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AN EFFECTUAL CUilB FOK 1'ILliS, FISTULAS , &c. ABERNETHY^S PILE OINTMENT-
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An Effectual Cuilb Fok 1'Illis, Fistulas , &C. Abernethy^S Pile Ointment-
AN EFFECTUAL CUilB FOK 1 _'ILliS , FISTULAS , & c . _ABERNETHY _^ S PILE OINTMENT-
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_ffhat a painful and noxious disease is the Piles ! nnd comparatively how few ofthe afflicted have been perraa-Eently cured by ordinary appeals to medical skill ! This , no donbt , arises from the useof powerful aperients too frequently administered by the profession ; indeed , strong internal medicine should always be avoided in all cases # ftMsconip laiHt . The proprietor ofthe above ointment , after years of acute suffering , placed himself under the treatment _oftliattmiuent surgeon , Mr Abernethy , was by him restored to perfect health , and thus enjoyed it fiver since without the slightest return of the disorder , over a period of fifteen years , during which time the same Ahernethian prescription has been the _nu-ans of healing a vast number of desperate cases , both in and out of the pro-: _xitietor ' s circles of friends most of which cases had been under medical care , and some of them fora very _cons iderable time . Aberaethj ' s Pile Ointment was introduced to the public by the desire of many who had been _per-Ictly healed bv its application , and since Its introduction the fame of this ointment has spread far and Wide } even fee Medical Profession , always siuw and unwilling to acknowledge the virtues of any medici . _ie not prepared by themselves , do now freely and frankly admit that Abernethy ' s Pile Ointment is not only a valuable preparation , but a never failing remedy in every stage and variety of that appalling malady . Sufferers from the piles will not repeat giving the ointment a trial . Multitudes of cases of its efficacy migbt be produced if tlie nature of the _complaint did not vender those who have been cured unwilling to publish Soldin c overed Pots , _ntts . 6 d . or thi quantity _ofthreeta . 6 < L pots in one for its ., with fall directions for use , by C sing , ( _Agentto tbe Proprietor . ) _X _« . 3 _» , Napier-street , noxton , NcwTown , London , where also can be procured every Patent _Medicine of repute , direct from thc original matars . witb an allowance on taking six at a time . * * * Be sure to ask for " _ABEIVNETHY'S PILE OINTMENT . The Public are requested to be on tlieir guard _ajainst noxious compositions sold at low prices , and to observe that none can possibly be genuine , unless the name of Kisg , is printed on the _eovern-nent Stamp afilxed to each pot , _< s . 6 d ., which is the lowest price the proprietor is _enabled to sell it at , owing to the great expense of the ingredients .
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CORNS A _« 3 > BUNIONS . PAULS EVERY MANS FRIEND , Patronised by the Royal Family , Nobility , Clergy , i-o . Is a sure and speedy Cure for those severe annoyances , without causing the least . pain or inconvenience . Unlike all Other remedies for Corns , its operation is such as to render the _cutting of Corns altogther unnecessary ; indeed , we may say , Ui « practice of _vutting Corns is at all times _highly dangerous , and has been frequently attended with lamentable consequences , _besides its liability te increase their growth ; it adheres with the most gentle pressure , produces an instant and delixhttul relief from torture , and , with perseverance in its application , entirely eradicates the tnost inveterate Corns and Rnuions . Testimonials have been received from upwards of one hundred Physicians and Surgeons of tho _greatest eminence , as wdl as from many Officers of both Army and Navy , and nearly one thousand private letters from the gentry in town and couutry , speaking in high terms of this valuable remedy . __ Prepared by John Fox , in boxes at 1 s . _l id ., or three small boxes in on < _9 for 2 s . 9 d ., and to be had , With full diree . tions for use , of C . KiKa . No . 3 t , _Napicr-strcet . Iloxton Xew Town . London , and all wholesale and retail medicine Tenders in towii and country . The genuine has filename of John Fox on the stamp . 2 s . 9 d . Box cures the most obdurate Corns . Ask for " Paul ' sEvery Man ' s Friend . " Abernethy ' s Pile Ointment , Paul ' s Corn Plaster , and Abernethy ' s Pile Powders are sold by the followingrespectable Chemists and Dealers in Patent Medicine : — Barclavand Sons , Farringdon street ; Edwards , 67 . St . Paul ' s Church-yard ; Butler , * . Cheapside ; _Newbciy , St . Paul's ; Sutton , Bow _chim-ii-yard ; Johnson , 63 , Corahill ; Sanger , 130 , Oxford street ; " Willoughby and Co ., 61 , Bishopsgate-street Without ; Owe- * , 5 J , Marcbm « nd-street _, Burton-crescent ; Bade , 3 ° , Goswell-street ; Prout , 229 , Strand ; Ilannay and Co ., 63 , _Oxford-street ; and retail by all respectable chemists and medicine vendors in London . _CacsTiv Agehts .--Bainsand Newsome : Mr Buckion , Times Office ; Heaton _Smeaton , Allen , Hall , Iteinhardt and Sons , J . C . Browne , 48 , Briggate , Thornton . 