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CHABTXST INTELLIGENCE. ( Csnlinued from our second page.)
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__ X _ - — : _ - :== k ^ BKH ^ 10 THE WOOLCOMBERS OP ENG-¦ r-ja . " . FKO . M ONE OF THAT FRATERNITY . ' f EiiuW- Workmen , —It is high time that we arose fcjaaofci duir ^ -ei . Woolcombers in general are oon-Jdat ^ an Intelligent and human e body , bnt I am sorry fTfad that t't > many of us hare not the tpirit to S ^ dk ate ocr p-litieal rights . Those once gained , we kail be free : ^ d if-not happy , it will , in all probataflfcy , be oar ^ wn * aillt ? in > Dot having a T ° ice to jetarn members to the House of Commons , we are now « bai ? y « b ? res ____ . twoDo find = r ^ - ~ r ~ - ^~~ =-=
ABoW n » to put a question or . you TOdseiw comfortable , family or no family ? HaTe you tha mean * to make your minda « asy ? When at work , or « yonr beis frosi the fatigue of the day , and when svate , hew stand matters with you ? Have you a < iread , . when out of wort , that you and your helpless duidreE ^ 31 have to break up home , and be carried to in infernal den , called by the name of an Union Workbouse ? Be you Englishmen , Scotchmen , Welshmen , B Irishmen , I care not what country , men or women , I kcow that there cannot be any persons who would lik * to undergo sneh sufferings as yon know await the unfortunate who , victimized by a had system , become tie inmates of those accursed receptacles of newt ? , whkh the law first creates , and then punishes UCUS&
I know those who advocated the DeviTa BUI , called by ttis name of the Poor Law Amendment Ball , Uiat &rt > in this hell-hole iwhat else can I call it ; , tc * akii 3 in &e most Ditter terms against it Yes [ re * , tow the sLoe pinches , they can exclaim against it . Wea is it for those who speak in lime Egainst i&ws to prevent their enaction . Aye , the ia-n-. niakers should have a taste by right , and let them s « aid feel how they would liie it , with bad beds tad dirty gruel . 1 cannot find words to express my at ^ arreiice ..
Let n « re ^ te a concerning a creditable me . al ± i-u ^ h poor . He was out of employment , and seeking far work : having but tLreepence in " his pocket , and not knowing how far he must go before getting work , yet knowing he must go thirty miles the next d » y , he opened his mind to a man on the road . This jnan recommended him to a pe , rson in the town they were near to , saying he would give him a ticket to go to the Union Workhouse in that place , where he would have a good bed , a sapper , and a breakfast . Reluctantly he went , got the ticket , came to the bastile , and knocked at the door . A diminutive mW ] et fcim ^ . " Come this way , - said the little man , after looking at the ticket He followed him ; a door was opened , in goes this poor man , and immediately the door was locked without a word . The shock this man received was tremendous . It being about & quarter-past four o ' clock in the afternoon-, he could scarcely see his hand before him . This was e-n the 18 th of last month . he
Hearing , as thought , somebody breathing , he caHed out , " Who ' s there ? " Not getting an immediate answer , he cried again , " Who ' s there ? " At length a boy said , " It's me and my father . " The father being deaf at last said , " You had better not take off your clothes ' being but a , coverlid , a blanket underneath , and a straw bed—a snowy night No rest all night , it being go cold . Three men came in after , the latter trembling with the severity of the night , rather wet No fire allowed to warm any of them . This man asked for a little supper each time the three men came in , for they eme in separata . No answer was gave . The thought of supper was gave up . But at last supper came a ran to each , it being warm water with a little oatmeal and bread , the cans being pretty large . No light was left to eat their suppers by . The doors being locked prisoners they w-ere , and that is true . Sleep had left them—bemoaning the situation they were placed in . One poor fellow wished the framers of such damnable laws in helL
A poor woman in the next apartment , wife to the deaf man already alluded to , had an infant . It had the belly ache all night—no assistance—the child crying lamentably ; the mother likewise crying for her infant lying in such a distressed Btate , and no help . At last , morning came , the bell rang , the doors flung open . " Come , " says the man , ' get up . " Up they got , standing shivering with cold , not allowed to go to the fire . This mm begging to be let out , and . with much intercessien to the bell-ringer , he , setting down bis name , his age , where belonging , what family , wife ' s age , what business or trade , he at-last got loose , promising to be hung if ever he went in another such a place so loBg aa he lived , sooner would he lie ia a barn . At the same time , had he not got out as he did , he understood he must have worked in the mill two hours before he could have his breakfast This poor man had to go without his breakfast , getting his release about six o ' clock in the morning .
Now , fellow-workmen , wh » t think yon of this ? Dont you see how we shall be used , after slaving ourselves to death ' s door , at the same time , when in work , not having those necessaries to ke * p soul and body together , particularly any one with a family , can working people clear of debts ? How is the middle ekes to get on ; for they must know , better a man is paid for his labour the better it must be for them . Bnt they Mie coming to ruin because they are so ¦ Blfish , most of them , and proud , will not have any thing to do with poor working people they have their support from . But let them arouse each other , and join the working classes in time , before it be too late . Join in what » For the Charter , to be sore , and nothing less . Stick up to that , noble-minded patriot , Feargus O'Connor , E » q ., now suffering in York Castle , and the rest of our incarcerated friends .
