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TflB Satagb Statb . —Voltaire hiring re « d Rousseau ' s paradoxical eulogy of the savage state , "with dry irony remarked , tb »* itw * s so sednctiTely wrnten , that it raally temyted & nan to walk on all { bare after reading it . M * 'Pf ^ ot Intellect . —A poor woman , Eaid to be ninety years of age , w * s waiting ouwiae the doors of the Cheltenham Theatre two hourB . before their opening , having walked eicht miles to see Jaue Shore . Mrs . M'Gibbon , who was to hare enacted the heroine , deeming such devotion to the drama madness , atked her dresser , who narrated the circumstanceif the poor creature had hex intellects
, *• I don ' t know , ma ' am , ' said the girl , " she ' s jotteu rummut tied up in her pocket handkerchief . " Grace Mal a-propos . —A milliner ' s apprentice , about io wait Hpon a Duchess , was fearful of commuting some error in her deportment . She therefore consulted a friend as to ihe manner in which ¦ he should consult this great personage , and was told that , on going before the Duchess , she was to tay her Grace , and sa on . Accordingly , away went the girl , and oa being introduced , after a very low ennesy , she said , "For what I am going to receive , the Lord make me truly thankfuL" To which the Duchess answered , " Amen !"
A Wag , in the pit of Covent Garden , a few nights ago , when it was excessively crowded , having no Be »; , played off an amusing joke on the andience . ** Lord Cardigan is in a private box , " he exclaimed . ° I insist that he ehall leave the house ! " The pit rose lo see thonotorious Peer ; the wa « edged liiinaelf into a seat , and was comf-risble for the reminder of the evening . Lord Cardigan , it is aimo 3 * unnecessary to add , wa 3 not in the house . A JtKRE Matieb cf Tasts . —It is stated in a reoent American paper , ihata bill hadberii ps « 3 ed by 144 to 92 , by the Legislature Gf Massachusetts , the object of which was to repeal that portion of the nutrriags act prohibiting the intermarriage between blacks and wbires . According to the paper , the iceasure was advocated on the ground that such marriages , when ihfy did occur , were " matters of tasiA , as much as the choice of a black or white ribbon for a bosiiet . " '
A Hopeful Babb . —A feliow had grown so tell Mai he could not Btand out of doors , and said to be so thin in the face , that there could but one person l&ok at him at a time . Uss is Etertthixg . —An elderly gentleman traveling in a s-a ^ e cuach was amused by the constant fire of words kept up by two ladies . Ono of them a ; las : kindly enquired , if their conversation did not make his head ache ! when he answered , with a gre& ; deal of naivete , " Ko , madam , 1 have been married ttcenttf-cight years /' The Poki Campbell is stated to have calculated that a man who shaves hianelf every day , aud lives to the age of threescore and ten , expends during his life as much time iu the a . z \ of shaving as weuld faave sufic-ed for learnlrg sev « n languages .
u Who shall decide when doctors disagree ! In the Lord ' s couse the doctriue laid down is , " Thou shall do do murder ! " In the IJouse of Lords the recommesdition is , " Murder away , and welcome —the more the merrier . " Truly a perplexing anomaly . Little thisgs amuse we * k minds—hence the amurenitnt soase people derive fro ^ i speaking and S * cU'it . i si : on theastoaishiBgprecoci ^ r of the Angloercn-u infint . X . B . C—TO BE SC . NG OB SAID IN . ALL NATIONAL SCHOOLS . Aib— A a-o » - an archer . A was PEr > : cs Aleest , to Britons most dear ; B was & bisi-ap , ¦ wi .-h thousands a-year ; C was a courtier , who warned a place ; D was a D . D ., and had a red face ; E was aa earl , of the high Tory crew ; P was a eddier , and rich as a Jew ; G tvas a gambler , high in the State ; 11 R- asahor 5 e- ; ockey , equally great ; I wai an iun k-.-ep ^ r , fat once , now lean ; J was a jumper , and jumped for the Queen ; K ww a " kii ;» . ' , with saail work and great pay ; L was a lab'rtr . on sixpence a day ; M was a minister , c-ho ' . ? for his birth ; ?» was a nobfOJr , raised for his worth ;
O was an oScsr , p ] astert-d with lace ; P w * 3 & p&x : \ m , ellgoodiiesi andgract ; Q was a qui ^ n , iar reiiowiiid for her stable , * K was a Kiuicxl . willing , not-able ; S was a sicjjtr , Italian aud rich ; T was a trade ? msn , and died iu a ditch ; "D was an Usiier , and carried a sack ;* V was Ya > - AiiBVSGH , tne joy of Queen Vie ; W wjls a Whig , whom we'll leave in his glory ; X th * ex-Pre ~ : ar , who strove for victory ; Y was a yeomin of the true Tory sort ' , Z was a ziny , attached to the Coirrt . * For instance , Usher of the Black Rod , Gold Stick , & . c . Query—Has Lcrd Hiu ' s oSce aty analogv -with tha ; indkit-ea by the giluea Etica a « . opitii 33 a si ; -n » i" ni ft -itm- n anQ chimney-sweepers
0 > 'E of ova aa : y co . iterayvoranes , epea ^ ing oi the ' * interesting situation" oi the Qaaen , '' coEgratulates the country on the au > plcious event . ' Wnat there is far coDgra-. raatioD , we- leave ihat multitudinous per = osase , Juhn Bull , to det-eraiine ; for our owa psrts , we iook upou e ^ cry fre ? n Royal charge &B a charge that can b- ; iii ati ' jy c = i . m thesetimts , and as a a tdunional abridgment oi the comforts ot the labonrln 3 classes ! A Fe&sch author ap : ly remarks that the English people boast of their iudepenuence at home , but practice it abroad ; and tin * upou the principle or givin g freedom to the blacks in ihe West Indies and enslaving tie whites in Juntlijd !
Immediately on the axrivAl of u the Royal West Pciiiiird cheers ' at Backu ! t , ham Police , tse Queeti sisniSfd a wish as soon as she had seen it , to have a Welsh rabbit made of a ponion of it , ia the hope that it mi ^ ht as- ^ iiS in cer-tai a conceived notions relati :: g to a iu : ure ? rii . ce of V / aies ! Kings and Qaec-a 3 have a diviae right to indulge in supsr ; .:-tioii . The Joke played eff upon the L-Did Major by JlelCji-uriie at the Mansion-houss bai . qi = t , the otbtr 2
day , has been pinch commented u ^ otj c&th tart j , J west of Teaipie-bar . Everybody knows that the wor'hy Lord Mryor keeps wiiat is ca . 'ieu an oil sbop , and deals largely m every description of thing u-n-isy sold by tra-iesniea of the kinj , so that when th » Presiisr called his civic lo ^ ashlp his "worihy : ii ; d exc ;; : n * friend , " sotn-. dv- * ib : arose in the m . nas of lEany whether the noble Yi-coum wa 3 nut availir ; ^ himself of the privilet'es oi free trade , to' a ; ioaip : an orporitiou ia the nxucte of soan !
