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HOUSE OF LORDS . THURSDAY , Febbcaut 22 . liffd BROUGHAM pnfwnted many petitions against the Ne * ro Apprenticeship . , . . Lord BROUGHAM proceeded to gin notice that -oa Tuesday next lie woold submit a proportion to tluar lordship * fcr the purp >* e . of taking their opinion on what appeared to him to be * most important subject . He meant an act , on the part -of ber Majesty's Government , which went to revive the slave trade on an eitenave scale—the order in oooncfl which her Majesty ' s ministers had advised her Majesty to issue on tfie 14 th _ of last July , perjnitdng , tL . e importation into Guiana of individuals from afl the countries of A ^ ia within the bounds of
of the East India Company ' s charter . He meant to move for a copy of the order , for a copy of any dispatch wuichbad been , sent out to the governor of Guiana on the subject , and for aretnrn of the dateof IJie London Gazette in which the said order in council had been published . He . had nobeatatinn in saying that he expected the return -to the last branch of his motion would be nil ; for Ik believed the order had . never been published in Ike Gazette .. He had three weeks ago . and subsequently , mentioned the subject in the House . None of their Lordships , therefore , conld say that they "were unprepared . And he repeated that if the order were in existence , nothing should prevent him
from taking the sense of the House npoa it . For the convenience of the Duke of Wellington -wlwcouldnot be in town on Tuesday , the Noble Lord altered the date of his motion to Friday . Lord GLENELG stated , with respect to the order 5 n ooondl of the 24 th of last July , that it had not been msertedin The Gazette , and ' that it had never l > e ? n the habit to insert such orders in The Gazette . Lord BROUGHAM exclaimed that a worse habit ibaa that of not inserting in The Gazette law * made Ijy the Crown with reference to half the globe , and , without the knowledge of Parliament , ht * conld not possibly imngine . The consequence of thi * urdur tras . tiat above two hundred vessels were at the
present employed in carrying on the # lave trade between the coks of -Asia and Guiana . Had lie < Lord Brougham ) seen in the order in 77 . p Gazette , ie should not have allowed five mhintes to elnpM ' without bruising it trader their Ix > rd # Mps' c-iTjsi'ior atiojj . His ^ Xoble Friend was perfectly free from blame ; for he had merely followed-pn-ce'dent . lie Loped , hoxrerer . that the practice of not inserting # ncli or 3 t-rs in The Gazette vrovld be discontinued . Lord ELLEX JJOIiOUGHi in moving for a return « f all the ^ ssels which had been-captured bv British
xxmeers fur violating the regulations respecting the slave tnv ! e . b « r ? red ~ to ask tlie Noble Baron when lie inten £ i * d » o Xrinp in Ms bill for thv purpose of earning into real effect , the Actof JftO ? Ilewonld ask ' hiin further , whether it was inhndel ll-. nt tiie Mil should originate in that or in the other House jei- Parliament r Lord GLKXELG replied to the first of the Noble Lord ' s questions , rery shortly . It had not yH been d-edded in which House the bill should be inrrodnced .
Lord ELLENBOROt'GH observed that " very shortly" m-re avdiil words in the Noble Lord ' s rbca-TjqIctt . TLf y meant" four months' * in sons , e of the tSspatrh ^ ivhi .-li tlie Noble Lord had laid on tLeir Lords " aip > " tt » We . There was no-reason xrliy iae till to vU-a te ted advert-1 " -would" nor have liter j jTe .-enf . rd to tiijir Lordsuips on u : e lirs ; day of zts session . ' ; Lori . l ! : lOi"fi HAM p-rfectlr nsrtvd with the Nob-e Lor-1 rrbniind ja > t . sj ><» ken . Tii-.-ir Lordships « - ? re ¦ *' ' ¦ ¦ : : * sotliimr at prt-seni : m 2 . in order , as lie aor ^ -i . 10 quicken tie production of tlie Noble 2-ertT ;? jy . ll . he grave notice tliat . if ¦ wirlji-j a vreck from iLzx rliae t :. e Noble LtjV rai-ascrc did not
^ nakt * iis npiJ-.-arance- lie ( Lord Brottirlmn ) Woii-d present io tie IIor . se a isiir founded on Li ? otvh re > o-Jiitiiji 35 . } h' to ? in posseisjon of ibo iubject ; Lis resolati " - » 3 . * lia . ' 1 1 je ? -n before-iheHr . Tisv * . -dn ili . e had ffitlidra-r .: rliem in order to civs ? tlie Noble Lord an ¦ cjivcri-xniiy - ' if Lnngin ? fors-crd } sis moa ^ urp . Snt . if ne f ^ nnd rnat " the Noble Lr > r ? . Iriste . id oftakiirg -TJi > Ms ( Lori Brongham ' s ) re-olr . rl : ? n ; , end brinaiiis iii a Blu upon them , sent iheni to another place " . Txher ? lie eon 1 & trust ntdrlier Lnr-i Juhu this , cur 3 Ir . ^ Sprin- that —{ a lausLj—if hj funnl that the ^ Nettle Lc-r 3 senr tiie resoiations nxaons aliens . an 2 . ¦ for o ^ e-lJ lie kne-3- , enemies —(; : iaajii)—lie Wo-old take ' care of Ids rt-.-oluucns . and Lriis" in a BH 1 5 > ~ nded irvin iiem . hiaaseif- '
laftl GLENELG said , that before t .. e rec-5 s he iad c < ar --ccujcated to the Noble and Learre . j LorJ "his intetucrs on tie subject . " Tte resolutions had 310 : be = 2 vi ' - ~ > nj- "n ;!^ on the taL-le . Lori BfrOUGIIA ^ I dh ? erTc £ . _ tir . t niter ivro ¦ cjonrW preparation the BOl cu-slii to be en th ? anTH . If the -Noble Lord ui 1 £ ¦_¦ : prvviou ^ y iniro-< d . na ? Ins B 12 . he ( Lord Bro ^ gLrju ) gave none ;' , that on Tne . « Iay -next lie Tfo ^ ll pres-.-nt : o tii « ir L « irdsKps a Biii to rerulate Slaver / , cud to carry into All *; 2 cci ilix : PaTiiaiEenturT rc- > oluti '' -ai of Ir ' lc . HOF . SE OF COMMpXS . THURSDAY . Feb . -22 .
Sir G . STRICKL . \;\ JJ pr . ' -eiited r , pf . irlcnfr . ai Sraufurd against the Ni'xra Ap 7 » ren " uv » . * - - ! il " > . Vur ^ - 45 U ~ other j ; enaons on the aa ; Subject "<^ rc- pre-. •* ute'l . Perldon ? againsi ti »^ New l > 'Or Lavr from 3 Iaccl ^ sh ' e . d . asd various oi \ 1 c-r 7 > l 3 . c £ ' 5 r . " v 7 eprc * eiii ^ t ] Mr . MACKINNON 3 r . ) v ??! for a . S ^ lv / tC-Mnndiuzo investigate' the c : uioss of D ' Arer IVi ' oo :. E .-4 J ., an ^" othrrs , on the Fveucb C «"» 2 iT » n * r . tJt ? n i' nn . ' . Mr . 5 L J . G'CONNELL scc ^ d ^ i the ui-non ; wiiiCh vro ^ losl on a dr . isou bv ; : ma ^> nrr of i--rir-• » » » * Tii . ie . CoL COXNOLY or . imc :- ! ¦ - - ¦; .: * f « r a IU 1 to protrc ; iaha an fisheries in Irelan ? . ? Ir- " rt ' AHiiURTOX ir . o- ^ d f .-. r r » 5 ^ -lt-ct Cohjiiu ^ tt-1 ? ou tLe claims of . B ^ ron ce Bole , ilotiva •' te ; bv a ^ ai <> ritv of t-icatv .