35 . Boar-lane , Denton , Garland , Mann , Bean , Harvey Haigh , ' late _Tarboitom Bolhmd aud _Kemplay , Land Moxon , C . Hay , 106 , Briggate , Rhodes , Bell and Brooke Lord , B . C . Hay , Medical Hall , Leeds ; Pratt , Blackburn . Newby , Rimmington . Mand and _WiUon , _ftogerson , Stanfield . Bradford- Hartley Denton _Wat-rhoiise , _Jepson , _Woea . _Syer , Parker , Jennings , andLeyland , Halifax ; Smith , Elland ! Hurst , _Cardwell , Gell and Smith , Wakefield ; Harrison , Barnsley ; Knonels , Thome , Brook , and _Splvey , Hud aer , _fidd ; Hudson , Kei 6 hl «; lK . fthoree . _Bernhardt . Kirton , Alcock , Baines , Burrell , Bell , Burton , Healey , Mel . son Freeman _Picberinp . Garlon , Williamson , Chapman , Hammond , _Wallis _, Walker , Broomhead , Noble , _ioster , Hardman , Stephenson . Weir , Brder and Barker , Hull ; Pipes , Keningham , Johnson , Barle , Cornwall , Robinson , Brigbam , Bmriev ; Brooks , Doncaster ; Matthews , Creaser _, Drifield ; _Casa , Coole ; Millner , Pickering ; Stevenson , Whitby ; Bolton , _Barnyard and Co .. Hargrove . Fisher , Otley . linney , York ; Marstou _. Bngg , Hurst ; Robson , Armitage , Ingoldby , Loni : bottom , Louth ; Wainwrieht , Howden ; Rayner , Smith , Burlington ; Horsby , Wrangham _, Jefferson , Molton ; Rhodes , Snaitb ; ChanipHv , Broomhead , Ireland , Buckall , Scarborough ; Smith , Furby , Bridlington- Adams , Colton , Pullen , _Selby ; Omblitr , Market Welghton ; Fleck Marsh , Rotherham ; Hattcrsley _, Ball , Officer , Barton ; Brown , Gainsborough ; GledbiH , Old Delph ; Priestmay , Fox , Poutefraet ; Dalby , Wetherby ; Slater , Bedale ; Dixon , Northallerton ; Ward , Richmond ; Ward , Stokesley ; _Feggitt and Thompson , Thirsk ; Xonkhouse , Barnard Castle ; Pease . Darlington ; Jcnnett , Stockton . And by all respectable Chemists and Mediciue Vendors in rverv ilarkef Town iu England . Wholesale _Agents;—Messrs Bolton , Blanshard and Co .. Druggists , Meeklegate , York .
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THE GREATEST SALE OF ANY MED 1 C 1 KES
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05 THB CONCEALED CAUSE OF COKSTIT 0 _TIOJTAL OS ACQUIRED EBILITIES OF THE GENERATIVE
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Part II . treats perspicuously npon those forms a diseases , either in tbeir primary or secondary state ' arising from infection , showing how numbers , through neglect to obtain competent medical aid , entail upon hemselves years of misery and sufferine .
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GOUT ' . GOUT' . I GOUT !' . ! The New Speeifie Patented Medicine for Gout , Patronised bt ) the Faculty , Nobility , and Gentry , < _tu . TIIE Discoverer of this Invaluable Specific has , after great study and research , proved , by facts , that this Gout Mixture is the only efficient remedy yet discovered for that excruciating disorder—the expensive pills and mixtures , daily puffed off , having proved a complete failure . This medicine claims a two-fold suoeriority over every other yet produe « d for tbe public good ; a certainty of tine , nnd a re-establishment of health , in a few days at a trittmg expense . No particular restrictions are necessary , the principal action ofthe medicine being confined to the Nerres , Muscles , and Tendons , and promoting a free circulation ofthe blood ; and it must be consolatory to those afflicted with Gout , to be assured that it possesses the medical powers of preventing the disease flying to the stomach , brain , or any vital part , and also prevents fits
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THE POPULAR MEDICINE . The following important testimony to the efficacy of PARR'S LIFE PILLS _hasjusfc been received by the Proprietors .
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WORTHY OP IMITATION . TO THB EDITOR OP THE NORTHERSt STAR . O'Connorville , August 2 nd , 1817 . Sib , —Tbe following -letter , received by our fellow
allottee , Mr Tawes having been read at onr weekly meeting , held in the school-room , July 27 th , I was instructed to forward it to you , and to beg the favour of its insertion in the Stab . Permit me to say that I concur in the views expounded by the writer , and that I hope ' other Institutions and individuals Trill follow the ex . ample ' bo _pralsewortbily set by the'Operative Library , ' I beg to subscribe myself , sir , yours respectfully , — Smith , Secretary . July 16 th , 1847 . _Deau Sir , —In accordance with resolutions passed at a general meeting ofthe different Operative Libraries in Nottingham , and its vicinity , I now take the
opportunity to address you , as you have lately left the more inmediate neighbourhood ; excuse me as a stranger in doing so It it the prevailing opinion amongst us and our members , that you have the honour to be one ofthe first pioneers in a great movement , intended to clear away the accumulated rubbish of generations long gone by , in fact to emancipate the working classes from most ofthe troubles they are heirs to ; to let England and the world see it is possible to raise ourselves in the couditiou of society without a bloody ' convulsion , or UBiog the ' argument' of tyrants to raise us from the slough of competition , and . place before us a comfortable independence , or at least give us a fair day ' s wage fora fnir day ' s work—a state of things so long looked for
in vain . Such being our opinion , it appears to us that a fearful responsibility rests with you and your fellow allottees , in the attempt to realise the hopes above indicated , while we agree , that en our part we should be neglecting our duty did we not assist you by all the meant at our command . As the cultivation ofthe minds of your companions must be of some consequence , and have a tendency to make them happy and contented , we have como to the resolution of lending you a certain number of books , not for a given _tims exactly , but until you have no further
use for tbem , or we may make application for their return , or probably until you can procure a library of your own . I must now request you to write as soon at possible , informing me the best way of send ng the books . We should likewise be glad to hear of . vour welfare , & c Mako what use you please of this letter . _Perhaps it might be as well to make it public , as other institutions might follow our example . Tours , truly , Henhy _Kraose , Secretary , To No . 1 Library . N . B ; I hear there are four Operative Libraries in Nottingham , snd one at Radford .
