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UGHTDfe BY THE ^ ELECTRIC FLUID . / 'From Sit Paris Correspondent of She Globe . ) I have mentioned to you the discovery of the mean * -el Tendering eontinnons . -aBd fixing at a given point , S » electric Said , and making it applicable to the genenl pnrposea of lighting . It is now lour yean ainee the first experiment » n thi « subject was made in pri-Tate ? hat ' **» discoverer was * ot able to induce any 3 > erson to advance even 1 , 0007 . for an apparatus on a mffiriently large scale for a public experiment , yesterday evening , th puilic experiment took j > lacfce at the Place de la Concorde , in the presence of several of the aothorities , and from four to five thousaad of the inhabitants of Paris . On one of the bases of the Jtatues called the PaTillion de Lille , a glass globe of
apparently twelve or Ihirteea inches diameter , with a sioveable reflector , -was flxed in connection with a Toltsio Vattery , and , at a little before nine o ' clock , the electric fluid vas thrown isto it by a conductor . At this time all the gas lights of th . 6 Place , about 1 B 0 in zmmber , were troxacg . As loan & ¦ the electric fluid appeared , the nearest gas lights had the same dull , thick , and heavy appearance as oil "lamps feavi by the side of gas . Soon afterwards the gas-lights were extinguished , and the electric light shone forth in all * its brilliancy . Within one hundred yards of the light it was easy to read the smallest print ; it was , in fact , as light as day . The astonishment -of the assembled multitude was very great , and their delight-as strong as their astonishment . ' The
estimate made by scientific persons who were present sras , that the electric light was eqnal to twenty of the -gas lamps » and consequently that five of these lights would suffice to light the whole Place most brilliantly . JLs regards the expense of production , nothing positive haa transpired . The electric light gives out no bad * mell ; It emits none of those elements -which , ia the burning of gas , are so injurious to health ; and explosion would be impossible . Internal lighting would be as practicable as external lighting ; for , by conductors , the inld would be conveyed to jevery part of the house . ^ 3 » e experiment perfbnn&d last nign t was With a TOlUlC lottery ef iwo haodred pairs , composed U follows : — 1 st , an outer globe of glass ; 2 ndly , in this globe a cylinder of charcoal , open at both ends , asd plunged in tie
nitric acid contained in the outer globe : 3 ily , ia the cylinder of cfearcoal , a porous porcelain vase ,-coBtaining acidulated water . The pile was on the Pavilion de Ialle ; the two copper conductors froaithB two poles , asd pointed with charcoal , lead to an empty globe from Yhich the air has keen exhausted . The two fluids on meeting produce a soft but most intense light . I under stand that the experiment was considered highly successful by the authorities who were present , and that ii ii to be repeated on a larger scale . Should the thing Work as well in a general way as it did last night , and the cost be less than that of gas , which it must be , there will be a dreadful rtvolntjen in gas-works . A company lor the supply of the electric light would realise a handsome profit on-charging only a sixth of what is now paid for gas .
ABTssrsiA . —Amongst the many wonderfnl dueo-Teries . made by the mission to the court of Shoa ., in Abyssinia , one -of the most extraordinary is that of a magnificent salt lake , some distance inland . It is seven hundred feet below the level of the nearest sea , of "which it has at one time obviously formed a portionhaving been cut off by the elevation of an enormous mass of volcanic matter which now seporates it from are brine . ThB shores are covered with one thick sheet of crystalised salt . The depression of its surface appears to have teen occasioned by evaporation ; and 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 aouth of Bombay , the temperature is so mild , that fires were always used , and the travellers slept under blankets . The capital is upwards of 8 , 000 feet above the level of the sea .
3 iQITEES SJ ^ ESARISK . —The Umven yemxrka ; u Tbe g ^ Ternmeat , at great pains and expense , brought from jSslazoca sad Epbesaj a magnificent Pagan sarcophagus sadtba entire iritsa of the Temple of Diana . These relics of Grecian art , so valuable in the illustration of history , ought to have found grace in the eyes of the conservators of our museums ; bat they have been suffered to lie for six months rotting at the foot of the eolaonade of the Louvre , on the ground which' served as the burying-place f or the -victims cf July . Since their arrival in the inhospitable climate of Paris , they have endured more fog and xain than during their long existence In their n&tiva soIL When , the frost , attacks them , nothing will remain hot iaagntably degraded fragments of what have cost sevettfiauidreds of thousands ef francs and the lives of KTen men , amongst ¦ whom we have to lament the unfortunate painter , Clemont BoHlanger . *
Electbottpid Flowxbs . —At a late meeting of ihe lianean Society , 2 ? . Brown , Esq ., in the diair , TrofstsoxToibea exMblted some speetmens ol orchida ceous flawezs which had been el £ * trotyp&d , &nd -which bad a very pleasing and attractive appearance . This process , however , had not the effect of altering the shape or characteristics of the specimens submitted to it , as they nil retain their formation in a remarkably perfect manner . Thk Sejl—The mean depth of ths sea is , according to La Piaoe , from four to five miles . If the existing waters were increased only one-fourth , it would drown the 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
continent ! would fee submerged , and the seasons would be changed all over the glebe . Evaporation would be so much extended , that rains would fall continually , destroy the harvest , and fruits , and flowers , and subvert the whole economy of nature . There is , perhaps , nothing more beautiful in -our whole system than the process by which the fields are irrigated from the skies ; the jiTBn are fed irom ths mpgntxmi—and the ocean resiraioei within bounds , which it never can exceed so long as Out process continual on the present scale . ! Ihs T * pom raised by the sun from the sea . Boats Whenever it is TiphtpT th * " the atmosphere ; condensed , It falls upon the earth in water ; or attracted to the mountains , it gathers on their summit , dissolves , and
perpetually replenishes the conduits : the fluid is cos-Teyed to the rivers which flow on the surface of the earth , and the springs which lie deep in its bosom , destined to wpply man with a purer element . If ire suppose the sea , then , to be considerably diminished , the Amajon , and the Mississippi , these inland seas of the WMtem world , would become inconsiderable brooks : the brooks -would wholly disappear , the atmosphere would be deprived of its -due proportion of humidity ; all nature would « gmn » the garb of desolationj the bird would droop on its wing , the lower animals Would perish on the barren soil , and man himself Would wither away like the sickly grass at his feet .