_ - ^ Ir . . LTNCUMBE naove ^ 1 I . 0 . T i : be r . r ^ . s . tdc tic-n to die Poor-Law Cominiru-e t . > io ^ nir .- on tV . e surajeci of that pgniou oflbe tliir-l r- ? -j > n of tlie P- > or Law Co : miiiss ; oner 5 vtiiidi r-K-rretl * jo th" \ -ici-jU > ~ 7 ? tepa al 3 i-2 f-l by tlit-ni to bsve : et :: j , cr 5 ueJ by the t-iistiiicr ^ or i iorarlcra- under Gilb-ri " s \ "t . Sr G . STiUCKLAND ^ con ^ cJ uiv motion , _> Iuti > a Pinv-.- 'l to . Mr . sLANEY oL-tnine ! Iwvc- to'brirsin a IS topreven : tlireauor atitcn-jt ? rt innmii .-itioti- to voters to iaauencetafirv ^ tes for M-. 'zit-srsof Parlia-2 nenT . Sr TTILLJAM MOLESTTORTH sni-I tLw ' as it liad been > -nppo £ ed ha \ t ^ s not < L-ri""i : m liis in : -ntion to hrlniz on the icoric-a of wKoa lie Lt » d ri \ en uua m nrj- ^ on me iconc-n o : Tr ; a lie nud rj- . en
rotice for the 6 th ofilcrcli . he ] i ^? ello « t . ate tliat Le w ^ detfiriainedtoinX-etse' - ^ ofafuH ilonse ¦ - iipox 11 . v > + ih a TJew ofascertaiEinr iL iir opinion as to ~ * jke delays wliich bad ta !; t-n place in . and ns ~ to ice geaej-nl condncr which tad been p-nrV ^ ed Lr tV Colonial Dep&ronest . He shoald . nor , ih ~ r A » r- * . persevere m the modoa of which lie La ;! dven cotire ^ arac ^ 2 / > fthe Hon > e on that sav . lie intended toconiiuelnsBJonoiiforihat ^ ar to tb ° »^ ir > ct of &o £ ^ aial ^ ' ^ T ^ ; * » »^ P ^ -ni nnaen-ed , make it a caHapoalhe H « ae to express aflopsniRaiRthregard to her Majesirs Minister , oftne Ncl-L ; Lord at the head of tl :. » Il .-n-- T > eO" --iSs
s ^ - s ^ cfe S : & ? f cSr s i ^ jsrtera » cLiefly . to relieve tLo ^ Colnail po--- ^ : " ^ £ 3 Iajesty , in ^ raose prosperity this c ^ ntiv ' had t » " « n « e 5 t interest , frjm the contronl oY an inibt-Pe andoppK- ^ e government . Tuis ^ as his ^ 3 ^ w 1 5 *? ^ , l ? ad «> fcr . » psrrr question yonld be involved in me naorionj his object ^ cf to ascertain and exhibit to the Koase . and the conntrv ^ wmaarmemoai there ^ ere in fids Iloase whether Tones , \\ Ings , or Radical ^ ^ lo ^ onld formereparS f ^ T ^ W ? 7 to Ee ? ^ ^ orrefce to S taa a mopoawm of the rerr greatest iamo ^ n ^
ana wmen almost every one of them in feTon soencestnevr tob- perfecdrtrae . Tbe *» wereftp Masons &r - * Mch he doit took the liberty to SSe ftSfw ^ ^ ofoa , namely , « ilm the Ho ^ e ^ * ff over on tae Glh of March . " 4 aSSt dtIie " ^ ^ Sti 0 D SrSS ' tSS ?? ^ ^ their ^ U S ^ o ^^ Srle n ^ fri 5
s ? fl ; jstefSBs siaksSS T ^ vrereshould be taken into on % id 7 mdon L S " ^ f ' ti 1 " tIia ? eW to fteiT modification J * " * JThe Hod * ad / onrned at half-past twelve o ' clock
rHOUSE OF LORDS . PJUDAY , Feb . 23 . ^ Petitions were presented for the abolition of \ pirrn Skrerj , andtheMoL - ^ ^ n » e custody of Insane Persons' BUT went ihrongli HO 0 SE OFWmiOXS . : " " - HUDAY , Feb . 33 . -r ^^?« 0 LLY ? Sa ^ on Kilang BiD was flta ^^ g «*«**>• read again , on ^ S ^ e ^| f ° ^ » P ^ of -Ob Com -Law . mmmm
1 « f ^ -i AJU « - P ^ sented » pefitiop fit » m fte I »^ cri pnwfattonerB ^ of fcnrteeTtoiS , & £ 1 ^ " ¦ BpWiraiB' of fee regulatfoas e ^ abliS I < g aice ff || i ^| riyagtitionef » ^ on t £ te poor . . . ¦^§ 1 ^ 1
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Mr . WAKLKY presented a petition from the working carpenters of Dublin , denyiiie in the most nositivtT terms that they had entered into any combination either agsinst persons or property , and also denying the correctness of some of the statements which had been made in that Honse npou thesobjfict of trades' combinations in Ireland * llr . BRADSH AW raid that , having seen it gazet ted that her Majestv had appointed Colonel Pe Lacy
Evans to be Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Military Order of the Batlvhe wished to put a question to toe-Noble .. Lord the Secretary of State for Foreign A&irs . He \ risbed to know from that Noble Lord whether the appointment of Colonel De Lacy Evans had passed in the regular course through the War-office , on the recommendation of the Commander-in-Chief . ( Vehement cheers from the Opporition , which were echoed back by the Ministerial bencLes . ) He understood that , in all cases whatever ,
her Majesty—< order , order)——The SPEAKER : The Honourable Gentleman will put his question . ( Hear . ) Mr . BRADSHA'W : Has the appointment passed throofh the regular channel—that is , through the Horse Guards . ( Opposition cheers . ) - Viscount PALMERSTON . The answer which I hare to make to the Hon . Gentleman is , that the appointment of Sir Georjre De ^ Lacy Evaus to be KniEht Commnnder of tbe Bath was * made in the usual manner by her M ; vjesty ' a Government , and npon their own responsibility . _ , .. Lord Viscount' MAIDSTOIsE rose and gaid , seeing the Hon . and Learned Member for Dublin in his place , I wi < h to ask him whether some sentihavinbeeude
ments which I perceive reported as g - lirered bv him , in a speech made by him on Wednesday , the 21 st of February last , nt a dinner at the Crown aud Anchor Tavern in the Strand , over which Sir George De Lacv ' Ev ? . n 3 presided , an ? substantially correct ? I will-read this paper-tothe Honse . and I hope the Hon . and Learned Member will do me the pleasure ( a laurh ) of telliup me afterwards whether this i > substantially a correct report of what be said on that occasion . The following is from The-Morning Chronicle : — " Corruption of the ¦ woM description exif ted . - and , above nil , there was thppprjnry of the Tory politicians . ( Gro-. ms . ) Irer lar . Qw ;<' . iotsafefnW . heF-nsnshnnd Sfotcb ' sentry . It wa * horrible to tbink tbut r . body of Gentlemenmpn who ranked bi ? li in society , who were
