The Sun.
London, England, 1833-05-02 00:00:00

DR. NORRIS'S FEVER DROPS.

IN Inflammatory and Putrid Fevers, Sore
Throats, Slow Fevers, commonly called Nervou.,
Hectic Fevers, or the first stages of a Consumption, these
Drops are, by all medical men, allowed to be the most
efficacious ; and for removing Malignant Fevers, now so
prevalent in different parts of this Kingdom, there is nut
its equal.
As a Febrifuge, an Antiputrescent, and a Tonic, these
invaluable Drops stand at present unrivalled ; and if it
were possible for any Medicine to merit the name of uni-
versal, the most extensive and successful experience declares
this, above all others, to be entitled to it.
Purchasers are particuhrly requested to observe, that the
genuine preparation of Norris's Drops will hive engraved
on the Stamp—" Thomas Norris Moore."
In bottles at 2s. 9d., 65., and I Is. ; and family bottles
at 225. each.
Sold by Edwards, 67, St. Paul's Church-yard ; Strad-
ling, Royal Exchange; Gates, Cornhill ; Singer, 150,
and Chandler, '76, Oxford-street.

" Non est vivere sed valere vita."—Martial.
" Life is only life when blest with health."
THE finest System of Ethics is to confine
within due bounds, and thus to regulate the Pas-
sions ; unrestrained, and insubordinate, they impetuously
destroy those barriers which Religion and Morality have
made sacred ; to curb but not annihilate them, appears the
lesson of prudence, best calculated to limit their efferves-

fence. •
Every disorganization of the human frame requires
great medical knowledge to remedy, and the public wel-
fare is promoted when professional men (disregarding the
suggestions of the envious and interested) devote their
studies to the treatment of those complaints generated by
imprudence, and the ebullition of the passions at an un-
guarded moment. " The strength of a nation consists in
the health of the people ;" but, it is melancholy to reflect
on the daily sacrifice to the ignorance of unfeeling empy-
ricism ; and to counteract, as far as possible, its further
ravages, we offer to suffering humanity the result of our
own experience in the various diseases of Debility. The
unwary victim of solitary vice (early acquired at school,
before reason has asserted her right over the mind), will,
in contemplating his powerless state, become susceptible
of enlivening sensations, in knowing that the most com-
plicated state of exhaustion may he roused into manly
energy. Intense study—immoderate anxiety—long resi-
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can hold out an assurance of re-animation, by a treatment
which has long answered the sanguine hopes of Patients of
both sexes.

