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      X 1 GHHNG KF TBE ELECTRIC FLTJED . ( From Hit Paris CorrespoRdetil of the Globe . ) I hare jnecfionea to yon &e discovery . of the means © I rendering eontiinicma , sad fixing at . a given point , tJie electric fluid , and making it -applicable to the genelal pnrposes of lighting . It ia now four years ainee the first experiment oa tbi * subject was made in prU Tatej > nt fise discoverer was not able H » induce any person to advance evenl . ODDL for an apparatus on a gnf&aently large scale for a public experiment Testerday etening , th pnWic experiment took piacoe at the place de la Goncorda , in the presence of several of the authorities , and from fonr to five thousand" of the inhabitants of Paris . On one of the bases of the statues called the Pavillion de lille , -a class globe of

      apparently twelve or thirteen inches diameter , with a Bioveable refiector , was fixed to connection -with a TOltaic tottery , and , at a little before nine o ' clock , the electric fluid -was thrown Sato it by a conductor . At this time all the gas lights of the P-sce , about 100 in jmmber , were burning . As soon as tbe eleetric fluid appeared ., the nearest gas lights had the same doll , thick , and heavy appearance as oil lamps fcava by the side of gas . Soon afterwards the gas-lights were CXtar . gcished , and the electric light shone forth in all its brilliancy . Within one hundred yards -dt the light it was easy to read the smallest print ; it was , in fact , as light as day- The astonishment Of ice assembled multitude was very great , and their del « ht as strong as their astonishment . The

      estimate made bj scientific persons who "were present was , that the electric light was equal to twenty of the gas lamps , and consequently that five of these lights irould suffice to light the whole Place most brilliantly . As regards the expense of production , nothing positive fcaa transpired . The elewnc light gives OUt BO bad EEEll ; it emits ftoneof those elements "Which , in thB laming of ga * , are so injurious to health ; and explosion ironld be impossible . Inttraal lighting would be as practicable as external lighting ; for , by conductors , the finid would be convey 8 d to every part of the house . The experiment performed last night was with a voltaic lattery of Iwo hundred pairs , composed us follows : — 1 st , an outer globe of glass j 2 Ddly , in this globe a cylinder of charcoal , open at both ends , and pleased in the

      mtxie add contained in Hie outer globe : 3 Jly , in the cylinder of ekarcoal , 3 -porous porcelain vase , containing acidulated water . The pDe was on the Pavilion de lille ; the two copper conductoxs from the two poles , 2 nd pointed with charcoal , lead to an empty globe from which the air has feesn exhausted- The two fluids on meeting produce a soft but most intense light . 1 under stand that the experiment was considered highly successful by the Bnlhnriiies who were present , and that li is to be repeated oa a larger scale . Should the thing woii 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 WiH be a dreadful leVolntian in gas-works . A company lor the snpply of the electric light would realise a hind-Some profit on charging only a sixth of what is now paid for gas .

      AbtssiSIa . — -Amongst the many wonderful < liseo-Teries made by the mission to the court of Sboa , in Abyssinia , one of the most extraordinary is that of a magnificent salt lake , some distance inland . It is seven bundred feet below the level of the rearest sea , of which it has at one time obviously formed a portionfcaving been cut eff by the elevation of an enormous mass of volcanic nisi to which now seporates it from the brine . The shores are covered with one thick sheet otcrys ^ alised salt . The de pression of Its surface ap » pears to have t > een occasioned by evaperafion ; aad it ia probable that , in a few yeara more , Its waters will tave disappeared—its basin forming an immense mass of rock salt . Though Shoa is six or sevep -degrees south-of Bombay , the temperature is •*> mild , that fires were always used , and the travellers slept under Kankets . The capital ia upwards of 8 , 000 feet above the level of tbe * cs .

      2 ioi > £ a ? i Babbabish . —The Vnivers remarks : * ' The government , at great pains and expense , brought from Salonica and Epnesu ! a magnificent P *§ an sarcophagus and the- entire frieza of the Temple of Diana . TnesB relics of Grecian sit , so valuable in * he illustration of history , ought to have found grace in the eyes of the onservatsrs of our museums ; bat they have been suffered to lie for six months rotting at the foot of the colonnade of the Louvre , on the ground which served as the burying-plaee for the victims of July . Since their arrival in the inhospitable climate of Paris , they have endured more fog and rain f ft * n daring their long existence in their native aoIL 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 "jrbom we have to lament the unfortunate painter , demont Boalanger- "

      Elxctrottped Plowzbs . —At a Jate " meeting of the Linnesn Society , If . Brown , Esq ., in the chair , Professor Forbes exhibited some specimens of orchidaceouB flowers-which bad been elertrotyped , and which tad a very pleasing and attractive sppearanee . This pfecess , however , had not the effect of altering the shaps or characteristics of the specimens submitted to it , as they all retain their formation in a remarkably perfeet manner . The Ska . —The mean depth of lbs sea is , according to Li Place , from four to five miles . If the existing wsten were increased only one-fourth , it would drown the earth , wisi tbe exception of some high mountains . If the volumes of the ocean were augmented only by one-eighth , considerable portiens of the present

      ccntirenis would be submerged , and the seasons would be changed all over the glebe . Evaporation would be bo siuch extended , that rains would fall continually , destroy tbe harvest , and fruits , and fl jwera , aud snbv-rt the - ^ fcole economy of nature . There is , perhaps , UoQfln ? more besutifnl in our "whole systea than the process by which tlie fislsis are irrigated from the skies ; theJsvera are fed from the mountains—and the ocean restrained within bounds , which it never ean exceed so long as that process continues on the present scale . The vapour raised by the sun from the sea floats wherever it is lighter than the atmosphere ; condensed , It falls upon the earth in water ; or attracted to tbe mountains , it gathers on their summit , dissolves , and

      perpetually replenishes the conduits : the fluid is eonrejed 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 , then , to be considerably diminished , the Amszon , and the Mississippi , those inland seas of the western world , would become inconsiderable brooks : the brooks would wholly disappear , the -atmosphere would be deprived of its dae proportion of humidity ; all nature "would assnma the garb of desolation ; tie Krd "WODld drOOB On its Wln ^ , His lo-wer animals WOnld psrish on the banen soil , and man himself would wither away like the sickly grass at Ms

