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TN the Prospectus which the NORTH AMERICAN LAND AGENCY has already published ' 1 their views , it is hoped , have been sufficiently explained as regards the promotion of Emigration to ¦ ' Lands and Estates , purchased through its intervention in Canada , &o . J Tbe Agents 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 of some capital , though insufficient in amount to secure , of itself , their permancat welfare and prosperity . It will be admitted that Emigration has heretofore been conduoted on a system productive , in the aggregate , of 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 likely to obtain it , —while he who possessed some little capital has met with Bimilar i difficulties , in making choice of a location . Canada , though all things considered , perhaps the most . important of our 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 , aud it is this deficiency which it i tho aim and object of the Agents effectually to remedy . , . j 1 * heTe are hundreds in Great Britain anxious to emigrate , but who , from want Of Sufficient means i are deterred from , or unable to do so . To such the Agents can ofiVr facilities heretofore unthoiight of , and unattainable ; for example : —A man having no more ihan £ 100 , would not better his situation by i emigrating to Canada as an agriculturist—for the purchase of his Laud , aud the unavoidable preliminary expenditure thereon , the expence of conveyance thither , and his support , however frugal , until hia first j crops were gathered in , would absorb more than his entire capital , even under the most favourable ' circumstances . Such a capital , on tho contrary , would bo found not only sufficient on the plan proposed ] by the Agents , as hereafter explained , bat at the same time , immunity'from the usual hardships and ( privations would be secured , and to the prudent and industrious a comfortable aiid permanont competentcy in the future . 1 But the great body of our emigrating population 13 composed of persons having no capital whatever , generally without even the means of paying their passage-money to a Colony , however approximate to ; the mother country . The sulferinga which too often befal th ^ se poor people , are greater than would be generally believed—not on shipboard , for thero they are now well-eared for , owing to the strictness with l which the wholesome regulations of the " Passengers' Act' aro enforced by the Government Emigration ! Agents here aud in Canada . I : is on their arrival in the Colony that tho s : ru , ^ le really commences , a Btruegle not confined to the mero labourer , but more or less participated in by the small capitalist to whom > reference was first made . ' ! He must search for his Land in a country , to the localities of which , its soil and seasons , he is » ' perfect stranger ; and when selected , however judiciously , ho must liya upon his own resources until the ; ensuing harvest . He must erect his own lo » house , clear and fence his land , wasting valuable time , and ' spending much his already too soanty capital unprofilabJy , 1 ' rom inexperience in the work he has ' undertaken . , ' Tho former , on landing at his destined port , applies for work , which if unattainable on the spot , he < must seek for elsewhere , or starve . If without funds , ho is provided by tho Emigration Agent appointed i by Government , with a free passage in a steam boat to wherever he chooses to go , and then every resource I but his own labour ceases . It may not be irrelevent to mention , that the money thus expended in Cauada ' in 1842 , was £ 13 , 161 ; and in 1843 , nearly £ 9 , 000 j Emigration in the latter year having fallen off 51 per ' cent , as compared with the former : a plain proof of the generally helples 3 condition of our emigrating ! brethren , and that the distress alluded to ia lar from being ex 3 «« erated . i The Agents will now proceed to state as brittiy as possible , those remedial measures which they are sanguine enough to hope may removo in a ^ reat degree , if not altogether , the evils complained of . ; It has betn observed in the first prospoctus' that tho Agent in London has for saje upwards of 600 , 000 ; Acres of Land in different parts of Upper and Lower Canada ; and it is in a great decree owing to the 1 exceedingly low terms on which the Agents are authorised to dispose of some of the best of these properties ' that they are enabled to offer to tho consideration of the public the following scheme : — ¦ The statement marked A shows , that with no greater capital than £ 77 , a single man , forming one of a tarty of : « ot less than ten families , oa PRINCIPALS , will acquire in fee simple , or Freehojd 1 Land to the extent of 100 Acres . That lor a man and l . is wife , or two single men , the capital required will be only £ 87 , or £ 43 } 0 s . each ; with one child , £ 92 5 a ., or £ 3 < J , 15 s . each ; the amount per head j decreasing as tbe numbera in a family increase . : It has been remarked , that with so small a sum at command as £ 100 , tho agriculturist would not better his condition by emigrating ; and it is presumed that the reasons giyuu are a sufficient evidence of the fact . The plan now submitted goes , however , to prove that even thi . s small stock of money caa bo made not only ample for all useful purposes , but will leavo a fund to meet contingencies . The statement marked B ahows in like manner tho c * pital required to entitle the Emigrant to 50 Acre 3 of Land in Freehold , and this scale is iuttnded to apply to those who dopeud upon tho assistance of others , partially or wholly , to enable them to emigrate . i To this table tho Agents bespeak the especial attention of those who support Emigration from benevolent views . Looking at tho brightest sido of the picture , it has been , to the poor man , merely a transition from labour in one country , lo labour in another , with tho prospect , if successful , of saving in the course of yeara , sufficient to procure thoso advantages which ate here offered him on setting foot in Canada . Not only will he be exempt from the prospect of want , provided of course he be prudent and industrious , but he will be spared those hardships aud privations heretofore inseparable from the chanf << > of home and country ; and secure to himself a state of comfort and independence beyond any expectations he could ever bave ventured to indulge in . The public may fairly require some guarantee beyond the mere character of the Agents , that they hate tho power as well as tho inclination , faithfully to carry out that which they undertake to perform . ; Such a guarantee they are prepared to offer , and in a form which they trust will be approved of They propose ^— ' That when tho purchase is made , the money contributed b y each family or principal shall be placod in the haBUs of the Bankers of the Agency , in London , in the joint names of tho Agent in London , aud some one appointed by the Settlers , to be applied in the manner following , viz .: — 1 . To pay the purchase money of the Land so soon as tho Title Deeds of the same , legally executed in tbe Colony , are delivered over to the Purchasers . 