The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-10 00:00:00

FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH,

THE manifold advatitagesTo the Heads of Families
from the possession of a Medicine of known effic9cy
that may be resorted to with confidenc- nd used with
success in cases of temporary sickness tccurring in fami-
lies more or less every day, are so vious to all, that no
question can be raised of its imp. tance to every house-
holder in the kingdom. Fro among numerous testi-
monials, the fol'owing is resp: .tfolly submitted :
"TO MR. THOMAS PRO , 229, STRAND, LONDON.
" 5, Cooper-street fanchesler, March 12, 1812.
" Sir,—l have much -tisfaction in communicating to
you the result. of my experience after repeated trials of
FRAMPTON'S PILL a HtSALTH, and I feel it but justice
to state, that in the nurse of many years' trial of various
Aperient Medici s, I have never found results at once
salutary and efficient in the relief of the system from re-
dundant bile, &c. &c., with so little inconvenience; I am,
therefore, warranted in deelartng that they supply to me a
means ion wanting, of being able to recommend to Fami-
lies, Schools, and especially Mercantile Men, whether at
the desk or on the road, a most valuable resource in an
occasional medicine. And I shall take credit to myself
if, in giving this testimony, I am the means of making
FRAMPTON'S PILLS more generally known and appre-
ciated. _

I am, sir, respectfully yours,
" WILLIAM SMITH."
The unprecedented sale of these Pills, arising from the
earnest recommendations of the many thousands who have
derived benefit from their use, render any lengthened
comment unnecessary; they are not put forth as a cure
for nil diseases to which mankind is liable, but for Bilious
and Liver Complaints, with their many well known at-
tendants, Bilious and Sick Head-ache, Pain and Oppres
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Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of their
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will rapidly take place ; and instead of listlessness,
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result of taking this medicine, according to the directions
accompanying each box.
sold by T. PROUT, 229, Strand, London. Price Is. lid.
byßennie, Wagstaff, Howell, Phil-
p Fisher, Apothecaries' Company, G.
si ey
Roberts, Johnson and Son, Laihbury,
King, Bradford, Blake, Bird, Gerard
Lloyd, Carter, and Rowland, Liver-
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and by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout
the kingdom.
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Observe that the Signature of the Proprietor, ".G. C.
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SERJ EANT'S LOTION, the only effectual Remedy
against Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, Sciatica, and
Lumbago. Sold by the Proprietor, G. C. SERJEANT,
No. 1, Lovell's-court, Paternoster-row, and 2, Bell-yard,
Temple-bar. London •, and by all Vendors of Medicine
Price 2s. 9d. per Bottle.

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tion of this external Medicine in
othe most hopeless and
deplorable cases, when the unhap y sufferer had despaired
of ever gaining even the lea relief, an,' this after the
ables advice and every othe eans had completely failed,
most justly entitles it to • e attention of the afflicted.
This excellent Medic' e, so universally esteemed, is un-
attended with the le t danger or inconvenience, and
hundreds have exp ienced its happy and salutary effects
since it was first i roduced.
Such are the operties of this invaluable Specific that
persons labour' g under the most distressing Rheumatism,
Rheumatic G ut, and Lumbago, and rendered thereby in-
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few hours.

Amongst many which are being daily received are the
following Testimonials : . ,

4, Paternoster-row.

Stn,—Haring been informed of the surprising curs of Mr.
Barnes, of St. Paul's Churchyard, who was so severely afflicted by
heitmatism, the intense pain causing delirium, that he was com-
pelled to be confined by a strait waistcoat to prevent his commit-
ting any violence, and whose Ca, wits considered entirely hopeless,
I was induced to ascertain the particulars, stud being satisfied of
.the truth of my information, encouraged me to make a trial of your
most invaluable Medicine, entertaining little hopes of success, hav-
ing been many years so severe a sufferer, and tried many said to be
very valuable remedies. lam very happy in being able in adding
my testimony of the benefit I derived: after ft few days' application
the use of my limbs are perfectly restored, and I am now able to
attend my business, and, making an allowance for my age, never
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of their limbs, from the severe cases that have yielded to this Me-
dicine. Health is a great blessing to those who can enjoy it, but
to those who are deprived" none feels it so severe as the tradesman
or mechanic, as it generally causes loss of business, and ruin on
families. I shall at all times feel it my duty to make it known to
those afflicted, to evince how grateful I am for my restoration, and
am, Sir, yours truly, 'GEORGE POLLARD.
October 20, 1844.

