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THE NG&THEilF STAE SATURDAY; MAY 12, 1838.
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ExsxpT -yBoar Tom .- ^ -A clergyman w « nly exempted &om toll when travelling to or returning from mating- any ' sick psiishioBer , or on other parochial dnty within hit parish . . Bj ^ l wIys v . CiKAtS . —TEe proprietors of the Grand Jnietion Bajlw ^ haTe made offers to the manufacturers and trffcers , to carry goods ietweeu Birmingham andliveTpcKilails . 6 d . aewt , beiDg-exacfly the sum charged "by the canal , the trade of wbjcb must "be' superseded if the tonnage foes are not immediately lowered . — Worcester Journal- ' . - East Ikbia Cokpakt . —The East India Company havevot ^ d a sword of 200 guineas value , to Captein Chads , for his exertions in ' suppressing piracy In the Indian seas . . ' _
JUabqitis of Hebtfobd ' s Til la . —The Harquis of Hertford ' s villa in the Event ' s Park , has "been , it is said , offered for the use of the illustnous foreigners expected to "risit London at the ensuing Coronation . BiRMiNGH ^ ir Jl > * x > Li vebpooi .. A correspoiineat has sent us the following statement of distances : — By the eanals , via Chester , the distance i < 93 miles ; by the turnpike-road , "Walsall , miles ; by the railway , 97 miles . Johakka Schopenhattbb . - Johanna Sehopenhaur , ~ an authoress who has long enjoyed great popularity in Germany , died at Jena , on the 16 th uk ., in the 68 th year of her age . Her complaint appears to have " been a sudden defection of the lnnes .
Dock-Yaud , Pembroke . —Three of the principal officers of her Majesry'a Dock-yard , Pembroke , were on Friday , the 4 th instant , suspended by order of the Admiralty , namely , the . Master Shipwright , the Clerk of the Cheque , and the Store Beceiver . Glasgow Theatbe . —Mr . . Charles Xean opened at the Glasgow Theatre on Monday last . This spacious hou * e was crowded to the ceiling He -will -perform Hamlet , Biehard , Sir Giles , and Othello , prior to his return toDrury Lane on / Wednesday next .
Letteb to Mb . Shaumax Cka-wtoud . —Mr . Hushes of Newport Pratt , has published a long letter to Mr . Sbarman Crawford . He mates , a beginning by quoting a speech attributed to Mr OCoantkj and published in the Freeman ' s Journal efshe 21 sialt .: —" That there is a determination on the part of the people of England not to do us justice is perfectly manifest . " . . _ Gkeat Preparations are making at Covents arden for the new play by Knowles . The scene is kia in England , dated about 1688 , so memorable for the " glonoas revolution , " of which it was a viizess . The macuscript i « in the manager's hands .
AsroKr the claimants Dpon Coven ^ garden Theatrical Fund , who received their allowances last ¦ ireei , was oae lady ninety-six years of age ; she las been upon the fund forty years , and had , until kst winter , attended in person for her quarterly Stipend . "I hate E"SCOTrXTEBED fraudulent debtors , " sad tie great Lord Mansfield , " but where I have encountered one fraudulent debtor , I have met nine hundred fraudulent creditors . Ax emisext Fbexch ttbiteb telb us that the History of Prance is to be read in its songs ; the reason of which is ( says the Quarterly reviewer ) that " mere bein ^ no real liberty of the press , tmth can odIv be told in a sosg . "
The Cofncii . op Ejcng's College , London , iave made arrangements for establishing a class for evil engineering and mining . - Thi tax laid on / theatrical representations and f lacesof public amusement , &c , for the smpport of charitable establishments in Paris , amounted in 1837 to g 22 , T , or £ 32 , 885 . To Tvehoyb Paxes or . G-j-ass . —Put soft soap cq the putty for a few hours , the putty becomes as soft as if it had been put on a minute before , though the patty was before as hard as a stone . 1 Ahesicak Hobse of Kepbbsentatjves . — The American House , of Representatives hare Toted 100 , 000 dollars ( £ 24 , 000 ) to the heirs of Pulton , lie original founder of steam navigation .
Uisteb Casal . —It is proposed to extend the tlster ' Canal to tbe Shannon , and by such extension to form a continued line of inland navigation &om Lough Xeagh to Limerick . Measi / es . —The measles haTe caused frightfnl mortalift- at BrnsselF , haiing carried off nearly 1 , 600 persons . Spirits or Nitb"E . — A few drops of sweet = p irir « of nitre win effectually banish the Cimex j pecies ( Anglic ? , bugs ) from your couch . —Hoby . CosnarrEB to Yosr Castle . —^ -Charles Greenwood , charged with having , on the 28 th of April last , at BaUey , stolen a mare , tie proper ^ of James Bolland .
Bailwat . —The Chester and Birkenhead Bailway was commenced on Thursday week , and is expected to ~ be completed within two years . Halifax Lttebaby amb Philosophical Societt . —At dse monthly meeting of the Halifax literary acd Philosophical Society , on Monday etenmg , a paper on the B-oman Coin Moulds fonnd in the neigbbourhood of "WakefieW , and embracing explanatory remarks by the Ber . J . B . Beade , will Reread . .- " .. . " " .. ' . ' Catook to Publicaks . —At the Bolton * es-« on « , a quantity of spiritaous liquors , which had been taken from various pnblio houses in Bolton , for being more than 1 / per cent , under proof , was tttdwncea by the magistrates . -
Babes . —In eonsequenc * of the great mischief committed by these animals during the winter , in the plantations and gardens bekinging to Thomas ^" nnrorth Beaumont , Esq . 3 of Bretton Park , that ? radenjan has ordered the whole of that race to be ^ strdyed . Hundreds , haxe been sold to ihe game dealers at Barnsley , as low as Is . fid . per headi A GxoLoeiST Oxtt . —The inhabitants of Long Helford were a few days since expecting a treat « tiieBnll Inn— bills ba-nng been circulated that
a lecturer on geology would be giyen ; but at the Kaie speci&ed the lectorer -wa ? non at mventiu . fcquiries were made , when it was found that he had feeamged from bis lodgings , taking with him two Mio works , 'but not on geology . Immediate pursuit srzs made , and he was captured at Alpheton , and sent to lecture to the prisoners . in Bury gaol . It is Terr likely he will stand , a J * ir chance of acquiringfetter and extensive knowledge in the science of geology in another latitude *— . Emgz Herald .
