The National Register.
London, England, 1816-12-30 00:00:00

E.lltL STANHOPE.

The funeral of Earl Stanhope took place on Tuesday
last. The corpse was interred in the fatuity molt at Cute
vetting. The ceremony was Conducted with the utmost pos.
slide p'aiimess, aurceahly to the ilirectious in the Noble
Lord's will. Thei c were neither hearse nor mourning coaches,
but the body etas carried to the grave. The chief mourners
were his sou, the lion. Col. Stanhope, and his son•ln-law, Mr.
Taylor. It war attended by Lord Holland, Lord °motley,
Mr. Jekyll, Mr. Dyer, the !try. Ilr. Cartwright, Mr. !..tone,
Mi. Polhill, Mr. Mori iy, Farley, &r. Ity the noble
Earl's will, dated in 1405, he appoints ten executors, viz.
Lord Holland, Lord ()ratifies', Joseph Jekyll, Esq. George
Dyer, Esq.. the Rev. C. Wy% ill, Dr. Goods% In, the Rev. John
North. David Stone, I.lsq. the Rev. Dr. Gregory, and the
Rev. Mr. Robinson. 'rite two last gentlemen are dead. To
these executors, after a few legacies, he leaves all his dispo-
sable property. It will be recollected, that on his separation
from Mr. Pitt, on the conviction that the system lie was par-
siting woold bring min on the country, his family preferred
the patronage of the Minister to the paternal roof; and he hiss
been frequently heard to soy, that as they hail chosen to be
saddled on the public purse, they most take the• ciniseqiiences.
lie wished them all to devote themselves, as he had himself
done, to SOllll. useful calling, by which, when the fatal day of
public calamity, whichlic foresaw, came, they might seen re
independence by, their own personal ingenuity and labour.
They are, therefore, not mentioned in the will, Ina they are
all entitled to certain snots by the marriage settlements, and
the Iw...seat Earl Stanhope succeeds to the family estate,
worth 11,0001. per annum.

On the 11th of December, at .16 minutes past five o'clock,
Mr. Stark, Astronomer, of Augsbur=ll, observed a globe of
fire, which, not only in colour, butt in diameter, resembled the
full moon. This globe made its revolntiun from the east to
the south with so much rapidity, that in eight seconds it
reached the meridian, and in six more seeondi was lost in the
sontlf west part of the sky. It drew behind it a waving
tail, about three times the length of the diameter of the globe.
The sky was coveted with dart< clouds. 1:1-0111 00011 till In
minutes past five in evening, the barometer had ,:Alen one
line; the thermometer was four degrees above the freezing
point.

MODERN MlSER.—Lately, at Merton, Cheshire, in his 78th
year, Johii Wood, a hatelielor. His niggardly disposition did
not permit him to *fly the bounties of nature, o Welt I'rovi•
dente had placed within his reach; and he latterly denied
himself the common necessaries of life, that he might add
another guinea to the heap t two days prior to his decease a
neighbour called in to visit him, and was surprised to see
him eating a row potatoe. " John," said he, " why do you
eat your potatoes raw? I think they cannot prove very pa-
latable to a person of your years." " Oh! 111/II," (tooth John,
" this is as sired do an apple." Alter his death, hi+ nephew
dud heir found three hundred guineas concealed in an old
oven, the door of which was made up with loose brit ka, and
bad been newly plastered over; the newness of the plas-
tering led to the happy discovery. 'flue nephew's name is
G. Ridgway, and he resides in Macclesfield.

RATING DISSENTING MEETING HOUSES.--It will be recol-
lected, that at the late sessions at Guildford, an order was
niade for rating the Rev. Rowland liill's chapel, towards the
support and maintenance of the poor of the parish of Christ.
church; and, on an inspection of the receipts and profits
derived from the chapel, the magistrates fixed tiT6l., as a fair
slim upon which the building ought to be rated. Mr. Web-
ber's name, as treasurer of the chapel, was accordingly in-
serted in the next assessment, and a sum of WI. Iss. was
charged. When the overseer applied to Mr. Webber, that
gentleman refused to pay any thing; upon which refusal Mr.
Meymott,, the solicitor, who is vest, y clerk of Christchurch
parish, applied to the magistrates at Union-hall for a sum-
mons, to be directed to Mr. Webber, calling on hint to up-
pear, and show Cause why he refused p,a ment of the sum
assessed ; and why, if he continued so to r( inst.', a warrant of
distress shocild not is,ue. Thorsday was the day named in
the summons tbr Mr. Webber's appearing._ After waiting
the rental time, Mr. Webber not attending, Mr. Meymott pro-
ceeded to prove, by the evidence of Mr. James Bransdi 11111,
that the rate had been duly demanded of Mr. Webber, and
that lie refused to pay it. Trmighton, the beadle, ako proved
that lie served the summons on Mr., K gibber. This proof
having been gone through, Mr. Meymott applied for a war
rant of distress, which the Magistrates, Mr. Evauce and Mr.
King, granted. We understand the defendants have de-
rbued their determination not to pay till they have the opi-
nion os the Court of King's Bench on the subject.