A " Uew Light . " —Monday week a private exhibition look place , at the Adelaide Gallery , of Bunsen ' s arbonle battery . The novelty of the principle upon which this battery is constructed is this , that plates of carbon are used hi connection with the zinc in the Jan , instead of copper as in the ordinary lattery . By this means a much stronger current of electric fluid is obtained , and being brought to bear ( throngo the agency of a this wire ) upon quick lime placed in an exhausted receiver , slight is evolved far more white and intense than any which has yet been obtained by tho oxyfcydroren or ether apparatus . Previously to the
battery's being put in operation Mr . JoBes _ delivered a short lecture on the best mode of making the carbon for the plates in order to prevent its being loo friable or too pinguid ; and stated that although this invention was claimed byBunseB , he believed it would be found that we -were indebted for the discovery of the principle to an Englishman , Mr . J . T . Cooper . In confirmation of his statement , he referred bis auditory to toe Philosophical Transactions for 1840 , The pri * ¦ maMe rays -were projected upon ilia ceiling , a photographic portrait was taken , and other interesting experiments -were performed hj means of the new light , aD with perfect success .
2 * : ew Pras Ksgtse- —A mechanic at Bristol of the name of Bacon , has invented a pump and fire engine , Which , for compactness and power' is unique . . It draws water at twenty two feet from the surface , and throws it to a great distance . Its cost is £ 20 , and it possesses an hydraulic power equal to a large engine worth £ 170 or £ 1 SB . An « xperiment was made in the presence of several scientific men , and gave general satisfaction .
HEALTH OF TOWN'SlaOPOSAXS TOR COSSTBUdlSG StB-SEWEBS AS A SECEESiBT -irXlLlABT TO THE -p KESSST SEWBBSThese sewers may he constructed of cast-iron ribs , Cling into B > cast-iron keelBOB , Tiaving on a east-iron Crown plate , the whole so formed as to key into one another without screws or belts . The suh-Bewers are to run along and beneath the north and sonth Bides of the shores of the river Thames , a little asove low water mark , and proceed down the river to the lewer parts of Essex and Kent into receptacles ox reservoirs formed of cast-iron plates ( something similar to gasometers ) , and with partitions havina gratings or meshes of siz ? s proper for the purpose ot separating the filth from the liquid , which will ran into the last chamber , and he allowed to stand to settle Now , if a column of pulvellzdd quick-lime is ran- into
the sewei at say given point previous to its exit from thence into the xeservoirs , everything that is held is solution in the liquid will be chemically thrown down ( the theory of the process of which is , the contents of ihe sewerage being highly charged with carbonic acid , ^ wiTn ^ iftt <> iy the pulverized lim ^ comes in contact therewith , ttie liquid is chemically acted upon , and what ¦ waabBia in solution immediately falls down ) , thereby Bepaxstiag the water , -which may be turned off , and leaving the residue , which may be passed through a powerful mill in order to pulverss and thoroughly incorporate it , after which it can be put into an hydraulic press ssd formed into blocks of any shape or rise best fitted for conveying to any parts of the empire . A column of sea crater might be advantageously run into the sewers , the saline portions ol which- would prove highly beneficial to the manure .
The Chinese are particularly ingenious in their manures : but I question -whether the proposed admixture weuld Bol be superior to any . Messrs . Rennie
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andTelTord stated , in their evidence delivered before the London Bridge Committee , " that them were several thousand tons of the most valuable manure running into the Thames from the metropolitan sewers every hour , thereby polluting the water to that excessive degree , that it was fast approaching an immense ditch , and so excessively filthy that ho tea-kettle laboratory could preperly filter the water so-as to be fit for domestio purposes . " As to the capability of the s » il , " It is" xsays Sir George Stephenson , the eminent engineer ) " my decided conviction , founded upon close 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 system . " Upon the most moderate supposition ,
by adopting these snb-sewera , there would be an actual saving to the country annually of upwards of two millions of tons of the most valuable manure , containing all the nrates ( animal salts ) , fcc ., which , if sold to the Jand-holders and farmers at 10 s , per ten , would materially aid them to meet any pressure of the times . Besides , the iron trade of this great nation is in a depressed state , at all times fluctnating } the government , *> j constructing these Bnb-sewers , wonld permanently raise the price of iron ; becauseBristol , Hull , Liverpool , and other towns would at once adopt similar sewers , for hnsbanding the manure . From a rough calculation .
I presume these metropolitan sub-sewers would cost about seven millions steiling , asd the revenue derivable therefrom "would amount annually 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 auy head , in the receipt of enorm « us sums of money , not accountable for the same , aadcontinually fighting at cress 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
sub-sewers . In Edinburgh , the watcamen , at Bix o ' clock in the morning , turn on the fire , or rather water , cockB in the streets , and sweep all before them down the gratings ; ¦ why cannot the same be done by the able-bodied poer of tt "" -great dirty metropolis ? -which might be TBi ^ 9 iba healthiest aad rieauest citj ia the world , and its vast expansive river rolling through it kept free from all impurities polluting it , by the -legislature compelling the water companies to erect ( free ) against every gas lamp-post a water or fire-plug , the same to be kept always charged { the 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 shsot from their privies and drains into the common sewers ; all the streets to be tboroaghly washed every ^ twenty-four hoars ; the graveyards of the metropolis to be for ever closed , aad seven
feet of clay laid thereon , and planted with trees . Bkbop Litimer , 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 would he have said at this time of day , mixing up 45 , 000 dead anuually amidst the living ? Ey vaahiDgthe streets once every twenty-fou * hours there -would be no necessity for se&vengert carts , or nigatmen , or watering carts . These sub-sswers ought to precede the Thames embankment . They might be constructed nearly the whole extent without erecting any ccSer-dam , which will appear dear on a casual survey -, if they are commenced at the UrminuB and brought up the river , all the water accumulating on excavating will pass through tho 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 .
