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A "LORD" AND II1S DUPES.-EXTRAORDINARY DOINGS OF A JEREMY DIDDLER.
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ABERNETIIY'S PILE OINTMENT . WH AT a painfol and noxious Disease Is the PILES , aud comparatirely Low few of the afflicted hare fceen permanently rared by ordinary appeals to medical aldU . This , no doubt , arises from the us ; of powerful Aperients too frequently administered by the profession ; indeed , strong internal medicine should always bt avoided in all cases of this complaint . The Proprietor oi the above Ointment , after years of acute suffering , placcc ii nself uuder the treatment ef that eminent surgeon , Mr Aberncthj , —was by him restored to perfect health , anc has enjaved it ever since without the slightest return o the disorder , over a period of fifteen years , during whicl time the same Abertiethiaa prescription has been thi means « f tattling < i vast number of desperate cases , boti in and out of the frourietor ' s citcte . < of friends , most o
¦ which cases had been uuder u * e € kal care , and some of ; them for a considerable time . ABBRKE THY'S P 1 I-E . OOJTSIEXT traeintroaucod to the public by the desire of mat * wLohadJK . en perfectly hssAed bv its application 5 * nd since its introduction , tbe fam « of t ° . »^" T : ment has spread far and wide ; even the Medical rrofessio ,,, ah « y * slow and unwilling to acknowledge the virtues of ^ medicine ™*^ * J $%£% & - now freely aad frankly admits aBERNETH \ S PILfc OISTMEST is not only a Suable preparation , but a nerer-failing remed / in e * erj stage and variety of that ^ iS ^ tltt rep ^ ving theOINT ^ NTatrial Slultimdesof cases of its efficacy nuu'ht be produced , f the juiuire of tbe complaint did not render those who have teen cu red unvrUliog to publish th « r nauus . mth full directions fo '¦ ; -
Suldin covered pots at 4 s . 6 d . . use , bv G . King ( agent to the Proprietor ) , 40 , Uapier str «*« trHoxt .. n , New To * m , London , where also can b < procured every patent medicine of repute , direct from tin original makers , with as allowance in taking six at i time . * * # Be sure to ask for " Abernethy's Pile Ointment THE PUBLIC AEE XEQ . VBSTED TO BE ON TUEIB eVASJ ) AGAINST XOXI 00 S COMPOSITIONS AT 1 OW PRICES , and t » observe the name of G . King or the Government stamp affixed to each pot , 4 s . 6 d ., whicl is the lowest price the proprietor is enabled to sell it at , owing to the great expense « f the ingredients . " Abernethy ' s Pile Ointment , " "Paul ' s Corn Plaster , ' and " Aberneby ' s Pile Powders , " are sold by the following Agents : —Barclay and Sons , Parringdon-street : Edwards , 67 , St . Paul ' s Church-yard ; Butler , 4 , Cheapside ; Ifewbery , St . Paul ' s ; Sutton , Bow Church-yard ; Johnston , 16 , Greek-wrett , Soho , and 68 , Cornhill ; Sanger , 150 ; Osford-street ; Willougbby and Co ., 61 , Bishnpsgate-street Without ; Owen , 52 , Marchmontstreet , Burton-crescent ; Eade , 39 , Goswell-street ; Prout 229 , Strand ; Hanuay and Co ., C 3 , Oxford-street ; Ilunter and James . Webber-row ; and Ketail by all respectable Chemists and Medicine Vendors in London .
CORNS AND BUNIONS . PAUL'S EVERT MAN ' S FRIEND . Patronised by the Royal Family , Nobility , 4 c . PAUL'S EVERY MAN'S FRIEND is a sure and speedy cure for those severe annoyances without the least pain or inconvenience . Unlike all other remedies for Corns , its operation is sucii as to render the cutting of Corns altogether unnecessary ( indeed , we may say , that the practice of cutting Corns is at all times highly dangerous , and has been frequently attended with lamentable consequences , besides its liability to increase their growth ) . It adheres with the most gentle pressure , producing ao instantand delightful relief from torture ; and , with perseverance in its application , entirely eradi . nates the most ir . verate Corns and Bunions .
Testimonials have been received from upwards of one hundred Physicians and Surgeons of the greatest eminence , as well as from many officers of both Army and 3 Javy , and nearly one thousand p rivate letters from the gentxy in town and country , speaking in high terms of £ bis Taloable remedy-Prepared byJohn Fox , in boxes at Is . ljd , or ^ three small boxes in one , for 2 s . 9 d . ; and to be had , with fuH directions for use , of C . King , 40 , Uapier-street , Hoxton , New Town , London ; and all wholesale and retail Medicine-vendors in Town and Country . The Genuine lias me name of John Fox on the Government Stamp . A 2 s . 9 d- box cures the most obdurate Corat . Ask for "Paul's Every Man ' s Ftiend . "
Codhtbt Agents : —Baines and Newsome ; Mr - Suckton , Times ] Office ; Beaton , Smeeton , flail , Rein , liardt and Sons , * J . C . Browne , 48 , Briggate , Thornton , 35 , Boar Lane , Deaton , Garland , Mann , Bean , Harvey , Baigb , late Tarbotton , Eolland and Kemplaj , Land Moxon , C . Hay , 10 G , Briggate , Rhodes , Bill and Brooke , Lard , R . C . Hay , Medical Hall , Leeds ; Cooper , Key and Fisher , Bradford ; Hartley , Berry , Suter , Leyland , Halifax ; Smith , Eland , Hurst , Cardwell , Gfell , Smith"Wakefield ; Pybus , Barnsley ; Knowles , Thor « e , Brooke , and Spivey , Huddersfield , Hudson , Keighley ; Loft , bouse . Keinhardt ( late Carlton ) . JKtrton , Alcock , Baynes-Bnrrell , Bell , Burton , Htnley , Melson , Freeman , Picker ' ing , Garton , Williamson , Caapuian , Hammond , TV ' allis , "Walker , Broomhead , Noble , Forster , Hardman , Stepbenson , Weir , Ryder , aad Rarker , Hull ; Pipes , Ktningham , Johnson , Earle , Cornwall . Robinson ,
Brigliam , Btrerley ; Brookes , Doncaster ; Matthews , Creaser , Driffield ; Casa , Goa ! e ; Milner , Pickering ; Stevenson , Wuithy ; Bolton , Blaushard , and Co ., Har ^ rovp , Zi ^ w , G « cj , Lluney , tork ; Marsto n , Brigg ; Hurst , itobson , Arinitage , Ingoldl . y , Longbuttom , Luuth ; Wain-¦ wright , Honden ; Rayner , Smith , Burlington ; Horibj , " Wran ^ ham , Jefferson , Slalton ; Rhodes , Snaith ; Champley , Brombead , Ireland , Buekall , Scarborough ; Smith , Furby . Bridliugton ; Adams , Colton , Pullen , Selby ; Ombler , Market Weighton ; Fleck , llarsb . Rotherham ; . Hattersley , Ball , Officer , Barton ; Brown , Gainsborough ; Gledhffl , OldDelph ; Priestlay , Fox , Fontrefact ; Dalby , TVstherby ; Slater , Bedale ; Dixon , Northallerton ; Ward , Richmond ; Ward , Stokssley ; Foggit aud Thompson , Thirsk ; Jfonkhonse , Barnard Castle ; Pease , Darlingons J <* nnett , Stockton ; and bj all respectable Chemists and Medicine Venders in every Market Town in England . Wholesale Agents—Messrs . Bolton , Blanshard , and Co ., Pruirdsts , Micklegate , York .