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of ever gaining relief, having tried every popular remedy which hay
ben sent. by my friends from various parts of the globe, none of
which had any effsct. I hare consulted the most able Physicians,
one of whom stated, that however lamentable my case g as, I ot:ght
to be thankful, from nisi great sufferings—being frequently in a
sate of madness—that I could with the assistance of crutches move
at all.
Prom the high recommendation I bad of your valuable Medicine
I was induced to make another effort, although in strict opposition
publicityiall rejoiced‘v as myself thatould be given to the
to my medical attendants; and, doubtful as it may appear, in the
short spare of twelve hours I was enabled to walk the length of my
warehouse without the assistance of crutches. The Physician who
Ino sentt withoutsome knowing
Medicine,
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remedy, as the London Hospitals were not in possession of any re-
medy to relieve their unfortunate Rheumatic patients.
several '‘ra.als
happy to state that the accounts I have received are of the most
gratifying description.
I trust you will use every exertion in making public your excel-
lent remedy, that those afflicted may know where to get relief
. JOHN MITCHELL.

Well-street, Cripplegate.
Strt,—l have been several weeks confined to my bed by Gout and
Rheumatism, not a part from my bend to feet free from pain, and
as helpless as an infant: not even a finger could I move. In this
unpleasant sittoition I was informed by my medical attendant he
had applied all the usual remedies, and that I might remain months
in my deplorable situation.
Fortunately your remedy was made known to me, or I migh
have been to this day confined to my bed. After a close application
of four days, my troublesome companion began to disappear ; in a
week I was capable of walking about my room, and by another
week's perseverance in the use of your Medicine was enabled to
leave London. Fearful of another attack,. y,u will please to send
six bottles.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
D. W. STONE.

14, Belmont-place, Wandsworth-road. Oct. 26, 1844.
Sin,—l feel in duty bound to acknowledge, that after suffering
acute pains from Sciatica, or severe Rheumatic affection in the h
joint and being deprived of rest, I was persuaded to try your em-
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I was restoted to my usual health ; and, although two years have
passed, I have no return of the disorder.—l am, sir, gratefully
yours, EDWARD NOYES.

NEWHAVEN AND GRANTON RAILWAY.
Edinhurph, 30th Nov., 1844.
TO J. 0. MACK, ESQ.:, ONE OF THE MAGISTRATES Or

THE CITY OF EDINBURGH.

SIR,
TN the conference which we bad this morning in the
Council Chambers on the subject of the accident which
happened early yesterday morning, in the guide mine, on
the line of the tunnel of the Edinburgh, Leith, and Gran-
ton Railway, you requested that I should re 3 you.
in your public capacity, as one of the, ma.' ates, a general
description of the works wi'h the le ing circumstances
connected with the unfortunate cident, which every
one connected with the railwa o deeply regrets.
At this conference, Ist dto you that the works of
this guide mine had been contracted for about eighteen
months ago; that thsolijNt wis to facilitate the execu-
tion of the main tunnel, by providing for its perfect ven-
tilation, and to afford a passage for the water which is ge-
nerally found itc such situations, and also to afford a ready
means of removing a considerable portion of the materials
of the main tunnel, without being brought up to, or con-
veyed along, the streets of the city ; aid by proc,eding
with eight or ten d4nrent points of the tunnel at one and.
the same time, to enable the Railway Company to com-
plete the works in a very much less time, than if the whole
work had been going on at one point only ; as well as to
ascertain the strata through which the main tunnel will
have to be cut.

In entering into the contract, the directors of the com-
pany did not, as is usual on similar occasions, advertise
for tenders, and accept the lowest pro.msal, without much
regard to the prudence of the contractor. On the con-
trary. they selected (without the most remote competition)
men who had not only completed very extensive railway
works, upon almost every railway which has been executed
in Scotland dur* the last eigir or ten years; but who
had, besides, successfully completed the great tunnel at
Falkirk, on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway,—thus
securing as their contractor- men who, in point of prac-
tical knowledge of their work, are second to none in
Scotland.

