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UGHT 1 N 6 BY TBE ELECTRO FLUID . ( From the Paris Corrapondent of Hie Globe . J I haTe mentioned to yon the disco-very of the meana of renderin ? contrnnotia , and fixing at a given point , the electric fluid , 2 nd mating it &ppl ' < c » Ms to -the genets ! pnfposa -of lighting . It ig vow four years Binge ihfi first experiment on this subject vras-made in private ; hut tie discoverer \ ras not able toindaee any person to advance evenl , 0 D 0 £ for an apparatus on a jnffirientiy large scale for a public experiment . Yesterday evening , th paille experiment took placee at the Place" de la Concorde , in the presence ^> f several of the anihoritiea , and from four to fire thoosaad of the infcabltsnts of Paris . On one of the bases of -the statues called the Pdvillion de Lille , a class clobe of
apparently twelve or thirteen inches diameter , with a aoTeable Stflector , -waa fixed in connection vrith a Toliaic lattery , and , at a little before nine o ' clock , the electric fluid tos thrown lato it bj a cocdnctor . At this time all the ^ as lights of the P . ace , abontlOO in jmmber , -were burning . As soon a * tbe electric fluid appeared , the nearest gas lights had the same dnll , thick , and heavy appearance as oil lamps fears by the side of gas . Soon afterwards the gas lights vrere extinguished , and the electric light shone forth in all its brilliancy . Within one hundred yards of are light It iraa easy to lead the smallest print ; it ttjj , in feet , as light as day . The astonishment Of the assembled mnltitnde was very great , and their delight as strong as their astonishment The
estimate made by scientific persons who "were present vas , that the electric light -was equal to twenty of the gts lamps , and consequently ihat five of these lights ¦ would snfllee to light Jthe -whole Place most -brilliantly . As regards the expense of production , nothing positive las transpired . The electric light gives ont no bad sneH ; it emits none of those elements "which , la the burning of ga ? , are so ignriGtu to health ; and explosion "Would be impossible , intfcrnal lighting Tronld be as practicable & 3 external lighting ; for , by conductors , the fluid ¦ would be conveysd to every jart of the house . 3 ! he experiment performed last night was -with a voltaic battery of "two hundred pairs , composed us folloira : — 3 jiy aa outer globe of glass ; Sadly , in th's globe a cylinder of ehas&aal , open-at both ends , and plugged in tfee
isitrieacld contained in the onfcer globs : 3 ily , in the cylinder of charcoal , a porous porcelain vase , containing acidulated -water . . Th « pile was on the Pavilion de laHe ; the two copper conductors from the two poles , and ¦ pointed -with charcoal , lead to an empty globe from which the air ias feeen exhausted- The two fluids on mesSng produce b sou but most intense light . I nztder stand that the experiment -was considered highly successful by the authorities who'were present , and that it ii to be repeated on a larger seals . Should the thing Trork as well in a general way as it did last night , and the cost be Ies 3 than that of gas ,-which it must be , thera ¦ will be a dreadful revolution in gas-works . A company for the supply of the electric light "would realise a handsome profit oa charging only a sixth of -what is now paid for gas .
Abtssesia . —Amongst the many wonderful discoveries jn&da by the mission to t * " > -court of Shoa , in Abyssnia , ona of ths most £ xtE&o * din £ jy is that of a Tnacrnifiwmt salt lake , some diskanee inland . It is seven hundred feet below the level of ths nearest sea , of which it has at one time obviously formed a portionhaving , been eat off by the elevation of axTenormons mass of volcanic matter which now seporatea it from the brine . The shores are covered with one thick , sheet of crystalised salt . The depression of its surface appears to have been occasioned by evaporation ; aad it is probable that , in a few years more , its waters , will have disappeared—its basin forming an immense mass of rock salt- Though Shoa is six or seven degrees aonth of Bombay , the temperature is so mild , that fires ¦ wera always nsed , and the travellers slept under blankets . The capital is npwards of 8 , 000 feet above the level of the sea .
Modeks BABBAKisx . —The Vnivers remarks : The grrammpntj at great pains and expense , brought from SllofiiCk ftB . ( i Ephcsas a magnificent Pa ? sn sarcophagus sal the . enSwa MfSS of the Temple of Diana . These teKcs of Grecian art , so valuable in the illustration of history , ought to bave found grace in the eyes of the conservators of our museums ; bat they have been suffered to lie for ssc months rotting at the foot of the colonnade of the Louvre , on the ground which served as the bnrying-placefor the victims of Jaly . Since their arrival in the inhospitable climate « f Paris , they have endured more fog and rain thaa during their longetiatence in their native soH . When the frost attacks them , nothing -will remain but lamentably degraded fragments cf what have cost several hundreds of thousands ef francs and the lives of seven men , amongst Trhom -we have to "l » Tnpnfc the unfortunate painter , Clemont Boalanger . "
Electboitpx © Plowzbs . —At a Jate meeting of the Linnean Society , IT . Brown , Esq ., in the chair , Professer Forbes exhibited some specimens of orchidaceous flowers which had been elestrotyped , and vrhieh bad a very pleasing and attractive sppsar&nee . This precess , However , had not the effect of altering ths afcpe ox characteristics of the BpeomenB submitted to it , as tiey aQ retoin tbeir formation in s reaiartaWy perfect Esanner . The SEi- —The mean depth of ths sea is , according to La Piacs , from four to five miles . If tie existing Waters -were increased only one-fourth , it -would drown She earth , -with the exception of some high mountains . If the volumes of the ocean were augmented only by one-eighth , considerable . portions of the present
continents woaW be submerged , and the seasons would be changed = 31 over the glebe . Evaporation would be so smch extended , that rains would fall continually ^ deitroy the liarvert , and fruits , and flowers , aad subvert the whole -economy of nature . There is , perhaps , nothing mora beautiful in cur -whole system than the process by which the flsl&s are irrigated from the skies ; the livers are fed from the mountains—and the ocean restrained 'within bounds , which it never can exceed so long as that process continues on the present scale . The vapour raised by the son from the sea floats "Wherever it is lighter than the atmosphere ; condensed , It falls upon the earth in "water ; or attracted to the mocntsins , it gathers on their summit , dissolves , and
perpetually replenishes the conduits : the fluid is conveyed to the xivera -which fl-JW on the surface of the earth , and the springs -which lie deep in its bosom , destined to supply man -with a purer element . If ire suppose the sea , then , to be considerably diminished , the Amazon , and the Mississippi , those inland seas o ! the -western world , would become inconsiderable brooks : the brooks 'would wholly disappear , the atmosphere "would be deprived of its due proportion of numidity all nature would assume the garb of desolation ; the bird -would droop on its -wing , the lower animals would perish on the barren soil and man himself "sreraid -wi&sr away like the sickly grass at his ieet
A "ISSW 11 GH 3 L '—Monday wsefe a pArzUs exMliilion tooi plaea , at the Adelaide Gallery , of Bnnsen ' s carbonic battery . The novelty of the principle upon which this battery is constructed is this , that plates of carbon are used in coEjunction with the zinc in the Jars , instead of copper as in the ordinary battery . By this means a much stronger current cf electric fluid is obtained , and being brought to bear ( tironch the agency of a thin wire ) ppon quick lime placed in an exhansted receiver , a light is evolved far more white and intense than any which b-aw yet been obtained by the oxyhydrogen or ether apparatus . Previously to the
batter's being pnt in operation Sir . Jones delivered a short lectare on the best mode of Baking the carbon for the plates in order to prevent ite being too friable or too pinguid ; and stated that although this invention -was , claimed byBunsen , be believed it -would be found that we were indebted for the discovery of the principle to an Englishman , Mr . J . T . Coopsr . In eonfii-m-aKrvTi of * " « statement , be referred his auditory to thfi Philosophical Tw » TiwWnn « for 1 & 4 D . The prbmnH « . rays were projected upon the ceiling , & photographic portrait was t ? keri , and other interesting experiments -were performed by means of the new light , all with perfect success .