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TO C . P . VILLIERS , E 3 Q . , M . P . Sib , —I deem it my duty not only to myself , but to the _Blectora and _non-electors of the borough of Wolrerhamp . ton , to make a fen remarks on your conduct at the hustings , on the day of nomination , and to comment oi . tbe evasive , shuffling and unprincipled answers whicb you gave to the questions then and there put to you . In the first place , you were asked to explain _« the reasons why you voted against the Ten Hours' BUI V Your answer was , 'that you were not aware the workingclasses wanted less money for working for , than they have at present , that there are times of great commercial depression , when work is very scarce , and that it would be hard to prevent men from working as many hours as they pleased , when they could get plenty of employment . '
Sir , the above answer was a lame and miserable attempt to exonerate yourself from that foul stain which your Tote on the factory [ question has fastened upon your public character . It was a vafn attempt to justify your conduct in the eyes of the working classes . Apparently you are not aware of the fact , that the great bulk of working-men are politicians ; that their opinions hare undergone a complete revolution ; that whereas formerly they thought noue but your class ( I mean tbe aristocracy ) had a right to participate Sn legislative matters—they hare been driven by oppression to inquire why they , In the midst of plenty , hare suffered want , misery , and oppression % whilst your class has been enjoying not only the necessaries , but the luxuries of life ; and they have justly arrived at the conclusion tbat class legislation has produced tbis unequal and appalling state of things .
Bat , to return to the question ; your answer was partial and one sided ; you were aware ofthe fact that women and children were tbe parties for whose benefit the Ten Hours' Bill was projected , but you had not the candour , you had not the honesty , to state this fact to the meeting . Now sir , I BBk you respectfully , plainly , and candidly —do you not think ten hours a day more than either a woman or child ought to work in a close and unhealthy atmosphere ? farther ; would you like a mother , a wife , a sister , or any _ferule for whom you entertain _respectful feelings , to We compelled to work from twelve to fourteen hours a day in an unnatural and unhealthy position * God forbid tbat yen should be possessed of so small a share of humanity I If you are , I , for one do not envy your feelings !
In common with many of my fellow working men I believe that long hours have a tendency to reduce wages and tbat a diminution of the hours of labour would have an opposite tendency , and I wiH give you my reason for _entertaining that belief . Formerly we had at our oommand a good foreign trade ; at that time all the manufacturing power wo possessed was put Into requisition men worked like slaves b y night and by day ; machinery was improved and goods were manufactured without _regard to quantity ; master m anufacturers were amasslag large fortunes ; they thought this state of things would always continue , and they glutted every aarket they cotild command : _—manufactured goods became for agreatlength of time A complete drag , and the
cotue-[ quence was that thousands w _» re thrown out of employi ment and reduced to a state of extreme misery , destitution , and want ; a commercial panic ensued , and all classes of society suffered through the dreadful effects of over-production . How , sir , bad men worked short hours , and kept the supply of goods below the demand , they would have had _regm ar andsteady employment , at we _« . remunerated wages ; for Itis a well-known fact that wheBthe _aupplj of aojr descri ption of goods is kept below , the demand , tbe workmanship requisite to produce the same _enbancesjn value , and the workman gets well paid tor his labour ; for instance , witness the case of the Sheffield grinders . A . few _jeara ago they worked sixteen , eighteen , anfl _. ia hud * cases , twenty hours out of the _tweity-four , % nd cooM v _« Hh difficulty procure the _cwumomiBt ircc « s « rfiB & of life ; thk region waa their la _.
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bour exceeded the demand , masters laid ia heavy stocks of goods and tben reduced tbe men ' s wages . Well , tho men were so oppressed at last , that they were forced to make an attempt to better tbeir _oandltion ; they resolved upon trying short hours , and tbey flow work half the time they did formerly , and can live better ana get more money . The reason is obvious , they do not let the market get overstocked with tbeir labour , So much foi Ion ; hours , I now proceed to the next question , whioh is of paramount importance to the working classes , I mean the franchise . I asked you 'Ifyou would support a measure to confer the vote on every man unstained by any capital
offence wbo had attained to the age of 21 years V Tour answer , sir , was a complete equivocation . Tou attempted to make the people believe that you would gire your support to such a measure ; whereas , you claimed the privilege of doing just as you pleased with regard _toit _. The electors , according to your answer , bave no right to control you ; you claim the privilege of exercising your own judgment in opposition to their united desires , if they do not make their opinions square with yours . Tet you call yourself the representative ofthe enlightened constituency of Wolverhampton ! What do you reprr * sentt Why , your own views , and you claim the right to do so , 'i
Now , sir , strictly speaking , ought not an M . P . to be tbe servant of bis _coBstituents 1 If you were engaging a servant , and tbe day after you had engaged him , you requested bim to perform a certain duty , and he _said— _'l think I have a right to please myself , I caunot see the utility of obeying your command , and I will not doit until I am thoroughly convinced it will be useful , ' would you not consider him an insolent fellow 1 Tet this is exaotly the treatment you give your constituents . Now , sir , I ask you by what right you and your class deprive the working classes , who contribute a greater amount towards the maintenance of the State tban all other classes put together , ol the exercise of political rights ? Have tbey notthe same nioe and sensative feelings 1 the same susceptibility 3 the same _pswer of exercising their rational faculties ? and , finally , can they not vie with your class in point of conduct and general intelllgence ! ' ..
