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TEE BLESSINGS OF INSTRUCTION " The heart has tendrils like the Tine , ¦ Which round anothert bosom twine , OuispVinging froib the liTing txee Of deeply-rooted sympathy ; ¦ Wlicse fljTfera are hope , its fruits ate bliss , janeficense its harvest is . There are some bosoms dark and drear , TYhich an Tmwater"d desert are ; yet there a curious eye may trace , gome smiling spot , some Terdant place , -pTherelitae flowers , the broods between , Spen d their soft fragrance all unseen .
Pesrise them not , for wisdom ' s toil ^ Las * ne ' er disturb'd that stubborn soil ; Yet care and culture saunt have brought Tee ore of truth from mines or thought , ^ nd fancy's fairest flowers had bloom'd TTCiyre tiuth and fancy lie entomb'd . jrsnlt him not , his blackest crime yiaX ; in his Maker ' s eye sublime , In sp ite of all thy pride be less Than e er thy daily "waywardness ; Than many a sin and many a stain , Forgotten andxuipress'd again .
There is in every human heart Som e not completely barren part , Where seeds of truth and love might grow , Aud fiowers of generous virtue blow , To plant , to watch , to water there , ILis l > e our duty , be our care . And sweet it is the growth to trace Of -rorth , of intellect , of grace . In . ^ so ma -where our labours first Bi- the youns se © ds of spring-time burst , . Anl lead it on from hour to hour To ripen into perfect flower .
Hast thon . e'er Been a garden clad In sli the robes that Eden kid , Or rale o ' erspread with streams and trees , A paradise of mysteries ; Plains with green hills adorning them , like jewels in a dix ^ em ? These gardens , vales , and plains , and hills , "SVliich beanty gilds and music fills , TVere ence but deserts , cnltore ' 3 hand Has scatter'd verdure o ' er the land , An * smiles and fragrance rules serene , VTLexe barren wilds ¦ UEurp'd the scene .
And snehis man , a soil which br : eds , Or sweetest flowers , or vilest weeds , rioters , lovely as the morning light , "Weeds deadly as the aconite ; jnst as his heart is train'd to bear The poisonous weed , or floweret fair .
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PTJBIjIN . —( From our cicn Correspondent , JSieBew corporation is about to levy a borough rate , uncanting to the enormous sum of £ 7000 a year , for flg openly avowed purpose of providing pensions fsr the officers of the old corporation , in djder to make way for the hungry oratcrs of the Corn Exchange . It is not known as yet , how the impoverished enizsns will put np with this new tax , or whether theyjnll submit to it at all . The repeal rat is failing o 2 " i aid unless the orators are provided for , there -will be a rebellion in ihs camp . The iribass too was woefully deficient this year , which aeeoanrs in some measure for this attempt at a
borough rate . Had the tribute been as ample as bEKiafore , the rate would not have been mentioned ifcis year at all events ; but , the deficiency in the moiint of the tribute deprived the Liberator of the Etass of retaining the same number of roaring atellites which te ha 3 heretofore done , and ev " en the reduced stdFarenow placed on short allowance . Their sheet anchor is the repeal delusion , and liko < bicg misery they hold fist to the List momest . _ ey * wjl ] allow no one to help them on with the agitation of that question , they must keep it and all its profits to teems .-ives . The weekly turns received ly the Loyal National Repeal Association of Irehnd , dnrkig the last year are , according to the rep orts published in t ' a = ne ~ spaser ? , about £ 350 , which
i 3 eqr . al to i ' 18 / 200 . Of the Eianner m which this hrije sum has besa ;< p ?; ied there is so account joor MTer will . 'To be sure it may be that txe old triek will bi practised on the pabiic , iha ; of appointing Kiditors who are wholly incapable of distinguishing btrrreen the debit and tee creditor side of an account esriszt , men vrho iipon former occasions certified dial there was > balance of £ 73 6 s . llf-J . dne to the Liberator iDcIudiiiij the pureeil £ 10 U which were lodged p the Trales branch of the national bank . Weil , 2 xxt all , there is noE much of this money finds its fray in ; o the pockets of the liberator , as the Rays , the Steeles , tbe Daunts , the Fiizpairicks , tie Avers , tbe Fitz-Imons , the Fxe . ; che .-, and the Bevatrds " nave all a pull oat of It , so that
comparafirely little of it reaches the poor Libers tor in the ed , although , be has tbe name of receiving t so whole . Ihe people are beginning to ask what has become of file a : 8 " 200 ? B ^ t no one feels disposed to answer file question . Poor Coyne , of Capei-street , who igsttd S 3 Q 8 weks rince at the Univer .-al Suffrage Association , aiid subsequently a ; the Loral National Bepeal Association of IrcUid , at- Trhicn lau « place h disclaimed all connectic n with the Universal Suffrage Society , has betn dreadfully beaten by the EepeaLr ^ , ihfcaase he was suspected of Chartism , wiiie a ; the very lime be was beat-en he had a certificate frum the pres-ident aiid a letter from the Eeretary , both stati&g that he did not belong to theirsocieiv . NothiDg won '; d satisfy the moral-force
O'ConEeihte ' . J , but the life of Coyne , and they really hve placed his life in jeapordy ; afier knocking Mm down they kicked him in the abdomen , led damaged him so much that there is little , Terr little " hops of ius restoration to perfect health igain . Is is evident to eTtry one here that Mr . Cops broosht himself into ihi 3 -trouble by his own GEaing and vanity . He acmit . 5 himsfcif th * t he iccompanied Mr . Themis Arkin ? , the cast-clethes aiB , to Henry-street , on ths night of the attack ipon Mr . Lowery , the Chartist missionary ; that ilthoagh he held Mr . Lowery ' s principles , yet he T& £ afraid to take pan with him . lest it might injure Mm in the tvay of his business . Tba . i be was snb-Scqnemly appointed hatter to the Lord Lieutenant , mi ¦ sras aiierwards appointed , in conjunction with Mr . Liureason , who struck Mr . Lowery , as one of tLs valuators of the North Dublin Uiiion nnder the
Poot Law Act ; that ibese appointments were ^ ivtn to h " -m by the Government which persecuted the Pianists ; that he was one of Mr . U'Couneli ' s stalking horses at the late municipal elections , and with-. craw a ; ihe biddirg of his leader : thai when the election oi Poor Law Guardians wa 3 approaching , Mr . Cujue attended a meeting of the Chartists at Mr . U'Higrins ' s , and professed himself a flaming Chanis : ; ttas liavirg been called to account by the CFCoBEellues , he disclaimed ail connection with tbe Irish Universal Suffrage or Chartist Associatioa ; tki by these eBons to play the double gams , ta kftp in with ths Chariists and -with their bitter enemies , ce has lost the coi . fidence of both , aijd Was kicked by the O'Coaneilites into the bargainnonesiy is the bzsX policy after ail . It is a fcolish fcirgio have a whisper for everybody , and s secret to ifcil evtrjbody which ccbodj else ehall hear .