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FRAMPJWS PILL OF HEALTH . THE BEST AEEREEX'T A 3 TB AlfTIBTLIOVS MEDICINE FOR GHXERAL USE IS FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH , which effectually relieves the stomach and bowels by general relaxation , without griping or prostration of strength . They remove headache , sickness , dizziness pains in the chest , &c , are highly grateful to the stomach , promote digestion , create appetite , relieve langour aad depression of spirits ; while to those of a full habit and free livers , who are continually suffer ing from drowsiness , heaviness , and singing in the lead and ears , they offer advantages that will uot fail to be appreciated . This medicine has for many years received the approval of tbe most respectable classes of society , and in confirmation of its efficacy the following letter has been kindly forwarded to Mr . Prout , with permission to publish it , and , if requisite , t » refer any respectable person to iti author : —
"To Mr . Prout , 229 , Strand , London . ' * Hearitree , Exeter , April 24 , 1814 . "Sib , —I feel pleasure in being able to bear my strong and unsolicited testimony to the excellence of your * Frampton ' a Pill of Health , " which I consider a most saie , efficacious , and very superior general medicine . The widow of an officer , an elderly lady , and near relative of mine , has used them—very rarely having recourse to other medicine for a long period of years ; she has recommended thim extensively , and in one instance in which she indnced a person to adopt them , and supplied the first box herself , they have proved of extraordinary efficacy . I think that perhaps there is scarcely any other Of the patentmeaicines before thepublic of equal valueas a 'friendinnctxC—certainly not possessed of superior claims . 1 shall be happy on all occasions to give them my indiridua 1 recommendation , and am , Sir , your obedient sarvaHt ' " *
So ^ d by Thomas Prout , 229 , Strand , London ; and bv lus appointment uy Heaton , Hay , Allen , Land , Haigh , Smith , Bell , Townsend , Baines and Newsome , Smeeton , Reinhardt , Tarbottom , and Homer , Leeds ; Brooke , Dewsbury ; Dennis and Son , Burdekin , Hoxon , Little , Hardman , Linney , and Hargrove , York ; Brooke aud Co ., Walker and Ca ., Stafford , Faulkner , Doncaster ; Judson , Harrison , Linney , Ripon ; Foggitt , Coates , Thompson , Thirsk ; Wiley , Easingwold ; England , Fell , Spivey , Huddersfield ; Ward , Richmond ; Sweeting , Knaresfcorough ; Pease , Oliver , Darlington : Dixon , Metcalfe , langdale , Sorthallertom ; Rhodes , Snaith ; Goldthorpe , Tadcaster ; Rogerson , Cooper , Newby , Kay , Bradford ; Brice , Priestley , Ponfefract ; Cordwell , GUI , Lawton , Dawsen , Smith , Wakefield ; Berry , Denton ; Suter , Leyland , Hartley , Parker , Dunn , Halifax ; Booth , Rochdale ; Lambert , Boroughbridge ; Dalby , Wetherby ; Waite , Harrogate : WalL Barnsley ; and all respectable medicine renders throughout the kingdom . Price Is . l | d . and 2 s . 9 d . per box .
Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH , and oh . serve the name and address of "Thomas Prout , 229 , Strand , London , " on the Governmant stamp .
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ASTONISHING EPJICACI HOLLOWATS PILLS . The Testimony of a Clergj » a » Toucking to Sterem Cases of Cures by these wanderful Pills . Zxlraet of a Letter ftem the Rev . George Prior , Curate of Jfevagi , Letter E * -i" ! r , Ctrrigart , Ireland , 19 th Jan . lSi 6 . f « Professor Holloway . Sn , —I vend you a crude list of some eleven cases , all cured by the use of your Pills . I cannot exactly give you a professional name to the rations complaints , but this I know , some of them baffled the skill of Derry and this County . la a previous letter this gentleman states as follows : Within a short distance of my house resides a small farmer , wh « for more than twenty years has been in a bad state of health ; Mrs . Prior gave him a box of the Pills , whieh did him so much gaod that I beard him say , for twenty years past he never ate his food or enjoy . * d it sa mMrh as since taking VOur Pills .
( Signed ) George Pbiob . •«* The abtve reverend aad pious gentleman purchased seme pounds' worth o f the Pills for the benefit of his psor parishioners . Bad Digestion , with extreme Weakne » sand Debility—an Extraordinary Cure . \ U . T . Gardiner , of Ko . 9 , Brown-street , Grosvenor . fuare . had bee * in a very bad state of health for a long
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; ime , suffering much from a distend ^ ebamach , very im « paired Digestion , with consUnt ^ alns in Ws Chest , was txtremely nervous , and so greyly debilitated as scarcely able to walk one hundred jards : daring the long p « rioa of his declining health he had the advice of four of the Uost eminent physirians , besides ^¦ * * % r £ !* ¦ greatestcelebrity la London , from ?** »»* * * £% * ;! oriinS a cale , may ^ man , persons almost to * , » bt ! this statement , it might therefore be necessary to say 1 tfcvt Mr . Gardiner is a broker , and well known . I Cure of « Confirmed Asthma , accompanied with - great Debility . Exlratl of a Letter from John Thompson , Esq ., Proprietor of the Armagh Ouardian , Armagh , 17 th Aprii , 18 M .
To Professor Holleway . Sib , —There is atpresent living in this city a Serjeant , who had been for many years in the army ntCalml , in the fiast Indies , from whence he returned in September last . On his way here , from the change of weather of a tropical to a moist climate , he caught a very vwlent cold , which produced a confirmed case of Asthma . In December last he commenced taking your Pills , and by the use of two Us . boxes , with two 4 s . 6 d . pots ef your Ointment well rubbed into his breast , he is , I am happy to say , not only quite cured of the Asthma , but is also become 60 strong and vigorous , that he informed mo yesterday he could now run round tbe Mall , with any person in the city , and that he uerer got any medicine equal to your Pills and Ointment . ( Signed ) i . Thompson . THE Earl of Aldborough cured of a Liver and Stomach Complaint . Extract of a Letter from the Earl of Aldborough , dated Villa Messina . Leghorn , 21 st February , 1845 : —
To Professor Holloway . Sir , —Various circumstances prevented the possibility ¦ rf my thanking you before this time for your politeness in sending me your pills as you did . I now take this opportunity of sending you an order for the amount , and , at the same time , to add that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach , which all the most eminent of the faculty at home , and all over the continent , had not been able to effect ; nay ! not even the waters of Carlsbad and Marienbad . I wish to have another box and a pot of the ointment , in case any of my family should ever require either . Your most obliged and obedient servant ,
( Signed ) Awbobodoh . This Wonderful Medidnt can be recommendeduith thegnatest confidence for any of OiefeUow ' mg diseases : — Ague Female Irregulari- Sore Throats Asthma ties Scrofula , or King ' s Bilious Comp laints Fits Evil Blotches on Skin Gout Secondary Symp . Bowel Complaints Headache toms Colics Indigestion TicDoloreux Constipation of Inflammation Tumours Bowels Jaundice Ulcers Consumption Liver Complaints Venereal Affections Debility Lumbago Worms , all kinds . Dropsy Piles Weakness , from Dysentery Rheumatism whatever cause , Erysipelas Retention of Uring &c , &c . Fevers of all kinds Stone and Gravel
Sold at the establishment of Professor Holloway , 2 U , Strand , near Temple Bar , London , and by most all respectable Druggists and Dealers in Medicines throughout the civilized world , at the following prices :- » ls . 1 M ., 2 s . 3 d ., 4 s . 6 d ., 11 s ., 22 s ., and 83 s . each box . There is a considerable saving by taking the larger sizes . N . B . —Directions for the guidance of patients'in every c'isorder are affixed to each box .
