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THE N0RTHEEN STAB, SATURDAY , MARCH 16, 1839,.
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FftANCE . Tie result of the election * in France haye placed the Ministry in & position which it is generalkthoiaght must compel them to resign . : The Xaihnxii claims a minority of 21 for the Opposition oat of the 275 depones whose election fcad been ascertained . The Debatt , on ths contrary asserts that 140 out of 226 were Ministerialists . The Jottraal det DtbaU admit ? , that of tbe 431 electioHS known ( there are in all 459 depntii-s ) , 214 were in favour ef tbe Ministry , and 213 in favunr ol
the Opposition . In order to make up the 214 Ministerialist , it counte amongst themDeToehqD eville , De Soynes , Dietrich , Lncord&ni , Am&udeL 1 ' e Comharede—all of the Coalition ; and L'E * pee whose election h null . The calculators on the liberal side give at least 240 votes to the Coalition and 219 to Minister * . As yrt , all the deputies iave been re-elected , except 69 , of which 22 are merely change * for different members of the same yaitj . Of the remaining i 7 , Ministers hare cer tainly not yarned abore 15 cr 16 , and the Coalition the rest At all events , there cannot be a doubt as to wakA side hag the majority .
Tbe Moniieur of Saturday states that the whole of the muster * resigned their portfolios to the Kine on Intey last . This event is commented upon in a letter-from our correspondent at Paris , which will be feist in an adjoining column . Tbe naiaber of deputies whose election was known a' Pans on Saturday last was 455 , of whom an impartial calculator reckons 215 to be ef the late aiiBistenal party , and 240 to belong to the Oppofrjon . Vre observe that the Jonmal des Debuts states the Ministerial minority to be only 7 , whilst the Censtitvtb&el estimates it at 47 .
SPAIN . Lateaeoorats from Martiniqos state that several minor sheets of earthquake have bten fek since the great one of the 11 th Ja . nu . ry , the lo ? 5 w arising iroai which = are estimated at ten milliens francs . C
PRUSSIA . A letter from Munster , of the 24 th February which appears in the ^ tegsiatrg Qtaeite , his tie follwffig : — Among the Tarious reports afloat htre < J 5 e ^ af * h * most generally credited is , that Wo corns of a » army of ± b « Gertoanic diet , under the coin-Eaad -of tbe Prussian General , T-on Grolman , trill in anr case occupy Luxemburg and Limb-ore , and that the King of HoK * ad iateBQs forming a separate laud of the * e provinces , under tbe government of a prince of his own famil y . Tie general suff of the
seventh corps of the army will leave this place for Dusseldorf on the 1 st March , in order to facilitate the eommunieatioos with tbe Rhine . TLe reserved troops are all ia order , aad anxious for the break ing out of a wet , which is ^ enerailv locked for in pablic . " The same letter aids that a recent condemnation of s everal respectable inhabitants of that town , hcth male a = d female , to two years' imprisonment and upwards , for having circulated a little song of nc importance , containing expressions injurious t » the Eing , had exsited universal surprise , ana-created considerable agitation .
SYHIA . The TosJooTtais of tfee istinst . publishes a letter , dated Beyrout , the 6 th nit ., confirming -previous announcements of a new insurrection iu Syria . The natives of tbe Haoaran , joined by the raoantaraeer ? of Saffet , bad again taken arms to stake off th « Egyptian yoke . Ibrahim Pacha had marched troopagainst Aero , well aware that if the movement were not repressed before spring , it might extend to the whole ceantry . The Christian corps , commanded lv the Emir Beschir , had passed through Damascus or their way to Haoaran .
A letter from Aleppo , of the 22 d JanaEfv , states thai perpetual quar « 4 s are occurring in 'Syria b ^ tween the local authorities and the foreign consuls . A case , in which the agent * of seme of the consul * , employed for the purpose of gathering in the interestof iaaneys lent out at 50 per cent ., -wbea by orders of Ibrahim Pacha only 25 percent , was legally permitted , were arrested ana thrown into pri * oa , ha . « excited much indignation and anger on both ride ? , and die issae of tii- affair appears undetermiiredi In addition to tbe cases of rnaj treatment of British consuls in Al ^ saudrerta and in Canea . this letttr cite * several exajap ie * of hostilities of a dis 3 greeab ] Lnature between the foreign and local authorities at Acre i which have only " been allaved by SoiitBan Pacha , a Frenchman by birth . Letters from the sarae parts of the eotrcrry state ~ t iba& the ^ plagne i ? rs ^ iag at Ja 3 a , Jerusalem , - ^ t $ ^ B ~ ~ fhar ,. ( 9 Ra £ rv
rernd . " * - ~ Tbe Augsbvr ^ Gazettm p » Mi « h ?« i a letter from Beyront , of the 1 st F ? bf « iuy , con £ nmo £ the reports of the insurrection if ttir trilifn Jp 5 jj * aor 3 a .
Tbe Sj / lcie de Grazst , which hag arrived at Harre , from Kew York , brings the followicg news from Mexico : — " The Eliza Ann , sckooner , which arrived ? . Kew Orleans on tbe 2 dta Jaorary , from tbe Maoririus , which it Itft on the 12 th of that monti , trengfit a number of French residents in Mexico , aacng whom was the Trench Consul at Matamoras . " Tfe have recfe > ed the following news ij this csasoel : — " ( aeneral iTlL ^ ola , with about 1 , 000 men under his eamuiand , was shut up at Matamoras , by th « Federalists , nnder tbe command of Col Eleuterio , ^ Menstrz , and Cameles , who hindered the provisions coming from tbe interior from entering tbe place .
" On tbe 5 th , thf Federalists , who had approached within a lcarae of tbe town , were attacked by tbe troops of General Filijoia , bot the result of the ecgagement was not deeL-ive , each party having lost about 40 killed andweuuded . The Government troops had several officers among the kiiled , and the Literals lost two piices of cannon . General Canaligu , who was retreating from Tampico to Matamoras , hai been attacked near Santa Theresa , by the
Feceraiists , under the commaad of General Yital Fernanda , and had entered Matzmoraa in the night , in diserder , with three hnndrtd mt-n . A decisive attack on Matamnras by the Frceraiisw was daily expected . " " The decree of the Mexican Gorernmest for the expalsien of the French had been strictly enforced a .: Slat&moras , by the prefect Feo Legtro . He refused to allow tbe French more than the fortnight , £ x « l by the law .-s to settle their affairs .
" A Major-Geaeral in the Mexican army , a Frenchman , has thrown up his commission , that he might not be obii ^ ed to serve a gainst the trsops of Hi own country . '—Le Commerce .
