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GOOD NEWS FOR THE MILLION. " Opifer per orbem dicor."
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P AEEY , the greatrat of moral philosophers , truly enumerates children as among the principal sources of liuman happiness . —At no period is human life so precarious as in the early stages of infancy ; for it is a fact no less lamentable than true , that at the least one half the children horn in Great Britain perish in a state of infancy . Of-these , some die for -want of medicine , bst by far the greater portion from the abuse of it . Pernicious , stupefactives , -whose basi « is laudanum or other opiates , are constantly administered to tender infanta , ' especially
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JTOT 1 CS TO THE SHACTCT . TTTOKS . ALL Per . « ons of the Name of Shackletok , or being Married of the Blood of Shacileton , are hereby requested to Meet at the Bull and Bell Inn , Briggate , Leeds , at Ten o'Cloci in tba Forenoon , of the 13 th Day of Au . su * t , 1 S 38 , where they 'hall hear something greatly to their advantage , touching the Property " unlawfully held by Edward Parker , late of Selb jj now of Broosome Hall , and "William Fonli , of Hich Greenwood , Gentleman , Trustees nnder the " vTill of the late John Shackleton , deceased , whose Hwr-at-Law , Samuel Shactleton , late of Leeds , now of Doneaster , Fruiterer , will duly attend to any Letters addressed to him , at his Residence , St . Sepulchre ' s Gate , Doncaster , Post Paid . Doncaster , Julv 6 th , 1 S 38 .
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WORKS PUBLISHED by JOHN LIMBIBD 143 , STRAND . Every Saturday , with Engravmgs , at 2 d ., or in Monthly Parts , Sd ., and ready for delivery with the Magazines ,
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SIMCOS GOUT AWD RHEUMATIC PttiS , Only ls . ' l ^ d , per box . > T O THE PUBLIC , especially to th « Goury and Rheumatic , I wish to state that I think no maa has been more grievously afflicted wit \ j Gout and Rheumatic Gout than myself ; sneb v ^ as well known in tny neighbourhood . . Daring a lengthened affliction , I took much and various tatilieines , - and I also gave a fair trial to some pills ^ ffbi ch have been so profusdy advertised , Arakhig ^ hy theTitatetsent of curfs inserted in such advertisements that I should mostassuredly receive 'benefit , if not a cure ; but in this I was sadly disappointed . Consequently
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HARVEY'S BARK PILLS WITH SARSAPARILLA , For Slienytheniny the Constitution and
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IMPORTANT AND USEFUL TO THE I PUBLIC . ' J EPSTEIN , Banker and Chief Agent , in FRANKFOBT-OR-THE-MAiNB , calls the attention of the-Fubne' to the- Great LOTTERY jOAN , negociated lately by his Majesty the Emperor of Russia and King of Poland , through the Agency of Messrsr . A . Frankel and J , Epstein ; There must be gained , ia ten Drawings , Prraes amounting to many Millions of Polish Florins . The Fourth Drawiug takes place on the 15 th August , 1838 , in / Warsaw . Chances by whicii any bnis iriay interest himself in this great Lottery , for tW small Stake of £ 2 each , or six Pieces for £ 10 , may be procured by the above-mentioned House of Frahkbrt-on-the-Main . : ¦
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C . ' S . CHEDDON'S FAMED HERBAL TONIC PILLS , T 71 OR the cure of Scrofula , Scurvy / Scorbutic JD Affections , Eruptions and Pimples on the face , or any part of the body , swellings or ulcerations , in the neck , sore breasts , and all disorders' attended with painful swellings , or with morbid and irritating eruptions of the skin , open wounds and sores , as well as the most inveterate forms of Gout and Rheumatism , contraction of the limbs , enlargement of the Joints , lameness arising from any cause , enlargement of any of the glands , morbid secretiona , general debility , nervous affections , lumbago , indigestion , loss of appetite , or where the consitution has been injured by disease , mercury , or injudicious treatment .
