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      LIGHTING BY THE ELECTRIC FLUID . { From Hut Paris Correspondent of Die Globe . ) 1 have mentioned to joo the disooTEiy of the means < £ . rendering continuous , and fixing at a given point , tbe ^ electric fluid , and making it applicable to the general purposes of lighting , it is now four years rinee U » fiat experiment on this subject was made in pri--T&te ; bai tie diBCQTerer -wai not able toindnce any ^ eaon to adraDoa eren 1 . 000 L for an apparataa on a ¦ juffioeoSly large waSs for a public experiment Yes--terday evening , th public experiment took placoe at the yiace de la Concorde , in the preaence of Beveral of the jMttumtifw . and- from tout to five thousand of the inhabitant * of Paris . On one of the bases ot tbe ^ tataes called the Pavfflion de iille , a glass globe of I -apparently twelve or thirteen inches diameter-with a 1

      , aoTeabte rtSector , wa 8 fixed in connection with b 1-oltaic battery , and , at a little before nine o ' clock , the electric finia was thrown iato it by acondnctor . At ihkMme all the gw lights of theP ^ &ce , about 100 in jmmber , were homing . Am aoon as the electric fluid appeared , the nearest gas lights had the same dull , thick , and heavy appearance as oil lamps feava by file side of yns . Soon afterwards the gas lights were gxtingnighed , and the electric light shone forth In -all its brilliancy . Within one hundred yards d thB light it to easy to read the smallest print ; it Was , in fact , M light as day- Th *** astonishment of the assembled multitude was yery greAt , &&d "Cteir delight as strong as their astonishment The estimate made by scientific persons who were present * as , that the electric light was equal to twenty of the -gas lamps , and consequently that five of . these Bghts

      Would unifies to light the whole Place most brilliantly . . As regards the expense of production , nothing positive is * transpired . The electric light gives ont no bad snellj-it . emits none at those elements which , in the Jmridngt > r _ gs-s , nxe so injurious to health ; and explosion vbuld be impossible . Internal lighting would be as -jaaddeable as ettenal lighaug ; for , by conductors , the fluid would be eonvejad to every part of the boose . ~ % b& experiment performed last night was with a Toltaic lattery of two hundred pairs , composed as follows : — JLst , an outer globe of glass ; Sadly , in this globe a cylinder of charcoal , open at both ends , asd plunged in tie sitric add contained in the outer globe : 3 JJj , in the cylinder of ckarcoal , a porous porcelain vase , containing acidulated water . The pile was on the Pavilion de XDle ; the two copper conductors from the two poles , * rtA pointed wiHi charcoal , lead to an empty globe from trhich the air has feeen exhausted . The two fluids on

      meeting pxoQnce a soft but most intense light I under Stand that the experiment was considered highly successful by the authorities who were present , and that i ; ia to be repeated on a larger scale . Should the thing Wort as well in a general way as it did last night , and the cost be ltss than that of gas , which it must be , there "will be a dreadful revolution in gas-works . A company loi the supply of the electric light would realise a handsome profit on charging only a sixth of what is now paid for gas . . Abtssisia , —Amongst the many wonderfnl disco veries siade by the mission to the court of Shoa , in Abyssinia , one of the most extraordinary is that of a maruificent salt lake , some distance inland . It is seven

      bandied 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 xoass of volcanic matter which sow seporstes it from iile brine . The shores are covered "wxfcti one thick BQeet of eyrtahsed salt , The depression of its surface appears to have been occasioned by evaporation jajsd it is probable that , in a few years more , its waters will bave disappeared—its basin forming an immense mass of rock salt . Though Shoa is six or seven degrees south 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 .

      Modkes Babbasisjl—The Vnivers remaris : ' ¦ The ^ "rernmeni , at great pains and expense , bronght from ' Salonica and Sphesus a magnificent Pagan sarcophsgus aad the entire frieza of the Temple ol Diana . These Iriies of Grecian art , so valuable in the illustration of historj , ought to have found grace in the eyes of the ; -conservators of our museums ; but they have been saflered to Tie for six Tnonths rotting at the foot of the , colonnade of the Louvre , on the ground which served as the feurying-place for the victims of Jaly . Since their arrival in the inhospitable climate of Parii , thsy Iimb endured more fog and rain tfcan fiun £ g their long * xisteac © in their native soB . When the frost attacks them , nothing will remain but lamentably degraded fragments of what have cost several hundreds of thousands ef francs and the lives of seven men , amongst whom we have to lament the unfortunate painter , I Clement Boulanper . " :

      Eixcteoitped Flowjsbs . —At a late meeting of the Linnesn Society , N . Brown , Esq ., in the chair , ProfessBr Forbes exhibited some specimens of orchidaceoos fiDwers which had been elertrotyped , and which fead a Tery pleasing and attractive appearance . This prscess , however , bad not the effect of altering the shape ox characteristics of the specimens submitted to It , au they all retain their formation in a remarkably perfect manner . Thb Ska . —The mean depth of the sea is , according to La Place , from four to five miles . If the existing waters were increased only one-fourth , it -tronld-drown the earth , with , the exception of some high mon-nt&lna . If She volumes of the ocean were augmented only by one-eighth , considerable portions of the present

      continents would be submerged , and the seasons would be changed all over the glebe . Evaporation would be bo such 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 beantiful in cur whole systen than the process by which the fields are irrigated from the skies ; the riven are fed from the mountains—and the ocean retrained ¦ within bounds , -wMdi it neve ^ cazi exceed bo long as that process continues on the present scale . lbs vapour raised by the sun from the sea fioaU Wherever it is lighter than 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 con-TCyed to the rivers which flow on the surface of the earth , and the springs which lie deep in its bosom , destined to supply man with a purer element If we suppose the sea , than , to be considerably _ < 1 Sni ! ninhftd , tile ATn »* m and the Missiisippi , those inland seas of the western world , would become inconsiderable brooks : -the brooks would wholly disappear , the atmosphere Would be deprived of its due proportion of humidity -, 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 would wither away like the sickly grass at his feet

