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"£$? Gxmsitwn Of ^Nslantr •' Iasts Grina The Poor, And Rich Men Mle The La-W :'
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DBEADJTX STATE OF THE PcOR IS D 0 RSETSH 1 B . E-( From ihe Times of Sov . 2 Srd . j There haa hsen some hot di&ensson in tbe Dorsetshire connty papers , srising out of the insufficient rate of -traces paid to the ls . > n > urers in certain districts , £ Bd brought ferwars * . by Mi . Brindsley Sheridan when presiding as ehainEsn ai the West Dorset Agricultural Meeting . Attempts to refute tba facts have be * i : m ? l by strong corroborative evidence o ! their truth ; and thoas ? h the spirit of irritation and oppos . iion unaccountably Ttrased in some quarters may appear dis ? iearfc ? mEZ . yet , on the ^ sjiols the dispnte has had a salutary < ffect , inasmncb ss it has tended to the further publicity ol "the charges ; to -which publicity -we confidently trust for wnsiidni . Bt- It is every nnn ' s basinsss to .-. id his fej - ,
itmrsBsn -whenever lie sti-u see owsion to GO SO . VX 3-frq » so linifed zx > & isiei-wo-rea ¦ she destinies of the rich &E < 3 poor , the vise and foolish , the weak and strong , th 3 t eo man . or class of men , can stand apart snd proclaim themselves independent of the rest . It is impossible for any one not morally Mind to deny that there is sometbina £ ri £ h"f ni a 3 d peculiar in the present mutual position of tha rich and poor in Engb-iid . Tee lower classes are l > ecosiiDg opponents instead of deponent "; the cord ia ¦ WuTB threadbare , almost to breaking , "Whidh bonitd Xhs two orders kicdiy i < jgetb . eT ; the poor man no longer belieTesthat inoustry and submission on his own part irili jtnaractee protection and relief on the other ; he ia npl « iy lxjsicz all cotSdt-uce in the good-Trill of his
anperiors towards him . We repeat , that in a great measure this Itos of cocStitEce proceeds from trrora in the administration of the Sew Poor Inw , and from faults in its cnsaMUon . The E « v . Frederick Rooke , clergyman of tke parisn cf Rimpiahfim , lias come publicly loTWjTd , eeo bricflj and frai&Jy confirmed lie leports of the torfisbip txisUog id bis owa district , in a letter addressed to the tditor of the Dorset Count }/ Chnnic ' e : ia this spirit , the Rev . Charles Bingtziu lzs published a letter , -srhica we quote from tht Ye&rii Mercury , tfce tane and temper of -which do honour alike to his o-srn feelings , and the sisred profession to * ¦ which lie belongs . Ms . B'ach ^ m says , alluding to the contradictions we ha ~ e icf aitii to : —
" It is by no means my desire or intention to degrade this very important inquiry into a matter of m = re ccntrsversy or personality . I do rejoice from my bean that it is sei on foot . That ti ; tre may be cases even here , sn exposure of -which might lead to bentfic ^ l results , it is no p . irt of my present purpose either to affirm or to deny ; but 1 * io affirm that ibe treatment of th& p-ror by the farmers , ths rate of wsgts , and their condition in general , 13 uotoric 2 ? ly better here than in some parts of the vsie ; and that , if acy such cases be discovered as even Mr . Lane adsiits to exist at Bat-combe —narauy , 1 st , fiiat from four to eve BhUUngs a week has been paid to a man on the roads ; or , 2 Ediy , that six shi--lings a "week has been thonztt miSeient £ -jt the PTi . torw of a man . Ms wife , and two children ; or Sdlv ,
± fcs . s s -K-oiDSD , - vnth two asnit dauiiters . asd a Eon of tB 6 ? n . y- © ae , are "leeplog if not in ihe sxme ltd < Xl i&lSl tJl Ih * some svtiaU roaia—l p » = < ige raystlf . and I am snre I may iod the farmer 3 of Sfce parish , te use onr exertioES to ren-oTe them . Perhaps , sb the -whole Eubject seems mow to be fa i rly la-anehfcd he-fora the pnblic , I may he aUo ^ -d to s * -j something of the BilJ- £ eid poor-hcusea . Thoarb 1 i&a lone known and lamented the existence of thisEmsaneeit'SF'is brought beforemyattentien inoreparticumrly by nry Iri-nd and cor&te the Rev- fi . P . Hope , in a request laf t Tpin £ = r to jsin in a subscription for giving the cottages a coat r-l thatch , and doing Eome other trifling repairs . Oa that occasion I paii * them a-v ' sit in company -with him ; and , thuneh J iras not usiciUmg to ttssisl in making Vieni . as far as might be , habitah'e , I slilt deemed it to be my duly to enter a solemn protest affnir , s \ fheir b ^ ing considered capaVe of such repair as should raider them Jit habiia ! 4 ons for human beings at alt
—or , at say rate , for so- many , and such large families , as they coo-slced . Here , then , Sir , I maintain t ' nere \ s St - wroac . Host c-f the farmera I believe to tie very pooi tfe := ia = i ! Tss , sine any tEtsasive piaa of amelioration would be la tey-j-id th ^ ii massa ; but sure I am , that -wh-ther the ; or I , or the land owners , or the law iisi "; f , be in f-n ' . t , & ? ought not to allow dart-Bess to co ^ esal soca ssenea ef ¦ BTcrcheduess 23 thLs . Suie 1 M& . - . h- eg .,- , ^ jj ^ j ^ be -jjjjyjg somsichs K i to preset itt a ^ caltnrJ labourer f .-om the cezradatiou neeaaniy coaE-. qaaat B ? on the ffltb and poverty and ~ * ~ tV ? ° * & ««>?«» s = d dilapidated B ^«* i& ^ . ^ r ssas : ^ thef . _ « « f G ^ s earth , ml ^ ^ k » « , d * rT «« rfB | to give hj-a the mtmsof obta > -= » - ^ .. _ ,,, ~_ , -i . ^^ s&m 5 S 3 SS than « . e nnion-hoase t oa n . ^^ £ XJ ™? £ Exposao . "
Wi 3 t these missnes are ia tbe jxoss may be jra&ere ^ from tha udmission of Mi . BintijEaj himself that he *• detaiec it his duty to ester a soles ^ n tsrotest stains * the sb = 2 ter pro-rided being considered fit for human iaKta ! ioi ; S" Whafc ihe isiseiies , are i ~ detail , art- explaiEsd in the recapitalstion of is ^ ancc-s ' given bj Sir . Sheridan in his answer to the iasarge of « - aggeration : — " Jam « and Eloa Gnndry , living in oa * ct the iota cottazea wiled the poor-house ^ Tbe greater part of the
windows are Jbroken and filled np vntb rsgB to feeep Sxe icin aud ¦ wind out . There is a very email room below , -which fess-once been psved , bat is bow ia a inost dilapidated state ; the todhj nbovs is of the ssoje BiZ 3 j -srlUl no poasMliiy c ? keepsn ? om tbe xain "Which btate through in jfliffirect p-uees . Th * y have Ion ? csBdre-a . and the hnf band only receives s ? i shillings per iretk , and ovt of ihtsjhey Ticcre to jxiy poor-raits 1 » Tcntgh -weather the tcoman fold me u cmid ' cou'd riot be kepi alight inthe room . " In the ntx : cr-2 ? t tre Tros . and JC : z- ~ jr \ h Ipamvioii j tile foraer eigtty sx jtars
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of axe . They receiye from tbe pariBh 2 s . 64 , and three loaves per week . There is a small garden attached to the cottage , but they have no potato land and are to buyfoeL The ¦ woman sometimes obtains a little ¦ work , and fljot -a portion Of fhlir miserable piilaxce is taken away . The room , both above and below , is in & most dilapidated state , and the rain beating throaeb on every side ; the floor is of mud and stones , and filthy in the extreme ; what window there ia to the cottage is boarded to protect the inmates from the weather ; a more vcrelched hovel there cannot be conceived . I saw a lad of eighteen in the room , who told m *» he was out of Tvcrk , and had been &o for three Weeks : he depended on his moOierfor food . Father , mother , and soa sleep in the same room . In the n < xt cottaee resides Jane