_Thft ) , sir , tell me from what authority , you and your class derive the power , the po _< _ner to degrade us beneath tbe dignity ef men , and rob us ofthe rights conferred upon u * by Ihe laws of nature and the unerring laws of God ? God made man equal ; your class has created an Inequality amongst them : ' All men are equsl In his sight , The bond , the free , the black , the white ; He life to all and being gave , But never , never , made a slave !' I now proceed to the last question . Mr linney _afkeii you , would you resign your seat ter Wolverhampton , in case you should be returned for South Lancashire ? You , iu the _mostungentleroanly way , attempted to hold Linney iip to the meeting as an object worthy of derision and contempt , for asking a foolish question , You said you were not aware tbat you had been elected far South L & RC & _shlre .
' Now , honourable sir , did you not know tbat you had given your consent to become a candidate for South Lancashire ? Did you not know that you were only making a convenience—a kind of tools—of the'enlightened constituents ' of this borough , who have cor < fidedso much in your political honesty ? Did you not know that you only came to secure your seat for Wolverhampton , in enseyou _ehouU be defeated in South _Lancashire ? And , finally , when Linney asked you the question , could you not have said— ' 'lis true I have offered my services to the constituents of South Lancashire , and , therefore , Mv Linney ' s question is a very proper one ; but I am not in a position to answer it until the Lancashire election terminates . '
Such a course would have been too _honestfor your parpose ; and , therefore , you made a vain attempt to make Linney appear a fool , to proveyouraelf an honest man ' . But the cat is now out of the bag—the question is properly understood . Linney ' s conduct is justified , and if you go to represent South Lancashire , you will have treated the electors ofthis berough with scorn and contempt , and will forfeit tbe confidence and respect of every honest man . Tours , < bo ., Thomas Almond .
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MIDLAND CIRCUIT . Ethew v , Mebbpith . —BBEicH or _PaouisK of Marriage .-Suing a Female , —Mr Whitehurst , in stating this case to the jury , said the plaintiff , Mr Stephen Ethel ! , was an upholsterer of Ann-street , Birmingham , and the defendant , a lady , residing with her brother in the village of Yardley , near that town . Tho action was brought to recover damages for breaking a promise of marriage . The parties were not acquainted with each other until the July of last year , when an intimacy was formed at tbe house of Mr Thomas Echell , a nephew of tbe plaintiff . Mr Stephen _Etbell was a widower of 45 , having a daughter about 21 , and the defendant . Miss Meredith , was about 30 , From this it would be seen that , there was no great or improper disparity of age .
After an acquaintance of some few weeks an attachment sprung up between the parties , and Miss Meredith intimated to Mr Thomas Ethel ) , the nephew , she contemplated a marriage with Mr Stephen , bis uncle , and requested that he would communicate with her brother upon the subject . He did so . Tbe brother of the defendant at that time approved of the connection ; and it was subsequently arranged that the marriage should take place in tho month of October . The defendant provided her marriage clothes , and the plaintiff proceeded to make the necessary arrangements for the nuptials . A short time afterwatds Miss Meredith declined to fulfil her promise ; and when requested to State the grounds of her refusal , she stated , ia the first instance , that her brother would not give bis consent ; and that the
plaintiff was too old ; and sbe did not like to marry a man of such an age . With respect to the plaintiff * age , he { Ur Whitehouse ) presumed she knew that at the time she entered into the engagement , but it was evident there was something behind . The plaintiff , in consequence of the conduct of the defendant , bad been the object of derision and laughter ; and thought tbat under the circumstance be could do no otherwise than bring the subject before a jury . The defendant had simply pleaded that she had not made any promise . That would be seen by the evidence he ( Mr Whitehurst ) should produce , Miss Meredith had secured the assistance of bis learned friend ( Mr Humfrey ) , whom , perhaps , they had frequently heard , or heard of , in cases of that description . His friend would , no doubt , attempt to laugh tbe case
outof court , and , if possible , be would get the jury to laugh with him . He ( Mr Whitehurst ) was fond of fun , and he had no doubt they would have a great deal of fun on that occasion . ( Loud laughter . ) His learned friend would ask them what wounded feelings a man of 45 could possess ? How it was possible that he could sustain damage by the loss of a matrimonial eennectiou with a woman of 30 ? Every case must , however , be judged by its own merits . The plaintiff did not ask for extravagant damages ; but although a man ' s feeliBgs were not so strong as those of a woman , still be bad his feelings ; and when injured and wounded , as they were in the instance now before tbem , it was the duty ofthe jury to award reasonable damages . There would , he believed , be no dispute about the facts , The only
consideration would be the amount of damages to be awarded to the plaintiff . The learned counsel proceeded to call th « following witnesses : —Mr Thomas Ethell said be was acquainted with Miss Meredith . Shu was on a visit at their house last summer . Mr Stephen Ethell visited there , and he and Miss Meredith became acquainted . The plaintiff became attached to her , and Miss Meredith received bis addresses favourably . He continued his attentions . At the musical festival , in Auguit , Miss Meredith was on a visit to the _plaintiff ' s daughter , She is 21 . The plaintiff Ib from 40 to 45 , and tbe defendant full 80 . During the timo the defendant was on a visit to the plaintiff she told witness that she was about to marry the plaintiff , and that there was only one obstacle , that was ber brother , Sbe requested bim te apeak to her
