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jHE 5 UNJ 3 OF TEE PAST , THE PRESENT , AND THE FUTURE . c jetlom of mind , firs : girt of Gad to man , ^ e h * 3 ti > J pros- " ** » Vght » - ? " ; «^ ne throusb the mists of prejudice and doubt , trwA » rt t * us a beacon and 5 Bt&x ! JJJ * * * « * ^ d ^ oda of ignorance bare xhadow'd o ' er c-yii da rkwt glocm the eyes , and soils of men ; i ^ t fcey bave ¦ wander ' d ui tb » nuz ? of sin , gjjp jjj g for truth in error ' s deepest den . ^ jrimaie h ave they made , and raia'd aloft , ajkJ poWer , and sircngih b » ve giTen unto it ; Atld writ it King in Wood and orphans" tears , Tjyj fcave * k k ^ 6 " down , and worabip'd it !
yx tbeir owti Jton ! Jers have they form'd the lash ; ? # their own limbs have forged the galling chain ; 0 D the ;? own necks bare plsc"d the despot ' s heel ; 00 their brows hare burnt the mark of Cain . And vby ? In ignorance men toil'd and bled ,. — Xradi . siid her suter Virtue , were unknown ; yor s& Tes Wld P ""* ** fasd bani » hed them , ^^ d p laced the demon vices on their throne . jjjjo ^ jedge and ¦ wisdom mock'd and langh'd to scorn , Y ^ tu a * ray to more congeni al spheres ; Pall brutish "rice csarp'd their chosen seat * . Asd atgels sigh"d for man , and mourn'd in teats ! Ti en despots triumph'd and rfjoie'd , and thought , Firmly secured , and ssfe , th ? ir ill-got power ; Poi igEoriTsee and vice are royal pillars — DfpriTM of them few thrones could stand an hour .
Itni did ite try go fortb— " Bott do » n the head , gpeak . act , mare , livs , ar . d think as we direct ; J \ jr » e " »«* toide "by &od to rule , —and ye , — jo sufier , bleed , and minister respect . " ^ nd cations bow'd , scd sin , pall-like , o ' er Kpread ijjjs vorld ; the minds and souls of men shrank up jjte parcbusent scrolls before a burning fl ^ zne , ^ rd all-o ' eiflowing seeni"d man * i bitter cup . Ba t tbott , oh God ! had'St pity on mankind , jYoin thy bright seat on nigh thou aaw'rt their woe , £ x > & boi-esent down to sootto their drooping hearts , To snucate the good , to raiae the low .
ftjeo liie a brilliant star through gloom of night , g > 0 B * forth fair truth to the bright world ; & $ i niscy gazed with Iotb upon it , ijxl sontht it long , through clouds and tempests vtdil'd . AjhJ tyrants rtrove to quancfe its licht in blood , isd made it death to gsz ? upon it * sign , jjct * b o 2 e it brighter , purer , loTelier ! ind nsHi and nations worship'd at its shrine . " 5 is k-w down-trodden serf , whose life had been Ope scene of misery , want , ard woe ; yelt new emotions thrilling through Ms frame , A » bis soul warm'd trlth its celestial glow .
Be looked above , and nt the heavens bright ; Be looked around , and saw all nature gay ; j {« i , only man , of all the works of G * & , Seemed to the wont of ills an hopeless prey . " And why is this ?"— be then would ask his heart" Are men for ever doom'd to toil and bleed , Far bue-b&B eourtien , and Jbng ) y knaves , And weep , and mourn in woe , and want , and need ?" A » d ins bent answer'd— " No ; mankind ahan rise , And break tiwimafe they fcaye bow'd before . Ma knew sot yet their strength , but thought goes forth , And as > mighty tide shall it pass empires o ' er . "
Biise up your eyes , ye lowly odm ; look up ! Aad rif » the coming fuM ; your miseries , your woes Are registered in Heaven ; each tear ye drop , At mcitcn lead , shall pour down on your foes . Asd set s sigh but shall be meted back , Jz breath of flame fo your oppressors' lips ; Tat mittkind think , and dream upon their wrongs , Asd truth beams brighter for its long eclipse . Tn , m « = are thinking ; God be thanked they think ! Oh what a glorious world this earth wil ! be , la k s y « te eoae , the miaA tratrammel'd , Hi » faculties , his will , hi * actions free . ' The eye grows dim before the golden beams , Which halo roand the future to the mind , lbs bean exalts and bounds with hidden glee , And Joy comes rushing as a sodden wind . Wltdom comes down once more to bless mankind , Tst&e asd Truth descend to earth again ; And nations with one utterance chorus forth , — © ay to . G-od on high , and peace to men . » & April , 1843 . F . M . F .
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Tie " 03 d King" has this week come out more ifcsa erdiuariJj warm ; and rrbo can wonder it it ? Tte uscalied-for severity icficred npon the female prisoners who are entombed alive in the " Qi ? en ' s PriBon" has aroused hi 3 sensitive tticd to tfca qaict , and ha 3 led him to read tbe Home Secretary a lesson before which even the hardihood of a Cumberland barouet must q ^ ail TTe should not have considered that we had done Mr . OirJer iusliee had we overlooked this letter : —
10 TEE Rl&HT EO >\ SIR JAME 3 GRAHAM , BAET ., M . P ., HER MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME 3 > 2 PARTME ? TT . Six , —If ever I dedred to ebtain your serious and oadivid *] attention , and that of my readers , it is now . I am called to witness that at which my heart recoDsthe progress of unconatitutionaJ tyranny ; or , as the modem phase terms it , of " liberal and enlightened principles . " I xhli not be a silent spectator—it never * u my bate * , to keep secret the tale of wretchedness . I b » ve not feared to grapple with tbe oppressor , of ? bitevtr rank , nor will I spare the tyrant now , though be be soaring " m the highest regions of the political itaosphere . '
Tell me net that you are not responsible—that " the Sr » Busies of thispriion are laid upon tbe table of the Hccse , " that you may be sheltered by tte sanction of Pajiamtnt . Thros ^ b your own seeking , you have been aerated to the office of Keeper here— -what you propose , R a certain , o-wmg to the great power of Ministers , j iai -the House" will pass . Hence , Sir , I hold you LperKnaiiy , indmdnsDy [ aDd constitutional ]*] respoE-« " ««; " ad , unlike m ,. cobdss , I will not eat my * wd 8 . The hutory of my coattry furnishes me with wo mspj isitancwi of tte fact to doubt tie power of CoEstjttdoBsl priccji-le when even the highest officers ot sate tnuiBgreas . It is high tims to speak out—silence would note be ermuisaL Ten know that under the sanction of law we pur-» 2 « i the prir ^ eges of the Fltei or the Bench , as the ttsrucyhave been—you know that by ! aw tre were BBfler ite gBardiansb ; p of tie Jndges . Tea have perftided Par ^ imeBt , by rttricing the purchase-money , to » v ^ c ! tie P rIce of ° ^ ooTr . paralivc liberty , JteUt jon have torn us from the protection of the Jccges , and transf erred , nsy , doomed us to your own
