On this page
- Departments (2)
-
Text (16)
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Most Important Testimonial of Lieut. Masters, H. P., LATE OP TUB RoTAL NEWFOUNDLAND VETiiKAN Companies.
-
BLACK BOOK,
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Article
fcSAlTCHESTEi ; . i lrtMEROtS MEETING OF THE POWERLOOM WEAVERS AND OTHER TRADES . ' - CFrom our cncn Correspondsi . J ""* - - - A public meeting vas held in the Carpenters' Hall to Friday evening , the Sth inst , to take into considers tionttefeestnuaus to be adopted to refist a reduction ^ Bared at Mr . Lord ' s cotton manufactory . Mr . Ti __ MAKwaB « d } ed to the chair , who opened tfceineettag by reading the placard by which it was ftllm Mr . Clark moved the first resolution — ^ ¦ " ¦ * & £ i *» , i
"Thatitutheoptnianof this meeting that weare iniittfcy frjoad to rapport the weavers late iirthe employ of Mr . Lord and Mr . Brown , inasmuch a *' we consider the presant reduction unnecessary uninst , and TOH * liedfo&-Haafe Clark ? esSed upon , every -one who was within tl » hearing of his toloe , to come forward , and lend a neipinrhand to "fte weavers of the factories who are now oat , became those weavers had on all occasions done their duty to other people tinder similar circumstances in and around MaacheSter . He did not ppeafc ¦ upon that mill alone , for there seemed to be a determination to bring down wages all over the country , ami in that town they had attempted it three or four times within the last two months : and those weavers
nad nobly wftwcrioed to Aahton , Stockport , and Boothstreet tom-oBts ; therefore they hid a great claim for a return of the same duty . There were females in Lord ' s mill wbo were a pride to the tewn ; indeed , as ilr . M'Dooalliad told them , tie women were the better men . , fhere were no doubt lickspittles in the room , who would carry back anything that might drop that evening . But he wonld say that they , the weavers , must cot do as the people of Stockport did , retire into the fields to starve , but unite like men and women , who knew their rights , and dare Tnnipt-nir them , if they woold do so , they would be in such a position as woold make the masters glad to bend to them , inBtead of ttwy to tbe masters . The masters are united to iwiBg'dowii -wages , imd thus it is tbat they are able to
cooqaer . Then be woaid adTise them to take a lesson out of their books , feecauseit wastheir ( tbe weaver ' s ) disunion , and consequently weakntss , that the masters took advantage of . The operatives generally of Manchester had not done their duty by way of subscription , bat be hoped they would on that occasion . ( Hear , beat } Other trades bub take this attempt at redu (> t 5 en as a symptom of what would befall them if they left tbe we&TOSto itarre . And lie wonld say to the shopkeepers , if there were any there , that they also should support them . They who depended upon the labourers for a living . ( Hear , hear , hear ) Tbe present was only one of the reductions of a series which was yet to come if they submitted . Therefore , he W « uld call upon the mechanics , jpincew , aad dressers to cease going to those infernal whisky shops , and give the twopence towards the cause . If , continaed "the speaker , they woold only abstain for one
month , -and give that money to support the trade , they { the weavers ) would * e one r . f the most independent bodies in existence , and would be fortified against every attests of the masters to grind them do « rn , as they had the hand-loom weavers , to dust . The spinners had sot acted their part ; they had never come forward a * c * rding to their promite ; men wbom tbe weavers could expect would dotbeir duty : but , alas ! be was awry to say , but it was the truth , that the shoenaiers had more feeling and more honesty * h ™ had eUiier iHe spinners or the mechanics . In conclusion , be would again say , that the people of England would neve * be in a proper condition so long as they allowed * &ch brave men as Feargus O"Connor , Vincent , and others to pine away in prison , and a Frost to b « banished from Ms native country . ( Before the speaker iad finished the last words , the meeting gave a stout of applause for the abovenaaied patriots . ; He ,, the speaker , would sit down by moving the resolution . '
Mr . Jos rose to second it j-be said it was the first time he had ever come forward to addresa a public meeting , but he did so , thinking that some good might yet be done for the people of England . The cotton hands were in -as bad state as ever the black slaves were ; if they did not have the whip applied to their backs , ¦ they were whipped very severely by hunger , poverty , aad unwholesome atm »? pfaere and abatements , ¦ while the masters were feasting upon tbe marrow drawn from their bones . And yet thcsa men . are the Tery pillars and supporters of religious societies . How eontnwy to the law of God ; how could they profess such -adoration to such a being , and yet act in such direct opposition to his commands ? Tesj if there is anything which is likely to go the round of the
press-their Banes will appear as subscribers ; but thu was only pride and ambition ; and instead of worship ping the tone and xiving God by acts of charity and justice , tfcey worshipped tbe god of avarice , which has been the very bane of society . These grasping gentlemen eoald give very liberally , because they thought that they could , to make out , reduce tbeir bands four or five shillings , while they themselves were feasting on the fat of the land , * nd rolling in carriages . But men who formerly took Btae or no notice or politics , began to see that it w * a of no use , so long as they were unrepresented ; and , therefore , question was merging inw the one great question , namely , redemption . ( Cheers . ) He sat down by seconding the resolution , which was put and-carried unanimously .
Mr . J . Campbell came forward to move the second xesolution : — " That it is tbe opinion of this meeting , that neither the . power-loom weavers , nor any other body , will ever receive a aur remuneratien for their labour until we are folly and fairly represented in the House of ^ onunona . He observed that when he entered the room he was not ¦ aware-of being called upon to speak , but be thought he -could not object when he saw tbe masters rn _ Hn such strides upon the rights of industry . He never got up with more pleasure to address them ; en the one hand , "because of the resolution which be was called npoa to move , on tbe other band , tbat pleasure was mixed -with pain when he thought of Lord ' s weavers , and the 3 nore * o bacanne they bad always done their duty when
¦ c alled upon . The speaker again referred to the resolu tion , and said tbat it must be evident that they could sot discuss tbe rights of labour unless they treated it politically , and never would they be benefitted while ¦ there was-such a superabundant quantity of bands oat -of employ . Then how are they to remove these evils ? Why , they must of coarse go back to tbe 1 *^ , which i * 'tbe property of toe people ; and by this means 7011 •*« ke off ttw » e bands to produce for themselves , and not , ss now , to compete with those few in work . He ¦ should now give place to a man who was better able to addrsss them—one who was a terror , not only to tbe cotton lords , bat every other humbug who thought proper to address them . It bad been said that he was -sn Orangeman , feat he however denied the charge , and -declared himself to be a firm Chartist . ( Cheer * . ) He moved tbe resolution .