CAELI 3 LE . —DiAB-uciL Case or Aasox . — DjL 21 > G AlTEJiPX TO iJEFKACD 1 HS . Yo ? . K A > "D Lo 5 B 03 Fias 1 > susa > ce Compact . —On Saturday Eorni-j ; , tae l" 2 ; h in ^ unt , aiout two o ' clcck , au *^ niir'g fire broke out in the premises of the As ^ el Ina , English-street , CaTlLJc , occ-apied by i ^ s . Cnri-topiitrsoD , a widow , who , with her j kifchifcr , Fiances Chri-tjpherson , and Mary Bky-JMk j Strrant , were ir . e on : y inmates . The fire was first cisctcred by a pyhce ofiktr , earned Robertson , wao ijE . 2 seaii-. tIy ptcctrced to alarm the inmates , cat ie knocked " verv Joudjv a ; the door for twenty
W tweaiy-Sve miaiites , before the door was 5 ? £ aed . Aiitr ihe delay r ? e hive mentioned , Mrs . CfinstophtTi-oii open ^ a the d » or . The flame 3 were to' * sprtauing rapiuiv through the house , and a Enaber of persoas had ' begun to colkcr . Tae police j orce , -s mb . ihe fire ^ aaiiit =, werd = ooa on the spot , oat tie Sr * this x- */ iu 2 ro " furiou < iy , that it ^ a = ^ onaa a = « i 5 ai y v 0 - ivtiat - ' ne inmates by getting tarn out of ou . o . " ihe front wlcdciv ? . Tkd fire eagiaes bainjj i-Jailr ^ iY worked , : he fire was got ^ sser in aj ^ . j ; . ^ \ 0 UTj but no : uniil the p earesi zlsim hid sprea-3 over the neignboarhood , wr tae saieiy of the . adjjining property . On one ace of tse Arg- ] J-D ; , the Join&rs' .-Vrms . oeea-P : ed by Mr . Lv .: k ; 2 ! id oa the other , a milliner ' s » a cnpsr ' i slop- and b hind , a Eumber of stables , * _ niost : s 3 meiils . t . e : v coainiiin -ciiing with the Cc-iue nnuse Hcii . l ; ana " to ta . lo the alarm , ths wind was b . owiEK very har « a : the time . Had the fire cot been c ^ tov .-red &i ::. e time it was , ar . d the ciii
* -w « .. ; r :: oc 5 S 20 t > . property to a grt' ^ t sruoust ens : ca-. c been i-fcv > ± -Ay dt-stroyed , as 4 , in all pro ^ c : ] j , ffi 2 :-. y j . Tt 3 5 J . ' rjfice ( j . As soon ss the ere D 2 ^ i be--n <; oi under . Mr . Graham , supErintcndenl vu !_ » ei ; T -srcd the yr-mises , and from what he teen oosttved , fei- iv . lv convinced that the premises tod own wilfaliy Ett fire to . He immediately took « rs . LtriStopherst a , her danghler , and servai : ! into f " ^' - At eievcu o'clork the prisoners were croaih ! for exairinaiioa before the Magistrates at tte lown Hal Ua the Bsnch were Josecb Fergson , E < q ., Gew-e Saul , Esq , Thomas Salkald , ? sq-, and John Dixoy , E-q . air . Graham , snperffittuctn : of police , * tait-d m tbt course of his evidence , —1 f ^ uiid ihe iijoring in sereral rooms had teeu broken np , and peats , grieks , and shavings *¦ £ •• : Q up t > jeihtr . In one of the rooms where !* re is no fire plac-e , the peats were on fire * a comer . In aaither room tha combustibles tre placed on the middle of the licor ready ft-i ^¦
g- saw a cne ^ t of drawers—* . he drawers -ac laken on ; sud piled on a table , and re- -tirg vits ; ona of the bedsteads—the drawers were
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empty . Under the table on which the drawers were placed , was a large quantity of shavings and peats . In the sail ? e room was a press , and inside were a number of icvg pieces of split wood set np sideways . In one r °° * portion of the boards were torn up and split , u ^ mixed np with peats and shavings , ready for li ^ tfog- ^ the . kitchen ato bar , the ceilings were torn 3 nd shsriBgs hanging through . This was also the casC 'Q . one of the upper rooms . From all that 1 ob&erved , there had been a systematic attempt to burn the premises . Mi ? . ChristopherFon told me that her stock was insured for £ 50 , and the furniture for £ 300 . Mr . Stordy * agent , in Carlisle , for the York and Lendon Insnrance Company , stated that Mrs . Christopberson effected an insurance Tvith him for £ 350 , and sfock £ 50 . She paid the insurance and got the policy ; it was dated some time in October . ,
Mary Biaylock , ( one of the prisoners } said she ¦ wished to make a statement . Mr . Ferguson told her , that what she said would be taken down , and might hereafter bo used against her . She said—I have lived with Mrs . Chmiapherson since Whitsuntide . She insured her furniture in October , and I assisted her about the 1 st of February , in getting the chips and things ready and getting the fires on . She wished me to do it . We got a lar ^ e iron thing and an axe , to raise the boards—chop them to ma . < e on the fires . I assisted her in all she desired me to do . We had three fires on in the high rooms —two on the second floor in the first room .
They were made on yeseraay forenoon , about ten or eleven o ' clock . They were made . ready for lightiag . Three fires were made on in the back room of the second floor , they were not in grates , bat on the floor . Tnere was a chest of drawers in the back room , part of them were taken cut and placed in the first room . There was a fire made in the kitchen and one in the back parlour , and one in the press as ilr . Graham stated in the back bed room One below the stairs . I went with her when she lighted them . We lighted three fires ; and after that we went into the front room . The smoke was like to suffocate us before we got in . I think it would be about half past one I think I have nothing more to say .
By Mr . Ferguson—Did your Mrs . say what this was for I Witness—For the Insurance . By Mr . Ferguson—Did the daughter know of this ? Witness—She knew , but took no part in making on the fires . Mrs . Christopherson , said—The girl was the first who proposed it to me . Htr husband is in America and she wished to go to him . The prisoners were then removed for further examination , and ordered to be kept in separate confinement .
