The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-20 00:00:00

FASTING UNTO DEATH.

An inquiry has been hold by Mr. W. Payne, the City
coroner, at the Globe Tavern, Crutchodfriars, respecting the
death, from exhaustion, of Mr. Henry Simon Lazarus,
aged eighty-five years. Mrs. S. C. Barnett, daughter of
the deceased, said that ho was a commercial traveller,
and he generally resided at Prestwich. He came up to
town a few days ago. Ho was one of the Jewish persuasion,
and was very orthodox. Notwithstanding his great ago he
kept the fasts of his faith, never neglecting one of them, and
observing them rigidly. On Sunday evening last ho began
a fast (the usual Jewish fast on the occasion of the new
moon), which was to last for 24 hours, or rather more.
He was suffering from pains in the chest, but he fasted just
the same. On Monday he went to the synagogue and prayed.
Witness believed, from what she heard of his death during
the afternoon, that ho died from exhaustion from fasting.
Robert Folgate, ticket-collector at the Fenchurch-street
Station of the Blackwell Railway, said that at three o'clock
on Monday afternoon the deceased came with a ticket for
Bow, and had it clipped. He then went up tho stairs,
but be staggered and fall backwards, and rolled down eight
steps. Ha was picked up dead, and he was removed to the
clerks' office, and a doctor was sent for. Mr. Cyrus James,
assistant to Dr. Sequiere, said that the deceased died from
apoplexy, brought on by exhaustion from fasting. The
jury returned a verdict accordingly.

THE BATTENING IN THE SCYTHE TRADE.

In our Monday's impression we stated that four bands,
worth £lO, the property of Mr. S. Marshall, of the Globe
Works, Shalesinoor, mysteriously disappeared on Thursday
night from the Nether Cut Wheel on the Myelin. The six
scythe grinders who worked in the wheel for Mr Marshall were
consequently thrown out of employment. The investigation
concerning the missing bands was put into the hands of a
detective, but it was soon thought that further search would
prove useless, as the men had a strong belief that the
whereabouts of the stolen articles could only be ascertained
by referring to a certain quarter. A message was sent to the
secretary of the Scythe Grinders' Union asking for a settle-
mentof the " affair." The committee of the union graciously
acceded to the overture, and promised to receive a deputation
of the men at the Waggon and Horses, Abbeydale-road,
public-house where the committee usually assemble to de-
liberate. The injured grinders had no alternative but to pay
or remain out of work, and they waited upon the committee
on Monday night, and the result of their joint deliberations
was made known after a good deal of private consultation
on the part of the officials. It was agreed unanimously that
the men wore to have their bands back on condition that
they paid the sum of £B—including, of course, the expenses
of "Mary Ann." The money has been paid. The way in
which the bands are to be returned is the same as that
practised by Broadhead : This morning, when the
men go to their hulls, they will receive a note in the usual way
indicating where the stolen bands may be found, and no one
will be the wiser as to who placed thorn there. The mon
are very glad to have their bands back on any terms, and
no doubt the fear of another visit from the nocturnal lady
will make them more wary as to how they offend her by not
contributing their quota of " natty " money. —Sheffield Daily
Telegraph.

THE NEW JUDGES.—Mr. Justice Brett, the
newly-appointed judge of the Court of Common Pleas,
attended on Wednesday at the judges' chambers and re-
ceived the congratulations of Mr. Justice Willes. The
persons in attendance on summonses withdrew whilst the
two judges remained in conference.
THE NEW JUDICIAL OATH.—In the new Act just
issued the following concise judicial oath is now to be
taken by the new judges :—" I (giving the name) do swear
that I will well and truly serve our Sovereign Lady Queen
Victoria in the office of (repeating the name), and I will
do right to all manner of people after the laws and usages
of this realm, without fear or favour, affection or ill-will.
So help me God.'
ORDNANCE SURVEY OP MOUNT SINAI. —Sir
Roderick Murchison, Sir John Herschel, and Sir' Henry
James have consented to act as trustees of a fund which
has been set on foot for the purpose of carrying out a
survey of the peninsula of Mount Sinai, with a view to
determine the line of march of the Israelites and the true
Mountain of the