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2 THE NORTHERN STAR. _ / Novembebj^ ]^
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EXTRAORDINARY CURES ur IOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT.
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The Frek-Tradkrs and their Workpeople, —...
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EXECUTION IN SPAIN. On the 28th ult. a n...
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An American Plenipotentiary.—In a report...
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Robbery at the Leeds Workhouse.—The reli...
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2 The Northern Star. _ / Novembebj^ ]^
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Extraordinary Cures Ur Iolloway's Ointment.
EXTRAORDINARY CURES ur IOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT .
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wonderful Cure of dreadful Ulcerous Sores in the Face and Leg , in Prince Edward Island . Tltc Truth of this Statement toot duly attested before a Magistrate . I , Hcoh Macdosaid , of Lot So , in Kinc ' s Caunty , do hereby declare , that a mast wonderful preservation of mj life has been effected by the use of Holloway ' s Pills and Ointment ; and I furthermore declare , that I was very much afflicted with Ulcerous Sores iu my Face and Lrg ; bo severe was my complaint , that th « greater part of my nose and the roof of my mouth was eaten away , and my l $ g had three large ulcers on It , and that I applied to several Medical gentlemen who prescribed for me , but I
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ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL OB ACQUIRED DEBILITIES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM .
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ties of matrimony , and who ever Mad tke misfortune dur their Mare youthful days . te he affected witb . any " f » r » of these diseases , a prions eomrse ef this medicine Is highly essential , and of the greatest importance as , « = re serieus affections are visitedjupem aa mio *"* "rife and fispring , from a want of thest simple ' precautitns . than perhaps half the world is aware « f-, for , itaustbe remembered , where the fountain is polluted , the streams hat flow from it cannot he pure .
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COUGHS , HO \ RSENESS , AND ALL ASTHMATIC AND PULMONARY COMPLAINTS . EFFECTCAM . Y CURED BI JKEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES . Upwards of thirty years experience has proved the infallibility of these Loxenges in the cure of Winter Cough , Hoarai-ness , Shortness of Breath , and other Pulmonary Maladies . The patronage of his Majesty , the King of Prussia , and his Majesty the King of Hanover , has been bestowed on them ; as also that of the Nolplity and Clergy of the United Kingdou ; and , above all the Faculty have especially recimmended them as a remedy of unfailing officacy . Testimonials are continually rt ceived confirmatory of the value of these Lozenges , and proving the perfect safety of their use , ( for they contain Ho Opium nor any preparation of that drug ;) so that tht-ymay be jiiven to females of the most delicate constitution , and children of the most tenderest Tears without hesitation .
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[ From the Gazette of Tuesday , Xovemher 10 J William Townbridge , Lawrence-lane , wollendraner—David Pattie . St Alhan ' s-place , Edgeware-road , stationer —William Allen , Wheeler-street , Spitalfields , saleboard manufacturer—Henry Godfrey , Milton , next Gravcsend , builder—William Bond , llolborn-liill , linseed victualler—John Biytli , late of Burges , Belgium , wine merchant—Itob-jrt Milner Jcrinan , Rocking , Essex , cliymist—Hit-hard Glower , Mitcham and Mordam , Surrey miller—Thomas Harris Beal , Whingham , Kent , grocer—Thomas Wyntt , Oxford terrace , Kiug ' s-road , Chelsea , builder—John Ball . Martiifs lane , Caunon-strcet , merchant—John Lamb , Oxford-street , haberdasher—Rosctta , Edershoim , Manchester , draper—William Imray , Liverpool , stationer-John Lester , I'cn-y . geUe-lodge , near Wexham , Denbighshire , farmer—Edward Pipes , Derby , plasterer .