Mr . Leech then rose to second the resolution . He commenced as follows : —Men slaves and women slaves of Manchester , until you join together in one solid union , yoa will be at tbe mercy of these grinding capitalists . Is it not a sfesme tbat you should have to meet to resist a set of thieviag rwcuin from *^ v » "g' that which was tbe inherent right of tbe ^ poor lab « urer *—. namely , tbe price of labour ? Is it not a shame -tbat they should have to meet in this , the nineteenth century of the Christian era , to protest against a rednetion of their scanty wages . Was it not enough that tbsy should be confined in those infamous -crucibles , tbe cotton hells , from fire in the morning till even in the evening ? Was it not enough that mere infanta should ran -sometimes without either shoes ot
stockings to toil for a mere pittance , while , if tbe little defenceless innocent was only five minutes behind time some ereatnre , in tbe shape of a man , bat without any -of his . attributes , was ready to take away part of the catty wages in the shape of fines ? He ( Mr . Leech ) bad seen the little creatures at five or six in the morning , -he&ering themselves from the cold and rain , perhaps- drenched with aba , and then go Into an atmosphere as high as ninety-degrees , which literally dried -the clothes apon its little Body , and laid the foundation of disease and an early gstve . Was it not enough for mothers to leave tbeir infasds at home , at half-past five in tie mormeg , and to be exposed to the insolence of some domineering wretch , with only half an hour for iffeaifast , as boor for rHntm-, and sometimes a treat
distance to go and eat tbeir meat , and ceme feaek within the time ? "Was tbe sum of -Steven shillings too much , with the expenses that came « g » if * ft . ft ? Were tbe quantity and quality of food that such a nom woold purchase to » good and too much that another reduction sn _ rt be attempted » Such has keen the pitch to which machinery has been brought ; sub has been tbe immense power of production created by il , tl Bit bon--dreds have been thrown oat of empleyment by it ; and while commerce has been increasing , and whi te doth and cotton have bees sent to every market in the world , tbe men by whom all these articles are produc . * i are starring for wast of clothing . Sach has been * , tbe rt 11 i h rftXTffljv ^ TWAnfc o £ ni * *! that £ H *» order of n i £ nrc _ tai been inverted : the asrienltaral labourer * rare
starred tec&nse there was too much food , and tbe weavers going naked because there was too much clothi ng . The foundation of all political economy is tbat t be 'wants of the producers should be first supplied ; evei 7 yard of cotton taken out of the country , before its own * , people have unffirient , is downright robbery . He had sometimes seen some « f those men , who had fourteen or fifteen hundred men labouring for them , knocking about the streets in their carriages , while those who produce every comfort and luxury of life , were scarcely permitted to breathe the fresh air of heaven . The very bosses of those men are treated in a widely different ¦ way from tbe persons employed by them . Tbe stout horse only rises in the morning two boors after the
factory child . The horse , perhaps , had a good warm stable and comfortable bed , pleaty of food to eat , and straw to rest upon , while the factory hands had perhaps to sleep with scarcely any covering , and food to eat of tbe meanestandcovsestkind . When we take a view of man , wa find tbat there is more injustice evinced towards eich other than there was in any other species . Many other living creatures upon the face of the earth do , by instinct , what " ** " -will not do . even with tbe assistance of reason . We hear a great deal said about the progress in civilization and science of this country ; -but opposing an Englishman was to go to a savage , and tell him about tbe advanced state of England , that while nusn&stBring , and arts and sciences were pro-JMBiinj at an amsdng rate , the people were starring ,
Untitled Article
he would consider the statement vas altogether false , or that the people Mere downright fo ^ i * Whatever may be the defects of a savage state , or the absence of reSaeraeut in learning , he feels none of that starvation and want endured by the artisans of Christian England The -srages of the labouring man is as sacred to him , as is the property of Mr . Lord to him , and if we had equal laws , the working classes of this country would have as good a right to S 9 nd the capitalist to the treadmill , for stopping his wages , as the latter to send tbe poor man for taking his property . Such would be the state of things if th&t law were acted upon , but to reason those men into anything like justice , it is absolutely impossible . He had seen a caricature of two women , called labour in vain , attempting to wash a black man white . He believed it was as possible to accomplish tbe washing of the black white as to bring these men into anything tike justice . Mr . he'WOUld Consider thn sbifpTnent rrna nl 1 ,-iiro ^ r » ' iloo
Leech then made some remarks upon the vote of £ 70 , 000 to fit up her Majesty ' s stables , and the employment of one hundred men , in Buckingham Palace , to fit a suit of apartments for another coming pauper . If the people were represented in the House of Commons , they would soon put an end to such Bhameful extravagance and not suffer thom&elves to be taxed to the ground to maintain a set of foreigners who never came into the country but as a scourge and a curse . Our gaols are filled with men who have been honest enough to denoance such , conduct . He had teceWed a few days ago a letter from a man who had exposed the villanies of the * ystem , and be was a man of very good character none could deny , however opposed they were to his politics . ( A voice , " name . ") Why , O'Connor . ( Tremendous cheering . ) The sjseaker then Bhewed the fallacy of tbe Corn Laws Repealers , and concluded by seconding tho resolution .
Mr . Wm . Thomasso . n , Newcastle , felt great pleasure in supporting the resolution , berauae trades' unions , whatever good they might effect , would never effectually protect and preserve inviolate the rights of industry without the SuSrage . Strikes had fallen under his own notice , in which some mock concessions had been made , but no sooa « r had the men gone to thtii ¦ work than those sullen devotees of Mammon began to abridge the wages of their Working men , and left them without the means of living comfortably . Had the vast amount of power their wealth gave them completely earsed every generous feeliug from their minds and erased them above every one of those gospel obligations to which they have hypocrisy enough to pay a pretented deference ? ( Hear , hear . ) He had often remarked that
the grossest invasion of the rights of industry had been made by the gentlemen making tbe greatest pretensions to sanctity . You base wretches , ye Judasses of the nineteenth century , who betrayed the Savieur of man with a kiss , lay aside y » ur hightoned professions of goodness , anil appear what you are , the sworn enemies of religion and humanity . 'Hear , hear . ) The unalterable mandate of that God whom you insult by pretending to adore that mandate which neither time nor place can ever nullify , which is " The labourer is worthy of his hire . " Mr . Tbomasson then proceeded to show that some of the meanest attempts to lessen the income of the honest artizans were not always made by masters , but by sycophants who tried to ingratiate themselves into the favour of
employers by becoming tale-bearers to the masters . A reptile of ihis sort , who might be called the servant of the servant , of the servant of the rub-deputy ( great laughter )—set his intriguing face to whisper fresh measures of severity against the men employed with him , while Us countenance wore the smile of friendship in the presence of those men he was secretly labouring to ruin , and the detested energies of his infernal , he might say , nis devil-like spirit , were only employed to injure his work fellow , and spread desolation around the hearth-stene of his companions . Oh ! were there only an identity of interests ft * Uting among the artisans of tkis nation , Instead of being mere instruments in . the hands of the moneyocr&ey of this poor and wealthy country . strange paradox !) they would
soon find that they bad power enough to prevent a systematic attempt being made upon their scanty wages with impunity . ( Chetrs . ) Ton very of ten denounce , and properly denounce , the arrogant pretensions of an insolent and overbearing aristocracy , we can launch our violent tirades against the influence of caste , both In England and India , but do we not discover the same ungodlike feeling among the operatives of our country . The man with 50 s . weekly thinks himself more respectable than his neighbour with only 40 s . ; be looks down scornfully upon tbe one with 30 a , ; he thinks tbe niche he occupies more creditable than his neighbours with 20 & , while the last would feel himself humiliated if he was to stake his fortunes with a man having only 10 s . weekly . This detested feeling has forced itself so
completely into all the ramifications of British society that all those feelings of generosity peculiar to the s « il of Britain are completely dried up . If a " » tn has only good fortune enough to become the occupier of an oyster shop , the aizs of a pig-stye , he must , forsooth , become an aristocrat , and begin to look with contempt upon his brethren . If we want democracy in the affairs of Government , let us exhibit it in the transactions of private life , and show we can exhibit cne towards another that for which we contend in national matters . A pigmy is but a pigmy , although placed upon an eminence ; tbe giant is still a giant , thongh placed in a valley . ( Cheers and laughter . ) He hoped they would go to the root of the evil , by seeking a change in the House of Commons .