      A "HZW LiGHl . "—Monday week a private exhibition took place , at the Adelaide Gallery , of Bunsen ' s -carbonic battery . The novelty of the principle upon Which this battery is constructed is this , that plates of carbon are used in coDjurction with the sine in the jars , instead of copper as in the ordinary hattery . By this means a much stronger current of electric fluid is obtained , and being bronght to bear f through thea ? ency of a ihtn wire ) upon quick lima placed" in an exhausted receiver , a light Is evolved tar more white and inteCEe £ ban « ay -srhieh ttss yet been obtained by do oxyhydrogea , or ether apparatus . Previously to the

      batieryVbeing put ia operation ilr . Jones delivered ashort lectare on the best mode of Baking the carbon > for the plates in order to prevent its being too friable or too pinguidj and stated that although this inven- ; tion was claimed by Bunsen , he believed it would be found that we were indebted for the discovery of the ; principle to an Englishman , Mr . J . T . Cooper . In con- j firmatlon of his statement , he referred his auditory to the Philosophical Transaction ! for 1840 . The pris- i Siatic rays were projected upon the ceiling , a photo-: graphic portrait was taken , and other interesting ex- ; psrimentB were performed by mews of the new light , j all with perfect success . - 1

      New Fibe Ksgise- —A mechanic at Bristol of the ; Bams 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 hyd » - > nlie power egaal to a large engine ' worth £ 170 or j £ 1 S 0 . An experiment was made in ; the presence of s&ver&l scientific men , and gave general j satisfaction . ]

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      and Telford stated , in their evidence delivered before the London Bridge Committee , " that there were several thousand tons of the most valuable manure running into the Thames from the metropolitan Be wen every hour , thereby polluting the water to that excessive degree , that it was fast approaching an immense ditch , and so excessively filthy that no tea-kettle laboratory could preperly filter the water so ab to be fit for domestic purposes . " Aa to the capability of the Mil , " It is" ( says Sir George Stephens * , tho 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 ameunt of human food that it ; yields ander the present system . " TJpon the most moderate surposit ' . on ..

      by adopting these sab-sewers , there would be an actual 8 Jmn £ to Ui 9 country annually of upwards of two millions of tons of the most valuable manure , containing all the trrates ( animal salts ) , it , which , if sold to the land-holders and fanners at 10 s . per ten , would materially aid them to meet any pressure of the times . Besides , the iron trade of this great nation 5 g in & depressed state , at ill times fluctuating ; the government , by constructing these snb-sewers , would permanently raise the price of iron ; because Bristol , Hull , Liverpool , and other towns would at once adept similar sewers , for husbanding th « manure . From a rough calculation , I presume thesa metropolitan sub-sewers would cost

      about seven minions sterling , and the revenue derivable therefrom would amount annually to upwards of one million . And if the whole- of the Commissioners of Sewers were merged ox consolidated into one board , as they ought to be , and not to remain irresponsible bodies without any head , in the receipt of enormens Bums of money , not accountable for the same , and continually fighting at cxosb 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-sewere .

      In Edinburgh , the watchmen , at six o ' clock ia the Bioming , torn 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 this great dircy metropolis ? which might be made the healthiest and cleanest city in the ; world , and its vast expansive river rolling throngh 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 cave a good an € sufficient Bheot from their privies and drains into the common sewers ; all the streets U > be thoroughly washed every , twenty-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 would he have said at this time of day , mixing up 45 , 000 dead anuually amidst tile living ? By washing the streets once every twenty-four hours there wonld be so necessity for scavenger ' s carts , or nightmen , or watering carts . These eub-scwers ought to precede the Thames embankment They might be constructed nearly the whole extent without erecting any coffer-dam , which will appear dear on a casual survey ; if they are commenced at the terminus and bronght up the river , all the -water accumulating on excavating will pass through th < 5 reservoirs . Lastly , it wonld 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 .

      RJCHAKD KOWBD , Promoter of the Health of Towns . No . 7 , Stanhope-place , South wark Bridge-road .

      "&)* Govtoititn Of &Lt;2?Tt£Lantr " Laws Grind The Poor, And Rich Men Rule The Law.'

