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    • " €f)t Ciitirttton ct <2?n(jlaitlr 4kut$twn" . " Lair* grlrdihe poer, and rich men nJe the law. 1
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      " €F)T Ciitirttton Ct ≪2?N(Jlaitlr 4kut$Twn" . " Lair* Grlrdihe Poer, And Rich Men Nje The Law. 1

      " € f ) t Ciitirttton ct < 2 ? n ( jlaitlr 4 kut $ twn" . " Lair * grlrdihe poer , and rich men nJe the law .

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      COHTIMTATIOW OF THB EXQtriRT . AT ' THE

      BIBMI 5 GHAM "WOKRUOtSK . OtHng to tbe prearare of A »« i * e nrwa and tho neees ¦ ity of giving several Important articles which will bi found in to-d » y '« paper , we are nnable to publish mow tfc" the general beads of the continuation af thii « s ~^ t- ¦ R fifcii occupies five closely printed eolnmni of ? h Birmingham Adteriiter , to vrhich we have beei b ' t ^» t < i for tbe report * of this c&so vrhlcb hareap ¦ pttrc-J ia tmr columns . TiuasruT , Dec . 7 . —At ten o ' clock » his morning BEtt-T ,: Member * of the House Committee -were aa etui j « f , an 3 tie Anut&nt Poor Law Commissioner , © i ttLTvs hia seat , aaid hfr woald receive tbe evidence o arri ^ ersoDs tbe Governor wished to hnv txninined , o , ftjy statement be might desire to put in answer to tin four charges .

      > lr PnuDdj Mole , Solicitor , who ai-sln attended 01 t « .-t of tht Governor , tola tberd were three or fonj » ii - -. « - *» e « to be examined . V ^ . ijsm MoBDtford , an inmate of the Birmlnghafi Wvru ^ onre whwe duty it i » to n / . tr the namei © t » i . t » m a book , was first called and vxiniined law vitm * s > evidence amounted to something Iiki Bcth ^ g at -1 L He did not know that sny person ha < i 6 Tt r been confined in the blade bole 1 E -z . beth Brunlon , oiua ^ ud S ** b Hall , « , iDmaU of - ^ wotkhon ^ were then corniced their svideuc *^ -t .-tcded to break down that i-f ibt boy Roper bnl or c ; .. . ss-exunination by the CcmuW ^ cer , the lattei * u * y » coniiHibd the main put of ifce boy ' s state . Bit .. ; " - of

      wT ^ . S * •< £ «» Bo ^ Ottpltln fee Workhouw , * > r 3 !! ed and txamlned by Mr . Mo ! e . The R » v . < W Ik ^ - n was under examination for 3 long time , but no £ Tn ? " * " 5 * dMR ^ d "iUl m J ** ' tbe C ^« e « nodrt » q ,-i-y . He spoke fa 70 nraV . y ef the treatment the ptrtKjs rteuTed fconi the Governor * nd Matron I . 4 : Ji ^ e conclusion of the « -x&m : Baii ? n of tbe Chaplain , Mi . > 5 o \ e Mad and then bandwl nrA tbe following SfeV-wcnt rroIH Mr . Hirst , tie Qeveruor — iP " S

      THE CfOT £ E » OB . ' S STaTXHEUT . "i ^ Ui regard to the fonrm-nin jhe xrunp-Toom so lOBii . J beg to add to my former st » t * ja = ! . ? that 1 am precluded by that portion of the printed Rule * called "Da f-s of the QoTtrnor of the \ Vorkb-m * e , " No . 25 frpja porcbuiDg or procuring * ny- srficlta tot tbe me of tbr Workbonre . or payinjf any money on account of the Wv ikhooro , or of thepairikb , witb--ot the order of the B ° - ¦ - CcmmltU * . entered in a , bo ^ -k , to be called tio " c . -. ' er . book , " to be proTldbfi ti thit purpose ; and «!»• oaring h foratJ thu Coniinif . ee at their firs ' »* :: & ? , =: ter the ratranee of tfctee tramps of th& ' r Stat- i cor-aidered it impooribie fur niy « . fIf more folly arc entirely to hare attended to or performed my i dDlir ' a . " j

      Tp- etidetce of the carpenter vbo prepared tbe Matt-tele as s triap-room . proTes tbat it wm nsed for < to z-e- * purpose ibe first D ^ ht Bfterwsrda , and the < pra £ t : c = 01 uf-ug it upon any n quL « ite occasion has con- Sinn .-o c 7 er unce . - •'

      jf - b « y . Thomas Soper , -was brcn-ht into the House ¦ TOfl-T «* Jer 3 r > . sji 80 . andKpcxted , aa sworn to by ** : & . itrjer , bm mother , asa T « y bad boy . whp would not go to we * k . The mother aid he was to pound pot . r

      TS iJiam CSorei took tbe boj from the kitchen , and &B ^ ras afiarvards pax into Hie hole by John Fai ? , ¦ sntfconj asj dirwUfcns wbateTer ; neither the Matron » or ayielf saw John Fair or spoke to him . T 2 c- foUowicjr morning tbe toy wes remoYed . Mrs . airrt gare the directions to tbe schoolmaster to iia-w Urn . washed out andjrat into bed , which was the usual Course ; and there is no doubt be was dressed and easss Into . U = s sefceo ! rocm as soon as hi 3 clolhes were dry . The oeath of tbe achoolraaster has created a difficulty in prG-s-nig this fsct , but there is no reason why he tboald cave ! = aen differently fertated to other ehDcren -on coatlag into the Hc-U 8 e 2 Bd it is quite certain he -n-as trea ^ d & 5 other boys are . _

      It is nftt Bkr ) y 3 boy of bis heaTj , dnll disposition , Can TteoV . ea d * j by day what occurred two monihs since , either aa to ihe food bs hid on each d » y , or where be was on the day of admission , the litb'of Octcbec . Be is entered "So . 14 in the tramp-boot , and his rsme floes net appear in tbe list t > n the 12 th 01 any sabsegngnt fiayi but on the 12 th be appears discharged from ibelrsmp-rooiB with tbe reek , and no doubt was-then Wasted out by the schoolmaster , as before stated j for It is tiie usual and invariable custom to writs the aames of an ptreens m the tramp-boot each , day tie teamps reBsia in tbg rooms , if they remain in more Can one day . idciiM to them the words , " here from yrt-ierfiay . *' Iramps may be returned as such in tbe tramp-book , and yet be aimitttd istothe House ; that is , aj Jhe time tiey are in tbe tramp room they ba ^ e fooutios sam& U thoss in the Bonse , and not tbe reje-ar tramp > room foo 4 ^ or even sick diet is allowed ia them , if ordrnfcd .

      TL = eTidtacs ol the jsSfferent witnesses . is "to TLapei Is eg Terj ocpisile and € btfllcting , thai 1 szn sart tbe , boy is Tr ~ n > 5 in ^ til Se says , and fta greater part of Hrs . B :-per ' s tTi-l& ^ es is simply what she bc 3 beaw from him . Harriet B >> 5 der was pliced in Ibsfeo ^ s tr asp-reom loi the pnrpKe , sha states , to separftte h ; 1 irom Ann ^ oirla . T&ey h ^ ibc « B < josxrfcLling , andwlifca 1 sntered tbe room tb * y w = re qBaiieliicg . Barrkt R-xidez was 'verj Trioiait , in order to ssoid wbici the itiu val took p T aee , i 3 TOig ED rocm provided me to pia&e gnarrel 3 ome persons in ; aad it : 3 by nomeaia uii-asaal f--i the Quar-^ ik . t : « to ss nfi parties by admiEsion mv ) t&a traEip-reoia . See an order cf admissioa , No . SjCSj .

      tcoys . ) tf To The Governor of the TTorTshouie . n Admit Mary Whitehoase , 34 years , belonging to , supposed , Astea , and provide h « according to the » gulatioia of tbs euardiana . ¦¦ ' Bj Ordfer Of the Balief Gommittea , " George Ryder . - *' ~ Fzosi . Dlsbdct Ko . 4 , Kspart No- 5 . 060 . { " In tramp-room . ) " IThis nola is to be in f < -c-o during " sis dsjs from Ihe 8 Ei day ofHoTembtr , 1 & 43 . "

      Barnet Rodder ba-I no ^ or * . nor sry punishment , trfcHe she was in Ihe tr ^ mp-TOcm ; her food was not * "tered in conyq ^ wce , a ^ -1 s he was ccmfortably -pro-Tided for . I dia net tucs ? of ter disease , and she never complained , but sppfsieil to be glad t * be so sepazated Irom Ann Morris . I . consider it w& 3 the tfuty ef the Burceon to lis-ye icforuicd me fif the impropriety of Hsrn = t Kodder being placed tiere , if a = y eaisted , on jtfcouiit of her discise . aud be did not , as be admits in Ilia eTidcnc ? . The dear of tbe tnunp-Toom was open , aa s £ e states , fie whole fime sho -was there , and she ccnid be in and out oJ ttw roo-x as sbe p 7 e « s « J ; and no otter motive actaated me in tbis bat to Beparate the iw quarrelling parties , wbicb , a 3 GoTernor , it appeared my duty to do .

