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A N APPEAL TO THE BRITISH NATION , XX as to a Petition , for Presentation to Parliament , tor the Repeal of the Poor Law Amendment Act ; with an introduction ; together with a Poor Law Case , as prefixed to the Petition . . By Charles Brooker , Alfreston , Sussex . " Wash you , make ye clean ; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes : ceasa to do evil ; learn to do well ; seek judgment ; relieve the oppressed ; judge the fatherless ; plead for the widow . "Isaiah , i . 16 , 17 . Sold by Berger , No , 19 , Holywell Street , Strand , London ; and through him by all other Booksellers .
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. Cases of every description have all been cared simply by the use of Parr ' s Lipi Pills , thus showing that what has been considered different disorders , and requiring different treatment , all riginated in the same cause , and can be cured by one uniform treatment . Although powerful in conquering disease , they are as pure and harmless as new milk , and may be administered with confidence to the invalid , however weakly from long ill he » ltk , who will soon enjoy tbote delightful symptoms of a return to strong health , namely , good appetite , Bound sleep , and an increase of animal spirit * . To have produced a medicine so benign and mild in its operation and effects , » nd yet so effectual in searching out and curing disease of howaver long standing , exhibits on the part of Old Parr deep research and a thorough knowledge of hi « subjeot .
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ADVICE . &R . WILKINSON , SURGEON , Of AVING devoted his Studies for many Years to 11 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 iroin Nine in the Morning till Ten at Night , and on Sundays till Two . at 18 , TRAFALGAR STREET , NORTH STREET , Leeds , and every Thursday , at No . 4 , GEORGE STREET , Bradford , from Ten till Five .
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This Medicine is sold , byappointment , by Ed wa » m , St . Paul ' s Church Yard . London , ia Boxea , at la . ; l $ d . j 2 s . 9 d ., and Family Boxet , 11 s . each ; th » Boxes at 2 s . 9 d . are equal to three small , and thoie at 11 s . equal to five at 2 s . 9 d . Full direction ! are given with each box . May also be had of the following Agenta : —Birmingham , Shillitoe , Chemist , 43 , High street ; Bristol , E . S . Dowling , Chemist , High-street ; Bath , Meyler and Son , Printers ; Newcastle-on-Tyne , Biackwell and Co ., Printers ; Manchester , Mottersheid , Che mist " , Market-place ; Liverpool , W . Rawle , Chemist , Church-street ; Leeds , Reinhardtand Sons , Chemist , Briggate ; Sheffield , Whitaker , Printer , Iris Offioe ; Edinburgh , Duncan , Flockhart , and Co ., Chemist . ter Aak for " Parr's Life Pills . " Any Bookseller who has not got them in stock , can readily procure them in bis book parcel from London , without extra / iViafrra
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¦™ - ^^^¦¦¦¦¦^¦^¦ MEST "'" ^ The CLERGYMAN , in whose sacred character is at onoe concentrated the twofold relation of pwent 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 conse quences 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 th « Evening .
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Country Patients are requested to be as minute as possible in the detail of their cases—as to the duration of the complaint , the symtom . B , age , general habits of living , and occupation in life of the party ; the communication must be accompanied by tho usual consultation fee of £ 1 , without whichno 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-Btreet Leeds ; and Shillito , York .
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OLD PARRS LAST WILL & TBSTAIOBNT . A MOST singular document has recently been brought to light , and is now in the possession of the Rev . Win . Arther , of East Peckham : it appears to have been written by the « elebrated OLD PARR , who attained the almost incredible age of one hundred and fifty-two years , and who left this document to a relation : it is written oa 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 ye 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 whioh all left me by using some dayes ye herbs as hertia written . " Here follows the receipt : —
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" Moreover , I bequeath to my second Great Grandson ye method I employ for preparing ye medioanient . Given this day , and in ye 147 th y « ax of my ago , „ " Thomas Pabb . " 11 Winnington , Salop , Januarie 17 th , 1630 . " This singular character wu the oldest man , with one exception , that England ever produced : hii biographer says , " the days of his youth , accordin g to his own account , was a series of long and painful illness , but that by some setret means he cured himself , and was stronger than most men when he married his first wife , whioh he did at the advanced age of eighty-eight ; he again married at theamuing age of ono hundred and twenty ; at one hundred and thirty h « used to thresh corn , and do any laborious work . He h * d seen ten King * snd Queeni of England .
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Parr spent muck of his time in the study of the vegetable world , and has fortunately left behind him , thonjh long hid to the world , the valuable fruits of Mb labours . Besides the valuable receipt from which Parr ' s Pills are now compounded , there are several MSS ., pieces written in nil old quaint style , on the value of h *» lth ; his opinions , though somewhat differently expressed , wer « that the varieties of ciime and modes of living make but little difference to our period of existence—that the laws of nature are simple and easily understood , but they require perfect obedience .
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The Clergyman who holds the valuable dooument abovtmentioned , has , by the assistance of a v « y able chemist and physician , caused the reoeipt of Old Parr's to be made into Pillsj and although only a space of eighteen months'have elapsed since the trial , upwards of seven hundred oures have been effected ; more than one-half were oomidered incurable ; and what is more remarkable , cues which possess the very opposite * as regards outward symptoms : the balsamic and invigorating effects on the blood produced by these medicines is perfectly
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miraculous ; many who have kept their beds for years havo been so speedily re-invigorated with an infusion of new blood , and consequently of new life and strength , that their re-appearance amongst . their fellow-beings , who had long given them up as incurable , i 8 looked upon as the greatest of the many great wonders of this miraculous age . The whole of our system is built up from the blood—nerve * , sinews , muscles , and even solid bone ; this being the case , the grind object is to kaep thi « precious fluid ( the blood ) in a pure and healthy state , for without this purity disease will show itself in some way or other .
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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 & parent will , by persuiug this work , be directed , and very much assisted in investigation and detecting the too often concealed practices so often introduced into schools , whereby the health and ultimately the lives of his pupils are sure to bo compromised , unles 3 the evil be checked in proper time . He will here find a clue 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 . wha illitreal cause of such attack may be , and thus hew ., tcenabled tcheck the evilin its incipient state .
