The Sun.
London, England, 1837-03-18 00:00:00

TO THE FRIENDS OF RELIGIOUS
LIBERTY.
The Rev. DAVID DAVISON, M. A., recently a Candidate
for the Junior Classical Mastership of the CITY of LONDON
SCHOOL, having been rejected by the majority of the Committee
of the Court of Common Council, to whom the appointment was
referred, on the ground of religious opinion, notwithstanding his
acknowledged pre-eminent qualifications for the office, a few
Friends to Religious Liberty have agreed to raise a FUND, to be
placed in the hands of Trustees, for the benefit of Mr. Davison and
his family, in order
1. To express and record their indignant astonishment that, in
the present day and within the Corporation of the Metropolis, a
theological doctrinal test should have been set up as the standard of
qualification for civil office, in an Institution established for the de-
clared purpose of opening a liberal education to all the citizens of
London, without distinction of sect or party ; and that it should
have been supported, amongst others, by Protestant Dissenters, who
are loud in the censure and complaint of the theological doctrinal
tests, which exclude Dissenting scholars and teachers from educa-
tion and academic honours in the schools and colleges connected
with the Church of England.
2. To mark their reprobation of the means resorted to in order
to defeat Mr. Davison's election, and their surprise and regret that
some members of the Committee should have been prevailed upon
by convicted falsehood and. calumny either to withhold their pro-
mised votes, or to vote directly contrary to their promises ; and
3. To testify their sympathy with Mr. Davison on the disappoint-
ment of-his well-founded expectations of making provision for a
numerous and interesting family, by the honourable exercise of his
talents and acquirements; their high respect for his character as a
gentleman, a scholar, a preceptor, and a Christian minister; and
their approval of the able and spirited manner in which he resisted,
and has exposed, the artifices of bigotry and intolerance.
In thus declaring and recording their sentiments, the Friends of
Mr. Davilon feel that they are upholding a great public principle, of
unspeakable importance at the present moment to the cause of both
civil and religious liberty ; and they therefore invite the co-opera-
tion of all such as are desirous of preserving professedly Liberal
Instil utions from the mischievous and fatal taint of sectarian and

