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      THE BA >* K SCREW . « yeeTiiiascstra , neewmedi » p * ti |> ossanms . - - ThP h&ni KTstr , the -whole screw , tigbt ot loose no ifl it ~ mu st Fcrew tfci nation up to the sticking intef Whig permanent prosperity ; and when foreign J ~ V _ eilts ^ hali hare learned the management of the £ ~» &e Mexican , Chilian , Brazilian , Portuguese , and S « HWb Bonds will rise to par , and the London Stock Sj ^ Bire -sriU be overwhelmed with a sudden flood of iSt . It is rumoured , too , that a gigantic screw-driver ^ been sent from Threadneedle-atreet , tor the use ef Sf United States Bmk , and as this s-sw-driver is to wTwork ed hf st ^ am , it is confidently expected that the cLa , of Bidale and Co . will shortly be above par , and ^ TV ^ re sha ll tear no more of tie Banks going " into a j ££ of non-iesaiBprion . "

      gp ^ boti Gentile and Jew gi ^ hij- praise the tight screw , And rft times that other , in some what loose brother , E ' en vow ihat salTation jltaia screw alternation ; Tb&t the rise and the dip Of to ^ s . loans , bonds , and scrip , By ¦ which all are thriving , Pr . xe « d fro : a screw driving ; T— ct thr screw , tight said loose , Is of -wonderful use , And iesTcs us 2 : leisure Jo const surplus trtasme , garp ' as reTfcrrue loo ,

      3 e notes sj ; c and sp * vu n »~ , >" ofrithstanding treadmills , La ^ ur UiM and bastiles , The two rirai factions , Sore fiscal exactions , And all that kind of thing , About which Chartists sing , So they throw up their caps Pot the TttiaJUietvile chaps , And riTe all honour due To the D-ns cf the screw . Then , * ffii > : st sad coavuisions , Acd bank-n ^ te revulsions , The fill of Sic Biudle , Whose name rLrnus with diddle , And wh ' -se banking pic nit , Cansed Lis guests to fall sick , Though hi borrowed a st > p

      Frazn the Tnjvs . 'ir . eedlesliop , The TWig opiimists bright Swear ibzi ^ i . tii lnss are right , And declare i : cites psin To prove -what is so plain , That , Syiie of gold panic , And pslf all pneumatic , Their ti .- - . iga " lo ^ al tender " Is our stoat defender , And that paper basVers Are oar & : roug sheet mchors , Though no : disiant the hour When tf-. tir pip-:-r-r-s : f power Shall burst like a bubble , In tann-iii und trvuV . e , And ier .-e them , ir . ck-a-day , Xos - stiver to p = 7 , In spit ? of light *~ swing And T ^ readnte-ile doinz .

      The warring held cut bj the United States Government , -which only a short lime tuo % wasted of a surplus rereira -In prrSdicus paper pelf 1 . seeas to be disisprded ty cur slatesT . eri nr . d practical currency doctors , fcr th £ j-, ' to-, are d-pclarinsr tbat some thing eju ?» ~ r > e doss to biTe a surp . iia rr-recce ; thc-sgh it is evident thai , CTLiler the tr : i * nl sj-item , the revenue and Eurpha en er . ' y be is barters' n-iper d ^ bts , in the revulsion ar . d reaction carri-cey trLich actually yields an jaimal interest to the c « btors > and it is an instructive fact , that every TtvuVion in the proper d » fct marktt lasbe ? n-DV £ « dc-I by Umjor . ry increased receipts into toe fcrhcq--r . The Bank Directors ssy that they CBnnot psy titir paper deb ' -s by reason of the great

      scarcity tf guld -or . e of the eis » ntial properties of real money '; bat thf-y conceal the fact tliat eTery addition to their pipsr debts sdds to the relative scarcity of the gold , and tbat they , the Direstors , -would not aiiow their debtors to rrrail tiie ^ isslTes of the puerile ple a of iite » 25 psrd scsreitT , which , inic-ed , if once allowed to those who so imprudently contract millions of debts in j > ST > er roirea : ^ , bonds , leans , ir ., "would free foreign gOTgrtmtEi ; fr--ni th ^ ir esgas-isienla towards their "Rn ^ WS laaoi : jlders ; for it ugbt neTert-o be forgotten , though tie sayirs nuy be homely , that " what is sance for tte zoose is iaure ft ? r ^ e gander . " BA 51 . MTA& Kotthghim , 3 Iarch S , 1541 .

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      1 EE LEAGrE . \ rho are that b ' . as-. ering , canting crew , "Who ke ^ p the cheip leaf in our Tiew , And would froa us mors profit Bcrew ? The League . TTLo cry " Rr . r ^ l the surs'd Corn Law /' Ae < J woaJd tin : ir workmen feed with straw , That thry ni-y fLuv lucre paw ? The League . Who "Bisk to rnli th = working -man , And burk the Charter , if they can , With thsir self-aggrandiaing pian ? The League . Who deal ir soph : stry aad cant—05 common stase etinco the want—And stri-ve the Charter to supplant ?

      The Leagce . Who meet fiefeat at e-rery turn , Proia the Chartists , strocg and stem , Tet from it wisdesa wili nor learn * The Leagns . Who hiTe rereiT'd their final fall , This afternoon , in our Cloth Hall , And dare sc > one more meeting call ? The League . WM . Kidee . Leeds , ilarch SO . 1541 .

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      TO THE SOTS OF TOIL . Te sons o : men give ear awhile , And listen to my prayer ; To yon I ask , ye sons of toil , Who are pr 6 ss * d with want and care , How comes it that ye toil and sweat , And bear the oppressor's rod % Fer cruel men who dare to cfcanre lae equal laws of &c » l ? How comes , that man with tyrant heart Is caused to rule another ; To rob , oppres * . and , letrch-lite , sack The " life ' s blood of a brother ? T > li hesTen ' s Eternal Justice say , Te sons of men giTe ear ! Yo'dr psrtion ' s poYerty and want , And otters' loads must hear .

      Xo : beaTen decreed all men should share Aliie Lis equal laws ; Tis ; ail should lire , aud happy be , And pjead each other ' s cause . Te ? . brighter days await tbee yet , Thy chart novr meets our view ; To cheer out drooping , fainting hearts , Asd all our joys renew . ' Araue , then , Britons : to yonr posts ! Let cowards qait the field ; Tie tnown and right frill claim the Sght , And heaven v ^ l be our shield . ir . A . W . &xzth 15 , isil .