Kew Fiile Essi >' &—A mechanic at Bristol of the name of Bacon , has invented a pump and fire engine , which , for compactness and power' jb unique . It draws water at twenty two feet from ths surface , and throws it to a great distanc * Its < ost is £ 20 , and it possesses an hydraulic power equal to a large engine worth £ 170 or £ 186 . An experiment -was made in the presence of Several scientific men , and gave general satisfaction .
HEALTH OF TOWNS . PROPOSALS FOU < ttKSTBTJCIISG STTB-SSTFEES AS A XECE 5 SAST ArxiLlABr TO IKE PSE 53 ST SBTTBES . These sewers may be constructed of cast-iron ribs , fixing hAo a cast-iron keelson , having on a cast-iron ciown piste , the-whole so formed as to key into one another without screws or belts . The sub-sewers are to run along and beneath ths aorfh and south sides of the shores of the rirer Thames , a little above low water mark , and proceed down the liver tofbelewer parts of Bssex andKeat into lecept&des or reservoirs formed of cut-iron plates [ soaething similar to gasometers ) , and -with partitions bavins gratings or meshes of mz » s proper for the purpose of separating the filth from the liquid , ¦ wbiek will run into the last chamber , and be allowed to stand to settle . Kow , if a column of pnlvtlizad quick-lime is run into the sewer at any given point previous to its exit from thence into the reservoirs , everything that is "held In aolation in the liquid will be chemically thrown down { the theory of the process of -which is , the contents . of the » ewerage being highly charged with carbonic acid , i » wTOfJi a * »» Ty thepnlver : 23 d lime comes in contact therewith , the . lignid 33 chemically acted span , and -srhst ¦ was held in BOlaUon immBdistdy falls down ) , thereby separating tbs water , which may be turned off , and iearing tbe residue , ¦ which may be p&s ^ ed through a powerful mill in order to pulveriza and thoroughly incorporate it , after -which U can be put into an hydraulic press and formed into blocks of any shape or site best fitted for conveying to any parts of the * empire . A tolnmn of s&a ^ ater Slight be advantazeously run into the sewers , tke saline portions of -which would prove highly beneficial to Use manu e . The Chinese sre particularly ingenious iri their maenres : but I question Trhfcther the proposed admixkars ¦ ff « ld sol bd BBpcrior to anj . Metsrs . Resnie
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anflTelford stated , in their evidence delivered before the London Bridge Committee , ' that there were several thousand tons of the moat valuable manure running into the Thames from the metropolitan sewers every hour , thereby pollnting the water to that excessive degree , that it was fast approaching an immense ditch , and so excessively filthy that no tea-kettle laboratory could preperij filter the watir so as to be fit for domestic purposes . " Ai to the capability of the s « tl , — « ' it is" ( says Six George Stepheason , the eminent engineer ) " my decided conviction , founded upon dose and extensive personal observation , that the soil of England , if properly treated , -will produce four times the amount of human food that it yields under the present jtfstem . " Upon the most moderate supposition ,
by adopting these sub-sewers , there « rould be an actuaJ saving to ths country annually of upwards of two millions of tons of the most valuable manure , containing all the urates ( animal salts ) , fcc ., -which , if sold to the land-holders and farmers at 10 * . per ten , "would materially aid them to meet any pressure of the Urnes . Besides , the iron trade of this great nation Jb in a depressed state , at all times fluctuating ; the government , by constructing these Bub-sewers , would permanently raise the price of iron ; because Bristol , Hull , Liverpool , and other towns wonld at once adept similar . sewers , for husbanding ths manure . From a rough calculation , I presume these metropolitan sub-sewers would cost
about seven millions staling , and the revenue derivable therefrom -tronld amount annnajjy to upwards of one million . And if the whole of the Commissioners of Sewers were merged or consolidated into one board , as they ought to be , and not to remain Irresponsible bodies -without aBy bead , in the receipt of enormous sums of money , not accountable for the same , and continually fighting at crass purposes with each other , the present rates that are collected would amply suffice to liquidate the construction thereof . It is not within the scope of calculation the immense benefits that -would result from the government or country adopting these snb-sewers .
In Edinburgh , the watchmen , at six o ' clock in the morning , turn on the fire , or rather water , cocks in the streets , and sweep all before them down the gratings ; -why cannot the same be done by the able-bodied poer of thi « great dirty metropolis ? which might be made the healthiest and cleanest city in the -world , audits vast expansive river rolling through it kept free fram all impurities polluting it , by the legislature compelling the -water companies to erect ( free ) against every gaa lamp-post a -water or fire-plug , the same to be kept always charged ( ths -water companies would above get an equivalent in the shape of pure water ); an enactment to compel every house , manufactory , or premises to have a good and sufficient aheot from their privies and drains into the common sewers ; all the streets to be thoroaghly washed everyjtwenty-four hours ; the graveyards of the metropolis to be for ever closed , and seven feet of clay laid thereon , and planted with trees .
Bishop Latimer , in his days , said : " That it was an eternal disgrace to the clergy to allow the burials to go on in a large crowded town , " as they were then increasing to an alarming extent ; what wonld he have said at this time of day , mixing up 45 , 000 dead annually amidst the living ? By washing the street ! once every twenty-four hours there would be no necessity tor sea-Tenser ' s carts , or nightmen , or watering carts . These snb-Mtrera ought to precede the Taamsa embankment . They might be constructed nearly the whole extent without erecting any coffer-dam , which will appear clear on a casual survey ; if they are commenced at the terminus and brought up the river , all the water accumulating on excavating will pass through the reservoirs . Lastly , it would form a legitimate source of revenue of upwards of . one million sterling annually ; and if the government neglect doing it , it might be established through the means of a public company .
B . ICHASD K 0 "WBD , Promoter of the Health of Towns . No-7 , Stanhope-place , South wari Bridge-road .
