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READ the following account from Mr . Hollier bookseller , Dtdley . To the Proprietor ' s of Tan's Lift PiRy . Gentlemen , Dmdley . I forward yoa m Copy of a letter sest to me ( as under , } tnd which you can make what use ofyeu think proper . I am , your obedient serrant , E . Hollii * , bookseller , Dudley . Tipton , Staffordshire . I , Joshua Ball , hereby testify , that I bat been dreadfully afflicted with Rheumatic Coat for 17 years , so that I hare , at times , kept my bed for month * together , and could not get anything to d » me good , till I tsok PARR'S XIFB PILLS , which I am Tery happy to state hare nearly restored me to perfect health . A « witness my band , this llih day of September . Joshua Ball Extraordinary Case of Cure in JJiitw * America .
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OX THE CONCEALED CAUSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL OR ACQUIRED DEBILITIES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEM .
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Patwnts are requested tojka as minute as possible in the detail of their eases , as to theduration of the . ^ om . plaint , the lympums , age , habi t , of living , and general eccupation . Medicine * ean be forwarded to any part of the world ; no difficulty can occur . as they will b . eecurdy packed , and carefully ^ reteciedfrom observation . W . B .-CountryDnigg Uts / BookseUeni ; Patent Medicine Teaders . and every other shop keeper can be suppliedwith any quantity of tke Cordial Balm of Synacum the Conceatrated Detersive Essence , and Perry ' s Purifying Specific PUU , with the nsual allowance to the Trade , hj moit of the principal Wholesale Patent Medicine Houses io London , of whom mavb * bad he "Silent Friend . "
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EXTRAORDINARY CURES HOLLOTTAT'S OINTMENT , wonderful Cure of dreadful Ulcerous Soros in the Faee and Leg , ia Prince Edward Island . TktTruttof this Statement teas duly attetted before a Magistrate . I , Hugh Macdonals , of Lot hi , in King ' s County , do kereby declare , - teat a mast wonderfal preservation of my life his been effected by the use of Holloway ' s Pills and Ointment ; aad I furthermore deolare . that I was very much afflicted with Ulceroui Sores in my Face and Leg ; < o severe was my complaint , that the greater part of my xose and the roof of my mouth was eaten away , and my IK had three large ulcers on it , and that I applied to sfwal Medical gentlemen who prescribed forme , but I
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XJ EES COMPOUND ESSENCE OF CUBEBS The XV most speedy and effectual remedy ever discovered for the cure of discharges , glets , strictures , weakness , whites , riains in the loins and kidneys , heat , irritation , and gravel , frequently removing every symptom of disease in four days , sometimes sooner . It contains in a con centrated state all the efficacious parts of tbe cubeb combined with the aaltof sarsaparilla and other choice alternatives , which makes it invaluable for eradicating all impurities from the blood , preventing secondary symptoms , fallin ; of the hair , blotches , &c ., and giving strength to the whole system . It does not contain mercury in any form , and may be taken by the most delicate or weakly of either ses with perfect safety , as well as benefit to their general health .
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The Dagexham Murder . —It is alleged tbat this shocking murder , and the subsequent events connected with it , have hastened , if not causfd , the death of - Mrs . Parsons , the wife of Sergeant Parsons , wlio ha 3 lately been under the surveillance of tlio police . At the time of the inquest , Mrs . Parsons was in so dangerous a state , and such was her grief : it her husband ' s situation , that it was found necessary to remove her to her father ' s honso'for change of scene . In despite , however , of every attention , she expired late on Thursday night .
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Fifty Kunnins Ulcers cured in six weeks by Hollow-ays Mnhnentad Pills—Extract of a letter , dated Tobago $ csi taatet Ftb . 4 , 1815 .- " To Professor Ilolloway-Sir Ihavetiie p leasure to inform you that your aston-- whin ^ medicincs hnre cured a gentleman in this island Whobad , 1 believe , about fifty running , ulcers about Ins ws urnU and bjdv , « ho had tried all others before the fea ot ' vom-. s , but all of which did him no good but voursi cured him in six weeks , and be is now quite restored to health and vigour . ( Signed ) John Martin , Chronicle Office , Tobago . " The mortality of London , and indeed , of England genell
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John Hillard , 55 , labourer , wat indicted for the wilful murder of Thomas Parker , by administering to him a largo quantity of poison , known as bella-donna-berriea he well knowing them to be poisonous and dangerous to human life . Mr . Bodkin appeared for tho prosecution , which was at the instance of ths Treasury . Mr . Clarkson appeared for the prisoner . Mr . Bodkin briefly ' at&tedthe circumstance of the case , which will be fresh in the recollection of the public , the whole of tfie facts having appearedinthe police reports witbiri the last few days ; and he haying at the same time expressed an opinion that the charge of murder could not be supported , although
the prisoner mu 9 t undoubtedly- be amenable to one' of manslaughter . Mr . Clarkson said he could not hope to rescue the prisoner from a conviction upon the minor charge , and he must , therefore , save the trouble of going through the evidence by pleading guilty to the ' charge of manalaughter . The Court said they must be put in possession of tbe facts of the case , and the witnesses were then examined to prove the sale of the poisoned berries by the prisoner , and the dreadful consequences that ensued . The Jury eventually found the prisoner Guilty of manslaughter , and he was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to nard labour for six calendar months
The greater part of the remainder of Friday was occupied in disposing of charges of criminal assaults upon females , th « details of which are unfit for publication . Extensivb Robbe&t of Bricks , —Edward Fnwin , aged 25 , and George Fisher , 22 , were indicted for having stolen 2 , 000 bricks and six loads of sand , value £ S , the property of George Branaton and Edwin Gwyther , and Daniel Stammers , a master carpenter , aged 45 , was charged with having received the tame , well knowing them tohave been stolen . Mr . Clarkson stated the case for the prosecution , by which it appeared that all the parties to the transaction were in some way or other connected with the works on the North- 'Vv eatern Railway .
