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THE BLESSIN& 3 OF INSTRUCTION The heart baa tendrils like the . vine , 1 ? hlch round ancthert bosom twine , Outsp ringjng from the living tree Qi deeply-rooted sympathy ; ^ Vhose n" ysrers are hope , its fruits are bliss , BsnefieecBS its harvest is . There are some besoms dark and drear , TVhich an tmwater'd desert are ; Yet there a carious eye may trace , Some anHing spot , some Terdant place , Where little floirers , the woods between , Speud their soft fragrance all unseen .
Despise them not , for -wisdom ' s toil Has ne ' er discarb'd tb&t stubborn soil ; Yc > care and e<are jaislifc have brought The are of troth from mines of thought , jind fancy ' s fairest flowers had bloom'd YThaetiuth . and fancy lie entomVd . Insult him not , his blackest crime 35 ay ; in his Maker's eye sublime , In ^ p ite of all thy pride be less Than e ' er thy daily waywardness ; Than many a sin and many a stais , Forgotten and unprtss'd again .
There is in erery human heart Some not completely barren part , Wiere seeds of truth and love might grow , Jm& flowers of generous virtue blow , To plant , to "watch , to -srater there , This be our duty , be our care . And sweet it is the growth to trace Of worth , of intellect , of grace , In bosoms ¦ where cur labours first Bit tits -joong seeds of spring-time burst , And lead it on from hour to hoar To ripsa into perfect flower .
Hast thou e ' er seen a garden clad In all the robes that Eden had , Or vale o ' erspread with streams and trees , A paradiss of mysteries ; Plains with green hills adorning them , lake jewels in a iiaiem 7 These gardens , vales , and plains , and hills , Which beauty gilds and music fills , "Were enee bat deserts , cultsre ' 3 hand Has scatter ed verdure o ' er the land , £ ni smiles and fragrance rules serene , Where barren wfldBusurp'd the scene .
And Euchxs roan , & sou which breeds , Or sweetest flowers , or vilest weeds , Flowers , lovely &s t&e moraing liglit , "Weeds deadly as tie aconite ; just as his heart is train'd to bear The poisonous weed , or floweret fair .
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DUBLIN . —( From our oven Correspondcnt . JTits new corporation is about to levy a borough rate , BaouctiDg to the enormous sum of £ 7000 a year , for gie openly avowed purpose of providing pensions for the officers of the old corporation , in order to make way for the huugry oratora of the Corn Exchange . It is not known as yet , haw tbe impoverished citizens "will put up with thi 3 new tax , or whether they will submit to it at all . The repeal rent i 3 f » Hfap off , axd unless the orators are pro-Tided for , there will ba a rebellion in the camp . The tribute too was ¦ woefully deficient this year , vrhieh iMOunts Ia some measure for this attempt sa a borough rate , Haa lie tribute been as ample as been mentioned
fceietofore , the rat 3 "would not have this year at all events ; bnt , the deficiency in the anouni of the tribute deprived the Ubarator of the Bifaas of retaining the same number of roaring satellites which he has heretofore done , and even the reduced staff are now placed on short allowance 2 iair sheet anchor is the repeal delusion , and like dying misery they hold fas ; to the last momeat . Eiey will allow no one to help them on with the Station of that question , they must keep it and all its profits to ibems * ive 3 . The weekly sums received by the Loyal Rauoa&l Bspeal Association of iTeknd , during the last year are , according to thereports published in the newspapers , about - £ 350 , which Beqnal to , £ 18 , 200 . Of the manner in which this large sum has been applied there is no account nor be that t £ old trick
sever wilL To be sure it may e will b 3 practised on the public , thai of appointing auditors wh © are wholly incapable of distinguishing bttween the debit and the creditor ride of an account current , men who upon former occasions certified thai there was * balance of i' 73 6 s . Ufd . due to the liberator including ihe pareefl £ 100 which were lodged in the Txalee branch of tho national banfc . Well , afser all , there is not mush of xais money finds its way inio the pockets of the Liberator , as the Bxys , the Steeles , the Daunts , the Fiizpatricks , tbe Ayers , tbe Fitzsimons , the Preaches , and the Bsynoid 3 have all a pull out of it , so that comparaiively little of it reaches the poor Liberator in the eid , iUhongh he has the name of receiving t ^ e whole . Ihe people sie beginning to ask what has b-icome of { he £ ' 8200 ? But no one feels disposed to answer
the question . Poor Coyne , of Capei-street , who Sgnred some weks since at the Universal Suffrage Asociarion , and subsequently at the Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland , at which latter place be disclaimed all connection with the Universal Suffrage Soeiety , has been dreadfully beaten by the Bepeakrs , because he was suspected cf Chartism , rifle a . i the very time he was beaten lie had a eerfila ' . e from the president and a letter from the Bcretar ? , both staling that ha did not belong to fiiesr society . Nothing would satisfy the moral-force O'Conaeilite ' a , bat the life of Coyne , and they really tare placed his life in jeapordy ; after knocking iiai down they kicked him in the abdomen , led damaged him so much that there is little ,
TEiy little hope of his restoration to perfect health » gan . h i 3 evident to every one here that Mr . Coyae brought himself into this trouble by his own Enuring and vanity . He ad mite himself that he lecompinied Mr . Thomas Arkins , the cast-clothe 3 Ban , io Henry-Etreet , on the night of the attack ipon Mr . Lowery , the Chartist missionary ; that uthoagb he held Mr . Lowery's principles , yet he t&s afraid to take part with him , lest h might injure zim in ihe way of his business . Thai he was sub-RgnHitly appointed hatter to the Lord Lieutenant , md was afterwards appointed , in conjunction with Hr . Lsurenson , who struck Mr . Lowery , as one of iQ 3 valuators of the North Dublin Union oncer the Poor Lsw Aet ; that these appointments were given to liiai by ihe Government which persecuted the
Qartisis ; that he was one of Mr . U'Conneli ' s stalk-? g horses at the late municipal elections , and wither w a ; ths bidding of his leader : that when the tberion of Poor Law Guardians was approaching &- C ? y ^ e attended a meeting of the Ccartists at Mr . u £ ii 2 » in 3 ' aj aj , ^ professed himself a flaming Chanls ; tbat having been called to account by the OCoLnellues , he disclaimed all connection with « p Irish Universal Suffrage or Chartist Associaeoh ; that by these efforts to play the double game , » t « p in with the Chartists and wish their bitter demies , be has lost the confidence of both , and * as kicked by the O'Connellites into the bargain , conear is the best policy after ail . It is a foolish t ^ rg io have a whisper for everybody , and a secret » tell erervbody which nobody else shall hear .