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APPAXL 15 G DESTIIUTIOS . On Thursday , the 16 th inst , Mr . Carter , the Coroner for Surrey , went into a very protracted inquiry at the Drum , Snow-fields , Bermondsey , respecting the death of Ann Galway , aged forty-five . The deceased resided at 3 , White Lion Cmrt , Bermondsey-street , where she , her husband , and son , aged about nineteen , lived and slept in a small room . There was no bed nor bedstead in the room , nor furniture of any kind . When found dead , she was lying with her son in her wretched abode on & heap of
feathers , -which had been strewed over her almest naked person , for neither coverlid , sheet , nor blanket could be found . Prom the wretched state in which the woman was , the feathers had become so fastened over her person that the parish-Burgeon could make no examiuation nntil she bad been cleansed , and then tbe body presented S most extraordinary appearance . It was considerably emaciated , and actually covered from the head to the feet with numberless small red spots , where vermin had been preying upon her . Altogether it was a scene never before , perhaps , witnessed in a human dwelling-place .
Mr . J . Slow , one of the relieving officers of Bermondsey parish . —The only article of furniture in the deceased's room was the carcass of an old chest of small drawers . There were two pieeet of brea * l and a basin of ceffee mixed with the feathers . There was no bedding of any kind , and she was quite dead . Tbe ; had never applied for parish relief , nor did be know them . Margaret Shea , of 28 , Magdalen-court , Tooley-street , deposed that tbe deceased was her sister . The last time she saw her sister alive was on the 18 th of September , when she tras in excellent health , but very badly clad . The room was in the same state in which the jury had just seen it She was then lying in a comer of it Witness came from Ireland at Easter 12
months ago , and lived with them till February last year . When she went , there was no bedstead nor furniture of any sort . There were two basins . A piece of tick was placed over some feathers , on which tbe deceased and her husband slept ; there was no sheet nor quilt to cover them , and they lay down in any clothes they had . Tbe deceased rarely had any . The son slept in a corner of tbe room , and had one blanket , bnt what he slept on " waa only the name of a bed . " When witness went there , the son slept in the corner with his mother and father , and she bad his place , and pnt there a mattress » he had brought from Ireland . They had something to eat morning and night , but no
dinner , and shs did not know how they bad lived since September . WhDe she was there flhe had seen the husband and son frequently beat the deceased because she wonld not get ont oi the feathers . If there -was anything to eat she wonld get n ? ana eat , and then get into the leatbtia . She neglected her person , and seemed careless abont everything . 8 he never went from the room . A psrt of the flooring of the room had been forced up . When the witness was questioned absut it , she gave an answer which drew exclamations of surprise and horror from every one present The witness , who had evidently misunderstood the nature of the sensations her statement produced , cried— " O , do not laueh ; this goes to my heart "
Tbe Coroner . —No one has laughed at this frightful tale , and no one shall , with Impunity . fit should be observed that the witness was very neatly and respectably dressed , and evidently not an ignorant woman . ] Examination resumed . —ThB reasoB that the Bon Henry beat ber sister and his mother was , because the landlady of the house had t « ld him to do 89 . When she died in the room she had no clothes on . Her husband when in ^ port got 2 * . 6 i . a-day , out of ¦ whichi be had to pay 2 a . &- * e&k rent
After some additional evidence had been given , the coroner said , the inquiry was of paramount Importance to tbe pnblie , as a human being had been found in the moBt abject state destitution . It was due to tbe parish that it should be ascertained whether starvation had been the cause of death ; and it was also due to the husband and son to ascertain that poison had not been administered , or that they had , in any way , been the cause or the unfortunate woman ' s death . He understood they were both in custody , the husband raving mad , and tbe son almost an idiot The inquest was then adjoursed .
Poos Law Bukpiaxjsm . Lambeth-stbebt . —On Thursday , Mrs . Clayton , a young married woman , whose father had been for many years a ratepayer of the psriBh of Whitechapel , applied to Mr . Norton for an order to see her sister , who was cither confined , or on the point of confinement , in RThitecoapel -worfeboase . It 'srill be recollected , that on the laoming of that diy -prtek , tbe applicant cad , in the first instance , made application at tbe workhouse , and requested to see her sister , but the gate-porter refused her admittance . The gate-keeper perceiving her intentio » , seised and forced her back with violence , and in doing « o tore her cloak . TJjon that occasion Mr . Norton adviseS Mrs . Clayton to go before the Board of Guardians on the Tuesday following , and make & formal eomplaint to them of the manner in which sdb bad been treated . Singular to Bay , this order was treated with Indifference , and it was not until the depaty chairman himself had peremptorily desired , that the applicant was permitted an interview , and then only in the presence of the master of the workhouse .. Yesterday Mm . Clayton stated , that on going before the Board on Tuesday , and relating what had passed , she was told that she would be allowei to see her sister on the following day ; but on applying at the workhonseshe -wasrefused . , -, " ., « . Mr Norton expressed hla smprise and astonishment ai the extraordinary conduct pursued by the Easter of the workhcuEB , and despatched an officss to request the attendance of that functionary , as well » s the gatekeeper , to have an explanation of their conduct He ( Mr . Norton ) also desired the constable to eall upon Mr . Brashfield , the chairman , and Mr . Wallace , tbe deputy-chsirmanj of the Board of Gaardiaas , to request their attendance also , that they might hear all that transpired . Only the chairman , Sir . BruBhflelQ , -attended to the summons of the magistrate . Having waited for sume tiros , and neither th * master of the workhouse nor gate-keeper iBaking their appearance ,
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the irqniry into tholr conduct waa appointed for a future day . ; Mr . Norton received the following donations for the poor-box : —W . X . Y ., £ 20 ; Sir John Trevelyan , £ 5 ; An Old Soldier , £ 1 ; Mr . Samuel Martin , Liverpool , £ 5 ; H . R . G ., £ 5 ; A Noble Lord , £ 1 ; A Lady , C . H ., half of £ io ; Lord Alvanlej , £ 10;—making altogether £ 5 T .