Sttjtgabd . —The- only eonrnit of . nuns existing among ns -will be shortly brokeai rju It is the con-T mt of Eothminster , near BodiweiL On a journey ^ Hch the Eng maie-lo tiaat . place some years ago , we nnns obtained Ms Majesty ^ ejedal feTpur to me ana enjoy their penaons together in their-old habitation ^ and aeeorfling to tiieir- iM Tnles , -under an abbess , for life . Tery few of ihem now remam , sad those are so Tery aged , that in a fe « r yea » tbe conTeat .-wm be without inmates . Tbe buildings ^ ihen be employed for the . naecf tbe lahworks at itpcaainster . - - ¦ ¦ ' .- ¦ - ¦
^ sitbological SociETY . —At Hie meeting « ± nday week , it was announced that- -the . Woods ail x orests were -about to make ¦ orae bcw pondit in «» e ^ a nd in St . : Jama ' a Park , ibrihViBe of tbe s ^ ac uc birds tiere Jocated . It was statid as . a ^ nws fact , that many tf ^ e birdiii the £ « fc $ j ^ l ^ Z ! SL&- X xv@Sa * i tDt inwiably retnm , nuot arrated . h i db « murd « o « aii ^ tf $ » ibwleT . ^ g ? - ***" ' SOTvBi « OB _ i " -i' * common
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^ BBBBW ^ Bj ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ J ^^^^ J ^^^ JI ^ J ^^^ SSS ^ M ^™™™^ " ^ ' ™^ " * " ^*^ " ^^^ f . Tfti ^ 'WKAT&Ei ^ o ^^ iast'the fill of mo * r Was jBoheaWlntiie Pealtof . BerbjShire , especially ; ' Matinck , Darleyj-& » £ » to m&e&e prepress Bfti ^] r ^ r 8 om em ^ p ^^ f ^^ * ' Tb $ Biteb o »" ?^ Ste ^» VI . « r «^^ madeof tKeI qbanfily of 8 J / mmqa } k& ™ , conaumed in Greit Briuii and xrelai ^ Jtap ^ pears ^ twould form a river inxty &et broid ^ ihree ^ feerdeen , and elenty miles long . - Aad " . to this calculation the number it ariTesto &e mad-nt » wr \ th ? . ^« , tte woriaffuse , Botany B * y > and -th » . gallojt J the bturibaf-of children who go hungry , and pare , the number of wira - who sob , away the night , . tbe aumbef who lose V > th soul and bodj in this ' modern Styx . ^ - BirminghamJowrnal . Ikcekbiabish . —On Monday evening , part of a .
hay- mow , in the marshjes near JMerrifield , the properiy ' of Mr , Yosper , of ^ terrifield Fann , wai d ^) Tered to be on " fire . " A . lad named fBiehard UnderlulL who was seen near ti » e spot , was ajprer hended , and folly committed [ for trial . He admitted aet&ig thej hay-mow on fife , for i ( a spree . " He also stated bis having eet a bay-mow on fire , belonging to Mr . Vosper , Vhich was destroyed nearly two years since . —Plymouth Journal . PebpettjaIi Motjok . — "We are informed that John Bichards , a . blind man from the neig hbourhood of Castlebellingham , has invented a machine , which be terms the perpetual motion . He intends to submit it to the inspection of Government . ~ Vf e hope that his discovt-ry may equal his expectation * . —Drogheda Argus .
A Hoax . —Some one has nearly friehtened the City of Dublin " from its propriety , " by circulating that an « arthquak * was to take place on the 10 th instant . Several persons actually abandoned house and home , in order to avoid this awftil calamity ^ te a re glad , however , to learn that the worthy citizens are returning to their homes , having found out that the report was merely the idle , although wt must say , mischievous production of a wag—Drogheda Jtrgit * . Dbbadptjl Coach Accident . —This moraiDg about a quarter after ten o ' clock , a Tery distressing accident occurred to an elderly man , named Charles Barnes , -who resided in Bussell-street , Bermondsey . It appears that the unfortunate man was crossing the
Westminster Bridge-Toad , when one of Wheatley ' s Greenwich coaches , JJo . 706 , was driven along at a reckless rate , and on the wrong siJe of the road . Barnes endeavoured to get out of the way , and on being run against by the horses he clung to the traces , and the horses having become ungovernable , he was dragged some distance , when bis strength failed him and he fell . On picking him up , it was fonnd that he had his right leg and thigh fractured , and received ether severe injuries . Surgical assistance was instantly procured , but it was deemed necessary to convey hint to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , on reaching ¦ which place the surgeons giving but slight hojes of his recovery in consequence of his advanced age ( seventy ) , the coach and coachman were stopped by the police .
" Wexfohd Asti-tithe MeETisg . —An immense meeting , consisting of landholders and farmers , of twenty parishes of the county of "Wexford , was held on Tuesday at Boley-hill . The We jr / ord Independent states' that 40 , 000 persons were present . The foilowing were amongst the resolnfcons adopted on the occasion : — "That we will never cease our constitutional agitation until tithe 3 are utterly extinguished in name and in reality ; and that we now proclaim to the nation our fixed determination to refuse our support tn every future candidate foT the representation of this county , who shall not freely take the following pit-dees ; namely , the complete abolition of tithes ,
rote by ballat , an honest revision of the law regarding- £ . 10 freeholders , the extension of the franchise to ; all occupiers of honses and lands , including tenants-at-will , whose yearly rents shall amount to £ 10 , and a firm opposition to every administration opposed to these very salutary and very necessary measures . " " That latterly , and more especially at the present moment , our peace of mind is banished and our industry interrupted ; that our goods are under seizure , and , ia many instances , our persons incarcerated ; that , in short , we are mffering
the most terrible persecntion that the hatred of bad men and the ingenuity of scorpion lawyers could de-Tise and carry into effect again 3 t us , under the authority of wicked intolerant statute laws , notoriously at variance with natural , divine , and social law ; , and that it is oar deliberate opinion , if tie countjy be not speedily relieved from this species of martyrdom , the Irish people will be driven to the extreme alternative of denying themselves the use of alt manner of taxed articles . " Mr . J . Power , father of the member for the county , attended the meeting .
A pbotixcial actob , performing the part of Augustus in the tragedy of Cinna , during the late severe -winter , eTinced his delicate « enabifity to cold by the very un-Boman-like action of rubbing , his hands together . A few middle hisses from some classic spectators in the pit , reminded the performer of hia want of noble bearing . Nothing disconcerted , the actor exclaimed , " Idiots ! a Boman knows just aa well as a Christian , when the thermometer marks
fifteen degrees below zero . " A Gbasd Announcement . — Some time since a person in the neighbourhood of Keswick , having several hives of bees to dispose of , and desirous to attract purchasers , caused a placard to be printed announcing the saJe with the following extraordinary head lines : — Extensive sale of lire ftock comprising not less than one hundred and forty thousahdhead , with an unlimited right of pasturage I " The trick succeeded to admiration .