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ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL OR ACQUIRED DEBILITIES OF THE GENERATIVE SYSTEJL
Just Published , A new and ! mportant Edition of the Silent Friend on Human Frailty . Price 2 s . 6 d ., asd gent free to any part of the United Kingdom on the receipt of a Post Offiae Order for Ss . 6 d . A MEDICAL WORK on the INFIRMITIES of the GENERATIVE SYSTEM , in both sexes ; being an enquiry tnto the concealed cause that destroys physical energy , and the ability of manhood , ere vigour has established her empire : —with Observations on the baneful effects of SOLITARY INDULGENCE and INFECTION ; local and constitutional WEAKNESS , NERVOUS
IRRITATION , CONSUMPTION , and on the partial or total EXTINCTION of the REPRODUCTIVE POWERS ; with means of restoration : the destructive effects of Gonorrhoea , Gleet , Stricture , and Secondary Symptoms are explained in a familiar manner ; the Work is Embellished with Ten fine coloured Engra-rings , representing the deleterious Jnfluence of Mercury en the skin , by eruptions on the head , face , and body ; with approved mode of cure for both sexes ; followed by observations on the obligations of MARRIAGE , and healthy perpetuity ; with directions for the removal of certain Disqualifications : the whole pointed out to suffering humanity as a "SILENT FRIEND" to be consulted without exposure , and with assured conn , denceef success .
By R . and L . PERRY and Co ., Coksultiko Surgeons . Published by the Authors , and may be had at their Residence , 19 , Berners-street , Oxford-street , London ; sold by Strange , 21 , Paternoster-row Hannay and Co ., 63 , Oxford-street ; Gordon , 146 , Leadenhall-street ; Powell , 10 , Westmorland-street , Dublin ; Lindsay , 11 , Elm . row , Edinburgh ; D . Campbell , 136 , Argyle-street , Glasgow ; Inghani , Market-street , Manchester ; Newton , Churchitreet , Liverpool ; Guest , Bull-street , Birmingham , OPINIONS Or THIS PBES 6 . "We regard tte work before us , the "Silent Friend , " 68 a work embre-cing most clear and practical views of a paes of complaints hitherto' little understood , and wered over by the majority of the medical profession , for asst reason we are at a loss to know . We must , howha , confess that a perusal of this work has left such a faverahle impression on our minds , that we not only ncommend , but cordially wish ever ; one who IS the victim f f . wt folly , or suffering from indiscretion , to profit by e advice contained in its pages . "—Age and Argus
Parti , of this work is particularly addressed to those who are prevented from forming a Matrimonial Alliance , and will be found an available introduction to the means of perfect and secret restoration to manhood . Part II . treats perspicuously upon those forms of diseases , either in their primary or secondary state , arising from infection , showing how numbers , through neglect to obtain competent medical aid , entail upon themselves years of misery and suffering .
THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM . Is intended to relieve those perssns , who , by an immoderate indulgence of their passions , have ruined their constitutions , or in their way to the consummation ofth . it leplerable state , are affected with any of those previous ymptomsthtt betray us approach , as the various affec-. ons of the nervous system , obstinate gleets , excesses , irjgularity , obstructions of certain evacuations , weakness , . Dtal impotency , barrenness , izc . This medicine is particularly recommended to be taken before persons enter into the matrimonial state , lest , in Aeevent of procreation occurring , the innocent offspring jhould bear enstaraped upon it he physical characters derivable from parental debility . Price lls ., or the quantity . of four at 11 s . in one bottle for 33 s ., by which lls . is saved ; the £ 5 cases may be had b usual , which is a 6 aving » f £ 112 s .
THE CONCENTRATED DETERSITE ESSENCE , An anti-syphilitic remedy far searching out and purifying the diseased hamours of the blood ; conveying its active principles throughout the body , eve * penetrating the minutest vessels , removing all corruptions , contamina . tions , and impurities from the vital stream ; eradicating the morbid virus , and radically expelling it through the sMn Price lls ., or four bottles in one for 33 s ., by which lls . Is saved , als 6 in £ 5 eases , which saves £ 112 s . Venereal contaminatien , if not at first eradicated , will ten reinaia secretly lurking in the system for years , and , Ithftsghfor a while undiscovered , at length break out
pon th&uhi" < iDpy individual in its most dreadful forms * r else , unseen ,-., 'wnally endanger the very vital organs f existence . To those suffering from the consequences which this disease may have left behind in the form of lecondary symptoms , eruptions of the skin , blotches on th « head and face , ulcerations and enlargement of the throat sitons , and threatened destruction of the nose , palate , &C , modes « n the shin bones , er any of those painful affections arising from the dangerous effects of the indis . criminate use of mercury , or tha evils of an imperfect cure , the Concentrated Detersive Essence will be found to oe attended with the most astonishing effects , in checking he ravages of the disorder , removing all scorbutic complaints , and effectually re-establishing the health of the < ta * stitution . To person * entering upon the responsibili t y
ties of matrimony , and who ever aad the misfortune dtir their more ysutliful dajs to be affected with any " form ef thes * diseases , aprions course of this medicine is highly essential , and of the greatest importance as , Jto re serious affections are Tisited \ ip » n am ianoo *"* * vife and ffspriss . from a want of these simple ^ recautiens , than perhaps half the world is aware af ; f « r , it must be remembered , where the fountain is polluted , the streams hat flow from it cannot be pure .
PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS , Price 2 s . 9 d ., 4 s . «< L , and lls . per box , With explicit directions , rendered perfectly intelligible to every capacity , ara well known throughout Europe tt be the most certain and effectual remedy ever discovered for gonorrhoea , both in its mild and aggravated forms , by immediately allaying inflammation and arresting further progress . Gleets , strictures , irritation of tha bladder , pains tt the loins and kidneys , gravel , and other distrders of the urinary passages , im either sex , are permanently cured in a Bhor + space of time , without confinement or the least ez-OOKiire . The above medicines are prepared only by Messrs . R . and L . PERRY and Co ., Surgeans , 19 , Berners-street , Oxford-street , London . Mean . PERRY txptcl , uhto eansulted by letter , the utual fee of One Pound , tcUtiout which n « notice whatever can be taken of the communication . Patients are requested to ] be as minmte as possible in he detail of their cases , as to theduration of the com . laint . the symptoms , age , habits » f living , and general ccupation , Medicines ean be forwarded to any part of
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he world ; no difficulty cam occur , as they will be secure ^ packed , and carefully protected from observation . N . B . —Country Druggists , Booksellers , Patent Medicine Venders , and every other shopkeeper , can bt supplied with any quantity of the Cordial Balm of S yriacum , the Concentrated Detersive Essence , and Perry ' s Purifying Spe ^ cine Pill » , with the isual allowance to ths ' . Trade , by most of the principal Wholesale I ' atent McdiciRe Houses in London , of wfeim mar be had He " Silent friend . " ¦
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The following true story , " stranger than fiction , " extracted from the York Courant , forcibly illustrates that base snobbish worship of every animal calling himself a " lord , " which is the disgrace of English society generally , and the middle classes in particular . Such besotted brutes as the dupes of this strolling swindler cannot be too severely fleeced , and these York foiJs have been properly punished for their base sycophancy ; we are only sorry that they have not suffered tenfold more . A Jkeemt Diddler at Yobk —It appears that a fellow about five feet eight inches high , with large grey eyes , light hair , moustaches and imperial to match , represent , ing himself as " the Right Hon . E F . Vernon , " by some extraordinary stratagem , managed to introduce himself
to a highly respectable elderly lady , who resides near York , and Informed her that he was the son of a peer of the realm , but was oMiged to leave his home in consequence of youthful indiscretion . Having receive *! twenty thousand pounds [ from his noble confiding parent , and having lost the whole , he was obliged ( as tbe policemen say ) to " step it ; " and having made York bis liead . quar . ters , he fell upon his knees before the above lady , and in the most supplicant voice implored her protection . Being touched with his misfortunes , and particularly as he was considered the son of a proud aristocrat , the lady pro . mised her assistance , and the prodigal san rose from his knees , apparently nitli tbe strongest feelings of gratitude and repentance . The lady then immediately discovered that the clothes which " the right honourable" wore had seen the best of their days , sind directed him to call on
the following day , when he was ordered to get measured for a suit . Ilaving thus obtained a firm footing into the good graces of his benefactress , he was in the course of a week introduced to many of the most lespectable families in York , with whom ho feasted to his heart ' s content . During this acquaintance , which continued about three months , he managed to make divers calls upon the exchequer of his benefactress , to the amount of £ 300 , when he took it into his fertile imagination to take , a ' trip in a wager boat on tlio'Ouse . and passing by a window looking on the water , be espied two young ladies and an elder one , most industriously working at their needle . lie immediately gave a sudden " ahem , " when the interesting group raised their heads , and discovered the gay Lothario ' s hand in rapid motions to his lips . The young ladies replied by a slight motion of the head , the mother
at the same time taking a most scrutinising glance with her eye-glass at the nautical young blade . When the next day arrived , the '• right honourable" drew his little bark opposite the window at the same hour . He again commenced kissing his hand , and continued to do so for several minutes , the movement being occasionally returned , first by one sister , and then tbe other , and lastl y , even by the mother herself . This recognition was apparently just what the nautical swain desired to obtain , for he immediately pulled his boat to the bank side , and » t once went to the door of the house , and having given a most aristocratic double knock , was in due c * ur « e of time shown into the parlour . The amorous swain then threw himself at the feet' of the elder daughter , laid hold of her hand , and in tbe most fervent manner pressed it to his lips , at the same time declaring
himself the son of a p-er , and ungovernably in love with the " adorable girl before him . " After a great deal of conversation , during whic Jeremy told the same story as he had done to the lady alluded to above , he modestly hinted his earnest desire to stay and spend an hour or two with his charming girl , when the mother replied , that " bis lordship ' could scarcely condescend to take tea ' with them in . their humble abode . Whereupon , "his lordship" declared that he should be proud to star in the company of his " adorable girl ; " and , after numerous apologies , "the ' right honourable" remained to tea . The next day arrived , when " his lordship " took tea and supper at the house , with divers glasses of port and sherry to assist digestion . In this way things went on for a week , and the husband being away from home , was apprised of the lucky nibble his family
had made in " catching a lord . The father , of course , came home , and was at once introduced to his "lordship , " and an arrangement for a grand Sunday ' s dinner having been made , it was also nnother day of triumph for the " right honourable , " who , having enlisted liimself in the good opinion of his future father-in-law , n fortnight's acquaintance managed to bleed him of £ 00 , and in the course of another fortnight , of £ 10 more . Thus things went on for nearly ten weeks , when the lady ( the mother ) became tired of tbe expensive iwH constant visits of" his lordship , " and made arrangements to accompany her daughter to Scarborough , as the lady said , to put to the test the strength of his lore , no doubt thinking tout " absence makes the heart grow fonder . " One of her daughters and the servants were left at home , with . instructions not to allow "his lordship" to dine at
the house during their absence . His lordship was also reqnesten not to call during their stay from home , an * readily promised acquiescence . But , Io ! t ? ie next day came , and the good dinners having ; too great a fascination , "his lordship"called , and coaxed the joung lady toalloiv him to dine with her , to which she consented , and " his lordship" continued to do so during the week , occasionally assisting the young lady in making cheese cakes , ike ., for te « , the overplus find their way to "his lordsliip ' s " pockets . When "dearmamma" arrived at home , 6 he discovered in her larder a large bundle of cheese and currant cakes , with cold mutton chops , &c , which were packed for the " righthonournbleV ' supperand breakfast . Next morning the lady waxed wroth , upon hearing that her disobedient son-in-law had dined there every day that week ; but this matter was soon made up by kisses from " the right honourable" to all the members of the
family . On the following day , " the right h 0 u 6 Urat . il .- " went to the house in a gnat hurry , saying lie was going to London , to take a casket of jewellery , whieh had been his mother ' s , for safe keeping to his banker ' s , being the jewels which were to adorn his dear " Dora "—upon her presentation to the queen . The contents of this case , in reality , two pounds of t-mgue , two cold partridges , cheese , and currant cakes , with a bottle of sherry , provided by his female benefactress above alluded to ; and it will scarcely be believed that the father credited every word of this accomplished swindler , and actually gave him £ 5 to take him up to London . The next day , however , discovered all , by a clergyman calling upon the father of the young lady , and explaining the true character of the fellow , who was a strolling actor , and most adept swindler . We ( Ybrfc Currant ) understand he has taken with him a valuable gold watch , and other jewellery , to the amount of £ G 0 beloncing to his female benefactress .