A frightful case of a had Leg cured by Holloway ' s Pills and Ointment . —Mr . Thos . Clark , a retired captain from the South Sea trade , residing in Globe-lane , Mile-end , had had a bad leg for five years , there were about twenty holes in it ; several pieces of bone had come away , the limb was often the size of a childs body ; it frequentl y caused the most excruciating pain . The captain was told that his leg must be amputated ; and he , like hun dreds of others , has just got it soundly healed by means of these surprising remedies , which are infallible in the cure of all wounds , sores , and ulcers . Atmospuehic Changes . — Although changes in th e
temperature are more prevalent in the temperate zon than in other latitudes , there is scarcely a spot to be found where such great differences exist as in Great Britain , varying in a Isw hours some twenty degrees or more . The effect of such rapid changes on the bodil y health is very afflicf-ng to many thousands of persons , especially those in the middle and more advanced ages of life , causing attacks of those painful disorders , Sciatica , Gout , and Rheumatism . Happily for those who are afflicted with those painful diseases , chimical science lias produced that excellent medicine , Blair ' s gout and Rheumatism Pills . ,. _
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EaTKAOIIDINARY CREDULITY AND IMPOST UR Croydon . —A well-dressed , middle-aged woman , who save the name of Keziah Siddons , but who is better known in Croydjn as Anne Trust , was examined last week on the following charge : — MtssEUiabttthM . Dodo , deposed as follows : —I reside with my aunt , Miss Markley , who carries on the business of a stationer in Croydon . I know the prisoner . About last May she came to me and said that a young gentleman belonging to the East India College , at Addiscombe , was anxious to pay his addresses to me , and that he had employed her as his agent to convey messages and letters between us . She described him as being tall and fair , and said that his name was Anderson , and the reason assigned for the secrecy was , that if it were known that
he was corresponding with any young lady , the authorities might deprire him of his commission . A gentleman answering the description given by theprisonur had been to ihe shop , and she believed tho informa'ion made to her by the prisoner , and they communicated together from time to time upon the subject . Iu August , the prisoner showed her an advertisement in a newspaper to the effect that the communications were still to be kept up through " a friend , " and she said this advertisement came from Mr . Anderson , and referred to her . The prisoner told her that everything must be kept very secret , and it would be necessary , as her lover had been sent to India , and that she would follow him there to he married , and she , the prisoner , was to accompany her , and it was necessary that she should have an outfit . In consequence of this , witness gave the prisoner several dresses , and she said her lover was to meet her at Bengal , and they were then to bo married . The prisoner
then said she must have some money to prepare for the voyage , and witness sold out some stock belonging to her , and the first sum she gave the prisoner was £ 19 , and she afterwards gave her another turn of jG 15 . On last Friday week , upon the prisoner ' s r < presentation that everything was ready for their journey , ihe clandestinely packed up her clothes and left her aunt ' s house , and accompanied the prisoner to the Greyhound Inu , at Sutton , where they remained until the Wedn .-sday , and during that period she gave the prisoner another sum of £ 10 , but she returned her £ 5 . They proceeded from Suttun to the Bed Hill station of the railway , and from thence by train to Dover , intending to go to France , and proceeding by the overland routs to India , to meet her lover . While they were at Dover , however , gome gentlemen from Croydon overtook them , and the , prisoner u-as taken into custody , and the witness returned with her friends .
In answer to questions , the complainant said she had begun to have suspicion of the prisoner , but she was induced to accompany her on account of her threats of personal violence , and she repeatedly threatened to shoot tier if she broke her promise to go to India . Mr . Adams , who appeared for the prisoner , asked the complainant if she knew anything of the prisoner before this transaction ?—She replied , that she had known her for tivo years , and she added , that she believed she got her living by fortune telling , Mr . Adams : Has she ever told your fortune f—Complainant : Several times .
Mr . Adams : Did you never have the curiosity to make > my inquiry whether there was any young gentleman at Addiscombe of the name of Anderson?—Complainant : No , I did not , because the prisoner said , that if any inquires were made , il would Fpoil all ( roars of laughter ) . Mr . Adams : Then did you never see the gentleman , or have any personal communication with him ? Complain , ant : No , sir . The prisoner said he was tall and fair , and I recollected a gentleman answering that description coming to the shop , and that his name was Anderson , and this was all I knew about him , Mr . Adams : Then you actually started upon an overland journey to India , to meet ancl to he married to a gentleman whom you had never seen or spoken to upon the subject?—Complainant : I did , sir ( laughter ) . The prisoner , upon being called upon for her defence , repeated her statement about the young gentlemen bting in love with Miss Dodd , and said that the money was only applied to the neeessary expenses .
The magistrates said there was no doubt that the prisoner had acted in s most crafty and wicked manner , although at the same time they considered it was most extraordinary that a young woman of the age of Miss Dodd should have been so credulous as to allow herself to he duped by such an absurd story . They were of opinion , however , that the evidence did not support the charge , and they were therefore compelled to dismiss it ; but they , at the same time , remarked that they saw quite enough of the prisoner ' s course of life to induce them to caution her to be careful in future , or she might depend > he would get into a scrape , and receive some punishment . The prisoner was then discharged .
The Frek-Tradkrs And Their Workpeople, —...
The Frek-Tradkrs and their Workpeople , — -We are not much in the habit , says the Carlisle Patriot , of following the stronu temotation to draw a comparison every week between the misery of the woiking classes and the alleged prosperity in many of our manufacturing establishments ; but this week we cannot avoid directing the attention of our readers to the simple but harrowing facts which transpired in a case of death , apparently from starvation , before the Coroner on Monday last . An old man of seventyeight years died suddenly . He could not work , and one daughter did not seem to be occupied , so far as any evidence transpired , but rather the reverse as the Coroner ' s report states : — " His wife and one daughter wind bobbins in Messrs , Dixon ' s factory ; their uni ted earnings were on an average is . 2 d . per
week , Is . Sd . were lclt in the wareroom lor rent ; the remaining 2 s . 6 d was the only means of support for the whole family . During last week , however , their wages amounted to one shilling , after the reduction of rent , and upon this four human beings had to procure the means of existence for sevew days . On Friday their oniy sustenance was a threepenny loaf ; and on Saturday four halfpenny biscuits , three of which 'brraed the only food tho wretched family tasted that day , the fourth biscuit being reserved by the wife and children for the old man's breakfast on Sunday morning . " God help him ! He died—and as far as man can judge his fate , it was well ho did . But will some of these Free-trader ! tell how the bobbin-winders live upon this flourishing system of Free Trade which their employers have helped to
establish . The Land the Remkdt . —Thero is a feature of our Foreign advices which we regard with a lively and joyous interest . "We allude to the new British mode of dealing with Irish complaints and grievances . Instead of doubling the troops , or even the police , and passing Coercion bills , as would have been done a lew years since in view of apprehended famine in Ireland , the British Ministry has resolved to provide relief on a gigantic scale for the suffering Irish by Riving them employment . No new Poor-Law Bastilfts or Curfew bills , but new Canals , Railroads , bog-drainings . & c . Ac . —these are the means resorted to in preparation for an expected scarcity of food . Meal in vast quantities is sent into Ireland , and work devised at which the poor are to be steadily
and usefully employed until the crisis is past . Such is the new safeguard against the anticipated turbulence and sedition of starving millions ; who will say that it is not an improvement on the devices of former ai ; es ? Who does not see that it suggests still farther improvement ? How manythousand- ! on thousands is not England supporting in Poor-houses , year after year , who , with an acre and a cottage to each family , would more comfortably support themselves ? Why should not public charity , to all but incurably infirm , ultimately take this shape altogether , and secure to each unfortunate a place to live and a chance to work , rent-free and inalienable , instead of subsisting him at a heavy annual cliame in an alms-house ? Is not the principle susceptible of universal application f—Sew York Tribune .