brother upon tha subject . Accordingly , one night at supper , aft « r they had been to a meeting of the Ohurch Pastoral Aid Society , the witness , addressing the defendant ' s brother , who was present , and in reference to the intimacy then existing between the plaintiff and defendant said , 'You see how comfortable tboy are together—( laughter ); now ' s the time to speak —( continued laughter ) ; if you baveany doubts now mention them . ' Defendant ' s brother said he had none , and that be was quite willing , if they were . —Mr Miller : What did you do theB ? —Witness : I got up and said , ' Qod bless you both together . ' ( Loud laughter . )—Mr Miller : What did the brother say 1—Witness : So sar I . ' ( Roars of laughter , ) It was afterwards arranged that the marriage should take place in October , oh the plaintiff ' s _birth-day
so that both the birth-day aud tbe marriage _, day might than be kept together . ( Groat laughter . ) Subsequently the defendant said it would be too soon , and the day remained unfixed . —Cross-examined by Mr Humfrey : Why , you do jour respected uncle injustice , don ' t you ! Was he not the son of William add Mary Ethell '—Witness : He was . —Hr Humfrey : Is he net near 50 ?—Witness : No , I believe he is not . Mr Humfrey : Is it , then , the custom of your family to be baptised before they are born ? ( Laughter . )—Witness : So , I believe not . How ean they * ( Laughter , )—Mr Humfrey : Why , was not your _respected ancle , according to the registry I hold ia my hand , baptised in tbe year 1800 ?—Witness : 1 don ' t know . I don't beieve him to be 48 or 49 years of age . I went to school with him , aBd I am 40 . —Mr Humfrey - . This thoughtless young man became acquainted with the young lady in July , and
made this proposal after a meeting of the Pastoral Aid Society ?—Witness : Yes ; that was on the 1 st of Sept ,, and the marriage was appointed for October . I do not believe Mist Meredith is more than 30 , because my wife went l » school with her , and _sh « is 29 , —Mr Humfrey - . Yes ; but you know that Is no criterion . Yoa went to school with your respected uncle . ( _Laughter . _J—Wltness I do not know that my uncle got 301 . out of the poor girl for ber wedding clothes . I believe two other actions hare been brought arising out of this _affairs-No I for an assault ; No . 8 , tw slander ; and , new , No . 3 for a breach of promise tfmarriage . I do net know that the girl is of weak infWfct , or different in mind toother _you _« g women . She has , 1 _beUave , some propevty .-Mr Humfrey : I thought eo . _Afrtfsome further evidence , the ease for the plaintiff was closed , and Mr Humfrey addressed the jury . He never remembered , In his _pv »« _tlc » cf _mdiaj , a case in whieh a man brought an
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they would , by their verdict , _aanetfott wh an action i The Plaintiff had come there to get money out of tbe pockets ofthe defendant , which he knew he could not get by marriage . Her friends had interfered to prevwt that abomination . He ( Mr Humfrey ) admitted tba if a
promise had been made and broken , there must be a verdict for the plaintiff ; but he hoped , for tbe credit ot the country , It would be of tbe smallest possible coin known in tbe circulating medium of tbe realm—that would be a hundred thousand times more than he deserved . —Lord Denmati supposed the jury would agree with him that there had been a promise , and that it had been broken . The only question therefore was at to the amount of damages , no need not trouble them with any observations upon that point . The evidence they had heard would direct them . — -The jury found a verdict
—Damages , one fartbiBg . OXFORD CIRCUIT . Extbaobdwab _* _* SE or Mcbdeb , — John Skinner , a pale and _weak-looking young man , was charged with the wilful murder of his wife , Sarah Skinner , on the 2 nd of June last , at Clifton . It appeared that a few days before the evening in question the prisoner and hib wife had some words , which ended in blows . Ob the evening of her death , while drinking tea , John Irwin , her brother , came into the house , and observing some bruises on her arms , and that she scorned much indisposed , asked her what was the matter . The prisoner being present at this time , she answered tbat she hod fallen down a ladder a few days ago , but at the same time gave him a wink , which induced bim lo _suBpect that the prisonerhad beeen ill-using her . Upon this he remarked ,
tbat If people could not live happily together as man and wife , they oug ht to separate la peace . To this expression of opinion the prisoner replied to the effect , that Irwin did not know who was in fault , and tbat some people were bo fond of quarrelling that It was Impossible to live on good terms with them . To this the brother-in-law answered , 'Any how , that is not a characteristic otmy family , ' Upon this the prisoner rose from hit seat , and told Irwln to leave tbe room . He got up to comply with the order , but his sister seized him by the arm and besought him to stop , ortheprisoner would kill ber . Yielding to tbis solicitation , he was about » o sit down again , when theprisoner attempted topuahhimout . A _struggle ensued , and both fell on the bed . Tbe prisoner seized a knife , drove him through fear of it to the door , and ,
as soon as he _wbb outside , dealt him a Wow with the left hand , wbich precipitated him down two or three stairs . Here he paused to listen , to ascertain , if possible , what the prisoner was at ; but all wa * still , until , all in a moment , he was startled by a dreadful' smash ; ' at the same time people wbo were walking in the street below saw the deceased falling headlong from the window to tho ground . It was ft window on the third floor . The poor woman was immediately raised from the ground , but her skull was fractured ; she sighed heavily once or twice , never spoke , and breathed her last in a few moments . One of the passers by , who saw her come flyiug out of the window , heard her at the same Instant utter a piercing shriek ; a second noticed that the window was olosed immediately afterwards ; whilst a third declared
thathe saw a hand draw the window into the casement , close and fasteD it . The room was then opened , the window was found shut , and mado tight with thebutten attached to it ; the knife before referred to was on a shelf , in an open cupboard , and tbe prisoner was lying at full length on the bed . Upon being asked by the _peuce-officer what was tbe matter , he said a quarrel bad arisen between himself and wife , tbat ber brother bad interfered , that be had driven bim from tbe room , and tben laid himself down , and that , on turning himself round he saw the hair ot his wife ' s head loose , as she tell fromthe window ; that he then got up and shut it . The policeman further said , that when the prisoner was informed that his wife lay dead on the ground , he smiled , and fell back again on the bed .