we feavs for months witnessed tbe ir-n preparations »» tte fraction of ycur tyranny—we now s&e the c lpf if your reign cf terror . i ^ Drercfcl disposition shal l cot be indulged without Sfv * thric * 5 ° * ^ a ^ e selected a prison for the exper ? . . ^ e w » tcl y rites of Infidelity , as they are per-^ 3 ifcd u . zhis temple , shall be detailed—Eiiglacd shall « j » cow nrjost , erne ] , asd nnmsrj ' y &e Home S ^ cre-** T . o » Hi gh Priest , can prove hin ^ elf . I do not ksowtbat I was ever before so much stocked Hjr&ea yesterday , a &TB Trriling on tbe Is ; of May , } 1 h \ hh e T ^ Mox > phl / , i . e . Infidelity , exhibited »^ if > Lf ' - tbe &n ' i time ' tbe feina ! e P ^ 0336 " . toT ^ i ^^ f £ ma 3 e SW > ' - ? r ias your term is ) , were %££ ^> wi& the ££ ze of a crowd cf men , to and from
? S * Were let 0 Bt irom ^ - ^ close > oor-ned yard , and ere Keenly Uibered in ! o the presence of the ma ^ e k T" "" : ttey wslied to ebcrefc . and vrere sfterwards l ? U k " ** £ »« to LAtT GjtjkHAMS > -utDfry . there bfl ' " , ^^^ It Scs ^ n- : T-6 -in traashinin ? i £ L ^ ' *~~~ * ~ hroi ^ i fri . ^ t cause-n ? . ; was invitirs;—tbe * , . V s * CEC £ caI ! y rtfre ^ hisj . The / wtrs pMir . if-fcd to - ~~ pnrii ' is e : jcve 4 } j thr m-. n . the privileges of WtF « - * -Fri ~ - ^ g £ 3 for ^ i ? eh tb « 7 LaTt paid the ^ = -s iaw demaEd ^ i ; but 'L < - - tfcre imtanUy tfc f := t 0 their own « :- ^ cy . ffessive jari When j v Et ' * •*•« hole wis tcmed , I wir-hed that all j ^ jwi e cnld have feu £ e pa rg wL : cb rect my l /^ . tfcis P ^^ D the ht-rt-strir . g of Enrlond msy » ffl ZL J fcre Bcw . - tas -nhra-ei to hsv own . I of cnT " 3 hethfer £ ti 11 there he srn ; pa : ly ia the breasts E 7 ccEDtrymtn ^ if 'Lrir nature be cDchMge ^
Terr » ' ^ ^ ri " ? ht y ° L ° * e' « - «*« l tbe « o wl"" !! , ^ tfc = Pr emises for tbe fema !« s , and * teeSiX It ' ^ ^^ ' BrfceD ^ y « f ° to ot KtErn ^^ ^ arcn , tfcsy mngt have their feelings thus lacea ^ J ^ . ° * God will rest on such a meaBure—a koTrt ! ™* S 1 ™ » creature ( and in human form * wa » i £ Wer ttau to * » inrolt ' * ^ ep ^ 61116 fenrh ^ i *^ ^^ g ? stk ^ emalei walk from tbe ttoBiM ^ Jz " - the fcHl » Ie 1 ^^ following , I <* £ » ^ my kindred—my mother , or sistew , * » etM > -T ~ v BhcnW ^ justified in wreaking Tengefc « ik « ! r * ^^ " 1 Eflic ^^ snch wrong . When the GtaJL . t ^ office > x «> uld » c't xfcstrain my intSjZ . / fKtto it I solen . sly warn ytu—T , " . v * : ci 3 led ; -patieuce ^ oj its U ends .
t - stn ^ . ^ ' ^ 5 2 Ce 1 came * : o jritcn , I observed ti ? T&t ~ v ~~ T t i frcm church . She Li enUczled in Jaa ^ t !* ., Ctarccry , ^ -d has been ss I am in---. > -c , Tc years confined ;—she tj . eiks to no oue .
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Tb ? wrorrs she h ? s e- ff— - vl - - - -. n ?¦ ¦• r-- ^ e s a- - \ h =-i . " 2 ? -t Cta ^ nsi m-ipk n . -a- -h Si i l ^ e ;; r « -rni : r in ht-r atttcdauce ni t ! iur ; -L She r . a ; i br-. ;> Cur-t ^ n : at -ho LortJ ' * Table ; there seeded . *"< tr f ' '! comfutt . H ^ r privatJoa ? have ofcen boen unusual ! " « £ Tere . Sb- is the dau « bie ? of a clereytnan , uiiiraptachabld iu her character , and otherwise respectably contecU-d . A more proper object of sympathy and feicdntas I know not—the more fit , therefore , to be selected as au object on whom to exhibit your new system of torture . TJDtil that day ithe 30 th of April , ) she had formed one of the congregation vtith whc'ii ; , for years , I had worshipped in prison . She could not enrture tbe indignity which your "New Rules" imposed—tbe remained in her cell , as did three others , » . *» o . since I case to this place , have always attended church . No honours the world can give will bi U > jovt a recompense for the curse vour crime en £ ures .
The privations yon have now icflicitrd on the or * happy inhabitants of LiX > y GbaHam s Nnnnery , ara greater than those to which the female felons in Newgate are surject If yen are aware of thtir condition , and persist in continuing your harsh reguiationB . you have not tbe heart of a man . The felons in Newgate are provided with the necessaries of life , but the female prisoners here are debarred that sort of comrnunicition , without which they are unable to provide for themselves
If I could bnt make my readers sensible of tbe agonies of mind , the undeserved tortures , which your " New 'Rules ' have already occasioned to the unhappy female prisoners , ( some of them as uuoffending as xhny are defenceless . ) and which is moat likely to issue in aadness or premature death . 1 am sure that a voice would be raided from every corner of the ^ and where woman is honoured ard beloved—a cry t ' j . at Wi . uld be echoed in tbe Queen ' s Palace . Then , he who had been the author if so muck wanton irjuatice and ctutlty towards some of the weakest and worthiest of her
Majesty ' s suhj . cts , would feel the weight of Royal i-iispltasnre . and evtr after carefully hide himself from the gsze of man . It has been tbe habit of my life to rsJse my voice in defence of the innocent , the helpless , the oppressed . I cannot be silent here- Depend upon it , Sir , you are hastening the ciisis—yon ats paving the way to your own fall—ywi are here providing a fidaum on which I can rest a lever that wiil be your overthrow . Strong as tbe Government may be , Justice is stronger . 1 am not dismayed . My bwly only is in prison;—at no formet period of my life has the influence of my pen produced so great an effect on public opinion . Be warned in time ; repent , restore to those poor female prisoners the rights , tbe purchased rights , of which yov have harshly and unjustly deprived them .
Perhaps you will be regardless of my warning , as wtre your predecessors . They despiEed the day of small things—they laughed Rt tbe little / cciorycloud , which , twelve years ago , hovered over Fixby , no larger than a man ' s hand . They went on , and are punished . If , like them , yon torn a de&f ear to the voice of warning , in their f = j ) you may see } var fate . The factories and tbe bastilea were their gravts—Lady Graham ' s nunnery will be yours . I am told that these brutal wrongs on the female prisoners = ere suggested by a clergyman ! If it be 80 , well may the church be in danger , not bo much , however , from her open enemies as from such clergymen .
Ones more I appeal tD you . Fancy that your wife and daughters , being innocent , having been deprived of their purchased rights , were pent up in that offensive yard—shut out from air r . nd exercise ^—unable withont personal degradation to attena tbe House of God . Remember who bath said— "All ihinea whatsoever ye would that men should do to you , do ye even so to them , for this is the Jaw and tbe prophets . " Do that , Sir , and when you are again tempted , follow the exainple of Cheist , who said toyeui teispier ' s master"GET THEE BEH 1 KDMB , BATAK . " * ? - Having detained you so long on these prison matters , perhaps you would be glad if I change the subject Excuse me . There is another point on which I will discharge my conscience . J must be plain , and speak in language befittim .- the feelings of my heart . Ere now , I have wept for others' wrongs and sufferings , and have strove for redress—I have a claim on Christian sympathy—I will assert that claim .