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      What Zxglxsd has doxe : What it has tet to S"Ci - ea ^ b'works on m 03 t of the gTeat Iiae 3 of 2 ^ ay m EB -land are very extensiTe , in many «« aTerauing from 100 . 000 to 150 , 000 cubic yards Er £ " ? } he Nonh M ^« d Railway from » won-fn Ueds ' a dis » oee of 72 J antes , about ivuwf l * m * were moTed ' beiD ^ mo « " than ffirt ? l ^ ds per mile . I > uring part of the «« teat the works were in progress , from 3 , 000 t * emSnl ^ ^ sted by ei . j ? bteeD steam-engines , were ^ PlOj ^ Dfea des gr eai numbers of koriesrTem-P « YT st * bk = were erected , and the agriculturists

      « * « Tjcauy obiiiiied large suppUes of manure , an cJwff froBl which tiey i ^ preTioualy been eroded on atconnt of their distance from towns . flwf T ^?* 1 0 { earth and 6 tflIle removed in forming lSftfm 1 ?^ v- aild Birmingham line tr&s abont ^ 00 ^ 00 cubic yards , which , if formed into a belt ™ M feet wjdc and 0 De ^^ wonld more ^ . Sit ? I ?**? this Mlintr y . by the labour , in-EX "t ^ ^ of man , we afe reminded , Wyi sSSs ^ A ' js ^ KJffe ? fesMasassssasa there of

      Tisiile ^ tff ; P * " them ^ "d done , and ^ "wg kss the others still matter of phophecy »» w S 2 J ^ ° - f the ^ "kaesa of past time ; - « & * £ , w ^ fortb 'L « Pri « fa « the tribe of 77 ^^ , fS- o ^ rT K f 1 effeI 1 ' wd £ r qaestionaMe auskS ' iS ^ SX ^^ - « rt , if tfiey had mn bul-¦ a a «« with &x « aod huniing emu . to

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      tubdue s portion of our common planet ! This nation now has cities and seed fields , has spring Tans , draywaggons , Long-acre carriages , nay , railway trains ; has coined money , exchange bills , laws , books , warfleets , spinning jennies , warehouses , and West India Dotks ; see what it has built and done , what it caa and will yet build and do ! These nmbraK « m : < pleasure woods , green meadows , short stubble-fields , smooth -sweeping roads ; these high-domed cities , and what tney hold and bear ; this mild Gotvimorrow" which the stranger bids thee , equitable , nay , forbearant if need were , judicially calm a : ni iaw-obserring towards thee a stranger , —what work has it not cost ! How m&ny brawDy arm 3 , generation after generation , 6 ank down wearied ! how many noble hearts , toiling while life lasted , and wise heads that wore themselyes dim with scanning and discerning , before this waste White-clifl \ Albion so called , became a British empire !"

      Loss ot Caste is Theobt jlvd PaicncE . —The Ioes of caste is faintly described by saying that it is civil death . A man not only cannot inherit , nor contract , nor give evidence , but he is exclnded from all the intercourse of private life , as well as from the privileges of a citizen . Ho must not be admitted into his father ' s bouse ; hiB nearest relations must not communic 3 ! e with him ; and he is deprived ot all the consolations of religion in this lite , and all -tope of happiness in that which is to follow . Uule ? s

      however , caste be lost for an enormous offence , or f » r loDg-continued breach of rules , it can always be regained by expiation ; and tbe means of recovering it must bo very easy , for the effects of tbe loss of ii are now scarcely observable . It occurs , 110 do-- > t , and proseenrfoss are not unfreqnent in OUT COUf IS for unjust exclusion from caste ; but in a 1 od £ residence in India , I do not r « member ever to have met with or heard of an individual placed in the circumstances which I have described . —Mr . Etphmstone ' s Histo ~ y of Indim .

      That dogs have an ear for musio cannot be doubted . S : e : beh had one which evidently ktiew one piece of music f ; om the other ; and a nudcrn composer bad aptsg dog that frisked merrily about the room , when a lively piece was played ; bm -when a slow melody was performed , particularly Dussek ' s Opera , la , he would s ^ a : him ^ tif dowa by the piano , and prick up his cars with in lease attention , until tho pJayer came 10 tbe forty-eighth bar ; but , a ? tho discora was struck , ho wou ; d yell most piteously , and w : ih drooping tail seek refuge from the unt > i > usant sound unacr tne chairs or tab . es . —Dr . Mil-. ingen . Changs in the Chara . ciek of Hemiy VIII . — Acung nader the dictates of his passivus , listening to the advice of his confidential minister , ttie babile and interested Cromwell , He ; : ry i , ad now a : ta ^ e > . tne ivr 0 evea " . objects oi his wishes . His iove , ii iue

      feeling by v .-hich he was animated may be des ~ : ± - uated bv = o pure a name , had Oceu fixed fur the last six fears upon Anne boleyn . 6 he was now his wife and his queen . His sclii ^ a uud imperious temper had been thwarted during the sama period by the opposition of the Popadom ; he now aw himself the acknowledged head of an independent church , and amenable to no foreign ecciesiastiCai juristiicaou . Bat the pcssassiou oi the ^ a objects were attended with the worst effects . Unhmitt-d indulgence arid despotic power are calcula : cu to pervsrt eve a the btsi dispjsitioa ; ana , at an xariy period of his regal career , ull the fair promises ut bis youUi -srere scc-a to wither uudzv their iuHueucc , though it was not till the ffijmeiu at which ws have now arrivea , tha ; his character assumed its ii . ;; oi . r aiid irore sau ^ uiuary couapiexiou .- —Jidinbur ^ h C ' aMhiel Library , Xo A'A'JJ .

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      BAENAES CASTLS . —ELEcnos of Guahpians . —The iLioral puvFer o ! ' the w-rrkjng c : ' i-- > c ^ ius been strikingly displayed daring the flection o . the Guardians for this town . It appears ihat the G : iarditiis who were elected f > r the last year have made themsc ^ T&s cbm . tms by : h ? : r umc ^ iibmUtiQii to the vile instruct ' . or . s of the Commissioner ; * , by bf : omiu £ th-ir ; ools ii : enforci"g tha wors : provisions cf the Wjiig MurJeraticn Bill ; ami by availing themselv-. s of their powers to contribute = o the ; r own . saltish int-cresls . Conse ^' . ieuiiy , a largo i .-uwbar oi the working m-:-i : : 3 ct at the fcpa Wcli , on Suhday we « k , and c ? m ^ to tho resolution to op ; j > r-o ihe reeJection of the cid Gcar < i ; ac 5 , by snppori .. ^ such

      m ' en as would act "Kith humiliHy to the poor , au < l who , with moral courage , would withstand the dictation of the Somerset Housa trio . As mi ^ ht be expected from the union of the working nv u , they have gained a signal victory ov ? r the middle classes , who supported ike old Guardians , but who have been completely beaten by an overwhelming majority ; a ^ d to complete tbe victory , a meeting was held ia the Parish Church , on Tfcursday week , to elect overseers and highway surveyors , when ihe working men again rallied , and elected men who will act with more econctny than their preaeces ? ors , to the chagrin of those who squander tl * e people's money awav , regardless of their poverty .