I have been a subscriber for this three years to the Xertbem Star . Then I say to yoa , one and all th * t are sabacribers to the same paper , do your most endeavours to assemble together , and extend the principles of the Charter , by sending an addrea to the woolcombers in all parts where there is a body " of men , particularly in Somersetshire , Devonshire , Cornwall , to form National Charter Associations . Let the Charter b « got , and all bad laws will disappear . Beg of them to take in the Northern Star . What enconragejnent is there for a few in the same trade to lose time and money unless one and all come forward , nobly and determinedly , to get oar rights . I presume they are no less than 15 , 000 of us . Then for all of us to unite and combine , and let it be known in the Northern Star , it will induce other large bodies to do the same . Lei us enrol ourselves iamediately ; and any that will not do so , keep his grabbling to himwelf . Should there be a snake in the
gi * , running down tae principles of the Charter , through cunningness to please his master , treat him as one of jour greatest enemies . Now , kllow workmen , I must come to a close . You , wooleombers , of Bradford , in Yorkshire , will you listen ] and will yen act ? Then I recommend yon to call a meeting—a public one—and get an address in the way I have described ; and you that take in the Siar by kaving it inserted . Send those week ' s papers to the places I have stated , by selecting a man to write directions , and , if possible , send a letter with each newspaper , pointing to the address . My feeble abilities you will excuse . Let this be done immediately ; and let us get out of bondage from the clutches of our damnable tyrants . Yours , in the spirit « f Chartism . S . P . Kidderminster , Dec 8 , 1840 . —— -
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JULIAN' HAR > 'EY IN THE NORTH . TO THE EDIT 0 B OP THE 50 STHEK 5 STAH . SlB ., —On lionday evening , November 30 th , I held a second meeting in the Town-ball , Turriff ; and the next day , Tuesday , took the road to the " bonnie town of Bannff , " eleven miles from TurrifF . The same evening jTnesday ) I addressed a meeting in Paterson ' s Hall , New Market-place , where I also held a second meeting ou Thursday , December 3 rd . I may here mention that two shoemakers were discharged from their employment for attending the meetings in Paterson ' s HalL I am happy to be able to add that the men immediately obtained employment elsewhere . This is another specimen of the liberality of the middle class . Is it not sickening to an honest heart to listen to the nauseous cant of those humbugs , who , wearing the cloak of Chartism , assume to be the
" best possible instructors of the people , " and who tell us we must use soft words and respectful language in addressing the middle class ? The class , Sir , who , let the people bear in mind , last year formed themselves into armed associations to' ' put down " Chartism , and who , as jurors , csndemned Frost , Williams , and Jones to the scaffold—Fearjjus O'Connor to the dungeon—and Bronierre to the captive ' s fhain The class who join the iristocracy in opposing all real reform , though they Tould have no objection to have the help of the workng men in obtaining a repeal of the " Window Tax , " he abolition of the " Corn Laws , " or the triumph of By selfish scheme which would benefit or add to the ; olitical power of their own " order , " but who would prefer the reign of the devil himself to the triumph of emocraey , and the enfranchisement ef the eTer-toiling , jrer-plundered people ?
Tuesday , December the 8 th , I addressed a moonlight seeting at ilacduff , a small town adjoining BannE No hll wherein to hold the meeting could be procured- I t herefore summoned the good people to meet me in the iarket-place at six o ' clock . The result was the largest Inhering I have held Bince leaving Aberdeen ; I was fc ? hly pleased with the anxious attention and hearty god humour of the " fustian jackets . " A good number ol females were present , who appeared to take a lively tterest in the evening ' s proceeding . Bannff is a middle-class ridden town , bat there are a to good hands of the " workies , " whose zeal in the case of Chartism is worthy of all commendation . Wednesday , December the 9 th , left Bannff at four o ' tock , and had a glorious walk of ei ^ ht miles by moon-% t The same evening I addressed a meeting in the Mson ' s Hall , Portsoy .
iansday , December the 10 th , slept that nigit at CtCeh , five miles from Portsoy—could not hold a meting here . iiday , Becember the lltb , lef t Cullen . In the eotfte of the day I passed through the small b ut pretty tofa of Fochabers , to which 1 shall pay anoth er Tisit Aft * walk of twenty-two miles , I reached i . Igin in "U * wening ¦ A . word to the deniacrats of Aberdeen ere I eon-™ i New Year ' s Day is approachine ; let me 1 wpe « afcm that day you will do your duty . Remeni bar ** fci . WiHi ^ B 1 * . * ' *< ' Jotim I TTv ~ w— ~* T > : ^_ . . _ . » _
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have appealed to the country—may their aru-al h * i i i pg i li ofthfw £ * nDtry S " ^ ration . May you men £ wr' ° Y £ ~ sskt
^ SfsssfeS ! ssTJSSiSSHS George Julian Hahsei K ¦ Elgin , December 12 , 1840 .
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WORTHAKPTOK . -Considerable excitement utyThe ci T hi 3 t 0 W > duriD « l « t fSSSh ? , upon the Corn Law repeal question , which has BBr ^ y > £ ^ » aar Aiyss ; Sf ttffitfg nlft a ° f L QiJersal Suffrage , is absolute non ^ D . e . A scene of a very amusiug description TwSiV ' t the C ° , Unty HaiI > iD l ^ is town , II J . flursday , last upou the rovai bahh-s n , 1 Oi tinr , 4 .
Uooke ^ q ., H . « h Sheriff , m the ch \ Tr . Had the " tW raiU L ° K W ° ^ kiUj < men known of thi 8 mating , they might have learnt something of the art of conducting pubnc meetings . Never before , perhaps was such a grand display exhibited . However ? a « r r ? ! ? ' Wh ° heard uf the meeting , attended , and , ot r . ourse , took part in the ceremony liie requisition calling the meeting to address her Majesty having been read , the wormy Chairman at once called out , " All you that are tor the address holdup your hands . " This readiness for dispatch ot business m the worthy Chairman , produced a visible sensation throughout the meeting , while the lords and gqmres weut at him right and left to ? £ ??™ A ** Ilaiabou ilteiinforming him
} * , f' P ° y . 1 „ , . 1 j , xx » r- «» w j lUlWlUllUii IllUi that the address had no ; been read . The Marquis oi . Northampton then proposed and read the addres = which was seconded by T . R . Thornton , Esq . Mr U Harrison , a working man , then proposed , as an amendment , that a prayer for the restoration of ± rost , Williams , Joues , and all persons suffering for the righteous cause of the people , be added to the address ; wnich was seconded by Mr C - Kawson , and supported by Mr . Macfarlane . These working men , whose speecaes on this occasion did honour to the class to which they belong , were insulted by their self-styled betters , by attempting to pat them down by snake logicbut they found
, their mistake . But what is worthy of remark here 13 , tha ; when a show of hands was to be taken upon the amendment , the Chairman knew not which to put nrst , the amendment or the original motionindeed , he appeared not to know who the amendment belonged to , whether to his own party or not This caused great confusion in the meeting ; the nobles again had to instruct him , and to tell him how to decide , whilst the working men were convulsed with l aughter , and although tne working men had no anticipation of gaining a victory , aae meeting not being well known among their class ) yet so near were the numbers alike , that thev had to tak « a
second show ot hands . This is the first time of the working men showing their colours in the County Hall , let it not be the last ; and let them not blina into back seats , aisles , and doorways ; let them throw , aside all that slavish fawning sycophancy which bo degrades them ; let them cast aside all their old schooung , which has taught them to prostrate themselves before opulence and pride ; let them not feel themselves to be inferiors in any assembly , because they have on the garb of industry . I Whilst this is the case , ihey may look , and look in ; vain , for their long withholden rights . Let the j working men of Northampton and elsewhere learn j a lesson from the following relic of the old school : — I iwo working men , who attended this royal babby i meeting , thinking they should like to have a
eomtortable seat , where they might see and hear all that passed , walked into the large table pew ; the Hallkeeper came after them , and told them that they must not go there , as some gentlemen would be there . One of the men replied that , " as this is a public meeting , we shall &it where we choose . " M It shows yonr sense , then , " said the old man , and off he weat . ., ' * ^ - ~ Clerical Chasity . —The Chartists of Alloa have , for the last twelve months , been working is the good cause in the most energetic mauner ; not confining their labours to public meetings only ; but being convinced that the clergy , as a body , are amongst the greatest enemies to popular liberty , they have formed a congregavion among themselves , and reated by the year a laree hall , where thev mP . flt
for worship every Sabbath . The hall is crowded every Sunday . The success which has attended the labours of the Christian Chartists in this respect has had the effect of raising the bile to a great height among the clergy in the neighbourhood . These Reverend Divines ! weekly ! shew their charity by hurling their anathemas at the heads of the Chartists , » . nd Sunday last , being the pacrament , it was thought that the solemnities of that occasion , would pot a stop , for that day kt least , to the abus- ' ng of Chartists and Chartism . But , no ! the Rev . Peter B . ( Brimstone ) , minister of a parish kiik Dot twenty miles from Alloa , while addressing the audience , previous to their communicating , delivered himself as follows : — "Now , if there are any Chartists present , I solemnly debar them from approaching the Ubleofthe
Lord , &c . " !! To offer any remarks upon such conduct as this , would be useless . The language itself tells what kind of a spirit dictated it—what a difference from the spirit which animated the Founder of Christianity . It is said that some persons were so shocked at the expressions , that they rose and left the Church . No wonder . It is only surprising that any well disposed persons could sit and listen to a man (?) who could give utterance to such language—language which shews tha ; the old persecuting spirit is as fresh among the clergy as ever . Thank God , this demons power is limited , for it is quite clear that if he had his will , not only would he put every Chartist to death , but he would shut the gates of heaven against them . If the people are wise such exhibitions a 3 this must hasten the downfal of priestcraft .