      " & )* govtoititn of < 2 ? tt £ lantr " Laws grind the poor , and rich men rule the law . '

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      APPALLING DESTITUTION . On Thursday , the 16 th inst , Mr . Carter , the Coroner for Surrey , went into a very protracted inqniry at the Drum , Snow-fields , Bermondsey , respecting the death of Ann Qalway , agefl forty-five . The deceased resided at 3 , White Lion Court , Bermcndsey-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 almost 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-surgeon could make no examination until she bad been 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 email red spots , where vermin had been preying upon her . Altogether it was a scene sever before , perhaps , witnessed in a human dwelling-place .

      air . J . Slow , one of the rebeving cfneers of Ber-BlBndBey parish- —The only article of furniture In the deceased's room "was the carcass of an old chest of small drawers . There were two piecei of brew * and a basin of coffee mixed with the feathers . There was no bedding of any kind , and she was quite dead . They had never applied for parish relief , nor did he 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 she was in excellent health , but very bafily clad . The room was is the sane state In which the jury > md just seen it She waa tben 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 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 , bat -what he slept on " toi only the name ef a bed . " When witness went there , the son slept in the comer with his mother and father , and she had his place , and put there a mattress she had brought from Ireland . They had something to eat morning and night , bnt no

      dinner , and she did not know how they had lived since September . Whila » b 8 was there she had Been the iusbind and son frequently beat the deceased because she would not get oat of the feathers . If there was anything to eat she would get up and eat , and then get into the feathers . She neglected her person , and seemed carelesB about everything . She never went from the room . A p 3 rt 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 2 enca ; this goes to my heart "

      Tbe Coroner . —Wo one nas laughed at this frightful tale , and no one Bhall , with impunity . j-jt should be observed that the witness was very neatly and respectably dressed , and evidently not an ignorant woman . J Examination resumed . —Tbe reason that the son Henry beat her sister and his mother was , because the landlady of the house had t » W him te do sa . When she died in tiae room she had no clothes on . Her husband when in work got 2 i 6 i a-day , out of which he had to pay 2 a . a-week rent

      After some additional evidence had been given , the coroner said , the inqniry was of paramount importance to the public , as a buman being had been found in the most abject state destitution . It was due to tile parish that it ehould be ascertained whether starvation bad 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 of the nnfortnnate woman ' s death . He understood they were both in custody , the husband raving mad , and the son almost an idiot The icqiiest w&& then adjourned .

      PoOB . Law Rtjffiasism . Lambeth-stileet . —On Thursday , Mrs . Clayton , a young married woman , whose father bad been for many years a ratepayer of the parish of Whitechapel , applied to Mr . Norton for an order to see her sister , who was cither cozfined , or on tbe point of confinement , in Whitechapel workhouse . It will be recollected , that on the morning of that day week , the applicant had , in the first instance , made application at the workhouse , and re ~ qu&Bted to see her sister , but . the gate-porter refused her admittance . TbB gate-keeper perceiving her intention , Beired and forced her back with violence , and in doing

      to tare her cloak . Upon that occasion Mr . Norton advised Mrs . Clayton to go before the Board of Guardians od the Tuesday following , and make a fo-mal complaint to them of the manner in which she bad been treatsd . Singular to say , this order was treated with indif-> ference , and it was not until the deputy chairman Mm . Eelf Jhad peremptorily desired , that toe applicant was permitted an interview , and then only in the presence of the master of the workhouBe . 1 Yesterday Mm . Clayton stated , that on going before the Board oa Tuesday , and relating what had passed , she was told that she would be allowed to see her sister on the following day ; but on applying at theworkbouse she was refused . _ ¦ ! ¦ ! !

      i Mr . Norton expressed bis 8 urprise and astonishment ] at tbe extraordinary conduct pursued by the Blaster of ¦ the workhouse , and despatched an ofiicer to request the j attendance of tbat functionary , as well as tbe gate-1 keeper , to have aa explanation of their conduct He I ( Mr . Norton ) » Uo denred the constable to call upon I Mr . Brashfield , the chairman , and Mr . Wallace , the ' . deputy-ctairmau , of the Board of Guardians , to request i their attendance also , that they might hear all that transpired . Only tbe chairman , Mr . Brnahfield , ab-1 ^ tnded t » the summonB of the magistrate . ^* ? 8 I waited for some time , and neither the master of the workhouse nor gatfr-beepar making thek appearance , ; ] 1 1 | j ! i

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      tbe inqiiry into ihjir conduct wea appointed fora 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 . K . G ., , £ 5 ; A Noble Lord , £ 1 ; A Lady , C . H ., half of £ 10 ; Lord Alvanley , £ 10;—making altogether £ 57 . ;

      HOBBIBLE DISTRESS . Thames POLica , THtrasr > A t—The following case was that of ELizibeth Morris , of 2 , Jubilee-place ; 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 . Dongiae , one of the warrant officers , stated that he was employed on Tuesday morning to execute 5 warrant of ejectment against the poor woman and her children , and be never in his life had so painful a duty to perform . When the poor creature was turned out of her home Into the cold , damp tog , 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 court and make an application . The worthy magistrate directed that the immediate wants of the applicant and her children should be provided for , and inquiry made into her case .