      Rape . —On Thnrsday evening , the' 23 : h nit ., whilst a young female was returning home , with sume medicine f-jr a cow , for wliich she was sent by h-.-r master , she was followed by two or three yoang racu ont of ihe town up Bowe ' s Road ; and , after having jciiowediieraboni two or three hundred yard * , they forcibly seized her , and threw her down , and , in spite of her cries , effected their diabolical purpose . On the following morniii . ir , the police took iuto custody a young man , Denied Wm . Whitfield , to whom the yeucg woman » wore as oae of the young sen who had abused her persta ; bu ; who , never theless , took a number of witnesses , when taken

      before ihe magistrates , to prove that he was not out of town on tke night in question . But , as she 6 wore to him , he was committed to take his trial . The only particulars to which the swore were bi = elothiug . However , a young man , named l ) cver , having be ^ u - with the guilty party , and haying made some disclosures with which the police were acquainted , they succeeded in taking into custody Robert Allison and Thomas Pratt , Jan ., who , when tak < . n before the magistrate , made a full confession of their guilt ; upon which the young man who had been lalsely sworn to was released , and Ailidon&ad Pratt were commuted to York gaol to take their trials .

      CARiaSiE . —The Roads Paved with Gold . — Some time last week a Mr . Watson , of the West of Cumberland , sent his . servant man to the bask to araw upwards of £ 2 , 000 . The servant received the money , the principal pan of "which was fortunately in paper , the remainder , upwards of £ 200 , was in sovereign ; , which he put into a saddle bag , which being holed , the sovereigns dropped out as ho proceeded along the road . Oa reaching home , what was his consternation on finding that the sovereigns were all lost . We understand about £ 100 havo been restored .

      PA 1 . KEITH . —Fihe . —A destructive fi .-e broke out here last Tuesday ni « ht , at eleven o ' clock , in a barn and ont-bonse , which is completely destroyed , together wiih two TaJuable horses , and one cow . There were two cows in tho out-house , one of which was saved . The fire was caused through the negligence of the carter , by letting a cand . e fall amon ^ the straw , as he slept in the hay-loft above , borne fay he was drank . It will be a great loss to the owner , hlr . Brown , a most industrious , praiseworthy man , who has thus lost the savings of many years .

      BANJS'OCKBURN . —Last Saturday night , some malicious person -went round this Tillage and Milton , and daubed most of the publicans" sifn-boar&s with wnite paint ! From the fact , that none but publicans ' iigiis - were daubed , a report is prevaiiisg tbat it must be the Teetotallers . Fever and the measles are unfortunately very prevalent here , and b .-ire carrud off a great » cmber . On Friday last , the Teetotallers held a soiree in the Hall ; about eiglity Sit doVfntO tea ; Mr . James Anderson in the chair- The meeting was favoured vriih speeches tit > m Messrs . Hariey and Patterson . A TOcal band was in attendance , and the evening was spent in the most agreeable manner .

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      The Mammoth , building at Bristol , will exceed 3 , 600 ions ; more than any other ship in existence . It is confidently stated that Mr . Nicholls , one of the Poor Law Commissioners , has resigned his appointment . — Times . The Tor . r Leaders . —On the Poor-law Bill 55 Conserraiivcs roted with Sir Robert Peel , and 100 against him . Eael O'Neil died on Thursday , at Dublin . He wa 3 once Grand Master of the OrMlgenien of Ireland . Thb withdrawals from the Paris Savings' Banks on Sunday and Monday last exceeded the deposits by a ramof 60 , 85 of ., the former amounted to 636 , 000 f . and the latter to 575 , i 45 f .

      It IS Said that Don Miguel had consented to re-• nonnce his claims to the throne of Portugal , on condition that his titles and estates should be restored to him . Thb Courier Franeait elites that an important discovery for the French navy had b&en made in-the neighbourhood of Quimper . A coal-mine had been discovered , which promised to be extremely productive . Jamaica . —Commercial matters in Jamaica wear an unsettled appearance , and the distress caused by the " scarcity of money , and tbe disinclination of th « banks to discount is said to originate in a measure with the Commissioners of Accounts .

      The authob of the Niagara hoax is said to be a Mr . Kichols , who once edited a scurrilous paper in this city , and has for some time past published and edited the BuffaJonian , an nnprincipled Ehee » , in BoiF&lo . —Boston JourncU . Tei amounts issued for the service of the army n * vy , and ordnance , respectively , from April , 1338 , to March , 1840 ( both inclusive ) , -were—for tbe army , * 13 , 5 SB 397 ; for the navy , £ 10 . 150 , 632 ; and for the ordnaace , £ 3 , 281 , 5 o ± ; making alto £ Uher , £ 27 , e 30 5 G 3 .

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      ,-A fire , discovered in tbe tower of the ehureh of Ashton-under-Lyne , threatened the destruction of that venerable edifice , but , after about an boor's exertion , was completely subdued . EMIGRATION . —There are now thirty vessels in the London and St . Katharine Docks Suing out to ¦ onvey emigrants to Sydney , Hobart Town , Canada , New York , and to the infant colony of New Zealand , which are to sail during the present month and April , and they will carry oat in all about 50 , 000 passengers . Shipwreck . —A party of men ( 26 ) had been shipwrecked , and landed sixteen miWs on the north Bide of the mouth of tho river Oliphan 9 . They had been nine days in boats , and belonged to the brig Austra'ia , from Dundee , which had taken fire about 600 miles to the westward of the Cape , and was consumed in one hour .

      Capital Offences . —The number of persons capitally convicted of the following offeneea , from 1838 to 1 E 40 inclusive , was as follows : —viz ., arson , number convicted , 6 ; burglary with vioienoe , 17 J robbery with violence , 18 ; cuttiDg and maiming with intent to murder , 20 ; altogether 61 : but out of this number only two were executed . Father Maihew continues his work of social reformation . On Sa ' . urday week , at Carrickmacress , he administered the pledge to about three thousand persons ; on Sunday , to five thousand all at once , oesides others during the day ; and on Monday , to u great multitude besides , including " a large num- ber of respectable ladies ! " An Irish paper estimates the total number who took tho p ) edge in tho three days at one nundred and twenty thousand .

      Mjlbakk Penitentiary . —The total number of prisoners received into tiiis penitentiary in the year 1840 was 1 , 8- -6 . and the total number removed during the same period was 1 , 3 . 4 . The totil expencea incurred in 1840 amounted to £ ? 2 . 413 , from which , if ihe net profits by prisoners' earnings , &c , be deo ' ueted , the net oxpence of the establishment will have been £ 18 , 913 . The number of prisoners in the Penitentiary is about 965 . It was only Fast week they pent 150 women away to the hulks , preparatory to being conveyed to New Zealand . An over-anxious Juky . —A case of assiuU

      having come before Mr . Baron Parlte a fow days since , the Learned Juc ' go told tho Jury ( tho defendants ' counsel having aimitted tho assault ., and spoke only in extenuation ) that they could not but rind the defendants guilty . Notwithstanding this direction , the Jury wore for a long time in consultation , to tho merriment of all present . His Lordship again stated , that " a 3 the defendants' counsel bad admitted the n . ssault , surely they , the Jury , could not doubt ii . "—( lu-iigim-T)— yet tbe Jury consulted , and it was not till after- another intimation from the Learned Jiui ^ e , that they had , in fact , BOihimj to consult about , tha . they retu / ned a verdict of Guihy .