2 . To defray tho Passage Money of the Settlers in tho manner usually practised in Emigrant Ships , and t 3 . To repay all other disbursements undertaken b y the Agents , so as , but not before , the Settlers shall have arrived on their location , and are therefore in aotual possession of tho bettlemeut prepared for them . North American Land Agency , RICHARD NORMAN , No . 2 , New Broad Street . London . Agent in London . STATEMENT A Table , shewing the amount required to be paid by each Family according to tho number of its members , to entitle them to a Freehold Farm of 100 Acres , a Frea Paarage to Canada ; three Months ' Provisions after their arrival at the Settlement ; and 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 . —Pive Acres of Laud to be cleared on each Farm , of which four acres to be cropped with Wheat , and one acre with Potatoes and other vegetables . 3 . —The settlers to be furnished with the necessary tools , such aa Axos , Hoes , Sickles , &c ; and alto 4 . —With one Yoke of Oxen for the general use of . the Settlement . 5 . —A foreman , and two experienced assistants , to be engaged and paid by the Agents for three months , to work with and instruct the Emigrants in clearing Laud and fencing it ; aud in tho erection of Leg Houses , of which five will , for that purpose , be built after the arrival of the Settlers . 6 . —Three Months' Provisions to be supplied to the Emigrants after they have reached the Settlement , thus securing them against the possibility of want while their crops aro ripening , and they are engaged in he work referred to iu the foregoing paragraph . . ; , L _ . i Amount to be Paid . Urider Above Number ~—Members of each Family . U H in B h B h Years . Years . Family . ln / hidual Fa ' mily . No . 1 . : £ « a £ s a Asingleroan 1 1 77 0 0 77 0 0 No . 2 . A man and wife 2 2 43 10 0 87 0 0 No . 3 . A man , wife , and 1 child 1 2 3 30 15 0 92 5 0 No . 4 . A man , wife , and 2 children 2 2 4 24 10 0 98 0 0 No . 5 . A man , wife , and 3 children 3 2 5 2015 0 103 15 0 No . 6 . A man , wife , aud 4 children , 1 child above 14 years 3 3 6 18 17 6 113 5 0 No . 7 . A man , wife , and 5 children , 1 child above 14 years 4 3 7 17 00119 00 No . 8 . A man , wife , and 6 children , 2 children above 14 yrs , 4 4 8 16 2 6 129 0 0 - .. j STATEMENT B Table shewing the Amount required to be paid by each Family according to the number of its Member ? , to entitle them to a Freehold Farm ot Fifty Acres ; a Free Passage to Canada ; three Months '; Provisions after their arrival at the Settlement '¦; and a participation iu all the advantages offered by the Agency , which , are as follows , viz .: — , 1 . —A Log House to be built on each Farm . , 2 . —Four and a Half Acres of Land to be cleared on each Farm , of which four acrea to be cropped < with Wheat , and Half an Acre with Potatoes and other vegetables . 3 . —The settlers to be furnished with the necessary tools , such as Axes , Hoes , Sickles , &o . ; and also 4 . —With one Yoke of Oxen for the general use of tho Settlement . 5 . —A foreman , and two experienced assistants , to be engaged and paid by tho Agents for three months , to work with and instruct the Emigrants in clearing Land and fencing it ; and iu the erection of Log Houses , of which five will , for that purpose , be built after the arrival of the Settlers . 6 . —Three Months' Provisions to be supplied to the Emigrants after they have reached the Settlement , thus securing tbem against the possibility of want while their crops are ripening , and they are engaged in the werk referred to in the foregoing paragraph . ' Undei Above Number Amount to be paid , j Members of Each Family . 14 14 in , Years . Years . Family . By each By each , Individual . Family . ! ISO . 1 . ' - £ s d ~ £ s « T , A single Man , 1 1 59 10 0 59 10 fl ; No . 2 . | A Man and Wife 2 2 34 12 6 69 5 0 | No . 3 . A Man , Wife , and Child ; 1 2 3 25 0 0 73 0 0 No . 4 . A Man , Wife , and two Children 2 2 4 20 2 6 80 10 0 No . 5 . A Man , Wife , and three Children 3 2 5 17 5 0 86 5 0 No . 6 . A Man , Wife , and four Children , one Child above 14 years ... 3 3 6 16 6 0 96 0 0 No . 7 . A Man , Wife , and five Children , one Child above 14 years ... 4 3 7 14 10 0 101 10 0 No . 8 . A Man , Wife , and six Children , two Children abtfve 14 years 4 4 8 13 17 6 111 o 0 N . B . —A party desiring to have a larger Farm than above described , oan obtain Land in any quantity at the mere cost of such Land , / ree fxoio . any increase in the other items of expenditure . i
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" law grinds the poor , ana ncfi men role the law . " Death tsom Sta ^^ hou— Bosblbie C . * se . — On Friday , the 25 th nit ., Mr . Wakley , M . P ., held an ingaest Bt the C&rendon , 164 , Oxford-street , on the body of WilliaEi Hall , a ? ed 45 , -who died on the previous day in the house of Sir Tbomss Pechell , Zfo . 6 , Stratford-place , Oxford-street The "body lay on a bed on the floor of the housekeeper " * room , and from ita emaciated aieletcn appearance , indicated the revolt of great physical suffering and extreme exhaustion . Mary A-n-na Shaw , deceased ' s sister , having given evidence of the sufferings and -wretchedness of her brother , his ¦ Wi fe , and Jour children , 5 &Tab Hill , -widow of deceasecl , ¦ ffhise hollow , snnken chetks , and attenuated form , bare irrefragible evidence of starvation , "was nroin , and gave the following melancholy hUtory of
the sufferings of her deceased . husband , and her family : — " My husband had bten fonr-and-a-fcalf years in the Metropolitan Police , from which he was discharged for Hi-health . Ha then obtained a situation as postman , Juear Sevenoiks , which fee lost last May , also through IH-health . From that time , until hia death , he was imtfile to -work . About nine -weeks ago , Messrs . Walker- and Carpenter , koase-sgents , allowed tim apartments , xent-fre © , in ibe bouse , 6 , Stratford-place , the property of Sir Thomas Pechell , which is to be let "We bad no means of support beyond what we derived from pawning our clothes . 1 hate four children , the oldest 10 ^ and tie youngest 9 ^ years of age . We applied twice to the agents for some money , ' who said that we were not entitled to sny , but as soon as Sir
Thomas Pethell recovered from illness , Giey -would endeavour to get a little reiBBneration for us . We then applied to tha pariah f > - > r relief , "when Mr , PaulknfT , inspector of the po t , visited us , and we explained to him the great dVtr-sa to T ? hich we wcje reduced . He gave us ttcc&rsi-sizpeivx , « . nd told us tiat he would give no sore until we T » -= re -passed to "EaltfcUl , Buntingaousliire , our Beltlemesli—( great khi&-tton } . ingt TuesfiBj , I " « s » engaged "to fiiess a dinner for a family ia Bond-street 31 J = tTisfeind-was then very ill in bed , and I was distracted at leaving tern , as Blew Tras nothing either for him or the children . He B&id , ' Tou saast go , " -Sod will do something'for me . and , if able , I will . go to the wcrkhouBe for medicine . ' I went to Bond-street , and be to fee workhouso , where