tbfiaselve ? tbe administrators of the law , and who-ought therefore to be above all suspicion , nud who ouclit to set an example to others—was it not horrible that " they sucinld lie p-. 'rj » niis . 'tljemse 3 ve > in the Committees of tbe Honse of Commons r Tlie time was come wlu-n this should be proclaimed boldly . lie wa > - re : sly to be a martyr to justice aud truth , but not to false swearing ; and , therefore , be repp . ited tbat tber ? was fxv . il perjiiTy in tbe Tory Committees of the House of Connnf )} i . < . " There is another extract !> om tbe same syevca . ns r ^ porte ; lin The Muming Post , a-iil which is not in The Morning C / ironirfe : — " He did not mince tb matter—bis words might appear in tbe public press , bs hoped they .. wouldlmnnd was not safe from the perjury of tbe English . ind Scotch Genlrv . 'who took oaths accordins to
jusDce . and voted accon . nis ; to party . Nowi sir , wben I snw thesi . * - . seutimeats reported as hnviusr been said by tbe Hon . r . ntl Ler . rnpu Member . 1 said to rivf . 'lf . \ kat" it \ to \ s 1-1 Le but f : \ ir towards tin ? Hon . ar . i Ler . m'd ( Jentleman to briii ? th ;> subject forward ( Opppsijtion cbeers ) , and will , therefore , giw Liin the very earliest opportunity to contradict teem . ( Opposition clie ? r .- \) Because I do sav , tbat tbe worJstli . i'm > vlves coii ' . aiu nu aspersion npou . mejubers "belonging to tlie lloxise ( Opposition cZiaers ) . wiiich I , for one , sba ; i ] d wish , to see wiped out a : the - . vryeariieic oppormii ^* po 5 J » ible ^ ( Clie ^ rs ) . Now . sir . 1 nf-k tLe Hon . and Learned Member to give me r . plain answer to tbe qnesdon I havs put to tim . as I caiaioi proceed -any farther nnril I have bi * explanation . ( Cheer .-, from the Opposition . ) . Mr . O ' CONNELL : Sir , I am excuedinclv obliged
to-tlie Noble Lord for givin-r this publicity to ' tlie sentiments 1 entertain on tLe snbjec » of Committeos of a particultir description in this House . ( Ileivr . ) Sir . 1 did sny every word of thr . t —( cbeers . and cries of - Oh - ')—every word of that ; and I do rcper-. r , tnnt I beliere it to be perfectly trae . ( LotkJ cne . < of ' ¦ Oh , oh . ") Is tliere a man wlio will pnt Vis band upon hi * heart and < ay npon bis honour as a gendenir . n that Le does not " believe tbat tkit is snbstraiti :: ]] y true —( mingled cries of 4 i , Ve « , yes . ' " and "No , no . '")? Sucb a man wonld be Inu < rlie . l to scorn . ( Criei of "Oaf" and cbeers . ) " It i . s a biueous abuse . The public press has taunted jou with it . Tbe last time I addressed tLe House upon rbe scl-ject . I read a paragraph out of The Jlontirrj 'Chronicle . ( Cries of "Order . ")
^ TLe SPEAKER : I wisb to make a remark as t » the r ^ gul-ority of our jiroceedings . Tb ? Honourable and Leanicd Clamber hnvms answered tLe question , I must novr appeal to tbe Noble Lord to know what motion he intends to make . [ Cheer .-, nud loud cries of " Move . "' ] Lord Viscount MAIDSTONE : Then , Hr . I give notice that on Monday next I sliall call tbe attt-iinon of the- House to thesa articles , and to the conduct of tbe Hun . nnl Learned Member far Dublin . [ Great cheering fiom tbe opposition . ] Lord JOHN Ri ' SSELL ' imine / 15 ' Helv ro * e -rd
saii : Sr , Ibea to ^ ive nofice that , if tliis coinplj-. iiit bf » c-atrrtaiu -. l uy ilic House . on M ondaynext . I memi to Lriii-- forward for t"i ; e c < 'nsidtration of tills House tlie charge of tlie ri ^ L : reverend prelate rlie ijisliop of Exeti'r . 'respectiug an allegatiiin of perjury on the part of certain Members of t ' uis liouse . ( Vociferous and lung--coi-tiaued cbeerin ? on tae JMinisterinl beeches , «> i ! Cra > : teJ bymarkeJsilence on the opposiacii side of tbe House . ) " The Iriib Poyr Lstv Bill passed tlircu 2 : b several c ] r . n i .
Tae follivrriyg ^ lonibers w ? re norsinated on tl-e Coinbijiurion Coiiniittei 1 : —TL * Lord Adyocite-Lori G . Somerset , Mr . O'Connell . Lord Lowtl ' . ori Aldt-riK . in Copciand . Mr . Hnme . Sir H . J :-. iu » ll , Mr . Cn ; Tr&irJ , Nlr . Tviilues . Mr .-JJvninistoiii ; . Mr . G . F . Vounj , Mr . ^ ydi ^ . •^^ Mr . Woo \ Mr . Yonn-i ( of CV . vud . ) ~ : xid Mr . P . TLom-oa . The Ho : ;^ e adjourned . HOUSE OF L 0 RJP 5 . MOInPAY , Fzskcarv -2 G .
Tlie zrez * -r pnrt af Hie evening was ocenpi-jd v . itli an ancri' del ^ r . te betveen Lords Lykpny-it'T . IsI ^ l-Eorr . xr ^ aiid Bhqvuijam oj : tlTe Reparation Sv ^ icin , said to nave ha > n enforced on wrv yoties T > Tfsuiier £ in tbe Peniientiftry . . The debate " dV ^ m-rau-d"into a paltry per . ^ np . 1 squabble , imdevinced noiliin--but tbe * me , - -B co-. rr . r . Jln ^ is of Lord Melbourue , and the iiiioraiic ^ of nil tbe panics of the maJU-rs anoac wbicb tLey ifc-rc talkiuir . After this display Lord liilOUGHAM ^ iaid be bad now a * petition to present frcim OLluum , sisnsd by seven or eipbt bundreJ . pcr .-ons , conipLdni :: ^ of the sentence which bad been passed npon tlie Glassow Cotton Sj ) inuers . At th .- ? risk of exposing himself to tlio sneers of some
Ot the NobleLorJs oppc > 5-. 'd t ; i Mm . who had talked of bis pvrnjr poliucal lectures to tbe people , he vculd di « tictly stat" tbat be did not acknowledge ihe trnib cf cue of th- * main allegations of thi-- p ' etinnn—namely ,. tliat tlie e :: ly offence of which these ¦( j ] a ? 2 « w Cv'ton ^ phmers-had bevn convicttvl-was a conspiracy to raise t !" . e price r *" wa ! r , ; s . Tnatwas a ro | smis , tateinent of ' the f : ; cL They 4 connct-d , not of that which they had a nVat to do nr inelv , _ to endeavour to raise ' their wago « - but of thnt whjen they had no rurht to do lamefvrfS emu ? others if tin- would not join them and of Su ^? o ? f « " ??** " « <^ eats h ^ eirt W ? hit i ''^ TT i T Y f > tin " ehAras ] l 5 s opinion tbat A * T had already been sufficiently , punished l . no sr . nu- Noble and Leawed L-rd a )» » LZ \ tt ; ,
va-ety oi pentions for the Abolition of SJavery Lord DENMAN- hronsht in the Preshyteriin Sjoutel . " " ^ a f ™ **> > - d »' Ho « .