It Mrsr us rrauiying . to know tiias the extens-. ve alt-craii ' - » ii 5 now in progress at Cumberland-Jod ^ - for the accvmmocatioa of Prince Albert ' s brcwd mares and Luntcrs , ore progr ^ seing much to h :. * Royal liigness's satisiatii ^ n , and that "ort + dirg in all its branch : - -. ' is likely to go on uiider th-.-Rujal eyemo .-t prosperously . Tse Kon . CjI . Aeso-: i and Colondi Wemyss bite ju = t reporte-a . to th > - Princ * , afur carei-il inspectiuu , thai all the Hoy a . marts in thu Rvyai ttad axe in an "interest !^ siroation . " A good wojias c £ : lfd on Dr . B— , one day , in a great deal c ; * troub ! :-, and oompniied that her = oa had swallowed a ppn ^ y . " P ; ay iDaiata , " said the doctor , was it a ccu ^ feifeit ? " " ^ 'o Sj , certainly no-., '' was the reply . k * Then , it will pass , of course " Xij-jined the facetious physician ,
A Fit . —We yield entire ass-ent to the position , tha : eo reward can be too great , from eiiier man or wcassa , for a fi : a : oiics close and easy , a boot tha : satieties tae pride wiihout a pinch . . Poop Petrarch , it is wciikiiOTva , lam ? d himseit' ircm his pic chin gs to look well to Lvara . What Homsr says of the "well-booted Greeks , it would be needless to adver ; to . What Horace says about large-looking feet , every scholar knows . It was one of the greatest comforts of Lazinllo da Tc-rines t-o be free from all lesponrioility as to the lo-k of his upper leathers . ( How the hearty ro . ^ ue langhed at the incapacity of bootmakers and the vnnky or boot-wearers , whom he counselled to hsve their " feet fairly ** pared- " wiihont much ado !) Is ^ ro ' s solitary friend was ihe shoemakiiig slave who fitted weli ; and we never had a doubt that it was he who , iu return for the Emperor s grateful kindness , strevred hi 3 tomb with fiowers . Hear what our own Gay say 3 , in lines that are made for this weather :
" Let firm , irell-hai&ni-. rfcd soles , protect thy feet Through freezing snowea , and rains , and soaking j sleet , i Should the big last extend the shoe too wide , j Eacn stone wni wrenca thr un-wary sttp asiile ; The sadden ram may stretch the swelling vein , The cr&ckiiig joint unhioge , or ankle sprain ; And when too short the modest shoes are vrorn , Tou'll judge the seasons by yuar shooting corn . Tndy , aa awfal method of judging the seasons . Oa the other hand , old Chaucer paints the reverse of the picture in those soothing lines ; which may be « aid to carry io their highest point the merits and adTsntages of an accomplished shoemaker . The ^ od of love is giving sundry recommendations to the poet , and among the first is a due attention to the * ppe sT&nee of his feet : Of aboon and bootes new and fair Look at the least thon have a pair And that they fit so fetomly [ properly ] That these rude men may utterly ilarrle , aththst they sit so plain [ elose ] HOW THET COKE OS ASD OFF AGAIN . "
How perfect the definition of an exquisitely perfect pair of boots ! The tortured street-walker of Gay marvels , as the light-stepping dandy of Chaucer paaws him , how ever those boots " cone on and oS fKsin * r In referring to this passage , Mr . Devlin justly chaiftcterize § it as descriptive of the perfection of the w ^ je , and concludea that the art of the old post s mK is almosi hopeleea of achievements in the jjreeeat ^ hen certainly , notwithstanding all the late improvements , it is only the best darer why is the bm yrmt ec-Ear *^ .
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THE FIRST FACTION-FIGHT OF THE SESSION : " IN FOR ANOTHER YEAR . " The ttfUl week of the session is over : what has been done ? The flnt four weeks were cnaracterJasd by lUtless idlenss * . In the course of that time the House of Commons held fifteen meeting * , avenging somewhat less than six hours each , counting from four o'clock , the nominal hour of meeting . The Committee sittings have scarcely begun yet Pairing hat been frequent , and the unannounced absence of Members still more frequtnt . The slovenly manner in which the routine business of the House is conducted renders it
impossible for even Members to say what progress has been maue In the indispensible work of the session . One or two Committees have been named , one or two bills have been introduced , one or two have been allowed to t > e introduced- Four weefcj have been wasted by par Representatives since their meeting , much in the same way that boys waste the first bonr or two on returning to school after the holydays , Iistltssly fingering their dictionaries , maps , and ecpy-book « unable to muster coux * ge to resume tbeir task ? . Our overgrown schoclboys of the Legislature have evidently no very hard taskmaster over them : the public is but an indifferent pedagogue .
On Monday last the scene changed . " Oh , then and there wu mustering iu hot haste , " For four successive evenings early aud crowded sittings were protracted till far in the night Speeches of immeasurable length wtre delivered . Mf-mbers of both parties gathered within the House to cheer their friends and hoot their opponents ; and ont of the House—in the daytimelooked as surpicious eb blacklegs calculating the longodds . The most unenlightened might svg that the butiness of the session had began at last . The business of the ses 5 ion ?—true , the business of the pattisasss within the Huuse : but tho business of the p « opie , has it begun yet ? or when begun , will it receive the » me attention ? * * * * The business of the people baa not befun vet This anxious week has been , after
all , nothing more than the first faction-fight of the session . The speeches during the debate on the Irish Registration Bill do not seem to indicate any nearer approximation of parties . They consist chitfly of ths staple material—" , who now say ihit , formerly said that . " But they were little more than ebullitions of personal * plern . Shell pecked at Graham , and Peel at Russell , after this fashion ; bnt these were single combats . There vras nothing of the hurling of a ptrsonality by a whole party against a whole party , ¦ wiiioh used in 1830 antl 1835 to be effected by the cheers «;» maste which accompanied a honitKhrust . The prevailing tone on both sides was more guarded than formerly .
The Ministerialists seemed to have an awkward consciousness that they hold their seats on and around the Treasury-bench on sufferancs , and the Oppt sition that a premature storming of that citadel might be dangerous . . Meanwhile , the Whigs are in high feather . While the debate lasted they were anxious and gloomy , but now they are smirking and shaking hands at every corner— " We are in for another year . " When that year is at ecii , perhaps the chapter of accidents may again befriend them : why damp the joy of the present by gloomy conjecturts as to the future ? For one daj the uisuial word ' ¦ dissolution" has nut been pronounced .
But the people ' s business has yet k > begin : when will it begin ?—Spectator .
REMORSELESS OPPRESSION : INFANT LABOUR IN FACTORIES . "We li » ve long deplored the fate of the unfortunate children doomed to ibe toil and tortures of the factory E \ stcin . The evidence taken befsie the Select Committee , in 1 S 32 , for rvgulat : t ; s infint labour in factories , shows that Mr . Sadler ' s statements in the House o . ' Commons reiatiTe to the pernicious effects of the fitctory system upun the heoith and habits of : he children of the i « ot , TTL-re not ou ! y exaggerateei , but ft-11 far short of the melancholy truth . It will apptar increi * . \ b } e , hereafter , that such a system , notwithstanding the b asted civiliation and morality of England , could evt-r hare existed in the very htnrt of this Christian land , and that the suffirinss which it inflicted upon so
msEy tcoosanils of the most helpless of uur fellow-creatxm 3 sboulil have been so long unnoticed , while British philanthropy flaw to all quarters « f the globe^—traversing oe .-uns a : ;« l deserts—braving the hurricane and tue pe . 'iiicnee to rtJtase the captive from his chains , to strike rhe scourge from t ! . e burnt of rem-rseless oppr = sai-. > D . end Tjndicate the insulted rights Of bununitv . Wht-B the cbi ' idren of Israe ) irere opprem'd the taskmatters —cro rtrangers to the liiu-ase and r -ligion o ! ttieir Vittia : ; but in Camtian K : ! irl ? . D'l tb-j oppressors and ths oppre . 'Red are of the "nur c . —the one nationof tae some colour and the B&sne crrtd—both the subj cts of 3 free stato—both believers in a nligion of mercy ; But cu ; . 'd : y creates tyrants as povtriy makes tLivfes . The -wars wiiicb ambition cau-es proiluco drei'Vfu . cvun . itits to mankind . The sir-did spirit of accenjuiatitn tiots cot destroy mankind imU « vl by the bayor : < t aa
ciestractive procs-ss . The ii fl- ^ tU i p '^ ysicul infirmity xr . H moral r-v' r . ? e ; nent upon myriads < l the \ nfint poor of 11 i ^ ' an . * ., is among the d- ( V : cra' le resu'its for which tLe c-ur . l .-j has to thntk the upholders of that system , ¦ who ¦ wouid sacriSlco the comforts , the health , tho morals of a whole people , to er >*! iie a few individuals to become possessed of rich-s which they vriil cot diffuse mm cin :. 'jt trjoy . Pos ^ i- 'ly the very persons 'who anntia'iy ueetroy in this country a number of children by ih ^ j : ematnre ar . d tmwhoK-toine labours of our fac- . 'Srits , vrouJU shu- ' rer oa reading an account of a Cartr . auinun s-. criSce >{ children to Mi . loch ; yet in what do our iiram c-fferisis to Maminrin "iiffcr irom the P . igan cultuous ¦ - i ilir-. young and innocent upon tbe a ; tars cf an arerr 4 eity ? —in what , siVu the mo ie and instrutnen « a » ivy 1-5 which t ' . e sacrifice is perforuied , and tbe mr-ro prstiu-ctod ti ' . ure of the Luficring ?—ircekiV Dispatch .