he repeated bis distress . He yat medicine . During our absence Mx . Faslkner called £ > t onr place , and left a message , * that nxless my huBb » d ot myself attended at the woiihouse be would get no mcreiaedicine . ' I "went to tbe wurkhoose on iha -following d * y , ween I obtained- an order for medicine- On that occasion 1 urged Mr , Faulkner to grant pecuniary relief , telling him that he might deduct it from * what would be allowed by onr parish to bring ns home . Mr . Faulkner refused it , adding that I myself should write to jny own parish to be passed home . -Oar- food consisted of a small quantity -ot potatoes or bread each day . On fee SiiXi insi ., the day of -my Jxusband's death , I hid not & farthing , noi had my children any dinner—( expressions of horror ) . 2 k >]< 3 -Mr
Faulkntr tla ' . I picfsrred remaining here , as I was sure of work when the families returned to town . But he would give us nothing . My husband had a dreadful cough and expectoration . His stemacfc was ss weak that it rejected tea . £ a long as I had clothes to pledge 1 enfitsvonred to supply him with light food ; he often complained of want of nourishment , and said that if he had something light he could eat it . Bis sister , who is a servant , aided him as much as she -was able , but she could toi gi- ? e much . After my busband's death on Thursday the servants of the adjoing house made a collection for ire , and the family of that bouse -relieved us . Mr . W-ailey—Why the poor woman is now starving . She has starvation in ber countenance . Wtat Uo the widow ) means or
clothes have you now ? Widow—All the clothes 1 Isave sre -wtoX I am grinding in , and my onderdolhiag is very irretcbed . I pa"snjed zdt cJotbes toi £ 6 , bat they are worth much more . " ill . Wakley—¦ Why did you not apply for relitf from the first time you did so until this week ? Widow—1 was afraid of being paased home . I also wished to avoid , as long as possible , the degradation of parish relief . My husband ' s stonacb sras contracted- Mr . Wakley—to be snre it was ; be had nothing to expand it . Ckntlejnen o ! ihe Jury , you are late-psjers . Win joa tolerate such things?—icries of " no , no . ") I hope a year will not elapse before the Jaw of settlement ia altered . ! The relief of ib . s peor BhctJd be national , not coc £ r « . " to any ttttlfcmenl , and poverty should be a ± BLsttd
* herever it is found . In some parishes the most excessive Tales wtre exacted , while others paid few or Bone . Here is a fatal instance of the operation of the law of settlement . Perhaps there is in the same pariah to wfeich they were to be sent , a poor person from this , similarly suffering from similar causes . Mr . Clarke , surgeon , known as the " poor man's doctor , " said that it was quite a common practice in that parish to terrify the poor When tfcey it ere trocb-esome with a fcbrest to sead : fcem to tbeir native place . He was called upon to attend the dtceaEed on Thursday , who ¦ was then dyii . g . He gave decer » sd stfmnlanra , fcnt they were ineffectual . He deemed it a horrid case , and thfcrefore informed the Coroner of it . Mi . Wailey—You acted Tery proper !; . Here is a poor creature , who
"Would , I am s&tisfied , sacrifice her life for her children , refused food , because she sp . plUd f * r it in a quiet modest manner , while dnmien , debauched characters , who bnlly and threaten , axe relieved and plentifully snpplied . ( Addressing the . widow )—h&ve yon tea or sngsi ? What money have you ? Widow— " The famiij next dcor to Hie gaxe me food . 1 have neither tea nor iugar , andorly : d . in money . '' Mr . Wakley" Her husband a corpse J fonr poor children I znl only 3 d . in money : < A thrill of borror . ) The moment that the inspector ^ jt xeliering tficer gave ber an or ( 1 * r , he admitted ttit she and her family were entitled to parochial relief , and "was bcund to give it , oi W 2 B responsible fer the consequences of refusing it , I am determined to bring home the responsibility to the
party liable for it , and make them feel that they are amenable to the law . Can yen < to the surgeon j without examining the body " Etate th& cause of death ? " Mr . Clarke Isignificsntly )— " I can Burmise it , but am unable to state it pojtivtly , without a post-mortem examination . " Mr . Wakley— " Gentlemen of the Jury , do you desire the body to be opened ? iTes , yes . ) Fot my part , as I am aetermined to follow a decided course , I would advise a post-moriem examination , otherwise I stall be defeated in my object "—i cries of 'j Open the I » dj . ") Mr . Waklty— " As you , Mr . Clarke , entertain a decided opinion on this subject , I should wish another to assist you in the examination . If the Jury don't knew a surceon Whom they would select , I would
recommend Mj . M'Quine , or some other eminent surgeon of the TTnlversity College Hospital ; and I adjonrn thBiiqneEtloTux = stlay ceai . " Mr . Wakley very Sindiy . seat Mr . l >» 'j-niy-Coroner Mills with a &um of money te the heart-broken widow , for her temporary relief . The Jury were following his example , when he checks their generosity , telling them that for the present they seed net do so , as be had attended to her immediate Traxta . Paring the investigation several jnrors , who could not restrain their emotions , shed tears as the poor heart-brt'ken widow , in a calm resigned spirit "which , mere pathetically than tears could , betrayed the inward workings of a eohI deeply penetrated by the iron of sorrow , recited her piteous tale of woe and Buffering .
THE ADJ 0 ra >\ EB 1 SQCEST . —On Tuesday , the adjonxn&d inquest in the above shocking case was held , before Mr . Wakley , MP . Messrs . Sparke and Fanikner , the relieving overseer and inspector of tie peor of Marylebone , admitted that on giving the wife of deceased the half-crown , they told her they must be passed to their parish , but said that they were , in doing so , acting strictly in accordance with the law of settlement The Coroner said , when a person obtained a medical order , from thai mement the parish authorities became responsible for the care of the recipient TbB lav of . settlement was , ia many instances , tfce cause of death ; and he hoped that another year would sot pass before it was repealed . Messrs . Qaain and
Clarke , the surgeons who had examined the body , stated that altbongh great destitution was exhibited , Ihe immediate cause of death was rapture of the aorta , which , from the deceased ' s debility , had burst . The Coroner again expressed bis determination to bring the matter before Parliament , and hoped he should have the assistance of the jury , and the paroehiaJ authorities generally , in doing so . The jury acquiesced in the -views of the Coronei , and ultimately returned a verdict in accordance with the general evidences The Coroner said that since the distress of the y * x » woman had been Biade xoown , he had received several sums of meney for her , and he sincerely trusted that she -would ne- ? ei again fall into suck a dreadful state of misery .
