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nr ite ^ of the'ineans of wibfiBtence . mu » t either wsffififf Sil ^^ they to % Qie ^ vKtes , they are ^ ferm ^ nBied W the commandoes ; ifthey rob , 4 hese again , "Uatt-left to starve , must tob those beyond Sem or pensh . Thus , tie first robbery by our coloaKf * " » " given rise to » succession of robberies sb& native wars , which hare desolated the most oential parts of the . continent of Africa , Here , iir , ire have an important colony . completely d » orjanised . The externnrationof&e natives is rapidly proceeding . Part of the colonists are in open rebeBion , or have waadered into fee deserts to escape from British authority . Discontent prevails oh all ades . Whatever the-differences amongst her MaiesWs subjects &se , each : party complains of the
iovemment : no " party -5 s " attached to the Untost Crown . Bo I blame Lord Glenelg for this most Bnhappv state of filings ? . By jio means . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) The present deplorable condition of Southern Africa has been occasioned by our system , or rather total want of a . system , of Government Tor fids Lord Glenelgus not particularly to blame : but see -what ihe want of a system hasprodnced : ob ^ rve in how miserable and cntical a state the colony is at last ; and . then , or , letus decide whether it be not high time to adopt soar system of government there , to apply a remedy of some sort for suchcrymg evils r Sir , would an assduous and energetic colonial minister have allowed xnch evils to erow to such a pitch without proposing
some "kind ofremedy for them ? Can we expect any efficient remedy from the infirm hands of * Lord Glenelg ? If not , and if the House really care at all about tins important colony , then -will they agree to my motion ; and more especially ifthev should be of opinion that there are many colonies besides those already mentioned whose peculiarly critical state Jat this moment caQs for more than average energy , diligence , and -wisdom in the head of the colonial government . I should have added , that the governor of this colony hasjust been recalled . Thattnal $ two . We shall soon come to more . I proceed , then to another colony whose condition is more than usually embarrassing and troublesome—the antislave trade colonv of Sierra Leone . Far be it from
me , nr . ' to cast a ' shadow of blame on Lord Glenelg for the total failure of this colony , as a means , which It was intended to be , of checking the slave trade . Nor is it any reproach to Lord Glenelg that we ha * , e ]** ished millions after millions upon establishing a settlement which appearsto have hadno other result than a profuse expenditure of pnbEc money and Vninan life . The misgovernment of the colony is proverbial . The peculation , the lavish expenditure , the public p lunder . for which it bas been notorious , have given it so bad a name that it may be aptly designated as an enormous job . Now , if I am not misinformed , the Governor of that Colony has ju-t been recalled—has been drivm away from the Colony bv the iobbers and speculators who fatten
there on the spoil of the public . Kow , in order that my statement on this subject maybe easily corrected if erroneous , I will address it in the form of a . question to those who are best acqucinted with the facts . I would ask the Right Hon . Gentleman , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , if he did not , when occupying Lord Glenelg ' s present office , appoint the present Governor of Sierra Leone—selecting him on account of his upright , straightforward , and energetic characf &r—as a pem > n Qualified to bring abon t some reform in that great job in the shape of a Colony ? Did not the gentleman in question proceed to Sierra Leone as a Seformer ? A Reformer m Sierra Leonti ! The fate of such a monster need not be told . The Reforming Gorernor of Sierra Leone , though Le was
eminently successful in attacking and conciliating the natives in the neighbourhood , soon gave offence to the small band of official jobbers , who call themselves the Colony , and was removed accordingly . If the Hon . Baronet , the Member for Devonporr , object to my statement , let him move for copies of the correspondence between the Colonial Office end the late Governor . If that were done , the House would see that Sieira Leone is another case of Colonial trouble and difficulty , for whick Lord Glenelg is respon . -5 ible , but for which it is not to be expected that Lord Glraelg will provide a remedv . Thit , Sir , is the third recent case , of
a Governors removal on account of differenc&s with Lord Glenel f s department . Let me now mention a fourth , that of the new Colony of South Australia , whose Governor , appointed by Lord Glenelg not more thrin eighteen months ago , has been just recalled . I have no doubt that tliis jrecal may be justiSea . just like that of Sir Feancis B . Head ; but if so . how does Lord Glenelg justify the appointment ? and have not the appointment and the recal together placed the Colony in that state which is sometimes " called a state " of " net water ? " If we add to these four the resignation of Lord Gosford sad the recal of Sir F . B / Head . there wSl be po less than sixrecent cases of the removal of a Colonial ( Continued in out fourth page . )
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YORKSHIRE LEXT ASSIZES . ¦» - ; On Saturday last , _ the usual bustle and " r . ote of preparatton " -atiending the opening of the commission of the Assize for this county , commenced at ~ an ezrlv hour in the drv of York . A lanje number of the tenantry of Sir R , T . Russell , of Thirkleby , the High Sheriff , arrived to swell the throng of the splendid pageant ; and the carriage being the most beautiful ever seen in the city , the liveries gaudy , and the attendants numerous , it was expected to be a ~ great sighv" About noon , however , an express arrived , stating that the Jndges would be detained at Durham until a late hour at night , and therefore that they should not make a public entry . On Snndav moraius-. the attendance at the Cathedral
was numerous , but neither of the Judges being present , much disappointment was manifested . We believe that they did not arrive until towards nfght . On Monday morning , ! Mr . Justice P . vu loot : opened the commission of Assize for the dry at the Gnildhall , but there being no business , " after the grand jury had been called and discharged , his Lor-i . « hip breakfasted at the Mansion House with the Lord JIayor and Magistrates , and Aldermen of the city . He then repaired to the Cathedral in the state carriage , where he was received at the great 7 west door b ~ v the dignitaries and other officers . Prayers were chanted by the Rev . W . Taylor , A . M-5 when the High Sheriff ' s Chaplain preached tn appropr iate discourse from Romans xiiL , 10 . The learned Jcdee afterwards received sacramenr .
Shortly after one o ' clock , 3 Ir . Justice Pattesox proceeded to York Castle , to open ihe Assizes for the county . The foEowing rentlemen were empannelled ' on THE GRAND JURY . Sir William Bryan Cook , Bart , of WheatJey , Forwn&n . Hon Win . Henry Dawney . Hoi \ E . M . Vavasour , Bart . Sir J . V . B . Johestoce , Barf-, M . P . Sir John Beresford , Bart . C . J . Brsadling , Esq . George Chohneley , £ 55 . J . W . Ckragh . Esq . P . D . Cook , Esq . C . G . Fairfax , jun . Esq . P . H . Fawkes , Esq . Wm . Garfortb , E ^ q . T . O . Gascoigne , Esq . TimothT HuttoB . Esq . Henry Preston , E < q . Philip Saltmarshe , Esq . Ed . Strange wars , Esq . John Swann . Esq . Georre Lowther rhbmpson , Esn . Godfrey Wentworth , Esq . Henry Wflloughby , E ? q . Richard York , Esq .