      Tbomi 3 Batei used the most improper language , was Tery Tioleni s . ^ d abusiTe , and , ia my oplninn , under t-inporary cerrsqssiciit . Se has { I am infarH ' . » d it 18 Veil Jknowni ti ^ u an idiot from birthj and at tbe time he was giTen I ^ to the costpfly of Weare , had Weare made ssj ebjecticn to ths care of him , as dtiireti by Mrs . Wast , she could noi baTB required him- to treat Bates as be did ; £ uch was his slate at the time , that it wss quite Impassible bs coald be at large ; and Weare stated to I 2 i 9 House Committee that he never eiw a max . more ticiest ; and there is no doubt tbe TioleEee woall hsvs continned bad he not been given into tbs cara ^ f the teeper , which , with bis being

      ta ^ en into tha " iasaua wsrd , tad tha efiWct of qnieting bim , -9 sMdi 13 tficn Use case with i-iiots . Tbere are often pzsseiis sent into this ward -by the surgeon who are no : insaae . When the eaigeon ordered Bates unstrapped , h 3 was instantly obeyed , and being known as an ifllot in tie establishment , who had been before , 00 doubt , in ihl 3 ward upon a surgeon ' s order , it did not B&em requisite to proeure one for that present purpose . A new pitient would of coarse require an order , lmi noi an 613 o ^ s , or ons who had been there before bat had not ItC the ' -bcusa ; such patient would be allowed to leaTB the insane ward by stiffaiance , and to leturu thereunto , Jiould Mb malady render Euch a step

      necessary . Tfas other matters brought forward , it does not appear I am required to explain or take further notice of , not being of that importance * itmayije rsmurksd that there are no wards of th » description called " probationary / ' ooiffieguently in caae of one person cut vt between fiYe and six tundred now in tbe House being guil ^ sf violence or misbebavionr , so that a removal from the oV&ers is BEcestoag , andif irjory and bad example are to be avoided , fbere is na pTa ^ provided where , strictly speaking , &t eaveenor can remove such par ^ to for the purpose of ^ ereutang sucb diugerous consequances aa may aiist from the conduct < , f such ^ persons ; and iri the case 2 KV ° ' ? 5- ^ e 7 iaen « telsg given , the word *» jpimMiment-BS frt 3 Mn % Med , Trh « iinfact it snoald Hot in leality . > o punishment . has been iiflicted € K » pt when fnJIy explained , but m ^ ly a separation of tt » parties to prevent the apparent mischief or fead Consequences Quit wen about to em-ae .

      Johnson gtres the meaning . of the word punishment —J Airy infliction « t pain imposed in -resgeaucei of a erime ; ' so tiafc the mere chauging of a party from room No . 1 , because that eonttdned another party , and fcey would not "be together without quarreliing , iau > Toom 2 fo . 2 , giting the same food and treatment to ivwii eannot b © termed a jiunishnieiit . . I commenced the duties of my office on tio second flay of August , cne thousand eight hundred and forty . two ; opon my election eighty-eight Guardians voted , » ad althourfi there were five candidates selected from a

      large number , some of them possessing testimonials of Qte highest order , and I ww an entire abanger to the town of Birmingham and the Guardians , so well did they think Mrs . Hirst and myself qualified for our pre > ¦ ent aitu&Usn , that . we obtained ihe very important jnajority of fifty-six of their totes . I beg-also to refer to the Boase Tiatai' book , Vblch contains a report every week cf the state ef the House and inmates , and it "WUI then be foand that every part ef my datj has been performed , as recorded , m > their entire satisfaction , GODfBET SWIFT HL 3 ST , fJovemor .

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      1 Mr . Aiidsy stated that if allo ved be wcuid prove ; that many poor and de .-Vaute ptrcons had not only I been refused admission into the . workhouse , but that ! they bad also been rtfased relief . He ( Mr . A . ) recol-- lected a ease ol an ntrfortenkte ¦ woman , who abort : time ago uas placed in the dock , before tbe Magistrates , -j at the Pnblie-cffice , on a charge of feloniously stealing 1 provision-shop . One of the Magistrates before whom . ¦ she was bronght , addre « slng the poHofrofaser who took 5 { her into custody , aaid " thli woman was brought before s j me the other day . " The pollce-ofieer replied , "Yea , , - Sir , the VS > brought before yon oa a charge of being , destitute , and you ordered that she might be taken to j I tbe Workb » u * e for relitf . When she arrived there she . ; was neither admitted into the hou * e nor relieved . The j next day the committed the felony charged against

      i her , which the states she was driven to from . j want '' The Magistrate then enquired « f the tradeaj " , man who appeared to give evidence on tbe charge of f felony , if be intended lo prosecute tbe priaoner , r and he humanely answered , "No , 8 ir , I will j . not , under these circumstances . " She was then dis' charged . Anotbtr caae be remembered of a young j Woman who attempted to commit luicide by tbtowing p herself into the canal . It occurred about half-past , eleven o ' clock at night , as a policeman on duty waa , j crcsiiiig ibe canal bridge . He hastened to tbe spot , f and plunging into the water , rescued htt , and saved , her life . He conwyed het in a acuseless state to the

      * , I iUticc-home , and there being no accommodation there I , for the wretched woman in her wet and distressing , state , tbe inip-ctor on duty ordered that she might be j . taken to the Workhouse . Tbe oidw was 0 B « yei 3 , bat , en tbe } H > liee- officer presenting himself at the Workt , houw doc-r with tbe woman , the Governor refused to r admit her . Tbe policeman then , with that humane . feeling which was creditable 10 him . conveyed her to ; bis owo boose , and called up bis wife , where she wa > ! treated with hnmanity and kindneta , In a few days \ 1 afterwards > he waa takes before the magistrates , > where the facts I have related were deposed to . . } The C imniistioner replied that be would go into that ! ' part of tbe inquiry on Saturday morning .

      j PridaT , Dec . 8—On resuming the Inquiry this ,, mornlnu ihB Commissioner aaid , that btfore entering * n : j the au ) ject for wbicb they wtre especially met , h * I wonW take the liberty of adverting again totbesab-I j- ^ ct which he mentioned to tbe House Committee last i night , with reference to the unfortunate persons in the itrb vj&rJs . T&e Commissioner afterwards stated that : be bad visited the place this mcraisg , and found that , cne pasou ttill remained there , and that there were ; two still in the female itch-ward ; a state of things i wbicb be was sure tbe Committee would no ) approve t of or sanction , after the expression of opinion , Hi reference to tiese wards , irhltb he bad received Amu tbe - ; medical c-fficera . lie bad a coofcrenc * last night with thesargtons of theesUbliabment , and having qneatiozsed , thum particularly , if they had ever drawn the attention of the Board to the itch-wards , they- placed ia bis beads tbe copy of a reseluiioa passed b ? them is JUy , ; 1842 . sad which was as follows : —