CAE 5 iI 3 IlE _ p iABU ] CAL CaSS CP AK 50 S . — aJaS 1 .-sg AiT £ 3 IPI T-D LEFRAtTD TILS YORK A > 'D uxDox Fihe Issxtraxce Company . —On Saturday & > rni :-g , j ^ e j 2 : h ins . ant , aboat iwo o'doc ; , aa *^ mi a ^ § re broke oui in tha pxeiuise 3 of the ** £ , ei Inn , English-street , Csrliile , occup : ed by * " £ . Canstopherson , a widow , who , with her ?^ ' - M Frances CflriitDpcersoa , and Mary Blayf ^ sernnt , were the oiiiy inmates . The fire was * ra ciie . jT ^ ed by a police ofilcir , zamed Robertson , Jas ana ediaUly proceeded to alarm the inmates , ^ Rekn&csedvery leudl v at the door for twenty ™ tweaty-five mumtes / before the door was jP ^ ed- After the delay -pre have mentioned , Mrs . ^ CTiSiopheroon opened ihe dsor . The fliaies were "" f , spreading rapidly throngli the house , and a r ^ Otr ° * P ^ fsona had begun to collect . The police « cr ? e , iri 1 . }! the fire engines , were sooa on xka spot , ? ai lhs sr * was raging so furiously , that it was Wanti necessarv to re . ie . na t . Tia inm ^ l ^ s bv 2 ettin £
'" ft ? "ct of 025 of the front -windows . Tne me f ^ i ^ es oebg sdiairablj worked , the fire Tra 3 got « iGer ib ^ . ^ ^ hovT ^ bHt not y ^ a the p ^^ t alarm had spread over tho neighbourhood , » r the safety of the adjoining property . Ou one * 1 a ° v . the An ^ el tm is the Joiners' Arms , occu-»!!? > y ^ ^ ille » as ( i sa * b e other , " a miiliiier's ™ a t r ^ par ' s shop ; and behind , a number of stables , "aosr imaediawlv communicating with the Coffte xmse Houl ; and to add to the alarm , tho wind F * s o . owing very hard at the time . Had the fire ^* bee n discovered at the time it was , and the g- « f . ti ; exertions made , property to a great amount t
*» iicje hem iaevi ^ bly destroyed , and , m all rotaciiu y , many lives sacrificed . As so&n as the re n-j-a beea got ' under , Mr . Graham , eupsriutendent f paiice , ecttred the premises , and from what he ^ obse rved , felt fally convinced that the premises « been wilfully set fire to . He immediately U > ok «* . Chri 5 topherson her daughter , and servant into feecy . ££ eleven o ' clock the prisoners were *^ sbt for examination before the- ' -Magistrates at ** i ' uwn Hall . Oa the Benca wore Josebh Ferfsan , Esq ., George Saul , Esq , Thomas Salkald , ^ 9 , and John Dixon , Esq . ' Jr . Graham , snperj « 3 cr m " of police , stattd in the conrse of his evi-^> —I found the flooring in several rooms had ^ broken ap , aad pear ^ , aiicks , and shavings pd up together . 3 n ona of the rooms where f ~ u e& fire place the peats were on fire ^* w-mer . In- another rcok tho combustibles ^ . Placed on the taiddlo of the floor ready for ^ 2 g . I Eawr . ^ esj of drawers—ihe drawers j £ taken' out and piled on a table , and resting ^ s ene _< if ^ h 9 b © dEt « ad 6-4 be drawers were n _ ¦ - . ¦ - ,.
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empty . Under the table on which the drawers were placed , was a large quantity of shavings and peats . In the Bame room was a press , and inside were a number , of long pieces of split "wood pet up sideways . ' In one . room a portion of the boards were torn up and split , and mixed np with peats and Bhavings , ready for lighting . In the kitchen and bar , the ceilings were torn and shavings han ^ itg through . This was also the case m one of the upper rooms . Prom all that I observed , there had been a systematic attempt to burn the premises . Mrs . Cfaristopberson told me that her stock was insured for £ 50 , and the furniture for £ 300 . Mr . Stordy , agent , in Carlisle , for the York and Lendon Insurance Company , stated that Mrs . Chnstopherson effected an insurance with him for £ 350 , and-stock ' - £ 50 . She paid the insurance and got the policy ; it was dated some time in October .
Mary Blaylockj tone of the prisoners ) said she wished to make a statement . Mr . Ferguson told her , that what she said would be taken , down , aad might hereafter be used against her . : She said—I have lived with Mrs . Chriitopherson since "Whitsuntide . She insured her furnimre in October , and I assisted her about the 1 st of February , in getting the chips and things ready and getting the fires on . She wished me to do it . We goi a large iron thing and an axe , to raise the boards—chop them to ma ^ e on the fires . I assisted her in all she desired me to do . We had three fires on in the high rooms —two on the second floor in tho first room They were made on yes eraay forenoon , about ten
or eleven o'clock . They were made ready for lighting . Three fires were made on in the back room of the second floor , they were not in grates , but on the floor . Tnere wa 3 a ches ; of drawers in the back room , " part of them were taken out and placed in the first rtom . There was a firs made in the kitchen and one in the back parionr , and one in the press as iir . Graham ^ stated ia the back bed room One belotv the stairs . I went with her when she lighted them . _ We lighted three fires ; and after that we went into the front room . The smoke was like to suffocate ns before we got in . I think it would be about half past on © I think I have nothiug more to say . By Mr . Ferguson—Did your Mrs . say what this was for I " Witness—^ Fot the Insurance .
By Mr . Ferguson—Did the daughter know of this ! Witness—She knew , but took no part in making on the fires . Mrs . Christopherscn , said—The girl was tue first who proposed it to me . H ^ r husband is ia America and she wished to go to him . The prisoners were then removed for further examination , and ordered tobs kept in separate confinement .
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THE NECESSITY OF UMOA . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERS STAR . " When the native Cbitfs in India are in divan togetier , and the subject of cet ' -in * nd of their European tyrants is in discussion , th « nnaflimotis resolve is this , ' Murde ,-them . ' "'—Sis . John . Malcolm . SIR , —England and India are in extraordinary positions , end will have Xo undergo extraorili ' . ' . iry purifications . They are in soimj measure parallel ! cases India lias been tyrannise . ' over aaJ plundered by a batidfal of foreign oppressors by the want of or ^ anitition and union ; and Englaau has bound ber neck to
the yoke , for comes precisely simliur . Both are about to throw off tiie chains of bAverj , but I feel great aexxty for tlie fate of our gallant soldiers in tho East I left nsy old regiment , " t -. & sixteenth Laccfcrs / ' in 1836 , st Cawnpore , and . many , sicctj 1 L .-JL time fcavs bitten thfi dust in Affgi ; : iEisi : » n . A gr-.-a * pDrtu : ;! of th-j rtgifnenv ¦ were * 'lads' from Ycrk * Lit -j ^ n-A L , !_ ciisLLre , and a more _ h-ttiligent set of iiicu ncvtr iruid on a sword . I have ltfc many friends there , tun ; « u i :. hopes of their return h . me this year , but i fear the state of affairs in u . e East wll prevent it They are n / acli 'waited in pc-ur oid England .
I know . you have little tpace f-r correspondence , but a few lines on ths subject of strict uuioii may nut be inapplicable . I ¦ will teli jou Low tl » e £ . u--b = < ruies have governed India . On recruiting for tLe native TtgiiutLid , or " Sipaiefcs , " tluy tot * tiptciai care to enlist men of d : ff-rcnt " crreds" and " castes" Generally one third -wtre MobaasineQaas , anotnei thiid Hindoos , and the remainder u » ajliy coiitistod of a mixture of all creecs and " Pariahs , ' or no creed at alL "When the Molmuiatdana -wci « cii £ atii , GcJ , tht Hindoos ar . d ParLiLa tr . ra arrajed aaainat them ;
when the-Hinoyos v ; trd reb < ilious und liny freqaentjy were so ) , the othtr iwo-thirda vitx * sliuvc ^ ^ - iht-m ; and the sime -Kith" toe Pariahs . ILiUi-iU ) this Uxs been the njede Of " k ^ L-utio : ; , " bul \ ha i . c-opiejue about u . viti . ng , aid tae game is wti cigb placed ont in Innb .- To sav- our Jives tl ^ r * , \ va must b * firmly banded together , otlitrwise we aliaij be n > asss . cr = d aad cut v-ffin sioiil detaclir-tnts . ' Jhrse yt&rs ago I warnKl the Govta ^ inmt of whit h ^ a taken pltce in Cabool , but I might as weii Live Trarned stocks and stoaes . .....