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AOCXD ENT 8 , XKCIDENTB , AKD OPPENCES . » rS * r k * ^ L" «» T .-Hi 8 Hanoverian Majesty has issued orders to twenty , three of the members of the Stares to attend in their places , and -threatening them , m cave of non-compliance , with the most rigorous punishment It » probably known that his Majesty is in want of supply , and thar ^ Sl « V , m Rfe ™ l uWte t 0 form what we call " a House" in our free parliament . ; CH £ LM 8 F 0 » p . -THE MURDER AT MoUNT-> ESSIKG . -On Tuesday , Abraham Halliard « to indicted for tbe wilful murder of Susannah Piayle by shooting her with a gun . John Playle depo . <* d */ T' ^ ah ° b Tes 5 ( 3 i naMAuntn «» in Kj
r . . Y g * and son of tbe deceased , who kept the Plough be « ' Aop at that place . The prisoner also rerided there . vvitneM s father died about thirteen rooHtbs ago , but aunng his life-time the prisoner frequently came to tbe house . After his father ' s death , the prisoner MU-a as one of the family , and used to draw the b * er . In the month of ^ orember , the deceased requested him to ttay in her bouse , as she had been threatened by the prisoner . On the 27 th of that month , the prisoner came to the bouse , and had some word ? with the deceased , and he heard the prisoner ask the deeea-- * ed whether her tutors would do her any good ; and tbe deceased said they would do her no harm , and added that she would no ' t maintain the prisoner any longer , as he had threatened her life a gTeat mauy times . Nothing more occurred at that time
; but tfee next day , about lour o ' clock , he was in the bakehouse , sitting near tbe oven , when he observed the prisoner come up the front uarden to the bakehouse door , with a gun under his arm , and be werjt by the door of the bakehouse . He then saw the prisoner rush in at the door , and before witness could ? TeTent hira , he put the sua to his shoulder , and fired at the deceased , and she fell dead at witness ' s feet . When the prisoner left the deceased s house , in the evening of the -27 th the deceased told him never to show his face there aeain and he replied , » you , if you don ' t nave me ! you Bfeail have no other man . " Tbe deceased re-P lied > 441 will , I will be married before this dav month . After the prisoner shot the deceased witness ixsbe ^ upon hira , and wrenched tke gun from aim , and knocked the prisoner down with it . Tke
pnsocer resisted violently , but witness called fur assistance , and a man named Mielcr came up , and " taey _ secured the prisoner . Charier Miller proved that the prisoner had meditated the destruction of of tbe deceased . He had heard him threaten her . Miry Anue Piayle , daughter of the deceased , deposed , that after fetr father died , the pr > o ; . er commenced drawing tfee betr contrary to the wishes ol the deo-tased , and wbtn she remonstrated with him , he abused her , and upon cbc occasion he paid he would o pen her toothache , and that he would give her what fee promised ber . The deceased said , " Yau villain , asa I to be threatened by you ? '' Tire witness then detailed other threats made u * e of bv
tbe pn ? 02 er to the deceased , asd corroborated the statement of ihe otlier witnesses relative to tbe circumitancts under which the deceased was fher . She added , that ^ be had heard the prisoner sav that he would not sh-jor one alone , and that no man shauld take him , and no man should hang huru tiiz . Piaj ie , E-norner daughter , proved that > he Lad heard the prisoner ask the deceased whether .-be hated him , and sb . j replied that shr did from her heart . ; and the prisoner tuen said he would givt ber whit be prumLscd feer . This was the case for ihe jirosecuiion Mr . D ^^ ling addressed the jury for the pri > oner .
Lonl Abicger surumt-d up the evide cv , aud the jury , after de ' iberaLiai ; about ten ujinutr ? , returned a verdict of " Guilty / ' The Learntd Judge theTi parted sentence of death upon the pri < oi ;< -r , anJ said , in so doh-g , that a more sav ?^ e tud V . ru ; a ! cast o : muraerhad uever come before him to his kuowkdge . The prisoner heard the verdict and ^ eutenoe wuh the urmost indi&rence ; and when L » rd A hinder eoncVodrd by saving— "And ma 3 " the Almighty ha-ve merty Bpon yt > ur * oti \ , " heexclaimtd— " \ Veli , I hope he will , " and walked firmly away from the bar .
HOKRIBLE A > fi > MrSTETUOCS MuKDEE .. — On Friday last , Edward Hanley , steward or gamekeeper to that excellent and popular country gcut'cniun , Mr . Alfoek , of Walton , c " epartcu from his house at Ki ' gibbon , for tbe fair nf iluniscorthy , which mkd he left about eight o ' clock in the evening , for the purpose of returning to that hoTi * e hs ? wa ^ uever more de ^ tiDed to behold . On the futiowic-: morning , abou : fix o ' clock , Kabb Town-en . i steward to Mr . Gtfthin _ s , whilst proceeding to his work , di .-ewtred the rrma ' . DS of tbe unfortunate rnau beMiu-arcd wi : h blood , iti a pool of water by the road > ice c-. vj ^ uou * in h . U own house . Oa eiatEirauoa d ' . ibe " oocy it was found that the vital spark ha . d completely tied , the scaip was torn from the head , a ho . e nLicli penetrated to tbe brain appeared over the temporal artery , and tke eves and nise were much fwoiita acd rii > -
cojourvd , as if be had received a viok-ni b ' . ow of somt heavy weapon thereon ; deceased ' s hit , with a shilling <> n tbe crown of it , and a large walking stick , having knots , one of which was much battered and bloody , lay at i ^ ome distance from the buJy . These facts having been communicated to ilr . Hawkshaw , cunty coroner , that . geBtWm&n proc-eded without delay to the scene of tEii deplorable catastrophe , to held an inque * t . Tbree persons ha . ve bten arrtsted on su .- 'picioD , in consequenre of its having bttt kr . own : o the neigbbotrrhood that some misunrieruwiing
exi .- -ua oetv ; een tbe « sid persons and oecea .-ed . 1 ne authcriritrs , the mnst active of whom W 2 > the Hon . C- < 4 j ,: airj Hay , aided by tbe inhabitists of the district , are u > ir . £ : the mest strecuou ; exertions to find o-jt and bring tbe murderers to justice . Tne V / eu / orU Iniepfj-dentj , ' rorn whicii the above is taken , coa - taics a lung account of the evidence a ; the isqtie *; . A man nj . med Furlocg and two persons nac : eu Kt-l'ry were arrested oa suspicion . Tt ; e jtry , on Monday evening , returned the following vtrJict : — ' We find ; . ha . t Edward Hanlev wus wiifulh
marcert-d by soniepergon or per * onsat prc'enturiknuwn . ' A l 2 r t'e reward is in progress . Mr . Alcock has put down his name for £ 100 . Effects of Double ZC . —Among the charges of drcnktiin * £ 3 was a coaical o' . d countryinau , narr , » -d Si ' . elton , well known at Ldmcntoa , froi :- , which place he had been dispatched with a cart load of goeds to deliver in the City-ro ^ d . On tie road be bec-irae so intimate with Sir John Barleycorn , that when be arrived at a public-house in Olu-nreet road , be wa * in that happy state of " elevation , " which rendered him oblivious of all his sublunary care * . After taking a parting g ' a ^ . -s there , be got into his cart , and in a few ni : nute- tumbled backwards into it , leaving it to the option of the horse to ehoe .-e his ov . n read . A policeman , who was en darv Ecir-the spot , looked isto the cart , and iiDdiii '
a gcod-deal of property there , rou-ed the deieEdant with some difficulty , and then toak him to the statiors-hou * e ,. sccariL >; also bis t-ert aud prcj . eny in the Green-yard . Mr . Braughtoa . — iVe . l , you are chareed with having been drur ; k ? "VN hat do you say to it ? Defendant . — Noo , I wy no : drunk ; 1 was drowsy . Mr . Brougbton . —1 Le policeman Las sworn to tbe fact . Defendant . — May ts so , but I ' se tbe best judge of that ; I was not drunk , I was only dropsy , I teli ' ee . Mr . Brou ^ hton . —You must pay fiw shilling ? . Defendant . — \ Vounds ' five siHiinj . ' ? . "Why , lookee , thee woant charge I a cro ^ u for being a bit drowsy ? It wa half tbe drink asd half the drow > iness , so l " se gi thce hulfa-crcwD . The Magistrate , however , exacted tbe whoW penalty .
