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Fifty thomsnd goldiers have been turned into 'BaTTies,' and set to work on the St Petersburg and Mo3oow li&e of railway.
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Hahpstbid Sikei , Fiiaox Svube . IfcffeioK—THOMAS 11 NNIS , JLD ., Si . Fttsros tquare , Jfttfcsr # / tt « J % rf CiOtgeof Surgeons , London ; late jkejfbtnt Surgeon in tie Hon . Eatt India Company * * t-i « . TT IS a strange anomaly in tbe practice and prejress A of niedicil science in this country , that amongst all tiifl bcntvolent and noble institutions establishedfor the alleviation of human misery , there exists but one devoted tothecureeramsliaration of Diseases of the Skin , it is » truth well knowH to the members of the faculty sSbBSSS oi
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ARE ACKHOWLEDGED TO BE THE BEST MEDICINE IN THE WORLD . In introducing the following Testimonials tithe notice of the public , it may not be out of place in giving a few observations respecting Parr ' s life Pills . This medicine has been before the British public only a few years , and perhaps in the annals of the world was never seen success equallo their progress ; the virtues of this Medicine were at once acknowledged wherever tried , and recommendation followed recommendation ; hundredshadsoon to acknowledge that Parr ' s Life Pills had saved them , and were loud in their praise . The startling facts that ¦ were continually brought before the public at once removed any prejudice which some may have felt ; the continual good which resulted from their use spread their fame ' ar aud wide , at this moment there is scarcelj a country an the face of the globe which has not heard of their benefits , and have sought for supplies , whatever might be the cost of transmission . The United States , Canad , India , and even China hare had immense quantities shipped to their respective countrios , and with the same result as in England—Umveesal Good .
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_ UttOUKJVS MELLIFLUOUS COUGH BALSAM . EVERY familyought to keep a constant supply of the medicine , which is prepared from ingredients of this most healing , softening , and expectorating qualities , is & ! rich and plesant pectoral balsam , and hag been given in numerous cases with singular success . The extraordl-1 , nary power which it possesies in immediately relieving , ' i and eventually curing , the moat obstinate coughs , coldi , hoarseness , asthma , and all complaints of the breath , is i almost incredible , but will be fally pi oved on trial . | i Iu thatuaple&Baut tickling cough , which deprives tfia ] suffererso constantly of rest , it will be found invaluable , as it instanfly allays the irritation , a single dose affording ) immediate relief , aad in mest cases a si « gle b » ttle effects ' ¦ ] a permanent sure . j j For the hooping cough , it will be fouad an inval « ablo remedy , depriving those harrassing spasmodic paroxysms ' of their violence , ani from its powerful expecUrant and ] , healing qualities , speedily effecting a complete cure . During the periodical attacks of the influenza , which ' have so often occurred during the winter , many indi- i viduals h we expressed to the proprietors that they have received material relief from its use , and it may be re * commended as a remedy of the first importance imthut disease . la effects in dissolving the congealed phlegm , and causing a free expectoration , is truly weaderful , and to persons afflicted with asthma , and chronic coughs , which render it difficult for then ts breathe in a recumbent posture , a single dose has been found to enable them to rest with comfort . If given in the early stage of consumption , it will speedily arrest and ultimately entirely remove the most dreadful malady . A single bottla w ill effectually establish Its superiority over every other kind of cough medicine in repute , EXTKAOBDIKABT CAIE OF CFBG . Dewsbury , Dec ., 18 « . Messrs Brooke , Gent , —In consequence of the decided benefit which my family have experienced from ths ust of your Cough Balsam , ' I beg to add my testimony to iu excellence . My son Frederick , after an attaok of measles , was left with a most distressing and severe cough , which almost deprived him of rest His appetite forsook him , hisbreathins became very difficult , and many friends considered his recovery perfectly hopeless . After using j a great variety of medicines without any relief , we were induced to make a trial of your invaluable Balsam , which produced a change very speedily , and eventually effected j his complete cure . Since that time , whone ver any of my family have been afflicted with a cough or cold , a dose or I two of the medicine has never failed to e&eet a cure ; and , I can confidently recommend it as an excellent remedy in ! . such esses . Y » u arequiteat liberty to publish this oase . Yours respectfully , : W . UaINBWORTH .
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- - Testimonial ) showing . the efficacy of Brooke ' s MeUiftuovs Cough Balsam in Spasmodic Asihina . Horton-street , Halifax , Km . 3 rd , 1810 . Dbak Siis , —I beg to offer you my sincere thanks for the relief I have received from your exoellent Cough Balsam ; I have for some months been harassedby amost distressing cough , arising from Spasdomic Asthma , ! which your medicine alone has been able to alleviate . It has been the means of rendering my life comfortable , and , as I have found its effects so truly invaluable to me , I think it but justice to give my testimony to its excellence , which you are at liberty to publish if you think proper . ; I am , gentlemen , yours respectfully , | Messrs T . M . and C . Brrcke . Ha&x Masus . S , Essex Chambers , Manchester , Sept 8 th , 1847 . Dear Sirs , —Several of my family have derived muoh ' benefit from the use of your valuable Mellifluous Cou » h I Balsam ; and you will I think do good service to society , ' hy making me medicine more generally known . Yours v < ry faithfully , - To Messrs T . M . and C . Brooke , W . P . Robbbts . T Dewsbury . s In cases where the Cough or Shortness of Breath is very violent , an occasional dose of Brouke ' s Aperient or Anti-1 bilious Pills will be found to accelerate the cure ; Prepared only by T . M . and C . Brooke , chemists , Dewsbury ; in bottles at 13 Jd . and 2 s . 9 d . each . And sold wholesale bj them ; Messrs Barclay and Soni , Farringdon-street ; Hannay and Co ., Oxford-street ; j Davy Mackmurdo and Co ., Upper Thames-street ; and j Thomas Marsden and Sons , Queen-street , London . Thomas Eyre and Co ., Liverpool . Uolton , Blanchard aad Co ., York . And retail by all respectable patent medicine . vendors .