house of comioxs . MONDAY , Fedhkabt 26 . ^ ST ^ T S ^ & ^ s ams ttVlr 5 t 0
from th « Tor , ' ^ * : s ^ Tones , and from the Tories to the TThi-t and « Vr S ' ? S admirably succeeded in Wo ^ thf ^ m ^^ mckednesft the debate v £ adjourned till ^ i ^ ^ eveuing to afford breathing toSilonoirawI S ! l idatesforBdlins-sgate and Bear Garden nonouw " Two divisions took place during the e ? S * One on the motion of Lord MAIDSTONE " ftf I theexpresgons containing c harges of foul neriurv against Members of that House , in the disdSiw S tbeir official duties , were false and scandalous im . putations on the Hoose audits character . "
Lord HOWICK , on behalf of Ministets , who tped to screen poor Dan , moyed the nrevions ' ones . . tion , as a go by . - ^ On a dhision , tfcere appeared ^ . - For the amendment .,,, 254 Againstit ,,,,,., „ ,. 263 Hajority against Minigters .. 9 Another -equafl y stj ' rriag "talk" then ensued on fte qn « t , on « that Mr . O'Conneli , having ayowed the eipresnouB imputed to him , 4 as euilry of a breach of the Privileges of tte ' -aS ^ ^ E ^ Members ro *> and declared that they ado . ted Dan ? Ungazge an ^ aeubmente to the letter anl dared * he ^ f ^ JS !; ^ ^ e motion that Dan had violated Ae Priyileges of the Housewaa carriedby a majority « f 208 . ! ..-. - ¦ '
Lord MAIDSTONE then moyed that Mr OCennell , Saying feeen fonnd gailty of violating the pmilegea of tiie Hduse , be . reprimanded in his place by the Speaker ; Tfaeprocee&res of tbe Hononrable House here
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bid perfect denaofce to the description ef even the most practised bullring or prize ring ' peri . . Mr , CALLACrHAN agaio rose , an 3 , In epiteof the intiroatbns of the Speaker , persisted in reiterat-i ing his adoption of the O'ConneUslatvder . Mr . HUME moved that the worda be taken down by the Clerk ; and afterwards that Mr . Callaghan having adopted Mr . p- ' ConneH ' s words ^ is also guilty of yiobidng the privileges of the House . The Bear Garden vra 8 at length cleared , by adjonrnroent of the debate . _ ^__> _ _ .:
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M 1 NISTEBIA . L Disquietudes .--The Ballot division has been the cause of a schism in the Ministerial camp . We have already stated that several official persons shirked the question by absenting themselves ; and that Sir H » ' "Vivian . and Mr . Robert Steuart , both holding Crovriv appointments , went in the very teeth of Lord John Kus » ell , and voted with Mr . Grote . Lord John was of course wroth . We are informed that lie called upon SirHussey and Mr . Sieuait toTesign . ""Very well , " said the former ; but he added "We are four . ' Meaning that there are four Vivians in-the House , and that they ( patriots that they are !) would take the pet and refuse support to tbe Ministry . Still Lord
John stormed' , to be a leader and not lead , was more than he could bear ; so be'insisted-. upon . a turn-out , in despite of the : " four . " But the Noble Lord's passion was suddenly cooled down by another process . The Ballot party , getting scent of what was going on , sent ua intimation to the Noble Secretary , that if he dismissed Sir Hussey and Mr . Steuart , they , as a body , would also cease to give Lord John the light of their countenances . This was enough . Lord Johnny pockets the affront ; and , strange to say , the NoUe Lord keeps his place ! The magnanimity of these Whigs is wonderful . These quarrels , nevertheless , may be regarded as the beginning of the end : and that end cannot be far off . There are signs in the Ministerial horizon . Sheil has been provided for ; and even General
Evans has been attended to . He was to have had the Ordnance Clerkship ; but as he could not calculate upon a re-tlection for Westminster , he dared not take that office ; so he is made Knight Commander of the Bath \ and thus the " I-run" hero leaps over the heads of hundreds of officers a thousanil times more meritorious than himself . What has he done for England ? . Nothing ., What has he done for Spain ? Nothing . Why , then , is he distinguished f The answer is obvious . He is in possession of secrets connected with Lord Palmerston aud the Ministry , the unfolding of which involves political ruiu ; therefore the padlock is placed upon his month . It is impossible to conceive any thing more disgusting than this , save the conferring of a title and a pension u ; : on O'Connell for his services . And these will come ere long . —Halifax Paper . ¦ ¦
Picture oi" the House of Commons ,. by the MoivxiNQ . CiinoNicLE . — The constant struggle of truth for manifestation , will sometimes break through all the caution of tbe . jna t wary and practised ' - hypocrite . We were certaiuly not-a . little surprised and . amused to find the -following , delineation of tbat'perfection of legislative virtue , the British Parliament , in the columns of its thick nnd thin admirer , the Horning Chronicle : — "Ever since we recollect Committees of the House of Con ; inoas , they have been deemed tbe very . worst t > f till coiK-eirabie tribunal ? , OH Georpe Bo > e u ^ red to sr . v , tbat he would not JciiJ I 11 S sou ! with A
participa . t : on m the guilt of downright robbery which wr . s constantly' practised in -Comnvittees- on private bills ; and it seesnvd . to bs adinitted on all kiTids , v . -beii tbe co-, v Lord Littleton endeavoured to improve these tribunal ? , that there was no conceivable dejrree of corruption rjid inj-ustieo With which tLey were not chargeable . With respect to Election Committees , it seems to-be understood as well c ^ airrlif . ng can be understood , that they follow no precedent , are governed by no fixed principles ; and that it-would be the very htight of folly to expect in cny ease a decision - favourable to a Lil-eral "Member from a Committee of which the majority are Tories , ' ivr . d vice versa . As it is sufficiently evident t'aat an o : < th is no obstacle in
the way of a majority , it is ta he regretted that , in addition to the injustice , they should be obliged to be guilty of what might l > c avoided , the taking superfluous oaths . When nn improvid ' . ' at rel-. itive of Dr . Franklin borrowed a'hundred pounds froiu him , and was laying hold- of a piece of paper to write an acknowledgment for it , the Pccter seized the paper , and secured it in his drawer , observing ' rhnt was worth but a'halfpenny ,-but there was lip use in throwing away even a halfpenny . * * The records of Parliament are full of crimination ? acu recriaiinatious of perjury . Ger . rge the ; Fourth was accused by several Bishops r . nd Temporal Peers of violation of the coronation or . th in assenting to the Catholic " Emancipation Bill . The Duke of Welliisiiton and Sir Kobert Peel v . ere accused of
" advidiig their Royal Master to commit perjury . " The E :--hop of Exeter accused -all . tlie ' 'Catholic-Memb ' .-r . ^ of the two Houses of perjury . The Archbishop of Canterbury and tbr- Ecclesiastical Commk iou-j ^ s b ? . ve been uctused of violating ; the oaths t : 'Len hy then :, at lli «!? C 9 ^ t cration , to maintain tbe ripiliu-anl liberties of th ? C'hurcu . 31 r . OT ' oiinc-11 h ; . s charged the English and Irish gtntry in Election . Ccnimittces with ¦ perjury . ' There is iu F ' jort , r , p tnd to these cnarges / 1 A Belgian" Giaxt . —A Belgian iournal
contp . in ? a curious account of a giant , who-having mant ' his fortune by exhibiting him ^ eif ^ to the idie and curious in various couutrk's , has lately retired to his native town , Vervicrs , near Liege . 'Although ' of truly colossal megnitude , with ( hi ghs as larje as ( he bodk-s ' of ordinary-sized iaen , a :. d a liiumb which a boy twelve ytars yld cannot grasp , he is sy-aim . ctricclly propcrdo'ieJ , and has a bead tnd . countenancerivalling in beauty and grandeur the easts . of the Olympian Jove . He is not devoid of education , and converses on most suljects . with good ser . se . As no room w . \ s ; high enough to contain hi : n , he has been oblige : ! to have one inr . de to suit by removing ceilings , ' and thus converting" two stories of his house into one , heightening the doors , and making ¦
other alterations in proportion . His furniture is upon the same grand scale ; the seat of his arm chair is upon a Jv-vel with an ordinary table , nnd his table with a chest of drawers , ana his bed fttlkig ' -anentire room . His boots " cost SOf . a psir , bis bat Opf . ; He feeds " himself with a fork ' rivalling- tV-ut with Guy ' s porridge-pot at AVarwick Castle , aui " a Kpoonof correspon'Vinc uimensiens . "With all these means andappiiaucfcVtl > e . popT inan tas no * r . j ; >; merit of his life If he ^ alks out by day , lie is lobo . wea by all the bovS and ^ r " * of the towD . | f-f , f . * . p ^ . " ' er . rs are assailed by tbe ventures iorth at nigLt , ni ^ for some supernatural screams of many who take him . " nuing any w oman being . He can have no hope of ii . Aerefove must who will venture to marry him , and il > flt . inestic
remain deprived of all the enjoyments of ^ ost in vircle . He passes his time , consequentlv , aln , solitude . ' - '" . * QncK Work .. —A couple weremsrvkd on Wed- ) nesday WCi-lc , at Dtvrsbury church , a few afinutcs I'exore twelve o ' clock ; they afterwards ret&cd to u i 3 itde refre 3 iiment at tLe Rcyal Oak Inu , but they had not been Icag there before the bride begun to feel uneasy , and with some diilierdty persii ^ her lord and master to go with her home . ' The doctor was . mmediately sent for , aad about threJ w ^ fw ^ iif °° ' T-ented - her husband
n » a * , ^ AFFECT 10 X —An odd scene took An ^ wVi ? T ^ B ° P ^ te workhouse . Au . old fellow , who had been an inhabitant of-the child a daughter , at the age of five years , in fte workhouse , upon the bounty of the parish , tSs passed home from the country , and was immediately recognised as the worthless man , who hadnotonlv deserted his child but never made any ? nqu ? ry a ° ? her wehure . It happened that the daughter proved to be worthy of a better sire , and was placed in a good service , where she conducted herself well The girl from a fateful feeling towards the mistress oftheworkaoTise , who acted kindly to ' "her in her t ^^>^*^** 'te . lri * r ^ 2 b * w alked , while her parent was underMino- tip ra »^ .