That bane to human happiness, SYPHYLIS, can now
be treated fearlessly, the improved state of Medical Sci-
ence having divested its antidote of those distressing pro-
perties that so long rendered its exhibition uncertain and
harassing. Some peculiarities incidental to the softer
sex have not escaped our attention ; in which mildness,
combined with efficacy, has superseded the means usually
adopted. In fine, our system is unique, peculiarly ener-
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Educated in London, schooled in our professional at-
tainments by its splendid medical characters, and having
been able, personally, to compare with admiration the
British Surgical practice with the Continental, our pre-
tensions to superiority (in a branch we have selected) are
matured by experience, which is evinced by the daily ap-
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Daily attendance is given for personal consultation : and
letters trom the country are immediately answered ; these i
must contain a remittance for Advice and Medicines,
which can be forwarded to any part of the world, however
distant.
GOSS and CO., M.8.C., Surgeons,
No. 11, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street, London,
Just published (Twentieth Edition)-71. The ./EGIS
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Diseases.-2. The SYPHILIST, treating of Venereal
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Female sex.
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The following are included in the account of the dex
trous management of Coster. That which regards his
own family has been gathered from his own lips. His
father is a publican and farrier in a village in Oxfordshire,
and a quarrel took place between them upwards of twenty-
four years ago. His father was a religious sectarian, a
B iptist or an Anabaptist, Coster did not know or care
which, and objected to a matrimonial connexion between
his eon and an amiable girl who had considerable property.
Coster ran away in consequence of the objeceion of his
father, who had never seen him from that time until Alone
day last, when an interview took place between the father
and his son in the cell. Coster's elder brother was mur-
dered at Charbro, in Oxfordshire, about six months ago,
but Coster never troubled himself about the matter. His
sister (lied in St. Luke's madhouse about two years age!.
His eldest brother emigrated to America some years ago,
arid is now residing about 100 miles eastward of New
York, as a general dealer.
A few years ago Sheriff Humphery was done by Coster.
Coster made a purchase of cider, which was what is called
" pricked." He gave for the sour stuff somewhat about
301., and it was to be consigned to him to be delivered from
Humpliery's wharf. The Sheriff, knowing something of
Caster's character, refused to deliver the cider without
the money, and plainly told the consignee that it the cider
were given up the consignor would certainly be a loser.
The Sheriff at the same time said that he would write to the
consignor, very particularly describing the character of his
London customer. Coster had arranged the business
previously, and the Sheriff received, in answer to his let-
ter, a note from the cider.tnerchant's clerk, stating that
his master was in Ireland, and would not return for three
weeks. The Sheriff determined that such a rascal as
Coster should not plunder an inexperienced countryman,
and persisted in refusing to give up the cider. The delay
necessary to accomplish the object of Coster was attained
by this means. Coster brought an action against the
worthy Sheriff, who thought that he was all this time
rendering service to an innocent individual, as well as to
the public, for the sum of 2001., the amount charged in
the invoice for the cider, and the cider merchant came for-
ward and swore that Caster had paid him that sum for the
beverage. Coster got a verdict for the whole sum. It
was true the transaction was a bona fide one; but the
cider was every drop of it sour before it was delivered at
Sheriff Huniphery's wharf. Upon the trial the Sheriff set
up that plea in defence ; but the point was oven uled by
the Judge, his Lordship declaring that the period of delay
was quite sufficient to turn the cider sour.
On another occasion Coster rode into Oxfordshire,
having about him 3001. in Back of EDO ,nd notes, and
several of his own f(bricated bills, amounting to several
hundreds. He called on horseback at the banking•bouse
at three o'clock in the afternoon, and said he bad a consi-
derable sum about him, with which he was desirous of
opening an account. The banker immediately accepted the
account in notes and bills. Coster in a few days drew out
1,6001. of the banker's own notes. A noise was made
about the transaction at the time, but as Coster did the
thing in another name, it gave him no trouble.
A t another time when Coster was in Essex, and after
lie had lost all his money at gambling, he played a trick
with two 10/. notes of a country bank which had stopped
payment. The notes had been presented and marked
" payable for the dividend." Coster pasted some paper over
this writing, and went to a country general dealer, and
purchased several articles of slops, the price of which
reached the sum of Si. He tendered one of the notes, which
was accepted without hesitation. He then asked the dealer
for change of the other and received it, and finding that the
poor man was a regular yokel, invited him to an inn to
take a glass of wine. When they hid finished a bottle, Cos-
ter said he fancied a piece of cloth in the dealer's shop,
which was worth 251., but he had not so much cash about
him. All he had was a bill of exchange for 1501. The
yokel took the bill, and gave the cloth and the change to
Mt. Coster, who, it might be supposed, would be satisfied
with such a caper; but no such thing. The countryman
had a watch which he valued at 25/. Coster liked the
article, but did not like to part with money at the mo-
ment ; and the dealer, having the utmost reliance on so
extensive a customer, took his bill for the amount at two
months' date. This transaction did not take place in his
own name ; and in prison he laughed heartily while telling
those around him what tools mankind was made of.
In answer to a question, low he could carry on such
barefaced villainies?—be replied, that he never had any
difficulty in finding plenty of foals who were to be gulled
by the mere show of simplicity and honesty; and that
after one or two ingenious transactions, the face and incli-
nation went very cordielle together.
The premises in Great Sr. Helens are known to have
been the depositary of all sorts of plunder, and the greatest
astonishment was often excited in the neighbourhood at
the variety and the number of the articles received at the
house. A very ingenious plan had been concocted about
some chemical bricks by Coster, for the purpose of getting
hold ofsome premises in Salmon's-lane, Limeliouse ; but the
landlord having got the wink, the design was abandoned.
Coster refused to sees his lather on Mousey at first, but
he soon consented ; and after the departure of the letter,
lie said, " My father told me be had often heard of me,
but never could get to see Ilse ; but that hearing I was in
Newgate he came to the prison, as be thought I could not
get out of that." In speaking of the Lord Mayor, he said,
" When Laurie first had me, I did not Ike his prophetic
words. He told me that he'd have me, as sure as I was
born, and he kept his word "
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
The Lord Mayor received some communications within
the last few days relative to Coster, explanatory of the
tremendous system of robbery pursued by that expert and