Charles Page deposed that he is in the employ of Mr . Markham , a builder . Knows all the prisoners . Has seen both Fisher and Unwin deliver short bricks to Stammers several times . Cannot say how many . They conveyed them in a cart from the Birmingham wharf , and from thence down to the railway . Had some conversation with Stammers about the bricks , when he said he diil not know where they came from . The names of the owners were painted on the carts . Witness told him they wore stolen property . He still persisted in his ignorance . He said he did not know they belonged to the Railway Company . Mr . Alfred Perkins , examined by Mr . Robinson Witness is a master carman , and master of Fisher and . Unwin . He ha » a contract with the prosecutors to cart bricks from tho Wharf to the Camden station . The two prisoners were go employed on the 27 th of August . They had no right whatever to deliver bricks to Stammers , who was given in custody . He was bailed before the magistrate , and afterwards surrendered .
Mrs . Perkins stated that she keeps her husband ' s books , and she showed from them the deliveries Fisher and TJhwin had made on the 22 nd of AugusV the day , it was alleged they were taken to Stammers ' * instead of to Camden-town . The policeman who apprehended the prisoners , and several other witnesses were called , but their evidence was immaterial . Mr . Payne addressed the Jury for Unwin , who had never received one farthing of money . The only offence imputed to him was , that he drove one of the carts on the da ; named , and delivored the bricks to Mr . Stammers .
Mr . Ballatine addressed the Court for Stammers . Ho submitted that tbe proof of guilty knowledge had not been proved . lie admitted his client had said , that he would rather pa ; £ 5 to end tho matter , and that ho ac « knowlcdged having bought a few bricks of a man who said he was bard up , and that he had given more than their worth . He ( Mr . Ballatine ) could prove that he ( Stammers ) had the repute of being an honest and industrious tradesman . The Jury , after consulting a few minutes , pronounced Fisher Guilty , and acquitted Unwin and Stammers . Fisher and Stammers were again indicted , the former with having stolen , and the latter with having received , a quantity of sand , tbe property of the same prosecutors , on the 27 th of August : Mr . Robinson stated the case te the Jury . ' Page , the witness in the last case , gave similar testimony as to the delivery to Stammers by Unwin , and a man not yet in custody .
The Jury again acquitted Mr . Stammers , and found the other prisoner guilty . Fisher was sentenced to hard labour for eight calendar months . ' William Arnold was indicted for having stolen on the 31 st of August , 2000 bags , value £ 24 , the property of Mr , G . Sonning . The prosecutor > tated that the prisoner called on him several times last month . He made various representations , and among others , that he hud a large order for sacks . On the 31 st of August 2000 were put into a waggon , and they were to be paid for on
delivery , but as soon as the prisoner got possession he refused payment , and refused to return the sacks . Wit ness made several applications , but he was treated with contumacy . Witness inquired nt the warehouse where the sacks were delivered , and found that the prisoner hari received the money . Mr . Ballantine cross-examined the witness , and elicited something which materially altered the complexion ofthecaso . Mr . Commissioner Bullock gave | it as his opinion that the felony was not proved , but , no doubt , the prisoner had been guilty of n great fraud . The Jury acquitted the prisoner .