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CONFIRMATION OF THE WORST ACCOUNTS FROM INDIA BY THE GOVERNMENT ORGAN . We fear that there is now little hope of any mitigation of the deplorable accounts from Affghsnisran . At a late hour yesterday we ascertained that the intelligence received at the office of the Board of Controul more than confirmed the wor 3 t statements in circulation ; but , as it appeared that these accounts merely echoed the ivnpressious of the Indian Government , formed without official or authentic information , we adhered to the hope that the local , authorities had been misinformed . Many private let- j ters caused us to abandon that hope , which , though , wanting an official character , are traceable to , certain i
aud imsiTvonhjsources , agree in giring the following ' outline of the sad disaster . On the 5 ; n of Januarv , ' the British force to the number of about 4000 men , ; quitted the entrenched camp of Cabool under a convention agreed upon by Major Pottinger and Mahomed Ukhbar . The terms of xhe convention are not described further than that these terms guaran- i teed the unmolested reireat of the British to Jella- labad , with some equivalent advantage to be given j to the insurgents , for the assurance of which advan- . tage six British officers—the Dames of only three of ; whom we knew ( Messrs . Webb . Walsh , andConoIly ) \ —were retained as hostages . The convention , how- ' ever , as m \ i ; t have been apparent to every one I acquainted with the perfidious : character of the 1
Afghans , was made oiily to be riolated ; for tho British had scarcely appeared outside of their entrenchment ? , when they were attacked by the whole Affghan force , probably tea times their number ; they fought their way , however , through a long ard dangerous dcfr . e , to the point at which i : narrows mosr , at the Kourd Cabool Pass , about ten or twelve miles from Cabool . Here their position becominguuerly desperate , they dismissed the wome& in their company , surrendering thtm . to au Aff ^ han escort , Who carried them back to the city . At Tezeen ,-a little in advance of the pass , General Elphinstone and Colonel Shelton were made prisoners . This Joss of their chief officers , and the severe defeat which probably caused it , was naturally followed by
the disorganizition of tbe army ; aiid the rest of u , e attempted retreat was reduced lo a series of desperate and desultory struggles , in which the immense superiority in numbers of the enemy , and their occupation of all the strong positions , enabled them to destroy the tchole army in detail—afewstraggiers alone escaped , almost by miracle , to Jel ' alabad . Among these was Dr . Brydon , who reached the last named place in an exhausted and almost dying state , on the i 5 S : h , a fortnight after the commencement of the fa ' r&irrat . It wm ]) r . Rrydon ' s misfortune to witness the fall of seven of his brother officers , among whom ; are Earned Brigadier Auquetil , Major Ewart , and Lltutecant Srur :. He also witnessed the capture of General Elphinstone and Col . SheUon ( prpof that the first had not died , as was reported ) , and the
disorganisation of the army . We have not seen any particulars of his own escape . Such is the latest j and most complete , and , we believe the most accu- ' rate , account of this melancholy affair , so deplorable j in itself , and se-nn ' ortonate in its po jtical ii . fbence , j By this timfr the honour of the British arms has ; no doubt , been fully vindicated ; but aj what expense ! At the cost of rendering tbe occupants of the ff ate of : India for ever the implacable enemies of the British ' name . The murder of Byrnes and M'Naghten must I be aveDgeci , the treachery and cruelty of Mahommed i Ukhbar must be punished , or the whole of our Indian influence will be shaken to its centre . But j how can th : 3 be made appear otherwise than unjust i and tyrannical to the wantonly isvaded Afghans ? j Such are ever the retributive consequences of the j first deviaticn frcm the rij ; ht path . —Standard j :
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_ L XiU ^ J . _ I THE NECESSITY OF UNION . J TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOBTHERN STAR . j " When the Dative Chiefs in India are in divan toge- ' taer , and tbe subject of getting rid of their European j tyrants is in discussion , the nnanimon 3 resolve is this , ] 1 Murder them I "— Sir John Malcolm . j Sib , — England and India arc in extraordinary posi- j tions , ' and win have to endergo extraordinir ? purifi- cations . They are in some measure parallel cases . > India has been tyrannised over and plundered by a j Laudful of foreign oppressors by tho want of organisation and union ; aad England has bound her neck to j
ihe joke , for causes precisely simuzr . Both are about j to throw off tne chains of slavery , but I feel great i aux ety for the fate of onr galUnt soldiers in the East j I left my old regtmtnt , fie sixteenth Lancers , " in 1 , rt Cawnoore , and many , since that time have I bitten tbe dust in Affghanistan . A" great portion of ths \ regiment wtre " lads" from Yorkshire and L-ircashire , and a more intelligent set of men never girded on a sword . I have lefc many friends there , and was in hopes of their return home this year , but I fear the state of affairs in the Eis : will preveut it Triay are - n . n ' wanted in p ^ or old England .
I know you haye little space for correspondence , b-t a few lines on tha sul-ject of strict union may nut ba inapplicable . I will tell you bow the tuihotiries have governed India . On recruiting for tbe native Kgin-ec-ts , oi " Sipatees , " they took especial care to enlist men of different creeds" and » castes . " Generally one third wtre Mohammedans , another taira Hindoos , and the remainder usually consisted of a mixture of all creeds and Pariahs , " or no creed at -1 L Vk hf-n the Mohammedans were dissatisfied , th- - Hicdoos " and Pariahs w ^ re arrayed against them ; when the Hindoos wtre rebellious ( and they frequently were so- , the other -. wo-thM . were slipped at ; t on ; .,,, tLe s-ice wita ths Pariahs . Hrthvrto this h ^
been tte m--de of " lfg islation ,- but ihe peupie a-e about IMUNG , ind tee game is well mgh played nvf-n 1 -.-ii To save our lWes there , we must b--Slly bTnid together , otherwise we shall be mss-S ' d Scur ' clin « r . all dstacto . ents Three years iflVTntd the Government of wnat has tek » n luJtoiLbool , but I might as well tave warn * , St yS « fw ^ t Hyderabad , when » / urieus tattle took piw ' brfwtrtu the Mohammed ** * , ^ ho were ia a ^ iS z ^ tite of rebellion , so they wcrt made lo destroy C 2 C 7 : ' other ! Spies and emus-tries , were sent an ^ g in
tS ^ d " » ^ cssful wer , they their boly rn ^ on ¦ s ^ xr ^ J ^ rsssssf ^; S ^^ SSS /^^| e ^^^ w ^ e ^ iS ^^ S S ^^ S& ^ J ^ -Ki- ^
% ow m y dear friends , the Chartists , let us be warned' by the fate of the Arabs and Pattana ; _ let the wS £ and Tories go to loggerheads , and ire mil eP « y the sport . , . Middle clasps , join with the working classes on fair liikisSt ^ s-e ^ s lsirsL "» Ts , ? . £££ s % Ss £ « &IWi » x ™^ - o ° ™ » tems
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can we join yon , and if you are sincere , you will net hesitate one instant . " Union and no surrender" is our only motto l ¦ ¦ A Woolwich Cadet . . P . S- "I-see the Chaitiet Tricolour is nloft , and it should be thrust under the " Plague" nosea everywhere a-nd on all occasions . Chichester , 7 tb March , 1842 .
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CROWN COURT , Fjupaty March 11 . Before Mr . Baron Rolfe . THE ESCEICK MURDEE . All the avenues and passages in the Caslle were crowded for upwaTds of an hour before the opening of the court , by parties anxious to hear the above trial . Great inconvenience was sustained by parties who had business ia the court ? , in consequence of the pressure of the crowd and the difficulty in othtr respects of obtaining admittance . Mr . Baron Rolfs took his seat soon after ni-ie o ' clock , and immediately afterwards Jonathan Taylor ^ aged 60 , was placed at the bar charged with tbe wilful muider of Ellen Taylor , his wife , by strangling her , atEscrick , onthe' 26 th of October last . Mr . Bainis , Mr . Wilkins , and Mr . Pashley were counsel for the prosecution ; Sir Grfoory L , ewin and Mr . Blanshasd were for the prisoner .