THB BKII > G £ "SFiTEB VSlOJi—WOMES TOBCED 10 EKEAK SlOSES . —A correspondent -of a daily journal says that , passing through Bridgewater , a few days ago , he saw three women in the custody of the police on their way to prison . Upon inquiry , he found that they had refused to work at breaking sUma in the Union , One woman bad a joang child in her arms , and conld hardly crawl along . This correspondent calls upon Mr . James Boweu , and aeka him if he is ¦ wearied of exposing the cruelties o ! workhonse discipline . Air . Bowen forthwith writes * long letter to The Times , from which we select a few passages : — " I discovered that your correspondent was subetantively correct , bnt not quite so in detail , the commitments being reported a * feiiow » , in & local journal : — Charlotte Thsyer , damaging a pair of stockings at Bridgewater 3
Union—twenty-one daystard labour . Mary Durham , refusing to break stones at Bridgewater Union—four teen days' hard labour . Anne Payne , refusing to break stones at Bridge water Union—twenty-one days * hard labour . * Thus yon see two of these women , out of the thrwe , were -committed for refusing to break stones . HaTing so far ascertained the fact , I obtained a sight of a copy of the deposition * en which these committals we founded . The -witnesses examined in support of the charge were the porter and the governor of the Union workhouse . The first of these functionaries swore to the following efect : — That thetirapriaoners were , abent eleven o ' clock , locked up by Q >« master in the refractory ward ; that he ordered tome stones to be wheeled In for them to break : that Anne P » yne swore * be woaldirt break the Btonc # , and the other agreed with ier , and that tbej again swore to the fame effect
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afterwards . ' The governor ' s evidence merely-went to the fact that— ' Mary Durham was snp '^ rted at the expense of the Bridgewafct-r parish , anrj Anne Payne at the expense of Huntepill jamb , Bna that they both refused to crack stones at the r jonse . * This case was heard , and the sentence passed , f , j a single magistrate , a Ms . Q * o * ge Browne , - « -bo is ^ managing clerk of the Bridgwater branch of ¦ tb d South Wains and West of England Joint Stock " " ^ ank . * The Poot Lvw imperatively imposes on the magistrate tbe duty of ascertaining whether tbe » Ork ordered is suited 'to the age , strength , a jd capacity of the ac-Icnsed . * And having convinced himself on this I essential point—that the « x > rk is tuited to the pari ties—he , tbe magistrate , ia considerately -vested with
tha power of adjusting t 3 $ period of imprisonment to tbe different grades of t > « offence , but m no case , however aggravated , ia it to exceed twenty-oro days for the first offence . Here w 4 hsve n magistrate , a guardian of the poor , not only , determining that breaking stones is suited to the atreD p ^ &R < i capacity of these females , one of whom had r jt infant at her breast , bnt carrying out the extreme rigr > nrjof tfaelaw , which was provided for the most Btrocions and aggravated cases . In pushing ray inquiries a little f- jrthe * , I found th * t these women had taken for their ot m nse -some potatoes which were boilin ? for tbe pig * , and had been detected before they csuM eat tip tht is booty ; and npon this they were
sentenced to tbe t .-efractory ward and the Btone-breaSing , by the govern or—not as iitual or ctoessary work , but as a purr . stiine- at for the crime committed . On tbe next day they wer » . "brought up—not for pillagir g tbe provisions of ttiB workhouse hoga—not for iefesiug to submit to tbe . governor ' s sentence as a punishmentnot for res ' is'dng the oratorical effusion of tba worshipful justice—no , not for either of these;— he culprits were sentejeed on tbe naked charge of rtfusing to work in tbe Union workhouse ; and on this charge , ender such circumstaaces , two women were sent off to hard labour in Wilton Gaol , one oi them with an infant at her breast !"
State op thb Poor ijj Scotland —At tbe recent meeting of tb € British Association at York , Dr . Alison read some notes on thB report of the Poo * Law Commissioners on the slit * Of the poor in Scotland . He showed that in general where p ; or relief Is given , it is of the most scanty kind , Bncb as a shilling a week for an able-bodied person , sixpence for a mother and child , and fourpeace for a child . In Qreenock ten shillings per month for a widow and seven children . At Inverness the people are wretchedly poor ; at Aberdeen , lbs allowance , not ba 5 f sufficient to auppoit them , made up by begging ( thoush contrary ' to Uwj , allowed m Saturdays . Dr . Joknsun , of Edinburgh , states tbey do not exch-inge the relief they got for spirits , bat redeem wtic ' es pawned even to their kitchen grates . During
tbe distress iD Edinburgh , employment was given , but tbe funds became exhausted , and as tbe number of their trorkmen diminished the nutnbeis in the Fever Hospital increased . Able-bodied women often suffered terribly : frt-quently ten persons in a room ; found no furniture ; had not been at any church ; no clothing , no fire , no food ; entirely neglected from 80 years old to your . g girls . Dr . Douglas » ayB that leave is often given to able-bodied poor to so beg , and thus thsy ate thro-wa on the charity of the public Connecting fever -with vagrancy in the low and high lands , and in tbe Orkneys , tbe epidemic . attacked one-sixth of the paupers , principally spread by wandering beggars ; did not find the epidemic reach tbe middling and upper classes ; at that time more fever in two months than in twelve years
before }; bouses damp , low , ill ventilated . List year , 32 , 000 persons in fever—twelve per cent , of tbe whole population of Glasgow . The mortality of these amounted to thirty-two per cent ., where ; s in general it is eight per cent in tbe towns of Manchester and Xiverpool . Daring this fever , a new epidemic , there was a crisis , tbe seventh day , and tbe fifteenth tbey tnrned yellow , which proves that their disorder arose from mental distress and &Dxiety . Oae fact is stated , that a small minority of the distressed population in fever produces the greatest distress , and if found with empfoyousti this tcoaid not take place . The destitution of the poor in Scotland leads to crime . Not found 30 nsuch tbe case in England , —witness Manchester . Mr . Unjuhart , of Aberdeen , states that sixty orphan
children , after the age of fonrteen , are sent out without provision ; many of the females are thrown into dissolute habits . In Glasgow prison from eight to ten persons sougtt food and shelter in the jail , subjecting themselves for one year to a civil death , when the governor , finding the practice increase , cot them turned ont One young woman , thcugh a docile creature when flret in , was re-committed in a montb , and afterwards transported ; several asked to be re-admitt * d . In Stirling , many Irish poor ; the allowance is Is . li ~ i . per week ; newclotbinf once in six years ; freqatnUy * nly one shirt , carrying their firing nearly six miles . At Arbroath , p » or , deteriorated in condition ; independence broken . In Berwickshire , where the law is enforced , one very important fact was stated , that although there is a poor law in Scotland , it is not generally enforced ; but where it is , as in Berwickshire , tbe population are better clad and housed ; do not increase so rapidly -where care is taken of them , and whtre the
paupers get £ ? . 8 d . per beaa per wetk . In one part , twenty-two children were found in a room fourteen feet tquBre , and previously there had been thirteen found in a room thirteen feet square ; every individual in the bouse bad bad typbna fever . Smith , if Edinburgh , widow , got disheartened ; sent her children to beg ; the mother got 2 s . 6 d . per week ; five of this family weie afterwards sent to jail ; one of them was transported , and letiers . since written by him , sbow that he was not without kindly feelings . At Greenock—Mt . Donistoun—no exertion made to take care of orphans ; much of tbe distress imputed to early marriages ; in one particular estate , where attention was paid to tbe cultivation of the land , tbe poor were much better off , and themselTes admitted tba *; had ibn u » e care been taken 0 / tbem forty years before , there would bave been HtUe or no destitution . In sbert , the whole statement was a tale of unmixed misery , which one never eould bave supposed to bave existed in a country so advanced in civilizition as Scotland .