Alleged Misconduct in Gkeenwich Pauk . — Henry Nichols , a member of the Inner ; Temple , surrendered in this Ceurt to abida his trial on a charge of misdemeanour . The indictment charged him with inciting one Frances Jane Garlick , a child under twelve years of age , in order to induce her to criminal conversation with him in Greenwich Park . Frances Jane OifHck ekAmiucd—I am ten years . ' and six months old . I was in Greenwich Park on the 1 st of September , in company with ten other children . I was ou the first lawn , the prisoner having passed two nurse servants , came and sat down by us , and asked us our names . We told him our names , and then he came and sat close to me , and said , " Have you been with other gentlemen . " I said I had not . He then said , "Do you know what I mean . " - I made no answer to that . He said he would g ive me a shilling . He came closer to me , and pulled tho bottom of my frock . My mother then camp up , arid asked what that gentleman was lying against me tor ? I told her what he asked me . She went up to him
and asked him what he meant . The ' gentleman then got up and walked away . My mother followed him to seek for a police officer . Cross-examined—I have never been in company with a set of girls who are in the habit of dancing in the park , and requesting money of gentlemen . My mother is a dressmaker , and makes dresses for ' thc girln wholWein Roan Street . I know they are bid girls , and I go there to take home their dresses . I was never turned out of the park for improper conduct . Elizabeth Gailick examined—I am tbe mother of the last witness , and my husband is a bricklayer . I went into the park on the day named and saw my child lying near the prisoner . The other children were near . She then told me what site Las stated to-day . I asked the prisoner what he meant , when he gat up and ran away in the direction of One Tree hill , I could not keep up with him . Ho was afterwards given into custody .. Crossfxumincd . —I make under dresses for feinnles in Roan Street . I do not kuow they are prostitutes . It ' s not a part of my business to ask my customers what they are . I swear that I have never sent my child to any of those
houses . Susannah Mather examined—I was in the park on the day in question , and heard the prisoner talk to the girls who would not have anything to say him . He then went and sat down by the child Garlick , vrhote hand he took and squeezed . He Ihen pulled her frock , and she tried to get away from him . Cross-examined . — I live by hawking . I wa 3 never turned out of tbe park because I went with an empty basket under pretext of selling things—that is ( hesitating ) I do not exactly recollect ever having been served so . I liave not beea in the habit of laying hold of gentlemen and asking them for money . ( Hesitation again . ) I may know Roan Street , but not in particular . ( Laughter . ) I swear I never went into a house with any one in that street , I swear again I was never turned out of tho park .
Hannah Cavanagh examined—I live at Deptford , and was with the last witness in the park on the day in question . ( Thii witness swore boldly to the facts stated by the last witness . ) Cross-examined—I never diinced in tho park . Can you dance . ( A laugh . ) I will not tell you what I have done in the pnrk or what I have not done . ( Loud laughter . ) All I came here for is to speak tgainst that gentleman . Mr . Clarkson addressed the Jury for the defence , and in tho course of it said , he lamented the hostile part the public press had taken against his client , by writing the police inquiry so unfairly strong against him , on the evidence , too , of ; uch witnesses as the Jury had just heard . He most solemnly protested his innocence , and on that ho rested his case . In conclusion , the Learned Gentleman expressed his sincere regret that the law would not allow him to call witnesses to prove tbe real character of those who had been examined for the
prosecution . 'She Common Sil'geant Said , lift would talce upon himself to call one of the pnrk-keepers , and inquire whether the witness upon whose evidence the case mainly reBted was to be believed on her oath . She had sworn that she had never been in the pai k but twice before . The Park-keeper stated , that instead Of twice , tliG girl Garlick was a constant and ' almost adaily visitor . In fact , she almost lived in it . She was o ' nis of a gang of itivls whose obscene behaviour had become a perfect
. The Learned Judge said he was of opinion that tha elder witnesses were unworthy of eredit . Tliu Jury instautly acquitted the prisoner , who left the Court with many highly respectable friends . Ccttjno and Stahbino . —Michael Downey was indicted for cutting , stabbing , and wounding John Sullivan , with intent to murder him or do him same grievous bodily harm . The case was fully proved , and the Jury found tho prisoner guilty . The Common Sergeant , in passing sentence , said that tins was a case in which he felt , himself justified in putting the law in motion , in order , if possible , to check the frequent and sanguinary use of the knife . The sentence was . that he be trans-
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ported beyond the seas for leven years . The Judges were determined , if possible , to put a stop to a crime which had recently become fearfully frequent . Shop Hobbebt . —George Fitzherbert , aged 26 , a young man of respectable appearance , wag indicted for having stolen a gold watch , value £ 11 , the property of Joseph Kaiser . It appeared that the prisoner was the companion of the man Fitzsimons , who wai convicted at thii Court a session or two back of stealing a watch from a watchmaker , named Harris , and who was also under a charge of robbing the Lord Mayor of his watch at the Blaekwall Railway terminus . In the present case , it vtus proved
that the prisoner went into the shop of Mr . Kaiser , who is a watchmaker , in Park Terrace , St . John ' s Wood , and asked the price of some gold watches , and while be wai examining them , another man , supposed to be Fitzsiraons , came into the shop , and made some frivolous inquiry respecting a gold pin , and then left the Bhop , and immediately afterwards it was found tbnt one of th * watches had been stolen , Tho prisoner was at once suspected of having passed the watoh to the other man , nnd he was given into custody , and evidence was adduced to show that the prisoner and the other man were seen in company at a short distance from the prosecutor ' s shop , just before the robbery was committed . * The Jury found the prisoner guilty .
He was then arraigned on anotlier indictmeHt , charging him with having Btolen a gold watch and chain , value £ 12 , the property of John James Harris , The robbery was committed in ezastly tbe samo manner as the former one , and it w * g upon tbis indictment t hat Fitzsimons tvat convicted , and sentenced to ten years transportation as the companion of the prisoner . The ( Jury returned a verdict of guilty . The prisoner was then sentenced to be transported for ten years . \ After the sentence was pronounced , the prisoner begged to be allowed to address the Court . He then said , that although Fitzsimons had been convicted as his companion in the robbery at Mr . Harris ' s , he declared before Almighty God that he was perfectly innocent , and that the witnesses were mistaken as to his identity . He added , that Fitzsimons was not more thin five feet four high , whereas the man who really wont into the shop was five feet nine .