I am a married man . I am told , on good anthority , that tbe " New Rules , ** which , I am informed , have be * n drawn up by a clergymsn and adovteii by you , will very fchortly be enfurc&d , and thai they vritt separate nuit > and irife . 1 am led to expect that thAt infliction of unbearable tyranny—that outrage upon Christianity—that unendurable torture , will shortly fall upon myself . I shall not envy you . Sir , even theu . It may be that this rule has aforetime betn enforced . If so , it is obselete , because of its brutality . Since I was a prisoner , Mra Oastleb . has never been refused admission ajad residence , nor has the wift : of any otaer prisoner , to my knowledge—the only condition imposed being propriety of conduct
A clergyman , ( not that one woo h&s drawn out my divorce , bnt still a clergyman of th 6 Established Chorea ) who is called the ambas 5 » d » r of tbe Jiving God , once declared at the Altar , in tbe name of his Divine-Master respecting MaET an < l Richard Oastleb— " THOSE WHOM GOD HATH JOINED TeGETHER LET NO MAN PUT ASUNDER . " He was quite serious upon that occasion—I was serious to«—so was my wife . Twentj-a \ x vtars have ratified that deed—many trials have sanctified it- It shall not be needlessly nu . lifled . Recollect , that God sacc : io :. e'l , and the Church sealed tint contract . That was not one of your modern liberalized " unions "— tiiat -was a church marriage , soJemt ; . Zrd by a religious ri e . G- > d has declared that
man siail no : break that b » nd . If y « u dare to do so , I warn you , I warn you most solemnly If you are invested with a power to tear nvj wife from me—that POWEE IS NOT OF God . As his fo'lower I am bound to protest against it . Most solemnly , in His name , I do . Etfore God and His Courch 1 have vowed that " Dcalb alone shall part us . " G . xi antl tLe Church have sanctioned that vow , and pronounced thai we be man and irife " TOGETHER "—* ' ! o remain in perfect love and peace together . ar , d live accordirij to His laics '— " so to live together in this life , thai in the irorld to cometce may have life everlasting" Mark , "Together . . '' not separate— " together according to Gc-cJ ' s laws . " Wi : l you dare , by a prisen-ruls , at the instance of a clergyman , to break the law of God ? Recollect , Sir , debtors are
not criminals . Bethink yon of those rigbteou * . holy sayings—of the antbority of tbe Church . TLty were not ipoken in j ?* t ; they aii linked to tbe finest and holiest principles—to the strongest Iks and feelingi of nature . Tfcey are net sport ; nor will it be sport if they are ruthlessly invadtd . There is a point beyond which " passive obedience ' would he criminal . Be careful not to reach that pvint . You have fometimes professed a strong attachment to tbe Church of Englrind—how then dire j ou issue an order to sever her stroncest , fcer holiest ties ?
Well , then , if a DEMO " . u » a » is ferkitiden to do it ; Gzd '» own wtidB art— " Lt : no Man put as-nnder ' ) —1 say , Sir , if s DEMON , in tte custume of a clwgyman , fcr . s dir ^ u \ o adtise ycu to be tfc ^ instrument of Etparitire ire fiom n-y wife , if you litten to that Bogceition cf Satan , you will Lr . ve given couEe of quarrel , " persoital quarrel , bttween me ard yourself , the cotseqntne + s of vbicb I will not predict . Ihe Constitution will furnish ire tbe means to maintain the strife . If th ^ pren . atcre death of my wife should follow our fonxd separation , ( as in her feeble state may be txpecttd ,, ' on your head her blood win mt , and you will answer for it
I will cay nothing now about wrenching from me a rigbt 1 br . ve purchased—for which tbe State has received the trice . 1 will nt now plead , th ' -t which is truth , tLat 1 lu > ve cot t ' tfc means of maintaining my wife ont c-f this prison , separate from myself . No , Sir , tbt sc zt * Mir miner affairs . Bnt I will remind you that Gxi ca :-. forbidden I fchotiri quiescently submit to that unchristian , unnatural , barl- * . rousact of wanton tyranny . If what 1 have herein wid be a libel against the Jaw , that law is a libel against God—an outrage upon nature —no path law can be of force in a " Christian land . "
Who is aeerieved by Mrs . OaSTI . ee'S residence wjth , me ?—trbo is inconvenienced thereby ?—who is even ; annoyed by her presence here ? No one . I appeal to I every prisoner , to every efficer . No charge can be brought acainst her . Does the public suffer thereby ?— is htr residence here any cost to the state ?—No . Then why thss wonted outrage on our feelings ?—this tramp- 1 ling on tbe laws of God and wan ? "Why !—I will tell j yen . To make way for the advance of Infidel principles j —to promote tbe establishment of C « ntralization , the j Crest bone of Eng ' ^ nd . At pn-se :.: I -Rill leave yen solemnly to ponder over tie = e ' . scis Place y-.-urseif in my situation—let Ladt Gr . AHAM : r En ^ j ^ cS , in ycur imagination , to be toru from jou hj me , and say , " Would your axiabestajed ? '" Rem niter r . ^^ in the words of Him vrho will be yo '^ r Jut ' g ? aad uiini— " Ai : things whatsoever yc-RoniJ tba : men > 1 . aid do to ytn . do jon even , so tv tbem . " ' is to
The tffict-rs ^ "Lo maj commissioned force ray wife frcm me , maj p . o y . w ; ti iiapiinity—responsibility refis in a bisbtr qnartf :. Is it to improve the mcials it the prisv-. crs thit vrivts ire to be excluuta ? . ( MctfctrA .-U 8 ' . ] I can twily conceive that a Govtrr . ment which faveurtd morality - ^ ould raiher encourage tLe resiCtnce i cf 'Pives in debtors' prisons than forbid it la it then , fcr ttter ptii . isLir . tnt ony that yfu would thus outrage every religious , moral , acd social feeling ? The safe custody cf the debtors pert on is al ! that tbe law ucmri&ds—onr pv 72 is ) tment is m ^ t juti of the law ' s office . But if so it mnst be , 1 am not trrij that I am called to feel the iron of Itfioelity piercing my own soul , iDMHincb ' as I shall be ub"e more feelintly to sympathise with the victims of tyranny , and more efficiently i caaats
to pieaa tneir . — j s I I bad intended that this letter should hare conveyed ' to you ray thought * on your Education scheme . The remaining space is too small for the consideration of j that most important subject . I will , therefore , occnyy J it with a few observations on tbe clauses in your Fuo ; tory Bill , on which I had not space to remark in my last . * ! I perceive , by the secotd clause in that Bill , that you have entirely excepted "the manufacture of lacs , bleaching , prii : ti " r . g , snd calendering" from its operation . Tfcese exemptions are uJjust You know them to be so . Tbe Reports cf ycur own Commissioners tfiinn the neccisi : v for thtir introduction . Then why (
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< x « r . < . th-m ? y v 1-tot thai Tlur reason . is tbe puwtrfu ! - . r-t .-r ,,-. « f tr . o rU-h capit-l-ats " ^^ ¦ - ' " work " . y .-N hare thns psimitted w » = p " th io tranijijn ufH > n jusLice—you have gi ' tsn a v > n ! : ct against t >?» - deuce—y ou have xuled , that money sl . uii buy tbe law . Argument ia unnecessary—you knotv thnt the facts are as I have stated . Do yon hope thus to satisfy England , Christian England ? Ah , bir , yeu are bat a schoolboy in your office J Clause 11 th gives the power in water mills to work up lost time . That is unjust The owners have a vested intemt in their property , but not in tbe live * of the factory children . Their property is liable to fluctnate in value bj floods or drought—it is not just to injure the children in order to give greater value to water-mills . Ciauw 13 th—The times fer meals ahouM vary to suit the customs and habits of different districts and different countries—Scotland and England to wit .