LiTEEPOOL . —Beggabs is the Stbeets . —Twelve emaciated-locking beings , male and female , the majority of whom were natives of tbe sister isle , were brought before Mr . Kasbton , the other day , for bavin ? been found begging in the' streets . Some of them were ordered to be passed to their own parishes , and tbe remainder were given in charge to Mr . Gray , tbe overseer .
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The Rural Police . Force in the county of Durham . —attempx t « overawe the Colliers . —A faction of To / y Magistrates belonging to tbe county of Durham has set itself to work to obtain a considerable increase of the rural' police force , the apology oeing tbe alarm that prevailed during the late pitmen ' s Btrike . This endeavonr on the part of tbe unpaid just-asseB - was warmly seconded by Sir James Graham ( Home Secretary ) , and the Marquis of Londonderry . A meeting of Ceunty Magistrates took place " for the purpose of considering the expediency ef a permoxm . 1 increase of the rural constabulary . " The enlightened portion cf the Magistracy , however , pre vailed ; and the motion to this effect was indignant !;
rejected by an immense majority . The Marquis of Londonderry reported this decision to Sir J . Graham ; and this old Tory hack , in his reply , observed that ? "he regretted to learn that a permanent increase was cot considered advisable ; and that be could not think that the Magistrates bad acted prudently in the matter . ' ? He odds that " the same emergency ( the strike ) attended by the same bad consequences , may sooner or later be expected to occur again . " He concludes by observing that , " the oftener it occurs , and the longer it continues , the greater will be tbe dangei of its frequent recurrence , unless some prompt , effective , and permanent security can be provided for the
public peace . " A BBCOnd meeting < f Magistrates took place the Other day ; and the measure was again rejected by a majority of 25 to 10 . A correspondence upon the subject then takes place between Lord Londonderry ( who is the Lord Lieutenant of tbe county ) and Sir James Graham ; and those preoious personages threaten to expose tbe twenty-five Magistrates who voted against tbe "job , " to the county . The party which was thus signally defeated , intends to work another effort to carry their plun ; and the Home-office is afsisting tbe Lord Lieutenant to coercothe dissentients . Such conduct is disgraceful and tyrannical in the extreme . ThiB base endeavour to overawe the pitmen is merely a scheme to suit the arbitrary and oppressive views of
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the great proprietor of tbe collieries , and to compel the workmen to submit to every indignity , tyranny , anA injustice which the coal-kings may choose to set in motion against them . Sir James wantonly and seriously insults a large and important body ot the community , by daring to assert that tile same emergenoy ( the strike ) attended by taesame bad consequences , may occur again . " Of courae it will occur again , if the coal kings pursue their course o ? despotism , cruelty , and injustice : but aa for the consequences being bad , that la a matter which evente would determine . Tbe Home Secretary is quite ready to believe that the coal-kings were right and tbe coiliers wrong : in this country tbe rich are always catrect , and tbe poor always in error .
It doea not form a portion of the Tory ' s creed to believe that the working classes could possibly be in tbe right . We will , however , assure this Insolent Home Secretary , this overbearing Lord-Lieutenant , and these arbitrary ten Magistrates , that there is an immense amount of useful and practical knowledge and enlightened sentiments amongst tbe poor oppressed colliers whom they in tbeir lordly intolerance , affect to despise . The men in power treat tbe industrious classes as children , who are unable to do any thing for themselves . Let the industrious once obtain tbeir natural and just footing in sotkty—let them once take their stand upon the high ground that really belongs to them—and these jacksia-pffice will be taught another lesson , — Weekly Dis-
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Extraordinary Suicide op Two Persons . — KlLMAaNOCH , OCT . 24 . —This mousing , about seven o ' clock , as a man and woman were passing along the Irvine river , J beneath the Milton bridge , which ia about three miles from Kilmarnock ( on the Kilmatnock and Troon Railway ) , they observed a hat and veil tied on a parasol stuck in the ground , a short distance from the water ' s edge , and on looking into the river , tfeej perceived the ! bodies of a gentleman and lady in comparatively shallow water , and about ten feet from the bank . Noticib was conveyed to Mr . Smith , farmer , at Weat Gatehead , the nearest bouse to the spot , who , with his servants , came and assisted in raising the bodies . These were foand to be attached by two handkerchiefs ( red and white ) knotted together , and tied
round the r . rm of each . Tbe bodies were removed to tbe bouse of ] Mr . Smith , and tbe persons searched , in order to ascertain , if possible , the names and addresses of the deceased . Both wtr * well dressed , and ha ! the appearance of persons moving in a respectable raiik of life . Inside of the gentleman ' s hat was an address written thus : — " H . J . Atkinson , E < q . King-street , Cbeapside , I ^ ondsD , " close to the maker ' s nime , Q . Taylor , Birrn inh ' . ni . This , there « every probability , is the nama of the deceased ; bnt no papers were found on the person of either to afford any further clue . The gentleman was dressed in z black coat , black vast , with under satin vest , trousers of dark blue doeskin . with boota . He was of a ruddy complexion , about 5 feet 8 inches in height , grey hair , and apparently nearly 60
years of a ? e . j The lady was about the same age , attir <; 4 in a black silk s ; own , a DansUble bonnet , arid a boa around her neck , black si' . k glovca , with a plain gold ring on her finger In her picket Were a fruitknife , penknift ) , toothpick , end gold pin , satin pincushion , au eighteeBpanny bill Btimp , mid font postage stamps ; also two keys of a trunk , and a watch sexl ,- with the word ' Kite '' engraved thereon . On the gentleman were found a plain and rather old-fashioned Watcb , thi'Se gold seals u ' . tiicheiA by a black silk riband , with tbe letter " B" engraven ; a silver pencil-case , a gold ring on bis finger , Is 6 d in silver , and 2 ^ i in copper , in his pockets ; ' also a gold toothpick in an ivory case , a pair of old steel spectacles , a two-bladed penknife , a pocket comb , ' a steel pencil-boMer , and a gald watch
key . A number of individuals attracted by the rumour , fl > cked to the farmhouse , neveral ef . whom recognised the deceased aa having appeared in the village yesterday forenoon walking arm-in-arm , when they inquited of tbe villagers the distance to tba river , and whether there was I liberty given to walk along the binks . They went on , and were seen in a short time thereafter to return and walk towards Kilmarnock . j The watch was found to have stopped at twenty minutes to nine o ' clock , iind had not been exhausted in the winding up , thus indicating the time when tbe parties bad accomplished their awful purpose . The part of the river where the bodies were found ia not above three feet deep , but immediately beneath is a ; deep pool . Tbe act of Belf-clestniction