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mark the terrific consequences , social , moral , and physical , which arc sure to follow fr » m indulgence in certain habits , would be entirely out of place in an advertisement . Wo have no hesitation , however m saying that there ia 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 his beloved child pining away , and fast approaching to a premature grave , m 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 fiid that in nine-tenths of the cases of young persons of both sexes , who perish of what is called pulmonary consumption , heart disease , tabes , &c , the sole and ,
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Just published , in royal lftmo ., cloth , price 39 . ; and sent in Town or Country free , by post , 3 s . 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 , GONORRHOEA , GLEET , &o . Illustrated with Cases , &c .
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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 that will enable them to obtain a permanent iiid 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 fatai disease , and the deplorable 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
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she 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 se « n—often closely resembling and mistaken for diseases of a leas 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 perfeot health . What a grief for a young person , in the very prime of life , t& be snatched out of time , and from all the enjoyments 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 .
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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 , they may obtain his Purifying Drops , Price 4 s . b'd ., at any of che following Agents , with Printed directions so plain , that Patients of either Sex may Cure themselves , without even the knowledge of a bedfellow . Mr . Heatonj 7 , Briggate , Leeds . Mr . Hartley , Bookseller , Halifax . Mr . Dewhirsx . 37 , New Street , Huddersfield . Mr . HARRisoN , Book 8 eller , MarketPlace , Barnslej
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THE LATE COLLISION AND LOSS OF LIFE ON THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY AT HARROW . ADJOUBNKD CORONER'S INQUEST ON THE BODIES OF THE SUFFERERS . IOr&TH DAY'S PBOCEEDINGS , A > D COKCLtSTOH OP THE 1 MJCEST . There appeared to be but little abatement in the interest which had previously manifested itself in toe proceedings , and , as on the former occasions , several directors , Mr . Creed , the secretary , Mr . isruyere * , the chief superintend « nt , and Sir . Berry , chief of the locomotive department , -were present to ¦ wa tch the proceedings on behalf of the company ; and Mr . Jago again appeared on the part of Lord Korthwick , the Lord of the Manor , to protect his Lordihip ' s claim in the eTent of a deod&nd .
On the Coroner taking his seat , he stated he had ree-ired a communication from Mr . Hewlett , the surgeon , with respect to the condition of the poor man Qainlan , and which ran as follows ;—" Qaeen'a Anns , Dec 2 , IS 40 . " My dear Sir , —I icink Quinlan may undergo , without danger , the examination yon . desire to . submit him to , this evening . It is , however , as you Well know , early days for die brain to be subjected to much exertion , and perhaps , therefore , yon will caation the jurymen to pat as few questions te him as " possible . I bave no doubt of his ultimate recovery . " lam , yours faithfully , "TEOS . HEWLETT . fi Thos . Wakley , Esq ., M . P ., Coroner . - Tae Coroner &a : d such being the case , the jury would now be pleased to accompany him 10 the chamber of the sick man , which he understood was beiow
. VVi \ J I I B The Coroner and the jury then proceeded to Qtunlan ' s chamber , where the poor fellow gave his evidence , after being sworn , lyiag down in his bed . Win . Quinlan was then examined—I reside at No . 4 , Camden-street , Camden-town , and have been employed as a stoker , or fbeman , about two months , on the London ana Birmingham Railway . I had been for two years before in the employ ofthe company , and worked in the sheds belonging to them . Latterly I have bsen fireman to Simpson . Coroner—Did Simpson ever go out without you ince your appoimnient & 3 his fireman 3 Witness—Only on one occasion , when I was too late for him .
Evidence resumed—I was with Simpson one day in the month of & : jrtcniber last , when a bullock jumped over one of the cattle-waggons by the train . The bullock fell over on to the line and lost fcig horns by the occcrrince , bat was not killed . No other accident tapp ^ ned during the time I was with Simpson , until the late fatal oce ntsr Harrow station , except that on one occasicn a re * board was put up between the rails at the Harrow station for Simpson to pull up , but he did not do so . ± nis -was after the tullock affair , tut I canno : say how lung since . The board , upon that occa sion , was raised in height about five feet . la our -progress we knocked it down into the ash-pit of the line at the station , and passed over it
By the Coroner—We could see that signal about two miles off in a straight line . On the occasion to -which I allude the signal was raised between four and five o ' clock in the evening , at which time it was dear daylight . "We wtre at that time going after a luggage train to Watford ; we were upon the d _ > wn line , and had with us but a single eDgine and tender . Coroner—Bid not Simpson stop at all in compliance Vith such a signal as you have described ? ¦ Witness—Yes , hs < ud ; but he did not pull up until after we had passed over it . For what purpose was the signal you Lave alluded to pcste 4 on that night ? Tiit sign . 1 was then hoiited for us to stop , because one of the metal * was off the rail further down the line .
Do you remember anything eboui leaving Wolverton on the afteznoon-of Thursday , the 12 th of las ; month ? —T- ^ s , 1 da I s ~ t cut from Wolverton for London ¦ with Simpson , Joseph Davrson , and Martin Brown . llartin Brvwii ' t ^ A chor . - ^ of engine No . 1 , and D . iwson was -with him . I was -with Siiupsjn on > i ' o . 82 ensine The train was attached to our engine , and eneine S ' o . 1 was iniBKdL » : ely in front of us , and attached to tr . e wssm train . £ ti . ence c-rihmed—I do ' net remember who the brrik < aan of tb * train -was that night Sjmetinus ¦ ftt do cot know wðer or not vre have a breaksman , or ¦ w ho he is until -we come to a statv .-n . We seldom knuw the name of the breiksjaan . Upon the day on whici . the accident happened we left YTolverton bctweea 12 and one o ' clock , in the afterso . n , and we Ktcpr-ed successively at the Lelghton , B-xmoor , and ¦ W aif jrd stations .