Boabd or vYoods and Fobests . —A countj meeting of the landowners of Flintshire was held at Mold on Tuesday week , to take into consideration the best means of resisting the aggression * now making on the property of the landowners and cottagers of the principality by the agents of the Commissioners of "Woods and Forests . Several noble rmen ant gentlemen addressed the meeting in terms of . just condemnation of the vexatious and unjnst
conduct pursued ; amongst others , Lord Mostyn said that he had paid one thousand pounds -to prevent lands that had been held by his ancestors for centuries from being wrested from him , and to save the expenses he should be put to in recovering them back . A series of resolutions condemnatory of the proceedings of the commissioners , and pledging the meeting to form a committee , and raise subscriptions to oppose the encroachments , -were unanimonsly passed .- —Salopian Journal .
Expeditions Travelling . — A commercial traveller arrived in this city at ten on Thursday evening , who had left Dumfries in Scotland on the previous morning at ten . He arrived at Liverpool by a sieamer from Dumfries in time to get a good night's rest , and start next morning by half-past six to Birmingham by the Grand Junction Bailway , which occupied four hours and a half ; from theoce-he-wasin time for a coach to Bristol ; so that he had a night ' s rest , and performed his journey upwards of 300 miles , in 36 hours . —Bristol Journal . .-
-Troops fob Canada . —Amongst the arrivals at Cove this morning was the Marquis of Huntkjy transport , from London , to take troops to Canada . Her destination is Quebec . The 1 st and 7 th Dragoon Guards proceed in this and other transports . The Barrosa transport was preparing to sail this morning when onr accounts left Cove . She had on board the lagt division of the 7 lst Highland Light Infantry , 166 officers and men of the 83 d , and a large draught from the 66 th depot at Fermoy . — Cork Reporter of Thuriday .
Shobt " Wobk at Law . —Oh Friday morning week , at ten o'clock , Mr . Justice Vaughan attended at the Common Pleas Court , Guildhall , London , where five cases were set down for trial . When the four first canses were called on seriatim , no attorney answered ,, and a verdict was taken for the plaintiffs . "When the last case was called on , no person antwered , and the learned judge remarked upon the singularity of a court being unattended by attornies , told the jury that the sum of £ 400 was demanded by . the plaintiffe , and as no cause was shown , they most-return a verdict accordingly . The verdict was so recorded , and the court broke up after being oeennied about twenty minutes .
A PtJEL . —It is ; related to us that a duel ' came off' in "West Troy , on the twenty-ninth , between two Joafera . " They fired muskets at each other at fiie distance of fifty yards , loaded with onions—but wnitis ^ lrajj to be regretted , both have " lived to fight vgtia , "—Troy Mail . Thb . Extebkinatiso SysTEM . —Mr . Cooper asm commenced the war of extermination ; one hundred and fifty souls are to be thrown out upon the wide world , Hke unfledged birds , helpless and
powerless .- Andibr what P—We know not , if it is-not that the doomed efeatores anP % nflty of the henious crime of being Papist * . Mr . Cooper would , if he had the ability , -which henas not . get op in his place ia the House of Commons , ana pirate about-the intolerance of Boman Catholics , and prate about the illibef jtBtT of sot aHdiriBg to -men the right ef private judgment ; yet tk » -rerj Cooper denier to his Catholic tenants that very p rivilege which he admires . —Seigo Champion .
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PT ^^ S thir ty-seven ^ "yn innj |^ i . ftTp " ' ' Apt "l ' yj na $ i Committee terminated n . ^ Stonday , in'a very exteaordinanr manner ,. 3 $ e * Wo * objection * , on rbofh ^ e ^ -hjmn jt % n- apiterexf t (* ^ Ittfcratnifl ; Mr . WuberWrW 'is unseated oa ttbg aaaKScatiori ground , and- ; Me % ri » . ' James" and Hutt , 3 o * # ' arid . "Whi g , wejtii W ^ e ^ tiSrglwmab ^ rs ^ ' t Jb ^^ o ^ - ^ i ^ iOT ^ ih ^ ^ as n < rt | feo * ; PBn ^ ,.. 6 xm . j |^ ^ ig p ^ j ^^ - ; . ^;^ j | i ^ of our townsmen and neighiq ^ r * Tp&ve been rf ^ arly jocitied . To-. o *^ ^ y ^ t 9 >;]>^ n , «^ t ^|; b }||| : b |'' to seD * iorae , j » , to ;* l& ? r . p ^ sopal jnjsul ^^ on ) people , indeedL wottH consider it a serious jfai » opoi
tteir charactere not po b « jthqught knowjog n > juo | i matters . _/* Ppyqaseeanytblng ^ reenher *? " said a young farmer , pointing to hi « right eye , and looking very ^ coDtemptaously at-his ^ friepd ^ . wh o bad merely requested Jiini / to De qfa ^ his guard . "Doyiu see ¦ ij ^^ ag ^^^^}^ t i i ^^ eS , \ ' m& till creased bdttemjpt , ancffralkea rift' "The yptin ^ farmer had a horse to weU ^ woifth ttbooJtviK ^ . He took \ t into the fair' too ! jras ' notii ^ Qg ' withou ^ a dealer / . He very naturally extolledeVerJtpbint ; anditie geakr , to inB 8 nspieK ) n , ^ detracte 3 jfr ( Jm every point : ; After some chaffing" with regard to pricej th » dealer said " Well ;; vrnethert buy or toot , ' at any rate I'll try it"" . The ' youngfarmer suffered a man , whom be to the
never saw beare ^ mounthig horse : inan rode off , and neither man nor horse have been ! since heard of . The question may thfen' fairly be put—* ' Do yo ' u ? ee anything green here ?" ' But older and more experienced persons have Deeii equally duped . "Wide awake ! "saidawortb ^ and excellent friend o f ^^ ours , who was about * to " g 6 lHto ' a -previous fiur ; , tb purchase a carriage horse . " "Wide awake ; . " that ' s my motto , whenever I deal with' a . jockey ; and if I am taken in , then itVmyownfanlt . WelH - ^ . Tviu ^ awakeour friend suffered a horse , which lie had only the jockey '« word for its having been in harness before ,
to be put to a new carriage . A particular acquaint ance mounted the box ; " and within five minutes the carriage was upset , the shafts shattered , other injuries done , and the driver ' s neck endangered . The jockey , of course , swore that there was no fault in the horse , and that the accident was solely attributable to the traskilfalneaj of the driver . Under such circumstances , he laughed at the idea of paying a farthing to repair the- damage done to the carriage ^ Our friend—really wide awake -thought upon the old saying " fue a beggar , &c . " and put up with the first loss . —Devixes Gazette .