      " Resolved , that tb » attention of the Bosee Commjtt » o be forthwith called to- tbe filth ? and disgusting state of thB wards appropriated for parsons affected with tfie itch , and they recommend that larger and better ozmsbe substituted for tberav" i&ar , bear . ) As ha had already stated last evening , he tab- anxious * again to show the medical gentlemen the state of fbeitch-wards , aad they we * e so kisd aa to cccoanpany him to these places . They-went , first , to tbe ifemale-- » ard , where they found : two patients , a woman and child ; and in the male ward they found ninopersens , an adult and eight boys . He then- asked the medical gentleman with regard to the Stneaa-ol' these placfc-s for habitations , and if fit , what number ; the ; considered should be plaoed theref and in repl ^ to these inquiries , he bad received the following certi&Bete : —

      " We have inspected tha-ltch-bol&fbr femalea ^ frpm the *;» e of tbe room we shcata say ii would holiisafely not more than two patients- under eare lot the- itch ; bat , having regard to tbe want of ventilation , and from the intense beat of tbe place , we do Mi ( fiiTtk il & < £ ! jit for oeeujxitim ^/ ar any humaxtbdngs : At thetime of our visit tkere were two patients in the room . Wa-h&vo also inspected tb » itch-holee for males ; and found nine patients , two adults , aad seven children . This place is more unfit for habitation than tbe female itch-ward , and not from itw ' : ze , even if ventilated , fit for tba reoeption of more than two patients . The persosifiow in that hole must necessarily rna great risk of eisdan-Sering their be ^ th from tbe position ibey are in there , iociing at tbe two itch-hoJes , from th « - waut oi' veatil&tion , and from tbe heat kept npon-tbem by tb « fires from adjoining- rooms , we have no hesitation la saying that they are absolntaly oafit for the occupation of ¦ any human beings , iigned , B . T . Cox , T . Bellaay , T . Green , C Graen , J . WUd « ra . "

      The Comnlssioner , in aoatinnatloc , eald , that he had that morning visited the wards , and ha Waa very thank * rul to find , that of the sine persons ia tbe male itch ward , eight had been rwaoved ; b % t the woman and child trees stall in tha female ward . Now , having these certificate * before aim , he waa . sure that the gentlemen ol the House Committee wauld feel JEstified in stepping even out of their usual ccorae of proceedings , in otde : to remove these unfortunais persons from their preseai position— thearj . He truslsd they woald kindly indulge him by giving immediate direction £ 01 their removal to some other places ; and . he tbongbt , under all th » eircazutaneeB , that they sbanld place an absolute prohibition on their books ,, that those rooms should osver a $ ain be occupied by bursaa beings—( hear ) .

      Mr . Bodway—1 have seen tbe rooms referred to , and I must say . irom their flipgurting condition , that those persons should be removed immediately . The party who put the man and children in such r . bole ought to be ousted immediately ; and as to tbe surgeon—The Commissioner reminded Mr . S ^ dway and the other mamban of the Coomitte , thai this waa a question which would form the subject of a searching inquiry . Be had no doubt thai the responsibility would be placed on the right shoulder * . Two members of the Committee were then deputed to have the persons immediately removed from the wards in question , upon which the Commissioner said he would proceed with the examination of the Governor , in reference to the admission of paupers into the House .

      After » lengthened examination of tbe Governor relative to the accommodation and discipline of the workhouse , and letters had been read from tbe House Committee , and Mr . Kimberlay explaining ( or attempting to do so ) their connection with the management of the workhouse ; the inquiry was adjourned to the next day . Satcbj > ay , Dec . 9—The inquiry waa resumed this 1 morning at ten o ' cloct . I Mr . Hirst was called in , and his examination respect-• ing the treatment of persons in the tramp-room waa ! continned .

      The Commissioner—I have now to direct your attention to the boy Kogers , who I found in the tramproom . It appeared that the boy who was only nine years of age was fenud in a atate of destitution and brought to the workhouse by tbe police ; be was placed in the tramp-room in tbe filthy state be was found , where he was detained nine days and nights without change , of clothing . I must protest against such practice , and I feel certain the Guardians will not allow it in future . It -was your duty to draw the special attention of the , Relief Committee to the c&Be . Mr . Hirst—My time bas been so f&lly occupied with tbiB lengthened inquiry that I hadnot time to atttend to thB case . Mr . Rodwny—Did you ever report the case to the Cemmittee ? Mr . Hirst—I believe I did not . Tbe Commissioner—I will now take your evidence , Mr . Hirst , respeeting the treatment ef this boy .

      Mr . Hirsts examination w . ib then resumed , During tbe sojourn of this boy , Rogers , in tbe tramp-room be bad no bed to sleep on , —be slept nn the bare boards , haviDg a rug to cover him . He had do change of clothing during this period to my knowledge . He had the same diel as the ordinary paupers of the house . This boy would not have been kept so long in the tramproom bad not my time been so occupied in this inqniry . The Commissioner—There wa 8 another boy I fonnd in the tramp-ioom when I Trent round who had been in some time , Mr . Allday—There was also a man with bad legs in the tramp-room who had been hi several days when yon visited it ; and in the female ward there ¦ was an Irish woman who had been a long time there . Tbe Commissioner—Aye , how long had the Irish "woman been there , Mr . Hirst 7

      Mr . Hirst—Ton allude to Margaret Ryan—she came in on the 15 th of November , and remained there to the 29 th . Tbe Commissioner—She remained there , then , fourteen days . Mr . Hirst-She was removed immediately after you saw her . The Commissioner—She bad no right to have been tbere more than one night I heard something about her being there two months . Mr . Hirst—That was lart year , 45 ir . In answer to a question put by the Commissioner in reference to the nine persons put into the itch ward , Mr . Hirst aaid—I knew nothing ot tbe nine male persoas in the itch ward on Thursday last , until I heard it in the evening of that day from the Matron , who Jjad been informed of the circumstance by the Assistant-Com miBsioner .

      Mr . Allday—You have , Sir , in the course ef this important inquiry laid down this great principle—that &e poor and destitute of this country have aa-equitable a right to relief and maintenance as the nobleman to his rent for his land . I should . Sir , in support of this sound principle , beg to direct your attention to a . class of poor and destitute persons , who are confined to a place in this 54 , ^ ncatly „ loathsome and hotif *? tiw black-hole in iho workhouse , and whote onjj crime ia their poverty » na deititution . I allnde , air , to tbe the unfortunate penniless debtors incarcerated ^ CoBrt

      ae ^ Reqnesto prison , situated in High-street , w . ™ riw " ^ ff * " « & entMed totiuelTO the inmates of this workhouse . I have toown poo ? per sons arrested under option * for small d ^ to wereuiubletojpay , and imprisoned in that disgusttne pnson for forty axiy and one hundred daj ^ whosl wives and families received parkh relief during their confinement , and who theniieives depended for several weeks fr > r subsistence to the charitable subscriptions ef their miserable fellow-jrisoEfcrs , tke pariah authorities

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      having refused to provide them with the common n " cesssrleV eflifeV In this prison U la nbtaa it is in our criminal gaol ; there no food for the poor debtors is provided , either by the Commissibnenr of the Court of Requeits , or the keeper of tbe prison . I have , sir , been present at oar public-office , and reported along discussion before the Magistrates respecting the liability of the Guardians of the Poor , the Gaolers , or tbe Commissioners of the Court to provide the pauper inmates with tbe necessary food for their existence . The Commissioner—ir , Mr . Allday , you will address tome a Tetter , stating the particulars of this case , it shall be laid before the Poor Law Commissioners , and you ahaU have an answer .

      Mr . Allday—They ought to have something else beside bread . I know that some time ago the Guardians refused to lead even bread there . In this execrated place , sir , when a poor prisoner ia bronght in , he is called upon to pa ; two shillings and sixpence for what Is termed " chumming up , " and if he be anable to pay that sum , his coat is taken off his back and sent to pledge to make the amount , which is expended in ale . The dishonest and abominable practice is carried on with impunity to this day . Several of the Guardiana expressed a hope that an inquiry would take place into the facts stated by Mr . Allday , &r . & that Mr . Weale wonld visit this poor Debtor ' s Prison before he left Birmingham . The Commissioner at once expressed his willingness to visit the prison . The inquiry was then adjourned , and tbe Commissions ;* proceeded to tbe Debtor's Prison .