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-A CERTAIN DISEASE CURED WITHIN ONE WEEK . In consequence of Dr . Wilkinsons extensive practice he has considered it advisable to remove from HxinskU to GO , l-ollvm of Tcmplar-sireel , for the greater convenkiiee of his pucienis , where he man be consulted as usual . DR . WILKINSON , Surgeon , No . 60 , Bottom of Templar's Street , Leeds , continues , with unabated assiduity , to eradicate every species of Infection : In recent cases , a perfect cu ; eis completed within a week , or no charge made for Medicines after the expiration of that period . And in those of the utmost inveteracy , where other Practitioners have failed , a proper perseverance in his plan of treatment insures to the patient , a safe , well grounded , and lasting re-establishment consulted with the greatest secrecy and honour , at his house from nine to one , and from four till nine and on Sundays till two . ' He hopes that the successful , easy , and expeditious mode he has adopted , of eradicating every symptom of a Certain Disease , without any material alteration in diet , or hindrance of business and yet preserving the constitution in full vigour and free from injury , will establish bis claims for' support As this Disease is one which is likely to be contracted whenever exposure take ^ place , it is not like many other visitors , once in life , but on the contrary , one infection may scarcely have been removed , when another may unfortunately be imbibed , therefore the Practitioner requires real judgment in order to treat each particular Case in such a manner as not merely to remove the present attack , but to preserve the constitution unimpaired , incase of a repetition at no distant period . The man of experience can avail himself of the greatest improvements in modern practice , by being able to distinguish between discharges of a specific and of a simple or mild nature , which can only be made by one in daily practice after due consideration of all circumstances . In the same manner at birth , appearances often take place in children , which call for a proper knowledge and acquaintance with the disease , in order to discriminate their real nature , and which may be the means of sowing domestic discord , unless managed by the Surgeon with propriety and skill . Patient * labouring under this Disease , cannot be too cautious ' into whose band they commit themselves . The propriety of this remark is abundantly manifested , by the same party frequently passing the ordeal of several Practitioners , before he " is fortunate enongh to obtain a perfect cure . The following are some « f the many symptoms that distinguish this Disease : —a general debility , eruptions on the head , face , and body ; ulcerated sore throats , scrofula swellings in the neck , nodes on the shin bones , cancers , fistula , pains in the head and limbs , which are frequently mistaken for rheumatism , &c . &c . Patient * in the country , by stating their cases and enclosing a rf-mittance , may have proper remedie ent to the amount , with directions so simple and plain , that parties of either sex may cure themselves .
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In consequence » f immzrotu applications continually received from Bradford and the Neighboitrhood one of the Proprietors of Dr . Henry ' s French Heroine Pills , will attend every Wednesday ' ' and Thursday , at No . 4 , George Street , facing East Brook Chapel , Bradford A TREATISE IS JUST PUBLISHED ON THE VENEREAL & SYPHTT TTTr DISEASES , AND GIVEN WITH EACH BOX OF DR . HENRY'S FRENCH MEROINE PILLS pONTALNING plain and practical directions for the effectual cure of all degrees of the above com \ J plaints—with observations on seminal weakness arisingfrom early abuses , and the deplorable conse quences resulting from thereof mercury , the whole intended for the instruction of general readers so that all persons can obtain an immediate cure with secrecv and safety . Prepared and Bold bv th * « nl « Proprietor at No . 16 , PARK SQUARE , Leeds , where they may be consulted as usual . In BoTes 2 s 9 d and 4 s . 