, Su ? « fr ? ° v' " W ' ^ d theVvm ^ r to "l 5 « > . cned the father , looking at the girl woman ^ i ^ 1 ° ^ don ' t ^^ that yoSnJ meuTlp ^ e au Aorities against the father'sstate oft m ^ . WS * ^ ° ^ rwhe lmi ^ , that the TbeSrl ^^ ^^ y ^ i ^ ve her with tbepar ish . " £ l KL 2 Okl - / at himwi& teara ia ^ *?< father tot ? TV ^ ' u ' *** ¦ ' **¦ ¦ *** * ° The fotW ' l \ i 5- Sha ^ e hands ftt W r ^" « TW i ¥ T e ] d ?^ K « hand , and said te T 00 d > ' «* t * elp it , I'm Wowed /' . WIcal AssoctATipNs . -On Monday ev « mu week the members and friends of Dewsbury Radical ¦ JC ° S ? TV , room ' * " bottS of Chur eh-street , for discussing the following question , «« . What course ought to be pursued by tfe ' wbrTdiTg classes of tins eountry to protect the riehta of labw n ¦ ¦
l ^ ms -tte second night of diBcuasion . A ** m and interesting disca ^ ipn to ok place botheyeninirir whenit was woyed that fte onl y moral grsMn f& to-he puBued for tU ; - protection of , labonr ^ U working men to-firadyuriite toother , ani e ^ bligV co-pnerabve sfpwifttWffr - ™ '
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THE " SELL 3 R 0 TH" 1 TRAGEDY : ::-:: ) V ^ :: ^ w ^ ¦' ¦ '¦¦ " blaster Shallow , choose What office thoia * rilt in the , lnncl , 'tis thiue . Be whn . t 4 . Vvbu'ypilt , ' I- aay ! - The lav ^ s . of England are at thy <* 6 iDinandjiient ; Hiiwjr are- they which have been my « ett& ! 'V ^»^ 7 ( : VPartUl ^ ^^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ : ; x ..: - '' / ' . -.- " Altho'Eigh weI » 7 th 6 t ) e ] hotiohrs on theseinen , «« To ease onifsclyw of diyrirs galling loada , ;; ¦ ¦ : The / shall 'but bear tbeifa as . tlie a * s beawgoii ; ¦ "To gtoau siivd sweat \ Bi 4 er tnebittinessi , " Either led or itircn , as we point tbe wtay . "~* Julius Cwmr 'Thieyil talte sugxeisiions , ass cat laps milk ; . : " Andftellthe clock to . any business tbat «^ Wesaybelitethehiour . ''—Tempest . :
SlE , —I sHall novr endeayour to lay before ycu , f or the information of the people of England , some materials for forming an estimate of the manner in which an official inquiry was conducted ' into . : a 1 | iegar tions whicli charged the untimely \ deattig of many un ' offending persons in the Bridgewater workhouse ^ on the gruel system of the Poor Law Commissioners , and on the recklessness of the boatd of guardians , who continued for many ! months to send poor / helpleas creatures into a . workhouse whefe iufectibus > nd fatal diseasd was raging . ¦ v
Previously to the commencement of the inquiry it was buzzed about , that the charges made agajust the board of guardians " must come to nothing , " as the Poor Law Commissioners had authority to make whatever laws they liked for the management &n&' feeding ' - ' of the poor ; that the lav ^ s of England were at their cpjninanQiiieint ; "" :-.- tbat althpugb it might be true that some paupers bad died of the gruel , still Mr . Weale would be able to put all that mutter rigid > that be had had great experience in managing evidence and was known to be exceedingly clever in such opeyationB ; that private meetings had been held of the little knot of Master Shallows
who had occasioned all this destruction of human life by plotting aniongst the small renters who had been elected guardians , and ; thu ; s obtaining the means of outvoting the rest of the board ; ' that this little knot . of gruelling dicta tors , bad declared that they were , secure o'f a majority ; and that , with their good friend Mr . \ Teale ' s clever management , there could not be a doubt of the result Such was the chatter of the day , not coming , in any authentic form j but dimly shadowing : out an indistinct notion of arbitrary power in the parties implicated , and an unprincipled ¦ ¦ determination to use that power in concealing truth and frustrating' the ends of
justice . . ¦¦¦• • . - .. ¦ ¦ ..- ¦ ¦ .:. ¦¦ ; - - ; ¦ It has been already-stated , ' . ' that Mr . Weale took some depositions in secret , and others in the presence of the board of guardians ! , who declare , in the verdict , of acquittal-passed , on themselves , that in the inquiry " into tb ; several allegations of cruelty and oppression charged upon it by . Mr . John Bowen , it it ( the said board ) 'Vcxainihed such witnesses as it thought neeerisaiy ! " ' The . w ' ituesses whieh it and Mr . Weale did think necessary-to examine on the alleged destruction of human l ' if « by'diarrhoi ; i , were Mr . John JEvered ? oole , n sv . yfi-eoTij who acjed'Tor the medical attpndunt duriufr his UluL'ss ; 'Mr . ' Underdown , the clerk of the union ;'' arid Mr Gover , the governor of the wotkhon ^ e . - There were , on the principle of throwing .. out a tub for . . the whale , other witnesses , exa-. mined . iii coijsiilovabie length on some allegations of comparatively trivial import ; but it does n Ct ? J P > either on the minutes of the ¦ ¦ -board , or in the copies ' of deposition ;* furnished tq the hoard of guardians by Mr . \ Vcale , th-vt n « V other-persons .. were- examined on the sv . bji-ct of diarrlxcea iu tho Bricl ^ ewater ;
. n £ vor ; iTi 6 . N or yin , j oh . v . EVKRf ' i ) . rooia :. J-olin'Everod P . oole , s : irpepn , if 15 riuire \ vntcr . d' ? - tioses tuat I-uj-acted with i \ Ir . Kjji ^ , the ' lnetlicsii ¦' officer U ) r tho Jiri . difewuter district , during -the greater uortion of the time w * lieii . ih . iiuen . za . nnd dhirrha'a .. _ prv-vailod . Aniong . st . the . iiihiat ' es nt that time tlieri y ,-eve-rnjjijy dU . ensed persons . ' . uitVtluring the provsileure of disense , auil in ; i xcry '^ iCulv SlMjO il , hi ! C 01 )~! - cJoreil the liousiv wns ¦ toothieWyiuhaintcct , mid to this , - ' added to the diotnry then in . use , he attribiiti ' . s the prevalence of diurrbira . ' On the . 2 "> lb ; of October , WS , Mr King recoinjnwjded . a chantre .-of diot . by a letter to the Board of Guaruimis , fiiid on the :. ¦ 1 st of November , deponent addressed A letter to the Uoard .,. oxpr < issiiiff-bi . ' < ¦ s atisiiiction -at the change of diet , rend reported that the sick , wore daily itn- ' . ' . . proviuf' ,. and wovo tlum surroun / knl with . every iit-rc . isnry comfort . Dppoiii'wt further ? -t . h . res that : iftor this period he iifvcr niade wy' comnui hi cation , tothe board on tlu > " ?\ ii ject of the ( lictrtry ; if oiiythiusr in -ws « vticul ; ir- occurred to deponi'iit- he nu-mioncd it to tbe Visitiii ! : Committee , but he reriuiitiV never inade niiy coriiinrnicatioii- to tie lioard . JX'pon ' eut further > tavL'S that he dues not think gruel , in the proportion as ( lirecti' . l by the -diet ' -tnblis to be productive of dis ; ' ?^ e in ht'iiltby persons . John Ev ^ R . vnu Poole . Taken on onth , . 'it Iiridffewa er , ¦ thir lj * tli August , ' \ &lr , by rat , IlonKRT Vri :. u . !\ Assistant- 'Poor Law Coinmissioiier . .. ¦ t
'MI'X . UTr .-P . OOKi Bridgewatcr Union . Fri . Aug . 1 , 183 ? . ' Mr . Piiole ^ snvgeon . Vr'as pent for ^ who appeared before the board , and t ! e-Eosed as follows : —That e had , on several occasions iu the lnst yerrr , attended on the :-poor in ' ¦" > e -vrofkh ' ouse i ' ur Mr . -bairi King , -who was a 1 ; ° < lical olVicer of ^¦ a t , " -hinent ; . that Ei ,: --knes . lienttributedthti .. - .. ^•»< -. nrevauetl ill tjj fi h ' oij . ? e to the : dietary that was . then used , but /
that-[ j he did not inake flBV statement in Avritin ? tor the board to that etleci , but that he had stated his opinion to the visiting committee , that he considered himself .-it'liberty to order -differentdiet ior the sick . He further stated that , during the time sickness r prevailed in the house , it t was also very prevalent 1 out of the housed and 1 that children frequently v died-of the measles . n " " ' ¦ ~~ " •¦ ' . ¦ ¦ > Z
? * " ¦ ¦ ¦ ... . ¦ . Mr . Rabert l nderr down , Clerk of the Bridz-; water Board of Guar-. diaus , deposes that he was assistant-overseer , : for the parish of Bridgei water for eight years and upwards , previous to the formation of the Union , 1 daring -the whole of * hich time lie was also Governor of the Workhouse ; that th » average number of inmates ; was 7 % and that the largest number of pauper inmates \ m * JCa , and that ; at the formation ^ of the Union the building Com-Bnttee . reported that it jrould contain 140 . During the period that deponent was Govembr of I we Workhouse , various wseaseif , such as saaJi po *» measles , and occa- • • ! , ,
