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iuis 9 A Shocking Skik Disease cured by Holloway's Oint-. _ j t* -«i^ er— T-*-«._t-» *:. ", ->¦ .
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_gJ & H-aSABY FOR THE CDltE OF D 1 SJ 3 ASBS OT WE 8 K 1 H AHD ALL CUTANEOUS AFFECTIONS ,
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- _Hamc _tvkad Starix _, PrrooT SwAns . _jtSgrtefan—THOMAS 1 SH 18 , M . D .. 83 . rueroy square ' , _Jfctbereftke Royal _CsOegt of Surgeons , London ; late - * - _« sfeat Sturgeon m ihe Hon . Batt ftdi * Company ' s wee .
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ABE ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE THE BEST MEDICINE IS THE WORLD . In introducing the following _Testimonials U the notice of the public , it may not be out of place in giving a few observations respecting Parr ' s Life Fills . This medicine has heen before the British public only a few years , and perhaps in the annals of the world was neTec seen success equal to their _progress ; the virtues ofthis Medicine Were at once acknowledged wherever tried , and _recommeituatiott followed recommendation ; _hundreusliad soon to acknowledge that Parr ' s Life Pills had saved them , and were lond in their praise . The startling facts that were continually brought before the public r . t once removed any prejudice which tome may have felt ; tbe continual good which resulted from their use sprend th « ir fame lar and wide , at this moment there is scarce' * - a conntry on t _& e face ofthe globe which has not heard ut their benefits , and have sought for supplies , whatever might be the cost of transmission . The United Statzs , Canad ., India , and even-China hare had immense quantities shipped to their respective cuuntrios , and with the same result as in England—Universal Goon .
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KING'S RESPIRATORY LOZE . VGES AFFORD a safe , easy , and immediate relief , ia all cases , arising from a deranged state of the respiratory organs , produced by exposure to cold and other causes . They effect a rapid cure in cases ofhoarsenesB , and difficulty in breathing . Coughs , arising from _whatever cause , and however violent and distressing , obtain speedy mitigat on ; and , if the Lozenges are used patiwulv for a short time , they will effect a complete ¦ ure . Asthma , in its mostobstinata form , will be cured if due patiencebobut exercised , In cases of sore thro-t they are of great value . In old consumptive dry coughs , they afford tbe greatest _ewnfort by producing free expectoration ; and , in ihe
Set , Fifty Thousand Soldiers Have Been Turned Into Tl F F 1 -.. __- , .. R.. T... T
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. Barnes , anu , io worn , on me at reieraourg and Moscow line oi railway . - _Peocss ot _Cossois . —La the year 173 ? , Three-per-Ceat . _Geaioh obtained the price of 107 per cent ., *~ ? hieh was the highest ever known ; and on the 20 th September , 1797 , when the failure ofthe attempt to _aegosttte with the French Republic became known , they felt Ui 7 i . the lowest point they erer reached . _
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TWENTY-FIFTB EDITION _, ¦ lustratcd by Twenty-six Anatomical Engravings on Steel . * M Physical Disqualifications , Generative _Incapacity , _onti Impediments to Marriagt . Anew and improved edition , enlarged to 196 pages , price 2 s . Cd . ; by post , direct from the Establishment , 3 s . 6 d . in postage stamps , THE SILENT FRIEND ; A medical work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system , produced by excessive indulgence , the consequences of infection , or the abuse of mercury , with observations on the married state , and the disqualitioations which prevent it ; illustrated by 26 coloured en . gravings , and by the detail of cases . By R . and L . PERRY and Co , 19 , Berners-street , Oxford-street , Leaden . Published bythe authors , and sold by Strange , 21 , Paternoster row ; Hannay , 63 , and Sanger , 150 Oxfordstreet ; Starie , 23 , _Tichborne-street , Haymarket ; and Gordon , US , Leadenhall-street , London ; J . and R . Ramies , and Co ., Leithwalk , Edinburgh ; D . Campbell , Argyll-street , Glasgow ; J . Priestly , Lord-street , and T . Newton , _Chnrch-street , Liverpool ; R . II . Ingham , Market-place , Manchester .
Iuis 9 A Shocking Skik Disease Cured By Holloway's Oint-. _ J T* -«I^ Er— T-*-«._T-» *:. ", -≫¦ .
iuis 9 A Shocking Skik Disease cured by Holloway ' s Oint-. __ j _t * - « i _^ er— T- * _- « . _ t- » * :. " , - >¦ .
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n * ent ana . —ax j-ncuing , a gentleman _resiaiug in Arbour-square , Commercial-road , who has been several years in India , when , about seven years ago , he was almost suddenly torered with a dreadful sldu disease resembling lepra ; sine * Tais return to Europe he had been to the most celebrated waters - in German ; --, besides trying ( without benefit ) all other sorts of remedies both at home and abroad : atlaitae used Holloway ' s _Oiat-¦ eat and Fills , which quickly ( Stated a perfect cure . Any pimples , blotches , or eruptions on the skin , even if of several years' duration , might be eradicated by these fine _medieiBes .