Ccronei—Did yen hear at either of those stations of any accident having happened at Woodcock-hill , cr say pan of the line ? QrT . nlajT—We did not , tmt en our arrival at Boxmoor itation , the policeman on duty there toid us to go on to Harrow statioa gently . I dont know the name of that policeman , but I am positive he £ > ve us that caution . Coroner—Kd he make that observation to Simpson , or to you?—To Simpson . Did you or Simpson inquire of the policeman the ressoB why you were to go slowly by Harrow station ? —Not that I remember . Did Simpson make any remark when those instruc tions -were given to bin : *—He made no answer in luy hearing ; but he became flurried snd anery with the policeman , because he tad stopped him .
When was this caution given ?—The policeman gave ft directly we stopped st the Biimoor sta ' tion ; but I < IidnDt hear "whs ! Simpson slid in re'sly , as I "w » s bn ? r tn taking in water . He did not swear at all at the policeman that I heard . "What did the deceased -Simpson . say to you about fhi « nation after you had started from Boxmoor ?—He said not-ing at all to me about it . Bid vcra after that stop at Watford ?—I think we did , but I will not be quite positive . Do you recollect anything that transpired after passing Watford Station ?—Yes , I do . Do you recollect anything about seeing a red light on your approach towards Harrow Sratien ?—I da I remember that I saw the red signal above half a mile fefcrt reaching Harrow Station . Did you perceive more than one red light ?—I do not remember seeing mere than ose light .
Wag it the fixed light at the station , or the policsman ' s light ?—1 think it was the red light k . the police- inau ' i hand . D : 4 Simpson say anything to you when you E 3 W it ?— yo , but I told him I saw it , and cautioned him to let the ifceari c 2 . Did he do so ?—Yes . be turned it off n-til he got it down to about an inch , ia -which he continued to ieep ft . Tha fail farce of steam is fun ? inches in dtp ill , so that 3 t this time Simp ^ cn let off three-fourth of ' the power ef his ermine . I &m positive he kept about an inch c £ the st * am on all the time . Did Martin Brown , of Xd . 1 engine , give you any signal ?—Yes , he did , by lifting the valve , which he continued to do a ? we approached Harrow . Do you know if Brown tamed » he steam of his ensine off?—Yes , I am quite sure that he did .
Did you feel any burap ' ng cf the train owing to ssch a circumstance ?—We f = lt the bumping of Brown ' s ecgias against ours , but not any bumping of the train . At what rat-2 were you going when you first saw the Ted signal at Harrow station ' : —I think about twentyfive miles an hour . Did Simpson tell you why he did not let off hia steam entirely ?—H 9 did not , and although he ltt oS teree-fourtiis of it , the fourth that remained was enough to keep the wuggon in full swing , as from the point where the red light wa 3 first s « ea the line -was all < lown *» ni Could you have stopped at the Harrow station With so much steam as one inch on . and going a ; « ach a rate as you have stated ?—I am szre that it was quite impossible .
Whan Martin Brown lifted the valve of his ; engine , thereby giving a signal te Simpson , did . Simpson make any observation T—1 cannot recollect ' what expression he made u « e of , but he hsllooed out . ¦ If he had then said anything , I could not have heard ; ftim 1 When you saw the red lirbt continuing up at the station , and the train going oc , oil you speak ajiin to Simpson ?—I did . I told him a K-cond time to let all the steam off ; but he took no notice of me whatever , and he did not do so . Did yon observe -whether he szvr the signal light or not *—Yes , he looked straight forward at it . Mr . Botch observed that to do so Simpson must have gpne to the side of the engine . Coroner—Do you recollect passing the policeman as you approached the Harrow station ! Quinlan—I do , perfectly welL He hallooed to us to " hold on . "
Did Simpson make anyanswerto that shout ?—None that I could hear . Can you tell tu what Simpson did , or -whether he did anything when tke policfman hallooed ?—I did not see Mat he did anything . Did Simpson tell you to do anything ?—Not that I know of ; bat I kept holding on at the break , all the teme , ofmy own accord . Bnt then , after yon had passed the policeman , and asms towards the Harrow statiea , do yoa recollect that i Simpson did anything , or said anything to you ?—He gm ' tfceiT « aid not did anything . "What , then , did you do ?—I then perceived that ' ire yrexe coming close upon the engine , 1 bdiere Bradburn ' s , on the Kne before ua , * nd t >] TnVing there was not a moment to be lost , I shifted to the other side of the endue , and jumped tft Did yoa jump off the tails •—I jumped off altogathae . . Did you say anything to Simpson before you found it «> dTi « kbte to jump off the engine ?—I said to him "It ifetidBfor us to be jumping off now , " but he said nothing wfrapfcr to me in reply . He was then / standing be-• ween the hand-ailing aad the boiler , just where the « agine is put into gear . Patting into gaar means pnt-• fttgaa engine into trim , it to go . When an engine *» pa t Is aid to be oat of gear .
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Are you quite sure that Simpson made no alteration in the moving power of the engine , as you were passing the Harrow Station?—I am sure that he made no change -whatever . Did you hear the valro lifted sp ?—No , not the valve of our engine , but of Martin Brown ' s . Are you quite sure that Simpson saw the red signal light time enough to have pulled up before arriving at Harrow Station?—Yes . We might have come in quite easily and comfortably . What kind of a driver was Simpson ?—He need to run very hard , seldom er ever looking before him . Was he attentive to signals ?—We bad often the red light shown to us at the stations to put on waggons , but he would not pull up unless hallooed to , and then he would work the enci » e back .
Do you know whether any complaint was ever made to the superintendent against Simpson ?—Yts . 1 know that he was complained of when the bullock jumped out , but I do not recollect any other complaint . A Juror ^—When at Hitchin Bridge , can you see the lights at Harrow Station . Quinlan—Not until we have passed through it But is there not generally a signal light at Hitchin . Bridge , near Pinner Park Grate ?—There is not a light fixed there , but there is generally a man there who has a light . He was not there on the night of the accident or I must have seen him .