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3 A . Shockiso Skin Disease cured by Holloway ' g Olnr men * and filIs .-Mr Hitching , a gentleman re / idine ° Artou ^ ouare , ComraGrcial . road , who has been » eveV « " jean in India , where , about seven years ago he w « 7 Ir mostsnadenlyeovered with a dWdful iKJasert Jf ^ f 81 , ? " ^ return to Europ ehehad been to the most celebrated waters in Germany kaidea sasaasRasBtassSsS sgwtaaiWtt « ssyK } ffiiS
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A Patient is adyingBtate , Cured of a Disorder m the Chest . Bxtraetofa Letter frtmMr Rotert Calvert , Chemilt , SUhes l / , daMt January 39 » , 1817 . To Professor Holloway , 8 nt ,-Mr Thompson , National Schoolmaster of this Town , desires me t « send you the particulars respecting a son of his , who had been seriousl y ill for three years and ahalf , ami wko has'derived thegreatestbenefits from the use of your medicines , after trying all ordinary resources without effect . The boy is eight years of age , of strnmous or scrofulous constitution . He seems to have had a pleurisy , which ended in a lares collection of matter
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THE Earl of Aldborough cured of a liver and Stomach Complaint . Extract » f a letter from the Earl of Aldborough , dated Yilla Messina , Leghorn , 2 lst February , 1848 : — T « Professor Holloway . ' Sii , —Yarious circumstances prevented the possibility f my thankitg you before this time for y < jur politenes in seuding me yomr 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 disorderin 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 j nay 1 not even the waters of . Carlsbad and Marienbad . I wish to have another box and a pot of the ointment , iu case any of my family should evar require either . Your most obliged and obedient servant ,
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IHE OPEBATITE B 4 KEB 8 * SOCIETI , ESTABLISHED TO OB . TUB THE TOTAL ABOLITION OP N 1 QBT WOEK , ' and THB SIHlNUTIOH OF THK HOUBg OF LABOUB , TO TWHYE HOUal FES BIT . , From the general committee of this society , a sue . Dominittee was appointed to draw up a new circular , con . siatent with the object ! required , as agreed onM > y the eomroittee , vis—Twelve hours labour , 8 llofiog time for meals , such time , to suit the convenience if both era ; piojer and employed , and which wa g unanimously adopted at several public meetings of the trade , held in different parts of London , The following waB prepaid by that sab-committee , submitted to a general meriting ef delegates , and passed unanimousl y : 1 TO THE TRADE .
'The committee of this society feeling desirous toremove aay impression which may exist in \ the minds of the trade or public , of inconsistoncy on their part , ia deviating from their flrst determination of a partial abolition of night work ; beg to inform the trado , they nere then induced to advocate a partial abolition , solely from a desira to meet the wishes of many employers , who imagined they would not be enabled to carry on their business , unless their men laboured ni ght and day , ' From general information which the committee have obtained , and upon more uwturo consideration of what
is required to remedy the evils affecting both man and master , tbty are convinced of the folly of such an opinion as that before expressed ; also of the unfairneis of deing business on such a system , as it would place many of the masters in an unequal state of competition , and of the impossibility of men beiisg enabled to labour se beneficially by night and by day , have / therefore , determined to advocate an entire abolition of night work . In doing this , the committee consider they ' have kept the interest and welfare of the masters in view , as well as that of the men . Without this , no reform can be successfully or beneficially carried out .
Muoh anxiety has been expressed by many etnployow , to know how their , work can be accomplished within the space of twelve hours . The committee do not attempt to explain howeightetn hours work can be executed within tha spa « je of twelve , nor do they wtah to dictate to th « masters , how the word connected with the dif . ferent classes of the business is to be deno ' , as they are convinced that every one canmake arrangements con-¦ l « tent with the nature of hi » trade , to have it completed wtlWn that time ; butrthey beg respectfully to assure them that evry . contingency connected with the business will be readily met by the men . ' TOTHKPOBHO . . . 'In submitting to thenotice of the pubiio the following brief remarks on the grievances of the trade , the com . Blttee have carefully avoiaed making the least ml . repre . sentation of the journeymen bakers of London , aud its suburbs . -feelingthat ajust and temperate statement Of facts will insure their sympathy and support .