6 d . each , ^ ith each Box is given direction how to take these Pills , observation J on pS beneficial to the patient , being hints worth knowing by those who are , or have been , sufferers from this dreadful and devastating malady . m ims That cruel disease wMch has destroyed so many thousands is novr unhappily so well fcnown rrnf q recital of its effects is quite unnecessary , its malignant influence extending by inheritance from famiW tn family , and When the great Doctor Henry became professor to the Univerltyf he conferred an ^ nvduab e benefit upon mankbd by the discovery of his grand panacea for the cure of this deKbf ^ comSt Tbe certainty with which the Pills are continually administered can be attested by manyXusands who are annuaUy cured by them . What medicine can be more appropriate than that whiShasghen ^ such general satisfaction ? The French Pills root out every particle of the insidious poison purifVinL in tbpir progress the . whole mas ^ oi : fluids . TJey not only remove the disease but they Lovate by 3 S action the different fun . nons of the body- ^ expelling the grosser humour , and in a manner so Ympercentible as to convince the most sceptical of their astonishing and unequalled powers . They neither cSnmercurv nor any olier mineral and may be taken without the slightest suspicion of ' discovery : they reaufre 2 > restraint of diet , loss of time or hindrance of business , but effect a complete cure without heleaiTpwu ' e to the patient . At any period when the slightest suspicion may exist it will be well to have weS £ the Trench Pills ; for when taken ^ efore the disease has made its appearance they act as a certdn pre ° entive removing the complaint effectual and secretly . The deplorable state in which many persons C bin when verting the Doctor ( from the use of ^ mercury ) renders it imperatively necessary to caution the nuS against that dangesousmineral when injudiciousl y administered n tne P ublic The Doctor , after an extensive ^ praetice of Thirfy Year ' s , has rendered his counsel an object of the utmost consequence to all who are labouring under hereditary or deen seated imln « 15 » a . P li , * ui i with ^ minal weak ** , his advice will be invaluable ; hund ^^ SS ^ SS To the youth of both sexes , whether lured from health by the promptings of pass ™ , or the deS ^ f « e ^ per-. ence , Ms advice is superior ; in his practice he unite ? a mild gentleness of treatment , and po . sessine so thorough a knowledge of his art , the most deplorable cases afford no resistance to his * kil His S 2 ? fo ] S » Pra ? lCe hSS rendered Mm ^ Tf ^* v- ? f Dy distresgin g secre ^ which are kept with unblemished faith and honour ; to persons so afflicted , it s highly necessary to observe that an early applicaS is of the greatest importance , and that with such a practitioner any hesitation in disclosing their diSr must amount to a deUcacy as destructive as it is false and unnecessary . To the neelect of « ol , ! « » * - attributable many of those hapless instances , which , while they excite the eST ^ tion ^ ofTeSlder should also mpress him with tie fear of self-reproach . To all such , then , we address ourselves S hope-enersr-muscnlar strength—felicity ; nor ought our advances to appear questionable > ShS g they are by the multi plied proofe of thirty years' successful experience . Letters ( post oaidS ! ^ " mittance , answered by thereturn of j Siid Medicines punctually transmittediil ^ yaiiZ T ^ if initialB , or name ^ Back entrance , -West-Street , One Door from St . Paul ' s Church . tU * * * either *^ Withteach Box will be gi > en practical observations , gratuitously , on the above disease The Doctor will attend daily at his principal residence , No . 16 , Part Square from FJorkf rf < morning till Ten at night , and . n Sunday From Sine till Two where & Ki ^ minSe ^ iSttn ?^^ takuig these Pills , or any other of hw Preparations , witihout a fee , ° °
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WORKS , PUBLISHED BY G . BER ( JE& HOLYWELL STREET , STRAND .
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THE MOTHEB ' S MANUAL , Or every mother her own Physician . By H . Conqbeve . A Treatise on the disorders occurring in the early jstages of infancy ,. particularly atthe period of cutting their teeth , with the means of preventing convulsions , fits , &c , consequent on that painful / operation . , . '' ¦ ' Suggestions and advice , well worthy the attention of every mother . ' '—Nottingham Review . Price SIXPENCE , with an Engraving . Sold wholesale and retail by J . Hofeson , Northern Star Office , Leeds , and by all tbe Vendors of that Journal ; also , by all Vendors of cheap periodicals throughout the country . Agents may be supplied with Show or Posting 'Bills / on application to the publisher , or to Mr . Hobson .