,ersecuting tests, which are as alien from the policy of Reformed
Municipal Government, as they are inconsistent with Christian
morality, unworthy of an enlightened age, and derogatory to the
reputation of the Corporation of the City of London, hitherto dis-
tinguished by its maintenance of universal liberty of conscience.
Subscriptions will be received till the 31st of March, at the banks
of Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co., 43, Lothbury ; and at Messrs.
Rogers, Towgood, and Co.'s, 29, Clement's-lane. Also by Richard
Taylor. Esq., Red Lion-court, Fleet-street ; Jan Travers, Esq.,
Swithin's-lane ; T. P. Warren, Esq., Highbury ; and J. S. Lister,
Esq., Laurence Pountney-hill, who have been appointed Trustees.
The Trustees, in announcing that the Subscription will be closed
on the 31st instant, have the highest satisfaction in acknowledging
the promptitude and liberality with which their call has been re-
sponded to by the friends of Religious Freedom.
London, March 14, 1837.
SUBSCRIPTIONS ALREADY RECEIVED.
Benj. Wood, Esq. £2l 0111. Macdiarmid, Esq £1 1
Richard Taylor, Esq. ... 10 10 Major Revell
J. M. French, Esq.
J. S. Lister, Esq. ... lO 10,— Pickers; ill, Esq.
Abraham Lincolne, Esq. 100 0— Wyndham, Esq.
Alderman Wood, per B. 1— Jarman, Esq. ... 0 5
Wood, Esq. ... 2l 0131essrs. Wiltshire and Son 3 0
T. P. Warren, Esq. ...... 20 0;-- Everett, Esq. ... ...... 1 1
A Lady, per T. P. W.
... 20 OW. E., a Pupil of Mr.
William Tomlinson, Esq. 10 10 Davison's ... 010
Walter C. Yenning, Esq. 5 SW. Cumming, Esq.
James Esdaile, Esq. ...... 10 10!J. D. Cumming, Esq.
Mrs. L. .
Dr. Lister
Mrs. Grier .. ... ......... lOO 08. Beaumont, Esq.
J. Taylor, Esq., F.R. S. 10 10 Messrs. Wansey and Son 10 10
John Travers, Esq.
Joseph Travers' Esq. ... 10 10 An enemy to Bigotry, per
A Lady, per J. Travers, ditto
Esq.
Wm. Lawrence, Esq 5 SSG. Bracher, Esq. .. ...... 2 2
John Watson, Esq.
John Williams, Esq.
Mr. Chamberlain ... 11 W. Stevens, Esq. ... 1 1
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain 1 1 Rev. E. Cogan
Mr. R. Chamberlain 1 IJ. H. Ball
Mr. Preston
Mr. Nettlefold 1 IR. Smith, Esq. ... ...... .5 5
Mr. Preston. jun los. 6d. T. F. Gibson, Esq.
Mr. Joseph Preston... 10s. 6d. G. Southey, Esq. .
1 0
Mr. C. Nettlefold .... 101. 6d: Samuel Savage, Esq.
(late Pupils of Rev. D. D.) A Rose, Esq.
Mr. W. A. Yenning 5 0 Russell Scott, Esq. ...... 5 5
The Misses Yenning 3 0 Jackson, Esq.
David Martineau, Esq. ... 21 OS. Boddington, Esq.
Richard Martineau, Esq... 5 5 Thomas Hawes, Esq.
James Hoole, Esq. ... lO 10 S. Courtald, Esq.
W. Croucher, Esq ...... ... 1 IP. A. Taylor, Esq.
William Johnson, Esq. ... 1 1 Miss Chamberlaine 1 1
The Constitutional..... 1 1 A Lady
John Blacket, Esq ....... ... 10 0 A Lady, per T. P. Warren,
James Yates, 31. A......... 20 0 Esq.
Lewis Loyd, Esq. ...,100 0 Miss Lane
J. Brocklehurst, Esq., 111. 0 Crease, Esq ......
51. P
........ ... 21 0 Edgar Taylor, Esq... •.. 5 0
Daniel Lister, E5q.....,..., 5 SJ. Strutt, Esq.. ........ ... 1 1
W. Sturch, Esq., and fa- J. Towgood, jun., Esq.... 2 2
milt' ........... ... .. 50 o,George Tow-good, Esq. ... 2 2
A Friend ............... lO 10111. Wainewright, Esq. ... 5 5
The Misses Clarke 200 OW. H. Cotton, Esq. S 5
DxSa..m uu.oe.
........5harpe,........ .
..
........ 2 "ISamuel Cotton, Esq.
1 -11 W. Townsend, Esq.
1 IJ. 51., per J. M. French,
Henry Tow-good, Esq.
T. B. Rowe, Esq.
L. Rowe, Esq.
S. Pett, Esq. 5 ST. T. Clarke, Esq.
11, per Mr. Lawrence... 1 11.1. A. Yates, Esq.
G. H. Heppel, E5q........ 1 1111.ev. J. Kentish 5 0
H. Patten, Esq. 1 l'James Shepherd, Esq.
W. Pritcherd, Esq.
Mr. E. Dobson 5 s:Edward Scott, Esq.
Professor De Morgan... ?. 1 11Jesse Middleton, Esq.
Anonymous, per ditto S 9 9 Robert Bell, Esq. ... 5 5
W. F. Yowler, E5q....... 10 O,W. Marsden, Esq.
Thomas Brown, Esq. ... 2 0 A Friend, per R. Tay-
J. C. Conway, Esq.
R. Wakefield, Esq. ...... 2 21T. Neighbour, jun., Esq 2 2
W. Burnard, Esq.... 1 1
James Coppeck, E5q...... I 1

‘ £1,168 4 6

DR. JOHN ARMSTRONG'S LIVER
PILLS.

" I caro not how I am physicked, so it be not by tho adventure of a
quack, but advice of a physician, who I am sure will prescribe no mere
for me than may consist with my safety, and need d,th require."—Old
Divine.

