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NOKTH AMERICAN LAND AGENCY
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a t - - - IN the Prospectus which the NORTH AMERICAN LAND AGENCY has already published tfcoirview 3 , it is hoped , have beea sufficiently explained as rejearda the promotion of Emigration to Lands and Estates , purchased through its intervention in Canada , &o . The AgcntB confidently submit , however , that the same views , more fully developed , may be made essentially useful , not only to the unemployed classes in this country , but also to those who are possessed 6 f some capital , though insufficient in amount to secure , of itself , their permaneat welfare and prosperity . it wi'i be admitted that Emigration has heretofore been conducted on a system productive , in the ¦ aggregate , or much individual hardship and distress—and especially to the Emigrant of the poorer class ; for on arriving at his port of debarkation , he has found himself , generally speaking , with little or no money , and no friends to assist him in procuring work , or even to point out in what part of the Province he would be most hkcly to obtain it , —while ho who possessed some little capital has met with similar difficulties , in making choice of a location . Canada , though aril ] things considered , perhaps the most important of ov \ r colonies , is virtually a terra incognita—simply because there is no one willing , if able , to afford the requisite information to those who seek it , and it is this deficiency which it i the aim and object of the Agents effootually to remedy . J There are hundreds in Great Britain anxious to emigrate , but who , from w&nt of sufficient means are deterred from , or suable to do so . To such the Agents can offor facilities heretofore unthoaj { ht of , and unattainable ; for example : —A man having no more than £ 100 , would not better his situation by emigrating to Canada as an agriculturist—for the purchase of His Land , and the unavoidable preliminary expenditure thereon , the expence of conveyance thither , and his support , however frugal , until bis fires crops were gathered in , would absorb more than his entire capital , even under the most favourable circumstances . Such a capital , on tho contrary , woo Id be found not only sufficient on the plan proposed by the Agents , as hereafter explained , but at the same time , immunity from the usual hardships and privations would be secured , and to the prudent and industrious a comfortable and permanent competentcj in the future . j But the great body of our emigrating population is composed of persons having no capital whatever , generally without ev . su the means of paying their passagc-moEoy to a Colony , however approximate to the mother country . The sufferings which too often befal these poor people , are greater than would be generally bolieved—not on shipboard , for there they a ; e now well-c ^ red for , owiss to the strictness with which the wholesome regulations of the " Passengers' Act '' are enforced by tho Government Emigration xltfeuts here and in Canada . It . is on their arrival in the Colony that the strugnle really commences , a struggle not confined to tbe mere labourer , bas more or less participated in by the saiall capitalist to whom reference w » 8 first made . J ' . He must search for his Land in a country , to the localities of , which , its soil and seasons , ho is a perfect stranger ; and when selected , however judiciously , he mtfsijliye upon his own re 3 oure » 3 until the ensuing harvest . He must erect hi 3 own'log honae , clear and fencalhis laud , wasting valuable time , and spending much of his already too scanty capital unprofitably , from inexperience in the work he has undertaken . i Tlio lormer , on landing at bis destined port , applies for work , ^ phi ch if unattainable on the spot , he must seek for elsewhere , or starve . If without funds , ho is provided by the Emigration Agent appointed by Government , with a tree passage in a steam boat to where / er he chosses to go , and th « n every resource but his own labour ceases . It may not be irrolevent to- mention , that the money thus expended in Canada in 1842 , waa 418 , 161 ; and in 1843 , nearly £ 9 , 000 ; Etaigration in the latter year having fallen off al per ceut . as compared whh the former ; a plain proof or she generally helpless condition of our emigrating brethren , and that the distress alluded to is far from bein # exaggerated . The Agents will how proceed to state as briefly as posaiblo , those remedial measures v ? htoh they are eauguiue enough to hope may remove to a gre&t degree , if aot altogether , tbe evils complained of . | It has bosn observed in tho first prospectus' that the A # ent in London ht » for sale Upwards of 600 , 990 Acres of Land in different parts pf Upper and Lower Caaada ; and it is ia a great degree owing to the exceedingly low terms on which the Agents are authorised to dispose ! of some of the best ot thescpropertiss that they are enabled to offer to the consideration of tho public the following scheme : —' The statement marked A shows , that with no greater capital than £ 17 , a single man , forming ox * o ? a party of not EB 3 S than ten FAMitiHS , OB principal ^ will { acquire in--fee simple , or Freehold i Liind to tho extent of 100 Acres . That for a man and his wife , or two single men , the capital required | v / ill be only £ 87 , or £ 43 10 * . each ; with one child , £ 92 5 s . oi £ 30 ISj . each j . the amount per head ! decreasing as tho numbers in a family innre ^ ro . ¦ It has boen remarked , that with so san * . a sum at comrrnad as £ 100 , tha-agriculturist would not bcrtter his condition by emigraiing ; and it is presumed that thb reasons given ara a sufficient evidence of the fact . The plan now submitted « oe 3 , however , to prove that even this sma-ll stock of money caa be made aot only ample for all useful purposes , but will leave a fund to meet contingencies . Tho statement marked B shows in like manner tho capital required to enti'Js tho Emigrant to 50 Acrea cf Land in Freehold ; and this scale is intended to apply to- those who depead upon the assistance of others , partially or wh&ily , to enable them to emigrate . j | To this table the A ^ ats bespoak the espeeial attention of those who support Emigration from i benevolent views . Looking at the brightest Rrde of tbe picture , if has been , to tbe poor man , mersiy a transition from labour in oao country , to labour in another , with tife prospect , if sneoessful , of saving in the courae of years , sufficient to procure those advantages which aje herd offered him on setting fo ^ t in Canada . Not only will he be exempt , frum the prospect of want , provided of course he be prudent and industrious * but he will be spared those hardships and privations heretofore inseparable from the change of homo and country ; and seoiireto himself a s ; ate of comfort aud independence beyond any expectations n he could ever have ventured to indulge in . ; f : The publio may fairly require some guarantso- boyond the mero character of the Agents , thatthay j have tho power as well as tho inclination , faithfully > to carry out that ! whieh they undertake to perform . Such a guarantee they aro prepared to offer , and in a form whish they trust w : ii be approved a * They propose— # . That when' the purchase is made , the money contributed by each family or principal shall be placed | in tbe banda of th € Bankers of the Agency , in Loadon , in the joint ; names of the Agent- in London , ami some one appointed by the Settlers , to be applied in the amnnerfollowing , viz .: — 1 . To pay-the purchase money of the L * ud so seoo as the Title Deeds of the sama , 2 tgatly executed in the Colony , are delivered over to-the Purchasers . : 2 . To defray the Passage I&oney of the Seniors in ihe mannsr asually practissd in Emigrant Ships , and \ , 3 . To reptay all other disbursements undertak&n by the Agents , 30 as , but not before , the Settlers shall have arrived on their location , and are therefore in actual possessi&n of the settlement prepared for them . ¦ North Acserican Land Agency , \ RICHARD NORMAN , J No . 