HOBBIBLE DISTRHSS . Thames Policb , Thtjbsdat—The following case was that of Elizabeth Morris , of 2 , Jubilee-plaoe ; Stepney , also the mother of six children , and whose husband is confined in the House of Correction for some offence against the Court of Chancery . Bonglas , one of the warrant , officers , stated that he was employed on Tuesday morning to execute a warrant of ejectment against the poor woman and her children , and he never in his life had so painful a duty to perform . When the poor creature was turned out of ber home into the cold , damp fog , she stood in the street in the midst of her children utterly bewildered , not knowing what to do or where to go . Pitying her deplorable condition , and seeing that she was utterly destitute , Douglas advised her to come to the coust and moke an application . The worthy magistrate directed that the immediatei wants of the applicant and her children should be provided tor , and in qairy made into her cose . "
. Douglas has since made the Inquiry , and the woman ' s statement having been found correst , provision baa been made for her until her husband ' s liberation . The Shirt-makers . —Umon-HAiL—On Thursday , Mary White , the poor shirt-maker who was remanded on Friday , on a charge of pawning some shirts intrusted to her to make up by a woman named Davis , who works for the slopsellers , was brought up for re-examination before Mr . Cottingham on the charge . In consequence of the publicity given to this distresing case , Mr . Cottingham has bad transmitted to him donations from several benevolent individuals , to a very considerable amount , in aid of the accused ; and amongst them the following sums from the writers , who expressed a desire that they might be acknowledged in the newspapers : —A .. £ l !<>»•; J . M . C . » £ 1 ; H . W . 2 s . 6 d . ; A . B ., 10 s . ; F ., £ 1 : J . p .. , log . ; JJ ., j . Os ; S . B ., £ 1 ; P . E . T ., 10 s . ; R , H . A ., 10 s . ; M D ., 10 s . ; W . W . £ 3 ; y ., aoa . ; H . B ., 10 s . ; W . J .. 103 . ; H . A ., 103 . ; E . E ., 10 a .: " A Lover of Jostles " £ l .
Harriet Davis now said that she did not wish to press the charge ; upon hearing of which , Mr . Cottingham observed that she ; had changed her mind , for on the previous examination she had expressed a very strong desire to follow up the prosecution . Davis acknowledged that the makers had only threehalfpence for making a shirt 2 Mr . Cottingham then made some inquiries into the character of the accused woman . The result of these inquiries showed that the poor woman had been suffering very great distress , that she was considerably in arrear of rent to the woman with whom she lodged , who , although in great poverty herself , having a siek hnsband and child to maintain by her own labour , yet had contributed all in her power to assist the accused by pledging her things and keeping her and the two children from starving .
Mr . Cottingham then addressed the accused , and directed Mr . B 4 win , the Chief clerk , to liquidate the rent the accused owed to the poor woman Marybown . who stood in so ' much need of it , and money was given by Winch , an officer of the Court , to purchase some articles to furnish a room for Mary White , the magistrate informing her , that if she obtained work from a shop , and not through the intervention of a " middle-¦ woman , " security wonld be given at that Court to the person who employed her , for which purpose a portien of the money contribnted to her aid would be retained , in order to remunerate her employer for aDy loss he might sustain on her account . The accused , who shed tears of gratitude , expressed her " everlasting thanks' to those charitable and kind persons who had contributed to her assistance in tbe hour of need . : »
HORE MISERY . MaRLBOROCGH-STBEET . —Since it has become known that toe funds of the poor-box at this court have been increased by the donations of the benevolent , there have been many applicants for relief . The majority of applicants are females , widows , or wives with large families , and husbands either sick or out of work , and the amount of destitution and suffering which these cases occasionally , disclose would be pronounced fabulous , were the statements not corroborated by evidence that cannot be disputed . Two cases which , at the desire of tbe magistrate , had been investigated by the constables , were - on Friday reported npon to Mr . Hardwick .
The first case was that of Emma Stammers , the wife of a stable-man out of employ , with three young children , one lying dead , and one sick . Her application was for some relief , to enable her to bury her child , she having applied to the parish in which Bhe resided for a coffin , and had been refused , on the ground that she did not belong to the p . iriBh . Police-constable Gibbett deposed to the state of extreme destitution in which the family waB involved and the good character of tbe applicant . The yonng woman said her husband had been in tbe service of Mr . Hope , of Spring-gardens , aa stableman , bnt when his master Jeft EngJaad in Jane , he lost his place , and had been unable to procure another situation .
Mr . Hardwick—How have you maintained yourselves since June ? Applicant—God only knows . Sometimes we have only had one meal in three days . My husband has walked all ovtr London to get work ; be has not a bit of sfaoe to his feet now . All we have had to live upon is what my husband has been able to earn fey holding horses , or by getting a job now and then . I can do nothing myself , because one of my children is now ill at home , and the infant ia my arms cannot be left Mr . Hard wick—Have you applied to the parish ?—Applicant—I went to the parish of St Martini , to ask for a coflin to bury my child in , but I was told they could do nothing for me , because I did not belong to the parish .
Mr . Hardwick—I do not understand this . Do yon mean to Bay you told them your distressed situation , and they refused to help you at all ?—Applicant—They aid they would send a doctor to my tick child , bnt they could not give me any other relief , as I belonged to Clewer , near Windsor . Mr . Hardwick immediately ordered £ 2 to be given to the y » ung woman , who expressed ( her grateful thanks , and retired . The second rase was that of a decent-looking elderly
woman , reported by Polic Constable Tice . The woman ' s character was very good . She had hitherto gat her living by going out as charwoman , and by taking care of empty houses . Owing to ill health , she had not been able to do any work , and Bhe had been indebted for existence to her nieces—themselves in a state approaching to want The applicant was relieved with U a shillings . A gentleman walked into court , and put down £ & for the poor-box , which he desired might be entered as the donation of Anonymous .
MURDER ! HELLIJH TREATMENT OF THE POOR IN THE COVENTRY
BASTILE . ( "Abridged from the Leicester Chronicle . J An inquest was held on Monday night ] a ? t , at the Sir Thomas White public-house , Russell-street , before John Gregory , jun ., Gent ., Coroner , on the body of George Robson , a framework-knitter , aged thirty-two , whose death was said to have been occasioned by starvation . » The Jury proceeded to view the body , which lay in the house of deceased's father , close by : it presented a painful picture of the effects of suffering and want .