STROUDWATSR . The Chartist Delegate Meeting took place at the Association Rooms , Tower Hill , Stroudwater ; delegates were present from Wottoa-under-Edge , and Gloucester ; letters were received from Cirencester , Cheltenham , and Bristol ; and after a long discussion on the propriety of electing a eotinty council for Gloucestershire , of the National Charter Association of Great Britain , it was resohed , " That the meeting of delegates adjourn tx > Gloucester , on Monday , Dec . 21 st . at Mr . Sidanray , Magnet : Inn . Union-street , Gloucester . " In accordance with the advertisement emanating from the Bristol Association , it was earnestly rtquested that all the Chartist Associations in the county of Gloucester will seethe propriety ofsendinga delegate to the meeting , it being of the utmost importance .
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MAXIMS FROM GREAT AND GOOD MEN . Only by making the ruling few uneasy , can the oppressed many obtain a particle of relief . —BEXTHAM A happy people will never rebel , —Kotzebce . The weight of chains , number of stripes , hardness of labour , and other effects of a masters cruelty , may make one servitude more miserable than anether ; but he is a slave , who serves the best and gentlest man in the world , as well as he who serves the worst—and he does serve him if he must obey his commands , and depend upon his will . —Algernon Sydxet , Tbe state of society in which we live is a mixture of feudal savageness and imperfect civilisation . —Shelley .
A noble heart will disdain to subsist like a drone upon honey gathered by other ' s labour , like a veimin , to filch its food out of the public granary , or , like a shark , to prey upon the lesser fry ; but will rather outdo his private obligations to other men ' s C 3 re and toil , by considerable service and beneficence to the public . —Basoxxe . Mankind will never be , in one eminent degree , virtuous and happy , till each man shall possess that portion of distinction , and no more , to which he is entitled by his personal merits . —Godwin . All wealth in a stats of civilised society is the- produce of human industry . To be rich is merely to possess a patent , entitling one man to dispose of tbe produce of another man ' s industry . —Godwin . Riches are attended with luxury , and luxury ends in despotism . —Erasmcs .
The fiuitfnl source of crime consists in one man ' s possessing in abnndance , that of which another man is destitute . —GrODW 1 s . When riches are in a few hands , these must enjoy all the power ; and will readily conspire to lay all the ^ burden on the poor , and oppress them still further , to the discouragement of industry . —Hume . The last argument of the poor , whenever they have recourse to it , Till carry more , perhaps , than persuasion to Parliament , or supplication to the Throne . — Jcntcs . With what consistency can that man reprobate the bad Government of his country , who practices not good government at home . —Rowland DEIB . OSIER . He is unfit to rule others who cannot rule himself . — Plato . E . H . S .
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HOO UNION . before ^ he U Sv r ^ ^ P 1 ^ thia week . » t Rochester , GladdUh p Ge ° Davie 8 > Wm - EU * ' Es Win . 255 / Es . q' and Thomas Bailey , Esq ., county JSnl ^ ? ' master of **» Union-ho use , for ^!!; y be * Un « 8 ever& 1 yOQn 8 P » P « children of both TT , S ^ S " ' Vi <« -Chairman , and some of the U mon 1 Guardians were present during the investigation ; SJll ? * J £ ?* 8 ttended by » derk from Mr . Prall s office . The Clerk to the Board of Guardia s was also in attendance to watch the proceedings , and dunng the examination , which lasted five hours , the justice-room was inconveniently crowded . Some depositions , taken on a former occasion , were read , and related to complaints having been made , of SSsssssr ^" mmi defendant ta h ^
^ ~ t * - Bentl " ey inquired " who the complaining P party ' "S in this case ? sevS ffiSf 1 ^ "" 00 r Uttle child ™ The former depositions were to this effect : — Elizabeth Danes stated that she was thirteen years of age , and that the defendant , James Miles , had punished her three times while she was in the Unien-house . The offence she had committed was leaving a little dirt in the corner of a room , and the defendant made her lie upon a table , and he took her clothes off , and btat her with a rod made of a birch-broom until blood came . Another time she was stripped , and received ten severe stripes ; and a third time the master pulled up her clothes , and flogged her on her person . The latter time the blood came , and she was beat for leaving dirt in the corner of the room .