Mr . Harris , in answer to a question from the Court , said that he had not the slightest doubt as to the identity of Fitzaimons , and his daughter and another young lady who were in the shop , also swore positively to him , and besides this , before the trial took place , a person came to bim fromjFitzsimons and offered him the value of tho watch and chain that had been stolen if be would not not appear agiiinBt him . The prisoner was then removed , repeating his declaration that Fiti 9 imons was innocent of the crime of which he bad been cbnvicttd .
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COLLISION AND LOSS OF LIFE IN THE IRISH CHANNEL . Shiheac , Saturday . — Yesterday afternoon , intelligence reached here of a dreadful collision and loss ol life occurring in the Irish Channel , about ten miles off Troy Islands , on the night of the 25 th inst ., by which a vessel , supposed to be a large Indiman , ran into and foundered a icoouer , named the John Lloyd , belonging to Belfast . The particulars are reported to be as follows : —On the night in question tbe schooner , which waa heavil . v lad » n , was beating up the north channel of the Irish sea , for the Clyde , from Archangel , whan about twelve o ' clock a large vessel was observed making downwards . Whether the ordinary look out was kept on
hoard the vessels , is a matter very difficult to ascertain , but it appears the poaition of the schooner was not seen until close under the bows of the approaching ship , and ere she could be brought round the collision took place . It is described to have been of a very violent description . The schooner was struck nearly amidships and was cut down to tbe water ' s edge , her foremast and mizenmast going over at the same moment . After they had parted , the ill-fated vessel was found to be rapidly sinking , and in a few moments she went down in deep water . Three only of the crew were saved , the remainder , who it is supposed were asleep in their berths , were either crushed to death or drowned in their hammocks . The survivors escaped in the boat , which fortunately had been got clear of the wreck . They state that the ship which run into them bore away , notwithstanding their loud entreaties , and offered them not the slightest assistance . This charge , however , is somewrat incorrect . The crew of
the ship , which has been ascertained to be the Lord DufHyu , » f Belfast , were for some time after the collision fearful that she had sustained such damage as would cause her sinking . On discovering , however , that she had not received so serious an injury ( the wind and tide had carried her some distance from the spot of the accident , which will account for their not rendering the assistance solicited ) , she put hack to Belfast to make good tho damage ere she could resume her voyage to New Orleans . The survivors of the schooner remained in the boat for twelve hours , and being perceived by the Juliet , of Greenoclf , from Calcatta , they were quick [ y taken on board . The poor fellows wero much distressed , aud the treatment they met with from the crew of the Juliet is spoken of in the highest terms . They were landed at Greenock on Wednesday , and , being furnished with the necessary means were forwarded to thsir respective homes .
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SUSPECTED MURDER AT BRIGHTONThe body of a man , between thirty and forty years of age , respectably dressed , wa 3 found on Saturday morning , on the full of the beach , the pockets were filled with beach stones , but no money was in them . A wound was perceptible on the temple , and there was a great suffusion of blood , as if the deceased bad met his death by a violent blow . Other parts of the face were much scratched , and altogether the body presented an ap . pearance as if some foul play had been used . Several persons went to see it , and they came away with the opi nion that murder had been committed . The deceased had on a frock cost , a fancy waistcoat , and grey striped doeskin trousers . On searching the body , several
certificates of admission into a Masonic Lodge were found , among which was a certificate in the German language , verifying the service of the bearer as an apprentice to a person named Joachim Wefiin Steinberg , at Ueichten . berg , in the kingdom of Prussia . In this certificate ha » ns described as Christian Martin Elks Holler . It appeared from tbe Masonic certificates that be bad been initiated into the Albion Lodge , St . Jermyn-street , June 1 , 1841 , and that he was afterwards exalted in the Mount Sinai Chapter on the 21 st of February , 1843 . The body nfts removed to the Brunswick Hotel tap , and Mr . Batts , the overseer of the Hove district , wrote to Freemasons ' Hall , in the hopo that the body might be identi 6 ed , but up to this time no one has been to claim it .
Tbe finding of the body in tho state that it was excited a great deal of interest , and numbers west to see it on Sunday . This morning a coroner ' s inquest waa held before F . H . Gell , Esq ., coroner for Sussex , on the remains , when Anthony Murphy , a commissioned boatman on the Coast-guard Service , deposed to the finding of the body about sit or seven yards out of the water , and it appeared to bim as if it had been thrown up by the water . The lower part of the body was buried in shingle , and the face was turned upwards . The witness thought the marks on the face might have been caused by tbe » nrf .