Let every working man seek to make himself an integral part of the constituency of the Government , and then the legislature will be what it ought , a protector of the weak against tbe strong . Mr . T . remarked that tbe system of reduction had gone on so long , that Trades' Unions , if formed , had very little left to protect He exhorted them , for tbe sake of their religion , families , posterity , their own firesides—for the sake of their own advocates—as a token of gratitude for the labours of such men as the virtuous and intelligent Williams , of Snnderland , the generous , enthusiastic , and talented George Binns—for the sake of the cool , yet intrepid , William Byrne—for tbe sake of those men who placed their lives upon the altar of their country , an offering at the shrine of humanity—for the sake of all that is worth possessing in this world , and hoping for in tbe next , match your conntry out of the hands of those men who have been its rain , and by one unanimous effort of tbe nation ' s will , your fetters
will be unloosed , your chains will melt before the son of universal intelligence , and you become tbe possessors of those rights , to which , as men bearing the form of humanity , and reflecting the image of your wise and beneficent Creator , you are justly entitled . Mr . T . then proceeded to make remarks on the spirit of tbe press , and its almost universal hostility to tbe working classes , if anything was said in opposition . These papers durst not speak the truth , for fear of their advertisements . One paper there is which has staked its existence upon the defence of universal right , the Sot them Star . Show your gratitude by supporting papers which give tbeir support to your efforts , aad by tbe aid of a press essentially your own , because a mirror of your own minds , you will be able to hold up to publie execration the doings of those whose influence was never used but to crush the most numerous and most useful classes of this country , the operative tlnsstmi
The address was listened to with marked attention , and the speaker resumed his seat amid long-continued expressions of applause . Mr . Abel Jokes rose and moved the following resolution : — " That a delegate meeting bo called for the 25 th of October , 1840 , for the purpose of forming an Union of the Power-loom Weavers of Great Britain . " The resolution was seconded by Mr . Kit , and carried Tty ^ pi m t \ n aiy . A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman , and the meeting broke up at about half-past ten o'clock .
Untitled Article
CASIiISIoEi Revision of the Bcbgess List . —On Monday , October 5 th , the Mayor , John Dixon , Esq ., and Messrs . Dobinson and Pattison , Assessors , held a Court at the Town Hal ] , for the purpose of revising tbe Burgess List . The number of voters were much tbe same as last year , with the exception of Botehergate Ward , where the overseer , Mr . Donald , had taken upon himself the responsibility of disfranchising upwards of one hundred voters ! It may be remembered that last year , this same individual redsoed the number of voters nearly fourfifths ; when a large meeting of the burgesses was held , and the conduct of Mr . Donald laid before the Board of Guardians , who employ him , and a aeaori&l sent io Lord Noraanby . who stated in
answer , that if good grounds could be made out against the overseer , be would give instructions for a prosecution . Toe case came on before the Board of Guardians , T&omas Salkald , Esq ., in the chair , when it was proved , by several witnesses , that Mr . Donald had said he acted according to instructions . This be denied , Aad urged that he had acted on his « wn responsibility , and had put all those off , the list who did not pay their rates directly . Thus the Batter stood , until the late Mayor , Mr . Heysham , came to revise tho Burgess List ; when it appeared he had taken the opinion of R . M . Rolfe , Esq ., Sdieitar-General , wtich was to the effect , that all persons en the rate book , whose landlords did not c—rywad £ > r tbe ratee , were eligible to be fat upon the lkt , whether the rates were paid by themselves or by the landlord . On this decision the then Mayor acted , which established a great number as , ytod raters who had been pat off by Mr . Deaald :
a ad maay more might hwe been put on had they m ede their claims . This established a register of up w ards of two hundred voters , which gave a majority to the _ Radicals , and they returned the men of iteir ckdice , to thesotter discomfiture © f tie Whfgs . who had evidently fiaade Mr . Donald their tool . Thifl year , bewever , another base and unprincipled a ttempt has been made b f the same overseer to reduce ¦ the ceastifarency to ene& an extent a * te enable the Whigs to returnwhaa they think proper ; providiL'g he is allowed to be tbe ravaging barrister himself , * nd not only to take tbe law into his own keeping , . but to eo&stne it to suii the party for whom he acts . This year he has pot off about one hundred names , all of which bad been declared good votes at tbe former registration . Thus ate tbe purposes of the Municipal Reform Act completely set aside by the audacious , insolent , and illegal conduct . of a paid overseer . W « re tbe other overseers to
Untitled Article
pursue the same line of conduct , the constituency would be reduced to a tremendous extent , and many of the most usei ' al and honest mombera of our pro- ' Kent corporation sent adrift . The Municipal Reform Act never contemplated any such thing , and if a paid overseer is allowed to &pprt with a constituency according to his will and pleasure , to suit party purposes , then the benefits contemplated by such reform are a mere shadow and nonentity . It may be said , that those persons put off the list by the overseer might have put in a claim . True , but the lists were never exposed , at least , so partially , that scarcely any one knew anything of the matter . We conceive the overseer had no right to put any one off , but have objected to him , and at the revising court have stated his reasons for so doing ; thus giviug the parties a chance ; and allowing the Mayor and Assessors to decide whether the objection was sufficient or not . A public meeting of tbe burgesses rvircnn tVi-oatna !! . »_ n ? «^ n ., 1 ., ^* » . * : > .. „_ --.
ot iSotchergate Ward , took place on Wednesday evening , the 7 th inst ., when it was agreed that a deputation should wait upon the Mayor oh Monday morning . The following-IB tbe result of the interview . Messrs . Smith , M'Kenzie , and Bowman formed the deputation . They stated the case , the substance of which is stated above . The Mayor received the deputation with every respect and courtesy , but stated that he was afraid there was no remedy now to be had , as claims had uot been put in by those whose names had been struck off the list , though , for his own part , he thought it very wrong 10 curtail the number of voters , and he was very willing to give any assistance in bis power ; and , as there would be a meeting of the Council to-morrow , he would be happy to meet tbe deputation there , when the Town Clerk would be present . This was agreed to , and tbe deputation left tbe Hall .