A ^ ornan named Roberts corroborated a portion of the above evidence . The defendant fetched her to hold Danes while he flogged her . The child cried bitterly , and the maTka of the "beating lasted upon her for some time . The girl ' s person was cut in stripes . Witness never saw the matron flog the girls . Sarah Barnes , a little girl between ten and eleven years of age , stated that she had no father nor mother . She was intue Hoo Union-house until last Frulay , and she had since been living with her grandmother , at Grange , since Saturday afternoon . She left because she broke a piece out of a milk jug , and she was told that she would have the rod the nexi morning . At six o ' clock on Saturday morning Bhe got up and left the Union-house and went into Spainell street and a
woman took her into her house and gave her some breakfast . She afterwards went and saw her uncle named Stapleton , a shepherd , at Grange , and returned at nijlit to Spainell-strect , and slept at Mrs . Whites . The next day ( Saturday ) she went to Mrs . Lanes , her grandmother , aud had been with her ever since . The master of the Union came to her grandmother ' s and said she ( meaning witness ) should have as much as he could give her . She understood he came to take her back , but he did not do so as she cried very much . Her grandmether would not let he ? go , as she was afraid her master would murder her , and some women urged Mr . Lanes not to part with her . Mr . Miles had beaten her several times while she was in the house . She
could not say how many , but he flogged her on the previous Tuesday to her running away . She was also beat on the Monday for not washing a dish clean . Her master laid her on a table in the hall and pulied up her petticoats and beat her until she was very much hurt , with a birch rod . Blood did not come that time , and she could not say how many stripes she received . There were two women named Ann Jeffery aud Ruth Bills in the hall , but ahe was not held by any one . Upon one occasion the master flogged her until blood came ; and her mistress struck her on the last board day with a poker upon her arm ( the child showed her arm , which was still black . ) She also struck her on the back with a poker , because she did not clean the stoves in the board room .
Mr . Bentley—Why did you not complain to the guardians ? Witness—I was afraid to do so , lest my master should beat me again . The witness further stated , that she escaped from the Union-house by getting through a window four feet from the ground . Her mistress had often struck her over the head with a broom handle , because she could not finish cleaning out the board-room before the guardians meet By the Court—She did all the work with her mistress ; and she worked on Sundays as well as week days . The master had flogged her four or five times on her person , and she had seen blood on her chemise afterwards . She had never been had up before the Board of Guardians . There were only one little girl like herself , two smaller , and six boys in the Union . They had all been punished , except a little baby and two little boys .
Mrs . Sarah Lay ( not Lanes , as stated by the witness ) deposed , that she was the wife of the Parish Clerk , and was not related to the little girl , Sarah Barnes . Upon the death of the child ' s parents , witness took care of Sarah Barnes and her brother , and they had always called her their grandmother . The former came to witness about six o ' clock on Saturday afternoon , and cried very much , and said that she had run away from the Hoo Union-house , About five o ' clock , the master came round on horseback , and he aaked her if she bad got a little girl named Barnes with her . She told him that she had , and she called Barnes out to him . When he saw her be said , " Oh , there you are , are you ? You are a pretty creature . " Witness begged him to forgive the child
, as she was a mere infant , and he replied that he would give her as much as he was able when he got her home . Witness again entreated him not to do so , and he answered , " No more I will , but I will give her as much as I am able , " He had a whip in his hand , which he flourished about , and he appeared to be in great anger . He did not say what he would give the child ; bui witness understood that he would beat her . He told her to send the girl home in a baker's cart , which would come round with the relief bread . Several neighbours heard the master say what ahe had stated . The girl was between nine and ten years of age . She examined her body , and found that parts of it were turned green aud yellow . There was also a mark upon her arm . and likewise two « ther bruises .
By the Ce art—Witness lived about eight miles from the Union-house , and would like to keep the child . She would not like her to go back to be illtreated . Mary Pearee stated that she lived in the Hoo Unionhouse as a pauper , and had three children there . She had seen Martha Davis and Jemima Danes , two female children , beat in the school-room by Mr . Miles , the master . She heard the cries of little Barnes last week when she was beaten in the hall . Mr . Miles had beaten her little girl , about six years old , and witness saw some wealea upon her person . She thought they had been made by a whip . Her child was flogged for crying at school . This witness gave other evidence similar to the foregoing . Mr . Prall ' s clerk said that although this was a public investigation , yet , as it was a preliminary one , he hoped it would not go forth to the world to the prejudice of Mr . Miles .
The magistrates said it was a public inquiry , and if the defendant was spotless he would go away without any stain upon his character . Another pauper , named Danes , spoke of having Been stripes upon the person of her little boys , which had been inflicted by severe floggings by the master . After hearing other wiTnesses as to other similar acts committed by the defendant , the magistrates conferred together and determined upon sending the depositions to the Poor Law Commissioners , and to await their orders to proceed further in the matter .
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IMPORTANT SIGN OF THE TIMES . NEWBURGH . For some time past tbe managers of our Secession Church have been in the habit of letting or granting their Meeting-house to the Teetotallers and Chartist 3 . This gave no little offence to the middle-class members , who , after several fruitless attempts to stop the sane , at last forced a general meeting of the congregation to consider the matter . This meeting turned out one of the most uproarious , contentious , and disgraceful meetings ever held in this place . Peter Walker , wright , was called to the chair 1 when one of the middle-class . party made a motion , that the church should be shut at all times against all meetings save those of a religious character , and connection with the Secession Church . This motion was strongly opposed by fhe working classes , who urged that the church should be open on week-days to any party whose aim was
the moral , religious , or political improvement of tbe people . When both motions were tabled , the confusion and personal abuse that ensued baffle description ; the bad feeling thai too generally exists between the working and upper classes of this church fairly broke loose , and abusive language was given by both parties in no measured terms . After order had been restored , the meeting came to a division ; -when one hundred and twenty-six voted for shutting the church , and one hundred and twenty-five for keeping it open . The minority held a meeting in the Mason's Hall the following evening , when upwards of a hundred signed their disjunction from the congregation , and steps have been taken to provide sermons for themselves . The working class have thus shown a noble example to other places , to shake themselves clear of that tyranny and oppression which have too lone chained them . Heaven shield the right I—True Scotsman .