2 , " N « w Broad titreat , London . Af ? eiii in London . STATEMS ^ T A ; Table , shewing tha amount required to be paid by each family according to the number 3 f its members , to entitle then * to a Fhkekgm > Faum of 100 Acres , a Fre « iFaabago to Canada ; , three Months ' Provisions after their arrival at tho Settlement ; aud a - . participation in all the advantage offered by the Agency , which are as follows : — 1 . —A Log House to be built on each Farm . 2 . —Five Acres c * ' Land to be cleared on each Farm , of which four aere 3 to be cropped with Wheat , atd one acre with Potatoes and other vegetables . ; 3 . —The settiers to bo furnished with the necessary tools , such as Axast Hoes , Sicklesj&c ; and also 4 . —With one Ybke of Oxen for the general use of the Settlement . 5 . _ A foreman , and two experienced assistants , to bs engagad and paid by the Agents foy-three months , to work with and instruct the Emigrams in clearing Land and fenbing it ; and in the erection of Leg Houses , of which five will , for that purpose , be built after the arrivaljot tbe Settlers . g . Three Months' Provisions to bo supplied to ihe Emigrants after they have reached the Settlement , thus securing them against the possibility of want while their crops are ripening , and they are engaged in ho work referred to iu the foregoing paragraph . m * i 1 " » ' "" —¦ ' — ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ , TT . .. ., , Amount to be Paid . Under Above Number .. j _ I ' Members of each Family . U 14 , in B , each I By each I * Individual Family . ~ " ~~ JwTh ! ~ £ s d £ . s d Asingleman 1 1 77 0 0 77 ' 0 0 No . 2 . A man and wife 2 2 43 10 0 87 0 0 No . 3 . i , A man , wife , and I child 1 2 3 30 15 0 92 5 0 No . 4 . A man , wife , and 2 . children 2 2 4 24 10 0 93 0 0 No . 5 . A man , wife , and 3 children 3 2 5 20 15-0 103 15 0 ; i No . 6 . ¦ ' 1 A man , wife , a . id 4- children , 1 chi ' . d above 14 year .- 3 3 , 6 18 17 " 6 113 5 Q < No . 7 . A man , wifo , and 5 children , 1 child above 14 years 4 3 7 17 0 0 119 0 0 i No . 8 . A man , wife , and 6 children , 2 children above 14 yr * 4 4 8 16 2 6 129 0 0 ; . I i STATEMENT B i Table shewing the Amount required to be paid by each Family according to the number of its Members , ! to entire them to a Freehold Farm of Fifty Acres ; a Free Passage to Caaada ; three Months ' Provisiona after their arrival at the Settlemeu ; ; aud a participation in all the advantages oSared by the Agenoy , which are as follows , v z .: — 1 . —A Log House to b < i buih on each Farrxu 2 . Four and a Half Acres of Land to be cleared on each Farm , of which four acres to bamropped with Wh ' -at , aad Half an Acre with Potatoes and other vegetable * . . 3 . —Tho settlers to bo turni 3 hed with the necessary tools , such as | Axs 3 , Hoes , Siskles , &o . ; and also 4 . _ With one Yoke of Oxan for the general ubc of the Settlement . i 5 . —A foreman , and two experiencwd assistants , to be engaged and paid bj the Agenia for three ' months , to work with and instruot the Emigrants in clearing Laud and fencing it ^ and iu tke -erection of 1 Log Houses , of which five will , for that purpose , be built after tho arrival of the SoUlera . ' 6 . —Three Months' Provisions to be supplied to the Emigrants aftsr they have reached tie Settlement , thus securing them against the possibiliiy of want while their crops are ripening , and they are engaged in the wark referred fo iu the foregoing par ^ rapb . ; | Unde . Above Number Amount to be paid . 1 Members of Each Fami > y . 14 ; 14 in ~~ ~ ~ ~" i Years Years . Family . By each By each i Individual . Faroi y . I lt J KlM | - ¦ . ¦! ¦ ^ . ' ; . No . 1 . £ s d £ s d A single Man - * 1 59 10 0 59 10 0 j No . 2 . ' i A Man and Wife ~ - •; 2 2 34 12 6 69 5 0 No . 3 . A Man , Wife , and Child - 12 3 25 0 0 73 0 0 ! No . 4 . 'i I A Man , Wife , and two Children 2 : 2 4 20 2 6 80 10 0 No . 5 . i A Mao , Wife , and three Childron 32 5 17 50 86 50 ! No . 6 . ! ¦ A My n . Wife , and four Children , one Child above 14 years ... 3 3 6 16 0 0 96 0 0 ' No . 7 . ; l A , Man , Wife , and five Children , one Child above 14 years ... 4 3 : 7 14 10 0 101 10 0 I ,. No . 8 . ; I A Man , Wifr , and six Children , two Children above 14 year- 4 4 8 13 17 6 111 0 0 | N . B . —A party deBirmg to have a larger Farm than above descfcbeo " , can obtain Land in any quantity , at i the mere cost of such Lund , free from any increase in the other itom 3 ef expenditure .
Condition X≫F (Hnglatttj " Law Grinds The Poor, And Rich Men Rale The Law.'
Condition x > f ( HnglatttJ " Law grinds the poor , and rich men rale the law . '
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gg > Ncw » ihat the strings of the Westminster T&x-trapih&Te termmaved , and the approach of winter bids fair to renew the iorrors usually attendant on thai 5 es ? on of the year , we think we cannot do better ih&n revive tins feature of our paper ; and devote a colncm or two weekly , to the proclaiming of the wronj-.- and suffcriugs of the raasse ? . With this view ,- we request the atuunnn of oar readers to the following article from the Times descriptive of isfss ^ ji wosehottse CsrELiiES . It is rsMed if one of the racst sanguinary tyrant 3 lhat ever ssraytd the Muscovite sceptre , that sothins
afforded him such txqnisite gratification es to watch the expirirg atonies of some wretch whom his o ? n band had slaughtered , and * o rpguhte so carefully the degree of torture by the victim ' s power of endurance , that not a drop mlcht bs wasted . g £ ihit cup of bitterness which he " » ss doomed to swallow . It was , in fact , a treat which babVt B 3 c " e almost necessary to his existence , and which fca nerer ¦ wunted the means to supply . Ana yet , strange to say , his subjects looked upon it as an cxt-rsns 3 of paterial authority , -which it \ rouia have been scandalous to resist ; and as they ; adored him as their father while living , they all but ' Worshipped him as their god when dead . I
Eis nams of Ivaa the Tsrrible rants "high ia the list of monsters who have been bom to scourge mankind . Tie b 3 rbsiities which fee commirt-d Wi-nld blacken the darkest pages in the annals of human crime . 3 Jot "we kcow of rothing - * hich so u-sriy rese = ib 3 es lias coiJ , calculating malignity of bis nature , and which feida » o fair to equal tbe ' Ingentity of his BDde ef torrnre , cs the cofie of " dark domineers /' and secret initreetions . which constitute the main spring of the new Per Law machinery . Ust csn an ;> parallel be fcuca to * -he resignation and even gratitnoe « hich wtre displayed by Iran ' s suV-jtcts in the nricst cf "thsir peMeeutions . bat in the perfect contentment of the English peopla w ? th the operation of the elw Poor X .-5 W , -wlr-ch , is to be found ionly ) in the flourishing rtp&rts of the Citsmissioners . J ' | , .