The present system of commencing labour at eleven o ' clock at night , is of itself sa unnatural , uncalled or , ana demoralising , that it deserves the condemnation of every well-wisher to sooiety . Besides the foregoing evil , the men have to continue their labour until five , six , or seventhe following evening and frequently later ; thus working from ' eighteen to twenty hours per day , and in many cases ( more particularly ameng the underpriced portion of the trade , ) they have to commence labour at eleven o ' clock of a Thursday night and continue the same until Saturday night , and occasionally Sunday morning , ¦ ... 'this system of overtaxed labour and unnatural hours ., destroys the health , of the men , and Tenders them old in their constitutions ; long before they have arrived at the prime of life , bringing them to a premature gravo , nnd leaving their widows and orphans distltute , undeniable evili to the welfare of society .
' We consider night work to be the principal cause o this , and the great evil to be remedied , as it precludes the possibility of the mc-n obtaining any mental improvement , domestic enjoyment , or healthy recreation , which the mind as well as bodily health demands ; should th « y be inclined to do so , it must bn at the sacrifice of their health and rest . 1 The committee views with deep regret , the condition to which the journeymen bakers of the metropolis and its suburbs are reduced b y this unnecessary system of night work , and unlimited hours of labour , which are not only destructive to the interests and comforts of the men but also of the employers , who have candidly aefcnowledged their inability to remedy thoBo evils , from the spirit of rivalry aHd competition at present existing amongst them . This prevents their uniting together to effect any amelioration in the condition of their workmen , much less ef their own , by any amicable arraDgementwhich may be agreed on between them .
• To tffectually redress those grievances , the committee in co-operation with the masters , deolare their Mention ofendsavouring to obtain their objects by a legislative enactment , earnestly soliciting the assistance of all who are desirou * of ameliorating the condition of their fellow 1 Committee-room , Western Coffee-house , Drury-lane . Geobqe Read , Sec . ' WV ^^ jr . ^ - ~ .
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Collision os the Mkrskt . —On Sunday night last , a strong north-west breeza caused an extraordinary swell upon the Mersey , and fears were excited for the safety of the numerous vessels lying at anohorage , detained by adverse winds , from proceeding on their outward voyage . The Patrick Henry , one of the New York line-of-packet ships , was lying at anchor off the Prince ' s pier , with another America * ship , the Brooklyn , belonging to Boston , astern , when , from the violence of the wind , which early on Monday morning , had increased to a tempest , the former vessel dragged her anchors and came in contact with the Brooklyn , carrying awaj her bowsprit and mainstay . From the force of the collision the Brookl yn sustained considerable injury , her bowsprit being completely torn away , and her stern much crushed and mutilated . Early on Monday moraine one of
the Steam-tug Company ' s vessels was called to her assistance ; and , steaming against the wind , the stress which bore upon the Brooklyn ' s cables was much diminished , the fears entertained for the safety of the vessel ' s masts from the loss of the mainstay were alleviated , bringing . her , ultimately , k > ft position of safety . The Council of the Royal Manchester Institution have announced their intention of opening an evening exhibition of the works of modem artists , tha charge for admission to which is fixed at twopence . A rich farmer in Denmark , who for a trifling wager held up a red handkerchief and stopped a railway train on the Copenhagen and Rothschild Railway , has been sontenced to fifteen years imprisonment and hard labour . It appear * from some original documents just discovered in Warwickshire , that Shakg peare , after his retirement to Stratford-on-Avon , dealt in corn and stone .
The number of houses'to be let' in Borne of the principal towns of Ireland , affords a melancholy proof of the geueral hardness of the times . There are now fifteen houses so offered in the best street iu Cork , where , a few years since , it was almost impossible to procure one . : Mr Humphrey Brown , M . P ., has purchased the Tewkesbury Theatre , for the purpose of converting it into a silk throwstine manufactory , which will employ about sixty hands . CBUBL NSOUQBNOB OF A MliLOTVNHR . —At the Rochdale Sessions , on Monday last , Mr John Wilson , occupier of Busted Nook Mill , near Wardle Fold , about three miles from Rochdale , was summoned , on the information of the sub-inspector of
factories , on a charge oi neglecting to box off an upright shaft in his mill , by which means a girl named Cathrall , seven years of age , had been seriously injured . Mr Leonard Horner , inspector of factories was present to watch thp proceedings . Mr Bower ' surgeon , who had visited the girl , said that her left arm had been torn off near the shoulder joint . He had also found two flesh wounds on other parts , It appeared that , on the 11 th inst ., the girl went ixto the mill with her parent ' s tea , and when thera her clothing was caught by the upright shaft . The child ' s mother said her daughter had no business in the factory , and , as Mr Wilson bad promised to see to her , she hoped the bench would be lenient with him . Mr Homer said nothing could repay the child for the loss of her arm , and the shaft might have been boxed off for a few shillinea . Whatever tha
bench thought fit to fine the defendant for his neelect that fine should be given to the injured girl when she reached twenty-one years of age , at least he would write to the Secretary of State recommending that it should be so . MrChadwiok , magistrate , said it was the worst case that had occurred in that neighbourhood , and if another as bad oaine before him he would convict in thehighest penalty , £ 10 O , A 8 it appeared that Mr Wilson had only just commenced business , he should mitigate the penalty to £ 40 with all expenses . ' Shocking Accidiht . —A poor woman who lives at Tolpuddle , near Blandford , left an infant six months old in the cradle while she went a short distance . During her absence a ferret got into the cradle and picked out the child ' s eyes , and bit fte tongue-off . The consequence wasthe death of th » child within
, an hour . Stabformhmw . —AcqmmL . —A verdiot of acquittal has been pronounced in the ease ot Mr W . longue , a man of property , committed- for trial at Stafford on the charge of stealing a qwntity oJ woot from the Trent Valley Railway works * . L&NCisniRK MiNKBB . —The general delegate meeting of Lancashire Miners will be bold en Monday next , November 1 st , at the house oi Mr John Ctos > ton , Kay . stieet , Boltoh . Chair to be token at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . Fiksburt BUiA , 66 , Bunhill-ro » , St Lake ' s—On Monday aesf ,, P . H . Hatch . Esq ., will leoture on ' Tha Modern Drama / with illustrations .