      Fatal Accident at Earl Sefton ' s Mansion — On Friday morning , between ten aud eleven o'clock , a mosi serious and appalling accident accurred ( and which in a few hours afterwards proved fatal ) to Tnomas Crow , a journeyman painter , who was entjaiifld cleaning tha exterior of the second floor W ! uuo « vs in the front cf Earl Sefiou ' s rnan > ien , Ho . 18 , Arlington-street , Piccadilly , when the machine , on which th « unfoit \ i » ute man stood , from beinjj improperly affixed within , suddenly j ; ave way , and he was precipitated on the s ' . oue paving in the courtyard . Assistance beingprocured , ho wa 3 removed to St . George ' s Hospital , where , after lingering a few hours , death terminated his sufferings .

      Gextlkma . vly Preferksceof " Physicalto "Moral FORCE . — . \ duel was fought on Monday morning , hs the vicinity of C't ' Ltk . Fai-m , between two foreigners . Tha a ^ cre ^ sor , wh j ; c name , we are told , is Gustave , received his adwi- ^ ary ' s nru most coolly , the bullet ¦ passing through his hat , literally grazing his hair , after which fc « fireu into the air . After therecontre , the parties shook hands and brt-akfafted together . AnJrUh paptTsays , Mr . Samuel Huicuins aud Mr . Lalorareto fis ; ht a due '; nest week at Boulogne . Mr . Parsons is to be * ho friend of the former , and Mr . H . Bridgman , M . P ., of his antagonist . The affair originated at C « rk assizes in tho alleged exaction of a barony cess cnliector . And from Galwav we have news of a diifrrenc * of opinion which

      ; arose afttr diauer bttween two karneu members of . a learned pro' . es . - ' . vn , and whi ^ h en-jeu in one of them throwing a decanter full of tviiie at hi .- , learned friend . ! Three ribs are taid to havo bi en broken by the ' ¦ collision . Neither of the gentlemen has appeared in . court , ( in th « dock or elsewhere , ) and il is under-; stood that one of them has been bound Over to keep J the peace . j Robbing Pcblic Hocsks . —On Thursday week , at ! the Mansion Hcu ^ e , a man named John Bro . vn , i alias George Bacon , who had very much the appearj ance of a seafaring person , was charged wiih having 1 robbed several public-houits by ni ^ ht . Tho prisoner ' having shown a great deal of talent in tho particu' lar line of plunder to which he seemed to have

      applied himself , more than ordinary curiosity was i excited . From one publichousa ho abstracted three ! sovereigns and two naif-sovereigns , and some silver , ; a pencil case , four keys , a penknife , and other : articles ; from another he took 19 s . 2 d , and various > article ? , the property of the waiter : and from a i third he took a cash box , containing . £ 2 18 s . bi .. and j a paper or order for a considerable amount , all the ! property -or the " Sons of the Thames . " J A Strange Story . —A French proper , called the j Audience , coma \ ns a letter from a private correspon-! dent , dated Gibraltar , the 28 th ult ., which states that I an opulent Bnti .-h merchant named James Uoxwcll , ! long resident there , had been tried and convicted of j the murder of his daughter , on circumstantial evidence , and that on the way to execution the convict j saw in the crowd another Englishman named John ; Keats , who had bten extremely active in collecting ¦ evidence aga-snst him . The convict expressed a

      desire to die in peaco with all mankind , and to pardon this person , whom he had concidercd his greatest enemy . When the convict reached tho scaffold the executioner was preparing to execute the sentence of the law , when a voice was heard in thecrowd exclaiming— " It is I that am guilty , and not the convict . " This exclamation was mtde by John Keats . He confessed that it was he who had carried off Jairea Boxwell ' s daughter 5 that he had cut off her hair during her sleep , and stolen one of her dresses , which he had steeped in blood , and that the generous pardon granted to him by his victim had paused him to reflect on the enormity of his crime . The executioner immediately withdrew the rope from the convict ' s neck , and the cap from his face , when it was discovered that he was dead from ihe effects of terror . The atrocious John Kelts was conducted to prison amidst the execrations of the populace , who wished to tear him in pieces .

      The Chartists and Anti-Corn-Law x \ gitators —At Lambeth-street , on Saturday , Mr . Sidney Smith , Secretary io the "Metropolitan Anti-Coru-Law Association , " applied to the Hon . J . C . Norton under the following circumstances : —Mr . Smith stated , that , as Secretary to the Metropolitan Anti-Corn-Law Association , he had frequently to deliver lectures , in different pans of the metropolis , on the subject of the political economy of the Corn-Laws , which placed a contjderabie tax upon the people . Mr . Norton— " What is the object of your application J" Mr . Smith— " I wish , your Worship , to ask your advice as to how the law stands wita respect to the protection of persons delivering lectures ou different subjects . A number of persons , calling

      themselves Chartists , follow me about from place to place , and interrupt me so , that I am unable to go on , through their clamour ? " Mr . Norton— " How do you know tham to be Chartists % I always understood that Chartists were inimical to the Corn-Laws ; and , therefore , wonder why they should interrupt you in your advocacy for their repeal V Mr . Smith— " 1 know them to be Chartists ; both from their btiug tke Bame persons who follow me regularly from place to place , and their declaration , that nothing was to be done , unless through tho Charter . " Mr . Norton— " Do you complain of the interruption generally , or on any particular occasion I" Mr . Smith— " I complain now of the last occasion upon which I have experienced it . I had

      been engaged by the Directors of tho Literary and Scientific Institution in High-street , Poplar , to deliver a lecture , and vras systematically interrupted in the course of it by the Chartists . " Mr . Norton — " Were your lectures public , or were the parties attending them admitted by cards only ! " Mr . Smith— " They are public , but merely intended as lectures , and not as a subject of general discussion /' Mr . Norton— " In this country discussion is allowed in the fullest degree , and without wishing to enter Oil the Subject , th « ro are , in my opinion , good grounds or argument on the other Bide of the subject . If the growers of corn ia this country were relieved from the heavy taxation to wliich they are subjected , thoy would have no objection , in my opinion , totherepeal

      of the Corn Laws ; and , at all events , while tho growers remain so heavily tax » d as at present , there are grounds for argument against the repeal . " Mr . Smith here went on to Bay that one of the laws of the Chartists was that they were pledged to attend any meeting , and , in defiance of all decorum , toenforee their own views and insist on the Charter , as nothing could be done unless through ift . Mr . Norton observed that ditcussion generally promoted troth , and thought that those who were ( he advocates for public opinion should be the last to fetter it . Mr . Smith said that persons were engaged in giving lectures on Astronomy , others on anti-Popery , and others on Temperance , and he thought it

      essential that the law should protect them . Mr . Norton replied that Englishmen did not like the systematic discussion of those who were paid to advocate one side of a question ; and , faeling the right of being beard on the other side , interruption was the consequence . Applications had been made to him ( Mr . Norton j by Temperance Lecturers , and he told them as he would tell the applicant , that the police would interfere only when they saw a tendency to a breach of the public peace . He ( Mr . Norton ) did aot think the police should interfere under any other circumstances . After some further obseivatioas , Mr . Smith withdrew , expressing his determination to apply to tbe Commissioners of Poliee on the subject .

