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. . . .. GLASGOW ELECTION . ( From our men Correspondent . ) Th « Whigs finding t ^ Radicals buckling on their amour and preparing for a-determined battle ; and being unable to get any trimming blocknead to put up against Roebuck , hare determined to keep the one theyJiave got , and nave included Lord William Ben ^ tinck , to declare thatne does not intend at this time to accept the peerage . Yon mil , observe that the words at Has tone is a mere prevarication and which appl y not to so . nour afterwards . The whole concern is a rase to throw the Radicals off their- « niar . L The secret of the matter is this . Lord William ' s tittes ^ iB all ready made out , and the digue having intimation of this , began to look about them for a fit successor , and the jiames of John Crawfordlate
, candidate for Glasgow and Paisley , and Joseph Staae , ( the tail-piece foe Kilkenny , ) and Ewart -of Liverpool , who had damned Tiiynspif by turning Ministerialist , after having been returned as a Whig and TOting as a Radical , and who lost his seat very '^ roperl ^ in-Consetpieiice of having pledged himself - * tong wifhotaeiB , among whom were Mr . Roebuck and Col . Thompson—cot to oppose any government 'Candidate , and it is shrewdly suspected that they "were partly instrumental rnbringing forward Patrick 'Stuart , brother to the late Sir Michael , with a view cf * y » n « nKflpii ng { he "Uliig interest in Renfrewshire ; veil , after having , as they thought , put every iron in the-fee , two of their number being in London en-¦ desvounag to manufacture a member , the
nndis-. gnbea" scorn shown for Patrick Smart , and the active measures taken by the Radicals as shown in CoL Thompson and Sharmau Crawford , bothoffmng to aid ia Mr . Roebuck ' s return by their presence , the digue became alarmed , and in their despair lushed to "William Dixon to entreat T » T" to stand as their map . ^ Again and again they besieged him and in vain , his answer being-that no consideration vofold induce him to stand against Mr . Roebuck , but that on the contrary , he would give his whole support to him . or any other who -was in favour of Universal Suffrage . Dixon is one of the best if not the very best in Glasgow , and would make an admirable member . The Radicals have repeatedly offered him their supoortv and "were it snDDosed that
he would go to Parliament , not onl y no titner would be put jap , but more fhan one Radical constituency Would receive him with open arms . Thj Wings "were now in , despair , and seeing the RaJIcals for -once well and inneonsly organized j-as a last resource they determined to try and thro-sv them off tlieir guard , by making Lord William Bentinck declare that he did not intend to go to the House - of Peers . Accordingly George Crawford , the clique agent , wrote up a letter desiring Beathick to copy it , < iirn it , and send it back ; but Lord William , although a capital man of business in the forenoon is not clvra / s correct after dinner * and instead of copying , lie dated and signed , and $ ent _ iack i / ie' -agenfs leKcr , very probably without having read it . In the meantime
Mr . Roebuck has arrived , and very iuju . i iously thrown himself inte the ha-. < Ls of the raoj-. rauparty , Heddeirwick , Turner , and Bailie Cr : t k- l-ein ? Ms chief supporters ; they are chiefly afraid of that marplot , Doctor Taylor , whose stubborn determina * tion cannot be overcome ,, and who watches every movement ¦ m . th . the « ye of a xuivrk , ready to pumice upon them , TnlieiiiJver th « y attempt to deceive . M'Kenzie , editor of the most blackguard and worst "written paper in the world , has declared tkat he will ior once act ^ the Radiea 3 , if that parly will haw nothing to do with Tayj-ob , Stephens , anl O'Co . x sor ; accordingly tlie first has been indusiriouslv iept out of tie coxmnitiee , rind the two iusi are not to be invited to give tlieir assistance . TJere was a meeting on Tirursdnv , the 21 st , in wMca a desperate effort was inaue by ti-e clique to re-elect
themselves as a Preform Association , the Radicals defeated them by a majority of nine , aiter a . hard battle . As a specimen of the reasoning displayed . 1 may quota the 11 th speech of Bailie ~ Craig . \ rhu in opposing a motion that a public meeting should l » e called to elect directors , said be was always glad to come before the public a . nd do every thing openly , hut he objected to Doctor Taylor taking any purr or giving any opinion for he was a non-elector . Dr . T . was sliamefuliy used and considering his circumstances , it was anything but manly in Heiucrwick to join Craigj Turser , < fcc , in- attempting to cru ^ h Mm by sneers and sarcasm . Dr . Taylor" stood his ground , however , and pitched it into them in cood style , as they . felt to their cost . The battle was erentually gained by the" Radicals , led on by Purdie , Moir , drc .
I have just returned from the great , meeting in theBazaar , which was crowded at threepence each , and at -which Mr . Rosbuck acquitted himself in noble style , and to the entire satisfaction of the meeting , always excepting the said John Taylor , amid repeated and enthusiastic cheering . He spoke of the many concessions the Radicals had made , and called upon the Whigs now to make a few , and they might journey on in peace ; if they , would not he was qnite prepared for war . Dr . Smael as one of the Whig party , asked Mr . Roebuck to . what extent be would aspect thenvto concede . Mr . Roebuck answered 1 st , Re-distribution of the electoral districts ; 2 nd , Repeal of the Septennial Act ; 3 rd , the 3 aliot ; 4 tu , Repeal of the Corn Laws ; and 5 th , ( as an esperimtntfrom which the Radicals did not expect aincli , but "which they were willing to trv in the meantime , ) Household Suffrage .
Dr . Ssiael said he was willing to go this length , and did not doubt bnt that many with whom he was accustomed to act , wonld do the same . Since Stephens was here , I have seen no . one to compare "with Mr . Roebuck in eloquence : his voice is not powerful , but be manages it with great skill ; his action is graceful and appropriate ; his sentences are constructed with consummate art , and his language exceedingly beautiful . Like O'Connor ani Stephens , he speaks without reference to notes ; and dr . rii . 'g a two hours' speech there never occurred even a momentary hesitation .
As he said he "was not a candidate at present , no other qnesnons were put 40 him , and consequently there was nothing said ^ bout the Poor Law Amendment Act . Undoubtedly , when the time conies , we will endeavour to induce him to withdraw Ms sup-^ port from this abomination . On Monday , the 25 th , at ten o ' clock , about a dozen men waited on Mr . Roebuck , to question him ¦ n pon Ms condnct in supporting the Poor Law Amendment Act . You are aware that in Scotland the question is not understood , and I am sorry to . say excites but little interest Mr . Charles Mathison led on the attack , by statins that the Bill had
created such universal hatred in England ^ thatitmnst be bad ; and entered into a general argument thai what was bad for England and opposed to her interests , could not be sanctioned in Scotland , and that , therefore , Mr . Roebuck would not have their support unless he showed that he legislated for the good of afl . Mr . Roebuck requested that the objectionable clauses might " be stated , and he would reply to them seriatim . " Mr . "Mathison' answered , that these were the appointment of three Commissioners , on large salaries ; the separation clauses between husband and wife , and mother and children ; the dietary cJanse , ^ nd the bastardv clause .