Military Torttjbe at Dovek . —On Monday momin ) iu > t , the 43 d Monmouthshire Light Infantry , sUtioned in"the ViTestern Heishts bere ; were mustered at half-pa « t seven o ' clock , to witness rbe punishment of one of their comrade-, named Jamee Edds , a vouth who had beeo only fourteen months in the service , whose crime wa , striking a corporal , for which be was sentenced by a cuurt-maTnal to receiveore hundred laches or nine hundred stripes . ""Attention , " was the word to direct all i-ye 3 on the miserable being . The mutilntors commenced their bloody service , and as oee heoaine weary , according to lule another rtlieved him in his loathsome work , until the wretched sufferer had paid tbe
full ptnal-y imposed . The bursting sighs of tbe tortured being threatened the departure ot life , as he courageously strove to geppre ^ ill iudicuf . on of the agonizing pangs be but too evidently endured . The poor fellow ' s back was mangled with monstrous gashes , each appearing a death to nature ; and it was absolately keart-sickeairjg to look upon tbe quivering flesh opening up a yawning chasm , as ever ; guccessUebushwaxintlictedhy the blood-clotted ¦ weapon cpoa tbe frightful red and black forrovri , between the ^ boulder blades , and across the spine . The s ^ rseon present alle-wed ( conscientiously no doubt ) n " e whote number of lashes to be given . The then released from the
poor exhausted wretch was halberts by "his comrade ' s hatds , and conducted to the hospital to be cured ; ar ^ d the 0 i 3 cer 3 returned to quarters to enjoy their breakfast—a repast which marjv a stem veteran , disgusted at the butcherly seere could not even look upon . Five ol the f oioiers were taken off the ground in a lain tine : state . Ought not --uch barbarities to arouse the inciynanon of tbe neople , and make them with one v . > ici demand of fbe Legislature to put a stop to ai « brntu ^ ng practfee . which must go far to dfrtrcy tbe morale ef fbJpotr ' fellow ^ who are nnforturat ^ r cc ^ pelled to witness it ?
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Savings' Bank of Paris . —During the month of February , 2 , 449 , 097 f . were paid int © the savin **' bank of Paris ' , by 18 , 491 contributor * , of whom 2545 were new ; and 2 , 662 , 500 francs were drawn out . Mr . Alston has just completed , at the Glasgow Inetitution press , the printing ef a beautiful edition of the English Liturgy for the n » e of the blind . It is printed from a new fount of types , aad is the most perfect specimen of Mr . Alston ' s unique , typography that has yet appeared . It forms a cheap " and hand ' - some quarto volume , which will , no doubt , be received as a great boon in England , where , we are glad to learn , Mr . Alston ' i system is making rapid progress .
Inqcest . — On Tuesday evening an iuqucst wax held before Mr . Bakt-r , at the North Country Sailor , High Street , "Wapping , on the body of William Malcomb , a seaman belonging to the Lordon steamship , trading between London and Dundee , who was suffocated in a cabin on board that vessel by the incautious use of a stove , knowa as Joyce ' s Patent Apparatus . The verdict was " that William Malcolm was suffocated by breathing the sulphur and noxious vapour arising from a stove in the cabin in which he was sleeping . " The Thames Tunnel . —At the annual meeting of the proprietors in this undertaking , on Tuesday , in answer to a question from Mr . Sweet , the Chairman , said the cost of tbe work had been £ 313 , 261 5 s . 9 d ., including £ 157 , 000 advanced by the Exchequer Bill Loan Commissioners ,
Dreadful Occurrence at Woolwich . — On Wednesday aa inquest was held at the Castle Inn , Woolwich , on the bedy of Charlotte Reeg , a handsome young woman , eighteeo years of age , wha was found shot in her parents' cottage , iu Porvis- > treet , Woolwich , en Monday evening week . At the opening of the proceedings , the Coroner , after making some few observations on tbe case , went with the jury to Tiew the body of the uqfortunate girl . It was a ceremony of a trulv painful description . The cottage in which the body by stands b y iuelf at tbe had of Poww-etreet , surrouRded by gardens . The deceased was stretched on the floor ina pool of clotted bloodvrith her levs
, over a fender before the flre-grate ; there was a deep wound over the left eye-brow , aud another at the back of lier hend . On their return the fol . lowing evidence was adduced : —Elizabeth Rees said the deceased was her daughter , and was between eighteen and ninetten years of age . On Monday forenoon last she left her home to go to wash , aud did not return until it was nearly dark in the evening . On opeuiug the cottage door she was mocli surprised to we her daughter lying on the floor opposite the fender . Witness called to her > everal times , thinking that the wa < s asleep ; but not receiving any answer , she became alarmed , auii vn striking a li ^ ht discovered her a corpse and
weltering in her blooj . Her husband ran out immediately and gave tbe alarm , when several of her neighbours came to her assistance . Mr . John Matdonald , a surgeon , residing at Woi > lwicb , was next examined . He stated that on Monday evening , ahoat seven o ' clock , he was requested * to attend the deceased . He found her lying on the ground a eorp .-e . There was a wound over the left eye-brow , which , on examinatioD , had the appearance of having been inflicted by a soidkf ' s bayonet . The Coroner ( intermptinp )— " Did jou not state publicly that the girl had been brutally murdered r " Mr
Macdouald replied—Yes , he did , and he was under that knpression for some time after . About ten o ' clock in the evening he made a further examination of the body with two other medical gentlemen . On raiding the head another wound presented itself below the left t-ar , which discovery altered hs former irnpr-essnn . There was no doubt but that the wounds were produced by a bullet , which had passed through the head ; a portion of the skull had bteu driven through tbe head alto , and was founri with a partuf tbe nair attached to it . The witness concluded by etatiug that the wall where the hnti
passed was only of boarding planks with lath and plaster . Mr . Bosee , a surgeon , gave similar evi - dence , and added that death nwst have been instantaneous . Mr . Furlough , auctioneer , in Powis-.-treet , V \ oclwich , stated thuE on learning that the tire-arm > i must have been either dischnrged from his gardens ( aojoiiiinsj the cottage v . bere tb > deceased was shot ) or elfwe adjacent , he on Tuesday instituted inquiries , and learnt that some of the people in his employ had betxi discharging apiece , which he produced in the course of the Mouday evening . It had been taken from a quantity of other good * on hit prei ; ii . « e « unknown to him . " The person who dUc-barced the piece wa < named James