The Possessor of the Prescription from which these Pills are prepared,
solely for him, by Mr. John I'. Eddy, a scientific Chemist, obtained it from
the late Dr. Armstrong, (Lecturer at St. Thomas's Hospital, London, and
Author of the celebrated Works on Typhus and Scarlet Fever, &c. Re.)
for his Wife, who, in 1827 became the Doctor's patient, when evidently
labouring under confirmed Liver complaint, and to all appearance in a
deep decline. She had not long taken the Pills, at the prescribed inter-
' vats, before she was perfectly restored to health ; and has, with the (Jest-
sional use of them, continued free from pain, and in perfect health and
cheerful spirits ever since.
The Possessor of this admirable Prescription (a Gentleman of private
fortune), having distributed the Pills with the most extraordinary sawsr's
amongst the Poor in many Counties in England, determined in 1635 to
offer them, at a price, to the public; his personal observation and expe-
rience having convinced him that they would prove a real blessing, if
taken according to the Physician's Advice and Directions in the wrapper'
to all—both old and young, children as well as adults: women, pregnant,
and after the month of confinement—who suffered from an inactive
Liver, and thence all the attendant miseries of Indigestion ; Bilious Affes-
bons (so called) ; Flatulence, Jaundice, Dropsy; Pain in the sides and
under the Shoulder Blades ; Difficulty of Breathing; distressing Sensa-
tion of Choking ; with the complexion' and white of the eyes, yellow.
The very first two pills generally affbrd such relief—such ease from
every distressing pedn—that the patient is at once surprised and delighted.
The Medicine is gentle, though certain in its benign effects. The quantity
prescribed to be taken is small, and not oftener than alternate nights.
The attention of the public is called to the following statement of facts :
A cook, in a gentleman's family, complained to her mistress of such
pain in the right side, and such loss of appetite, that she could not do her
work, and thought that she must again give up her situation, as she had
been obliged to do for the same cause in two previ .us places. Her miss
tress recomthended her to try Dr. John Armstrong's Liver Pills, as she
said all others had failed. Thegirl bought a box, and the first two pills re-
lieved her from all pain, and she said she felt better than ever site had
done in her life. The first two operated briskly, the next two gently, and
afterwards only as a pleasant aperient ; but the pain lever returned.
A sailor's wifo had only been a fortnight confined, and was suffering
agonies in her hack and sides, evidently owing to an inactive Liver, her
skin being as yellow as saffron. A friend gave her some money to buy a
box of Armstrong's Liver Pills. When that " friend in need" called to
see the poor woman again, she seas surprisingly better—scarce any pain in
her side—no eh ,king sensation—skin much clearer, and appetite and ge
neral health rapidly improving.
A magistrate, who was much troubled with boils, at the instance of a
relative bought a box of Armstrong's Liver Pills. Before he had taken
six pills at the preicribed intervals, he was astonished at his perfect cure,
and declared it was the best medicine he ever took in his life.
Jaundice and Dropsical cases immediately relieved.
Hundreds of similarly striking cases might he noticed, but for the space
they occupy in an advertisement; and each bilious person who tries these
pills (most expensive in their preparation to the proprietor) will furnish a
most satisfactory and convincing case of cure or relief to himself.
To Mr. John T. Eddy, Bishops Stortford, Herts.
Medical Hall, Lewes, Sussex, Oct. 4th, 1836.
Sea,—lt gives me much pleasure to be able to inform yon that my sale
for Dr. John Armstrong's Liver Pills has, within these two months, in.
creased to a very considerable extent. lam almost daily receiving fresh
testimonials of their efficacy, as an " Antibilious," from persons of respec
tsbility, residing in Lewes and its vicinity. Such is their celebrity, that
numbers of my friends will not, on any consideration, be without a box
in their possession.
Will you kindly cause my name to be introduced in the list of Venders
in your Advertisements, and at your earliest convesnioe,l:73,rf,o6rNs•aanrdit toix
through Drew and Co., Great Trinity-lane, some h
bill, !loaded with my name and address.—l am, Sir, yours respectfully,
THOMAS FIGG.

The large Pox contains the quantity
In Loxes at Is. 1 42c1
Prepared solely by Mr. J. T. Eddy, Bishops Stortford, Hens, who is ap-
pointed Wholesale Agent to the Proprietor.
To prevent imixisition, the Hon. the Commissioners of Stamps have di.
'andf9ttree 3ec small ones.
rlN;ti-teedrsjonilin't 'hie..
Armorial Be rings of the Proprietor. None else is genuine.
Government
nemheenmti .:stt,,Lßmi Bishops oalni sdSetoarcthfo rirli,„)xto i Isa e
also engraved
sealed in
with Whiteti ,
the
inflt',rhieorpucilial,i
oafreill)artritgißcitsilt3a,rlwv
hcoat,iittiohn,rsdbaegeanindsiV(l,l:etsdhio,
will try to impose their own loose and unboxed compounds upon the
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norant, for Armstrong's Liver Pills ; thus disappointing and defrauding
the Public and the Revenue at the same time. dishonest
tlit ini'crko tricks
in'noftt.hge.,
The Pills may be procured of all vrholesale dealers In London, and retail
of Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street ; Encor,
125, Oxford-street; Waugh and Co., 177, Regent-street Snowslen,2, lay
market ; Savory and Co , 131, Bond-street ; Croyden, 37, Wig more-strect,
Cavendish-square; Hendebourk, Middle-row, Holborn ; Chandler, 76, Ox
ford-street ; Jones, 171, High Holborn ; Prout, 2'29 Strand; Giffird, 104,
Strand; Johnston. OS, Corn hill Stradling, Royal Exchange Gates; T. But.
ler, 4, Cheapside ; Lucas, 63, Cheapside; Waylett, 4, Finsbury Pavement ;
Osborn, 79, Bishopsgate-street ; Fuller, 54, Whiteehapel ; Bateman and
Co., 8, Castle-street, Leicester-square ; Skrimshire, 2, Marsham-street,
Westminster ; Constable and Co., Borough ; IVl.Getrick, 116. Tottenham-
court-road ; Barthorp, 101, Bermondsey-street ; Glover, Lower-road, Is-
ington ; Hallows, High_street, Islington ; Benison, Wandsworth; Man-
sell, Hackney ; Parkes, Woolwich ; Redman, Peckham ; Bennett, Bark-
ing ; and of all respectable Medicine 'Venders in Town and Country ;
Dixon, Boston, United States ; Pichon, Boulogne; Bellegarde, Calais ;
'Co.,
Moore, Hickey, and Co., and Bathgate and Co., Calcutta ; Griffiths and
Madras ; Roberts, Rue de la Paix, Paris.