      Ieet-A "Ke ^ Light . "—Monday week a private exhibition took place , &t the Adelaide Gillery , of Bunsen ' a carbonic battery . The novelty of the principle upon which this battery is corstrncted is this , that plates of csrbon are used in conjunction with the zinc in the jars , instead of copper as in the ordinary battery . By this mean 3 a much stronger current of electric fiuid is obtained , and bejisg bronght to bear ( It- ongb . tbe agency of a thin wiiej npon quick lims plsced in an exhausted receiver , a light is evolved far more white and'intense tbaa any which has yet been obtained by the oxybydrogen or ethtr apparatus . P / tviuusly to the hs >

      tery ' a being put in operation Mr . Jones delivered a short lecture on the b = st mode of making tie carbon for the plate 3 in order to prevent its being too friable or too pinguid ; and stated that although this invention was claimed by Bansen , be believed it wonld be loured that we were indebted for tbs discovery of the principle to an Englishman , Mr . J . T . Cooper . In confirmation of his stateraent , he referred his anditory to the PhQosopbAcal Transactions for 1840 . ThB pris-Biatic rays were projected upou tie ceiling , a photog-rapluc portrait was taktn , and other interesting experiments were performed by means of the -new light , all with perfect fcacsess .

      ITetf FniB K 5 GISB . —A mechanic at Bristol of tbe j » me of Bacon , bis invented a pnmp and fire engine , which , ioi compactness aod power' is nnhjne . 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 hydrr . nlic power eqosl to a large engiae worth , £ 170 or £ 1 SQ . An experiment was made in tb 9 presence of several scitntific men , and gave general satisfaction .

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      andTelford stated , in their evldenea delivered before tie londoii Bridge Committee , " that there ware several thousand tons of the most valuable masve ronnlng into the Thames from the metropolitan sewers every hour , thereby polluting tbe water to that excessive degree , that It was fast approaching an immense ditch , and bo excessively filthy that no tea-kettle laboratory could property filter the water so as to be fit for domestic purposes . " As to the capability of the Mil , — " It is" lsays Sir George Stephenson , the eminent engineer ) " my decided conviction , founded upon close and extensive personal observation , that the soil of England , ft properly treated , Trill produce foar times the amount of human food that it yields under the present system . * Upon the most moderate supposition , by adopting these Eub-sewew , there would be an actual saving to tha country annually of upwards of two millions of tons of the most valuable manure , containing all the ¦ orates ( animal salts ) , &c , which , if sold to the

      land-holders and farmers at 103 . per ten , would materially aid them to meet any pressure of the times , Besides , tbe ton trade of this great nation is in a depressed state , at all times fiuctuatlng ; tbe government , by constructing these aub-sewers , would permanently raise the price of iron ; because Bristol , Hull , Liverpool , and other towns would at once adept similar sewers , for husbanding the manure . Prcm a rough calculation , I presume thesa metropolitan sub-sawers would cost about seven millions staling , and 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 bogles without any head , in the receipt of enormeus sums of money , not accountable for the same , and continually fighting at cross 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 thai "Would ifesnlk . from tts government or country adopting these sab-sewers . In Edinburgh , the watchmen , at she o ' clock in the morning , turn on the fire , or rather water , cocks in the streets , and sweep all before them down the gratiBgs ; why cannot the same be done by the able-bodied poor of this great diny metropolis 1 which might be made the healthiest and cleanest city in the world , and its vast expansive river rolling through It kept free from all imparities polluting it , by the legislature compelling thd water companies to erect ( free ) against every gu lamp-post a water or fire-plug , tbe same to be kept always charged ( the water companies would above get an equivalent in tho shape of pure water ); an enactment to compel every house , manufactory , or premises to have a good and sufieient sheot from their privies and drains into the common sewers ; all tbe streets to be thoroughly washed everyjtwenty-four hours ; the

      graveyards of the metropolis to be for ever closed , and seven feet of clay laid thereon , and planted with trees . Bishop Litimer , in his days , said : * ' Teat it was an eternal disgrace to the clergy to allow the burials to go on in a l ^ rge 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 an- , ually amidst tbe living ? By washing the streets once every twenty-fonr bouts there would be no necessity for scavenger ' s carts , or nightmen , or watering carts . These sub-eswers ought to precede the Thames embankment They might be constructed nearly the whole extent without erecting any coffer-dam , which will appear clear on a casual survey ; if they are commenced at the terminus and brought up the river , all tbe water accumulating on excavating will pass through tho reservoirs , lastly , it would torm a legitimate source of revenue of npwards of one million sterling annuallj ; and if the government neglect doing it , it might be established through the means of a public company .

      Bichabd Rowed , Promoter of the Health of Towns . Ho . 7 , Stanhope-place , Southwark Bridge-road .

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      APPALLING DESTITUTION . On Thursday , the 16 th inst , Mr . Carter , the Coroner for Surrey , went into a very protracted inquiry at the Drum , Snow-fields , Sermondsey , respecting tbe death of Ann Qalway , aged forty-five . The deceased resided at 3 . White Lion Cjurt , Berraondsey-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 fnrnltnre of any kind . When fonnd dead ] she was lying with her » on in her wretched abode on a heap of

      feathers , which bad been strewed over heT aim as t naked parson , for neither coverlid , sheet , nor blanket could be found . Prom tbe wretched state in which tbe woman was , the feathers had become so fastened over hex person that the parish-surgeon could make no examination until she had 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 scane never before , perhaps , witnessed in a human dwelling-place .