il . i .. Roebuck . —You know nothing about the matter 1 yon have taken up a cry , without understanding the question . ^ Mr . Walker . —Itisbecause we do not / understand the . question , that your condnct has appeared to eg strange , and we come here to be enlightened by Ton upon the point . : " Mt . Roebuck . —With regard to the appointment of Commissioners , I think three is too many ; but 1 am strongly of opinion , and always have betfn , that one weH-paid one was necessary , as a Court of Appeal for the poor against the tyranny of the local magistracy , who anftoo often igtsded by their prejudices , and uj course that Commissioner should reside at a distance fxem the parfies ^ freelromlocalrnfluences : With regard
to the separation between wife arid child , I always opposed it : with regard to that betw . een men and thdr wives , I think it right , arid am prepared to justify itj because men do not go into the poor-house forl ^ e , theyaremerelythereaspa ^ engersmaship , 1 or a temporary ; convenience , ¦ antil-they can obtain work , and a certain discipline is necessary , ' to prevent them : £ rom -sitting down in comfortable idleness , to the injury-of the iadnstrions labonrrng"Tnan , / wno has to best -ultimately all the expense . Besides , - upon the » e 6 re © Fmbrahty ^ nd decencyiitis necessary to separate the-men and wt « neri ; bedinse as each is not possftssed of a room to Mmielf , but ax or seven being together , it is obvidns tiiat Che men must be in one room and their wires m another . -JHecdrald assure
tnem jhat with regardto iictftieb . aa > een the wprkitgoltheBflim Hampshire , -an 4 hekaevfliattht ? iooa was fully equal , iJ not superior ; " toffltaVwlich , the industrious labourer was accuirtomed ibj arid a > u&ciency of iewcre it notior the clanfet involmg -a kind of discipline-which touched the pride of mans by-Ao » iM they were not in their own- houses , Tie - believed they would prefer the poor-houie , lo a the mjuTy ol-ihe industrious man . For the bastardy clans-, be . * as prepared to supportit , T > ecanse by the former Bfll anywoman wlto chose might swear a trMid to whoever ihe pleased -, im 4 by fixing too * cl-r ^ ynien --8 choolmaster ^ xrt surgeons ,-who lived upon their reputation , compel them to pay for jfeaf oi ' a ^ diseiasBre which ^ roultf injure them . ' ¦ Dr . Johs . Tatlob . —You hare siren sufficient
reasonier meappomtinfint . ' of a Coinmisaaner into the board of Gnardians ajTp named j not . bytheiafe payers * bnt by the " nnr > ersal sefflrages pf &eresideiite m eaehparisfiordi * ti 5 ct •' ¦ ' - ' ¦ i - ' - - ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ - - " ¦ - _ Mr . RozBrcK . —3 always consider that they should be so appointed . - ' - - —' ¦ - > - " ; .... . - D » i Tatmjij— Yon opposedihe separafiohbetweeittotherand children : on these puints tvb agree w ^ f -you . -Withrregsrd t * y fl ^^^ Son between maB "; and wife , XUiink yQ ^ haT ^ fi ^ a- Wj ^^^ oTirft ^ fc 8 w ^ l > eca se ; t he ^ ^ man-who-erilers H& ^ i MvBaa * T ?^? " ^ a ^ a ^ 'S ' mere ^^ &efr &M-¦ jdan ^^ ? t ai ^ cts ' r : aia ^ l » efi ^^ y % ie catf ieet xehfif there , he must ^ ev err ' amcWof-funiaur n ^ J * m bis cabin , and can never leare the ' i ' oor ' i House except as a pauper haTinffnoliomeio jo to .
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Mr . Roebdck . —This is not a clause in the New Act ; it is an nnrepealed clause in the old Act : and I always opposed it , as cruel and injudicious . * Dr . Tatlor . —No matter , while it existed you had no excuse for not opposing the separation of man and wife . As to the morality or decency of allowing them to be together , the question resolves itself into one of expense : and it does appear to me a little angular , that when the country can afford to build jails , prisons , penitentiaries , and bridewells , where seldom more than one , andnever more than two , are confined in the same room ; they cannot go to the same length for the unwilling idler , but treat the pauper worse than they do the criminal . Mr . Roebcck . —That is a nourish of oratory ; there is only one prison in England where such ia tTlt » mat * __ thp MfmanV PanifantioMr hVh ¦ 11
. V ^> . « , * a . A ^> -- .... — . ^ * III IIII ** IT . - . Dr . Tatlor . —It is a fact as regards Scotland . Mr . RoEBrcs . —I am glad to hear it , I was not aware of it . Dr . Tayxob . —You have thus given us no reason why the separation should take place ; but in the existence of the pauperising , clause- ^ a decisive argument against it . In regardlto the diet , I aver , in opposition to you , thatit is not a proper one ; and however it m * ay please in Hampshire ^ it creates . unmitigated disgust in tiie commercial jdstricts ^ of Lancashire . If your argument had in it any thing of truth , it could only apply to the strongable-bodieA man , and hot to the old and infirm : they , you must allow , should not only not be separated from their wires , but should have their comforts increased , and receive ont-door relief ; but it is notorious , that they are not so treated .
Mr . Roebuck . —I do not speak of the aged and infirm , they should be treated as you say ; and if they are not so treated , is is contrary to the spirit of the Act . ¦ .-.- ¦ . Dr . Taylor . — As regards the bastardy clause , although women might swear a child to any one , they were obliged to bring some corroborative evidence . The case is the same in Scotland . Mr . Roebuck . —There is your mistake ; the clause was one in the old Bill , and the onl y alteration made in it was , to require that corroborative evidence of which you speak .
Dr . Taylor . —Are you aware what-extent of corroborative evidence is reqtiired in LugLmd r Mr . Roebuck . —Xot precisely . Dr . Taylor . —Because it may be such as would in many cases be impossible to be got , and hate the effect of throwing the burden of the child npon the mother . If the law is the same as in Scotland , I approve of tbe change from tbe old one . Mr . Ale . Nish , from the cotton spinners , said , that injustice to their English brethren , who had so gallantly supported them , he and those with him , thought it tlieir duty to make this a question of importance at every election ; and no man would have his support , who att . inpted to enforce a law which gave sucli general dissuii > faction . Mr . Roebucs . —I do not npprove of the manner in wMch Government are attempting to enforce it .
DocToii Taylor . —I am to conclude , then , that you will bring in a bill to amend the clauses complained of , with the exception of the separation clause between able-bodied men and their wives ; or will support iiny bill to that effect , —and tuut whether the law is a good or a bad one , you ' . vill oppose , the enforcement of it uutil the people themselves demand it . Mr . Roebuck . —I o-ppevsed these clauses . I will do so again , and certaiuly 1 would object to tlie bill being curried out until the pi-ople are prepared to recehe it as a boon . The deputation tlinn took their leave .
I naw given the conversation as carried on by Doctor Taylor chiefly , though such was ^ ot ilie fact " , because I am not sure of tluj names and Temarks of the others , and 1 know that Taylor sumiked up . The same evening Mr . Roebuck delivered a lecture on Colonial Legislation , but was not in very good temper , which seemed to affect his voice , as lie was not heard . The only tiling remarkable ' . vas a deserved castigation smashingly administered to the press of Glasgow , bat which was unfortunately too general , and in which lie so far allowed his temper to get the better of lain as to make the absurd threat that he would put down the press of Glasgow . His meaning evidently Ttas tb-atl ^ e woxild oveicoine the malice- of that portion -which libelled lum ; but tis expressions were unfortunately chosen , and furnished hi * active enemies with a handle for
vituperation , and las lukewarm admirers with an excuse for deserting him . In spite of all his attempts at conciliation , as soon as the Whigs thought they had created a split among the . Radicals by insulting the more decided of them , their organs turned upon Mr . Roebuck , and , to his astonishment , ( thoug h not to mine ) opened out their battery of Billingsgate ag . iinst him , and it was then only that he took his proper position . In the meantime a disgraceful insult was offered to Dr . Taylor , by some of Roebucks committee , in a letter * in the Keening Post , ( unintentional , it is said , ) and when John demanded that justice should be done to him by the committee repudiating the document as
coming merely from six . individuals not sanctioned by the body , a division took place , when a small majority decided upon continuing the injustice for fear tkat the enemy luight see symptoms of disunion , and they had tue cool impudence to propose that he should submit in silence ; they build too much upon his good nature , and en Saturday next will n ' nd themselves mistaken . In the meantime , a party of forty gentlemen , many of them committee-men , to show their contempt of such drivelling , invited Dr . Taylor to supper , on the night of the coronation , of which 1 sendyou a report for insertion , as yours is the only paperto which the Scottish people cun now look for aid .