¦ ¦ nr . MARKSv ' In thus attributing the ' ^ prevalence oi' dinrrbn : i " to the crowded state of tlie house , mid ¦ '* ' to tli « dietary then in use , " &Ir . PoqIo . " establishes the whole , case against the lioavd of Guardian' ^ , 'f his pttiitleinau , be it rememhi ; re \ I ^ is their own witin ss , ami ono . of their , " medicui-attundaut ' s , IYi . tins ' , letter Mr ; King istatef , that the gruel pi - o-: ducwl diiirrhu'a , and that be h : vd so stated to the . visitiiigCommiitee . lie wns iiifornied that lie could order what hc i > loased for the sick , but that 110 alteration cotil . d he pfrmitted i" the dietary ; of . those who were not on tlw sick list . The board cannot , sucooed ih setving up tho plea of ignorance . They ¦ w ere kf-pt in full kriowr ledge 'of .-the- ravages of the'disease , by the inedical weakly r eturn , the ( loath-book , the visitors ' Look , and by the- . reprey . scntutioiis- of iucHvulunl ' i . nembers of the Visiting Cuinniittee . itlr ..- -JPoolo reconciles th ' w opiiiion' wifh his fprinor . and subsequent positive declarations , by stating tliivt there . v » ere 110 Ucdllhy persons in the Workhouse , find consequently his opiuion , given oil . an lissuniod ense , was not applicable to the ininates ; of thai house , among wbpin there were seldom more than one man and five women saiif to be able-bodied , and . these were feeble , weakly , dispirited persons-, peculiarly susceptible of disease . Here Mr . Pbole again distinctly attributes " ' the ricknes . -- that prevailed in tins house to the dietary that was then , tidal . "
: The poor children who tre wittered as having : the ueiwles when they died iad ' been . " washed out " iy diarxheea ' ( I- nse the i-ords of the medical ? en ) ;¦" . these innocent ictims of rapacity Were
. ""¦¦« ' « . -ijone , - ' wJaeri , by a merciful dispensar I tion , measles put an end te their sufterijig . : v '" . e . : ' . question which lias been raised is not as to the number of persons which it may ^ be possible to craininto this house ; but whether it is not a criminal exposure of human life to send any helpless persons into a I J ^ se in evert part of which a deadly pestilence is known to be raging ? - The yearly deaths on the old system were , about nin ^ , on Mr . Underwood ' s declared . average of 78 inmates ; 1 ¦ whi le , under the regnla- 1 tions of the Poor Law i Commissioners , asd tHe 3 inanagenientoftheBoard j of Guardians , out of an ( everage of 94 inmates , < ^ - person ' s , died between i July the loth , ^ and 1 M i th § m % yms ] : t
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sipiial diarrhcea , prevail- ApA-this abinost nnpa-¦ gd ^ h ^ fc :.-.. i ^ - > wrgwM net ' ei' reported that the human . life jbhjSi ^ empted houie was too full or by ap-Diblfc ' TOnctionary crowded . tobe anrred Qyer by inquiring whether the poor werei- . npt ' ^ occaaoaallj '' diseased-under ; th ^ did " sys ^ mjaBd'whetherthe suTgeon \ then reported that the house ¥ ras too - /; - ;¦ ' : / : . - . . . ¦ : . : ¦• ' . - . ,. &h-i ; -- . - ..: : ' . - - ;\ - ; - ,, : Here foUo \? 3 some matter not connected with thet charge under consideration . I have refrained from '" examining the evidencebioiijfoiiip on ttieae niin < it aU « gaii « itt r \ e » t \^ wi doing atteatton snonltt be diverted from tieVjBiace : important iniatter ; tol wnjw p ^ redforagain goiug into them ona fitting : occasion . Deponenf further states , This was eight mottt b * that on the board of after the house had . been guardiangpassingaresd- ravaged by ai disease lution for an amended ascribed by , the medical dietary , he forwafded the attendants to the dietary Rame to the Poor Law established : by these Commissionersv and be- commissioners . fore the expiration of a yrfeek . ¦ h' 6 ' . received the ; : amended dietary from them : continned , and sealed ... ' . ¦ - -. - ' ¦ ¦ .. ' . - ' ' - ' ' . : ' : ¦ \ ' ' ¦ Further deposes , that It is true that I never he has examined the was the actual proposer hniinte-book , and that of any resolution at the he has not found any board ; butfrom the 31 st motion submitted to the of March , the day on board by Mr . Bpwen on which I was informed of any of the subjects allud- ' . having- been appointed tied to in hispanipblet , iior guardi'an , to the 21 st of did that gentleman ever , April , when the gruel to the deponent ' 8 know- system was exploded , I ledge or belief , submit laboured unremittingly any proposal or motion iit the board , in the visifcwhatever on the subject iug comniittee , and with of . the ¦ ¦ dietary ,.-. -the ' want some able and iiifluenof servants or nurses , or tial guardians out of ofilljiess oftbe inmates doors , to banish , ; the ofthe workhouses , from deadly gruel from the the period of his being house , and to effect that elected a guardinn , in improvements ;';' : in- ^ Marchlast , to the appear- diet which was projwsed mice of his pamphlet in by ¦ the Rev . Noblett Bridgewater . Ruddock , as visitor of RoBEnT UNnEaDowN . the day ; on the 14 th day Taken on path at of April , and rejected , Bridgewater , the 18 th and which was followed day of August , 1637 , by upon the 2 lst of April me , ¦ and carriftd . Thus in RonERT Weale , the short space of three Assistant Poor Law weeks a destructive Commissioner . system was put an end to which : had triumphed p v « r all oppofiitioufor eight months . : JAM ! S GOVEU , GOVEU ^' OR of tub -. nmnuCTV'iTKn WORKHOL'KK . This witness ^ ufter de- It does not ap ' pear / iwn ¦ posing . at some length to :. these . < i $ < ciul documents matters not connected that they ventured to ask with this part of the in- their own master of the finiry , states tlmthe Mas workhouse 1 single , ques * attacked with ( liarrhcea tiou on the apparent five" . 'several , times during cause , the extent , the the months of -February , progress , or the cpnse-: > . nd March List , although , quences of that destruciG di-l " 9 ^ coniine him- tive disease , whickcarried self to - ^ -prael dieu fff . f many of the belp-DeponentlurllHn- states k& -Uaantiis of the house ! thut ' gruel supplied was The poor vctims are not very good in quality . even alluded to : ¦ Jam-ks-GiiOyEUi Neither do theyapp ' ^ r Taken on oath at on the face of their own Bridgewttter the 17 thday dueumentSy to have inuf August , ] 837 , by mo , qufredthecause to which RoiJEiiT Weale , this previously healthy Assistant Poor Law and powerful man ' s five Coinmissioucr . attacks of diarrhroa ¦ were - —— ascribed . But they insult minute-book . him und the common August 4 , 1837 . sense of mankind by ask-Mr . J nines Gover ing whether these attacks stated th .-u he had been wore occasioned , by his very ill himself , bnt did purtalcLig of the gruel ? noi believe that it was when it had been expressoccasioned by partaking- ] y declared-than an inof tke gruel . " lectious disease pervaded the Mouse , and that the ' Governor had beeii repeatedly attacked whileaiding the poor sufferers 111 their racking ne-. cessities . Such was the evidence whicli it was "thought necessary" to call , and on which , the Board of
Gurirdijins magnanimously pronounced , itself to be not guilty ! After having cautiousl y ' -threaded a ma / e of perplexing and'lsar ' rowuig detail ,: 1 ain now ftn-jved at . that part . of' this distressing subject wbich is . of- .-parampnul importance to , my hnmble fellowsubjects . It is from this point mat I would most earnestly solicit you , Sir , its-a public censor , exercising-vj 1 st . influence - ' oh the public mind , to take a retrospective . view ; and after looking back with a calm , but searching , Peru tinyinto the charges ¦ urged , and tiw documents cited intheif support , I would nsk you . again to're ' ad over the endeiice . which the
nrcused parties brought " forward to exculpate themselves . 1 would ask you to consider that this most injurious and insulting - . mockery was conducted by a tn ; n ) , eating tbe bread of tbe people , and specially directed to institute an en ^ tiiry into , allegation * whicli charged -the untimel y deaths of inany persons oil the dietary of the Poor Law-Commissioners } and further charged , " thntwh ' ile _ the fetid exhalations from the immediate sufferers infected , the whole house , the-Board of Guardians wilfully persisted in sending in other poor lielp less persons from the villages of the Union , who were in their turns either infected by , or" gruellcd- into , uian-hcea . And how have these charges been met , Sir ? Not by examining Mr .