Mr _Huddleston , who appeared for the prisoner , got out , on cross-examination , that the deceased was a strong , fully developed woman ; that the window was so small tbat it would have required very considerable violence to have forced her body through ; that tbe prisoner was himself in bad health at the time , and was by no means a powerful person , Tbe learned counsel tben called a child , Daniel Clanaby , aged about seven years and a half , who Stated that he and two other boys were sleeping on the 'lauding ' of the prisoner ' s room on that night ; that he was aroused by the first noise , got up , saw the man Irwin forced out , and while tbe door was open
noticed the deceased go to the window , open it , and throw herself out ; tbat tbe prisoner , on returning to tbe room , saw at once what had happened , and after a short pause went and buttoned up the window . _Thisevidenee , both as to the position of the parties , time , and circumstances , was very closely tested by the counsel for the prosecution , but the lad did not waver ; bis demeanour and mode of giving his testimony , in fact , drew down an expression of approbation from his lordship , who remarked that it was improbable that any amount of tutoring could prepare so young a person for concocting such a story , and so well supportea , if it wero not true .
Mr Justice Erie summed up most carefully , and told the jury that if they believed the evidence ofthe boy they should acquit the prisoner altogether . —The prisoner was found Not Guilty .
WESTERN CIRCUIT . CBABOB OF _MUfiMB . — Maurice Perry , aged 28 , was indicted for the wilful murder of John Bailey , in the pavish of Batbampton on the 28 th June last , the de . ceased being at the time a constable in tbe execution of his duty . On Monday evening the 28 th June last a number of ' railway men , 'including theprisoner , were assembled together at the George public-house , at Bathampton . A quarrel arose between two men named Dainton and Potter , and it was arranged that they should adjourn to a neighbouring field to fight . After the men had been fighting for some time constable Thomas Smith interfered , and was immediately knocked d _» wn by one of the persons in tho ring . At tbe same time somebody
exclaimed , ' I will kill any constable that comes into the field . ' The deceased John Bailey , then came up in his shirtsleeves , and , according to tbe testimony of some of the witnesses , said to the prisoner , ' 1 am a constable , aBd if you don't stop fighting I must take you . ' Whereupon the prisoner said , ' He didn ' t care for any constable , ' and immediately knocked the deceased down . Whe . ther or not tho prisoner was the man who actually struck the constable in the first Instance , it would ap . pear that he kicked him whilst on tbe ground , and struck him as ha was about ta rise . The result of the affray was , that J , Bailey was carried off the field a dead man , On the following day a post mortem examination took place , and the opinion of the surgeon was , that the death was caused by an effusion of blood lathe
cavity of the chest , arising from the rupture of a large vein beneath the collar bone . This vein being close to the heart syncope was produced , and death must have been instantaneous . There was also an effusion of blood at the base ofthe brain , and there were external marks ef violence on the left arm and on the forehead . The injury to the brain was most probably the result of a fall , and the rupture of tbe blood-vessel must have been produced by a violent blow , or by the body coming in contact with some hard substance . Tbe witnesses all agreed as to the fact of tbe prisoner taking an active part in the affray ; and it was positively stated by more than one parson thathe was the man who knocked Bailey down . It should be stated that a man named
Samuel Crawley was Indicted for being present aiding and abetting Maurice Perry in tho commission of the offence ; but he has avoided being taken into custody . Henry Crawley was also charged , but onl y upon the coroner s Inquisition , with being concerned in the affair _. Chief Justice Wilde , in summing up , told the jury that if , upon looking at the whole of the evidence , they should be of opinion tbat a mob was _collected on the occasion in question , and that the prisoner was one of that mob , engaged in the unlawful act of preventing , by violent means , the officer from executing his duty , they must find him guilty of murder , although they might not think that his was the hand which actually atru k the fatalblow .
Thejury deliberated for upwards of half an hour , when the foreman announced that they fonnd the _prisoner guilty of being a party concerned , but they did not think there was sufficient evidence tbat he gave the fatal blow . The Judge : Concerned in what , Gentlemen ? A Juryman : In tbe murder . The Judge : That is a verdict of guilty . If you find tbat the deceased was on the field executing his duty as a constable , by endeavouriag to stop the fight , and that the prisoner was engaged iu preventing him by acts of violence , _yottmust find him guilty , but if you should think _otturnise , your verdict must be one of not guilty . The jury again turned round , and , after a very brief consideration , returned a verdict of Guilty .
His lordship then put on the black cap , and passed sentence upon the prisoner , who was perfectly ooel and collected throughout , aud left the bar protesting his in . _noeence . Several of tho jurymen were deeply affected at the result of the Inquiry , and some of them shed tears when the verdiot was returned .