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DEATHS . 'October Uth , lames Fear gas Johnson , son of Win . nnd V lary Johnson , of Hollinwood , near Oldbam . At Longton , ' on the 14 tb inst , nged 30 , Wm . Reay , one of the members of the Lund Company , aud a very I active nnd sterling democrat . Hit less is universally re gretted .
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Cirr or Wbsihwhbb Libhart and DuB ^ n / r ^ c « ir . —This sooiety continues to meet * r * every Saturday evening , at the Temperance i& Broadway , and their library increases not ft « i ^' bulk , but in intellectual value , and as the ohai » t tt membership is only one peiny par week a 01 number of the working classes attend the m ' eetife 8 t Ths Marylmoots WeRjuso Mah ' s AsS * for the promotion of Useful Knowledge met on m * day , October 18 th ., at the Princess Rwafflsr » treet , New-road , Mr Godwin in the ohair . fc gifts of books , &o ., were handed in in aid of thl ciety . Five new members were proposed . ThecnnJ ! mittee return their thanks to those persons who C * rendered them assistance , and beg to state that thm will acknowledge gratefully any donation the kind friends of progression may favour them with In order that they may have the means of extending and diffusing in [ this vast ^ and populous nei ghbour hood such useful information as may tend to the en * ligbtenment of the public mind . ' Meetings on Mon * day evenings at eight o ' clock . The Northern Star Weeldy Times , and Howitt ' s Journal , provided for the
use of members . The Working Man ' s Association job thb Pro . motion 0 * Usejul Knowledok , held at the Princess Royal , Circus-street , Marylebone . Established October , 18 W .-OBinoT .-For the cultivation and p-omulgation of useful knowledge . —Means — A circulating library , lectures , and discussions . —Rules .-I . —That any person desirous of joining this associ * tion , must be proposed and seconded by two mem . bers on a meeting night , and elected the following meeting night . II .-SuB 3 CBiPTio * s .-Shall be not less than two-pence per month , and sixpence en . trance . III . —Mbetiros . —Weekly meetings every Monday at eight o ' clock , quarterly meetings , tha tonnnH MAnnav in Tan . in . M . a _ ..: i t . _ i _ ] /\_ i _ i «— -w «« ni / iii
__„ .. _ . „ "mm ; , , uuiy , « uuvuraoer . when all arrears must be paid , and all property belonging to the Association ' returned . IV .-0 mcHM . —To consist of secretary , librarian , and treasurerto be elected quarterly . V .-, That the government of the society is to consist of a committee of five members , in conjunction with the aforesaid officers —to be elected quarterly . VI . —That two auditor * be appointed half yearly , to audit the accounts and report on the state and prospects of the association , and also if any property be added , and if any be mis . sing during the half year . VII . —Library—That no member have more than one book at a time , which mast be returned in a fortnight . Members neglecting to do go , to be subieot to a fine of one
halfpanny eaqh week ; any member damaging tha property , to be held responsible for the tame . VIII , —That / this association shall not be dissolved , so long as three members are tppoaed to suoh dissofation , but if agreed upon , the property to be sold , and the proceeds equally divided amongst the members IX . —That this society cannot be removed from the meeting house , unleea by the vote of two-thirds of the membera . X . —That quarterly meetings shaH have the power of making or amending rulee . XLThat each member purchase a copy ef the rules , Commiiibb . —A- Packer , R . Anderson , S . Mundin , J . Lucas , and George King . J . Smith , librarian ; T . Hancock , treasurer ; S . Guest , secretary . —A Packer , agent .