Mr . BaiSES stated the case at great length . He fdlt Eure that the nature of the charge would of . ' itself ensure tbe serious attention of tbe Court and Jury . The statement he had now to make he should endeavour to render as clear as possible , in order to enable them to see their way clearly through , —not entering" into long detail , but giving Each a general outline as would serve for the purpose he had stated . The unfortunate deceased stood in tbe relation of wife to the prisoner at the bar . They had lived upon a farm belonging to Lord Wenlock , about two miles from Escrick , and within a few miles of this city . Until about four year * ago the prisoner had lived with his wife and family , the la'tar consisting of four sons and three daughters ; one daughter was married , and did not reside with the
family . The prisoner and the family until about four years ago lived in harmony together upon the farm , which consisted of aoout 215 acres , and up to that tune tbe prisoner had the management himself . He then seemed to have formed a connexion with another woman , which took him to Hull , where he lived separate from , his wife for a considerable time . Their noble landlord , commiserating the feelings of the famiiy , went to Hull , where he sought out the prisoner , and prtvailed on him to become a party to an agreement , by which the management of the farm was t > be placed in the bands of deceased . A copy of this agreement was tiven to the deceased , who deposited it in a drawer in the house . After a time the prisoner returned , and remained with the family a shoit time . He left them
again , and again he returned ; and the footing on which he lived for the last two or three years was , that he was permitted to be there , but ta take no part in the management of tlie farm , and still Jess to take any money , a shilling or two being given to him at a time , for which he lent a hand at busy time ? . On tho 26 th ef October last , the day of the murder , it was necessary that the whole of the family , with the exception of the deceased , should go away from the house , to a distance o half a mile , where they wero engaged in the potlto field . Not only were the whole of the family engaged there , but they bad also called in the assistance of several persons in the village . Oa the evening previous the prisoner had intimatjd his intention of going in the morning to Selby ; and according !; -, on
Tuesday morning , he got up before daylight , and went out The rest of the family breakfasted together , and about eight o ' clock they went to the potato field , with the exception of one son , who joined them about nine o ' clock , and at that time he left his mothtr : ilive an-. i perfectly well . At twelve the family Ttturned from the potato field , and on going into the house they found their mother quite dead , lymg upon the hearth , near the fire , and the lower part of her person burnt A bunch cf keys was lying beneata the deceased . Medical men were sent for , who arrived about half-past twelve o ' clock in the afternoon , and their testimony was , that from the appearance of the bsdr . they had no dcubt that the deceased had died abo' ; t two hours before , and niigLt have btwi dead
more . Consequently her detth must have tiken place about ha'f-past ten , a matter to which the jury would have to direct their attention , as it would show , whoever was the murderer , the deed was committed between nine and half-past ten . Some farther inquiry then took place , an"d observations were made , the result of ¦ which was , that from certain marks npan tho neck and face , the deceased had come to her death by choking or strangulation . Thire were also bru s ? s upon the bead , and bums upon t ! io lower part of the body . And it W'ju ' . d be shown that from the appearances of these burns upon the body , they must have been inflxted after deceased was already dead by other means . The family looked about the house , and wtut to a drawer in which at eight that morning the deceased had been seen
to lock up about £ 3 m silver . The drawer wa 3 found locked , but the money was gone ; aud tha key tf tlie drawer was lying under the peTson of tho deceased on the hc-wtfi . The keys were perfectly bright , notwitLitandiag the Sra he had spoken of . It was now faia duty to state some facts to be submitted on the part of the prosecution , in erder to fix the guilt of the crime on the prisoner . A fuw weeks before the murder the prisonir met n . person named Kirk ; and suited to her that he should soon return to Hull cgaln . She paiii " 'what for ? " sail ha replied , " why , you'll see . " On the 8 th < f Ostober , tbe sum of £ 70 was paid to the ductas ; d by a perom who had bought some stock of bur . and ? fl : t sum was taken by her , in the 6 igl . ttf ttie i-risomr , into a room where she ha < i formerly
bten in the habit of depositing her money , but no longer ; for since the retain ( f the prisoner , the place for keeping the money had been change \ He saw her go hit o that room ; she closed : ne door ; and he had no reason t ) believe I uthat the money was in that room . On the day of t > ¦** murder the prisoner went out Vefore daylight , having announced his intention of going ti fe ' ulby . He was never s * en by any of his family previous to them going tt the potato field ; but a person who belonged t > a mill in the neighbourhood , and who r > ad rcc ivrd instructions from one of the sons to call for some barley , came to tiebou . se at half-pa ^ t nins , at the backdoor . He was going to open the duor , when he f' U'id it opened frcm w , tain , and the prisoner stood before him
upon the threshold . The man said ho ha-1 come for some baTley . Tae prisoner said thut he could not bave a&y , because they were all away at the potato field . The miller then said , " Where ' s the mistress ? " and ihe prisoner replied . " why she ' s nt the potato field tjo . and you must come again tc-night or to-morrow morning . " This man perceived that the prisoner sn wed paiticularly anxious that be should not go iniu t . e hi-u ^ e ; and his evidence would show tbu t very iua : fci tbe time of the n . urder the prisoner was uyon too sp-. t where it was commi . tid , and giving a false - uw . U 1 uf bis wife , because he must have known ibat she never was at thb potato field at all . At a quarter past ten the prisoner was setn going in a direction from his own house towards Seiby . not
by the u-u . il road , 1 u " . along a private track , in whicu private track was : forwards found a bi'ttle of rum ; and the quantity in the bottle found corresponded with that which was in the bottle in tlie house previous tj the murder . Besides this tlitre were taken three pounds in sUvm , the agreement before referred to , and a policy of insurance . aL from tbe Mime drawer . He bad now brought the narrative down to hnif-psst ten , when the prisoner vras ieeu proceeding in the direction he had st ? . tsO . Ho bhouid next trace him to Selby , where he arrived about ha-fpait eleven , and it would be siown that ho could have no business there , because be sptnt th » whole of his tuna in a puVilic-house and an tating-hwUoe . He left Stl ' . y at a quarter past two , and proceeded
towards hoj ; . When on the road ho was met by a miller named'Leedel , "who first communicated to tuu prisoner the information of his wife ' s death , aud on ¦ iviiich his uemennour would be described by the witness . After leaving Leei ' . el the pr . sacer went towards h ' -s own bouse ; but was met at the Lodge gates by a woman , who told him that . some one had said tfcat his wife must have fallen down in a fit . The prisoner said that was very iikely , because she had been cuinp ! ainiB £ ; of n pain in her head for t we or th > es da \ s past . The daughti . T would till them that her niu ' . her w ; i 3 perfectly well , and had made ko such complaints in her hearing-. The prisoner then went home , and sw his cfiMS'Sdaujjiiie-, who is about thirty ytara of a ^ e . 5 hc said to him " Have you been at home to-day .