Prom the evidence of Mr . James Turner , » surgeon , in Ri-gency-gquart ) , Brighton , who had been requested to mnke a post mortem examination of the body , it appeared that there was nothing about the bruises on the temple to lead him to the belief that death hnd resulted from violence . He found the brain very much congested , which he believed wns caused by drowning ; he found nothing to account for death excepting the ordinary signs of these who become suffocated after walking into the water alive . The Jury returned a verdict of " Found drowned . "
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the floor . Mrs . Jones the mother of tbe late unfortunate Mary Anne Jones , who committed suicide , was confined there for some days ' and ' nighta ' together without her clothes , they being taken from her by the authorities , and also beaten about ths body with grea t violence , there being black marks and bruises about her arms , which she showed to me and others who were . with me . This cruelty is almost enough to drive any person to acts of suicled . Ab to the food , the same letter stated , —the meat is so hard and tough that it is with difficulty we chew it . The gruel and broth we seldom or ever use , as there are three broth days in the week , and we can ' t make use of the broth . We have three days to dine upon four ounces of dry bread alone . I myself have often been kept fourteen days by Mr . Lee , the master , without meat , which caused me to live Tor fourteen days successively on nothing but dry bread .
The reading of this letter created a powerful sensation . Mr . Howobth did not believe one word of the document , it was evidently a tissue of falsehood from beginning to end . . The meeting having been addressed by several gentlemen pro and con , the amendment was put from the chair , and lost by a majority , of five . The meeting did not terminate till after midnight .
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THE HOUNSLOW MILITARY TRAGEDY . The worst fears for the fate of the witnesses examined at the inquest held upon poor White , late private of the 7 th Hussars , are , we regret , likely to be realised . We understand one witness , who , in consequence of his superior attainments and conduct , bad been elected president of his room , snd whose advice was followed , and example imitated by his comrades , was , after giving his evidence , removed froml the reom , and placed in another over which a corporal Bwayed authority . Another , wh « is most respectably connected , and whose conduct as . a soldier is beyond even the breath of censure , having , after he gave his evidence like a soldier and a man of honour , interested himself in raising a , subscription towards the erection of a monument to White ' s memory , mas ordered to attend the Colonel ' s quarters . He did so . when the following dialogue ensued : —
Colonel I understand that the men are raising a subscription so build a monument to White . Is such the fact ? " Soldier . —T « s , Sir . Colonel . —I am also informed that you are making jo * -aelf conspicuous in collecting that fund . Is that 101 Soldier , —Tes , Sir , Colonel . —Are you aware that , by so doiag , you are guilty of a breach of discipline , and expose yourself to punishment ! Soldi ** . —No , indeed , Sit > , I am not ; and this is the first time I have been told so . Colonel . —You do put yourself in that position by such conduct .
Soldier . —I hope not , Sir . Indeed , I can scarcely believe it , for 1 ' cannot conceive what crime there i < In raising a monument to a deceased comrade . Colonel . —Well , well , you will see it . You may retire , The soldier accordingly obeved tho mandate to retire , as he did the order to attend , but the interview with his Colonel neither lessened his zeal in collecting subscriptions towards the monument mor their amount . The one continued as fervent as ever , and the other continued to be raised without tha slightest diminution . Poor "holloa" Mathewson , whose back was torn by the sanguinary lash , because , without knowing whom he was addressing at the time , for he did not » ee him , he cried out "holloa" to a question from the sergeant , is now a prisoner in Hounslow barracks , awaiting his trial by court-martial . It appears that last Sunday be was
on duty at Hampton [ Court , when his mother , accompanied by his brother-in-l . iw—just discharged from a lancer regiment , and whom he had not seen for nine years—visited him . He asked his sergeant , who was corporal ovtr him when he was a prisoner , previous to his late punishment at the ladder , to allow another soldier , who had agreed so to do , to mount guard for him , as he wished to spend & few hours with his family . This favour the sergeant peremptorily refused , although lie had allowed a similar and a greater liberty to another soldier . After that the sergeant followed him to " Trophygnte , " where he mounted guard , and where , according to his ( the sergeant ' s ) statement , be abuasd and threatened him . The sergeant accordingly reported Matthewson , and put him under arrest . The colonel , upon the sergeant ' s report , ordered a district court * martial to be held upon Mattbewson .
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COURT-MARTIAL ON PRIVATE MATTHEWSON . A district court-martial assembled on Tuesday , at the Cavalry Barracks , Hounslow , on Private Thomas Matthewson , of tbe 7 th Hussars , who , as will be remembered , was one of the witnesses held by Mr . Wakley on White , the man who died from the effects of a flogging he received in pursuance of tho sentence of a regimental court-martial . The charges against Matthewson , what the Court had to try , were those of insubordination and the use of threatening and disgusting languHge to Laace-serjeant O'Donnell , his superior officer , while on duty . The officers composing the Court were all of the 12 th Lancers , the regiment now stationed at Hounslow Barracks .
Serjeant O'Donnell gave the following evidence : —He was Serjeant of the guard at Hampton Court Barracks , on the 20 th instant , at a quarter past six in tbe evening , Private Thomas Matthewson was at that time on sentry at the Trophy-gate , and he said to the -witness , "You —— — --., I'll break your •—¦ heads . " Witness aaked him whom lie meant , and he answered , "You and that other old b- " ( meaning Serjeant Jones , ) I'llbreakyour b—— headsfor you . " The witness was sharply cross-examined by tbe prisoner whose defence was , th » t Serjeant O'Donnell came
to him ivhile on sentry , and toldjiim that he could neither have his sentry hours changed nor be relieved . To that he replied , " I am very sorry , for my brother-in-law has just arrived from tho East Tndies and I wanted to sen him . " The charge brought against him by Serjeant O'Donnell was unfounded , and did not contain a single word of truth . He also wished to state that Serjeant O'Donnell was drinking in the Canteen before he went on guard and afterwards ; and that he told private Hutchin . son that he might put himself in prisoner ' s sentry , for he should not .