An irjq = cst W £ s h-.-3 d en Saturday last at Old Brentford on the body of a labourer , named John Shaw , * itich led to Its disclosure of one of the most revoltlug ccses cf woikhcuse " cruelty ' that we have yet ha « occasion to record . The den from which this atroeions £ eedgbas be ^ n dragged to light is tfae ^ favonrite 8 C ? nfc of inch exploits , the Eron Union "Wwihosse ; and Ihe ttzge-ly wbieb hss been performed within its walls ttuK have tqualled the expectations of the most devoted admirer ef the workhouse drama . Tie fact * of the t > se , as fzr na they have been hi-Iherto made public , are these : —A poor labourer , while Excavsticg some cellar * at SJongh , had tire misfortune to i
break his leg , and thereby forfeited all dahn to human sympathy and benevolence . The offence of breaking a Irg has beea declared to be pardonibie in the case cf an Assistant Poor L- » Commissioat *; but in the case cf a iabonrer is is bed to be capital . Tne unfortunate ssSerer , or cziisinal , is ccnveyed to the union -workhouse , where ie i > scJ-jeeted to a course of treatment in , wh ! ch the gr& = t « . i amount of cruelty is coiubir&d with the least pr . iriNe fragment of btimsmty . Eis tiroken liisb is Ect— tist -was absolutely Emissary , in order to prolong hi * wictched existence * He is lai « l npon " z nice , soft 3 ck-bed , " as if to prepare him for the bei of thorns viiich swatted him . He is ordered " BOnp , : niii £ , butter , tud tea . ; " and before hU death .
is even iLQUised with a " pot o ! po * U ? and two * fcts » j ef wine a day , " for whicL kls master is called upon to pay . He " never nnkesthe slightest complaint , " but *• always espressta himself perfectly satisfied with his treatment" JBnt me-ical aid and workhouse dietary are alike uEsvauinz . He grows worse , his limb mor-EL £ es , and death soon terminates his sufferings . Such dc-ubtless is the history of many a fatal acddfcnV ' as recorded i = the Workhouse B-porta . There is nothing startlina abont it at first sicht- " A poor man meets with nn ac-idest , and is disabled ; he is taken to the workhcuse , and attended to ; and sh ^ d he desire to impart a dying wish to any living being , who so fit a person as the matron to receive the secrets of his bouI , ssd to communicate bis grateJnl acknow : edgm- ; nts to the paterca ; ears of the i&arg cf guardians ?
Cases Jjte this are of almost cai . ' y occurrence , acd where tte piup ^ r Las m--relatives to -sriajess and record fcis EpffrringH , we are left to rappsee that Dcthing remains to bs recorded . But snppcse be has a wife , OT a sister , wfco -= i £ bc £ to soothe his list moments frith the tenderness cf domestic intercourse ! The - » orktouss BTstfcm contemplates no such indal ^ ence , and has therefore ingeniously dsvbsd a mode of at ones granting and defeating it . It is a rule is tbe Eton Workhouse , and we believe inmost others , that eo inniate shculd be allowed ; u we tis friends , « ccpi in the presence of the matron ar porter of the bouse . It is needless to explain the t > bj = 3 t of this rule—it speaks for itself . But one woulu iiava thought that in the last melancholy stage of bumas suffering , winch is all other places is viewed with
consideration ano syrupitby , tvan this stringent recuiation might iave beto dispensed srith . ? Toi so . 1-ze last EooUiusg po'bn ol a fljiE § man nin 5 t b ^ = Ifeaptred -with gall , lest paupers sLonld become too focd cf dyicg in the woikhcuse . Tbe Hecate who fldmitiiters tbe lash of workhouse discipline must stand by and catch his parting breath , lest ary compliint tfconld escape his Eps . or any tale be told , whn : h Ehould disclose the Teal secrets of his prison-house . Jaba Sbaw had a srife aud a fisler , whose presence , if not abio '^ ifily ptca&ary to his t-xisttnee , was at least the only earth ? y consoliUon which he was capable of enjoylcg . It was no very nnrrase-noble rt qnasl that hs * boold b ^ aU . o-a-ed the privilege of seeing them in private , unobtrudtd on by Btnc £ cra whe neither lovtd nor cared for 2 dm- T 69 iDt ;; -inad eTidenw wiiJ show hos it vzs answered ¦ . —
CsroTiiie Sha-w deposed that sbe was the wife of tke ¦ aeceasrd . Sitt first went down to sts deceased on the Tuesday after tbe day of the accident , and saw 'him two or three times a- ^ eek up to his death . Deceased told witness : on tie Tn £ 3 day that tbe doctor had cot been tbtre ttat day , and at the end of about a week tk also told her he had had nothing but a drop of tea With a bit of bread in it , and a drop o _ f bretb ? but he be-Eged her not to speak to tfce mat ron about it , a ? it "would be worf e for him if she did . The nurse was present at the eud of the bed when the deceased whisptied It to her - Sometimes e ^ s -sras oiiiy aHoir ^ d to itop half-an tons with lbs dectss&l , and she ihon 5 bi it ¦ Vt ry bara that sht e * . cla not speak « . o h = r own bu ^ bacd Without having ibe matron staDdisg by her sidssll tbe time . E ? ery time sbe bad Been her husband ahe was orderedto co wbeu the had etopped her time .
, Mr . TTsilej asked the n-iUon if it was a rule of tbe workhouse that ibe shotld bs present when pergoas case to tee ibrir relitive ! - ? ilrs . Ailken replied that it was , and that she was always present while any person was seeing an icmste . Witness coEtinue-3—Every time that she was there a bey came and told the nurss that it was time for witness to go . Oaly tnce was witness allowed to stop an hour with her husband , and then her husband asked the governor the night before if the
might . When the deceased had been there ac-out a ¦ week , be V-Id her be was almost starved to deatls . She asked him why he aid not spesk about it , but he said be did not like , as it would be worst * f or him if be did . Witness had seen the nurse dip a piece of fese&d into ica tea and grre it lam , and it -was only on Ike la * t two or three dsye that deceased bad more than aba had stated . She was never allowed to be -with de-Ciased alone until the smell from the deceased ' * leg was bo bad that no one tut herself could bear it without their handkerchiefs to their noses .