Catherine Robson , -wife oi tho deceased , was then pworn j she deposed as follows : —My husband was ft framework-knitter , and waa aged thirty-two , I believe . His last residence was at Coventry , where he belonged ; and in the House of Industry there , we had all ( deceased , myself , and four children ) been for the last four or five months . We had lived at Leicester before ; but he having had a bad arm , so that he could not work , St . Margaret ' s parish had Bent ns home by the waggon . His arm was injured many years ago by a mangle ; but he thought it was again injured by a wrench while carrying sacks of corn ; it was his right arm ; and was hurt first eighteen years ago ; but it had never failed him at work till two yearB ago . The ¦ wound was a fracture , tut appeared to have healed ; the arm was always stiff and weak . He was
quite unable to work at Coventry this last time , and we left the workhouse f House of Industry ] because my husband was used bo ill . He could not t , et up to breakfast , but the master said he could , and told the Directors so ; and they said my hwband waa to be kept on slops aa he would not get up . He seemed to get worse after ho went into the House , and the food teas so coarse he could not take it . The work was pumping , and he was also sent into the ffieltia , where he took cold . Palmer was the name of the Governor of the House of Industry , and he behaved very unkindly all the time we were there ; my husband , therefore , wanted to come put , and when I found he was so " badly , '' I wished him to leave , too : he said he wished to come home to die . We applied to the Board last Wednesday to come to Leicester . —The bread was coarser fchan he was used
to eat at Leicester ; tun appetite got worse : and the doctor would not let him have the beer—they B&id he was to work for it . He wanted some white bread , but they would not let him have it . On the Tuesday morning , the nurse of the sick ward asked the Governor for his breakfast , saying Robson was much worse , and ske would take it up him ; the master said Tie would not give him any—Kobson , was an idle fallow , and should get ap for it ; I heard these words myself . The Governor did not send my
busband any , After breakfast , every Tuesday , the directors go round every room ; and the nursa told mo the mistress had said to them , " This is Robson —She idle fellow , who won't get up jtbr his meals : " on which they said , " O ! then Jceep him on slops till hegetswpP I asked the ndrse what reply my husband made ; and she paid ho was too bad to make any reply : this ( retted me very much , aisd I was anxious to get him home . The nurse is an Irish woman , and has been there many years . M y husband was shi fted into this Sick Room , on the Monday . Ho had been
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** ™ A °£ " ^ Sa . Mwtte * fa Mrs . Palmer . ) -At dins ^ i ^ iss&a ^ sajsjs thnrft fn ?^? S ^? n 8 eei t tinabIe t 0 wall « i be went tftere for his dinner—W he could not eat it—be oaly eat aJouUne potatoe , and give all the rest to lae-yet ? fe «*«« r told the doctor she saw Rob Smifi . ?* ' * '* before him « Meat Sgiven S 8 T ? l Week i tteat days , too , there is bcoth for ¦ sapper , and at sapper-time he cot up Ewll f Til ? ' " » bread a ** ^~ his appetite failed him-and he gave it to me : he took nothing that night . On Wednesday morning he got up to his breakfast j but the Govei ^ or cot
70 m nrst , and slapped the doo * in my httsbandVface : _ , t ia a rule there , that all the paupers must be m before the Governor , or not go in ; EfliE S 0 V 6 T Tl *?*> «» y husband , " You are TJ ^ ll J * i A' ^ ^ eakfast . I saw him w nX , ° J * ^ nf-wonii and he told me ho had no oreakfast-he had none that morniog at wi , ™ ™ ^ t + had toy the Previous morning .-When we went to the Board , I led my husband tTTL *!? I , f - ro , ? J » wfcere the Directors met at eleven o ' clook . We then applied to be sent home , and I told tham my husband had had no breaktast for two mornings : my husband waa so ill , he could scarcely talk-I was obliged to speak for him . . . One of the Directors ( the same who had been in thebick-roomvspoke ud . and said . "Oh ! it
is Uobson , that idle fellow , who would not get up to his breakfast : » , tins Director ' s name , I think , was Watts . I made answer , and said my husband had never been idle m hM life ; told them how long ho had been ill ; and that he had never applied to the parish but once beSwe . One Director then looked at my husband , andrsaid "O ! he doea not look able to work . , They asked why I wished to come home when he __ could not work ! for they should not give me anything . I said I wished to get him into the Infirmary at Leicester , for if he stopped there ( Coventry ) I thought he would die : my husband told them the same—he said the place did not agree with him , aud he coald not stay . Thoy wanted to know what I Bhonld do with my family while he was in the Infirmary ! I said I had friends at Leicester , who would take me in the short time
he waa there . They said they must have a letter from my friends to that effect ; and my husband pulled out a letter which he had got from his father on the Monday before . The letter was lofc at Coventry : we did not ask for it again . The letter said that his father was very uneasy at hearing he waa so ill , and they wished to have him home again : my husband had been an out-patient at the Infirmary before , and it seemed to do biaa a great deal of good . The letter did not say anything more . The Directors read tho letter over , sent us out of the room , and then called us in again : they then asked me if I bad not made up my mind to stay there—Mr . Watts asked me this . I sa id I could not think of doing so , as I knew my husband was not used well . Sir . Watts then said if I was
determined to have my discharge , he would write one , and he did bo ; but ho said / should not have anything to take me home . My husband wus too ill to say much . The discharge waa given to the Governor . My husband wished to go home , and he told the doctor so , after we came out of the board-room . This doctor ( a new one , who had attended my husband all the while he was there ) , was named , I believe , Barton ; and he saw my husband about ten minutes after we came out : the Mistress called my husband to the doctor , who attended , I believe , three times a week . I did not go till I heard the dootor and the mistress making a Bad noise at him—they were " jawin R " him because of what I had said at the
Board" Thai he was not well- done to . " I knew he could not speak , and so I went in j but on speaking in his behalf J wus ordered off by both—the doctor saying I had nothing to do xcith it . I heard the doctor say , " You are a good-for-nothing dissatisfied fellow : I can tee it in your face . " I do not know what they said after ibis , as I was ordered off to my work . My husband soon after came out to me , and said" Get my clothes aired—I will go as soon as I have had my dinner . " When he had had his dinner —( he had 8 me rice-pudding , of Which he eat two or three spoonstul , and gave the rest to mo)—I w ? nt and got his clothes , put them on him , and we then went into the town so see if the waggon would bring us to Leicester . We begged the waggoner very hard to bring
us , telling him wo would pay him when we got to Leicester ; we bad no money then . It was a tilted cart—we bad a waggon the next morning . We prevailed upon the waggoner to take us . We got to Hincklcy that ( Wednesday ) night , and where we stopped first , my husband a ^ ked for his hat , to go out , and the landlady eaid to me , " Your husbaud seems in a very queer state—very ill . " I said , "Ho is . "—She then said , " I am afraid he is dying : I dare not have him here : you had better go and get lodging , " 1 did go ; and the landlady , before we went to them , gave my husband a glass of brandyand-water , and a man from her bouse brought him down to the lodging—saying as he went , " My poor man ! think of your soul , for I am afraid yeu ' re in
a bad way . " My husband was very i \ l all night : in the morning I begged two cups of coffee and some white bread for him : we then went to tho waggon ( a tilted one ) and we stopped-no more till we got to the Half way House ( near Leicester ) , where he got a sup of hot rum-and-water . We then proceeded on towards Leicester : on the way thither he said ho felt better , tho rum-and-water having nourished him . We got out at the Fox in Humbarstone-gate ; but after I had gone a little way , on the road to his father ' s , I turned back to sea if he was coming on with the other children : he was staggering from one side of the road to the other . I said to him , " I am afraid you are very bad ; can ' t you get on V He said "No , my wench , I can't . " I
said he had better stop at the Waggon and Horses , and I would go and fetch his father . We got home about twelve o ' clock . His father sent for his sister , Mrs . Spencer , who is rather better off , and she had some port wine warmed for him . Ha took this , and went to bed till tea-time . Then he ate some hot cake , drank soruo tea , and said he felt better : he told his father he thought he should be able to work that week . His father slept with him that night , and the : next morning ( Friday ) I went to see him . He had some gruel , and afterwards some cake and tea for his breakfast ; he said he felt better , and asked what I should get for his dinner ? I said I thought his sister would send him some , and I then went to get a recommendation for the parish
doc tor ^ He had some gruel for dinner , but I saw that his features were then greatly changed , and that his speech was worse . I raa and fjot an or «? er for the parish doctor . The doctor was not to come till next morning ; but on Talbot ( Relieving-officcr ' s assistant ) coming down and seeing the state my husband was in , he went and brought the doctor immediately . We had written to his father first to say how bad he was ; and the father had sent us some post office orders , xvhxch the Governor had kept for some time—one for sue weeks : indeed , we should have known nothing of the order having been sent , but for some man coming over from Leicester and telling us . I then told the
Directors , who asked Mr . Palmer ( the Governor ) what he had to say about the matter ! Mr . Palmer : made a rambling kind of tale . We at last , got the letters ; but not till the Directors had told the mistress they must be found—that poor people must not lose their lo tors because they were in the poor-house . The letters were opened when we got them —( this is a rule oj the house Jbut the : post-office orders were in them : I do not know who had opened them . I had written to my husband ' s father to ask for a little money , as i thought a little tea and sugar wonld do my husband good . The second letter was in answer to one I had written to say we had just got the fir&t .