      Douglas has since made the inquiry , and the woman's statement having been found correct , provision has been made for her until her husband's liberation . THBJSJUB . T-MAKBRS . —Union-Hall—On Thuraday , 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 D-ivia , who works for ; the slopsellers , was brought up for re-examination before Mr . Gottingham on the charge . In conseqqence of the publicity given to this distresingcase , Mr . Cottingbam has had transmitted to him donations from several benevolent individuals , to a very considerable amount , in aid of tho accused ; and amongst them the following sums from the writers , who expressed a desire tbat they might be acknowledged in the newspapers : —A . £ l 10 a- J . M . C ., £ 1 ; H . W . 2 s . 6 d . ; A . B . , 10 s . ; F ., £ 1 : J . P ., 10 s . ; TJ ., 10 s ; B . B ., £ 1 ; P . E . T ., 10 s . ; R . H . A ., 10 s . ; M D ., 10 a . ; W . W . £ 2 ; Y ., 10 s . ; H . B ., 10 s . ; W . J .. 10 s . ; H . A ., 10 s . ; 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 . Cottingbam 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 threehat / pence for . making a shirt I 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 asiek husband and child to maintain by her own labour , yet had contributed all in her power to assist tbe accused by pledging her things and keeping her and the two children from starving .

      Mr . Cottingham then addressed the accused , and directed Mr . Edwin , the ehief 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 portion of the money contributed to her aid would be retained , in order to remunerate her employer for auy 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 the hour of need .

      MORE MISERY . Maryborough street —Since it has become ksown that the 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 oat of work , and the amount of destitution and suffering which these cases occasionally disclose would be pronounced fabulous . Were tbe statements not corroborated by evidence that cannot be disputed . Two cases which , at the desire of the magistrate , fead been investigated by tbe constables , were on Friday reported upon to Mr . Hardwick .

      The first case was that of Emma Stammers , the" * ife of a stable-man out of employ , with three young children , one lying dead , and one sick . Her application was for flome relief , to enable her to bury her child , she having applied to the parish in which she resided for & cofHn , and had been refused , on the ground that she did not belong to the parish . Police-constable Gibbett deposed to the slate of extreme destitution in which the family was involved and the good character of the applicant The young woman said her husband had been in the service of Mr . Hope , of Spring-gardens , as stableman , but when his master left England in June , he lost bis place , and had been unable to procure another situation .

      Mr . Hardwick—How have you maintained yourselves since Jane ? Applicant—God only knows , Sometimes we have only had one meal in three days . My husband has walked all over London to get work ; he has not a bit of shoe to bis feet now . AH 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 . 1 ; can do nothing myself , because one of my children is now ill at home , and the infant in my arms cannot be left Mr . Hardwick—Have you applied to the parish ?—Applicant—I went to the parish of Su Martin ' s , to ask for a coffin to bury my cbild in , but I was told thay could do nothing foi me , because I did not belong to the pariah . .

      Mr . Hardwick—I do not understand this . Do you mean to say you told them your 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 Jher grateful thanks , and retired . The second case was tbat of a decent-looking elderly

      woman , reported by Polic Constable Ties . The woman ' s character was very good . She had hitherto got her living by going oat as charwoman , and by taking care of empty houses . Owing to ill health , she had not been able to do any work , and she had been indebted for existence to her nieces—themselves in a state approaching to . want The applicant was relieved with tt n shillings . A gentleman walked into court , and put down £ & tor the poor-box , which he desired might be entered as the donation of Anonymous .

      MURDER ! HELLISH TREATMENT OF THE POOR IN THE COVENTRY BAST 1 LE . ( Abridged from the Leicester Chronicle . ) An inqnest was held on Monday night last , 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 of the deceased , was then rworn : 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 J but ha 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

      wonnd wass fracture , but 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 [ House of Industry ] because my husband was used so ill . He could not get up to breakfast , bat the master said be could , and told the Directors so ; and they said my husband was to be kept 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 ffields , where he took cold . Palmer was the name of the Govfrnor of the House of Industry , and he behaved very unkindly all the time we were there ; my husband , therefore , wanted to como out , 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 waa courser than ho was used to eat at Leicester ; hi * appetite got 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 left him have it . On the Tuesday morning , the nurse of the sick ward asked the Governor for his br eakfast , saying Robson was much worse , and she w ould take it up him : the master said he would no t give him any—Robson was an idle fellow

      , and should get up for it ; I heard these words myself . The Governor did not send my husband any . After breakfast , every Tuesday , the directors go round every room ; and the nurse told me the mi ?'( -res 8 had said to them , This is Robson —the id /? , fellow , who won ' t get up ii ' or his meals : " on which they said , " OI then keep him on slops till he gets . « p . " I asked tho nurse what reply my husband made ; and she said . he was too bad to make any repl ^ : this fretted me very much , and I was anxious to ft et him home . The nurse is aa Irishwoman , and hvs been ihere many years . My husband was shifted Into this Siok Room on the Monday . He b . ad by . « n

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      cauiftfni ^ « to 6 d < mt becau se he waa SJSTn ? "ftSW * bed-he bein « « " > n too ill r ^ r r& ~( Th m Mi 8 tres ? « Mm ; Palmer . ) -At din-^ £ SV Tu f y * * » v husband got up , and Sf a ^ rlw m i ° diDin « -woin ' bat ha ™ " thriJX if * % ** ? " ? wabIe * walk J *» went 2 ^ 8 JPs £ alwr tol * dodtot sh « s rodth ? PA « SO at wt 5 &at bfiforo him . Meat is given iSStS ?* a week : on meat days , too , there is S ^^ pper « , 5 nd at s » PPer-tune hi got up fWi ^^^ uW nofc eatihe bread and bVotb-? nfe W- fa >! ed Mm-aud he « ave it to me : he K ^ ?? i £ » t ni « ht . On Wednesday morning £ ? £ a * hls bre » Wast 5 but the Governor got SSJ £ h » 7 om fi ' ' ^ pp 611 the do ° * ° » y np « S E - ~^ Js a ruIe * toVe ; that all the paupers must be m beforo the Governor , or not eo in .-t