Mr , Wakley said , really such proceedings were Tery , gfcgracfcfnL t The witness Psverell admitted thai if the matron was j noi present on saea occasions , the porter was . ^ ; 3 dr . Wakley asked the matron what ber instructions J ver > on the EubJ ^ ct ? The matron replied , that ber instructions were to I taed by with the relations , nnlfcss the puuptr waB , sigh death . . ! Mr . "Watley said , and he supposed could not speak- j Is bis opinion , such conduct , however kind the'inmates i might be treated , was likely to raise an impression , « hich nothing could efface , that their relative had been TxnkincJy treated , and was most improper . The matron dwftsred that ob -one occasion the witness ^ Fas there four hc-ura by herself . Tiie TritDMs Kad , " T « s ; but that was when the Knell was so bad , that tbe matron could no longer stop there
Mr . Wakley said , the authorities of the workhouse ' Deed not fear that tbe teds would be eaten by tbe relatives who visited the inmates . Such a custom did not prevail in the public hospitals , or even in the ] gaols . ' Mary Shaw , sister of tbe deceased , also swore that : the bad never visited him without the matron and two nurses or the porter being present , itanfling . by his bedaide . An tour was tbe longest ihe was permitted to stop . The matron used to say , " Come , yon must go , ¦ we can't ailow young women to be where men are . " Tbe only men in the ward besides the deceased were two nurses and a wooden-le ^ ged man . The matron and cerhusbanahad alwayBteowea them upfoi coming to « ee the deceased bo often , and atked them what they -wanted ; and the matron said she ought to have 20 pair « r legs instead of two , to be waiting upon them . "Witness told ber while ler brother was there ihe would
come , as he was no pauper . At one of her visits her brother Baid to ber , " 31 ary , dear , Fa bodily ill ; and I ' m fctarved to dtatli . " Witness inBiantly said she "would tell them of it , meaning tha master and matron , when deceased said , " , Mary , don ' t ; I Ehsil suffer for it after you have goBe . " Deceased at other times whispered to tet that be had not icnieient food . Witnees in const < jnence tock him a currant cake , which he afce •? oraciouEly . On another occasion , wb . en she took him a cake , it was taken frcm her by the master , who searched their pockets ana their clothes all over . On the Sunday that Ihe deceased was so much worse , the porter came to Brentford to fetch them , and they b . ire 4 a cart and went to Sicngh . They got there at half-past twelve o ' clock at night . They , however , were not admitted , and walked ibout the streets until half-: ast tmtc ' eloefc in the morning , when they got shelter . At iOTenp'docknexi-iEorning they were admitted , bnt wire onij aBoTrea an ^ otii , acs ften told by tl } e » aUTO tt ? 7 iaMtgo ,
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The irqairy wss then arij jurned for a week . A wife debarred from the last words of her dying husband by his fear of being overheard . ' A sister torn away from ber brother ' s deathbed by the heartless exclamation ( uttered fey the wretch who is sent to mock his sufferings ) of— " We can ' t allow young womaa to ba where men are ! " What new species of monster has been found to execute bo aavage ana inhuman an edict as this ? The Sufferings op ihe Pooa . —About two mouttfl ago , a poor Irishman , named Bernard Connor , ] eft bis native village near E . phin , ( k-nnty Raseomnion , witn bis wife and four children , for the purpose of procuring employment at \ Ue Scotch harvest Tfcey
came by Donasbsdee to Portpatrick , and travelled by short stages to Sxrathaven , when the wife , burdened with a delicate infant at her breast , becoming nnablo to so on , except at a very slow rate , it was agreed that the husband should push forward to East Lothian , in the hope of obtaining immediate employment The farm of Sstonhill . in the parish of GiadBmuir , was : * ppolntet * as a rendevous ; and thither the poor woman with her helpless family , dodged on , in the hope of finding her hnsb&nd , and of obtaining from him sutsb assistance as his means could ttffotd . On arriving at SctOBbill , however , the husband was not to be found ; and as she had heard of his intention to go to England , sbe wandered after him , tilJ , when within a abort Ma- , iance of the English border , ehe learned from an j acquaintance whom she met that her husband waa !
'' then at work at Ballincrief , within three mileB o . SetonhiiL Thither the retraced her steps , and arrivec ; : t Baliincrief just as he had fe * en laid off work by » r , iilntss which was believed to bs fever . In the ftar o j that grieTous malady , no one would give him lodgings and after a few days' delay , the whole family set of to Haddingtcn , a distance of not more than four miles j With great difficulty , and assisted by Ms wife and theij j eldest boy , he got to H 3 ddn . gton , where , on waiting or ; a medicai gentleman , he wa 3 told that his complaint , ; though no : a fever , wa 3 a fatal one ; and was recon * ; mended to get home as fast as he could , as there waa nc chance he would ever recover . The peor family turnec ! thtir fao « B wcjtwaid , and after a we ^ ry day , got on ! j : a mile out of Haddington , and ntxt night no farthcj : than S ^ ittalrig , about three miles from the formei , tows , when in alter exhaustion , he lay down ia an epen ; shed , where be remained from Monday till Thursday j ; ast , when Mr . Brash , farmer at Spittalrig , kindly despatched a cart Wi * h him to Edinburgh , in the , tope of getting him placed iu tbe Rjyal Infirmary . The fstigne of tbe journey , however , was too 1 mncb for him , and he breathed his laat just , as the cart entert-d the water-jjate . The body J was brought to the PoIice-oSie , -Rhtsre it remained ; up till last night ; and ihe widow and chilJrerj were j accommodated in the Night Asylum . She was yestsrday pjinJed out to tlie writer of this paragraph , seated on a heap of stones at the door of tbe police de » :-i bouse , rocking herself to and fro after tbe manner of
her countrywomen , with her othsr three cbildrtu clinging about her—the whole group in an agony of grief too deep and tcobiltcr to admit of comfort . Ever and 3 Eon sbs started from her coiu seat , and peered earnestly and aniious ^ y through the darkened ; window of the apartment wbcro her dead husband lay , in the ¦ vain bops of obtuiaing another look at him ; and after ma : ; y tears , ¦ was praVj'Jt *! on to tsfce a temporary ebtlttr in the a , 'j jvning niaht refuge . She and hex children -re in tx : reme nukedness , and in a state of tbe most uttsr heijli-se-ess end misery , and it is hoped this notice ¦ a-ilJ . attract tbe syjup-ithy of some humane p-.-rsons "wHliD ? to Cuntribu-ts a tr-fle to relieTe the family from Utler destitution . —Sro ' . sautn
1 st ]? o : r SsikjuaketH ^ Liyrxpooi—Oa ¦ Monday last a po >_; r wornis , who obtains a scanty -. livelihood by asking shirts for the largest retail ¦ ebtab'iaiimfcats in tha town , azsd who appeared to be in j tbe most abject ats 5 e of poverty , summoned her em-; ployers to the Court of Requests for the sum of ten j sb ' . ilipga , the arnount sf her bill for t&akisg sbirts , Tbe i proprietors of the establishment were represected by a ! yerj poTDpeus , genttely-dressed young man , who fills I the important situation of " supe ? tat <* nd % nt of the shirt : departinesS . " In s manner tbe aost affected , he ssid . the dtftDSstnts disputed the bill na the ground that : tbe shirts were badly made , and that they tad to pay fourpeacB each to another ptrsoa to rem ^ k ^ - and alt * r them . " Cansiderics , " continaed he . in the sama
pompous msaaer , " the c ^ cumstancw life vrtneb . Airs . is placed , we would willingly have forgiven ber the- fourpence each shirt , but one of the shirts has beaa cc-mpleielj * epoiJed , bj the skirt b 3 Jng pnt ID WrOEg , aad vea cffcreJ to pay her the amosat , : dedocting the price cf two yards of Jrnen , to supply- ' the part spoiled . " The poc-r woman said she had of-: fered to rusXe the shirt good if they wotjM allow ber j to ha- » e it . Tha overlooker of tbe shirt department s ; iid , "Oi , it involves a verv Beri&us principle , and it wnever Co , aa we employ so many persons . - Tte shirt wa » brought into Court , and handed up to th » Learnrch Coinniisssoaer , who , " with r ?> ectacles on a no » e , " mirxattly enmined ewry part , to see if ho ] conid diseo'v-er any dtfeci . Aft 3 t a long UnptcUon the ' Commissioner asked the overlooker whit sum the '
poor woc » ir was paid for malting each shirt , seeing that they wished to deduct fumpeEce for the alteration ? Ti » overlooker wts silent npon tliis tnhject : but in the course of tbe exanrination it came out , from some bf the party , that tho txtraordiiiary sum of two thiliiagB and eigbtptnc ^ pe r dczsn wss- paid for making pliia . shirts , or a frsctioa more thaa twopence Ealfpfenny per shirt ! Whether the % shirts ia question -were plaic or no . ^ id uoi tractpire . TiH ) Lta-. ned ConuniBsio 3 er , takia& alJ things into couideration , ordered that tha poor half-starved creature should be paid 7 s . 6 i and her co * ts . Tha proprietors of tbe extensive establishment have thas been coaspfclled to pay abou * tbe sum demanded , whilst tbe poor shrivelled ai ; d wem-oat sbirtmakcr was left iniins 2 i 6 d . of her h-. ird-es . rned w ^ ees . —Lwt-pool Mtrcvtv .