FRANCE , AND THE WARLIKE ARRANGE 31 ENTS 0 Fi : i £ CONTINENT . It rnsst be a subjsc : of surprise , as -wtil as regret , to Sn-1 iLs , ' . the res : i 2 t of five s . z \ i twenry ji-ars" peat * : liai been to produce in nlmost every European f . iie a more military o- _ f * rj ; z . tion than ha- ; tver hiibtrto taktn place in modern tirne 3 . The war wb : ch I . im-jiI from 1792 to 1 S 15 Wis so favourable to th . Krriich daring tiie greater j- _ rt of that time , and thf ir rev . rsis vrtre owing to ciu ' -e-s so easily traced V ) 1 : 1 ; .-n > an : ic-iu ^ nt ari d the prrrs-. na ! obstiruicy of their cLicf . tiial i : ictii-i of dtrivki ; . ' from tbe result of that struts : r . conviction that it io u : i"n- ' : 3-- ar - . impo > si : le for t :-: t . ni t ) cio' -. inattf over ifc * rest of Eur : it > e , or ( ' . tiid tLsir tniiiro b ? vi . nd thu
limrs filled bj thi . it own race r . rui ,. ; :-. ue , th Trench rtniiir , on the contrary , in the conviction ttiat it reqnires no tsi ^ nnuc eff rt , and r . o n .-. re than a happy cimh-Mti ' -r . of cirru ^ -. stasces , to pu :::: t tatir recoTer-: r . g - . li-.-ir a . 'candar . cy uud eE . pire . at least of J i » 3 Another , a- ; d an tiiiiU . c-wSEful war . ciu alo :: e cji . vir c ; : ;; u French of the ir . iy > ' : licy or hopelessness of tht ^; SLhemes ; and another ' . "ar 15 , s ^ or . er or later , iu . viable . The l-ji .-jjrr this war is put off , the better , in our oph . iun . For ti-3 true riv . i and antagonist vt France is G ^ rmar . y ; and Gcnuuny gains more in strength and ^ s th , u :. ity at : d national spitii , inttn y-. ass , lUan the French c-an gaia in treaty . During the la-it tt-11 jea" tie ( ienB&us tare made the prK » re--s or h = » lf a century . Thty hare shot far bevend V . \ - > . Fr « . rc ' in
couinit ; r .:. ? 3 tiurj brtWi-tn different par's cf the cou ::: ry . In co . T . iaarcial id sap , freedom , and unity , they l . uvb also gvr ..- lx-yoml the French . The superiority ' of tl . c Germ ^ a rat :- 'is un- ' . oubtod as to pbysidl strt-agtb . la on ? respect Russia has cot the & - . art uf all oi' .: er countries , au ^ sti them , it is to be feart- < J , a fafil , at lta-t a most momintaus example . Russia , in order to maice up forb-r cxituity of territory , makes soldiers of her entire popu : ntion . T * be sure she Las man-arr-l this to as to int . ricre : s little as possible with the time that professions , coinuitrce , and other civil avocation * require . In some cas ^ s one year , in others two years ' actual service in the camp suffices . But out of a population of l 4 , 00 ( i , CC 0 , liossia Las a paid army of 120 , 000 men , which , at t :: a sound of a trumpet , can be raised to 55- \ 000 men .
With sivch au cxa / . ipie on her frontier , and with such a milltiiy orgaa : =. v . un posiissed by a power -which holds tfce greater \ .. i-t of the proviuceb that France desires to recover , it vrrj but natural to fxpect , the momenc ruilitarj' ii ' ess and a military party came to prevail in Frcnce , that something like ths Hussion systtm would be introduced th ^ ie . Accordingly , iiarslial ' Soult hssintro « - : uceJ it . A fe ^ - facts will enable o ne to appreciate better th » a-dvant 3 g-: s and d ;> adv 3 nt-. i ; os of tue new military organisation of France . The thirty-thr-je millions of French gave , about ten years back , about 258 . 000 ycung men of twenty years of age , and con ^ quently inscriljttf on the Hits of Conscription . Of thtse , in 1831 , tOOUt , 50 , 000 were rt-jtcied £ s unSt . from physical c . ' . usea and ( rant of height , to muie soldiers . Tlius , if ( he porlion of the male pop : ;'; ation , aged twenty , be diviided into seven pirts , two-ninths are rejected asusfit , two-nicUjs
taken and made toidier ^ , of , auu three-sevejilha left to civil occupations . Of the 80 , 0 ^ 0 actu-Vily It-vioij , nci more than Co . oOO become soidiers ; but uiooo are to be added for voluntary enlistments and re engagements ; and about 2 J per cent for each succeeding year is to be deducted , The term of 6 crvlce being for eight years , one-h&if being sent home aa a reserve after four years , the rtsnlt will be thst France , after eight jeaia' duration of her new system , will have an active akd paid army of 430 , 000 men , vrith a reserve of 120 , 000 . Marshal Soult , indeed , speak * as if the -whale 80 , 000 lived and . became soldien , and as if there were no deductions . Thii would mike 320 , 000 troops receiving pay , and 320 . 000 in reserve ; but with tlw < ieuucti » n » that the French statistical accounts theuiatlvts indicate , their army will not be niore than is above indicatednay , it will not be so much , unless the mortality of military in Aimers can be pa : a stop to .
One result of French armaments will doubtless be the extension of the landwehr system to South Gerin-iuy . The States of Germany , iadependeit of Austria and Prussia , ketp Dp and can furnish a military force tqaal to KusiLi ; whilst Austria , -with its thirtyfive millions of population , could , with facility , as far as numbers went , triple its present force of 360 , 0 C 0 men . France , therefore , need not , nad cannot , claim Europe bj the number of bayonet * . iSJi © i * f » r moie
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formidable fry the flourishing state of her finances , and these she waste * and weakens tbe more she extends ber army and her military expencea . Tbe French are beginning % o tee ) thi » , and they will feel It mor « and m « re each day . Their Ministers bare announced to them that railroads , canals , public works , and improvements must stop . The greatest difficulty is experienced about a Joan . Without the war-cry , France would have got money from England to complete her railroads and public works . Now , she will not get & maravedi , whilst capital of her own she "has comparatively none . She has ample revenue , but nothing more , and she must probably re-establish the odious tax upon boitsons , which was taken off by popalar acclamation in 1830 .