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T HE GREATEST eiRES OF ANY MEDICINES INTHE GLOBE .. ¦; , _, y _*•' - . HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT . A Tery Wonderful Cure tf a _Disordered Liver and Stomach . _Bajro-t of a Letter frem Mr Charles WUsm , 30 , Princes Street , Glasgow , dated February _Itth , 1847 : To Professor _Helloway . SiB , --HavIng taken your pills to remove a disease of the Stomaeh and Liver , under which I had long suffered , and having followed your printed _instrnctions I have regained that health , which I had thoaght lost for ever . I had previously had recourse to several medical men , who are celebrated for their _skiU , but instead of curing my Complaint , it Increased to a most alarming degree . Humanly speaking your pills have saved my life ! Many tried to dissuade me from using them , and I doubt not but that hundreds are deterred from taking your most excellent medioime , ia _nsequeaee ofthe impositions praotised
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SBE OPEEATITE BAKEBB' S 0 _CIETT , B 8 TABII 6 HED TO OB . TAIN TUB TOTAL ABOLITION OF _NIQHT WOBK , AND THB 011 IINOTION OV TBE UOUE 9 OF LABOBB , TO TWELVE HOOR 8 FIB BAT . From the general committee of this society , a sab . committee wan appointed to draw up a new circular , con . _sUtent with the _objects required , as agreed on by the eomroittee , viz —Twelve hours labour , allowing time for meals , such time , to suit the convenience of both em . plover aiid employed , and which" was unanimously adopted at several public meetings of tbe trade , held In different parts of London . The following was prepared by that sub-committee , submitted to a general -meeting ef delegates , and passed unanimously : — i
' TO THB TRADE . * The committee ofthis society feeling desirous to remove aay impression which may exist in the minds of the trade or public , of inconsistency on their part , ia deviating from their first determination ofa partial abo . lition of night work ; bee to inform tho trade , tbey were then induced to advocate a partial abolition , solely from a desire to meet the wishes of many employers , who imagined they would not be enabled to carry on their business , unless their men laboured night and day . * From general information which the commitue have obtained , and upon more mature consideration of what
is required to remedy the evils affecting both mau and master , tbey are convinced of the folly of such on opinion aa that before expressed ; also of the unfairness of doing business on such a system , as It would place many of tbe masters in an unequal state of competition , and ofthe impossibility of men being enabled to labour ¦ o beneficially by night and by day , have , therefore , determined to advocate an entire - abolition of night work . In doing this , the committee consider tbey have kept the interest and welfare of the masters In view , at well as tbat of the men . Without this , no reform can be successfully or beneficially carried out .
Muoh anxiety has been expressed by _m-, ny employorj , to know bow their work can be accomplished within the space of twelve hours . Tbe committee Oo not attempt to explain how eighteen hours work cau be executed within the space of twelve , nor do tbey wish to dictate to tbe matters , how tho word connected with the ., dif . ferent classes of the business is to be done , as they are convinced that every one can make arrangements consi * tent witb tbe nature of bis trade , to bave It completed within that time ; but tbey beg respectfully to assure them _thatevry contingency connected with the _buBiness will be readily met by the men , ' TO THE _FCBLIC . In submitting to the notice of the public the following brief remarks on the grievances of the trade , the com . mittee have carefully avoided making the least _mUrepresentatlon of the journeymen bakers of London , aud Its suburbs , —feeling that a just and temperate statement of facts will insure their sympathy and support .
' The present system of commencing labour at eleven o ' clock at night , is of itself S 3 unnatural , uncalled or , and demoralising , that It deserves tbe condemnation of every well-wisher to society . 1 _Beaidei tbe foregoing evil , the men hare to continue their labour until five , six , or seventhe following evening and frequently later ; thus working from eighteen to twenty hours per day , and in many cases ( more particularly anwng tbe underprioed portion of the trade , ) they have to commence labour at eleven o ' clock of a Thursday night and continue the same until Saturday night , and occasionally Sunday morning . This system of overtaxed labour and unnatural hours , destroys the health of the men , and renders tbem old in their constitutions long before they have arrived nt the prime of life , bringing them to a premature , grave , and leaving their widows and orphans _destitute , undeniable evile to the welfare of society .
' We consider nig bt work to be the principal cause o tbia , and the great evil to be remedied , as it precludes the possibility ofthe men obtaining any mental improvement , domestic enjoyment , or healthy recreation , which the mind as well as bodily health demands ; should th ° y be inclined to do so , it must bn at the sacrifice of their health and rest . ' The committee views with deep regret , the condition to whicb tbe journeymen bakerB of tbe metropolis and its suburbs are reduced by this unnecessary system of Right work ; aod unlimited boars ot labour , wbich are not only destructive tothe interests and comforts of tbe men but also of tbe employers , who have candidly acknowledged tbeir inability to remedy those evils , from the spirit of rivalry aad competition at present existing amongst them . This prevents their uniting together to effect any amelioration in the condition of their workmen , much less ef their own , by any amicable arrange _, ment which may be agreed on between tbem .