NORTHERN CIRCUIT . j Fatal Biqht—Edward Parker , 20 , John Castley 25 , Joseph Drape , 24 , Thomas Johnson , 2 « , and Thomas Yates , 21 , stood indicted , the former for killing and slaying Edward Seward , at Lancaster , and the rest for aiding and abetting . The _prlsonets , who are all very _boylsh-lookiBg , pleaded not guilty . The _circumstances ofthe case are as follows : —It is the custom at Lancaster , on the Sunday preceding the racee , for _publiCMlg w have booths on the race ground for the sale of _iquors and other ' refreshments . On tbe 4 th af July last , the deceased and tho prisoner accidentally met at < me of these _boaths . Ihey were both sober at tbe time , ond commenced * trotting' one anotheras it i »
, called in Lancashire , about their respective qualifications as runners , High words ensued , » _ud they agreed to settle thsir disputes by fighting' for love . * After shaking hands , . they accordingly fought for nearly aa _heur . At the end of the sixtieth round , Parker caught deceased round the neck and struck him with his fists about the bead , until their backers separated them . Seward then fell to the ground insensible , and _ttwngh medical aid was instantly _pioowe _* from the County Asylum , near which the fight took place , he never rallied , and expired about seven o ' olock the next morning . A surgeon proved the immediate cause of death to be effusion of blood on the brain ; ffhidh , | n answer to the prisoner ' s _counsel , he stated
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might have been produced by the violunr _^^^ _s ward himself during theflght . His _lordship «? circumstances , stopped the oase , and din * _^ _"""V acquit all the prisoner ,, The jury acQorrt L _^ _lV a verdict of notgullty . ' acco _"tagl , t 3 t _LANMSBWE FioHTHfa . -Ham Hyde 2 ; ' for _WIIlDg Richard _Jfarsdeu , at Over _C " _% Blackburn , in May l . rt . The _pri , oner _, D > . J had been at a rabbit chase , in the neighbour _^ St ! Darrren , and afterwards adjourned to the ne _» _do 'C bouse where deceased eventually cballen _* , _?' _m goner to fight . The latter , after a _goofl £ ? _, _^ £ _^
tance , consented , anatney both went Sato a , _€ _« t field . Deceased , after a few rounds , fell j ,, " * _$ ' _»¦¦ % ground . The conditions of the fi _^ h'were th « . ? i be ' upand down , ' i . e ., kick and strike , and _u _^ _K bis _epponent was prostrate , kioked hhn 0 n { r _>* _fo The deceased got up , and after a few ineffectual ! '' _M renew the contest , _dipped down and _expiry rtl t _« For the deftnee , it was contended tbat the Iniu _'" _' _^ caused death was produced by the fall , an ( j _^ » li _{ kick . The jury found the prisoner guilty . p _ _ffl 1 _% _gald he could not pass sentence until be _ . aA f _^ k
case tbo gravest consideration . The prison t , ! ! therefore , stand down till morning . He hoped' ! . , """ _' would soon come when such brutal exhibitions _» i . - _^' not speak much for tlie advance of the great _^ Lancaster in christian feeling , would be at an _^ ° _§ it _Unmanm _Assauw . — Isaac Bro ' okbank , % charged with kitting Betty Br * dshaw , an old Wa ' ' _^ 71 , at Porton , a small village near Lancaster " last . The evidence disclosed gross brutali ty on _' _^ of tbe prisoner . Some ill feeling bad existed u P 8 f _| him and the deceased and her husband , owing t 0 , _^ belonging to tbe old _ceuple having been trespassed ?' Beme way by the prisoner . Tbey _remonstrate _^ him , when he struck the deceased a violent bio * , _jJ'JJ fell with such force as to fracture ono of her thighs v
survived tne accident only eight days . For the defe evidence was adduced to prove that deceased s truck _^' soner first , and that the former had been suffering fi an affection of the chest and dropsy of the _extremlS _' l for a long time previously . —His lordship said the inl must acquit theprisoner of the felony . Thej _faQi option , however , of finding him guilty of a common v sault . —Tbe jury returned a verdict to that effect . — . _g ?" lordship sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned _) _. _< kept to hard labeur for twelve calendar months _.
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THE LATE FATAL GUN COTTON BXPLOSIO . Y i , FATERSHAU . " ' Robert Cheesman , who appeared to have suff erfj i most severely , was accommodated with a seat , and _say I reside in the parish of Preston next _Peversham , J am in the employ of Messrs Hall , at tlieir factory i was employed there when the accident took place on rt . 14 th ot July Inst . I had _tharge of the fires in > _f 0 I i and 4 stoves . The temperature I was directed to _kia up waa 120 degrees for No . 3 , and 110 degrees for S 0 l j As near as I can say those were the degrees of beatin the stoves on the morning of the accident . Mr _Wiijjj ,. Hall , one proprietor , and Mr Topping , the man ager were both at the works from an early hour in the mom ' ing , and neither of them eomplained of anything b 8 i »!
wrong . I was engaged in my usual duty about half 4 _J hour before the accident occurred , and I am quite mt , the heats were as I bave stated . I was ia No S _stw , when the accident occurred ; I heard no explosion ; it „ momentary , and I cannot tell how it took place . 14-not know where the explosion first occurred , whether ! No . 3 or Ho . 4 . I was burled in the ruins of the wei _gfc . ing room of No . 3 , about four or five feet from where I had just previously been standing . I was greatl y in , jured , and was removed to ray home . The _insttuttwuj as to working tbe stoves given by Mr Hall and Mr Tcp . ping were carried out in every particular bo far as I _aj able to say . I bave nothing further to state iu referent ! to the accident . Every precaution was invariably tak « for the prevention ot accident . Mr William Hall m tbe principal manager . I ascertained tbe heat of tin drying room by means of self-acting _thermometer placed there for that purpose . So other parson except myself had control of the fires . A _womin named
M'Ewen was employed on the stoves ; she had access to and might have seen the thermometers . I bave no te . collection of her having spoken to me on the subject ot overheating the stoves . She certainly never told mt tbat if I did not keep the fires lower they should all be blown np . I asked her during that morning to m . \; some starch , but I have no recollection of having _spolej with her on any other subject . My wife ( since deceased ) was employed in tbe works on the _morniag ef the accident ; sbe made no complaint to me on the _sntywUt fe heat , I havebeen in the employ of Messrs Hall during the last 15 years , and perfectly understood the dm . gerous nature of the occupation I was engaged in , I cannet attach blame to any person in connexion Kith the accident . When I last saw the fire in _ffo . 4 , it _iras nearly out . The time required to raise the temperature eight or ten degrees is 2 or 3 hours . If the stoves wen cold it would take 12 or 14 hours at least to obtain i temperature of 110 degrees in the drying room .