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      Disturbances in the Ssuth op Fhance . —Tho Paris AforiUeur . of Thursday the 25 th sit . contains a telegraphic despatch announcing serious disturbs anoe 8 ia the South . » "Marseilles , 24 th March , 1841 . --Ihe Prefect of the Mouths of the Rhone to the Minister of the Interior . —Anarchists of tho lowest description attempted last night a revolutionary movement . We were ou our guard . Twelve or fifteen individuals , most of whom were pro > ided with arms and ball-cartridges , havo been arrested . Justice has instituted au inquiry . All is perfectly tranquil . " i . * J .

      _ Nortijern Circuit , Liverpool , Mahch 2 $ . —The Judges arrived here last night , and opened tho Commission of Assize . There aro ninety-seven prisoners in the calendar , seven of whom are charged with murder , seven with rape , two with attempts to murder , and one with aiding and abutting that crime . There are ten cases of manslaughter , eight of cutting and wounding , four for forgery , two burglaries , b e sides felonies of iho more ordinary description . The caua » list contains sixty-four in the first or Manchester list , and one hundred and twulve in the Liverpool list .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS , Friday , March 26 . Their Lordships continued the investigation into conduct of the Irish Poor Law Commission . Mr . Peciacr was again examined . Ho exhibited bills which he hfcUl of Mr . lJutler , for thrao , aix , nine , eighteen , and tLirty-six montlia . Mr . Erie , - formerly an Assistsnt Poor Law Commissioner in Dublin , was noxt examined . His evidence did not mid much to what was stated by former witnesses . Ho seemed to attach less importanca to the irregularities than many persons nave done . With respect to the imputation of political motives in the selection of Returniiig-ufficers , ho mentioned one or two important facts .- lie aaid , that witu fow exceptions , all the applications for such places came from persons of one Biuo only—ninety-uiue out t . t' & hundred entertaineil the same political opinions as 1 I 10 Government ; and hu averred th . it Government had never interfered to direct the choice of R ^ turning- 'ifh ' cers : the recommandation of the local Assistant-Commissioners was considered almost tantamount to « n appointment .

      Viscount . JEi . JiotfR . VK stutcd , m unswer to Viacouut Stran ^ ford , that there was every prospect that negotiations with France , for a more liberal commercial intcrcouvso with Una country , would be renewed .

      Monday , March 29 . Lord Denman , while presenting apetition respecting tho Administration of Justice Bill , took occasion to tnter into an tfxpl-uiat'on relative to some charges made aga ' . nbt him , to which ho frit it to b « Uue to their Lordships , to himself , and to the administration of justice , to give a full and complete answer . It was supposed that , in a case which recently came before him at Hist prim , hs l ; ad , for the base purpose of ncret-ning a certain individual from puuuhment , prevented further procoedings againtt him , n . urt required that the party should be obliged to nuke pecuniary compensation to tlie prosecutor . Ho should have thought tbat the whole history of his life would havo been au nnswer to a charts like this , buv it had lately betn repeated upou

      such high authority in anuiJur place , that he felt it nectcSiivy to place tho laets h-Jore bUeir Lordships , hoping that k ' is btatmueut of tho truth would at ouce change the opinions even of th « so who made the chavg-a against him . It appeared that Lord Waldograve was prosecuted- for au juoiiulc ou a policeman , ana tu e o \ riug to the pcj'sevfi ; mce cf tho coiiiinL ^ ionera cf

      police in opposition to his sugge : tiou . Ti . is was a mistake , for he had give ' 11 no such recommendation , not had he given any suca opinion as was attributed to him , for ho was ignorant at tho timo of all the particulars of tUc case . Tne facts M'ere these : W'huu tho trial was called on , Sir F . Pollock siid the defendant would withdraw his plea cf not guilty and ph-ad r . uiity , and ( -xpressed a . hope tJi . it his ciient might bu permitted to m ^ kc uompensatioii to th « prosecutor . It was a practice in thu courU of law to allow such compromises , if tho offence was not a grcN-. s or fltgrani pubiic outrage . If it was a case punishable by this oniy , it was thought-better to lee the niciu-y go to the iujureu party rather than to the

      ireasury , in which case the suft-rer would receive no benctit . When Sir F . Pollock made this suggestion he ( Lord Denmaa ) said " At least they act rightly now ; let the pita of guilty be recorded , an * I hope tne case ia of such a nature as to admit of private reparation . " This , wliicW evidently implied a doubt whether it was such a c ; i * e , had beea construed into an Httempt to screen c . ff « iulors from justice . This simple atute . iiK-nt , however , would , he believed , relieve-the administration of justice Crom the attacks which , had recently been made upon it . H « was aw .. re tbat these attacks had been ma > le upon him in tbe public papers , but , until it wis mentioned in the House of Commons , he did not think it necussary to bring tho matter before their Jonlalihi . s .

      Tue Marquis of jN ' oiima . nby thought fie noble lord might liav * ltft Such imputations to be answered by bis own high character . At the sane time , he was of opinion that such compromises Bhould be always ot rure occurrtnee , so that no opportunity should be allowed of giving colour to a suspicion timt the evidence of tho police might be tinctured by the hope of futuve recompense . Mr . Haw ley , one of the assistant poor law conmiisgioiibK for Ireland , was then examined respecting the falsification of tbe returns from tho Clonmal union . ^

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      ^^ HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , March 26 . Mr . M'Kjnkon begged to ask whether , in the event of the commercial treaty with France being concluded , and a modification of tho duty on wines tiking place , the parties engaged in that traffic , who bad a stock on hand , wuuld be allowed the drawback ? > ir . Ladoucheue said it was not tegular or convenient to answer these questions pending tlio execution of a treaty , bud as a general principle ho might say the drawback would be allowed in tho event of any reduction of the existing duties . In answer to Mr . Pakington , Lord J . Russell said that he had not yet recuivud tho despatches from Newfoundland , but h ^ hoped in a fow weeks to be able to stato what vvetu tha intentions of the Government with respsct to that colony .

      lu answer to Mr . Goulburn , Mr . HAWES said it waa his intention to proceed with the Medical Kefarm Bill , aud hrf should state the precise day on which he should again bring it forward on Monday . In answer to Lord Sandon , Lord J . Russell stated tbat it was hia intention to postpone the English and tseoteh Registration of Voters Bilis until the rtsult of the Irish Registration Bill was known . A great number ol petitions were presented on the subject of the Poor Law Amendment Bill , including one by LmnI Saudon from Liverpool , algtivd by nearly 50 , 000 persons , praying to exempt parishes under SturgM Bourne's act from the operation of the Bill ; one by Mr- langdale , from 10 , 000 Roman Catholics ot Manchester and Salford , praying that pauper ' s of that persuasion might be allowed the attendance of their own el « j ; ymen ; and one by Mr . Brothcrton , from the Society of i ' riends , against tho systviu of paying clergymen of the Established Church for their attendance in workhouses .