Gundry with her three brothers . This is also in the most disgraceful state : the floor is of mnd , " » orn by time , and the rain beating in . The room on the ground floor is not , I Bbonld think , twelve feet iquare , which is the EiZ 9 of the bed-room above , in which Eliza Sundry and her three brothers are compelled to sleep . The eldest , who is thirty years of age , onlj receives , I was told , 2 s . per week and his meals ; the second , aged twenty-two , has 5 s . per weefe ; the third is out of work , and ha ? not bsen able to procure any since haymaking . The sister told me he had a bad leg , which he was obliged to poultice , and for this purpose he bad been allowed two loaves , bat do other allowance does he receive from the parish . The next cottage is occupied by Anna Warr , whose husband is a hardier . He
is enabled to earn better wages than the rest , but the cottage , if not worse , is quite as bad as the rest There ia but one small room above , which is only to be reached by a kind of ladder . In this she and her husband and five children sleep . The rain penetrates throneh several parts of the ceiling , and runs down upon the beds . The room below is much in the same state . I observed the floor at the doorway was filled ¦ with old straw and rnbbirli , which Anna Warr told me was placed there to fill up great holes in the mud flt » or , Bnd to prevent the rain running further into the room . By the Bide of the fire on a hard bench in this wretched hovel was lying one of the children aick with the measles ; the poor woman had another in her arms , who , ihe said , was about to have the disease also . "
Mr . Sheridan adds a sentence , in which we heartily concur , viz . ;—" You "Will ask , peih&pa , what end I propose to myself l » y exposing these cases of destitution and suffering ? I answer , that this pnblic opinion -will be brought to bear on the condition of xhe labourer in this countymen will be induced to give the sn > ject their consideration who never tbongbt of it before—cottages will be examined which before were scarcely visited—tbe matter will be discussed—Vestries wili be called , as there have bten at fistcombe , to inquire into the charges against their parish—endeavours will be made to refute them—they may possibly discover tnfl-ns ; errors , but every case that / hare or sha . ll produce i # / ' £ be found substantially corttct . These are tne objects 1 have in view—the exposure of injustice and hard treatment of the poor . "
And theraare the objects In which all right-minded sun will be ready to give their assistance . Let men of all parties . Instead of disputing as to where the Imputaiion of blama should rest , unite to remove the evil , and the blame will die away of itself . AN ENGLISHWOMAN " STEALING" BREAD
FOB HER CHILDREN . EIGHTEOVS JCDGMEJfT OF IHE HULL MAGISTRATES . Yesterday , in the PoHca Court , before the aitttng HiaijislTatEs , Mes . ro- Raites and Pjlmer , a clean-looking m \ 'id \ e-agtd woarin , far advanced in pregnaficy , named Elizabeth Ccliins , was charged with stealing a loaf from the Hnl ) Workhouse . Mr . iloxon , Clerktothe Guardians , said—Yesterday , abont three or four o'clock , this woman came with four children for re . \ srf ; in consequence of the reJievin ? efScir being ont ti the ^ sy , J told tier she must trail . 1 sabsf gaazi-V v&id lo dinner . When 1 was gone , 1 unde--stand the woman , without any hesitation , 8 tretth < . d out her arm and took one of the loaves . By the Magistrates—The window was a sash window , and she had thrown it np to take the loaf .
Colten , the Master of the Vagrant-office , and an old resident in the Workhouse , deposed to the woman taking the loaf ; be aaid she immediately divided it among her children , who at once commenced eating it , Colton produced tbe remains of the loaf , and said that , ¦ wnen ce took the -woman into tbe Station-house , stit said the would do it again toowr than see her children starve . The prisoner , who cried very bitterly , said a man in his shirt-sleeves cave her the loaf . Mr . C-West , Governor of the Poor—How long would it have been before the relieving officer returned ? Mr . Mrxon—About six o ' clock . Mr . West That was a very long time for tbe woman to wait , if her children wanted bread . Mr . Rnifees—You camtoi ft ? surprised u ! a hungry tcoman vithfour starring children taking a loaf .
Prisoner—J iraited from tice ' ve o ' c- 'ock at noon for reliej ; the children ictre crying for bread , arid J oaxx them it They turned me out once ; and this gentleman , ( pointing to Mr . Moxon ) told me to go where 1 came from . And how could 1 do that . The police-inspector here saw me and my children late the night before , lying on ihe cold stones , and be took me to the Station-house ; 1 was brousht here yesterday , and their worships pent me to tbe Charity-ball . We had not had above a bite or two for two or three days before . > lr . Ayre said it was correct that tbe -woman bad been sent to the WQlkhoiise at twelve o'doek the previous day . Mr . West—We are very mnch troubled with people who are travelling about begging . I should think we have not lees than thirty a day . Mr . Palmer—People cannot , on that account , be allowed to starve .
Mr West—No , Sir ; but we have plenty of our own pooT , ard they should slay at home . Mr . R ^ ikfcs—1 thick it is extremely hard—npon the children especially . Mr . West—There are so many people going begging abcat tfce country . 3 Ir . Palmer—I am sure this woman looks like anythiuk but a tramping b « Eg ^ r . Prisoner—No . your honour , I am no beggar : I never did bic ; 1 cannot . Mr . West—It is no wish of ours to ponbh the ¦ woman-Mj . PJmer—If you or J had four children starving , I fhittJc it is very like ' y we fhou ! d have done the same . If bread is io be given lei it be given at once , and not hunger ihe poor trreiches past endurance . Do you expect to be coafirfcd soon , my Roman ?
Prisoner—Yes , Sir . I have a ps ' . r of shoes and a « hawl in pawn ; ? iveme them and I'll leave tbe tova ; it is baiter J should bs taken in labour on the road than in Ui'si Cold streets Mr . P ~ inifcT—Where ' s your husband ? Pii&oner—1 do not know . Sir . Mr . West—1 don ' t thir . k . Sir , she is so far advanced in p .-v-giijvncy as she appears . Very likely her husband is wilhiu a few miles . We will relieve her , and she can then go out r . f the town . The woman , it appeared , h id come from th * North of England . Mr . Palmer—I have no doubt taere are thousands of beegars tramping about , but this woman really does not look like one . Mr . M'Mantu ?—This is terrible weather for her to leave the town . Mr . Riifces—It is ; she cannot go to-day . Mr . -Moxon said he had set attended to the woman , because he really had no time to do so . is
Mr . West— . Mr . l ^ oxon nly doing Ms duty in brjogiae the case fcsre . Mr . Pdimer—We are not finding fault with Mr . Moxon for doing so ; but J thiitk ihe woman might liar had bread given to her sootier ; she teas entitled to have bread . You tconld not have her and Tier children die starving in ihe street . Mr . West—Oh , certainly not ; she would have had bread given to her . Mr . Moxorj—Undoubtedly ; as soon as the officer came she would have been relieved .