      Mr . J . Slow , one of the relieving officers of Bermondsey parish . —The only article ot f ornitnre in the deceased ' s room was ths carcass of an old chest of small drawers . There were two piece * of br « & 4 and a basin of coffee mixed with the feathers . There was no bedding of any kind , and she was quite dead . They bad never Bpplied for parish relief , nor did be know them . Margaret Saea , of 2 » , Magdalen-court , Tooley-street , deposed that the deceased was her sister . The Iut time she saw her sister alive was on the 19 th of September , when she was in excellent health , but very badly clad- Tbe room was in tbe same Btite in which the jury had just seen it She wai then lying in a corner 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 baBins . 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 anv . The son slept in a comer of tbe room , and had one blanket , but what he slept on * ' was only the name ef a bed . " When witness went there , the son slept in the corner with his mother and father , and she bad his place , and put there a mattress * he had brought from Ireland . Tbey had Bometning to eat morning and nlsbt , but B 0

      dinner , and sba did not know bow tbey haO . lWea Bince Ssptember . WhUe abe was there she had seen the husband and son frequently beat tbe deceased beeanse she would not get out o ! the feathers . If there was anything to ent she would get up and eat , and then get into the feathers . Shs neglected her person , and seemed careless about everything . She never went from the room . A part of tbe flooring of the room had been forced no . When the witness was questioned absut it , shB gave an answer which drew exclamations of surprise and horror from every one present The witness , ¦ wb . 0 had evidently misunderstood the nature of the * easations -her statement produced , cried— " O , do BOt laurh ; this goea to my heart "

      The Coroner . —No one has laughed at this frightful tale , and no one shall , with impunity . fit shonld be observed that the witness was very neatly and respectably dressed , and evidently not an ignorant woman . 3 Examination resumed . —The reason that the son Henry beat her sister and his mother « u , because the landlady of the bousb had tsld him te do se . When she died in the room ihe had no clothes on . Her husband when in work got 2 s . 6 & . a-day , ont of which he had to pay 2 s . a-- « reek rent

      After some additional evidenee had been given , the coroner said , the inquiry was of paramount importance to the pnWic , as a human being bad been found in the most aVject state destitution . It was dne to the parish that it Bhould be ascertained whether starvation had been the cause of death ; and it was also due to the husband and son to ascertain that poison had not been adTiiiaistered , or that they Jiad , in any way , been tbe cause of the ¦ nnfortnnato woman ' s death . He understood they were both in custody , the husband raving mad , and the son almost an idiot The inquest was then s 3 jouraed .

      Poos Law Ruffianism . L&MBETH STBEKT . —On T&ursdsj , Mia . Cl&ston , a > young married woman , whose lathe ? had been for many years a ratepayer of the parish of WhUecbapel , applied to Mr . Norton for an order to see her sister , who was sitter confined , or on the point of confinement , in Whitechapel woikhouse . It will be recollected , that on tbe morning of that day week , the applicant had , in the first instance , made application at the workhonse , and requested to see her sister , hut the gate-porter refused ber admittance . The gate-keeper perceiving her intention , seire < 3 and forced har back with violence , aud in doing so tore her cloak-TJpou that occasion Mr . Norton advised Mrs . Clayton to go before the Board of Guardians on the Tuesday following , snd make a formal complaint to them of the manner in which she had been treated .

      Singular k > 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 Mm . Clayton stated , that on going before tbe Board on ^ Tuesday , and relsUng what bad passed she was told that bob would be allowed to 8 ee her Hlstar on the following day ; but on applying at the workhouse she was refused . .... . Mr Norton expressed his surprise and astonishment

      at the extraordinary conduct pursued by the Blaster of the workhouse , and despatched an officer to request the attendance of that functionary , as well as vbe gatekeeper , to hava an explanation of their conduct He ( Mr . Norton ) also desired the constable to call upon Mr . Brashfield , the chairman , and Mr . Wallace , tbe deputy-chairman , of the Board of Guardians , toreqnest their attendance also , that they might beat all that transpired . Daly the chairman , Mr . Brushfield , attended to the summons of the magistrate , BarifS waited for some rime , and neither the master of the workhouse nor gatekeeper making flieir appearaBce ,

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      the inquiry into thair conduct WM appointed for a future day . Mr . Norton received the following donations for the poor-box : —W . X . T ., £ 20 ; Sir John Trevelyan , £ 5 ; An Old Soldier , £ l ; Mr . Samuel Martin , Liverpool , £ 5 i H . R , G ., £ 5 ; A Noble Lwl , £ 1 ; A Lady , C . H ^ half of £ 10 ; Lord Alvanley , £ 10;—making altogether * 57 .

      HOBBIBLB DISTRESS . Thames-Poxicb . Thcbsdat—The following case was that of Elizibeth Morris , of 2 , Jubilee-place ; Stepney , also the mother of bJx children , and whose hnsband is confines in tho House of Correction for some offence against the Court of Chancery . Doaglas , one of the warrant officers , stated that he was employed ' on Tuesday morning to execute a warrant of ejectment agaiDBt the poor woman and her children , and he never in his life had so painful a duty to perform . When the poor creature was turned ont of her boms into the cold , damp fog , she stood in tbe street in tbe midBt of iiet children ntterly bewildered , not knowing what to do or where to go . Pitying her deplorable condition , and seeing that she was utterly destitnte , Donglas advised her to come to the court and make an application . The worthy magistrate directed that the immediate wanLs of the applicant and her children should be provided for , and inquiry made into her case .