Tie proclamation against vice and profaneness having been read , MrT Justice Pattesox addressed the grand jury . He stated that he had corns to discharge the " duty of his brother , Coleridge , who , he was sony to say , was exceedingly unwell , bathe had not been able to read attentively the depositions In just cursbriiv looking over the calendar , and referring to the depositions in the most serious cases , he found that it would be necessary for him to say a few word ? , and the moreparticularly so , as since the last assizes certain acts of Parliament had been passed which had most materially altered the law
with respect to the punishment of a varietv of offences . The public might not be aware that " certain acts received the royal assent on the 17 th of July last , winch abolished the punishment of death in a ' Tar iety of cases . AH of these contained a clause enacting that- > they should not come into operation until the ] st of October , and that every case occur-ing previously should be punished in the same manner « if tha < e acts' had never passed . The conseqnence wag , that there were to be tried at these assizes different persons for the same offences , who would be liable to different punishments , according to the tnne when the crimes were committed . - There were
two or three cases of robbery , and some < aaef of fflahdons cutting and burglary , committed previous to the 1 st of October , and consequently capital cranes . He did not mean to ray that any of those persons , if convicted , must receive sentence of death , snil less that it should be carried into effect ; but it i&nst be recorded against them , and they would ie recommended to her . Majesty's merer upon the same terms as if the crime had been committed since October . He had then the acts before him : the ? rst of them was , to abolish the punishment of death
m cases of forgerv . This alteration took place prei ¦ nousb- jwith the ' eiception ^ f &e forgery of any will or power of attorney to transfer stock , which was * o ^ adered of so serious a nature that the punishment of death should be continued ; bnt since then , it had oeen thought by t £ e - Legislature , ( and public opinion had gone along entirely wifii the change , ) « at it being a most fearful , thing to take away toman Mfe , it should never be done unless the safety 01 the public imperatively required it . He trnsted « at there would be no danger in abolishing the ponishment ; on the contra ^ r , hfi believed fhatitwould ^ re the effect of deterring persons from crime more
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than great severity had , because it was undoubtedly ¦ tttte&at , * nere the law is more severe thanpnbhc opinion justifies , person * will . not prosecute , Junes ^ 1 not convict , and judges have been too astute , in myopmion , V find a « awin . the mdictoent The pracHce had beeri to avoid capital punishment ; and &elegislature , con ^ dering it not well that the ^ law ^ should be- < me way and- me practice another , had brought the law to ihe practice . Accordingly , he found throughout the prorisiotts of those Acts of Parliament that the legislature had abolished the punishment of death , excepting in caseswherethe crime itself tends very closely to the loss of life . The second of those Acts related to offences against the cereon , such as maliciously stabbing , attempting to
poii ? on , < fcc . ; butit-was still enacted that to stab , cut , or wound any individual , or cause any bodily injury dangerous to life , with intent to commit murder , should bepunishable with death . The intent to maim or doaomeprevions bodily harm is not now sufficient ; and 4 fcis might raise some difficulty as to the intent of a party . It would not be sufficient to show that if the person had died the offence would have been pmrder ; because , in many cases , the crime is murder when deatti occurs , although there may have "been no intention to commit it . If a man brutally and maliciously did that which was likely seriously to injure another , he was liable for the counsequences , whatever his intent might be . A clause had been introduced into this act which would
remedy a serious defect in former statutes . Fre-Tiously , ^ when a person was indicted for stabbing with intent to do some serious bodily harm , if it appeared that the offence was committed under such circumstances that if death had ensued it would have been manslaughter , the prisoner was entitled to acquittal . It frequently occurred that a bill was preferred for the assault , and this was attended with some inconvenience , besides trying a man twice for the same offence .- Under the present act , the jury may find a person guilty of the assault without a sppamt » indictment An important alteration had taken place witfi respect to burglary , or breaking into a house at night time . By the common law , the jury had to be satisfied that the house was broken into ^ - whpn you could not see a man's countenance by the Ughi . For the purposes of this acf . the night is now declared to commence at nine o'clock , and conclude at six in the morning ; so that now , in
summer , burglary might be committed now in broad day liebt . The offence is punishable with transportation ' for life or ten ' years , except accompanied bran assault with intent to murder , or the person shall stab , Kit , wound , beat , or strike , in which cp . ses the pnnishment of death is preserved . There was also another act , with respect to robberv . or the forcible taking of goods ; itprovided that whoever shall rob , and at the time of , or immediately following , shall stab , cuf , or wound , . « hal ! suffer death ; and whoever is armed with offensive weapons , or shall beat , strike , or use personal -violence , shall be transported for life ; but for simple robbery , without violence , the extreme punishment is trn ^ portation for fift een years . The " same pr inciple wasintrofJuced . in { he statute respecting piracy . The act with respect to burning or arsnn was rno $ t important . The offence wr . s one of the most horrible nature ; it was one of jn-eat deliberation and mischief , committed in swn ^ t and difficult of
detection , and therefore requiring to be repressed by strong provisions of Jhelaiv . It had been thonshr , however , that the setting fire to n stack or orher property where life was not endans ^ red . it ought not to be punished with th ?> sacrifice of lifv . It was . therefore , provided that a > . y person who should bum a srack or uninhabited house sliould he rranyported or life or fifteen y ^ ar . * ; while Pie punishment" of death : was retained in o . tsos wlien * an inhabited house or ship was destroyed by fire . He had forgotten , when speaking of offenrcs n « ninst the persoc , to inform them that , by the 35 ) h . section of the Act , persons sending explosive snbi-rances to bp received by others , wrt to be traa > pom-tl Tor liff ? This had been enacted in cons ^ q ^ enrp of a curious cape which , some time aco . r . rose in one of tin *
Circnit ^ , and was aftenvards bron ^ ht Lefore . Tr . ^ ges . A roan having sent to another a ^> x contrived liki ? a &jmm < n c ? rd-ra ? e , auJ fiVie-1 vi ; li gunpowder , so placed as that the opening of flip box w . n- - internled to ignite it ; their : t- "ntion was e \ idently murderous , and hewas indicted for ntt- ' -mptfnir to discl » ar < re loaded fire- ? rm ?; but 1 h : s was so obviously contrary to the meanins" of thestntu te anf ! tl ) e plain sense of the trord . « , that they ( fhe Jndces ) rnnld ' nof say thoraau had discharged longed fire-anns . : mi he w ,- ?>\ Jherrfore , acquitted . There w ?< another Act of Parliament , to which he w-inld d : rei"t their attention . Horstvste . ilins anf ! steaJins' in a dwell ng- : ou < e , to the amount of £ 5 . hnd been formerly punil-Lable wiih death , and when thst punishtneut for these offences
had been repealed , tbe p'rr ^ shxeent affixed tlierejo was transportation for life , absolutely—tlie Jud ^ 'e having no pow ^ r of mir ^ srnnon . Cnsea frenuently occurred , wliicli demonstrated wry forcibly t ! ie necessity of this being altered . He hzA hiinself tried a father and sr > n for sheep-stenb " n ? J the son going : out under the direction and rrvmjyr ] s 5 r > : i of tlje father ; and though it was most revolting to his ( the Learned Judge's ) fedinss he was obliged , by tne operation of this lair , to inflict ike > ame punishment on the son as on tie father . Another singular anomaly to- , that wb ,-n Tbe LpaislatTjre tonic away the punishment nf death for stealinsr in a dwe'linr . to the apjo unt of £ 0 . p . v .-l m ^ de it absolntelv trauspor tation for life , thev left tbe offence of Irenk ' wj into a
dwelling-house , and stea . imr over a penny , capital . Tbi > " was afterwards repealed , and t ' : e Jus ^ e ha' ! a discretionarv pon-er of jiunishroent . The law , ; hen . stood thus absurlly : if a man broke hifo a house and stole £ 20 , he miclit escarie v . ith an impri ' stmrnent ; but if he stole i 20 from tlr > house , withnnt breaking in , he naixt le transported for life . The Ix ^ islntnre were , at lens'tb . obli ? eJ to come to discretionary punishments for almost every olfi'iioe but inarder ; and certainly the cases of housebreaking which continually occurred were so various in character , and the combinations of cirenmstnnces were frequently so different in different cases , tbat it seemed impossible " to lay down any certain * ev . } e of pnni-hments fitted to-the varying c : rcu ::: starices unner whicb . the crime mieht hare been comirntted . He should be
verv glad if such a scale could be prepared , -so that the " moment a prisoner was convicted , he could turn at once to the scale- and find tbe exnet punishment necessary -to be inflicted . It would b ;> a / Trent relief to the Judge ; but inasmuch n .= no such scnle could be prepared , Parliament was obliged to confide in the discretion of the Judse * . Commenting on tlie r .-. ses of murder , his Lordship said that they would verv likely find the prisoner who stood at Xo . 7 , in the calendar , to be insane , but that must be no bar to tbc-jr finding a bill , ns tbe ismomy of the bill would prevent the Court from being &b ! e to ke ° p the party in safe custody . In the case , Xo . 21 , there seemed to have been a good deal of quarrelling : and fightinr . though not actually between the pr isoner and the deceased . The jury must consider wbetber there trere evidence of malice , and that would determine as to . the propriety of bringing in a bill for murder a manslaughter . No . 21 . was a . case of sheensfenlinff . on tbe 3 rd
of September . That man . if " convicted , nvnst be transported for life , though the act of Parliament which he had . spoken of allowed descretinnary power lo the judge , limiting the mitigation to fifteen years transportation . This was an unavoidable consequence of great alteration in the law . the severity of individual cases might be remedied br the crown , Tn the case , "No . 38 , it appeared that " the prisoner had often interfered in the quarrel of a man and "hiswifp-and that on one of these occasions he ~ hnd killed the husband , by ^ jowllng ' his Lead against tbe ground - He thought this likely in be a case of manslaughter . In the matter -nf No . G 3 , the jurv would be careful to ascertain ,-not on ] v whether there was evidence enough to put the ir-an on bis trial , but , whether conviction was liki-ly to followbecause , unless followed by punishment . tLe exposure of such cases , ought , if possible , to be avoided .