      ?™ . i « £ ^ over 5 ° i : Ba'd * my husband , » You are i ? m « l ? i £ H- had m toeakfast . I saw him W ? , m h , iJM L Srroom , and he told me he Sf ^ WW 6 ' had noae that morning at wlZ : L d h ? A had ^ £ Previous morning .-¥ t we went to the Board , I led my husblnd down to the board-room , where the Directors met at eleven o ' clock . We then applied to be sent home , awl I told them my husband had had no bieattast for two mornings : my husband waa bo r «; k 1 n "jw ^ y „»•*—I was obliged to speak h ° LS '«\ i . P 2- , 0 ' Direotors <* he same who had been in the Sick-room * spoke ud . and aaid "oh r ,- *

      If . Kobson , that idle fellow , whe would not get up to his breakfast : '' this Director ' s name , I think , was ^ 1 ! k l a de answer , and said my husband had never beeni idle in his life ; told them how long he had , been ill ; and that he had never applied to tbe pariah but once before . One Director then looked at my husband , and sail " O ! he does 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 lnnrinary at Leicester , for if he stoDnnd tliflra ( C , <\

      ventry ) I thought he would die : my husband told them the same—he said the place did not agree with him , and he coold not stay . They wanted to know what 1 should do with my family while he waa in tho Infirmary T I Baid I had friends at Leicester , who would take me in the short time he was 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 left at Coventry : we did not ask for it again .

      The letter said that hia father was very uneasy at hearing he was so ill , and they wished to have him home again : my husband had been an out-patient at the Infirmary before , and it seemod 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 t they then asked me if 1 had not made up my mind to stay there—Mr . Watta asked me this . / said I could not think of doing so , 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 ho did so ; bat he said / should net have anything to take me home . My husband was too ill to say much . The dischargo was given to the Governor . My husband wished to go home , and ho told the doctor so , after we came out of the board-roonr . 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 £ o 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" That he was not well done to . " I knew he could

      not speak , and so I went in ; but on speaking in his behalf I was ordered off" by both—the doctor saying I had nothing to do with 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 this , as I was ordered off to my work . My husband soon after carao 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 tho rest to me )—I w ? nt and got his clothes , put them on him , and we then went into the town so seo 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

      Loipester ; we had no money then . It was a tilted cart—we had a waggon the next morning . We prevailed upon the waggoner to take ua . We got to Hinckley that ( Wednesday ) night , and where we stopped first , my husband aFked for his hat , to go out , and the landlady said to me , " Your husbaud seems in a very queer state—very ill . " I said , "He is . "r ~ She then said , " I am afraid he ia dying : I dare not have him here : you had better go and get lodgings . " I did so ; and the landladv , before we went to them , gave my husbaad a glass of brandyand-water , and a man from her house brought him down to the lodging—saying as he went , " Aly poor man ! think of your soul , for I am afraid yeu ' re in a bad way . " My husband was very ill all night :

      in the morning I begged two cups of coffee and some white bread for him : we then went to the w&ggoa ( a tilted one ) and we stopped no more till we got to the Half way House ( near Leicester ) , where ho got a snp 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 Humberstone-gate ; but after I had gone a little way , on the road to his father ' s , I turned back to see if he was coming on with the other children : he was staggering from one side of the road to the other . I said to Mm , "I am afraid you are very bad ; can ' t you get on V Ho said , " No , my wench , I can't . " I Baid he had better stop at the Waggon and Horses ,

      and I would go and fetch his father . Wo 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 . He took this , and weiit to bed till tea-time . Then he are some hot cake , drank some tea , and said he felt better : he told hie 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 P 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 that hia features were then greatly changed , and that his speech was worse . I ran and got an order for the parish doctor . The doctor was not to come till next morning ; but . on Talbot ( Relieving-officer ' 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 , which the Governor had kept for some time—one f'tr six 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 tho

      Directors ,, who asked Mr . Palmer ( the Govornor ) what he had to say about the matter ! Mr . Palmer made a rambliug 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 Jesters because they were in the poor-house . The tetters were opened when we got them ^ -fthis is a rule of the house J — but the post-offiee 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 would do my husband good . The second letter was in answer to one I had written to say we had just got the first .