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DINNER TO ANDREW GEMM 1 LL , ESQ ., AGZXT rOB THE COTTON SPINXERS . ( From our Glusgvte Correspondent . ) On Friday , the 9 th of June , a splendid dinner was given in the Clyr . esdale Arms Inn , to this indefatigable agent of the combined workmen , and we are confident that no nieher or more merited compliment was ever paid by the working classes to a professional man , than on lids occasion ; among the guests invited on tlie occasion , we observed the bailsmea to the number , we think , of fourteen . The dinner took place at eight o ' clock . Mr . Robert McFailanein the chair . Messrs . John Cumming , Andrew Thompson , and Jacob Wilson , croupiers . One hundred gentlemen sat down to the repast , and a magnificent band was in attendance .
Alter the cloth was removed the Chairman gave first the toast of " The people . " Then " The Queen , and may she extend her mercy to' the Cotton Spinners now unjustly confined in the kulks . ' ( Great cheering . ) ^ Mr . Angus Campbcll then introduced the toast of the evening , and after an admirable expose of the whole circumstances attending the late trial , and a well-merited eulogiumupon the professional talents , kind-heartedness , and assiduity of their Agent , as displayed not ¦ merely in the present instance , but throughout the whole of his career ; concluded bjproposing "The health of Axbrew Gemmill , the honest lawyer . " ( Nine times nine repeated cheering , and tune by the band ' "A maiCs a num for a '
that , " ) Mr . Gemmill returned thanks , and prefaced his toast by an admirable speech , in which he showed the tremendous difficulties to be overcome , the partiality against which he had to fight , and thepubheopiniou wiiich he had to brave . He was listened to throughout with the deepest attention , and frequently and loudly cheered . He concluded by proposing the health of " The Edinburgh Counsel and Agents who had defended the men with consummate ability . " ( Drank with three times three , tune " The Flowers : ofEdjnborgh . " f . _ - - - . Mr . Smael proposed the health of " The bailsmen , those freemen who came''so gallantly forward as security for their brethren in affliction , and to whose
kindness more than one wife andmother"was indebted for having a near and dear-relative rescued from a jaiL ' ( Great applause . ) Air— "JVe ' ve aye been ^ provided for , and sae trill we yet . " Mr . Walker in name cf the "bailsmen returned thanks , and said th&the knew do higher gratification than being able to stand forward in defence of suffering innocence , and help to . stem the tide of tyranny which was so rapidly getting in against the rights of labour . He proposed " The Associated Operative . Cotton Spinners of Glasgow , and . may they be ever ready to resist every attempt of the administration to inflict partial law . " Mr . Ccbr-i - Tepned , and with much feeling gave " The beakhfpf tiie five banished Cotton Spinners /
Mr . DExx . ga , ve " The healths of the three delegates to London , whahad so well acquitted themselves of their arduous task . " .. _ ; . . -,. / . . -... " " , . ; Mt . M'Nish replisd , and gave a deeply interesting abebunj of their ^ roceedhigs ; nothing tould have be «? n Jaore graphic thaiLjlns description tof ihe various iip ^ mews . the& ^ had w ^' . thejidifferepf ^ teidbersof Committee , the . contrast between , " the exdted hopes of their friends before the * examination commenced , and theil ^ au bat . despair while Sheriff Alison iwas libeffih ^ theii £ ^ f as atpitall ^ > aenictea ^ . tod ' feir del ^ ht . aud finrprise w ^ n t& . ^ n ^ iorih ' e ^ Sheriff s . ' enoiaffe was proved , tft fie &fc ?» ^^» " well sKbwn , ' and the company preset testified their approval bi reconla
imposing ? lfi $ . ffeirt&Sahd ^ I ^ onCottjinlttee ^ i ^ . fia ^ ciei 5 a * Qife , ? ibble ^ t aifd hanifcomest wwy to"them ^ aD | d wfi ^ s ^ eSbx ^^ iheyl . ^ t ! dly ; h » pe to [ repay , Wttey " ^ rti ^ yi . n « yer , Mnli ;; &jget tarn . ± a-r * Here ' s to the friends far . awa . . > [ ^ - Mr . Me Ca'TObb proposed "The Committee of the ' ^ aesof . Glasgowv" ^ ¦¦ -- - - . - > : " - . ' ¦¦ [ ¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦;• ; . Mi .. GiLt £ spiEietupa 0 d ^ iiirifcf tod s ^ J 3 , ^ tiat their wfchad . bie ^ rend ^ r ^ pTeagaBt ^ pmihe knb wlidge wat thence were only defenoing injured . ijuiocf nee : ^^ i «* t 5 tn 1 il «« bp pTe « Q OT % and cbnnMtr ati Tel y easy ¦» am ttie greaVrapport they had'receifed from ; their : Breni ^ n of fiigland and Scotland . j .... The Chuiuus gave ' . ' the Croupiers , " to > Meh Mt . CvrMMixG replied , Hb said he had that'day beenin a printing office , and having taken up a proof
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sheet , he was struck with a sentiment he would now repeat .,- . It was ' ^ That without an organ , we coul ^ never be united , and without union we could iiever be free . " Ifwe could have hadfair play from the press during the late events , great as hact been the exertiong of our brethren at a distance , they would have fceen far more successful , nor would the foul calumnies which with one honourable exception , the whole press of Scotland circulated against them have had any weight in prejudicing their case ; as he save the conductor of the Liberator among them , he would couple that man ' s name with the toast allotted to him . He then gave " Dr . John Taylor , and the Freedom of the Press . " Dr . Tatlor rose amid great cheering , and delivered one of the finest speeches we have ever heard from him . His subject was the " Health of Lord Brougham arid Mr .- Wakley , M . P ., " and in tracing
the career of Lord Brougham , the speaker wandered over thevaried fields of science ^ . learning and politics in which the life of that extraordinary man hag passed , - touching with a gentle hand npon the points in which he differed from him , and bringing putin vigorous and startling array the many benefits he had conferred on mankind ^ He wore a garland which any man might be proud of , and placing the defence of the Cotton Spinners as one of the brightest flowers init , wreatheditround the brows < jfBroughara and Wakleyyamid continued and repeated cheering : On'the Chairman ' s health being proposed by Mr . JoHK 8 toif , the former repliecf , and gave " Mr . Smith of the Black Boy tarern , " which was received with applause , and replied to by .-:-. Mt . - Smithin a humonrbusanil witty speech . The "Health of Mr . Gemmill' * was given with all thehonoars . AL > o " the Wives and Families of the Banished Men . "
Dr . Taylor being again called upon , made a masterly display of hisoratoricalpowers , in proposing " tha memory of Beaumont , " aad-.- ^ the healths of O'Connor and Stepherii . " If in his former speech he had been hampered by being at variance on many points with Brougham , he had no such '' difficulty here . He entered with heart and soul into his subject , and amid repeated cheering drew a glorious picture of the unflinching spirit , herculean efforts ' , and consummate talents of these men . To say that he carried the feelings of his audience along with him
is to say nothing ; he roused them to a pitch of enthnsiasm that beggars description , and Rat down amid tremendous applause , tfee band immediately striking up " Erin go bfugh . " "The health and success of the Band" was then given , and a glorious burst of cheering for Universal Suffrage , Roebuck , Col . Thompson , and Sharman Crawford , the meeting separating at an early hour of the morning . During the course of the evening the company were delighted with various songs i ' rom Mr . Pearson and M / . Clerk .
