The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-15 00:00:00

A TALE -OF
.WOE

The following is one of the most melancholy cases 1
which has come under our notice.
On Wednesday last an inquest was held at Lower
Bullinghain, near this city, before N. Lanwarne, Esq.,
one of the Coroners for this county, on view of the
body. of John Lavender, who died on Sunday night
last, in a barn belonging to Mr. Pugh, farmer, when
the following evidence was adduced :
Thomas Lavender, brother of the deceased, dressed
almost in rags, and apparently in a wretched state of
destitution, deposed—l and my brother came from
Liverpool.. We are farmers by trade. He is married,
and has a wife and family in Liverpool. We came
here in search of employment. Messrs, Grazebrook
and Wragge, solicitors, High-street, Stourbridge,
know something of his affairs, 'and, on reference, will
give information. It is about a fortnight since
we first came into this county. We have been
sleeping in Mr. Pugh's barn, but could get no
work. The deceased has suffered much from
pain in his chest and head. He was poorly on Mon-
day last, and complained of pain in his chest. He
would not go to the workhouse. On Saturday he
was taken worse, and last night he died. He was in-
sensible yesterday, and I got him some warm cider.
I did not know that I could get assistance from the
parish in which he was ill. His wife and family are
entitled to a good property on his death. I shall re-
turn to them. My brother is about 34 years of age.
J. Morris, Esq., surgeon, deposed—l think it likely
that his death was occasioned by the combined effects of
external cold and internal starvation. It is quite evi-
dent, from the immense quantity of vermin, together
with the general attenuation of his body, that he suf-
fered great hardship and privation, and the whole of
these circumstances are, in my opinion, quite sufficient
to account for his death.

Verdict—" Died by the visitation of God."
The following is a melancholy narration of the un-
fortunate life of this ill-fated man :

The deceased married about ten years ago, and was
then in possession of an, estate at Wolverley, in the
county of Worcester, producing a rental of nearly 5001.
per annum, which was then settled upon himself for
life, and afterwards upon his children, subject to an
annuity of 1001. per annum to his wife. His life in-
terest became mortgaged to a banker at Evesham, by
way of annuity; and, subsequently, the estate for life,
subject to the mortgage and annuity, was sold. With
the produce of this the deceased paid some debts, very
much increased by legal proceedings, and with the re-
mainder he went to live in Wales. He next went
to the Isle of Man, with the view of taking a farm and
supporting his wife and family; but misfortune at-
tended him—he did not succeed, and returned
to England without a penny in his pocket.
Being now reduced to destitution, rather than
see his beloved wife and family starve and removed
to the workhouse, he abandoned them, and went
wandering through the country in search of employ-
ment ; he, at length, arrived at Bullingham, within
half a mile of this city, and on Sunday evening last
fell a sacrifice to poverty, dying in a barn of a broken
heart, and a want of sustenance. His life was insured
for a large sum of money to his mortgagees.
What little property the deceased's brother, the
above Thomas Lavender, was entitled to under his
father's will, was held by his deceased brother, and he
has no interest whatever in his estate, nor has he a
sixpence in the world. He was a fond and faithful
brother to the deceased, and shared all his vicissitudes,
and although a situation was procured him he would
not leave his brother alone in his trouble. Since his
brother's decease he has been supplied with a suit of
clothes and other necessaries.
His widow and children were in the greatest dis-
tress, suffering the severest privations since their
return to England, and it was only on Saturday last
that the widow was advanced a small sum of money to
buy a few articles of furniture to enable her to open
a small day school to endeavour to support herself
and Messrs. Grazebrook and Wragge had kindly been
endeavouring to get her a small subscription amongst
former friends, for the same purpose.
This is, indeed, a tale of woe ; but amidst all their
distresses, we are assured that their misery, has not
been brought upon them by any crime or vwmus con-
t, interred
duct, but by a thoughtless extravagance in the first
t,
instance, which they were sever able t
las o get over.
in
The deceased was, on Thursday
we under-
Sutton churchyard, near this city ;
stand, it is the wish of the widow to. have the corpse
' removed to Wolverley.—Hereferd Times.