In 1 S 22 , 1 was at Hyderabad , -when a , furious battle took plaee bbfwstn the Mohammed ins , vrho -weie in almost a state uf rebellion , so Oity tccre made io destroy each other ! Spies and emissaries were sent among them , and so successful -were they in their holy mission that the Arab caste tf 31 &haninied ? ns und the Puttaus , another caste ( oce breaking the e-g the \ ig end , the other tbe little end ) , turned oat of the cky under the ¦ walls , and left seven thousand dead on ihe plain ! to the grtat delight , amusement , » adinsttuction of the Exg ' . tsh genUemea , -who viewed the whole scene from tbe top of the British Residences 11 . ' After ihal they uere quiet enouah * The resoective leaatrs , Scliaii Da lah and Eneas BahsmdeT ^ fought band to hand ; tbe former ¦ was killed On tb . 8 epot , the latter died the next day of
! his wounds . i Now my dear friends , the Chartists , let us be ! -earned by the fate of the Arabs and Putur-s ; let tfee I Whigs and Tories go t © loggerheads , and we will erjay ; the Bport . j Middle classes , join with the -working classes on fair ! terms and in all sincerity . You cannot get the repeal ' of tbs C ; m Laws without us ; bat it we gave you the B > Deal on Saturday nbht , wa might -whistio for the Chattel on MonG&y morning . Bat let us have tlie Charter , Irislles , snout , and all , en Situxday , and you i shall b » T 9 tt » B « peal oa Moaflav . Od a » o * W tetma
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can we join you , and it you are sincere , you will net hesitate one instant . " Union and no surrender" ia our only motto ! A Woolwich Cadet . P . S- I see the Chartist Tricolour "is aloft , and it should be thrust under the " Plague" nos es every where and on all occasions ' . Chichester , 7 th March , 1842 .
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CROWN COURT , Fki » ay , March 11 . Before Mr . Baron Rolfe . THE E S C B , I C K IK XT K Z > 33 B . All the avenues and passages in the Casfla were crowded for upwards of an hour before the opening of the court , oy parties anxious to hear the above trial . Great inconvenience was sustained by parties who had business in the courts , in consequence of the pressure of the crowd and the difficulty in other respects of obtaining admittance . Mr . Ban > n Rolfs took his seat eoon after nine o ' clock , and immediately afterwards ' "' Jonathan Taylor , aged 60 , was placed at the bar , charged with the wilfui murder of Ellen Taylor , his wife , by strangling her , at Esorick , on the 2 Sth of October last . Mr . Baines , Mr . Wilkins , and Mr . Pashujy were counsel for the prosecution ; Sir Gregory Lewin and Mr . Blanshahd were for the prisoner .
Mr . Baines stated the case at great length . ' He felt sure that tUe natura of the charge would of itself ensure the serious attention of the Court and Jury . The statement he had now to make he should endeavour to render as clear as possible , in order to enable them to ees their way clearly through , —not entering into long detail , but giving such a general outline hb would strve for the purpose lie had Btated . The unfortunate deceased stood in the relation of wife to the prisoner at the bar . They had lived npou a farm belonging to Lord Wenloofe , abont two miles from Escrick , and within a few miles of this city . Until about four years ago the prisoner had lived with his wife and family , tbe latter consisting of four sons and three daughters ; one daughter was married , and did not reside with the
family . The prisoner and the family until about four years ago lived in harmony together upon the farm , which consisted of aoout 215 acres , and op to that time tne prisoner had the management himself . He then seemed to have formed a connexion with another woman , which took him to Hull , -where he lived separate from his wife for a considerable time . Their noble landlord , commiserating the filings of tbe family , went to Hull , where he sought out the prisoner , and ' -prevailed on him to become a party to tea agreement , by ¦ which the management of the farm was t > be placed in the hands of deceased . A copy of this agreement was given to the deceased , who deposited it in a drawer in the bouse . After a time the prisoner returned , and remained with the family a sboit time . He left them
again , and again he returned ; and the footing on which he lived for . the last two or three years was , that he was permitted to be there , but to take no part ia the management of the farm , and still less to taie any money , a shilling or two being given to him at a time , for which he lent a hand at busy times . On the 26 th sf October last , the day of the murder , it was necessary that the -whole of the family , "with the exception of the deceased , should go away from the house , to a distance o half a mile , where they -were engaged in the potato field . Not only were the whole of the family engaged there , but they had also called in tbe assistance of several persons in the village . On the evening previous the prisoner had intimatsd his intention of going in the morning to Selby ; and accordingly , on
Tuesday morning , he got up before da > ll « ht and went out . The lest Of the family breakfasted together , and about eight o ' clock they went to the potato field , with the exception of one son , who joined them about nine o ' clock , and at that timo he left his mother alive aact perfectly well . At twelve the family returned from the potato field , and on going into the house they found theirmother quite dead , lying upon the hearth , near tbe fire , and the lower part of her person burnt A bunch of keys was lying beneata the deceased . Medical men were Bent for , who arrived about half-past twelve o ' clock ia the afternoon , and their testimony was , that from the appearance of the body , they had no doubt that the deceased had died abont two hours before , and migbt have bten dead
more . Consequently her death must have taken place about half-past ton , a matter to which the jury would have to direct their attention , as it would show , whoever was tho murderer , the deed was committed between nine and half-past ten . Soino farther inquiry then took place , and observations were made , the result of which was , that from certain marks upon the neck and face , the deceased bad come to her death by choking or strangulation . There were also bruises upon the heart , and barns upon tbe lower part of the body . And it would be shown that from tbe appearances Of tUese burns upon the body , they mast ha to been inflicted after deceased was already dead by other means . The family looked about tbe boose , and went to a drawer in which at eight that morning the deceased had been seen
to lock up about £ 3 in silver . The drawer was found locked , but the money was gone ; and tbsJceyof tbe drawer was ljing under the person of the deceased on the hearth . The keys were perfectly bright , notwithstanding the fire he had spoken of . It was now his duty to state some facts to be submitted on the part of the prosecution , in order to fix the guilt of the crime on the prisoner . A few weeks before the murder the prisoner met a person named Kirk ; and stated to her that he should soon return to Hull again . She said " what for ? " and he « plied , " why , you'll see , " On the 8 th of Ostober , the sum of £ 70 was paid to the deetased by a peroui wbo hod bought some stock of her , and tb * t sum was taken by her , in the sight cf tlie prisoner , into a room where Bhe hai formerly
been in tbe habit of depositing her money , but no longer ; for since the retarn < f the prisoner , the place for keeping the money had been changed . He saw her go into that loom ; Bhe closed the door ; and be had no reason tj believe bat that tbe money was ia that room . On the day ot tie murder the prisoner went out before daylight , having announced bis intention of going to Selby . He was never seen by any of his family previous to them going to the potato field ; but a person who belonged to a mill in the neighbourhood , and who had rec . ived instructions from one of the sons to call for some barley , came to the house at half-past nine , at the backdoor . Ho was goimj to open the door , when he / tund it opened from within , and the prisoner stood before him
upon tho threshold . The man said ha bad come for some barky . Toe prisoner said that he could not have any , because they were all away at the potato field . The miller then said , " Where ' s the mistress ? " and the prisoner replied , why she ' s fcttbe potato field too , and you must come again to-night or io-monow morning . " This man perceived that the prisoner seemed pait'cularly anxious that he should not go into the house ; aud his evidence would show that very near t- > the time of the murder tbe prisoner was upon the spot where it was committed , and giving a false account of hid wife , because he must have kuown that she never was at the potito fidd at all . At a quarter past ten the prisoner was sesn going in a direction froai liia own house towards Selby , not
by the ujuj . 1 road , tu ; along a private track , iu which private track was iit = rwards found a bottle of rum ; and the quantity in the bottle found corresponded with that which was in the bottle in the buusa previous to the murder . Besides this there were taken three pounds in silver , the agreement before referred to , and a policy of insurance , all from the Esme drawer . He had now brought the narrative doira to haif-past ten , when the prisoner was seen proceeuing in the elrection he had Btatsd . He should next trsc 8 him to Selby , where he arrived about haifpast eltven , and it would be shown that he could have no business there , because he spent the whole of bis time in a public-house and an eating-bouse . He left SfcH-y at a quarter past two , and proceeded