Richard ko"wed , Promoter of the Health of Towns . IfO . 7 , Stanhope-place , Sonthwark Bridge-road .
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APPAXLISG DESTITUTION . On Thursday , the 16 th inst , Mr . Carter , the Coroner for Surrey , went into a very protracted inquiry at the Pram . Snow-fields , Barmondsey , respecting the death of Ann Galway , aged forty-five . The deceased resided at 3 , White Lion Court , 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 a heap of
feathers , which had been strewed over her almest naked person , for neither coverlid , sheet , nor blanket conia be found . From the wretched state in which the woman was , the feathers had become bo fastened over hex person that the parish-surgeon could make no examination until she had besn cleansed , and then the body presented a 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 sever before , perhspB , witnessed hi 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 pieeei of brea 4 and a basin of coffee mixed with the feathers . There was no bedding ol any kind , and she was quite dead . They had never applied for parish relief , nor did be know them . Margaret Shea , of 28 , Magdalen-court , Tooley-street , deposed that the deceased was her sister . The last time she saw her sister alive was on the 19 th of September , -when die -was in excellent health , but very badly dad . The room wss in the same state in which the jury had Jasl sees it- She was then lying iu a comer of it . "Witness came from Ireland at Easter 13
months ago , and lived with them till February last year . When she went , there was so bedstead nor furniture of any sort . There were two basins . A piece of tiek was placed over some feathers , on which the deceased and her husband slept ; there was no sheet nor quilt to cover them , and they lay down in any clothes they had . The deceased rarely had any . The son slept in a corner of the room , and had one blanket , but what he slept on " was only the same of a bed . " When witness went there , the son slept in the corner with his mother and father , and she had his place , and put there a mattress » be had brought from Ireland . They had something to eat morning and night , but no
dinner , and sha did not know how they had lived since September . While she was there she bad seen the husband and son frequently beat the deceased because she would not get out of the feathers . If tbtre was anything to eat she would get up and eat , and then get into the feathers . She neglected her person , and seemed careless about everything . She never went from the room . A part of the -flooring of the room had been forced np . When the witness was questioned absnt it , she gave an answer -which drew exclamations of butprise and horror from every one present The witness , who had evidently misunderstood the nature of the sensations her statement produced , cried— O , do not laugh ; this goes to my heart "
The Coroner . —No one has laughed at this frightful tale , and no one shall , with impnnity . fit should be observed that the witness was very neatly and respectably dressed , and evidently not an ignorant woman ] Examination resumed . —The reason that the son Henry beat her slater and his mother was , because the landlady of the house had teld him to do so . When Bhe died in the room she had no clothes on . Her husband when in work got 2 * . 61 . a-day , out of which he had to pay 23 . a-wesk rent .
After some additional evidenee had been gives , the coroner said , the inquiry was of paramount importance to the publie , as a human being had been found in the moat abject state destitution . It was due to the parish that it should be ascertained whether starvation had been the cause of death ; and it vras also due to the husband and son to ascertain that poison had not been administered , or that they bad , in any way , been the cause of the unfortunate woman ' s death . He understood they were both in custody , the husband raving mad , asd the Bon almost an idiot . The inquest was then adjourned .
Pook Law RcffiaKisk . Lambeth-stkekt , —On Thursday , Mrs . Clayton , a youcg married woman , whose father had been for many years a ratepayer of the parish of Whitechapel , applied to 2 dr . Norton for an order to Bee her sister , who was sitfeer confined , or on the point of confinement , in Whit& chapel workhouse . It will be recollected , that on tbe morning o ! that day waek , the applicant had , in the first instance , made application at the -workhouse , and requested to se ? her sister , but the gate-porter refused her admittance . The gate-keeper perceiviDg her intention , Bejeed and forced her back with violence , and in doing so tore her cloak . Upon that eccasion Mr . Norton advised Mrs . Clayton to go btfore the Board of Guardians on the Tuesday following , and mske a fonnal complaint to them of the manner in which she had been treated .
Singular to say , this order was treated with indifference , and It was not until the deputy 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 Mrs . Clayton stated , that on going before the Board on Tuesday , and relating what had passed , she was told that she would be allowed to see her sister on the following day | bnt on applying at the workhonseshe was refused . . Mr . Norton expressed his surprise and astonatimeat the Barter of
at the extraordinary condnct pursued by the workhouBB , and despatched an officer to request the attendance of that reactionary , as well as 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 , the deputy-chairman , of the Board of Guardians , to request their attendance also , that they might bear all that transpired . Only the chairman , Mr . "Brushseld , attended te the summons of the magistrate . Having waited for some time , and neither tbe master of the workhouse nor gate-keeper making tuek appearance ,
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tbe inquiry into thsir conduct was appointed for a future day . Mr . Norton received the following donations for the poor-box : —W . X . YM £ 20 ; Sir John Trevelyan , £ 6 ; An Old Soldier , £ 1 ; Mr . Samuel Martin , Liverpool , £ 5 ; H . B . G ., £ 5 ; A Noble L » d , £ 1 ; A Lady , C . H ., half of £ 10 j Lord Alvanley , £ 10;—making altogether £ 57 .