In answer to several of the jury , the poor woman said her ; husband was put to work at the pump while j he was so bad : the doctor saw him , and said he was able to work at anything he could do with one arm : j and the Master said he mould make him work I ' This was under the firat doctor ( not Mr . Barton , who was doctor now ); he did not care abont the poor , and gave them 7 iolhing . My husband had no shoes fie to ' go to ( he pigs in the field when he was sent there because he could not work at the pump . The Bccond doctor gave him medicine directly he ' saw him ; but it was a fortnight after he beeame ; doctor before he saw my husband first , because the Master used to send him out to the pigs every day . He had a piece
oi bread and cheese given him each day , but he used to bring it home 10 me because ha eould aot : eat it . He loft off going to the pigs , about two j months ago , because he had no shoes . He cams to me once or twice at the wash-house . I had some j beer for washing , which I kept for him , and my hns-1 band said that but for this sup , he could not iive . j The mistress was told of this last Monday by some of the women ; she told the doctor , who said nvy husband must go into the sick ward . Ths mistress "jawed" me for giving him the beer ' , saidmyb ' usband was an idle fellow ; that he should do F . ome work that week if she could help it . I said " Iv deed , ma ' am , be will soon die then ; " on whioh sh / j said , U A good job , too , for we shall then only ha * e fo get him a cojfrn . " > The rule was for the women to drink the beer in the room , but I used to . pa * it on one side , and to bring it out for him , under my baby ' s
clothes . When the mistress wastoldt ofihis , she came and seeing my beer ( a better kind of table-beer J in the tin , the made me drink it « p » saying I should not keep it for my husband ! Mr , Staines here said this ease ought to bo reported to tho Poor Luw Comjar . ssioners : the law never intended that . people should be pined in this wayf—and some conversation followed , in the course of which it appeared that" Coventry had a Local Act : still , Mr . S . said he thought the Commissioners woald have power to interfere in such a shameful case , and the jury expresssed a very strong opinion as to the conduct of all the parties connected with the CoveD ' try House of Industry . Mr . John Holmao Tosswill , surgeon to East Margaret ' s-division , was then sworn—I was called on ( he said ) at half-past nine on Friday night to see
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deceased , who was dyin # : I had received no order , but , hearing the case was urgent , I went without one . I found deceased at his father ' s house , insensible and speechless : a great qiantity . of matter was discharging from » pound in his shoulderhis shirt was saturated with it . His puLywas scarcely porcoptible—his extremities wert cold—and he was evidently dying . I ordered him hot brandy > and-water through the night , and somiarrow-root—hot bricks ( to his feet and bottles cf hoi water to his stomach and arm ? . I » wished to know what was the injury to his shoulder , and therefore
introduced a probe , wMcb . went in a considerable depth . From the symptoms , he appeared lo be dyiag from downright inanition—want of food . There was no cough or appearance of other disease . One of his brothers had died lot" consumption six mouths before , bufel do not think this was the case with deceased —* I cannot speak certainly , however . Ho died at seven o ' clock thp next ( Saturday ) morning , and they sent to tell me of it . His case was one which must have demanded good diet for some lime : I should have ordered this . I cannot speak precisely as to the immediate causa of death without an examination of the body . I
The Coroner said he ] thought this was a case in which a precise opinion ougric to bo given , or h would be unfair to the ) parties mentioned , and who certainly were implicated by the wife ' s evidence . — The poor man had spoken of being better after he came to Leicester , and of going to work ac , ain soon . One of the Jurors—That is an idea which dying men often entertain . \ Another Juror—It is clear to me that hia death has been > caused by downright cruelty . The Coroner—It would be unfair to say so with oat an examination of the body , whatever we may think . ¦ The Jury all expressed a wish that Mr . Tosswill should examine the body . Mr . Wilkinson ( Relieving Officer ) said every attention had been paidjto deceased from the time he reached Leicester : and !
Mr . Tosswill having [ said he should examine the body early to-morrow ^ Tuesday ) morning , the inquest was then adjourned to six o ' clook that evening . <
SECOND DAY ' S ! INQUEST ( TUESDAY . ) The inquiry was reaume . d this ovening at six o ' clock , when j Mr . J . H . Tosswill said , he had made a post m » rter n examination and { found the body : to present externally a very emaciated appearance . On moving the arm in theseoket , a distinct grating could be felt , indicating disease , and which examination had proved to be present . —Externally beneath the collar bone was an opening , into which a probe was introduced , and which iopening communioated with tne joint , allowing the probe to touch the bone , On laying open the shoulder joint , a great and long standing disease was found to have existed ; the head of the arm bone being found to be almost
denuded of cartilage , which had beea destroyed by ulceration . —The boilovv of the shoulder , on which the head of the bone regts , was also deprived of eartitago by ulceratiou . —An opening was also found extending from the jojnt downwards , to the inner portion of the blade bone , which prevented the probe from ponctrating further . Ou laaying open the chest , the lungs presented a healthy appearance , but general and considerable adhesion was found existing between the membrane covering them , and that lining the insido of thejehest—both of long-standing , formation and of recent date . —No evidence of tubercular disease was ! presont . There was a considerable quantity of fluid in the cavity of the chest amounting from two to three pints . 1 'he heart ,
liver , and stomach , presented a healthy appearance ; the latter was noarly empty , containing only a greenish coloured fluid . The bowelB were generally healthy , showing in . only one or two cesea any internal indications of inflammatory action , and that bat of a very trifling character . Tho chief disease was effusion of water in the chest , and the extensive disease of the shoulder joint . The conclusion he came to , from tho examination , was , that disease was worn out by constitutional irritation , effusion of water in the chest , and exposure to cold . The jour ney from Coventry to Leicester would doubtless accelerate death . The only chance for deceased ' s recovery was perfect [ quietness . It was a case requiring good and nourishing diet .