Juror—I wish to direct your attention to this important point , Mr . Ceroner . The man who should have been at Hitehin-bridge when the witness passed with Simpson , was , in fact , taken away and sent to the break down at Woodcock Hill , and after this accident he was sent back to his former " post at the bridge . It is now a Question between tha policeman attached at this station and the late driver Simpson , whether the signal was hoisted the day of this accident , and the one when th © bullock fell over . Do yon remember anything about it ?—( addressing Quinlan . )
Quinlan—I saw nothing of it roysslf . Coroner—Was Simpson sober on the evening of the last accident ? Quinlan—H-a was sober . Coroner—Was he at all deaf ? Witness—No , he was not Another Juror—Had be good eyesight ? Quinlan—He had , to the best of my belief . This being the whole of the evidence , the Jury returned to the inquest room , when Quinlan's evidence was again read over to those assembled in the Court At its conclusion ,
The Coroner , addressing the Jury , Baid they had now arrived at the conclusion of a most painful and protracted inquiry , which they hid conducted with the most becoming patience and attention , and the result of which was expected with an extraordinary degree of interest , not only by all those tonuected with railways , but by the public at large . The Coroner then proceeded to recapitulate the entire evidence . Of the conduct of Bradbum , the driver of tfee engine No . 15 , against which the engines of Martin , Brown , and Simpson rushed in fatal collision , it must be said that Bradburn did not seem conscious of having caused the calamity , by leaving his engine on the line , as he did , in the caie of Finch , his fireman , -while he < Brailhnm ) went to order refreshments at this house ithu Queen ' s
Arms ) to the men clearing away the obstruction at Woodcock HilL It seemed to be established beyond a doubt that Bradburn neither saw , knew , nor suspected that a train could come upon tie up-line , as he was aware that the same signals that were in readiness to vra . ru the coming luggage train , under Martin , Brown , and Simpson , had already , and within a short period , on the same evening , stopped two other up-coming trains , and caused them to follow the general orders , of siding off at the Harrow station upon the down line , and thus avoid the obstruction at Woodcock Hill . Nevertheless , Bradburn was much to blime , as it appeared that he was never ordered by Mr . Bedford , on being sent for tke refreshments , to do more tkon give the order at Harrow station-house , which he might have done without getting off his fnginA , and as hia getting off the engine at all was , as Bradburn must have well known , contrary to the
emphatic rules of the company . The rules of the company wtre generally framed in a prudent and cautious feeling , but they should undoubtedly have been more careful in seeing them observed . In some important points they -were , however , defective ; for example Callan , the driver of the train which left Lundon aficr the break down at Woodcock Hill , said it was no part of his orders to Btate what hal occurred at the successive ) stations as he proceeded down the line , givimg warning at least for SLe guidance of the np-trains , thsujh it appeared he aid mention what had taken plice at cue . Bu ; the Company should pruvide in such a case that engine-drivers should have it in orders to give full warning at each station , and he ( the Coroner j coped a similar grave oversight might not be imputed to them . He should not now dwell further upon this part of the case , as the accident at Woodcock Hill had
no necessary or direct connection with the subsequent fatal collision at Harrow Station , for there had bevn , on the whole , with regard to that , ample precautions taken , and due warning given to all up-conixns ; trains . He would further remark , that -whilst so muny witnesses concurred in describing the deceased iSimpson ) as a hasty , impetuous , reckless driver , only one complaint of his misconduct had reached his superior * . I That was in the case of the bullock getting over the I carriage ; and as to his culpability , there \ va-i a difference J of opinion bet-ween Mr . Bury and Mr . Bruyeres . True , 1 Simpson was nned £ 1 ; but if he were guilty of so j crave a disobedience as that of disobeying the red ; signal , the most , important of all signals , and upon I which the lives of hundreds might depend , ho ought to
I have been instantly dismissed- Bat Simpson had no : I been complained of in any other case , although it I appeared he had deserved it in many . Here was I an jther point into which the company should look more i carefully in future , by making their servants execute j their orders as well as to revive them . As to the i value of the engines , they hail been told by Mr . Bury j that Xo . l was worth £ 1 , 150 , and its tender £ li > 0 ; ! Xo . K was worth £ l , 20 u , and its tender also £ l » o . ; In considering of a deodand , they should remember ! those facts , as also those which might be said Mr . Creed ! had stated in mitigation of damages , namely , that , j since the opening of the line , there had been travelled ¦ J 9 , 6 S 5 , 000 miles by 1 . 349 , 000 passtngtrs , not one of -srh ^ m had < iied by accident , while , of the Company ' s
! ' ! i ' ' ¦ servants , but five or six in all had been killed . Certainly this spoke in general favour of the Company . In considering the question of a deodand , it should also be borne in mind that Judge Foster an' ! other emij nent authorities hadhelJ that , though the jury mi ^ ht i escheat the objects moving to the cause of d- _> ith , buII ; they exercLsexi a sound discretion in mulcting ine par-! ties to blame mere ' . y in theamouut of trie value of those 1 u-riides . There -were , it wa 3 true , carriages belonging ; to ; hrce different companies in the train which caused I th » accident , but inasmuch a 3 two ef thtin in that case I could hav do contruul over the engineers of such train , he coniidered those companies were not answerable , ; and ought to be left entirely out of the question . In
] c-JEiing te 'heir verJk ; the jury shoui'l unte every ¦ man , wb .-jth . er connected with railways or merely a : member of th » community , know what the law was ; ; the fvrmer ior their guidance , the latter for their pro-: tect-oa . If , therefore , it had been proved that Biad-: barn , by lea-ring his engine as described upon the line , ) and death to otheio had been the consequence , a verdict j of manslaughter at least could be returned against him . ! But though much to blame , the deaths of the deceased i men could not be attributed to him ; and such being the c ' -se , they need no further connect Bradburn with the qu ^ -snon before them . It appeared that the drivers of ¦ engines Xos . l and 82 , could , wilh only a moderate j degree of care and attention to the signals , have avoided ; the diiaJfu ! calamity which killed two , and had nearly I killed them all . It did not , however , appear that Brown i was in the least criminal , for he did his best to stop in ' . time ; but Simpson neglected every caution , and so
; : | \ kille ! himself and his comrade , and might have slaughtered many others by his wicked rashness . Now what "¦ as the iaw as it bure upon Simpson ? Tliey found by the evidence that this man rushed recklessly on , despite of all caution and vraming of danger , with a ponderous and mighty engine tiut might have made its way tiuoush a massive battlement , and by this atrocious waiituiuiess , causing his own death , the death of another , and nearly the deaths of many other persons . >" -jw the law said , that , if a man having received every caution , and having beta * amestly entreated nut to iio such a thing , should enter a powder mill w ,: h a lighted candle , and thereby cause the de ^ th of hiiaself and oihers , he -would , at the same time , . b 3 t , u- 'ty of snicide and murder . Of this decision , in ! such a cai > e , there could not be the slightest doubt ; the decision would be the same even in a less aggravated i case , fir it was recorded that a man had been executed