The effect of the present idle war-cry in France will thus be to fling the country back some twenty years in every path by which nations progress . Fortunate , indeed , it is , that as nations advance in wealth , civilization , and real power , military efforts become more irksome , more enorous , and more intolerable . To the Russian serf , or tho Bohemian peasant , the conscription is no great evil . To the Norman peasant it is death . The mortality amongst French conscripts from mere nesialpre is enormous , and that tax on man ' s life and time h&s been doubled ia France by late events . The French , too , must feed and pay their army better , if they intend to keep one . The mortality of French soldiers in peaceful garrisons is double the mortality of civilians . They talk of employing soldiers on public works ; but a French soldier is not able to do half tbe work of a French peasant , because he is underfed . Such a system cannot endure ; andthft French will find even the keeping up of their present army a much
more expensive thing than they have hitherto found it In tbe smaller states of Europe , tbe mania of directing all attention and eff > rt to military preparations is even more conspicuous than in the larger ones . The King of Piedmont , for example , has doubkd his army , and has showed a great deal of spirit . \ V hen Austria proposed to occupy the passes of the Alps , Charles Albert declared he would oppose by arms the entrance of the Austrian army , and he spoke in defiance to France . In Spain , also , tbe great question ia the army . The revenue of that country is about 550 millions of rial * , the army alone requires 466 millions of rials to support it ; yet the Government gives little hope of being able to reduce the force . Th « press of Madrid has taken up tua question , and one writer seriously proposes settling a portion of the army on some of the waste Government lands , and forming military colonies , as Sweden did with such success , and as Russia is doing . —Corruixtndent of the E *^ miner .
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DISSOLUTION OF THE HUDDERSFIELD POOR LA . W UNION . The following report was communicated to us last week , but , in consequence of the many demands on our space , we were compelled to delay its insertion until this week , and we call the attention of our readers to tbe facts adverted to . In the Bastile Room , at Huddersfleld , at a recent meeting , Mr . Pitktthly deemed it his duty to call the attention of the Board to certain circumstances connected with the present ine'bod of doing the business of the Union , both as it affects the t&tep&yeTS , and also the victims of the system . He said , at the urgeut desire of a numerous body of ratepaying inhabitants , { hive often been urged to bring forward the motion
which lias just been read from the notice book- I bring this motion before you with greater confidence , becausa the subject which hivs just occupied the attention of the Board , n : ust have impressed you all present with a firm conviction that even so far as you have gene , you have involved yourselves in the greatest difficulties , added to the ruinous additional expenditure which yuu find It impossible to meet , while some townships owe large amounts to the Union of Huddursfield . They had , in order to get money , been driven to the alternative of signing cheques , or things called cheques , at tweiity-cisht days' date , thus breaking the law , and defrauding ; he revenue ; and surely thai was a strong reason why we should desist , and rtvert to
tb . it good old law , the forty-third of Elizabeth , which could be carried out with justice to the rich as well as to the poor . Ho brought forward that motion with the greatest pleasure , because he knew that ninety-nine out of every one hundred of the inhabitants of tbis place were nie . st anxious for the consummation of the subject of this motion , and that tho ratepayers of the different tovvnships uiight hare th « management of their own money and their cwij poor ; because tie poor were in a state of alarm . Knowing , as they did , the cruelties which Wtre inflicted on tho poor iu B&stiles , they , feeling- that the pressure of the times was drawing them nearer to a state of pauperism daily , nnd with the prospect of a Basti'e befure their eyes , had a just alarm .
Because those abodeR of misery and woe 'were a constant terror to the halt , the lame , ths blind , a : id the impotent , and horrifying to every one possessing one particle of mercy or benevolence . Because where the law iu in full force , if any starving family dive to apply for relkf they have no alternative , but must submit to go into the house , and bo torn asunder from every famiiy ti-j ; and tfifir little furniture is either taken by tbe landlord for rent , or sold by tbo Uijion , and placed to the general fui . d , and when , if they aru ab ' . e ur . d fortunate enough to got woik out , they have no home to which to return , and so bt-come houseless wanderer 3 , houseless vagraubs , liable at any moment to b « sent to the treadmill , suul thus the poor artisaus of England are driven to madness , desperation , aud despair .
Bvcauso we have before us the ease of the Eton workhuuse , wkt-re a K « v . Ger . tWman , to his honour , hid takin up the defence of the poor , ami exposed aud punished the perpetrators of cruelties nut so great as had b * tn sc ; utud when brougLt btfoe ths Board . Becaute the gates of the poor-houses are shut against the rate-payers , acd the same Iiousls which formerly were home * of refuge are turned by tho new and helliyh scheme into the wunt of prisons . By rtfcrriug to rvidtuce taken before a cotr . niittee of tho Peers of England , it would bo Sceu th it the iuuvjitcs of a Hastile after the surgeon of the bouse hail remonstrated wUh the Guardians , that they ( the Guurdian" ) had told him ( the surgeon ) that ha had no right to interfere with the dietary , that bis duty was to attend to th ;< se that
Were sick only ; and in this c- » uri > e did those Guardians go forward , until disease arrived at such a height that fity iht-inselvts dared not to enter tke house , for fear of infection , until t-hty had gruolled them , contrary to the reuionstrances of the surgeon , and crawimed Uiem together , with five aud even seven in ouu bud , and the gruel ran tbn . u ^ h them as they wa ked across tho flu r , Jind wiiiie they stood at tbeir meals ; and in bed the evacuations wtre to tho extent of tig ' at and t-.-n in onu lirjjht , while there was no ono to clean them , and they iay in tn indescribable puddle , and clisti off like rotten theep : s . > that , by this wholesale now system of imirder , tkey rid themselves of numerous paupers , anu rss ;! usul tue exjvrt'Hture by more than , £ 4 , 0 : fl , anil this waa clearlv tlit- intention of tho framers of the Rill .
Mr . P . tien gave other extracts from the evidence , of the most appalling nature , lyur iiig tlie . reading of which be was interrupted by the C . ' jairui . ui , who bc ^ -td him to desist ; bowever , he continued for semo tiaie k > : ' . gei- * j < : ive tbe friends of the system sotno specimens of its working , wh ^ n he concluded by baying , " This is what you are bringing upon us—this is what thepeople ire alarmed will be th « ir fate—this is what thry deplore rt t ^ e fate which their fellow creatures ere now endur : i :. T ; and , therefore , 1 feel it my duty to bring those cr » u . 's Sufore you in order that yuu may not plead ignorance , and that you may have an opportunity to refute m ; arguments . Another , aud a local reason is , thai co :. Lt ; -:: t eoinjiiaints are being marie that justice is not equa ' . ;> ineted rat in this union ; that ono township
Dears thy bunWn of another township ; that we appoint most unlit p lsi . ns to till various efflce 3 , aud in one initancy , you : ii >[ -. o ' . p . ud an officer without any credentials , or ths production of any , or without any proper reeoininun' ! ation ; without even seeing him , aud when he came to p-nfovm tho dutits i > f his office , it waa discovered that he v . as actually insane , and had not been in his office mnny days when he fell down in a fit , to ¦ which bii hid Ux-n subject , aud had to ba wrapped in bJaiikeis ;;!¦ . ! picked elf to his mother at Sheffield . I state this iu order to show moio clearly that you are in a worst position than we ever were uu'ier the . good eld law , for ur » U-r it 1 defy you to chow one single instance whi ; re a Hw . iiic \ v . i 3 placed over the . sauo inmates of a workhouse ; untifei- iho old system there never v .-as any
uirlioiity to find s . w . e aud active officers to place in such situations ; but now thy thing had changed , and such individuals scouted the officers aud ti » e system also . The inconvenience to the paupers , who were really abie , and ice uiis ^ r > to those who were unabla to come from tho distant parts of lha union , to have these cases heard before the board;—in some instances eight and as much as twelve niilus to be buffetted by the understrappers , and tent bacfc again with empty bellies , aud Without eveu being permitted to go before the board . The guardians too had complame < t heavily of the great individual expence and inconvenience of attending every week at so gren . t a distance , and the great additional espence incurred by what was generally called establishment charges , namely , rents , salaries ,