A court-martial was held at Alliow, India, on Ensign
J. T. Harwood, 6Sth Native Infantry, on charges of unoflicer-
like conduct, and disobedience of orders, in borrowing from a
Subadar of the same regiment several sums of money, amount-
ing, with intorest, to 624 sonat rupees; and on additional
charges—l st, in having, whilst in charge of a company of the
regiment, cancelled Sepoys' family remittance draughts with-
out the knowledge or authority of the remitters ; and, 2d, fin•
a false statement to Captain Des Vaux, in charge of the mili-
tary chest, of the above transaction. He was found guilty of
all the charges, and sentenced to be dismissed the service.

An old bon vivant, eighty years of age, living Quoi
de Jamappes, gave a dinner a few days ago to a party of his
friends. The glass and the song went round merrily, and the
master of the feast was even more cheerful and joyous than
usual. Just as he had finished a bacchanalian song, he ad-
dressed his guests, saying, " Gentlemen, every thing ends with
a song, and it is time for me to come to an end also." Upon
this he took up a knife that lay before him, plunged it into his
heart, and fell from his chair. weltering in his blood. His as-
tonished guests immediately went to his assistance, but life was
extinct. He had taken the utmost precautions to ensure the
success of his project. The knife, which was pointed, had
been sharpened by his express desire ; the blow was directed
so as to be certain of its effect ; and he had put aside every
article of his clothing that was likely to impede the stroke. No
positive motive for this desperate act is known to exist ; but it
is recollected that the deceased had lately been heard to de-
clare that death vi as preferable to the infirmities and privations
of old age.
Considerable sensation was created last week in the
family of a respectable yeoman named Shapland, living at
King's Nympton, Devonshire, who, shortly after having their
tea, were attacked with violent vomiting. Medical assistance
was procured, and it was found that arsenic had been put into
the tea-kettle. It appeared upon inquiry, that the servant put
the water into the tea-kettle, but how the arsenic got there has
not been ascertained. The master, mistress, and two others
of the family, were the sufferers ; but we understand they are
recovering.— Western Luminary.

On Monday evening an alarm of `ire was given
from Higham Hall, occupied by the widow of the late Mr.
James Shutter. Engines from Bergholt and Dedham at-
tended with such promptitude, that the flames were speedily
subdued. Iligham Hall is within a few yards of the river
Stour, which is navigable for barges, and the flames arose
from a haulm hedge connected with the river. On Tuesday
evening, at seven o'clock, flames issued from three places
nearly at the same time, the hedge leading to the river being
again on fire. A barn and a stack•of wheat, formed the other
two points of ignition. These were destroyed. The lead on
the mansion was in a state of fusion. But the wind chang-
ing, and blowing the flames from the house, the building was
preserved after a hard struggle. The destruction extended
to 120 combs of wheat, GO of barley, and 60 of oats. The
property was insured.
Between nine and ten o'clock yesterday morning, a
little girl, named Keeling, six years old, was crossing Al-
dersgate-street, on her way to school, when she was run
against and knocked down by a cab that was proceeding at a
very rapid rate, and one of the wheels passed over her chest,
crushing in the breastbone and ribs in a manner too shocking
to describe. The unfortunate child was directly taken to
St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where every possible aid was
rendered her, but after an endurance of upwards of an hour
of the very extreme of human agony, the poor child expired.
The driver of the cab was taken into custody, and lodged in
the Compter, to await the result of the Coroner's Inquest,
which will be held on the body this day.
We have heard, on respectable authority, that the
witnesses which were to have been summoned to substantiate
the accusation of forgery against Miss Griffiths, have actually
left the island ! If such should prove to be the case, the
Attorney-General will not, of course, be able to prove the
facts against the accused, and will consequently be obliged
to abandon the affair ! Here is another pretty specimen of
the Jersey laws] Why are not witnesses bound to appear, as
in England, when called upon by the proper tribtutal ?
Jersey Argus.