• Totffectual _' j redress those grievances , tbe committee , in co-operation with the masters , declare their latention of endeavouring to obtain tbeir objects by a legislative enactment , earnestly soliciting the assistance of all wbo are desirous of ameliorating the condition of their fellow men . ' Committee-room , Western Coffee-house , Drury-lane . Geobgb Read , Seo . '
Chbxmsford Purer Sessions,—Thb Late Case...
_Chbxmsford Purer Sessions , —Thb Late Case op _Chiu > Stealing . —Emma Robinson , who was convicted of feloniously stealing Rosetta Farr , a < "ed three years , was on Saturday brought up for judgment . On being asked for her defence , she seemed to be completely bewildered , and made no reply . The Cniirman sentenced her to seven years' transportation . . It cannot be ascertained whether she haa any _fOifttlTfid * a colony of Highlanders , amounting _toabout 1 , 000 , have purchased two entire _townshipa in Marion county , low » . They bring their owk meehanica and artisans with them , and have selected the site for a _^ _n- _^ lwut 3 , 000 more are expected to join them
Frightful Murder At Birmingham Of Four C...
FRIGHTFUL MURDER AT _BIRMINGHAM OF FOUR CHILDREN BY THEIR MOTHER . _- » - _* _' -TEMPTED SUICIDE OF THE LATTER ,
One of the most dreadful murdera " which has * V » r taken place in this coantry was camffllttsd in _Oheapaloe , Birmingham , on Saturday last , under the following _cifcums _' _snees ;—It appeared tbat about six months ago a widow , named Ann Wilkes , opened a small shop in C heapside , for the sale of cigars and small wares . She was a person of very agreeable manners , about ferty years of age , and had evidently , in tiie early part of her life , moved in a _' respsetable sphere . When her husbind died she was left with four children , three boy * anda g irl . On Saturday it was remarked by the neighbours that the shutters were not taken down , as usual , in tbe morning . A Mr Edwards , living dose by , feeling uneasy at this circumstance , determined , about 11 o ' clock , to
ascertain tbe cause . Having . procured a ladder , he _plaoad ii against the window of the first floor , which was unfastened , and entered the room . He found no parson there , but being , urged by the crowd outside to proceed further into the heuse , he did so , and advanced afew steps op a narrow . staircase , " at the top of which he beheld a horrifying sight . Mrs Wilkes was lying in a pool of blood , and at her tide lay her eldest child , both of tbetr throats cut from carlo ear . On looking further into the room he discovered by a glimmering light ( for the room was darkened ) the bodies of the three other children , weltering in their blood ; Terrlfled at tbe sight , he ran to the window , and cried ont , ' My _ffod ! they are all murdered ' . ' A police constable , wbo wag passing at the time , mounted the ladder , " and
got into tbe' room , to the assistance of Ur Edwards . Both proceeded to tbe spot where Mrs Wilkes lay , and discovered that she was breatbiBg . ' Tbey immediately turned their attention to ber , raised her up ,, and witb the assistance of . Mr Archer , surgeon , of Dlgbeth , bandaged the wound . ' After recovering a little sbe made many attempts ' to take off the bandage , - but was prerented'from doing bo , and in a short time was removed of a car to the Queen's , Hospital . Dr Sands Cox , dean in the faculty , was immediately sent for , and within ten minutes timo was in attendance upon the unfortunate woman , and bound up tbe wound with all possible speed . It was found that the injuries which she had sustained were of a very _aerloue character , and although _uone of the principal arteries had been cut , yet the windpipe was divided in sueh a manner as to leave it exceedingly doubtful whether the unfortunate woman will
recover . , After sbe bad been in the hospital a few bouts , she . appeared to be quite ' conscious , and evidently in much agony . During the time the wound was being dressed she' _seemei inclined to speak , but all attempts to do so were unavailing , Unhappily it was found tbat the life , of the four children was totally ' extinet . Their names are—John Henry Wilkes , sued 12 ; Mary Jane Wilkes , aged 8 ; William Charles Wilkes , aged 6 ; and Frederick George Wilkes , aged 4 . ¦ Information was immediately forwarded to the police , and Mr _SoperlntenT dent Stevens proceeded to the spot , and placed constables In possession of the house , at the same time taking the precaution to place a padlock upon the door leading to tbe apartment in which the awful crime was . _perpetrated , Inthe room where the murdered family were found two razors were discovered , apparently new . No reason can be . assigned at present forthe commission of the deed .