      . MosDJrtr , Dec . 11 . —The inquiry respecting the admission , treatment , and discharge of destitute persons , taken in charge by tbe police , and wayfarers , was to be entered upon this mornipg . Superintendent Stephens was present , at the request of the Commissioner , for the purpose ef being examined ; bni , in eonseqaence of the police books , to which be would have to refer in his evidence , being at Warwiek , fer the Assizes-, bis examination was postponed until Thursday morning . The Commissioner—Are there any ef tbe policemen here who have brought destitute person * to the Workhouse . . Mr- Stephens—They me at Warwick AbsIzbb . The CammiAsioner—Kicn I adjourn tho inquiry to Thursday .

      Mr . Allday—You would probably inquire into the case of an unfortunate woman , now in Warwick Gfcol , on iba charge of baviog murdered her child , This will open one part of tbe Inquiry , the admission and discharge of female * in a state of pregnancy . Tko Commissioner—Lot Mr . Hirst be called in . I will take bis evidence on the admissloa and discharge of tbm female . Mr . € k 9 . Hirst , on his oath said , that when persona are tulmiiUd to tba Infirmary by the recommendation of tho Distriot Surgeons , they are , when disohargid from that part of the establishment , disoharged by Mr . Smith Wbeu paupers are admitted , under stailar citoumstances , to the Tenereal or Lying-in-Wards , they are discharged in the same way . If e / female is admitted

      into tbe workhouse ia a etate of pregnansy , and from thence taken to tbe lylng-ia-Ward , when dischar | ed from that ward she leaves the wurfehoase . Such has besn the practrtee . If a wsumn , onder these elrcamatancts-, were to tell me she was perfectly destitute , and no place to go to > I should keep her in the house . More than one such application ' ? as been made to me , aod no treated . I'recollett Elizibetb King being confined in child-bed * , in the workhouse . She was admitted on the 26 tfc » of Jfane , 1843 . She was delivered on tbe KHh of SepU and was disrfiarsed on the rth of Oct . following , from the lyingin-Room , by Mr . Smith , and aa she made no application to me to so back , she was discharged the * house oa the

      same day . She was not re-admitted by aevrder from a Believing Officer , Relief Committee , or Overseer . She wastifterwards brought to tbe workhouse by the police ; andjremovfcd to tbe female tramp-room . After- she bad been there half or three-qnartera of an hou ? > I'saw ier . Fwas told she had murdered her child . She'herself told me she had thrown her ohild into the canal , &&d afterwards that her mother-in-law had done so . A Cfironer'd ii . qoest was held on the body of th » chihl , sad a verdict was returned . I bavu beard and believe , that tbe-inotber was insane whes- sbe oommitted' the act . I have since-heard that tbe woman has been apprebeaded on a Magistiatc ' s wairant , on the charge of ' morder , ani committed to Warwict Gaol to take her

      The inquiry waa adjourned to Thursday morning . On Tuesday the Assistant Poor Law Commissioner had a conference with the Mayor and Uaglstratesi to wbJoh Reporters were not admitted .

      PROGRESS OF JNCENDIARISM . Tr « JEKDiARI * M IN BEDHOEDSUI 3 E . —The following is-froai a correspondent of the Timt *<—BJtDFOSb , Fbj ^ ay , Due . 15 . —It is impossible to senvey any adequate idea of the alarm and excitement that at present pervade the * -rural districts in this part of the country , owing to tbe daring impunity with which the destructive work of incendiarism is carried on , with a degree ef secresy that biffles-the vigilance of the police . To the long catalogue already published fteab outrages have this week bean reported to the magistrates of tbe respective districts , to whoao kindness I am indebted for some authentic particulars , which will be found below .

      From all tho inquiries I have made , not only in themagistrates' caamber , at the local Patty Session !? , but amoagst farmers assembled at the market table , I am . unable to arrive at any . other conclusion thaa tbat these horrible aired ties are obviously the result of a widespread conspiracy acainBt the land-owners and tenantfarmers ; and in no csse of tbe numerous uses that have occurred has there been anything even iaaino&ted to show the existence of personal hostility towards the individuals whose property has been thus wantonly destroyed .

      I have obtained from the p » lncipal office of tbe rcral police a list of tfeiee urea wiicb . are aBoertalned tcv be incendiary cases , and in respect of which liberal rewards have been offered for information , wiah a view to-the apprehension of the guilty parties The owners , I ' believe , were in the greatest number of instances partially insured ; but as the official reports have not yet been obtained , tbe am ousts showing the loss of property in each case are taade upon a- rough calculation , according to the quantity of corn asd the value of the buildicgs consumed . Tire aggregate is much more considerable than was at firot supposed . I select oaly six of the pri / icip 3 l fires from the HbUMr . Liine ' s , at Hownes . in the Ampthlll district—Sranary , cow-houBe , stables , pi b ' gery , fourteen staeks of corn , and farming implements , totally destroyed . Eatimated value , j 62 . 00 o .

      Mr . Man ' s , at Tebwortb—Barn and out-offices , containing eorn thrashed and in the ear , with various husbandry implements , totally destroyed . The loss estimated at ' from £ 1 , 800 to £ 2 . 000 . Mr . Crisp ' s , at Clapham . —Corn stacks . &c- Estimated valne , £ 490 . Mr . SwanelPs , at Felmeraham . —Barn and offices ,. Estimated value , £ 500 . Mr . Roberts ' s , at Ridgemount—Stack-yard partially destroyed . Estimated loss . £ 2 « 0 . Mr . Oihbins , Stotfold . —Granary , barn , out-offices , and several staeks of grain , totally destroyed . Estimated loss , £ 2 . 000 .

      Several other cases have been reported , to which it may not be neceeeary to refer specifically , the loss of property being inconsiderable , the design having in these instances been frustrated , owing to timely discovery ; bat every attempt of tbe kind , whether the guilty panics succeed or fall , only serves to show the animus of the malicious movement that has extended not only to tbe moat remote confines of Bedfordshire , but has began to show itself in Cambridgeshire and tbe other adjacent counties . A circumstance which occurred iu the Biggleswade district on the afternoon of Saturday last , is now tbe subject of strict investigation by the police . It appears that at an early hour on that evening the premises of Mr . Plyer , an opulent farmer , situate at Stotford ( and not very far from the farm of Mr . Gibbius , whose stack-yard was lately destreyed ) , were discovered to b »

      on fire . The alarm was promptly given , and the fltmes were extinguished without any serious damage . On subsequent examination , the design of the miscreant waa otmous ; b » d the flames got tbe ascendancy , no exertion could have caved tbe whole » f the pTeismes from destruction . In the generality of cases , a lucifer match , or a tobacco-pipe well lighted , is considered sufficient to ensure the destruction of the elevated homestead ; but in this instance a much more scientific agency was resorted to , no doubt the more effectually to elude detection . Upon a carefnl inspection of the premises , the apot where the fire commenced v / as found to be on the ledge or plate of the barn wall , immediately under the eaves , and tbe appearance of the wood indi catefl very plainly that some chemical preparation deposited there bad been bnrning some time before it communicated to the thatch , as the wood underneath waa consumed or charred in a circle of three or four inches

      diameter . The late tragical five at Alderman Higgins'a premises , on the Kimbolton-rosd , near this town , is still tbe subject of anxious investigation , but no other cine has been obtained to clear upthe mystery . Assuming tbe latter fire to be accidental , it seems quite certain that all the others were caused by design , for the purpose of i njuring the farmers , tc ^ o ^ slnot ( he close of the harvest season , have reduced the wages of their labourers . The use of threshing machines forms , I understand , another topic of complaint , so many hands being by means of machinery thrown out of work . The rigid adminuttrationofihe Poor Lava , in some of the Unions , is another ingredient in Ihe general mats of suffering . . During the last four or five years , the railways afforded

      employment to a large number of the agricultural labourers ; bat with tbe completion of these works , they have been compelled to return to their original occupation as field labourers , of which there is , unfortunately , a redundancy , to whom full work cannot be afforded . , The Poor Law Guardians would do well to relax tbe rule as to out-door relief duricg the winter months at least , er these terrible aggressions will continue . The mean ' s of protection are quite inadequate , though the polieerate is already excessively high . The extent of tho county of Bedford 3 s 463 « qaure miles , ar . d it coz . ln ! i ! s 296 , 320 acres . Ihe number of inhabitants , according to the last census , is 97 446 . The aver .. ** rai-j of Wages paid to fa ^ ui i ^ iv ^ . U ! tiuea tot ts-ceed C ^ . u . wtfck , lut piuvifcionb tao f ? ei > er i ily cheap .

