On this page
- Departments (5)
-
Text (17)
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
tfwtim Sntenfattwt
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Ban^ni pt^i '¦ $«.
-
Untitled Article
-
iTxmtf**
-
&$vtiX of fyt $r***
-
Sm^etrtal aSarttametrt
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Article
AiracDOTE op SuLLT . ^ - ^ One" day , ihe Dnchess de Vapwile , one of Henry the Fourth ' s favourites , remonstrated with Sully for his severity , alleging that ta * King had k * o ©« right ' to niake presents to his . mistresses and nobility . His answer shxmld be generally known : — " This ware well , Madame , if &K King took the money fr # m his own purse ; but it fc against reason to take it from the artisans and agricultural labourers , sinee it is they who rapport the King and all of us - , ** d they would he w « U ontent with * single Matter , without having so saany cousins , relation * , and mistresses to maintain . —Gallery of Portraits , with Memoir * .
WXAX MXD WjSAIJS HOT STHOKTMOD 5 . — " If they « he political economists ) think that & political institution foster * production and accumulation , or that « political institution damp * production andaecumalation , they pronounce , without more ado , that the institution is good or bad . They forget that the wealth of the community is not the we&l of the community , tboagh wealth is one of the means requisite to the attainment of happiness . They forget that a political institution may further the weal of the community , though it cheeks the growth of its wealth ; and that a political institution which quickens the growth of its wealth , may hinder the advancement of fte weaL "— Austin 1 Jurisprudence . / jinmciM Job Miixeks . —There is a good deal of poetry in the butter trade , as w « learn from a Provi-6 eace grocer , who advertises a lot of ** prepossessing colour , and need as morning roses newly washed with dew . "
A uuxszd CLKS 8 TMAX , in Maine " , was accosted in the following manner by an illiterate preacher , who despised education : — " Sir , you hare been to college , I suppose 1 " " Yea , Sir , " was the reply . M I am thankful , " rejoined the former , " that the Lord has opened my mouth to preach without any learning . ' * * A similar event , " replied the latter , ** took place Jd Balaam's time , bat such things are of rare occurreoce ia the present day " Lises bt a Tax . —The following poetical effusion oq the bombardment of Acre appears in the Malta Times : — u The Castor ' s guns were thirty-six , Not one of them a quaker ; The Castor ' s men thus fought like bricks , And soon thus took John Acre . "
Pioxrs Scruples , —An Italian poet , who had written an opera , was so fearful ot taking Jhese liberties , that , in the author ' s advertisement prefixed , he Bakes the following deciarstion : — The words fate , deity , and destiny , which occur in the drama , are introduced merely poetically , -without * ny serious meaning-, as I believe in everything which my holy Mother Church has set forth as an article of faith and injunction . —Add ' uon's Travels in Italy . Ladt Jxbskt thi . xks , and perhap 3 correctly , that a distinction should be made between a created lord , and a lord of the ereation . Nobility may be conferred on a man , quoth she , bat man it noble in
iimself . So Psesce Albekt ' s 5 amk is to he inserted in the Liturgy . This is as it should be ; it is our bouuden duty to pray for all who prey for us J Cabihet Revels . Here ' s health to John Bull , " exclaimed Melbourne , " we need him ; And health too , my friends , to the doctors who bleed himi " It is Jfow ascertained , beyond doubt , that Mrs . ISets&U Ratsey . the wife of a sail-maker residing at Cowes , Isle of Wight , officiates as foster mother to the Princess Royal . The selection of a nurse from the Isle of Wight was made , it is presumed , in the belief that the best milk comes from Coves . Ir xptejlBS that the Dcxe of Wsjjkgtox , when be went up with the Oxford address ; wore the insignia of the Goiden-fleece—it ia presumed in compliment to his snereign .
BEapaocrrT . John Bull to toast the Sovereign spares no pains ; The Queen , in turn , drinks to John ' s sovereigns ! " I haf obdebeb , pretty Poll , a' sovereign ' s ¦ wor th of de pest tings in de ' varld for you to eatde pest vat dey call de seed . " " A sovereign ' s worth , " exclaimed the audacious bird , " that iB not much I " u The Diabt of a Sovereign * is the next work , £ is said , in course of publication by Lady Charlotte Bury , with notes appropriately appended by Miss Bary !