Co £ OM > 2 S- ISQtz ?? . —Oa Tuesday evening Mr . WiUiMn 3 akfcr , deputy coroner , heM an jcqs » -st at the Hoop and Shapes . Cable-street , St Gsorie ' s-ia-the-East , on the bady of Susannah Elmers , aged 55 years . The jury navir-g bttn Bwowa , preceedad to view tbe body , which lay in a iwetcbt-d apartment up two pair of stairs in a miserable court in the roar of Cable-street . There was scarcely an atom of furniture in the rocsn , there beiur but two old chBii ^ and a busdle of ra ^ s , aaed by tbe icmat& » at a bed . It appeared by tbe evidence that decfcisad obtained a scanty Jiving by picking up rags ai . d bouts in tfc& street . Sbe had beta very ill for a considerate leugtb of' tim * and for seTeral ws « -ks bad bften an inflate of Ibe- London Hospital . 5 ii , ce she bad omitted that insli ' . ution sbe bad gene io reside with ber brother and bis-wifo in tbe fipar . ' mejit above alluded to- They all slep ; the bed
upon ths i ? or , m ^ ikiBg best ihty could with the rats . Her brother had been a seafiriM man , but no » obtained a prvcasious subsisaBnce by jobbing about , and i : o \ witLBtaECing he was out sarly and la . e , he obtained very little employment- lib endeavoured ta fcUj . poit bis wife and deceased as well as is couM ; but it was often late at sight befors he could earn Eufficieni to procure a little food . Deceased isd completely wasted a-way , ar . d -whilst lyicg in the parish coffin appeared nothing but ekin and bone . Ofj . Saturday night last , after Jying on the rug aV . day , she lold her brother she would get up asd go ana look for her sister . She accordingly proceeded down stairs ; bt £ she had scarcely reached tbe court when * £ e fell flwn , and instaatly expired . Mr . Ward , a surgeon , prosaptly attended , but life -stse quite extinct . That gemlesaan attributed death to aiEtase of the htart . Verdict i& accordance wiiH the medical tesUmony .
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puted to h * ve travelled over a distance of 80 , 000 miles during bis residence at High Beech Asylum . He is particularly attached to the neighbourhood of Woodford and Eping Forest , i He was perfectly harmless , but had several singular delusions One was , that Caing ' a Lc-z ^ nges , which he had formerly taken , had got into biB bones and destroyed his constitution ; and he some time since accustomed himself to He down in tho sun in the forest , in order , as he saiil , to evaporate Cbing ' a k-wnges out of his bones , and eradicate the diseases they had engendered . He took occasional dislike to Borne of the inmates at Dr . Allen ' s , and had been known to attacfe some , when , ae he » ald , they got in his way in the passage , although on such occasions there was plenty of roam for him , and he would afterwards
say thot ho thought he ought to thrash them well . He had p xhibited some extraordinary conduct to the tailor who worked for the establishment , and to tbe slaughterman who killed the beasts , &c , for ths use of the inmates ; in the latter case he had eaten part of tne brains of an ox which had been just killed . Ho would have them warm from the bead , without being cooked , and ate them without any bread . Mr . Moxon having detailed the delusions and general conduct in accordance -with the subjoined evidence , expressed a bope that whatever present appearances of insanity Mr . Campbell might present , the jury would not , after hearing the evidence , consider that his l&te lamented father had placed him unnecessarily under restraint ; indeed , it could not be supposed that he could have so treated his only child , except for his due care and protection .
D .-. Allen and several other witnesses gave evidence confirmatory of the Learned Counsel ' a statement . Mr . Campbell put several questions to the witness , and occasionally ma . de some -vcay pertinent remarks , obMTvintr that the witnesses had given their evidence very fairly , but were wrong in their conclusions ; and txplained to the jury such parts of the evidence as he Beemed to think bore against him . I Buppose I offended my father because I did not seem to think enonsh of myself . He wanted me to go more into society , which I did not feel disposed to do . I have no ; bten particnlariy well educated . I was sent to school iu France , bnt I ran away froru It , and was stopped at Boulogne because I bad n 6 pass-port , and waB detained there till proper inquiries were made . " By a Juror—He ran away from school because ho was not comfortable .
j Mr . Campbell continued—He had given the solicitors ¦ the names of certain 'witnesses , who could speak na to I his general conduct al Woodford , it , bat none of them ' excepting Mr . Carey had attended . Ttits be rcgcoUed , j as the remit of tbe inquiry might be unfavourable to : him , but hs hoped the jury would take that clrcura-, stance into their consideration , as it had arisen from . his ignorance of the law , and ho trusted his nan would i i ot thereby be eff-cted . Ho vroald suijqeat that the ; inquiry should ba adjourned io procure ihe attendance of those witneesss . I * , was here explained to Mr . Campbell that such | malter was not of sufficient importance to require an adj urnment , upon which he appeared" satisfied .
Mr . Campbell then went on to say that tbe fact of a rcan being locked op in a iaadhouee for some years would lead people to suppose he wes mad . Of tbe annoyances to which people were subjected in such establishments none coaid form any Idea viio had novttr resided in them ; none coald imagine tbe tffdet of const 3 TBt asaor-iation whh insane persons . Whatever decision the jury might arrive at , he was feirzeslf satisfied that he was perfectly sane . Mr . Campbell throughout conducted himself with tbe greatest srbanity , coolness , and coinposuee ; - indeed no one-could b . ive supposed feat he had been au inmate of a hjnatic asylum , or that his intellects bad been impaired .
Mr . Commissioner Winslcw summed up with great clearness ,- and impartiality—so much eo , that ths learned counsel dsemed it unnecessary to offer any observations . Tse jnry , after a brief consultation , retired , and afser an absence of neatly an hour , returned into courS , when their name * were called over by Mr . Boniface , of the TJnder SheriffVoiHce . The foreman then announced , that although bs nnd another juro ? objected to give a verdict at vananre-with t&e medical testimony , yet that fourteen jurors o > rt of thft sixteen wsre of opinion that lit . Campbell was of Boand mind . A verdict was accordingly returned , " That Mr . Thomas Telford Campbell was of sound minil . " The verdict caused extraordinary sensation in the room .
Mr . Campbell immediately after removed bis lucjjaje from !> -. Allen ' s , aD < 1 tock elegant apartments at theboose of the late Captain Sotiierby , near Woodford .