Hollahd Park Footway . —At a pubiio meeting held at Clark ' s Rooms , 114 , Edgeware-road , on Monday evening , October 18 th , convened by the « . cretary of the West London Anti-Enclosure Association . On the motioa of Mr II . D . Griffiths , seconded by Mr E . Stallwood , Mr W . S . Hanson was called to the chair . The following resolution was proposed , but not being seconded , it was not pat to the vote : That the coaduct of the Board « f Surveyors of K » niiag . ton , in urging Lord Holland to deprive the public of a footpath , and promising him their cordial support in such act , is disgraceful in the extreme , more especially Bines , by virtue of their office , they are bound t » protect the pubiio footways . The following motion was ; then made by Mr HI D . Griffiths , seconded by Mr Humfries : —
That a committee ho appointed to oppose Lord Bol < land in his attempt to . divert the present footway in Hoi' , land-park , even to appealing against the justices'deci . slon , Bhould such steps become necessary . Which was lost by a large majority . The following resolution was then passed , onb three hands being raised against it : — Proposed by Mr Edmund Stallwood , of Little Vale-place , Hammersmith-road , seconded by Mr Mills , of the West London Anti-Enclosure Associa « tion : —
That this meeting , the majority of whose members ara well acquainted with the jHolland-park footpaths , is de . cidedly of opinion that ths one offered as a diversion from the old one by Lord Holland is far superior . and infinitely more popular , presenting as it does , the advantage of forming a direct line from the road leading from Batter , sea Bridge to the high road at dotting Hill , at the sanw time affording a better view of Holland . house , and has the advantage of lying between an avenue of trees of at least half a century ' s growth , rendering it at once plea .
sant and picturesque , whilst the approaches thereto have been widened , the fences lowered , and otherwise improved , and the whole legally secured to the pubiio forever ; this meeting therefore trust that the Court of Session will be pleased to allow the diversion of the said footpath as asked by Lord Holland . And this meeting cannot separate without tendering its most cordial thanks to Lord Holland for the great liberality he has evinced in treating with the people ' s officers in this matter .
It was then moved by Mr Edmund Stallwood . seconded by Mr Joseph Marsh , of Holland-place , Ken . sington , and carried unanimously : — That a copy of the foregejng resolution be forwarded te the chairman of the Quarter Sessions , and another to Lord Holland . Oiv the motion of Mr Poulton , of Kenaington , seconded by Mr H . D . Griffiths :-That a vote of thanks be awarded to the chairman for his impartial conduct as president of this meeting . Mr Fonblanque , for many years connected with the weekly press , has been appointed to the office ia the Statistical Department of the Board of Trade , vacant by the promotion of Mr Porter to the plaoa formerly filled by Mr Lefevre . lMr Fonblanqua was editor of the Examiner , which has tor many years been a mere Whig hack . He has got big reward . ]
Reclaimwo Wastb LAND .-The traveller from Looe , proceeding to the westward , muat have had brought under his notice the last season the luxu « rious crops of corn in small allotments on each side of the West Looe new road . The history of these allot , ments is interesting , as showing how , by judicious management , spots whiok have long lain waste may be reclaimed , and turned to a profitable account . About thirty years ago some parties in West Looe , who were acquainted with the nature of the soil of the large common or waste belonging to the inhabitants , which was turned to little purpose , conceived the idea that if the laad were to be divided inta small parts , to be rented at a . fair valuation and thfl
rents to be applied to the poor rates , a great advan . tage would result , as sand and manure were to ba nad in the immediate vicinity . For some time thera was much opposition offered to the scheme by those who were contented with things as they remained , but by perseverance the consent of influential par * ties was secured , and from that time to the present , excellent crops have grown on what was before a profitless waste . The common was granted to tha inhabitants in the reien of Queen Eltabeth . A com trast to what in the West Looe case may be termed a judicious application of the soil , is seen at Golan , on the Fowey river . A large common of about forty acres , belonging to the poor of Golantis exolusively
, appropriated to the growth of ferns , and as a run for a few animals ; no further improvement has been attempted , and land of excellent quality , with a fewexceptions , lies dormant . If a division were to ba agreed on by the poor , and a rent paid by them to the assistance of the rates , all partwa would gain by the arrangement . The difficulty has hitherto been m failing to persuado the villagers the land was not to be taken away when' any improvement was attempted . An arrangement similar to the West Looe case would be attended with benefit . Such a fine common being suffered for so long a period t 9 remain uncultivated , has called forth the surprise of many persons who have passed through it . If in *
nuential parties in the neighbourhood , who had tba welfare of the poor at heart , would interest themselves in the case , a great step towards a real benefit would be made — Plymouth Journal . Bbompioh Couhiy Court . —Jewmwrs"Cumojh . ' —Wiseman v . Endbak—The plaintiff in this case sought to recover from the defendant , a jeweller , of No . 12 , Brpmpton Lower-road rthe sum ot £ 15 sn tha value of a bracket watch guard , alleged to have been falsely represented as' solid fine gold . " Tl » plaintiff stated that he saw the watefc guard in the defeadanft shop window , ticketed solid fine gold , ' and went in and bought it for 2 Ss ., and Boon afterwards ascer tataed that the seal was heHow . The defendant re * fused to refund tne money , and : plaintiff then showed the judge the ticket warrantirie it was solid . Tha
defendant resisted the claim on the ground that is was the custom of the trade-to ticket articles in tb » way , and , in proof of his assertion , referred to tba principal jewellers in London . It could not be sup * P < m 3 th&tthese »\ was BoM ^ hwi it been bo , &v » " ~ would be £ & The judge said the ques&n wa 9 » whether the plaintiff had been aisled . A perM » walking along the street , and seeing the article u » the window with the ticket on it , would suppowj ? solid gold . It had been represented as solid , &bu was not so . His Honour then gave judgse&t for u * plaintiff . , «« . A prixe of £ 50 is offered ! by a non-mtfical gew' ?* man in Edinburgh for the beat essay oa hydropM ^ as it affects the human snbjeot . The judges »*> £ be three of the medical professors oi Edinburg h ^ versity , with the secretary of which the essajs » required to be lodged previous to May ls » » " ^
The Morning Jto / states that the travellingPgJ ters who were appointed to keep a look-out d « on the expre-A trains of the Great Wester * i ^ pany , are so elevated above the train , that tnej »^ , impossible , to withstand the eold and other w „ , venier 4 o&a to which theylare exposed , » nd .. l T four of them have , alreadj resigned the sttuauw-
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Psiczs o t Cobsois . —In the year 1737 , Three-per-Cent . Consols obtained the price of 107 per cent ., which was the highest ever known ; and on the 20 th September , 1797 , when the failure of the attempt to BQtosute ) wifi the French Republic became known , they fell to 47 S , the lowest point they ever reached .