must have been committed in tba moat cool and deliberate manner , and their death unattended with any seiious straggle , from the position in which-the bodies were found , j There was not the slightest mark of violence perceived on either of their bodies . Mr . Andrews , Procurator-Fiscal , proceeded to the spot at an early hour , inacie tbe rf quiuite investigation into the melancholy ciicumMances , and this forenoon the bodies were removed to Kihnaura , to lie there to awiit any further information that can be obtained . On making inquiry in town , we understand that a lady and ge ' nlleman , answering theabave descripiijn , came on Tuesday eight-days te reside at the Commercial Inn here , having arrived by railway from Glasgow . They brought two trunks , but gave no address . They seemed to have 1 . 0
acquaintances , in town , but took frequent walkB in company along the streets , and app < ared to live mast agnoibly together—affording no evidence that they were by any means embnrrnssod in their circumstances , or troubled in mind . Yesterday , after tikiog dinner , they left the j inn about five o ' clock in tha afternoon , both intimating ; to Mrs . Wjllie that they wjuld probably be late , as they were go ng to tahe a moonlight walk , and eDjoy the finescenory of " the neighbourhood . The gentleman bad been in Jie custom of visiting the coffee-room and reading the paj era in tbe evening ; be bad a piensing address , otid gave no in 1 ication that he was a person labouring under auy distress of mind or in needy circumstances . They paid , their bill that dayj and no person , so far as is known , has any c ' aim on them in this neighbourhood . In tbe
bedroum remaini a bvown greatcoat , a silk pelisse , a small work-box , and two leathern trunks , which have evidently been much used . No address appears on any of tbe artless , and Mrs . Wyllie bad no opportunity of knowing thdir names . This extraordinary event has ot . u'ed a great sensation in the neighbourhood , and all conjecture atipresent into the motives of the deceased is set at defiance . They lived an man and wife , and , wherever thty bave coma from , have kept thi ; ir names a strict secret : From the small sum of money found on their persons ^ they appear to hove exhausted their nv-ans so fari but the valuables they possessed could have affirmed them the mef-ns of livelihood for some time loneer . ; It is probable , as the address indicates , that they belong to London . The keyB found on their persona answer the trunks ; but tbe require authority has not yet been obtained for opening these n » 3 Ltaclw .
Murder in TirrERART . —Another murder—tbe fifth within the month—has stained tbe annals of tha North Riding of Tippenry . The victim in thii caao was Thomas Shanahan , by occupation a prooss-server ; he lived nearlPullas , Borrisolbigh . He met bis awful death on Monday evening , the evening of the fair-day of Templi-snore . Ha waa about 66 years of u ? e , bw active and stout , and perfectly competent to discharge the duties of jhis situation . Ht > ms murdtrtd vtttbin a quarter of a mile of his own house , under horrifying and terrible circumstances . Tbe cause was fa d . He retained a sinall quantity of land held under t gentle-Mian , ef whom Mr . Cubill , county crown solicitor , is agent , front which a person of the name of Burke had been dispossessed . An acre of the land was lift to
Burke , of which be was also dispossessed for non-payment of rent } This acre was returned , it ia paid , t Burho ; but we bave been told that ShaDahan retained the crop , and that this gave rise to consiiAer . ible irritation on tbe part of the other person . It is stated , too , that a threatening notice bad been served some time before on Sbanahan , and also that his life was openly menaced ; but of this we have no certainty . He was seen passing through Borrisolttigh on' his way homewards , on the evening of his murder , about 26 ven o'clock . Two " spalpeens , " aa travelling labourers ate called in the country , going in the direction in which be went , are ( stated to have seen two men attack him —they were : attracted by the noise , and , when aeen by the persona attacking Shanahan , they were
immediately desired to go back tbe way tbey came , which , wo are told , they did at once . Tiiey had not proceeded backwards more than Jsixty yards -when they met two peraona on horstback , and other persons , to whom they told what tbey had setn and what bad been said to them about returning . These horsemen and other persona , however , would not go back ; thej « fpilpetns'returned with them ; and , if rumour be true , they saw two men going over a ditch and running ; off ; and they found Shanahan literally beaten to death with stones . These spalpeens , ' we bave heard , niade oft" also ; and , though the police , under the command of the active sub-Inspector Ma'one , instituted b vigor 0 . is search after them , they have not yet been dtsovtred . An inquest was held by Mr . Cormack , the coroner for Thurlea , and a verdict of " Murdered by some person or persons at present unknown , " was returned . —The Vindicator , in the
course of some comments upon the frequency of there savage atrocietifs . observes : — " Unfortunately murders are not rare among us , simply on account of the poBition in which the peasantry stand with regard to land . Land , ! in point of f vet , has become the sslum neceesarium to tho peasantry of this county . The first aggression on individuals that arose from qWrele about land were naturally lookrd upon with indignation and borror ; but the cause increased , and the indignation and horror cave way before its progress . The hand of the exterminator , whilst stripping the peasant's roof , blotted from bis heart remorse or human feeling—it left him a prey to despair ; and even in cases now , where justice ia not an the Bide of the peasant , sympathy is ft-lt for his lot ; and whatever he the ] atrocity of its complexion , murder arising from dispute a about land is not regarded with those fcelinea which it would be under other
circum-. " Piract asd Murder ,-The Pomona , of Glasgow , a fine merchant brig , of 320 tons burthen , sailed on the 26 th July ! from Port Morant , Jamaica , for Europe . When off Cape Corrientes , on the morning of tho 29 ch , a auspicous-looking vessel was seen on the larboard quarter , distant ^ bout three leagues . When she came nearer , It w ^ s discovered that she was an armed scboone ? , full of wto , and Captain Marjro thereupsn set every rag \ of canvass and endewoured . to escape . He , however , found this impossible , as there was a dead calm ; but , knowing the dreadful situation he was in , he made every preparation for defence . The ciew consisted of the master , two mates , eleven men , and two boys . The pirate ( for so she proved to be ) on nearing
, the Pomona , showed Spanish colours , and it was then discovered that not less than from 100 to 150 men were on board , moat of whom were men of colour , and all armed with cutlasses . She was a beautiful craft , with a large gun o » a pivot between the main and foremasts painted yeltyw on the starboard side , and biacfc on tbe larboard , j She hove on the larboard side of tbe Pomona , within two pistol shots distance , having previously manned three boato , v ? ho neared the Pomona , saying that they wanted provisions and money . Capt . Munro finding things desperate , and defence useless against such a force , offered all reasonable demands , if no personal violence was offered onboard ; but in the
minds of those desperadoes no sympathy or mercy is foand . The i boats' erew soon got possession of the decks of the Pomona , when Capt Munro called the crew aft , demanding a parley with his enemles . who would not , however , listen to any terms , but commenced a scene of butchery and plunder . The unfortunate Captain Munro and the chief mate , Mr . Gough , were the fitst who fell victims , being both killed in the partial conflict between tbe crew and the pirates , who immedi » fc 3 ly took possession of the cabin and the vessel , whose decks w » re now covered with blood-thiwfcy villains . Several of tbe Pomona ' s ship ' s Company Were tilled and wounded oud gout ( brew ttunuwlTOi over .