      Douglas has since made the inquiry , and tbe woman ' s statement having been found correct , provision has been made for her until her husband ' s liberation . The Shikt-makkrs . —Union-Hall—On Thursday , Mary White , the poor shirt-maker who was remanded on Friday ; on a charge of pawning some shirts intrusted to her to make up by a woman named D-ivis , who works for the elopsellera , was brought up for re-examination before Mr . Cottinghara on the charge . In consequence of the publicity given to this distres-Ing C&BB , Ml . Cottinfib&m has bad transmitted to him donations from Beveral 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 . £ \ 10 s- ; J . M . C , ^ 1 ; H- W . 2 a . 6 d . ; A . B ., 10 s . ; F ., £ 1 : J . P . j l 0 a . ; U ., 10 s ; S . R ., £ 1 ; P . E . T ., 103 . ; B . H . A ., 10 s . ; M D . 10 s . ; W . W . £ 2 ; Y ., 10 b . ; H . B ., 10 s . ; W . J ., 10 s . ; H . A ., 10 s . ; E . E ., 10 a . i "A lover of Joatice / ' £ l .

      Harriet Davis now said that she did not wish to press the charge ; npon hearing of which , Mr . Cottingham observed that she had changed her mind , for on the previous examination she had expressed a very strong desire to follow up the prosecution . Davis , acknowledged that the makers had only three ' halfpence for making a shirt I Mr . Cottingbam 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 , tbat she was considerably in arrear of Tent to the woman With whom she lodged , who , altnoBga in great poverty herself , having asiek husband and child to maintain by her own labour , yet had contributed aJi in her power to assist the accused by pledging her things and keeping her and the two children from starving .

      Mr . Cottingham then addressed the accused , and directed Mr . Edwin , the chief clerk , to liquidate the rent tbe 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 would be given at that Court to the person who employed her , fer which purpose a portien 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 thankB' to those charitable and kind persons who had contributed to her assistance in the hour of need .

      MORE MISERY . Marlbobodgh-strket . —Since it has become known 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 out of work , and the amount of destitution and Buffering which these cases occasionally diBclose would be pronouncsd fabulous , were the statements not corroborated by evidence that cannot be disputed . Two cases wbicb , at the desire of the magistrate , had been investigated by the constables , were on Friday reported upon to Mr . Hardwiefc .

      The first case was that of Emma Stammers , the wife of a stable-man ont 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 the ground that she did not belong to the parish . Police-constable Gibbett deposed to the state of extreme destitution in which the family was involved and the good character of the applicant The young woman said her husband bad been in the service of Mr . Hope , of Spring-gardens , as stableman , but when his master left England in Jane , he lost his place , and bad been unable to procure another situation .

      Mr . Hardwick—How have yon maintained yourselves since Jane ? Applicant—God only knows . Sometimes we have only bad one meal in three days . My husband feas walked all over London to get work ; he has not » 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 ican do nothing myself , because one of my children is now ill at .. home , and tbe 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 ask for a coffin to bury my child in , but I was told they could do nothing forme , because I did not belong to the pariah .

      Mr . H&rdwick—I do not understand this . Do you mean to say you told them your distressed situstion , and they refused to help you at all ?—Applicant—They Baid they would send a doctor to my sick child , but they conld not give me any other relief , as I belonged to Clewer , near Windsor . ilr . Hard wick immediately ordered £ 2 to be given to the young woman , who expressed { her grateful thanks , and retired . The second rase was that of a decent-looking elderly

      woman , reported by Polio Constable Ties . The woman ' s character was very good . She had hitherto got her living by going out as charwoman , and by taking care of empty houses . Owing to ill beaith , Bhe had not been able to do any work , and Bhe had been indebted for existence to her nieoes—themselves in a state approaching to want The applicant was relieved with tt n shillings . A gentleman walked into court , and pot down £ 5 for tbe 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 . f Abridged from ihe Leicester Chronicle . J An inquest was held on Monday night laft , at the Sir Thomas White public-house , Russell-street , before John Gregory , jnn ., Gunt ., Coroner , on the body of George Robson , a framework-knitter , aged thirty-two , whose death was said to have been occasioned by btarvaiion . 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 tho deceased , was then pworn : she deposed as follows : —My husband was a framework-knitter , and was aged thirty-two , I believe . His Jast residence was at Coventry , where he belonged ; and in tbe Hou 3 e 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 mantle ; 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 tiJJ two years ago . Tub

      wound was a fracture , but appeared to have healed ; the arm was always stiff and -weak . He was quite unable to work at Coventry this last time , aud we left the workhouse [ House of Industry ] because my husband was used so ill . He could not get up to breakfast , but the master said he could , and told the Directors so ; and they said my husband was to be kept on slops as he would not gev up . He seemed to get worse after he went into the HouBe , aad the food was so coarse he could not take it . The work was pumping , and he was also sent into the ifie'ds , where he took cold . Palmer was the name of the Governor of the House of Industry , and he behaved very unkindly all the time we were there ; my husband , therefore , wanted to come out , aud when I

      found he was so " badly , " I wished him to leave , top : he said he wished to come home to die . We applied to the Board last Wednesday to come to Leicester . —The bread , was coarser than he was used to eat at Leicester ; hifl appetite got worse : and tho 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 lei him have it . On the Tuesday morning , the nurse of the sick ward asked the Governor for his breakfast , say ing Robson was much worse , aad ska would take it up him : the master said he would not give him any—Robson , was an idle

      fellow , and should get np lor it ; I heard these words myself . The Governor did not send raj husband 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 up Itor his meals : " on which they said , * O . ' then keep him on slops till he ^ ets vp " I a ? keo im > nurse what reply my hu 6-baoct made ; and she said he was too bad 10 make any rep ! y : this fretted me , very much , aiiU I w » 9 anxious . to get him home . Thenurso is an Irishwoman , and . has been there DiHuy years . My husband was shifted into thi 3 Sick Boom on the Monday . Ho ha . d . been