W ' booU-y . He was in custody , ucd now present . ( Ihe piece produced was a military carbine . ) Wm . ConiH-: ! , a cabinet-maker , living in Prav ' s-builrfinjfg , V . oijltvicti , stated that tie was in the emp ' ny ol the last witness . On Monday evening , about five o ' clock , he proposed to hi * fellow-workmen , amongst whom was James Whooley , to have a shot . After procuring the piece , they one ' andal ! proctfd « j into the gprdeB , and a block of wood was placed in a oosition to be fired at an a target . Witness had placed tbe piece , after its being loaded , airainst
some stable-, and while his back was turn-.-d Whoolev touk it away , and said fce should have a fire , which be accordingly did ot the block ; but although he only stood a lew fcttfrom it , tho ball did not penetrate the block , but just grazed it at the top . The witness underwent a severe cross-examination , in the coarse of which he added that tbey had -poken together , and wondered where the bullet ' ba . j pone to . Tkey bad fired tbe gun off before frequently with balls . On these occasions it was fired into the nir . Several other witce--. es -were examined , nbo > e evidence con firmed that detailed tbove . The Cornnpr
jummed up , and the jury , after being loekH up for about half an hour , returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against James Whooley , " who was committed fjr trial . The Paupek Ship . —The state of that abominable nuisance , the pauptr reception ship , at Wapping , has been under the con .-ideration of the Magistrate * of Middlesex during the last month , and it is believed that owing to the notiee taken of the subject by the public pres- , ecme amendment in the system will take place . It cannethe denied , however , tbat many of the Justices wish things to remain in their pre-ent state . The mode of removing Irish at , d Scotch pauper ? from Middlesex , imperatively
requ : res a total aheratioa . The moment the orders ot" removal are ci ^ ned by t > . e police Magistrates in . Middlesex , the Irish and Scotch paupers are removed to the dirty aud crazy old bulk at Wapping , where they are " detained and held in sale cu-srody " until a steamer sails to Ireland or Scotland , wl : eu they are shipped away . Will it be believed , that in this Metropolis , and under the sanction of these moral gentlemen the Middlesex Magistrates , the paupers , men , women , and children , are allowed to herd together in one cabin , where they all sleep , the old and the young , the depraved mendicant aud the pauper whone on ! y misfortune is poverty . Once on board , th > -re is ijo hope for tbrrc . Thi-v are not
allowed to come ashore again . Ihe sleeping places are ranged on each side of tbe cabin , common to all —there is no separation of the sexes ; and , to use the words of Mr . . Nicholson , the beadle of St . Margaret ' s and St . JehnV , "Westminster , the paupers " pig together ; " they are allowed no bed covering or bedding whatever , nor can they obtain soap to cleanse their persons . The unhappy wretches immured in this den are allowed one pound of bread and four ounces of cheese per day , with water , ad libitum ; but those who decline the cheese are allowed instead a salt herring , we suppose to assist in the greater consumption of the dirty water which is * ervtd out to them from an old tub on board . The
rikhiness of the place , and the stench arising from the exhalations of 50 or 60 persons , confined in the hold of the ve ? i ? el until tbe contractor ships them off , is occasionally dreadful . Clean straw only in provided with every fresh lot of paupers . The eontractor , Mr . R . G . Baker , a barrister , receives 32- < . for the conveyance of every pauper to Ireland . The passage-money actually paid is only one-third of tbat sum , and aa the Middlesex Magistrates arc bound to send the eontracters 800 per annum , or make up a profit upon 800 if tbe Irish paupere fall short of tbat numbpr , tbe speculation must be c good one . With every Scotch paoptr J 8 s . is paid to Mr . Adams , a ship agent , for the conveyance of each individual to Scotland , and as long-as they x . emrun on board the pauper * hip Mr . Baker is allowed Is . 61 . per day for their support . The dieting of the poor creature
costs aboat 3 d . per diem , leaving a profit to the contractor of Is . 3 d . 2 so meatj gruel or soap of uny kind is allowed . If this is not a starvation system we do not know what i * . " Will it be believed that at one time there were 00 paupers confined in the pauper reception ship , and it only contains accommodation and sleeping room for 34 persons . We have . ^ en children , grown-up men , growa-up girls , and old women , all P'gg'ng together in this abarainable place . It may be asked why was such a nuisance ever suffered at all , and why were not the paupers kept in the workhouse ? , ( the plan adopted in the city , ) until ready to bp shipped uff . To tai » we answer , tbat the whole affair is ajo"b perpetrated to benefit Mr . Baker , tbe son of the late county treasurer . The profits mnst amount to at least 4 'SOO . a-year . Like the master of Fabrioiu ^ , "he ~ e . h rich by ' taking care of the pc-f . r , — W' -hh P . > . < . ;/* .
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Mb . M'Nbil , the late representative of Great Britain at the Court of Persia , whose recent movements have attracted so large a share of public attention , nas arrived in London , having made his way to this eeuntry by St . Petersburg . Two Negroes , aged sixteen each , are condemned to be hanged at Nor ' olfc , Virginia , for robbery . As they are slaves , their owner * are to be paid out of the State Funds . A large portion of the American press has denounced the sentence a « too sanguinary .
Will of Grace Lock , the Miser . —The will of Grace Lock , spinier , the miser , late 6 * Dartford , has bten proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury , in Doctor's Co ' mmnhsi . The amount of personal property is sworn under £ 30 , , independent of large freehold estates . Antiquity . —Mr * Jos . Shaw , of Victoria , Upper Morley , near Halifax , has . in his posces-ton a curiously wrought oaken arm chair , on the back of which is a
large ornamented tablet ot carved flowers and fruit , witn the figures 66 cut in relief , which some think itf the date when the chair wa « made ; should the supposition be correct , it will give it an antiquity of more than seventeen centu ries . The chair is in good preservation , not being at all worm eaten in the carved parts , and bat slightly in the frame-work . Mr . Shaw allows it to be inspected , as well as a few coins of the reigns of James the second , Charles the second , and Queen Anne .