fatlier ' : ' He s : iid , " Xo , I have not : I went out before six o ' clock tbiB TOcrtiEg ; w -l we : it to Selby , and i have b ' -tn there all the day . " A woman named Jane B .-abks a * ked him what tuns ha get to Selby ? whe-i lie -.. uswered that hs reac .-. td that : place about half-past tight . An jiiquest was heiJ , aai en th r ' evenir . t ; of the tirit uay the prisoner made a statement to two persona as to the manuer he had passml his time th . it day . He said he went cut at his o ' clock iu the morning , aii-. i called to see Lor-. l Wenlock ' s gann keeper , to ask him for a couple cf rabbits to take to his niece aVSelby ; iLat be coulA s > - _ -e nobody thtre , and so he waited au hour , and then r . mto home . That account was not only inconiistent with , tiiecthi-r , but it weuia bo shown th . it tlit keeper was at borne t ' ja : morning at seven o ' clock , and that if the prisoner had gene , us he had saia , to the dog kennels , he must have found him there . ' As to at would state thut she had
the rabbits the niec = s Selby never beard of such a thing , nor had see spoken to the prisoner for a year before . At the back of the prisoner ' s house was a large dog , which always barked furiously when strangers approached . That dog was heard to bark when the miller" "went that morning , bet i . ever afterwards , by which it was evident that no stranger had gone u « ar tbe house that morning . The Learned GentUman having thus given an outline cf tho case , said be joined with his Mend on the other side in inm-ating the Jury to dismiss from their minds whatever they roidithxive previously heard upon the subject , aid form tLeir judgment txclusively on the evmence . roduced on oath before them . If they had any reasonable dmb t * of the prisoner ' s guilt , they would give him the benefit thereof , and acquit ; but if they had no such reasonable doubt , be felt it to be his duty to
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call upon them to do their duty manfully and faithfully to thrir country , * : * Thb examination cf witnesses ^ was then proceeded witn . , every particular cf the ¦ ¦ rfifc-niflnfc of the Learned Coun ^ l was corroborated by the testimony of about thirty witness ** , by whom' a complete chain of strop ? cmu ^ t iDt ' al evidence was fanned . . Sir Gregory LEWiN theJi addressed the Jury for the prisoner He said he had now the honour to address 2 ™ ^™ i 9 Wc ! l Riding of rhis county , and rSreS ^ r ^ ° thiDg 8 ' ^ e otto that he slic uld wnuId h « ™ J tf ^ twn .-and- the other that thisc ^ se W yFT ^ T , ° tMt Jury A feKow-creature ^ ras rr Z ? S AtOT hls Hfe ' with them : * m : the fa ^ ue of hfo and death , an « l upon tueir verdict decended whether
, be went away a living man from that bar , or whetter he at onca entered into eternity . He made this obser-B vation not that he tliCU 5 ht for a moment they Wuld be j witN-ut that feeling which would suggest itself to his s ownnund , v . z ^ , the duty of giving every attention to 8 the case from beginning to end , but he did it that they C ; might t > e able to bringall the facuUies of their mind to r bear upon it , because he never had seen a case brcuslt before a court of justice where it ap-B peared to h . m the judgment of the facnHies of the Jury were more required to combat difficulties and » d » ? ^ *• »«««* ? They had to consider first of ,. all whether the deceased came by her deata by violent , mfan 8 commute d by some person , and on that point he stated that be had seldom seen a casa wranr . « d nn
w . tn so mucb ... ffieuity as this , because they had it in evidence that the appearance which presented themselves to tbe medical gentlemen sfxer death might be occasioned by other causes than those whichi suggested themselves to these medical men . The questionAwas , did Al s . Taylor die by the hand of the prisoner or did she die from be * ng burnt to detth from the accidental catching fire < f her clothes ? After alludinfi : to the opinion of tbe surgeons , he contended that from the deceased being found lying near tno fender , the mark might have been produced on her neck by falling from tb « tffveta of cirbonio acid gas in the atmosphere created by the accidental burning of the clothes , which it whb suggested and admitted might be prodnced by smoke and flime acting upon the air ; and which causes persons
to become insensible and dt * wn they fill ; : Arid where was she found ? close to the fender with this mark upon hyr , and a tumefaction or swelling on her face , which were perfect y eonaisteht with all the facts and circumttances of this case . He next subnilt ' . ed that no motive on tha part if the prisoner in reference to this trttnaction had been proved , und he stated it had struck him iis the most unlikely and unnatural t ' ung in the world if he had committed the murder that ho should then have quittly walked to Selby , and ihere deport bimseif as he had done . He then remarked on the fact of the cap being undisturbed . What . ' did he strangle her , then adjust her cap , then set fire to her , and then put the ropes on the cupboard ¦• 'instead of putting them on fie fire , which was
the most ready mode of getting rid of them . The jury were to ask themselves if such a thing Was likely ? After commanting on tho evidence of seme of the witnesses , he said that it had - been suggested that the prisoner had gone back to the ! npuse , cpmmittea the deed , and gone away again . A great deal of evidence hnd been given to shciw . that if any persons bad gone in the direction of Taylor ' s house they might have been seen . He-would then ask why was not the prisoner seen ? Nobody did see tho prisorier , ai-id why was it to ap ^ 'ly to other persons , and not to the prisoner ? He goes in and conies out on that occasion , and yet he is
seen by nobody near the house . He asked the jury wbttbtr they were prepared to say that Mrs . Taylor ' s death could not have been caused by the union of carbonic acid gas with the atmospheric air . and in falling caused the mark on her nock , that she COUld not have set fire to herself , and that she could not bave diedas he had suggested . 'He made a strong appeal to the feelings of the Jury . He exbiortetl them not to take away tha life of the prisoner , unle 38 the case appeared to them so clear aud so sati .-fictory its to leave no reasonable doubt upon their minds . They " were accountable for their verdict to thejr own consciences , to their God , and to tbair coiintry .
rht > Lt-arned Judge then summed up the evidence , ably comrntnting upon all tha most material facts that presented themselves . Tne Jury , witaoat leaving their box , found the prisoner GUILTY . The Judge then put on the black cap , and proclamation f jr fcilenca was made . Ho passed the aei tance of death iu the following terms : — " J oua'Jhan Taylor , The Jury , aftsr a lone and anxious investigation , have returned a verdict i f . Guilty which yeraict niust meet with the approbation of every individual who has witnessed the proceedings of t ( jia day . They have found you to be guilty . of the highest offence known 11 the law—an offence at whicii our naiure mmt Kvulh—i
, which , in your case , is attended with circumstances of extraordinary aggravation . The object of your guilt was not some stranger—was not a person against whom you could have a very well-founded ground of complaint—it was the partner of your bed , tie ni ( t-h . tr tf your ofiRjpring . I canni t say more , and J mention that ' u ' bt for the purpose of upbraiding you , but for tho purpose of fu ^ gesting to you , that yours is a case in which any hope of mercy on this side of the grave , must be entirely fallacious , and I entreat you to tin ploy the fa w days of your bt : which yet remain to
you , in attending to tlie instructions you will recsiyo * ro you will appear btfore that Almighty Judge before whom you mm * soon . bs" suimn ' oned . It onlyreriiains for me to say that for the crime of wilful murder , of which you have been convict * *' , you be taken from hence to the prison frum whence j ( U came , and from thence you be taken to a pi nee cf execution to be hanged by the neck , till yuur tiody be dead , and whin do ; id . to be taken down ana t . uriea- withta the precincto 'f the . prison after this your conviction acco ; ding to tLcititutj , and may the Almighty have aiercy on ytut tliUl . "
The pnsuntr appeared to be quite unmoved both during the trial and after the passing of the aenteijce . The Court rose about half-past eight o ' clock .
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OXFORD ClliCUir . —STAFFORD . Crown Court , Friday .., - March 11 th . ( Be / ore Mr . Justice CresswelL ) Samuel Jacobs , a boy of 16 . was indicted for assaulting ami wounding Thomas Harvey , on the 21 ^ t of October last , and stealing from his person a knife and 10 s . Mr . YAHDi . EY conduttedtho case for the prosecution . The prisuner was undefended . From the evidence given it appeaved that the prostcutor , a stout , hearty Minn . ; iti the prime < f life , and more than a match , even-handed , fir two such assailants as the prisoner * was drinking in tho kitchen of the Biul Inn , at Cfleaule , on thj night in question , when tho prisoner cameitt ) the hcuso , and was offered by him some bread and cheese . Soon afterwards the prisoner and the prosecutor left the house together , and
tt' . e jTotecutor asked the lad where be was going ? Tee prisoner replied that he bad no home , and no place to i ; o to , and thcrcforo it was quite indifferent to him whtre he went . The prosecutor accordingly took him by the hand and they walked tozether atong vtho road about a couple of miles , when the boy , having looked ciiutiont-ly about him , remarked . "It strikes me . master , you have got money about you . '' The prosecutor said that he had only got a few shillings , and triat it was not often that a man in his situation of lifo had more , and they then walked along in silence together for about another mile , wlien the prosecutor felt a stunning sensation , aid found himself at the same moment lying on the ground . The iiiatant cftelf he heard the reports of what seemed to him to be a ,
brace of pistols fired in rapid , succession , and soon lost all consciousness . When he recovered his senses , which was not till the day was--beginning . to break , he found that he had lost'his hut ,: his stick , his knifa , and about 10 s . in silver . There were several severe gunshot wounds about bis head , which , in the opinion of the medical men who were txamiiu'd , could not bave been , produced by one discharge . The prisoner was seen at daybreak about a quarUr of a rnilo from the spot where the . prosecutor was w > -Unified , and told the man who nitt him that he had just picked up a knife , which was identified as the prosecutor ' s , and a « ked whether he had lose one . - The party replied in the m-gative , and thtn the prisoner proceeded to tell him that ; ho was walking f cm Cheadle with a man the night before , and that near tho spot where , they then were the man w ; is fired at ever a wall by a man with a . pistol . He represented that he only saw the man ' s arm , and that the pistol flashed in the pan :
directlyafterwai- 'is a SLCond pistol was " , pointed and shot toe man with whom he was walking Suspicion was excited i . y bis story , and aftir some tfmo bud . elapsed he was given into lustody , The hat of ihe prosecutor was discovered near the spot where lie was wouutltd , "tying in a ditch , and his stick v : is fou ' nd outside of a sort of hovel where the prisoner stated that he had passed the niglt . Two or three spots of blood were also seen on bis aim ; lutj as he was never properly searched ; there we-e no means of aactrrtaining whettjer he ha 4 any wi- ; ipi > ns about him likely to have produced the wounds inflicted . A suiilin ;; , howevtr , and a sum of 7 s . 6 d . vrere picked up it two places , where ho was observed to fcavo ' . stooped down for a moment as he walked alovg . . ' ¦ ¦ ' The Jury found him Guilty , and . Mr . Justice CRESSWELli , afttr some remarks upon the enormity . cf the offence , directed Sentence of i )« ath to be K « coTiVed against him , but intimated that he would be Transported for Life .