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INCREASE OP CRIME IN THE POTTERIES . For some time past it has been a matter of legitimate and honest congratulation that the . Potteries—as a district—were remarkably preserved from crime of a serious Character . The events of the last fortnight , we greatly fear , will deprive us of this gratifying feeling . Shops have been ' pillaged—houses broken open and robberprivate dwellings attempted—before the winter has arrired , and apparently by an organised and reckless gang . On Sunday evening , during tho hours of divine servi * .-, an attempt was made to enter into the house of Miss Kirkham , of Trent Vale . The inmates were alarmed by the breaking of a window ; an alarm bell was rung , and the depredators decamped . At about seven o ' clock on the same evening , as the butler and housekeeper of J . A . Wise , Esq ., Clayton Hall , were walking along the lane ,
leadiog from the mansion to Trenthatn turnpike-road , to meet their fellow servants on their return from church , they were attacked by seven ruffians , who knocked them down , brutally ilMreated them , and robbed the butler of his watch , sixteen shillings in money , his hat and stick ; from the housekeeper they took a small black bag , containing copper coin . Her watch Rscaped their notice , but the violence with which she was knocked down , stopped the movements of the watch , and thus indicated the time when the outrage was committed . Two hours afterwards , a gang of seven , evidently the same party , presented themselves at theHanchurch toU-house , sif } Uiite between two and three miles from Clayton Hall . Their vociferous cries of" gate" aroused the slumbering collector , and he hastened to open the door , preparatory ns he thought , to unlocking the gate for a carriage . The
desperadoes rushed into the house—secured the collector by knocking him down on the floor , almost senselessand demanded his money . Stunned by the blows , the toll-keeper was slow to answer , when one of the gang said , "Give hi si a tap on the other side of the head . " They then led him to a table , in a drawsr of which was placed the cash , and took from thence more than three pounds in gold , silver , and copper coin . In landing the poor fellow to the table , they said , " Old fellow , where ' s the timepiece V but he had no watcb , and they were consequently disappointed in this portion of the booty . While this scene of violence was being enacted below , the wife of the toll . keeper , at the top of her voice , was erring out " murder" from the chamber window . The gang , on departing from the house , closed the door in the face of the plundered toll . keeper , warning him if he watched which road they took they would blow out his brains . The woman continuing to call out from the chamber then attracted their notice , and , in order to silence tier , they
threw part of a heavy stick into the window , which broke one or two panes of g lass in its passage . Early the next morning the police were making enquiries in every direction—so during a succession of outrages having alnrmed the whole district . A similar party was observed by a shoemaker , on his return to Newcastle , near to the lane leading to Clayton Hall . One of them approached this man and bade him good night . Just as lie was turning round to return the salutation , the man who had spoken pressed something cold to his cheek ( since thought to be the head of a hammar , ) and said , " It" you had'nt spoken , I should have slit your face . " The gang intimated that they had mistaken the shoemaker for a policeman , upon whom the / intended to wreak their vengeance . The shoemaker passed on , heartily glad to leave such dangerous company behind him . Mr . Chief-Superintendent Sweeting succeeded in apprehending fouv of the men known to start from the Slack Lion , the others had absconded . On one of the men , when taken , the hat belenging to Mr . Wise ' s butler was found . The butler
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entified tha stick thrown into the toll-horn ft «•* ) » u o the stick he had with him when attacked and robbed . The magistrates committed the four men for trial at the assizes , and further disclosures are expected . —Staffordshire Mercury . >
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IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DWELLINGS 0 ? THE WORKING CLASSES . Messrs . M'Grsgor and Laird , the directors of the Birkenhead Docks , have erected dwellings for the Dock labourers , in which some important improvements have been made by Mr . Long , the architect Without drawings or plans it would be difficult to give an accurate conception of the improvements . Til * buildings are four-storied , of red bricks , with light sand , stone window-cills and copings . Their external aspect would suggest to a Londoner the idea of a block oj buildings constructed for professional persons , for an inn of court or Chancery , and . with little addition and Tariation of ornament , they might match with the new hall of Llncoln ' s-inn . They are , in fact , flats or sets of chambers , consisting of two sets on each fl K > r . Each set consists of one living room and two sleeping rooms . The floors are of arched brick . The living room is floored with a hard Welch fire-brick ttle ; the sleeping room floors are boarded . The staircases are of stone , with iron balustrades . The Bat brick arches of which
the flours are constructed are tied together with iron ties , and the whole building is fireproof . The most important points of improvement are , however , those in which some principles of the sanitary report in respect to the means of cleansing and ventilation for the working classes are carried out . Each set of room s is furnished with a constant supply of witer , and also with sinks for washing and a watercloset , and means of communication with a dust shaft from the whole set of chambers , by which all dust and ashes might be removed at once from the apartment without the necessity of the inmates leaving them . The party entered the rooms which were inhabited , and questioned the inmates as to their experience of them . One nursing mother , in a neat and well-kept set of rooms , attested to the superior conveniences of this arrangement , as a most important relief from the fatigue and exposure to the weather in a common town dwelling . She had now no occasion . to leave her child alone whilst she went to a
distance to fetch water ; neither had she to keep dirty er waste water , or dirt or ashes in the room until she could find time to carry them away . "She had now scarcely ever to go down stairs and leave her child . " Each set of rooms was provided with one conduit for the ingrees of fresh air , and another for the egress of vitiated air . Those examined were newly inhabited , but the immediate eanitory effect of the arrangements was perceptible to those who have visited ' such abodes in the entire absence of offensive effluvia or of " closs smells . " This observation was extended to the whole range of buildings . The sinks in each room were trapped with bell traps , as were all the openings to the drains and the gully-shoots in the paved courts and thoroughfares . A constant supply of water was secured , the house-drains were well flushed with water , and cesspools were entirely abolished . This range of buildings is perhaps the first practical example of the entire removal of one chief source of physical depression and pestilence common to all the existing dwellings of the working classes in
towns . The price at which these objects were attained was the next topic of inquiry . The rents charged were from 3 a . 6 d . to 5 s . each ret , according to its position , But this included a constant supply of water , and the use of one gas burner in each set of rooms , and all rates and taxes , and moreover two iron bedsteads , and a grate with an oven , and [ convenient fixtures . Some of the inmates admitted that they had paid as high a rent in Liverpool and other towns for no larger apartments of the common inferior construction , but without any of the conveniences and additions , The directors stated thnt they conceived
there would be little value in an examination which was not fairly remunerative to the capitalist , and that for this class of town dwellings , considering the trouble and attention they required , a less return than eight per cent , on the outlay would suffice as an inducement to their construction ; nn < 3 this return they should make . Those who have lived in chambers in London would admit that they had in the essentials very inferior accommodation for double nnd treble , and much higher rents , Each set of rooms was perfectly " self contained , " and the arched brick floors gave them advantages in respect to quiet which few sets of chambers possess ,
Lord Morpeth , Lord Ebrington , Mr ; Chadwick , Mr . Monckton Milnes , and the Hon . W . Cowper , examined the ° e buildings last week , and were much pleased with them , but Mr . Chadwick while approving of the advance that had been made , suggested some further im . provements in that class of dwellings . He thought that an additional room was required , that the ventilation should be self-acting , and that warm as well as cold air should be supplied . Wider thoroughfares would give more sunlight to the lower and interior dwelling—but , as a Tvhole , they were far superior to the common buildings erected by Building Societies .
We are glad to see a commencement made in a much needed and most important practical reform . We have long entertained tbe i'lea that similar buildings are much required for the working classes of London , especially . It is of the utmost importance to them that they should be near their work , for time is money , butin consequence of the high value of the land and buildings in the metropolis , it is next to impossible for them to secure the "desirable proximity to their daily labour . Where they do so , it is as lodgers at an enormous rent , for o small portion of a tenement possessing r . ot a single consilience , because
never intended to be so tenanted . It is a common thing for rents of £ 20 and £ 25 yearly to be paid for tho bare walls of two small apartments , without cupboards , place for coals , arrangements for cooking , or in fact for the most ordinary and indispensable domestic requirements . The result is discomfort nnd continual loss , which presses severely upon the weekly earnings , because however thrifty the parties may be inclined , they are the victims of the system which coops them up in a pair of bandboxes without the means of effectively regulating their household affairs .