Messrs . M'Douall and Collins s contemplated Visit to Carlisle . —For some time past , great preparations have and are at present beiug made to give a hearty and enthusiastic reception to those two dauntless and indefatigable patriots . A public dinner is to be given to them ; and we have no doubt but it will be very numerously attended . Th « females , who are seldom behind in the good work , have been making arrangements for a public tea . We are of opinion that too much respect cannot be paid to men who have suffered imprisonment for endeavouring to obtain justice for the people . While this admirauoR is beiug paid them , it should not be
forgotten , that great numbers are still suffering imprisonment ; and all who depeuded on their exertions suffering want . At all public meetings , subscriptions 6 hould be made ; for when there is excitement , money is easily got , and with very little labour of collecting . We have calculated , if there were 50 , 000 in the Glasgow procession , and it had been strictly enjoined that every one who walked iu procession should pay one peuny , hero would have been a sum of £ 208 6 s . 8 d . pleasantly and easily obtained ; and were this done generally , there would be abundance for those who are suffering for advocating the rights of the people .
Untitled Article
DREADFUL MURDER OF A GAMEKEEPER . On Tuesday last , one of the assistants of Mr . Longstaffe , gamekeeper to the Marquis of Northampton , named John Dunkley , left his home in the pursuit of his calling , and did not return either that day or the next . He was seen in Yardley Wood about six o ' clock , but no tidings of him subsequently could be obtained , until Thursday , about twe , when he was found in one of the woods , about a mile from the village of Yardley , murdered , and shockingly mutilated , his head being completely beaten in . His gun , which had not been discharged , was found some jards from him , the stock shattered to pieces , and part of the lock sticking in the wounded skulL Dunkley was a tall , powerful , and very
active man ; he had latterly detected many poachers , and was known to bave been threatened with mischief . There is every reason to believe that several persons were concerned in bis murder . The ground for some yards round was dabbled with blwoU ; and there was every indication of a seven struggle having taken place . The body had been dragged into u ditch . We regret to . add that the poor fellow has left a widow and four children . At present we are not aware that suspicion rests upon any one , but the inquiry is In the hands of the active and efficient superintendent of police , Goddard , and it is scarcely probable tbat tbe perpetrators of so foul a deed can long remain undetected . —Northampton Mercury .
[ FUETHEB PARTICULARS FBOM A CORRESPONDENT . ] Northampton , Friday . —At two o ' clock to-day an Inqtest was held upon the body at the Rose and Crown public-bouse , iu the Tillage already mentioned , before Mr . Abbey , the coroner for this division of the county . A jury having been empannelled they proceeded to view the body , which was placed in a shell in Yardley church , and presented a most awfnl and distressing spectacle . The head was literally dashed to pieces , so tremendous was the violence which had been resorted , to ; and as the deceased was » very powerful man , there is no doubt that his murder was not accomplished without the combined assistance of several persons .
From the appearance of the throat it would seem tbat , having exhausted his strength , they attempted to strangle him , for it bean a mark which could only have beea inflicted by a very powerful grip . Immediately above his right eye was a gash , which extended the whole length of the eyebrow , and the left was swollen to a prodigious size . The right ear was beaten almost to a pulp , and was dreadfully lacerated at the bottom . At the back of the head was another dreadful gash , extending not less than three inches in length . The skull was fractured , and presented a wound sufficiently large U
admit a finger . Several wounds of minor importance were observed on various parts of the bead , and on a partial examination several shots were found in the skull . In a aitch about twenty yards from the spot where the body was found , was a large pool of blood , and near it was a part of tbe gun-stock belonging to the unfortunate deceased . Midway between this ditch and the body was another pool of blood , and close to the latter was found the but-end of the gun-stock . Part of tbe lock of the gun was taken from under the unfortunate victim ' s bead .
Tbe inquest has not yet terminated , and I am therefore compelled to reserve tbe evidence , which is comparatively unimportant , until a future occasion . It is supposed that the inquiry will not terminate until Monday .
FURTHER PARTICULARS . Northampton , Saturday , 9 o ' clock , a . m . —Since I despatched my packet of yesterday , I have learnt Borne additional particulars with reference to this melancholy affair , th « authenticity of which may be folly depended np « n , as they were kindly communicated by Mr . Abbey , the coroner , who presided at tbe investigation yesterday . Deceased was a married man and thirty-five years of age ; it did not arise in the course of tbe evidence whether he had children or not , nor have I been able to ascertain the fact with accuracy . It appears that for some time put the wood in which tbe deceased officiated as keeper has be « n infested to a great extent by poachers , and that several men , and one in particular ,
had vowed vengeance against deceased for laying an information which terminated in their conviction and imprisonment On the afternoon that deceased left bis house for the last time , bis wife informed him tbat a man named Underwood had just been there to see if he were in or not , on which Donkley immediately went in tbe direction of the faUl riding , having previously stated tbat there were fine doings in the wood , " referring no doubt to poaching . He was seen with his gun in that precise spot shortly after he left tbe bouse . As I have before stated , he left bis house on Tuesday , and his body was not discovered until Thursday morning , when , in consequence of tbe representations of deceased ' s wife , Longstaffo , the head-keeper , assisted by several members of the Marquis of Northampton's household , went in search of him . It appears that
from the beginning the wife apprehended that danger had befallen him , for she had heard her husband state tbat Underwood had declared upon his late conviction that he would " dash his brains out" The unfortunate victim was found by the keeper as I have already stated , and it would appear from the surgeon ' s evidence that the immediate cause of death was a blow with the but-end of the gun at the lower part of the occiput , which detached the lock from the stock , and which penetrated the skull and lodged there . Shots were also found in the neck , and from the circumstance of their having descended horizontally , it is conjectured be must hare been fired upon from a tree or some rising ground . The inquest finally terminated at a late hour last night , when a verdict of " Wilful Murder " was returned .