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      iL ^ T- ' ) was ordettd cat because he was fo sit n ? % { ^ . on bis bed-he be * n « to ** *«<> ® M ™ fl 2 ' ~ 5 'P ? » Mrs . Palmer . )~ At din " chlwedI d ^^ Ti ^' ^ y tosband got up , and SaraX if' * $ * BeeWed unable io wal * > * " > went onlSiiS * £ » * nn « H > at he could not eat it-he nfe-vtt Mr ? S ? , Pota S 5 ' « *« the rest *» Sonlst Jff ^^ w toW the doctor ahe saw Rob-« EL ^;««? that w i P before him - Meat is s »™ a terth ftTm * we 6 k \ meat days > t °° « ther « m S 5 ^ nfS PPeJ ? ' , ! ad at supper-tiU he got up K n ' ^ te could not eat the bread and brothtnok norhS W ^ -and he gave it to me : he & ™ m ! W 1 ^ night > On Wednesday morning he got up to his breakfast : but the Governor mt

      " 7 ^ fi ? st , and slapped the door in my SS ^«? & *• ~ jfc J * rale ^ that a 11 the pa » - P ^^ USt ^ be m before the Governor , or not go in ; toerSto . " ° ^ ° A 8 ^ id t 0 my h « 9 band , " You are come ml Jt ( A ^( d ™ ^ eakfast . I saw him IJa „! L 1 p ! d pnw-nwm , and he told me he -n n « W ? 88 ^ had none thafc mwninff at wLn L d h ? > d any the Previous morning .-Zi T TL K th * 'Board , I led ray husband down to the ^ oard-room , where the Directors Sfif nT ^ ^* then aPpHed to be sent breaktast for two mornings : my husband was so ill , he oouM scarcely talk-I was obliged to sneak

      l- «{ . ke * £ the Dtooto" ( the same who had t n ! Q'he ^ ck room ) spoke up , and said , "Oh 1 it v h Ji ? ^ , ^ Mlow * "he would not get up to hus breakfast : '' this Director ' s name , I think , was ««« i « "ade . answer , and said my husband had never been idle m his life ; told them how long he had been ill ; and that he had never applied to the parish but once bftfdjfe . One Director then looked at my husband , and saii " O he doea not look able to work . Tney asked why I wished to come home when he could not work ! for they should not give me anything . I S 8 id I wished to get him into the Infirmary at Leicester , for if he stopped there ( Coventry ) I thought he would die : my husband told them the same-he eaid the place did not agree with him , and he coald not stay . They wanted to know what I should do . with my family while he was in the Infirmary ? I B&id I had frienda 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 hia father on the Monday before . The letter was left at Coventry : we did not ask for it again . Th « letter said that his 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 seemed to do him a groat deal of good . The letter did not say anything more , Tije Directors read tha letter over , sent ua 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 . 7 said I could not think of doing so , as t 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 bo ; but he 6 aid / should net have anything to take me home . My husband was too ill to say much . The discharge was given to the Governor . My husband wished to go home , and he told the doctor so , after we ' came out of the board-room . This doctor ( a new one , who had attended my husband all the while he was there ) wa 9 named , I believe , Barton ; and he siw 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—thev were " rawing "

      him because of what I had said at the Board" That he waa not well done to . " I knew ha couia not &peak , aud 80 I went in : but on speaking in his behalf I was ordered off by both—the doctor sey ' xng I had nothing to do with \ t . I heard tho doctor say , "You aro a good-for-nothing dissatisfied follow : 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 s ? mo rice-puddingy of which he eat two or three spoonsiul , and gave the rest to mo)—I w ? nt and got his clothes , put them o » 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 cart—we had a waggon the next morning . We prevailed upon the waggoner to take us . We got to Hinckloy that { Wednesday ) iiighfr , aad where we stopped first , my husband atked for his hat , to go out , and the kndlady said to me , "Your husbaud seema in a very queer state—very ill . " I Baid , "He is . "—She then said , " I am afraid he is 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 husband a glass of brandyand-water , and a mm from her house brought him down to the lodging—say ing as he went , " My poor

      man ! think of your soul , for I am afraid yeu ' re in a bad way . " M y husband was very ill all night : in the morning I begged two cups of coffee and some while bread for him : we then went to the waggon ( a tilted one ) and » ve 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 gut out at the Fox iu Humberstone-gate ; but after I bad gone a little way , on the road to his father ' s , 1 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 him , *• I am afraid you are very bad ; can't you

      get on I" He said , "No , my wench , I can ' t . " I ; said he had better stop at the Waggon and Horses , i and I would go and fotoh his father . We got home ' about twelve o ' clock . His father eent for his sister , Mrs . Spencer , who is rather batter off , and she had some port wine warmed for him . He took this , and I weiit to bed till tea-time . Then ho ate some hot cake , drauk some tea , and said bo felt better : he : told his father he thought he should be able to work < that week . His father slept with him that night , ' and the next morning ( Friday ) I went to see him ., He had some gruel , and afterwards some cake and ! tea for Ma breakfast ; he Baid 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 io get a recommendation for the parish doctor . He had some gruel for dinner , but I saw that his 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-oflicer ' 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' ) T six weeks .- indeed , we should have known nothing of ihe order having been sent , but for some man coming

      over from Leicester and telling us . I then told the Directors , who asked Mr . Palmer ( the Governor ) what he had to say about tbe matter ! Mr . Palmer made a rambling kind of tale . We at last got the letters ; but not till the Directors had told the mistress they must be found—that poor people must not lose their lo ' . ters because they were in the poor-house . The letters were opened when we got them — ( this is a rule of the house J — 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 ask for a little money , as I thought ft little tea and sugar would do my husband good . The second letter was iu answer to one I had written to say we had just got the first .