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POOR LAW ATROCITIES . The following case respecting the treatment of a poor girl of unsound intellect , by William Gibbons , master of the Thimbleby Workhouse , was brought before the Horncastle Magistrates , at their office , on Saturday , the 31 st of March , by order of the Board of Guardians : — : ; The Clerk to the Board appeared » n behalf of the the girl , and Mr . Waleaby , ( a barrister ) for the defendant . - The first witness , a man of the name of Johnson , stated , that about a month ago he wm in his garden , near an oDt-buildin ? in the Workhouse yard ,
formerly used as a stable , but at present occupied by pigs and straw , from whence he heard th « cries of a child , who also called out" murder ! " He wept to the buflding , and looked through a hole in th « wall , where he saw . some women flogging the girl very severely , bnt could not gay with what ; and heara her say , that ' ^ th aVif they would forgive her this time , s .-e would not'do so any lhore . " He also heard Mrs . Gibbons ssy they had done enough at heraovr . : Mr . Walesbv . —How do you know it was this girl that cried oat r
Johnson . —I know her voice perfectly well . Magistrates . —Haveyouheard her cry before ? Johnson . —Yes . After this thev pat her amongst the pigs , and kept her there as long aa they thought ; good . They then took her out , and put her into s -sack , and tied her up in ii , and left her in the building all night . Three witueases for the defendant stated that she was a very dirty girl , and , from her habits , not fit to sleep in a bed ; they admitted that she was amongst the pigs , bnt was not kept there more than five minutes , and denied that she was flogged ; they also stated that # he wax stripped to her shift , and put into a sack , which was end round her waist , and her clothes taken away . One of these witnesses said , that she was allowed a blanket ; it fu as good a one as need be laid on a bed ; she saw a person carry it , bnt could not tell the magistrates when they
asked her whom it was carried by , whether a man or a woman , but she thought a woman . Another taid that « he Bad both a rug and a blanket carried to her in the . building , and that » he lay on some straw in another part , apart from the pigs , and was locked np and kept there all night . This witness also stated that her clothes were taken to her in the morning , but she refused to pat them on there , and acknowledged that the girl went from the building to the workhouse in her shift . Mr . Kemp , one of the visitiug committee of that workhouse , was next called , who said that he and Mr . Hobson , another of the committee , were ordered by the Board of Guard ana to go and inquire into the case . They examined the girl , but could not see any mark * of violence upon her . He was asked by the magistrates how it was that the case had not been brought on saoner , as it had been stated to have occurred on the 9 th . He said he did not know .
Mr . Elvin . —I am a guardian of the Horncastle Union , and beg to state , on behalf of the Board , that tliis case wasordered to be inquired into by the committee of the Thimbleby Workhouse , and reported to the next Board , which was done , and the case ordered to be brought before the magistrates on the Saturday following . Mr . Smith , one of the medical officers , said he examined the girl at the workhouse two days after it was reported that she had been ill-treated , and there were not any marks of violence on her then . He also gave Mr . Gibbons a very excellent character for Ms kindness and attention to the poor in that house ; as also did the Rev . Mr . Hotohkius , who also said that ke knew nothing about tlus case ! J The magistrates retired for some time into their private office , and on their return fined the defendant £ 2 10 s ., and 17 * . 6 d . costs .
Great creditis due in this case to the Rev . Mr . FendaD , Guardian of the parish of Bucknall , to which parish thepoqrgirl belonged ; who , as soon as he heard of the Dl-treatoent towards the girl , rode over to Thimbleby to make inqniries on the subject . Having met with the witness Johnson , who made the same statement-to bim as he did to the magistrate )* now , therefore as soon as the committee , who were ordered to exanttine into the case , had reported to the Board that the girl ' had received no injury , bat that it had . done her good , ' the Rev . Gentleman stood tip and stated what he had heard from Johnson j when .. Mr . Gulson observed , that the committee had neglected their duty-in not making a proper inquiry , and hoped that the Board would not let the matter drop bere ^ and recommended that the case should be turned over to tbe magistrates , as had been suggested by the Rev . Mr . Pierce and Mr , Elvin , which was finally agreed to .
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MR . OWEN . During a journey in the West Riding of Yorkshire , in the-present week , we had the liigh gratification to meet with our valued and respected firiendi Mr . Owen . W « had not seen him since hi » lasttour on the Continent . He iain excellent health and spirits , and has lost Done of his faith , a faith of the highest kind—that gf "fte redemption of the hupaan race from their present stale pt poverty , and misery , and crime , and rendering them happy in their jpreseut existence ; nor dogs he , though , far advanced in life , lack those tw » essentials to carryoutanj' great work —zeal and persererafice . He has betm delivering lectures in £ dmbiirgh Glasgow , Sunderland , and Newcastle , and he states that the reception woiob
his doctrines and principles meet with , are highly encouraging , and shew a marked and remarkable change in the- public feeling .- After lecturing , at various place * , six days in the week , in Newcastle he had delivered two . lectures on Sunday , in one ^ of thelargepoblicbnildinppf ttw tow , n , to aa ** sembly of many hnndred persons . -: On , Monday , he had arispn at three o ' cloct in ttie morningV ftfid after travelling the whole day , aid arriving , at Leeds in theeyemngjthooghnearly serenry jeerap f age , he went thrpngh the delivery of a let ? tnre in thfi'Mn ^ c Saloon , where we had the pleasure to meet him and to hear bim lecture ; We , spent the greater part of Tnesdayin his society , and neard bis seconfl lecture in the evening of iha * -day . - ' ..