The Grand Jury then retired : and tbe Learned Judge proceeded into tbe Xisi Priiis court , to hear causes until bills should be found .
CROWN COURT . —TUESDAY , Mj rch 6 . Before Mr . Justice Coleridge . The Learned Judge sat at Ten o ' clock . . JOHN SCHOFIELD , 27 , pleaded guilty to having on the 25 th of July last , stolen a cow , the property of Joseph Oates , of Tong . . Two witnesses having been called , who gave the prisoner an excellent character , his Lordship sentenced him to be transported for b'fe . remarking , however , that a recommendation would be sent to the Crown , which would have the effect of mitigating the punishment . The distinction between the commission of offences in Jul y and October was a great hardship and inconvenience . - . ' . " '
JA 5 . HAINSWORTH , 22 , and JAS . PRICE , 21 , were charged with having at Sonthowrsm , on the 2 nd of October last , stolen from the dwftllinghouse of Samuel Hall , two £ 5 notes , fire sovereigns , and other articles . Mr . Baixe 8 and the Hon . J . S . Wortlet appeared for the prosecution ; Mr . Staxbfield for the prisoner . . The prosecutor stated that on the night of Sunday the lat of October last , his family went to bed about half-past ten o ' clock , the doors being barred and locked . On the following morning , soon after three o ' clock , he heard a noise in the house , which ap-• Deared to be down stairs in the kitchen . He awntp
Hfr wife . One of the men came up stairs to his door -with a lighted lamp , and said he wanted five sovereigns , and told , him to put them under tile door . He refused to do so ; and they then went away , but afterwards came back again to the door , which they thrust open . The men ' s faces were blackened with soot , and one of them had a poker and the other had a coal-rake in his hand . Witness went to a drawer , which they seized out of his hand , and took from it two five pound notes , which were in a pocket-book , fire torereigns , and some silver . They then left the house . He believed the prisoners to be the men . He saw them in custody at Halifax the day following . The kitchen window had been
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broken , and a ladder left at the outside of the window . Hemissedsome stuff pieces from some drawers in the parlour . V Mrs . Hall corroborated the preceding testimony . Benjamin Trapper lives at the Old Badlt , Halifax , and knows the prisoners . On the morning of the 2 nd of October , abont four-o ' clock , he went toget some beer . -He observed the prisoner Price go into Hainsworth ' s house , having dropped a joker at the door ; he asked Price what he was doing at tWat
time of morning , to which he replied that he iwas goinehome . : . , : Edward Allen proved that on the day in question , Hainsworth purchased a hat at his brother ' s shop , for 6 s ., and tendered a five pound note in payment . Thoinas - Mann , constable at Southowram , apprehenrled the prisoners on the day of the bnrglary r in conseqnence of some information which he had received . John Ntcholl stated that on the 3 rd of October , he found three stuff pieces in a plantation on Beacon Hill , which were missed from the prosecutor ' s house .
The examination of the prisoner Price before the magistrates was then read . He therein denied the charge , but said that he had been drinking at a beerhouse , and on meeting with the other prisoner , he went home . Guilty . — "To be transported for ten years . " . JOHN WOOD , 24 , was charged with having , on the 25 th March , at Huddersneld , violently assaulted John Crowther , on the Queen ' shighway , and stolen from his person 34 sovereigns , his property . v . Mr . Baixes and Mr . Dtopas were f » r tbe prosecution ; and Mr . Cottixgham defended the ¦
pnsoner . Mr . Crmcther deposed that he was a corn-miller at Hnddersfield ; and on the day in question he was at Manchester , and after returning to Huddersfield , he went towards his house on the Halifax road . When within about fifteen vards of his house , a mnn seized him hy the coat collar , and fwo men immediately came up . Witness looked them full in the face . * One of them then put his hand over witnesses eyes , and the . other his hand over his moiith , ' -when Wood muttered something . Thirty-four sovereigns and a half were taken from him , besides some silver
and copper . The men then ran away , and left liim in such a position that he fell on the ground . The robbery took place about twenty minutes past nine . Cross-examined . —He did not recollect -savin ? thnt the prisoner was a great rogue , and that he would try to get him sent out of the country . . ' Mr . Abraham Mills , captain of tlie watch" ; at HuddersfieW , seated that while in custody in Auffiist last , on his telling tbe prisoner the . charceon which he vras apprehended , he replied tliat " if it had not been for another person betraying him . he would not have been taken . "
JFm . JValker , one of the police , spoke to a similar statement . . .. . . » Mr . Cottixgham contended that the identity ' of the prisoner had not been proved . The prisoner bad not possessed a good character , but ilvrebehiir considerable doubts in the case , and ' the , question of identity resting entirely with the prosecutor , lie called upon the Jnry-to _ ghv his client the benefit of those doubts bv returnin-r a verdict of "acquittal .