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The Russians and Circassians .- ^—England Trcckung to the Despot . —All the world kuow * that the Russians have , for some years past , been waging war against the Circassians ; but it is not bo generally understood that this quarrel has hitherto cost , the former as inconceivable amount of treasure and a tremendous waste of human life . The Ottomans endeavoured to subdue the Tacherkesses , as they term the inhabitants of those mountain districts ; but no -effectual subjugation was ever accomplished . The Russians are animated by a mere desire of conquest and aggrandizement in endeavouring to annex Circassia to their already overgrown and unwieldly empire ; for tho country can never pay even the expenses of military occupation , and the
inhabitants could not be relied upon as allies in case of need . * * But little is known , of the progress cf this warfare ; we are , however , sufficiently well informed upon the subject to bo enabled to assure our readers that it ia characterised by the most appalling cruelties and brutal deeds of treachery and blood on both sides . There are six of tho one , and half-a-dcz-n of the other . We are , however , pleased to hear from time to time that the armies of the Cz-w meet with immense reverses amidst the savage wiUs and steppes of Circassia , and that the Russian eagle is frequently compelled to bite the dust . We Bay " pleased , " because we ; canhoi conceive that Russian and de
conquests will benefit civilizition ; we are - termined and decided enemies to the merciless tyrant who iiiflcts the punishment of the knout , who tramples upon Poland , who depopulated Lithuania , and who annually sends thousands of miserable exiles to perish amidst the eternal snewa of Siberia . We abhor N icholas of Russia ; and we are anxious that his savage and inhuman dominion should be as circumscribed as possible . Not that we have much sympathy for the Circassians , who , with all the boasted virtues of the mountaineer and tbe primitive simplicity of patriachal manners , sell their beauteous sisters aud daughters to adorn , the ha ? ems of Turkish
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Nobles and Oriental Princes . We have , however , still less sympathy with Nicholas—the scourge of all that section of the human race , which accident has placed within his reach ; and hence our good wishes are balanced jn favour of the Circassians . It is , consequently , with pain and regret we find that the English Government has been truckling to the Russian despot , relative to this Circassian war . Lord Aberdeen has { promised that crafty old politician , Count Nesselrpde , to put a stop to the aid in the shape of arms ; ammunition , clothing , &o ., furnished to the Circassians by English agents at Constantinople . We are , also aware that this demand upon the English Government was made by the Russians on the ground thaUhe Circassians are " rebels . ^ tVould Lord Aberdeen consider the Poles to be rebels if they
rose up in fayour of their national independence 1 Were the Swiss rebels , when they threw off the yoke imposed upon them by Napoleon \ Would the Lombardo-Venetians be deemed rebels , if they took up arms against their Austrian oppressors * Certainly H \ f , ^' -, t ^ en « can the Circassians be termed rebels ? Whatever be our sentiments relative to the comparative merits of Russians and Circassians , let u 3 give things thtir proper denominations , and not call that rebellion , which ia merely a bold struggle for national liberties . The real fact is , that our detestable Tory Ministry lean to all the northern despots—encourage their visit ? to England—and countenance them in their unjust aggressions . This truckling to the Autocrat of Russia is disgraceful to the English Cabinet . — Weekly Dispatch .
The O'Connell Illuminations . —An inquiry has been ordered by the Commander of the Forces , into the conduct ofj Sergeant Maher , of the 62 ad Regiment , belonging to the recruiting party stationed in this town , for , ] as alleged , illuminating his lodging to commemorate the liberation of Mr . O'Connell , on the evening ofj Monday , the &a inst . He is also charged with having placed his sword and scabbard across the win ^ owg on , that occasion , —Car /< w Sent .
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London Cork Exchange , Mondat , September 23 . The returns for the past week show a very large arrival ot English Wheat , or of upwards of 11 , 090 quarters , whilst that of most oth&r kinds of Grain of home produce was on the increase , particularly Barley . Of Foreign Corn the imports were less than for some time past Fresh up the receipts of Wheat , ooastwise as well a 3 by land-carriage and sample , were v&ry limited , yet the show of samples ware good , though chiafty composed of those left over from last week . Owing to the large attendance of millers , most of whom appeared to be short of stock , the demand for the finest qualities of both red and white English Wheat was active , aud in some few instances , a trifle more monev waa obtained . In
all other kinds , a fair amount of business was doing at full prices . By accounts received from the north of Eogiand , wa learn that nearly the whole of tho crops have been secured . Tho supply of fine foreign Wheat was by no means extensive . For the best qualities the sale was steady at full currencies , but in other kinds very little was doing . Corn , under lock , was a dull sale , and almost nominal in value . The arrivals of Barley both English and Foreign having been good , that article was in a very sluggish state , and we have to report a decline in its value of la per quarter . Duty has been paid on about 4 , 000 quarters in tho course &f the week . Of Malt the show was
tolorably good . The trade was , however , extremly inactive , and th # currencies gave way Is per quarter * ami a large portiw * of the supply was left over for Wednesday . The total supplies ol Oats , arising priscipaliv from ac increase in those from Ireland , were good . Fine gualities were stead *? , other kinds dulf at previous quotations . The supply of beans was seasonably good , yet the demaa 7 ras steady , at lass week ' s prices . In Peas only a HmiSsd business was d-oing , yet previous rates were supported . The Flour tea . de was rather inactive , yet the quotations obtained were about stationary ones , la- the Seed market eomparatively little was doing , if v » o except Linseed Cakes , which wera held at a triSe more
money . LondowSmithfield Cattle Market . —Coapared with that exhibited on JVJonda-y last , the supply of Beasts here was but moderate ,, though ; for the time of year it praved seasonably good . As to the quality of the stock , it waa by no means first-aratp , yet there we ? e some well made-ap beasts amcBgst it . The weather being somewhat favourable to slaughtering , the attendance of both town and country buyers goci , and the dead markets being well cleared of theirlast week ' s supplies , caused the Baef trade this morning to rule somewhat active at an advance in the flotations of 2 d per Sb , the best Scots readily producing 4 a—in somu issuance more—pe ? 8 'b , and at whieh the whole fotmd purchasers ; .
Several causes ofdisease were noticed amongst ther beasts , but the ?? were not of a gsrious character-During the past week the imports of stock into London and the various out-ports have been good , aad of somewhat improved quality . The numbers have amounted to sixty beasts from Rotterdam , and thirty ditto from Hamburgh . These importst'ons , added to thoso previously advised this year , show the following pupplrea : —London , 1 , 250 *; Liverpool , 86 ; Hull . 480 ; Southampton , 160 ; Devooporc , 30 ; total , 1 986 head of freaats . In addition to- the above about 30 dheep have been reoeiTed into ' Loadon , and lliO'at the out-ports , ^ xciustve of 40 Calves-. To-day the sapply of foreign stock wa 3 confined to 22 Oxen , and Cows from Rotterdam in fair condition , and for which rather higher prices were obtained by the
speculators . The northern drove 3 of beasts-consisted of » bt > ut 1 , 000 short horns . Those from- Norfolk , Suff" . Ik , Eases , aud Cambridgeshire , were composed of 400 Scats and homebreefs ; those from the western and midland counties , of 350 Hereford , Devon , Herts , &c . From other parts-of England , 350 ' of various breeds ; while , from Scotland , we received 25 $ Scots , and , from Ireland , 30 beasts . The supply of Sheep was smaller than that exhibited last weak- ; nevertheless , it was fully adequate to meet the wants of the butchers . The Mufctoa trade was vesy steady , and previous rates were firmly ; supported . The number of Lambs were rather limited , yet the Lamb trade vras inactive , at our quotations . Ia Calves , the number of which was small , very little was doing , a * , late rates . The Porttiade was tolerably steady , aad last week ' s currencies were supported *
Woo * . Market . —Rather an extensive inportation af Wool has again takea place in the port of London during the week , it having been as uuder ;* - Bnles . New South Wales . ~ 2 , 600 Algoa Bay 806 Bombay . « - 90 South American •¦ 40 Hamburgh ..- 120 Cape of GoodHope 20 Total 3 . S 26 b 3 le ? .