towards home . When on the road he was met by a niiiitr named Leedel , who first communicated to the prisoner tue information of his wife ' s death , and on w . dch his demeanour would be described by the witness . Aftsr leaving Leedel the prisoner went towards his own house ; but was met at the Lodge gates by a woman , who told him that some one had said that iiis wife must have fallen down in a fit . The prisoner ^ aid that was very likely , because she had been complaining of a pain in her head for two or three days past . The daughter would tall them that her mother was perfectly well , and had made-no such complaints iu b * r hearing . The prisoner then went home , and saw Uia eldest daughter , who is about thirty years of age . Jsiie gaid to Mm " Have you . been at home . to-d » y ,
father ? " He said , " No , I cave not ; I went out before sir o ' clock t&is morning and went to Selby , aad I have been there all the day . " A woman named Jane Brabbs asked him what time be got to Selby ? wheu he answered that be reached that place about half-past eight . An inquest was held , and on the evening of the first day the prisoner made a statement to two persona as to the manner he bad passed his time that day . He said he went out at six o ' clock in the morning , and called to Bee Lord Wenlock' s ganiakeeper , to ask him for a couple cf rabbits to take to bis niece at Selby ; that he could see nobody there , and so be waited an hour , and then came hoaie . That account was not only inconsistent with the other , but it would be shown that the . keeper was at home that morning at seven o ' clock , and that if the prisoner had gone , as he had said , to the dog keunels , he must have found him there . As to
the rabbits the niece at Selby would state that she bad never heard of such a thing , nor had she spoken to the prisoner for a year before . At the back of the prisoner ' s hqusa was a large dog , which always barked furiously when strangers approached . That dog was heard to bark wheu the miller went that morning , but never afterwards , by which , it was evident that no stranger had gone near the honse that morning . The Learned Geatltman having thns given an outline t > t the case , said he joined with bis Mend on the other side in intreatir-g the Jury to dismiss from their minds whatever they migkthave previously heard upon the subject * and form their judgment exclusively on the evideew produced on oath , before them . If they had anj reasonable dcuoti of the prisoner ' s guilt , they wouitl glva him the benefit thereof , and " acquit ; bo * , if JheyJuui ttCLBttcb reasonable doubt , he felt it « 5 > k&Ms duty to
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call upontbem to do their duty manfully and faithfully to their country . . . -, - .: ' ¦ ¦ : ¦;• . ¦ ' . - .. ;¦ -V / - ¦ -. '• - '¦ ¦¦¦ . The examination of witnesses was then proceeded with , and every particular vf , the ttitsmeni of the Learned Counsel was corroborated by-the testimony of nbout thirty witnesses , by whom * a complete chain of strong circumttantial ^ vidence was furnished . ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ :: h ' . Sir . Gregory Lewin then ' addressed the Joiy for tbfl prisoner . He said he had now the honour to address twelve men from tho West Biding of this county , and that ensured him of . two things , the pn « that he should receive patient attention , and the other that this case would be most fully and fairly considered : by every individuil member of tfcat Jury . A fellow-creature was novon His trial for his life , with them was the issue of
hfe and deata . audupotttbeit verdict depended whether he went away a living man from that bar , orwhetter he at once entered into eternity . h « made this observation not that he thought for a moment they would be without that feeling which would suggest itself to his own mind , viz , the duty of giving every attention to the case from beginning to end , but lie did it that they mightbe able to bring all tko facultiesi of their mind to bear upon it , because he never had seen a case brought before a court of justice where it appeared to mm the judgment of the i faculties of the Jury were more required to ^ combat difficulties and doubts , than the present . They had to consider first of all whether the , deceased cam © by her < 5 eath ; by violent means conunitted by some personand on that point
, he st Jted that he had seldom seen a case wrapped up with so much difficulty as this , because they had it in evidence that the . appearance which presented themselves to the medical gentlemen after death might be occasioned by other causes than those which suggested themselves to these medical men . The question was , did Mrs . Taylor die by the hand of the prisoner or did she die from being burnt to death from tbe accidental catching fire cf her clothes ? After alluding to the opinion of the surgeons , he contended that from the deceased being found lying near the fender , the mark might have been produced on her neck by f&Hiog from the effects of carbonic acid gas in the atmosphere created by the accidental burning cf the clotbea , which it was suggested and admitted might be prodncert fey smoke
and flime acting upo n the air ; and which causes persons to become insensible and d » wn they f >\ l . ; And where was she found ? close to the fender with this mark upon her , and a tumefaction or swelling on her face , which were perfectly consistent with all the facts and circumfctinces of this case . He next submit » d that no motive on tha part of the prisoner in reference to this traaaction had been proyed , and he stated it had struck him as the most unlikely and unnatdralfiing in the world if he had committed the murder that he : should then have quitt ! y walked to Selby , and there deport himseJf as he had done . He then remarked on the fact of the cap being undisturbed . What ! did he strangle her , then adjust her Cap , then set fire to her , ana then put tbe ropeB on the cupboard
instead of putting them on the flre , which was the most ready mode of getting rid of them . The jury were to ask themselves if such a thing was likely f After commenting on the evidence of seme of the witnesses , he said that it bad been suggested that the prisoner had goue back to the house , committed the deed , and gone away again . A great deal of evidence had been given to Bhow that if any persons had gone in the direction of Taylor ' s house they might have been seen . He would then ask why was not the prisoner seen ? Nobody did see the prisoner , and why was it to apply to other persons , and not to the prisoner ? He goes in and conies out on that occasion , and yet he is
seen by nobody near the house . He asked the jury whether they were prepared to say that Mrs . Taylor ' s death could not have been caused by the union of carbonic acid gas with the ; atmospnerio air , and in falling caused the ; mark on her neck , that she could not have set fire to herself , and that she could not have diedaB he had suggested ? Ho made a strong appear to the feelings of the Jury . He exhorted them not to take away the life of the prisoner , unless tbe case appeared to them so clear and so satufactory ns to leave no reasonable doubt upon tlreir minds . They were accountable for their verdict to their own consciences , to their God , and to their country . .
The Learned Judge then summed up the evidence , ably commenting upon all the most material facts that presented themBeltes . The Jury , without leaving their box , found the prisoner GUILTY . The Judge then put on the black cap , and proclajnation for silence was made . He passed the set . tsnee of death , in the following terms i— " Joisathan Taylor , — The Jury , aftar a long and anxious ' ' ¦ investigation , have returned a verdict < f Guilty , which verdict niurt meet with tho approbation of every individual who has witnessed the proceedings of this day . They have found you to be guilty of the highest offence known t .. > the law—an offence at which oar nature most revoita—a crime too , which , in your case , is attended with circumstances of extraordinary aggravation . . The obj ect of your guilt was not some stranger— -was not a person against whom you eould haTe a very well-fohnded
groiuid or complaint—it was tho partner of your bed , tbe metier of yonroffspriflg . I cannot say more , and I mention that not for the purpose of upbraiding yeu , but for the purpose of tu ^ gesting to you , that yours is a case in which any hope of mercy on this side of the grave must be entirely faUaciousj and I entreat you to employ the favr days of your lifj which yet rcinain to you , in attending to the instructions you will receive ere you will appear before that Almighty Judge before whom yon must sood be summoned . It only remains for me to sa ; that for the crime of wilful murder , of which , you have been convicte * , you fee taken from hence to the prison from whence yen came , and from thence you be taken to a place cf execution to be banged by the neck till your body be dead , and when dead , to be taken down and buried within the precincts cf the prison after this your conviction accoiding to tho ttitnts , and may tbe Almighty bove mercy oa ycur foul . " " ' ¦ . ¦" . ' - . ' : :. ¦¦ .- ¦ ¦ ... ' ¦ - ¦' ¦¦' ' ¦¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ -
The prisoner appeared to be quite unmoved both during the trial and after the passing of the sentence . The Court rose about half-past eight o ' clock .