invROVhUEHTs is TUB Abmy , —The 2 nd battalion of Grenadier guards , stationed at St . John ' s Wood barracks , commanded by Lt . Col . Sir 0 . Honyman , are now enjoying privileges formerly unknown in the British army : they have now a library that would do credit to any institution in England It consists of nearly one thousand volumes of various works ( the battalion ' s own property ) , including ancient and modern history , naval and military history , including the whole of the late campaigns in India , nearly all the new works of our modern writers , together with biography , geography , « te ., with the most excellent maps on a very large scale , maps of India , America , Great Britain , and all Her Majesty ' s colonies . The men arc furnished free of expense , with copybooks , pens , ink , and every accommodation in the library , so that the man who objects to go to the regimental
school may here improve himself . Those men who do not wish to attend cither school or library can have copy books in the barrack-room , free of expense , by applying to the pay-seijeant of their company . The daily and weekly papers are also taken in at the library , together with the monthly periodicals . Various sorts of games are also followed up in the barracks , such as cricket ( of which there is an excellent club , including many of the officers ) , racket , quoits , skittles , and foot-ball ; and in the evening , every accomodation is afforded in the library for chess , draughs , and dominoes , where tea or coffee is provided extra for those men who may wish for it . The members of the library ( which i " s open to all ) subscribe one halfpenny weekly , and a number of the officers have subscribed most handsomely to wards it .
Keatino ' s Cough Lozenges . —It is a prevailing opinion that all Proprietory Medicines come under the denomination of ( placktry , such is not the case . Having the milker's name affixed to the Government Stamp " is merely a guarantee against all Spurious Imitation of valuable Medicines , " and to copy that , subjects the imitator to transportation ; consequently as a safeguard to tlio public , the Commissioners of Her Majesty's stamps , have permitted the words KEATINO'S COUGH LOZENGES to be engraven in the Stamp affixed to each Packet . If all Proprietory preparations are to be classed under the head of Quack Medicines , "James ' s Fever
Powder , " Dover's Powder , " " SingletonVEye Ointment , " ' Battley ' s Sedativo Solution of Opium , and many others , which are constantly prescribed by the most cininent of the Faculty , would come under this denomination . Upon this subject the Pharmaceutical Journal , of the 1 st of August , 184 G , page 51 , under the head Pharmaceutical Quackery , states : — " The sale of an ordinary domestic Medicine may be extended by a judicious e position of its qualities and virtues , and we are not disposed to call in question the propriety of this practice , when nothing "hut the simple truth" is stated . THIS IS NOT QUACKERY , although it subj ects the articles to Stamp Duty .
The Frek-Tradkrs And Their Workpeople, —...
LOSS OF Al WHALING SHIP .-M ASS ACRE OF HER CREW . For sever J months anxiety has heen felt regarding the fate of a whaling ship , named the Cape 1 acket . Captain Powell , last from Sydney , and twenty-eight seamen , 1 er crew . We regret to state that mtormation has now been received from Sydney that tho unfortunate vessel ( which has been missing two years ) had fallen into the hands of the natives ot the New Hebrides , Sandwich Wands and thise belonging to her , excepting four hands , savagely murdered . The particulars have been reported by Capt . Jones , of the Barque Flizftbcth , which arrived at Sydney from tho New Hebrides , en the 9 th of June , having had a narrow escape of meeting a similar fate . From a native who was on board the Cape
Packet , but escaped the massacre , Captain Jonea learned the following particulars : —Two or three davs after the vessel ' s arrival , three boats were sent off to the shore for water , and while the crew were so employed , the natives attacked them , and every one ol them were killed . The canoes then pushed off to the ship , on board of which were Capt . Powell , ten English , and four coloured men . They were permitted to come upon deck , Capt . Powell being unconcioiis of the fate of those whom he had sent ashore . For a few minutes they behaved themselves in their usual friendly manner ; having surrounded their victims , the signal was given , and the slaughter
commenced . The attack was so sudden , that not the least resistance could be made ; the captain , with tho whole of the crew , were killed . The four coloured men were not molested . The bodies of the murdered crew were taken ashore and devoured . The ship was then ransacked and pillaged of everything of value . She had 700 barrels of sperm oil on hiard , but the casks were broken up for the purpose of getting the iron hoops ; and after stripping the ship , securing the fire-arms , powder , & c „ she was set on fire and totally consumed . Three of the men whose lives had been spared by the natives had managed to escape from the island in a canoe , and had been taken on board by a French vessel .