[ In the " Imoiuivements" Hint have recently been made in the metropolis , the interests or convenience of the working classes have as usual been totally disregarded . The fine new streets are not intended for them . Nobuildiug suitable to their means or wants have replaced the dwellings from which they have been driven . The consequence is that the discomfort , squalor , and disease which were complained of in St . Gile's have boen compressed in Saffron Hill and similar localities , where even sleeping room on landing places is paid for at a high rate . It is disgraceful both to government and capitalists this treatment of the industrious classes . There is yet in the new thoroughfares opened in St . Giles ' s , plenty of space left for the erection of similar dwellings to those at Birkenhead ; and we know of no speculation which , merely in a monetary point of view would be so profitable . The whole of one side of Rndoll-fstreet is available for this pur . pose , and we should be glad to sec the subject taken up practically . —Ed . N , S . )
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THE POOR COLONY OF OSTWALD . NEAR SIR ASBURGH . This colony claims the attention of society at large un . account of the social principles on which it is founded and their application to the right of man in its general bearing upon practical life . Its purport is to remove one of the most pressing evils of the day , pauperism , by showing that there is no lack of means to combat in its principle . The founder of this colony is Doctor Shutzenberger , a celebrated lawyer at Strasburg . As a member of the French Chmnbre des Deputes he was enabled to become conversant with the political and social relations of
France , while in his capacity of Maire of Strnsburg he had ample opportunity to learn more intimately the necessities and interests of the people in their more limited character of a mere community . He is himself a large farmer and landowner , and has studied deeply the various systems of political economy at home aud abroad . He is a personal friend ofM . Considerant , the present head of Fourier ' s school , and though he never ad rocated the extravagances of that school , he did not condemn the good practical points in it , which he took into consideration in the foundation of his colony .
In his report of the 23 rd December , 1830 , to the Municipal Council of Strasburg , the Maire enters into the causes of pauperism , as also into the means of remedying and obviating its evil consequences . The report characterizes pauperism—though there were poor at nil times—as an evil peculiar to modern society ; as the consequence of great in . duDtry and preponderance of largo capital , the effect ofdivision nnd of labour . But the reporter finds the principal cause in the entire dissolution of the previous organization of labour by guilds , companies , and corporations . The privileges , monopolies , and distinction of castes might have been abolished , while the social tie that existed between the members of one and the tame
trade , as also the honour and discipline of industry , ought to have been preserved . A mere reform was as easy as possible , instead of which the old institutions are destroyed , while new ones have been created in their stead , and the whole social system of the present day reeU on the sterile principle of absolute freedom as proposed and acted upon in the latter part of the past century . The consequences of free and abso ' ute competition are , on the one hand , increase of national wealth generally , and an apparently improved condition of whale classi / B of producers , as viewed from a material standing point ; and , on the other , total uncertainty in trode , discontent of all classes with their social position , a perpetual war between the various producers , an increase of quackery and deception , a progressive annihilation of the middle classes , a preponderant monopoly of the larger branches in industry ( in lieu of the abolished smaller monopolies . ) and abuse of credit and with it also increasing bankruptcies .
It is vain to expect that circumstances will at last restore the moral tie between the labourer and his employer . Tho economical principle of free competition has in the meanwhile entered into our morals , habits , and even prejudices . The question c : m no longer be of an annihilation of free competition , but of a consolidation of its principles , of a restoration of a moral and social tie between the employers und the labourers , of an organization , guidance , and representation of the common interests of trade , and of the revival of « common spirit of mercantile horour , togetlur with a salutary order , in the place of the merely individual interests and
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' heir dismemberment , such as exists in the present day . The second cause of pauperism Dr . Schuzenberger finds in the too exclusive application of capital to industrial speculation . From this standing point he declaims against the artificial industry , whilst much land Jie 3 still uncultivated ( more especially in France , ) and the produce of the soil is capable of being increased threefold . He even rejects the expediency of protective duties iu certain branches of agriculture , and proposes to estai blished in their place agricultural banks , to release the farmer from the claws of the usurer .
Aitt r many more details as to his views of the causes and effects of pauperism , he proposed to establish an ag ricultural colony in the woods of Ostwald , which is partly intersected by the railroad leading from Strasburg to Basel . It comprig « g a fertile ground of 147 heotares , which used to yield a gross produce of only 1 , 300 francs . The matron de refuge in the town itself , he proposed to be a mere provisional depot for beggars and vagabonds ; from whence they might be admitted , afttr good conduct in the same , ' to the colony , where they would obtain better food ^ even in the lowes t of the three divisions . He attached great importance to the moral advantage accruing to both sexes and all ages , from a wholesome and varied agricultural occupation . A beneficial effect was also expected to result from thii model colony for the improvement of agriculture at large ; as farmers are far better instructed by fuels and practical example than by abstract principles and theoretical expositions .
The approval of government followed after some interval ^ " grace a la lenteur deplorable que Vattirailburtaucratic de la centralisation administrative fait pesenur la rnarche des dffaires" *); it was only at the end of 1840 that the purchase of Ostwald wat made , and the necebary edifices sketched out . In the centre of thecolony rises the chief edifice , coutuining the dwelling orthe managing officers und clerks , two diuing hulls , kitchen , < fcc . To the right and left stand four houses with dormitories , each adapted for fifty individuals . A little farther are a large stable for s ' uty or eigtny cnttte , ( a second is in progTess ) a large
barn , several small houses for the artisans—ivbeeJriglus , blacksmiths , shoemakers , tailors , &c , all . members of the colony , exclusively working for the same . The buildings aud yards are surrounded by a large ditch , beyond which are the fields and gardens . Most of the edifices are so built as to be capable of extension if necessary ; an additional small outlay would easily enable the mauagors to provide for a population of at least 400 individuals . The administration consists of a director , a secretary , a few paid inspectors and servants , whose collective salary does not exceed 7000 fr . ( £ 280 . ) The annual expenses tor every colonist has been estimated , for the year 1843 , at 237 fr . 40 cent . £ 9 . Us . S
The most sanguine expectations entertained of this model colony have been fully realised . The fifth part of the cleared ground is destined for the artificial cultivation of fodder ; the marshy low grounds have been converted into rich meadows ; a nursery is erected on a large scale , while the five hectares containing kitchen-gardens , are now the richest In the whole of Alsace , The moral condition of the population is in keeping wiih their improved and flourishing material situation . From the first sc lement , the 10 ih March , 1841 , until the 20 th Nov . l 8 i 3 th colony had received ( a few women excepted ) 191 male . dividual ! ( 13 fi Roman Catholics , fiftyfour Protestants , . id one Greek . ) Ofthes * 19 I , not les * than eigthty-thn have left the colony as highly moral , talented , and iuc : strious frerisons , and settled in the neighbourhood wi : h succass . Only two were imprisoned for theft , and twel ¦> . were sent back to the workhouse in Strasburg .
In this so-called refuse of society , consisting of beggars and vagabonds of debauched and idle habits , were some who had been reduced to this low state rather innoeentl y , by press of circumstances over which they had no control , while the msjority of them owed their condition to their own faults . The improvsment wrought in them iu « o short a time is the more remarkable , as moat of tUem arrived there at an age when bad habits are not overcome easil y . It is true the colony contains persons of nearly all ages , from twenty to seventy , and even eighty years old ; the average age , however , is com . puted tote not less than forty > ears . In large characters is writteu over the do « rs of the dormitorie * . Brandy is the way to the hospital !
The occupation of the colonists , previous to their entrance , was of a varied character . The greatest part were depraved shoemakers , tailors , anil labouiers ; but a few of them were wheelrights . ropemakers , ' weavers , locksmiths , blacksmiths , bakers , plasterers , painters , coachmen , Sic , while thirty-one had no trade whatever . All these people cheerfully suited themselves to their new agricultural calling ; a proof that even corrupted factory labourers may most advantageousl y be employed in a new colony , Every morning early , at five , the sounij of the drum wakes the colonists to their various works . Half-an-hour is allowed for dressing and cleaning ; they all then assemble for prayers ., alter which , the work is given out for the day under the conductors of each group , which varies every day , not to over fatigue the mind by sameness .