      In annwer to several of the jury , the poor woman said her husbaud was put to work at the pump while he was so bad : the doctor saw him , and 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 nnder the first doctor ( not Mr . Barton , who was doctor now ); he did not care about the poor , and gave them nothing . My husband had no shoes fit to go to the pigs in the field when he was sent there because he could not work at the pump . Tho second doctor gave him medicine directly he eaw him ; but it was a fortnight after he beeaine doctor before he saw my husband first , because the Master used to send him out ; to the pigs every day . He had a piece

      oi bread and cheese given him each day , but he used to bring it home to me because he could not eat it j He left off going to the pigs , about two months a&o , because he had no shoes . Ha cama to rceionce or mice at the wash-house . I had some beev for washing , which I kept for him , and my husband said that but for this sup , ho could not live . The ! mistress vraa told of this last Monday by somo of the women ; she told the doctor , who said my husband must go into the sick ward . The mistress " jawed" me for giving him the becr \ said my husband was an idle fellow ; that he ehould do som ' j work that week if she could help it . I said " Indee- d , ma ' am , he wiU soon die then ; " on which she s ? . id , "A good job . too , for we shall then only have to get him , a coffin ? ' The rnl e was for tho women to drink the beer in . the zoom , bat I used to put it r , n one der

      side , and to bring it out for him , un mv , baby ' s clothes . Whgn the mistress was told of this , she came and seeing my beer ( a better kind of tabl e-beerj in the tin she made me drink it up , sayiv . g I should not keep it for my husband ! Mr . Staines here said this case ou /^ ht to be reported to the Poor Law CemmissK , ners : the law never intended that people should ' oe pined in this wayj—and some conversation folloived , in the course of which it appeaxod that Co , entry had a Local Aot : still , Mr . S . said , ho thought the Commissioners would have power to interfere in such a shameful case , and tho jury ^ . xprosssed a very strong opinion as to the conduct of all the parties connected with the Coventry House of Industry . Mr . Joha Holman Tc .-swill , surgeon to East Margaret ' s division , was then sworn—I was called on ( he said ) at halt ' -p ^ st nine on Friday night to see

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      i deceased , who jwas dying : I bad received no order , but , hearing the case was urgent , I went without one . I found deceased at his father ' s house , insensible and speechless : a great quantity , of matter was discharging from a wound in his shoulderhis shirt was / saturated with it . His pulse was scarcely perceptible—his extremities waro cold—and he was evidently dyiHg . I ordered him hot brandy-and-water through the night , and some arrow-root—hot brieka to his fees and bottle 3 of hot Water to his stomach and arm ? . I wished to kaow what was tha injury to his shoulder , and therefore introduced a probe , which went in a considerable depth . From the symptoms , he appeared to be dyiag from downrighllinanilion—want of food . There was

      no cough or appearance of « other disease . One of his brothers had died of consumption six . mouths before , but I do not tbtnk this was the case with deceased—I cannot epeak certainly , however . He died at seven o ' clock the next ( Saturday ) morning , and they sent to tell me of it . His case was one which must hav $ 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 n would be unfair to the parties mentioned , and who certainly were . implicated by the wife ' s evidence . — The poor man had spoken of being better after he came to Leicester , and of going to work a ^ ain soon .

      One of the Jurors—That is an idea which dying men often entertain . Another Jurpr—It is clear to me that his death has been caused by downright cruelty . The Coroner-rlt would be unfair to say eo with-Q Ut aa examination Of tha body , whatever Vf « m * y think . 1 The Jury all ^ expressed a wish that Mr . Tosswill should examine the body . Mr . Wilkinson ( Relieving Officer ) Baid every attention had been paid to deceased from the time he reached Leicester ; and Mr . Tosswill I having said he should examine the body early to - morrow ( Tuesday ) morning , the inquest was tnen adjourned to six o ' cloofe that evening . ¦]

      SECOND DAY ' S IHqUE 9 T ( TCESPAT . ) The inquiry { was resumed this evening at six o ' clock , when j Mr . J . H . Tosswtll said , he had made a post martern examination and found the body to present externally a very emaaiated appearance . On moving the arm in the sscket , 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 wag introduced , and which opening communicated with tne joint , allowing the probe to touch the bene , On laying open thb shoulder joint , a great and- Jong standing disease was found to have existed ; tbe head of the arm bone being found to be almost

      denuded of cartilage , which had been destroyed by uloeratioa . —The hollow of the shoulder , on which the head of the bone rests , was also deprived of cartilago by ulceration . —An opening was also found extending fromi the joint downwards , to the inner portion of the blade bone , which prevented the probe from penetrating further . On laaying open the chest , the lungs j presented a healthy appearance ,, but general and considerable adhesion was found existing between tho membrane eovering them , and that lining the inside of the chest—both of long-standing formation and j of recent date . —No evidence ot tubercular disease was present . There was a considerable quantity of fluid in the cavity 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 bowels were generally healthy , showing in only one or two esses any internal indications of inflammatory action , and that but of a very trilling character . The chief disease was effusion of water in the chest , and the extensive disease of the shoulder joint . The conclusion he oamo to , from jtho examination , was , that disease was worn out by constitutional irritation , effusion of water in the chest , aud exposure to cold . The journey from Coventry to Leicester would doubtless accelerate death . The only chance for deceased ' s recovery was perfeot quietness . It was a case requiring good and nourishing diet .