The Learned Juocf . having , in his siiinrninir up , repeated asimilar opinion , the Jury immediately pronoiino'pfl a ' verdict of not Guilty . 'GEORGE- 'SCOTT , 25 , was -charged with lisivinir . at Kipv .-ick , in ] be North Ridinp . on the ] 6 th of October , feloniously entered tbe . hor . se of Cliristoplier liowes , sen ., ami stole tliorefrorn six sovereigns { ii :. l ~ ix half ' sovereigns ' , belonging to bis son . _ Mr . T ~ mple appeared for the prosecution ; -the pr isoner was undefended . of the iforstated
Jm : Doircs . the wife pro-er ; . tbnt about nine o ' clock on the day of the robbery she left the house , and locked the door , and piu tbe key in herpocket . She came back at five oVlork in tke evening , when she found the back window pulled out . and on-looking-: at her son ' s rlicst saw tint the lock was broken . There was a-pnrsi ? andsome money in the cliest , which sbe missed . Ann Tristram remembered seeing the prisoner and Wm . Lambert in company together on tlu > day of tl .. » rabhery : they leaped over a l : e ^' .: out of Windross ' s rtirthinto a fit-Id , and tbi-n they v . aiked alr > n 2 a --. Tall and ram ? " to . a . irate , wb .- ^ re Scoti fell . On bis retting up . Lambert . sniil " dnne . . S ^ tt .,-let ' s co to ^ jorrowbv , " and witness -saw no more of
: ; em . ChristopfiPr Bowes * fiat ., stated that luv pi iced four sovereigns and six bali" soverfii'irs in a -purse which was in his box . lie saw tbe money in tlint plnce on the '? otnrJay before the lO ' th of October , andl » ckt ? d the box . ' Afrcr'hearing tliat bis father ' s hows ? bad been broken open , he returne'l home , an '!' then " went to Yarm with Dojjworth . They fonn-l the prisoner at Wfllington Inn , layiiisf nslcop . On nwaking- ¦ him . h ' e offered them money if they would not hurt him . Tliey tben took him to a public house at Eaglescliffe , near Ynrm , where we were joined by Ellis . " '
T / toinas Kilisstated tint the pnsoner and he went into a room toeether . when tbe ^ former pulled out purso produced -thy whirh . contained money . Mif / uh Swinlturii , cov . < tah ) a of Ynrm , hroueht th-:- prisoner to York Csistk * . On tbe road , be s :: iH , " You don ' t know what I tlionirht when I came this-. vc-ny lasr time . " Witness replied that he did not ; on which lie sfii'l— " They c-. 'u do nothing v . itb mi ? unless they catch Lambert . . Tbi- purs u e having Veen identified , bis Lordsliip summed up . and the Jury after a short nbsen :-e , rvmrned a verdict of ( iwilty . The prisoner ( fec ] : uvd that lie was dear of it . — "Sentenced to . le transported for fourteen years . "
JOHN CIIABWICK . 27 . SAMUEL WARD . 23 , and HENRY BL'RRELL , were charged with hfivins , : it Sheffield , on tbe 21 st of August last , killed a lamb be onging-tn John Lister . ' Sir G . Le « 'IV was for tbe prosecution , and Mr . Cottixuham defend Ghadwick . The prosecutor is a butcher , at Silver-street hoad . Sheffield . On the 26 th of August ; he h ::. l ten sbeep and nine lambs in his slan < rhter-ynrd . which were marked on the left enr . In tLe pvpn : n ' : r ! ie -sprit them to the field by a man named Womack . and on pniijy . ' tuc followine day , a lamb was found with its throat cut , and its hind legs cut oft " . It-wa ? proved thnt Chadwick . Ward , anii Burrell went to . . the prosecutors field , the former a < knic Ward if lie had Drought
a knife , 'to which he replied tbnt he had . Chadwick then said there was a timb-iu that h ' old , and he woTild have it that night . On being apprehended , be said that , "lie-might as well go for much as for little , as he should riot hnve cared if be had been transported seven 3 'enrs before . " Wnrd nlso naid that ne iid r . ot care anything nbputit . On " their examination before the magistrates . Ward cbnr ^ pd Tyaswirb being tbeir ringlender . —The Jury fnun ;! the pr isoners Guilty , but recommended Bn ' rrell to mercy , in which the prosecutor joined . Tho ' . T . udjri ' sentenced- them all to be transported for life , but stated that a recommendation would be -forwarded to the Queen in favour of Bum-ll . The Court then adjourned before five o ' clock .
NISI PRIUS COURT . Moxd . ay , M . iru-H 5 . staxlcy c : rohsqy . Mr . Crkswel and Mr . Kxo > v / . ns appeared for tbe plnintifl "; and Mr . Ai . nx . 4 ? . DER for the defendant . The former is president of a buiWinir society , held at the Horse Shoe Inn . Huddersfield ; the latter resides at Kirklieaton . The action was to recover £ ] Q !_ K -xhh Ho per cent . nn ; i promissory note givmi in Octol-. er , 1 ^ 3- ; , to-whicl > thf defeiulaiit was one of the sureties . It npj . e .-irs that a pt-r .-on named Novell entered the club some time-ago , . and on pnyinsr ' 4 . " 2 Tier month , it ' wr . s nsrreed that he shonlil
draw £ \ Uh giving securities . Xle afterwards applie . fl for auotlier £ 100 , and they ngri-e . d to give him £ 50 n { riving sureties for £ 100 . Mr . Els ton and Mr . Tols ' - > n -were such sureties . No well afterwardsbecame irregular in bis payments , and passed through the Insolvent Court ; the former sureties Were then found to be worthless ,. ' and the question arose , whether the club could apply the Jatter note for the repayment of the entire sum owing . After the cause haa proceeded some time , tbe Learned Jud ^ e expressed his opinion that it could only be appropriated for the payment of £ 50 : and . interest ; and nccordingly the Jury returned a verdict for the defendant .
NISI PRILS COURT , Tuesday , AUncH 6 . Before Mr . Justice Patteson . The Learned Jud ^ e arrived at nine o'clock , when the following undefended causes were decided , nnd some were withdrawn for reference and went off by consent .
Taylor v . dickexs . This was an action to recover £ 32 , for machinery obtained by the defendant , s . cotton-spinner and mill-owner in Derbyshire , from the plaintiff ^' an ironfounder , near Sheffield . Mr * Kxowles called the plaintiff ' s son , who proved the machinery having been-sent , when a verdict was given for the sum sought . ¦ . . . SHERWOOD T . BEECROFT . The plaintiff , the owner of a quarry at Sheffield , sought to recover from the defendant £ 15 for the use and occupation of a quarry iu 1 S 35 , and £ 10 for money lent . Verdict for the plaintiff—damages , £ 25 .
SMITH V . JENKIUSOTS AND ANOTHER . Mr . Cresswell and Mr . Dux das appeared for the plaintiff , a spirit-merchant at Doncnster : and Mr . Alexander and Mr . Baixes were for the . defendants , Mr . Jenkinson , a farmer , near that town , and his wife . The action was to recover damages for the loss of a mare , alleged to have been mn over and killed by a chaise carelessly and negh ' gentl y driven by JVIr , Jenkinson . The defendants pleaded first , the general issue ; second , that the mare was not the property of the ^ plaintiff ; and third , that it was an involuntary accident . ^ The last plea was the defence relied upon . Mr . Smith was the owner of a grey mare , which he lent on the 20 th of June to a man named Crosaland , the trumpeter of Lord Wharhch'ffe ' s Yeomanry ; about twelve o'clock , Crossland left the mare at the door of his house in Scot Lane ,
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and 1 while it was standing there , the vehicle was driven swiftly round the corner , and the mare was knocked down , the whieels-went over it , and it died in ^ onsequence . 6 f the injuries received . For the defence , eyidencew ^ s called to show : that the Vehi cle wasdrivei at an dfdii ( aryjiace , " and t ] 6 atthe ; abcideht arose' froinithie mare ' strtkiag ^ diliit - into '^ ihiB ; street , having been left fastened ' to tto dboi ofihe house , iii a careless and iniprpper manner ; After an eloquent reply ^ fiS sih Mr . ' - 'Cbesswei . ;^ the ' Xeamed Jttdge summed up , and the Jury returned -a terdict for the plaintiff--daniages ; £ 194 s . 6 d , C ; ¦¦ ¦' V - ' - "¦ ""' : ;> : '• - ' . ¦ baiiey v ^ APPfcEYAh » , v > . -
Mr . Alexander and'Mn yfiQUTyiAii were for * he plaintiff ; Mr .-0 a , BR . s > vE ' i . i-, and Mr . TomlixsonJor the defendant ' . The deblaratipn , alleged that the defendant in September , las (; yew , at ; Denholme , near Halifax , took a cow in a close called Low ^ r Ings , and impounded it ; the defendant replied ; that the cow was tresspassing in : his ; freehold and eating his gnifcs , for . : wHcn- 'hedetaine 4 ihe- ' cbw ... \ T 1 ie ; plMiii ! - tiff . pleaded that he was the occupier of a messuage and certain clpses of land , and that for thirty years he had exercised / the right of pasturage' - ' . tipon . ToadV holes-Lane , and th ' at the trtjspass took p ^ ce in consequence of the ruiiiousstate ofthe defendant ' s fences . The case was entirely destitute of public interest , and at the conclusion of the plaintiff ' s case , it appear- ' ed that the rigltt had been exercised uninterruptedly for only twenty-eight years ^ iu . con § equeuceof \ ybich , the verdict was given for the defendant . \
RUMXEY U . WIL 80 N . Mr , BArxE ^ stated that the parties resided at Settle , and the action was brought to recover £ 24 13 s . for goods sold and delivered last year . The defence boing abandoned , the Jurj' returned a verdict for the sum sougat . '' .. ' ¦[""¦ ; ¦ : \ ^ CARnUS U . SlilNGSBY . Mr . STARKiLii and Mr . STANsriELD were for the p laintiff , ' , but the action was undefended . It was brought to recover the value of several lots Of she ^ p , purciiased last Aprii , at Gisburn fair , amounting in the total to £ 128 . —Verdict accordingly . The Court rose about holfrpast four o ' clock *
¦ CROWN COURT . —WEDNESDAY , March 7 . This morning , atnine ! o'clock , Mr . Justice Coleuidou took . his seat on tlie Bench . MATTHEW DAVIS , 28 , was charged ^ witli having , on the 2 Sth of July last , at Bradford , stoleiv from the person of Thomas Johnson , £ 2 12 s . lOd . in gold , silver and copper coin , two silk hand . kercbiufs , and other prticles , liis property . ^ There were two other indictments against the priifoner lor . offences ' of tlie same . ' nature ' .- The prisoner pleaded Guilty , but said that ppve ty was the cause of it . ROBBING A COUXTIXd-HOUSE AT BRADFORD .