HO&BIBLE DISTBESS . Thames Police . Thubsdat—The following case wss that of Elizð Morris , of 2 , Jubilee-place ; Stepney , also the mother of six children , aud whose husband is confined in the House of Correction for some offence against the Court of Chancery . Douglas , one of the warrant officers , stated that be was employed . on Tuesday morning to execute a warrant of ejectment against the poor woman and her children , and he never in his life bad so painful a duty to perform When the poor creature was tnrned oat of her home into the cold , damp fog , she stood in the street In tbe midet of her children utterly bewildered . Dot knowing What tO do 01 Where to go . Pitying her deplorable condition , and seeing that she was utterly destitute , Douglas advised her to come to the court and make an application . The worthy magistrate directed that tbe immediate wanU of the applicant and her children should be provided for , and inq airy made into her case .
Douglas has since made the inquiry , and the woman ' s statement having been found correct , provision has been made tot her unto her husband ' s liberation . Thb Sbibt-haxebs . —Union-Hall— On Thursday , Mary White , the poor shirt-maker who was remanded on Friday , on a charge of pawniDg some shirts intrusted to her to make up by a woman n&med Davis , who works for the slopBellers , was brought up for re-examination before Mr . Cottingham on the charge . In consequence of the publicity given to this dUtreaing case , Mr . Cottingham has had 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 tbat they might be acknowledged in the newspapers : —A . £ l 1 O 8-S J . M . C , £ 1 : H . W . 2 » . 6 d .-, A . B ., 108 . ; F ., £ 1 ; J . P . ; 10 s .: 1 L , 10 s ; S . B ., £ 1 j P , E T ., 10 s . ; R . H . A ., 10 s . j M . D ., 10 a . ; W . W . £ 2 ; Y ., JOB . ; H . B ., 10 b . ; W . J .. 10 s . ; H . A ., 10 *; E . E ., 10 s .: A Lover of Justice . " £ 1 .
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 prosecutioD . Davis acknowledged that the makers had only threehed / pente for making a shirt ! Mr . Cottingham then made some inquiries into the character of the accused woman . The result of these inquiries showed that tbe poor woman had been suffuring very great distress , that she was considerably iu arrear of rent to the woman with whom she lodged , who , although in great poverty herself , having asiek husband 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 starting .
Mr . Cottingham then addressed the accused , and directed Mr . Edwin , 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 Berne articles to furnish a room for Mary White , tbe magistrate informing her , that if she obtained woikftom a shop , and not through the intervention of a " middlewoman , " security would be given at that Court to the person who employed her , f » i which purpose aportisn of the money contributed to her aid would be retained , in order to remunerate her employer for any 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 .
MORE KISKBY . jMARiBOBoreH stbeet . — . Since It has become known that the funds ot the pooi-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 the magistrate , had been investigated by the constables , were on Friday reported upon to Mr . Hardwick .
Tbe 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 bnry her child , she having applied to the parish in which she resided for a coffin , and had been refused , on tbe ground that she did not belong to the parish . Police-constable Gibbtiit deposed to the state of extreme destitution in which the family was involved aud the good character of the applicant The young woman said her huaband had been in the service of Mr . Hope , of Spring-gardens , as stableman , but when his master left England in June , he lost tils place , asd had been unable to procure another situation .
Mr . Hardwick—How have you maintained your- selves since June ? Applicant—God only knows . Sometimes we have only had one meal in three days . My husbsnd has walked ail over London to get work ; he has not a bit of shoe to his feet now . All we have had to live upon is what my husband has been able to earn by holding horses , or by getting a job now and then . I ' can do nothing myself , because one of my children la now ill at home , and toe Infant in my arms cannot be left . Mr . Hardwick—Have you applied to the parish ?—Applicant—I went to the parish of St Martin ' s , to ssk for a coffin to bury my child in , but I was told tbey could do nothing for me , because I did not belong to the parish .
Mr . Hardwick—I do not understand this . Do you mean to say yon told them yoar distressed situation , and they refused to help you at all ?—Applicant—They said they would send a doctor to my sick child , but 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 yeung . woman , who expressed { her grateful thanks , and retired . The second case waa tbat of a decent-looking elderly
woman , reported sy Polio Constable Tice . The woman ' s character was very good . Sh » had hitherto got 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 , asd she had been indebted lor existence to her nieces—themselves in a state approaching to want The applicant was relieved with t * n shillings . A gentlemax walked into court , and put down £ fi tor the poor-box , which he desired might be entered as the donation of Anonymous .
MURDER ! HKLLISH TREATMENT OT THE POOR IN THE COVENTRY BAST 1 LE . ( Abridged from the Leicester Chronicle . ) An inquest was held on Monday night la ? 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 Htarvation . The Jury proceeded to view the body , which lay in the house of deceased ' s father , cloae by : it presented a painful picture of the effects of suffering and want .