Chnse 23 rd—Wages should be paid to the operative duri _ T ) g his confinement from work occasioned by accidents ; » o also should the doctor ' s bill be paid by tbe employer . Clause 30 th—There is no limit to the number of sub-inspectors ; Thus ft wide door is open for patronage-The whole scheme of inspection Is unconstitutional—to prescribe no limit to the number of sub-inapectota is most dansjerons . Clause 40 th—The degree of relationship between the magistrate and mill-owners should be extended —i . e . father-in-law , son-in-law , ia Those magistrates should be excluded from all interference under this Act Clause 43 rd—Children should not be taxed with the payment of the surgeon ' s certificates .
Clause 49 th—This is a wanton fraud upon the children . Having onco paid for the surgeon ' s certificate , BUTfcly it b ' . cniaes tb « child ' s own property , in which he has a veiled right . It is manifestly unjust to require the child a ? uin to submit to a tax on changing his place of labour . Clause 1 u 7 : q , as it appears to me , gives a license in very large concerns to break the law almost with impunity . The gain in such huge mills might exceed the penalty . After the third offence imprisonment should be awarded . Let these observations suffice : bnt remember , no
i Factory Aet which includes the system of Belays can ! ever answer the ( benevolent purposes of Michael i Thomas Sadler ;* nor can any such Act be productive I of that amelioration in the condition of the working ! classes which the factory people deserve;—nay , such | an Act will ba an aggravation of the evil it is in-I tended to remove j Delay as much as you choose—pervert , prevaricate , and perplex as you will—nothing is more certain , than that to have efficient law on this subject , j you must adhere to simplicity—to be efficient , i ONE OF TWO PRINCIPLES ML 5 T BE ADOPTED
j ZITHER THE IMPRISONMENT OF OFFENDERS , OR j THE SUSPENSION OF THE OPERATIONS OP THE MUVJ . VG P 0 W £ R . ' How many more years shall be lost in the contest 1 between Trntb and Wealth , between Justice and I Covetousness ? It is for you , not me , to answer that ¦ queition . I will , in my next , if I have opportunity , discuss : the subject of Education as ptopou . tded In your Bill ,
i premising that a useful national education nnst have 1 reference to the body as well as' the mind—to 1 tbe physical , as well aa the mental devalopement . ' And also , that such education ought to be I accompanied by tbe prevision of proper , useful , i and profitable employment to tbe instructed in after iife , Jf yon educate 1 , 000 children in factory labour , you must be careful that there shall afterwards be pro ' Stable and regular employment for all those children in , their adolescence , else of what use is that part of their education ?
If , after providing 1 , 000 factory labourers , you only provide employment for 500 , the result will evidently be , that tb < s unemployed , after presring down tbe prices of factory labour to tfce lowest pitch , will be forced into other employments , honest or otherwise , as tbe case may be ; thus disorganising society , preventing prosperity , and proving that their factory education was a national evil . Such a state may , for a time , answer very well far a few large bouses—Fre « -Traders and Antl-Corn-Law men—whose harvest will for awhile be most bountiful in that monopoly of misery which produces low wages .
If you omit this precaution , yonr education will , as I conceive , become a national curse instead of a blessing . I am , your Victim , Richard Oastler .
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BARNSLEV— A public meeting of the weavers of Barnsley was convened on May-day Green , on Monday , to give efficiency to s strike of tick-weavers of Messrs . Haxwonh , Carnelly , and Co ., they having offered and still are persisting in reducing the wages of that fabric about three shillings in the pound ; Mr . Richard Taylor wag called to ibe chair . Tbe first resolution was moved by Mr . Frank Mirfield , seconded by John Shaw , and carried . It was ** That it is opiniow of "this meeting thav the attempt made by > Je =. « rs . Haxworth and Co . to reduce the price of tick weaving is unjust and cruel in the extreme , and highly injurious to both masters and workmen , as reductions of this kind
aTe in general followed by a more than corresponding reducement in the manufactured article , thereby reducing the profits of the former and increasing 1 the privations of the latter , who , with the present ; rate of vrages when fully employed , are scarcely j abJe to procure a scanty subsistence , and are daily sinking lower and lower in micery and destitution . " i Proposed by John Grimshaw , seconded by Robert Garbut , " That this meeting is of opinion , that it is their bounden duty to use their ntmost exertions to ' prevent the offered reducement-in the prices of tickweavinj ; and to maintain the present rate of wages i as stated in the manufacturers' arranged list . " A ! vote was then given to thd chairman , and the meeting quietJy separated . ;
CAKLISLE . —Anticipated Election for the Borough . —A rumour iB afloat that William James , Etq ., M . P . for the Eastern Division of this county , is about to leave this country for France , and that he intends giving up his seat for Cumberland . In i this case an election will take place , and it is said that P . H . Howard , Esq ., M . P . for the Borough , retires from it , to contest the couuty . The desire of ' Mr . Howard to retire from the representation of Carlisle arise ? , we are told , from the great annoy- j ance . which he has met with from the Anti-Corn \ Law party , who have lately been badgering him to ] support Mr . Viilier& ' s motion for a total repeal of the Corn-Laws , to which , we believe , he is wholly j opposed . Should an election take place , iho Anti- j Corn Law party intend briDging forward either Col . Thompson or Mr . Bright . : >?>
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A Noble Kmployf . r—The . Marqwis of Exoi-r , on . " > u ; ur ::. y la- " ,, reduce !> y 10 p" - cent , thj wa-. r-i - . ill the workmen and luoourer . s in his eju ^ Joy a ^ ^< r » , ' ~> 1 ' 'y and thfl other es ' . u os of his Lords ;/ , , Tne '' p ! eaVy - tha ! ' tfae redaction is \» meet the Income Tax on the onC b . an-J , "'* tf > $ reduced price of pr > . visions on the other Tae e& yin K t 0 Ll > ^ d E * eter , h is stated , will be £ 500 a ^ - Siam / ^ Mercur V ' Imperial Presents . —The pro ^ Ots which &a 7 ? been seat to Queen Viotoria from ih £ Eaiperoif of China consisc of golden bedsteads and a quantity of silk of » sort which has never jet be .-u seen ia Europe . Tliere was likewise two ear-dro « s worth £ 1 , 000 each ; and a shawl worked jn needle work , with every kind of beast on it known to the Cheese ; besides 14 large cases , each weighing 14 owt , and a small box of jewellery .