Execution In Spain. On The 28th Ult. A N...
EXECUTION IN SPAIN . On the 28 th ult . a notorious brigand , named Clavero , expiated a host of assassinations by the ignominious punishment of the garrote . Tho instrument of punishment is no other than a tourniquet fitted to a stake , against which the patient is seated ; an \ iron collar is passed round his neck , and after two or three turns of the screw , which is armed with Archimedean force , the culprit is strangled . Jose Clavero walked with the firmest step from his dungeon to the scene of expiation , courteously bowing to his friends and the surrounding spectators ; one would have thought that he was no more than an amateur observer of the scene . The priest exhorted him in vain ; he shrugged his shoulders , and smiled at the numerous pretty woman whom he descried . His coffin preceeded him , borne by penitents ; the scaffold was before him ; and yet , like Pieschi , he could joke and chatter . Arrived before the fatal stake , he leapt
rather than walked up the steps of the scaffold , examined the fatal machine with all the attention of a connoisseur , asked for a glass of wine , which he swallowed at a draught ; and then , taking off a handkerchief which hound his hair , be gave it to the priest , and begged him to transmit it to be his Pepa . All the priests obliged him to kneel , exhorting him in an earnest manner to reconcile himself to his God , whose image they exhi bited before him—in vain ! he turned away his head , and asked if they were going to tcizehim much longer . The curates at length left him , when addressing the crowd in a sonorous tone of voice , and with marked emphasis , he said , that "If he had had 2 300 reals to buy justice with , he should not be in such a plight . " He then sat himself down with groat nonchalance on the bench backed by the slake , and refused to have his face covered with a white cap wishing , as he said , to enjoy the fine spec tacle before him till the last moment . The cxecutioneer
applied the screw . Scarcely two seconds separated Jose from the great gulf of eternity , which he employed by calling out in a firm voice to tho Executioneer— " Screw tight—screw tight V An instant afterwards he had ceased to live , and the crowd separated with the following moral reflection upon the corpse : — "Eraun valiente , " —( He was » brave fellow , )
An American Plenipotentiary.—In A Report...
An American Plenipotentiary . —In a report of a singular case of bigamy , honourable mention was made of a Mr . Earl , one of the witnesses . Respecting this gentleman the Liverjwol Journal publishes the following interesting particulars : — Mr . Earl ' s life is romantic , aud one chapter of it relates to Liverpool . Some two months since he arrived here in a packet ship from New York , and although not encumbered with superfluous luggage , he patronised Mr , Lynn , at the Waterloo . lie had all the ease and elegant appetite of an accomplished gentleman , and tho cook wan delighted at having in tho hotel so admirable a critic of the productions of his cuisine . Be drank no wine but claret , save and except a pint bottle of champagne during the process of mastication , and his habits were exceeding regular . Like the Irish Dragooil of
¦ Was hington Irving , he gave the house a world of trouble , but everybody was delighted with him . He talked so pleasantly , and promised so liberally , that the waiter was delighted to obey his orders . To us he described himself as being the agent of a great American land company , the lessee of two theatres , the proprietor of one newspaper in New York , and the editor of another . Hii means were ample , and no one asked him for money . To the Mayor , en his arrival , he applied respecting the police , and he invite 1 half the Town Council , from time to time , to dine with him . Almost every day a guest or two honoured him to dinner , and the resources of tho Waterloo were sufficient to satisfy them all . Among other projects which brought him to England , was to nc gociate with the London assurance offices to open an
office in America , and , in the way of business , he appointed an advertising agent in the Goree . In his moments of leisure he sauntered up and do ^ YR Bold-street , and got quite familiar with several shopkeepers . To them ho represented himself as a man of fortune ; and by way of encouragement , he gave an order to one for £ 150 worth of ladies' stays , and from another he ordered a twenty guinea shawl , lie received them , but did not pay for them ! In due time , he announced his intentloa of departing , took his berth in the Halifax boat , and ordered his bill . He expressed his astonishment at the moderation of the charges , put the bill in bis pocket , walked out , and—did not return that day nor the next , He will no doubt return—for he is an honourable manpay the bill for the stays and for the shawl !