3 Ir . Raikes—J cannot look at it inthe light of a felony she orJy anticipated tchat she would oihertcise have had io ivail six hours for . Mr . Paimer—What would you suggest , Mr . West ? > 3 r . West—I shall be gl « 1 if yon will liberate her , > lr . R ^ iSes—We cannot punish her . Mr . Pjhner—Most certainly not ; nor for the sake of humanity can we turn her out of ihe Untm penniless , and in her present condition . Mr . west—We will give ter something . Mr . iXoxon—We will take her into the vagrant office £ o-d 2 y . Mr . Palmer—And vihai io-morrow 1 Mr . West—We will see that she is properly relieved . The Magistrates , after expressing a hope that the woman an-: her children would be properiy cared for , allowed her to be taken to the vaerant office .
BISTBESSIJTG CASE . Ciebee . nttell . —On Friday , a yonDg man , aged twenty , dressed in threadbare black garments , and baring s hsjrgard and care-worn look , applied for a * s--5 taace , stating that his name was Charles Seafont , and that his father was a clergyman of the Church of E ^ lsud , and resided in tbe little village of Lomb , in the coEaty of Tipperary , near Nenagh ; he died abont a yea tgo . leaving applicant , who was then ia Trinity College , wholly unprovided for . Applicant then left the university , where he had been foi two years a stndent intecfiea f 01 the church . For some time after the death
of his parent his relations supported him , but , not wiBhing to invade further on them , he made up a little money , which < 3 Jab 5 ea him to come to London . Since his amval here , about a month . ago , he had done all he could to obtain employment of some sort , bit failed ; a « rSnv ^ ii nOaeLbelngSpeDt h 0 lrM obII « ed to g ° to WherTS ™ rkh 0 tts * . - * h « e he riept several nfghta . KsHfs ^^ s ? ™ - ss ^ a ? szssr , * s ~ - M P ., was aTEeccnrl ceusiu . ' ^
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Applicant—Literary employment , Sir . I have applied at all the newspaper offices , bat I could not get anything to do . At length I would have been -willing t » enlist in toe metropolitan police . Mr , Combe—Where did you Bleep last ? Tbe applicant replied in a coffee-house , near Oxfordstreet . They-would not keep him inthe -workhouse , as ho did not like lo return to Ireland , where he feared his prospects would not be better than they were here . He declared in an earnest manner that he was very hungry , ^ 3 he had not tasted any sort of food since tbe morning of the previous day . ( Tho poor fellow ' s looks confirmed tbe asaertieciL Tbe clerk humanely suggested that he should have some food immediately .
Mr . Combe said the applicant ' s story was a distressing one , but of its truth he had no proof ; and before be should feel justified in makiDgany considerable advance from the poor-box he must have some confirmation of the statements made by him . The applicant said the master of the Clerkenwell wortkouse would , he felt confident , speak favourably of his conduct whilst there . The worthy magistrate directed that the applicant should have some food at once , and that one of the officers of the court should accompany him to the workhouse , and obtain a bed there for him . On tbe following day inquiries should be made concerning him .
On Monday , General Bvans waited npon Mr . Greenwood the Bitting magistrate for the day , in reference to the above case . From this visit it transpired that Mi . Otway Cave , denied the statement made by Seafont . Mr . Cave stating that " he has no relation of that name , and ia utterly unacquainted with the individual in question pi his family '" Mr . Greenwood took occasion to observe that tbe poor-box of the Court was very deficient in funds . With the exception of £ 5 forwarded there on the previous day , they hod not received a donation for a long
time . The district over which that court had jurisdiction included as wretched a population as any iu London , —Field-lane , St . Giles ' s , Saffron-bill , and that miserable district verging on the city in the neighbourhood of Smithueld . Then Kingsland and its neighbourhood , in another direction . From all these places many destitute , and some deserving objects came . A sreat deal of money , he observed , had been showered into some of the other poliee-courts , whilst , with the exception of tbe donation already alluded to , they had received nothing , although there would be so much need for it .
" INGRATITUDE (!) OF THE POOR . " Thames Police—Five shillings were revived on Saturday , for tbe poor woman Anne L > ; iU , in addition to which Mr . Broderip yesterday acknowledged the receipt of 12 s . 6 d . for the same purpose from General B . and Mrs . C . B ., transmitted from Wapping by JElm 3 , and an acknowledgement r , ( . q'u : Bt *< l in the Times . Admiral Sir E . Codrington forwarded £ 1 for the poor-box . The cases of distress developed at this court are very numerous , and make a continuous drain upon the poor-Ux . On Monday , a poor woman named Jumima Wells , ¦ who has only just recovered from slow typhus fevor , came to return thanks to Mr . Broderip for pecuniary and other assistance , rendered at a very trying period . About six weeks since , the poor woman was prixjuriag
a living for , herself and three orphan children , as a laundress , aided by her eldest son , a very meritorious lad , who regularly handed her over almost all his Httk > earnings , when typhus made its appearance aim-Egst them , and ran through the whole of hor childr * r . At length * fce was herself attacked , and tbeir source of subsistence being thus stopped , they were compelled to 8 p 11 and pawn what little tifcces&arita Uiny had in the tfibrt to work through . Fortunately the cise reached the ears of the chief usher of this court , wl o , with prompt humanity , rendered what assistance he could afford , and immediately laid the case before Mr . Broderip , who directed that instant relief should be afforded . The poor woman immediately on her recovery came to thank the magistrate not only for tbe bounty bestowed , bat al- * o f » r the manner in which it had been dispensed by the usher .
Mr . Broderip directed tbe usher to Bee that the wants of the family were provided for until she could resume he nsual employment
A HUMANE PROSECUTOR . A very painful case , which excited a considerable degree of syuipatby in the court , came on in tbe course of » be day . Benjamin Gresn , a journeyman baker , was charged by bis employer , Amos Chilver , who resides at John-street , Cro 5 s-street , St . George ' s-in-lhe-E : ist , with having attempted to steal four qu irttrn Joaves . The prisoner , a ruost miserable-looking creature , appeared stunned at the position in which ho found himself placed , p . nd the prosecutor bad scarcely been sworn , -when it becime evident that he Would lose a Whole batch Of bread rather than proceed with tbe charce .
It appeared that at a quarter to seven o ' clock yesterday morr . ing , the prosecutor , having some previous cause of KUipicion , went down into the bakehouse , and found » hat the prisoner , who hid been twelve months in his employment , had the four loaves tied up in a handkerchief , ready to ba taken away . " But , your worship , " continued the humane prosecutor , and tho teirs chased one another down bis cheeks aa ba spoke , " he is a nmrr eU roan , with four chiliirt-n , and I don ' t wish to pro : ecute him : O ! Sir , I don ' t wish to follow it up . " This touch of genuine humanity bad an electric tffact . The prisoner burst into tears , and every heart in the csurt was touched with sympathy . Mr . Hrorierip , after laudine tbe humanity of tho kind heirttd baker , discharged the prisoner , who left tbe dock deeply affected .