The arrangements were so aduiirablj' made that not the slightest accident occurred to mar the harmony of the party . Not a plate or a glass was broken , and we only wish that tlie worst enemy of the working men in general , and the cotton spinners in particular , had been there to witness tlie oitier and decorum that prevailed , and the tale . ut displayed , confident that such an exhibition would have gone i ' ar to destroy his prejudices . We have given raXhw a description than a report , for to have donejuitiee to the speeches would have required the whole columns of the Star .
Celebration Of The Coronation At Stockport.
CELEBRATION OF THE CORONATION AT STOCKPORT .
GAS LIGHT AXD THE COKN LAWS . Mr . Goulden , suTgeon , of Stock port , -wishing to celt-brate the Coronation in somt > way which would make an impression upon the minds of the lniiltitude , . selected the following device , No Coux Laws , in Gas , in letters nine inches lon ^ , ; nid underneath which was a board , on which was posted a very large placard bearing the following imprint : — " People of Ensland when will you optn your eyes ?
FUURPENNY LOAVES . English . Fuesch . Russian . }' Under tlie board were suspended tl * ree loaves ill the following order , viz : —one of ' 2 \ hs . under the word English ; one of 4 lbs . under French ; and another of bibs , under the word Russian ; so that the eightpenny lov . f would be fourpence in France , aud the shilling loaf fourpence in Russia , which is near the mark , as any one will see who will examine the weekly returns of the prices of Euglish and foreign srrain .
The crowds which , for thrje successive nights , until a late hour , came from all parts of the borough to witness the imposing and instructive spectacle , evinced the intemst thus excited ; and the Corn Law , Free Trade , and other political debates , to which it gave rise amongst the spectator . ^ would fill a volume with sensible as . well ivs diwrting lnatter . This new application of the illuminating . power of gas may , in tune , do much , as a striking : device will make a more powerful impression . " On tlw iiiinda pf the unrenecting , than a abL ' . ' and lengthy diBsortation on . the subject . The hicroglyphical symbols appeared to be genaralJy uudfirstood , and the exclamations of " Eh what a big loaf for fourpeuce in Russia , " by mere childdren , and the impression it appeared to make oil their mirds , was particularly gratifying . '
If all the money expended in unmeaning V . R . ' s nags , and gunpowder , had been spent in devices like the above , an impression not easily to be erased , would have been made on the many thousands .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Friday , June 29 . The Earl of Mulgrave took his seat as Marquis of Normandy . Lord BROUGHAM presented petitions against the Charitable Estates Trustees Bill ; and the Bishop of EXETER against the Irish system of National Education , and for the Repeal of the Poor Law Amendment Act . On the motion of Lord LANSDOWNE v the Irish , Processions Bill was read a second time .
Lord STRANG FORD presented a petition against the Benefices Plurality Bill ; and the Duke of RUTLAND two against the annual grant to Maynooth College . His Grace , in presenting a petition irom ... the Guardians of the Poor of the Union of Bingham , in the county of Nottingham , praying for an amendment of certain parts of the Neuv Poor Law Act , took an opportunity " of pointing out the benefits which had been -derived from the Poor Law Amendment Act in that part of the country with which he was immediately connected . "
For this " gratifying statement , " as Lord Brougham called it , he received the doubtful honourof an eulogiuiu from the Noble Ex-Chancellor . _ Lord Di . N . M AN presented a Bill for the Abolition , in certain cases , of Oaths taken in the course of Judicial Proceedings . The Bill was introduced in consea . uence of the rejection from the Oaths Validity Bill of that part which gave to individuals who had seceded from the Society of Friends , and who had not adopted auy other pavticuVaT lorni of Christian faith , a right to give their affinnation instead of taking an oath . The present Bill was made more general , as it did not specify the seceder from any particular sect . He should move that the Bill be now read a first time , and that it be read a second time on Thursday next .
After some opposition , the Bill was read a first hme ,: and ordered to be read a second time on Thrirsdaynext . Lord BftOUGHAM postponed from Monday next till Friday , the lOtfe , the motion of which he had given notice , in reference to the cessation , of Indentured Apprenticeship in the Crown Colonies , - Earl FlTZWiLLlAM , in reply to a question from Lord Brougham , stated , that he would present the petitions of which he had given notice , praying for a Repeal of the Com Laws , on Monday next . in answer to a question from Lord Wicklow , Lord MELBOURNE said , that no successor to Colonel S . Kennedy had been appointed . The situadon'had been offered to aa officer at present with the anny in . Canada , but no answer had yet been received from him .
• On the motion of Lord GLENELG , the Natives of India Protection Bill was read a third time and passed . ' ' " : ' ;¦ : ¦ On ^ ie motion of thV same Noble Lord , the Western Australia Act Cbntinuance Bill was read a second time , and ordered to be committed on Mondaynwtt . . " ' ; - ; . - " ' " . ¦ -:-- . ¦ . .. . ¦ . . " - . ' ¦;¦ - Their Lordships then adjourned tUl Monday : next . ' . - -: "¦; - ¦ " . - . - . : - .: . . .-. . : . ¦ Theilouseof Gommona did not sit , there being only nineteen Membars present at four o ' clock . ¦ -, ' ,
¦ : Monday , July 2 . / * 1 . A conversafion tobk p tace' ° relatiye to the apppititment conferred bhMr . Turtoh by Lord Durham ' ' Xbta-. ' ^ WHARNCLrPf E , aifter duoting ^ the answ ' era ' % Mch ' Lotd M'elbonifne' had ' giyehi dn former occasions to qnestibn '« pW to him on ithis fiftbjwt , ^ which wepa-to the . effect that Mr . Turtoh would not-be appwnted to any-pffi ^ e , jn Canad a ^ parted ., upon Lord Melbourne , Iq ,, reconcile . these answers . with the fact of Mj . Tnrtbn ' sappointment to . ^ the-office of . Second Secretary -to the General
lioyertiMentbf Canada . ; ' ' - - ' - ^ ' lord MELBOURNE , in reply , Wid : « Heriifc ' mitied that ^ he Vords he ^ ( Lb ^ SoU i ^) had used on the occSsionsallW ^ a to , " as Quoted byithe -ISoWe Lorji , tfere exactly . accutjtei ^ He beueved ihat the-4 e « i » tQhes refceivedfrom . Lotd Poxham , e ^ ntoned . no ; afioount , whatsoByei ; of that appdintxnepX , or thagrpands onwhjch such an appointenent * *? ^ k ^ * P ^* ' 7 statemenL however , which . hadbeen quoted by the Noble Lord from the vyfec . Gazette , ^ left no doubt as to the fact . As for himself , he could only * ay that it was with vprr
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great concern atid surprise he saw that appointment announced . At ^^ the time that he made the etatew ment to the House which had been referred to , he felt confident thai no such appointment would take place . : - . . : : - ' :-. ¦ : ¦ .. • ¦ ' , ¦¦ ..: ¦ ¦ : ¦ ' ' :-. '''¦ ¦¦ " ¦ . ;¦' ... ' i ; ; - " : " ¦ : ¦ ' ;¦ ' . ; ' ; When -this answer is known ill Canada , we suppose thaVeither Lord Durham or Mr . Turton , or both will thmk it . necessary to tender their resignations . Lord MELBOURNE stated , in answer to a
questipnfrom Lord Brougham , that he had heard Cte report that it was the intefltidn of the Viceroy of hgypt to . declare himself independent of the Porte , but that he beheved the Government had received no direct intelligence on the subject . Lord ELLENBOROUGfi gave notice , that he would to-day ptit a queBtipn to Lord Glenelg relative to an order which ifasbeen issued by Lord Durham , and which ' M addressed to the Members of the Exe ! cutive Coutocil of Lbwer Canada .