A Deccnt Fortune — We are assured , upon what wa consider a good authority , that the head of the Arkwnght family , who has just departed this life ia his Both year , has left behind him a fortune quite unparalleled in the anuals of ancient or modern accumulation . To each of his tons he gives a million and a half , besides £ 40 , 000 a-year in land , which goes to the eldest son ; and , to each of his fifty-one grandchildren , and great grandchildren , £ 14 , 000 , —making £ 700 , 000 more , for this single item . We take it lor granted that the daughters , one of whom is the Lady of the Vice-Chancellor , Sir James Wi « ram , are not left wholly unprovided for , but w < s are riot yet informed whether they have one , two , or thre » hundred thousand pounds a-piece .
Brutal Murder of a Magistrate . —Tbe Leinster Express gives the following horrifying particulars of one of those shocking murders which are dis gracefully characteristic of the southern parts of Ireland : — " On Thursday nighi last as John GatcheN , Esq ,, of Coolegegan , a magistrate of the King ' s County , was returning home from the Rev . Mr . Ridgeway ' s , of Cianbullogue , where he had been dining , he was waylaid at Clonad , and brutally murdered . His body was found next morning on the side of the road , with his ribs completely beaten in , and his throat cut , and mangled in a shocking manner , but up to the time information was received at our office it had not been ascertained whether by bullets or by a blunt cutting instrument . No clue has yet been ascertained as to the perpetrators of this horrid crime . "
Dreadful Accident on the Brussels and Liege Railway . —Brussels , May 4 —A dreadful accident happened yesterday on the railway . When the train which left Liege at half-past seven in the morning was near to Landen , two guards who were in a waggon carrying light goods , tht ; second in the train , saw the carriage full of smoke . They removed the parcels in order to discover the cause of the fire , when the flames burst forth , on which they gave ihe signal to stop . Most of the passengern , hearing the Bound of tbe whistle , looked out of the windows , when a vioknt flame , driven by the wind , seemed to touch the carriages . Two passengers and two guards preserving their presence of mind , held the doors fast , to prevent any person from getting out .
In a few seconds the train stopped , the waggon that was on fire was detached , and all the passengers alighted . Fourteen passengers and a guard were killed . Some linen was at hand , anti the wounds were dressed as well as circumstances would allow . The most severely wounded were sent back in the carriage to Liege . Some were able to proceed on their journey . The cause of the fire is at present unknown , but tha inconceivable rapidity with which the flame spread gives reason to suppose that some bottle or jar of highly inflammable spirit was broken , and that it communicated with the fire of the engine . It is remarkable that the tufferers by this disaster were viciims to the first impulse of fear , for all those who kept their seats escaped without iiijury .
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RoBBBRrAND Mup . der at Bi / ky . —We regret to have to record a murder which has caused a great sensation in this neighbourhood , having been perpetrated apparently for the sake of robbing the poor victim of some money , which he had incautiously displayed . This murder was discovered about haltpast six o ' clock on the morning of Thursday la ^ t , by two labouring men , who ivere going along a sort of footpath , by or through a gravel pit , in some wastu ground , lynif ( between the back of the New Market and the new Catholic Chapel , Bury . The men were passing along whoir , on looking a Jittle on one side , in a retired spot , near a hed ^ e which bounds some gardens , they saw an old man lying on the ground without his hat , and on going up to him found
that ho had evidently heen treated with great violence , for his face and head were cut and bruised , and his face was ly : ug close to the ground in a small pool of blood . His hat was stuck on the thorn hedge near which he was lying . The men immediately hastened towards the New Market , and there seeing Sergeant Shiel , of the county constabulary force stationed at Bury , they called to him , and he accompanied them to the spot . He found the old man lying as the men first saw him , on his face and left , side ; his feet towards the hedge , and his right breeches pocket turned insido out . Tne Sergeant turned the body face upwards , and then saw the pool of blood in which the face had been lying , and which appeared to have flowed from the nose . The right
breeches pocket had been forcibly torn out . His hat , as we have said , was on the top of the hedge ; it was stained with blood , and in it were some pieces of bread and cheese , and a red worsted comfortable . In his coat pocket were two papers containing salves , and a largo claep knife , eueh as is used by country people . ! When the body was removed , Sergeant ishoil found beneath it an empty calico bag or purse with the tape strings undrawn , and an empty black bottle which had apparently contained some cattle medicine , At a little distance from him , oh the ground , was lying a roll of diachylon plaster , crushed flj , t . Near him , on the ground , was a white handled pocket knii ' e , with two blades , one a WharnclifiV , and the other a pen blade . The
deceased wore a red cotton neckcloth , and between it and the neck was found a broken thorn twig , with two spines upon it , which had pierced the skin . The thorn hedi : o near where the old man was lying was spla .-htd wi ( h blood , and was very much broken , a number of twigs having been snapped off , and the whole hedge presenting the appearance of a violent struggle , in which Eomo person had been forcibly pushed or thrown upon the hedge . The groand was also much trampled , as if several men had been treading about the &pot in various directions . Sergeant Sheil left the two men to watch the body while he proceeded to tho house of Mr . John Foster , surgeon , Union-square , who followed him to the place , and under hi 3 inspection the body , which he was of
opinion had been dead some hours , was removed to tho hou ? o of Mr . Wright Greenhaugh , the Gray Mare public-house , near the New Market , where it now lies . As soon as the body had been conveyed to the public-house , Sergeant Sheil reported the supposed murder at the police-office , and Mr . Superintendent Henshall , Inspector Hemer , Sergeant Shiel , and other officers were promptly and actively engaged in investigating the matter . The deceased was soon recognized as a email farmer and cattle doctor , named James Heywood , residing at Stmister Hall , Simister-lane , Unsworth , in the townshiip of Pilkington , from two to three miles from Bury . The following particulars respecting him wo have collected frcm his eldest son and other panies , and
beliuve they will be found correct : —Tlio drceased was a widower , having two sous and two daughters , all grown up . The sons work oh the farm , and the 1 daughters reside with tlitir father , who , besides car-1 Tying on his farm , practised tis a cow doctor . On Monday 'as ' , beiyg in Bury , he called at the shap of James Rimsbottom , butcier , Fleet-street , and wanted to sell him a pig . Ramfcbottom declined to 1 buy then , as his wife was from home , but said that if Heyvvood would come to Bury fair he would giye him a " graidly order . " At breakfast on Wednesday morning last , Mr . Heywood said to his daughter ! ihat he thought he should go to Bury fair ? and that he would buy a cow if he saw one he liked . He usually kept his money in a drawer in the parlour , 1 and on Wednesday thero was a sura there in gold ' and silver , and when information of this robbery and 1 murder reached home this sum was examined , and it
I was believed to be deficient of the amount that was I there before by £ 11 or £ 12 ; and this Bum , itis ! therefore supposed , he took with him to buy a cow , ! and had it in the purse which was found empty ! under his body . He had also with him a silver watch , ( maker ' s name Thomas Lee , Bury , No . 302 , ) with a brass chain , to which were appended a brass seal and key . As there waa no watch found in his ! pockets or near him , in all probability this was carj ried off by tbe murderers . Among other things that 1 were ascertained as tending to throw Borne light on j the transaction , and to furnish some clue to the-inur-1 , it transpired that a young man , named James Howarth , had been offering a 6 iiver watch for sale at an early hour on Thursday morning . The watch answered the description of that belonging to the ' oeceased , and of course due search was made for ' Howarth , but it wasfouud that he had absconded . 1 He is a weaver or a blacksmith .