aud other burdens which were making those who wore the staunchett supporters of the bastile scheme- wince , and many had besn converted by the impositions effected by the triune kings of Somerset House ; and this , too . while they were compelling old persons from seventy to eighty ytars ef age , a'i but blind , and bodies diseased , to labour on the highways for the raero pittance they received for breaking stones on the highways . Mr . P implored them to dtsist from their ruinous course , and wve themselves from tho ruin , which , if they did not retreat , must come upon them . He then moved "That the so-called HuJderfiold Poor Law Union be divided into thirty-four unions , and be named according to tha designations of ihe thirty-four township which form the Huddersfleld Union . "
Mr . Bs . tl « y moved as an amendment , «• That it bo taken into consideration that d » y six months , " which being s-. coneled by Mr . Bull Briggs , on a show of hands b ^ iiis ; called for by the Chairman , there appeared for the amendment , seven ; for the niotioD , eight The Muithu ^ ian crew looked unutterable things , and Batley moved that the votes be taken down , and told tbe Chairman that if he would vote and give his casting vote , it would just tuin it the other way . The Chairman declined to vole , but ¦ wuuld tako the votes down , but Uio confusion was « £ ca , that he left tlw chair , saying that he couid not
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do bnjiuefi in such a state . He was stopped on bis way , and pressed into it again . Mr . P . said , the Chairman not having voted tn the first Instance , and having given his decision , could not rote on the question at all ; the votes were taken down aa follows : — For the motion . For ihe amendment . Neutral Mr . Pitkethley Mr . Cockill * Mr . MaxBeld Mr . Wnitworth Mr . Bull Briggs Mr . Littlewood Mr . Pepplotoa Mr . Bottomley Mr . R-Wrigley . Mr . Pocson Mr . W . ' Batley Mr . Clarke Mr . J . Batley Mr . Stevenson Mr . Tinker Mr . Senior . Mr . Sykes . ,
It was then moved that the votes be added to the resolution , and that both be transmitted to the Commissioners forthwith . Mr . Joseph Batley had a notice on the books for the giving up of Biirley workhouse , and for the enlargement of Almonbury workhouse . He said he-would postpone his motion , as he understood that the people of Al ' dmonbury would nob lay out the money , and he dirt not think the state of their finances would justify them in any extra outlay . Truly that is the caeo , when they cannot have their cheques discounted without breaking the law , and defrauding the owners by ? ' . rawing a bill at twenty-eight days' date , aud falsely calling them cheques . When the names were to be taken down , he wanted to vote toi the motion ; this was not allowed !
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LEEDS . Election of Auditors , &c—On Monday last , the annual election of Auditors , Reusing Assessors , and Ward Araesrfora , for tbis borough , for the ensuing year , took place , when the following were elected : — Auditors . —Mr . Matthetf Johnson , Woodhouselane , merchant ; Mr . John Bockwith , Hanoverplace , short-hand writer . Iievisi ? ig Assessors . —Mr . John Hope Shaw , Aibion-street , solicitor ; Mr . Edward Bond , Springfield place , solicitor .
WAKD ASSESSORS . Mill Hill . —Mr . James Gilston , Merrion-strect , woollen-draper ; Mr . Thompson Clarksou , Briggate , taliow-chaudler . West . —Mr . Thomas Tennant , Little Woodhouae , gentleman ; Mr . Thomas Tiluej , Wellington-street , stonemason . North West . —Mr . Edward King , Grovo-terraco , wool merchant ; Mr . John Leadman , Queen-square , gentleman . North . —Mr . Thomas Simpson , North-street , painter ; Mr . William Mavvson , Camp-road , stationer . North East—Mr . John Mawson , Burmantofts , manufacturing chemist ; Mr . Edward Walker , BurmautoftB , maltster . East . —Mr . Horatio Wood , Hill-house place , solicitor ; Mr . William Hey wood , Wneeler-ttreet , pawnbroker .
Kirkgate . —Mr . William Kettlewell , Kingstonpiace , draper ; Mr . William Middieton , St . Uvorge ' sterrace , solicitor . South . —Mr . Hutchinson Gresham , Hunslet-lane , pawnbroker ; Mr . Thomas Robinson , Cliapei-ailurton , solicitor . Hunxlet . —Mr . Samuel Walker , jun ., Chapel-street , maltster ; Mr . Stephen Cliappcll , Leedb-pottery , Huiislet ; earthenware manufacturer . IIolbeck . —lAT . Roger Slisckleton , Holbeck-lane , com miller ; Mr . William Greaves , Holbeck-iaue , chemist . liramlry . —Mr . John Waite , Bramley , gentleman ; Mr . iJoim Walker , Arinlev-moor , cloth niauufaciurer . llcadingley . —Mr . Edward John Ti-ale , Queensquare Leeds , solicitor ; Mr . George Ho won , HoadiDgky , geutlciuan .
SHEFFISU ) . —Payment of Wages in Stuff . —At tha Town Hall , Shtiiield , a fow days ago , Mr . Thoa . Gutley , of that place , file manufacturer , appeared to answer to three informations preferred against him by his workmen , for paying their wages ia goods instead of money . The first case called upon was that of Wm . Rhode ? , who deposed that he was obliged to set up seven shillings out of every pound ha earned to pay for Btutf , On the 4 th of j November last , he was obliged to tako three and a ' half yards of woollen clorh , for which . Galley . tielced I 403 . per yard , but agreed to tako 3 &j . per y-ini . I Rhodes afterwards eold the whole piece for * 33 : ' ., which it waa sworn vr » s its full war : it . A solicitor
uttenucd for Gatlcy , but he could not chaku ihe cumplainant ' sevidence . Mr . Luke Pali ' reyman , solicitor , for the complainant , Baid he should picas fur a eonvictioH in each of the three cas « a iu which informations had been laid ; he could bring forward biuiiia : informations from every man in Mr . Gatlcy ' a employ , I but , ii' he would promiso to relinquish tho practice , I no further iuformalioiid should be laid . Mr . Gatley baid he was not so old a manufacturer as many others , but ho had his eyes and ears abuut , him , and he had been led into this course by the example of others , it wai not his own inclination , for ho had always detected tho system . \ Vhen his workmen consented to part pa-y : neut in stuff , he made three propositiou . i to them ; lirat , that thoy should set up io tho debts
they owed him ono-thirtf of their wages ; or that he should ktint them ; or that part of them should be ditciiarRed . He had erred through a fueling oi companion for his men , not desirii . g to throw iheui out of employment , and ho was sorry he had rendered himseli ameiablo to a Jayv that ko was not aware of . —Mr . Bigtliawt : The illegality «> f the payi nii . nt of wages in goods could scarcely b < s atiknown to a man w-th his eyca aud ears open , and it is au txuaordiuary ciroar . istanco that the cloth yuu chargfcd 35 j . a yard Khoulu bo worth ouly lh . 6 d . — Mr . G : it ) ey said ho was not a dealer in these things , ami charged according to the price they C 03 S him . Mr . 1 ' uifreymtvu . Baid ho could have pioved , iu ono of tho other cases , a uouvm ' oauou with the defenciaut ,
sacwnig that ho was not ignorant . — Mr . L 5 a sh&we j said tho plea of ignorance could not bo entertained . i They could not suppose that any master couli be igaorant on this subject . —Mr . Aldeidon concurred in tins . —Mr . Ba » 8 ba ' . vo said , iV the defendant would shew them iiis invoices from the manufacturers ot Leods , he thougfii , ( hay would not justify the ontra ^ t ous price he hud chargi d . —Mr . Gatley said he 'l id . noi buy from tnanufitaimers . lloma . de exchanges with hawkers . —Mr . B . igshawt-: Don ' t you get it fruiii regular houses!—Mr . Unticy : Isever . —Mr . j Bagshawe : Then , i ' or anyiliiug you can tell , you j man be buying stolen goods , and may get them I cheap < r still . —Mr . Gatiey wished to speak aguiu . j —Mr . B ; ig .-huv . 'e said , I think you had beita * noi . — . '• ir . Galley said ho had understood that when worki ^ ivn li atl screed to tako goods , it was not contrary to Jaw . —Mr . Palfreymin—If you say that yuu iniide ' a contract with them to take goons , yoa . aro liable io
auothcT penalty . — Mr . l-Jagsltiwe said , Mr . Al . ler-£ ju concurred with him in thinking thai . their decision in this case was one of iiiiportanco , and as Mr . liutl ?\ v inignt not have understood the law , they felt boui : ti , us justice to all panies , to impose such a peruiUy ag hhou ' . d mark their opinion of the oifeuee . Iu t ! o rase they had heard , they imposed a penalty of X'lOand costs , and in each of tho others of £ 5 . Mr . G ; itley would understand the law now , and he iicpea would not again transgrcs , for it' another conviction took place , tho minimum penalty would be £ 20 . Aftca * tho evidence that the cloth chargeu to iho man £ 0 ' 2 \ 6 d ., was only told lor 33 . ; ., ( Mr . Aldersoii : And was worth no more , ) thoy felt culled upon tints to < i « al with tho case . —Mr . Palfrey mau requcs . ed the Bunoh to say how the penalties hiiculu be disposed of . —Mr . Bsgshawc : Coubideniig it as a public offence , tho whole must go to the treasurer of iho countv .