^ The Benefices PiuralityxBiU was read a second tome , and ordered to be committed on Monday week . 'V ; . - . ::-: ¦ . - - . •; ¦ ¦ ' : ;¦ . ..-.- .. . ¦ : ¦ , ¦ . ; " ¦ The House adjourned soon after seven o'clock
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Monday July 2 . LoriPA JJME ; JSTON stated , in amw w to a ques-U ° ^ ¥ * Mffdwnj relative to the occupation pfA ^ iers by the Fr « nch , > 'that th * re hadnotpaSed " betweenthe ; Governmentsof Enrlandand Ranee £ i . Other communication similar to that which haoVtakenplac » in 1830- ' It was , pwhaps , ' right to state ^ atthe question was felt to stand since th © conquest of Algiers by France , in a very difterent position from that in : whichit had stood before . It nught have been competent to the EriElish ^!!^! ^ S ^ « ton a very distinct * unaerstanding with the Govenimeat
then existing m France as to : the future disposal of that territory But oncethe conquest was made , and the national " pride of France embarked in the expedition , and " when great saenhces had been incurred , the House " wouldvsee that the question as between the two ' countnes had assumed a very different character ; " and h . . Majesty ' s Government had not thought it ¦ expedient to enterinto any further communicai tion with the Government of France upon the subject , or to make any further demand . ^ bir R . PEEL withdrew . till , next session his Bill lor tlie regulation of the trial of controverted elections . : : - . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ...... ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ . ¦¦
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated , in answer to questions put to him , that it was his intention to carry tins Session , if possible , the Imprisonnient for Debt Bill and the Registration of Electors - » -m m * . ., I \ - ^ - ^ ~ « h ^ 4 ^ r V **> f 4 W
* Nearly the whale of the remainder of the sitting was occupied with a discussion npon the Tithes ( Ireland ) Bill . The House adjourned at 2 o ' clock .
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the Editors of "'The Northern Star" vish to be distinct y understood tluit in affording a which for the discussion oj ( " ¦ eat Public Questions , they are rwt to be identified with the Sentiments or-the Languageof' their several Correspondents .
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Ge , vtu : men \ , — Iliad intended to have addressed a letter this week , t # the people of England , on the present state of affairs , with a view" to lead them seriously to ask themselves , what , as Christians , and lati'iots , are we now required to do ? On second thought- ! , I have determined , that the wisest plan will be , to " leave them to ponder over the extracts and authorities which arei containeil in my letter , ( iustirted in your last , ) to theEARL of H ADDiNGTON ; I wish them to connect those extracts and authorities , with tlie Government-deterininatioii to etijorce the Now Poor Law—to establish a rural police—after they have dared to laugh at the petitivns of hundreds of thousands of the people , because there were no i-iu . Es , no MURDBiis . If the people will keep all these tili in tueir
ngs minds , taey will be able to appreciate the advice which I shall give them . It : may-nod be amiss , at present , to extract , from the speech made by Lord JVJahon , at the last dinner to commemorate the birthday of the late Right Hon . \ yn , LiAM Pitt , held in London , on the 23 d inst . ( when the 'Marquis of Salisbury was in the chair , and when theelite of the Conservativeparty were present ^) a few uv > stvi ^ c « lientDbseryationswliich appear to have been received with cheers , and which must have had reference to the Poor Law Staff of Commissioners , Assistant Commissioners ^ Clerks , and their subordinate Officers ¦ ; and the emploj-nient , in Rt'RAt districts , of the London police ; as well as the contemplated establishment of the Frenchifiedrvhal pomce . These
oxtracts . will surely set the " Conservatives'' throughout Engiau . dj seriously to enquire , what does uutv now require frotn us ? Lono Mahon is reported to have saicf , ou the occasion referred to ; " I say improve that you may pr . } serve —( cheers , )—and let every alteration be made strictly , on the principles &n& for the maintenance of our ancient institutions . ( Cheers . ) Such were the principles of the public life of Mr . Pitt , and such were the only principles on which alterations could ever be made either satisfactorily or permanent . ( Cheers . ) Depend on it , any alterations made on other principles which did not spring from the natural English soil , fostered by our English climate , would neither grow nor thrive ( cheers ); that all French exotics , though they ^^ might look fair for
a season , would never strike deep root in the ground— ( cheers)—but ivould differ as much from ewr English laws as a Young growing tree fromvabough just torn off its stem and struck iin « the ground . ( Cheers . ) " Thus spoke Lord M ahon to an assembly of the highest order of "Conservatives . " Thus were these sentiments cheered by his hearers , so lately as Saturday last . The toast to which he was speaking was , "May theprbiciples of Mr . Pitt always animate the councils of Great Britain . " if there be any meaning connected with the sound of words ; every sentiment uttered by Lord Mahon , and cheered by the noble " Conservatives , " was declaratory of enmity to the New Poor Law . Its very nature and obiect were held mi to tlis
contempt of the ? hearers , and its principles were pronounced to be the reverse of those of Mr . Pitt . If I have misconceived Lord MahOn , I shall indeed be sorry ; 1 cannot doubt that his allusion was mainly to the New Poor Law and the Rural Police . I have not , however , I am sure , misrepresented the princi - ples of Mr . Pitt , as 1 will shortly prove by his own words . And I have a right to require that the "Conservatives " : who are everlastingly boasting about " the ¦ Principles of Mr .-Pitty' should either repeal the New Poor Law , or for ever eschew tile principles of Pitt . Unless the " Conservatives , " from , the Duke of WELLiNuTOJJ and Sir RoiiEitT Peel dpwnwards , are resolvea to appear before the nation as convicted hypocrite ^ when they thus profess their attachment to " the Principles of Mr . Pitt . "
they must resolve to repeal . the accursed neto Poor Law—for Mr . Pitt has recorded his principles in the following words . —VEyerypoor man has a right to be made comforluble in his own dwelling'r-tinisELY and his -family , and to be furnished with a cow or pig or s 6 me other animal yeilding profit . " And again , Mr . Pitt hasdeclared , that his principles require , that " the law ^ which prohibits relief , where any visible property remains- , should be ABOLiSHEh . That degrading iconditioii should be withdrawn . No temporary occasion should force a British subjects part icitU the last shilling of his little capital ^; and descend to a state of wretchedness from which he could never recQ \ 'er , Merelythat heihtghtbe entitled to a casual relief . " . Do the "Conservative nobles "