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GOOD NEWS TO THE AFFLICTED . DR . B . COX "C ^ MBRACES the present opportunity of announ-JJ cing himself as an experienced practitioner in the Cure of that troublesome DISEASE , so frequently contracted by incautious youth of both sexes in the moments of imprudent excitement . Upwards of Twenty-three years he bus practised in the town , of Leeds , daring which time he has had every opportunity of witnessing the effects of this dreadful malady in all its stages . The most obstinate cases he has had under his treatment , which
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Forgive the Canadians , but hang and banish the Americans . —We are informed that it is . the intention of the British Government to exclude all Americans from amnyanesty which may be proclaimed in Canada . It is to this determination to oppress and tyrannize , that the executions of Lount and Matthews may be ascribed . Lount was a settler in Canada , and his grandfather an Englishman , but bis father was an American , and this constituted the enormitv of his crimft . Tt « , «<•
because his mother bore him in America that he has been hanged , and the bloody wretehQS have mutilated his body . It is true that the English interfered with impunity at Oporto , in the affairs of Portugal , at Hernani in the affairs of Spain , and at rfayarino in those of Turkey . But then they are British , and can do as they please . It is only Americans who are forbidden the liberty of assisting , as freemen should do , those contending for selfgovernment . We wonder will these United States submitlo this insolence !—Mackenzie ' s Gazette .
Natt Island . —We have been asked to state positively and truly how many were killed or died on Navy Island during the four or five weeks itwaa held in defianee of the British Government . There was one man lulled , and no more , sEis name was Beebe , and he was hit by a ppent ball . There were no other deaths ^ . and very little sickness of anv kind . 3
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That Beaxjtiful Phenomenqn ^ tic Zodiacal Light , was seen atDurham a little / after nine o clock in the evening of the 3 d instant . ' : ^ Universal Suffrage . ~— -The grand flembcratie principle of Universal Suffrage , has now , we are gratified to say , ardent advocates amongst the most ablei men of the age . If the people of Ireland will but join ' their English and . Scotch' brethren , heartiljr and honestly , in their lawful and iconstitutibnal demand that every man of good character and of sane mind , who pays taxes , shall have a voice in
the election of a ParHamsntarj Representative ; the question is at once settled ; for ho Government , how powerful soever , can long resist the rightful claims of an united and determined people . Let the taxpaying millions recollect that the two great aristocratical parties ,-r-the Whigs and Tories , —uniformly combine to resist the concession of aM real Reforms , and they will see the imperative necessity of calling aloud for Universal Suffrage ^ without which , we need never expect that greatest of all blessings , —a virtuous and incorruptable House of Commons . —Drogheda Argus .
The late Balloon Descent in Marylebone-Lane on the Coronation Day . —On Tuesday ; an inquiry was gone into at Middlesex Hospital on view of the body of Mr . John Flay , aged 26 * who died in conseqnence of tlie injnry inflicted on him at the period 61 ' the descent of Mrs . Graham ' sballbon on the 28 th pit ., the day of the coronation . The concurring testimony of several witnesses wasto the effect that between three and four o ' clock in the afternoon alluded to , the balloon , in which were Mrs . Graham and Captain Currie , was observed , ¦ while passing over Oxford-street to Regent's-park , to be descending with alarming rapidity , notwithstanding the great quantity of ballast which had been thrown out ; an immense number of persons followed in its course the machine , which speedily alighted with fearful force upon the roof of