On Monday afternoon an inquest was commenced before 3 . B . Davies , Esq ., on the bodies of the four children who were murdered on . Saturday , last by their mither . After the jury had been sworn , they proceeded with tbe coroner to the house where the awful affair took place , to view the bodies , which , as may be supposed , presented a frightful ' _spectacK Oue of the children , a fine boy , about twelve years of age , wal seen with bis head upon a chair at the side of tbe bed , and bis body under the clothes , bis throat cut from ear to ear , and in the posture in which the murder was committed . The second child was lying on its face on the bed , ast f turned ever after his throat was ent ; and the third boy was lying In the same bed on ble left side , a little in . ollned . The youngest child of all , was lying on the floor as if in a praying attitude , on its knees , having , it would seem , been placed so by the unfortunate
mother before committing tbe horrid deed . . On a table in the room balow stairs was a Bible open , and also was found on the chimney-piece the tragedy of'Hamlet , Prince of Denmark , ' thefollowing extract from which was uppermost : — ' And flights of angels _elng thee to thy rest , Give order tbat these bodies , High on a stage , be _plaond to the vlow , And let me speak to the yet unknown world How these things came about ; . Bear Hamlet like a soldier to the stage , For he was likely , had he heen put on , To bave proved most royally , aBd for bis passage The soldiers ' music and thorites of war Speak loudly fur him . Take up the bodies , such a sight as this Becomes the field , but here shows much amiss . '
( A dead march . ) The following witnesses were examined : — George Hodgson said : I live in Pershore . street , I do not carry on any business . I was formerly a surgeon . The woman , who It is said murdered the children , has gone by tbe name of Ann Wilkes , but I think her real name is Oreen . The father of deceased children was Henry Wilkes , and was brother to ray wife . I once went ta her relative to a little property , whicb was to be _disposed of , " and asked her what was her real name , when she told me , with tearB in her eyes , that she was not married , and her name was Ann Green . . — Banks said : I knew the feur eblldren . The eldest was named John Henry , the second eldest Mary Jane Maria , the third William Charles , and the fourth Frederick George . I believe that tbe woman was married , and her name wat Wilkes ,
Margaret Fisher examined , said : I reside in Exeterrow . I saw the ohildren about half-past six o ' olock on Friday nigbt last , at the house of their mother , in Cheapside . Tbey were all playing round the fire , and seemed ln good health : I had no particular conversation with the mother , nor did I observe anything unusual in her manner or in the appearanae of tbe place . Our princi . pal conversation was respecting the growth of the chil . dren . Before I left the deceased all went to bed , and the mother took the candle , and followed them up the stairs with It , but she returned in a minute or two after . There was no other person in tho house at the time , Mrs Wilkes did not appeav exeited in the least . By the Foreman : Did she complain of poverty!—Witness : So . By a Juror : Had you any drink with the mother while you were there t—Witness t No ,
Mr Hodgson recalled . —By a Juror : How long ago Is It since you made Inquiries of the mother about her marriage —Witnessi About three months ago . William Edwards examined . — . said : I lire at No 8 , in Cheapside . About half-past twelve o ' olock , on Friday last , the neighbourhood wan very much alarmed , iu consequence of Mrs Wilkes ' s shutters not being down . I resolved to see what was the matter . I went to the front of tbe bouse and saw that the blinds of both bed room windows were down . The down-stair shutters werenot open . I tried the eellar . wlndow and found it was fast , and then looked into the key hole snd saw tbat the key was In tbe lock . Some person told mt that she had left tho previous night , aad I opened one of the shutters and saw in the window cigars and pipes . I tben got a ladder
and raised it up against the window , wbich I threw up and got in . I saw nothing worth remark in the room ; everything seemed right , and 1 was returning , butthepeopie outBlde told me to ' go further Into the bouse . I did so , and went _up-staire and when within two steps ofthe top I saw the poor creature lying on the floor , in a pool of blood _, and the youngest child by her side , I ran down instantly , and told th 6 people outside the bouse wbat I had seen . A police constable was passing at the time , and be ascended the ladder , and we both went up to the room where tho bodies were lying . The mother was lying on the floor , as also was ber youngest child . The three other children were lying on a bed , whioh was covered with blood . After we bad been in the room a short time we heard the woman breathe , and I at once turned my attention to her , " She bad a great gash across her throat , and her body and the slothes round her wsre oovered with blood . I perceived that ahe was alive , but she was cold and faint . I raised her a little , and she
began to tear at her throat , but I prevented her from doing so . Mr Archer , surgeon , was immediately sent for , and was quickly in the room , and he tied a handkerchief round tbe woman ' s throat , whicb tbe police officer had previously applied , A car wns then procured , and she was conveyed to the Queen ' s Hospital . Sbe did not speak when on the road to the hospital . There waB no back way to the house . I do not think any person got into the house . The cellar window I found quite secure , but , as I have said before , the first bed . room window was unfastened . When in tbe top room I saw two razors lying between the baby ' s head and tho metber ' g right band . Thero was a double mor . cuso lying near them . Here tho razors were produced , when witness said these are tbe razors . They appeared to be nearly new . Ono was lying on the floor quite open , the other was nearly shut . Tbere was nothing disturbed in the room . Frem the state in whioh I Baw the bed , I should think she had laid the chthee gently aside and got out .
By a Juror . —Wbat clothing had she on when you first saw her ! Witness —She had on a nightcap , a nightgown , a pair of blaok stockings , and a red necklace round her neck , Edmund Welling , police censtable , said : about halfpast twelve o ' clock I was on duty in Cheapside , when I saw a great crowd of people outside ot Mrs _WUkts ' s house , and a ladder reared _agaiuBt the window , when I saw Edwards come to the Window and exclaim' they are all murdered , ' I went up tbe ladder and into the room , the top room , where I saw Mrs Wilkes lyiug on her
right side and a cbild _oloie by ber . In another part of the room I saw the three other children , and found them quite dead , cold , and stiff . They all had their throats cut . After the _lapso of a few minutes 1 heard Mrs Wilkes breathe , aud I immediatel y procured a piece of cloth and tied it round her neck , I then sent for Mr Archer , tbe surgeon , and _btfore he oame ibe had made many attempts to take off tbe bandage , I do not think any person had entered the bona * during the night , ' or that any person was in the houso at the time I en . tered except , Ur Edwards , Mrs Wilkes , and the foar ohildren .