CHARLES BOYNE , 20 , was charged , with haring . on the 27 th of July liist , at Bradford , stolen two Bank of England notes of £ Z each , five notes of the Bradford-Banking' Company for £ 5 each , and £ 35 and one guinea lii gold coin , tliepropevty of John IJeuhett . Mr . AsuMoiiEarid Mr . Pollock , Jun ; , wen ? for the prosecutioiij nnd Mr . Sergeant AteniiR lev for this prisoner . Min Boihett —\ nin a linen-draper at Bradford ; 1 know tbe prisoner . 1 inviti'd him , to my house in July . < > n tbi ! : 27 th I was making up my accounts . ; ine to count the there
my son helped uiohoy ; was £ 70 lls . ' . 1-gUvti directions to my son iiot to leave the desk-on any account , as I was going tui dinner ; I wns absent I'bont ball' an hour . I went to the desk abmit seven in the evening to get soine . cliange when I missed the money in question . I asked the 1 :. prisoner if he had taken the muuey iu joke , wlven he said he had not . 1 iisked his opinion . what to ! do , when he said 1 ro ' . iW do notbing as I eould not itienufy tlie Nos . on the liotL's . The prisoner ^ went awnyin tlie eveninj :, and suid to John Hall , one of the apprentices , that he should return in the moruing .
. Cross-examined . — Iie had ' . been with us as assistant sumo time before . He lind during that time-. fiVquent opportunities of cpinniittiiig-dishonest acts . 1 would ' . have trusted him any amount . Prisoner's family lives in alllueuce at Leedd . This happened-during , the election- ; people nre not so stwi ' Iy at these times as others ; ¦ pu olic-hpuses . ' ., are open " and much drii ; k stiiring . Tbursday wr . s the d ; iv I jni . << ed tba mmiyy ; Iw ¦ caihe on the Monday , aiiU he was in the bouse night < ind day from Monilay to 'J bursiiay . Beiiisr the election time , prisoner wivs ' in si » vei"il pubiU' -lwusL'S . ¦ ' ¦ \ have 110 dtVubt be
jr .-t loo ' inucli drink ; I believe he was tipsey . . On t :: e . nwniing of-ilie ' robl-ery , J IjeHeve the . prisoner was at the . Bee [ iive priblic-hoHst * afmr break % t . Ile-appeaKsl to uw tit have been drinking all the d : iy . Alter tlie iiioney -Was gone , and after I hud talked to him about ltbeiijg a joke , the prisoner was with me- ' ipur or if \ e hours . J / e . ivont to his Ciiusiu's-fhat nii - 'bt , about two milej ' . ' wff . Il-u did not return on tin ? - f « jilowiti ^ morning , us he ; was apprehended too early for him to do so . The desk was not locked ; tlie money Ayas in a double canvass purse . The notes and gold , whicli were wrapt in paper , were t ; ikeu , but tlie purse ; and ; another purse with some silver , were left . lle-exiuiiiiu'il . —The prisituer dined with my wife and boy that day . lie joined in conversation as oth ' er pwiiie did . / ; : ;
. Joiiti Jlcwtctf , ju ) i . —l nm the son of last witness ; Iain . " eleven years-of age . I occasionally assist my fcithor in liis . sbi > p . 1 remember the pr isoner ' coining tu my father ' s in July . I assisted my fatlier to uv . Lke up tlie a ' c ' ' nis on " the day of the robbery . The money wus put in a pnvse in the desk . I remember counting the ;¦ -inonyy before dinner on . the day in questioM . -There y . ere two Bank . of" England ' notes , and iive .. Bradford Joint Stock noteSj ahj . one ' . guinea piece . My father told hu > not to leave the desk ; I tlined wjtlvniv father nnd prisoner . that day . The
desk was in the room where we diiied , and the pri-!« imer "lin . r . i an opportunity of seeing the money because the tk * sk was open . He saw ; inw cbu ' u'ting tlr . j i :: i > n . ey with my father . Me and pr isoner . were left in the room wiili tbe desk ; we were both sittiiig nt tbe ; desk , The prisoner helped me to cast the daA- lw > k up ; there was no other person with us . i ' nsoner sent jue for a bottle of ginger beer in the afternoon . 1 did not lock tlisi desk before I went for it * , 1 'left \\ w key in . the desk . -I ' was ; five or ten minutes iufetcbiiiir ' tbo beer . About live minutes
after I came back , I locked the desk without looking into it , a : ; J afterwartlp gave my ; father the ki-y . The prisoner seemed sober . Cross-examined . —I cast the ' - . figures . ami prisoner examined them . ' M-y father liad oftonboen out durr iu < i the election time . ¦ i . Re-c ' xamiued . ^ -When I returned with .. the - ' ghuzer beer , I Tound lu ' in in the pas .- > agp and not near tuo desk . . ; ¦ ; . ; ¦'¦; - // 'illiam J > rk' ff . ~ l am the constable of Bradford On tlie . -2 / th of July last , about eight or nine in the eyeisiii ' s , the prosei'utor sent for ine . 1 . won't- with hijn . another constable , v . ith assistance to the house of prisoner ' s cousin ; he was in bed . A coat was fi > unil along with tlus pr isoner ' s clothes , in which was found two Bank of -England notes , and five notes of the ' Bradford Bank , in all ' £ ( iS 1-ls . The prisoner said . it was not his coat ^ but his cousin ' s ; there was another coat there .
Cross-examined . ;—In a snort time : aftnr we went in . prisoner said , " That ' s what you ' re seeking fur , that ' s Mr . Bennett's property . " Prisoner cleared his cousin of having put the money iu . the coat , and said lie had done so .. Re-examined . —Prisoner at first denied all knowleflre of what Ave were searching for . The money was wrapped-in several paperf ; and when it w ; ns loosed out , pr isoner said , '• ' That ' . " what you ' re seeking-for . " ' . ¦ - ¦ ; . ¦ . ' :. ¦ ¦ „'¦ -. . , " Mi :. . Sqtfire . Farrer . —l am-clerk to Mr / Hird , the niuzistnito . ' The voluntary examination of the p risoner was put in and read , in -vtlnoh it stated that he- did not take tVie lhoney with an intent to rob Mr . Bennett .