Tvo YOUNG MKjr , Edward Orford arid Sydney Orford , were tried at Winchester on Tuesday , for carrying off Ann . Boyd , a young lady of fourteen , from her mother's house at Alton . Mrs . Boyd is the wife ol a wealthy East India merchant . She had three daughters born in India , and had resided at Alton two years . Her husband returned to Calcutta in August last , leaving bis family at Alton . In bin absence three young men , sons of' Mr Grey , a f-hopkeeper iu Alton , became intimate with tbe Misj Boyd : ) , whose ages were then respectively eighteen , sixreen , and fourteen . They used to romp together in the kitchen , and the young men were let into the house at night by the girls . Richnrd Grey frequently
slept with Ann Boyd . The tbree girl . * , on one occasiuii , -eloped with th « three brothers ; but were brought home again ; and Mrs . "Boyd hired Oiford , father of the prisoners , to guard the house from the intrusion of the Grey * , Orford sent his son Edward . sometimes in his place . This young man ' aided by his brother , contrived to inveigle Ann Boyd from home , under the expectation of a meeting with Richard Grey in Londou ; but his real object was to net nome money , which he supposed she possessed . The clergyman of Alton restored Ann Boyd to ber mother . The result of the trial wa * , that the court sentenced Edward Orford to twelve aud Sydney to nine mouths' imprisonment .
Disturbance among the Military . ——About nine o ' clock on faturday night , the inhabitants « f Noubgate , in this city , were thrown into considerable consternation by a sudden outbreak among the military . For some time pa » t annry teelings have been fomented between the horse ^ nd loot foldier-s now stationed in our barracks , and various single-handed encounters have taken place . These angry feelings are supposed to have' -originated in the cavalry calling the 4 &th " body-snatdiers ^" which apuelUtion they gained -from a groundless story that wa * current in the city some short time ago ; and the cavalry . -in return have been honoured with the title of ' " ' cherry-pk-kerB , " which has a military reminiscence tor its foundation . On Friday
night , a rou ^ h-rider of the 11 th was much beaten by somu of the 45 th , but this affair was allowed to pass over . On the following night ( Saturday ) , about tattoing time , a number of the JSth—we should si ay . from thirty to forty—assembled in and about some yards in ¦•• North " . Gate , ' awairir % ' ' the return of tbe cavalry to the barracks . The cau « c of thi < waylaying ' the . cavalry was stated to' be ' that a few of the latter brtd , in thy ; early 'part of the " evening , interrupted arui ill-used some of the 48 ; h ' without any iprovo : ation . HowevepJthta may he , tbu Dragoons , on making their appearance , wx-re availed aud vio , leJn ) y beaten with atitkf , collected * fmm bavins which nad ^ been purehastd- bv tue 45 ch '
A general raw gn > jfteUj . 4 tie . . c-svalfy wade a regular stand up fiyrjt in flyfejiefy / und succeeded in disarm-. n : g sevi-rul oT ' thtijr antagonists . , Tbe fight Usttd about half ' an hour , ' during which the infantry were * aiily beaten , iind much b ' ood was ahed ,.. though not froni any serious wouu'ls . A few of the Dragoons likewise rtivived fonu ; severe blows , and one or two have since lain in the ho « pital from the effects . A i-o / poral ' s wife , who took part iu the riot in defence of her husband , waH knocked down and muck hurt . Tbe sticks were flying in all directions , and tbe inhahiui . ts felt tbe greatest alarm , as . well for personal xaffty a ^ for thei r windows . Two policemen were present t ' uring the Bkirmish , but they did ni » l atrenipt to interfere with sut-h " preponderating num . her . " . Several parties of tbe piquet w ' ^ re quickly
ordered out , and they , with some'little rlirliculiyJ Knccetoid in quelling the disturbance , br'fitiwg maiiy of the offenders to the harried . Tn ' rne ' casts they had t ^ icsort . to Molence ttvaclia * Bjith 3 ri thtir purpose , fly way of punishment , therregi- ' ment . ^ were con fined , to barracks nextiday . and ordered to parade . ' TJie ' ciivgtrj-iayg . ^ ejiconSnecl . '' ? mce Saturday , but the . infantry were . '' $ * }> $ > Tufsday . A court of ' inquiry ' sat . in both , barracts . on Monday nnd Tuesday , and , we _ underst ^ pclj thar . Alajar Armstrong , of the infantry , coflgr ' at ^ fcd . his men upon tbe satisfactory ' re ' cu ' It , . anil exonerate them from all blame . We " have not ieartl " of the , result ofthe inquiry- in tht- cavalry barracks .. "VVhatever it may be , it ia pent-rally believed that one of the regiments will xbortty be removed from Canterburv . —Kentish Observer .
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STATE OF POLITICAL FEESJKO . Wandsworth and Cxapham Wobkixg Men ' s Association . —On Thursday night a publie meeting nf this Association was held at King ' s Head Tavern , "Wandswnrth . Mr . Cowley in the chair . An Pddre * s to the men of Surrey was read , and . red to be printed for circulation . Captaifi Ackerley , and Messrs . Tester , George and C . Westerton addressed tbe meeting . Thank * were veted to the Chairman and to Captain Ackerley , and Messrs . Westerton and George , and the meeting separated .
Chelsea " Working Men ' s Association . — A meeting of thif Association was held on Monday evening , at the Old Swan , Paradise-row . Captain Ac-kerley , R . N . in the chair . The meeting was addressed by Messrs . George , C . Westerton , Macdouall , Pittethly and other * . Kensington Wotikino Men's Associatiok . — On Monday evening a public : meeting vpa * held at the Marquis of Gran by , . to consider the propriety of forming a Working Men ' s Association , in support of the People ' s Charter , and resolutions to that effect were carried unanimously . Mr . Stallwood was in the chair ; and Messrs . Taylor , Richardson , Mte , C . Westerton and George addressed the meetin :. ' . A number of members were enrolled , and a colU'Ction made towards tho National Rent .
Nottingham . —At a meefing of delegates , held at the Fox and Hounds Inn , Carter Gatej Nottipgham , it was unanimously resolved— " That there shouid be a meeting of delegates from the ceunties of Leicester , Derb y , and Nottingham , \ vhe » it , is earnearly n-. uuested that every town , hamlet , or village will not fill in sending one to the meeUng . to be . bpld at the above public-house , on Monday , Mtirch \ Slh , to take into consideration the beat means of supporting our glorious champion , the Rev . Joseph Rayner Su > pheos , and the delegates of the National Convention . "
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YORKSHIRE SPRIHQ ASSIZES . The commission of Assizes for this County was opened on Saturday night , both at York Castfe and at the Guildhall , in the City , before Baron Parkehis coadjutor , Haron Alderson , having been detained at Durham with Nisi Prius business . ' : ' __ At lour o ' clock in the itfternoon , the High Sheriff , Charles Robert Tempest , Esq ., with the usual retinue , proceed to meet the Judges out of Bootham Bar ; and shortl y afterwards the travelling carriage of their LorJshius arrived . Baron Pnrke having stepped into the Hiifh Sheriff ' s carriage , the procession formed into the City . Owing to the distance of Mr . Tempest ' s estate , Skipton , in Craven , there were no tenantry ; but a long tram was made by the tenants asd friontU of Edtmmd Roper , Esq ., the City Sheriff , whose splendid equipage , ami extravagant paradu , have rarely been equalled . ¦ .