      Captain Pechell called the attention of the Noble Lord ( J . I £ usse ) l ) to the importance of protecting the districts undtr local acts from the interference of the Commissioners . The House then went into Committee on the Bill . On clause two being read , Sir . Fielden moved an amendment to the clause , the effect of which would be to repeal the Poor Law Amendment Act . Lord J . Russell objected to the amendment on the ground 0 / its inforuia : ity . The Chairman ( Mr . Bkenal ) decided that it was irregular to put an amendment so worded . Mr . Fielden complained that his constituents would not be heard in that House .

      Lord J . Russell had no objection to a specific motion on the subject being brought forward , but when tbu Hun . Member had not been able to set at defiance the rules of the House , and thereby throw the business into comple confusion , it was not fair , it was not just , and it was not true , for him to assert that bis constituents would not . be heard la that House . ( Loud cheers . ) The amendment was then withdrawn , and the clause agreed to . On cbuee 3 being read ,

      Mr . Waklex moved that the clause be postponed . The clause purported to limit the power of the commissioners , and prevent theis Interfering with parishes having local acta , bat it was rather ambigUOUtly worded , and the commissioners might form a union Qf two or three parishes , including tho one under a local act , and thereby deprive it of its right to exemption . Sir R . Peel supported the amendment Mr . Leader said , the Government being in the hands of the Right Hon . Bart ., they had no alternatrto but to ftibnut to bis proposition . ¦; - . ;

      After a few words from Lord Howjck , the clause was postponed . ** . Oa clamse 4 being read , Mr . HlNDE moved an amendment to omit the -word " regulations , " the object ot which was to restrict the power of the Pe » r Law Coinmissionera , and give a discretion to the boards of Guardians to administer out-door relief in certain cases . The Hon . Member complained of tke > regulations laid down by tbe Commissioners as beiig harsh in tbe extreme , more especially those which referred to the separation of members of tbe same family , and tbe refusal to administer out-door relief .

      Lord G . Somerset believed that much of the unpopularity of tbe Poor Lav Amendment Act was attributable to the manner in -which the Poor Law Commissioners enforced their regulations . Ha tboujht the ; exhibited great arrogance in the style of their

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      communications , and that they showed no feeling whatever for the comforts of the poor . Lord J . Russell believeu that do appointments had ever been made with greater circumspection than those of the Poor Law Commissioners . They bad a very arduous and ungracious duty to perform , namely , to expose and do away with abuses , and to check extravagant expenditure , and they were therefore likely to be unpopular-with some parties ; but , on the whole , they had discharged their important duty in a manner which entitled them to the admiration and respect of that House and the country . ' : ' Lord Sandon found fault with some of the proceedings of th 6 Commissioners , who appeared to him to be tha slaves of a certain theory , but would oppose the amendment .

      Mr . Wakley objected to any discussion of the private characters of the Commissioners , of whom he was bound to say he had never heard anythiug prejndleial . Lord HOWICtt supported the clause . Sir ROBERT Peel did not think it would be prudent or consistent with the interests cf humanity to cio away with the Poor Law Commissioners . After a lengtheued discussion , the Committee divided , when there appeared—for the clause , 225 ; for tke amendment , 75 . Mr . Rice then moved another amcixinsent en the clause , to the effect that any order if sued by the Commissioners , as to the amount of relief to he given , or as to the management of the poor in any workhouse , should be taken to bo a general cider . The amendment was agreed to . Clause a was , after some discussion , postponed . On clause 6 being proposed , Mr . Fielden moved that the Chairman do report

      progress . The House then resumed . Mr . Fox Maule brought in a Bill to amend the 3 rd aud 4 th Victoria , chap . 99 , for taking the census : the Hon . Member also brought in a Bill for regulating tho employment of children in factories , which were severally rtad a first time . The House adjourned at half-past twelve o ' elock . Monday , March 29 . A new writ was moved for the county « f Antrim , in the room of General O'Neill , who haa b ^ en called to tho Upper House , on succeeding to tbe title and estates of the doceasad Eavl O'Neill . Mr . Pakington complained of the arrangement made by the Government iur proceeding with the P . jor Law Amendment Bill , to tho exclusion of notices of motion , and intimated his intention to persovei-e with his motion respecting Newfoundland .

      Lord J . Russell said it would bt very inexpeuient to enter into a discussion on the state of Newfoundland in the absence of information , which ho expected to receive in a few weeks , from the colouy . After some observations from Lord Stanley , Sir R . Peel , and Sir Q . Clerk , as to the danger of establishing such a course as a precedent , by which the notices of Hon . Members were thrown over without their consent , the order of the day was read for the House resolving itself into Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Bill . Mr . FiELDEN rose to move that it bo an instruction t « the committee on the Poor Law Continuance Bill ,- to introduce a clause into tho bill for the repeal of the Poor Law Amendment Act . The Hon . Member said that nothing but a aense of duty , and a settled

      conviction in his own mind , thut the act had fai . ed either to amend the adruiuistratiun of relief to the poor , or to accomplish the specific effects which its promoters . said it would secure , added to tho fearful appri : htnsio ;> M he entbitained of tho danger of continuing this law , ¦ wouid bare induced him to take this course . He hud , from the introduction of tlja bill ii ; to that HoUna in 1834 , to the present time , maintained ihat there-Wits no necessity for such an act , and that what was called tho abusive administration of relief to the poor uit

      ought to be largely consumed by the poor , and , lastly , by the bill of 1819 , which , by contracting the currency , doubUd the pressure ot taxation on the people , ami withdrew Worn thousands the means which they would otherwise have had of employing the poor , and paying them wages adequate to their proper mairiteuauce Thv're was not ojjs of the causes to Which ho- JlHd rifurred , and which were all consequent on acts of Parliament , that had not produced a necessity for tha relief of the poor being administered , as to its amount-, according to the wants of the needy poor in every one of the parishes to which tbuy belonged . Lord Althorp , on bringing in thu Bill , in 1834 , stated that , tor a long period of years , the administratien of the poor laws had been free from the evils and abuses then connected with it , a » d he dated their origin at about the beginning of tho present century , soon after the 38 th of George III . was passed , about the time when cash payments had been suspended at tho Bank , which led to an incrtasu of paper mousy , causing a

      rise of prices of tho necessaries of life , unaccompanied by a corresponding rise of wa ^ es , aud con .- ; t > q . uently great suffering among the poor , and a greater number of applications for relief . The Act of the 3 *' th of George III . was passed at the instance of Mr . Pitt , to ensure this relief , and thereby put a st « p to the complaints of distress . , and it proved taat the change then made in the currency was the immediate cause of an increased amount of relitf beiug given to the peor at thtt period ; and , as taxes a-, d rants had gone on increasing , relief to tfce poor had , on every suba ^ ueut ; alteration of the laws he ( the Hon . Member ) had named , beeu altered to suit the new state of things , ^ hich the law created . Mr . Cobbett wrote a little Work , after the Poor Law Amendment Act was passed , entitled " Cobbett ' s Legacy to Labourers , " with a dedication to the Right Hon . Member for Tamworth . Every one who was desirous of understanding the question of poor laws would do well to read this little work . In hia dtdication he gavo the amount of poor mtus and of Government taxes , at different times , as follows : —