How strangely-doe * thisderobon to thewelfere of his feDow creatnies contrast with that'of . the . Christian ( r ) Ministers of the present day . A ^ a specimeii of the latter , let onr readers refer to . , the . conduct of ten dignitaries of the Cfcurcb . of England , who , appomted by law . tothe important arid Teqj ? pnsible office M Gpardians of the Poor } and ^ thongh receiriDff splendid incomes from' the parishes to which the poor belong , will £ ot , devote a littl « 6 f their time to confer reugitfus insfcrdctibn to the poor in the Workhouse , bat require some ipaltnr allowance of £ SOor £ 50 to stimalate and rewarduhem for the extra work-ofmatructine the poor . - -:
Mr . Owen will notaccepta an ^ te smiling for his time and services . When . ' moneyjs charged for admission , if more is receir ^ d than discharges-, the rent of the building , he immediately orders . ; tne surplus to be paid orer to some public innitutionin tbe tows where the lecmrfrw » dBtivteredV Yet Mr ! Owen is denounced asau "InBdel , " ' whfl 8 tthw&mo 8 t ^ iqus , most excttHeat Guardiam of the Poor , wCteistiisa Ministers If" If the founder of Christiani t y , or ; b-w Apostles , were to re-vbdt the earth , janci to iirw Mr , Owen engaeedinlas greatirorlc , trwHwanr England , Scotland , and Ireland in Mm feboiirioftilow ; now crossing the Auntie , and promnlgating hia vfewsta the inhabitants of America : now crossing thp
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Gel 0 m - ^ 008 ^ ztiti ? vfeifinf 'France ^ Iknsttia ^ Bavarian aaji 'ProteW te pre * ok- , peafelwfc « wfft end goodwj 41 Wh-man ; . ; ' ! to incjalcate prindptea ant ( pradoce ^ by * wHch ; ' ; # iiij mijrhjt c&aMe ^ fkti&ity'he banished mm thfr worldy iaip fyntib&tnkt&irby U tiiey were to : find him soengagedt and to , find ? these ten Tnercenary . priests retusisg to instiTict the inmates of th& fforlttousei # ithott " to angmentiitibh . of their incomei can any nnprejudiciBd person : donbt whichi would be recognised a « the tnieChris ^ ans | In the first of Mr- Owm ' atwo lectures , which we hadthepleasBretohear him deliver in ^ eeds . he depicted fte fcdl * of tht toastfag ! state dfcsoiBietjr , that which he wlls . the old world ; arid in hissecond lecture presented a riew clkssifldfltSori of society to ' Wd ^ W ;
tettjrhat ^^ ni ^ fte ^ eW : Th& newst 5 te of things lie depicts as-a ^ aje « f exiswnce » si : far . superior in civilization ^ rennemen t , arid enj oymerit , to that which itprWntex ^^ eVen ^ n thos ^; parts of the wcn-ld ; tb « Biost advanced , as dees tlie mode of hfein th ^ par ts ef the wwW antwtadranced ; exceed that of the iriost barbarous . ' ' ; . Kow , -it ms ? t > e all very well ibr those who themjwlves nave dose nothing , have practised nothing , or whose . practice has heeuin alimifed sphere-of occupat » ns , 6 r ^ oseimtfdiare ' ti ^ idaridpW . ' gma& a , high degree , to sayfall thiB is visioriary ^ theoretical and impracticable . Does notthe futare ^ fwaV 8- * par * ' takf more or , le& of the visioriary ? ;¦ Wieri our ancestors hved ^^^ liouseless in the forests withtheir
, bodies bedaubed wjth paint , insfeaa o ^ ctothitog . if a Mn Owen had arisen up \ ainpngst tbiem andpointied out the disadvuntages of that . state of society , and had : shewn , them how far superior ft would- be that tbif gh oqWuOe pmtected ; from the beat x » f summer antf the cold of winter , by clothing and hy habits tions , of course ^ t would have Ibeeh a theory , but aot the less true because it was ; iai theory ; -1 ^ in ^ nrgin ^ them to abandon their present habits / © rid enter on the new world , he had proce $ de < l to Shew some of the xoore distant effects ; sripjpp . sei for instance ; he ? had « 9 id tlmtmariy of ' the woijieii shall be clothed ia textteie 8 made from the fruit of a ^ tree grbwjug inany thotfgsud milesoff beyond the ' 8 eas " ( the cotitpri ' trdeL ' atfd converted into a « oft , pliable , warm textiiK *!
that others shall be .-arrayiwi' iriu texture ifill moife -beautiful , made from * web fine aa that of this spider's , and produced by a tiny in ^ ct ( tile silk worm ) in anotherpart of the world : ; that these substances shall ^^ be njadei'Of-every h ' ne which the rainbow pro * duces , and all the combinations tif thiso colours :: that both men arid wometi shall dwell in habitatioiis built of materials extracted from the bbwelti of . thp earth , —part of the sides of these habitations sbiill be constracted of materials so transparent that an object may be seen from the outside a « distinctly as though np auhstiuiee intervened , 6 nd yet so iirm as to be impervious to both wind and rain . Had the Mr . Owen of that day proceeded to state these , and a very small proportion of the infinite number of Ati waicn
corenes nave since oeen made for the daily use of men a ^ dwomeny of course he wi-uld have been setdown as a visionary , if ' notini madman . And yet , witn all our advances in the arts and ; Bciencmv uirh the ' thpuHand and j one inventions . for abridginjr human labour we now possess , is it so very chiineri * cal to anticipate jb time when wefiftn of every kind may be produced in abundance for all , —wheu poverty shall , therefore , cease ,- and consequently crime be annihilated , —when the heat education , moral , physictd , and , intellectual shall be given to every human being , arid astate of existence of high enjoymeat , be ihelelofalii ' - "• ..,- :- ' . - : " WmTst we are firm believers that all which ' u really desirable and valuable in Mr . Owen's newviews may ultimately be realised , arid though we
tbmfc the time is rapidly has teniug for the necessary changes , we are not so itnpracticable , Or so visioaary aa Jo snpj ^ ppe , that men aiid wpweij , trif a their present training , are fit subjects to be suddenly taken from the habits , modes , and practices of the old world into that of the new ; \ re wonH , therefore , caution the ,-more zealous and enthusiastic of Mr . Ovren ' s supporters not to be carried away by their imagination too far , in prematurity arriving at results . ; A : due mixture of caution ^ prudence , and foresight are necessary to be blended , with decision and boldness . Whilst we would .-say ' to the directing minds do not hesitate , or be indecisive , or stationary , we Hkewistj say , do not attempt to hurry forward principles faster than circumstances seem to
justify . ProgreBS ' step by step : and , ' thonghit may apparently require a longer ' time to arrive at the required results in proceeding by measured paces , the objects . will probably , by this mode , be uccom ^ plished earlier than by hasty proceedings . The Rev . Mr . Giles , a Baptist minister , attended Mr . Owen ' s lectureii . It appears that he had : in a sermon-mat ' e some animaclvepions upon Mr . Owen ' s views , and that some persons who thought his animadversions unjriat had ; , invited him to attenJ and discuss the subject . He came forward at the close of the second lecture , and in a very gentlemanly , proj > er , respectftil manuer , declined to discuss them before that assembly . He said there was much which he had heard in which he felt highly interested and fully concurred ; there \ vas much iii . wMah he did not concur , but which he was not fcpfflpetent to discuss—he was no political economist