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Yaixl Effects of a ixtuLic—In tho evening of Wednesday the 24 ' , h , ; i party wa 3 drinking together at tho public-house , at Old itomney , wiieu a bet waa laid about running 20 rods . Two of the party , named itandall aud Hug-gett , accepted the bet , and proceeded to execute then * task . Tho goal was a lighted caudle in a lantern , whick . in a frolic had b ' .: eu first placed , or afterwards removed , to the opposite side cf a pond . Both Randall anil Hagge . tt ran into the pond , when tho former unfortunately iound a watery grave and tho hurer was extneateu with some difiioulty . On tho following day an inquest was hold on the body , and a verdict of " Acciueutal Duiili" recorded .
Successful Insurrection i . \ a Workhouse . — Last TVOjk . eleven meu , who had been previously convicted of insubordination in the Cambridge Union ' , were brought up to the PoUy Sessions for judgment . A man , who was considered to bo the ringleader , having been previously sentenced to tweiUy-oue days ' imprisomeut , tho V : cc-Chairman of the Guardians , a Air . Livett , begged to eay , that " though the Guardians were determined to suppress any thing like a spirit of insubordination wuU promptness and
vigour , they were ut all times ready to hear any just cause of complaint , if made iu a proper manner ; as a proof of which ho would state , that , uow the coinplaint had been ho utadd , tho Guardians iiad petitioned the Commissioners ( . without whose sanction they had no power to make alterations ) for aa increase of four ounces of rice-pudding for their dinners , and also one ounce of bread and one ounce of cheese . The men , after being cautiousd by Captain Purchas in a very ab ' e and feeling manner , were discharged ! 1 ! " —Weekly Dispatch .
Attempt to Rob the Dublin Bank . —Very considerable excitement was created oh Thursday , tho 25 ih ult ., in consequence of a rumour which gained general cvedence , that the Bank of Ireland had been robbed the night before . It appears that a during attempt to ti p bo waa made . The strong dcors of one of the iroa safes wt ; re found brc ken opi ; a by some person , who , it is supposed , inar . sged to 6 ecret himself iu the cKice daring the day , but there were inner doors which resisted the efforts to force them . An investigation lias been hold , but no light was thrown upon this- * affair , which is involved ia mystery .
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It has bhbn rumoured in Paris that the French Cabinet was disposed to offer its meditation to arrange the M'Leod dispute with the United States . Ow am > AFTEB Mdnday , the 1 st of March , the foot toll at Waterloo Bridge will be one halfpenny only . > ¦ •¦;* :. The Goldsmiths' Company have eent a donation of ten ponnds to the poor box of every police office in the motropolia . Mr . Whittle Harvey . —It is reported that Mr . Whittle Harvey has intimated his intention of retiring from the office of City Commissioner of Police . The Right Hon . Sir Joseph Littledale , Knijtht , has been aworn of her Majesty's most honourable privy council . The Chamber of Peers has again gone over the law regulating the labour of children in manufactories , which . was discussed and almost passed last session .
The . general committee of elections , hare , ap « pointed March the 18 th , for choosing from panel No . 1 , the select committee to try the Sndbury election petitions . Ths Colossal Likeness of the Duke of Welling ; ton , for tho equestrian statue to be erected opposite tho entrance to Hyde Park , ia said to be cast from a gun taken at Waterloo . A PsrmoN to the Court of Common Council , praying for aid to the widows and orphans of Captain Hewitt aud the crew of th « Fairy , was referred to the fiuaaco cooimittee amidst acclamations . The PkovcSt of Eton vetoed the pernrssion given by the head master to the two sens of Count ii » thy » ny to study at Eton College , on the ground that they are Roman Catholics .
Militart deaths in France are represented as 22 in 1 , < IUO , while civilian deaths were only 13 ^ in 1 , < j 00 . The mortality of soldiers in Africa is sp ' oken of as 75 iu 1 , 000 , but this mii ^ t be incorrect , for it is known to be infinitely greater . The Hertfordshire magistrates met to appoint a chief officer of the rural poJice , pursuant to their former resolution for its adoption . An adjournment sine die was , however , carried by SI to 41 , \ vh > oh virtually rescinds the whole proceedings . Robbery by a Servam . —A young man named Miles , h * a bsen committed to trial for robbing his employer , Mr . Richard Dunn , tailor , Golden-squaro , London . Ha had taken goods to the amount iu value of forty or fifty pounds .
A plan of the Emperor Nicholas has been mentionod i ' or modifying the Russian system of making nobility and rank depend on official place ; and of creating a higher noblesse , wkh entails , &c , founded on landed property . A hint has buen thrown outlo some independent member of the House of Commons to move in Parliament for a return of the expense to the public of the performance of the farce enacted in the trial of Lord Cardigan . From the establishment of the Apothecaries ' Company in 1815 , to the month of August , lB 4 f ) , tho sum of £ 67 , S 80 has been received by it as fees for licences to practise , being at the rate of £ 2 , 61 ) 0 a i ear .
The Courier Suing asserts that a woman vras caugnt up by a hurricane in the canton of LJri , ono day la ? t month , & ¦;<* carried through the air a space of two leagues . Her body was found some days after with all her bones broken ! TiiKUfc : is now pending in the Arches Court a proceeding a gaiut-t the Rev . Mr . Bruder , perpetual curate of Thames L'itton , charging him with intoxication generally , and on specific occasions . The arguments are expecteu to occupy some days . We were shown , a few days sinea , somo writing piper , with maker ' s name , and dated 1842 . Persons drawing up documents of importance should bo careful not to uso any post dated paper , as it nay lead to unpleasant mistakes in future . — Cheltenham paper .
Chartism . —It appears from a summary of the number cf Chartists now in prison in England and Wales , or who had been from June , 1839 , to June , 1840 , that it amounts to 443 . Among the number there is one surgeon , one barrister , one schoolmaster , one magistrate , and about ha : f a dozen licensed victualler * . The late failure irr Dublin . —The Dablin p » por . i state that iho liabilities of Alderman Pervi » , the particulars of whose flight have already been : illud « d to , are variously estimated at from £ 109 , 000 to £ 50 , 008—tho Litter , it is supposed , buing nearer to tlie mark . — Globe .