the house of Mr . Myers , a clothes dealer , in Marylebone-lane ; ropes which had been lowered with all expedition were promptly laid hold of by the multitude , by whom the balloon and car were'dragged into the road , where a safe landing was effected by the intrepid aeronauts iu question ; but the deceased , who was assisting to secure the balloon ,, and was standing near the -foot pavement , unhappily received on _ his head a wound from a large coping-stone , which either by the car or some portion of the network had been dislodged from the . building ; he was placed on a shutter and removed to Middlesex Hpspital , where he lingered until Monday last , and tht-n expired , his skull buying been extensivel y iractured . Another person , sine recovered , was also severely injured by the falling of the same stone . A letter from Mrs . Graham , who had been summoned , was here put in and read ; it set forth that she- was prevented from appearing , owing to her being under
an engagement to . ascend from the Royal Standard Gardens . An animated discussion " took place amongst the Jury , who remarked upon the rumours which were atloat with respect to the tattered and insecure condition of the balloon , which migla , probably , through Mrs \ Graham ' s temerity , in the event of her continuing to ascend with it , hu productive of further loss of life ; it was a duty they owed to the public to obtain all the information they could , and in order to secure tiie above-uamt'd lady , it would be advisable for them to adjourn . It was then tixeil upon that the investigation be resumed on Thursday , at half-past four . Un Thursday , Mrs . Graham and her solicitor were in attendance , and after some further investigation , the jury retfurnea ¦ a verdict of " Accidental death ; with a deodand of 20 s . on the balloon . " This is one ' among hundreds of lives tlnic have ' been sacrificed to the morbid taste of the people ior idie shews and childish foolery . "
HoiutiD Death . —The Whig Poor Law . —The last week bus added another victim to thi / appalling list ol'V ^ alised murder ? , perpetrated under tiie sancl tion () f the Poor Law Amendment Act j . and the town of Newcastle has been the scene of the atrocious deed . We shall not enlist the feelings of our readers in the cause , further than the simple narrative of die facts stated by the witnesses on the inquest warrants : those facts supply a commentary on the abominable system , which will sink deep into the hearts' of thousands . Tlie deceased was an old woman , bt tween and 80 of
"O years ji ge ; her name was Elizabeth ' ( iraharn , and she had for-some time pro ' cuu'd a precarious and scanty subsistence by sehiug thread and tapes , which she carried in a basket . Tilt ' extent of her means from this source must have been extremely sin all , and the wonder is , how she contrivyd to survive the severe and protracted winter which has just passed . She was found bv a policenian on duty , lying oirher side in a-cyalh ' ouse ; ana it would appear fiom the evidence of one of the witnesses , that Mr . Robins , the keeper of the rheiuli city-office , to whom she was in the first instance
taken , " -had often been bothered with hen , " but he bad never relieved her , " even for a single night . " She -was : then taken to St . Nicholas workhouse , where it was iound that she was not unknown to the keeper , JV ) r . Rutherford , who , it appears , had in the morning given her some bread , which , being unable to eat , she had kept in her pocket all day ; and it was found there after her death ; but he had refused to admit her into the workhouse , the ' Whig 1 Poor Law , as he stated , having deprived him of ail diacretiotmry . power , The consequence was , that the poor old woman was taken to the police-station in the Manors , where she was put into a cell , and there suffered to remain till death put an end to her suflvrinj ; s . Our hearts s , veil at the recital ol her woes ,
atid over her bier we would join in . the prayer of vengeance on the heads « f the promoters and advocates of a system so repugnant to every generous feeling of the human heart , as well as so contrary to the right which every individual has for support in in the community where Providence has thought fit to place him . From the evidence of tlie surgeon it appeared she had been afflicted with a cancerous disease , which was sufficient to account for death , lie was therefore of opinion that she had not died of hunger . The Jury , alter consultation , returned a verdict to the following effect : — " We tind an unanimous verdict of * Died by the visitation of God ; ' but