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FRIGHTFUL MURDER AT BIRMINGHAM OP FOUR CHILDREN BY THEIR MOTHERLAND AT . TEMPTED SUICIDE OF THELATTER ;; . One of the most dreadful murders which has ever taken place in this country was committed in Oheapside , Birmingham , on Saturday lait , under the following circumstances : —It appeared that about six months ago a widow , named Ann Withes , oponcd a smull shop in Cbeapslde , for the stile of cigars and imall wares . She was a person of very agreeable manners , about ferty years of age , and had evidently , in the early part of her life , moved in a respectable sphere . When her husb&nd died 8 ho was left with four children , three boys and a girl . On Saturday It was remarked hy the neighbours
thai the shutter * were not taken down , a » usual , In the morning . A Mr E dwarfs , living close by , feeling uneasy at this circumstance , determined , about 11 o ' olock , to asoertaln the causa . Having procured ¦ ¦ a ladder , he plaosd it against the window of tha first floor , which was unfastened , and entered the room He found no person there , but being ; urged by the crowd outside to proceed further into the house , he did so and advanced a few steps up a narrow staircase , at the top of whloh be beheld a bonifying sight . Mrs Wilkes was lying in a pool of Mood , and at her side lay her eldest child , both of their throats cut from ear to ear . On looking further into the room be discovered by a glimmering light ( for the room was darkened ) the bodies of the three other children , welterlnr in their blood ; Terrl .
fled at the sight , he ran to the window , and cried out , ' My Sod ! they are ail murdered ! ' A poliee constable , who was passing at the time , mounted the ladder , ' and got into the room to the assistance , of Mr Edwards . Both proceeded to the spot where Mrs Wilkes lay , and diicovered that she was breathing . They immediately turned their ! attention to . her , raised her up , and with the asiisfance of Mr Archer , surgeon , of Digbetb , bandaged the wound . After recovering a little ebe made , many attempts to take off the bandage , but was presented from doing so , and in a short time was removed of a car to the Queen ' s Hospital . Dr Sands Cox , d » an in the faculty , was immediately sent for / and within ten minutes time was in attendance upon the uufortunate woman , and bound up the wound with all possible speed . It was found that the injuries which she had sustained were of a very serious character , and although none of the principal arteries had been cut , yet the windpipe was divided in such a manner as to leave it
sxesedingly doubtful whether the unfortunate woman will recerer . After she had been in the hospital a few hours , she appeared to b ? quite conBoioui , and evidently in much agony . During the time tht wound wai being dressed she seemed inclined to speak , but all attempt * to do so were unavailing . Unhappily it was found that the life of the four children was totally > xtlnet . Their names ^ are—John Henry Wilkes , aged 12 ; Mary Jane Wilkes , aged 8 ; William Charles Wilkes , aged 6 ; and Frederick George Wilkes , aged 4 . Information was im . mediately forwarded to the police , and Mr Superintend dent Stevens proceeded to the spot , and placed coDBtablesin possession of the house , at the same time taking the precaution to place a padlock upon the door leading to the apartment is which the awful crime was perpetrated . In the room where the murdered family were found two razors were discovered , apparently new . No reason can be assigned at present for the commission of the deed :
On Monday afternoon an inquest was commenced before J . B , DavleB , Esq ., on the bodies of the four children who were murdered on Saturday last by their Blither . After the jury had been sworn , they proceeded with the coroner to the house where the awful affair took place , to view the bodies , which , as may be supposed , presented a frightful spectacle . One of the children , a fine boy , about twelve years of age , was seen with bis head upon a chair at the side of tba bed , and bis body under the clothes , bis throat cut from ear to ear , and in the posture in which the murder was committed .
