packet . Money was very plentiful , and but little in demand for business purposes . Specie was accumulating in the bunks .
A fair extent of business bad been done in exchange for the Britannia ; prices were not , however , firm . The rate on London was 105 ^ to 106 ; on Paris , 5 , 43 to 5 . 45 . The New York American in its money article for the Britannia , thus alludes to the state of affairs at the close of the year : — i "The year closes upon us without much , in out commercial aad financial situation , to look back upon with satisfaction , or look forward with hope . " The same general disease still pervades the country—the -want of a general currency , and the violent contractions of all local bsmks , which hove , in fact , in some portions of tbe United States , brought back tbe old system of barter , for want of any circulating representative of property .
" Congress bas been in session nearly a month , and , although a good deal has been done of routine business , nothing bas ever been said as to the schemes for receiving , safely keeping , and disbursing the revenue Of the Government , and incidentally of creating some sort of national currency ; nor do we , believe that any one of the various projects broached for these purposes stands the least chance of success . There remain but two months more of the session , and of this brief existence but little , "we apprehend , will be conceded to exchequer crudities . " The secretary of tbe Treasury ' s report shows , upon estimate , a more favourable prospect for the future than we had hoped for . He looks forward to a surplus iu June , 1844 .
" The bankrupt law ib still irt jeopardy in Congress , though the effoit to repeal it entirely seems to meet greater obstacles than were anticipated . We incline to the opinion that it will not be wholly repealed , though it may be modified by striking out tho voluntary clause , aud possibly by extending its general provisions to corporations issuing money . " No movement at all , indicating what may be in reserve as ta the tariff , has yet been made in either house . " The large sums in specie received by the Britannia steamer and ether conveyance , for the purchase of bills of exchange and cotton , have not affected the market as to the former . The latter was started somewhat by the general impulse given to prices in England by the China and India news . "
Tbe accounts from Kingston seem contradictory as to the Btate of Sir C . Bagot ' s health . The latent bulletin issued represented bis Excellency to be in a very low state . No later accounts had been received from Mexico ot Yucatan . There aTe recent accounts from Texas , but they axe unimportant . The Congreaa was in ses , * fcion .
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Operation of the tahifh on Reef . — -HAJiBnHGH , Jan . 10 . —In some recent publications the farmers of Great Britain are encouraged to think ( with the object of sheltering Sir Robert Peel from their indignation ) that the fall in the price of cattle is not all owing to the admission of foreign cattle under a duty ; and the small importation of cattle and pigs since the alteration of the tariff came into force is adduced as aa argument in support of this opinion . Tho farmers will do well not to calculate without their host . The exportations from hence , for example , of cattle and pi # s , were small during the last few months , because the farmers and graziers of Denmark , Holstein , Mecklenburg , and other adjacent provinces , were not prepared for the alteration . Their own interest will now induce them to prepare the means for sending both cattle and pigs to
England ia increasing quantities every year ; and no one in this vicinity will feel surprised to see this branch of commerce , in the conrte of a few years , carried on to an extent ten times larger than might be supposed * judging merely from recent operations . Mr . HowJit , in his recently published travels through Germany , utters a great deal of nonsense about the absence of meadow land and the miserable condition of cattle , merely because he appears to have been led to a part of Germany where grazing is not encouraged . If he had bent his way to the pravinces and districts above * mentioned , he might bave feasted his eyes upon meadows and cattle such as he has perhapa seen in no other part of the world ! It may be as well to add that Mr . Bowitt'e book itself has not yet reached Hamburg , and the foregoing remarks are suggested by the extracts which Borne of the newspapers have furnished . —Correspondent of the Morning Chronicle '
The most valuable op eabthlt blessings is good health , and thiB may often be destroyed by alight negligence , or preserved by simple means . We beg to refer our readers to Mr . Herman ' s advertisement , dsewhere inserted . We believe this gentleman to belong to an altogether different oentw from the brood of common quacks . ¥ &iti « qillffi& obtaining medical prescriptions 3 $ iC £ utn € g [] 0 fiflg 5 £ titioners have been extensive , / ri ( Sw 4 ^< ff ? 5 ( J ^ t large and respectable P * actfog » P $ spi |^ chemist . t'ltA-H ^ . M . J&xfxrw
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