The Great Impostor . —Mr , Daniel O'Comiell has probably met his match ac last . His shameful alliances with the unprincipled Whig Government have hitherto been sanctioned by the Irish leadables as often as he chose to make them . But the young Ireland party have broken ground with him at last and they arc likely to get the better of the hoary Queenworshipping impostor . This is of importance . The great drag chain on progress in the British Islands has for the last 40 years been Mr . Daniel O'Oonnell . He humbugged and misled a people that could not be cowed and beaten dewn . But such has ever been the fate of the millions I—Albany , ( U . S . ) Anti-Renter . Better not to snow too much ov oca Ancestors . —It is an old saying that it is a wise clii d that know its ovta father . We may rather call that a happy child
that scarcely can tell who his own father is . So far from regarding a clearly traceable descent as a blessing , we look upon it as one of the greatest curses . What a throng of fools , villains , and spotted characters is heaped on that devoted head , which can count up a long string of ancestors ! What a real blessing it would be not even to hive known one ' s own grandfather ! for then all the horrors and shame of the past are buried in oblivion , and no one could upbraid us with the crimes of our ancestry . To take the highest family in these kingdoms for an example—Who would have dared to tell our present amiable queen , if history had not preserved the names and deeds of her fore-fathers , what a race she has sprung from ? What mad head would have dared to assert that her family annals present such a precious set of thieves , murderers—ay , murderers of their own kith and kin ,
quarrelsome savages , unnatural monsters , smotherers of innocent children , tearen out of eyes , burners of people alive , killers of wives , and perpetrators of offences that cannot be named ; a catalogue of characters so leprous with crime and disreputublathat no honest » weep would care to own kinship with them ! But history and a thousand pens have blazoned this everlastingly abroad , and has thereby , if we will but look sensibly at it , for ever unwcared all the mischievous mystery and proud pretensions of pure blood ; and satisfied us that if any man has an advantage in this respect , it is he who possesses the benefit of want of evidence against him , and , be his blood what it may , can boldly say— " Let him who can charge my ancestors with wrong , do it ; but I myself can charge the ancestors of the highest boasters of high blood with crimes which ought to hare been visited by the hangman or the axe . " We do not mean to assert this melancholy truth , and one which , for the happiness and dignity of humanity , has been too much overlooked ,
as affecting only our royal race , but as affecting nil royal and all noble rates ( socalled ) whatever . You have only to look through the most authentic records of any n » - tion , or of any family , to convince yourself that there is not a descent of a thousand , no , nor one of five hundred years , which is not crowded with such a throng of cruel , bloody , unprincipled , unnatural , murderous , covetous , lustful , traitorous , and godless monsters , as put the bare fiction of pure blood to the utmost shame , and teach us that it is not in the past that we are to seek for the honour of ourselves or human nature , but in the present ' , It is not from savage and ignorant antiquity , but from the civilised and christianised present , that we must win genuine distinction , if we ' are to have it : it is not from others , but fr » m ourselves . The course of true glory , like the course of population and refinement , turns not backward on the rising , but towards the setting sub . It travels not eastward , but westwaid . —Hampden ' t Hiitory of the English Aristocracy .
Brigands . The | mail from Corunna to Madrid was stopped on tho 30 th ult . by si band of brigands , and all the passengers were robbed , One person lost 10 , 000 reals ( 2 , 5001 ' . ) Mr . Macready read Macbeth to a largo audience in the Mechanics' Institute , Manchester , on Tuesday evening . The sura realised by the institution waa £ 50 .
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Robbery At The Leeds Workhouse.—The Reli...
Robbery at the Leeds Workhouse . —The relieving officers' rooms at the Leeds Workhouse were entered last week , and a sum of upwards of £ 170 was abstracted from the desks in the rooms and carried away . There can be little doubt that the robbers had been well acquainted with the premises , and the arrangements of the offices , from these two facts - . —First , the night chosen for effecting the robbery was the one immediately preceding the pay-day , when , of necessity , they must have had a large amount of cash in their possession ; and , secondly , no other drawers were broken open , except those of the two relieving officers mentioned . The Burglary at Ealing . —On Saturday , the young woman whose daring and singular rubbery of Mr . Jones , at Ealing , we reported last week , was finally examined at the Brentford Petty Sessions , and was fully committed for trial .
Fire at a Coach Factor ? . —On Sunday morning the coach factory of Messrs . Witham and Co ., Lincoln ' s-inn-fields , was discovered to be on fire . The surrounding property was sived with great difficulty , and for some time it was feared that every building in the city would be destroyed . The fire was not extinguished until property valued at several thousaud pounds was burned . Fihk at tiiu Victoria Hotel . —A fire broke out at this extensive hotel , Eustnn-square , on Saturday nicht , but , by the speedy assistance of a large number of the railway porters and constables , was extinguished before much damage was done .
Burglary at the Manchester Workhouse . — La » t week , some thieves broke into one of the offices attached to this workhouse in which the documents and papers are kept . eridently with the expectation of providing money , or articles of value . They were disappointed ; nothing but some bread and cheese rewarded their search . Attempted Suicide . —On Saturday a gentleman of long and high standing on the press , and who has lately filled the situation of official assignee in the Bankruptcy Court , attempted todestroy himself . The circumstance occurred on Friday morning about eight o'clock . The servant having called her master at the usual hour , he rose from his bed , but not having comedown stairs , the-maid , as was her custom in such cases , knocked again in about half an hour , to learn if anything was wanted . He replied that he did not want her at present , In about ten or fifteen
minutes afterwards , the servant again knocked at her master ' s bedroom-door , when she was told , in a weak and inarticulate voice , to come in . On entering she was horror struck to find her master hanging over the side of the bed , and holding his hand to his hand to his throat , in which there was a deep gash , and from which the blood was pouring in a copious stream . The surgeon found not only the throat cut with a razor , but a large incision also made on the left wrist of the unfortunate gentleman . Every possible assistance was rendered , and hopes were entertained of his recovery , There are various rumours as to the ^ motives which led to the rash act . One thing which may aid in throwing light on the causes which led him to attempt his life , is the circumstance of its having occurred on the first anniversary of the funeral ot his wife , to whom he was most warmly attached .