The President .- —Hutcbinson should have been brought forward . The prisoner , in continuation . Hutchinaon . had marched off with his regiment—as also had several others who might have spoken for him . Serjeant O'Donnell was not sober at tbe time , and wben he cams to tlie ] guard at night , lie laid down on the floor of the guardroom , and to all appearance was quite drunk . The prisoner had no witnesses to bring forward . All the men who wera on guard with him had gone off with their regiment . He did not apply to the commanding officers to have the witnesses detained , believing that the Serjeant would hare told the truth , or else he should have don ? so .
The prosecutor , Lieut . William Viscount St . Lawrence , of the 7 th Hussars , produced the record of a previous conviction by a Regimental Court-martial , on the 22 ud of last June , when the prisoner was found piltj of u » ing violent and improper language to _ Serjeant Tompie , in the discharge of his duty , and of insolent conduct to Colonel Whyte , when brought before him ; He was on that occasion sentenced to 100 lashes , which fee received . Lieut , Viscount St , Lawrence also deposed to the character of the prisoner whilst in the regiment as beinj ; extremely insolent nnd disrespectful to his superiors . The prisoner was 20 years and 6 months old , and had been in the regiment six months . This last evidence having also been read over to the prisoner , the Court rose , and the proceedings terminated , Matthewson being led away in the custody of soldiers carrying drawn swords . The verdict will of course not be published till it has been submitted to the Horse Guards .
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-av ^^— THE WELLINGTON STATUE . The removal of Ijjfe-colossal equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington ; from the studio of the artist , Mr . M . C . Wyatt , in Harrow Road , Paddington , to its alleged "temporary" resting place at Hyde Park-corner , took place on Tuesday , and was attended with all the eclat that military pomp , a countless assemblage of persons , and t lie interest necessarily attached to so herculean a labour , could ensure . The throng of human beings extended as far as the eye could reach . Every window had its occupants , and even tbe bouse tops were crowded with anxious faces , while the enlivening strains of the military bands , and the presence of a large force of the household troops , added not a little to the excitement of the occasion . Nor
was the presence of tbe aristocracy wanting to give a feature to the proceedings . A commodious platform was erected immediately in front of the artist ' s residence , and was filled with a brilliant assemblage of rank and fashion . A massive andlofty platform of timber of groat strength , supported by four immense metal wheels , principally composed of wrought iron , had been erected at an immense expense to convey the gigantic work to its destination . Upon this the statue was mounted—the chest and quarters of the Horse resting on the body of the platform , while the four legs descended below the asks of the wheels , and were there supported by iron bars , so placed transversely as to meet the hoofs of the animal . The weight of this mammoth carriage was nineteen tons ,
nnd that of the statue itself being forty , made the entire weight to be transported fifty-nine tons , exclusive o £ the company of viggcrs , superintendents , ifcc , who clustered like bo many pigmies around the base of this Titanic work of art . At an earl y hour in the morning it was dragged from the workshops of Mr . Wyatt into the roadway , by the united efforts of lOGFusileers . A considerable period elapsed before the fastenings were completed to the satisfaction of those entrusted with the care of iti removal , but this having been done , 29 horses , belonging io the stud of Mr . Goding , the eminent brewer , were attached to the carriage . They were placed three abreast , their heads decorated with laurels , and were guided by 14 draymen , each of them attired in a new professional suit . Tbe post of honour , among these " knights of the whip , "
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namely , the right-band wheeler , wag assigned to a Water . I ^ t veteran , who has been 26 years in the employment of Mr , jGodingr , and who wore his medals on this occasion . About k 1 q"arter Pa" twelve the enormous mass was , at length , aK fPreliminarie 8 having been completed , put in . motion . I * * 1 * 8 was the signal for a crash of military music , and " a burst of applause from the congregated thousands , wfiich literally rent the air . The procession was formed by a large body of the Household troopi , both horse and foot , with their splendid
bands , under the command of the Marquis of London , derry , and reached its termination without the slightest accident occurring to the utatue or to any of the spectators . The corners of the streets were turned without difficulty , and the entire journey was performed in less than an hour and a half . Her Majesty the Queen IWger snd her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia , together with their Royal Highnesses the Doke and Duchess of Cambridge , Lord Charles Wellesley , and all tbe members of the nobility who were present at the removal of tbe statue , witnessed its arrival from the balcony of ApiTey
House . The carriage wai stopped for oome minutes before the balcony , tbe bands playing " See the conquering Hero comes , " and it was then slowly drawn beneath the scaffolding to the east of the triumphal arch . In consequence of the lateneiB of tbe hour , the raising of the vast group to its place on the tep of the arch was postponed until Wednesday morning . . '' ¦'! Some idea of the vast dimensions of tbe group may b » formed from tbe following figures . The height from tha base is about 28 feet ; the girth round the horse , 23 feet 8 inches ; arm of ditto 5 foet 4 inche *; from the hone's hock to the ground , 6 feet ; from tbe horse ' s nose to the tail , 26 feet . The work has been nearly six years in completing , and the expense ig somewhere about £ 30 , 000 .