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OXFORD CIRCUIT , —STAFFORD . CitowN Court , Fbiday , March llxn . ( Before Mr . Justice Crcsswell . ) Samuel Jacobs , a boy of 16 , was indicted for assaulting and wounding Thomas Haxvey , on the 21 st of October last , and stealing from his person a knife aad 10 s . Mr . Yardley conducted tho case for the proBeCutfon . Tho prisoner was undefended . From the evidence given it appeared that the prosecutor , a stout , hearty man , in the prime cf life , and more than a match , even-handed , t . n two such assailants asthe prisoner , was drinking in the ^ kitchen of the Bull Inn , at Cheadle , on the night in question , when tbe prisoner came into the house , and was offered by him some bread and cheese . Soon afterwards the
prisoner and the prosecutor left the house together , and the prosecutor asked the lad where he was going ? The prisoner replied that he bad no Lome , and no place to go to , and therefore it was ' quite ' indifferent to him where he went The prosecutor accordingly took him by the hand , and they walked together along the road about a couple of miles , when the boy , having looked cautionsly about him , reinarked . ? ' It strikes me , master , you have got money about you . " The prosecutor said that he had only got a \ few shillings , and that it was not of ten that a man in his situation of lif « had more , and they then walked along in silence together for about another mile , when the prosecutor felt a stunning sensation , and found himself at the same moment lying on the ground . , The instant after he
heard the reports of what fieemea to bim to be a brace of pistols fired ia rapid succession , and soon lost all consciousness . When ^ io recovered his senses , which was not till the « ay was beginning to break , he found that he had lost his hat , his stick , his Snifd , and about 10 s . in silver . There were several severe gunshot wounds about his head , which , in the opinion of the medical men who were examined , could not have been produced by one 'discharge . .-The . prisoner was seen at daybreak about a quarter of a miie from the spot where tJjo prosecutor was wiuntieA , and told the man who met him that he had just picked up a knife , which was identified as the prosecutor's , and aeked whether he had lose one . Tiie party replied in the negative , and then the prisoner proceeded to tell
him that he wa ? walkiug f cm Cheadlo with a man the nigbt before , and that near the spot where they then were the man was fired at over a wall by a man with a pistol . He represented that h » orly saw ths man ' s arm , and that the pistol flashed in the pan ; : diYectlyafteTwar-. is a second pistol was pointed and shotithe man with whom he was > walking Suspicion wa 3 6 sdteil by bis story , and aftsr some'time'had - elapsed' he . was given into custody . The hat of tho prosecutor W ; W discovered near the spot where he was wountied , lyiDg in a ditch , and his stick was found oateide of a sort o £ hovel where the prisoner stated that he had passed the
niglit . Two or three spots of blood were also seen an bis arm ; but , asne was never pryperly searched , there were no means of ascertaifcing ' . whether he ba « l Tiny weapons about him likely to have produced tha"wormtis inflicted . A shilling , however , and a sum of tpsi , ' 6 < j . ¦ were picked up tt two places , whrte b . ^ was oiyierved to have stooped down for a moment as ha " walked along . ' . . " ' " : ;¦ ¦ ' . ¦ . ' !" : . . ; '¦ - - . . ¦; . ¦ . '"¦ "' . .: ¦ TheJury found him Guilty , and Mr , Justice Cressweli ^ aftar some renrarks upon the enormity of the oft ' euca , directed Sentence of Death te be Recorded against him , but intima ' . ed that he wonld be Transported for Life ,
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MIDLAND CIRCUI 7 . —NOTTINGHAM , MARCH 11 . WILFUL MURDER AT MANSFJtELp . V ¦' .. ' John Jones , alif s ^ xmael Moore , aged 24 ; -was plated at the bar , char ged with the wilful murder of Mary Hallam , at M '^ nsfleldi by cntting her thioat with a knife . " ' - ¦ : '¦;¦ ' - ' ¦ . ; , \ ¦ ¦ ¦'¦' ; ¦ ¦ : ; •;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - '¦ . V . ¦ ¦> _ " ... ' .. .. ¦ _ ¦ Tho priaor jgy , who Is a fine handsome young maa , formerly > . ' bdged with the deceased ' s parents . and had forBomo' ' tsme paid ¦ his addres 8 es toherwithsuccess . A UtU « ' before last Easier , however , the intimacy broke offjQr jjig to some violence on his part , and the prii B ° a * went to lodge at Mrs . Wragg ' s lit the Same yardi ; . **^' ., however , ' speaking to the deceased at certain timesi l ° ring her * as he says himself , ^* to distraction ; " - Bhe Auad , however , formed an acquaintance with , ¦ another person , which gave him great uneasiness . OaThuis
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dsyv Dec . 30 , the . deceased . [ returned home from the country , aad at night i > bout hajf-past aisbt she went put into the vard * saying she would go and hear some news . She never ¦ returned . SaarcZj was made- for hex everywhere , nntiv at latt tho prisoner ' s shpp . whiehia a garret in the sanxe yard , Uiider went inspection . By getting ona table and . chair a view through' '' . ; the . winho ^ waii obtained , and there Hj tie lifeless body of the hapless girl , with her throat cnt in many p ! ace 3 , and the floor a- pool of blood . The prisoner was apprehended in his lodgings withini three hours ' after , the girl bad left hpme , and on the road to the lock-ap confessed that it was he who did the murder ; that ho thought as he could not
have her no one else should , and that he ihtended to destroy himself ; but his mind misgave , him , and he was glad he had not done so , as fce ought to suffer pnbliclyi as a Warning to others . The oily , palliation he endeavoured ; to maSe was , that the crime was not premeditated ; that it was done in a moment . He did not wish to be defended " on his trial , " and- actually at first plead guiltyr bnt his Lordshi p would not receiva the plea , and the people of 'Matsmid , who pitied hia situation , raised a subscription to defend him . Mr * Mi ^ tJERaddiessed tho Jury for , the prisoner . His Lordship than sutamed up , and the Jury im mediately found the prisiner Quiliy of Murder . He was sentenced to execution .
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THE TENDER MERCIES OP THE WICKED NEW POOtt L&W ATROCITIES . We pubHalied yesterday the particulars of a most distressing case of Poor , tw maladministration at Windsor , —a locality already top notorious for its fidelity to the principles , and energetici CoWprinity U the practices , recommended by the spirit of the Spaierset-house syBtera . It forms no inapt pendent to the new regulations for the government of Worfehouses on which we cdinmeDted on WcneRdayi illustrating a class of crueUieB and abuses which those regulations do not touch ,- —those inflicted upon unfortunate applicjirits for casual . relief . It was . jnves'igated during an inquest bold at Kensington before : Mr . Wakiey , whose excellent ; discharge of hiai . duty as coroner in that aiid other placeB has already been of the greatest service to the
poor , by dragging . into ligit numerous cases of oppression and misconduct which might otherwise have lain concealed , and bringing to bear upon them a thorough acquaintance with the subject and a hearty sympathy with theoppreEsed . The public are indebted in a great degree to the expoftures elicited , through ; bis vigilance at Hendon , Kensington , and elsewhere , for those putts of the new regulations which go to mitigate the severity of punishments within workhouses , to enlarge the powers of medical officers , and to fasilitate the adininistration of relief in eases of sudden emergency . Vfe trust that in the present instance the result of his judicious and determined inquiry inta the truth may be some provision for the better treatment of destitute wayfarers like Eiizibetn and Jeasy Willis , whose treatment we proceed to describe .