The second child was ljing on its face on the bed , as tf turned ever after his throat was cut ; and the third boy was lying in the same bed on bis left side , a little in . dined . The youngest child of all , was lying on the floor as if in a praying attitude , on its knees , having , it would seem been placed so by the . unfortunate mother before committing the horrid deed . On a table in tho room below stairs was a Bible open , and also was found on the chimney-piece the tragedy of ' Hamlet , Prince of Denmark / the following extract from which was uppermost : —> :
' And flights of angtls sing thee to thy rest , Gire order that these bodies , High on ' a stage , be plactd to the view , And let me speak to the yet unknown worlJ How these things came about ; . Bear Hamlet like a soldier to the stage , For he was likely , had he been put on , To have proved most royally , and for his passage The soldiers' music and the rites of war Speak loudly for him . Take up the bodies , such a sight as this Becomes the field , but here shows much amiis . ' ( A dead march . ) the following witnesses were examined : —
George Hodgson said : I live in Fershqre . street , I do not carry on any business . I was formerly a surgeon . The woman , who it is said murdered the children , has gone by the name of Ann Wilkes , but I think her real name is Green . The father of deceased children was Henry Wilkes , and was brother to my wife . I once went te her relative to a little property , which was to be disposed of , and asked her what was her real name , when she told me , with tears in her eyes , that she was not married , and her name was Ann Green . — Banki aald : I knew the four ehlldren . The eldest was named John Henry , the second eldest Mary Jane Maria , the third William Charles , and the fourth Frederick George . I believe that the woman was married , and her name was Wilkes .
Margaret Fisher examined , said : I reside in Exeterrow . I Daw the children about half-past six o ' olock on Friday night last , at the house of their mother , In Cheopstde . They were all playing round the fire , and seemed in good health : I bad no particular convemtion with the mother , nor did I observe anything unusual in her manner or in the appearance of the place . Our princi . pal conversation was respecting the growth of the children . Before I left the deceased all went to bed , and the mother took the candle , and followod them up tbe stairs with It , but she returned In a minute or two after . There was no other parson in the house at the timt , Mrs Wilkes did not appeav exolted in the leant . By the Foreman : Did she complain of poverty \—WitneBs : No . By a Juror : Had you any drink with the mother while you were there {—Witness : No .
Mr Hodgson recalled . —By a Juror : How long ago is it since you made inquiries of the mother about her marriage!—Witness : About three months ago . William Edwards examined—said : I live at No 8 , in Cheapside , About half-past twelve o ' clock , on Friday last , the neighbourhood was very much alarmtd , in consequence of Mrs Wilkes ' s shutters not being down . I resolved to see what was ths matter . I went to the front of the bouse and saw that the blinds of both bed room windows were down . Tha down-stair shutters were not open . I tried the « el | ar-wlndow and f « und It was fast , and then looked inte the key hole ond saw that the key waB . ln the lock . Some person told me that she had left the previous night , and I opened one of tbe shutters and saw In the window cigars and pipes . I then got a ladder
and raised it np against the'wlndow , which I threw up and got in . I saw nothing worth remark in tbe room ; everything seemed right , and I was returning , butthepeopie outside told me tolgo further into the house . I did so , and went up-stairs and when within two steps of the top I saw the posr creature lying on the floor , In a pool of blood , and the youngest child by h « r side . I ran down instantly , and told the people outside the house what I had seen , A police constable was passing at the time , and he ascended the ladder , and we both went up to the room where the bodies were lying . The mother wbb lying on the floor , as also was her youngest child . The tbr » e other children were lying on a bed , whioh was covered with blood . After we had been in the room a short time we heard the woman breathe , and I at once turned my attention to her . She had a great gash across her throat , and her body and ths slothes round her wire covered with blood . . I perceived that she was alive , but she was cold and faint . I raised her a little , and she
began to tear at her throat , but I prevented her from doing so . Mr Archer , Burgeon , was immediately sent for , and was quickl y in the room and he tied a hand , kerehiof round the woman ' s throat , which the police officer had previously applied . A car was then procured , and she was conveyed to the Queen ' s Hospital . She did not speak when on the road to the hospital . There was no back way to the house . I do not think any per . son got into the house . The cellar window I found quite seoure , but , as I have said before , the first bedroom window was unfastened . When in the top room I saw two razors ljing between the baby ' s head and the mother ' s right hand . There was a double rawr . oase lying near them . Here the razors were produced , when witness said these are the razors . They appeared to be nearljnew . One was lying on the floor quite open the other was nearly shut . There was nothing disturbed in the room . Frcm the state in whioh I saw the bed , I should think she had laid the clrthes gently aside and cot out .
c ByaJuror .-What clothing hadabe on when you first saw her t . ' Witness—She had- on a nightoap , a nightgown a poirof blaokstocklngg . and a red necklace round her neck , Edmund Welling , police constable , said ; about half . pa » t tweW 8 o ' clock I was on duty in CUoapsWe , when I saw a great crowd of people outside ot Mrs WUIsbs ' s houso , and a ladder reared agalust the window , when I saw Edwards come to the window and excla ' m 'they ate all murdered . ' I went up the ladder and into the room , the t « p room , where I saw Mrs Wilkes lying on her
right side and a child close by her . In aaoth « r part of the room I saw the three other children , and found them quitedead . cold , and stiff . They all had their throats out . After the lapse of a few minutes I heard Mrs Wllke . 8 breathe , and I Immediately procured aDleceof cloth and tied it rouud her neck . I then sent for Mr Arch » r , tbe surgeon , and before he came she had made many attempts to take off the bandage . I do not th ' nk an , perm had entered the houso during the night , or £ ' " « ' : »• " » «« house at the time l ' . t « d except , Mr Edwards , Mrs Wllkis , and tho four
The witness Banks , having been recalled , said that be had seen the woman ,. WilkeB , almost every day during the last five months , and hid known « U « b « ut her olr .