suppose that Mr . Ejtt was a fool ? That be said one thing , and meant ^ another ¦? Or , that he did notknow what were his Own principles ? or ho w to explain'them in the Euglishlanguage ? If they have fdrffo tten _ what Were the / principles of Mr . Pitt , as . explained by himself , I have-not ; Let them cease to toast * liie principles of Mr , Pitt ' *—or leave the company of traitors to our ' ' ¦ ancient Institutions "— -mj / jo know that they have laid a mine under < Ae Altar . and , the Throne , % their plunder and ^^ destruction of ^ thecomfortso / ieeoTTAGE through their AccyasEp : New Poor Law . }' . Let the "Con ^ rvatAves" say , j , s ittkeir will that the pid English Oak Bhall be supplanted to make room for the -French . Willow f \ X not , what ishow their ; ? to
dutyI begin iancy that ruave'discovered the reason why "Tory" was ' changed for "Conservative ;" : was it not to enable the ' professed admirers of Pitt and of our . ! a «« enti >^»/< rfio «* , : tO embrace the accursed prindples of Miia hus 1 and so to help tlie Whig * yp drive . the poor trom ^^ Nature ' s feast ? i fear that it . was , I . oni imqre and more thankful thatJT was . neypr . ojiice . betrayed into the < ric / t of ch , an § mg . names . , " : . WpA ^ thatl coul d fengag e' the serious attention of ^ the ^ ^ Mairquis of Siidl ^ BURy , theEarl of H arewood , and the remainder of khePiTTtTES , who listened to , - ^ ' ! # P ** ^ " ^ ' . ' - - B ^ irtimentsV of td . rd , MAHor * . I thfiiKl * C ! Ould ' then ^ botfvincetKenifidw very ' ridiciilous they' ^ nake v theiriselyes' appear " '" . to men- ' of honest principles andcommdrisense ; while < they pretend , as ; they Vjiowif do ? i ; toi revere ;;^ iA principles of
Mr . Pitt ,, and at the same time , are either directly supporting , or ^^ dar ^ not oppose , ; ^ ( he principles at BuoyuHam ' and , ^^ AhftLvsW yf ^ hLpriiicipjes , ate ^ a opposite tq ejach . pth ^ r as light and ^ darkness , ^—as far removed a «( j | ea , ^ e ? i ; is from . hell . . If Pit * ^ rere nght , ~ MALTHU 8 i and'Brougham ' are wrpngi If Pitt ' s principles are founded on truth 6 ti&Justice , the New Poor Law ; isjiaa-the venerable EARt of Eldon said it was "//** most execrable law : whteh ; tiias ever maele&faia . Christian couiiffry . " Pirq well knew that ; th& only . safe and sure ' way to perpetuateithe ^ Mncieni Institutions' * of this Country ; , . ^ as ' to fmmd them qn the hippiuessy the SecAity , the comfort , and the nutn&er of'the cottagerei He knew , % u well , ( for he waa all over JEngUsb . ; , ) that the throne , and the church , and the laws , could only be rnainlained , by doing Justice to tte labourers . He was well
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persuaded , that there wai room , and food endngS for them all , and that the nation ' s strength cvnsistedin the n vsiBER arid contentmewt of the ' working millions How digerentf these principlies M those } 6 f Brougham-and MavthusI ! See the labbnrelrt , ' as PiTTwouldhavehadthem , '' themselve 8 a ? jrf / A ^/ o » ites , comfortable in their mm dwelling * , surrotnded with a cow ot a jw& or some ether animal yielding profit . " And this too , as a master x > f tf BiaHT' ?—not of charity ! On the other hand , see them doomed by Malthds and Brougham to tieparatibn and imprison ment—to torture and to secret * tVKpiiR . Vl All too in d ^ ^ c ^ ty ' See tnoie principles yri&k Pitt abhorred and loathed and detested , incorporated m the . «* execrable "New Poor Law , which assomeg
tnatwe have too many labpur « r » i thatwe have no room—no f 03 d for them I—that they have ho right to dwell in the land of their birth , and be fed , ! and that the throne and the ^ ancient Institutions " of this country , can only ; be maintained ^ by forcing the labourere , either "to live on a coarser sari of food . " or by dnving them out of their native taM ! or ^ POISONING THEMIN PURE CHARITY IN PRISONS ! , ! This operation ; it is avmced , cannot be carried out , exceptaneby ^ establishinga FrencifiedKVKAhvou ch , by degrading ^ the magistracy * and by destroving the / oca / , beundanes , jurisdictions ,, officers and habits of the English nation ; and after . the manner of France , centralizing all power , transformingTEngl and ^ to LoNDOsr , and removing St . Stephen ' s and Sfe James ' s to Somerset House !!• The Pittites !' professing to revere ^ the principles of Mr . Pittare now
^ following a leader , who is the very heart arid soul of these anti-English , Frenchified ^ infidel measures !! 1 hese are factswhich novia }^ can , jiehy ^ It is high time for those nobles , ^ horeally do ^ reverethe " priuci plesof Mr . Pitt" and of the EARL ' of EtDON ^ -to consider the . se things- ^ and to remember , that at present they are proving to the people of England , their gross inconsistency , ' and consequ&tly are only exposing their own tveabiess . Itis not possible that a Pittite can be a Malthusian ! It is not possible that a PfTTiTE can snpport the New Psor Lav ?! ' It is not possible , that the * rewc / j centralizing police can be endured in England ! Then why . should tHe Pittites and the Eldonites py longer aceelerAte the downfall of OUr " ANCIENjr iN 8 TITUTIOJJa : " : Vlir
lollowing leaders who are avowed Malthusuns , and who are worshippers of the French system of poUce and centralization , as well as supporters of the " execrable" unconstitutional New Poor Law ? fhey may well have changed their name from « TY A ° co ? SERVATivE ?» They will some day find ourtheir mistake ; would that it may be before their lufiuence has been prostrated and destroyed bv that power , whose soul is incorporated ia . the New Poor Law , and which is as much the e « my of the altar and the throne , as it is of the cottage ! Leaving the Pittites to ponder awhile ^ I will endeavour to interest your readers with a few communications , which they will be surprised to learn have passedbetweenEarl RADNORandmyself . 1 never throw to
away an opportunity grapple with an opponent , however high his rank . On the 8 th instant , to mv dehght and surprise , I received from Eari . Radnor a hst of about jo murders lately committed in Coventry Workhouse ! His Lordship seems to be anxious to wash the blood of these poor creatures off the hands of the Poor Law Commissioners , and , consequently , to lay these murders at the door ofthe good old Poor Law;—when hehas answered my questions , we shall jee whether all this bloodhas nottein shed hi thesuggestwn ofthe Commissioners . I request that you will copy the document word by word , in order that your readers may have the names , ages , and diseases of these poor victims ! Some three or four of them may , perhaps , have died natural deaths- ^ -THE' others were all yxDOu-BTEni / y- poisoned ! Such a list of murders wax never before returned to Parliamentnever was such a table laid before the public ! If this list does
not harrow up the souls , and nerve the arms of Englishmen , nothing ivitl . ' . nothing can ! Snrely after this , we shall have a law passed , requiring that an inquest be held upon every pauper who uiesih an Union workhouse . If not , the people will know , that murder is intended to be perpetrated with impunity , under " the rules and order * ofthe Commissioners , " --and that thesu accursed Bastilesare none other , than modem GoLdOTHAs . ' : '¦ -. Read the 'Return' Englishmen , with your Bible in your new , and your wives and children listening ! A RETURN of the Number of Persons who have died in the workhouse at Coventry in the . , Quarter ending 25 th March , 1838 ; specifying the Age of each , and the Malady of which each died , and whether the said Workhouse is managed according to Rules and Regulations ordered by the Poor Law Commissioners .