Fatal Accident . —Three young men who reside at the New British Iron Company ' s works , Abersychan , went out for a day's shootins ; on the adjoining mountain ; and on their return in the evening , upon descending a steep road , Parfitt being in advance a few yards , Wandsworth and Arnold following , the latter ' s foot slipped , and the trigger of the gun unfortunately caught in some part of his dress , the muzzle pointing towards Parfitt , the contents ( a heavy charge ) entered the poor fellow's back between the shoulders , and lodging in the heart and lungs , caused death instantaneously . An Inquest was held last week at Ilemsby , Suffolk , on the body ot ' a miller in that village who a few days before had while employed in his garden , accidentally overturned a skep of bees . The insects attacked the intruder , and stung him so dreadfully , that he died a short time afterwards . The jury found a verdict accordingly .
A Few days ago a ' man , employed at the paper mills of Echarcon ( Seine-et-Oise ) , had his arm caught by part of the machinery , and was drawn with his breast over the cylinder , highly heated with boiling water , and thus underwent the double torture of having his flesh burnt and his limbs dislocated . In this frightful state he lingered forty-eight hours , and then expired . Horrible Affair . —We have been informed that the master of the Ennistymon workhouse has been committed to Ennis gaol for having confined two little boys in the black-hole or refractory ward , and that having forgotten he had left them there , he found them dead when he went to look after them . — Limerick Reiiorter .
Suspected Poiso . vrxc . —A ease involving a strong suspicion of poisoning , which took place two years ago , has been discovered at Sutton-upon-Trent . The person , whose death is in question , was a larmer of Carlton-upox-Trent , Taylor , who died on the 2 Gth of November , 1844 . Some remarks having got abroad relative to the cause of bis death , orders were given for the exhumation of the body , and a jury was empannelled , which sat on Friday and Saturday last . From the evidence adduced it appeared that the deceased was unmarried , and that a woman named Elizabeth Smith , who was described as somewhat prepossessing in appearance , intelligent , and twentyeight years of age , took care of his house . In September , 1844 . Taylor was attacked more than once by severe illness " , during which hia housekeeper nursed him with great care , but he ultimately sunk
under the complaint and died on tbe day above named ; his disease , being , in the opinion of the medical attendants , ulceration of the stomach . After bis decease , the woman Smith showed signs of much mental suffering , and at length confessed to other parties that she administered mercury to her master at two separate times , which she put in his , coffee . It appears that a preparation of arsenic is frequently kept by the farmers to steep the wheat before « owing , and this preparation is commonly known among them by the name of ' mercury . " The witness who spoke to having heard Smith confess her having administered the drug , said that at the time she declared her only intention was to make her master ill , but not to cause his death , for which she felt great remorse . The inquest was ultimately adjourned that the contents of the stomach of the deceased might be taken to London for examination .
A Collector of tolls at Waterloo-bridge , who absconded with £ 25 belonging to ihe company , has been taken by the police at Chelmsford . It seems he had dissipated the whole of the money he ran off with , and on reaching Chelrhsford , and finding himself destitute , be gave himself up to the county police , and confessed the embezzlement , He was handed over to the Metropolitan force . A Wealthy Thief . —Last week Charles Donellan , a labourer of East Ham . was discharged from Ilford Gaol , where he had undergone an imprisonment of
twenty-one days , for stealing some cabbage plants at East Ham . It seems that in this case poverty was not the incentive to his crime , for on his being searched at the prison , the sum of £ 95 in gold was found upon him , and also £ 2 5 s . in a little bag . It appears that he had , on the evening he was taken into custody , drawn the money from the Barking Savings' Bank , and we understand he also possesses i ! 500 in the funds . He formerly kept a small shop , and was always noted for his penurious habits . — Etscx Paper .
Narrow Escape from Suicide . —A . determined attempt at . ' suicide was , on Monday , made by a sailor , named Thomas lumber , belonging to the Britannia East Indiaman , while under the influence of drink , lumber , together with his wife , came home late , and about half-past four o ' clock in the morning , Webb , his landlord , was aroused by a loud kicking noise in the passage , and on going down stairs to learn the cause of the disturbance , he found his lodger suspended by the neck with a rope , one end of which was fastened to the banisters . He was kicking and plunging about dreadtully , and his face was quite black . He was immediatel cut down , and
a surgeon was sent lor , and after bleeding and the other usual methods had been used , animation was restored , and he was taken to the Southwark Police Court . The prisoner , on being asked why he attempted so rash an act , replied that he had received his advance note from the shipowners on the previous morning , and having pot it cashed , lie was spending it somewhat freely when he fell in with a female , who he accompanied to a house in Tooley-street , where he had more drink , and he believed she must have put some deleterious drug in it to take away his senses , as when he got home he thought lie could not do better than hang himself , which he accordingly did .