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board to escape the ' / ury of tbe desperate Bssassins The remaining few , after tha moat cruel treatment , were bound with cowls , and left in the fore-hatchway by tbe pirates , who , having plundered the vessel of all they wished , cab away the topmasts , destroyed tha rigging and sails , and scuttled her in several place ? . The unfortunate vessel was fallen in with a few days after the massacre , when she was water-logged , and in a sink * ins ; state . The second mate and tke three seamen , after tha pirates left the vessel , contrived to extricate themselves , and were found by the brigantine ia a depiorable at-. ite . The poor fellows were kindly treated at the Havana , the British Consul stipulating for tbeir return t « aoy British island when recovered . Tbe Pomona belonged to Messrs . M'Dougall and Co ., merchants and
atip-brofeers , of Gl&tgow . It was her fifth voyage , two of which Bha had been commanded by Captain Munro , who was a married man . Information of the dire calistrophe was forwarded to Port Royal , Jamaica * when tbe Ipbigena frigate went in search of the pirate , who is supposed to have gone into some port on tba Florida coast . The Pomona was reduced to such a complete wreck , that no hope could be entertained of her preservation , but two vessels were despatched from Kingston , in . order , if possible , to save part of her valuable cargo of sugar and rum . After the masaacra of the captain , mate , and men , their bodies w \ ra thrown overboard . This is the third act of piracy which baa been committed iu the West ladies within the last six months .
Accident on the Brighton Railway —As aa engine , which had carried down a special train on S iturday , was passing through Folly-hi ! l Catting , a s ' rtort distance from Haywird ' Srheath , on its return to tuwn , a jolting motion intimated that the wheels had passed over some obstruciion on the line . The engine was at once stopped , and on the driver returning to the p ' ace , be found that a man , who must have been lying on the rails , was nearly cut in two by the wheels , which had passed over tbe abdomen . He was quita dead . The man turned out to be a labourer , named Mitchell and on inquiry we learn that be bad been drinking at several public-bouses and beer-shops daring Saturday , and that be parted from a companion at ten o ' clock on S turday night , in order to ge home , and he had probably taken the railroad as his nearest road , tilt over * oume 1 y liquor , he probably lay down to sleep .
heartrending occurrence—death of a Magistrate and Two other Persons by Drowning . — It is our unpleasant duty to announce the death of Theobald Spottswood , Esq ., J . P ., of Caherciveen , and two boatmen , father and son , by drosvnin ^ . Oa Saturday last , these parties went out to fish near Valentia , and unfortunately the boat apsefc , and they nil met a watery grave . The boatmen were always in the employment of the Spottswood family . Accident to the Earl of Besborough . —The Earl of Besborough met with a serious accident on Situiday last . The particulars are given in the
following letter : — " Carrick-onSuir , October 27 tb . —With feelings of the greatest regret I have to inform you that the Ejrl of Beaborougb met with an accident yeeterday , which was very near being attended with the most serious consequences . Hia lordship "was riding out of the court-yard , in front of the house at Besbortu ^ ti , when his horse tripped , fell , and rolled over him . Dr . Putceil was immediately sent for , and on examination . it was found that his Lordship had sustained a vtry severe contusion in tbe bip joint , and I regret to add that up to this time tke pain produced by the injury continues uuabuted .
Sudden Death . —On Monday , an inquest was held at the Leeds Court House , before John Blackburn , E Q ,., coroner for the borough , on the body of a youth , twelve years 0 ? age , named Thomas James Wilson Atkinson , who resided with bis gradfather , at Tlmble Bridge . On Saturday afternoon , whilst walking acrosa the house floor , h-s fell down and instantly expired . Verdict—Died suddenly , from natural causes . Another Sudden DEATH . —On Monday afternoon , an ii . quest was held at the Court House , before John Blackburn , E-q-, oil the body of a man aged fortythree years of age , named George Dickinson , a cloth weaver , residing in Castle-atreet , New Road End . The deceased was not well on Sunday , and after dinner he took some castor oil , and we > t to lie down in bed . Hia wife left him for a short time , and on ber return she found him dead . Verdict—Found dead in bed from , natural causes .
Sudden Death of a Child . —On Tuesday morning , an inquest wus held before J _> hn Blackburn , Esq ., at the Swan vfttu Two Necta , at iligbgate , Hunslet , on view ot the body of a child eleven weefts old , named Finny Britlon . The deceased had not been well ou Sunday , and on Monday murning was found by her mother to be dead by her side in bed . Verdict—Found dead from natural
causes . Singular Accident . —On Tuesday an inquest wag held on the body of an Artillery soldier at Woolwich , who had met bis do * th through injuries caused in his abdomen by bis having rua against an iron chain surrounding a portion of the barracks . REMOVAL OP CONVICTS . —On Tuesday mornius ; , at an early hour , upwards of 150 convicts were embarked from tbe Millbank prisoa on board tbe Fairy , Woolwich steamboat , for transmission to the Hulks . Tha unfortunate men seemed to be generally in good health . Ince-ndiarism iK Bedfordshire . —On Sunday night , in the neighbourhood of Crowfield , flames were discovered in a barn on the farm of Mr . John Hall , of Warley End . The building was detached from the stack-yard , or the entire homts'iead must have been consumed , as tbsre was 3 smart wind , and no water could be had . A large toJy of tha labourers were present ,
but they could render no service , the flames having completely encircled tha building , which , together with its contents , the produce of eleven acrea of wheat , beside a quantity of beans , was destroyed . Frem the isolated position of the barn , and the fire having broken out full twenty-four hours after any person having entered it , it appears to bave been the act of an incfn < diary , though at present no suspicion is attached to any person in particular . The owner of the property , fa common with the majority of the principal farmers in the parish , pays the average rate of wages , eight shillings a tteek , and in many instances the practice of yearly hiring obtains , but since tbe close of tbe harvest a iar ^ e number of supernumerary hands bave been discharged , and these men are wondering about the district without visible means of subsistence . Poaching and petty robbery are becoming very prevalent in this district .