      A Juror—1 $ it possible that the medical attendant at Coventry could have been ignorant of the existence of the disease of the shoulder joint ! Mr . Tos 3 will—Am I bound to answer that question 1 I Coroner—Yea ; I think so . Mr . Tosswill- ^ - / perceived it , and therefore imagine others must have done so . By a Juror—Deceased could not pnmp ; and exposure to cold was as bad for him . Several of the Jurors expressed themselves in strong terms of ! indignatioa at the conduct of the Governor of the House of Industry , of Mr . Watts , of the Mistressjand others ; and ic was determined that these parties should be summoned to attend an adjourned inquest , at two o ' clock on Th \ mday .

      i THURSDAY . Tho Coroner and the Jury re-assembled at two o ' clock to-day .: Shortly after the proceedings had commenced a large crowd assembled in front of the publio-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 , 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 ; the jury thought of her evidence will be soon 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 tho Coventry Hall ;; she made , however , some rather startling admissions . She Baid , "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 limb ? . 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 . ] By Mr . Staines—This conversation took place in Leicester—not in Coventry .

      By the Curoner—That day he came down for his dinner . This was about f . even days before he left . He could not eat anything ; all he wished for was drink . He had jno beer allowed him , but his wife gave him her share , and she was mobbed ( we understuod ) for it . Heard tho 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 h ' ard to make him take his medicine . He had nothing but what was allowed on the table — no tea nor nothing — only 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 place , and she sobbed while saying so . ]

      I gavo 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 lie in bed in the daytime . Deceased lay on the bench . After the doctor had put the silver " poke" [ probe ] iinto his arm , and it spurted out , ho was so weak he ] was obliged to He down . There was no change \ made in his diet . A few days before he left he waa measured for a sew 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 came to him and said , " My ^ lad , jcome with me to the Board . " He said , " I can't speak , I am so bad . " She replied , " Never mind , my lad , I'll speak for you . " He wfmt 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 in the

      laundry having a little beer , when he had left the Board-room , and the mistress ordered him to go to the doctor . He bame up to the sick-room to take his few things with him , and his wife said to me , " Good bye . " II said , "If you take him home , it is a * 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 ef him . g By Mr . Staines —/ ashed the master far hts breakfast when he wxld not come down , but he would not send it . Heeaid the doctor had ordered Robson down , and he would not send his breakfast up . Robson was not fit to came down . We may do little things ourselves sometimes , but not with doctor s orders . [ In a low voice- // we did not , God help ' em-theyu-mldn't be there long } Mr . Watts was visiting director ! that week ; Robson was m the room on the Tuesday he came , but nothing waB said

      Mr ? Read—One day the master said he would make him work . I . , , By the Coroner—He was pumping one day when he was very ill . j By Mr . Staines—Men with one arm or one leg are set to the pump . : l It is very hard work ; they must do it ; they must fill ; the copper . He was aot soiRwhen he went to mind the pigs . He was called idle when he would not pump . .. „ . ,. _ .., dosed

      Mr ; Edward Bioknell , surgeon , Coventry , ep that he took it in rotation to visit the Poor House , his evidence only ] tended to confirm ,, though evidently not desirous of so doing , the testimony of the deceased ' s widow , j . 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 the sihua oi his shoulder a email quantity of an astringent solution—sulphate of zinc . It _ woald do neither harm nor good . 11 did so three times .

      After several questions had been put to this very considerate doctor Mr . Browett ( Who was chairman of tho Board of Directors when Robson came up ) said that they gave Rebson and his iwife their discharge upon their application for them . [ Mr . Browett nere gave a similar statement to that of deceased ' s wife of . what took place before tha Board . ] After con&alting

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      together privately , we sent for the woman and told her it was nseless her going to Leicester , unless they could earn their living . They said they could do so , and : were determined to leave . Amongst other replies ts qnjstions , put by Mr . Staiaes , the following were given '• —// did not become me . to inquire whether these people had money to carry them to Leicester . The local act does not permit us to advance money of anything in each oases : we have power to give relief in certain

      cases . After some more questions had been put to this *• gentleman , " who in hia replies exhibited a total want of the common feelings of humanity-Mr . John Palmer ( Governor of the Workhouse ) was called but not sworn . He staled , 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 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 Uid not enme 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 : 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 the Coroner—Deceased was ordered to the sickroom , because he would go to the other room and lie down en the bed with his clothes on . By Mr . s-aines—Robson was treated as one who did not-work . By the Coroner—Deceased was of an unhappy disposition , and so was his wife : she was worse than he ; and he would not have been as he was , if it had n « t been for her . By Mr . Jarrom—Deceased was an idle man and his wife was idle also . *

      A diet-table was here produced which presented a decent bill of faxafor a workhouse . The evidence being now concluded , Mr . Rotherham made some remarks upon the Case . The Directors had sent persons over to give evidence , ia 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 wila referenco to the case of the deceased . The witnesses , reporters , and strangers were then

      called upon to withdraw , whilst the Coroner and jury Wtjrein consultation . More than half anhonr elapsed before they were re-admitted : when they vrere 80 , the verdict of the Jury , as follows , was announced : — " That George Robson came to his death through irritation , brought on by disease of the shoutder ~ joint and effusion of water in , the chest . That his death was accelerated [ by the inattention of ihe 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 voliey of abuse , and the attitude of the people who recognised him was bo threatening that he was faio to retreat within the house . He twice essayed to make his escape , but was compelled to seek safety in shelter each time . So infuriated were the mob , that many said they would break the windows if he were not surrendered to them , whilst others thrust open the door , and exclaimed , ' Turn ont the murderer ! turn out the murderer !! ' At length Sergeant Wright , who empannelled the jury , sent for the police j and even then it was found impossible to get the Governor away , excepting in a vehicle . The fly drove off amidst the exercrafcion 3 . of the assembled multitude , their curses being both loud and deep . "