At six o ' clock the labour begins and hsts until six in the evening witli the interruptions consequent on thetno meals , breakfast and dinner . After the evening meal they again assemble to prayers , and at seven they repair to their dormitories , where every one has a separate iron bedstead with the requisite bedding . Neither are there wanting regular baths to encourage cleanliness . The uniform dress of the colonists is not at all unbecoming ; their food very simple hut uot meagre . Every one rc « ceives daily not less than two pounds of ore « d of better quality than ammunition bread ; for dinner they receive broth with vegetablt-B , and half-a-pint of tolerable tvinV , meat is " dealt out twice a-week , when wine is not given . In harvest time , when more physical efforts are necessary , even the industrial labourers must give a helping hand iu the
Iliads , while during the so-called dead season , they are employed in repairing the public roads or cleaning the streets at Strasbuvg . On Sundays and other holy days they all repair to a neighbouring church for divine service , and the rest of the day is devoted to proper reading and conversation . On such dajs they ore ako allowed to spend their time in town ( Strasburg ) until six in the evening . There are three peculiar annual fettivuls held in tl > e colony , on the second Sundays of the months of May , July , and September . At the latter festival , gifts nre distributed amongst the best labourers from voluntary donations . To encourage still more emulation in industry , labour and honestv . the director
announces publicly the names of the most distinguished on every Sunday . la point of talent and industry , tbe coluni .-ts ars divided into three classes , with a daily pay of four , sir , and eight sous ( twopence , threepence , and lourpencej of which , however , they only receive onethird , as cwo-tliirds nve retained as an equivalent for their maintenance . To the superior hands is moreover , allotted a piece of ground for gardening , and it forms » point ia tlie projected plan that-at some future period the half of the net produce should be distributed amongst the labourers , and the other half added to the funds of the institution . The punishments are confined to admonitions and reduction of wages alone .
All these wonderful improvements were wrought in the colonists not by the introduction of the silent System , increase of labour , ^ diminution of food , or privation of all that tends to e heer life , but simply and solely by ke-ping them to a strictly organized activity , and habituating them to cleanlincuB , by not making labour a burden but a pleasure to them , and by rousing iu them the feeling of human dignity aud a desire to live honestly and work diligently , by mild and humane trertment . Before the establishment of the colony , the half of Oswaldt which belo . iged to Sirasburg onlj yielded a net income of 100 francs ( £ 16 , ) and the capital value was computed to 145 , 000 , francs ( £ 5 800 . ) At present the value of the land alone is now estimated at 352 , 000 francs ( £ 10 , 080 ) or nearly double . To this must be still added the edifices now estimated at 101 , 000 francs ( £ 4 . 040 ) as ulso the furniture , catile , < fcc , valued at about 25 , 000 francs ( £ 1 , 000 . ) In tha year 1843 the total expenditure was 27 , 193 fr ., while the revenue was 40 , 515 francs . Thus showing tdat the colony has not only maintained itself by its own resources , but even promises gradually to increase its revenues , and to hereafter become itself a support for poor communities within ts neighbourhood . —The Topic . * Borsch . Notice Historiq . uer p , ) c
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second course—the balm ot hurt minds . Johnson says , " It is the parenthesis of human woe . " Sleep being thus appreciated by mankind , how desirous ought we to be thnt all should tranquilly enjoy " sweet repose , "the general obstruction to which is through an unhealthy action of the liver er other viscera . A little attention to the " young disease , " by having recourse to a mild aperient , often produces the must salutary effect , and for such purpose Framptou ' s Pill of Health stands prominent in tuihlio . nmniuii . Holloxvay's Ointment and Pills . —Blotches on the skin . —An extraordinary cure . —A youug woman , named Martha Kelly , residing with her friends at the corner of Silver-street Stepney , had been from her youth covered with blotches , which much impaired her health . Shu was always in a low , nervous , and writable state . This poor girl had been to almost every hospital und medical institution in London , without obtaining any relief ; but notwithstanding the failure of all the medical men who treated her case , she had been completely cured by the use alone of these wonderful medicines , which will cure any skin disease , of however long standing the cuse may be .
AiiEBKETin ' fi VihK PovtDeiis were specially prepared as an adjunct to the external application of " Aberuetln ' s Pile Ointment" for every variety of the " Piles . " The use of powerful aperients tends greatly to destroy the benericial effects of the outward application and to increase rather than diminish thu disorder . It is too much the custom with the afflicted to have recourse to strong purgative medicine in oases of this complaint , and iu almost every such instance the patient is materially injured and the disease greatly aggravated . Where the bowels arc regular , internal medicine of any kind U scarcely necessary , hut when the system is contmed , the " Abcriiethiun Powders" have the effect of removing the obstruction , and of allaying siuy inflammation that exists . Thev cool aud strengthen tho body and vender thoroughly efficient the use of tha ' < Ointment . "
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A youm } man while travelling on th"lT" --A Counties Railway last Saturday , on arrivL i J » iJ ley , perceived that he had got into thpio Sa * . stead of the Nottingham train , when h I ^ 'V carriage door and jumped out while the hv tfl * in rapid motion . Iteatn . was the result . W a » Last week , a train on the Leeds and Bradfon ? ion arriving at the point where it crosses the r and Liverpool canal , ran off the embankm .. rt e < k thirty feet high . The coupling chain lortm , !? ' !? broke , by which means the passengers <•¦»„„ ' I safely . Had the carriages followed the e fi . ° 5 tender , the loss of Jife must have been grea ' t ¦?!!' engine driver sustained severe injuiies , tim ' sfnt was less hurt . " % A Collision took place on the Glasgow and Etlin burgh line last week , in consequence of some em , ?' trucks being left on the same line of rail , " n w ? ? the express train to Glasgow WM runnine T ? ragmeer fortunately observed the obstruction , and £ stopping the engines as fa ,- as possible oan . c in co 7 tact at a speed of seven instead of forty milns Th « Srtv oily 38 SC 0 " fined t 0 tLede ^« ct . on " ofpr 0 !