cumstanoes ; » he had been muoh emWrraBsed and dlstressed , and had boon compelled | tofpaw n'lier wearing apparel for subsistence , . her husband having died six months since andjefther destitute . She afterwards endeavoured to gain i- living bykeeptor ' a small shop , first as a huckster , and afterwards ; as an , eating-bouse keeper , bot did not succeed in either . She > as occasionally much depressed in spirits" about ; ttie privations she endured ; was a wonwri of temperate habits and very much attached to her children . Witness recommended her to apply to the parish oflloers for relief , at the same Urn * expr « sslng , an opinion that they would give her Is , 6 d . a we » k for each of the children ; but this she said she could net submit to . He bad been unfsrtuuate in his own circumstances ; » n ' d on one occasion Willies
• aU , that rather than « 6 thwugh what he had done she thought she should put an end to herself and children . He begged her not to think of suoh a thing ; upon which sbe replied that she had more than once thought it was batter that she ' should put an end to them all than submit to destitution . He ( witness ) did not mention those xpressions to anyone , because he did not think she had serve enough to kill a cat , much less to kill herself and her children , He was not aware that she had once mads a personal application to tbe parish authorities for rel i ef ; nor that . her mind was affected , save that on several occasions during illness she had been delirious . In reply to questions by the Jury , the witnesB further said that he was sot aware whether any man had been ' paying attention' to Mrs Wilkes lately : and that after her husband ' s death she received about £ 20 from Odd
Fellows'lodges . . - . , Mrs Jane Green , the mother of tbe unfortunate woman , was next sailed , but the feeble state , in which she was almost incapacitated her from giving her evidence . She stated that sbe was a widow , residing in Newhall-otreet : that on Wednesday se'nnight ahe went to the workhouse and saw the assistant overieer : she represented to him thather daughter was ill , and that she wished to put her chlldrea Into the asylum . Ht gave . heracardto tak « to the rbiiovlng , » fflcer , to whom witness went on tbe following moraing ,.. having previously obtained a letter from her master , Mr Rowley , a button manufacturer . Tbe relieving officer promised to call upon her daughter the following Satorday : but she did not know whether he did so . Sbe had reason to believe , however , that her daughter bad not received any relief from the parish . . She . had been labouring under an internal disease for tbrte years . . :
Thomas Rutherford , the relieving officer , deposed that he called ori Ann Wilkes on tbe 15 th inst . Saw her , and told his bttsineis , enquiring what was the nature of her application . - She replied that she wanted the whole of her children to be taken into the asylum , in order that sbe might go to strvlcf ! Sh * claimed . it on the ground ofher husband ' s birth , settlement , and apprenticeship . To this be ( witness ) replied . 'Why yours is no ordinary application , Mrs Wilkes . Could you not manage if tbe guardians took two or three of the children , and left one
or two with you ?' She rtjoined that she could not ; and ho ( witness ) then told her that , the board met at three o clock the following Wednesday , and that he was sure the guardians would do what they could fer her . She did not , however , attend , and the officer added tbat the jury would find , on reference to the parish books , that the application was duly entered . and tbat the name of Ann Wilkes was ticked off as not attending . In reply to a question by ¦ juror , the witness said tbat at his interview with Mrs Wltkes be asked her if she wanted anything more of him , and she replied sbe did not .
; The witness Green ; having betn recalled , stated that she bad frequently assisted her daughter in consequtmce of her distress , and tbat en the Saturday night btfore this act was committed sbe sent her a sovereign , having pledged her own things in order to do so . Mr W . S . Cex , professor of anatomy in Queen ' s College , nixt gave a detailed statoment of tbe nature of the wounds inflicted upon the children , and upon the person " of the woman herself , She had been removed to the hospital , and tbe wound closed up , but she was still in & critical state and scarcely able to speak . Tbe wounds OB the children might have been inflicted by one person , and were of such a character that they would be speedily fatal . In reply to questions as to the state of the prisoner ' s mind tbe witness said tbat sbe was calm and placid , and that sbe replied to tbe eimple questions which he put to her coherently .
The Rev J . C . Miller , rector of St Martin ' s , Birming . ham , said : I have had a conversation with Ann Wilkes since she entered in Queen ' s Hospital . Nothing occurred between us which could lead me to suppose that sbe was convinced she would die , that she was devoid of all hope in this world . The coroner thereon said : Then it is beyond all doubt that I cannot hear you ' . Mr Miller replied that he . wished it to be understood that he had called at the hespital in consequence of a message he received to the effect tbat the woman wished to see a clergyman and make a confession . He accordingly attended ; and he could not say that she was apprehensive of immediate death .
Tho coroner having repeated his dstermln&tton not to hear the statement the rev . gentleman had received , briefly summed up the evidence , and at eleven at night the jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder' against Ann Wilkes , who was accordingly committed for trial at the next Warwick assizes .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 30, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1442/page/2/
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