, " ^ ^^ > tatesinan , he was no man of bujsiness- — thereforehe should not enter into those que . stioiishe was a Christian ministur , and it was only with those particulars , if such there were , where Mr . Owen ' s views opposed Christianity that he Lad any thing to do . He then made the most ample concessions as to-the right of every person , Christian or Anti-Christian , to have the rail . arid unmolested ri g ht not only to think , bnt to express his Qpinions withoutpersecution of any kind . He stated , more-. over ? that he tbonght a public assembly , where the passions would be liable to be excited by the partisans on each side , would not be a proper place to discuss qnestions : requiring cnlmriess and deliberation , but that if Mr . Owen would state in writing what his views y + ertf , he would discuss the objectionable parts in the cblumns of a iiewspaper , provided the Editor wotlld hold the scal e * even For hoth
parties . Mr . Owen referred him to his vvritings before the public for a further explanation of his news : if Mr . Giles chooses to' take up the controversy , the way is open . —Shir in the East . [ In the article from which the above is extracted , some very severe remarks are made by our contemporary on ^ a ybii ug man whose nnnie he could not leam , "STho put some , questions to Mr . Otveu . This " young man' was Mr . Greig , and we are confident , from what we know of that gentleman , that the harsh censures of the , Star' in the East must have originated in misconception . .. \ Ve were not present at the tinae , but | iif& spoken with Mr . O . ' s principal friends , who fiflly . concur with us , that the Editor of the Star has dealt niofe severely with Mr . G-. than the circumstances of the case warranted . —Ed . N . S . ]
The Ng&Theilf Stae Saturday; May 12, 1838.
THE NG&THEilF STAE SATURDAY ; MAY 12 , 1838 .
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, '¦ £ & ' & : MACHINERY . CAPITA * . JtNO ITS ACCUMULATION ; THEIR EFFECTS UPON LABOUR : ELECTIVE AND REPRESENTATIVE POWER ; THEIR DIRECT INFLUENCE OVER OUR INSTITUTIONS , BOTH SOCIAL AND POLITICAL . To Machinery , and its judicious application to man ' s . relief , we are niost friendly . It should have been man ' s holiday ,-but it has been made man ' s curse . We shall first show its unjust influence upon individual labour , and its tendency to prevent the application of moderate capital t& manufactures . Under the old system of human power , a single man ' s labour
in the market , formed a component part of the entire prpdaeing poweri of the , community . If he had capital , he could work upon his own account ; if he had not capital ) he could sell his labour according to an exact- marxetable ticale , established upon ; arid regulated by tfie asce rtiiried demand , and the united proddciHg power of the comiriuriity , In those days , ( when the labour rharier was kept steady by a number of small capitalists , « atisfied with a fair shire of profits , ) a raoney inducement was used b y the mastersjinstead / ofthe ' . l : ti . but'by thi i ' :. ' ^© yerjeers , to eke
the work but of apprenticeB ; But aa machinery hasincreased , not only ha 8 iridividMl labour ceasedto'h ' oid its value in the market , but speculation upon 8 mali capital has been destroyed . The natural effec £ of ffius ^ rairbying lte 'iUnoara * of jHaT yMua ;! kbouranJ ^ ill ddpital , ' h ' w-beffi t ^ one ; -tp the mercy of ^ tbe -largegcrt ^ HUMBt , while the other has been throwivywhpll ^ : out ; pf vthe cinarket , c Thegreatfield whicith ^ system op * nefl for ^ ^ latipn , ^ induced ' the- ' - ^^ K'catira ' ' ' : o ?; ictitiQi ^ jc ^ 8 t ^^ i ^ rf : ^^ t'k ^ if 0 ^ fMM' ^^ 9 ^ ^^ made cheap-by . p&t ;^||^ : ^ f ^ il ^
caused an pver-pro ^ ttt ^ ri . l ^ t ^ ougtt ^ ' ^^; re ^ a )^;; ofHc <^ subjected , for want cj £ 'la ^ a ^ ^ gula te ; tb ^ } profi ^ on machinery , to ' aparcel ¦ & igimbling 'Speculatoijsj who hate g lut ^ . theVftfeign ' ; xiiarTk . et " ' ^^ itie pib ^ ^^ m ^ Mi ^ mriMm to see the Engluh iabourefs produc « , stored in fontfgA coaatri ^^ Hbiftred ^ tJto ; g « iWfri » V f Ies 4 fm *» j 4 k * h& 9 st ^^ e » V !^>*«^^' ^ ii borne | ^ 0 ^^^^^^ ^ }^^ arekalk-d idle y ^ o ^ eBs ^ y ^ scarcely preserved , the unholy monopolists handing
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then t oyei * to the ta&zai governor a ? ia - parf ^> f th e wrgr population of the country . ; ; The eflfeci jof ^ ^ s : syfiteMtttfy . bd ^ tidual in ^ 16 > dperi ^ dn ; Ibut the ^ Kbc bia Co friing , and ^;^ human ^ pbwer- can now ' avetit ifc . Credrtmu 8 t be upheld , bankers audgpeculatots iulabo \ iT are mutuaVSj ^ ependerit upon ej ^ h 6 tfie | ry ' andwflltherefore ¦ «« rlf'together in support of ^ th | e sy > tett / tinrii theprofit of tte latter so ' diminhiheii as to destroy the s ' ecuriry -of ttie former ; . arid then wfcat' becomesy of the' community dependent upon g rained ] gf 9 ^
regijet-if his ayatice tnerelyi entailed misery upon himielfj but the ' misfortune is , thai he is Sure to nave more , than enoughout of the scramble , while the i p <* of labourer becomes the defenceless victim of his callous recklessness / Yet these creatures speak of Radicals aj " unprincipled scramblers , " while they are thus preparing to leave them nothing to scramble for . At this motnent the masters are labouring to keep their heads above water , working their miilsgust so long , at reduced wages < as will save appearances witn the creditor , and be
less ! expensive than keeping the idle machinery inotder . But can they ¦ •" go on manufacturing without money , and can they have such a return from overstocked : markets as will enable them to meet their engagements ? Certainly not , and what then becomes of the- unemployed / hands : ? Can they 8 tarte ? Ought they to starve ? Or will they starve ? Or will the landlord ( now in love with the Poor Law Amendment Act ^) be- satisfied to feed the whole unemployed community ? Will the Shopkeeper be able to pay taxes bnt of an empty tillv
Will the Squire be able tp live out of the refuse of his estate ? For let him be assured that ( however the law may now constitute him legal proprietor and give him unrestrained power , ) a starving community will teach hiiri that the labourer must be first fed before the idle owner partakes of the produce . Wilt the Exchequer exhibit the usual proceeds from dissipation upon which pur educational Government exists ? No , ; for most probably while we write the Shop-keeper-general , the Chancellor of the