we unanimously regret that no better provision is made for people who are found under these circumstances ; iind we beg to suggest , in the first place , whether those who have ( hie-bare ot the poor-houses might not be induced to act with more kindness to persons who are so absolutely destitute that they might , die as they are passing through the streets ; and secondly , whether it was proper in this place ( the police station ) to put a woman in a dvjng state into a cell , to die as a dog , without ' other ¦ provision being made for her than for those who are brought in a , s prisoners , saving the attention which was afforded her by the policemen themselves . "
PubmcMeeting—THEBEEaTuAnE . —On Thurs day week , a public general meeting of those engaged in the new beer-trade was held in the Mechanics ' Institution , Soutbampton-buildiugs , Holborn , to take measures for preventing Lord Brougham ' s sweeping and ruinous Bill from passing into a law . The meeting was very numerously attended . Mr . Kinnersley was in the chair . He stated that Lerd Brougham had no ground upon which to justify his Bill , and hence he , and the enemies of the trade , re » oried to declamation , and dealt in . asseition / without coming to facts , which they knew would tell against themselves . Mr . Bishop , the Secretary to the Beer-sellers' Metropolitan Society , pointed out a single oversight when Lord Brougham had
committed in his new Bill . There are two Acts of Parliament under which the beer trade is carried on , and Lord Brougham proposes to repeal only one of them ; so that if his Bill were passed into a law , the beer-retailers would still carry on their business in spite of him . This ignorance of his Lordship upon the legal portion of the caset plainly shewed that his knowledge of the practical working of the question was not trustworthy . The worthy Secretary alluded to interviews which the Committee had had with Lord Melbourne and the Chancellor of the Exchequer . The latter said that he would , as early as possible , make his intentions known relative to the trade ; and the Noble Premier stated that his opinions npon the subject were precisely those to which tlie
Chancellor ol the Exchequer had given utterance , in the debate upon Lord F . Egerton's motion . In connexion with another part of the subject , Lord Melbourne stated his conviction that the squabbles between the licensed victuallers ' and the beer trade would never be brought to a close unless by placing them both under the same laws . - This announcement was received by the meeting with loud cheers . Several gentlemen addressed the meeting , and dwelt with great force upon the injustice of an Act of Parliament being now passed to deprive them of the property which they had so recently invested in their trade , upon the faith they placed in a solemn act of the Legislature . They denied—and produced facts to support the denial—that crime had increased in consequence of beer-shops ; they contended that the effect of them had been to afford the public a better beverage at a lower price , and that many received in beer-shops the accommodation
which they could not elsewhere obtain , since the old licensed . victuallers have turned their houses into showy and attractive gin palaces , which seldom have " a tap" to which the poor working man can retire . A valuable communication was read from Stockpbrt , in which it was stated that there are in the denselypopulated districts , places to which the lowest of the people resort , and which are called " hush cellars . In these dens , beer is sold without a license , and the odium arising out of the crimes engendered there , is thrown unjustly upon the beer-shops . The mam business ef the meeting was confined to making arrangements for procuring signatures to petition ^ to Parliament against Lord Brougham ' s BilLv Copies of thepetitione , one from the trade , and the other from their " customer an 4 neighbours were read by the Secretary , as also an address to the public ^ in which the views of the beer-retailers are placed in a strong light . If Lord Brougham ' s Bill passes , it certainly will not be owing to apathy or want of efficient arrangements on the part of the trade -to result it .