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T . ip . '' L \ : ; c . » s ; t" - - - !> . , > OoTi ? > ne ' . —A nnn in , ' ¦'¦ '• ' * .. i h i < ., 'i- b i . ojy Ja- -r , uc a , vn- ^' l' " ^ ^ 'V ugsi- ' . a , two-penny ctke . a q ; i ? . rter of barter , a . ?' 1 a pound of baeon , and saM h" wh * prepared to eat a fewdoz . n more . This is a fact . ; A Hint . -On Thursday evening week the box of i a commercial traveller connected with an extensive i nouse m Lon . lou , ou his return to Scotland , was i v 1 exolseman who awaited the arrival of I the coach , aud who , on examining it , found that it i contained tea bottles * f whisky . Next morning he was summoned before a magistrate . Ho said h « had ' offended through ignorance of the iaw , being under th" impression that any q ., intiry not exceeding two gallons miijbt be brought to England without ; a per- j ma . The magistrate convinced him of his mistake i by fining hira in the mitigated penalty of £ 25 , the I ftiii penalty being £ 100 .-Carlisle Journal . i
Execution op Bett y Eccles and Wjlmot Buckley , at Kirkdale . —The execution of these unfortunate criminals , who were convicted at the late assiz-s , took place on Saturday at the north-wi-st angle of Kirkdale gaol . The time fixed was twelve o ' clock , long before which the approaches to the scene of I death were thronged with a gaping multitude . The female convict , it will be remembered , was tried for the murder of her step-son , a boy about thirteen i years of age , at B Iton , whom she had poisoned for I the purpose of getting a trifliug sum « f money out of ' a burial club ; and , from tb' ) disclosures on the trial , j it was too clear that she had also poisoned two children of her own by a former husband for the same ofjoci . The atrocious and cold-blooded brutality of
htr crime left no hope of wrcy , and none was held out to her . But with respect to Buckley , his offence belonged to a milder category , and the jury seemed strongly inclined to reduce it to the worit species ol manslaughter . Even aftyr they found him guilty ol murder , they recommended him to the merciful consideration of the Crown , He cut his wife ' s throat , in a field near St . Helen ' s , while they were taking a walk on a Sunday evening , she being at the time enciente ; but , from his own confession after the act , and other coroberative circumstances , it waa evidently the impulse of a frantic moment , done in the heat of passion , and produced by the tantalizing upbraidings of his wife , who was jealous of her husband , and viewed his attention to other females with
distrust . Many persons , therefore , were inclined to believe that in his case the extreme penalty of th « law would not be enforced . Baron Parke told the jury that their merciful recommendation should be forwarded to the Home Secretary , but at the same tiiiie he intimated his belief that , it could not be entertained . Arrived at the press-room , the prisoners were seated in chairs , where they were pinioned , and Mr . Carson , asked them in a low voice and subdued tone whether they had anything further to say . Both replied in the negative . The Rev . Mr . Appleton then read the burial Bervioe , at the termination of which Buckley was led to ihe scaffold , where the rope was placed rouud his neck . During this process the female prisoner remained in the chair , her
eyes fixed intently on the awful prsparations which the other criminal was undergoing . This completed , the executioner Jed her forward ; she rose without any seeming agitation , and walked on , her lips moving in prayer . Mr . Appleton attended the dying penitents to the scaffold , still reading tho service for ihe dead . At the close the fatal bolt was withdrawn , and the prisoners in a few seconds ceased to exist . Owing to the pressure of a number of persons on the wooden bridge leading to the scaffold , we were unabletotoasoertain whether they struggled much , but were subsequently informed that the struggles of the female were Soon over , while those of Buckley were more severe . Buckley made a hearty breakfast , but
the other wretched sufferer was unable to eat . In a conversation with Mr . Appleton , Buckley repeated in substance the confession which he made immediately after his apprehension , that he committed the act under excitement , because his wife upbraided him with infidelity ; and on being asked why he had a knife in his hand at the time he struck bis wife , he replied that he had been cutting a stick with it . Betty Eccles acknowledged that she had poisoned her step-son , but would not say , though she hardly denied , that she had disposed of the other two children in the same manner . The roads to and from the execution were densely crowded , and from the number of persons in vehicles of every description , it resembled a visit to the raoe-course on some attractive
occasion . The numher present we have heard variously estimated at from 20 , 000 to 30 , 000 . —Liverpool paper .
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CHINA AND INDIA . EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESS . The Indian Mail of the 1 st of April has arrived . It brings a confirmation of the brilliant successes of Sir Charles Napier ia Scinde , in the capital of which treasure and jewels to an amount considerab ' y exneeding one million have been disoovered . Doubts have been entertained if this treasure trove is to be considered prize money . Lord Eilenborough has dec lared , according to rumour , in favour of the gallant army that won the city of Hyderabad . The matter has Deen referred to the Queen in Council . In the meantime the Governor-General has declared Scinde to be a British province , abolished slavery therein , and appointed Sir C . Napier to be the Governor ; and al » o declared all transit duties abolished , and the I yd us open to the ships of all nations .
Lord Eilenborough has also ordered that the useless cannon taken at Hyderabad shall be cast into a column o commemorate the memory of all the soldiers who distinguished themselves in the battle of Meeanee . Scinde is said to be a most fertile district , which , when cultivated , will repay every cost tenfold , and render the territories of the Indus something like the banks of the Ganges . The position of Sir Charles Napier in Hyderabad required to bo attended to ; for the population of some districts , led on by some of the disaffected Ameers , were preparing to renew the conflict . The Bombay Government was most active in iis efforts to send every succour to the gallant General , and troops had been sent from Forezepore to Sukkur , in order to co-operate with those lower down the river .
The Governor-General was at Agra , where he has taken up his residence in one of the palaces , and in which he had held an investiture of the Order of the Bath . He has orderod tho celebrated Somnauth gates to be locked up there , and the officers employed in escorting them have been sent back to the regimental duty . The declaration of Sir Charles Napier , that the Indian army is too scantily officered , has attracted attention , and has become tho subject of general comment . The Ameers of Scinde , who are prisoners , will , it is said , be placed for safety in the fortress of Ahmednuggur or Asseerghur .
Some disturbances still exist in the mountainous districts of Bundelkund * , but they are not of any great importance . India is otherwise tranquil . The most conflicting accounts were circulated respecting the state of Cabul . Ukbbar Khan is no longer popular there , aud another was s ud to have seized the government . Dost Mahommed was going back from Lahore to Cabul , but it was not known how be would be received thero . He wished to be aided by the Sikhs , but they did not seem inclined to give him any assistance .
The news from China extends to the 21 st of February . The latest waa brought to Bombay by an American schooner—the Zephyr , which is now plying as an opium trader from Bombay to China , and is remarkable for her swift sailing . The Emperor has ordered an investigation into the murders of the crews of the Ann and Nerbudda at Formosa . Nothing had been done in the arrangements of the commercial treaty , for the British Plenipotentiary appeared to be waiting for the treaty as ratified by Her
Majesty . The Chinese Commissioner and ho were on good terms . Doubts are said to exist of the durability of any arrangement now entered into . The Chinese were busy in repairing all their forts and in strengthening their positions iu the different places attacked last year . Trade was dull , but expected to revive speedily . At Canton some dissatisfaction still prevailed . The immaturo revolt at Manilla had been put down , and the rebels executed . It bad for its object to declare the independence of the islands of the Spanish yoke .