The court was here cleared for some time , and _ftoa subsequent proceedings it appears to _havs been agreed among tae jury to request the coroner to proceed to ths residence ofthe woman M'Ewen , in the towR offerers . ham , for the purpose of ascertaining whether she still persisted in the statement she was alleged to bsn made to the effect that she had warned _Cheesem & _n on the morning of the accident , not to overheat tlw stoves _. The coroner and the foreman of the jury , togethei with the Messrs Hall , Mr Bathurst , and Mr Sbeppard _, accordingly proceeded to the residence of the patty referred to , the proceedings having been meantime ii . journed for one heur .
Mary _M'Eweu said , she was employed at Messrs Half * works , and attended at seven _a ' clock , aB usual , on tbj morning of the accident . Her general employment _wai picking dressed cotton in No . 3 stove . On that morning she was making starch from _half-past eight to half-past ten , close by the stokehole fire , which is quite away from the room where the cotton is dried , Ko fire _frai ever kept inside the building , tbe heat arising from radiation from the « gloom pot . ' The fireplace or stokehole was outside the building . Witness returned to the _drying-room about half-past ten . The _witness con . tinued—Cheesman , as he usually did after breakfast , Shovelled on about five or six shovels of coals whilst sh »
was making the starch . Nothing more than mual passes between us , The heat was not so great that _mormns as it had been on other mornings . I am speaking of No . 3 stove , I had nothing to do with No . 4 . Tbe heat was usually 120 ia No . 3 , It might exceed it two or three degrees sometimes , and sometime * itwa * _lt « . t do not understand the working of the _thermometer , I judged of the heat by what I beard others say . If tbe , heat had been much greater than it was I could not have told it from the thermometer . When the explosion took place I was in the stove just by the side of the bench , I had picked one case of cotton , and was going to fetch another when the door of the drying room flew open . The bricks and rubbish fell about , and I w &> blown outside . I never heard any noise . The first 1
knew of tbe accident was when I saw the stove door fly open . I never made any observation to _ChewaisB that morning respecting the heat of the stove . I might have said something by way of joke , about a week or i fortnight before , Buch as , ' Why , Cheesman , do jouwant to send us all adrift V when the heat was so very great , but I never meant anything serious . I have never told any one that I did make such remark to Cheesman tbat morning . There have been a great many false reports made of what I have said . If any os * says I did make such a remark that morning , they say what is not true . It was very hot and sultry on the morning of . the accident . If 1 ever felt the heat too oppressive I opened the dooraudit
, lowered it two or three degrees directl y . I did not it so that morning , bnt I bad _asksd Mrs Clarke to do so , and she was just going to do so when the accident occurred . Mr Hall was frequently In the stoves , and had been there twice that morning . I have heard bim once or twice complain ef the heat in the winter time , and he then always gave instructions that it should beloirered . He said nothing about the heat that morning . He was always very particular , and would never allow a bit of cotton or 'flou _^ h * to lie about . He was always there , and , of course , was liable to the same danger as themselves , I have no fault to find with any one . I always found Cheesman very steady , very cartful , and very attentire .
On the return of the coroner to the Inquest-room , after some further evidence , that gentleman charged the jury , who unanimously agreed to the following verdict : That the deceased , Henry Topping , was killed by the explosion of a certain gnn cotton factory , bat _bw thut explosion arose no evidence appears . ' The total number of deaths resulting from the _asoident has been 21 . Only U bodies have been discovered , the remaining 10 having been blown to atoms . Portions of the human frame are still found In the torn fields at an enormous distance from the scene of the _catastrophe ; and it is a disgraceful fact that some _Johuwan _wretchig , since the accident , have actually possessed themselves of mntilated fragments for the purpose of exhibition . At Sittingbourue and ffhitstable , portions of limbs were exhibited for some days to a _deprared crovsd at so mncb per head . The disgusting affair was , however , prompMy put a stop to by the local mag istrates
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_iMrOBTANT TO _PSBSOSS TIODBtIP _VITH _PltES . _—^ ' _mereus medicines have been _effered to the public at various tiroes as remedies for tbe Pass , bnt we are not aware that any bave proved so eminently _successful » _s _Abernafliy ' _i Pile Ointment ; ' indeed _^* great ' » ' _^ repute this Ointment has acquired as an outward app" _« cation for Piles , that it is now used by the more _« _" " lightened and unprejudiced part of the medlcat profession . It is necessary to be particular in asking » r _Aberaethj ' a Pile _Ofctasot , * sold in cove red pot * _» l 4 s . Od ., and observe that the name of C . King i » « ' " government stamp . Sold by ail respectable chemists m the United Klngd om .
A Bin Leo op _Thibiv _Teabs' Btasdw Cured by Holloway's Ointment aud Pills . —The particulars ot twf . extraordinary case are as follows : —Mr James M'Dona «>> a Native of Ireland , now residing at No . 7 , _Scorge jara , Whitechapel , was discharged from the Navy in 1818 , _m consequenceof hislag having then been bad for twayca _' ' and _pronounced in Plymouth Hospital , as uvcn _tabw- , During tho former long period he had had the advice o ' the most skilful surgeons in London , Dublin , nnd other _plaees . Notwithstanding the dreadful state of tin ) _& _£ _andfive-and-thirty _jeuw of suffering , tlie limb U u ° . soundl y h « _toUbf _fc _^ _se of _Holloway ' s Ointment aa <
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 14, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_14081847/page/2/
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