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week , a laughable hoax was played , at Lancaster , upon a very respectable architect of mortality ' s last home . It was represented to him that" Old John , " a hostler , had died very suddenly , and that he was requested to go and measure the defunct for a coffin . Away went the coffin builder on his mission , with his measuring tape in hand , and his visage the proper undertaker ' s length . " Old John" was laid oufc , apparently lifeless , in a lodging room over the stables , and our dismal visaged friendftneasured him for his last suit , with all due solemnity , intermixing his notifications of dimensions with expressions of regret , as follows : —Length , 5 feet 9 inches—poor fellow , he ' s got rid of a troublesome world , and gona
to a better—breadth , 2 feet 9 inches , well , he ' s gone atlaat . "Will he be buried as a 'navie ? ' "" Most certainly , * ' was the answer . "Oh , then , he'll want an oak coffin , and I will take care he has a good un . " These' necessary preliminaries having been gone through , be departed , uttering apparent regrets , yet evidently not aorrow that he had obtained the job , " Old John" played his part to a miracle . In fact , so well did he perform it , that Rome of the bystanders began to think that the joke was going to be converted into a tragedy , and that " Old John , " had actually digd in a fit through the exertion of holding his breath so long . A glass of grog , however , soon set him " all right . " He was quickly dressed , and accompanied by one or two more , went to the under * takers establishment , and found him busy at work chalking out the requisite oaken boards . " Old
John' gave a smart knock at the door , to excite his attention , when the undertaker turned round and seeing what he conceived to be an apparition , exclaimed , in an agony of terror , " Wha—Wha—What do you want here ? Aren't you dead ? " "Yes , " replied "Old John" "Dead enough ; and being anxious to be buried as soon as possible , I have called to know when my coffin will be ready . " A peal of laughter followed this announcement . The bubble burst , " Isaac" saw bow he had been played upon and flew into such a tearing passion , that if "Old John" and his confederates had not quickly made their exit , coffins would probably have been wanted for some of them ; for their dupe , seizing a huge axe , swore that if they did not get out of his sight , he would split every one of their Bkulls . — Lancaster Guardian .
Crumbs of Comfort tor ah Editor . — T . N . ¦ writes—* I think some of your papers to severe / 1 We are of opinion , ' says the N . S ., ' that M * . Holyoake ' s articles lack spirit' Give us a few light papers , say J . A . ' We think the Reannir too dull . ' ' Do not indulge in any more Reminiscences' entreats another friend — ' the Reaimer should be more serious , ' ' Who can get through such long articles ? ' exclaims G . W . ' These short papers come like flashes , ' interjects R . B ., 'let us have something to think about . ' 'You have too much Communism—your paper will go down , ' wrote Mr . A . a few weeksneo . ' We want to know more about
the Society's affairs , and care nothing for Naturalism —we shall not take your paper in if you do not give us more , ' say several Branches . Some objectors run on in pairs , thus : —T . B . — ' Give us catechisms—we want tli « elements . '—S . D . — ' Do not be so expository , we have had , ' the ABC of it a hundred times . ' T . F . — ' Maka the Reasoner less that it muy go into tho pocket . ' —W . G . — ' Make it larger that it may feel like a newspaper . ' No . 1 . 'Charge it 3 . ! . 'No . 2 . ' Make it Id . ' No . 3 . ' You are too uncompromising . ' No . 4 . "Too conciliatory . ' No . 5 . ' Your tone should be more subdued . ' No . 6 . ' Speak out . '— The RcaMyntv .
Mabtleboxe Vistrt . —On Saturday , the Marylebone Vestry were occupied nearly the whole of their sitting in considering certain charges of alleged cruelty and mismanagement of the poor in the workhouse , on tbe part of the directors and guardians . The charges have arisen in consequence of the adoption by the board of directors of a report of a committee recently appointed to revise the whole of the rules for the management of the poor in the workhouse , which , amongst other things , precludes the introduction of diet prescribed for the sick on the WOvkhouae 6 l ' < l * of the house , abolishes the system
of manufactures andhi 9 extremely strin ? cntj ( iceluding a great reduction in the diet ) with regard to refractory paupers . Mr . Soden introduced the subjnctto tho notice of the vestry , and moved— "That the board of directors and guardians be requested to forward to the vestry , a copy ol the report of the finance committee , dated June 19 th , and signed by Messrs . Perry . Bushill , and Potter . " The charges against the directors and guardians were indignantly repelled by several speakers , but as the charges had been publicly made , it was thought desirable that they skould be refuted , and the motion was ultimately carried .