Sunday , Maiich 10 . This morninc :, tin" streets were thronged with strangers and artizans , but not , as was wont to be the case , all directing their steps to th « Cathedral to benr the Assize St-rnion . Mr . Tempest , the High Sheriff , being a Roman Catholic , declined to eppoiut a Protestant chaplain , but on the contrary , took his own first in the carriage and went himself in statt ? to the Catholic Chapel , in Blake-street , when ? the '' Assize Sfriaon" was preached by the Rev . Mr . Witlieringhnni , his domestic chaplain . () course tin * unusual circumstance attracted hundreds to the place , which was crowded . The Judges , however , attended tht' Minster , being convpyed to the steps 'by the High Sheriff's carriage , where a
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sermon wns preached by the Rev . C . Hawkini * , a Cunon in Resvlence . Tie bigots here . « r » indignant ac the coarse the High Sheriff has thought proper to pursue ; but it is a course of consistency and tnnnly conduct , which all sensible nnd dispassioante men will applaud . In the afternoon , the Judges attended prayers fit the Cathedral . Monday , MancH 11 . Mr . Baron Pabke sat nt the Guildhall at nine o ' clock , when a Grand Jury were formally erupannelled , but there being no basiness , were immediately discharged . A true bill having been found last Assi ' zps apainst Holmes , the well-knows jockey , for perjury , which had been traversed to-rijeae Assize , a common Jury were culled , and the case proceeded with . THE QUEEN v . HOLMES .
This wa 3 an indictment charging the defendant with wilful aad corrupt p rjury , in his answer to a certain interrogatory ofthe High Court of 'Chancery , which was as follows : — " I saw John Singleton , jun ., on the 27 th of April , 1835 , at Mr . John Scott ' s , of Whitewall House , near Malton , between eight and niue o ' clock : I am surf it was it that time , because it was before breakfast , aud nineteen times out of twenty I breakfast before nine o ' clock . " The defendant ( who surrendered on his bail ) pleaded Not Guilty .
Mr . Tomlinsox and Mr . Blanshaud were for tbe prosecution ; Mr . Alexander and Mr . Dun das for he defendant . It appeared from the opening ofthe learned counsel , that Mr . Singleton , tne detendaut , iu a suit in Chancery , had sworn to a particular conversation with the plaintiff at his own house at Givendale , on the morning of the 27 th of April ; a : ; d that Holmes had given the above coiitradiction , statiug that at the time he was at Whitewall House , a distance-of twelve miles from Givendale . As , however , it seemed that Holmes bad afterwards admitted he WHS mistaken as to tbe day , and that Mr . Siugleton had been at Whitewall on the Thursday previous , the Learned Judge directed a verdict of " Acquittal , " without any evidence being ealled . CROWN COURT . —Monday , March 11 .
Mr . Bnron Alderson arrived at York Castle at twelve o'clock this day ,, and took his seat in the Crown Court when the names of Magistrates and Mayor * 'iu tlie county were called over ; and the latter were all fined 40 s . each for nou-attendnnco . The > Learned Baron , in ni « charge to the Grand Jury , said that he was glad to see such a numerous and respectable attendance of gentlemen connected with the county of York , ' whom he hoped were well fitted to do good service both iu church and state , * nd who were particularly able to assist in the administration of justice . Such administration in open court , with the assistance of men of all ranks and stations , he deemed one of the excellencies of the British constitution . Hadngmadethesegeneral
observation * he should proceod to remark on the calendar . Thoagh tue'ca 9 e » : w t te numerous , there were none of the serious cases which presented any peculiar feature . There were two ' enses of murder , to which he tkonght proper to direc ? their attention . One of these was the murder of a child ; and in this * csse , tuey _ wonld have to consider whether the child carriH to its death' * from injuries in ftieted with the deliberate istention of killing , because in a child a few weeks old , tnere could be no provocation to reduce the crime from murder to matfslanghter . A question wcAifd-pi-c ^ bably arise hi . iti&feurse of the evidence ^ ' whether' the prisoner Mvs ^ of sound a » ind—bat w ; ith that question tiley , ^ ad-nothing i « . do , because supposiujr her to W ^ insane .
the case oaglit to come befdre'a pettyjury ' f that she might be placed under restraint . ^* ii ^ thht cfciarge of inurder wag one totally' diflerent ~ j , t ^ 'tii 8 jnade against a nian for tJi © "innrder of ma ^ slfe ? ^ fere could be no doubt b ^ t that thftinJatTei ii infcte $ ^ ij the poor woman caused Jwrdt ( 9 . 4 lih ;! yftt ;! they might be done iinder such 4 ^^«»^ c ^ s . wliichjf ^ fild reduce the case to one oY iD ^^ lWjffhter . ^^ rafefule of law he took to be this ^ jf ^ r eyH ^^ ai !^^ had been engendered , by anoldl mt ^ tewtfe ^^ ge , and one percon killed-another , it «( tsVca ( Hfi ^ murder bntin . many cases ; it ba ; ipeiie % ^( rfP 5 pi 1 e wa . s no teanftnable arouind for inferringpli ^^^> ed malice , laflij iu suchvca , ies , the crime was ^ fluced to manslaughter . ' When a deadly weanpn-was , u ? ed , it was
ral , M ^ W ^ -W ^ Wre ; wa » , a , ^ el } be . rate : in | eotion to kill , arid thjs without pfoyocatjofl beinairoved . ¦^ m ^ - % um ^ y % & iHmci- le ^^^ r . ft iitpilW , > f 44 « n tiu > a ; U wasa waitar-of , ambiguity ; aod they w . 0 Jil , 4 . ep ( luirft _ wbethe * there . was soeka ! ' 95 . . o . l violence u * ed , : or »« ph a , qpntMi ^ ntion o ! iiyntjes , as to lead'thein ; to . } nfer f ^ eneria } brntality of inuid , or a particular wtwli ^ fvotkU \> ng . W hen ; death was caused" by ^ ows noj ^ the fist , or kicks from the feet , the same' observation applied . In these ca » c » , the question entirely turned on excess ; and the -jury would do well to look to all the circumstances and accompanyiug fact ? , before they came t » the conclusion that it was theintpnfi'nn
of a person not merely to punish and to give pain , but to kill . Should a doubt arise on this point , it would be more prudent for a Grand Jury to find a bill for manslaughter alone . He should next advert to cases in the calendar , of attempts on women and aUo . of one on a child . Those cases would require their most anxious and serious consideration , and he trusted tbat they would look well that the only requisite now deemed necessary by law to comiplfet& ' th < j offence , was strictly proved—for the in-. vd « j , « 5 a * Cc ^ T fit Btwj | i : « a ?»» ' was always injurious to pnblic morals , and . th , is . pnl ^ could only be at all ' ryto ' tafcriitd By flie btinishmffnt ' of the crime . He ^ Hffy $ s in > ft £ ' teWeudar , tw 6 oV threft charges f ° . X \?\* tl \ H ^ BP ^ ra d . to bim , there could
becoauest ] QXi a > s tpjtfe j fagU ^ of ; jtiotv having t . \ kt ; n place , but ; thtwren . l ( j ) qint w ' p ' uldji . e , -wheth ^ ritrjose m « n accused tJarticf p ^ 4 ^ 'ia ' tne ,. 'riots . ' First , they would hai £ ' ty ^ ie saticl { dc | itieve vraa a common interest . ^ h tih 6 ' t ? . aVt ; of £ H ' ^ pefHbn 3 assembling , and nr-xt , yhetrrer'iRS ' iAWiVidtoli charged Resisted iu com-; pletft | f ' ; aHd peffeetitlg that common interest . It ^ appeared they vatepresent , ' .-bat mere presence was a « um ^ IguonB act , tonsistJent either with innocence fflr guilt * Theyiinight be present with the design of pret < erwog 4 b 6 public , peace , or from a mt-re idle and tooliyb . curiosity . . In the . former , their conduct was laudable , and in tbe latter , though it mijiht be imprudent , < t was innocent . At the same time , if they were th , ere with the intention of assisting and