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      Just ivs I vjas about : to send off my tieipatch I received the particulars of two more fires , discovered in the Luton division ; one occurred , on Saturday , the other on Sunday morning la * t The circumstances relating to one of these fires are sufficiently significant of the organization that bas been established . It appears that tt farmer ' s servant was returning home with his waggon and horses ; when , at the distance of nearly twenty miles from home , he was met by two trampers , one of whom asked if he did not live at « nch a farm , naming the owner ? The waggoner said that he did ; upou wbiob tbe trampers observed , "Oh , there bas been a rare fire there ; we saw it as we came past "

      Now , the fact is that the flre did not break out at the farm alluded to , until six hoars after the waggoner got home . When the flames burst out , which was about ten o ' clock in the morning , the farmer had only just passed the barn , and there were several other persons going by to market , so that it was quite impossible any one could have fired it and escaped observation . The presumption raised is , that some chimical preparation had , us in another instance above described , been deposited beneath the thatch , which , once ignited ! insured the destruction of the premises , and afforded the miscreants time to make their escape . The loss of property in both thesa cases is said to be very considerable .

      Obe Hundred Sheep Destroyed by . Fire . —A destructive fire broke out on Sunday evening week , about six o ' clock , at Naza Wick Farm , in Coolness Island , Essex , in the Occupation of Mr . Charles Harvey , and in ah incredibly short time destroyed a sheep yard ( tho walls of which were composed of . mustard and carraw ay straw ) , one hundred ewe sheep all in lamb , sa& a large bean stack , the produce of forty acres , adjoining . So rapid was tbe progress Of the Sanies that , although some of Mr . ' Harvey ' s workmen were upon the spot in a few minutes , they could not approach tbe gate , or make an opening , to rescue the poor animals . Great praise is due to the labourers , who rendered every assistance in their power ; and en the arrival ef Lieut . Huasey , of the coast guard service , vrbty was speedily

      on the spot with W » men , he , by hi * example and efforts , caused all present to renew their exertions , and succeeded in removing another large staclr , thus saving from destruction a large range of stacks , which must otherwise have fallen a prey to the flames . The same night a man named Janres RampliDg was apprehended by peHce-constable Went , oa suspicion of having caused the e » iiflai ? ration , and , after a preliminary examination , was remanded upon the charge . On Wednesday he was again examined , and fully committed for trial ; Tbe value of the property destreyed is estimated at about £ b 00 , and it was insured iff tl ) e Equitable Fire-office . On the night of Sunday lttsV , a fire was discovered ia the farming preniaea of Mr . Chrinmer , at Stocftton , ncsvr Bt'cdes , Suffolk ; and twfore It could be got under ,

      a barn filled at one end with barley , and a turnip shed , were burnt down . There was every reason to believe the fire was wilfully caused . In toe evening of Wedaesday , the 29 th ultimo , an extensive fire was dis » covered in the farm 1 buildings of Mr . Joan Aldous , ef Harleston , Worrblk , which was not got under until sb * va five hundred ptrands wonU : of grata hod beea ? destroyed , and this way also the worfe t > t an incendiary , A reward of fifty pbumis has beed offered by the Se ' crete » y of State-for the discovery of tbe person or persons who recently set ate to the Wangford Union House , , at Sbipcaeadow , war Beccle ? .- The whole bouse was seme time in the ututoet jeopardy : : but we believe no dueto thediwoveryof the effender bar 5 « t been obtained .

      ABStuf—A diabolical attempt at incendiarism was aiade oa Tuesday evening Ia ? t in tbe eKicfc-yard of Mr . Spbert Story , farmar and butcher , at Eikring , Ifbttinghamahire . The firs Was Bbtseen between two-corns , ftcfca in i * e centre of the yard , but the aJarm bsivlng been given , a very large number of tba vfllngenr collected together , and by > : their active exertions a great past of the corn was raved . The Earl of Scarborosgh'a flre-engine was sent for from Raflbrd , with the assistance of which the fire- was soon got under , but not before damage to the amotmt of nearly £ 50 had bsen

      done . Had the wind leon high ,- or the aid rendered b « en lessefiicient , the consequences must have been most disastrous . In tbtrsame yard were several other staeko > and another BtncJPyerd ttdjpiniDtf it . There was also a" large range of buddings very dangerously situate ; if the five bad reached wbich , 3 number of * valuab 2 & horses and fat stock would have been consumed . There ia not tbe slightest doubt but that- tht . firs was the work of an incendiary , as the flames appeared in several places at once , and a strong sulphurous smell pervaded the atmosphere .

      ' DKSTItttTIOK I 1 NTHE MOTROr-OlIS * During the last fow days the application for admis--sioa into-the Refuge for the Deatitntd , Ptayhoxtae-yard , Wbitecrass-street , bate been increasing , and they now amount to about 490 men , women , and children . The commlttoe at first limited the number to 200 , ' but . owing to the pressing : necessities of" the applicants , the order-was rescinded . It was thought , that if a larger body- were congregated , fever might be- generated during tbo prevalence of the present waim wentber , which as Was the casa , part of last year Above 3 . 4 XJ 0 bad been admitted up to Sonday night . There

      are many , who , in consequence of fever and other ailments , have been provided with tbe means of getting ' lodgings out of the institution . Mr . Gay , a , medical gentleman , attends each night , and examinee every . individual , Oa Monday night , out of thirty new applicants , fifteen were cases of low fever . Xtte otherswere Buffering from various causes . This . was the number who received this mode of out-door relief , with a slice of bread each , up to seven o ' clock . Tbe average is- much greater during the night . In Glasshouse-yatd . St Goor « e ' s-in-the-Bast , the institution his another refuge , where there are nightly admitted about 300 person ? .

      SHIRTS ; AX A BXR 13 I 4 NO EACKj Much , boa recently been said and written on tbe smallneBsof the sum paid bo women for tbe making of men's shirts , but all tbe facts on tbe subject have net yob , it seems , become public , for no quotation has been made of tho price recalled and paid at tbe werkhouses of London for tb » manufacture of thuse garments , Thfl following statements- were accidentally elicited at an inquest held before Mr . G J . Mills , the B * puty Coroner for Middlesex , att the sign of the Elephant and Castle , King ' s Road , St . Pancras , on the body of a wpman named Ann Hmaphreya , who bad died in St Pancras Workhouse on the previous day , after her removal to thit establishment from a jeweller ' a in Soymour-street , Huston Square , whose shop had b « en plundered of twenty-five watches by eoaie thieves at night , to the great alarm of the deceased , who died suddenly in the workhouse , fiom supposed affeciion of the . heart after the fright .

      The first witness called to prove the d « atb of the deceased , was a woman named Ann Benson , a respectable-looking elderly parson , whom a Juryman chanced to ask— " How are you used ia the workhouse ? " Tbe witness replied , " Very well ; " adding , after a paus 9 , -but I work very hard for a farthing . " ; " What , " asked the Daputy-Coronar , "do you mean by that ? " —Witness ?— " 1 make a shirt for it " Deputy-Coroner—What sort of a shirt?—Witness —Generally striped shirts , but we put good enough work in them for any gentleman to wear . They are obliged to be done with goodness and exactneBs , or we should not be allowed to earn the farthing . : Deputy-Coroner—Where does the material ociae from ?—Witness—It is warehouse work , sir . They come to tbe workhouse by hundreds to be wade .