A Juror—Is it possible that the medical attendant at Coventry could have been ignorant of the existence of the disease of the shoulder joint 1 Mr . Toss will—Am I bound to answer that question ? I Coroner—Yes ; I think so . Mr . Tosswill—1 perceived it , and therefore imagine others must have done so . By a Juror—Deceased coald not pump ; and ex * posuro to cold was as bad for him . Several of the Jurors expressed themselves in strong terms of indignation at the conduct of the Governor of the House of Industry , of Mr . Watts , of the Mistress , and others ; and ic was determined that these parties should be summoned to attend an adjourned inquest , at two o ' clock on Thursday .
THURSDAY . The Coroner and the Jury re-assembled at two o'clock to-day . Shortly after the proceedings had commenced a large crowd assembled in front of the public-bouse where the inquest was held . Elizabeth Robson , who had been brought from the Coventry House of Industry , was the first witness examined . From her evidence , as given in the Leicester Chronicle , it is evident that she had been furnished wiih a good tale to clear tho Directors and Master . What the jury thought of her evidence will bo seen in their verdict .
Margaret Hall , the nurse—an old Irishwoman was next examined , j According to her there was excellent treatment given to all the inmates of the Coventry Hall ; she ! made , however , some rather startling admissions . [ She said , "His arm was bad : he was bad inside too , hnd had a couqh . He wished always to be down in bed all day , but the doctor told him he wanted exercise aud air for his poor arm and limb ? . It was for his own benefit . One morning he could not get down , and he was Hot in time to get bis breakfast ; and the master did not send it . He ( the master J has told me to day he sent it by the cook . By Mr . Stainos—This conversation took place in Leicester—not in Coventry .
By the Coroner—That day he came down for his dinner . This was about seven days before he left . He could not eat anything ; all he wished for was drink . He had no beer allowed him , but his wife gave him her share , and she was mobbed ( we understood ) for it . Heard the mistress tell deceased ' s wife about her giv . a £ her husband her beer . I often give him some of my beer . Deceased had medicine , but they gave him rio wine . . It was very hard to make him take hia medicine . * He had nothing but what was allowed on the table—no tea nor nothingonly grveL If he didj not go down he had no breakfast . [ " Gentk-men , that is my parish and my home , and I don ' t wish to be \ deprived of it , " said the witness , in this place , and sne sobbed while saying so . ]
I gave him breakfast iunknown to Mr . Palmer ( the Governor ) several times . He toas not allowed a bed to lie oil : not by the doctor . The doctor said he should not lie in bed in the daytime . Deceased lay on the bench . After the doctor had put the silver " poke" [ probe ] into his arm , and it spurted out , ho was so weak he was ) obliged to He down . There was no change made in his diet . A few days before he left he was measured for a new pair of shoes , and had them ! about four days after . None in the workhouse would fit him , his Ieg 9 were swelled so . The day he came oat , bis wife came to him and said , "My" lad , come with mo to the Board . " He
said , " I can ' t speak , I am so bad . " Siie replied , "Never mind , my lad , I'll Bpeak for you . " He went to tho Board , and she told me she had told the Board she would have him borne ; she would not have him there to be \ murdersd . He was in the laundry having a little beer , when he had left the Board-room , and the mistress ordered him to go to the doctor . Ho came up to the sick-room t » take his few thing ? , with him , and his wife said to me , "Good bye . " I said , "If you take him home , it is as much as f expect : "} he was so bad , he trembled like an aspe ' j leaf . His wife said to him , " My dear , you feel vorse . " He said , " / am—I am all but gone . " I saw no more ef him .
By Mr . Staines—I ) asked the master for his breakfast wfum he could not come down , but he would not send it . He eaid the dootor had ordered Robson down ., and he would not send his breakfast up . Robsim ivas not fit to'come down . We may do little thin * . ourselves 8 om > ti « aes , hut not with doctor 9 orders . [ In a low voice—// we did not , God help 'et , i-they wouldn ' t be there long ] Mr . Watts was V . siting director that week ; Robson was m the room on the Tuesday he came , but nothing was said Mr . Read—One day the master said be would make him work . ; , . By the Coroner—He was pumping one day when he was very ill . j
By Mr . Staines— Men with one arm or one teg are set to the pump . It is very hard work ; they most do it ; they mnst fill the ! copper . He was aot bo ill when he went to mind the piga . He was called idle when be would not pump . ] Mr . Edward BiokneH , surgeon , Coventry , deposed that he took it in rotation to visit tbe Poor House , his evidence only tended to confirm , though evidently not desirous of so doing , the testimony of the deceased ' s widow . He said , in . conclusion— / did not consider any alteration in his diet necessity 1 it was wholesome and good . He was dissatisfied nothing was done to his shoulder . I injected into the sinus of his shoulder a small quantity of an astringent solution—sulphate of zinc . It would do neither harm nor good . I did bo three times .. After Beveral questions had been put to this very considerate doctor \
Mr . Browett ( who was chairman of the Board of Directors when Robson came up ) said that they gave Reason and his wife their discharge upon their application for them , j [ Mr . Browett here gave a similar statement to that of deceased ' s wife of what took place before tho Board . ] After ooiuuliiDg
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together privately , we sent for the womaa and told her it was useless her going to Leicester , unless they could earn their living . They Slid they could do so , and wore determined to leave . Amongst other replies to qaesuon ? , pnt by Mr . Staines , ths following were given ' - —It did not become me to inquire whether these people had money to carry them to Leicester . The loesl act does not permit us to advance money or anything in such cases : we have power to givo relief ia certain cases . . After pome more questions had been put to this ' gentleman , " who in his replies exhibited a total want of the common feelings of
humanity—Mr . John Palmrr ( Governor of the Workhouse ) was called but not pworn . He sta'ed , in reply to questions , that deceased would be in those parts of the house where he ougb ^ not to be ; he was very obstinate . He came down to breakfast on two occasions after the door was shut ; the h ' rat time his breakfast was sent up to him , the second it was not . lie ( Mr . Palmer ) understood the doctor had said it would do him good to come down ; had heard it repeatedly said by the matron he was to have no beer . By Mr . Staines—I am conSdent deceased received h ; s breakfast when he did not como down * I did not ? hut the dining-room door in his face the second time . I do not know that he had none on that occasion : there were plenty of people in that room who would not eat all their allowance , if he had none sent up . The matron attended to the sick .
By tbe Coroner—Deceased was ordered to the sickroom , because he would eo to the other room and lie down $ n tbe bed with his clothes on . By Mr . Staines—Robson waa treated as one who did not work . By the Coroner—Deceased teas of an unhappy disposition , and so was his wife : she was worse than he >; and he would not have been as he was , if it had not been for her . By Mr . Jarrom—Deceased was an idle man and his wife was idle also . * A diet-table was here produced whioh presented a decent bill of taxafor a workhouse .