Exchequer , is learning , from the financial return * , that a coercive abstinence and forced morality is the ruin of his system . On Friday night , he will be upon his trial * and however the expence attendant upon a royal funeral , a coronation , a necessary provision for a Queen Dowager , and the subjugation of Canada may come to his . aid , yet he , like the minor shop-keepers of the nation , will find that an unemployed community will leave a scanty Exchequer , while the means of suppressing general and organized discontent must need to be augmented . He
will learn that the political support of the moneymonger , in return for the Poor Law Amendment Act , was " purchasing his whistle" at too dear a rate , and that however the saving bank scheme may for a season divide the injured party , the grievance has yet become too general to make the hungry many subservient to the monied few , who are joined to corruption by the golden link of despondency . He will alfi'o find that an insulted and misgoverned people will not tamely allow tb ^ e pampered and fatted dragoon horse to strengthen upon
their produce and their food , to make havock in their lank and ragged rauks . A community fighting for the means of existence , cannot be successfully resisted by the hireling fighting for the preservation of tyrannical power * We return to the question of small capital aDd labour . The man with a small capital , and not possessing the confidence of a bank , is now thrown wholly out of the market , while his unavailable ca * h is lodged in the savings ' bank , —the people paying the interest , and the Government paying tae Ministers of tyranny out of
the speculation . Thus does the people ' s money go to increase the debt upon tbe one hand , and stake worth preserving on the other , while the labourer , who works at a rate of wages regulated by the whim of the gambler , has no guarantee from hour to hour for license to work , and when he doe * work , he lacks legal protection for an equitable distribution of the profits * . Thus as the gamester , who sit * down at the gambling table with a bank of a million , is sure to gather unto himself at the long run all the small banks at the table , so is the present
system sure to sacrifice both labourer , small capitalist , and shop-keeper to those who can command most money and the largest credit , until at length the whole commercial speculations of the country will be vested in the hands of the most successful gambler . These things are too plain and clear to admit of doubt . Arid now we come to show the pernicious effect of the sj stem upon what is called the Elective Franchise and Representation , and likewiseupon our Political And Social Institutions . To those whohave witnessed contested electionsin
manufacturing towns ho comment is necessary ; they are aware of the machinations used by the masters in support of that rilan who has the ascendancy of capital ; they are acquainted with the power of the overseer , and the dependency of the labourer ; they know what is meant by loosing the men , or keeping them locked up during the poll , and the penalty upon the virtuous refractory ; and yet we hear of the unbiassed votes of the independent electors . Tbe effect upon representation must consequently be the enactment of laws suiting the supposed
opinions of the . people through the constituent body , and the constituent body being-thus filtered through the master ' s Altering machine , the pure remain unrepresented , while the representation of the dregs make laws for ALL- ^ -that is , for all who select the amount of the elective body that they can bribe or intimidate ; and this is " Peace , Retrenchmerit , and Reform , " The effect of such a system upon our Social Institutions is to drive every man from society who will not prostitute himself to the ruling passion of the gamblingfaction . The great tyrant is Autocrat in that locality which has been handed over as the
price of his political support . He is the framer of Municipal laws , and where they operate against his interest , he has the power of correction , b y a threat of withholding his political support , till the power of his Municipal party is complete . In society he ia a drunken ' gprriiandizer at Council meetings heis the bull y ' of his party ; in the House he ia the slave of his passions ' , arid the topi of tjn Masters \ ^ and in society he is the ruler of those upon whoiu his very existence depend * . "Without education , he is full of prejudices j arid Without ideas , he blindly follows in tbeipath of those upon whose position he depends for station and respectability . Away , then with the whole system at price ; , the ground is too deep to be
-healed by partial remedies ; the nation ' s hearts . blood is flowing too rapidly to be stopped by ordinary sty ^ ticks . ' l " alk not toiusibf ' your Eleven Hours ; Bill , rpryoUr ^ igb . tiBfour « ' Bill ; the demandiwiirVegulate v th ^ impply ^ d if w ' e have now " two hundred fold the iprpducinj j ; poorer which . we ' recentlyliad , ' either the ; proamc ^;^ 8 i wort in proprtiori , oretsethose who ^ ibf over pop ^ lation must create a suffi cient popufeipir ^ Teom ^^ mc reaWd produce . ^ < 3 iye us , ithenf 'ihe ^ orfly renwdy ^ for all pur social arid political maj ^ aies JmaXe every man in his artificial state' as he . iriight be ; in his ; na&ral state ^ his own doctor , by placing the restoi-aitiye in hit hand , ' which is -UKitERSAL ' ; f utFR ^ GEli V ' ¦ ¦' ; ' ; " _ ; ;
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Bill ] " was on Monday night , ;* ftwadebetcof MiWf lengith on the third reading ^ carried on * division , by a majority of 234 t « v 69 , ITie Bill , as you will Be * , ; has been greatly altered in Committee ; so much . « o » that ; though we may still recognise some of jS ^ . ' hartbet feature * of the originsd , it is subsUntialljr * new ; Bill , embodying new deformities peculiar tah iteeiff and ; therefore , requjtin ^ to Jbqi dealt ytik aftet a fashion itogetheV difflererit % m fte ; ^ The Bill , » it originally stood , V provided ^^ r , the etettiPn of l ( Wi wprkhousesi capable of
acconvmodating 800 pereona each , or 80 , 009 person * alui ^ gethen The Unions were to be ^ each 20 mile * gquarey or . to contain 400 Bquare ; miles ; Vagrancy and ; mendicancy were to be punished and suppressed as crimes against society ; and while the workboua * discipiine was to be so " stringent' as to prevent any motive short of downright starvation from inducing the poor man to apply for admission , all who , above the prescribed number , 80 , C 00 , found themselves in this condition , ( amounting at . particular seasons to a million and a half . ) were to exist after