encouraging the rioters , then their presence was r , 6 uher landable nor innocent , but criminal . Then tlie ' qtiestion recurred—were the defendants presont encouraging by their presence—nnd a large Body of persons was always an imposing force—those who were committing violence , and eng&g «> d in illegal transactions . Some of tho ^ c persons were also charged witl * engaging in pulling down a building . The building was not pulled down , or there would have been an end of the question , but it was materially d ' ampged . Then they would consider , when did the body of persons stay their proceedings ? was it in conceqtience of the police arriving ? if sucb were the case , then it was reasonable to infer that they intended its total destruction ; but if not
, and they satisfied themselves with only injuring the building , the chargo could not be sustained . This was ; v criterion by which Judges hud uniformly directed Juries , and to him it appeared just and reasonable . In the calendar , there were several crises of manslaughter , some of which had arisen from carelessness , and in others illegal and wanton acts had produced death . His Lordship having-- ' observed ... on the refruclion of manslaughter , he said that hesaw the largenumber of cases in the calendar with feelings of great regret . When he contrasted the county with the city of York , though the popnlatibu was numerous in the former , he thought there must be some deficiency-in the police of the ' eountry . The city of'York'had its population certainly more
together , and therefore capable oi being managed and surveyed better than the extensive districts in the ceunty , over which magistrates presided so advantageously . The formation of a good system of police now engaged the attention of many good and wise men ; and he suggested to the Grand Jury whether some plan could be devised , by which the police of the country might be improved and strengthened . He believed the present system of parish constables to be as bad and _ inefficient as possible , because where men received neither honour nor profit , it was nntreasonable to «« xpect they would be efficient . The country had lately been divided into districts for the administration of the Poor Laws—he threw it out
to them , would it be difficult for the Beards of Guardians , which were local Corporations , to appoint police , which would probably be efficient . Ou reading-the depositions , b . e lamented the serious extent ofthe vice of drunkenness | if they took j ' rom the calendar the amount of crime committed L by persons in a drunken state , or on persons in a similar state of intoxication , the cases would be very few . lie . ' thought thia evil could only be cured by the religious education of the people , and he exhorted the jury as men having the cause of their common country at heart , and as sincere Christians , to eudeavour to promote the education of the people . The Grand Jury then retired . 4
NISI PRIUS COURT . Baron Parke took his seat at twelve o ' cloclc , and the first cause in the West Hiding list was immediately called . ' BLBNKHOME AND ANOTHER V . WIKPENNV AND ANOTHER . Mr . Cressweli , and Mr . Wightsian were for the plaintiffs , who reside near Huddersiield ; Mr . Alexander , Mr . Watson , and Mr . Wasnev for the defendants . The action was brought to recover about £ 240 for twenty-two heads ot fat beasts sold at Skipton market , on the 5 th of March , to a Mr . ColdweU , and the whole dispute was , whether thia person , who had since become insolvent , was a partner . The csse was of no public interest . Verdict for the plaintiff—" £ 2 o " 0 Damages . " The Court rost ) at five o ' clock . ( Continued in our fifth page .
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The Man of Many Minds—Tbe fabledcauine animal , with three heads , i * well known , but it was left to Dan Q'Connell in exh . bit the anomaly of a man with three minds . He ban a mind to be a Whig , hehas a mind to be a Radical , and by his address at Highbury Barn Tavern , it apprars he has now a great mind to be » D « rin «» era {; hot he has no mind to be honest , aud therefore , Dau , the Democrats wilf not have you—they despise you . So " good" roan , away with jour imputlcnce and your hypocrisy , to another market . — O ^ erutive . Corn-LAw ; s . —Almost all the Irish grand juries are petitioning against any change in the present corn-laws . ¦ * ¦ ""
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Thk repeal of- the Corn Laws , which now ap pears to be the master quill of the wing by which our steam aristocracy hope to soar into social ascendancy corresponding with their pecuniary possessions ; i > but a feather , compared to the revolution , unheeded by agitatba , which Aheir meaDB of making and powers of applying money ig daily working . The progress of machinery has been so rapid , so unchecked , and so self-protecting in its
course , that those who haVb been eegaged in the pursuit have , as if by magic , become the monied aristocracy of . the country ; and , as our rulers-declare for , and our system sanctions , a monied franchise as a proof of legislative fitness , it is not to be . wondeTtd at if the social rank of the ffloneymongera becomes equal to their possessions ; and if ere long we find that general , which has been progressiye , namely , a complete change of situation between the uteam and tUo lar . dod » ristoor »« y of tho ' country . If money is not a test of legislative fituess , it is at least a means of insuring power and social and political distinction ; and already do we ficd our
army , our navy , our pulpits , our offices , and our senate house filled with scioas of the steam aristocracy . The , halla of the ancient aristocracy S » e inhabited by a hew race of feudal lords . The sports of olden times are either methodistically decried , or interestedly suppressed , lest the enjoyment of the poor should take from the profits of the rich . The Christinas bloet scarcely blazes upon the once cheerful hearth , wten the dread curfew sounds its extinguishment . Those holidays which
were woBt to be spent in carousal , merriment , rejoicing , and song , have , as if b y . common consent , been erased from the almanac , and nought remains , but work , work , work , for the slave , and money , money , money for his master . Having thus acquired the Hqeial and political power which money entails , and having procured thereby all the machinery for governing , are any so blind or so unacquainted - with the frailties , propensities , and am * bi ; tipjiof ' iuea as to suppose for a moment that ascendancy is net / the object of our steam ari «
to-- cracy . If to-morrow they should be enabled to carry a repeal of the . Corn . Laws ; and , if that first trial of their " . -treqgth , Aiid proof of thtii" power , should not fully accomplish the . projected end , who can-guessatthe next etep , or who can devise the means of arresting it , . be . ^ , it ever so destrucfive ; of alf int ^ restf ^ gave ' . their ... ; own . Passing events prQve-, t ^ at , np J > aicriet can be interposed to their will ; andpkarure . They can make paupersj whom the rival'kris ' tocracy muit support They can starve t&e people , or depopulate the at