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— - ^——MURDER AT ASHTON-UNDER LINE . Ashton , Saturday , Dec . 12 . —Last night this town was thrown into a state of the greatest consternation and alarm by the perpetration ef a mOst atrocious and cold-blooded murder , committed at the early hour of six o ' clock in the evening , on the premises of Mr . Richard Whitfield , joiner and builder , within a a few hundred yards of the very heart of the town . In order that the facts may be understood by the public , it is necessary to state , th . it since the year 1832 the master joiners and builders of thia town have been paying at the rate of 10 per cent , higher wages to their journeymen sawyers than the list arranged at Manchester in 1 S 27 , but in consequence of the depression of trade , the masters at Ashten have been , compiled to reduce thair wjrknitin to the same scale . The journeymen lawyers resisted this attempt on the
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pirt of their employers , ami " a strike , " as it is technically called , waj the consequence . Among those who took this step were the men employed by Mr . Whitfield , who was compelled to seek fresh hands at the reduced rate of wages . He accordingly found two young men named Benjamin and James Cooper , who had come from Turtwlstle , to Ashton to seek employment On their first commencing to work at Mr . Wbitfield ' s , they were discovered by tha Sawyers' Union , " which assembled at the Kings Head Inn , k « pt by a person named Whltehead . Eventually the "turn-outs" found means to approach the two Coopers , and invited them to the club on the first Saturday evening after they had entered Mr Whitfield ' s employ . They attendedand were treated
, with drink , but though pointedly pressed to state the amount of wages , they refused to give any information on the subject It is evident from what has transpired that the two Coopers were watched . for on the forenoon of yesterday week , two " turn-outs . " named Jchn Williamson and William Shaw , visited Mr . Whitfield ' s yard , and had some conversation with Benjamin Cooper , who was what is technically called "topsawyer , " and he agreed to meet them at his lodging . Shaw and Williamson went there , and at dinner-time the Coopers joined them , and they had also some ale together . In the evening of the same day , while the Coopers were at work , a gun , loaded with sparrowshot , was discharged at them , but without inflicting any injury to either of them . Until lastnlght nothing particular
happened , when at six o ' clock , just as the Coopers were resuming their work , a most terrific shot took place against the side of the shed in which they were engagwd . Benjamin Cooper , who was just in the act of stepping upon a log of wood , exclaimed , "Oh , James , I'm done for ! " and reeled to the Bide of the saw-pit On examination of the spot , it was at once seen that some piece of fire-arms of extraordinary calibre and dimensions had been discharged through the crevices of the shed , and had scattered a number of large slugs in all directions . Two persons who were at work in a place adjoining the saw-pit heard the explosion , but w « ire so frightened that they did not inquire what had been the matter . They were , however , informed by James Cooper , and with their assistance the wounded man was taken to his lodgings . His employer
, Mr . Whitfield , and two surgeons , Messrs . Cheatham and Broadbent , were sent for . The two latter examined and probed the poor man ' s wounds , when it was found that two or three slugs of large size had entered his loins , and that one had penetrated as far as the pelvis . On re-examining the shed it was discovered that another large slug had passed through two boards , and lodged in tho roof of the adjoining shed . The wounded man moaned piteously , add frequently exclaimed , " Oh ! what will become of my wife and family , " at the same time appearing quite convinced that he had not long to live . This fact the surgeons felt it their duty to communicate to him , and his statement was then taken in writing . He was likewise visited by the Rev . ' Mr . Handforth , the curate £ the parish , and by the Rev . Mr . Quirk , his coadjutor .
It is impossible to conceive the consternation which this diabolical act has occasioned in thia neighbourhood . The noise occasioned by the discharge of the piece , ( whatever it was ) was heard all over the town , but , strange as it may appear , nobody went to see what had occurred . Mr . Whitfield , as soon as he had been informed of the matter , gave information to the police , and Mr . Robert Newton , the deputy constable , examined the spot . Nothing could be found which could be supposed as likely to afford the slightest clue to the villains . In the course of the evening , Mr . J . Lord , one of the magistrates , and Mr . Hall , his clerk , attended at thu Police Office , where they remained till a late hour , when Newton , accompanied by Mr . Whitfield , apprehended three men , named Edward Davies ,
and Samuel and Henry Hardwick , the secretary and stewards of the Sawyers' Union , and Mr . Gatley , of Staleybridge , apprehended Williamson , the man who has been previously alluded to ; Mr . Driver , the superintendent of the county constabulary , caused his men to search every suspicious person who was found on the road to Manchester . The club-box was Beized ; but it would not be prudent to state its contents , nor the nature of the papers found upon the person of the secretary . Concerning these it will be sufficient to state hat when apprehended , he said to the police , that if he had known they were coming he would have burnt
them . On tbe following morning , the infernal machine , with which the diabolical act was committed , was found about thirty yards from the place where it was discharged . It is a piece of iron piping , about twenty inches long , with one end plugged up with wood and meltod lead . A touch-hole had beeu filed and drilled into it , so as to form an awkward piece of artillery . It had been placed on a sloping bank close to the shed , and Cooper having beon seen through the joints of the plankB , it was fired point-blank at him . The bore of the pipe was two inches in diameter , and it had recoiled about thirty yards . The Inquest on the body of the murdered mau will take place on Monday .
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BARBAROUS MURDER IN GLASGOW . ( From tte Glasgow Chronicle of Friday . ) The Sheriff of the county left town this forenoon , accompanied by a party of military , for Bishop-bridge , to investigate into the circumstances attending one of the most barbarous murders which ever occurred in this neighbourhood . The murder was perpetrated yesterday morning , and was marked by circumstances of the most fiendish atrocity . The victim is Mr . John Green , a ganger or superintendent of labourers on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railwuy . The deceased had charge of the works at that portion of the line adjoining Bishop-bridge , about three miles from Glasgow , and was proceeding to his duties about seven in the morning , before it was yet light , when he was assaulted by two labourers , as he passed the wooden bridge at Cross-hill , which is a temparary erection over a part of the railway works ; and so severely injured that he died within a hour .
All the labourers on this portion of the line are Irish with the exception of two Englishmen , one of whom , in conjunction with Mr . Francis Rooney , another superintendent , witnessed the murder . The account they give is , that previous to Green ' s coming up , a large party of Irishmen were assembled on tbe bridge or its Vicinity , but before his arrival the moat of them departed in the direction of the smithy , as if about to commence work , leaving two or three behind . Green crossed the bridge , making a remark upon the weather as he passed , when one of the labourers followed him , and with a punch or iron bar struck him a cruel blow an the head , which forced off hia hat , and brought the victim to tho ground . Another labourer came up and jumped upou the body , while the first wretch continued
to inflict repeated blows on the head and face of the unfortunate man with the heavy iron instrument . The bloody work was soon done , and the two murderers ran off in the direction of Auchinearn , and have not yet been taken ; though we hope this will not be long be the case , as the speed and eye of the law are after them . Green was only heard to exclaim , " oh , God are you going to murder me ?" He was picked up quite insensible , and , as has been stated , died within an hour afterwards . The Englishmen who had witnessed the commencement of the assault ran off , being afraid the onslaught was to be general . Mr . Rooney , however , saw the end of it from below the bridge , but was restrained from going forward ; and identification of the murderers is difficult
or impossible , from the darkness which prevailed at the time , and the similarity of dress worn by the labourers . That the murder wiis a combined and premeditated one admits of little doubt . Green had only come to this superintendency two days before , but a report was spread that he was strict and harsh in the former werks wkich he overlooked ; and the determination to rid themselves thus cruelly of one whom they might consider a sharp taskmaster , ig the only reason which can be given for this heartless action . Another proof of it ia , that the unfortunate deceased was attacked by a f-hower of stones on the previous evening . Green , who was an active young man , 30 years of a ^ e , has left a wid . w and small family in England , and , so far as we have heard , there is no cause for accusing him of harshness , unless a
necessary degree of vigilance and attention to his duty can be called such . Friday forenoon Mr . Sheriff Bell , accompanied by a company of the 58 th Foot , and a party of police officers , were conveyed in a coach , and three . omnibus . es , to Cross-hill , for the purpose of apprehending the muiderers by taking the labourers by surprise . On nearing the place , the workmen were engaged under the lovei of the road , and were not apprised of the force until they were surrounded . No resistance was offered , and on the names being called , each labourer came forward and allowed himself to be secured . About 21 were taken in this manner , and three were subsequently discovered and secured in an adjoining wood . They were all safely conveyed to Bridewell , to await the investigation , which is to be instituted by the authorities .