The directors were not lei to adopt this course from
any apprehension that the execution of these works was
attended with any actual risk or difficulty ; but from the
consideration that they would thereby secure the benefit
of the great experience and practical knowledge of Messrs.
Ross and Mitchell, in carrying the works into execution—
which certainly called tor more caution and prudence than
is usually required in the general run of railway opera-
tions.

In carrying out these works. the contractors sunk
shafts to the level of the drift at five different parts of the
line: in St. Andrew-equate, North St. Andrew-street,
the top of Dublin-street, another in Dublin-street, nearly
opposite the entrance to the Broughton Markets, and at
the northern side of the wall whiCh encloses the ground
attached to the Custom-house, in Drummond-place. The
depth of these shafts respectively will be found on refer-
ence to the section of the guide mine, which I submitted
to you, (and which I now send herewith,) which you will
find to vary from ninety feet in St. Andrew-square to
forty-five feet at the north of the Custom-house-gardens.
From Vie bottom of these shafts the works were carried
on in both directions until they
_Hoed each other. The
last barrier but one which divided these differeot portions
of the drift, which was cut through, was that nearly op-
posite to the end of Drummond-place, and the lost was
that near the end of Abt=rcromby-place, where the unfor-
tunate accident, so much to be regretted, took-place.
In forming a junction between the different divisions of
the drift, the quantity of water was moreor less consider..
able; bat in the two last divisions, owing to the time
which the water had been allowed to collect and other
circumstances, the accumulation was by far the greatest.
The whole of these barriers were pierced, and file water
drawn off without inconvenience to any one, or danger to
the workmen, and even without the knowledge of the in,
habitants in the neighbourhood.

It is to the two last only that I feel called upan to call
your particular attention. It was hardly to he expected
that in a mine of 'his size, (six feeet by six feet.) extending
to nearly WO yards, the different headings would pre-
cisely meet erth other. The plan adopted at the Drum-
mond-place barrier was to keep a jumper hole always
considerably ahead of the works. When the bore reached
the water wnich had been collected it flowed off slowly,
and was c )mpletely under the control of the workmen-
The water was thus slowly drawn off without injury to
any one.

The perfect success which hal attended the drawing off
of the water in the Dublin-street part of the mine, led the
contractors to adopt the-same plan for drawing off the
water from the upper di%ision of the drift: they were the
more inclined to adopt this course fiom the obdurate na-
ture, if not the similarity, of the material of which these
blrriers were composed; by so doing, there was every
re,isnn to anticipate that it would Lave been attended with
equal success. _

Toe workmen, for eight or ten days preceding that on
which the accident happened, were engsged in r-moving
this barrier. The men employed were not only well skilled
in mining operations, but the works were frequently vi-
sited and carefully inspected by Mr. Mitchell. one of the
contractor•, whose experience in such maters none can
question : and he was so satisfied of its perfect sa`ety, that
so lately as the 19th current he became responsible to the
directors for its bring done without damage,
I never had occasion to inspect personally that part of
the wine where the accident occurred ; but f am assured
that the same caution had been exercised by keeping a
jumper hole always in advance of the workmen, as had
been so successfully adopted in rett►oeing the Drummond-
place ha, rier. The headings of the mine did not precisely
join each other, so that the jumper hole which had been
made may not have been quite in the direction of the up-
per mine. It has, however, been since ascertained that
one of these jumper holes had actually reached within one
inch and a half of the water : had this hole been carried
forward this very short distance, the accident, which we
all so much regret, would not, in all human probability,
have t Ikea place.