The witness Banks , having been recalled , said that he had . seen the woman , Wilkes , almost every day during the last ave months , end _htdknowialUbeuth-rch ;
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cumetanoes ; she bad been much embarrassed snd distressed , andhad . been compelled to _. pawaher wearing , apparel for _sueijitence , _her-husband having died lis , month ! ' eince and left her .-: de » _tit « t _»; ' _-Snt aftemrMj endeavoured _^ to gain a living . ' by lieeptog a email shop , first ae a huckster , and afterwards a » an _oating-bowekeeper , but did not succeed in ' eithw . She _wae occasionally much depressed in spirits about the privations ehe endured ; wai a woman of temperate habfti asd very much attaohed to ber children . Witness recommended her to apply * ° tho pariih officers for relief , at the same tuna ex pressing an opinion that they would give her li fld" a week toreach of the children ; but tbia she . aid _ene could net submit to ; He had been unfortunate in his own _circumstanaei , and on one oceasion Wilkes IU MID Wife- wa *)* - — - done the
¦ aid , tbat rather tban go through wbat be hnd thought ihe should pnt sn end to herself aad children , He begged her not to think of snob a thing ; upon which she r eplied tbat she had more than once thought it was better that she _' should put an end to them all than submit to destitution . He ( witness ) did not mention those expressions to anyone , because he did not think she had nerve enough to kill a cat , much list to kill herself and her children . He wa » not aware tbat the had once made a personal app lication to the pariih authorities for relief * nor tbat her mind was affe « ted , ear * that on several _occaifoni during illness sbe had been delirious . In reply to questions bythe Jury , the witness further said that he was aot aware whether any man bad been ' paying attention * to Mrs Wilkea lately : and that after her husband ' s death she received about £ 20 from Odd
Fellows * lodges . Mrs Jane Green , the mother of tbe unfortunate woman , was next called , bnt the feeble state in wbich ehe' wat almost incapacitated her from giving her evidence , She stated tbat ehe was » widow , residing In _Newhall-sireet : tbat on Wednesday se ' nnight ehe went to the workhouse and saw the assistant overseer : she represented to him that her daughter wal ill , and that ehe wished to put her children into the asylum . He gave her a card to take to the relieving officer , to whom witness went on the following morning , having previously obtained a letter from her master , Mr Rowley , a button manufacturer . Tbe relieving officer promiied to call upon her daughter the following Saturday : hut the did not know whether he did so . Sbe had reason to believe , however , tbat her daughter had not received any relief from the parish . She had been labouring nnder an internal disease for three years .
ThomaB Rutherford , the relieving officer , deposed that be called on Ann Wilkes on the ISth inst . Saw her , and told his business , enquiring what was the nature of her application , Sbe replied that ehe wanted tbe whole of ber children to be taken into the asylum , in order that she might go to service . She claimed it on the ground of her husband ' s birth , _settlement , and apprenticeship . To tbis he ( witness ) replied , ' Why youra is no ordinary _application , Mrs WJikes . Could you not manage if tbe guardians took two or three ofthe children , and left one
or two with you ? ' She rejoined that the eould not ; and he 1 ( witness ) then told her that the board met at three o ' elock the following Wednesday , and tbat he was sure the guardians would do what they could for her . She did not , however , attend , and the officer added that thejury would find , on refereace to the parish books , that the application was duly entered , snd that the name of Ann Wilkes was ticked off as not attending , ln reply to a question by a jurer , tha witness laid tbat at'bis interview with Mrs Wilkes he asked her if she wanted anything more of him , and ehe replied the did not .
The witness Green , having been recalled , stated that she had frequently assisted her daughter in consequence of ber distress , and that on the Saturday night before tbis act was committed she sent her a sovereign , having pledged ber own things in order * do . so , Mr W . S . Cox , professor of anatomy in Queen ' s College , next gave a detailed statement of tbe nature of the wounds inflicted upon the children , and upon tbe person of the woman herself . She had been removed tothe hospital , and the wound closed up , but she was still in a critical state and scarcely able to speak . Tbe wounds on the children might have been inflicted by one peraon , and were of such a character that tbey would be speedily fatal . In reply to questions as to the state of the prisoner ' s mind tbe witness said that ihe was calm and placid , and that she replied to the simple question * which he put to her coherently .
The Rev J . C . Miller , rector of St Martin ' s , Binning _, bam , said : I bave had a conversation with Ann Wilkes since ibe entered in Queen ' s Hospital , Nothing occurred between us which could lead me to suppose that she was convinced she would die , that she was devoid of all hope In , this world . The coroner thereon laid : Then it is beyond all doubt that I cannot bear you ' . Mr Miller replied that he wished it to be understood that he had called at the hospital in consequence of a message ha received tothe effect that tbe woman wished ' to tee a clergyman and make a confession , He accordingly attended , and he could not say tbat she was apprehensive of immediate death .
