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persons were puni hed "b y the common hangman , and others in the list were declared guiltless . In 1680 , however , the Chambre Ardente ¦ was done away with , for in reality it was only a political inquisition . In spite , however , of everything , poisoning spread . In Denmark , Count Coptz de Ulfeld was supposed to have intended poisoning the king by a powder that would throw him into a . lethargy .
Charles XL of Sweden died hy the effect of a like poison . Having ruined several noble families hy seizing on their property , and having after that , made a journey to Turneo , he fell into a disorder that no medicine could cure . On asking his physician what caused his T I I * " » / "k r- « < - « It «~ l WAnl - « j -v A CC \/ „ --.. _ * _ _ J 1 _ . 1 1 _ _ ^ 1 _ J . * J _ l J illnesshe lid has loaded with too
, repe , " Tour majesty Been many maledictions . " " Yes , " answered the king ; "I wish to God that the reduction of the nobility ' s estates had not taken place , and that I had never gone to Turneo . " On being opened , his intestines were found full of ulcers .
It has been believed that succession powder is diamond-dust pounded fine , which , however , Voltaire says is not more prejudicial than powder of coral . In the casket of Ste . Croix were found sublimate , opium , xegulus of antimony , vitriol , and many preparations , the ingredients of which were not discoverable . Many have affirmed
sugar of lead to have been a chief ingredient ; but the effects are different from those of the poisons used by Exili and Ste . Croix . It seems almost certain that the poisons used by Toftania and Brinvilliers were arsenical neutral salts . The opinion , however , that they were composed of opium and cantharides has in latter times received so
many confirmations , that one is almost induced to believe that there are more kinds than one of these Stygian drops which civilization is now banishing from use .
Case Of The Carnatic Stipendiaries.
CASE OF THE CAENATIC STIPENDIARIES .
It is perhaps but too partially known , that there at present in England many representatives of the late sovereigns of the Carnatic , who have undertaken a tedious journey from their native land , and are subject to what appears likely to be a protracted residence in this country ( thanks to the tardy action of justice against oppression here ) , for the sake of obtaining restitution of certain payments withheld from them bj the East-India Company , in the violation of treaties , and
in face of the justest claim . Many of these princes are Masons , and though , for this cause , " asin duty bound / ' we sympathize more earnestly with their position , yet the case itself , as put forth in the petition of the stipendiaries to the House of Commons , reveals such a tissue of injustice , ingratitude to most devoted allies , cruelty , and oppression , as suffices to make the blood tingle with indignation and with shame that an English Company should be so permitted to act by the Government . Never talk to us about Russian iniquity , when , in return for the
most devoted service to the English cause during the late French war , and in flagrant dereliction of the treaty of 1801 , the noble houses who , in reliance upon . British faith , and partly by the most oppressive coercion , surrendered the inheritances of their ancestors , are reduced from the position of stipendiaries , of right , to mere alms men , dependent upon the private charity of a company , which , verily , has neither a body to be kicked , nor a soul to be shrived . The case was brought before the House of Commons in 1853 , by W . P . Seymour , Esq ., M . P . ;
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persons were puni hed "b y the common hangman , and others in the list were declared guiltless . In 1680 , however , the Chambre Ardente ¦ was done away with , for in reality it was only a political inquisition . In spite , however , of everything , poisoning spread . In Denmark , Count Coptz de Ulfeld was supposed to have intended poisoning the king by a powder that would throw him into a . lethargy .
Charles XL of Sweden died hy the effect of a like poison . Having ruined several noble families hy seizing on their property , and having after that , made a journey to Turneo , he fell into a disorder that no medicine could cure . On asking his physician what caused his T I I * " » / "k r- « < - « It «~ l WAnl - « j -v A CC \/ „ --.. _ * _ _ J 1 _ . 1 1 _ _ ^ 1 _ J . * J _ l J illnesshe lid has loaded with too
, repe , " Tour majesty Been many maledictions . " " Yes , " answered the king ; "I wish to God that the reduction of the nobility ' s estates had not taken place , and that I had never gone to Turneo . " On being opened , his intestines were found full of ulcers .
It has been believed that succession powder is diamond-dust pounded fine , which , however , Voltaire says is not more prejudicial than powder of coral . In the casket of Ste . Croix were found sublimate , opium , xegulus of antimony , vitriol , and many preparations , the ingredients of which were not discoverable . Many have affirmed
sugar of lead to have been a chief ingredient ; but the effects are different from those of the poisons used by Exili and Ste . Croix . It seems almost certain that the poisons used by Toftania and Brinvilliers were arsenical neutral salts . The opinion , however , that they were composed of opium and cantharides has in latter times received so
many confirmations , that one is almost induced to believe that there are more kinds than one of these Stygian drops which civilization is now banishing from use .
Case Of The Carnatic Stipendiaries.
CASE OF THE CAENATIC STIPENDIARIES .
It is perhaps but too partially known , that there at present in England many representatives of the late sovereigns of the Carnatic , who have undertaken a tedious journey from their native land , and are subject to what appears likely to be a protracted residence in this country ( thanks to the tardy action of justice against oppression here ) , for the sake of obtaining restitution of certain payments withheld from them bj the East-India Company , in the violation of treaties , and
in face of the justest claim . Many of these princes are Masons , and though , for this cause , " asin duty bound / ' we sympathize more earnestly with their position , yet the case itself , as put forth in the petition of the stipendiaries to the House of Commons , reveals such a tissue of injustice , ingratitude to most devoted allies , cruelty , and oppression , as suffices to make the blood tingle with indignation and with shame that an English Company should be so permitted to act by the Government . Never talk to us about Russian iniquity , when , in return for the
most devoted service to the English cause during the late French war , and in flagrant dereliction of the treaty of 1801 , the noble houses who , in reliance upon . British faith , and partly by the most oppressive coercion , surrendered the inheritances of their ancestors , are reduced from the position of stipendiaries , of right , to mere alms men , dependent upon the private charity of a company , which , verily , has neither a body to be kicked , nor a soul to be shrived . The case was brought before the House of Commons in 1853 , by W . P . Seymour , Esq ., M . P . ;