APPREHENSION , CONFESSION , AND COMMITTAL OF THE MURDERERS . As was expected , the perpetrators of this coldblooded murder have been discovered . Since the occurrence took place , Mr . Gtoddard , the chief constable of the county , has been unceasing In his exertions to collect evidence and trace the guilty parties , and he has at length succeeded in apprehending three Individuals , of whose participation in tbe murder no doubt can now be entertained . In consequence of certain information he obtained , Goddard was induced to suspect three men , named Joseph Bedford , Wm . Downing , and James Underwood , and , understanding that they were at work at a threshing-machine , in Yardley Hastings , he proceeded thither on Friday morning and apprehended them . They were immediately handed over to the custody of
Superintendent YouBg and three other constables of the county police , who conveyed them in the police cart to Castle Ashby , the seat of the Marquis of Northampton . Care was taken that they should not be permitted to communicate with each other on the way , and Mr . Goddard Instantly went to search their lodgings . At Bedford ' s residence he fonnd a pair of cerdoroy breeches , which , upon examination , be discovered were stained in several places with blood , apparently quite fresh 5 and ; at tbe house of Downing was found a fustian shooting coat , upon the sleeve and shoulder of which he also discovered a quantity ef blood . He took possession of these articles , and proceeded to Caatle Ashby , where he had an interview with the prisoner Bedford , who was confined in a room apart from tbe others . Having made Bedford take off his jacket and shirt , he discovered about thirty gun-shot wound * in his back , several of which had penetrated no daeper than tbe
Untitled Article
skin . After cautioning him as to the explanation lu < might give regarding these marks , Bedford ( who seemed anxious to' fell wh&tBe k ' rtew about the matter ) , made a full disclosure of all tlie circum . atancea connected with the murder . ' He stated that he and tbe other prisoners were poaching in the wood near Yardley on the Tuesday night previous , when they met the deceased , at whom he immediately levelled his piece and fired . Dunkley returned the fire , and tbe shot took effect in his back ; and produced the wounds observed , by Mr . Goddard . A desperate struggle ensued , and the prisoner Downing _ - ... . . ,. ... ... .
came up and lodged the contents of his gun in tho neck of the deceased , under the ear , which caused him to fall forward , upon which Underwood rusbed upon him , and kicked Win-Violently on the head . Underwood also took the deceased's gun and beat bim on the bead with it until the stock broke in pieces . After a short but severe struggle , it was apparent that life was extinct , and they all assisted in dragging the body About twenty yards into the wood , where tb « jy left it , and went together to a public-house , at the village of Olney , about four miles from the place where the murder was committed . They drank a quantity of beer there , and went home about ten o ' clock at night .
Mr . Goddard , on leaving Bedford , went to the apartments where the other prisoners were confined , to ascertain whether they were disposed to Bay anything , as he was desirous to lay all the information which it was possible to collect before the beach of magistrates on Saturday . Both Uuderwood and Downing ucknowledged , in general terms , that the account given by the other prisoner was correct , bat they did not enter into particulars . On being brought before tbe magistrates ou Saturday , they repeated what they had formerly stated ; and when tho depositions were completed , they were all fully committed to take their trial on the charge of wilful murder at the next assizes .
Untitled Article
Rvbal Police . —A petition is now in course of signature in the village of Alderton , Gloucestershire , for presentation at the next sessions , praying for the removal ot the rural police , as tho petiiiouera consider the advantages derived from it do notcoinueusate for the additional burthens imposed upon them .
Untitled Article
( CERTIFICATE . ) St . John ' s , Newfoundland , 12 th March , 1838 . Conformably to a G&rrisou order , dated 9 tli March , 1838 , for the assembly of a Medical Board , to take into consideration the state of health of Lieut . Masters , R . V . Cand . W report accordingly , we , tho undersigned , Sulf Officer aad Civil Practitioner , forming the Board authorised by that order , after a strict examination of the case of Lieut . Masters , couBider him aa entirely unfit for military duty . Lieut . Masters has for several years been afflicted with Rheumatic viout , which has produced serious functionary derangements of his Stomach , liver , and other viscera , and finally given rise to infirmity , weakness and enlargement of the articulations , especially of the anole joints ; his general health and constitution is much impaired , and therefore , in our opiuiou , he is incapable of further service . ( Sicned ) Andw . Fkkccson , M . D ., 5 taff-A . SBist-Sur . K Edward Kiklly , Surgeon .
Letter of Lieut . Masters to Mr . Prout , 229 , Strand , London . Hawley , near Bagshot , 13 th Jan . 1840 . Sir , —Considering that the public would be greatly benefited by the publication of the extraordinary benefit . whicn 1 have derived by taking . Blair ' s Gout aud Rheumatic Pills , I herewith send tue particulars of my oase , aud the medical certificate , by which ! was invalided . I was first attacked with Rheumatic Gout iu 1826 , from which period to 1 B 33 I was under the treatment of the late Drs . Bed , Horner , aud Jacobs , as well as b y the present Dr . Davis , all of Hampatead . From 1833 to 1838 I was at St . John ' s , Newfoundland , doing duty as a Subaltern iu the Royal Vcterau Companies , where I suffered most
severely , and was uuder the care of Surgeon Huston , R . V . C ., Staff Assistant-Surgeou Ferguson , and Mr . Shea , private practitioner there , without being able to prevent the most violent tits of the gout three or four times annually , which becoming so bad caused the garrison order for tbe Medical Board , as before named . —About the middle of last February and the whole of March my sufferings were dreadful ; in fact , I was unable to move without being carried ; when Major Birch , of CronUale , near Farnham , a magistrate of this county , kindly commisserating my situation , called on me for the purpose of taking my affidavit , that I might receive my half-pay ; and seeing me in so miserable a state , advised me to try Blair s Gout and Rheumatic Pills , saying , although not gouty himself , ho knew several who had derived benefit from them . I had . previously beea advised by a then neighbour , Mr . Fredgent , of Aldershot ,
to try them , but I declined until the Major recommended them . —I commenced by taking them accordiug to the directions ; and , after taking six pills , found a cessation of all pain , and the remainder of tho box effectually settled that fit . I have since had several attacks , but as soon as I feel the least sensation of the disease I take the pills , which have at once removed ail symptoms . I may also mention that the chalk which had formed on my ears has disappeared , and where it formed in my fingers is decreasing . I have ceased to have those very weakening perspirations to which 1 was subject before trying the pills . Were you to print my case , and appoint an Agent in St . John ' s , Newfoundland , where my sufferings were known , and where there are so many afflicted with Rheumatic Gout , you would vastly increase the sale of this valuable medicine . I am , Sir , your obedient Servant ,
John Masters , Lieut . H . P ., Royal Newfoundland Veteran Comps . Sold by the venders of Medioines throughout the Kingdom . Observe the name and address of " ThOs . Prout , 229 , Strand , London , " on the Government Stamp .