These two young women , both of them persons of respectable . . character ; aad appearance , whose manner and deportment , in giving , evidence , created the most favourable impression in the minds of all who heard them , are the wives of Scottish stoiiemasona , brothers , who left them about three months 6 iace to go about the country in seatch of work . They remained in lodgings in Shoreditch , tili cpmpeilud , a fortnight ago , to give them up . through inability to pay the rent . They then very properly determined to follow and endeavour to find their husbands ; , and , having heard of th « m from Oxford , set out on fuot fur than place . JKlJzibstb . Willis took with them her child , an infant ,
unweaned , ihough about two years old , which was suffering hopelesBly from disease of the lungsi They walked to Oxford in three days , and , failing to meet their husbands there , returned' in the same manner to London . They then heard that their husbands were at Windsor , and walked there on the 22 nd and 23 rd ult , bat w « re again dootned to suffer ^ disappointment Dowjj to thia time they Iwcl supported themselves in their journics , and had obtained food and lodging bj- the sale of their clothes ; now they were completely destitute , and the child , int addition to iti internal complaint , was labouring under an attack of the measles . They , therefore , applied for relief to the Poor Law authorities of
Windsor . - , ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ...- . ¦ , ; . ¦ ' - .. ¦' - ¦¦' . ' - ' : ¦ .. . : ¦ ¦ . •¦ . Was there ever a case ( we put it to any one with tho common feeling 3 of a indh and a Christian tosay )^ - waa there ever a case in which charity more imperatively required a liberal and generous measure of relief tojbe-given ? . ;"' . . ' '¦ : ¦¦ ¦ ' : ¦ . ¦ . ' ' ¦ . . . . - - ¦ . ' , . ¦ ' . : We pass over the delay which occurred previously to their reception into the workhouse . . TJuey . were " told that seven o'clock in the evening ( when their applicatioii was made ) was too late an hour , for the admission of casual paupers ; but the master of the vVoikhouse says that this fitittfment , wh'ch proceeded from the overseer's wife , was incorrect Be that as it may , they were admitted into the workhouse ( out-door relief haVr ing been refused ) at tbiee o'clock in the afternoon of the 2 ' 4 th . nU : : ¦ - - .- ¦ ¦ ' ' ' . - . ' . .. . : " : -
. Oa tbalr admission they were placed " in a shed , with a briok floor , withoat a fire or fire-place , arid with < v tiled wof and no ceilittg ; ' into whicli they Vrete locked , and there they were kept , without being pace let oat , till the morning of the 26 th—for two nights and part of three days . They had nothing to sleep upon except some planks on one side of the shed , without any sacking , and only straw for a bed . Their shoes and stookifigs being wet , they were obliged to take them off , and , as the workhouse people did not dry them , they remained without shoes or stockings during the whole of their stay in the shed , and sat huddled together on the straw , for fear of getting cold by treading on the brick pavement The child ' s clothing was chauged ; but the women ( who had sold a great part of their elothes upon the road ) were left as thinly clad as theycame . < - '¦ : ¦ ' .
The food . given to these unhappy travellers . and their dying child , during the period ' of tueir confinement in the den which we have described , consisted in the whole of three tin cups of gruel with sugar ; six ditto , with salt ; two pints of tea without sugar or milk , and thirteen , scanty slices of dry brfjad , principally ; brown , like barley bread . For the child , they had on the second day one piece of white bread , with a little butter on it , for breakfast , ind a little mutton broth for dinner ; and on the third day a tin of milk aud dry bread for breakfast . This was all . "On each of the two bights , ' " said .-Elizabeth . Willis , " that we slept in the shed , the child kept calling for tea all night , and on my asking the ward-woman for some , ehe on each occasion brought some cold water from the pump . "
We have already referred to the complicated disorders UTider which the child was labouring at the time of their admission . On the day after their arrival the matron came into their cell and urged them to go away . The mother insisted that the doctor ought to see her child . The matron " told her he would not be there that day , and said , * Can't you walk to Oxford to-day f " The mether said the distance made it impossible . The matron then pressed her to go to Rtading ; she still declined , justly observing , that •? the doctor ought tu see her chi ; d first" The medical efficer afterwards came , saw the child , stated that it had the measles favourably , ordered a vhite powder for it , which was administered dry upon the tongue ;
but did not order it any hutrimeht whatever . On tbat night the ward-woman told the neither that ** the doctor had said the child would be well enough for them to go on the next diiyi '' and on the following morning " she came in again , and said , ' Are you not ready to go V" from which they considered they were '' compelled to leave . " They left accordingly ; neither money , nor foody nor any other relief what ; vcr wa 3 given them to earry them along the road , but the matron said at paitfrog , "My good woman , there are plenty of Unions oh the road , and , you can get relieved at tbem all . " They arrived at Keiiaing ton about « 2 o'clock in the evening , without having tasted food , arid were then received and charitably treated ia ; the Kensington workhouse . But the next morning tho child died .
Snch is this painf al and most revolting tale , which we may ltave , as we have done bo manybefore it , to produce its own effect , without ; any comment of burs . Tbo facts are unquestionable , having been admitted , at the adjourned iaqueat on Wedhesday , by the ; master and ward-woman of the Windsor workhouse . The verdiet of the j « ry waB a » follows : — ¦ ¦ ' : "We find that the deceaaed died ; from disease of the lungs and niesentric gknds , produced by natural causes . In giving thifl verdict the jury cannot refrain from
expressing their indignation and disgust at the cruel and inhuman trtatinent which was exercised towards the deceased child aud it * afflvd « A motu « and avint m the Windsor Union ; workhouse , they having been locked into a place having a brick floor , with only a slated roof and no ctiling , and without any fixe j during a great part of three ! days and two whole liigbls , having been fed during ^ that perioii upon water-grael and an insajacJeni quantity of brown bread , the mother of the child having at that tiaie a dying infant at her breaab" — - Times , Friday .
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BBID ^ EWATEB UNION WORKHOUSE AGAIN 1 APPALING SICKNESS AND MORTALITY . ' ¦¦ , ' . . ¦' ,. ' , -To the EM ' . Sir , —Some circunastances which . have lately oeourred in this union , and : others which have come to my knowledge in the courae of this day , are in themselves sufeciently impoitant ^^ toinduce mo to believa that ypa will nbt object to Buch a recapitulation of matter contained in some > of toy late communicatiotia-as may be necessary to a correct , estimate of present occurrences I showed you that the Poor Law Commissioners , have , under their seal , authorized their officials to ; pack eight beds for lying-in woiaen in a room not sixteeit feeiequare ; to atow thirty'twopeor men ina narrow roam twentyr ^ ine feet long ; and , that , to o » owa th « se atrocitfea , they have , with murderous ingenuity , contrived tgi shDw how thiity-s& helpless chUdren may be packed into a low den twenty-two feet ldng , without ajriy 'provision ; for separating those who ; inay happen to be ., suffering under small pox >; measles ,. ' or tev&r ¦ ¦ ¦ •'•'/'¦¦ ' ; ' . : - ; - ¦• . ¦ ¦' ' . . •¦ " " ¦' •; ¦ : ' ;'¦" . ' ; 7-' *? *?¦'
As a further illustration of the CommiS 8 ioner 4 » jygi tern of providing fox our unfortuaata fellow-cieatures , I detailed a series of fatal outrages comnjitted npoa tho unoffeBdin ^' popr in the woikhbuse ; of this union ; ahd brbngh ' t ; this aickening detail ^^ down % » a ^^ period ¦ whea tint frightful number of one hundred andieveBteeo deatitf wm lecoxded la tbe woik ^ oo ^ e deatti-book , : ; ^^¦ ¦ ¦ 5-S - -- ; v - ^ - ^; X ^ : ^^^' ' . ¦¦" ¦ - ¦ C .: i . "' . ' - ¦'• '¦' . .- •/ ¦ ' ¦ : ' ' . ' ¦ ' . ¦ ; . ... ' .,.