Mr . 'Skroeant Atciierley addressed tlie Jury on belialf of tlie prisoner . No doubt the prisoner did take the money , but did lie dp it with tin intent to steal ? lie did 'it most ''•' unfortunately , most incautiously , and in a spreeing spirit ; in a . state between dnmk ' enne . ss and sobriety . He did it -in a mauiier that a person with propriety and self-possessipn would not do . Prisoner had had for several mouths previously the same opportunity to rob the . prose - cutor , but there wns not even a whisper of suspicion against the character of the prisoner during that time . H e designated the affair" as a low half drunken spree . Tlie question was whether he meant to steal it or take it in a spree . If he had meant tosteal it , he had opportunity enough to go put and abscond , but the lacts were that he had spent several hpurs afterwards in the housed He askea then if he : would not have absconded if he had been conscious of
guilt . It was me impression of the prosecutor at tlie time that he had taken it in a joke , and it Avas hot an after thought . But if Mr , Bennett's impression at the time was contrary , he yrould have at pneesent for an officer , and the money would have been found upon the prisoner .. He appealed to their jitsticey whether , under the circumstances ^ they could brand the prisoner as a felpn for life . His ; conduct was blameable , but where was there an individual . whpse conduct , particularly on these occasions , was not so , Was hit ? conduct , the conduct of a thief ? lie said he was going to his cousins ; was it untruei ? ttwas not ] he went there , and was found , there , He claimed , as a matter of justice , an acquittal at the
hands of the Jury , and proceeded to call witnesses as to character . ¦ '¦ " ' ' : " ., v ? : ! ;! '¦ Mr . Lewis , linen-draper , of Leeds j Mr , Scott , spirit-merchant , of Leeds ) Mr . Jipilida ^ tobajeconianufacturer , of Leeds : Mr . $ niipson DickiMm , ' so ] aator ^ ot . X ^^ ^ -- ^ r ^^ V ^ r ^^^ 4 > ^^ A ' W ^^ officer , of Leeds ; Mr . Geo . Foster ^ ^^ Sheriff ' s-officer ; and Mr . George ( Jrumbie , tobacconist , ' of York , who had been in the employ of prisoner ' s father , gave the prisoner anexcellent ; ahd ^ exceptionable dha ? racterforhpnesfy . 0 ' ' . " :- ¦ ¦ " '[ . ¦ ' ]>;^^ . . y ^ ; 'f l l /' The Judge summed np ,. and the Jufy retired After ; an absence of about a ; quarter pi an ! liour , the Jury found the prisoner ^ CSuiltJ ^ . b ^ t i ^ commen ^ ed him ; to m ^ rcy on account of his / preiyipns . ' gpod'cha-¦ ¦ ¦
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TO THE RIGHT HON . LORD JOHN RUSSELL ; HER > |^ 5 iS ^^^;^^ TiS ; ^ My LoRrti , —No doubt your Lordshi p is now very happy , because yoti have succeeded in persuading 309 Members of the British House of Commons to unite in dedaring , that C / iristianity ¦ w u . Fable , and thatGod'isaliar ¦ . /^ "By theij deeds ye shall Mow themV' No doubt Sir Robert PEEt is in his glory , now that 309 British Legislators have affirmed ^ that " Christianity if xo lqxgek . part ' and ' parcel of the British GoHstttutibn . '" L 6 bi > How-ick is now , no dodbt , as merry as a grig , because 309 VRepresantatives of the People" have declared , that"because the people do not Ml and burn , the petitions of
hundreda ^ of taonsands of . Englishmen , are" -not ' -wprth . the notice : of their representatives . '" Very good , iny Lord ; h'ddle away , aiid be a ? happy as you can , even while yon may . You remember who said , " Keep your powder dry ; " hear mej iny Lord * and attend to what I say ; " look to your parchments and rent-rolls . " You understand the rest . No more petitioning , niy Lord , but a good deal of emjuiring into the title-to your estates . No "himdy ' np "Jire , " to please either ypuy or LoRn Hpwicis , or Sir Robert Pkel , but a good deal of talk as to why you shvvld keep yojur tens of , thousands of ¦ pounds a-t / ear , and the poor should be robbed by you of their few crunils , which the constitution holds i \ 0 Kzsitcred than your rent . That is your
look put , not mine . Bid I say that the ConstUuliw held the crumbs of the labourer to be more sacred than your rents ? You may laugh at the Constitution which ; yoii are seeking to destroy ;—but mark what Gon says ; "the husbandmmi that luhmireth must lie first parlukei'S of the fruits . " Now , my Lord , laugh , if you dare 1 Kick if you will . Give your coyetpiisness its full grasp— -aiid your tyranny its full power—and what then ? TIte " avenaer " of the poor ' - —tlie "father of the fatherless '—the husband of the widow "—will prove to he yoi / r masterand lie will soon shew , ( perhaps by the power of the people ) , that you and your associates in vice and blasphemy and tyranny—are , after all , but weakness , personified in bombast and impudence . As I said before " Look to your parchments and rentrot / s . " The people of England my Lord , ara-hf / tiuJi-t / iir
they are not a bloody race—and remember always that God / is not a liar—remember that he neither sleeps nor slumbers . I shall have nnicli to say to your Lordship , about the debate and the ; decision on Mr . Fieljje . v ' s motion . At present I forbear . Loolc to your own order , my Lord , but do yot thist to tlte army . Police away as much as you like—but do not trust to the army , because ' the // love their ivivcs , their parents , and their children . Five hundred police cannot enforce tlie Devil ' s own law—try them—raid then count up your savings , by robbing the poor . I navereceivod a fewletters lately , from the sou of tho Right Honourable Sprxc-kb Perceval . , Perliaps you will know 'Uiiii j—1 will extract some of lr . s remark . s for fh « special information of your Lordship . Under date of Feb . 6 " th , 1838 . Mr , John Peuceval
say . s : ^ - ^ , . . . , .. ' I llate live New Poor JAylr .,. lecd ( tse it establishes a " dangerous and unheard oj authorily . in the country . 4 I bate it , for its principle of centralization , and eav " tensive rumrJicuHon of sewile agents . I hate it , " because it . au \ . vrsc < les the authority of the magis" tra ' . and clergy . ; I hate it , . 'because ; it deprives " . the rate-pay ' ers " of essentialcontroul over the appli"' catiou of their fuiu ' . s . Bidab ^ ve all lhuie it , for its " moc / cery of charity , and for its injustice . Its ^ injustice , because the evil disposed and the wel-•^ disposed paupers are tivafed alike . Its mockery of ' ¦ charity , an J injustice , because the acceptance 6 f " reliefis accompanied with subjection to dugrauing-* ' conditions ; so tftutthc honest and deserving labourer " ir illbe : the la si to receive it : a ' ud . raeno . f any spirit '• will be-exposed to sufteriiu' fliicl famine ?! w will
^ prefer to commit crime ; whilst tlie vile onl y will " nibniit to - sncli . illiberal aiid disgusting conditions . ¦ "Mi . ite it also , for its disrespect of the clergymen , " and pf social am ! moral ties ^ iii Fepanilaiig parish" imiers from t ' it-ir pastors , heigh'b . onrfro . mn . eigbo . ui" , " . married couples " . from each , other , and children " from their jjar' -iits ! " : Now , my Lord , what say you ? Canyon answer Mr . Pkrcevai .- ? If you can , < io . —He evidently knows . - something ubont you , my Lord , for iii the same letter he says" Petitions unbacked by an appeal-to fears , are not to be headed by the Government , or the houses of Legislature . " How true is this declar-ition Lord Howick , yourself , and thp ' House , of Commons , proved in tTie debate on Mr .. FiELhEx ' s Tuouoh ' . Tnke n \ y word for it , you shall soon hnye- cause to fear for your ¦ '' rents * Under date of the 11 th Feb . last , Mr . Perceval
writes : — "The cause tho people-are now engaged in , speaks " for itself , and 1 will answer for it , tliat the spirit of "• the foe ' . st regi ' iiK'nts in the service is for us : from . " . my knowledge of the respectability of-the good " soldiers' cbnracK'r , I will niiswer , " that there is i ; scjirci'ly an Ey ^ 'lish oflicer , anrl that no private of ' * any character , but that will fed disgusted to le 11 -cmptoyvd to enforce the New Poor La \ i \ If tlie " soldiers are onk-red out against you , let this-cry ' nin " through the people— 'U'e will not compel you to " sired ; the blood of your lnothers , nnd fathers , and " brethreTi . ' . Thon . let the . people disperse , not-fe ' ar" fully , bnt respc'ctfnlly , 'ana in p-ood order . "
My Lord , I . could tell you of a scene m certain b . arrncla in the North of fenglaud , with refcronce to , the soldiers nnd the ; New Poor Law , which would prove on which side-the soldiers will fight , arid , how the soldiers will fight , and bow very fond they are of ¦ tlie . THiiF . E . TRArrcR Ki . ngs ; ju ^ t now , however , you shall ' not have it . No , you siioll hfive a . little more from Mi ' . Jons Pp . i ' . cEVAi ,. Feb . 18 , lip says , " I am very mTich obliged to you for your long " letter , which 1 only opened this Tnominjr : having ¦ " beun down into Kent and Sussex on Thursday , " FridjiY , and Saturday , to inquire -into , the sWi-te . ' of distress and discontent among the peasantry " then ' .