Untitled Article
Just published , in royal 18 mo cloth , price 3 s . ; and seat in Town or Country free , by post , 3 d . 6 d ., MANHOOD : the CAUSES of its PREMATURE DECLINE , with Plain Directions for ITS PERFECT RESTORATION ; addressed to those suffering from the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence , Solitary Habits , or Infection ; followed by Observations on the . TREATMENT-of SYPHILIS , GONORRHCEA , GLEET , Ac . Illustrated with Cases , &c . By J . L . CURTIS and COMPANY , Consult ! ng Surgeons , London . Published by the Authors , and sold by Balliere , Medical Bookseller , 219 , Regent-street : Strange , 21 , Paternoster-row ; Advertiser Office , Hull ; Review Office , Nottingham ; Maohen and Co ., 8 . D'OIierstreet , Dublin ; Duncan , 114 , High-street , Edinburgh ; and to be had of all Booksellers .
The Work which is now presented to the public is the result of very extended experience in a class of diseases and affections , which for some unaccountable reason have been either altogether overlooked , or treated with apathy , and almost indifference , by the ordinary practitioner . To enter into the details of these affections , to point out their causes , and to mark tho terrific consequences , social , moral , and physical , which are sura to follow from indulgence , in certain habits , would be entirely out of place in an advertisement . Wo have no hesitation , however , in saying that thero is no member of society by whom the book will not be found interesting , whether we consider such person to hold the relation of a PARENT , a PRECEPTOR , or a CLERGYMAN .
The PARENT , who beholds bis beloved child pining away , and fast approaching to a premature grave , in consequence of some disease , which , for want of a careful investigation of its real cause , has been set down to the score of consumption , will , on perusing this work , be astonished to find that in nine-tenths of the case 3 of young persons of both sexos , who perish of what is called pulmonary consumption , heart disease , tabes , &o ., the sole and exclusive origin has been the indulgence in certain destructive habits , practised by youth much more frequently than is at all suspected . The PRECEPTOR , also , who holds temporarily , at least the relation and responsibility of a parent , will , by persuing this work , be directed , and very much assisted in investigation and detecting the too
often concealed praotices so often introduced into schools , whereby the health and ultimately the lives of his pupils are sure to be compromised , unless the evil be checked in proper time . He will here find a due to guide him through the intricate mazes of this moral labyrinth , and a standard whereby to judge , when delicacy of health should appear to attack any of his young charges , what tho real cause of such attack may be , and thus he will be enabled to check the evil in its incipient state . The CLERGYMAN , in whose sacred character is at once concentrated the twofold relation of parent and instructor , will here be directed as to the nature of tkose habits to which youth is addicted ; he will also be enabled to point out the disastrous consequences which are sure to follow from them , if not relinquished .
Messrs . CURTIS and CO , are to be consulted daily at their residence , No . 7 , Frith-street , Soho , from Ten till Three , and Five till Eight in the Evening . Country Patients are requested to be as minute as possible in the detail of their cases—as to the duration of the complaiat , the symtoms , age , general habits of living , and occupation in life of the party ; the communication must be accompanied by the usual consultation fee of £ 1 , without which no notice whatever can be taken of their application ; and in all cases the most inviolable secrecy may be relied on .
N . B . —Seven Doors from Soho Square . Sold by J . Hobson , Market-street , Leeds ; and Sbiiiito , York .
Untitled Article
NEXT Week will be published , the First Number of a Weekly Penny Journal , entitled the MORNING STAR ; or , PHALANSTERIAN GAZETTE , advocating Fourier ' s Science of Society and the Progressive Improvement of Mankind . General content ^ : —Universal Principles , Popular Opinions and Errors , Original Pencilling , by Quiz , Literary Varieties ^ &c . < fec . Edited , by Hugh Dohbrty ; published by B . D . Cousins , 18 , Duke-street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , London . Sold by A . Hey wood , Manchester , aud all Booksellers . „ , „ .. _ . _ .
Untitled Article
Just Published , EICHARDSONl'S POPULAR
WIT H ALMANAC F O R 1841 . PRICE THREEPENCE , fi ONTAINING an Expose - of the Taxation yJ System—National Debt ^ Pay and Cost of the Army and Navy-rA few choice Civil Contingencies —Estimates for the Years 1840 and 1841—Nioe Pickings out of the Taxes—Police versus Education , or Crime and Intellifcence- ^ ost of Persecuting the Chartists—Special Commissions- —Jobs—Poor Law Commissioners—Working- of the Devil ' s Law in Woburn . Abbey Lands—What have the Royal Family " Cost , arid what do they Cost Annually!—Comparative State of the Sailors , R . N . —The Felon - ^• The Bastihsed Pauper and the Independent Labourer .
PEEP INTO THE SECRET-SERVICE MONEY ! Factory Inspectors ,. alias Government Spies—Valuable Tell-tale Table for Political Lecturers—Emigration , &o . PEET AT THE PEERS AND THE PARSONS ! Showing the Connection of Church and State , and the value of several hundred Good Fat Livings , with other important information . London : Published by John Cleave , at his Pennm Gazette Office , Shoe-lane . Fleet-street ; Hey wood , Manchester ; O'Brien , Abbey-street , Dublin ; and the Glasgow Universal Suffrage Association , Thompson , Agent . N . B . —A few of last year ' s Black Bonks on Sale apply to the Booksellers . Every year is different , and each equally useful .
Untitled Article
INCASES of SECRECY consult the TREATISE X on every Stage and Symptom of the VENEREAL DISEASE , in its mild and moat alarming forms , just published , by Messrs . PERRY and CO ., Surgeons , No . 44 , Albion-street , Leeds , and 4 , Great Charles-street , Birmingham , and given gratis with each Box of TERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS , price 2 s . 9 J ., 4 a . 6 d ., and 11 s . per Box , containing a full description of the above complaint , illustrated by Engravings , shewing the different stages of this deplorable and often fatal disease , as well as the dreadful effects of Mercury , accompanied with plain and practical directions for an effectual and speedy cure , with ease , secrecy , and safety , without tho aid of Medical assistance .
Perry ' s Purifying Specific Pills , price 2 s . 9 d ., 4 s . 6 d ,, and 11 s . ( Observe none are genuine without the signature of R . and L . Perry on the Bide of each wrapper ) which are well known throughout Europe and America , to be the most certain and etfectual cure ever discovered for every Stage and Symptom of the Venereal Disease , in both sexes , including Gonorrh « a , Gleets , Secondary Symptoms , Strictures , Seminal Weakness , Deficiency , and Diseases of th « Urinary Passages , without loss of time , confinement , or hindrance from business . They have effected the most surprising cures , not only in recent and severe case ' s , but when salivation and all other means have failed ; and when an early application is made to these Pills , for the cure of
tne venereal Disease , frequently contracted in a moment of inebriety , the eradication is generally completed in arfew days ; and in the more advanced and inveterate stages of venereal infection , characterised by a variety of painful and distressing symptoms , a perseverance in the Specific Pills , in which Messrs . Perrv have happily compressed the moat purifying and healing virtues of the principal part of the vegetable system , and which is of the utmost importance to those afflicted with Scorbutic affections , Eruptions on any part of the body , Ulcerations , Scrofulous or Venereal taint ; being justly calculated ! to cleanse the blood from all foulness , counteract every morbid affection , and restore weak and emaciated constitutions to pristine health and vigour .