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MIDLAND CIRCUIT—NOTTINGHAM , 1 IABC 1 I ; 11 . WILFUL MURDER At MANSFIELD , John Jones , alias Samuel Moore , aged 24 , was placed at the bar , charged with the wilful murder of Mary Hallam , at Mansfield , by cutting her throat with a knife .. - ' ¦ ¦ '' ¦'¦[ ' ¦ ¦ ' " ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦" . ¦ . '' . - "' . .: ' The prisoneri who is a fine handsome young man , formerly lodged with the deceased ' s parents , and bad for some time paid his addresses to her with success . A little before last Easter , however , the intimacy ; broke off , owing to some violence on his pavt > and the priioaer went to lodge at Mrsi Wragg s in the same yard ; still , however , speaking to the deceased at certain titties , loving her , as he says himsLlf , * ¦ to disti-action . " She had , however , formed an acquaintance with another person , which gave him great uneasiness . On / Thurs-
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day , . Dec . 30 , ^ the deceased returned home from the ctuatry . and at nightabouthal f-past eight she went out into the yard , saying she would go and hear some hews She never returned . Search was made for her every . ' where , until atrja ^ t the prisoner ' s shop , which is a earret in the same yard , u ; i 3 fcrwent Inspection . By . getting on a table and chair a view throngh the window war obtained , and there lay tho lffeIe 3 S body cf the hapless girl , with her throat cot in many places , and the floor a , pool of blood . The prisoner was apprehended in his lodgings within three hours after the girl had left home , and on the road to the lock-ap coafesssd that it waahe who did the murder ; that he thought as he could not
have her no one else should , and that he intended to destroy himself ; but his minid misgave him , and he was glad be had not done so , as hebught to suffer publicly , aa a warning to othera . Ths ooly palliation he endeavoured to make YraBjVtliat tbe crime was not premeditatod ; that it was done in a moment " . He did not wish to be defended on his trial , and actually Jit first plead guilty , but his Lordship would not receive the plea , and the people of Mac 8 Seld , who pitied his situation , raised a subscription to defend hiiio . Mr . MILLER acldTessed the Jury for the prisoner . His Lordship then . summed up , and the Jury in :-mediately found the prisjner Guilty of Murder . He was sentenced to execution .
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THE TENDER MERCIES QF THE WICKED NEW POOR LAW ATROCITIES . We published yesterday the particulars of a most distressing case of Poor Law maladministration at Windsor T-a locality already too notorious for its fidelity to the principles , and energetic conformity ti the practices , recommended by the spirit of the SoHierset-house system . It forms no inapt pendent to the new -regulations for the government of workhouses on which we commented on Wenesday , illustrating a class of cruelties and abuse * which those reguiations do not touch , —those inflicted upon unfortunate aDplicants for casual relief . It was investigated during an inquest held at ; Kensington before Mr ; Wakley , whose exceU lent discharge of his duty as coroner in that and other places has already been of the greatest service to the
poor , by dragging into ligLt numerc-ua cases of oppression and misconduct which might otherwise have lain concealed , and bringing to bear upon , them a thorough acquaintance with the subject and a hearty sympathy with the oppressed . The public are indebted iii a great degree to the exposures elicited through his vigilance at Hendon , Kensington , and . elsewhere , for those parts of the newv regulations which go to mitigate tbo severity of punishments within workhouses , ; to enlarge the powers of medical officers , and to facilitate the administration of relief in cases of sudden emergency . We trust that in the present instance the result of his judicious and deterniined inquiry into the truth may be some provision for the better treatment of destitnte wayfarers like Eiizibeth and Jessy Willis , whose treatment we proceed to describe .
These two young women , both of them persons of respectable character and appearance , whose manner and deportment , in giving evidence , ereaSed the most favourable impression in the minds of all who heard them , are the wives pf Scottish stonemasons , brothers , who left them about three months fcince togo about the country in starch of worJr . They remained in lodgings in Shoreditcb , till compelled , a fortnight ago , » . o give them up throngh inability to pay the rent . They tUen Very properly ' - - determined to fellow and endeavour to find their husbands ; and , having heard of thsm from Oxford , set out on foot for than : place .. lU zibeth Willis took with them her child , ah infant , unweaned , though about two vears old , which was
suffering ^ hopelessly from disease of the lungs . They walked to Oxford in three < lays , and ,, failing tomeet their husbands there , retar . ed in the same manner to London . They then heard that their ' husbands were at"W indsor , and walked there ou the 22 nd and 23 rd ult , but were again doomed to suffdr disappointment . Down to this time they hid supported themselves in their journies , and had obtained food arid lodging by the sale of theli clothes ; now they were Completely destitute , and tho child , in addU tion to iti internal . complaint , wus labouring under an attack of the measles . They , therefore , applied for relief to the Poor Law authorities of Windsor .
Was therei ever a case ( we put it to any one with the common feelings of a nun and a Christian to say)—was there ever a case in which charity more imperatively required a liberal and generous measure of relief to be given ? We pass over the delay which occurred previously to their' reception into the workhouse . They were told that seven o ' clock in the evening ( when their application was made ) was too late an hour for the admission of casual paupers ; but the mavter of the workhouse eaya that this statement , wh'ch proceeded from the overseer ' s wife , was incorrect . Bu that as it may , they were admitted iuto the workhcu ^ a ( out-door relief hav-. ing been refused ) at three o ' clock in the afternoon of the 24 tbuU .
On their admission taey were placed "in a shad , with a brick floor , v / ithout a fire or fire-place , and with a tiled roof and no ceiijiig ;; ' into which they were locked , and there they were kept , without being once let oat , till the morning of the 26 th—for two nights and part of three day ? . They had nothing to sleep upon except some planks on one side of the shed , without any sackingi and only straw for a bed . Their shoe ' s and stockings being wet , they were obliged to take- them off , and , as the workhouse people did not dry them , they remained without shoes or stockings during tho whole of their stay in the shei , and sat huddled together . on the straw , for fear of gettiug cold -by treadih'j on the brick pavement . The child ' s clothing | was changed ; bnt the women ( who had sold a grtat part . Of-their clothes upon the road ) were left as thinly Clad as they came .