Seduction , Desertion , and Suicide . —Bradford , I Monday . —A case of a most deplorable and heartless character , which has occupied the attention of a Coroner's Jury for several days , was brought to a conclusion , this afternoon by Mr . Jewison ,, the Borough Coroner , at the Wharf Hotel . The circumstances are briefly told . Between six and seven o clock , on Sunday evening last , an infant , carefully wrapped up in a shawl , was found lying upoiv the bank * of the canal . The suspicion being entertained that the mother of the child was drowned the canal was searched , and the body of a young woman , named Elizabeth Smith was found . In the
excitement that prevailed in the neighbourhood , it was reported that she deceased had ( the previous evening had a quarrel with a young man , named William Ellis , who was the putative father of the child , and that the tatal result had arisen trout this difference between them . Suspicions being entertained of his being concerned inthe deceased ' s death , he was apprehended and taken before the borough magistrate , who remanded him until the result of the inquiry . Ihe deceased was a native of Darlington , and worked at one of the factories in the town . Her only relation in the town was a brother . Ellis had paid lna addresses to the deceased , who was about
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nineteen years of age , and the foundlin" referrd was the result of their intimacy . He refused i ' ° ever , to marry her , and in con sequent *' information , with a view of affiliatin g the offsnV " was obtained , and served upon him , and would h 3 , heen disposed of on Saturday . Ellis had been acquainted with another young woman , alsoaf 9 tory girl , residing in lodgings in Wellington-st 3 and on Sunday the deceased saw them togethp Subsequently deceased and Ellis met , but Jf : transpired between them it is impossible to say t nothing was seen of the deceased afterwards , u'J ? her body was pot out of the canal . The priso J was present during the inquest , and conducted . self in a manner to create the utmost in dignationTf those present . The Jury , unable to obtain any f „ . ther evidence , returned an open verdict—" That the deceased was found drowned , but how she caia » into the water there was no evidence to show " The prisoner , on leaving the Court , was met b / a large mob , who , but for the interference of the policy would have inflicted on him severe punishment . '
The Late Murder at Bristol . —The Briu % Mercury contains the following particulars relatiTe to the murderess and her victim : —White , the de . ceased , was an Irishman , about thirty years of ag « during the last seven of which he has acted as a con ! stable in the St . Philip ' s division of our police ; ^ murderess , Ferris , is a married woman , with two children ; her husband was formerly a carrier , re , siding in this city ; but about twelve months a » o " in consequence of domestic disagreements , he sepa ' . rated from his wife , and went to reside at Mai hern near Chepstow , where some say he has a small pro , ' perty . White lodged and boarded with Mrs Ferris , and it is feared that an intimacy of an iV proper kind ) had subsisted between them ; to iV
, lousy arising out of which the dreadful crime ma ? very probably be attributed , We are informed that there are circumstances in the history of the unhata ™ prisoner , and particularly in relation to her con . nexion with White , which make her , to some extent an object of commiseration . She was married at the early flge of sixteen to her husband , Ferris , and had by him three children , one of whom has since died . We are assured by these who had the means of knowing , that her conduct as a wife was unexecp . tionable ; and that her separation from her husband rendered necessary by continuul domestic differences did not arise from any misconduct on bcrpart . After be had left her , her mother and stepfather consulted as to the best means of supporting her , and tW lurnisnea the
too * anu house in Lion-street , under the idea that , by taking in lodgers , she mHit half contribute to the support of herself and children In an evil hour tor them both , Patrick White , who ' had for a long time been acquainted with her went to lodge with her . He had before made overtures ot an improper nature to her , which she more than once rejected , and there is too much reason to be heve that he accomplished her ruin by means of drugged liquors . After a time she became pregnant by him ; and , it is said , in order to avoid the dis . closure of their joint dishonour , he prevailed upon her to
adopt means for procuring abortion . What his motive could have been in plying the two women with drink , on the day of his murder , and contrary to his habit , abstaining from it himself , can only be inferred . The remains of White were in . terred on Thursday afternoon , in the bury- ' ne-Tound attached to the New Catholic chapel , at Clifton . Notwithstanding that pains had been taken to keep the time fixed for the funeral as secret as possible , in . telligence of it got abroad , and many hundreds of persons assembled in the neighbourhood of the burying , ground to witness the ceremony . The chapel wag crowded to such excess as almost to impede the
performance of the service . Death from Reckless Driving . —On Tuesday , a young man in the service of Mr . Wheatley , coach proprietor , at Greenwich , met his death under reckless circumstances . The deceased and several shopmates had been to a supper , two of them stopped to speak before they separated . At the moment a light chaise cart containing two individuals passed bv at a rapid speed towards town , and before either could reach the footpath , they were both knocked down bv
the cart winch the driver did nofstop , but continued to drive at the same rapid speed " until out of sight . One of the men was carried to the nearest surgeon ' s where it was ascertained that he had received a fracture of the base of tbe skull , a severe scalp wound , and other injuries . He expired a few hours after . The other man is going on favourably . When the police were made acquainted with the circum . stances , a mounted messenger went in pursuit of the persons in charge of the cart , but owing to the time that elapsed , the delinquents effected their escape .