A ballast train on the Great Western , which t fe t ' !; r be ( 1 the B ™ *««» ° e nation U 1 J * four o clock in the morning , arrived at that point abnut eleven o ' clock m the eveninff . The swifaZ had been turned to put an jngine and tender requ ? ing repairs into the shed , and the policeman „ £ lected to replace them ; the consequence was fi ballast train ran into the shed and a violent col is £ ensued The driver decamped , . but tbe polK ? was taken into custody . v '" wanau An old man who had been to the city to draw his pennon , fell while crossing London bridge , and a cart wheel passed over his body . He died in two L 2 afterwards . ' UI 8
A young man named Lautreix . of the vi'l , i <» e of Lagrange , became deeply enamoured of a rich nei « h bounng farmer ' s daughter , who burned with a rc " t procal flame , but the lover was poor , and her parents obdurate . Lautreix sought his Marguerite in the nelds , and held a Jon ? conference with her , the na . ture of which is not known , but at the conclusion he drew a loaded pistol from his pocket , discharged it at her , and killed her . Retiring from her bleeding form to a distance of three hundred yards , lie again charged the pistol , and fired it into his own mouth :
he tell lor the moment , but soon found he had not done the deed effectually . He consequently raised himself , and , mutilated as he was , went on towards the Lake of Guelles , distant at bast a qu / irter of a league . Another pool of blood in the way showed that he had fallen a second time , but once more gained sufficient stre ngth to reach the water , and thus put an end to his Jile . Tlie'Gazettedes Tribunaux gives an acc . iunt of a murder and suicide under similar circumstances , but in a different part of France : — "A young man , employed in the Greffier ' s office at Clamecy , lately became enamoured of a young girl in the neighbour hood , and asked his parents' permission to mam if / ' « i d . etil < lecl ref"sal was given , on thu ground that tlie girl was not by anv means an fldvantafflnm
match tor him . He determined to make another application to his parents , but was again refused Ue went out immediately , and informed tlie "irl of what had occurred . She was orerwhumed with despair , and at last exclaimed , * You swore to be mine ; let us die together ! " lie agreed u > the pro . posal . The girl procured a bottle of spirits of tur . pentine , and the young man a pistol , and thus provided they proceeded to the Canal du Nivurnais They drank the contents of the bottle , and thea tying themselves together with the strings of the girl s apron , placed themselves on the very edge o ! the canal . He then placed the pistol to his iiead and fired . The charge shattered his sfcull , but did not kill him . At the moment the shot was fired .
the girl jumped into the water , dragging after her the young man . But , when once in the water , the instinct of preservation returned , & » d the » irl coatrived to scramble out , pulling with , her her unfor . tunate companion . Both then uttered cries of distress , and some persons coining up found them in that position The young man expired shortly after , but hopes are entertained of saving the girl ' s life . A Clerk of the Bank of England drowned himself in the New River last week in conseqHencs of do . mestic differences . A woman while crossing Blackfrairs bridge , on Saturday night , was jammed between an omnibus and injured so severely that she was conveyed to the hospital .
A Female Burglar—Hester Elizabeth White , 23 years of age , nbout the middle height , dark hair and eyes , and fashionably-dress , was charged with having committed a daring burglary . On the niglit of the 20 th ingfc ., the house of Mr . Jones , a gentluman of property , residing at Woodland Cottage , Ealing , was bur » lariously entered and robbed of a writing desk , containing four £ 10 Bank of England notes , £ 10 in gold , and £ 20 in « old and silver coin , consulting of guineas , half-guineas , and seven shillius pieces , several trinkets , a miniature of a gentleman in a morocco case , and a pocket book containing wills , deeds , and other papers . The police traced i he Kotes to various shopkeepers in Regent-street and
Oxfordstreet , who had changed them in the sale of muffs , boas , and oilier articles of dress . In one instance , tho true address' had been given with the note , and the police on going to the place discovered the prisoner iu bed , apparently very ill . On starching the room the stolen writing-desk was found under the prisoner ' s pillow , brokeu open , but atill containing the ancient coins and other property , except the Bank of England notes and sovereigns . In the prisoner's box was also found a parcel , done up in brown paper , direced to " Mr . Jones , Eitlins , ' , " con * ta ning the wills , deeds , and other papers . 0 ° he
prisoner was removed to the station house at Ealing , and while there she stated that she formerly lived in service with one of Mr . Jones ' s female servants , and by tliat means had obtained access to thai genllfiman ' s house . Jn the 20 tn inst . she went down there for the day , and left there at nine o ' clock at night , and was nccompariied by Mr . Junta ' s servant , and a servant at the next house , to the Killing sta * tion of the Great Western Railway , who witnessed herdeparture by the last train for Padding ' . on . Before she left tUe house , she managed to raise , unperceived the bar of the kitchen window shutter out of the
catch . On getting out of the train at Padcington , although it was a drenching nigbr , she immediately returned on foot to Ealing , and waited until the family of Mr . Jones had retired to rest , which they usually did at half-past eleven o ' clock . When she found all was quiet , she climed over a wall , six feet high , at the side of Mr . Jones ' s premises , and , throw ' imi the kitchi-n window up , had ko difficulty in lifting tlie iron bar of the shutters , which , Laving accomplished , she got in , and in the dark went up to the front drawing room , and stole the writingdesk , taking her departure with it the same way
that she entered , after which regardless of the pitiless rain , she retraced her way to town , and reached Orown-court , Pall-mall , about eight o ' clock in the morning , in a very exhausted state , and soaked to the skin , her stays having been saturated . The parcel directed to Mr . Jones she intended to iend back , the articles being of no use to her . She was remanded for the attendance of the necessary witnesses , and in consequence of her illness from the cold she caught in the commission of the robbery , she was sent to the infirmary of the Westminster Bridewell for re-examination ' when able to bear it .
A wart-house and factory at Rochdale , belonging respectively to Messrs . Soara and Co ., aud Messrs . Turner and Co ., were la 1 1 week destroyed by fire . The damage is estimated at £ 4 , 000 , aud about 70 persons are thrown out ot work . Murder of a Policeman at Bristol . —On Sun * d « ay evening , a hackney fly drove up in the St . Philip ' s police station , and a woman of the name of Ferris got out , and rushing into the charge room said to Inspector on duty , " Take me into custodytake me into custody . " The inspector , observing that the woman was a Mrs . F ., the step-daughterjrf police sergeant Franklin , the reserve sergeant , residing a ' the station with bis wife , the unfortunate woman ' s
mother , and that she was iu a high state of excitement and slightly flushed with drink , for the moment discreditt-d her observation , and replied , " Take job into custody ?—for what V She immediately replied that she had cut a man ' s thioat in Lion-street , aud begged the inspector to go there . Upon proceeding to the spot , he found that police constable Patrick White , No . 172 , was dead , at his lodg ings , having had his throat cut from ear to ear in a most dreadful manner ; and , upon inquiry , he learnt that the deceased lod » ed in the same house io which the woman Ferris resided ; and that , in the course of the morning , it being Mrs . Ftrris ' s b irthday , her brother , who is a fly driver , came over tjj see her , some beer was sent for , and some rum , and party stayed drinking together , there lieinu a young
woman of the name of Jones in the company . l « e ? continued drinking the greater part of the d . iv , 80 ° in the afternoon , the woman Jones went upsiairaW her bedroom , and was soon followed by White . I " circumstance , it is said , excited the jealousy of M * . Ferris , who had on attachment for the puliecW'Jj and she followed upstairs and found tliem in be ' . jf gether . White shortly afterwards came downstaiBi and sat down smoking his pipe , when on a siiuue ^ Mrs . Ferris being then in the room , he was ' ' | Jj to utter some incoherent expression , and the ow was seen rushing in a stream from his tnroat . * poor fellow managed to crawl to the doar ° * , . house , and across the street , where he was upl ' ° . £ a person whym the confusion had attracted to l spot , who sent fur a surgeon , and endeavi'iife " . stanch the blood with a Docket handkerchief ;; . »
gradually sank , and very shortly died . 1 , ^ : jj ( o have taken the parties who were in the 'l - . f on custody . An inquest was held on the b dy on > ¦ day , when the parties present at time the njur ^ was comnrtced gave evidence as to the P reCC , fi 0 facts , but the coroner remarked that , althoi'S { doubt as to the cause of death migi » exist . »/ mortcm examination was necessary , and the P" * , ; ,-was remanded to await the issue of th . it iK > m ^ On Tuesday , surgical evidence having been ^ the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 7, 1846, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1391/page/2/
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