      ; Ann Voyce , another witness , being at the time in the room , said , " It was a farthing a piece if we make only ens , or two farthings if we ui . ike two ; but if we make three of the same batch , then we get 1 a penny . " Deputy Coroner—How many can you make in a day ?—WitnebS—Perhaps oue by worki g all day . Daputy Coroner—Aiid wh"t do you do with all the money ?—Witness—Buy sugar and tea with it . Deputy Coroner—But perbapB you have additional comforts in the workhouse instead of mote money ? —Witness—We have a quarter of a pound of sugar a week , whether we make shirts or not ; but no tea , nor any milk , unlesa we buy it , or friends bring it . ; Deputy Coroner—And do yau get breakfast and tea out of six farthing ! ?—Witness—We are obliged to make it do , for if we . don't earn it , however , we go without , and have water-gruel , which is very good .

      Deputy Coroner—Did the woman who is dead have tea ?—Witness—Yes , beoause a friend brought it to her . We manage to m ? Ho tbe money do by only giving one another tea leaves some days . I had the woman ' s tea leaves when she had done with them till she died ; ani as she could not wait on herself , 1 attended on her for it . Deputy Coroner—How long \? a 8 she 1 h tbe workhouse ?—Witness— -Three w « eks . Deputy Coroner—Why coulrt she not attend to herself ? Witness—Because she waa very bad in her breatb , and bad palpitatioDs . Deputy Corener—Dirt she see the doctor on that aceennt ?—Witness—No ' ; but the assistant came to sea her When she was dyinp . She did not wish to see the doctor before . All she wished for when she came to me was for a quiet place to be in . Deputy Coroner—Did she have it ?—Witness—She could not , because ttw infirm ward was so fulL

      Depnty Coroner—Did the have a room to herself ?—Witness—No , we lie four in a bed . « ; Tbe First Witheas- ^ -No , only three , because the fourth lies on the floor . Deputy Coroner—la tnat because the house ia bo' full ? —Witness—I suppose so . ¦ D eputy Coroner—Are the beds of a good sizs ?~ Witness—Yes , there isevery cemfort for a poor woman and every care is taken of idvalids . ' ; Deputy Coroner—Are you tasked iri doing the shirts ? —Witness—No ; but I could not have tea if I did not make them . . ¦ . Deputy Coroner—Would yon miss that ?—Witness —I am pretty hearty , end it would not signify to my health ; but some are only fit for tea , and would be t-lad to earn it .

      A Juryman wished to know -wheiher the farthing was paid by the dealers who sent in the cloth , or a higher sum , and tf so , what sum ; because , if it was lowfr at tbr wmk-houses than oirt of them , it was a ¦ womitr tL .-u e » ina-. y poor woi ^ en grit of them were paid even Ijda ehirt .

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      O : e o ! tbe iwitne ' aaea sate she thought that 2 A out of every shilling received by the pariah was paid to the women id the workhouse for all work of the kind ttiAt wai done there . # . A Juryman ! wished that the great comfort of-life to the old people , tea , could be obtained by them on easier terms , f ' A verdict of " Died from natural disease" was returned , j THE KEW PJOOB t * W AND THJE SHIBT WAKBBS . The Times of Friday contained the following just and excellent remarks oti * ne above astounding exposure : — I

      •• Another , and yet another , nagrant ^ xposuTe , each more signal than its predecessor U . day by day -P »» entine itself * of tbfl oonnexion of the . bideoaB and crashing miseries of those thousands ef frie >? dless ^ and nnHappy creatures , whoj especially tbrougboVt the _ metropolis , but not only there , are suffering th » ex ^ mities of privation , without wage * , butnot without work , homeless and starving , yet tasked withal to eXU ^ Uon-the wmpstresses , ihirt-niskers , the weavers , and other operatives of alsimilar class , with the NeW l ^ oor iiw . Eighteen hours a-da * , at four . Bhillings o-week , or in somo cases , even less , and out of that pittance . thread and needles to be found ^ — tbese are the term * Jipon tfhich , as police report after police report irrefrasaciy and confinually proves , many and many an mnhapp > woman ia even ! now eking oat her wretched life ( or , rather her esistence , for she fi&n scarcely be sard % ol % vej

      within a circle of no more tnan three miles from tbe soot where w& are writiog , Wfiat has rendered Sncfe a consummation possible 1 How naeit beeaeveu wittas tbe bounds of possibility , thftt the workpeople sboulS bo reduced to sneb necessity &a to bfr obliged to accept sucb dreadful , j seen life-wearing ccntfitions r--or how tftat the dea . 'ers amf contractors shoaltt be in a position la which they could asforce them ? We answer without basitatiou that the Itfew Poor Law , and that alone , has brosght this state of things to pass . We say advisedly , that if it were not for '© tat law , such intolerable , such grinding , such coW-bloaded cruelty as thaC exer « i * . ed by those who ' employ" upon such terms as thess , could even by possibility haver been practised by no man . The means an ^ instrument of torture , tt » - boot and the screw , would , witbent this , have been eat of bis reach , fib wmild not have- dictated such termer to a

      starving population . We speak onl undoubted authority when we say that the accept » Bce [ of slop contrasts by the union Workhouses at tbe rate of 2 d . and 3 U . per dczsn , was the first means of en&SKng the dealers- to Insist upon a redaction in the teen rate of wages , and ultimately to br *»> g them down to-the horrible point at which , as wears only too fregrsfentty reminded , by painful experia-ee . tb * y now rest . She Stepney und the Poitsmouth Unioaboases were thp 3 e which were first exposed as admitting of this ruinoufr and wicked practice , and as paying wages for the ' Jew siopsellers oat of the pockets cf the ratepayers J Yesterday Sti Pasacsas workhouse figured in the same enviaMe position , ano ; afforded an even unusually convincing and lucid exposure of the extent to which the practice is carried , and- of the use to which it . is put . Tie accidental way , tboj in wbich the-discovery ol the fact was made is itself significant .

      The Thnea tlieD quote * the evidenee-crf Ann Benson given above ; aijd remariHi , — " One farthing for making a = shirt 1 © ne farthing for a whole day ' s worfe ! Just ittree-halfpencefor a wssirfl employment ! " Enoueh to bribe the joor ] creaturas ; already supported , that is , barely : fed «> r unfed ) , eoarBely olothed , and hardly lodged , by the public . to « ndsavour to gain a few scanty coxfbrts to make their condition more tolerable j and enongh also in jso doing , to enable contractors-to treat with such aswant not on ^ r ' and sugar , * but bread , and clotheSi , Md lodging , aed drink , upon- terms which compel their wretched victims to limit even these preadng wants' also wltbhi the cosaptua of just tbree-balfpenco- f per week r Was it for this ; we ask , that tmion-hoofes were coaattucted ? To be publie institatit ^ ns for the support and payment of the

      workwomen of siopsellers ? ' . To be inatrujBanta of torture and extortion—of extortion , to enable the ' slopdealer to get bis work done a-rthe expense of th& ratepayer—and of torture , to « nable him to insiet apon people working ' fjr him eighteen hours a day sit aosaething less than jconM find a XIm ou pauper In . tea and sugar ! And let our readers mark the extent * of the practice ; . •« th « y , " tbie shirts , ^ come to the workhftuserby . hundreds to be made . " And this infamous price of one farthing each is allo wed to bo accepted in this wholesale way by . the ] " authorities , " b&cause they find that they can get their paorinmatea-to-worfc for it by holding out the bait of ? ' tea and sugar , ? of which they thus save the expense , without any reference to the circma * * tance that , ia so doing , they are \»» d « ta « lUng thousands , and depriving them of the very barest necessaries of existence . i

      Certainly , as we have before thhb said , a day of reckon ing for these Mings wilt one day come !