      Poor Rate ? , ftovernmemt Tase ? . * , Reign of James II . £ l « 0 . M 0 £ l , 30 d , o » 0 1776 l , W 0 , « 90 8 , 6 »» , Ul !» 1789 2 , 250 , 009 10 , 009 , 690 1833 6 , 700 , 000 52 , » 00 , 900 and he adds , " Ought not the insolent calumniators of the industrious ciasses of England to blush at the sight of this ? Ought not these impudent and unfeeling men to think a little of the co / istquences of their thus wantonly calumniating this laborious people , and calling them idle sturdy vagabonds ? Must it aot be evident to every one , that the iccrease of poor-rates has arisen from the increase of rents and the increase of taxes , and not at all from any defect in the Poor Laws , nor from ajiy defect in their administration by overseers aud magistrates ? How comes it that they never produced

      all this mass of evil attributed to them in tlie courso of 200 years ? " If further proof be required that alterations in the currency placed the poor in now circumstances , and either increased or diminished the necessity for more or less relief being afforded to them , we had this proof in the Act of 1833 , which made bank notes a legal tender at all places bat the Bank . The announcement of it by Lord Althorp , when he submitted his res « lutions in April , 1883 , gave rise to anadruticij of most raw materials used in mauufactures , in a very short time , of nearly fifty per cent . The joint stuck banks , which tiil then ha . il bteu cautious in Uioir accviuinodatiana to their customers , became much less so ; the other banks became more liberal too . Money increased ia quantity , trade revived , agriculture Uso in a short time became more healthy , railways were

      projected , and labour became abundant , and , until 1 S 37 , when a check was given to public confidence from the hint that the Bank throw out that it muut curtail its issues , poor-rates decreased in amount . To this altered state of things , produced by making baiit-notes a legal tender , which led to increased issues , aud aftevwiurda to contraction , may as well be attributed the reduction in the amount of relief to the poor , as to any of the cruel measures of tlie Poor Law Comaiiasioners . Aud we now find , that what they were allowed U do without producing a general impression that it was wrong , is now followed by a general impression that what they did is so , when credit haa been shaken , employment become uncertain , and wages of labour reduced , which reduction of wages has become more e * sy to effect by the introduction of the i > elf-actingtest ; by the increased

      difficulty of obtaining relief which that test imposes on those really deserving of it , and who are plunged « into deep distress by no fault of their own , am \ by circumstances they could not controuL The commissioners themselves say this in their last report : —" The depressed condition of the manufacturing population , to which Vfe have already adverted , and the disquietude of the public mind occasioned by the Chartist riot at Ntjvsport , ia MoajuouttwUire , rendered us extremely unwilling to take any step in the manufacturing districts of Lancashire which might have even a remote tendency to produce a disturbance , or which might be used by . designing persons as a pretext for agitation . " At the period when the principle of administering relief to the poor could be best tested and ahown to be good ; at that period the commissioners confessed their

      nnwillingnesa to carry the law into execution . Who bat the commiukaero eould anticipate disturbance from directing that proper relief Bhould be extended to tho poorin trying drainiatances , and carrying Into execution -what the Noble Lord tells us is a humane » nd beneyoknfc law ? That showed not only the absurdity of a central board to lay down rules of relief , but their impotency t » carry out any ruld on the subject , and of the wickedness of the attempt , because of the suffering it inflict * , and of the sympathy excited by this suffering ( unongat the humane portion of the people of England . There was , ft nt true , in tbat House , many who proferaed to be Liberal Membera , who had expreaietf opinion !

      different fnm hia on the priacipJe ot the Poor law Amendment Act . They admitted it was based on centralisation / and pronounced the principle to be » good one . He ( Mr . Fielden ) was at issue with thsm , and he maintained the principle to be bad . They said it was compatible with local government He would assert that it waa deetroctive of local government , and opposed to good goTOtament They said that the delegation of the power to make laws to thrca Commissioners » t Somerset House was not unconstitutional ; but ho maintained that it was—that it was erecting a despotic power to dictate what should be done , wii what should not be done , ia every pamh in England , with regard to the adminutmtton of the relief to the poor . Who

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      should decide ? The intentions of these Honourable Liberal Members might be good , hut he . feared they had never studied the principles of good government , and he would tell them what a high authority liad written on this subject of centralisation . In J * -ft '« rson '» Memoirs there was this passage : — "It ia not by the consolidation or concentration of powers , but > -y their distribution , . that good government is effected . Were not fchis'gKat country already divided into starts , tha % division must be made , that each might do for itst .-lf what concerns itself directly , and that it can do so much better than a distant authority . Evary state again is divided into counties , each to take care of what lies within its local bounds ; each county again into townships or wards , to manage minuter details ; and

      every ward into farms , to be governed each by its individual proprietor . Were wo directed from Washington when to sow and when to rrap , we should soon want bread . " That was what a real liberal said w .-. s = ec- ^ a-Kiry te effect good government We had this oiirttibation of power in England ; the Republic of Africa adopted what tbey admired in English institutions They adopted our Poor-Law , the same mode of taxing the peoplo to provide a fund for the relief of tli-j poor , and the administration of relief founded on tb » pr inciple laid down in . tho 43 rd of Elizabeth . We haii departed from tb . 2 t principle , and-had made new divisions of the county , ar / tl giver , power to a central Jj ' ..-, r « l in London to direct the administration of relitf iu most of the parishes of England , and what was tLc

      cousequence' ? Those who should now administer relief being directed from London how it Should bo aft" "''*? d the poor are denied that reliuf to which they have as good a claim as the landlord to his estate , and they do not only " want bruv ; , "bui they perish of hunger and of co ! d . Such had Ik ,-n the effect of the centredisation expwj ' iijenf . iS ' o oj ; e could deny it , and the people of England were now saying , whatever either liberal or other honourable m-tubers might say to the contrary , that the system of centralisation shall not continue , and that local parochial government shall be restored . He had never been able to ascertain that the act worked in a manner ihat was satisfactory to the- rate-payers and the poor iti any union whatever . He bad proved the reverse to be the fiict in

      those unions inquired into by the Poor Law Committee on which he had sat Responsibility must rest lum * . where , aud if the . New Poor Lzw be persevered in , tha question of " who is responsible ?" . may be mootc ' t . and the responsible parties may be called to an account £ ur having given this advice . He ( Mr . Fielden ) tVlt disgusted with tho treatment of the able-bodied laiiouret by the guardians acting un'ler the commissioner * . He knew non ? in society more deserving of sympathy than the virtuous able-bodied man , with 0 family to support , but whoso wages , notwithstanding he endeavoured to acquire the best fie could oblain honestly , wt ' re altogether inadequate for the support of himself juvi those dependent on him . The proposition to throw the nblo-bodied "on their res < uiree 3 . '' when oiie-iialf of