The coroner having repeated his determination not to hear the statement tho rev . gentleman had received , briefly summed up the evidence , and at eleven at nigbt the jury returned a verdiet of ' Wilful Murder' against Ann Wilkes , who was accordingly committed for trial at tbe next Warwick _aielzes .
Collision Os The Mbrsby,—On Sunday Night...
Collision os the Mbrsby _, —On Sunday night last , a strong north-west breeze caused an extraordinary swell upon the Mersey , and fears were excited for the safety of the numerouB vessels lying at anchorage , detained by adverse winds , from proceeding on tbeir outward voyage . The Patrick Henry , one of the New York _line-of-packet ships , was lying at anchor off the Prince ' s pier , with another American ship , the Brooklyn , belonging to Boston , astern , when , from the violence ofthe wind , whioh early on Monday morning , had increased toa tempest , the former vessel dragged her anchors and came in contact with the Brooklyn , carrying away her bowsprit and
mainstay . From the force or the collision the . Brooklyn sustained considerable injury , her bowsprit being completely torn away , and her stern much crushed and mutilated . Early . on Monday morning ono of the Steam-tug Company ' s vessels was called to her assistance ; and , steaming against the wind , the stress which bore upon the Brooklyn ' s _eables waB much diminished , the fears entertained for the safety of the vessel's masts irom the loss of the mainstay were alleviated , bringing her , ultimately , in a position of safety . . The Council of the Royal Manchester Institution have announced their intention of opening an evening exhibition of the works of modern artists , the charge for admission to which is fixed at twopence .
A rich farmer in Denmark , who for a trifling wager held up a red handkerchief and stopped a railway train on the Copenhagen and Rothschild Railway , has been sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment and hard labour . It appears from some original documents just discovered in Warwickshire , tbat _Shakspeare , after his retirement to Stratford-on-Avon , dealt in corn and stone . ..... The number of houses . 'to be let' in some ofthe principal townsof Ireland , affords a melancholy proof of the general hardness of the times . There are now fifteen houses so offered in the best street in Cork , where , a few years since , it was almost impossible to procure one . Mr Humphrey Brown , M . P ., has purchased the Tewkesbury Theatre , for the purpose of converting it into a silk tbrowsting manufactory , which will employ about sixty hands .
CXUBL _NSOLIOKNOB OP A MlLWWNBB . —At the Rochdale Sessions , on Monday last , Mr John Wilson , oocupier of HuBted Nook Mill , near Wardle Fold , about three miles from Rochdale , was summoned , on the information of the sub-inspector of faotories , on a charge oi neglecting to box off an upright shaft in his mill , by whioh means a girl named Cathrall _, seven years of age , had been ' seriously injured . Mr Leonard Horner , inspector of factories , was present to watch ihe proceedings . Mr Bower , ' surgeon , who had visited the girl , said that her left arm had been torn off near the shoulder joint , lie had also found two flesh wounds on other parts . Ii appeared that , on the lUb . iv . st ., the girl went iato the mill with her parent ' s tea , and when there her clothing waa caught by the upright Bhaft . The child ' s mother said her daughter bad no business in the factory , and , as Mr Wilson had promised to see to hor , she hoped the bench would be lenient with
him . Mr Horner said nothing could repay the child for the los . _* of hor arm , and the shaft might have been boxed off for a few shillings . Whatever the bench thought fit to fine the defendant for his neeloot that fine should be given to the injured girl when she reached twenty-one years of age , at least he would write to the Secretary of State recommending that it should be so . MrChadwick , magistrate , said it wa » the worst case that had occurred in that neighbourhood , and if _anothsr as bad oame before him he would convict in the highest penalty , £ 100 , As it appeared that Mr Wilson had . only just commenced _bnsiness , be should mitigate tbe penalty to 440 with all expenses . ' Shocking _Accidiht . —A poor woman who lives at Tolpuddle , near Blandford , left an infant Bix months old in the cradle while she went a short distance During her absence a ierret got into the cradle and picked out the child ' s eyes , and bit the tongue off . The consequence was , the death of the child within _ _ _11
— - ¦ - - _» MVUU an hour . _STAPioBDsniBB . — _-AoQumaL . —A verdict of acquittal has been pronouneed in the case of Mr W . Tongue , a man of property , committed for trial at Stafford on the charge of stealing a quantity of wood from the Trent Valley Railway works . Lancashire _Minkbs . —The geneial delegate meet * ing of Lancashire Miners will be held en Monday next , November 1 st , at the house of Mr John Crouton , Kay-street , Bolton . Chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . Finbburt Hall , 66 , _Bunbill-row , St Luke ' s . —On Monday next , P . H . Hatch . Esq ., will leoture on ' The Modem Drama . ' with illustrations .
Deaths. Octoboytfth, James Feargus Johns...