APPALLING CASK OF DESTITUTION . Worship-street , Monday . — Immediately after the Court mtst , Serjeant Aldei-Hian , of the U division , attended before Mr . Brou $ hton , accoaipaniud by a wretched , half-starved-lookiDg man , named Kobert SUIcrave , whose distressing case had been brought under bie notice . The Serjeant stated that information having reached him that a child , two years o'd , had died from starvation at a cheap lodging-house in Wentwortb-streut , Whitechapel , he proceeded thither on Saturday morning , to ascertain whether there was any truth in the statement . On reacting tbe house , he was Bhewn into a miserable apartment on the first floor , where he found the Wife of the man Sidgrave , with three young children , one of
whom was lying dead , as had been represented . An old cloth hnd been thrown over the dead child , which the mother removed , thereby exposing the boriy , which was in a complete state of nudity , and its skeleton appearance fuily bore out the poor woman ' s statement that it died from actual starvation . There , was not a uiorstA of food in th « place , and he felt eatisflod , from tbe emaciated frame and feeble moaning cries of one of tbe other children , tbat it was uiao in a dying state . He soon afterwards saw the father of the cbiicren , aDil on asking him Wrhethcr he bad apjilir-d to . he pariah for assistance , he sa ; d liiit , bo had , hut no relief had been given to him for nti ; irly 0 furinigbt , when lie received bs . from Atuvll , tbe
relieving < fileer , who at the same time intima' cd taut , it ¦ vroui'l be useless to apply again , as nothing more wonkl L-e done for him . In constquence of the man ' s staten-. i nt ho ttbo sergeant ) i > paired to the residence of Mr . Brvutifk-ld , tho overseer of SpitalSelds , who , or . being apprised of the facts , immediately sens a note to Attiell , directing him to give prompt attention to tho case . In compliance with the order a email qu .-mtity vf food -was sapplivd to the pour people on Saturday uight , bat on going to the housu that morning he found that nothing further had been done , and as the tiifliu ^ relief they had received was completely exhausted , he thought it necessary to represent the case to the magistrate .
Mr . Broughton asked the sergeant what amount of relief was granted on Saturday to the distresaed family ? Sargtant Alderman said that all they received was a loaf of bread , an ounce of tea , half a pound of sugar , and a pound of oatmeal . The poor maa Was then called into the witness-box , and in answer to the magistrate ' s questions , he said that he belonged to Preston in Lancashire , and was a carpenter by trade , but beiug thrown out of work , he came up to London about four montbs ago in the hope of bettering his condition . After spending a fortnight in
fruitless attempts to procure employment , he was . attacked -with fvver and was laid , up for several weeks-Soon after his recovery be went to Attrell and be « ged relief for himself and family , as they ware perishing from want ; but all he t ; ot was 5 s ., with an intimation that if he made another application he would be given into custody . A few days afterwards he went out and endeavoured to pick up a trifle by hawking lucifer matches , when he accidentally met Attrell in Whitecbapel , who Wld him that he bad known him for years as a common cadger , and if he again caught him begging about the streets , he would have him sent to prison for three months
Serjeant Alderman said that he bad made the strictest inquiries into the case , and found that the man had only been in London abont four mouths , a good deal of commisseration was expressed for him iu tbe neighbourhood , where it teas Hie general opinion that Ait cln'ld was HleraUy starved lo death . Mr . Broughton desired the serjeant to proceed at once to Mr . Brushfield and communicate his wishes that the family should either be taken into the workhou 3 eor be allowed sufficient out-door relief to meet the urgency of the case . He should , in the meantime , give 5 s . out of the poor-box to supply their immediate wants .
PE . I 50 X TORTURES—MORE HERDER . While sneh horrible cases as the above form daily themes for the . reporters of the London press ; while destitution in its most awful shape is scouring the agricultural districts ; and while despite " revived trade" and the return of " prosperity , " the manufacturing masses are as low sunk : as ever in the Blousb of misery ; while ail this is going on and as a matter of course , our gaols are crammed with tbe victims of this honible state of society ; the wrecthed inmates of those gaeU are beicg murdered— tortured to DEaTH by the cruel discipline and horrible treatment to v ? hitb they are subjecusd . Within the last few dayo two of the wretcbad beings confined in the Millbank Feni > tsntiary , have citd from tbe effects of the pestilential air and horriWs discipline of Jhat IttuXderOUB den .
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Another wretched man has been murdered in that horrid hell , Coldbath Fields prison . As a specimen of tbe treatment in this IH < J \ II 81 X «) N , take the following evidence of one of tbe fell « WH 3 ufferera of the victim , examined on the 'inquest ' : — " David Williams , aged 29 , was well and heart ; when he . entered the prison in May , but about July last , he was very ill , and went to the surgeon for advice . Witness heard Allen , the infirmary warder , say there was nothing the matter with him , adding that he should
report him to the governor for trying to evade labou * . Ho was taken before tbe governor and placed in the dark cell . Witness had heard the governor direct the turnkey to keep a Bharp look out after the prisoner . He got worse and worse , and could not eat his victuals , and during the last week of bis confinement he asked permission of the surgeon to keep off the wheel—permission was not granted . On coming out , the bones were literally protruding through his skin , and he was obliged to have a pillow to sit upon . "
And tbe Jury returned a verdict— " That the deceased died of inflammation in the throat , which he was less able to bear up against , from the low state of health consequent on the prison dietary . " The following paragraph appeared in the Times ol Monday : — f Ir « SANITT IN THE MODEL PRISON . —Although this prison has keen opened so abort a time , and the prisoners have been carefully selected from the various gaols in point ot health , two have become insane this year , and have been transferred to Bethlehem—viz . John Reeve , on the 24 th of June , and John Hill Stone , on the J 7 tb of August . "
This Model Prison" is one of " the fruits of the Reform Bill , " one of the hellish acts of the Whig regime , now made to produce its intended results in tbe insanity Of its inmates ! Well ! well ! It may be used for its concuctors yet . Mfan ^ vhile let our readers treasure up ( AGAINST THE DAY OF RETRIBUTION ) the FACTS contained iu this tas well as every other ) portion of " The Gondition-of-England Question . " A writer in the Morning Chronicle commenting upon these atrocities says : — " some insist upon over working their prisoners—some on under feeding—some on the sacred privilege of forcing women and children to mount 12 000 fyet of tread wheel daily . Faintiuga , frroaciations , and lingering deaths follow . *'
The surgeons of the hulks , where the convicts sentenced to transportation are received before being sent out of tbe country , give the following evidence on the effects of the present system of " priaou discipline : ¦—" We continue te receive from the different prisons men in such a state of exhaustion , arising from the colds , solitary confinement , and inadequate food , that they are unfit for the dock-yard labour , and incapable of making th « voyago to Botany Bay . " But death is not the worst punishment falling upon our ssstem-inade criminals ; insanity ia committing terrific havoc in ranks of these unfortunates , and this we hold to be a punishment worse than death .