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" - —^ i ^ VVVWAAA ^^ Vyvv ^^ HAWOETH . Milk Vending . —Some time since , a certain portion of the State parsons tried to revive the long dormant tithe on milk , and it seems , by the following fact , that some of their lay followers are disposed to tax it . A meeting of certain farmers in the township of Haworth was holden a short time since , for the laudable purpose of advancing the price of milk to 2 d . per quart , it being from time immemorial sold in that place at l £ d . It is strongly suspected that a Wesleyan farmer and spirit-merchant was at the bottom of this attempt to lessen the poor man ' s comforts . It was also resolved to make the cottagers pay the tax by the threat of the bailiff . The people , however , are resolved to abide by the prices of their fathers , and sent the bellman round to say so . It is likely the farmers may have milk in abundance left on their hands .
STOCKPORT . Local Improvements . —A correspondent wishes to call tho attention of our Stockport readers to a meeting to be holden in the Court House , on the 16 th , to obtain the sanction of the burgesses to the widening of Cheapside and Red Lion Corner . Our correspondent says , that theseare good roads , though somewhat narrow , aud he suggests that the money of the people would bo better spent in draining , paving , and lighting those parts of the town which are inhabited principally by the poor , and in which the streets are ancle deep in mud , and not half lighted .
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The eminent house of Fox and Co ., wiredrawers , of Birmingham , stopped payment on Wednesday week . Their liabilities are sa'd to exceed £ 130 , 000 ; but it is hoped eventually there will be 20 s . in the pound for all the creditors . By this unlooked-for event , upwards of five hundred liands are thrown out of employment in Birmingham alone , besides a great number in Wales . "Here ' s Honob for Ye , " - —The Senlinelle dp V Armee states that the 17 th light infantry , during its stay of five years in Africa , where it so much distinguished itself , has lost two thousand , two hundred and sixteen officers and men .
Mr . Effingham Wilson—stimulated , it would appear , by a recent burglary committed on his own residence—has invented an apparatus by means of which completed protection is afforded against housebreakers . It may be fixed to doors and window-shutters ; when it will be found impossible for anv person whether from wiihin or without toopeu either , but the master , who may have entire command ovar the fastenings . The Stockton and Hartlepool Railway will be opened for passengers in the course of a verv short time ; and , as the Great North of England Railway will be opened early in the ensuing year , there will be a continuous line of railway communication from these towns , and also from Newcastle , &a ., to York , and forward to Leeds , Manchester , Birmingham , and London .
We hwe ju 3 t received the following extract of a letter from Beyrout , dated November 18 , 1840 : — "The city of Jerusalem is under the rule of the Ottoman Government , the inhabitants , headed by the Judge , having deposed the Governor , and made the Egyptian troops in garrison prisoners . Three hundred cavalry in the city have been dismounted , for the purpose of Berving in the police . "—Evening paper . Robberies it the Birmingham Post-office . — A young mau of the name of Blaokie , a clerk in the Birmingham post-office , is in custody , charged with stealing letters containing money , and abstracting cash from others which passed throuuh his hands . For some months past the authorities have been endeavouring to detect the party by whom robberies were perpetually committed , but it was not until Thursday last that Mr . Superintendent Stephens succeeded ia obtaining a clue to the offender . The prisoner has admitted bis guilt .
A Pauper King . —We perceive , by some parliamentary papers into which we have been looking , that Ernest of Hauover , since he left this country , has received out of the taxes the sum ot fifty-three thousand , three hundred and sixty-five pounds , seyen shillings and eight-pence ! Nothing more shabby can be conceived than this fellow supporting hi 9 Hanoverian autocracy at the expence of the poor 0 ; England , Ireland , and Scotland . The sum he has drawn away would reclaim ten thousand acres of waste land , and provide permanently for a thousand families ! His faction cry out against the paltry grant Of a few thousands to May 1100 th ; why should we not retaliate by opposing this subsidy to a foreign prince , the bitter enemy of the Queen of England and of all who love her ? Here is work for some Radical M . P . —Joseph Hume , you are wanting . — Belfast Vindicator .
Fatal Accidents . —On Monday afternoon , about four o ' clock , an accident , as sudden as it was frightful , occurred in Upper East Smithfield , London , opposite the principal entrance of the St . Katharine's Dock . A carman , uamed Thomas Bracy , in the employ of Mr . William Hawker , of No . 15 , Dowgate Hill , was driving a waggon laden with goods along the street towards the London Dock , when , in guiding the shaft horse with his whip , he slipped from the curb-stone and fell into the road under the horse , and the wheels passed over his legs and head , crushing him in a frightful manner . The horses were immediately stopped , and the bystanders picked up the lifeless remains of the unfortunate man , and conveyed them to the dead-house of St . Botholph
Without , Aldgate , to await the Coroner's inquest . —The same morning , about twelve o ' clock , the following shocking accident occurred to Francis Scott , aged seventeen , employed in the extensive lead and paper mills of Mr . Raines , in Mill-street , Bermondsey . It appeared that the youth was engaged with another young man , of the name of Turner , in emptying the mashed paper from one vat into another , at which time he was standing with his back towards the spur-wheel ef the steam-engine , when lie somehow fell backwards upon one of the arms of the wheel , which was then going at its usual rate .
His companion seeing this , immediately seized the lad by tho arm , and cried oat , " Stop the engine 1 " but he was soon compelled to quit his hold , aud the unfortunate lad was carried round one revolution before he could be released , when he was picked up in a deplorable state , his left leg being cut completely off . at the thigh , his left arm broken in two places , and a piece of boarding was found sticking in the calf of the other leg . The lad wan attended by Dr . Martin , of Parker ' s Road , who ordered him to be conveyed to St . Thomas's Hospital , but he expired upon his arrival there , when the body was placed in the dead-house , to await a Coroner ' s inquest .