—fie feel pleasure in
THE MARQUIS Or SLIGO.
is has considerably
being able to state that the cause for anxiety concern-
ing the health of the Noble Marqu.
subsided. He underwent
Thursday last, which he endured with great patience,
a painful operation on
and he was, when his medical attendants—Dr. Dillon,
of Castlebar, and surgeon Richard Carmichael, of
Dublin—left him yesterday, doing as well as possible.
—Dublin Evening Packet.
HoAx.--.on Saturday last,7the inhabitants in the
Aunhlicha
vicinity of the Menai-bridge were hoaxed to their
hearts' content. It had been generally announced
that at two o'clock precisely on that d 1 y,
from t e sus-
Smith, the American diver, would leap
• us to see the
the bridge was crowded by persons anxio .
d but
pension chains. Accordingly, the neighbourhood of
daring feat. The'poor dupes waited and Nl:tit(' , time
no Smith made his appearance. In the
the collectors had not been idle, but had contrived to
decamp with a handsome subscription. The crowd,
culprits were kept in durance vile during the
on discovering this, dispersed with the view of mean
The
cap-
turing the fugitives, in which they succeedeo•
Sunday, and on Monday were brought up before the
Magistrates at Bangor, admonished, and sent out of
the town.—Carnarvon Herald.
On Sunday last, Mr. Geary, whole of
Englishman' who
, an . •
has lived a long time at Lailie in the Ille-et-Vilame,
farming his own lands, lost his life in the following
aAffi.r ay
Ramon,
: On eo a
nf
ehiigshghaotners i havingng
farmer
i‘tiake n
r.Geary away h
3re-
torted by removing another from the land
predator. Hamon s son demanded its restoration, and,
on being refused, seized a hedge-stake, and at one
blow laid Mr. Geary dead on the ground. One of his
servants, who endeavoured to enterpose between the
disputants, was also struck at the same time. Young
Ramon is in custody.— Gdzknani.
TILE GAGGING
of the de•
SYSTEM.--Rumours are afloat that
it is in the design of the Government to require from
Parliament strong powers for the purpose of gagging
the Anti-Corn-law League. Of the intentions of the
anything ; and from the
acquiescence of the Legislature we can fear every
thing. But, surely, any fresh enactment for the above
purpose is a work of supererogation. According to
Government we can believe anvil.
the recent proceedings of Tory Magistrates, the
charges of Judges, and the verdicts of panic-stricken
Juries, to contemplate an extension of the suffrage,
unpalatable to the powers that be,
or any other amelioration in .the law, which may be
is an indictable.
offence ; to communicate to others any opinion un-
favourable to the Administration or its supporters is a
conspiracy ; to assemble to express any
as to the condition of the people and the general state
of affairs is a riot. —Staffordshire apprehension
Examiner.
THE New TARIFF COMING • Houg.—Two
pretty
little cargoes of cattle have been landed here, under
the operation of the new tariff--the first from Ham-
burgh, via Hull, and destined for Forfarshire ; the
second from Rotterdam direct, on the account of a
mercantile firm in Aberdeen. Only a few persons
had an opportunity of seeing the
first lot, as they were
thebeen inspected,
of the community.
of all classes immediately
afterwtehemirayarsraifveally; but
second lot has say,
db;ivetnhoounsaalnmdsost
'I here is a considerable variety of opinion as to
they are thought to be good but, on the whole,
d specimeus—showing
thethat quoalurity
Continentals-
neighbours
have a stock
to begin with, which, by judicious
crossing and an
improved system of feeding, may be brought to great
perfection. Some of the oxen already
imported may,
havi:osctreast:e
eight hundred
it is said, be easily fed to seven or
weight. But the quality is not the
the animals are
feature of the importation; the rumoured price and
g.—Aberdeen Herald.
themo rsehsoerntstaitmi
oens.pelntt
is
sn theane
gNed•oyattea.t
landed free in Aberdeen, at a cost
a-head ; and it is quite certain that the vessel that
brought them left Rotterdam on Friday, not
exceedinrctiglsitn6iglil.
y afternoon,
- sore visitation to
the poor at this time of the year, and
andTiwinasshiecrice opnoAot_ndasyieekvneensi:
is n
yet there are
potatoes, or a
He Goes it second time,
Thever y
poorfew man
no
tries can be 0
work,f3Ri
but
uetn jhoey real g? 43 d
cannot; he wants
little porridge, is all his wife can give him .
_, he would
before case is heard. A
good food and nourishment, but a few
be much relieved if he had a comfortable bed, hbeuatltahn.
old chaff bed with no blankets is all he has, and of
this he is only allowed a fifth part. Witi,
--- no earnings,
he has again to
he applies for relief, but is told it is not the proper day,
yg.ets his
dwo,acittoar'tstnhoetde
he
and,
dm,
aufstter call
waitingag ai again ot nw To hhuor su
hours,
his name down, but
must wait till Tuesday
the Tues-
day, hoping to get something to subsist upon, and
isipsenresag;
after waiting five hours, and almost sinking down
with hunger and fatigue, he is admitted, and receives
yur.eidiefoatrtewnhdiscleiarly.
on
half-a-crown, which, for himself and family, is not
sufficient for two days. If lie grumble at all, the
offer is refused, and an order for the workhouse is
sent after him. It is hard to be poor, but to be poor
and sick also, is a sore affliction. We cannot do better
than to remember such, and assist them to the utmost
of.our power.—The Struggle.
THE CASE OF POISONING.—A family of the name
of Cooper, at Duckmanton, were all attacked by
severe illness, the. symptoms of which might be re-
ferred to an acrid metallic poison. The illness pre-
sented similar symptoms to those of the elder Cooper,
who died about three weeks ago ; it was therefore
thought proper to exhume his body and make an
analysis of the contents of the stomach. An inquest
on the body will be held in a few days.—Derbyshire
chronicle.