Birglary and Arson . —Tuesday moming , shortly after fi nr o ' clock , a serious fire was discovered raging on the premises of Mrs . Mary Ann Hurwood , milliner , bku-ite at No . 32 , Langky-place , Commercial-road-east . It nppears that , at tbe time above-mentioned , Mrs . Hurwood was awakened by a noise in the shop . She immertiattly got out of bed , and on proaeJiDg down stars to ascertain the cause , was met by adenae body of smoke , convincing ber that the plaee was ou fire . She promptly gave tbe alarm , but before tbe arrival of the eiigines , the front part of the shop was in one body of fire . There being , however , an abundant supply of water , the firemen succeeded in confining the progress
of the flames to the lower part of the building . On the premises undergoing an inspection by the officers of the brigade , tbe back door was found to bave been forced , as if by some persons fiom the outside . A cash box was also picked up broken open , in which Mrs . Hurwool bad deposited between four and five pounds ' worth of silver ou the previous evening , and wbicb was placet ) underneath tbe counter , but not the least particle of tbe money was to be seen . These circumstances , coupled with others of equally as suspicions character , induced the brigade authorities to suspfct that the shop was wilfully fired by some daring burglars , after they bad plundered the cash box of its
contents . Melancholy Suicide . Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Monday . —A melancholy case of suicide has just occurred in this town , the deceased , who was reporter to the Newcastle Chronicle tor upwards ot twtnty years , having loft a wife and seven children in extreme destitut ion-, in fact , almost bordering upon starvation . It appears that the deceased , Mr . William Gill Thompson , bad been required in the exercise of his duty to attend the dinner given to Mr . Hntt by the electors of Qateshead about ten days ago . After the dinner was concluded he went to a public-bouse , wMere he drank so much , that on the next morning he was incapable of transcribing his notes for publication . Instead of doing the bt s' he could , he seems then to bave continued driufcing , aud as the paper was pub * lished on the Friday morning , it was found necessary to l had
appy to other parties for the report which he neglected tj furnish . For this neglect of duty be w »» discharged , and the circumstance would seem to have had so great an impression on the mind of the de « ceased , tbat he resolved to commit an act of suicide * He bad been accustomed to read in the hail of the lite * rary and Phrenological Society , and he selected tt » water-closet attached te that establishment for th « committal of the desperate act . He repaired thither last Monday night , obtained the key of the librarian , and havirg closed the door after he entered , cut Ml throat with a penknife ,, which be usually carried wiw him . He had been missing from that time till he was found this evening , but no exertions bai been ro * ae te discover bis retreat , it heing generally supposed that be would be discovered in some public-house . The disco * very of bis body to-night was accidental . The key et the water-closet had been missed from last M onday
night , but ifc was thought by the librarian that Thompson had taken it away by mistake . Thompson , tna Bame evening took out a book , which be carried home , and one of his children was tfteo crying much , when be aaid he wonld return soon and carry her about the room . He Ie " , * ' ? book at home , relumed to the library , o ^ ** the key , and would appear immediately afterwards w have committed the act of suicide by cutting his toroaj there being at least ten gashes in it The book new * out was returned to night by his daughter , and idb librarian mentioning to her that her father bad t&e * ey of the closet , she said , he had been missing for » week . The librarian then made search , h » d tne aoor ot the water-closet burst open , and there ion 0 * Thompson lying weltering in bis blood . A jury . » w summoned to view the body , which being done iwj adjourned till to-morrow evening . The deceased w » pos « K «; d of considerable literary attainments , w »^ author nf fuvunrnt nnetiral nieces Of sreat merit , ft ™
many literary articles in our periodical magtape 8- » was much respected by the circle ot W ^^ Zi ] , oultiwtfid , and indeed by the , Inhabitants of . «««» « generally , amongst whom he was well known .
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Labge Potatok . —A large Potatoe was last week gathered in a field belonging to Mr . Christopher Metcalf , of Londonderry , which measured nine inches in length and twelre inches in circumference , and weighed two pounds .
A fisb Fig which is now feeding by Mr . George Haywood , of Richmond , was led upon the weighing machine last -week , and weighed thirty-seven stones . FjtEE Trads . —Some travelling drapers , as they term themselves , have recently visited Wales , for the purpose of selling cheap ready-made clothes . A cargo arrived last week at Ruthin , and several sales were effected ; but the purchasers soon found that tbe garments had not been sewn , but stuck together with some adhesive preparation , and were liable to drop into pieces in the streets .
Stockpobt . —The Pabsons' Occupation gone ; " Motheb Chpech" fa ibly D £ yEATED . —On Thursday evening week , a meeting was held in the Court Room , convened by ibe Tories , for the purpose of exposing the •* Errors of Popery " , and promoting the " glorious principles of tbe Keformation . " The persons , with the nsnal tact bo characteristic of the black flock , choso a night upon which the working classes were otherwise engaged , it being the " fair , " when the Chartists were engaged in the pleasures of an excellent tea party . But even the comforts of the festive board can be given up when Chartism expects " every man to do bis duty . " At tho heur appointed for commencing business the gentlemen made their appearance ; one of them , took the chair withoat
opposition , or appointment by tbe meeting , and after a few remarks upon the Dature of the mission , was about to introduce the Rev . Mr . M'Guire , of Manchester , when Mr . J . Carter rose , and wished to know whether the chairman would permit discussion 1 Being answered in the negative , Mr . M'Guire proceeded with bis discourse for a few minutes amidst the jeers and laughter of the meeting . The chairman endeavonred to obtain order by threatening to turn the * ' disturbers" out , when he was answered by " allow discassion and you shall have a fair hearing . " This ihe reverend gentlemen were by no means inclined to do . Finding tkey coald not proceed without allowing discussion , the Chairman appealed to Mr . J . Sadler , superintendent of police ,
stating that the room YfaB engaged by them , and he was sure the Mayor would be very glad that the refractory parties were turned oat . Mr . T . Webb , who was until now , & silent spectator , ro&e and told the Chairman that that was not the first meeting held in that room , and at any of which the people where never deprived of the right of expressing their approbation or disapprobation , more especially as they were debarred the privilege of discussion . —Mr . W . was proceeding to ask some questions , when the Chairman rose suddenly , and declared the meeting dissolved , and made the best of his way to a small ° ora £ * of the platform , occupied b y the clericals Mr . J . Carter was now called to the chair , and , order being restored , Mr . T . Webb , after a brief castigawon of vhe parsons for their intolerant conduct , moved a vote of censure on the State Church , whioh was carried by acclamation , the parsons being reinctant spectators of their condemnation . Thus
ended a meeting which was to have sown the seeds of division amongst men whose only interest is in union—the English and Irish working classes . This meeting will give the lie to the false and treacherous reptiles who would stigmatize the Chartists as " Tory tools / ' and must for ever silence the Leaguers oa that head . It is due to Mr . Sadler to state , that altbongh the best appeal a pareon was capable of j making wslb made to him to get the friends of free discussion expelled the meeting ; that that gentleman had too much good sense to comply with any such monstrous and unconstitutionai ^ rjauesU We are sorry we cannot say this mucolor some of the under minions of the police department , one of whom in particular , who has but barely escaped the : gallows or transportation , used Ms utmoiQ&ndeavours to create a disturbance ; but the good sense of tbe meeting rendered him harmless , by treating aim wiUj silent contempt .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 2, 1844, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1287/page/6/
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