Catherine Pvpbson , -wife of tho deceased , was then flWOrn ! she deposed as follows : —My husband was a , framework-knitter , and was 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 sent us 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 years ago . The wound was a fracture , kut appeared to have healed ; tbe arm vra 3 always stiff and weak . He was
quite unable to work at Coventry this last time , and we left the workhouse [ House of Industry j because mj husband was used so ill . He could not £ et up to breakfast , but the master said ho could , and told the Directors so ; and they said tr \ y husband was to be kepi on slops as he would not get up . He seemed to get worse after he went into the House , and the food was so coarse he could not take it . The work was pumping , and he was also sent into the { fields , where he took cold . PatmeT 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 out , and when I found he was so " badly , " I wished him to leave , too : he said he wishsd to come home to die . We applied to the Board latt Wednesday to come to Leicester . —The bread was coarser than ha was used
to eat at Leicester ; hin appetite get worse : and the doctor would not let him have the beer—they said 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 eick ward asked the Governor for his breakfast , saying Robson was much worse , and she would take it up him : the master said he toouM not give him any—Robson was an idle fellow , and should get up for it ; 1 heard these words myself . The Governor did not send ray
huBband any . After breakfast , every Tuesday , the directors go round every room ; and the nurse told me the mistress had said to them , " This is Robson —the idle fellow , who won't get upjfor hisinoals : " on which they said , ** O - ' then keep him on slops till he gets up . " I asked the nurse what reply my husband made ; and she said . he was too bad to make any reply ; this fretted me very much , asd I was anxious to get him home . Thenursfc is an Irishwoman , and has been there many years . My husband was shifted into this Sick Room on the Monday . He had been
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cLpfeni ^ wdelfed out beoa «*> ne was to « i ? Si y % { ? ^ . 06 his bed-he bein « « n too ni ner timt ' "" i » r ^ re 3 s ia ¥ ' Palmer . ) -At din-«! l £ a ' a * ? ues <* ay , my husband got up , and ofTtremwrV i ° d !? Wroom but he was all ofjMrBmble , and Beemedanable to walk ; he went ;« £ « : ? w- t dmner-bnt he could riot eat ft-be me-ve M « S ?? P ota ^ ' «™ W the rest to ZtlH Jft * 5 , ? *« . t <» M-t ! ie doctor she saw Rob fh ££ ? fi » L at Wl 8 put betore hitn- Meafc J 9 S » ven broth £ TLaZeek v ° o meat days , too , there is £ 85 ^ L « PPer . and at supper-time he got up again ; but he could not eat the broad and brothteS f h H ~ and he e » ve it *? o ™? he Kt . SiSfc ^ ^* - ^ On Wednesday morning he got up to his breakfast : but the Governor ™ t
hnoKonH' f ° « S V and slapped the door in my SteS K - ' " " ^ J ^* «»» . «« t all the paupers must be , before the Governor , or hot go in ; SS . ft ^ 5 » «* i to my husband , " You are Some on Jit % ? frWW * I BHW him ¦ RLift j ° in ^ roorfl , and he told me he SflW ^ DOne that morniDg at wLn Ji f had any the previous morning .-Tln 7 n 7 £ J ° * , he Board ' * « ay haabtud down , to the board-room , where the Directors w , « T r I ??** We then applied to be sent tev » Tr - * . ^ m my husband had had no R S 1 m tW 0 mOTninfi 9 - my husband was so 11 , he coujd scarcely talk—I was obliged to Rneafe
k - ' ^ £ ? , of the directors ( the same who had W « h . , ^ k room ) spoke up , and said , " Oh ! it is RobsoD , that ! dle fellow , whe would not get up to h . 8 breaktast i » this Director ' s name , I think , was - « i ^ k ™* . aDswer , * nd said my husband had K " ldleln his life ; told them how long he h « i been ill ; and that he had never applied to the pariBh but once before . Ono Director then looked ? i » t » %£ ' and ^ aid . O < he does not look able to work . They asked why I wished to come home when ho could not work ! for they should not give me anything I said I wished to get him into the Innrmary 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 , and he could not stay . They wanted to know what I should do with tnv family while he was in
the Infirmary ! I eaid I had friends at Leicester , wno would take me in the short time he waa there . They Baid 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 left at Coventry : we did not aak for it again . The letter said that his father was very uneasy at hearing he w a 3 bo 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 him 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 had not made up my mind to stay there- ^ Mr . Watts asked me this . / said I could not think Of doing S 0 ± as I knew my husband was not used well . Mr . Watts then said if I was
determined to have my discharge , he would write one , and he did so ; bat he said / should 7 wt have anything to take me home . My husband was too ill to Bay much . The discharge was given to the Governor . My husband wished to ' go home , and he told the doctor bo , after we came out of the board-room . This doctor ( a new one , who had attended my husband all the while he was there ) wa 9 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 doctor and the mistress making a sad noise at him— -they were "jawing " 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 ; hut on speaking in his behalf i was ordered off" by both—the doctor sayiny I had nothing to do with it . I heard the doctor say , 11 You aro a good-for-nothing dissatisfied fellow : 1 can tm it in your face . " 1 do not know what they said after this , as I was ordered off to my work . My husband soon after camo 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 some rice-pudding , of which he eat two or three spoonsful , and gave the rost to me)—I W 3 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 we would pay him when we got to Leicester ; we had no money then . It was a tilted cfart—we had a waggon the next morning . We prevailed upon the waggoner to take us . We got to Hinckley that ( Wednesday ) night , and where we stopped first , my husband a ^ ked for his hat , to go out , and the landlady said to me , " Your tlUSbaud seems in a very queer state—very ill . " I said , "He is . " —She then said , "I am afraid he is dying : I dare not hare him here : you had better go and get lodgings . " I did bo ; and the landlady , before wo went to them , gave my huBband a glass of brandyand-water , and a man from her house brought him down to the lodging—saying as he went , " Aly poor man ! thiuk of your soul , -for I am afraid you ' re in
a bad way . " My husband was very ill all night : in the morning I begged two cups ot coffee and some white ; bread for him : we then went to the 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 he felt better , the rum-and-water having nourished him . We got out at the Fox in Humbarstone-gate ; but after J had gone a little way , on the road to his father ' s , I turned back to see if he waa coming on ' with the other children * . he was Btaggering 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 ! " He Baid , * ' No , my wench , I can't . " I
said he bad better stop at the Waggon and Horses , and I would go and fetch his father . We got , home about twelve o ' clook . His father sent for his sister , Mrs . Spencer , who is rather better off , and she had some port wine warmed for him . He took this , and went to bed till tea-time . Then he ate some hot cake , drank some 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 fer 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
doctor : He had some gruel for dinner , but I saw tbat hi 3 features were then greatly changed , and that his speech was worse . I raa and got an order for . the parish doctor . The doctor was not to come till next morning ; but on Talbot ( Relieving-ofiioer ' 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 ihe father had sent us some post-office orders , which the Governor had kept for some time—one for six weeks : indeed , we should have known nothing of the order having been sent , but for some man coming oyer 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 most be found—that poor people must not lose their lo ters because they were in the poor-house . The letters were opened when we got them—( this is a rule of the house )—but the post-office orders were in them : I do not know who had opened them . I had written to my husband ' s father to a ? is for a little money , as 1 thought a little tea and sugar would do my husband good . The second letter was in answer to oats I had written to say we had just got the first .