• 'I am .. sorry' to-say , that , as I foresaw , the " peasantry Jiu ' uc been driven into crime there ; firing ' buildings , sheep-stealing , mdjiringona cfergyniani , " or a jarmer , who . was with him , it is Hiicertain " which , in / ths neighbourhood of Ickleshaji : " robbing in other parts , about LAMKERHuhsT and u WoonrjiTj ? , so that the farmers are obliged to patrote " the roads at night , and in tlie neighbourhood of " SKVF . SQAkijiL'e or six pistol shots have been fired at "different individuals with intent to rob , and one " gcittlcnutnreccived a bullet'through hhhat . " The distress also is very great . ; the wages are " 12 s . per week , to those who are in employment ; ^ but numbers cannot gatwork , or .-adequate relielV ' •' without breaking up their families , and selling all their little nd
" property ; r . going into . the work" house—where they are locked up separately—and * ' as one man , who is in the tvorlchouse at Battle " told ine , ' You see , sir , tliey really give us hardly " ' enough to keep life up ? The workhouses are not " all , but some ofthem are so constructed , that there " is not a window ,. I declare to you , not a ' . window by " which the poor can look out upon the country " and one of the labourers I saw asked me , 'if 1 did " ' not think ithurd , that the povr should be shut-vp ' ' so as not to see a green twig of the country they " ' have been tilling all their lives ? ' The general ^ feeling of thepoor is , that they will ratlier starves " or cwutnitsiricideytlivih go into these prisons , and " many are willing to emigrrtte . They say , if they
u ask for relief , at firjt they are neglected ,. then they " go pn living on their means , till they are forced , to " ask again ; then the guardians : give them just " enough , perhaps ^ one gallon of flour , and one shilli ling per week , for a family of four children , to " struggle through another week ; if they apply " again , they urn told to come into the workhouse . To " prevent this , all their relations and friends strain " everynerve , xupi ; so they all cosie to ruin to" get her . . 1 heard also complaihts ^ thatwiien they " were separated from th « ir children , it had been " known that some of the children had been taken " ill and died , without / their parents being in" formed 0 ? it , so that tliey might not be permitted " to see them " |
Truly , my Lord , the Devil ' s pwnlawis the Devil ' s own work ; in the agricultural districts , I am sure , bi . s Satanic majesty will agree with you , and acknowledge that it does work well ! But to proceed ; MryPERciyALsaya : — - : ' . . - .- . ;¦ ¦ - / . /' ¦ ' . . - ¦ :: ;/ ' : ' "I am afraid , ho waver , great as the distress is * that " wp dp not kno ^ y :. ii the evil that will flow from it . * A general complaint is made by ^ the small shop * ? : ke , epers ; that they cannot maKe any moneys as " they did formerly ; for that , firstj in the old time , " the jnoney given to-the poor man / was emended ' tieceksarily ainongst his neighbours : secondly , the " pbpr \ xwe nothing to buy with , I tbink ^ therefore •** in the end , these persons also will soon become a
" bnrden to the ^ parish , and landlords ana gentlemen ?*• ' will . find that thiey lose as much as they gain , from 'Vtheirrenfafalnng . / ^ ¦ / /" . JJorxv as . I ani for the crimes that have been " cpipmuted ,- I look upon them as the natural " consequence of theinhuman manner in wroichthe ^ law : has b een pasj * ed : they are ¦ symjadmsahAproofs ^ fofi&idiscoiUent ^^ aflddistress / exisving : which the ' ^ Pp ^ ij L § A ? r ppnTMssionera denyi ^ Respectable per *<• sonsm . fheneignbp ' urhopd said ,, * they were not to , «| be'wondered at ; / and I iam told the soldiers , who 'Vhasv ? been down here , said the sanie thing ; and " ' » X 3 o , HnatHbeyib'd ' not ' see what '( ftey hadtodowith *** iheinaiier ^ i ' ' / C . ' -V / - .- -- - - - - ¦ ¦ - ¦ - ¦ . '¦ :-O /^ oiJearMiaitmy ^ Lord , ^ respectiable ^ ersons ^ arid . «* Spldier * t . £ ' Have a , care , my Lord , or the whole " ttong , " wUl ; break down tinder the ponderous
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weight of your ^ three Gomniis'sioners . 'Look to ycrorrents , I say again . Mr . Percival adds ;—; ' , ' I ; left t % o papers at IcKtEskAM j recommending '' thepeasantry u >> assemble in- their parishes , and " afterwardsitp jneet several parishes together , to " petition , and to show their strength and numbers ; . " arid to do nothing contrary to law—telh' ng them , "' itot-tibe afraid of the . rsmierstwAowu ( aInoi ^ fight " against'then ' pwnfieshand ' ito ( i' I . also set be'' fore them the e ' xampl « of tie men in the north . " But I am afrdd Htfle will ^ be dtme : for the pea-^ sanlry are of raid to coine forward lest they should ^ be turned away from their places ! I , think the " poor should bertaught to , argue and . reason with , 't the soldiers in the towns and villages . "
Andaodo I , my Lord , the soldiera are good fellows v andthey ¦ dphate ' ihe ^ New Poor Law , I love the brave soldiers , because they hate the three-Somerset House Kings , and becauser they are right loyal to our Queen , and have ^ sworn to aifend her against all her foes . So I am sure ^ my Lord , they will never assist the three traitors to trinmph over her Majesty and her loyal people . Not they ^ indeed . ; Besides , ybu knov ? , my Lord , these monsters actually bqsiile the old veterans ^ and the mothers , and wives , arid children of the : orayes troops of her Majesty the Queen ! One of your Lordship ' s partizans in Parliament said , the other . day , when speaking of the people ; of the -north , ' . ' . Oh , they are wi aiuaic wiii
umj » JJaiccl puiixouua-. r—a icguuciik " put them dowa any day ! " Indeed ! Oh , how mistaken was that '' poltroon . '' The soldiers are loyal , my Lord- —tliat is enough for us . Mr . Perceval continues : — "I have written to you this long letter , that you " may know , and be able to inform the people in " the nor ^ that the law does not ^ work well : ' and 'Vthat the people in the south , who hare tried it , are" discontented with it . I do not think the friends of " the poor in the sputh are doing their duty , —for " thiese things should be taken more advantage of , " and m , ade more public . '' Well , my Lord , what think you ? Ganybu carry on the bloody . Tragedy much longer ? I trow not .
But jtmsisnotaU , myLprd . I nnd the system 13 giving way in its strong-hold—Rotla > -dsiure lle ' ad the following ,, my Lord , it is received from a vyorthy clergyman , residing in that county : — " You " willbe glad to hear that I hnve good grounds for ^ believing , that the O a kh am Union is shaken to Us ^ foundation . IIearn the Guardian of this parish ^ resigns -this March , having liithfrto is-olely held " the office . So likewise in another parish , the " Guardian will act no longer , and , in another " Union named to me , the Guardians will not meet " at all . " . This is glorious . news . 'from the agricultural districts . No wonder that / the Guardians fight
shy— -it was bad enough , to be the tools and slaves of the Commissioners—but now , that Lord Hovvjck has explained the only terms on vybich the petitions of the people can he attended to , it is , I say , no wpnder that the Guardians should resign and refuse to meet SOOto 17 ! l ^ grniited , the odds are great iN-doorsb-it remember—out of doors—the odds are far more in oitr favour ! ,. - ¦ ' - . / Do you think , my Lord , that the Reformed House would allow the people of Exgi-anp to be heard at the Bar of their House , as tEey did thft people of C AKAOA ? The next step will be . to try them . And tben—I have not room , my Lord , so for the present adieu . .