The rash , indiscriminate , and unqualified use of Mercury , has beeu productive of infinite mischief ; under the notion of its beiug an antidote for a certain disease , the untutored think they have only to saturate their system with Mercury , and the business is accomplished . Fatal error ! Thousands are annually either mercurialized ^ out of existence , or their constitutions so broken , and the functions of nature so impaired , as to render the residue of life miserable . The disorder we have in view owes its fatal results cither to neglect or icnorance . In the
first stage it is always local , and easy to be extinguished by attending to the directions fully pointed out in the Treatise , without the smallest injury to toe constitution ; but when neglected , or improperly treated , a mere local affection will be converted into an incurable and fatal malady . What a pity that a young man tho hope of his country and the darling of his parents , should bo snatched from all the pros * pects and enjoymetns of life by the consequences of one unguarded moment , and b a disease which is hot in its own nature fatal , and which never proves so if properly treated .
It 18 a melancholy fact that thousands fall victim , to this horrid disease owing to the unskilfillness of illiterate men , who , by the use of that deadly poison , mercury , ruin the constitution , cause ulceration , blotches on the head , face , and body , dimness of sight , noise in the ears , deafness , obstinate gleets , nodes on the shin bone , ulcerated sore throats , diseased nose , with nocturnal pains in the head and limbs , till at length a general debility of the constitution ensues , and a melancholy death puts a period to their dreadful sufferings . Messrs . Perry and Co ., Surgeons , may be consulted , as usual , at No . 44 , Albion-Btrert , Leeds ; and No . 4 , Great Charles-street , Birmingham . Only one personal visit is required from a country patient to enable Messrs . Perry and Co . to give such advice as will be the means of effecting a permanent and effectual cure , after all other means have proved ineffectual .
Letters for advice must be post-paid , and contain the usual fee of one pound .
Untitled Article
CHALLENGE TO CURB BLIMBNESS . | TR . BAXTER , of Bolton , who has restored to it j . sight so many individuals , many of whom have been blind for a number of years , and pledges himself x > cure the Ophthalmia , or Inflammations , Films , Scums , S p ecks , « &c . Amaurosis , Dimness of Sight , without blisters , bleeding , eeton , issues , or any restraint of diet . Cataracts I cannot cure , as I make no use of an Instrument to any Eye . In cases of Amaurosis , I nan tell if there be any hopes the first application chat I make to the Eye , and I will not detain any patient longer than one hour .
_ N . B . In answer to the numerous letters received , Mr . B . respectfully informs his poor country friends that where a personal interview is impracticable , a letter pre-paid . enclosing a remittance of one pound , and minutely describing their case , and how they oave been treated , shall have medicines back by return , with every directions for use to any part . Domestic Materia MeJica Eye Medicines for the cure of the above diseases . Mr . B . may be consulted daily at No . 37 , Warrenstreet , Hawke-street , Copperas-hill , Liverpool .
TESTIH 0 NULS . Morgan Morgan , No . 4 , Order-Court , Broad-Mead , Bristol , was so blind that he could not perceive man from woman , and in ten days could see to pick up a pin , and numbers more are perfectly satisfied . Miss . Leech , Amicable-street , Ttinstall , Staffordshire , Potteries , nearly blind , and her eyea sunk in her head , restored to sight ( unseen ) in four weeks , so as to be able to read , after been discharged from the North Staffordshire Infirmary , incurable .
Stephen M'Donald , boot and shoe maker , Blakestreet , Copperas Hill , Liverpool , blind of one eye through » most dreadful inflammation and being mnderthe best advice for six months , without any hopes of ever being restored to sight again , but after been under Mr . B ' s . treatment only three weeks , could see to read . r John Tobin , carpenter , No . 36 , Nailer-street . Vauxhall-ro * d , Liverpool / being nearly blind with the Ophthalmia for twelve years , and been under tho best advice , to no service , can now see to read .
N . B . Mr . B ' s . home address is Bridgeman ' s Place , Bolton . Lancashire , where all letters , poBt-paid , will be forward *! . ¦
Untitled Article
E / 3 EDS BOROUGH SESSIONS
N OTICE TS HEREBY GIVEN , that the next GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS of the Peace for the Boron <; h of LEEpSi ; in . the We 6 t Riding of the County of York , will beholden before Thomas Flowee Ettis , the younger , Esquire , Recorder of the said Bftrough , at thePCdDRT House in Leeds , on Wednesday , the Twenty-eighth Day of October rost ., at Two o'clock in the Afternoon , at which time and place all Jurors , Constables , Polioe-Officera , Prosecutors , Witnesses , Persons bound by Recognizances , and others , having business at the said , Sessions , are requested to attend .
And Notice is hereby also given * that all Appeals will be immediately heard on the opening of the Court , and that all proceedings under the Highway Act will be taken on the First Day of the Sessions . , By Order ,
JAMES RICHARDSON , Clerk of the Peace fbr the said Borough . / Leeds , 1 st October , 1840 .
Untitled Article
ADVICE . MR . WILKINSON , SURGEON , H AVING devoted his Studies for many Years to the successful Treatment of the VENEREAL DISEASE , in all its various Forms ; also , to the frightful consequences resulting from that destructive practice , "Self Abuse , " may be personally consulted from Nine in the Moruisjrtill Ten at Night , ind on Sundays till Two , at IS , TRAFALGAR STREET , NORTH STREET , Leads , and " even Thursday , at No . 4 , GEORGE STREET , Bradford , from Ten till Five .
In recent cases a perfect Cure is completed within a Week , or no Charge made for Medicine after that period , and Country Patients , by making only one personal visit , will receive such Advice and Medicines tha * will enable them to obtain a permanent and effectual Cure , when all other means have failed . Having successfully acquired a thorough knowledge of all the various stages of that insidious and too often fatal disease , and the deplorabltt results , as well as frequent loss of life , which often occurs through displayed ignorance , by those unqualified , having but very little knowledge either of the disorder , or component principles of Medicine : thus
the system becomes tainted , the whole mass of blood impure , and the Constitution ruined with Poison * producing Ulcers and Eruptions on various parts of the body , frightful to . be seen—often closely resembling and mistakeu for diseases of a less painful character . Mr . W . ; as a Member of the Medical Profession , and from the peculiar nature of his practice , can , with the utmost confidence , even to the most timid , offer hope , vigour , and perfect health . What a grief for a young person , in the very primeof life , te bo snatched out of time , and from a ll the enjoy men ts of life , by a disease always local at first * nd which never proves fatal if properly treated , as all its fatal results are owing either to neglect or ignorance .