The Hindostau arrived at Madras oil the 15 th of March , fiO hours attir tho mail Had arrived at Bombay . This rapidity promises well for the steamers irom Calcutta to Suez : her arrival at Calcutta took place on the " 23 rd , before the express from Bombay with the mail had reached that city . The Hindostan was obliged , on going up tho Hoogly , to anchor at Mud point from want of water . The B . shop of Calcutta and Metropolitan of India arrived in Bombay on the 11 th of March , where he held his primary visitation , and presided at the founding of the Great Medical College . A magnificent comet was seen through India from tho beginning of March , and engaged the attention of all the astronomtTB , one of whom actually declared it had become a satellite of the earth—a proposition which set thousands a laughing .
Dwarkanauth Tagore has been excluded from his family caste , in consequence of his repeatedly eatiag with " the unclean Europeans . " The Captain of the Belvidere , which Bhip was burned some months ago at Singapore , was tried at Bombay for taking goods out of the Bhip while in harbour . He was honourably acquitted . A steamer had arrived at Bombay from Kurrachee , which brought intelligence to the 2 &ch of March , and mentioned that a fight of three days had taken place between Sir Charles Napier and the Ameers , in which the British were successful . There was great loss on both sides . Report said that the British General was slain , but this part of the report was not credited .
The Belocheeshad thrown a chain across the Indus , which they intended to defend by fortifications ou both sides . Her Mijestj ' s ship Nimrod and two small steamers were about to force tho Belooc-heea to retire aud leave , tbe liver open .
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R-. r ^ i- ' . r ? 'D-. n . m-: i . l E ] , of ' ¦ . '^¦• nstG-. TH , Carrick oil Suir , iu . 3 ma'Jo ait abatement or 25 per ceat . ia thu CQiit . 3 o : his tenants ai Husseytovva . Fire at Liv £ UPOol — About ihree o ' clock on Tharb ^ y afterno"U a fire broke out in one of the pile often warehouses , belollgJ 5 £ to tho trustees of the Duke of ; in 3 > Water , and situated betwetu thV Duke ' s and Kin ^ s Docks . The flxmes were first discovered by one of the workmen in the top ^ tory of thtf third warehouse from the ess ' , end , and that and the two storit-s below it being filled with conoa , th fire soon oomaiU . iieatsd dowuwardsand to the warehouses ou both sides . When the engines arriv .-d , the second , tho third , and the fourth warehouses were on fire , and tha smoke was issuing iu dense
masses from the windows ot" the rath . Ino exertions of Mr . Hewitt and of Mr . DowlingC&r . VVhitcy being from home , in consequgnco of indisposition ) were at at once directed to subduing the flames hi the warehouse in which the fire originated , and , the neighbouring 'Jocks yielding an abundant suppiy of water , they succeeded in a short time in making a visible impression on the flames , and at about six o ' clock they were" completely got under in ali the warehouses . The four top stories of the third warehouse and their contents ha ? e been entirely consumed , with the exception of some little cofctou , which will be saved in a damaged stare . It is supposed that ; upwards of a
thousand bales of cotton have been destroyed , as the thrcie top stories of this warehouse were filled with that article . The fire in the second warehouse extended to the fhird story , but entirely consumed the two stories at the top , and about a similar amount of damage has been done to thf » fourth warehouse . One of the firemen . Ball , No . 380 , was sevevely injured by the breaking of a ladder which ho had mounted for the purpose of carrying up a hose to one of the windows . He fell from & height of about thirty feet . It is not known how the fire originated . Tho loss is estimated at from £ 15 . 000 to £ 20 fiW . — Tbe property was insured .
Buenos Ayres and Monte Video . —Accounts to the 9 th of March have been recieved from Buenos Ayres by the Carlotta ^ a Danish vessel , which , landed her letters at Fa I month on Saturday . It appears from these , that , up to the latest moment , Oribe , who commands the Baenos Ayrean army before Monte Video , had not made any attempt to gain possession of the town . A considerable number of heavy guns and mortars had , however , been embarked at Buenos Ayres , for the purpose of enabling him to bombard or to besiege it in form .
Overdone . —A New York paper of the 6 th ult ., states , that the American distresses have been produced by over ^ banking , over-trading , over-spending ^ over-reach ing , orer cheating , over-borrowing , overeating , ovor-dr ! nkin £ , over-praying , over-sinning , over-thinkins , overplaying , over-riding , over-tippling , over-fiddling , and over-actins ; of evory kind anddescription—except &oer-p ! vuyhmg , which alone is the foundation of society , and the corner-stone of cviilization . The London City Mission . —Mr . Plumptre , M . P . is worried out of his life now that the Saiuts have commenced holding their May meetings in Exeter Hall . Religionists ot all creeds demaud his services , and he works like a mill-horse in the sacred cause .
First he presides at tho Wesleyan Missionary Society ; other sects then crave his services ; and , lastly , the City Mission ; and , really , the proceedings of this Society , as reported in the columns of the Morning Post , are most amusing . ' The Metropolitan Police , ' it appears , have been furnished with libraries , consisting of tracts and holy books ; and the " agents" have been actively engaged at those periodical evils ( where the Devil plays his pranks ) , the fair 9 , and more particulrly during the Easter recess at Greenwich , which had been visited by 140 , 000 Londoners , bent on the soul-damning sin of enjoying themselves in the fresh air . The report expressed a determination to put down , if possible , all fairs . The " agents" had also visited the Almonry , in WestmineU-r , aud the low brothels belonging to the Dean and
Chapter ; and they had also attempted to reform the inhabitants of York-equare , aud other places of profligacy ; they had held 8 , 606 prayer-meetings ; converted two stupid MahomedanB , who had brought the giraffes to the Zoological-gardens ; and they reported , moreover , that an elderly lady had presented 365 farthings , the result of her savings during twelve months . The Society ' s income is about ifio ' . OOO a-year , and all they have done has been to convert a couple of extremely ignorant foreigners , who will renounce Cristianity the moment they return homef and laugh at the missionaries for the pains they have taken to shake off their original faith . The amount subscribed at these meetings is really surprising ; and yet , when money is wanted to relieve the destitution of the poor , what is given is yielded grudgingly .
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From Ihe London Gazette of Friday \ May 5 . BANKBU 1 TS . Robert Noyes , of 1 , New Church-street , Lissoa Grove , plumber , May 16 , at twelve , and Jane 9 , at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy . London . Mr . Green , official . assignee , 18 , Aldermanbury ; and Mr . John Casley , solicitor , Guildford-street , Russell-square . John Adnuoi , of Djrrington-street , Clerkenwell , upholsterer . May 19 , at twelve , and Jaae 7 , at two , at tha Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . LackiDgton , official assignee , 3 , Coleman-street-baildiaga ; and Mr . Meyrick , 80 'icitor , 4 , Furnival ' s Inn . Alfred Stocken aud William TJtton , of Halken-Btreet , Bolgiave-equare , coach-makera , May 16 th , at eleven , and June 23 , at one , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . George Lackington , official assignee , 3 , Coleman-street-baildin ^ s ; and Messrs . Van Sandau and Cumai ' wg ' , solicitors , 27 , King-street , Cheapside .