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' ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ = = ^ g ANOTHER POOR LAW MURDER . On Thursday , an inquest was held at the K&mj and Keys public heuse , Clerkenwell-cloge , Clerken . weH-green , upon the body of Thomse Stratum , aged 36 , vfhb came by his death trader the followtng melancholy and distressing circumstance ? . The jury proceeded to the . ]¦ . vaults ; under ClerkenweU church to : view the body , which presented k miserable spectacle ; It was quite emaciated , and in every respect indicated that the deceased had died through want of the ceimmqn necessaries ef life 5 >»^ ftefe *^ nji ? S ^ W rPoP j ,. Jaine 3 Locie ! . policeman , No , 179 » (} division , residing-at No , - 3 ( t St . HelenaTplace , ClerXqnwell , being sworn « stated ! that on M onday night lasy he . saw . the : deceksed sitting by the side pi a dobr-way in Gray ' sinn-lane to he
^ and two roen ^ whtK « ppeared 8 trangerB , vweie supporting him . Witness spoke to him , and heappeared to be very - * eak , and he begged of him ( witness ) tojtiffer him to rema . m there for : a short time , and he would he able to walk away . Witness , left him , and returned in ^ about ten minutes , when he found him gbneVhut he afterwards discovered him near the Holborn end of Gray ' s-inn-lane , scarcelyable to walk . Witdess askedhini what parish he belongsd to ? He replied , St ; Sepulchre ' s parish and that , he had applied there that morning , and * they told him ' that they would have nothing at ail to do with him . Witness said , " I bad . better tak ^ yon to the Station House , " and he consented to go there when he wich ' -aifficylty walked to the bottom of
hyre-street-hill , Coldbath-square , but he could prbceed no further , and witness sent for a stretcher , anfl he was carried to Rosamond-street Station House where lie was entered on the charge sheet as beine drunk . Juror— " Did he appear sober ? " Witness "I don ' t know . " Coroner— "Or rather was heillT and not in hquor ? " Withess-4 " Ithink he Was iP and , conceiving that he was in distress , I gave him twopence to procure some bread and coffee . " The Corouer asked witness why he iighed the charge nhxi , when he had doubts whether the deceased was drunk ? He replied , that it was usual to do so ; The Inspector of the G division also acknowledged " that he did . not read the charge befere he signed it . yerjeant Bartony G 1 , being sworn , stated ; that the
deceased was brought to the Station H <> use at & quarter before seven o ' clock on Monday eveninglaek He appeared to be drunk , He smelt of liquor decideuly . He did not appear to be in ill health . He could speak . The last witness said - ' thathe was druuk or ill . \ Vitness set down the charge , and Locke signed it . Coroner— " It is too bad that a poor creature lying ill in the street should be taken and locked up , when he ought to be provided with assistance and a bed . " Barton added , that on searching him after death , a card was found , showing tUat he was an out-patient of St . Bartholomew ' ^ Hospital , under Dr . Farr ; several pills , 2 | d ., two combs , some needles , aud some papers , also a bag coiiUiiiting some groundsel tor birds , &c . The jury
examined the papers , one of which was the frontispiece of tlie play of The Old tiachelor , act 4 , sceue % oa the back ol whicii was writien , in a masterly style , the lollowiug— " If I die of starvation or want , I uo lav my deata to Mr . Miller and the Guardiaas ol St . Sepulchre ' s parish . " Another printed tract was found , headed Thoughts on Eternity ; and went mi to stale , " Whether you are old , or whtther you sin- young , whether you . are deceiving with sickness , or uhetuvr you are blooming in health and vigour * every luoment brings jou nearer to eteruity . Eu-rnity ! ' well weigh that word , and couipare how matters stand between ( iod and yonr soul . You are a sinner bv nature , a sinner by practice , guilty and undone for ever unless
, Jesus deliver you by g , iviug you faith in his precious bloou an . i righteousness . Have you received him ? Dohs Ins ' spirit dwell in you ? ' Have you redemption in his blood , even the forgiveness of your sin ?? Ha ? he " clothed you with th « robe oi righteousness . ' tec . " - ' Here was written in pencil , : Oh , God ! would I were at n-st with thee , and out of the troubles of . tins hard hearted world . —Thomas Stratton . ' Serjeant Barton added , that the deceased said he slept the night before in Maiden-lane , but not on abed .. At a quarter past two on Tuesday morning , Gm ^ er ( 137 ) , miormed witness that he was uead , arid tie t «) imd him lying on the floor . He sent for a doctor ; but he haa been dead half an hour . The body was removed to the vaults of Clerken-. vell church .