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I I '' II I IIMIU 1 M Mi—M —< KMUU « tt « KjQMMMB »«« MMMM I showed you that man > ' of these deaths were ascribed by the medical officer to f ^ he dietary and the crowded state of the house ; that reltevated applicatlbas bad been made by him to the Board of Guardians for additional accommbdation 5 : that he had - " begged earnestly , ; yet respectfaJjy , to urge on the board the necessity of their most seriously considering " the wan' of accommoslation for tho diseased poor ; and that hisrxiterated applicatioas were rejected asi " unneessary and inexpedient " I further showed yq « that a Juedical < eoramittee was < tt length appointed to examine iSi © house , and amoDg other irapbttant matter tbat committee reported—' :- \ :. .:: ' ¦ /¦' ¦ .. ; -, ' .. ; ' - .. : . . .,- . - ; . . ¦ ¦ ;¦; ... ¦; - ' -- ; ¦ . ¦¦ : , . ;"
"That they had discovered 111 cases of diifase . many ° * ihe ™ ° A * * ttoit 3 cltaracter , rmnfilinp vnUHhedean inmates , without aup e-rder or arrangement for thetr sem ~ ration > ; ;¦ ¦ .:, ¦ - ;¦ ¦ V ' v ; . ' ¦>¦? * -V- ¦ , ¦ : :- ; . -. ' ¦ .. V Thai 50 children slept in a room 27 feet bv 15 , and that they found other apartments bearing similar propor tions fa the number of-oeatpants . ™ \ \ . On this occasion the medical attendant of the workhousemade ther |« aiowin ;? official statement ;—• • •' . I have frequently complained not only of tbe close * ness of the ohiidrQ-i's sleeping apaitments , but of every sleeping aparbnent in which I have been a few hours after the inmates of tho house had retired to rest , It only requires one visit to be satisfied that the / eeiid air which they are obliged to breathe- is high y calculated to introduce disease where it does cot exist , and to aggravate it where it does . " ¦¦; . " -.
At the date of communication I stated ** that I had no intention of inimediately resaining the subject , but that within a , few days of that period T bad received a printed copy of the important communication which stands at the head cf this letter . By referring to that communication you will perceive that the Commis sioners' system has broken , down Under its own , atrocities ; that their workhouse is again ravaged by disease to a f ighCful exteiit ; that * additional premises' aro to be hired , and thenunibtr of children in the workhonso reduced . It further appears that , notwithstanding thft vastBacrifice of hnman life that had occurred in this pest-house , tho medical officer now declares , ' that during trie lastsixynonUis mortality has been greater in the house than he has ever known it since , his connexion ioith the establishment , particularly among the aged and children . '"; " :
Such was tne working of the System as officially reported on the 4 th of January laEty On the 14 th , I visited the union workhouse , and was politely accompanied round the house by the vice'ChBirinan and the clerk of tho union , who very civilly answered the few inquiries which I made . My own impression of that which passed under my view will be best explained by the following entry made at the time in the visiting book of the workhqiise :--- ' ' I believe everything isdone which can be effected by the governor and matron ; but the house is Uovercrowded to a daiBgerolis extent In seveial instances there are at If ast double the
number of persons sleeping in a room which there ought to be , or that can possibly be accommodated without a cpnisiderable sacrifice of life . " Shortly after this entry forty . of the children were nightly removed to an old workhouse , from which they were brought back every morning , and kept ail day ; thus incurring tee risk , and adding to the pollution , of thiB pestiferous establishment . A number of poor persons labouring under different diseases were likewise occasionally brought from tbo neighbouring parishes into the house ; which was thus charged , not only with its own concentrated mass of disease and suffering , but with a succession af new objects . . ; ' . ¦ : '¦ ¦ .. ¦ . ' ' ' ' . "¦ ' ¦ "¦• ' / . ¦;¦' - ; ¦¦¦• ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦'¦'• ¦ :. . ^ ;
I . will now refer to iu « h extracts fioin official repMts as will enable me to bring before you , by meana of a brief summary , the present awful reality . ' 'January 11 . ^ Medical W ^ ek 'y Reportr ^ Two deaths have taken place-since my last report , and many cases of measles have appearfcd . Many of the inmates are Buffering from severe colds , and coughs , which , io my opinion , are partly produced by their ; going to church this cold weather without sufficient covering , fifty-six sick , nine head diseases . January 18 . —There should be a comfortable ward provided for a few / cases which aie now in the large infirm ward . They are so offensive , aa to vitiate the air , and render it disagreeable to the other : inmates . " . . . . ' . ' ' .. '' . ' . ¦" ¦ . . ;' : - .. ;' . ¦' . ; : ; •• ' ; .. ¦ ¦'" ¦'¦ " January 25 . —Itch has appeared among the inmates . I have been obliged to put the itch cases in the vagra . \ t ward for-want of belter accommodation . / Seventy one oh the sick list !
¦" . February 8 . —One case of small-pox has appeared since last week , arid , for want of better accommodation , 1 have pliiced him in the men's sick ward ; which being full I ; have since been obliged to place other cases in the men ' s email infirm ward . . ; , '•¦ ¦ " Tho- . iumates should not be allowed to go to the church this severe weather without sutficient cover ing . " ' . - ¦ ¦• ' ¦ ''¦[¦ ' ¦ : ¦ : ¦ " . ; : ; . ' ¦ ; . ' ¦ "' :. - ¦;•¦ " - 7 . . ;> ' ¦ " " ABEA . UAM ? : iSG , Medical Officer . " February 22 .- ^ -Proceedings at the ; Soard of Goa » - diaEs : —Moverl by Mr ;! Strangeways , and eeconded by theRev . Wm . Jeffries Allen" That it is expedient te adopt the advice of the medical officer , and forthwith build a detached hospital for the reception b £ the sick paupec inmates of thia workhouse . " / ' [¦ ¦ , ' - '/¦ _[ : [ ' .. .. : . ' .,. . ¦" . : /;/ -: " ¦ . ; . ¦ ' ¦ ; . ; Whereupon it was moved , as an amendment , by Mt Soraers— : . : < ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ; . '¦ "¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ '' - ¦¦/ :: ' - ¦ . ¦ : ' -- ,. '' "' v " ¦
" That the consideration of building an hospital be postponed to this day four months ; " which amendment was carried , there being t A'elye for it , and only six in favour of the motion ; three of whom . -. / were exoficio Guardians , including the mover and seconder . •' February 21 . — -The \ diarrhasd has recommenced its ravages in the house ; thirty-Jive persons bare been seized in the cours $ of yesterday and today ! Two more per-8 ons ; havelikewise . beehseized with smaJl-pox' * Thus it appears that in three weeks ; -from January
tha 4 th , when the medical man declared that the mortality in the house had been greater than be had ever fenown it , the number on the sick list increased from fifty to 8 eveiUy-one , —that many cases of measles had occurred , —and thai itch pervaded the establishment to such an extent tbat , from want of other accommodation , the peraons affiicted were put loto the ward which was assigned to the casual poor . : Thus itch and ringworm were to be inflicted on those whose distressed condition obliged thein U seek for a njg&t the charity of the Bridgewater Union J : r />
Smallpox , tod , has' broken out amongst this dense anus of disease , and a person suffering antler it put into V the men ' s sick ward , " with ten or a dozen other patients . This , of course , has been followed by other cases of smallpox ; and now comes the frightful diarrhoes . Thirty-fiviB cases in little more than twenty-four hours And these cases , too , mostly among tie old and infirm poor , who . vbaying been " obliged to breatliefetid air , highly calculated , " as the medical officer says , " to introduce disease where it does not exist , and to aggravate it where it does , " are subjected for hoars to the piercing cold of winter , without sufficient covering , and are thus rendered infinitely ^^ inore susceptible than they otherwise would be to the attacks of allj or any , of the fatal diseases which ravage this worihehse .