some unheard of fashion , which the Bill did not con * de 8 cend to explain , and # hieh nothing slMirtpX Divine interposition could realize . There wasd » dbi ^ no room for them in the workhouses , or ratborr wr : workhouses for them ; the Biit had no pfbraidnffiic employing or feeding them but of the workhouse * ' $ they were riot to be at liberty .. ' tp help tnemselTesint ; their neighbours' expense : ( a privilege ; allowed' oiljri to the " higher orders ; " ) , anilastlyjif fonrid beg ^ nfrr or roaming- in quest ; of chantyj ( their present only : means ¦ of Bvirig , ) they ' were to be committed s »
rogues and vagabonds , - arid disposed of' tbe Lori knows how !; forit would be just as hard to find gaol * enough : ;; to contain them , ' aa to > find workhouse * All these monstrosities are omitted in the amended Bill ; but , alas ! they are omitted only to give pla l * to fresh ones which are just aa extravagant- ^ joit iii absurdly monstrous—just equally calculated to ' e&A ~ in smoke and disappointment . Iristeadof the tytaanical , hut fixed legislatiori of the originalBill , Irti land receives from the amended one no legislation at all , other than what an ambulating triumVirate msjr
hereafter choose to give ' them r in other wbfdS jitfc * amended Bill determines-nothing forthe IrishTpborj except that they are to have no out-door relief , lear--ing them in ^ every other essential respect' ;^ ^ to- tile absolute will of the Poor Law Commissioriers . ¦ Tl # latter will , therefore , be at liberty to erect ' zs mamf or as few workhouses as they like ; to expend on » - million or ten millions for that purpose , or only tW half of a quarter of a million , if they think proper j to maHe Unions of any form or extent they please , from 10 square miles to 400 ; to : levy whatever
monies they please upon the rate-payers , for the annual expenses of the poor ; to say to one portio * of the destitute , f' Come hither , ye who hunger and are naked , that we may feed , clothe , arid- comfort ye " - tosay to another portion , ' . " . 'Get ye atvay ftr Nova Scotia ,, or the kingdom come , for at Nature * * banquet there is no vacant cover for you . " In short the amended . Bill is , in all its essential parts , a Bifl . of blanks , which the Commissioners are empowered to ' -fill up , and which they will not fail ( as they vatue their salaries ) to . fill up in the same fashion-and
spirit m which they have filled the bellies of the poof of Bridgewater and Cjrencester ; they will fill theat with bastilization arid belly-ache—with short-commons and water-gruel . The only essential . improve--menr in the original Bill is the omission of the vagrancy and other clajses to prevent mendicancy * This is . a downright salutary improvement ; Arijr attempt to enforce those clauses in the present state of Ireland , - would be an attempt to exterminate tw » millions of the people ; for two millions , at least , preserve existence by mendicancy alone . With all
the " omnipotence of Parliament , " ( as BtACKsiowB terms it , ) it cannot make human beings resign life without a struggle , —it cannot debar two millions of them from a privilege which is allowed to the bird of the air and the beasts of the field—the privilege of roaming in . quest of food . Indeed , seeing that tn country has neither gaols to contain them riorfunda to keep them in gaol , it would be physically impossible to stop their vagrancy and mendicancy , unlesi by shooting them , as sportsmen shoot wild animals j but that pastime once commenced , away would go the estates ^ and down would come the AnVtoeraejr and Squirearchy to the level of their merits . Ot
no ! there can be rio law to suppresa Irish mendicity until there shall first be a law to prevent Irish destitution ; and laws to prevent destitution in Ireland or anywhere else there never will be , uatil the destitute masses shall begin to legislate for themselvefc . Nothing short of Universal Suffragewill give Ireland the legislation she requires . Nothing short of suck legislation will rescue her poor from destitution As long as the" destitution continuts , no deipotism o « earth can prevent them from begging and roving i « quest of food . The Parliament has , therefore , moat wisely abandoned the vagrancy and other clause against mendicancy , as " utterly impracticable for the present . " - * b .
The Bill , as it stands now , is not legislation , but a confession by the Legislature of its own incapacity to legislate . It does not simply , like the originat Bill , confer on a Board of Commissioners certain executive powers to cany into effect the prpviBions of au Act , but it actually delegates to those Commi » - sioners its own delegated powers ! It invests them with authority to enact the provisions , in the first instance , and then to execute afterwards ; thus constituting the said Comniissioners both Xegislativ and Executive , and arming them with a power over
the public purse , and with powers of life and deatk over the Irish poor , which surpass in despotism any powers ever known to exist in the feudal ages , or under the most absolute monarchy of the present day . Should this Bill pass the Lords , and receive the Royal Assent , it will not be an Act of Parliament ^ ( in the ordinary sense at least , ) but a declaration by Parliament that , finding itselfincapable of legislating for the poor of Ireland , it has ; therefore abandoned all legislation on that subject to a triumvirate called a Board of Commissioners , whom the natiba
disavowa and repudiates as Leg islators—Whom th » ^ lectors of the coujitry know nothing of , and whom the non-electors abhor as the Devil is said in Bom * to abhor holy water . Such , men of Englandj isithe boon vouchsafed to your fam shing brethren in Ire-Undi Such is tbe last scene of ^^ the lait aei of th » tragico-faTeical-melodrame which your "Reformed ^ Parliainent has been playing for the la « t seven yefttt at your expense . The most harrowing scenes , yo «
perceive , are got up in Ireland , because there tie soul is , as it were , attuned to tragedy by long familiarity with flie horrible . As the firit act opened vritfc Coercion , ^^ the ' iicerie was appropriately laidin Irelanb * . Not less appropriately does the last act close in the same country with the terrific scene of the " DiBVIt-KiNO- ' turning the pbekets of the peop le inside : out , covering the ^ land with huge unsightly prisonj i , water-grueliirig his incarcerated victims , and dealing diarrBceaandHeatn all around hlmV A capital aceae
for Ireland ^! ' ¦ The debate on this occasion was in every respect worthy of i&cfitutle . Anything to equal the igno ' - fance biunderings , and contempt of public opinioH , manifested ; bytb ^ " ^ to match out of the House of Commons iteelf . ' But as it wooM decupy too much of your space to analy «« the ; debate he * e , 1 wiliy with your jerrriissio * , reserve thii ! part of the subject till toy next . ' ' Tours , ^ c . "• ¦ ' BRbNTERRK .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 12, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct524/page/3/
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