The-Conmer said it was evident that the deceased ' s mind and circumstances were in a miserable conditionand , judging from the groundsel and . other article ! produced , he had been striving for a wretched subsistence through industry . He inquired whethe the Jury wished Mr .. Miller to be'Sent for ? The Jury concurred that his attendance was necessary and Mountstevensj the beadle , was dispatched to St . Seuulchre ^ workhouse , to bring him forvvard . Juror- "The deceased , I have no doubt , wasstarved to death : he is a complete skeleton . " . Another J iiror— " I did think when the New Poor Law Bill was about to be introduced , that the Government would have provided for such miserable beings \ zs the decea .-ed , and hot allow them to die in the
ntrtNts ; or that something would be done to afford them immediate relief , " but they are " pushed from on « place to another until they . ^ e . " Mr . Miller here entered the room , aud being sworni he gave his uame iSamnel . Miller ,-No .-68 , VVynyatt-street vClerk euwell , and proceeded to \ iew " the ^ ody of the deceased . Juror— "Pray , Sir , what are you ? " Mr . Miller— ' -Keheving officer to the West-end Union , bt . Sepulchre ' s parisli . " Juror— " Do you know the deceased , Thomas Stratton ? " Mr . Mi . ler— " I recollect him . " Juror ( handing the paper on . ' which , the writing with his name appeared)— "Do you know any thing of that paper ? " Mr . Miller- ( readnig it )— ' No , but I am quite free from that . " ife stated that about a month ago the deceasedleaned on him , and said he belonged to the parish , and he
had been warehouseman to Messrs . Brownmgs ^ oilmerchanis , of St . John ' s-street . He gave him some bread , and he went before the Guardians , who thought he was young , and able enough t «* maintain himself . Witness sent to Messrs . Brownings , ' who said they did not recollect him . " Juror— " We have it m evidence that the deceased said : he applied , to the parish on Monday morning last ; is that the fact , ' " A-ir . Miller— "It is not ; at least he did not apply to mei" The Coroner said that when the policeman lound him , he conducted himself in a rational and discreet way , and did not speak as a drunken man vrpnld do . He went on HUtil he was unable to go farther ; and there Was ho pretence to charge him with drunkeiiness . It was for the Jury
to decide , aud he had no doubt but they would ar ; rive at a proper verdict . The Jury consulted about three minutes , when the foreman said , " Our verdict is , that the deceased died a natural death through sUrvation . " Several of the Jury— No , no ; starvation alone is our verdict . " J uror— « : It cannot be a natural death , if a man be starved ta death . " Mr . Brll— "Then your Foreman returns one verdict and you another , " Jury— "No , we all agree to starvation . It is unnatural for a man to starve . " Fore ^ man— "I misunderstood ; it was my mistake . " The whole of the Jury then agreed that the deceased died through want of the common necessaries of life .
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Detebmined Suicide by a Female . ¦— On Tuesday evening week , the following , determined case of self-destruction was committed at Hounslosr About six o ' clock ^ a respectable woman , named Anne Pavey , residing with her husband ^ near the Bull Inn , was discovered in her bed-room , weltering in blood , having divided , the main artery of the right arm with a razor . Surgical assistance was immediately obtained , but the hemorrhage was » great that before it could be stopped , she had bled to death . No cause can be assigned for her committing the rash act .
Ecclesfield Sunday ScHODL . —On Snnday evening , the first class of children taught in thi » school was examined in the church by the Kev . T . R . Byder , the esteemed VicaT of that place . A great number . of questions , founded on theelementtiry branches of Grammar , Optics , Geographfj Astronomy , Mechanics , Chemistry , arid the Sacred Scriptures , were readily and spontaneously answered by them . The large amount of knowledge that had been thus imparted to the minds of the scholars , »? shewn by the answers given to such a variety and complexity of questions , do great credit to the children , as well as the care and attention which has been paid to them by- their worthy minister , merits every commendation . The questions on the Scriptures were by far , the most , and were ¦ . bdth-. of an historical and doctrinal character : in answetfy
the same a great deal of sound information was di *" played , which might have put to the blush" children of a larger growth , " if they had been placed in competition with them . At the conclusion , Mr-Ryder addressed the audience ^ and ably defended himself against a charge that had been made , that by giving such instruction as they had witfiessed , he was desecrating the Sabbath-day . He , however , contended that by devoting a few of the spare -Hoursof Sunday to instruction in the elementary branches if' science , the best means were taken through tha * medium to prove the truth of thei Scri p tures . He likewise observed , that , to teach children to read 3 ni
write , without pointing out the / way to them how > use these acquirements , was like putting a knife into the hand of a madman—evil in each case wpuli probably be the result . To shew the little , good that was effected by the mere knowledge of reading and writing , he instanced their own village , whereitbaa been so long taught , and although it had been aided with sufficient Of Gospel exhortations , jet , whilst exterhally the place had improved , little , if any , advance' had taken place in the moral condition of its inhabitants ; to remedy this he had undertalen ^ duty which he thought was best perforined by _ tie ministers of reh ' giori- ^ a course of instruction Whico r whether it was continued onward to success at th ?
present time , or no , something similar would , ; ere long , spread far and wide over this happy land . — Sheffield Iris .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 28, 1838, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1016/page/2/
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