Ftoas the above , it will be seen that another addition has been made to the warehoused stock of Colonial Wo * l in London , yet there are several vessels now on their passage homewards with full cargoes . The public sales ( which commence to-morrow ) iiave been , increased to nearly 20 , < OD bales , and it is fully expected they will exceed 25 , 000 bales ere they bare been brought to a conclusion . On an inspection of the wools we find soaae unusually fine marks of ih « fav-famed fl > cks of Mr . Seeley ; in fast , we look upon the parcels about to be submitted to public competition the most even , perhaps the best ever brought forward . Some time since—say in the early part ' of ! a 3 t year—false packing was much somplained of by the buyers ; this , however , we have oTcry reason to assume , is not the oase at present . The wool is
very free from burr , and extremely clean . The sales oa the 24 th , 26 th , and 30 h instant , as well as those on the 2 d , 31 , aud 4 th proximo— as at present advertised—will consist of 8 , 000 bales Australian , Van Dieman ' s Land , Port Philip , and Dape ; those on th « 25 sh instant and the 1 st and 4 : h of October , of 3 , C 00 bales of the same descriptions ; , those on the 27 th instant , and the 9 ch proximo of 2 . 5 G 0 bales Australian , Van Dieman ' s Land , Cape , and Mogador ; thoso on the 23 ih . inst ., and the 5 ih and 8 ; h of October , of 3 , 500 kales of ditto . Notwithstanding the large increase , which has takea place in the imports of Wool , from our colonies , we find that those of foreign are still oa the increase , as is shown by the following return of the quantities of the latter taken into consumption : —
From January 5 ih to July oth , 1841 21 , 455 . 232 lbs . 1842 . . ....... u 1 o , 34 ' 2 , 343 „ 1844 i . i >> u . m 28 , £ li 3 , 883 „ The quantity consumed ihia year shows au increase upon that in 1843 . of 103 50 l ) , 090 lbs . ; upon that of 1842 , of 13 . 200 , 000 lbs , or nearly 90 per cent . Bat this increase is not confined either . to foreign or Colonial Wool , for it is equally apparent in Easlish , of which lattec it ia estimated that upwards of 27 , 000 , 0 ^ 0 pounds additional have been consumed this season over last . The great demand at horns has been the means ef considerably reducing the export of Foreign Wools during the present year , as is thus shown : — Exports of Foreign Wool , for the Erst six month * 1841 884 . 940 Lbs .
1842 2 , 203 , 870 ,, 1843 1 . 632 . 227 ,, 1844 493 . 4 U „ Of English Wools , the declared value of tne exports in the first eix months of tho year was as follows : — 1841 £ 212 , 670 1842 252 , J 00 18 i 3 150 355
, 1844 181412 Although the deliveries for home use have been very large , it is fully apparent that the stocks in tha wands of the farmers and others are extensive even for the time of year . Prospectively speaking , under tkese circumstances , we see no reason to anticipate any advance in the present quotations . As the publio sales are engrossing nearly the whole of the attention of the trade , the demand , privately , k inactive , at last week ' s currencies .
Manchesteb Corn Market . —Satuhdaf , Sept . 21 —In the fore part of the week a considerable quan * tity of rain fell in this neighbourhood , but subsequently the weather cleared up , and continues finfl with a brisk cold wind . A steady demand has ieen experienced for prime new and old Flour throug hout the week ; and the supplies being moderate , fall prices were realized , especially for extra superfine qualities , which commanded rather over previous rates . An improved inquiry was also apparent f <* both Oats and Oatmeal ; and the latter article was again rather dearer . At Liverpool and Runcorn tne arrivals coastwise are exceedingly light ; and those from Ireland are likewise only moderate . Fro 1 ? oat
foreign ports the supplies are also unimportant ; from Canada 29 , 765 barrels of FJour are reported , with a few cargoes of Wheat . Only a limited amount of business was transacted in Wheat at our marfce » this morning , without any change in the prices of this day se ' nnight . Choice Flour continued to move off steadily , at a further alight improvement in valnfli prime new Irish superfin . es and south country whites being saleable at 40 j . per sack ; in other sorts no change can be noted . Fine old Oats , and suttawe cuts of old Oatmeal were in fair request , at * & aA * vance of fully Id . per 42 lbs ., and Is . per 240 Ib 3 , respectively . New Oatmeal may be quoted at & > *• » 25 i . 6 i . per 2401 bs . No change was obseivab . e in Beans .
Livehpool Cattle Market . —Monday , Sept . - 3—We have had a large show of Cattle at market today , with a good attendance of customers . Bf * o * to fijd . Lamb 6 d . per 1 b . Cattle imported w » Liverpool , from the 16 th to tbe 23 rd September . Cows 2329 ; Calves 75 ; Sheep 5244 ; Lambs im , Pigs 9279 ; Horses 33 . , York Corn Market , September 21 . -Our ¦ WPP J of Grain is on the increase , and thera is eonsiderw * firmness in the trade , the prices of . test wegB" % fully supported fox all articles . White JX ^ t to 48 * ; old to 50 ? , per 36 st . ; Red do , 42 s * v Oats , 9 Jd to 10 . } d par stone { Barl ey , 3 & W **' r * quarter ; Beans , cope offorintf .
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SELF 3 tIPP 0 RTIN Q SCHOOLS , IN WHICH SCIi E-TTIFIC AND PKACTICAI / AORICPLTURS IS TAUGHT .
( Fr ^ st-a rrespond&ntJ ) It is 7 ith no small pleasure that we announce to our rta < 4 wB , that we have been ftvoured by Mrs . Gilbert , of Brvstbourne , Sussex , ¦ with the report of the j Belf-supportins ? reading , -writing , and agricultural BChool ,. j ¦ which thia lady has set tbe country the noble example - ot estabiuhing in har locality at WUHngdon . It must be evident to the reSecting mind , that it is only by i 3 i ; ricnltural instruction to the youth of our country , that we can bops to removo tbe prejudices against a » y change from tbe present depauperlaing raodea of agri--cuitTire ; a mere series-of mauual operations , depending upon blind th- 'ince for-Boccess , and introduce a system regulated by science and the unerring dictates ot truth .