DEATHS . Octoboytfth , James Feargus Johnson , son of Wm . and Mary Johnson , of Holllnwojd _. near Oldham . At Longton , ' on the Uth inst , aged 80 , Wm . Rear , one of the members of the Land Company , and a very active and sterling democrat . His less _U universally re gretted _.
Deaths. Octoboytfth, James Feargus Johns...
Cmr or Wasiw *» TBB _Lijbrabt asd _D-bat _T _^^ _ciEir . —This society continues to meet » 8 ° * every Saturday _ertning , at the Temperanc e _^ Broadway , and . their library increases not-1 " *"• bulk , but in intellectual value , and as the cha- V ° membership is only one penny par week _^ ' - " number of the _working classes attend the _mepi- _^ Thb ¦ _Martlbboiw _Wobhso Mam ' s AuT _^ for tbe promotion of Useful _Knowledge _"® i'" < _% day , October 18 th ; at the Princess RMa | _J- " _* » treet , New-road , Mr Godwin in the ohair . sf 0115 , g ifts of books , dra ., were handed in in aid of thi ** ciety . Five new members were proposed . The ! * _" " mittee return their thanks to those persons who l _?" _*" rendered tbem assistance , and beg to state that rt ® will acknowledge gratefully any donation the k ? _2 friends . of progression may favour tbem » _* _- -i order that they : may have-the meaws of extondii and diffusing _mlthls vast and populous nei ghC ? _hooisnch useful information as may tend to thaZ " lightentnent of the publie mind . Meetings on IvC day evenings at eight o ' olock . The Northrn Sto Weekly Times , and Howitt ' s Journal , provided for _tS use of members . . a 8
TflB _WOBKINB MAM ' S ASSOCIATION JOB » _aH pn . _aieira c * Userui , Ksowlbdob , held at the Pm m _^ Roya l , Circus-atreet , Marylebone . Establi sh _^ October , 1847 . _—OnJBCT . —For tbe cultivation and _promulgation of useful knowledge . —Mbans . —A cit _, _culating library , lectures , anddiscu 38 * ons . -- ou 8 _« . I . —That any person desirous of joining this _astocL tion , must be proposed and ' seconded by two mem . bers on a meeting night , and elected the _following meeting night . II . _—ScBacBiwioirs . —Shall be not less than two-pence per month , and sixpence en . trance . III . _—MsB-was . —Weekly meetings every Monday at eight o ' clock , quarterly meetings , the second Monday in January . April , July , and _Octohn .
when all arrears must be paid , and ail property be ! Jonging to the Association " returned . IV . —Omcm , —lo consist of secretary , librarian , and treasurerto be elected quarterly . V . —That the government ofthe society is to consist ofa committee of fire members , in conjunction with the aforesaid officers —tobeeleoted quarterly . VI—That two . auditors be appointed half yearly , to audit the accounts ana report on tht state and prospects of the association , and also if any property be added , and if any be mis . sing during tbe half year . TIL—Libbabt . —That no member have more than one book at a time , which must be returned in a fortnight . Members neglecting to do so , to be subject to a fine of one
halfpenny eaoh week ; any member damaging the property , to be held responsible for the same . "Vm _, —That . this assooiatien shall not be dissolved , so long a 9 three members are apposed to such _dissoJe tion , but if agreed upon , the property to be sold , and the proceeds equally divided amongst the members IX . —That this society cannot be removed from the meeting house , unless by the vote of two-thirds ol the members . X . —Tbat quarterly meetings shall have the power of making or amending rules . XI ,-, That each member purchase a copy ef the rules , Committbb . —A- Packer , R . Anderson , S . _Mondin _, J . Lucas , aud George King . J . Smith , librarian ; T . Hancock , treasurer ; S , Guest , secretary—A Paokbb , agent .
Holland Pabe Fooiwat . —At a publio meeting held at Clark ' s Rooms , 114 , Edgeware-road , oa Monday evening , October 18 th , convened by the se . cretary ofthe West London Anti-Enclosure Association . On the motion of Mr II . D . Griffiths , seconded by Mr E . Stallwood , Mr * W . S . Hanson was called to the chair . The following resolution was proposed , but not being seconded , it waa not put to the vote : That the _coiduct of tbe Board ef Surveyors of _Koniisg . ton , in urging Lord Holland to deprive the public of a footpath , and promising him their cordial support ia such act , is disgraceful in the extreme , ' more _especlsll f since , by virtue of their office , they are bound te protect the publio footways . The following motion was 'then made by Mr U , D . Griffiths , seconded by Mr _Bnmfries : —
That a committee ha appointed to _oppoae Lord Do ) , land in his attempt to divert the present footway in Hoi . land-park , even to appealing against the justices' deci . sion , should snch steps become necessary . Which was lost by a large majority . The following resolution was tben passed , only three hands being raised against it : — Proposed hy Mr Edmund Stallwood , of Little Vale-place , Hammersmith-road , seconded by Mr Mills , of the West London Anti-Enclosure Association : —
That this meeting , the majority of whose members sre well acquainted with the { Holland-park footpaths , is it , cidedly of opinion that the one offered as a diversion " rom the old one by Lord Holland is far superior _. and infinitely more popular , presenting as it does , the advantage of forming a direct line from the road leading from Battee . sea Bridge to the high road at Rotting Hill , at the _tama time affording a better view of Holland-house , and hai the advantage ot lying between an avenue of trees of at least half a century ' s growth , rendering it at once
pleasant and picturesque , whilst the approaches thereto have been widened , the fences lowered , and otherms * improved , and tbe whole legally secured to the publie for erer ; this _moeting therefore trust that the Court of Session will be pleased to allow the diversion of the said footpath as asked by Lord Holland . And this meeting cannot separate witbout tendering its most oerdlsl thanks to Lord Holland for the great liberality he hu evinced in treating with the people ' s officers in this matter .