It will be recollected that a short time since four Resurrec-
tion men were held to bail at Union-hall, on a charge of forc-
ing their way into the. dissecting room at St. Thomas's Hos-
pital, assaulting two of the students, and cutting to pieces
two bodies prepared for the purposes of lecture the follow-
ing day. idav Re'onight, about six o'clock in the evening,
four men again found their way into the dissecting room, and
destro) eel two bodies, a male and a female, before they were
discovered by the man who has the care of the room. On
seeing them he immediately sent for a conqable, but before
the racer arrived, the offenders had made their escape out
at a window, and over the bark part of the premises.
PARING BUROLARY.—On Christmas eve a very extensive
robbei v was effested by a gang of villains, who entered the
hack of the premises of Mr. Hall, pawnbroker, High-street,
Marylehone, and plundered to a great amount. Mr. Hall
cannot possibly tell the amount of his loss at present; but
the least is between 1 and 2,001. The villains effected their
escape.
Mr. Newsome, of the Old Bailey, was stepped soon after
dusk on Tuesday evening, near the Alfred, Gray's-inn-lane,
by two foot-pads, who robbed him of his watch, after knock-
ing him down. Several people were mock,: about near the
place, and although the alarm was given, the thieses eseayed.

DECEMBER SO

CORONEws INQUEST.