King , tbft medical attendant of tbe workhouse , who informed the Board , by letter , ' - tbat the gruel occasioned diarrhoea—not . by . exhmiiiiug that excellent meniber of the visiting committee , to whose persevering ¦' . exertions Wr . King bears testimony 111 his letter to the Board—not by examining the matron , who was hourly amongst the sufferers , whose family \ veve attacked , and who was herself almost worn to a skeleton—not by examining any of the few surviving sufferers , or of the poor creatures who attended on the crowds of dying ¦; . not by examining any of these —but by calling the gentleman who officiated for Mr ; King during bis . attacks , their own clerk of the Union , and their governor of tbe workhouse !
Let meiiot be misunderstood : there can-be no exception taken to the general characters _ of the witnesses so called ; and I take none to their evidence , ¦ T hey-could , only answer to . such questions as were put to them by the manngers of the inquiry ; and thfise-questions were artfully contrived for concealing : rather than for eliciting the truth . On Mr . ' Poole ' s e vidence it is Mnnecessary to make any further remarks than that he attributes the diorrha ? a to the dietary in"iis 6 .. They do not appear to have asked him any questions respecting the extent of the su tiering , or the number-of fresh . inmates sent in ; on these points -be is thereiore silent , but iiis evidence is conclusive against the board as iar us it goes . . - ¦ . . ¦ . ..,
To their next evidence , the clerk of the ' union , they do not put a single question directly bearing pu the " principal allegations ' to be inquired mto . 1 he fatal diarrhoea .-the- extent of its ravage ^ , and the fresh victims with . v . Wcu it was supplied , ; were al tabooed subjects—concealed , as . crunibals are sm to conceal tbeir initiator ) ' rites from those who ^ will ' ¦* nt participate in tbe iibpmination ot their feast , ' ¦ ¦^ pnee-of their oibcr witness , tbe master of
" ' as reported , of a still more estrn-I a ^ v - « as iu charge of the vrork-J .: " ' jrieeyiu . ^« easerageaVthere ^ theAvorkhouse . is , . " " of hm ordinary character , tie . - j house during the whole time the ^ and was brought up for the avowed wurn , ffSrt ^^^^ ' - ^ P ^ t ed ' witSttiitdisea . and the deaths ascribed to it . SHII th ^ L ^ f . ^ U
\ "i sue l qot Law- Commissioners , do not < mno ^ , . &Mjgir *'< ! W- *' - .. «*» ¦ « . % 3 KT £ tepiiS ^ ilS and afterwards at the board of gaardiS S ' fanctly stated , that . there was no dS Jf t » * l ^ arrfiOBahavihg been occasioned ^ -iS& ^ & the honse was so far infected * Knft > n ^ - ' - at Vant * could be hi £ f SSend toe ^ S ^ I" ^ mMmm m ^^ mi
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^^^^^ ^ ^^ ' ^ "T ^^ ^ ^ T 3 uo 1 ^? ^ TTTjiAMconrinuied in an * office of trust , ; gflgeciaily . in one ^ here ^ e ^ e *? 6 ^ ia ^^ Wp 8 i ^ ia ^ S ! 5 *^ creatures maylieieft tohifl , i ^«<^« ifewi / i ? j-5 Hy .:,: r . ? - ' . yit There was i time -whep ^ ^^ a ^ eMh ^ innocent J , ¦ bloqd would not ; haye ^^ ^ beeu pejr ^^ djto ank into : * ,-. ' ;" the earth unnon \ e ; d ~ when £ p y : ' dnty in a public-ranctipaaryj , w ^ -v pounced ; in thunders ^^ in -the-British : > ¥ &j&mieto ^^ JX when a system , under xf hicb such , enormities-eoKW . ; v ! be perpefrated and defended j would , be indignantly , : - ' proscribed aa an outrage on eternal justicey and in- - f : compatible with the spuit ; pf ^; free vpeople , whose , Hves are sairf to be as equally salted , m the eye of ' the law as they are known to 1 b | B i % : tbe eye of their " Creator . ' ¦¦ , ¦ ¦' » -- . - ' . ' " --. - ¦/ . ;• . '¦ . " ;[ V ; ' -:. , ' : ¦ ¦•¦>¦ ' :: ¦ ¦' - ¦ - - ' ^ i-: ' - ; .. ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ -, ; V-- - ¦ - ¦ : ¦ --- — john ; bowem .: i - ^ ' -c ~ W- \ Jt ¦
* The frigbtful amouatof de » tha ia the Bridgewater Workhouse can only bejirojerljr estimated by corapariaon . ¦ To a » ^ : aiat , tlje reader in fomungtlw estimate , tbe toUowM ate of mortality has : teen cremated , from data supplied by publie documehtsi- ^ - ¦ " '¦¦ ¦/¦ ' " , . :- ;¦> ;¦ . . 7 : ,- - ' - '; : ' : -. :- . . ¦ - - — ~ :- ~' : ¦ ¦ Persona Deaths . Raie ¦ - ' ¦ : ¦ : " -- ¦" - / -.- . - '¦ ¦ ,-. '¦ . " . ¦ " ¦ .. ' ¦'¦ - ' ' . '" ' — . ' . -v -: ' : pei : Cent . ¦ - ..
• Return of the General Military Hospital , Kort Pitiy ; Invalid 899 . 4 . 3 ; Depot .....,,........ i .-i . v . i 20 , 720 . Patients treated in 1 £ > Hospital * . 55 ^ 823 2 , 525 3 . 8 House of Correction ^—Sick piia- ; oners on an avejage of txiree ; :, years , out of 8 , 703 yrisoiiera . . 660 . 23 3 . 4 Prisoiiers m" -the hull « 9 , daily ; averageof two years . / ..... 2 , 800 \ 6 p 2 . 3 JDeath * in all England , per cent . - : J ¦ 2 . L Deaths ia the JBritiish navy ;< id "'¦ - ., ¦ ' ¦¦ - .- ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ , . the latter years ot the late ' ware , percenfc ....... »•••••• '•¦' ••• 2 . 5 bridgew'ater workhouse , average n \ uhber of inmatesi .. ,: . .: ' - . 9 i . ' 39 : 41 . 4 - 'Whoever contemplates this ahno 3 t onparalleled destructioa of human life in the BridffeM-ater 0 nips will be prepared for the fact that , in ah official statement of the savings in six unions in West Somerset ^ under the ne-rt' liysienx , the Bridge' water IJnioh is distiuguUhed "by taking th * lead . It is asaert ed to have saved last : year no : le » 3 than jftf 712 . 7 s . Id ., oi 35 . 20 per cent . on . the previous three years ' uyeiage !