tion, which, as he was a merchant and general dealer, com
prehended a vast assemblage of articles, amongst which
were jewellery, clocks, musical snuff-boxes, watches, hats,
Leghorn bonnets, coals, veils, boots, velvet, and cutlery.
He thus established lids consideration for the hills which
had passed into his hands from some other merchants
(whose firms he himself constituted), but who no longer
existed than was consistent with the accomplishment of
Coster's schemes of plunder. The result of all these
proceedings was, that Mr. Meares was obliged to take
up his bills, and pay all the expenses which bad been in-
curred by those long-pending and extraordinary trans-
actions, and which, as may well be imagined, reached a
very large amount.
As soon as the capital punishment in cases of forgeries
of bank notes was commuted for the penalty of transporta-
tion for life, Coster then began to try his hand at this (to
him) new experiment. He commenced in a masterly and
an extensive manner, and caused notes to be struck off in
Birmingham with great accuracy of resemblance to the
genuine issues. The solicitors to the Bank had, we are
given to understand, received intelligence of this fact,
through the numerous and mysterious sources of informa-
tion which they possess, and it is believed that, if his
finances had been more flAurisbing, he would not have ex-
posed himself so much to detection as he did on the oc-
casion upon which he was apprehended.
The Lord Mayor has been informed that one of the
first occasions upon which Coster tried his luck with
forged notes was at Harlow Bush Fair last year. He
then bought a horse of a gentleman for the sum of 90
guineas, and in a dashing style paid the amount in
Birmingham made notes. The imposition was of course
soon detected, and an officer was sent to take the delin-
quent (who had been actual), seen riding the horse in
town) into custody. The officer apprehended Coster, who
expressed the utmost astonishment at the offer of such an
insult, and called himself a gentleman in so resolute a
manner that his word was taken, and he escaped. The
solicitors to the Bank received intimation of this offence,
but at too late a period to avail themselves of it in their
prosecution of the delinquent.
It is rather singular that the last effort at imposition
made by Coster was aimed against Byers, his fellow pri-
soner in Giltspur-street Compter. It was known to
Coster that Byers, with whom he had, we have good
reaso❑ to suppose, never been previously acquainted, had
the command of some money. The temptation to do so
clever a fellow had no doubt its charms for Coster, inde-
pendently of the pecuniary advantage which might be
derived from the experiment. He accordingly assured
Byers that a friend of his would assist him cut of his diffi-
culty for a sum of money, and that that friend would ap-
pear at the Mansion-house on the second day of Byers's
examination. Notwithstanding the wish for• liberty,
Byers suspected Coster's sincerity so much, that he wou d
not consent to part with a farthing while under lock and
key. " No," said Coster, "if you don't trust to my
honour, I'll see you cursed before I do anything for you."
" Why," said Byers, " you certainly are very disinterested,
for if you could get me out, you certainly might as well
get out yourseV."
It was Byees's practice to come over to England from
Boulogne about four times a year to receive, as he spread
the report, his rents. Upon each occasion he made a
eweep among the mercantile men in various districts, with
his false checks, and be generally completed his quarterly
business in a very few hours. He then returned to Bou-
logne, and lived like a gentleman, giving very hospitable
entertainments, and associating with persons of character
and fortune. It is said taat he has had an assistant of
considerable talents, and that he cleared by his ingenious
.scheme upwards of 2,0001. a year.