| ! | j ; 1 j ! j i : for throwing a brick out of a window , which killed a 1 person passing btlow , although the man had not seen j the paissnser . The law inferred murder from the ; wicked negligence of the criminal in not having taken j care to seo that the way was clear before be threw out : the brick , a 3 he knew it must fall into a street , which ; was a place of constant thoroughfare . The negligent in this case was aade , and justly made , the same aa malice aforethought—a malevolence of disposition toj wards all human kind , and , therefore , the act was ! justly punished as murder . Again , suppose there was I a road leading to a precipice , and a mm driving a j coach along this road was cautioned to beware of the I precipice—suppose that he was told by those who knew j the way , " When yon see a red light hoisted , you are to take that as the signal of danger , and a warning that you should approach no further "—suppose that the i driver seeing the red signal , should yet drive on , and ,
when near tre precipice , Bhould there get off and save himself , while the others were hurried to destruction , —what offsnee would this man be guilty of in the eye of the law ? Of murder ^—of murder , and nothing short of it Judge Foster laid it . do wn that if a person warned of consequences , and yet regardless of them , should obstinately persevere in conduct tint must necfcssarily be followed by death , and if death should ensue , the man would be guilty of murder . Nothing coald be plainer than this proposition , and if the law ¦ were cot so severe , there might ultimately be no safety for life or property . But , of « our 3 e , extenuating circumstances in sudi a case should , if they existed , be considered in favour of the culprit JadgeFoster again stated that if a man , in the pursuit of his ordinary occupation , see daxger to others likely to result from his acts , and Bhould jet persevere after baving received sufficient warain ; , if then death should ensue , he would
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be guilty ef murder ; as in the case of m workmam throwing stones or rubbish , and thereby killing a petson negligently or unconsciously , " then general malig . nity should be inferred , and the act should amount to murder frtm its gross impropriety . " So , if ft person havtag » cart should drive over antt kill persons with it , after due notice had been given to beware , and that he saw what was likely to happen , the driver would then be guilty of murder . Now this latter case and opinion were completely in point The act of Simpson must , after the manifold evidence the jury had received , be regarded & » one proceeding from a deliberately wicked disposition , regardless of his own life and of the welfare of human society . In this case , the unfortunate author of th « calamity , Simpson , who was now no more , and whom no Terdict could reach , and of
whom , therefore , he ( the Coroner ) would speak with 16 S 3 scruple , Ve { Simpson ) seemed to have been ; boyond a doubt , actuated by a wicked recklessness of his own life and of the lives of others , and he ( the Coroner ) believed that in consequence of Simpson ' s criminal wantonness , his em life , and that of the unfortunate DawBon , wore lost Having now recapitulated all the facts of the case , it remained for him ( the Coroner ) but to say , he was sure the jury would not fail t » return a verdict which would impress on the minds of all persons connected with railways , not only what the law was upon this subject , but also what great and weighty responsibilities the servants of railways would incur by disobedience of orders , or disregard ef those obligations which have b * en imposed upon them by the duties of their station . With these remarks he would leave the case in their hands .
The Court was now oleared of stranger ? , and after a discussion of nearl y three hours , again ' opened ; when , at twelve o ' clock , the foreman read , to an audienre , whioh listened with the most intense anxiety , the following special verdict : — " Wj FIND A VEKD 1 CT IN THE CASE OV WlLLIAM DAWsotf , - Wilful Muudeb' against Joseph Simpson ; and in the case of Joseph Simpson ' Felo de Se . ' We impose a deodand op Two Thousand Pounds on the engine and tenders , No . 15 and No . 82 . " With respect to Bradburn , the Jury have felt considerible difficulty in not agreeing to a verdict of manslaughter , and they beg to express their souse of the great impropriety of his leaving his engine ; . vi : hom putting it on the eiding , and of his leaving it at all in the situation which proved so dangerous . "
Mr . Rotcb , the foreman , then read the following observations of the Jury : — " The Jury cannot conclude their labours without expressing their surprise ) aud regret at the manifest inefficiency of the executive of the company connected with the matters that have come before them in this inquiry . The directors seem to have passed and printed mauy exceilenc rules and resolutions , which have been neglected to be carried out and enforced ; while in some iustancra printed instructions have been given to a class of men unable from want of education to read them , and in some cases persons appear to have been put on as drivers of engines , having the whole conduct of the trains , without being duly qualified for the purpose .
' The Jury consider great blamo is attributable to the directors for continuing in their service such a reckless driver as the unfortunate man Simpson , and they are forcibly struck with the ignorance of the executive of the numerous acts of disobedience and wanton carelessness on his part , which have been produced before them in evidence . " Considering the immense importance to the public of safe conduct in a mode of couveyance over which they are deprived of all controul , or when in motion even of the power of remonstrance or complaint , and are entirely at the mercy oft !* e engine driver .
"The jury feel the public have a right to expect that some person of superior education aud attainments , as aa engineer , should be appointed as a captain of eidi train , to proceed with it , and conduct it to its final destination . The night signals are evidently insufficient , and yet no efficient means seem to have beeu adopted to improve them , while it is evident that no security can bo attained until a means of communication between the guards aud the engine drivers is established . To all which matters the jury feel it is the boundeu duty of the directors to turn their immediate and earnest attention . "
The verdict excited a very extraordinary sensation ^ throughout the court . The Coroner then said that , in consequence of the verdict thai kad just been returned , the inquisition would occupy a considerable tims , so as to bu drawn up with the requisite care and exactitude . He , therefore , was unuer the necessity of requesting the gentlemen 0 ? the jury to come attain upon a future day , for the purpose of signing the inquisition . Afier the inquiry had buen conducted with so much ability aud exemplary patience , it would indeed be truly lamentable if the object that they had chitfiy sought should be frustrated by not having the inquisition properly drawn up ; and they must have -oen how inquisitions had been set aside , upon what he must call frivolous pretences . He , therefore , wish * J for a little time to prepare one which should stand the brunt of future examination or inquiry elsewhere .