Mr . W . ' s invariable rule is to give a Card to each of his Patients as a guarantee for Cure , which he pledges himself to perform , or to return his Fee . For the Accommodation of those who cannot conveniently consult Mr . W . personally , uiey may obtain his Purifying Drops , Price 4 s . 6 d ., at any of the following Agents , with Printed directions so plain , that Patients ' of either Sex may Cure themwives , without even the knowledge of a bedfellow . Mr . Hkaton , 7 , Briggaie , Leeds . Mr . Hartley , Bookseller , Halifax .
Mr . Dewbirst , 37 , New Street , HuddersEeld . Mr . H arrison , Bookseller , Market Place , Barnsley Mr . Hakgeovb ' s Library , 9 , Conev Street , York . Messrs . Fox and Son , Booksellers , Pomefract . Harrison , Market-place , Ripon . Langdaie , Bookseller , Knaresbro and Harrogate Mr . R . Hurst , Corn Market , Wakefield . Mr . Davis , Druggist , No . 6 , Market Place , Man Chester . Iris OJJfce , Sheffield . Chronicle Office , Lord Street , Liverpool . And at the Advertiser Office , Lowgate , Hull .
Letters , inclosing a Remittance , answered byreturn of Post ; and Medicine punctually transmitted to the address , either by initials or name .
Untitled Article
OXiO PARK'S &A 8 T WILL & TESTAMENT
A MOST singular document has recently been brought to light , and is now in . the possession of the Rev . Wm . Arther , of East Peckham : it appears to have been written by the celebrated OLD PARR , who attained the almost incredible age of one hundred and fifty-two years , and wholeft this document to a relation : it is written on parchment , and although upwards of two hundred years old is in an excellent state of preservation . The following is an extract : — "These do certifie yt ye undermentioned is ye method of preserving health , which by yo grace of Almighty God has caused me to attain to my miraculous old age . Albeit in my youth I was afflicted with ye Bloody Flux and King ' s Evil , but which all left me by using some dayes ye herbs as herein written . " Here follows the receipt : —
" Moreover , I bequeath to my second Great Grandson ye method I employ for preparing ye medicament . Given this day . and in . ye 147 th year of my age , " Thomas Parr , " "Winnington , Salop , lanuarie 17 th , 1630 . ' This singular character was the oldest man , with one exception , that England ever produced : his * biographer says , " the days of his youth , according to his own account , was a series of long and painful illness , but that by some secret means he cured himself , and was stronger than most men when hemarried his first wife , which he did at the advanced age of eighty-eight ; he again married at tho amazing age of one hundred and twantv : at one hundred
and thirty h « used to thresh corn , and do any laborion 8 work . He had seen ten Kings and Queens-© f England . Parr Bpent much of bis time in Ihe study of the vegetable world , and has fortunately left behind him , though long hid to the world , the valuablefruits Of his labours . Besides the valuable receipt from which Paw ' s Pills are now compounded , there are several MSS ., pieces written in his old quaint style , on the value of health ; his opinion * , though somewhat differentl y expressed , were that the varieties of clime and modes of living inako but little difference to our period of existence—that the laws of nature are simple and easily understood , but they require perfect obedience .
The Clergyman who holds tho valuable document abovementioned , has , by the assistance of a very able chemist and physician , caused the receipt of Old Parr ' s to be made into Pills , and although only a space of eighteen months have elapsed since the trial , upwards of seven hundred cures have been effected ; more than one-half were considered wx £ ?™ > fe » and Wflat is more remarkable , cases which possess the very opposites as regards outward Evmptoms : the balsamic and invigorating effects on the blood produced by these medicines is oerfectlv
miraculous ; many who have kept their beds for years have been so speedily re-iuvicora'ed -with an infusion of new blood , and consequently of new life and strength , that their re-appearance amfin ^ st their fellow-beings , who had long given them up as incurable , is looked upon as the greatest of tho many great wonders of this miraculous age . Tne whole of our system is b » ilt up from the blood—nerves , sinews , mugcles , and even solid bone ; this bting the case , the grand object is to keep this precious fluid ( the blood ) in a pure and healthy state , iW "without this purity disease will show itself in some way or other . '
Cases of every description have all brien cared simply by the use of Parr ' s Life Pills , thus showing that what has been considered different di&orders , and requiring different treatment , all originated in the same cause , and can be cured by oue uniform treatment . Although powerful in coiiq < iering disease , they are as pure and harmless a . * neiv milkt and may be administered with confidence to the invalid , however weakly from long ili health , who will soon enjoy those delightful symptoms of » return to strong health , namely , good appetite , Bound-sleep , and an increase of animal spirits . have
xo produced a medicine so benign nnd mila in its operation and effects , and yet to effectual m searching out and curing disease of however long standing , exhibits on the part of Old Fa rr deep research and a thorough knowledge of his subject . This . Mediome is 8 old , byappointment , bv Edwards , St . Paul ' s Church Yard , London , in " Boxes , at Is . 1 jd ., 2 b . 9 d ., and Familv Boxes , 11 $ . each ; the Boxes at 2 s . 9 d . are equal to " three small , aud those at-Ha . equal to five at 2 u . 9 d . Full directions are given with each box . May also be had of the following Agents :
—Birmingham , Shfflitoe , Chemist , 43 , High svrcet ; Bristol , E . b . Dowling , Chemist , Huh-strtait ; Bath , Meyler and Son , Printers ; Newcastls-ou-Tyn-- , BlackweU and Co ., Printers ; Manchester , Mottrrshe ^ d , Che * mist , Market-place ; Liverpool , W . Ravlo , Chemist , Church-street ; Leeds , Reinhardt an < i S : is , Chemist , Briggate ; Sheffield , Whitaker . Printer , Iris Office ; Edinburgh , Duncan , Flockhart , and Co ., Chemist . ««» Ask for" Parr ' a Life Pills . " Aoy Bookseller who has not got them in stock , can re ^ ily procure them in his book parcel from London , without ex »» « harg » ..
Most Important Testimonial Of Lieut. Masters, H. P., Late Op Tub Rotal Newfoundland Vetiikan Companies.
Most Important Testimonial of Lieut . Masters , H . P ., LATE OP TUB RoTAL NEWFOUNDLAND VETiiKAN Companies .
Black Book,
BLACK BOOK ,
Untitled Article
-j THE NORTHERN STAR . ________ il , „„„ t —» . . . .
Untitled Article
THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM Is now universally established as a remedy of great efficacy . It is possessed of the most invigorating powers ; warming and cheering the spirits , and promoting digestion . It is aa excellent remedy for nervous , hypocondriac , consumptive , and female complaints , lassitude , and weakness arising from juvenile imprudencies . Sold in Bottles , at 11 s ., or four quantities , in one family bottle , for 33 s ., duty included . Observe—No . 44 , Albion-street , Leeds .
-
-
Citation
-
Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 17, 1840, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2706/page/6/
-