      ANOTHER HUMAN BEING STARVED TO DEATH . At an inquest on Monday night , before Mr . Higgs , on the body of Morris Kearing , 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 oext morning , for which I receive 53 . per week . On Friday morning la < = t , 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 ihe twa children huddled vp in bed by the side of my husband , who was quite dead and stiff : there was 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 previovsdaywas 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 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 : ng afraid of being parted from

      my husband and children . Out . of my week swages of 5 s , I have to pay 2 * . 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 ono which required their serious consideration . Although there was nothing in the case to impugn the conduet of the parish officers , he did think that if they would more generally grant ont-door relief , it would be to th £ 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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      SEJJLTH OP TOW >* & . . PROPOSALS FOB CCtt"STBCCII > "G SXTB-SBtTEBS AS J JiECEsSAS * ICSaiABy TO THE PXE 5 BST SEWHB 3 Tiiese se-ffers may be cocstrncted of cast-iron ribs , fixing into a csst-iron keelson , having on t > cast-iron cottq plate , the -whole » o formed as to key into one another "without Bcrews 01 bolts . ThB Eub-sewers are to na along sna beneath the nortb and south sides of the * feores of ths river Thames , a little a&ove lotr ^ water mari , ana proceed down the river to the leirer parts cf Easex and Kent into receptacles oz reservoirs formed of cast-iron plates ( something similar to gasometers ) , and vrijth partitions havins gratiags or meshes of hiz * s proper for tho purpose of separating the fiith from the liquid , ithich will run into ttve last chamber , and be allowed to « taad to settle . KW , if a column of pnlvet ' asd qsicfclime i « ran into

      the jeirer « " any given point previous to its exit from Ifcence into the Ttservoirs , everything that is held in aolation in the ligtda-win be f >» cTTni- ^ H y thrown flow " ( the theory of the process of which Is , the contests of file tewsr&ge being bi ^ ly chained -with carbonic add , immediately "the pulverised lime cornea in contact therevitbj the liqnid irtgbemically acted npon , and vhat vm heWin j > ohitid # lBiinediately falli down ) , thereby separating the vr&ter , -which nay be toned off , and leaving the residue , -which may be passed through a powerfn ! mill in order to pnlveri 23 and thoroughly incorporate it , after which it can be put into an hydranlic press and formed into blocks of any shape or s ! se best fitted for conveying to any parts of the empire . A column of sea * ater might be advantageoasly ran into the sewers , fee saline portions of which -would prove highly beneficial to the mannre .

      The Chinese &re particularly ingenious in their manures : bat 1 Question whether the proposed admixture wanld sot be superior to any . Hti ^ rs . Rchbm

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      IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMSflT . A nubile meeting was bolden at the National Hal ] , High-Holborn , on Monday evening , lot tha ptwpose of taking into consideration the conduct of the Government in their attempt to stifla the expression of public opinion in Ireland . At eight o ' clock Mr . Wateon -was called to the chair ; the whole of the ' Liberal" metropolitan Members were invited , but none attended . Mr . Hetherington stated that a deputation had waited upon Mr . Dancombe , who informed them that he had a relative Iaying ; d&ngei ; ou 8 ly ill-at Nottingham ; he expected to be called thence to attend his dying moments , or he would have been most happy to hav » attended—( loud cheera ) . The following resolutions which were ably spoken to , were adopted unanimously : —

      1 . That the right of petitioning the Legislature for a redress of publicgrievances , or the repeal of any Act of Parliament deemed inimical to the welfare and liberty of the people , is sacred 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 reslstance o £ every man who values political freedom . 2 . Tbat the recent conduct of the Government in interdicting the CJontarf meeting , a few hours only before it was to have been holden , after having for months allowed monster meetings to assemble in * 1 I parts of Ireland , indicates a recklessness and incapacity on the part of the Iiish Executive , which imperatively demands our severest reprobation .

      3 . ThBt Daniel O'Counell , Esq ., M . P ., and his colleagues , now under prosecution for having exercised their undoubted right of meeting to Petition against an Act of the Legislature , and * he have uniformly condncted large public meetings in a peaceful and constitutional manner , are eminently entitled to public symoathy and support ; an 4 this meeting hereby , cordially tender them their best thanka for the judgment and humanity they have shown in preventing a collfssion bet-ween the people and tho military . A . That while we acknowledge , in the most nneqai vocal manner the grievances and mis-government under which Ireland has suffered for ceatuiita;— ttie inequality of her political and municipal franchises;—tha shameless cruelty of lieralien landlordstotheir wretched

      tenantry;—the sectarian distribution of government and local patTonage ;—and above all the infamy of tha Irish Church Establishment;—yet we we are deeply convinced that tbe only hope of obtaining political justice for England , Ireland , Scotland , and Walea;—the abolition 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 th 8 principles of the People ' s Charter , which -will confer upon every man tae right of being represented in the Commons H = mse of Parliament ; and this meeting emphatically decAareB ita conviction , that never , till the whole population are iaithfaily represented , "will their rights be respected , their interests consulted , or their happiness promoted .

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      Reprieve . —The German now confined m Newgate , under sentence of death , and who was to nave Been executed pa Monday Ia 3 t , has been reprieved " nntilher Majesty ' s farther pleasure . ACCIDBST AND LOSS O T Ll ** IN * L ^ R WW *~ A . few days ago a serious a ^^ V ^ K ^ MM ^ i tended with lots of life , occurred p How # " lead mine , near Brough , Westmoreland . John ^ opip . Eon , a fine young man , who belonged to ; fl ^ T ^ ftg of Staintoa near Penrith , and another minor of the niSf Smp ! £ k were wor ^ in ^ hi ff to ^ eUi er , and wore in the aot of stemming a bore with , au Son tool preparatory to making a blast : the powder nnfortun * teirexp loded , and the effect waa Buoh , and the injury which Thompson sustainedwas so severe . Sit he died a shtm time afttrwards in tf « # *• £ ? agony . Campston was also inost dreadfullymangled , and hie - recovery is eearesly to be © 5 |> eovsa . i

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      ¦ THE NORTHERN STIR' t

  • 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-ncseproduct956/page/7/