The Jury entirely approved this forethought on the pan of the Learned Coroner . Mr . Rotch and his colleagues now desired that Bradbum , the driver of engine No . 15 , should be gent for , in order to have the foregoing verdict and remarks read to him , but upon inquiry tlioy found that Bradburn , as well as every odier person connected with the railway , had hastily quitted the preciises . Mr . Jago then addressed the Coroner on behalf of Lord Northwick , the Lord of tho Manor , and put in the following extraordinary claim to the deodand : — " TO THOMAS WAKLET , ESQ ., U . P ., CORONER FOB THE COINTV OF MIDDLESEX .
Sir , —As the agent for the Right Hon . John , Lord Northwick , Lord oi the Manor of Harrow , otherwise Harrow-on-the-H ) ll , I do hereby claim for him , and on his behalf , ail the rights , profits , privilege ? , and immunities , secured to the Lord of the Manor of Harrow , by charter granted in the reign of King Stephen , and which charter , ri ^ ' , profits , privileges , and immunities were confirmed and extendtu by very mauy of tne succeeding kings—by Queen Elizabeth , and further confirmed in Michaelmas T ^ rro , 19 t , h of Charies 11 ., and enrolled in the Treasurer ' s Remembrance-office , and in the Court of Exchequer .
" The recital of such charters , and confirmation of some , would run to a very great length , and I respectfully conceive is not necessary lor the purpose of makiug tho claim of the Lord of the Manor of Harrow , before you at this time , of all the rights a . ud privileges , & . c , so granted and confirmed , as aforesaid , and get iorth iu the exemplification oi tho m » id claim , enrolled in the Trca > urer ' s Remembrance Ufiice , and in the Court of Exchequer afomaid . in which exemplification . 1 hud that the Lord of the Manor of Harrow s , J > all have ( inter alia ) ' the
returns of ail writs and attachments , chattels of their men and tenants , felons and fugitives within the said manor , and all fines of treEpasi-ee and other offences , and all amercements , ransomes , and issues forfeited , and to bo forfeited , year day waste , and sheppe , aud , all things which to the King may belong of year day waste or sheppe , and to have tho goods and chatties of men and tenants , residents and non-residema , and other residents whatsoever , felons convicted , attainted , or outlawed at the suit of the King , or of the Kiuk and others . And all
amercianient ?! , ransomes , issue , forfeiture , and all fines adjudged , or to be adjudged , and all manner 01 forfeitures by all ^^¦ its and mandates whatsoevi r , of all their men . and tenants , as well intire tenants as not intire teaauts , residents , and non-residents , in , of , or upon the manor of Harrow aforesaid , a , s well before the Lord King and l . is successors , as before the King himself in his Chancsry—before tho treasurer and barons of the Exchequer , and before all justices of the bench and gaol delivery , and justices of oyer and terminer , and justices of the peace ; aud also the escape of felons of and in the manor aforesaid , and all other things which to the King migh ; or ought to belong as well of tho aforesaid escape of felons , as of murderers and felons of all their men and tenants , and of all others ministers of the lord tho Kiag within the manor aforesaid ; aud also all and all manner of fines for
trerpaases , oppressions , extortions , &c . ; and also that the aforesaid Lord of the Manor shall have all deodands , treasure trove , wreck of the 8 e » , and all 'he guodi and chattels , called stolen property , found with any parson whomsoever , in , of , or upon the manor aforesaid , before any judge whatever ; and that it shall be lawful for the said lord and his successors , their bailiffa , ministers , and servants , without any impediment of the said lord the King , and his heirs , and all others the officers and ministers aforesaid , to take possession of all such goods and chattels , to the use and profit of the said Lord of the Manor and his successors ; and , also , that the aforesaid Lord of the Manor aud his successors for ever , might make two constablea or more at his or their pleasure , in the said manor ; and that as well
the aforesaid constables so made , and every of them , shall have povrer to exerciss » nd execute all things , which to the office of constable in the aforesaid manor pertain to be done , as often as and when it shall be needful and necessary ; so that no Coroner of the said dug , or constable of Jthe said King , should enter the said manor to do or exercise anything there , which to the office of constable belongeth , in anywise howsoever . And if any such constable of the said King , or his heirs , ghould enter the said manor to do anything whioh to the office of the manor aforesaid belonged , and should exercise and use his office there , that every thing done by such constable , or either of them , on that behalf should be void and held for nothing , exeept with the license and concurrence of the Lord of the Manor aforesaid . '
•* Now , Sir , as it does clearly appear to me , from the before partly-recited claim of the Lord of the Manor , that no inquest can be legally holden within the said manor without the concurrence of the Lord of the Manor , and as the Lord of the Manor is most
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anxious to concur in every legal mode and measure for the furtherance of justice , and the settlement of this protracted and laborious inquiry , I do hereby , as agent on the part and behalf of the Right Hon . Lord Northwick , the Lord of the said Manor of Harrow , &o ., and in the absence of the steward of the said manor , give the full consent , assent , and concurrence of the said Lord of the Manor to the proceedings that have taken p lace in the court of the Coroner for the county of Middlesex , commenced and held within the- said manor on the 16 th day of November last , and continued by adjournment to this present date ; aud I do further claim , on the part of the Lord of the Manor , the deodand of £ 2 , 000 now found by the Jury , and the Lord of the Manor will prosecute such claim before the Court of Ex-Chequer . , " I hare the honour to be , Sir , " Your obedient servant , "R . H . Ja « o . " Dec . 2 , 1840 . " The Court then adjourned at one o ' clock this morning until next Saturday week , wheu the inquisition will be signed .