It was then moved by Mr Edmund Stallwood . se * conded by Mr Joseph Marsh , of Holland-place , _Kensinqton _, and carried unanimously _: — That a copy of the foregeitig resolution be forwarded to tbe chairman of the Quarter Sessions , and another to Lord Holland , On the motion of Mr _Ponlton , of Kensington , seconded by Mr H . D . Griffiths :-That a vote of thanks be awarded to the chairman for his impartial conduct as president of this meeting . Mr Fonblanque , for many years connected with the weekly press , has been appointed to the office in the Statistical Department of the Board of Trade , vacant by the promotion of Mr Porter to the plaoe formerly . filled by Mr Lefevre . [ Mr Fonblanque was editor of the J ?» ami _' n « r , which has tor many years been a mere Whig hack . He has got his reward . l
Reclaimiso Waste Land . —The traveller from Looe , proceeding to the westward , mnst have bad brought under his notice the last season the luxurious crops of corn in small allotments on each side of the West Looe new road . The history of these allotments is interesting , as showing bow , by judicious management , spots which have long lain waste may be reclaimed , and turned to a profitable account . . About thirty years ago some parties in West Looe , who were acquainted with the nature of the soil of the large common or waste belonging to the inhabitants , which was turned to little purpose , conceived tbe idea that if the lan d were to be divided into small parts , to be rented at a fair valuation and tha
rents to be applied tothe pnor rates , a great advan . tege would result , as sand and manure were to ba had in the immediate vicinity . For some time thera was much opposition offered to the scheme by those who were contented with things as they remained , but by perseverance the consent of influential parties was secured , and Irom that time to the present , excellent crops have grown on what was before a profitless waste . The common was granted to tha inhabitants in the reien of Queen Elisabeth . A contrast to what in the _\ Test Looe case may be termed a judicious application of the soil , is seen at Golan - , on the Fowey river . A large common of about forty acres belonging to the poor of Golant , is exclusively appropriated to the growth of ferns , and as a run for
a few animals ; no farther improvement has been attempted , and land of excellent quality , with a few exceptions , lies dormant . If a division were to ba agreed on by the poor , and a rent paid by thera to the assistance of the rates , all parties would gain by the arrangement . The difficulty has hitherto been in failing to persuade the villagers the land was not to be taken away when any improvement was attempted . An arrangement similar to the West Looe case would be attended with benefit . Such a fine common being suffered for so long a period te remain uncultivated , haa called forth the surprise of many persons who have passed through it . If influential parties in the neighbourhood , who . had the welfare of the poor at heart , would interest them * selves in the case , _asreatsten towards a real _hnncfifc
would be made—Plymouth Journal . _Bbompios _Corair CeuBT . —Jkwmlbrs' 'CvstoHS . ' _—WisuMAtt v . _Enuban . —The plaintiff in this case sought to recover from the defendant , a jeweller , of No . 12 , Brompton Lower-road , the sum ot * 1 5 j ., tba value of a bracket watch guard , alleged to ha re beea falsely represented as' solid fine gold . ' The plaintiff stated that he saw the watch guard in the defendant' shop window , ticketed' solid fine gold , ' and went i » and bonght it for 25 s ., and soon afterwards asc _* r * tained that the seal was hollow . The defendant refused te refund the money , and plaintiff then _sho _^ the judge the ticket warranting it was solid . TW defendant resisted the claim on the ground that _'« was the custom of the trade to ticket articles in tba * way , and , in proof of his assertion , referred to
ttprineipal jewellers in London . It could not be sir posed that the seal was solid , had it been so , its W _^ would be £ 5 . The judge said the question **>' whether the plaintiff had been misled . A pew walking along the street , and seeing the article _p the window with the tioket on it , would supp ose "J solid gold . It had been represented as solid , « a was not so . His Honour then gave judgment tot » - plaintiff . , , A prize of £ 50 is offered by a non-medical gen _^ man in Edinburgh for the beat essay on _hydrops " _asitaffeots the human subject . The jadg « - **» r bo three ofthe medical professors of Edinburgh u _» versity , with the secretary of whioh tbtett » _js _^ required to be lodged previous to May -- " _^
The Morning Post states that the trave l mggj ters who were appointed to keep a look-ou t _"v _^ _, on the express trains of the Great Western V pany , are so elevated above tbe train , that t- _!? ' impossible to withstand the eold and ot , . ! i "> - _* venienoea to whioh they jure exposed , an _« four of them have _already _wslgneji the _situaw - _*''
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 30, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_30101847/page/2/
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