Is the Workhouse v ,, ~ , i ,,,. . t ^ ,. , ' , managed accord-Number ^ g ,, of each Malady ing to the Rules who have Pauper who of which and . Regulations of < " 42 Brown , John—4 years Ditto * 43 Chantrill , John 3 — Ditto > . , 44 Moore , E ; 79 — Ditto " 2 45 Denny , E 5- Ditto I 46 Shaw , E 6 _ Ditto 1 47 White , Ew-d . .. 68 —? Diseased " v . Lunprs p * 48 Buckler , R . .. 71 — Cholera Q 49 Royle , Edwin .. 3 years < S : Ditte - ~ S 6 inontna . & 50 Cheslin , Vrm ... 2 yeaTs& Ditt » Q 6 months g M Green , James 88 years Ditto " 52 MorbRrry , T . 83 — Ditto 2 53 Edinond 3 , T . 65 — Ditto ' ¦ B ? 54 Slaney , John 68 — Ditto ^~ 55 Bullock , Sage 79 — Ditto ° . 56 White , Sophia 5— Ditto c , 57 Elliott , Mary . . 89 — Ditto 2 58 Da well , Mary ,. 79 — Ditto S 59 Ashb y . Ann .. 83 — Ditto g 60 Wella , Mary .. 73 — Ditto »" 61 Judd ; E . ... i 74- , Ditto S 62 Ward , Esther 72 ' . — Ditto » 63 Buckler , David , The day it 5 Was born g 64 Denny , Mary , 76 ye&ra Cholera " ^ 65 Dorrington , G . 1 year & Water in & 6 months the Head 66 Atkins , H ..... 82 years Cholera 67 Smith , J . .... 14 — Ditto . ' 68 Timaresk . S . .. 8 — . Glandular ¦ Disease . 69 Wooayer , J . 10 months Measles 70 Ortun , Jane ., 87 years Decay ot . Nature . 71 Copknill , — Thedayit - — - ^ r ¦ wasborh . . ' ¦ ' . ¦ - 72 Vick . T . 57 yeara Cotigh and Fever 73 Cheslin , J ..... 40 years Chronic Dysentery . -
ROBERT ABBOTTS , plerk to the Directors . V The only remark which EARt Radnor makes in the abow most awful document , is , in tb . 6 matgin . in the folio wing words : — : , ^' , 'VThisanswer ' ( inthe last column ) " oughtin fact to have been > no ' . It is quite cleari thai ^ this workhou ^ is » ot under the Rules , < fec ^ , of th e Poor Law Commissioners . ., ; ., . !'
. •¦ ¦ , R ^ N . ' « To Richard Oastler , E ^ ., ^ ^ W " . ; FixbyHall ^ HWdersneltL ' ; ^ ^ « i % ^ fe ^^™?^ ^ cojtrununication with the Eart , ; I felfcexceedmgly objig ^ a to imn , for tfur-Tiishing me wdfr such art important tfocifmenk titft nestoot thuis honoured me , " I ' sKould / md&t t ) fobablyi nevefha ^^ eeh Tt ^ i ^^ -ooni ^^^ v ^ atlmy Parliamentary 1 ; frierids ftreiexceetHn ^ lreniiisjih ^ y do not , ias they dU j ghtto-dojfiend ^ 'ttf ^ ffi ^ returns ,. on the Factory ' . and PoOriliawi ^ Bestion * . Thfrmore thanks ¦ are due to my opponent ^ for iupplying my Tm-ants in that respect . ( i > - I felt ; grateftil to the Earl , and I told Km so in the j following letter : ; ' ' . ' . ¦ ¦ : . ' - i - ^
"TO THE RIGHT HON . EARL RADNOR ; ; ¦ : "My - Lord , —I have tlie Bonour ^ ^ knowledge ; the receipt from ' your Lordship , of a coby oT » : ¦* retiirn of the Aumbeif of person * whomed m tOyeatry wprkhousei &c . ? ' for wfliehVteg thatjrou - willac ^ ept my-vgratefulth-ankB ^ 'U ^ - * $ . ' - ' '^¦' ¦ '¦ Jr : ^" -V . i ^ . ' AltlxoTiffh < Aat WOTkhccase asv «^ \ l ndertheGommi » - doners , I have zeett a ^ stitement ^ that xm » : ipf jtbe Asslstan t Cominlsisionera wwted that place , and that in consequenceof hisinstructions , thediet waa altered , and then , that these deaths were the result .
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- :- / TJ erecan bg& ^ oubWftatin . fiw ^ e ^^ O Juat ^ ^^ tbJngs are . MuitpKBs . ¦ ^^ E ^ ExcusejnW ' my Lord , ithe ¦ nmxiarv > i&Mi Economists , always forget thatman i ^ ot * M machine ; but that he is a ' creature of thouikl iS ! * aad prejudice , as well as of very anperioi i& 2 & organization . ' -I ¦;¦ ¦ ¦ " ' ^ 4 ^^ W jpeak with great defertsnee to yottf r ^ ship ; bat I do assure you , ( enthusiasm aW ?? New Poor Law will aa ; effectnally level ( KgWrii * murder paupers . ^ ; - ; . 8 " 7 -. < i v Once more I thank you for ; your kind ^
I have the honour to remain , jny Lord , Your Lordship ' s inostobuged Servant . ' ^^ ieSSSS ? ^ ^ : ¦ ¦ ¦ .. ' ¦ . ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ Vorie 6 thV 1838 . ' * ; ' : ' . r , ^' . " PvS ; Ybnr Lord ^ ipis srrengely mistaken ! , 'f information is correct , whenyousay ^ " th ' attlie an ^ ua the last colnmB oughts in feet ; to have be « Sj 1 he answer ^ in irnth ^ ^ ought to have ^ been . " ^^^ Seating . our poor as Christians are requiredtoT
- were frightened , and , 6 y his threats , we wera ^ aucedto foiso » them . " K : : ' ; ;? •¦ ¦ % . - ^ Ah ^ my . Lpxdi the debates in your : LordsKh ' U . ouse , are , p > pdttcing a most tremehdbus eff ^! the admissions which keep oozing out ( will setaAftT ¦ Sff ^ T ?*?* ¥ v ^™ k theEarf o ^ adiS that " cAarj / atfevie ^ s are ruinous in a Goremine ^ cannot be reconciled with " Christianity U part * j parcel of the law of England . " ' ¦ - ^ . . Depend iippn it , my Lord , that the A postle ^ the new school , are neither more or . less , than [ £ iidels and Traitors . / : - , ? " ^ « . The people hereabouts are reading their bibW school , with those of the old ; Tiie tmthis , ms ¦ u ! we are quite mistaken by those at the head of aflS we are ; neither ' bipod-thirsty ' nor mad . ' " V ¦ : ^
at ,, ¦ ¦ -. ¦ - :--- . ' : -,: \ i .: - ¦'¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ : - " - .-- "R . O . " - As I havenot received an answer from his-Lai ship , I presume ttiat hehas made enquiry , aridS found that he was mistaken ' , —* && that all ¦¦ tiS iMURnEBS haveactitally beenwmmittedMmnsequjaL ofiheinterfererice of the Assistant Commissioner ^ Be that as itmay , I always sttive to be certk so I wrote on the 28 th inst ., to his Lordship for ^! formation , as under .
"TO THE RT . HOI * . EARL RADNOR . .. MtLoRD ,-r-The"Return" whichyourLordste , did . me the honor to send me oh ihe 7 th mat , i 3 such a bloody and murderous aature , that I thinkl ought to be known to every body , because , if I really be necessary , "in ^ order to secure the estates rf the Aristocracy , " that the poor should be murdered there canbe no need that they should dieiM « ec « t by _ slow poison . The law of England allows riofof prison secret executipns . /^ Murder ought never to b& committed under fc sacred name of Charity . If , however , it must U . that the poar shall be doomed to death—let tQ death be in public , and let it be attended with u little pain as tiossible to the victims . ¦; ' ; .