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FRANCE . —Kephbucanibm in the Armt . —The correspondent of the Dispatch asserts that Hepal > - lioan principles ] are almost universal amongst the French soldiers . } He says : — " Were there a popular outbreak to-morrow Louis Philippb would Snot calculate npon one-tenth part of the army to support him . Disaffection does not pre * vail only amongst certain sections of eacb regiment , but whole regiments themselves are known to be so imbued with Republican notions that they are never trusted near the ! capital . Even the Ministerial and Court journals frequently allude to some particular corps as one which is notoriously inclined to sedition , from the Colonel down to the drummers . ' Marshal
Soulfc ( the Minister of War ) baa , ever since the commencement of bis present lease of power , endeavoured to check this spirit in the army , by the fusion of faithful ( so called ) men amoDgsfc the suspected regiments . The scheme baa | however , signally failed ; for the recruits thus introduced into the old corps have speedily become ( converts to the principles of freedom . On a late occasion the King received a private report from the War-office , relative to the particular regiments which migfat be employed to garrison tbe new fortresses around Paris , and upon whese support the Crown might calculate ia ; any case of emergency , This report had been very carefully compiled from accurate
returns furnished by the Prefects of tho departments in which the various corps had served , the Governors of the towns in which they had been located , and in some instances their very Colonels themselves . The result of this examination into the feelings of the array was by no means satisfactory to Loais Philippe , and I can State , upon the very best authority , that he exclaimed , in the agony of his mind , ' Good God I wb&fc will become of France if the army should throw itself into the arms of the people ? ' He ought to have said—had he sincerely expressed his meaning—• What will become of my dynasty ? ' for his Citizen MajsBty evidently regards France only as the means of aggrandivement , wealthj and power for his own family . "
" Gloup" and ! Algiers— The National publishes the following letter from Tlemcen . It ia not at all improbable that the lato ordonnaucea for grants to certain department * to meet unforeseen expeuces , have reference tojTunis and Morocco : — " Contrary to hia promise the Emperor of Morocco Abriberraraan receives in bis territory tho khalifas of Add-elKader . The Ouled Ria and the Augads , who had abandoned their tribes to avoid submitting to tbe French , had likewise encamped there . When the French troops leave their garrison , the Arabs take refuge in the territory of ] Morocco , where it la forbidden to pursue them , and when the French return to Tlemcen the incursions of the Arabs recommence . Two French convoys had been ' attacked on the road to Oran ; there were five men wounded , two killed , and twunty horsas captured . This coup-de-main ia generally attribute ! to the Beni-MattaB . " i
The Moniteur publishes accounts from Algiern , of ! the 20 th instant , tvhioh stttte that General Teropoure I attacked the camp of the Caliph Sidi Embarack-: ben-Allah , on ihe 11 th , at Mallah , a place forty ' leagues to the west of Mascarah . This- chief , who J'was on his wastoijmn Abd-el-Kader , is described as only second to th < 5 lattef in importance . His army , , which consisted of / several battalions of infantry and ' a regiment of ea . vah-y , were entirely destroyed , Sidi Embarack himself was killed , with 400 of his men . 300 priboners , and tkree standards wore taken . Satan in trouble —The editor of a newspaper in Paris , bearing ^ he lugabrious title of Satan , ha 9 been found guilty j before the Tribunal Correctioncl ,
of a libel upon Mdlle . Ines Gonzales , a young aotross of the Theatre Porte St . Martin , in attributing to her some traits inlprivate life which tended to injure her honour , and destroy her good repute with the public Tho editor ( M . Borel ) is sentenced to three months' imprisonment , and carnages to the amount 1 -of 500 f . to Miss Gonzales , and he is further required 1 to insert this sentience in Satan , and iu any three other papers the lady may appoint , at his proper s charge and expense . i SPAIN . —Our jlastest accounts last week an' nounced the resignation of the offices held by Nar-1 vacz . Subsequently we find him withdrawing hia , resignation ftnd receiving from the Queen the Grand i Cross of the Order of Charles III .
j Tho Madrid mail did not arrive at Paris on Wed-, nesday , in conseqiienco of the Spanish Malleposte I having been attacked on the IIth by robbers in the j Pinares d ' Aranda , and robbed . The travellers were completely stripped of their effects , but the ¦ mail was saved , and was expeftted to artiva in Paris j on Thursday . This intelligence waa received in Paris by telegraph . j The Press . —The correspondent of the Times , writing from Madrid , Nov . 16 th , says : " The reign of terror prevails I amongst tho Progresists periodij oalg . The Espcctador has to-day ( for the second time during the short month of November ) failed to make its appearance . One of it . s editors is in prison
on suspicion of being privy to the conspiracy against Narvaez . The reat have all run away . The editoTa of the Eco del Comercio are still in separate confinement on similar charges , with this difference ia their favour , —that they have been removed from the custody of' the- Regiment of the Prineesa " ( the favourite Of NarvaVz ) . Where , aa they alleged , they were liable at any moment to be shot by the partisan population of the barrack for their imaginary crime , if the soldiers should take it into their heads to anticipate tbe law ' s ] delay—a proceeding for which there have been abundant precedents of late in Spain . " I
The Mimistrt—jThe days of tho Lopez gang are numbered . Intelligence from Madrid down to the 19 th , announce thatM . Ologaza of "Golden Fleece " notoriety , is to all intents and purposes the " Universal Minister , " trying to patch up a Cabinet but in vain . i Barcelona—Barcelona has fallen ! Unsupported by their degeneratejeountrymen the heroic Catalans hare laid down their arms , but the terms they obtained attest the [ anxiety of tha " victors" for a termination of the struggle . Of course once having obtained possession ! of the place no scruple was made about violating faith with the fallen . Hence the order for the general disarming of the inhabitants under pain of death . ; The French Government , on Thursday , received the following despatches announcing intelligence of the surrender of Barcelona : —
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES . ; " Perpignan , Nov . 21 . "Barcelona capitulated the day before yesterday . The troops entered ytsterriay . The terms are about the same as thoae granted to the insurgents of Saragossa . '' ' " Barcelonetta , Nov . 20 . " The insurgents , seeing that an attack waa becomintj imminent , luve s ' fnt ifor two days past commission after commission to the Captain-General , in order to obtain a better capitulation than that offered on the 11 th . The Captain General has made fresh concessions . founded upon the « eneT ; jl wifh of seeing the reisrn of Isabella II . inaugurated by a grand act of clemency and reconciliation . '¦ "Tbe troops are at | this moment entering the town . Tbe leaders compromised and deaign . tted by theCaptain-G « neral -will embark { on hoard a French ship , which will convey them to Port V ? ndres . ''
; " Barcelona , Nov . 22 . "The Queen ' s troops have t ^ kea possession of all the (? ateB of Barcelona without difficulty . Tbe Ciptain-Gencral yesterday npppinted and installed a new municipality . Some armad National Guards having committed excesses against the military , and having uttered seditious cries , a ban ^ Io , tiated this morning , has ordered the general disarming of tbe . inhabitants . Such as shall not deliver up their arms within the delay of six hours , will incur tke penalty of d > 'ath . "The members of the Junta , and about one hundrpd < fficers of the free ; corpB , or National Guard , depart this day for France , on hoard the Cameleon or the Phenicia , with passports frnvn the Captain-QjneraL " It will be seen by ; the following that Figueras , " the last entrenchment of liberty , " still holds out t— ¦ j " Perpignan , Nov . 23 .