Thus , Sir , it has been shown you , on the authority of official returns , that this detestable pesthouse , into Which the infirm and and helpless poor of forty parishes have been so recklessly thrust , is practically a mart for the propagation and extension of contagion , under the special controul of those commissioners , who , by the Vaccination Act and the ICew Police Act , are appointed to carry out the sanatory regulations of the kingdom . Bridgewater , Feb . 24 . JiBowES .
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OUR INDIAN FORTUNES . Oa thia melancholy subject the Times of Friday has the following very . jus't reflection : — . " And bo ends tbe ffrst act of thiB most disastrous war . Few of our readers can remembsif so heavy , none , probably ^ so terrible , a reverse to English arm ? . And for all we have to thank ourselves- We might havehad these proud and independent tribes as friends—w » preferred to have them for slaves . We might have allied ourselves with the ruler whom they have chosea —we preferred , to set over them a debauched and sanguinary tyrant of our own . We might have compelled , pur creature to rule them with equity and leniency—wo chose to tyraania over and insult them .
And why-all this ? ' Why was k that this advance iato ai country which had not invi&ad pur help or our interference J To quell predatory habits ?^ ^ To secure free ( passage tomerchandise ? To defend anally ? To punish aggression ? Nothiug of the sort . : It waa to ineei the advance of Russian infiuence . Russia was intriguing ia Persia , was pushing her envoysintb Afghanistan . We met them by our own , and successfully-T-se Buccesslally ttoat the Russian was fairly driven from the field ; leaving us afr ' lijbcrty to form that -warlike and then friendly nation iato an [ almosS impregnable ^^ barrier . against her designs A frieudly frontier of almost im- : passable mountains ,- peopled by brave and hardy mountaineers—what more eafe and inexpensive acquisition to to aa overgrown empire could ^ the heart of statesman \ . ; require ? But Russia was not only jatriguing :, but advancing to Khivah—andso we must be ^ advancing too . Andso we blew open the gates of Qhiizoee , overran . - Affghanistan , compelled the surrender of Dost Mohammed , made iiord K « ene a peer , and vaunted to Europe ¦; . and the world the unconquerable , power of English , arms , and while therJRnssian troops were in fall retreat prided Ourselves on the skill and success of our demonstration . We spoke a goo * deal to » soon . We were , and till now have been , ^ alniost intoxicated with consdous power . Not only in Hindostan , but erferywbere , obstacles and enemies have seemed to melt before our armjglor bur policy . Wisely : or unwisely , justly , or un- : jnstfy , it seemed ' " .-that we had but to move , and our work was done ; . tillwe had began to think , as with . the ^^ \ uabappy ChiiieBe , tbat ciif twaVwaB law . » w « tt » a . ' , power , and that it was an absurdity to sappoae that forbidden-wbicu British interest ^ ^ or glory seemed to ;; requira At last has come a shock , and now , as it has v not prospered , " nien dara call ' -. It ^ vtraanon . " ¦> M ^ y tifa ; ' retribiitioa sufflceto malke those feel what w rightjBk r » irf V ; . wrong who would bAva been , long enoug h in Orf ^ Vg ^^ ^^ Si ^^ s . ¦ ou t while hujried onward by . ttepopuhir « Sc : te ^^ y ^^ r ^^ 5 ^\ « accea ? .. If such ; is the case , ¦** ijrtlV ^ i ^^^ Kf ^^> - ^[^^ C ^ shailj not most bitterly mourn over' this disaSggp ^ y \ J - ' veryfer fcom ifcr ^ but we witt : say tnat- it % W * f ! l ^^ £ *^ a * ' j * J Ifes fatal to ^ ^ Britiahhoiaourrinay , to Britisj ^ tsfew *^^ l # ^^ C ? thai toe fatal and arrogant MtnAbMq tti ^^ awufiee \^ . " ;¦?'¦ j ? - ^ : ;; ' ; ¦ ' . ' ¦ - ¦ y ^ ' ' - ; - V , : ' " ^]» Pi ^^ ^^ > % '
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CONFIRMATION OF THE WORST ACCOUNTS FROM INDIA BY THE GOVERNMENT ORGAN . We fear that ihnre is eow lirtle hope of any mitigation of the deplorable accounts trom Afigaunisian . At a lave hour yesterday we ascertained that the intelligence received at tbe office of the Board of Contronl more than confirmed the vrorst statements in circubnion ; bat , as it appeared that these accounts merely echoed the impressions of the Indian Government , fclBied without official or authentic information , vre adhered to tbe hope tha ; the local authorities had been misinformed . Many private letters caused us to abandon , that hops , which , though wanting an official character , are traceable to certain
asd trustwonhysonrces , agree in giving the following outline of tho sad disaster . Oa the 5 m of January , tie British force to the aamter of about 4000 mca , quitted the entrenched camp of Ciibool under a convention agreed upon by Maj . » r Pc-ttinger and Mahomed Uihbar . Tha terms of tbe convention are not describe-d further than taat these terms guaranteed the nninelested reLreat of the British to Jellalabsd , wiih some equivalent advantage to be gven to the insurgentg , for the assurance of which advantage sis British officers—the names of only three of whom-we knew ( Me ^ rs . Webb . Walsh , uudConolly ) —were TeiaiEed as hostages . The convention , however , as mast hare been apparent jo every one acquainted with the perfidious character of the
Affgh 3 n 3 , was made only to be violated ; for the British had scarcely appeared outside of their entrenehmeijt ? , wiiea they were attacked by the whole Afghan fo ' , probably ten times their number ; they fought their way , however , through a long and d&pgtrous defile , to the point at which ii narrows 120 ; :, at the Hoard Cibool Pa £ ? , about ten or tw . elve miles from Cabool . Here their position becoming utterly < iesperate , they dismissed tho women in their company , surrendering them to au Afghan esoeri , who carried them back to tbe city . At TeZr 5 en , a livtle in advance of the pass , General Elphinstone and Colonel Sheiton were made pru-onera This Joss of their chi ^ f cfSccrs , ^ u < i tho severe defeat which probably caused is , was naturailv followed by
the disorganiziJou of the army ; a ;; d the rest of tue attempiea retreat was reduced to a stries of desperate acd detauory s ? rcg < Jes , in which ii > e immense * nperiority in numbers of the enemy , and their occupation of all the strong positions , etallud thorn io detiroy the tchole army in detail—a few stragglers alone escaped , almost by miracle , to Jeliakbad . Among these wss Dr . Brydon , wfco reached the last named place in an exhau s ted and almofct dying r > taie , on the 18 th , a fortnight a ' fttr the commei ^ cement of the fatal reireat . It was Dr . Brycoii ' s ra sfor : une to wituef-s the fall of seven of his brother officers , among whom are named Brigadier Anquetil , Major Ewaxt , and Ueateuast Sxurc . He a , Uv wicaa-sed tfce capture of General Elphinstone and Col . SneHon ( prsof tbat the first had not died , s-a wa ~ reportec 1 , and the disorganisation of the army . We hare no * seen any
particulars' of his own escape . Such is the latest and most complete , aad , we believe the most accurate , account of this melancholy affair , so d ep lorable in itself , and eo un . ' ortonate in its poitical iuflaencc , By this time the honour of the British arms has no doubt been fully vindicated ; bui at what expense ? At ihe cost of rendering ihe occupants of the gale of India for ever the implacable euemies of the iiritish name . The murder of Byrnes and M'Naghten must be avenged , the treachery and cruelty of ilahommed Ukhbar must be punished , or the whole of oi ^ r Indian influence will be shaken to its cenrre . Bat how can thi 3 b ' e made appear oiherwise ihaa uujadfc and tyrannical , to the ^ fjir . only invaded Affghans ] Such are ever ihe retributive consequences of ihe firss deviaiica from the ri ^ patn . —Standard ; Friday . _
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 19, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct422/page/3/
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