      In answer to several of the jury , the poor woman Baid her husband waa put to work at the pump while he was so bad : the doctor saw him , and said he was able to work at anythitig he could do with one arm : and the Master said he would make him work ! This was under the first dootor ( not Mr . Barton , who was doctor now ); he did not care abont the poor , and gave them nothing . My husband had no shoes nt to go to the pigs in the field when he was sent there because he could not work at the pump . The seoond doctor gave him medicine directly he saw him ; but it was a fortnight after he became doctor before he saw my husband first , because the Master used to send him out to the pigs every day . He had a piece of bread and cheese given him each day , but he used to bring : it home to me because he could not eat it . He left off going to tbe pigs , about two

      months a £ o , because he had no shoes . He came to me once ot twice at tho wash-house . I had some beer for washing , which I kept for him , and ray husband said that but tor this sup , he could not live . The mistress was told of this last Monday by some of the women ; 6 he told the doctor , who said my husband must go into the sick ward . The mistress "jawed" me for giving him the beer ; said my husband was an idle fellow ; t \ iat he should do some work that week if she could help it . I said' Indeed , ma ' am , ho 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 ru ) a was for the women to drink the beer in the row ., but I used to put it oa one side , and to bring >¦'„ 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 me drink it up , saying J should not Mep it for mhusband !

      y ' v ""~ m — mf f ( few fc » M » r *•»"" _ Mr . 'btaHVa here said this case ought to be reported to the Poor Law Commissioners : the law never inte nded that people Bhould ba pined in this way;—u / id some conversation followed , in the course of whi eh it appeared that Coventry had a Locai Act ; still , Mr . S / said he thought the p CommissioiK ers would have power to interfere m such a shf . meful case , and the jury expresssed a very strong opinion a 8 t 0 the conduct of all the patties connected with the Coventry House of Industry . Mr . John Holmau Toiswil ) , 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 dyiug : I h . id received no order , bnt , heariDg the case was urge nt , I went without one . I found deceased at his fall < er ' a hou $ e , insensible and speechless : a great q-iau titylof matter was discharging from a wound in his shoulderhis shirt was saturated with it . His pulse was scarcely perceptible—bis ex tremities were cold—and he was evidently dying . I ordered him hot brandy-and-water through theni ^ 'ht , and some arrow-root—hot bricks ta his feet and bottles of hot water to his stomach and arm ? . I wis . Hed to know what was the injury to his shoulder , and therefore

      introduced a probo , which went in a ct / nsiderablo depth . From the \ symptoms , he appeared to be dying from downright inanition—want of food . 1 'hero was no cough or appearance of other disease . One- of his brothers had ] died of consumption six mouths before , but I do not think this was the case wfti deceased—I cannot speak certainly , however . He died at seven o ' clock the next ( Saturday ) morning , and they sent to j tell me of it . His case was one which must have demanded good diet for some time : I should have ordered this . I cannot speak precisely as to the immediate cause of death without an examination of the body .

      The Coroner said he thought this was a case in which a precise opinion ought to bo given , or it would be unfair to tho parties mentioned , and who certainly were implicated by the wife's evidence . — The poor man hail spoken of being better after he came to Leicester ^ and of going to work again 3 oon . 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—lit would be unfair to say so without an examination of the body , whatever we may think . f The Jury all expressed a wish that Mr . Tosswill should examine tho body . Mr . Wilkinson ;! ( Relieving Officer ) said every attention had been paid to deceased from the time he reaohed Leicester ); and

      Mr . Tosswill having said he should examine the body early to-morrow ( Tuesday ) morning , the inquest was then adjourned to six o ' clock that evening . j

      SECOND DAY S INQUEST ( TUESDAY . ) The inquiry wa 3 resumed this evening at six o ' clock , when ; Mr . J . H . Tosawill 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 secket , a distinct grating could be felt , indicating disease , and which examination had proved to bo present . —Externally beneath the collar bone was an opening , into which a prebe was introduced , and which opening communicated witn tne joint , allowing the probe to touoh the bene , On laying open tho shoulder joint , a great aud long standing disease jwas 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 jhollow of the shoulder , on which the head of the bone rests , was also deprived of cartilage by ulceration . —An opening was also found extending from the joint downwards , to the inner portion of the blade bone , which prevented the probe from penetrating * further . On laayiug open the chest , the lungs presented a healthy appearance , but general and considerable adhesion was found existing between the membrane covering them , and that lming the inside of the chest—both of long-standing formation and of recent date . —No evidence of tubercular disease was present . There was a considerable quantity of fluid in the carity of the chest amounting from two to three pints . The heart ,

      liver , and stomach , presented a healthy appearance ; the latter was nearly empty , containing only a greenish coloured fluid . The boweJa were generally healthy , showing in only one or two esses any internal indications of : inflammatory action , and that but of a very trifling ] character . The chiof 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 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 i 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 . Tosswill—Am I bound to answer that question ! : Coroner—Yes i I think so . Mr . Tosswill —/ perceived it , and therefore imagine others must have done so . By a Juror—Deceased could not pump ; and exposure 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 pHouse of Industry , of Mr . Watts , of the Mistress , and others ; aud in was determined that these parties ! should be summoned to attend an adjourned inquest , at two o ' clock on Thursday .

      ! THUBSDAT . The Coroner and the Jury re-assembled at two o ' clock to-day . Shortly after the proceedings bad commenced a large crowd assembled in front of the public-house 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 , a ? given in the Leicester Chronicle , it is evident that she had been furnished with a good tale to clear the Directors and Master . What the jury thought of her evidence will be seen in their verdict .

      Margaret Hall , the nurse—an old Irishwoman was next examined . 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 insideUoo , 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 he could not " get down , and he was not in time to get his breakfast ; and the master did not send it . He ( the master J has told me to day he sent it by the cook . j By Mr . Staines—This conversation took place in Leicester—not inlCoventry .