" The inaurgents of the fort of Fiiiueras made a sortie yestoiday in the direction of Llera . Prim repulsed them . . touk five prisoners , and established his bead-quarters at Villa Bertram . 1 " The Phenicia steamer left Barcelona last evenins , and landed at P . wrt Vendres this morning nine passengers , two of whom wjere members of the Junta . She conveys thirty other Spaniards to Marseilles . " The Cumeleoii in expected at Port Veudrea , having lefc Bji'colona ut the same time aa the Phenicia . " A new njuuicipality was yesterday installed at Barcelona . " :
AUSTRIA . —The Emperor of Austria , it is said , in the German paperjs , has suspended the meetings of the Hungarian Diet . A most inconvenient , spirit of liberty has crept into that part of his Imperial Maj sty's dominions , | sud gives him au infinity of trouble . At the present m <> nit ; nt a royal command has been r .-jected b y jthe Dio f , and only seventeen or eighteen hands hoJd up lor it . Every attempt has been made either ; to force or cajole the deputies to vote in favour of lit , but without effect . The Hungarian deputies would keep the purse strings , and the emperor has shown bis high displeasure by suspending the meetings of the Diet .
The Russians and ) Circassians . —A letter from Warsaw , in the Treves \ Guzctte , giveseo ? ne ( details of a late battle between tha . Russians aud Circassians . The latter With about 1 , 200 won , attacked w . Hh . great resolution two Russianjbatallions , when marching to relieve other troops . The Russians fought bravely ' -but were obliged to rotire } before the great numbers' of tho enemy . Six Russian officers wt > ro killed , & . n ^ the loss on that side ! was in general great . A regiment of Chasseurs cams to the aid of the Russians , and forced the Circassians to give way . German League Ddtt on Iro ^—Extract of a letter from Gerniany , dated 21 st Nov ., 1843 : —> ' The duty question on iron j will not be regulated before
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December , as the meeting at Berlin has separated , and will not meet again until the middle of JJecen > ber , when their deliberations will be finally closed . It appears that prior to their separatioa they agreed to place a duty on pig iron , metal , &c , of £ 1 sterling per ton , and upoa bat iron an increase of doty of 30 s ., making £ 1 IDs . per ton ; and this will certainlv come in to effect , unless strong representations are made by the English and Belgian governments * and steps taken to prevent this " imprudent" resolve . In no case will the duty be enforced as earfy as tQ 9 1 st of January . 1844 . bat it will be February or March , or even April , as our people require time for settling their affairs . " -
ITALY . —Letters from Rome of the 10 th instant state that several further arrests have taken place , arid that a band of insurgents have shewn themselves in the neighbourhood of Peragia . It was reported in Paris on Thursday that tha Pope was taken , suddenly anddangeroualy ill . In the present distorted state of Italy , and especially of the States oifjiSiGhurch , any change in the Holy See is not corisitP ^ Hnimpor'ant . In tbe meantime it is said , in ai-tftitiif the 15 th , which has been received from thiefCpiaa States , that the disturbances in the neighbourhood of Bologna and Ravenna have been put down . Greece . —Some disturbances have taken placo at Patmos .
TORKET . —Constantinople , Nov . 7 th . —Accounts from the North of Albania describe that province as overrnn by armed bands , who are plundering the villages , burning the churches , aad levying contributions on the Christians . The roads are impassably and the various governors are blockaded within their towns . The Porte has issued orders for tho immediate advance of thirty * five thousand men against the in . urgeatf , under the command of Reschid Pacha , the Rumeli Valassi . Gamik Pacha and Omar Pacha are appointed generals of divisions . Orders have aleo been sent io assemble a corps of observation in Thessaly , in anticipation of disturbances in Greece . The alarm felt by the Porte at the state of things in that country , which was described in a former letter , has rather increased than subsided . _ __
A conspiracy has been discovered at Ibraila , the object of which was a revolution in Bulgaria . Several Russian agents are said to have been connected with the plot . Prince Bibesko will be warned by the fate of Ghyka against interfering wittt any euch laudable undertaking . Letters latelj received from Persia , dated m tna middle of last month , inform us that the Shah ia still at Teheran , and that the troops have all been dismissed . Narsis , the new patriarch , of the
Armenian church , is expected immediately at Uteh Klissia , and is to be accompanied by General Neidhart , the Governor of Georgia , who is tip instal him formally in his patriarchate . After this ceremony , the general will visit the frontiers . Mirzs SaJeh . who was formerly in England , had lately returned from a mission , to Tiflis with presents from the Shah to the Emperor . The Shah has issued a proclamation , limiting the rate of interest to twelve percent . . .. . . ' .. , . . ., , from Mosul state that
Letters reoeived this day the Nestorians , still inhabiting the unconquered districts , and those who had taken refuge amongst them , bad successfully attacked the invaders . The Tureo-Kurdish governor , who had been msta led * fc Ardesha , had been expelled , and the mountaineers had regained possession of many important passes of theTiyarre country . The facha of Mosul has refused to release the Nestorian prisoners , and to procure the liberation of such as had been sold into slavery .
" Bet rout , Oct . 1 . —By the arrival of a courier here last night , we learn that disturbances of a very serious nature , terminating in loss of life , had broken out at Latachia . on the 5 th instant , in which place the people had made an attack upon the Albanians , who were worsted , with the loss of thirtyeight killed and Seventeen severely wounded . The holy city had also been the seat of disturbance , as had been Naplous and Tripoli . The obnoxious system pursued by Government , in the levying of the taxes , had given rise to the emeute , and aa long as the defence of the country is committed to the custody of the Albanians , as noted for their intolerance as for their cruet disposition , so long will the country temain a prey to anarchy and revolution . "
JAMAICA . —The following rather Whiggishlooking outburst of " patriotism" in the Falmouth Baptist Herald , will give some idea of the state of , political feeling in Jamaica . " The almost unbearable burden of taxes—the extravagant jobberies of the vestries , and ef tha House of Assembly—the waete of public money upon a worthless police force—a mad scheme of emigration , and a corrupt semi-popish church—the hypocritical cry of conciliation while laws are every year passed gradually encroaching upon the liberties of the people—and above all—the irreligionthe infidelity—the licentiousness—the love of slavery—and the robbery—of law-makers—and law
dispensers—all cry aloud for a most rigorous , and searching reformation . ** . But who are to be the reformers ? The people . They are the strength of the country—and with therapies the power of reform . Verily if the taxpayers do not so feel the necessity of improvement as to induce them to exercise their rights , they deservo to be crushed and troddea under foot by their ha . ighty oppressors . " It is never to be expected that a corrupt House will cleanse itself . There are bat few indeed in the Halls of Legislature who are either fit or Willing to
raise the standard . There must be pressure from without—a clamorous demand for justice—a determined stand against all abominations in the statea resolve that every representative shall be answerable to his constituents for his conduct , and the privilege of voting exercised only on behalf of those who pledge themselves to the cause of truth , liberty , and justice . " We say , then , let those who hs vo votes , give them only to the advocate of Reform—those who are qualified either by house or land to vote , register your titles and olaim your rights . Let all voters unite fa each parish in the formation of a Reform Association—let thorn seek for honest and faithful men as
re / zreseatatzves m vestries and assembly ; and next year , at the expected election , sound the trumpet of liberty—expel the jobbers—the placemen—the prosiavery party—the Emigration schemers—the policemen—the oppressors of their country , and place in their stead such a noble band of patriots as shall well deserve the name of tho Honourable House of Assembly . " Aro there no enlightened , liberal-minded men in . each parish , who with superior abilities , and better opportunities than the labouriug classes of votera * will spare a little time to gather up the foroes in battle array .