The food given to these unhappy traVellera and their dying child , during the period of their conflnement iu the den which we haVQ . described , consisted in the whole . of three tin cups of : gruel with sugar ; six : ditto , v / ith salt ; two pints of tea without sugar or niilk , and thirteen scanty slices cf dry bread , principally brown , like barley bread . For the child , they had ' on . ' the second day one piece of white bread , with a little butter on it , for breakfast , > ind a little mutton broth for dinner ; and on the third day a tin of milk and dry bread for breakfast . This was all . "On each of the two nights , " said Ehzibeth Willis , "that wo f-lept iu the shed , the child kopS calling for tea all night ,, and oh my asking the ward-woman for some , she ou each occasion brought some cold water from the pump , "
Wo have already referred to tho complicated disorders umler which tho child was labouring at the tilUQ of thoir admission . On the day after their arrival the matron came into their cell and urged them to go away . The mother insisted that the doctcr ought to see her child . The matron " told her he would not be there that day , and said , ' Can'tyou walk to Oxford to-day ? " The inethcr said the distance .-made it impossible . The matron then pressed her togo to Reading ; she still declined , justly observing , that " the doctor ought tu see her . child first . " The medical efficer afterwards camcj saw the child , Etitcd that it had the measles -fiiy . cu-rab . Iy , ordered a white powder for it , which was administered dry upon the tongue ;
but did not order it any nutriment , whatever .: On tbat night the ward-womau told -the . ' mvther that " the doctor , had said the child would be well enough for them to go on the ntxt day ; " and on the following morning : " she came in again , and said , 'Are you not ready to go ? '" from which they considered they were '' -compelled to leave . " They laft . accordingly ; neither moneyt nor food , nor any o'her relief whatever was given them to . carry them along the road , but the matron said at pa , vting , V My good woman , there are plenty of Unions on the road . andyou caii get relieved at . ' them all . " They arrived at Kensington about six o ' clock in the evening ; without haviug tasted food , and were then received and charitably treated in tho Kensington workhouse . But the next morning the child died .
Such is thia pairfal and most revolting tale , which we may leave , as -w 9 have done so / many before it , to produce its own effect , without any eoinme'it of ours . The . facts are unquesticriibie , having been admitted at the adjourned inquest on Wednesdayi by the master mid ware * .-woman of the Windsor workhc use . The verdict of the jury was as follows : — "We find that the deceased died from disease of the lungs and ruesentric glands , produced by natural causes , In tivViig this verdict the jury cannot refrain from ex <
pressing their indignation and disgust at the cruel and inhuman treatment which Was exercised towards tho deceased child and its afflicted mother and aunt in the WiufJsor Union workhouse , they having been locked into a place having a . brick floor , -with only a slated roof and no ceiling , and without any fire , during a great part of tfareu tlajs titid two whole nights , having be < . n fed during that : period upon water-gruel and an insumciunt quantity of brown bread , the mother of tho child having at ibat time a dying infant at her breast . "Times , Friday .
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BK 1 DGEWATER UNION WORKHOUSE AGAIN ! APPALIiXG SICKNESS AND MpRTALlTF . To the Editor of ihe Times . .. - ' » . Sir , —Some circumstances which have lately occurred in this union , and others which have come to my knowkdge inthu course of this day , are in themselves sufficiently impoit-vnt to induce ma to believe that you will nit objtct to such a recapitulation of matter contained in some of my lata . eonimuuicatiors as may be necessary to a correct estimate of present occurrences . I showed you that the Poor Law Commissioners , have , under their seal , " authovizsd their officials to pack eight beds for lying-in women in a room not sixteen feeii-quar ? ; to atbw thirty-twopsor men in a narrow room twenty-nine feet long ; and , that , to c pwn these atrocities , they have , with murderous ingenuity , contrived to show how thirty-3 ix helpless children may be packed into a low den twenty-two feet long , without any provision for separating those who may happen to be suffering under small pox , measles , or fever . ' . ¦ ... ¦ ¦ " ¦ '' . - " " ¦ '¦'¦ : ' ¦ ¦ ' '
As a further illustration of the Commissioners' system of providing for our unfortunate fellow-creatures , I detftiie'd a geries of fatal outwecs comtuitted upon the anofirending poor in the workhouse cf this union , and brought this sickening detail down ta a period when the : frightful number of one hundred apdseventeen deaths was recorded in the workhouse death-book .
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; ¦ ' . " f-niriini 1 ijL . M _ ui _ iJILiiHi > llTP » ¦ . - - " . ¦ I showed you tintranny of these deiihs * % *? ascribed by the medical ofi 5 < 5 , ? r to " the dietary and the Cfc ? ?* 8 tute of the hous 9 ; tLat reiterated applications bad B « eC made by him to the Byard of Guardians for additional accommodation ; that he had " begged earnestly , yet respectfully , to urge on the board tha necessityof their most seriously considering " the want of accommodation for the diseased p ctor ; and that his , " reiterate d , applications were rejqeted as " unnecssary and inexpedient " I further showed you that a medical committee wa 3 at length appoirited . to ' ¦ examine the house , and among o' . her important matter that committee repiirted-- ; - ' - : : . . ' ¦ - ¦ ' ¦'¦• ¦"• . ' ¦; - ; ' ¦ ,-- ; - " ; - :- .. . - . '• " . .. - ¦ - ' - ¦ fl ) F hat thcy ^' discovered 111 cases of disease , many of taem 0 / an infectious iJiaracler . mingling toith the clean inmates , tinthovtl any order or arrangement for their
sepa-. ^ cfiildren slepCin a room < M feet b » 15 . and thai they found other apartments bearing similar proper tiom to the number of occupants . " ~ On this occasion the medical attendant of the worfc house made the following official statement : — : " I haVe frequently complained not only ' . of the closfness p f thechil >! r 6 ) * s s ' eeping apaituients , but of every sleeping apartment ' " in ; ; which 1 have been a few hours after the inmates of tbe ^ house bad retired to rest . It only requires one visit to be satisfied that thefcelid air tchicli they are obliged to breathe | is high y calculated to introduce disease where it does not exist , and to aggravate it where it does ; " ¦ - . '; . ; At the date of communication I stated " that I had no intention of immediately resuming the \ subject / bat that within a few days of that period I had received a printed copy of the important communication which stands at the head of this letter . By referring to " , that
communication you will perceive that the Commissioners' systeni has briiKen do ^ n under its own ; atrit > - cities thut tbeir workh 6 use " i 3 8 gain ; ravaged by disease to af ightful extent ; that' additional premises' are to be hired , aiid tbe nuiubtr of children in the workhouse reduced . It further appears that , notwithstanding the Vast sacrifice of human life that had occurred in this pest-bouse ; the medicalofficer now declares , ' ¦ ' thai during the last six months mortality has been greater in tte house than he has ever knoven it since his cdnTiewionieilb the establishment , particularly among tue aged and children . ' - ' ; .