Cruelty to a Doxket . —At the county magistrates' office , Rochester , on Monday , William Tas sell , a blacksmith , living at Chatham , was charged with having poured boiling water into a donkey's ear . The donkey , belonging to a wood-dealer , wai passing through Rhode-street , when the defendant came out of the forge , and , holding the animal by the ear , poured the water into it | from the saucepan . The donkey , writing with agony , ran back some distance , and it became necessary to place it under the care of a farrier . The magistrates , after severely censuring the defendant for his cruelty , convicted him in a penalty of 20 s ., including costs . [ The wretch should have been flogged with a cat-o-ninetails . ]
Determined Attempt at Suicide . —On Monday the neighbourhood of York-terrace , Westminster , was thrown into a state of considerable alarm , in consequence of a report that a young man , who is connected with a respectable family in Gloucester , shire , had committed suicide . On inquiry it appeared that the unfortunate gentleman , whose age did not exceed 28 , had been estranged from the societv of his friends , and had abandoned himself to indolence and dissipation . An allowance to the extent of £ 19 per month was made to him , which he regularly re . ceived through the hands of the legal advisers of the family , a solicitor of Gray ' s-inn . Some time ago he became acquainted with a young girl , a dancer at the Opera , and who was known by the name of Ellen .
She continued to live with him for some time , joining with him in his excesses on the receipt of the monthly allowances , which was soon spent , and the remainder of the month they were often in a complete state of poverty . About a fortnight ago this girl received an authority to receive his allowance which , it is stated she did , and absconded , leaving her paramour in the greatest distress . He commenced selling what little furniture they had , the proceeds of which he spent in drink , and on Saturday repeatedly said he should not survive it . No notice was taken at the time , but on Monday morning he not appearing as usual , his neighbours became alarmed , and the landlord's agent went to the rear of the premises and discovered the unfortunate man lying weltering in his blood , which was fast issuing
from his throat , m his bedroom . The doors were broken open , and the wretched being , who was alive , but perfectly insensible , was conveyed to the Westminster Hospital , when it was found he had inflicted so severe a wound in his throat , that althou ° li the carotid artery was not sepaiated , but little hopes were entertained of his recovery . Alarming Fire near Regent ' s Park . —On Tuesday evening , between the hours of seven and eight , a hre of a very alarming nature broke out in the residence belonging to Mrs . Needham , No . 12 , Stanhope Street , Park Place , Regent ' s Park . It appears that whilst the inmates were in the drawing room they were alarmed by the crackling of wood . Upon examination it was ascertained that the unner room
was in flames . An attempt was made to subdue the flames by pouring buckets of water upon them , but the fire had already obtained a strong hold , and bursting through the roof the flames rese to an alarming height . Information having been despatched to the stations several engines speedily arrived . Unfortunately , however , the firemen had to wait upwards of twenty minutes' before any water eould be procured , and meanwhile tbe fire continued to descend down the staircase and through the flooring into the rooms beneath . Water naving at length been obtained , the engines were set to work , and the flames were by nine o ' clock entirely extinguished . The damage done is considerable , but , fortunatelv , Mrs . Needham was insured in the County Office . The origin of the fire could not be ascertained .
Serious Railway Accident , —On Sunday night last , an accident of a dreadful character took place on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway , near Kendal , which is likely to terminate in fatal consequences , A party of sub-contractors and other persons engaged on the line had gone on a pleasure trip to Shap , a distance of about sixteen miles , to celebrate the completion of the railway , and for that purpose procured two engines belonging to the company , we understand entirely without their consent . On returning , one of the eng ines went on in front ,
and arriving at its destination first , was incautiously left standing on the rails when the second cng " arrived . A collision ensued which dashed the first engine to atoms , and dreadfully injured those partis * who were on the latter , who were thrown off in ^ directions . One man , Smith , was dashed into tbe furnace of the engine , and dreadfully scorched an <* otherwise injured , so that no ho e remains of his recovery . Another person had his thigh lacerated , and others were injured to a great extent . The ea * gineer has absconded .
The Daoenium Murder . —Three of the polieem ^ who committed perjury before the coroner ' s jury ID this case have been dismissed from the police lore 6 ' The opinion of the Jaw officers of tbe Crown , w » been taken as to whether a conviction for P * 34 j could be obtained , and these authorities h ave b « cW that it could not as regards the men Bulfoy , * ¦» " £ and Stevens , because they Avere not on oath wi their first statement was made . As sCOll OS U" » opinion was received , th-e above-named consta were dismissed from tha iorce . With respect to * ¦ sons , Kempton , and another constable , no op > has as yet been given , they , therefore , remain . uu ^ the same surveillance , as heretofore ; but , as tn fence was committe . d out of the jurisdiction oi „ Central Criminal Court , they cannot be tried w » the Spring atssiz-es of March , in all P 7 l 0 ffn result of the epMre proceedings will not bo w » w until then .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 14, 1846, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_14111846/page/2/
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