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\ . ! '''" M ^ ETiN& ' r AT : HI ^ % OTiaLi ) .. > ' . . " ' ¦/ " .: ' ¦ ' / ' ¦ * ¦ '" . ' ; ' ' .. " : >;^ .. - ' ' .- - " ' ¦ . - '• On TbuTsday week , a ineeting of the ratep ^ ers of the tow ^ nsKip of Huddersfieldi convened for tbe'purpose of taking into cotraderation the proper measures to be adopted to complete the valuation of the said township , left unfinished by the late Mr . B . Colley . Joseph Brook , Esji ., in , the cbair . The report of tlie colninitteehaviug been read , feconx " mendiiig that Mr . George ; 'Cwwthet be employed to make the valuation at tbe sinn of £ 165 , ^ -rResolved , that Mr . GeorgeCrowtber , be employed to matei the valuation , Tnat £ 165 be paid to Mr . Crowtber for
the samie , be nhdertaking to complete tbe same by tbe 1 st September next . The executors cf the" late Mr . Colley having stated that tbey would thankfully accept £ 300 in discbarge of all claims upon the towiisliip , and would be ready to give up all papers in their possesrfon , Resolved r thai : the sum Of £ 300 be given to tbem accordingly . That-th * ¦ pr ^ en't valuation committee be requested to c © ntinue their senices ; along -with . Mr . James Brook : ( Buxtori-road ) . That Messrs . James Brook ,
( Thornton .. 'Lodge , ) William Stocks , ' jun . y John SutcliH *? , Benjamin Bradsbavv , Johii Rhodes Clougb , and ; Stcphen : Pickensoti , be a committee to confer with tbe overseers of the ¦ poor , and tbe surveyors , of the ' . hig h ' ways , as to the best means to bs adopted eitber by borrowing money , or obtaining 3 new ra ( e oh a , maltiple of the old valuation , nutil the new Valuation is completed . The whole of the above resolution ? were parsed witkou ' t a dissenting voice and a yottr of thanks given to the chairman , and tbe meeting separated . - .
AcrUiccLTURAL DisTUESs . —A Farmer say * "• he can ' t make it out how it is that he , and ninff out of ten of the . farmers throughout the country ,: are worse off every Christmas than tlie Christmas before while not one in ten can look at their trade ^ - lneii ' satisfactorily in , the . face at the bill delivery season . He . dan't make out how this can be when the Corn Law uiaJt 63 bread more than as dear again in London than it is in Paris ( the difference of 56 i per cent . ) while at Soisssoas , iii Eraneey nine busbels of flour cost only as much as five 'bushels of the saine sort of floar in England . Yet -notwithstanding the blessed law Which , pushes up-the . price of -corn
beyond its natural-level ; notwithstanding the halving of the ppor-cess outgoings ; not to mention exemption from assessed and turnpike taxes in certain cases , yeomanry cavalry , a sheep ' dog , and the like , and legacy duty . Notwithstanding all this and much more , the tenant seems to go back wards j and the laa'dlord not to get forwards . ' - ' If our " Jarmer" cannot see tbat all tbe exemptions be specifies were enacted for the landlord , and -the-. laadlord ' alone , it will'be useless for us to endeavour to open , his eye ? . He had better , set down and reckon the cost of the Canadian-Polish war ,. tbe mummery of the next Coronation , and get by rote the abomina--i-ion . o of tbe aristocratic Pensica List—Kent
Herald . . ' ¦ : '¦"¦"¦ ¦ ' . ¦ y , - ' ¦ •¦; ,. / ; .- ¦;; . ; . ; jy Shockin-g Accident , ox the ^ rciK .-vA few davs since a most distressing accident occurred to sorne . youtbs , two of Whom were drowriad , who were incautiously playing on the ice , on a part of , the river rrhere it is eight or ten feet deep- and nearly opposite the Summer-bouse , the - . residence of ' - . -Miss Byerlay , of Avon Bank . An inquest was held oil Saturday last at the Taleon Inn , Warwktj on the two boaies .: From the evidence adduced it appears that George Martin , eleven years old , and Charles Martin ; about fourteen years old ( brotners > sons ef
Mr . Martin , builder , ) aud Tbpmas ? Dale ,, twelve years old , -were , playing on tbe ice . Whilst engaged iti their play the ba ' li was struck to a part whieh . was not-frozen . The younger Martin went after it . to the edge of the ice , Which-not being of sufficient thickness to beat his weight , ^ g ave Way , and he fell in . Dale ibllow-ed , . as is supposed , to render assistance ,, and he ; was also precipitated into ths yfater . The elder Martin' then attemptea to fescue- thein , and he also became a prey to the watery element . They were all three struggling far-kelp , but no one , for jitjime , dare venture to assist ihemu A * length
a fourth boy , who was one of ftieir companions ^ went ' to the edge of the ice , and held out bis bandy to them .. At this time the two-. Miirtins >•««¦ -grasp-. ' ing each other to save themselves .- The elder one said . " Loose me , or I shall be drowned . ' . ' On this appeal : be relinquisned bis Taold ,. when tM elder , seized , the bandy--offered , to kim ^ ,. arid . ws © - by tbjs means enabled to - get oil the ice , and-saya . bis life . During this time the younger Martin ; bad feuaklunder tbe ice , ^ nd ; was immediately lost . -A rope and a iong ladder were . fetched , Ihinog this jerisid tb « poor little feHcw r ; Dalt ; , wba vfas an expert swim
mer , was struggling in tbe -abater and crying , ^ O Loydjgetme out , " A rope-being thrown to bim ,, he heliT it : as loug -as nature : could support him , but from ifc * being so bitter colo * ^ lie could not maintain his grasp . ' He tb . en . endeavoured to hold , the rope wit ' -t hi 3 : teeth , w > . iich be did . for a few minutes , but a . suddeu jerk af . cidentaUy given , again , obliged bimi to relinqufeli b ? s forloni hspe . A . man of the namebt Frazer nor ; ventured in , : with a rope tied rounds his-body . V ^> bent W . way through the . ice , and ] sueceedei r jartly in lifting Dale out : of the -water , but the ihf ii « . nnTH iirevented bis accomplishing . 'his .
¦ humane ' " ' * purpose . He was ,-reluctantly eumpeMed , for Ms o- ^ -4 afetj , -totelease'his - -ht > ld- ,: and ; . ; the-poorlad sua x to rise no more . . Erazer wds so affected as to be y u \\ ed out of tbe water . - The Juryreturaed a . yerdif , fof . " Accidentall y ¦ 'drowned . " . - - . . ' ^ m ^ BIC AN MODE OF PREVENTING ACCJWENTS 0 N Railways . —A scoop or ; case is attached to the 1 ™ ntof all locomotive engines ,. inade . with a strong ° * it bottom , strapped with bands . ofiron throug hQut , : . f ^ darmed iu front , with a ^ bw of , ax mch ^ m xi
6 . vV ^ th rivetted to tbe forward eage . xne * w .. : > se , formed like a wedges should pr < yectfroin g " Qu \ ftet in advance of the engine , being a * -V [ ° - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - " tuereto by prpjecUng braces of iron , ^ ttacfied flr - ^ ved to the bed frames ofthe nd Otkervri ?' . V - ¦ . >• the scoop should be ''' ¦ ^ ifyb , ¦ " Ve of tiie rails . ^^^ " I - ^ uptotwo . ¦ - .. - .: ¦•¦ ¦ ; . V ' . ¦¦ .: - . ¦¦ . ::-ittnm
tarmge , so ^ £ tue pottoni Oi - - but three . inches : above the top ^ n ^ - : ^^ aes should taper f rora ^^ the fronts ^ ^^ fis ^^ ar- ^ fe , ¦ . ' mmm ^ tm'sB ^
animal 1 S . not caught in the scoop , it is ievifehS thrown off the - track to the rightor lefr ^ f fw- T Wantixg a Wife —Thp nrt . ™ j ' dafc ? ,: connected with-a newspaper St 5 u cost- for to advertise for : a " S ^ LtS * V r ° ^ ^^ f ^^ t ^ e w fm ^^^ S ^ - mm
' 5 * £ *** # **** va | uelafter it was 4 ^ ed ? Mi too ^ thS—^ oompetentju ^ t toil ^ ^• ¦ SS ? 8 Wence . I think , it is time to eet ^ wifevifl am to be treated thus ' - * ? J *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 3, 1838, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct341/page/6/
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