Destructive Fire and Loss of Life . —On Monday morning , aoout half-past two , a dreadful fire , attended with the loss of life and much valuable property , broke out in the White Horse publichouse , Church-lane , Chelsea , near the old church . On its being discovered by police constable No . 115 of the V division , he alarmed the inmates , when several of them , and among them females and children , presented themselves at the windows of the Hpper floors . By the advice of the officer they threw themselves out , and were aeverely injured by the fall . The fire spread uninterruptedly , ana before the hour of three every portion of the building was in flames , also the adjoining houses belonging to Messrs . Jennings and Co ., chair and japan manufacturers , and Mr . Johnson , veterinary surgeon . After the confusion had somewhat subsided , the necessary inquiries were made , when it
appeared that , with Mr . Beale , his family , and brother , there were nine persons in the house at the outbreak of the fire . Only eight of the number could be found , Mr . Beale being missing . The cause of the fire cannot be discovered . The greater portion of Messrs . Jennins' factory is damaged the building and contents of Mr . Beale , of the White Horse , totally consumed , and the house of Mr . Johnson , veterinary surgeon , greatly damaged . About nine o'clock the firemen had succeeded in removing the whole of the burning ruins , when amongst them they discovered , what at first sight appeared to be a bundle of rags , but which , upon examination , turned out to be the remains of the unfortunate person who was burnt ; the only portion whioh had escaped the flames was the cheat . It was conveyed to the bonehouse to wait a Coroner ' s inquest .
We have been invited to examine a machine called an Indicator of the passing of carriages or trains on Railways . This instrument is designed , and will most completely effect the inventor ' s intention of showing to the conductors of a succeeding train the distance in time of a train in advance , through a period of fifteen minutes or longer , if necessary , thus holding out the caution to trains in quick succession that they are only two , three , or more minutes apart , and to use their locomotive power accordingly . For night service the usual coloured light is also presented by the machine for the same period . We do not hesitate to say that the safety of railway travelling will be much increased by the general adoption of this instrument , and therefore strongly recommend it to
the notice of railway companies , to whom it may be satisfactory to know that it is applicable to the present system of railways without any alteration in the carriages or way , and may be erected at the cost of £ 20 . It is suggested that an indicator should be placed at each mile along the line of way , by which means a complete and never-failing system of signals will be established at the first cost of £ 20 per mile , and the annual expence of about £ 5 for lights . We understand that £ 100 to £ 120 per mile ia the expence of the usual police or watchmen , and late painful experience has taught us they are not always to be found at their posts . Tho public are indebted to Mx . Frank Giles , civil engineer , of Gray ' s Inn-square , for this useful invention . — John Bull .
Lamentable Occurrence . —On the morning of Wednesday last , Mr . Townsend Hubble , son of Mr . Hubble , of Northfleet , went out into the fields adjoining his residence , witb > his gun , for the purpose of shooting some crows . After walking round the field , he returned to the lawn in front of the house , to speak to Mr . Locket , of Swanscombe , having placed his gun across a hurdle and iron fence . After conversing with Mr . Locket for ten minutes , they parted ; shaking hands , Mr . Locket proceeding towards his own home , and Mr . Hubble to fetch his gun from the hedge . In a few seconds afterwards the report of a gun was heard , and on Mr . Looket turning round he saw the unfortunate man running towards him , exclaiming , " Oh ! Locket , I am shot—I am wounded . " Mr . Locket instantly supported him until assistance arrived , when he was carried into the houseand medical aid sent for to
Graves-, end . Mr . Russell ' s assistant , Mr . Meede , Mr . Jones , and Mr . Beaumont , arrived in a short time , and proceeded to afford every assistance in their power to , at least , alleviate the sufferings of their patient , for all hope of his long surviving vanished on the examination of his body . It appeared that he must have gone to the hedge , partly turned his back to the gun , and with his left hand taken hold of the barrel , and pulled it across the hurdle , when tbe hammer catching , it fell down on the cap and discharged the gun . The muzzle being towards him , the contents entered his back on the left side , just above the hip bone , passed through the stomach , and came out on the right side just below the lower rib . Heremainod sensible for four hours afterwards , and breathed his last in greaii suffering . The deceased was in his 28 th year , and was sincerely and deservedly respected by a large circle of friends .
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hiMPLiciTY of English Law ' . —There are not loss than heventy statutes . wish' which a man must bo acquainted before he cau venture with safety to malt his own barley and brew his own beer . A good many failures have taken place in Glasgow within the last few days ; two of them of some importance . —Glasgow Chronicle . Marriage Between . Queen Isabella and onb of Louis Philippe ' s Sons . —The Universe affirms it to be positively true , that negociations are novr going on with activity for the marriage of one of the two youngest sons of the King to Queen Isabella .
_ Testimonial to J . Harmer , Eeq — A subscription has been set afloat , arid which already amounts to a considerable sum , to purchase some testimonial to be presented , to Mr . Harmer , as a mark of the esteem in which he is held by his fellow-citizens , and to evince their gratitude for his unceasing a » d valuable labours while connected with the Corporation of the City of London , in the rapacity of Common Councilman , Sheriff and Alderman . Wo understand that a meeting will shortly be held , when tho Committee will develops their future rian of operation .
Education of the Horse—There is no animal that ' s got more helps than a hos ; there's the hoa breeder , the hos breaker , the hod feeder , the hos doctor , and the hos spoiler : the last is a very common practitioner , and cm be found from the stoMo boy to ha hoblemau ; some will take to showin' him tricks , others will take to throwiti' him down and breakiu' his knees , whilst others will ride him to death upon half allowance of hay and no corn . AmoDgst all these changes , if a hos happens to be a good un at first , he'll run a great risk of being spoilt by ona or other of the above professionals , who all pretend to have a great knowledge about , and a wonderful affection for , horses . —Rough Rider .
A Patent has recently been taken out for a nachine which appears likely to supersede the hitherto known methods of ' raising water . It is termed Hall's Patent Hydraulin Belt , and is already in operation in many part 3 of the country for iue purpose of draining lands . The contrivance is themost simple , being merely composed of a woollen belt , which is made to revolve round two rollers , one keeping the belt beneath the water , and the other fixed at any required altitude . The adhesion of the water to the woollen belt overcomes the gravity of that element , when a velocity of 1 , 000 feet par minute is acquired , and a continuous stream is brought up and poured into the receiving-pipes . Messrs . Bramah , Donkin , Brunei , and other eminent engineers , have pronounced an opinion ia the highest degree favourable of its merits . The public , it is said , will be able to judge of its powers npoa the re-opening of the Polytechnic Institution , where it will be exhibited in operation .