^ untry pleasure , and thus are the sticklers for a mortkd franchise , reaping , the benefit of that transfer which thtir own apathy , monopoly , and supineness has effected . \ Ye have been taught by our rulers , that discretion and justice are necessary ingredients for legislation , and that laws should be made equally for the benefit of all classes of society ; but of what avail are laws , of what use is a constitution , when the possession of wealth can over-ride and trample
upon the one and , the other . Do not the factory masters possess ; a power above the law , capable of controuling the law , or altering the law ' - ? and are they not now exercising that power , jrith the hope , and in expectation , of doing that wiiieh ' tbe . Legis- ; Iature feels disinclined to assent to ; " namely , of repealing the Corn Law *? - " Who ^ thetf , ' ate' our rulers ? Are they those wiio ~ Mve \ \>^' , appoirjj t ^ by those very master 3 ,. or .: sreithej . , thp « e (; iaa 8 teTa themselves ? Cau any man doubt that ' ik *' office'
representative is that of a _ mere . jujipet , _ so long ' the influence of the monie ^ fe ^ caiT ^ ps j beatr them into a servile compliance to'lheirwishes ? They complain of poverty from the " operation of the Com Laws , while , notwithstanding their existence , they have accumulated wherewithal to live in idleness while they can throw the greater part of the com ! munity out of employment . Witness the modern
philanthropists , the Corn Law Kepeal ? rs of Lancashire , who , deceived b y the Parliament , have recourse to the ' base alternative of starving the people into compliance , and thereb y effecting their purpose . What description of force , we should be happy to learn , would our moral philosophers term the stoppage of the mills jast at the present opportune junctu re , and . how should such an emergency be met by a fostering Government ? The landlords
are satisfied with preparations for a mere session ' s skirmish , while they allow to remain in foil operation all that machinery which will force them into an unwilli ng compliance ,. and perhaps &i 3 more unseasonable period . Why will they not retrace their foolish steps ? Why not give up old and expensive prejudices , and live and rule according to existing circumstances ? Wh y will they not break down the foolish and cramping laws of primogeniture of settlement and entail , and open nature ' s bosom to nature ' s children '
and thereby turn those with whom they live and for whom they ought to live , from foreign consideration to home cultivation ^ and domestic , enjoyment and security ? Why will they . not ,. according to the wise provisions of th * 4 th of Henry VII ., enacted by their barbarous ^ . ancestorsj subdivide their estates into convenient lots for social comforts , and thereby increase " $ jfir . security by ' taking a mortgage upon twenty pair of stalwart
arms and twenty honest hearts , instead of resting aatMcd with that security which one speculator can furnish ? L , it not as plain a * the sun at noonday , that , sooner or later , tbe crash nrart come ; and that the magfe masters , witfc their starving phalanx , most beat thm-viiyfr j pa , ^? Ah ! it is because pi ^ efctation , a * w « H as rent , follows the land ; it is-because its possession giws title to places , and pensions , and sinecure * , all of which
are at present paid out of the residuf , after the masters bare devoured their share of the profit * which should belong to , the labourer ; knd ' ihiu are the rival parties pollingi at , the rope until , at length , thft failure of one will leave both an easy jprey to an angry and an insulted pebp l ^; ' Has not the present agitation taught the rival Aristocracies that neither shall henceforth rule except for tbe good of the people ? And are they vain enough iH selfj . conceit to suppose , that Any threat , violent * , orintimidation can tare from the pursuit of justice men who have sworn . «« to do or die ? " We tell them tbat the protection of the peop'e can alone save tnem from
rum ; and we tell them that the . means of protectibn ^ -e-H ^ -v ^ .. rests in the Suffrage—and which Suffrage tb ^ g ^^^^^ . ^ , rashly withhold for yet » little ; but it i « as ^ L ^ T' % Kl ^ V x come , and that speedily , either through ' Wcr f' ^ j ^ A-. ' ^^ JiJ reason , as we have thus written the warning xr . | r ^ s " i ^ 5 j ^ X ^ ^ > .- '¦ ' * W " ^* f ii
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A Modebats Disgoukt . —In a ca = e heard before the Insolvent Debtors' Court , en Thursday week , & detainiag creditor , who had discounted a bill of exchange for the insolvent , said he was not a regnlar disexmnter , and never took more than 30 per cent ! Accidekt . —An accident of a serious natnre occurred oh Friday last to the Union coach , running between Edi ^ bur ^ h and Aberdeen , which ,, when nearly entering Montrose , was overturned , and severelin
several of the paaseDgers were y jured , amongst whom were Mr . T . Chambers ' , merchant , Elria , and a seafaring captain from Hall ; the latter km taken np in ? ea ? ible , bnt is cow in a fair way of speedy recovery ; Kveral others were more or less hurt . In the" inside were Prova * t Jaaiieson , of Mostrose , Mr . Woolaridge Bonvdeu , of London , and Mr . Goulon ; the two former escaped with some slight bniiies , ^ ut the latter had his shoulder dislocated , and wa . * otherwise iDJured . Xot tbe slightest blame is attributed , to the coachman or guard . —
Glasgow Courier . Employed Populatiok . —Id the United Kingdom there are absolutely dependent epos agriculture , 1 , 198 , 000 families : neuter class , depending upon agriculture and domestic mansfacmre , 657 , 350 : together 1 , 855 , 350 . In home m » nufactore « , 1 , 054 , 000 : mannfactuivs fcr eaaiortatjon , 527 , 000 ; neuter " clas * , dependiag upon » roP ^ ° exporting m * nnfaeiures , 5 i 2 , / 50 : together , 58 6 ^ 60 . —Prtstm Paper . EkTESSiKE Fire at WootwicH . —Between oae « sd two o ' clock on Saturday rooniiDg > * " « the
was discBvered , by the vatehman , Dear premiaeg of Mr . T&iidj , an upholsterer in Poww-street , who gave an ' immediate alarm ; the " nre-dr -anu " beat aad bugles bounded , when the fire-engine from the dock-yard , with a body of police , nnder the "iirettion o ' f LieutenantPearae , B . N ., veie quiefclv « a tie gpet , axd in rapid snecesrien « rriTed the royal artillery engine , with a party of military , and tbe JHsrochial tagines . The flame * spread rapidfy , aad EonrithsUndiDg the utmost exertions , tne ^ pTea ^? es were crsic-kly consnmed , vrith the -wSOie ot C ^ e costly gtcci . acd the beeves acjoiEing . It is ^ erstoc ^ the sufferer is tot iE * rured .
The N0rtheen Stab, Saturday , March 16, 1839,.
THE N 0 RTHEEN STAB , SATURDAY , MARCH 16 , 1839 ,.
The Steam Abistoceacy.
THE STEAM ABISTOCEACY .
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Citation
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 16, 1839, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1049/page/3/
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