I intend to propose that tbe guardians . shall Its after have the power , at every weekly meeting , « by law , but under the " rules and orders pf thp CcS missioners , " to determine upon the number < yf paupers required to be killed ; and that the pj this sentenced to death , shall be brought into fl ^ market place , at twelveo ' clock at noon , on themartet day following , i , n ( arrfedby the "Board of Guardians , ' ( there shall be neither police nor military on tS » occasions , ) but the ^ 'Chairman" shall himself chm off the heads of the paupers , one by one , in tie J sence ol their neighbours , friends and relations TT » Chairman and Guardianswould thus be
" , ^ knowjto be what they are now really intended to be , the ' um . dereiis pf the poor . ' This plan , my Lord , wouldk much less expensive than the private prison skiUr system of murder , now adopted in the union work houses—and it would indeed , be much more mercM In order that I may ,, when I propose this plan to the public , do full justice to the Poor Law Coraok sionsrs , J beg respectfully , to ask your Lordshin . 2 the dietary of the Coventry workhouse had ^ aS been altered at the suggestion of an Assistant Cm 7 msstO 7 ier , previous to those deaths , recorded in * tk Return" which your Lordship did me the honor to forwardtome ? . . .
I have the honor to remain , my Lord , Your Lordship ' s most obliged Servant „_ . . , __ „ : RICHARD OASTLER > "Fixby Hall , near Huddersfield , ¦ June 28 th , 1838 . " ; P . S . If your Lordship could al « o favor me , » fth the average lmmber of inmates , for the . quarterm . tioned in " the , Rsturh "—also the number of deatk and average number of inmates , for the same quaS m 1837 , as well as ihe difference , if ¦ -any , in tte dietary of the two periods , I shall indeed be obliged . I seek only for Truth . " "R .-OT " When I receive tlie Earl ' s answer , I shall ) m more to say about ( fits bloodv list of cowabbit secret MUKDER 8 .
I have received a very polite letter from Ein RaleT ^ d REN ^^™ : ^^ V * $ I remain , Gentlemen , Your © bliged Servant , v \ ti I , ' rx ^ ^ RICHARD OASTLER . Fixby Hall , Huddersfield , June 30 th , 1838 . P-S . —I have always something new . "iWCom . missioners are now imprisoning wives ^ one M 6 t and husbaiidsia . another ! ( at l « ast , so I understani Mr . Perceval . ) Their next step will be to send M * wives to the penal settlements to breed yoimg coldmsU , and leave the husbands to be poisoned here I Well , welly if Johx Bull likes it , —let him bear it ! J am surethat man mentibned below Would have been as mucbjustifiedbythelawofEng landiV ^/// inff / iwt « r '< keeperm thewretch was in locking her up from her husband ! Read , Englishmen ! Read it to your wives ( fyw
, dare : Mr . Perceval sajs— " One of the menvk was imprisoned some time back , for breaking into the room to his wife "—( see my letter to yon of tie 25 | h May ) - "Aa * beenin the Rye Union ever smt , akd his wtfe in the Brede Union : He was , a : fe » days ago , sent with some papers to the unionaouse IfS if « pn ¦ •! *^ ^ WI ^ BUT WAS REFUSED !! If Lord WH ^ RiscLrFFE , " adds Mr . ¥ . ;¦} wishes to inquire into -the working of ' -fhe-lat , he had better take a ride into the Counties ofKoT and Sussex , andinquire of the inmates of the different unions . " If that villain who keeps peoples' wivetfm their husbands had had me to , deal with , me , ( fit would have ^ been ( t corpse in a very fevjmomeMt ! l am glad to find thev are sturfne' in tho Smith-- Mr .
P . mforms me , > vi copy fripm a letter I have receirti tromGuEsttt ? fG , fiear Hastings : we have several petitions getting tip ia' several places ybut I thai petitions wdl do nogpod ; however we can try tiem ; and if . ¦ we do not succeed , we must tryanai / terwaf ; and very soon too , ai the trade and labouring elapses are suilering from tHa accursed law . We have ft ! many as eight or ten different sorts of handbills circulating about us—we send a great many into Kent . The speech of the Rev . J . R . SrEPBEKshaJ been . readj ; o the labouring classes , who areqnite ready . ' ; That ' s right . Mr . Perceval also wndi me ^ a copy of an order in the Kensington . Union , with which I will conclude—it is as follows : —
"November , 23 rd , 1838 " " Resolved , that the bodies x > f paupers dying in the workhouses of the Union , > be given np to thfl Anatomical School of , St . George ' s Hospital , nnles me same shall be claimed by- their relations oi mends , or unless the pauper so dying , shall hart expressed a repugnance to the disposal of his otter bodyinthatmanner . " : _ Who is to be the Witness for the pauper when be is de ; ad ? His Murderer to tie sure U ! R . 0 .
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. GENTi . EMEN , ^ From a statistical table for Great « ntam and Ireland , calculated for the year 1813 , 1 nnaabout amillipn and a half of panpers , wioar 8 stated to receive pii the ayerageyearly , about £ 68 j each . Then' I find the people % howprk in tnelands and the minefl ^ 'toge ^ r with' the manufacturing labourers , amounting io nearly eight millions : these two classes , who produce Nearly all the food and all the raiment in th 6 country , obtain about , £ 12 each on ^ the average .:.: And % n the ^ remainuig part of the people , being abput seven millions and a half , appeal to enjoy about JE 56 each . Now this part of society , who to
. produce . very , litfleV / seem ,. enjoy , pji the average , morei than fonr timea : as . much as those who erkdure " the heat andburden ' of ^ hbjday ; " aniinoie thaii ' eight times as muct- ^ ^ "paupers 4 p ; oid thf 'average ; : In the same t ? ible " , we fiid ^ hat what is called ¦ productive private property ^ - . is ( estimated at . £ 2 ^ 250 , 640 , 000 , of which 'ihe ; cul&yat ^ d lands alone are valued at more than £ 1 ^ 00 , 000 ^ 6 ( 00 sterling . We alsp'iifind the waste lands , " deemed " ^ inT ) roducb >» . valuedat £ 1 ^ , 000 ^) 00 . i Nowiupttii-Whatprinapk , I . shoq / d like toiknow ^ is anyivaJue'af all ^ Bt npon unc . ^ . ltivatedland .. f : ;> . / . 3 cv " . » nV . > r , i ;> o ,. ¦;¦¦; * :.. .. ¦ i ^^ K A * £ & * x P ^ aotive ! ipmate property of ^ j Uwted ^^ m gdomi ;* t th »^ time £ ^ Xd at
$ mwm m ffim&szwmuih , ** per &rt-y M& M ?> 5 ^ 0 M ; , and . th ^ opnlation sidae'U ) t * k& £ 612 s . * fronf evSrv indivMnal in the ^ oi ^ yafa ^ ^ ol *! maMnSSje ? . » £ ^^ W ^^ oV ^ kltpwn'S < m . the Wi ^ yea ^^ nway ttf ^ feh labourer * wonld it ; ™» S ^ ' jF hu 8 ^ e ; tindi : « Mrt >* h ¥ nbite ( J wages of We ^ a ^ fourmBip nsrtttnl ahalf pf labourew aw 4 S 8 ^ 'T ^ . ^^^ - ^ ^« l # 8 * w ' ' < '« l P--Sav « ' £ n ? : x * Wv * - * «« t » i 8 ^ r ^ ar ^ iancrea « ing , for £ lwv $ ^^ tfVi ^ &kxls putetstoting . jiiachinery AM-thus ; it iftill' ^ rbcefMl ,, & nqi , < jheek « i by , the wegialature j ¦ ' .. nntil"aD ; y % , anj ^^ bpuwrs in the kmgdom , become paupers , ' ' oi are itarVed to d »* ti outriglit . J . KNIGHT .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 7, 1838, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1013/page/6/
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