The peno . l has arrived for these enlightened views , > &d for enlarged measnres for ameliorating the condition of the "pom busbtadmen , and abating the pri vations they endnr *; and he who would oppose pover ly nnd ignorance by knowledge and virtue , must perce ive the roost important and beneficial interests that wi !( arise to society , —important , inasmuch ta those inten : sts are cecnred aud 6 nhanoed ,- > -beneBcial , because by K . eans p ? soch schools aa Mrs . Gilbert bca established , moral worth aBd industrial virtue are ear 4 y inculcatec I ; and , in the character and conduct of the pupils , blend , to produce the conservative injredienl in tte social welfare
Mrs . Gilbert bas esteblifbed bar school at WMHingdon nju > n tbe principle of-DDiti » g on » present nati « > na ) w \ tb agricultural infitrnclion , by making tbe labour of the little scholar , vhile-aader tuitioiin tbe art oft usbandry io the afternoon , to-compensate the master it i the W 3 y af salary , for the instruction the pupiia receive from him , in the usual s&tme of om-national education in fcbe morniDg . The usual quantity of . land required for the purposa does not exceed £ re acres ; and for this the master pa ^ a a rent equal to tJat of the adj oining land ocenpied by farmsre . He ala ^ . pays r eoi t for an apjuopiiate dwslling-hcfnse . The only payment in rconey to the master is the usual penny a week from eaeh scholar . As various qujstions will naturally suggest themselves to those viho read these remarks , tbe following answers , by the schoolmaster , to aumerous icquiries already mude , are inBerteUin tbe report , which we hers ann ^ x .
To ths-. Proprietor of the Scientific and Pndical Ajriculturist . " WiUingdon , near Eistbournfi , Sussex , " August 3 l 3 fct 1 & 44 . Sir . —I have sixteen scholars , to whoou I : teach reading , -writing , and accounts , the Church , catechism , collect , and psalmc < 3 y , on Ihe national plan ,. with the approbation of the vicar , without any salary , for one penny per week ftnx \ each , boy , from nina to twelve o'rfock ; and from , two till 8 ve In the aiternoon cultivating the land . I haw not lost ona from dissatisfaction , but I am . glad ko Bay that they willingly assist me . : "I am sathSed that I can keep two cows on the same quantity of ground , stall-fed , wbore I could keep but one , if allowed to gruzj , and also grow more
corn . I have so grasa land ; and all ths first winter my cows had oaly straw , turnips , and a&Bgel wmzil , tiU green food come oa in the spring , and now my hay ia tha clove * 1 sowed ¦ with the graia c « op last year . "I have experienced a great deal of benefit from tbe liquid manure from the two tasks , one from tbe caws , and ths other from the pigs . ' 1 have just killed a pig , weighing 22 stone ? lbs ., and one before abaut the same weight , which I hav ' j ussd in my fasnily . 1 have a wife and four children , "It is allowed my oats axe tbe best sample iu " the palish . I tied my oats in sheaves , and set therr . np tbe same as wheat , which save a great deal of abatteriii ? . This is tbe general practice in Cornwall and Scotland , and I hear in some parts of Kent , and is particularly used for barley to malt . | i
" I thrash my oorn over the cow-house , as in Corn-• wall , Swifzarland , &c , which keeps it perfectly dry , being thus kept from the damp ground . "I am entirely supplied with wat er by the rain which falls on the bouse , preserved m a tank in the ground . "The quantity ofland I tent \?> five acres , on tbe side of the South Downs , at the full farmer ' s rent , -which I have paid for the year fading Michaelmas last , though I might have taken of * my crops rent free , but I preferred staying and teaching , though I have no salary , and so I think 'would many others . I have always two cows , a heifer , and a calf , standing opposite to each other , with a road between their mangers tor feeding these stall-fed cattle , which have never needed a farrier ; and from ekim-milfc I have made cheese like the Patch cheese . " I am , Sir , your obedient servant , " George Ciiuxtesden , " Scientific and Practical Agiicu-uraliat . " ^^ . _
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COMMISSION OF LUNACY ON THE S&N OF THE LATE POET , T . CAMPBELL , ESQ . A commission de Iwiaiico ir . quirendo waa opened at tbe Ship Inn , Waltham Abbey , before Mr . Commissioner Winslo w and a special Jnry of sixteen genMtmen of tbe county of Esbtx , of wbx-m J . Colvin , E ? $ , was foreman , tt > inquire as to tbe siate of mind of Thomas ! Telfrrd Campbell , E q-, aged forty , onlv son of the , late poet Thomas Campbell , E-q , described in the comi mission as of Dr . Allen's Asylum , High Beech , Essex , ; bachelor . "' . ! The cas 8 excited the greatest interest in the neighbourhood , and the conrt was much oowdetl .
Mr . Moxon appeared as connsel , and Messrs . D-irton , Barker , and Cboppin , appeared as solicitors to the commission , -which was uaoppoaed . Tho commisaion -was taken ont at tlie instance of the trustees , under the will or a relative , from which tbe Jsubject of the commission derives an annuity . The inquiry was rendtred necessary by the demise of his father , under whose will , however , he tak « 3 no property . Alter the jury bad been sworn , and tbe proceedings vfere abont to commence , Mr . Campbell , having expressed a wish to be present , walked into , the jroom Tmattenaed , ana after bowing respectfully to the court , took his seat by the side of the Ltarned
Com-. He is abont five feet five inches in height , dark complexion , vfery good humoured contenance , with a stout , rolust , muscular ^ frame . He throughout paid the grtatest attention to the proceedings , and / evinced no sjmpUjms of a disordered intellect . Ihe Harmed Commissioner having ' addressed the jury explanatory of tbe laws of lunacy . Mr . Moxun addressed the jury at some length to the following tfE = ct : —He had the honour to appear for the trustees for the annual Dayment of i > nm of money to 31 r . Tiomss Ttlfoid Campbtll , and who felt U unsafe to continue such payment until a jary . had decided as to th « state of his mind . ^ It -was about fourteen years since tha ' j Mr . CiHipb .-11 ' i father , in consequence of 6 oce exlracrdinarj conduct , h » d d' -emed itneceBBary
for bis protection to place him under the care of Dr . AVitn , at bis asylum , High Beech , E ^ sex- He -was getit there under the usual medical ceitificate , signed by D :. Scott and another gentleman . Mr . Campbell had continued to reside there np to the present time , but iot the whole period from bis firist entering the establishment he had b = en fully at liberty , -without tbe sligbtestfcoLfinement or . restraint , aa Hi . JAUen deemed it a mild case , and onlyithought a little moral control uect » = ary , such aa restraining him frcm driiik , to which be bad formerly been sccnstonied ; be , therefore , need to walk where he pleased daily . after breakfast , retaming to dioDer , ar > d again , season and weather per-Eiilticg , onUl bet-sreen elftht » nd xdne ^ ' lAoek in the evejiiBg . He "was a great pedtsb-kn , frequently walk ing Uaity « forty miles per day ; in fact , be was com-
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A cciDEST . —On Sunday afternoon last an accident of a very serious nature occurred to a poor boy named William Watson , aged six year ? , residing in Bartoncourt , High-Btreet , Hoxton . There iB now in the course of construction in that locality a sewer at least twenty-five feet deep , and the little fellow , in company Tvita other children , was pursuing his gambols on its margin , although having been previously driven away by the man employed to watch and guard the works , when unfortunately he overbalanced and fell in . He was speedily got out , and medical aid instantly procured , but he Tf& 3 found to be SO dreadfully injured internally that not the slightest hope is held out of his recovery .
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__ 6 THE N O R T H t R W STAR . i September 28 , 1844
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 28, 1844, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1282/page/6/
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