A part of the body of an infant was discovered
by some children at Bayston hill, near this town, this
week, in a horribly mutilated state. The unconscious
youths were amusing themselves with the head and neck
of the corpse, when some of their parents discovered the
appalling plaything ; and, after considerable search, caused
the alleged mother, MAR! PERKINS, to be apprehended,
and committed to our gaol to take her trial for the
m order.— Shrewsbury Chronicle.

On Thursday last, pursuant to requisitions
duly presented to the Mayor for that purpose, two public
meetings were held at the Shire-hall in this city. The
first was " for the purpose of considering the propriety of
petitioning Parliament to repeal the house and window tax,
with such other taxes as press unduly upon the less
affluent and industrious classes, to their inconvenience and
the detriment of society, and to substitute some mode of
taxation by which property may be more certainly made to
hear the burdens of its own protection." The resolutions
were carried.— Gloucester Journal.

DREADFUL OCCURRENCE.--011 Monday
afternoon an inquest: was held before Mr. litcos, at the
Strand hotel, opposite Somerset House, on the body of an
infant, aged four months, the son of a:policeman of F Divi-
sion, named KititsitAw. The parents reside at 14, Angel.
court, Strand. A lodger, named Mrs. SARAH ROSE,
stated that on Saturday evening, about seven o'clock, Mr.
KERSHAW came into witness's room with the deceased in
her arm., and inquired of witness if she could inform her
what was the matter with the child, which was screaming
violently ? Witness a,ked Mrs. KERSHAW what she had
given the intant, and can her replying that she had adini-
nistered to it some syrup of poppies, the witness remarked
that she must have given it something else, as the child's
mouth, neck, and clothes appeared as if they' had been
burnt, and the infant was,jat the same time, nearly choked.
Mrs. KErtsaaAw appeared much alarmed, and declared,
" Dear me, I hope 1 have not made a mistake, and given
my child vitriol instead of the syrup of poppies." The
mother immediately ran down stairs, and ascertained that
such was the fact. Witness proceeded with the child to
Mr. SNITCH, of Brydges-street, surgeon, but his efforts to
save the child were fruitless, and death took place in two
hours.—lt appeared that there were two bottles in the cup-
board, one cunt lining oil of vitriol and the other syrup of
puppies. The phials were like each other in appearance.
Tha Jury returned a verdict o Accidental Death.

of unsound mind.
As no opposition was offered on the part of Mr.
Thresher there was no argument, Dr. PHILLIMORE,
on behalf of Miss Douglas, merely detailing the
contents of the libel, whence it appeared that Mr.
Thresher, who wa, an incumbent of a living in Hamp-
shire, made proposals of marriage to Miss Douglas in
1830, but the young lady being only 17,her mother
(appointed by the will of Admiral Douglas her
guardian) declined accepting them. The proposals
were renewed next year and acceded to and the parties
were married on the Ist of December, 1831. Prior
to the marriage, however, Mr. Thresher gave tokens
of derangement of mind, his conduct at the ceremony
was strange, and in a very few days after the mar-
riage he was decidedly insane. Under medical care
and treatment he grew calm, but did not perfectly
recover, and sub,equently relapsed into derangement.
Sir JOHN NICHOLL considered that there was
sufficient proof, not only of derangement subsequent
to the marriage, but prior thereto, in the strange
conduct of the defendant, and in the admission made
by him in a lucid interval that he had no recollection
of what took place at the time of the marriage, and
he was therefore bound, observing the degree of
caution required from the Court in such cases, and
with due regard to the legal rights of the parties, to
pronounce the marriage null and void.