Fbost , Wimjams , and Jozres . —From a private letter , addressed to one of our corresspondents , dated " Hobart Town , April 20 th , 1846 , " by a gentleman residing in that colony , we learn that Frost , the leader of the Chartiat body at Monmouth , was at that period a clerk or warehouseman in a large grocery establishment , That Williams ig still in the police force of the colony at the same salary as paid to the other constables , one shilling and ninepence per day , he bears the character of being a good officer , Jones was in the police , also , but on account of his good conduct h » was appointed as guard to the mail , and recommended for indulgence ; he has since received ris ticket of leave , and was living at the date of the utter with a watclimahor at Launceston , at a good lalary . —Birmingham Journal . The Late Fatal Case of Military Flogoixg . —
At an inquest held on Saturday , by Mr . Wakley , he made some remarks on the frequency of cases of death arising from the effects of injuries to tbe skin , and said that , since the late inquest , at Hounslow , on private John Frederick White , . of the 7 th Queen ' s Own Hussars , his attention had been more particularly drawn to such cases , which he found amaged five each week . Until that inquest such cases were confined chiefly to burns and scalds , but the evidence given had proved that the same fatal effects might arise from other injuries to the skin . That fact had just been confirmed in a very extraordinary manner . Mv . llawea , M . P ., the
Under Secretary tor the Colonies , had a day or two since communicated to him , that by a report just received from Dr . Mothenvell , the superintendent of convicts in Van Diemen ' a Land , as to their condition , it appeared , by a discovery lie had made , that two very important effects were produced on the convicts by resorting to corporal punishment , viz ., inflammation of the chest and disease of the heart , the very causes of private White ' s death , but which wore ascribed by four out of the five surgeons examined to sudden change of temperature , Mr . Wilson being the only one who ascribed it to the injury to the skin occasioned by the flogging deceased had received .
JoHNlBmonT , ; EsQ ., M . P . yoR Manchester , —At last Mr . Cobden has peremptorily refused to stand for Manchester at the next election . This determination of the Hon . M . P . ^ for Stock port , was , it is said , reeeived on Thursday . In his communication he gives it to be understood that it must be Stockport for life ( excepting always the county of Buckingham ) . The Reform Commitree , 48 " in number , for this borough , have from the first time been all but equally divided—25 in favour of Mr . Bright , and 23 for > r . Cobden ; but now that a definitive , unaltettiblft determination is expressed by the latter , the committee at once unanimously resolved on supporting Mr . Bright with their votes and influence .
What ran French sat op the Battle op Watbdioo . —1 . That it -was not won at all . 2 . That it was won by the Prussians . S , That it was won by the Prussians , the Hanoverians , the Russians , the Austrians , the Belgians , the Spaniards , the Bavarians , the Saxons , the English—in short , by all the nations of Europe , little and big . < 1 . That it was won by chance . 5 . That it was won by accident . 6 . That it was won by treason . 1 . That it was won by 500 , 000 men against 50 , 000 . S . Thai it w » s not a battle at all . 0 . That the British certainly did not gain it . 10 . That Wellington is a . fool , an ass , a coward . 11 . That one Frenchman , any day , will lick ten Englishmen or ten Scotchineu .
Nw Market in Lambeth . — In the coarse of a tew days a market ou a most extensive scale will be opened in tho Westminster Road , at the end of the New Cut . for the sale of merchandise and provision of every description ,
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ST . PANCRAS POOR . A meeting of the rate payers of this parish was held on Monday evening for the purpose of taking into consideration the report of the Board of Directors and Guardians , relative to the late charges made a <; ai » st them by the coroner ' s jury , in the case of Mary Anne Jor . es , which has excited so much public attention . The report having been read to the meeting , it waa moved by Mr . llowttrth , the _ churchwarden ' , that it be received , and approved of b y the meeting to which un amendment , for the appointment of a committee of vestrymen to investigate the conduct of the officers of tho workhouse , was moved by Mr . Whitford . A long and stormy discussion ensued . In the course of the proceedings a letter was read from one of the Inmates of the house , dated "Oakum Room , St . Pancras Workhouse , containing a number of complaints against Mr . Lee , the master , whose word , it was alleged , appears to be law in the eyes ol the directors . The oakum room \ v » s represented to be overrun with lico and other vermin . The followitig is a specimen of the discipline of the workhouse : Six of us were confined in a miserable dungeon called the ' refractory' room or 'black hole ' to undergo a sentence of . forty-eight hours close confinement—and close enough it was ; for this 'black liolc'bnd no window or lire-place . Tho door was cased or lined with iron , and locked and bolted witfcout-nde . The weather then being so excessively hot and close , we also being so many , we complained of the close confinement aud heat . As a punishment for complaining n largo board was nniled up over a email air hole that had previously existed , and thus tbe draft and air was entirely stopped . There was no ventilation whatever , and we were Mmost suffocated . There was also several holes luiocked and made in the opposite wall of tbe cell to admit the . foul air , and tbe stench from the buryiug-ground which adjoins the cell , the wall of tho biiryiiig . ground forming a portion of the [ it'll . The abominable stench that came in turned us all quite sickl y , thc-rc not being an escape for it . I myself iras also kept confined therein 30 . hours , aud all the food that was given me was four ounces of bread only during that time . The only reason we were confined there was for applying for relief , there being no other reason whatuver . There is no bed nor even straw in the plnco to lie upon ; only tho hard boards which are infested with fleas . Upwards of thirty of us have been thera together couftned , and half of us have been compelled to lie on
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The Popular Medicikk.
THE POPULAR MEDICIKK .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 3, 1846, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1386/page/2/
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