" Jamaica is not like England , where bribery—intimidation—corrupt freemen—and apathetio voters diminish tho ranks of Reformers . Here , a little toil , and a little care will ensure such . along Yist of liberal votes , as would make the triumph of Reform surs and certain . The struggle of our election vould completely overran tho hopes of the Tory party—and the fair fabric of freedom and equity would be built npon an eternal basis .
. " We call then upon Reformers of all classes to como forward and unite their ranks against the common foe . Prepare a plan of action—look out for suitable men for the vestries , asd the House of Assembly—urge the fr ' eehola ' ers to register their titles —facilitate this registration business , and in a few months the day shall be yours—the battle shall be won , and amidst the death lamentations of oppreS ^ sion the laurels of victory shall crown tho brow of every Reformer and lover of his country . "
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DESTITUTION Hi THE METROPOLIS . Darinttfce last few days , though tbe weather has been mild , there have been ai Eiany as 300 man , women , an- * children admitted into the Befnge for fee Destitute , Playfconse-yard ; there having besn since the opening , last Monday -week , 6-12 provided with nightly lodging , an < i TBto also iave ^ * . ven to tbsm a slice of Isreadiusht and morales- There -wm be no more th&n 300 allowed admission , until the cold "weather sets in , fcr fear of fever , -which happened last year ' from too many being congregated together .
HOEBOKS OF PBOSTITTmOS 15 THE METROPOLIS . It would be well for the foreign sympthisere who indnlife In fainting fits and torrents of tears over the ignorance and barbarism of the inhabitants of the Antipodes , to tarn tfeeir eyes bomewards btlore they look abroad for objects of compassion . If the yonng and the more matore female saints -who crowd Exster-Hall , to hear iajpassioned addresses , and open their parsestrings in behalf of the -wild savages of the South Sea islands , of tbe back wooda of America , and of the deserts of Africa , would confine their charity to home , and peruse the lamentable catalogue of human Hiigfery , snd coase ^ oeat -rice and crime "wbicb . tike metropolis presents , they would find truly deserving objects npon ¦ whom they could beneficially exercise the best qnalities
and energies of their heads and hearts , by secnrJng the tenrpar&i sad eternal welfare of thtir own flesh and blood . Of all tbe objects "Which this doleful catalogue of hnmsn woes presents , the most heart-stirring , are the irrerched fallen danghters of Eve who are compelled to sacrifice ths toaunr end « ii ? nity of their sex , that they may procure tha commonest necessaries of life . In the metropolis , it is calcnlated that there are SOdOO of this -onlotttmate class . In one hospital there were admitted , in a * hort space of time , 2 , 700 feaisle children of the tender age of nine , ten , eleven , and twelve , and forty of the age of feuiteen , ail tff ^ ted by the foul , slow , but certain consuming disasse tfe&t follo-yra the life of prostitution . 3 Xr . Tait , in tis report of OHB of those hospitals ,
estab-Jisbaa for tne reception of female outcasts , states , that cf 1 . 000 theia "were 670 under twenty years of age . And the police returns enumerates S . OOOhonsestenanted by ¦ unfortniiate females . In Great Titchfleld-street , ^¦ whaS is tbe Society for tbe Protection of Tice doing ?) there is a hoasa , mih a regular establishment , into "Which nnsaspsctiag females are entrapped , under tke pretext of btdn ? eceosred at some industrions calling . These poor creatures , qalckly initiated into crime , and lad from one vice to another , axe , by decrees , eujjiilphed ¦ within a vortex of infamy , froa -which thty only escape when , being fonnd unprofitable , they are driven , npoa the Etretts by their iahman employers . Sa systematically is "rice followed np acd prostitution encouraged in this dsn , that there is attached to it a regular asent
"whose sole and only duty is to procure victims , in * fg > Tcb of -whom be ec-jtqts Germany , Holland , Spain , and Portugal- A . k < = eper of one of these inf&iEona houses , U > sveid prosecntiea , ^ srent to Boulogne a short time aso , carrying iiriUi her £ 30 , 000—the frnits of her brutal traffic for ten year 3 . It is even calculated that in this country , £ S OOD . COO is annually txpendid in prrS iracy , dttonctery , ano prcshlctioa . Amonsst the wretched lewzle outcasts who thus g 3 in their liTelfhood at the expense Gf their honour , there is a larce number of dfti&Hi&fcers ai : d E = « cJe'wonien , Tfbo , ™ orking from fin esrij hOUI in Ihe moraing to late at nirfrt for eigtltpence oil tenpecca s day , are uns . ble to Kain » atn tfceiuselfsa . by such mda = iry , and tre , therefore , cos-pelled to vrai the streets at night , in search of the means to Euppjr ^ and clothe their jadtd and worn-ont frames . Can the -srealthy , Bible-reading females of England
thirg of expending their charity and benevolence in distant lan -. s , upon Titles , H- test « ts , Csnibals , and Savages , when so mnch misery , depravity ^ and vice are to be met -with ia tLeir own lsnd and at their very doors ? If fafj are interested in lii ^ dL-city of iheU specie ; , and hiva an ardent wish to rescue their own 8 ex fiom the lowest depth of degradation and infamy , let them but visit the punieos of Sl Giles ' s , or the back Streets of Whitechaprl , theBoro n ^ b , and Westminster , ¦ Where they will Sac objects inimmerar > leof the above class , whose wretched , depraved , and outcast condition canaot fail of exciting the compassion of every true Christian snd every truly benevolent sad krnd-be&rte £ philantbTopist- JEzgfitf thooejnd females TeceiTlas the ¦ jpages and eatnig the oread of Kin and death ! There ia a snrjectfor the Siints of Exeter Hall to Cvntemplate . ' There is an o *> jrci -worthy of their sympathy , their coKvpsisionaai xheir beueTolence . '
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THE CASE OF THE POOR FAIKLY STATED . " We are perfectly certain that THE KIGHTS ok the roou of every aort- and kind whatever iu this country—secular , ecclesiastical , moral , physical , educational , recreational , and every other , WANT LOOKING UP and attending to in ri g ht earnest . We give tlic poor man every right and privilege under the sun ^ upon paper ! He is the happiest and loftiest of human beings in Blackstone * Commentaries and in l ) e Lolme upon the Constitution . He is 'free , ' '
independent , ' ' master of himself , ' and ' a lord of the creation , ' in company with the squire , lawyer , and surgeon of the parish ; as good as any one of them . ' His house is his castle / and 'the air of Heaven is his birthright' ; he lifts up his head and says ' I am a man '—and all that . The only drawback from thin high state of existence is , THAT HE HAS OFTEN NO BREAD TO EAT ; and that both the bodies and the souls of these favoured beings are allowed to take their chance , as the saying is . The 'fuvourite of liberty' and * law' is at liderty to starve at what rate he
pleases , upon the out-door beneficence of the Poor Law . What right has he to complain so long as lie is told that the Barons of Runnymede met six hundred years ago , and screwed the Magna Charta out of King John ?—London Times , Mondavi Nov . 27 th , 1843 .
Serious Accident at a Church in Hull . —Duriug the gale Of Wednesday forenoon about twenty feet of the graceful spiro oi' Si . $ ( cph-ri's Church was blown down . The spire , which is about ninety feet in height , was completed , with the exnepuon ot fixing ft cross on tho top , and the scaffolding , which had uot been taken down , was borne by th © wind against the aowly laid etoue-work , which was seen to resist the pressure for some time , and which gave the workmen un opportunity of getting out of the way . At length it fell with a , terrific ? crash through the roof of the churoh . No person was hurt . This unfortunate circumstance will delay the opening of the edifice . — Hull Packet .