A melancholy and fatal accident occurred to
GEORGE CLAYTON Rorie, Esq., of Clareston, near Ha-
verfordwest, on Wednesday evening. While retiring to
rest, the candle, which he had placed near to the bed,
caught the clothes, and the unfortunate gentleman was so
dreadfully burnt, that he lingered until 10 o'clock on
Thursday night, when he expired.—Hereford Journal.
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—DEATH BY A
POISONOUS HERTh—On Tuesday the 16th of April, W.
Ross, of Macgillandris, a small farmer in the vicinity of
Tain, died su idenly from having eaten the root of the
plant commonly called monk's-hood (the aconitunt
napellus). Ross was for many years a gardener, and
had, or pretended to have, considerable skill in treating
several diseases by the administration of herbs. His
daughter had got a root of monk's-hood in a neighbouring
garden, and bought it to her father. He mistook it for
some other plant, and commenced chewing it, when in a
very short time he was taken ill. Dr. Minot° was sent
for, but ere he arrived it was too late ; the unfortunate
man lingered an hour or two, and then died. Monk's-
hood, or wolf's•bane, is a plant very much cultivated in
our gardens. It has a beauti ul flower, and it is one of
the most active of our vegetable poisons.—lt produces re-
markable debility of the limbs, convulsive motions of the
face, vomiting, delirium, and death. Its leaves have no
smell, but possess an acrid taste.—Edinburgh Paper.
SEDUCTION AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—
On Tuesday morning, just as the relief of the King's Guard,
formed of the 2d regiment of Life Guards, had mustered
on the open space of ground opposite Knightsbridge bar.
racks for inspection, previous to mounting, a respectably
dressed young woman, who was standing amongst the
crowd generally assembled there, uttered a loud scream,
and then set off running in a state of desperation to the
side of the Serpentine river ; on reaching which she tore
off her bonnet and cap, and throwing them into the water,
pinged headlong in herself and immediately disappeared.
A cry was instantly rai,ed that a woman was drowning,
and one of the privates in the Guards, whose name, we
are informed, is JOHN MITCHELL, directly started from the
ranks, and, accoutred as he was, in full regimentals, with
cuirass, helmet, &c., jumped in at the spot where the
young woman had sunk, and in a short time brought her
ashore in his arms, amidst the cheers of those who wit-
nessed his heroic conduct. She was apparently lifeless,
but on being conveyed to the receiving-house of the Royal
Humane Society, and the usual restorative measures being
employed, she was brought to a state of consciousness, and
was afterwards conveyed in a chaise to St. George's work-
house, until her friends could be sent to. From the ac-
count she gave of herself, it appears that her name is MARY
ANN EATON, and the daughter of reputable patents, living
in i
White's-buildings, Coleman-street, in the city. About
six months ago she became acquainted with a private in
the 2d regiment of Life Guards, who, having gained her
affections, prevailed upon her to abandon her parents, and
ultimately effected her ruin, under a promise of marrying
her directly he could obtain leave from the regiment. She,
however, ascertained, on Monday last, that he was a mar-
ried man, and the father of a family, and she bad on Tues-
day morning waited for him at the barracks, intending to
reproach him. with his perfidy, when, on seeing him in the
ranks, her feelings so overcame her, that she knew not
what she was doing. Sbe was afterwards restored to her
friends. It is hardly necessary to add, that Mizoram.,
who so generously risked his own life to ;are hero, is net
her seducer.

Mr. Briggs—l refuse, upon the part of the pro-
prietors, to pay it.
The LORD MAYOR—Then, Mr. City Solicitor,
proceed at once for the penalty.
A lawyer's bill of, no doubt, considerable length,
thus springs out of a question of apparently great
simplicity.