PONON--C IUTION TO CIIYMIS 1 S, DRUGGISTS,Ste.
An inquest was held on Friday morning upon the body of
Joseph Redwith, aged one year, the son of Mr. Itedwith,
Irak ,-r, of Paddington. w ho died from the accidental a 1111 l
tuition of a solution of arsenic, which was sold by mistake
furGodfrey', Cordial.
Mr. North, surgeon, No. 26, Molyncits-strect, Edgeware-
road, who open( it the body, in the rourse of his evidence,
deprecated in the etrougest terms the improper use of God-
frey'. Cm dial, Dalby'a Carminative, Sy rep of Poppies, or
other sleeping potions. He stated Met the mischievous con-
sequences arising ft ma the abuse of such medicines was in-
credible ; and that medical men were dully and hourly iu the
habit of scent% the mist deplorable eilrkegoo•nern 'mane limas
Mother:: administering sedatives very frequently, not for the
nucleate of alleviating any complaint tinder which the child
might labour, but to gratify their own idleness, by keeping
their tinfortusiate infints iii a state of pernicious drowsiness,
the consequeaces of which are infinitely mess prejudicial to
their yomig and tender flumes than many of the diseases in-
cidental to childhood. lie (Mr. North) said, that on Satur-
day morning last, between ten and eleven o'clock, he was
called to attend the deceased, at the request of Mr. Pratte,
chymist and druggist, King-street, Paddington. He attend-
ed the child immediately, and found all the symptoms upon
it of having taken poison. lie administered antidotes, but
they had not the desired effect, the dose bring too strong.
The chill was in great agony until two o'clock the same
afterni l it died to convulsions. He hail since opened the
body, and found the bowels gangrened. He ass clearly of
opinion that the death of the deceastal was necasimeed by its
having had a 4p:entity of solution of arsenic administered iu
mistake for Goilfiey's Cordial.
Eliza Redwith, being sworn, said, that she was the dangle.
ter of Mr. Redwith, baker, Mitcham-street, Paddington.
lie was sent by her mother on Salm day morning, about ten
o'clock, to the slurp of Mr. Pralle, rhyinist and druggist,
king-mm.lr, Paddington, with a small phial, fir twopenny-
worth of Godfrey's Cordial; the was served by the altopmao,
he poured it out of a large bottle which was standing in a
row with many others : he tasted it three times before be
helped her to it: she drank some or it as she was bringing it
home: she thought it was very nice : site was very unwell
after taking it, very sick, and vomited very much: she war'
very unwell three days in consequence of having taken the
liquid : she took it to her mother, and cave the eleceawd, her
brother, a spoonfid and a half of it. He hart not taken it
more than a quarter of an hour when he was in great pain,
and all the colour left his cheeks; lice mother tasted the con-
tents of the bottle, unit sent her hack to the clivntist's with
the remainder, to ask him if it was proper medicine. She
went to the shop, and saw the person who helped her to it.
When she asked hint if it a as the tight sta., he did not reply,
but spoke to Mr. Pralle, and poured it out of the phial, and
filled it with sonic fresh liquid, which she took loiter mother.
1 he deceased drew Worse, and d:cd about two o'clock the
same day.
Ann liedwith, the mother of the deceased, being sworn,
said, that on Saturday morning, in consequence oldie deceased
being troubled with a cough, and with lamina his teeth. she
sent the last witness, her danghtcr, to Mr. Pi alle's shop, for
two yennyw mile of Getlfrey's cordial, to still his cough and
make him sleep. She had not given it to the deceased more
than a quarter of an hour, when he was taken violently ill
and very sick. She had given him the breast just atter she
gave him the liquid, and she thought she hail dune wrong to
give him the be east so sons after his medivinia fie grew
worse, add she thought it was possible the elsyneist might
have sent the wrong stuff; she sent her daughter back with
the remainder to inquire, having previously tasted it herself,
and could not distinguish any difference in the taste from
that which she had purchased at one shiaina per bottle.
Her daughter came hack with some trials stuff in the phial,
but brought no auswer fitim the chymist, whether the stuff
was wright or wrung. She, of cone's., felt satisfied that the
deceased woe not ill in consequence of having taken impro-
per medicine. The child grew worse every five minute,
and she was upon the point of sending her daughter again,
when Mr. North, of 31°13room-street. emit ill. Fie said that
he had been sent by ale. 11. Pratte, the eliviuist, to adminis-
ter en antidote to the deceased, Mr. Pralle'• assistant hay illg
Accidentally sew a wrong medicine. Mr. North sent some
medicine in a vet y short time, and she administered it as
trisected. lie fell in strong convulsions, anti war in that si-
tuation when Mr. North celled aeaiit; he said that be would
send some more medicine direttle, but the child died ill a
short time after he left the house, before the medicine carte,
ht convulsions. She believed that his death was occasioned
by taking tile solution.
George. Keridge, chymist and druggist, be ing sworn, said,
that he had been eleven years in his profession. lie had
been about a week an assistant to Mr. Peelle, of King-street,
Paddington; he had many times lately occasionally assisted
him in serving in the 'Map, Mr. Pratte having succeeded liim
ia that shop. On Saturday mot g Redwith came
into the shop and asked for two pennyworth of Godfrey's
Cordial. He reached the bottle which lie served her out
from the spot in which the Godfrey's Cordial originally stood
when he was master of the shop, and which had always stood
in that place when he assisted Mn. Pratte before. He tasted
the stuff' three times before lie gave it to leer, and was perfect-
ly satisfied that it was the proper mediciae. About a quarter
of an hour after Miss Redmitle came agaiu, and asked him if
he had given her the proper stuff? Mr. Pratte was in ilia
shop at that time, and he told him which bottle he had poured
it from. Mr. Pralle told him it W3A solution of arsenic which
lie had given to her. He fonud himself unwell, having taken
some of the solution himself at the time he helped Miss Red-
with to it. He therefore took an antidote, which re covered
hint. He' went to Mr. North, the surgeon, and requested
him to attend the deceased iinmeiliately, and aetmainted hint
of the unfortunate accident. The bottle which be helped
Miss Resist itle wit of was halt' full, and the label was warn
oil it. He believed that if he had nut taken medicine to
connteract the effects of the arsenic, it might have been fatal
to him. Ile was of opinion that the deceased's death was
caused by a Solution of arsenic being administered by ants.
take for Godfrey's Cordite!.
The Coroner, in addressing Cie Jury, said, that the present
case was a most linhattinate one ; the lives of Miee per• ono
I had been in great jeopardy ; cute had died by the accidental
administre of poison. He had been particular in exanein-
' oko, the last wittiest', whose evidence he considered the must
important. 'law taw had power to punish persons
• ministered medicines without being qoalified; but it :IP,
, that Mr. Ku ridge was qualified. They had nothing
. with a civil action which might be brought against the
mist by the Rarest& of the deceased ; it was for them tof
of the crinnual part of the !malaria. There was no

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