Your Lordship ' s most obedientservant , ¦
•; . . ' .. IUeHARD OASTLER . Fi&by Hallytiear Huddersfield , March 3 , 3338 . B . S .- ^ -T wo or three w ords moi e , and theril have doriel Baines says , that no ? uch cruelty is practised in Eugl . ancj , as teariiigsuckingbabesfrom the breasts of their mothers . He is ; right , as far as condemried criminals . gp " .- \ MuniereM , condemnedmurderers , are allowed in Eugland , to suckle their ; own babes . But 'in Englnnil , tlie ivmoeent , unpffending , but seduced aiid pauperized mother , is ; not permitted to suckle her own child ! Baixes read the following ; , I had it i 11 LoxDoy from , the granciinpther of the babe . I piye it in her own words . "Harriet Decosteu ' ^ Rushavouth j twenty years old , with her daug hter ^ ' aii ¦ - ¦ info . ni .. nine months . old , were placedviri the " workhouse 6 f St . George ' s , in the East . Her baby " was taken from her ! anp two other babies were " rux to her to sucKUj !! This was ; done the verv
" day she went in . She was also put to the \ yash " . ' tub . She is scarcely rational . The babe was "illegitimate , the father is in good circumstances , but " she could get no allowance fro ? rihi ? u . ' She veas ' '• only three weeks in tlie House . She wasso much " reduced by jntjriety and bad . treatment , that she " looked like death ! When her aunt wen t ' to see her •' . at-three'weeks ' eist ! ,. poor as she was , she said she ? ' would fcike herout and they would starve together ^ rather than she should be ( lius treated I -The child " ¦ was very much reduced . " There ' s a " Test" for you , my , Lord ! Why the' Donl himself ,. if he had not been assisted by the cruelty of a POpr Law Commissioner , could not have invented such a" Test , " a . ^ tli is j ! Now Baixes -c " ease your : cant , or prove this fact to be a He . ' There « is in Nottingham , a poor family—a father , a raotber , and two , children —tbfi inother is near hi % r confinement . Afe-. v weftks
ngo , tliey were found by a fnerid of mine , in a cold cellar , a ' lv-mp of dirty straw in : a corner , oh the brick floor was their only bed—a ; dirty rag ^ their only covering : —a chair and a few broken pots , comppsed tue rest of their furniture . ^ They could get no work , no relief , tliey were offered the accursed Bastife . . But'tliey had bc : n "TesteAj" iny : Lord I AtuMheyjn-cfored to starve anddie out of tlienouse , ratlier tban again submit to the Denis' TesC " Tliey Lad .- . been' there , my Lord , and the h ' ttle boy , having been separated from its mother , raged , in all the agony of despnir and nctnally tore off bis own hrtir'by hnndsfulVt •[¦ ¦¦ This was more than a mother could bear ! ! In the teeth of famine they left this iisylum f !) for the poor . ' It is a fact , mv Lord . f
And now tin ' s 'family , along with many , many more , is kept by private ' charity . Yes , this law . " works well' ' . ibr '" the covetous and liard-hearted—but the huinpue rii'l cliaritaWe are much pressed , on by it . 'iVIy Lwrd , I was . with a very eminent physician in Lonfl ™ , who , wlien . speaking of the " Diet Table' - ' of tbe BiujK ; : nvATi ? R ^ VoiiKHOt'SE ,: said — "Mr , Oast" LEn :, I . liave been parefully examining that table , " and I Imve no hesitation in gi \ ing it as my opinion "thatthe Commissioners lutveemployed r professional " men , to devise a diet tvhich might / seem like , foMy " but which would . .. certa . ix . lv ¦ ¦ act upon the fnarian . " ' ' frame ., as slow poison . '" Loolc to it , my . Lord . The Queen will some day get to know all about itand then ,- the whole Gang will Ife " -. Tested" before an English 1 J ' uh ' - ^ -fpr Murder . ' R . O .
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TO THE EDITORS OV THE NORTHERN STAR . Gentlemen , —Jesus Christ being asked—" . Which isthegreatcommandment ? " aiioWered , " Thoiislialt love tile Lord thy G . od , with fill thy heart , soul , and mind : this is tlie first aiid great commandment ^ and the second is like unto it-e'Fhou shalt love thy neighbour ns . thyself . ' . ' On these two commandment ? hang all tlie Law and the Prophets . " Jesus also said— " Woe unto them who lay heavy burdens on other men * s . shoulders , which they themselves will not move with one of their fingers . " Now , sirs , ii this principle of loving our neighbour as ourselves , and V etoing unto others as we would be ; doue unto , " be ' the foundation and test of real Christianity , by ¦ what name shall the religious professors , arid even
the Legislators , of theise kingdoms , be distinguisuea . It is airindubitable fact , thatall food , all raiment , all . habitations , all furniture , all fuel , ' &c : , are produced by lapour , and by labour alone : that if any singlefamily or iudividual . of the human species , liad a whole . island to themselves , they inust either work or starvei ; and it is equally clear , tliat if any individual does enjoy these good and necessary things , and does notproduce an equivalent himself , he must inevitably be a burden to society , equal to the deficiency of his production ; and \ : consequently , increase the tasks or tlie privations of his fellow-¦ m eri i which is quite inconsisterit . with the principle of " loving our neighbour as ourselves . " - Acaip , the principle of " loving our neigliboui' as
ourselves- ' , does not require that we should give ; any part of our earnings to those who fere as able to labour as ourselves : those who are able to labourbut will not do so , those are the people who alone ought to stane . When a person becomes unable to labour , " or to labour sufficiently , ; thenhe or she becomes a proper object of chanty ; but not till then . The labour of man is the oiily thing that man can justly claimand ^ therefore , whatever has not been produced by labour , is not the property of man ; and hence n 6 man has a just right to claim any uncultivated land : mighthenot as jiistly lay claim to a star in tlitj n ' raiament ? Again , tlie earth is the sOHrce of human food ; all men must obtain food or die : this is the ^ natural connectionbetween man and the earth ;
and this connection is equally the same between the earth and each particular hvmah creature ; and , therefore , the engrossing of the land of any cpiiatry by a few individuals , is the most wylistanain / iirions sort of engrossiog , and never could ; be practised by any man who"loved his neighbour as himself ; " and by which means we see so many indiriduals niainr tained in laariess and luxury all their days , whilst other people are working dpuble tasks on the iields which the drones call theirs , and are scarcely ableto obtain half food or half raiment for themselves , for all their toil . / Every industrious and frugal ^ man / has a natoal right t » accumulate propertyv and if . this was not the case , then no property could have been accmrinlHted : nor could anv pewpn Bave been fed
who did not work . Accordingly , we read , Deut . ch . 15 , v . 12 "to 14- ^ - " If thy brother , an Hebrew , man or Woman , be sold unto thee , and serve thee six Tears , in the seventh thou shalt let him ; go free ; and thoii shalt not let him go emp ^ r , but thpn shalt furnish him liberally but' of thy iipck , and out of thy floor , and outof my wirie-press : of that wherewith f the Lord thy GpdbAtii blessed thee ., jthou shalt give . unto him . " '¦ Thus vte seev ^ thatm the BibUcal days , about MoOyears before . ( Christ , when . ^ ere was not " so ^ ^ riiuch saidabbut capitalists , even bon 5 arid bought gemints , when they had served six yews , Were not to b «! sent empty ; away * ^ ut were ^ to , have some of their master ' s flock ^ cotn , and wine , accordirig as God had blessed hfe ^ master .- —Yours ; <* : c . ' ¦ :- . - - ;> .:- ^ .:- ' ; -- - ^^? A- - 'i' -- -JdHN ' KNIGHT ..: '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 10, 1838, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct342/page/7/
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