James Farren , of Nine Eims . Surrey , corn-dealer . May 16 , at twelve , and June 20 , at half-past eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Turquand , official assifl || t 13 , Old Jewry Chambers ; and Messrs . M'Leod anwp&tenning , solicitors , 13 , London-street , Fencfiurch-street . Joseph Naylor Ryalls , of Sheffield and Elsicar , ¦ vessel owner . May 16 , at twelve , and June 13 , at ten , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr . Henry Pbilip Hope , official assignee , Leeds ; Mr . Palfreyman , solicitor , Sheffield ; and Mr . Blackburn , solicitor , Leeds . Jobn Thomas Nash &nd John Tomlioson , Jan ., of York , mustard-manufacturers , May 16 , at eleven , and June 6 , fit twelve , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr .-Charles Feame , official assignee , Leeds ; Mr . W . Smith , jun ., solicitor , York ; and Mr . Bulmer , solicitor , Leeds .
Joseph Lawis , of Diwley , Shropshire , grocer , May 12 , at balf-past one , and June 21 , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham . Mr . Valpy , offieial assignee , Birmingham ; Mr . C . M . Robinson and Mr . Thomas Smallwood , solicitors , Wellington ; and Mr . Slaney , solicitor , Birmingham . Joseph Humble , late of Trindon , Durham , ironfounder , May 22 , at one , and June 29 , at two , at the Bankruptcy Court , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Mr . Thomas Baker , official assignee , Newcastie-upon-Tyne ; Mr . A . Burn , solicitor , Doctors' Commons , London ; and Mr . A . T . Stevenson , solicitor , Darlington . Richard Almond , of Orrell , Lancashire , coal-dealer , May 23 , and June 16 , at eleven , at tbe Conrt ot Bankruptcy , Liverpool . Mr . James Cazenove , official assignee , Liverpool ; Messrs . Woodcock and Co ., solicitors , Wigan ; and Messrs . Gregory and Co ., solicitors , Bedrow . London .
p artnerships dissolved . Thomas Naylor and William Henry Garbett , of Leeds , tailors ., James Carter aud Ralph Carter , of Upperthong , Yorkshire , manufacturers . BeDJ ^ min Syddall and James Francis Watchur ^ t , of Manchester , silk manufacturers . Jobn Binge , sen ., and John Binge , jun . of Sheffield , pawnbrokers . Richard Sandham and Edward Richardson , of Garstang , Lancashire , joiners . Thomas Raffield , George Bsffield , jcn ., and Peter Masters , of Liverpool , shipwrights ( so far as regards Peter Masters ) . Thomas Veraon and John Baker Hodgson , of Liverpool , engineers . William Dowse and Samuel Djwse , of Mold Green , Yorkshire , attk manufacturers . Joseph Hardcastle , William Hardcastle , Thomas Aked , and Jobn Collins , of Four-lane-ends , Yorkshire , coal merchants ( ao far as regards Johu Colline . ?
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , Hay 9 . bankiujfis . Howard Hall , pawnbroker , Fulham , to surrender M : iy 19 . at twalve , and June 20 , at elBven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Wbitraore , official assignee , Basin <; aaH-street ; aand Messrs . Kiss and son , solicitors , Fexburch-street William Davis Hart , tailor , Ballingdon , Essex , May 23 . and June 20 , at twelve ,, at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Turquand , official assignee , Old Jewry Chambers ; and Mr . Gade , solicitor , Georgeyard , Lombard-street . Abraham D . ivjs . dealer in glasa , Tottenham-courtroad , May 20 , at . half-past eleven , and June 20 , at elev < n , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Groom , official assignee , Abchurch-laue , Lombaid-atreefcj and Mr . Lewis , solicitor , WilmiDgton-square .
Riebatd Thomas Hicks , wine-merchant , Cooper'srow , Tower-hill , May 18 , at balf-past twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy ; London . Mr . Groom , Abchntch . - lane , official assignee ; and Mr . Macy , solicitor , Burystreat , St James ' s . Joseph Spalding , Ironmonger , Lincolnshire , May J 8 , at one , and June IS , at balf-past eleven , at the Birmingham District Court Mr . -Bittleaton , official assignee , Birmingham ; Mr . Carter , solicitor , Spalding j and Messrs . Gem and Son , solicitors , Birmingham . J » hn Burgess , beer-seller , Manchester , May 26 , at one , and Jane 16 , at twelve , at the Manchester Districfc Court Mr . Fraser , offieial assignee , Manchester ; and Messrs . Gregory , Faulkner , Gregory and Bourdillon , solicitors , Bedford-row , London ; and Mr . Chew , solicitor , Manchester .
Sarah Chapman , ssil-tnaker , Liverpool , May 25 , and June SS , at twelve , at the Liverpool District Court . Mr . Folk'tt , official assignee , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Biikbit and Foster , solicitors , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Vincent and Sherwood , solicitors , King ' 8-bench-walk , Temple , Loadou .
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Ladt Fra > ks has made an abatement of 20 per cent , to the occupying tenants on her estate in the county of Kerry , to enable them to meet the present agricultural depression . Gavway . —Two boats aud their crewp , coming from L'ontiemara to Galway , sunk ; the one at Furboargh , the other at Spiddle , when all hands perished . On the wro > g side of Fobty . —We notice Ihat the House is always acjourned unless there are forty members present . Is not thin number on a Eot-t suspicious parallel with that of the Fobty Thieves
A i- ' eosporous Measure . —A startling fact was announced &t the meeting of the Poor Law guardians at Cork ) ast Monday—that they were £ 30 , 000 in debt , £ 10 , 000 of which was due to their treasurer ; the fact being that ihe collectors cannot get in the tax . Law op Bastarpt . —At the late Devon Sessions for this county , an order of affi iation was refused , on the fc-rouDd that the mother had five pounds in the Savings' Bank when the went into the workhouse ,
which had not yet been spent , The Court held that the child had not become chargeable "by reason of the ability of the mother to maintain it . ''— Devonport Independent . Beetles . —Dr . Homer , of Huli , recommended patatoes and arsenic as the most effectual means for tbe destruction of beetles . We have tried it in our houpe with the most triumphant fru < -ce .:-s ; ami now , I may say , we have &oi one . This c < r » ai !' y 13 " a secret wonh knowing ; ' and J the-ii- fort- tpeak it advised ! v , whtu I add , probaluin f&f .
A kegretflx Tesvli of ' . be opening of the railroad at Wellington wps experienced in this town on Monday last , in the discbarge from thfir employment of about eighty individuals , consisting of asHsrant clerks , porter ? , o ? U ? tb , and driver ? , until then occupied in tie various coach and other conveyances from the weFttrn paits of this county and Devon . —Teunton Courier . Newly-married Ladies . —It hsa b-en said that many young ladies , for the first year after marriage , can never look at one of tbeir own i-ex without a peculiar sort of expression on their countenance of a compassionate curiosity , anting cut of a conscious superiority , es mneh as to say , " Are you a married woman 1 or if you are not . "—Harry Metcbrag
Limebick . —Dr . White , inspector-general of prisons , in the report of his inspection , describes the six bridewells of this county , viz ., Glin , Newcastle , Rathkeale , Kiifinan , Croom , a&d Bruff , to be the worst he has Been in any county of th « sooth of Ireland ! They are old buildings , small in proportions , damp , cold , insecure , and badly ventilated , withont proper furniture . Of the six , Newcastle and Rathkeale are , it appears , comparatively the worst in every respect . The Quetfn ' s Visit to Ikeiand . —The Dublin Mercantile Adverttztr * ays : — "An official intimation ha .-breu received respecting tbe contemplated vl-it of the Quetn and htr illustrious co : sort to this couu . ry in the course of the ensuing summer . GroVrs for certain arranpfmints connected with ihe rojai vimi ha \ e tten received at the Castle . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 13, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1212/page/3/
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