A general order has be « n issued from tlie Horseguards for hu ^ p lying b bies and prayer-books to the s-oliliera in th * army . The supply , however , is to be confined- to those who can rtad , and who actually apply for them , and each m-iu ' s name is to bs distinctly writ : en in tho first pa ^ e at tha orderly-room , or by tho schoolmaster-Serjeant , with the date of issue annexed . * Tiik Thames-frigate , which has been lately converted to a convict hulk , and fitted up at Dtptfurd , Sot aaround on the " slip" close to tlie 'wburf , aud was laid on her beam ends , with 300 convicts on . board . The old convict ship , which has for so many yeara lain in the same place , has been lately broken up .
r kiday night , about twelve o ' clock , a diabolical attempt was made in the town of Hammersmith . It appears that some blackguards—supposed to bo of " tiio better Ruv . "— affixed a maroon to the shop door of a booksoller , which they contrived should explode wh « n they had loft the place . It shattered tho door , and demolished liearJy 40 squares of glass in the bhop and othe . windows . John Frost ' s Cell . —The Monmouthshire Beacon states that an inquest has been held ou a pensioner , who died iu Monmouth Gaol , from fright ; at beiu # confined in th * ceil where John Frost was imprisoned . He told tho cook of th-3 prison ho 6 hoald never see him again , before he was locked up for the night . The verdict or the jury was givon in accordance with tho fiiCts .
The German papehs mention a discovery of Professor Dieult'ubacn , which ia exciting general attention at Berlin . lie has discovered a method for the cure of stauimerin . i , ' , by an incision of the tonguewuich is s : uu to huvc beon iu all the instances in which he has oparatcd , completely successful . Accortii ng to the Professor , s ! &jmi <; ring proceeds from the difficulty of applying the tongue to the roof of he mouth , asiii his remedy of course consists in tlie removal of the impediment . A DtCEiVKK . —A cheesemonger , named Luke , of Church-street , Bethnal Grcon , London , was recently brought up at Worship-Street Po'ice-office , for obtaining money aud goods to the amount of £ 13 , from a young woman named Charlotte Eslam , under false pretences . His pretences wcie that he would marry her , but ha has sinco niarritd another female . Hi * letters to tho young woman were read up . He was ordered to repay tho youug woman the amount she had advanced to him , by monthly instalments .
ExTfiAORDiMRy Suicide . —On Tuesday , the 26 th ult ., C . C . Lewis , Esq ., the Coroner for Essex , held an inquest ; at the Swan , Romford , on v ' mw of the body of Thomas Brown , aged fifty-eight , lato ostler at the above inn , who committed suicide by cutting his throat with a pruning kuife a few days before . Nervous depression aa to hi 3 prospects ia . iite , it is proved , caused him to commit the melancholy act . ' . Loss of Life bv Fire . —By returns from tho city of Westminster , and the easjcrii division of Middlesex , it appears that during tho last twelve months no less than two hundred and forty-five children have beeu burnt to death in those districts , chiefly owing to their parents leaving them alone in a room with a fire iu it . , The greater number were the offspring of the working and poor classes of society , whose business takes them from their ho . ^ es .
The Standard , following out its plan of rejecting the " alien" part of the House of Coniatvus , the Irish Members , finds that Ministers have a British majority against them of thirty-two ; while the nominal majority was swelled by fivo of " tho tribe of Grey , recent deserters" from Lord Stanley ' s side , Lord LUtowel , who occupies a worse than doubtful seat , " and the Tory equivocal , Mr . Baring Wall . Stabbing with the Ksifk . —Jane Hodditch , a Frenchwoman , w ? . a brought before Mr . Jardiue , at Bow-street , ou Friday , for final examination , charged with stabbing ami wounding Thomas Day , a waiter , with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm . It appeared that the waiter had endeavoured to prevent the prisoner ' s husband from turning his ( prosecutor ' s ) brother ' s wife out of a room at the Red Lion public-house , Houghton-street ,- Claro-market , when she ( the prisoner ) stepped up to him and stabbed him in the bowels . £ > he has been committed for trial .
DiispjiiuTS KrFFiANisii . —At Union Hali Police Office , on Saturday , J « hn Elhotfc was charged with committing a violent aS 3 auHon Henry Blawer , under the following circumstaaces . The complainant stated that about three weoka ago , his wife eloped with the defendant , after Belling tho whole of the furniture to a broker , and abandoning her children . On the following day complainant mej his- wife and her paramour together in the street , and immediately went ; up for the purpose of giving him into custody for boiugconcerned in stealing hi 3 furniture . The
defendant , however , instead of making any reply to tho charge , iinmedately consmsnoed a most violent attack on the complainant , whom he beat about the heau and face until ha fell from exhaustion , his ( complainant ' s ) wife being a silent spectator of the illtreatment to which he had been subjected . Evidence was given , that the complainant ' s head and face werovery much cut , owing to the maltreatiatnt inflicted by the defendant , who was fined £ 3 , and iu default of payment committed for twenty-ene Ways .
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At a utB meeting in . Cork , Mr . K « .. j Secretary to the General Temperance S ^ etv ^ S that theT had eight Roman Catholw » e 6 » £ H » rolled , 700 of the Catholic clergy . » nd oftift , * lation altogether not less than 4 , 647 , 000 . Wp * Distress ik a Christian Codwtrt so cau . ^ At Hattnn Garden police office , within thelastf " * days , two yonng men , who were nearly naked JZ charged with vagrancy . A police constable , N ( Tm N , said that on Friday morning the Dri * i « i accosted him on his beat , and implored him tn *? them' into custody . He told them thev hadI ¦ mitted no offence which wt > nld justify kiV * complying with their request , when one of thn dtt " aniBiwa inas wiu % __
a ur , was a crime m the evA ^ the law , aud he and his unfortunate companion mediately stopped a lady and gentlccian r *? whom th « y solicited alms . Witness inimedi ^ i took them to the s ^ ation-hoase , and procured ^ them some . nourishing food , of which thev gt ^ greatly in need . They were both in a rervdJjr , slate of health . In answer ttfaMr , Combe , onewv defendants said , that he bad' been a patfeot m > s Thomas ' s Hospital , and was discharged as inennk ] be had also been in Whitechapel Union WorWob from which he had absconded because he haa ' enough to eat . For seven weeks he had been hf about the streets , but was now no longer » bj . ?' wander about . The other defendant said , that th montbB ago he left Norwich in search of emo ! ment , and he had since been in the open air seek for food Mr . Combe eaid he reaJly did not k * what to do with tho prisoners—a prison certSnT * was Dot a proper pJaco for them . Tiia unforW * defendants here , in a hp . art-r « nHinir msnuu _ .- " . *
cated the magistrate to commit them to prison u Mould , the clerk , humanely suggested to tha ^{ f * magistrate that they might possibly be procure « admittance into Greville-street Hoapiia ' l , ifanni ; tion were made to tho honorary secretary theft Mr . Paokman , whoso ears were always opett ' to ' th ' wants of the poor , and who was ever read * to » 1 ! viate their sufferings . Mr . Combe agreed that titi would be the most humane course , and he xeauestprt Inspector Jarvis , of the G division , to acco * aitan » them thither , and to supply them with some c ^ an apparel . The defendants , with tears ia thtiieyei expressed their gratitude On arriving n ^ tr ** pital the ^ r were immediately attended to / Botwitk !
standing the institution is crowded , and the umdi very low . It was stated that the house surgi ^ a ^ of opinion that one of the defendants would mo ^ likely have to remain under his care for a 1 < m » time . ««| Charge op Bigamy and Seduction . —At Lam . beth-street police office , on Saturday , Joseph Norm a shoemaker by business , and a ranting preacher bt profession , who has been in custody for weeka nast charged with the twofold oifence of eeduciioa and * bigawy , was placed at tlte bar , before the Hon G 9- Norton , for final examination . From the etidenm of a young woman , i / a ; aed Grew it appeared that she went to live with tho prisoner and his second wife . The prisoner at first expressed a great kindness for her , and taught her to read her Bible .. km
shortly afterwards he began to solicit her faTocr * , and she consented to his wishes . S » me time aftel the improper connection commenced , he discarded his second wife , and wtnt to live with complainant at lodgings he had taken for her , but hesooacol tired of , and dessrted , her also . While living with him , she had learned that he had married tlie second wife , though his first was Jiving . The prisoner when asked what he had to say to the charge , said * that there was one part of the erid « uce whica it wished to contradict . On a former occasion , corn * plainant bad stated that she was not aware that hu ( the prisoner ^) first wife lived in adultery vriihi
man , named Warner , in Baker ' s-iow , Wijteeh » pel Now , tho fact was . that the first p ! a ? o he and Green wc-nt to was the residence of his first wife and Warner , and they had stopped there for two data The night they removed there , they alJ four-namely , his first wife and Warner , and Green aud mmsclf--slept upon the same bed ; so that it was ridiculoui on the part of the witness Green to swear that sh « was not aware of tho terms upon which his forma wife lived . Indeed , his firet wife wa 3 then present , aud he felt satisfied that neither she nor Green could deny this fact . '! Mr . Norton coffimittd the prisoner for trial .