Ti'e material of which this barrier was composed was
ve-y hard shale or blies, lying on edge, and interlayered
with strong bands of hard stone. It seems to have been
the displacement of one of these hard bands of stone
which was the more immediate cause of the accident.
Workmen had been engaged in the m4ne during the
night of Thursday, but it does not appear that there had
been any blasting for twelve or eighteen hours before the
accident occurred. This is perhaps to be re netted, for,
had the opening been made by a blast of gunpowder, no
loss of human life could have happened, ac, on all such
occasions, the workmen were under instructions to station
themselves in a place of safety in the adjoining shaft be-
fore the explosion took place.
On the harrier being broken, the water immediately
rose to a considerable height in, if it did not flow over,
the shaft at the end of Albany-street ; if it did flow over,
the quantity must have been very inconsiderable, as the
mouth of this shalt is very little below the summit level of
the water in the upper division of the mine. A sill greater
quantity flowed from the shaft opposite the Dublin-street
entrance to the Broughton :barkers; but from the relative
levels of the water in the upper division of the mine, and
the top or these shafts, the quantity could not on the whole
be very considerable; and from there being a lateral mine
from the second of these shafts to the common sewer,
the quantity could not, on the whole, be very considera-
ble.

When I examined the works a few hours after the acci-
dent occurred, the shat at the Customhouse appeared in
a st,ite very much like that which it presents atter a con-
siderable fall of rain.

The greater part of the water flowed in the first instance
into that compartment of the mine between Albany-street
and Drummond-place, which the barrier at Drummond-
p'ace. prevented flowing of very rapidly, and by the even-
ing of the day on which the accident occurred, the flow of
water at Cannon:mills was little more than the ordinary
flow from the guide mine.

As respects the barrier at Drummond-place, it is now
all but removed. and the mine open from end to end,
and several of the workmen have to-day passed along its
whole leng4r, so that there can Lever be any further ac-
cumulation of water in it.

It now remains tor me to say what effect this sudden
discharge of water has had upon the works. I have much
satisfaction in being able to state, that beyond the re-
opening of the shaft opposite to Broughton-street Mar-
kets, (which had been temporarily closed with laPains of
timber, and eausewayed over,) 1 have not been Ale to
discover say injury. I have myself ascertained from
those who have passed through the whole lengsh of the
min, that no part of the work has received the slightest
injury, and the workmen are now evgailed in removing
the Drummond-place barrier, which work 1 expect will be
completed by Tuesday or Wednesday first.

1 have now described the situation of the works—the
mode of carrying them into execution—and all the cir-
cumstances connected with this most distressing occur-
rence, in so far as I know, and consider it necessary for
you as acting magistrate of the city to he informed. I
have peen induced to go a little more into detail than
mi4ht be thought n c tssary, in consequeh e of the
false statements and gross mist epres -ntations which have
appeared in one of the newspapers of this day, respecting
the nature of this accident, the extent of the damage which
has been sustained by it, and the nature anl pernicious
effects of the works upon the adjoining properties.
• The extensive circulation of such erroneous and exag-
gerated descriptions is calculated to have a most mis-
chievous tendency on the public mind ; and in order, as
tar as possible, to counteract such injuri,us effects, 1 feel
myself called upon to assure you, that. from an intimate
-knowledge of the nature of the strata through which the
drif, is carried, the nature arid ext: nt of the works which
have, and :ire, to be performed before the tunnel is corn-
and all the circumstances connected with the un-
dertaking, that the tunnel may be carried into execution,
in all its parts, with perfect safety to the property on the
line of it.

Tunnels much more extensive have been recently exe-
cuted throughmuch less fivourable strata, in different
parts of the kingdom, and that, too, actually passing under
buildings of greater extent ; but this tunnel, on the other
hand, passes under no houses or buildings whatevi r.
I do not, however, expect that this circumstance will
wholy exempt the Board of Directors from mans, petty
annoyances. But, be that as it may, so far as I have
important, link of the railway seen, I am satisfied these gentlemen are, collectively and.
Vdividually, most anxious to carry into execution this
short, but most
communi-
cation between the River Clyde at Glasgow, and the Frith of
Forth at Leith and Granton, with the least possible an-
noyance to those who reside upon or near to its course, or
are otherwise interested in the works; and that they will,
by puriuing that decisive line of conduct which has hi-
therto characterised them, surmount every obstacle which
may occur in carrying the works into execution.
In conclusion, permit me to say that 1 have no doubt
that, when the avowed enemies of the scheme, as well as
its traducers, are dead and forgotten, the tunnel in ques-
tion will rem .in, another monument of the enterprise of
the nineteenth century.
I am, &c.,
THOMAS GRAINGER, Civil Engineer.

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