      By the Coroner—That day he came down for his dinner . This was about seven days btfore he left . He could not eat I any thing ; 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 giving her husband her beer . I often gave him some of ( my beer . Deoeased 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 on the table—no tea nor nothingonly gruel . If he did not go down he bad no breakfast . [ " Gentlemen , that is my parish and my home , and I don ' t wish to be deprived of it , " said the witness , in this placed and she sobbed while saying so . ]

      I gave him breakfast unknown to Mr , Palmer ( the Governor ) several times . He was not allowed a bed to lie on : not by the doctor . The doctor said he should not He in bed in the daytime . Deceased lay on the bench . After the doctor had pub the silver " poke" [ probe ] into his arm , and it spurted out , he was « o weak he \ was obliged to lie down . There was no change made in his diet . A few-daVs 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 legs were swelled so . The day he came out , his wife camo to him and said , " My "; lad , come with me to the Board . " He said , " 1 can't speak , I am bo bad . " She raplied , " Never mind , my lad , I'll speak for you . " He wont to the Board , and she told me she had told the Board she would have him home ; she would not have him there to be murdered . He was iu . the

      laundry having at little beer , when he had left the Board-room , and j the mistress ordered him to go to the doctor . He came up to the siok-room to take his few things with hinii and hia wife said to me , " Good bje . " / \ said , " If you take him home , U ^ ts as much as I expect : " he was so bad , ho trembled like an aspen leafi His wife said to him , ** My dear , you feel worse . " ! He said , " / am—I am ail but gone . " I saw no more » f him . By Mr . Staines —/ asked the master for his breakfast when he could not come down , but ht would not send it . He said ! the doctor had ordered Robson down , and he would not send his breakfast up . Robson was not Jit to come down . We may do little things ourselves sometimes , but not with doctor s orders . [ In alow voice—// we did not , God' help ' em—they teouldn ] i be there long ] Mr . Watts was visiting director [ that week ; Robson was ) n the room on the Tuesday he came , but nothing was said

      Mr . Bead—One day the master said he would make him work . i . , . By the Coroner—H « was pumping one day when he was very ill . ! By Mr . Staines—Men with ont arm or one leg are set to the pump . ) It is very hard work ; they bjdst ^ o it ; they must fillitho copper . He was not bo ill whoa he went to mind the pigs . He was called idle when he would not pump . Mr . Edward Bicknell , surgeon , Coventry , deposed that he took it in rotation to visit the Poor House , his evidence onlyjtended to eonfirm , 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 necessary : " it was wholesome and good . He was dissatisfied nothing was done to his shoulder . I injected into thei sinus or his shoulder a small quantity of aa astringent solution—sulphate of zinc . It would do neither harm nor good , j I did so three times .,

      After several questions had been put to this very considerate doctor Mr . Browett ( who was chairman of the Board oi Directors when Robson came up ) said that they gave Rabson and his jwife their discharge upon their application for tK $ m . [ Mr . Browett hero gave a similar statement to that of deceased's wife of what took place before tha Board . ] After consulting

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      together privatply , we sent for the woman and told her it was useless 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 questions , put by Mr . Staines , the following were given : —It did not become me to inquire whether these people had money to carry them to Leieester . The local . act does not permit us to advance money or anything , in such oases : we have power to give relief in certain cases . After some more questions had been pnt to this ' * gentleman , ' * who in hia replies exhibitsd a total want of the common feelings of

      humanity-Mr . John Palmpr ( Governor of the Workhouse ) was called but not sworn . He 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 two occasions ? after the door was shut ; the first time his breakfast was sent up to him , the second it was not . He ( Mr . Palmer } understood the dootor 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-room door in his face the second time . I do not know that he had none on that occasion i there were plenty of people in that room who would not eat all their allowance , if he had nOQ 0 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 He down <* n the bed with his clothes on . By Mr . Saines—Robson was treated as one who did network . By the Coroner—Deceased was of an unhappy disposition , and so was his iv' fe : she was worse than ho ; 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 . j A diet-table was here produced which presented a decent bill of fare for a workhouse .

      The evidence being now concluded , Mr . Rotherbam 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 . Ha 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 w ^ re 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 Robson came to his death through irritation , brought on by disease of the shout der-joint and effusion of water in the chest . Thai his death was accelerated \ 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 crowd , ( says the Journal , ) which were waiting the issue , gave vent to their feelings in yells and hootings . Oa the Governor of the Coventry House of Industry making his appearance , he 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 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 ( hem , whilst others thrust open the door , and exclaimed , ' Turn out the murderer 1 turn out the murderer I ' . ' At length Sergeant Wright , who empannelled the jury , sent for the police : and even then it was found impossible to ffit the Governor away , excepting in a vehicle . The fly drove off amidst the exercraUons of the assembled multitude , their curses being both loud and deep /'

      ANOTHEB HUMAN BEING STABVBD TO DEATH . At an inquest on Monday night , before Mr . Higgs * 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 53 . per week . On Friday morning la > ti my husband had been ill for some time , I left home 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 Iwo children huddled up in led by the side of my husband , wao was quit ^ bead an 0 stiff : there waa no fire or light in the

      room , and the children said they had tried to wake their father , but could not make him hear . When I 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 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 th © 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 in their practice , and be ' . Hg afraid of being parted from

      my husbaud and children . Out of my week s wages of 5 s . I have to pay 2 s . M . for 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 wonld more generally grant out-door relief , it would be to 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 . " The Jary afterwards collected some silver for the poor widow , to which the Coroner subscribed with his accustomed liberality .