      MOKE MUKDEB . —THE HORRIBJ . E STARVATION L 4 . W . An inquest jwa . 9 held on Friday before Mr . C . Wood , coroner for the western division of Surrey , and a respectable Jury , at tbe White Horse ,-Windlesham ia that eouaiy , oa vi « w of the body of William Pry , j an agricultural labourer , who was supposed to ha > o died from thelwant of the common necessaries of life . The jury having been sworn , . proceeded to view the bouy ct ' the deceased , who appeared to have been in great destitution . Tho hut in which tho poor man dwelt wa& abjoat six feet ty eight , without- any

      material * but tho outside boards nailed -together , scarcely sufficient to keep out the weather . In the left hand corner , eloso to the door , stood a . small cottage gnue , and at the back part of the hat , upon a kind of bedstead , without auy bed , biankats , or sheets , not even a mattress-oj straw , was the body of the dcoea « ed .. j He had on an old waistcoat , no shirt , and a . tattered garment ; his lower parts were tetally uncovered , auU n 9 vestige-of linen of any kind in the plaae , presenting altogether a wretched spectacle . After viewing . the body ., and quitting : this deplorable place , tbe following witness 33 were examined : — j

      Sarah Bul . -jent deposed , that the deceased was a labouring mm , betweea . sixiy and seventy , years of age , whom slie occasionally saw and relievad . Prom the account given by this witness , which was es . r pressed with some warmth and indignation , it would appear that the deceased ' s food was principally potatoes aad blackberries ; that ho waa literacy stOi'viug , aad had declared to hor frequently that he had nothing toeat . Me oouli not be persuaded to # 0 into tha Union , either by the Guardians or any one else £ and so greax was bis aversioa to eater a Union Workhousa , thai he daclared lie would soonet die in a ditch , j He was alkwed 2 i . and a 41 b » lpaf weekly . Not eeei& # him on the Sunday , tas she efSpectedj she went with another woman on TaiBsday mornisg , between ten and eleven o ' clock , to the hut , the door of wJiicb was sbut , but nci fastened , and upon opening it eaw the deceased lying prostrate on the floor , quite dead .

      Mr- HaynoB , ' surgeon , of Windlesham , deposed that ho also had kuown deceased about thirty years . On Friday morning waa sent for to see the deceased , whom on going to the hut he found lying on the floor quite dea'd . Witness supposed he must have been dead from twpjjty four to thirty hours . Had examined tbs body externally ; it waa in an . emaciated state , vejfy different to what twwa 3 formerly ,, arising from want of care and astantioa . Witness , could discover ? no particular disaase . There was no . mark of violence on the body , aiid witDesscossidered & pott misxtem examination unnecessary , as tbe deceased died from natural causes through want of a sufficient quantity of iood . If he had had nourishment , bis life might have been spared . Tho Jury returned a verdict " that the decsased died by . the visitation of God "

      MORE INCEKBIAKY FIRES . Soham—The inhabitants of this town were on Tuesday evening last alarmed by the cry of " Fire , " which broke out about half-past five o ' olo&k , on the premises of Mr . 'Stephen Dauby , situate in Prattstrcet . The flame was first discovered by a boy who waa passing a $ the time , who immediately gave the alarm , when it was discovered that an oat-stack Btanding at the further extremity of the premises had by Bomo miscreant been set on fire . From the combustible nature , of the material the flames spread with au amaiing rapidity , communicating on one side to . a wheat-stack , and on the other to a large barn filled with corn : these , with the adjacent stacks and buildingsjwere in the space of an hour levelled to the-ground . !

      Horncastle— A fire broke out on Thursday morning weeki about fire o ' clock , in the stackyard of Mr . Rawson , a tenant of Sir Henry By moke , at Scrivelsby , near this place , without doubt the work of an incendiary ; There were about eeven stacks in the yard ; the middle one containing about forty quarters of wheat , was set on fire and consumed ; also a barley-stack ^ abou t the same sisse , Eaton Socan . —On Saturday morning last , between the houra of six and seven o ' clock , a fire was discovered blazing in tbe staok-yard of Mr . JJEIal'i . an opulent farmer and corn-dealer , and the whole , consisting of nine lai-ga stacks and novels * two of which were very large , containing upwards of 10 » loads espb , fell a sacrifice to the flames . The barns and outbuildings were saved by the vigilance of the gentry in the surrounding neighbourhood , as well as tnejworer classes . Not the least doubt remains of Us being the act of an incendiary .

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      TO THB BDITOa OP THE NORTHERN &TAB . Sia , —However placidly "we may endeavour to . survey passing pccurrenco 8 we cannot avoid feeling at times seriously runted , nnless we nave philosophised , ourselves into a Malthuslan hard-beartedness , wHoh « an . not be , if any | of the finer and nobler feelinga of our nature remain in the breast Yon , Sir , beard of what transpired In Preston at the time of the riota—the great turn-out of last year . The sufferinga occasioned by that nearly unprecedented affair are incalculable ; and Preston came in for more than its full share . The firing by the niilitaryi under the orders of the Mayor , in Lunestreet , in bo unexpected , and ao different a manner , from the condiiiet of tho authorities elsewhere , led to the death of foux persons . , besides tbo maiming of some othtrs fer life , j Yet severe and unuaunl as waa the punisbnient ; inflected ty ttaLs firing , i ^ failed te satiflfy

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      tke Home-Secretary-Jattded authorities of thia town . Numbers were sent to Kirkdale , one of whom left the prison after seiving eleven months out of the twelve to wbich he had been doomed , onljr to die vrithih flv © -weeks from the period of W » liberation ; Th ) s # as » young man of very delicate health , named Dewhurrt , convicted on the . evidence of a single policeman , and hurried away with Uttle ceremony , without hia friends having a » y opportunity of tendering evidence In hia behalf- _ . ' . ' : '~~ _ 1 " , «'"" - Another person , named Richard Warwick , formerly an inhabitant of Preston , but of late , preyioui to hla conviction , resident in Oldham . hath since the death of noor Dawhursfc , ; gone to his long home , having exp ired sister iu Prestonho doubt ¦ what

      at the house of his ; ever existing on the mind of any in the least acqaainted ¦ with aim that his death was owing wholly to his ton Drironment . This man ; observe , was not tried at Preston ; nor had the authorities thereof anything to do with his imprisonment . I mention him because of hia having long resided in this town ; of his being well known here , through having been sent to Lancaster Castle for twelve months for a political offence ; and because of his having died here . His last imprkonuent > as in K « kdale , being tried at the Special Com . mission for having exposed at hia door in Oldham , a placard during the time of tbe riots headed , "Now or never . " For this alone , I am informed , was he consigned tothe dungeon and nltimately to the grave . these facts still

      Painful and distressing as are , there , \ re otheia arising out of that unfortunate outbreak at tended by circumstances which render them on the wi , ole more afflicting . One poor lad , sixteen years of aee was , during the firing of the military in Lunestreet mounded in the abdomen ; from the wound the bowel ' s i rotruded , and ia this state he was conveyed to Ms home- " foa d * a doating mother—a lone widow , to wboni ' tL * unfortunate youth waa a principal sop * nortr Here he lingered hi dreadful agony for two or three days and then expired . Ne sooner had life deiiarted than a police officer entered and tore away the body taking it to the new Dispensary on the moor , to await the snoa it -attest , so important in its results to the crertK of the authorities—the mill-owning mayor especSl ? : " Inil * «* " **>* this period flw wretched mother followed hei *>* to the tomb . ;

      _ If whatever is , h right , " and if the balance of happineas is eqerf , tben a w appearances grossjy deceitful .: for ah ! bfwonfortni ' ate , judging from these appearances , are somt » of on * A Vow beings . ^ One po « r man ia Manchester was-arrested along with hia ^ on lor taking part in the onlbreafc , both of whom were tried at Liveriool , and imprisoned te Sx **»»• * ° B with so many ethers . The wife of tbwpox * m an , whUe endeavouring to rescue her son at the time ot hla attest , got a blow frosj the tiunchean of a jn&ee- man ; and owing to this , coe » led with the grief atteadot t ° P ° . ¦ $ ?«»«««« . died witirin One month sfter t »« ir lmprwonment , and the poor nan hath sines died ia- > a One of the r « leased prisoners told me that the son bi ggedJo see hia father a littfe before his deathbut was re . fased »

      , Thus wantonly are- tfie livw of our fellow-creatures sported away by the- few ittpowei " : aceoanted of no more vaBae than the stones under 01 a feet , though each estimates his owo at a j ^ ice to ^ tc& the costliest g : era hears no parallel . Wsafis tbtfwortl . » of our boasted civiliffitioiS , governmenf ,- and law * , vrl lilst sach rniseiy ea ^ stP H «? py would it h » v&-been > # or . "tbe nnUloaa bad such mocfir reanement never bee * kfown . Had aa hosde of baKiitti established themseterea i a nncBntrolled rula over the-country , whsre , or in what , wodd havs beea'tbedififewnce to the Eonsof toil ? - Y « urs > dros , RlCS ^ f ^ i ' ABSISBIf .

