The Forest of Dean Examiner : — 1877-09-21 (Blakeney, Gloucestershire, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.  how inkrions to every manly virtue and, noble, principle such praoltices' must be in the oomtnunity And what a moral malaria. The presence of I. MCI men in such numbers in our town twice a year mast necessarily infect the Itionghtles. mutated. ,wko come within the, ' drele of ' their influence. In one large mannfactory the men and boys worked like galley-staves, until Thursday noon, turning out of bond an ordinary week's work is the time, then receiving their wages off they went to the mows. School boys played truant in each numbers that One of the largest schools in the town might have closed. Thus Educational and Christian effort is neutralised largely during our oarnival, and seeds of evil are sown in susceptible and tender minds, which produce bitter fruits for themselves and friends in after years. The effect is further manifest in the gambling so common, and to be aeon in many bye ways, hedgerow., and old pit banks, especially on Sundays, amongst men and boys, who play oards, and pitch and toss. And lam told on reliable authority that to ob. teen money for this purpose, they will deprive wives and children, parents and even themselves of bread. What shall we say to these things P Are they to continue unopposed, unchanged f As long as the evil exists the fruit will follow. Some will say let Use races alone, and they will die; but agitate, and you give them new vigour and a longer lease. This has been the talk for years, but the excitement of last week betokens energy, paesion, euthusiaam, rather than decay or feebleness. Agitation may call forth zealous efforts on behalf of the races, but only from those whose selfidi interests are identical with the carnival. At any rate let good men and time do their duty. Let the magistrates withold special licensee to sell intoxicating liquors on the course. Then they will prevent the mischief of drinking and drunkenness at such time and phloem, and so remove one veryfpowerful attraction to each mamas of temptation Let the authorities apply impartially the law against betting, to all parties, whether a oocoa.nnt man or municipal authority, Bill Sykes, or, My Lord Duke. Then the ensnaring tempters who swarmed our town lest week will cease to trouble as, and the law will then be reverenced, as 'a praise to them who do well, but a terror to evil doers.' The Christian Churches shoald take decided action in the matter. flow little we are doing for the people in gencral, and especially for the victims to the evil we now deplore. Content with our comfortable and beautiful places of worship, and tke social pleasures of our meetings, we are selfishly blind to the grander action possible to the Church. Even our Sunday schools do not sufficiently mak the children who most need their fostering oars. Christians are bound to devote labour on the behalf of the people. Our influence must be directed to remove temptation out of the way of the multitude.  at about 11:o'clock on Tuesday morning, Thos. Fellows, 64, lockmaker, residing in No. 18 Court, Norta.street, Wolverhamptonosteempted -to commit snioide by editing b.ls throat with a table knife. Mr. A. Coleman, of Bilston-strwt, was immediately sent for and promptly arrived. tie found Fellows-stiffering from three-severe gashes on tiro front of his throat. The wounds were quickly sewn up, and Fellows, although suffering from a great loss of blood, is now doing as well so ean be expected. No reason can be assigned for the rash act.