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      HEALTH OF TOTHS'S . j PROPOSALS FOB COSSTBCCTISG SV 3-SBVSSS AS A ' 5 EC 25 SAX 1 AXX 1 L 1 ABY TO IttE PBESEMT SEWEBS- I These severs may be constructed of cast-iron ribs , j ^ 'ging into a cast-iron keelson , having on a cast-iron : croirn piste , the -whole so formed aa -to key into one j another -without screws or belts .

      ' i ' ' : : i The sub-sewers are to rnn along and beneath the . north and south sides of the sho . es of the river Thames , I a little afcove low -water T&ark , and proceed down the river to the lever parts of Essex and Kent into " receptacles or reservoirs formed of cast-iron plates [ something jnmQ&r to g&aometezs ) , and -with partitions having grs . tr ; jags or meshes of sizss proper for the -purpow of j Separating the filth from the liquid , -wbick -will run into . the iaat cbaraoer , and be sQoved to stand to settle . K < nr , if a column o £ poiveiiasa qaicls-lime is ran into ; She wwer * A » ny given point previous to its exit from thence into tbe reservoirs , everything that is held in ! oration in the liquid will be chemically thrown down I

      i ! \ ( the theory of the process of which is , the contents of j the leverage being highly charged vith carbonic acid , < Immadiately-the pnJveriB 3 d lime comesin contact there- •' "With , theiliqnid ia chemically acted upon , and what * wm held in solution immediately Mis down ) , thereby separating the -water , which may be turned off , and leaving the residue , -which may be passed through a ! powerful yniTi in order topuJvarfaa and thoroughly incorporate It , after ^ rbich It can be : put into sn riydrsnlie press and formed into blocks of any shape or slss best flbted for conveying to any parts of the empire . A eolamn-of sea ^ ater might be advantageously run into $ ba teven , tbe saline portions of -which would prove highly beneficial to the manure .

      The Chinese are particularly ingenious in . their Bsnuret : bnt I qnestion -whether the proposed admixfere irould not to sapwior to an y , Heists . Renaie

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      1 . That tbe right or petitioning the Legislature for a redress of public grievances , or the repeal of any Act of Parliament deemed inimical to tbe welfare and liberty of the people , is sacred and inviolable ; and any attempt to subvert that right by military farce , despotic proclamationi , or civil prosecutions , should call forth the marked indignation and constitutional resistance of every man w » o values political freedom . 2 . That the recent conduct of the Government in interdicting tha Clontarf meeting , » tew hours only before it was to have been &olden , 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 onr severest reprobation .

      IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT . A public meeting was holrfen at the National Hall , High-Holborn , on Monday evening , for the purpose of taking into consideration the conduct of the Government in their attempt to stifb tbe 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 . Air . Hetherington stated that a deputation had waited upon Mr . Duncombe , who informed them that he had a relative layingidangerooslyill at Nottingham ; he expected to be called thence to attend bis dying moments , or he would have been most happy to have attended—( loud cheers ) . The following resolutions which were ably spoken to , were adopted unanimously : —

      3 . That Daniel O'Connell , Esq ., M . P ., and his colleagues , now under prosecution for having exercised their undoubted right of meating to Petition against an Act of the- Legislature , and whe- have uniformly conducted large pnblie meetings in a peaceful and constitutional manner , are eminently entitled to pnblie Bynipatn ; and support ; and * this meeting hereby cordially tender them their beat thanks for the judgment and humanity they have shewn in preventing a colli-v sion between tbe people and the military . 4 . That while we acknowledge , in the moat unequi vocal ma » ner the grievances and mis-government ander which Ireland has Buffured for csnturies;— the inequality of her political and municipal franchises ;— . ( be shameless cruelty of beraUen landlosdB to tteii -wretched

      tenantry;—the sectarian distribution of government and local patronage;—and above all the infamy of the Irish Church Establisbm-snt ;—yet -we to ate deeply convinced that the only hope of obtaining political justice for England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales;—the obolition of all monopolies , and the permanent prosperity of our country ; is by a cordial union of ail classes 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 Hause of Parliament ; and this meeting emphatically declares its conviction , that never , till tha whole population are faithfully represented , will their rights be respected , tueir interests consulted , or their happiness promoted .

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      Reprieve . —The German now confined in Isewgtte , under sentence ; of death , and who waa to have been executed on Monday last , has been reprieved " until her Majesty's further pleasure . Accident anb Loss of Life in a Lead Mine—A few days ago a senwua accident , which was attended wuh loss of life , occurred , inHowmU lead mine , near . Brough , Wo . traorelaud John Thompeon , a fiae ytaog man , who belonge d to tbe yiUftga of Suuttoo ? near Peuritb , and another Kiaer of the name of Caip *«« . were working ; in a shaft together , and were in the act of stemming a bore with * n ?? on Sol preparatory to making a blast 5 the powder uafortunSl ? exvloSeS , and the effect was snch , » nd ftoSrv wflieii 'fnompaon sustained vva ^ so severe , g | H Li a short lime aftcswarda in the greatest S-onv . Campston was also n ^ t dreadfoU jr mangled , and hid recovery is scarcely tp be e ? pecte « . |

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      S ========= THE NORTHERN STARS J

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 25, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct678/page/7/