A Man Djiowned in Bud . —On Friday night a lighterman * named David Aug ' w , moored his barge , which was heavily laden , close to to ? Temple , and went io bed in the cabin . Upon the tide t urniuir , the bar ^ e haying become firmly imbedded in tiie mud , did not rise with the w ^ ter , vyhich flowed into the cabin where Augin elept , and in the Eai > rim . ? he waa discoTcred a corpse , having been suffocatc-i in his bed by thu- wa { er . The lifeless body of the deceased is now awaiting the Coroner ' s inquest . Tije poor follow has left a wife : and vxm \ \ sr >~' Qhs . ervert t
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Disease . —Disease , to the " clay tenement" of the body , is like a latent reservoir of water at the foundation of an edifice , ' * Which creeps in rotting vapours round the wallff » Till soou the building crumbles , totters , falls . " But by a timely application of that inestimable remedy which was made known by the long-lived Parr , we may dry up tbe peraioious damp , apply sound earth to the sinking foundation of our constitution , arrest tho progress of decay , and occupy our fleshy dwelling through a long succession of year ? , while those of the neglectful and imprudent are prematurely tumbling into decay . :
Tremendous Hurricane . —We have been favoured with the following extraet from a letter received by Mr * M . Turner , Hi . V . for Two , from his mn , Mr . Gharles Waleingham Tamer , her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Cirthagena , dated October 23 : — " Oa the morning of the 21 st inst a most awfal catastrophe occurred here , ¦ within two hundred yards of my balcony , and in sight of my house . About four o ' clock In the morning most vivid lightning came on , with tremendous thunders such lightning aa was never seen at Canhagena within the memory of man . I left ray bed , and proceeded tothe window , where I had not been five minutes before
I heard a great rushing of wind proceeding from th& east , and I observed also a waterspout , which I no aooner saw than It burst , carrying with it Into tbe air five large felaeca boats , of forty to fifty tons each , which fell into the water again , upside down , and of course sank , with the poor sailors on board , fifteen of whom were drowned , ft then proceeded in a northwest direction , uniooSng houses ; carrying ofiF timtet trees , and even rocks of great weight This morning * two poor fellows , sailors , who belonged to one of the vessel * , were found dead about a league fromCarthagens *
having been carried off and dropped by the wirlwind On the whole were thrown huge stones , houses Were demolished , and the roof of the PrisichU where the convicts are confined , was completely carried away You may well imagine tha heartrending cries of tha poor mariners— 0 Dios mio Strange , however , as « may seem , an English brig was at anchor within fifty yatd 8 oftheBpofc where the waterspout burst , and sustt Mned no damage whatever . I have just been informed tba'ttwo of the felachas only the day before hrongnc 300 t" > Hsoners for political offences from Barcelona . Hao I not teen an eye-witness of this awful visitation , * could m . ^ bave believed it "— Wt * 4 Briton .
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SUPPOSED INCENDIARISM . Oh Saturday night last , about half-past six o ' clock , a ramie of barley stacks , the . produce of fifty acres , on the farm of Mr . Thomas Kersey , Fakenham-hall , was discovered to be on fire , and was entirely consumed . — Norwich Mercury . About one o'clock on Sunday morning , a fire broke out on the fiirm premises of Mr . William Tabor , of Polstead , the property of Mrs . Tyruil , which destroyed a barn containing beans , staWes , cart-sheda , neat-ttouses , < fea : The damage ia roughly estimated at between £ 500 and £ 600 . The property was insured . — Norwich Mercury .
Stotfold . —On Monday ni ^ ht , about eleven o ' clock , a fire broke out in the rick yard of Mr . Bryant CHddius , situate io the very heart of the village of Stotfold . The wind was high , and we deeply regret to state that seventeen stacks of wheat , barley , bay , and beans , peas , and straw , ¦ were completely consumed . Moat of the respectable neighboure were prompt in rendering assistance ; but we are Borry to hear , that there was an evident lukewarmuess , if not an actual disinclination evinced by the lower clauses of Stotfold . The motives which could have actuated . the perpetrators of this fool act are involved in mystery , for it appears that no one individual in the county of Bedford is more respected for kindness and humanity than is Mr . Giddins , and thera is not at tho present moment one unemployed labourer in tho parish I—Herts Reformer .
Shortly after ten o'clock on Monday night last a fire was discovered in a stack-yard , in tha occupation of Mrs . Brown , widow , in the parish of Rothwell , ut the back of the dwulling-houoti . When the range of hovels ignited , the flimus immediately spread over the whole leuc . th of them in a blue fl . me . Airs . Brown is greatly respected in the neighbourhood , and no cause can be assigned for the diabolical act . — Northampton Mercury . On Sunday night , between ten aud eluvtm o clock , a stack of barley , about thirty yards long , at the farm of Mr . George fcrayfurd Rymer , and about a furlong from the farming premiuea , was sut on fire and destroyed—Noncicli Mercury .
SAWmtiDGLWORTH . —On Tuesday evening , about half-past six o ' clock , a fire broke out in a burn at Gmodp ' s Farm , in Ciay-lano , about one mile from Sawbridgeworth . By haif-past nine o ' clock the whole of the farm buildings , and the corn stacks excepting one wheat stuck , were levelled to th * gruund in one huge burning mans , which continued to bluz-t until six o ' clock the next morning . Tne barns were all filled with corn , UuUirashed . Tlie farm-house , which stood opposite the Stack-yard ' ,. Wtt 8 not tOUChud . Thu'e appears , unfortunatUij , to be little reason for doubti . >« that the tire waa the work of some vile incendiary , —Herts Reformer .
Leiouto . n Kuzz \ itD . —A barn iihed with corn , the proper y of Mr . Tuoiiibs Girrett , of Billiugton , near Leigbton , was destroyed by fire on Friday evening the 17 c . ii iust . mt . Hud llw wind been i « un opposite direction , the fliHies must have extended to the dwellinghoase .- — Herts Reformer . Allll . vtiTo . N . —Another incendiary fire occurred at Arlington , on Tuesday night , when much farming produce ^ w as consumed -, we have net , as yet , learned the paruefiliirs . —Herts Reformer .
Felmkrsham . —FiUE . — Early on tke morning of Thursday a tire broke out up cm tbe farm of Swauutll , Faimersham . The Hedfurd engines were sent for , and the fire wca extinguished before much property was destroyed . Part of the homestead wus burnt . Tho fire is believed to be tne worK of an incendiary . —Herts Reformer . Bkiwken eight and nine o ' clock on Tueeday night the 21 st instant , a stack of clover standing in a field leading from Everdon , to Preston Capts , in the parish of Evtrdon , tko property of Mr . Brummage , continuing about fifteen or sixteen tons . Was wilful . y set on fire , by which the whole was consumed ; the Joss is estimated at £ 60 . Mr . Bruiniua ^ u Tas insured in the Count > ' Fue-iffice . — Northampton llercui y .
Liverpool—Ia this town there » ru 12 , 000 adulta cat-not road , and 25 , 000 goto no school whatever .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 2, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1241/page/6/
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