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? —~ . ROYAL BULLETINS EXTRAORDINARY . ( From the Satirist . ) As we participate in the universal and laudable curiosity to be informed of every particular of interest connected with our beloved Queen and her infant Princess , we have been at great pains to ascertain tb . 9 occurrences of each day in the present week , which we now lay before our readers , merely observing that the authenticity of each paragraph may be relied upon : —
MONDAY . Her Majesty having passed a quiet night , and being anxious to have the Princess ' s wardrobe examined , the Duchess of Sutherland arrived at the Palace this morning to perform that important portion of her functions as Mistress of the Robesnamely , to investigate the state of the royal olouts and flannels . She immediately dispatched a messenger , commanding the attendance of Miss Mary Moore , " Sempstress to the Great Wardrobe , " who laid before tho Duchess the following inventory of dilapidated linen : — Three night-flannels—two wanting strings , and one very much creased in the mangling . Three parts of one day-flannel . Half a day-flannel , very much creased and damaged .
A dozen clouts—seven extremely seedy , three darned , and a couplo considerably cobbled . Two coarse mull-muslin frocks , very clean . One jaconet frock , tho body worked with large wreaths of German sausages . One cambrick frock , worked round the bottom with a rolling-pin and salt-box alternately ; ttie front embroidered with two distinct rows of saveloys , between which are huge ornamental bunches of dandelion . A robe intended to be used on great occasions , the trimmings of narrow penny-a-yard edging ; two large tassels hanging from the " shoulders of best British cotton ; the body confined by a broad band of second-best tape . Two infant day caps , a great deal the worse for wear ; presented by the Qeeen Dowager , she not having any further occasion for the same .
Two infaut night-caps , the borders considerably torn and rather ragged , presented by the same exalted personage from the most patriotic motives . Every unfavourable symptom having passed away , the Queen has our pormissioa to be afEic ted with all the Court toadies and hangers-on as often as she chooses . ( Signed ) James Clark , M . D . Ciurlks Locock , M . D . RoiiEUT Feuguson , M . D . R . Blaguen . TUESDAY . Her Majesty having been disturbed by the Royal infant ' s cries from internal anguish , the nurses Lilly and Packer were rung up long before daybreak to allay its pains , and a patent dose of Dalby's Carminative administered by Nurse Packer , Nurse Lilly holding tho diminutive infantile proboscis between her forefinger and thumb , to produce an extension of the roy al jaws . This morning Prince Albert was permitted to take a walk in the flower-garden , but was cautioned not to gather anything . He amused himself by throwing stones at the sparrows , which were hopping up
aud down the gravel-waiks , and having brokeu a pane of glass in one of tho hot-houses , he was turned out , and sent crest-fallen home by the head gardener . A messenger from Messrs . Seddon arrived to-day at Buckingham Palace , to ascertain wnat Messrs . Seddon were to do with the gilt plume of Princo of Wales ' sfeathei-s , manufactured by them to surmount the cradle , in case of a boy having made his appearance ; he was told to tell . Messrs . Seddon to pepper them well , and lay them in lavenner tot the next ? iin < e months , when they probably might be wanted . Seddon ' a man being a lively youth , with a fine ear for melody , went away
singiig—Hope told a nattering tale That tb » : re would be a boy ; < But alas it is u girl , Which spoils poor daddy ' s joy . Next time we'll hope that Vic More fortunate may be , And when she ' s taken sick , A Prince of Wales we'll see . I Signed aa before . )
WEDNESDAY . An express arrived from Hanover to-day , bringing an account of a very fearful vision which the King of Hanover beheld on Saturday fortnight , during the precise time of the Koyal lyiug-in . liia whitewhiskered Majesty thought that he was domiciled at Graves-cud , where ho beheld tho Royal accouchement , and started out of his bed exclaiming in tones expressive of the most heartfelt grief aud terror— " It rises like the issue of a Queen , And bears upon its baby brow the round And top of Sovereignty !" The terrified Hanoverian Majesty was only soothed by being assured that Victoria ' s situation was a very dangerous one , and that he should receive the earliest intelligence of the Throne's being empty .
Her Majesty passed a restless night , hor thoughts running in the dog kennel in Windsor park , and on her favourite monkeys . Sho dreamt that all her animals were half starved , and dispatched Albert oif to them , laden with a tin case full of Royal dog ' s meat and a small kettle of monkey's broth , with strict injunctions to come back immediately after he had taken his lunch . On his return Albert was overtaken by a thick log , which to completely mystified him , that instead of finding his way to Buckingham Palace , he found himself at the door of a parish union workhouse , where being taken for a German pauper , he was offered to bo admitted and kept at the public exponce . CSigned as before . )
THURSDAY . The Queen Dowager having intimated her intention of visiting Queou Vic to-day , au aduitional sack ef sawdust was laid down in the ante-chamber , as a mark of respect to the royal visitor . She was handed in by Albert , and , after tossing off a piut of hot caudle , she put on her spectacles , and proceeded to a minute examination of the illustrious infant . Sundry indentations on its posteriors having uttracted old Adelaide ' s attention , in answer to her inquiries , she was informed that these marks were occasioned by the kisses of the great officers of State , who never missed au opportunity ot kissing that part of rovaiiy .