Death through Actval Starvation— DasiD c ? THE BaSTILK . —Oh Friday an icqueft was heW before Mr . Wakley , M . P ., at the 'ihreeSiogi Tavern , Clerkcn well-close , on view of the body of Elizabeth East , aged 33 , whose death was ofcisioued through actual starvation . Martha Dauie's , 1 miserable-looking object , deposed that Bhe livedin Cock-yard , Turnmill-street , Clerkenwoll ; cecased lived in the ssmo house , aud had been cohabitiM with a man named Holmes . Deceased usedtosdi lucifers , and Iiolmes went about bono-piekin / f , which was also witness ' s occupation . OaM « wi&i afternoon last , deceased asked witness to go ani pell for her a cap and apron , which she did , and ad
21 for them , with which , as deceaied's request , sn « bi > U £ ht a small quantity oi' tea , and made a basinfd for deceased . . On Tuesday rcoming v . iiness asked deceased , who was then lying 011 a mai ' . re-s , how she was , to vrhich she only replied , "Uh , dear . " Witness saw her no rr . ore aiive , and sbuuttbre * hours afterwards was t (\ d that she wls dead , which she found to be the fact . Witness did 8 ' . t know whether deceased had ever applied tor reliai frcm iha parish , but was awavo that t-ho received none , Deceased wa «> in great diacre ^ .- * , ofieutimes wentftt day 8 together subsisting only ou a little dry bred and paicp v / ak-r . She could never e .-iru more than 2 s . a week , and did not complain of illness . Edward
Holmes stated ihat he obtained a living a ? well a he could . lie had known deceased for the lad four months , during which tiae she had bow and then lodged , with him . About ihroe weeks ago 1 m told her she must shift for herself , and she went away . He eawno more of her till Friday last , w . iea she came back to him . He advised her , as he had often done before , r , o ftpp : y to the workhouse ; but ¦ she said , " Oh , no , no ! I'll net j ; o the workhsus * while I can scrape a few haKpeueo by seliiug wn « « ruvcs . " Deceased had nothiug to eat that day , nor at any time previous to her dcafh , she haring no money , and ho not having auy thing 10 g ive her . The miiii who rented the roomtho last witness , a :: d
, deceased ( wiitsti she wa 3 t > . tre ) all lived tt' ^ eth -r . Mr . Wafcley- " Is is possible-1 Then how isit tuat all you peoulc , b- ^ ing in the fame room , could see this poar woman starving ! " Witness— " Wuj , im , we are obliged to go r . bout oar own business , aud forage fur ourselves . 1 did not consider that she had any lc-ga ! claim upon n ; e . " Mr . Wakley remarked that it v / as '; i ve .-y melancholy case . As far as they cen . Ki learn , the deceased had had but a basin of tea from b < Friday till she du-i . Thedcee-s-a had been starved to death widn . ut any person being
le ^ aliy accountable . Ho cor . sidorcti tlie conuuctol the witnesses to he exceedingly dis ^ racefiil ,. oui could not discover the meaning of f-uch a fii . i . n ' . ! ul stats of society . Workhouses , since tho pju-sinc <» the New Poov Law Act , had become as much areaded as the Inquisition wu 3 iu Sj . uin . —Tho Jury , having expressed their full concurrence in what h- ol _» S "' from the Coroner , returned the ic'lowiDg verdict : — '• That the deceased died from exhaustion , consequent on starvation , avi .- in ^ fioai her not liaynig made application to the parish lor reh ' ef , ana itm her refusal to go to the workhouse . "
Sheffield Trades' Unions— A numerous meeting of delegates , from tho various trades -of tho town , was held on Wednesday evening , the 24 fo , /** Mos- ? We , the Old London 'Prentice , ca ; ic < 2 . J public placard , in ccuiacquence of the appreh ension that Mr . O'Conuell was preparing to propose son * measure in Parliament to restrict the riglits . oi . j M workinjc : classets to cuuibiue . Mr . Kivk was caUe " ro the chair , and stated that they had two objscw ia view , namely , to clear themselves from any stigmi that might attach to Trades' Unions , in C 9 nscqu « n « of the rccont prcceeJiu ;; s at Aehtou , and to vinuitnc
cate the right of workwomen to associatefo jr a own protection . Mr . -Wardle proposed— ' i 1 ' * was the opinion of the meeting that it was nenes arj for the industrious classes to watch with vi > 'iiaa any measures proposed in the Legislature toiezi ^ thoir right to meet for the protection of tnai labour , generally their enly property , ' at the san » time they protested against any resort beius : naa > acts of violence , of any kind , for that purpose . ^ Hayrison su ^ ested that a previous reK'lutioa w » needed . He thought they should declare their cor victiou that it was their nj ; ht to associate .. *>*?'" L move— " That the meeting was of opinion that it w » the inherent richt of the workmen to form ana s « r tear
port Trades' Unions , as the only protection tor only property , their lubour . " Mr . Makin soconaw ¦ the motion . Mr . Harrison did not . cj > pys « * ; ' Wardie ' s resolution , but thought that his was new sary prior to it . Mr . Wardle bad no objectiuu to w passing of Mr . Harrison ' s as the first r < - > sol " . f : j eT . was put and carried unaniuouslv . Mr . . > Vfli *•' of tlw table-blade grinders , moved , and Mr . W . and Mr . Broacihead seconded and si : ppo « ta }\ motion read by Mr . Wardle . Mr . -GiH snppwwj the resolution , lie held the opinion tha : al |¦ c 1 *^ identified with production bad the same wter ^ All other classes had a separate interest . 1 v " U * a «*^> I /^ evatt nrnrv / xn *} Sj 1 vt / tf J »»* T . * srif t . HQ cIJ * r' * < _
The competition reduced hia profits aL * o . *"" mere consuming classes , neither emplojers no ^ ployed , were benefited by the couipe "" I ' -uiproducers . Mr . O'Connell was living on l ? r £ e ° * U jj < l inx busineas . It waa a necessary » u ;* , ; ' l linblo to great losses , but he had the advaatas v issuing vroi thless paper , while the country mUi . , the loss of the metallic currency , vf « Vd W fore , the unpruductive consumer w » s bencnn the reduction of prices , the producer was no * . ^ fitted . The resolution was carried unaniroonsi ? - ^ committee was then appointed , and it was r « ^ that a report of tho proceedings ot tae B £ ?; i * forwarded to Mr . Ward , M . P ., requesting f 3 * g fully to watch any proceedings which mv . vy" ^ . might adopt respecting Trades' Unions , ""^ J form the committee of them . It was -ai « o' * - { W that the report of the meeting be transmrtKa w ^ leading journals of the manufacturiug disirio . the ' speakers disclaimed any desire to Keep i « cecdwgs of their respective Unions secret .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 6, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1099/page/6/
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