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      LlV 3 RP « 0 L S 9 KN MARKSTi MONDAR DlC . Iff . — Since this day sa ' nnight we have had ftjrther liberal supplies of Oatmeal from Ireland , witfra fair quan--tity of FlttUT , and moderate arrivals of araittthenfl ©' and coastwise . I ^ ere are alsoTeporied-frora Canada-1570 qrsi of Wheat , 270 qrs . of Peas , and 6500 brb , of Flour . Throughout tbe week tbe trade has been inactive , and , as asual under * that cirsunQStanoe , prices have ( without any general dean ? to press sates bairm- apparent ) tended downwards . All descviutiona of Wheat ate fully 3 d ., Oats § d . to Id . per bushel * Flour Is-. ' per Backhand Oatmeal 3 d . to 6 d . per load cheaper than qubted ' on this day ^ Se ' unight . Malting 34 rley has fully sustained our * previous quotationg . En /? lis ! r *« ellJn ^ at 34 a . to 36 a . ap to 37 s . per quarter for Chevalier : a little very good Irish , suitable for malting ,-has brought 4 s . 8 d . to 4 s . dd ^ griudiug qualities Sa . lid . to 4 a . Sd . per 60 ibs . No change as rezards Beans or Fead :

      Livehpooxi . Cattlb ^ Mawic t , Moj * 0 A |^ D ^ . 18 . — The supply of Cattle-at market to day ^^ has been rather larger than last week , wbich met with dull sale , at a little advanee in price . Beef , 4-ii to 6 d ; Mutton , 4 jd to 5 | d . Manchester Corn ^ Market , Shubdat Dacil 6 . — Oar market this morning wa 3 but moderately attended , and was generally of a dull and lifeless character . All descriptions of Wheat might have been purchased on lower terms- ; and on Flour we reduce our quotations 6 d , per saskr , with a very slow sale . " For either Oats Or Oatmeal there was but little inquiry , and the previous currency was with difficulty obtained . Beans were also the- turn cheaoer .

      London Gorn Exchange , Monday , Deo : 18 . — We have to report tbe arrival of about an average supply of English Wheat up to oat market during the past week , the general quality of which exhibited a decided improvement . Altheugh- the show of samples was tolerably good , we have to raport a steady , but by ao means brisk , demand for Wheat of home ptoduce , and last week ^ s quotations wes »~ supported ia . every instance . At the dose of the-trado a fair claarance W 4 JS effected . The supply of : free Foreign Wheat brought forward was not large , yet tba inquiry , for it was inactive , at unaltered quotations * T&e sale for Barley , especially for fine malting qualities , ruled steady , and late rates were well supported . In-Malt , the shew of-which was not great , a sluggish business was transacted .. . £ 3 to pricey they remained- aboul stationary- The supply of G * ts was only moderate , wbilo the demand ruled comparatively steady at previous currencies . Beans , Pea * , and Flour met . a slow irquiry , bat we can notice no- variation in their-value .

      London . Sshtufield Cattle Mabketv Monday , Dec l 8 .- ~ ££ otwithstanding the great Christum show was held last week , the number of beasts was large for the tima of year . With regard to its quality , we have to observe there was nothing remarkably prime amonzat it , though there was sontd eiceedingly weil-made-np Davous , Sare ^ ords , Darhaaia , and short horns on Offar . The dead markets being rather heavily stocked , and moat of the large butehees having previously supplied themselves with their Christmas beef , as-well as the W 6 ather proving unfavourable to slaughteriiig , the sale for beasts this morning was in a very dulL state , at a decline , on last Monday ' s quotations ; of from 2 dto 4 d per Slbs ., the extreme value of the beat . Sosts not exceediag , in any instance , 4 * per 81 ba . wbilo a large

      portwu of the supply was . turned out unsold . In order to show the superiority . o £ some of the-beasts brought together for competition iu Birker-street this year , we have to intimate that the two Darhama shown there , the property of Lindssy Carnegie , ' £ && * ''rt Arbroath ( N . B . ) , one of whiah was sold by Mr p . Maidwell , of Leatherhead , to Mr . Lltttawood , of King ' s-road » Chelsea , the other to Mr . Strocb&a * of Whitechapel , hava proved , oa being slaughtered , to be surpriaing animals , as will , ba conceded when , we state that oue of them carried 38 stone , the other 34 stone lib . of loose fat . The- animal bought by Mr . Stiachau , and which was tbe lighSssi weigher , turned out ' 208 atoae 4 \ bs . bf meat i There have besn no imports of foreign atock since our lost worthy of notice ; but nearly sixty

      sheep , oxua , and cows have been shipped to France and Balgiom . The Northern droves of Baasta coasisted of about 2 , 000 short horns , < tc . From the Westeru and Midland districts we received ^ 50 * I > ovons , runts , Herefords , Durhams ^ < Sso . ; from other parts of Euglsad , 300 of various kinds ; and from Scotland , 120 homed and polled Scots . Although the . numbers of Sheep were good , there was a much better demand far them than might have been expected ; indeed , H was the steadiest we have bad to report - for a considerable time past Prime old Downs were 4 d . ; the half-breds and long-wools were 2 d . p r 3 lb 3 . higher than on this day se ' nnight . The quality of the Sheep was certainly good , » nd amongst the supply ire noticed

      shre » wonderfully fine half-breda , bxoagbt hither by Mr . James Syder , drever , of Fakenham , Norfolk > aod bred by Mr . . Addama near that place . These splendid sheep , which were offered for Bale by Mesars . Wbit « bread and Starkey , reflected great credit upoa their owner , for they travelled on foot not Ie 3 s than 120 milea , and weighed , on average 16 stones , of 81 bs eacb . Mr . Waal had two pens of polled sheep , sent by K P . Wittiogstall , iEsqi , of Langloy , Herts , and which wera greatly admired for their weight and symmetry . ? & ? numbers of C : Uvea were good , yet the Veal trade wa » active , atari improvement of quits 2 ( 3 . per Sibs . I » Pigs , a good business was doing , and the quotations had au upward tendency .

      Borough and SpiTALFiELDai- ^ Since this *»/ se ' iraight the arrivals ef Potatoes at the water sida have consisted of 600 tons from Scotland 1 500 ditto from Yorkshire ; 400 ditto from the Channel Islands ; 200 ditto frem Davonshire ; and 700 ditto from , Wl £ beach , Eisex , and Ktsnt . Prima samples ara in re qo 8 « at full prices ; but in other qualities very little « , daing . ,.... " Borough Hop Market , —Although the qnantltt of Hops on show is comparatively small , the demwo has somewhat subsided ; yet we haye no decUna W notice in the prices , , ; ii Wool Mabkbts . —A very limited Aoantity P ' : ^* has been imported into London in the jpast ; week , J / f » 620 bales ftom Odessa , 68 ditto fro » the MwriHW and 186 ditto from Hobart Town . The ¦ ¦ . stocks of am English and Foreign Wools being large , . -toe datnaa * may bej oonsider ^ A inactive , yet prices are geaatw ^ y supported .

      Tallow , —This market remains the sam > as Itf * week in every re 3 peet . Prices are steady jid ^ the trad * are only disposed to purchase what they Squire for Inj mediata wauts . Th . a 'improvement in ' delivery if caused by the completion of the c ^ ^ tracta for Tallow sold to be delivered ia the pref jnt month . Toff Taii ^ tf fa plentiful , aacj t&e pr ^ | l 8 gd net casb

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 23, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct513/page/6/