In answer to several of the jury , the poor woman said her husband was put to work at the pump while he ,, was ' bo bad : the doctor saw him , aud said he was able to work at anything he could do with one arm : and the Master said he would make him work ! This was under tha first doctor ( not Mr . Barton , who was doctor now ); he did not care about the poor , end gave ( hem nothing . My husband had no shoes fit to go to the pigs iu the field when he was sent there because he could not work at the pump . The second doctor gave him medicine directly he saw him ; but it was a fortnight after he became docior before he saw my husband first , because the Master used to send him ont to the pigs every day . He bad a piece
of bread and che « se given him each day , but he used to bring it home io me because he could not eat it . He left eff goitig to the pi&s , about two ' months ago , because he had no shoes . He came to me onco or twice at the wash-house . I had somej beer for washing , which I kept for him , and my husband eaid that but for this sup , he could not live . ! The mistress was told of this last Monday by some of the women ; she told the doctor , who said my , husband muse go into the sick ward . The mistress ] "jawed" me for giving him the beer ; said my hus- « band was au idle fellow ; that he should do some work that week if she could help it . 1 said "Indeed ,: ma ' am , he will soon die then ; " on which she said ,, U A good job , too , for we shall then only have to get him a coffin . " The rule was for the women to drink j the beer in the room , but I used to put it on one
side , and to bring it out for him , under my baby ' s clothes . When the mistress was told of this , she came and seeing my beer ( a better kind of table-beer ) in the tin , she made we drink it up , saying I should not keep it for my husband ! Mi . Staiaes here said thia case ought to bo reported to the Poor Law Gemmiasioners : the law never intended that people should be pined ia thia way;—and some conversation followed , in th © course of which it appeared that Coventry had a Local Act : still , Mr . S , said he thought tha Commissioners would have power to interfere iu such a shameful case , and the jury expressed a very strong opinion as io the conduct of all the parties connected wita the Coventry House of Industry . Mr . Joha Holmau Tosswiii , surgeon to East Margaret ' s'division , wati theii sworn—I was called on ( tie said ) at half-past nine on Friday night to see
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deceased , who waa dying : I had received no order , but , hearmg the case was urgent , I went without one . I found deceased at his father ' s house , inacnsible and speechless : a great q-iantityjof matter was discharging from ) a wound in his shoulderhw shir t waB saturated with it . His pulsiwas scarcely porooptible—his extremities were cold—and he was evidently dying . I ordered him hot braady-and-wator through the night , and some arrow-root—hot bricks to his feet aud bottles of hot water to his stomach and arm ? . I wished to know what was the injury to his shoulder , and therefore
introduced a probe , j which went in a considerable depth . From the symptoms * he appeared to be dyiag from downright inanition—want of food . There was np cough or appearanoe of other disease . Oae of his brothers had died of consumption Bis months before , but I do not think this was the case with deceased—I cannot speak certainly , however . He died at seven o ' clock ' the next ( Siturday ) morning , and they sent to tell me of it . His case was one which must have demanded good diet for some time : I should have ordered this . 1 cannot speak precisely as to the immediate ; cause of death without an examination of the body .
The Coroner saidj he thought this wsr a case in which a precise opinion ought to be given , or it would be unfair to ] the parties mentioned , and who . cortainly 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 a ^ ain soon . One of the Jurors—That is an idea which dying men often entertain . Another Juror—It is clear to me that his death has been caused by 'downright cruelty . ' The Coroner—It jwould be unfair t © say so with out an examination of the body , whatever we may think . i The Jury all expressed a wish that Mr . Tosswill should examine thejbody . Mr . Wilkinson ( Relieving Officer ) said every attention had been paid to deceased from the time he reached Leicester ; and
Mr . Tosswill having said ho should examine'the body early to-morrow ( Tuesday ) morning , the inquest was then j adjourned to six o ' clock that evening . i
SECOND DAYS INQUEST ( TUESDAY . ) The inquiry was resumed this evening at' six o ' clock , when [ Mr . J . H . Tosswill said , he had made a post mortem examination and found the body to present externally a very emaaiated appearance . On moving the arm in the socket , 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 opening communicated with tne joint , allowing the probe to touch the bone , On laying open the shjoulder joint , a great and long standing disease was found to have existed ; the head of the arm bono being found to be almost
denuded of cartilage ^ which had been destroyed by ulceration . —The hollow of the shoulder , on which theixead of the bone rests , waa also deprived ofc&rtilago by ulceration . —An opening was also found extending from the : joint downwards , to the inner portion of the blade j bone , which prevented the probe from penetrating further . On laayiug open the chest , the lungs presented a healthy appearance , hut general and considerable adhesion was found existing between the membrane covering them , and that lining the inside of the chest—both of long-standing formation and of I recent date . —No evidence of tubercular disease was present . There was a considerable quantity of fluid in the cavity of the chest amounting from two to three piutB . The heart .
liver , and stomach , presented a healthy appearance ; the latter was nearly empty , containing only a greenish coloured fluid . The bowels were generally healthy , showing inibnly one or two ceses any interual indications of inflammatory action , aud that but Of a very trifling character . The chief disease was effusion of water in tbe chest , and tbe extensive disease of the shoulder joint . The conclusion he came to , from the [ examination , was , that disease was worn out by constitutional irritation , effusion of water in the chest , and exposure to cold . The journey 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 tho shoulder joint 1 Mr . Tosswill—Am I bound to answer that question ? j Coroner—Yes ; I think so . Mr . Tos 3 will— I perceived it , and therefore imagine others must have done so . By a Juror—Deceased could not pump ; and exposure to cold waa as bad for kim . Several of the Jurors expressed themselves in strong terms of indignation at the conduct of the Governor of the HpUseof Industry , of Mr . Watts , of the Mistress , and others ; and it was determined that these parties should be summoned to attend an adjourned inquest , at two o ' clock on Thursday .
j THURSDAY . The Coroner and ! the Jury reassembled at two o ' clock to-day . Shortly after the proceedings had commenced a large jcrowd assembled in front of the public-bouse where the inqu « 9 t was held . Elizabeth Robson , who had been brought from the Covontry 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 with a good tale to clear the Directors and Master . What tho jury thought of her evidence will be seen in theit verdict .