The evidence being now concluded , Mr . Rotherham made some remarks upon the case . The Directors had sent persons over to give evidence , in order that all the information might be given which , was required . He spoke of the prejudice of the family against the Directors x and contended that the strict letter of the law had been observed with reference to the case of the deceased . The witnesses , reporters , and strangers were then called upon to withdraw , whilst the Coroner and jury were in consultation . More than half an hoar elapsed before they were re-admitted : when they were so , the verdict of the Jury , as follows , was announced : — " That George Robson came to his death through irritation , brought on by disease of the shoulder-joint and effusion of water in the chest . That his death was accelerate ! \ by the inattention of the medical men of the Coventry House of Industry and for want of proper nourishment while in that House . "
At the conclusion of the inquiry a large crowdj ( says the Journal , ) which were waiting the issue , gave vent to their feelings in yells and hootings , On the Governor of the Coventry Houso of Industry making his appearance , he was assailed with a volioy of abuse , and the attitude of the people who recognised him was so threatening that he was fain to retreat within the house . He twice essayed to make his escape , but was compelled to seek safety in shelter each time . So infuriated were the mob , that many said they would break the windows if he were not surrendered to them , whilst others thrust opsn the door , and exclaimed , ' Turn out the murderer ! tuapi out the murderer ! . ' At length Sergeant Wright , who empannelled the jury , sent for the police : and even then it was found impossible to Ret the Governor away , excepting in a vehicle . The fly drove off amidst the exercrauona of the assembled multitude , their curses being both load and deep . "
ANOTHER HUMAN BEING STAEVED TO DEATH . At an iDquest on Monday night , before Mr . Higgs r on the body of Morris Rearing , the wife of deceased said—During the time the theatres are open I go out a charing to Mr . Simpson ' s , of the Albion Hotel , Brydges-street , from eight o ' clock in the morning until twelve and one o ' clock the next morning , for which I receive 5 s . per week . On Friday morning last , my husband bad been ill for some time , I left homo at eight o ' clock , and did not return until between one and two o ' clock the next morning . I was let in by the landlady , and on proceeding up stairs / found the two children huddled up in bed by the side of my husband , who was QMtjb dead and stiff ; there was no h ' re or light ia the
room , and the children said they had tried to wake their father , but could not make him bear . When 1 left home , there was nothing but two cold potatoes in the house , which the children told me their father had given them for their tea ; and all they had had on ( he previovs day was a piece of dry bread , which my husband could not eat . I had applied to St . Giles ' s parish for relief when we lived in it , but only received one loaf of bread ; on applying a second time their answer was , that we must come into the workhouse ; but beiug able to obtain , a partial livelihood at Mr . Simpson ' s , I declined tbe offer of the parish , and I afterwards removed with my family into Drury-court , when my husband continued to get still worse . I had not applied for assistance to this parish , thinking all parishes alike ia their practice , and being afraid of being parted from
my husband and children . Out of my week's wages of 5 » . I have to pay 2 s . Qd . jor rent , and I have parted with nearly every article of furniture to get necessaries for my husband and children . The Coroner , in remarking to the Jury the nature of the case before them , said this was one which required their serious consideration . Although there was nothing in the case to impugn the conduct of the parish officers , he did think that if they would more generally grant out-door relief , it would be Jo the interest of the parishioners as well as the poor * The Jury fully concurred in the Coroner ' s remarks and after a short consultation , returned a verdict of "Natural death , accelerated by starvation" Tire Jury afterwards collected some silver for the poor widow , to which the Coroner subscribed with his accustomed liberality .
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IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT . A publio meeting was holden at the National Hall , High-Helborn , on Monday evening , for the purpose of taking into . consideration , the conduct of tbe Government in their attempt to stifle the expression of public opinion in Ireland . At eight o'clock Mr . Watson was called to t&e chate j tbe wboie of the " Liberal" metropolitan Members were invited , hut none attended * Mr . Hetherington stated that a deputation had ¦ waited upon Mr . Duncombs , who informed them that he had a relative laying . dangerously ill at Nottingham ; he expected to be called thence to attend his dying moments , or he would have been most happy to have attended—( loud cheers ) . Tbe following resolutions which were ably spoken to , were adopted unanimously : —
1 . That the right of petitioning tbe Legislature for a redress of public grievances , or the repeal of any Act of Parliament deemed inimical to the welfare ai > d liberty of the people , is sacred and inviolable ; and any attempt to Bubvert that right by military fasee , despotic proclamation * , or civil prosecutions , shoald call forth the marked indignation and constitutional resistance of every man w&o values political freedom . 2 . That the recant conduct of the Government in interdicting the Clontarf meeting , a few hours only before it was to have baen holden , after having for months allowed monster meetings to assemble in all parts of Ireland , indicates a recklessness and incapacity on the part of the Irish Executive , which imperatively demands our" severest reprobation .
3 . Teat Daniel O'Coxineil , Esq ., M . R , and his colleagues , now under prosecution for having exercised their undoubted right of meeting to Petition against an Act of the Legislature , and v » he have uniformly conducted large public meetings in a peaceful and constitutional manner , are ejuinenMy entitled to public sympathy and support ; and tl . is meetiug heieby cordially tender them their best thanks for the judgment and humanity they have shown in preventiug a collusion between the people and tae military . 4 . That while we acknowledge , in the most nneqnl vocal manner the grievances and mis-government under ¦ which Ireland haa suffered for ceatiuies ;—the inequality of her political and municipal franchiaea;—the shameless cruelty of her alien landlords to theit wretched
tenantry ;—tbe sectarian distribution of government and local patronage * —and above all the infamy o ! the Irish Church Establishment j—yet ¦ •»« we are deeply convinced that the only hope of obtaining political justice for England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales ;—the abolition of all monopolies , and the permanent prosperity of our country ; is by a cordial union of ail cla £ s&s of Reformers to secure the Legislative adoption of the principles of the People ' s Charter , which will confer upon every man the right of being represented in the Commons House of Parliament ; and this meeting emphatically declares its conviction , that never , till the whole population are faithfully represented , will their rights be respected , their interests consulted , or their happiness promoted .
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Rephieve . —The German now confined in Newgate , under sentence of death , and who was to rawe been executed on Monday last , ha 3 been rep « avett " antil her Majesty's further pleasure . " Accident ? and Loss of Life in a Lea * j Mine—A few days ago a serious accident , wh » oh was aK tended with loss of life , occurred lB t ^ owg ill lead mine , near Brough , Wcatmorelandv / j ohn Thomp-6 on , a fine young m who belonged t 0 the tiiisge of StaihtoB , near Penritn , ana ar ^^ gy min er of the name of Campston . were woikir . g in a shaft together , and were ia the act of stemming a bore with an . iron tool preparatory to ma ^ jug a blast : the powder unfortunately exploded , » v ud th . e . ffeot was such , and the injury which Thompson eustasned" was to seyere that he died a short , \ ime afterwards in the greatest agony . Campstori ' , va 6 also most dreadfully mangled , > . and bid reooverj Vo scarcely to be expected !
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 25, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct980/page/7/
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