Such was fehe . workiDg of the system as officially reported on tbe 4 th of January labt . O . i the 1 . 4 th ; I visited the union workhouse , and was politely accompanied round the house by the vice-chairman and tho clerk of the union , who very civilly answered the few inquiries whicii I made . &ly own impression of that which passed under , ray view will be bett explained by the following entry made at the time in the visitingbook of the workhouss : — " I believe < iveiyth : ng is done which can be effected by rhe governor and ; matron ; but the house iB overcrowded : to a ; dangerous extent . In several instances there are at least double the num . -
ber of persons sleeping in a room which there . ought , to be . or that can possibly be accommodated without a considerable sacrifice of life . " Shortly after this entry forty of the ; children were nightly removed to ail old workhouse , from which they were brought back every morning , and kept all day , thus incurring the risk , and adding to the pollutien . of thia pestiferous establiahmerit . A number of poor persons labouring under ; different diseaises were likewise occasionally brought from the neighbouring parishes into the house ; which was thus charged , not only with its'own ' " concentrate . ^ masa of disease and auGering , but with a succession ef new objects . . " . ' . . " . - ' " : ; : ¦" . ¦; - ¦¦ : '¦' . .. ; ' ¦ .:
I will now refer to such Extracts from official reports as wiil enable hie to bring before you , by means tf a brief burhmary , tbe present awful reality . "January 11 . —Medical \ VeehlyKeport .- ^ Two deaths have taken place since my last repoit , and many cases of measlea hayo appeared . Many of thy iumatea ara suffering from Bevcre colds and coughs , which , in my opinion , are partly produced by their going to church this cold weather without sufficient covering , fifty-six sick , nine head diseases . " January 18 . —There should be a cdnifortable ward providedfor a few cases which aro now iu the large infirm ward . They are so offensive as to vitiate the air , and render it disagreeable to the other inmates . ; . - ; . .. . -. ¦ ' ¦'; . ' . . ¦ . - . ¦ ' : ¦; ; . ; ' ¦ ' _ ' ; : . ... " January 25 . —^ Iteh has appeared among the inmates . ;/ nave been obliged to put the itch cases in the wgmdivdrd . forwuntof belter accommodation . Seventy one on the sick list !
" February 8—One case of small-pox has appeared since last wefk , and , for want of better accemmodation , I have placed him in the mens sick ward ; which being full I have since been obliged to place other cases in the men ' s smell infirm ward . ¦ : " The inmates sho . uld not be allowed to go to the church this severe weather without sufficient covering . " - ' "ABaAiiAH Kixg , Medical Officer . " Fobrnary 22 . —Proceed ings , . at the Boai-. l of Guardiar 8 :- — Moved by Mr . Strangeways , and seconded by thcRev . Wm . Jtfl ' ries Allen" That it is expedient to adopt the advice of tho medical officer , and forthwith build a detached hospital for the reception of the sick pauper inmates of the workhouse . " . " ¦' .-. ' . ¦¦' ¦; . '¦ Whereupon it was moved , as an amendment , by Mr
Somers"That tho consideration of building an : hospital be postponed to this day four months ; " which amendment Was carried , there being , twelve for jt , and only six ; in favour of the motion ; three of whom were exofficio Guardians , including the mover and seconder . "February 24 . —The diarrhe&a has recommenced its ravages in the house ; thirty jive- persons have been seized in the course of yesterday and to day ! . Two more persona have likewise been seized wit > i small-pos . " . . Thus it appears that in three weeks , from January
the 4 th , when the tnedtcal man }»«¦«»«* -tb »»* -nror ^ tality in the house had been greater than he had ever known it , the number on the sick lUt increased from , fifty to seventy-one , —that many cases of measles had occurred , —and that itch pervaded the establishment to such an extent that , from want of other : accorriuiodation , the persons affiicte ' d were put into the ward which was assigned to the casual ' poor . Thus itch and ringworm were tb be inflicted , on those \ vhose distressed conditioit obliged them t > seek for a night tue charity of the Bridgewater Union ! :
Smallpcx , too , lias broken out amongst this dense mass of disease , and a person suffering under it pot into " the men's sick ward , " with tenor a dozen other patients . This , of course , has been followed by other casesof smallpox ; and now comes the frightfuldiarrfcea ? Thirty-five cases in little mora than twenty-four hours Aud these cases ,-too , mostly aniqns ? the old ani « J infirm poor , who , having been " obliged to breathe ' fetid air , highly calculated , " as tho medical officer says , ' < to introduce disease Where it > loes not exiat , and to aggravate it where it does , " are subjected for hours to the piercing cold of winter , without sufficient covering , and are thus rendered ' . infinitely more susceptible than they , otherwise would be to the atticks of all , or any , of the fatal diseases which ravage this workheuse .
Thus , Sir , it has been shown you , on the authority of cffici ; il returns , that thia detestable pe&thouse , into which the infirm and and helpless poor of forty parishes have been so recklessly thrust , is ptactically a mart for the propagation and extension of contagion , under the special contfpul of thpse commissioners who , by the Vaccination Ast and the New Police Act , are appointed to carry out the sanatory regulations of the kingdom . . . Br idgewater , Feb ; 24 . . J . Bowen .
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OUR INDIAN FORTUNES . Oa this ; melancholy Eubject the Times of Friday haa the following very just rtflecticn - .- ^ ' .. - ' - ; " And so ends the . ffrst act of . this most disastrous war . Few of our leaders can remember so heavy , none , probably , so terrible , a reverse to English amis . Arid for all we have to . thank ourselves . We might bave had these proud and independent tribes as friends—we preferred to have them for slaves , We might have allied ourselves with the ruler whom they have cbesea —we preferred to set over them a debauched , and sanguinary tyrant of our own . We might have compelled our creature to rule them with equity and leniency—we chose to tyrannise over and insult them . ' . ''¦
And why all this ? -Why was iV : that this advance into a country which had not invited oar holp or our inteifereKce ? To quell predatory- habits ? To secure free passage to merchandise ? To defend an ally ? ; To punish aggression ? ^ Nothing of . "the . sort . It was to meet the iidvance of Russian influence Rusasa Wns in--triguing in Ptvsia , was pushing her euvoys iuto Aff ^ hanistan . We niet them by our own , and successfully—sit successfully tbat the Kussian was fairly driven from the field , leaving us at liberty to form that warlike and then friendly nation into an almost impregnable barrier againsv her desiges , A frifcridly frontier of ulnicst impassable mountains ,-pevp ' td by brave and hardy mouataineers—what more safe and inexpensive acquisition to to an overgrown empirs could the heart of . statesman
require ? But Ilussia was not only intriguing , but advancing to ' Kh"ivah—aii'd- ' -so " we must be advancing too . And so we blew open the gates of Ghtziee , overran Affghanistan , compelled the surrender of Dost Mohammed , made Lord Katne . a peer , and vaunted to Europe aiid the world the unconquerable , power of English arms , and while the Ku 5 s ;; m troops were in foil retrt at prided ourselves on the skill and success of our demonstration . We spoke a good deal to © soon . We were , and till now have be * n , almost intoxicated "with conscious power . Not only in Hihdostan , but everywhere * obstacles aad enem > t 3 have seemed to meitbefpre oar aims cr our policy . Wisely or unwiaeljf , justly or unjustly , it seemed that we had but to move , and our
work was done ; till we : had begun to think , as with the unhappy Chinese , that our wilt was law as well as power , and that it was an absurdity to suppose that forbidden : which ' British interest or glory seemed to requim At last has corae a shock , and now , as it has not prospered , " pienr dare call it treason . " May this retribution suffice to make those feel what ia right cmd wrong who would have been long enough in finding it out while hurried onward by the popular excitement of succesp . If such is the case , we will not say that we BhaU not most bitterly mourn over thia disaster—far , Very far from it—but we will say that it . ia as event less fatal to British honour—nay , to British interests , than the fatal and arrogant instusibility from which it ¦ arouses , ua . ' - ' — " ' ' - " - :-: " : ¦ " ••' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ : ' - / ' - ¦ ¦ ' : ' ..
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 19, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1153/page/3/
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