      their earnings were taken from them by taxes on ihoht bread and every other article they consumed , wus both ungenerous and unjust . ( Hear . Lear , hear . ) But he ( Mr . Fields ) had said that the adoption of this principle of relief had failed to raisa wages , and to produce increased content , of tha labourers , and diniirution of cr . m ? . Look m the calendars , and to the charges of the jud ses of . l ^ ize , who were almost everywhere deploring tha incuKifa ot cvlnvo , attd suggesting education to prevent it Ii . was fond that the people wanted , and without that , education would not avail ; and , as ; to reduction of wages , iustea-i of a rise , he fWr Fielden ) had provcii that btfnre a committes of that House . Many Hon . Mem-Iser 3 had Stated-tho same ficts ; n , nn if the Nutiti I 4 ord

      doubled it , let him appoint a fair . committee to in . juire . The New Poor Law was a failure , and ought to lit- re-Vtaled , and one more consonant with huiuauity and the rich ' s of tho poor enacted in its stesd . The W > 1 of Elizabeth was-that , and therefore if he ( Mr . FWtien ) wen- asfced ' for a substitute , he would say , let us resort to the 43 d of Elizstbotii . The Xcfele Lord ami the House might rest assured that tlie people of 'England vroukl 7 iev . er be reconciled to the Poi > r Law A ; iK : adment Act , nor to the central beard , and the self-acting ; workhouse test The Noble Lord would do v . eil to look to the petitions against thi-so meabures , which had been prtser . ted in the short jstriod of six work * that this Uiil had hec-n known . Let him look wLenen they pimp . Those petitions , op to Frioay week Ia * t .

      rwnibercd 62 ( i , with 138 , 527 sijiitures ; while , 01 . the other band , tbcre -were , in th » same time , only tea petitions , with seventy-four sisuatures in favour -.-. t the Bil ) . ] f thulVoWe Lord dJubted the influenct- of rbose petitioners r . ver thnt House , let him I « ok to thr a . ' xtysr . ven notices of-amendments to ' his Bill prupestd by different Members of that House . One , he s . tw , was to have one largo and populous union ' ( Bo ! ion ) excrup ed from the Poor Law Amendment Act ; another waa to exempt-all towns of 19 , 000 inhabitants from its operation . That was prop . > sed by the Noble Lord , the- Member for Liverpool . . The Jfoble Lord had consorted to parishes having local acts being exempted from his Bill , and that showed that the constituencies of ' . hose

      parishes were too powerful for the Noble LurdV ; bring under the operation of the Poor Law Amendment Act , and the Bill to amend it now before the House . If the Nuble Lor , d would provide in Lis BUI thut those union * which might wish to be exempted from interference by the Poor Law Commissioners might be so , ho uMb . Fielden ) had but littla doubt that ttlCir COulinunncfl would be unnecessary . He , therefore , implortd thfl Noble Lord and the House to pauHe , because uf the danger he apprehended from continuing the Poor Law Amendment Act en the statute bock any longer , and from continuing to attempt further to carry out its provisions- He would now beg to ni » vo that it be an instruction totlie coniRiiitee to introduce a clause into ihe Bill to repeal the Poor Law Amendment Act .

      General Johnson seconded the motion . He h ? A no wish to gp . back to the old law , but so long » g unconstitutional powers were vested in the Commibsioners , he should take every opportunity of expressing hi « disapprobation of the present system . In the manufactur ing districts the Poor Law Amendment Act was totally inefficient in affording the means of rth ' « f . It would sometimes happen that 1 . 000 . or 1 , 508 persons would be thrown , out of employment in a single week or even a single day . How wero theso persons to be relieved in the workhouse ? He might be told that the poor man wouid nmke provision against misfortune ? . But how was it possible for a , man earning 8 a . or fls . a wtt-kscarcely enough to provide himself and family in foodto lay by m « ney , or to provide against misfortune ? What ho wanted to see was a power given to the local authorities to give such relief as the nature of the case might require . The House then divided , when the numbers

      were—For -the motion 9 Againstit 1 E 5 Majority against the motion .., ——14 C . The House went into committee . Clauses 6 , 7 , and 8 were agreed to . C lause 9 was postponed . On the 10 th clause , which provided for the combination of parishes and unions , for the purposes of establishing infant schools and lunatic wards . Mr . B . W « op proposed an amendment , to the effect that no such unions , fur the purposes of schools , uliould lake place ,, except with the consent of the majority of the boards of guwdians of each © f the parlihes proposed to be united . ' A dubite ensued , in tbe course of which Mr . Ha wes said that , the clergy of the established church wtto to blame for showing a disposition not to give their services to the workhouses , unless they were paid for it .

      This raisou -a new point—as to propriety of having the children in those unions educated in the tenets of the established church , Lord Stanley insisting that , as far as regarded illegitimate children in workhouses , they could only be considered as children of . the state , and had a right to be edncated without any interference whatever from the mother ; and that with respect to all cUiUiren ia workhouses , U educated by the State , it was oniy ri ^ ht tbat they should be educated in the reiigioa of tho state . Ou the other hand , Lord John Russell thought it very Jikriy that the dissenters , as rate-payers , would object t » having oil children educated in the religion of the establishment . Mr . Colojjhoun , in reply toMr . Hawes , quoted the repoit of the . issistant Poor Law Commissioners respecting the training of pauper children , which showed that the clergy , in almost every union , had lent their services gratuitously to" promote the good management of tha schools in the workhouses . . . . ¦ ¦

      Sir K . Peel was of opinion , that if the children of the poor were to be educated by the State , they should be erfueaWd in the religion of the Established Church The amendment before the House was technical , and they had somewhat irregularly got . into this disepjsion , but as they had been led iuto the , discussion , he must say that the education given should not be merely secula * . It should . be a religious education , an ( I in the religion of the State . He must aiy he was not qp i ie so clear as his Noble Friend ( Lord Stanley ) upon t | o propriety of taking away all power of interference from the mother of an illegitimate child . A woman might be seduced , an « it did seem hard that she muif sacrifice her only comfort , and give up ker chili » ltooi

      gether , in order to procure for it tha benent education . , . -, Mr . Lanodale had no objection that a chaplain should be appointed to those worihousts , but "fie di * sented from the doctrine tbat because an orphan might become ^ child of the state , that the atate had , therefore , a right to ita soul as well as its body . He : could not allow that ' because a child might thus be tjirowa upon the workhoaie it would be fowed to adopt the established relfgion , no matter what might be toe religion of its parent * , or how well versed it mign * be ia the tenets of its own religion , ornowever unwilling to abandon them . He nev « eould support the e » tiMishment of a « chool ta which tfce first principles of toleration wer » to ba sacrificed . '

      Sir R . Peel said he had laid down a general principle without laying down its exceptions , but he certainly should not force upon any child a religion ia opposition to the wishes » f any of its natural guardians . On a division the amendment was carried by » majc « rity of 172 "to 108 . " ' ' The Chairman soon after'reported progress axjd © £ tained leave to sit again . Lord J . Russell said that be would , not seek priority for the committee to-monow , xkh "wstild ha bring it on at all if th « other business went be / cud half-past eight o'alockf

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 3, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct373/page/3/