Shocking Fire in Aberdeen . —Five Persons burnt to Death . —About five minutes after twelve o'clock on Friday morning , some persons working on board a vessel in the harbour gave an alarm of " fire , " and at the same instant the sentinel at the barracks , which overlook , at a quarter of a mile distance , the scene of destruction , gave a similar alarm . In a few minutes , and before the two watchmen on the beat reached tbe spot , the flames burst out at every aperture in the Victoria Tavern , off Waterloo Quay , occupied by a man named Howay and his family . The alarm was instantly spread far and wide , and the fire-engines arrived promptly at the spot , ana commenced playing into the house ; but it was so universally enveloped in flames , that tho
burning went on in spite of every endeavour to check it , and it was not till nearly two o ' clock that the flames were got under , when it was found that only a few of the rafters of the first floor remained entire , of which the flooring had been , however , consumed . On these rafters or joists lay the body of Mrs . Howay , reduced to a cindeT , the flesh being totally burnt off the legs . On digging further into the rains the body of Howay was next discovered in a similar state , but lying at the other end of the house from his wife , frum which it is conjectured that he had attempted to get to the door , or to his two daughters , who slept at the other end of the house ; for the bodies ot the two girls were found reduced to charcoal immediately below their father , and locked ia
one another ' s embraces . In a few minutes the body of a male lodger was found in an equally horrible state , when it was understood that these five formed all the inmates . The bodies . were removed to the city dead-house , and presented a most shocking spectacle , bearing , as they do , the form of human beings , but perfectly black , and the features , except those of the lodger , which are sufficient for his identification , completely obliterated . There were abova 150 barrels of tar in a cellar underneath , whioh , as well as the stock of spirits , were not touched . There is not a vestige of anything left to aid inqniry astothecause of thefire , the bate walls alone being left standing . Mr . Howay was seen on Waterloo-quay at eleven o ' clock ; and a person has beep discovered .
who , in passing the Victoria at a few minutes to twelve , stopped for the purpose of ascertaining if the house was shut up for the night , when he heard all quiet , and found ho smell , and , as had been said before , the watchmen had both been near the house about the same moment . It is supposed that the inmates have been suffocated before they were burnt , with the exception of Howay , who would appear to have gone out of his bed-room ; but how the raging element could have fastened itself so long in the inside of the house before it broke out in one raging flame seem 3 difficult to Bay . The catastrophe has produced a great sensation in the city . Howay was an old soldier , very much respected by all who knew him . No clue , we donbt , can ever be found as to the cause of this dreadful calamity .
Rapacity of the Chcrch . —The Case op Sarah Young . —There is at present in Monmouth gaol a poor widow , aged sixty years , named Sarah Young , from Whitebrook , in the parish of Landogo , where she has been confined nearly seven months , fer alleged contempt of the Ecclesiastical Court of Llandaff , whither she was illegally cited at the suit of the Rey . Dr . Lyle , of that ' place , for the Bum of £ 3 10 ., said to be due to him for tithes . Illegall y ^ as there is an Act of Parliament expresslyto prevent any one being cited to that court for any sum under £ 10 . It appears her husband , who was a woodcutter , died about seven years since , leaving hor with seven" children . He was possessed of a small cottage and three small pieces of land , containing 3
acres , which were encumbered with a mortgage of £ 70 . Three years and a half since she sold two of the pieces for £ 75 , for the purpose , as she states , of having the rest clear . The whole of the land was originall y charged with seven shillings per annum tithe , which- has since been raised to fifteen Bbil * lings ; bat although she had sold the two pieces , the whole amount has been charged to her , and is included in the £ 3 10 s . Her two eldest boys resided with her , and worked as wood-cutters ; and herself , assisted by two other children , worked in a paper-mill , and , as she says , with difficulty was thus enabled to get bread for them . A demand for the tithe was made from her in the usual way by a printed circular , signed " Michael Davis , Usk , "
caning on ner to pay it at the Sloop , at Landogo . She said it was not in her power then to pay it . Soon after she was served with a citation from tho Bishop's Court , Llandaff , calling on her to appear there on a certain day . She says she was ill at the time from an accident , and it was more than forty miles , and being destitute of money it was impossible for her to attend . In a short time , she received another , when she told the man she would pay it if they would give her a little time ; but the result was , that she was pronounced iu contempt . A writ was issued against her , she was dragged from her home and children in bad health , and put into prison ,, where she still is . She says she was so ill for 3 days after being brought there , that she was unable to
takaher clothes off ; and , had it not been for the kindness of the family of Mr . Ford , the gaoler—to their honour be it spoken—who supplied her with little comforts , she thinks death , ere this , would have relieved her from the grasp of her merciless persecutors . A proctor at Llandaff , named Stephens , has recently sent to say that if Mrs . Young , her two sons , and a brother of hers , named Martin , residing at Redbrook ( who is the father of fourteen children ) , will join in a promissory note for £ 18 , which he has sent for execution to Messrs . Powles and Tyler , of Monmouth , for expenses incurred in that abominable Court , he will forward her discharge ; but they have not the means of paying this enormous demand , and if they had they would not gratify this thirst for
plunder , by paying expences illegally incurred . We are certain that , when the case is known , * feeling will be raised before which such un-Christian oppression must bide its odious head , and the woman be again restored to her liberty and family , of which she has been so unlawfully deprived . The Act of Parliament to which we have referred is the 63 rd Geo . III ., c . 127 , s . 4 , wherein it states as follows : — " And whereas it has become expedient toextend the Act of William III . to all tithes of limited amount , be it enacted , that from and after the passing of this Act , the Justices shall be authorised and are required to hear and determine all complaints touching tithes , &c , when the same shall not exceed £ 10 from any one person * " Therefore ..
it is clear that the Rev . tithe-owner could have had-¦ ¦ no pretence for takinc her there at all ; bnt it is the practice in the neighbourhood to cite the poo ? oot- tagers , and thus frighten th « m , instead of using the : lawful means of summoning before the magistrates j for its recovery . How any man , muoh more a Minis * > ter of the Gospel , could zest on his bed , knowing h © ¦ = had been the means of shutting up a poor widow ia I prison from her fatherless children , we are at » vi loss to imagine . But there is one who has said , ** Xi > i will bo the lather of the fatherless , and the ¦ hnW-f band of the widow , " and a day will come whea j » e « i must account for it . Wo are informed the < <; 9 n&eg | & which she was taken is informal on two pointer . * W * v * hopa when this meets his Reverence'i eje ' he * H / 3 X > immediately -forward Mrs . Yonng 3 discharge , fwfcof ,. expence , as her sufferings have paid a- hundxe&foM for hiB paltry £ 3 10 s . - ^ ,: ' '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 19, 1840, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2715/page/7/
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