Margaret Hall , the nurse—an old Irishwoman was next examined . _ According to her there was excellent treatment given to all the inmates of tbe Coventry Hall ; she made , however , some rather startling admissions . She said , " His arm was bad : he was bad inside too , and had a cough . He wished always to be down in bed all day , but the doctor told him he wanted exercise and air for his poor arm and limbs . It was for his own benefit . One morning ho could not get down , aad he was not in time to get his breakfast ; and the master did not send it . He ( the master ) has told me to day he sent it by the cook . \ By Mr . Staines— -This conversation took place in Leicester—not in Coventry .
By the Coroner—That day he came down for his dinner . Thia was about seven days before he left . He could not eat anything ; all be wished for was drink . He had no beer allowed him , but his wife gave him he * share , iaad she was mobbed ( we understood ) for it . Heard tbe mistress tell deceased ' s wife about her giving her husband her beer . I often gave him some of my beer . Deceased had medicine , but they gave him no wine . It was very hard to make him take his medicine . He had nothing but what was allowed onithe table—no tea nor nothingonly gruel . If he did not go down he had no breakfast . [ " Gentlemeni that is my parish and my home , and I don ' t wish io be deprived of it , " said the wit noss , in this place , and she sobbed while saying so . ]
I gave him breakfast ; unknown to Mr . Palmer ( the Governor ) several times . He was hot allowed a bed to lie on ; not by the doctor . The doctor said he should not lie in bed in the daytime . Deceased lay on tbe bench . After the doctor bad put the silver " poke" [ probe ] into his arm , and it spurted out , he 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 aew pair of shoes , and had them about four days after . None in the workhouse would fit him , his legs were swelled so . Tho day he oame out , big wife came to him and said , " My' lad , come with me to the Board . " He
said , " I can't speak , I am eo bad . " She replied , "Never mind , my lad , I'll speak for you . " He wwnt to the Board , aind she told me she had told tho Board she would have him home ; she would not have him there to be murdered . He was in the laundry having a little beer , when he had left the Board-room , and the mistress ordered him te go-to the doctor . He came up to the sick-room to take his few things with I him , land his wife said tome , " Good bye , " / said , " If you take him home , it is as much as I expect : " he was so bad , he trembled like an aspen leaf . His wife said to him , " My dear , you feel worse . " He Baid , " / am—I am all but gone . " I saw no more af him .
By Mr . Staines —/ j asked the master for his breakfast when he could not come down , but he would not send it . He said the doctor had ordered Robson down , and he would not send his breakfast up . Robson was not fit t& come down . We may do little things ourselves sometimes , but not with doctors orders . [ In a low voice—// tee did not , God help ' em-they wouldn ' t be there long 3 Mr . Watts was visitin" director that week ; Kobson was in the room on the Tuesday he came , but nothing was said
Mr . Read—One day the master said he would make him work . ! , By the Coroner—He was pumping one day when he Was very ill . l . By Mr . Staines—Wen with one arm or one leg are set t « the pump . It is very hard work ; they most do it ; they must fill the ! copper . He was not bo ill when he went to mind the pigs . He was called idle when he would not pump . | Mr . Edward BieknelUsurgeon , Coventry , deposed tbat he took it in rotation to visit the Poor Hcose , his evidence only tended to confirm , though evideitly not desirous of so doing , the testimony of the deceased ' a widow . He said , in conclusion—I iiidnot consider any alteration in his diet necessary : it was wholesome and good . HeYraa dissatisfied ikothing was done to his shoulder . I injected into ihe sinus of his shoulder a email quantity of an . astringent solution—sulphate of zinc . It would do neither harm nor good . I did so three times . "
After several questious had been put to this very considerate doctor j Mr . Browett ( who waa chairman of the Board of Directors when Robson came up ) said that they gave Rabson and his wvfetbtir discharge upon their application for them , f [ Mr , Browett here gave a similar statement toltUaX of deceased ' s wife of wha £ took placs before tluj Board . ] After consulting
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together privately , we sent for the womau and told her it was tnelesa her going to Leicester , unless they could earn their living . They said they could do so , and were determined to leave . Amongst other replies to question ? , put by Mr . Staines , the following were given : —// did not become me to inquire whether these people had money to carry them lo Leicester . The local act does not permit us to advance money or anything ^ n such cases ; we have power to give relief ia certain cases . After some more questions had been put to this ' gentleman , " who in his replies exhibited a total want of the common feelings of
humanity—Mr . John Palmer ( Governor of the Workhouse ) was called but not sworn . Ho stated , in reply to questions , that deceased would be in those parts of the house where he ought not to be ; he was very obstinate . He came down to breakfast . on % wo occasions after the door waa shat j the first time his breakfast was sent up to him , the second it was not . He ( 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 confident deceased received his breakfast when he did not come down , I did not shut the dining-rooin 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 go to the other room and iie down en the bed with his clothes on . By Mr . S t aines—Robson was treated as one who did not work . By the Coroner—Deceased was of an unhappy disposition , and so was his w ' < fe . * she was worse than he ; and he would not have been , as he was , if it had nut been for her . By Mr . Jarrom—Deceased was an idle man and his wife was idle also 4 A diet-table was here produced which presented a decent bill of fare for a workhouse .