A great commotion took place in the Palace in the afternoon , in consequence of a loud cry for pap—the nutriment the royal infant received from Nurse Packer not being sufficient to satisfy the cravin g * of the infantile internals . AH the pap having been exhausted , and Mrs . Packer possessing a poetic genius , she described the unsuccessful visit of her coadjutor Nurse Lilly to the empty pap closet , in the following exquisite nursery ballad , which sh « warbled the hungry child to sleep with : — Old Mother Lilly Looked very ally When she went to the cupboard for pap , For the cupboard was bare , And none she found there , To feed the cross babe in her lap ; So the jolly old daudle Quick caught up some caudle , Aa Royalty ' s brat must be fed—And not baving pap For the babe in hor lap , Why , she crammed it with caudle instead . ( Signed at before . ) FRIDAY . Her Majesty having progressed rapidly and most satisfactorily to a state of perfect salubrity , this day the medical staff were released from their constant attendance upon her , which they were not sorry for , so many ladies of quality having , out of compliment to the Queen , contrived to place themselves m similarly interesting situations . There was , conso quently , a high scramble for Dr . Xo-cook , this being the time of year when Hymen ' s " Annuals" ar «
about to issue ' . from the pms , aud ar 0 . presented by ladies to their husbands in the shapes of "Keepsakes" "Forget-me-Nits , " and sometimes as " Friendship ' s Offerings . " Prince Albert , as he was passing up &ad down one of the sumptuous apartments of Buckingham Palace , while waiting the arrival of his nag , could not help contrasting that royal residence with the poverty-struck dwelling he used to occupy a floor in . at S * xe Gotha , and gave utterance to his feelings in the following prettily turned parody on
"the old house at home . " Oh 1 tha Old House at Home ! that poor dirty nhed , Where on tough Yarman Sausage and garlick I fed ; Where , until Queen Tic took me "for better and wowe , " I'd a coat full of holes , and a ni « a empty purse . I've cit the rile crib , and ne ' er -will I roam To that rotten old pig-ety , the Old Home at Home f
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On , now I dr « ss decent , and sleep in abed—In a palace I live and on dainties am fed ; I ' ve plenty of rhino , and strut about proud , Because I ' ve a baby to shew to the crowd To make -which royal brat , Johm Bull bribed me to roam From that rotten old pig-sty , the Old House at Home I
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PALACE INTELLIGENCE . ( 'From th * Court Corraponcleni . of the Satirist . ) , Buckingham Palace , Dec , 1 . Scawely had the excitement snbtidtd , occasioned by the great caudle question , -when another subject , squally momentous , has thrown us again into alarm . ' The nurses : are again In -peril .- ' Nunse Packer ' s voice is not considered sufficiently musical to sing the Royal lullaby . Thrae o'Clock , p . m . The Council has just broke op ; the following minute was agreed to : — " Nurse Packer ' s voice must be Germanised or Italianlaed--better the latter . "
Messengers were immediately dispatched to the Continent for three first-rate singers ; in the meantime two Italian professors , the best now in London , are to give lessons to Nurse Packer till the others arrive . May Heaven hear our prayer , and grant Nurse Packer maybe able to profit by her lessons I P . S . The Italian singers have arrived . Wednesday Morning , Eleven o'Clock . Nurses Packer and Lilly are now taking lessons ; we are all in a state of feverish anxiety to know the result Two o'Clock , p . m . A Cabinet Council is now sitting . The singers and nurses are present ; a piano-forte is just taken into the Council Chamber . Her Majesty has again declared " the lullaby must be Italianised . " The crisis is approaching . Three o'Clock , p . h .
The struggle is partly over , and our beloved Queen will be gratified , and the Princess Koyal will not be lulled to sleep by vntyar English . Tke nurses are declared sufficiently capable to accomplish the following ditty , which it is fervently hoped at present will satisfy the Court : — Lullibi Royal babino , Ob the tree topo , When Tfindini blowso Cradttb will rocko , If the bows breako , The cradela will fall , And down comes cradela , Royal babino and all .
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THE ROYAL CHRISTENING ILLUMINATION . WHAT OUGHT THE CHARTISTS TO DO T Craving permission of the Editor ef the Star , I will tell them . Here is a verse more appropriate than beautiful , the production of eur own Republican Byron , und which I would advise you to adopt as a motto for the occasion , either for your flags or transparencies . Two yards of white calico and two pennyworth of black paint would accomplish all , and one shUling would more than cover the expences . Who would lose the opportunity , then ? Lose no time ; get it ready , speed , speed , I say ; there cannot be to « many of them . It is perfectly legal , and in every respect quite true . " England expeets that every man will do his duty . " Believe me , Yours , respectfully , H . Griffiths , Edgware Road . " Great joy to London now ! " says some great fool , When London had a grand illumination , Which to that bottle conjuror , John Bull , Is of all dreams the first hallucination ; So that tha streets of coloured lamps are full , That sage ( said John ) surrenders at discretion His purse , his soul , his sense , and even his nonsense , To gratify , like a huge moth , this ONE sense . Byron ' s Don Juan . ¦ . . - , —^ ,
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FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT . Teetotal Liberality . —Since tha publication and discussion of the address , signed by H . Vincent , as well as the Editor of the Northe'n Star , &c , recommending temperance to the working classes , the religious teetotallers have been very active in disclaiming all connection with politics . One of them addressed a letter to the Editor of the Morning Chronicle , in which journal the address first appeared , stating that they the ( teetotallers ) entirely repudiated any political principles among their members ; to which the Editor of the Chroniclt very justly replied , that" because certain persons calling themselves teetotallers , choso to prohibit politics as their meetings , that was no reason why persons professing political opinions shou'd not also become teetotallers . " But the first practical blow against
¦ political teetotallers was struck a few days since , in tho expulsion of a dissenting minister belonging to the Keut-street ( Southwark ) branch of the British and Foreign Total Abstinence Society , who was discovered to be also a Chartist . When the Cuartists of the neighbourhood learned what had taken place , they made a muster , and at the n « u meeting of the teetotallers , brought forward a resolution ( which they carried ) in approval of the liberty of political opinions , and freedom in their avowals . A vote of thanks to the minister for his manliness in relinquishing hia connection rather than disavow hi « honest opinions was also adopted , and a subscription has beon set on foot to testify by a more substantial token , the estimation in which the people 0 * Camberwell , Southwark , &c ., hold those who " suffer
for the cause of the Charter ; as well as to mark their detestation of the petty tyranny that would confiue to a sect what is meant for mankind . I have been favoured with the sight of a private letter , received this day , from Nottingham , in which the following passage occurs , and which I have permission to lay before the readers of the Star : — " A great part ot the extensive population of this fine town are now actually walking the streets with no shoes to their feet , through the oppression of their masters , giving them for their labour , ecmrccly enough to buy bread . I witnessed a heart-rending eceiie this morning , the turning out of between three and four hundred females for wages in the lace trade ; ill of them would bo fine women if they had good food and clothes , but those things cannot be procured out of half-a-crown or three ehilliuga per week . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 12, 1840, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2714/page/6/
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