The evidence being now concluded , Mr . Rotherhatn 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 , 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 hour elapsed before they were re-admitted : when they were so , the verdict of the Jury , as follows , was announced : — That George Robion 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 accelerated \ by ihe inattention of the medical men of the Coventry House of Industry * and for w&it of proper nourishment while in that Home . "
At the conclusion of the inquiry a large crowd , ( says the Journal , ) which were waiting the issue , gave vent to their feelings in yells and hootings . On the Governor of tho Coventry House of Industry making his appearance , be was assailed with a volley of abuse , and the attitude of the people who recognised him was so threatening that he was fain to retreat withiu the house . He twice essayed to make his escape , but was compelled to seek safety in shelter each time . So infuriated were the mob , tbat many said they would break the windows if he were not surrendered to ( hem , whilst others thrust open the dooT , and exclaimed , ' Turn out the murderer ! turn out the murderer !! ' At length Servant Wright , who empannelled the jury , sent for the police : and even then it was found impossible to get the Governor away , excepting in a vehicle . The fly drove off amidst the exercrations of the assembled UUlti ' tnde , their curses being both load and deep *"
ANOTHER HUMAN BEING STABVED TO DEATH . At an isq'iest on Monday night , before Mr . Higgs , on the body of Morris Kearing , the wife of deceased said—During the time the theatres are open 1 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 had been ill for some time , I left home at eight o ' clock , and did not return until between ona and two o ' clock the next morning . I was let in by the landlady , and on proceeding upstairs / found the two children huddled up in bed by the side of my husband , who was quits dead and stifv ; there waa no tire or light in the
room , and the children said they had tried to wake their father , but could not make him he&v . When I left home , there was nothing bul 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 the 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 being able to obtain a partial livelihood at Mr . Simpson ' s , I declined the offer of the parish , and I afterwards removed witn my family into Drury-court , when my husband continued to get still worse . I had hot applied for as * sietance to this parish , thinking all parishes alike ia their practice , and being afraid of being parted from
my husband and children . Out ofmyweeVs wages of 5 s . / have to pay 2 s . 9 d . 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 thera 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 to the interest of the parishioners as well as the poor . The Jury fully conourred in the Coroner ' s remarks , and after a short consultation , returned a verdict of " Natural death , accelerated by starvation * " The Jury afterwards collected some silver for the poor widow , to which the Coroner subscribed with his accustomed liberality .
IRELAND AND THE GOTEBNMENT . A publie meeting waa bolden at the National Hall , High-Helborn , on Monday evening , for the purpose of taking into consideration tbe conduct of the Government in their attempt to stifla the expression of public opinion in Ireland . At eight o'clock Mr . Watson waa called to the chair ; the whole of the " Liberal" metropolitan Members were invited , but none attended . Mr . Hetherington stated that a deputation bad waited upon Mr . Duncombo , who informed them that he had a relative layingidangeroualy ill at Nottingham ; he expected to be called thence to attend his dying momenta , or he would have been most happy to have attended—( loud cheers ) . The following resolutions which were ably spoken to , were adopted unanimously : —
1 . That tfie right of petitioning the Legislature for a redress of public grievances , or the repeal of anyAcfc of Parliament deemed inimical to the welfare and liberty of the people , is aacred and inviolable ; and any attempt to subvert that right by military force , despotic proclamations , or civil prosecutions , should call forth the marked indignation and constitutional resistance of every man who values political freedom . 2 . That the recent conduct of the Government in interdicting the CJontarf meeting , a few hours only before it waa to have been boldeii , after having tor 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 .
S . That J > miel O'Coanell , Esq ., > I-P ., and bis colleagues , now under prosecution for having exercised their undoubted right of meeting to Petition against an-Actoftbe Legislature , and » he have uniformly condncted large public meetings in a peaceful and constitutional manner , are eminently entitled to public sympathy and support : and this meeting hereby cordlilly tender them their best thanks for the judgment and humanity they have shewn in preventing a collisaion between the people and tho military . 4 . That while we acknowledge , in the most nneqai vocal manner the grievances and mis-government under which Ireland has suffered for centuries;—the inequality of her political and municipal franchises ; r—the sbamelesa craelty of her alien landlords TO their wretched
tenantry;—the sectarian distribution of government and . local patronage;—and above all the infamy of tbe Irish Church Establishment;—yet -we 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 oar country ; is by a cordial onion of all classes of Reformers to secure the Legislative adoption , of the , principles of the People ' s Charter , which will confer upon every man the right ot being repsesented in tb » Commons Haose of Parliament ; and this meeting emphatically declares its conviction , that never , till tha whole population are faithfully represented , will their rights be respected , their interests consulted , or their happiness promoted .
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Rekurvb . —The Gorman now confined iu Newgate , under sentence of death , and who w& 9 to have ieen executed on Monday last * has been reprieved u until her Majesty ' s further pleasure . " ACCIDENT AND LOSS OP L * RE W V LsAD . MlNEA few days ago a serious accident , which was attended won . loss of life , occurred in Rowgill lead mine , near Brough , Westmoreland . John Thompson , a fine young man , who belonged to the Tillage of StaintoB . near PenrUWawl pother Bmerofthe name of Campstoa , we « e working m a shaft together , and were in the a * fc of stemming a ^ bore . mth iron tool preparatory to making a blast : the po ^ fef unformnftel ? exploded , and the effect was sachW the iniury whith Thompson sustained was 5 Q . se ] g £ that he died a &hort time afterwards in the ; gre ^ feB agony . Cwnpston was also most dreadfully m ^« and hid recwrj is Boarcely to be expected . ^ ; - ^ »
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 25, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct829/page/7/
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