Saamcis * or Mohammed , — His own eagaeity may have led him to perceive the defects of the Mahe-mmedan religion ; but it is more than probable , thai without tfce counsel and example of these men , ( foreigners ) his policy would have led to his imposing himself on his people for a sincere believer in their faith ; and he would have been a strict obterver of the outward rites and forms of his religion , for that reason alone . As it is , he makes no pretentious to devotion . On two occasions' recently , when I have had interviews with him , in company with Sir Moses Montefiore , at the Magreb or evening hour of prayer , all the soldiers , officers , servants , and attendants of the palace , were assembled at their devotion in the large antechamber leading into his reception-room , with all the pomp and state of Oriental devotion . The derou : Mussalmen were ranged in rows in front of the Imam , and a person
duly appointed to perform the service chanted certain passages of the Koran and forms of prayers in a full sonorous voice , that echoed through the spaciou " rooms of the paJase . The various prostrations of those assembled , their simultaneous movements and accents , and the deep solemnity of the loek and manner of every individual engaged in prayer , had a very touching effect : but in the midst of all this solemnity , on one occasion the Pasha made his appearance from his own apartment , walked acros 3 the nail , took no notice whatever of those assembled at prayer , but seeing Sir Mose 3 Montefiore and myself and two other gentlemen standing in a corner , he said , in a loud , good-humoured tone , beckoning with his hand , "Guel , gnel" ( Come in , come in ;} and we had to follow him into bis grand saloon , to the manifest disturbance of all those employed in payer . —Dr . Madden ' * Mahomed AIL
The CHEisrtMxc—After being" baptised in the Jordan water , and crowing lusiily at the old lady Arettbisnop , her Royal Highness , * ays the Court newsman , " retired to her men apartments . " An ordinary child would » nly have been carried out by its nurse . JNothing ^ can be & greater proof of ih ' e QiTiae right of Kings , Queens , and Princesses , thaa that her Royal Highness , unlike a vulgar babby , "was not ' carried up into the nursery , " but M retired to her own apartments . "
Untitled Article
PARLIAMENT EXTRAORDINARY . RIGHTS OF WOMEN . There ia more sense ana honesty in the folloTring 5 oke , than in what is done in t ' other place . "
OLTMKC 1 HEATBB . On Saturday se ' nnight , at the Olympic Theatre , a / fcer a gay procession , to which the * ' merry Dunel " contributed the prominent and chief delight , her Majesty , Vestm , the first Qaeen of these realms , from her " Papai&n Bower , " prorogued the House in the following speech , as gracious in itself as it ¦•• as graciously delivered : — " Mr Loeds , Ladies , awd Gzmleke . 'c , —I have come to meet you for ihe purpose of proroguing this House . ** I have such well-grounded confidence in a continuance of the steady attention you have ever given to its business , that the most pressing necessity alone could induce naa to reson to so extreme a measure . " I will state to you , in a few words , what that ueces'Bity is . " My season is ended , and I cannot help myself .
"Gmtlemen of the Pit and Galleries , —I thank you foi" the cheerfulness with which you have ihrnishtxi the supplies ; and I haTe the highest B&ikfact / on in informing you , that tKey have not only been adequate to our curreat expences , but that a surplus remains . ** This e irplu 3 I have directed to be funded , and it will rem , ua applicable to the future exigencies of my manage went . "My Lorite , Ladies , and Gentlemen , —In looking back upon th * season which we are about to close , I find many t urea instances for our mutual congratalation . " If it be a blessing to have preserved domestic peace , what mus t it be to have preserved so many domestic pieces as" we nave ! " Our crop ha 3 ' been abundant , almost beyond precedent ; and the harvest has been well housed .
" Order has been * maintained , while ordtro have been excluded . "In reverting with ' - pride to the successful results ot native exertions , t am not unmindful of the assistance we hare OvWasweally received from our firm allies , the French anthers . "lam happy to tell 5 ^ that I continpe to receive asaor * cces ot the moti ti iendiy description , not only from them , but from all o » 'her foreign powers . " The freedom of the pr « s has been guaranteed , and the consequence has i ^ een its cordial support » pon all critical eceaeioas . w Daring the approaehiag r west , mj most anxious endeavours will be directed to provide / or your fr £ nre comfort and amusement . u Should the seats prove rotte . i , I will re-form the « fcole House . * My efforts will be realously 1 seconded by all the ambers of my mimio Administra tion .
** For them and for myself , I sinc » i"ely and cordially Jbank you for all your warm-hearte d support ; and , I have only to add , that this Hou » e stands prorogued until Monday , the * Oth day of September next , then and there to meet , for the * dispatch ot pleasure . " „ Delivered , Saturday , April l * th , 1853 .
Untitled Article
THE CHRISTENING . It would be gratifying to know , tehcte teste presided " over the adornments of the ceremonial at the reception of the infant princess into tbe visible church . A day or two previous to the tenth , toe Ctoart Journal * «» ve oa an account of an express despatched to Windsor to bring Tippoo Baib ' s . tiger , with \ Xa golden tongue * nd roby eyes , and the jewelled peacock of tbe Great Mogul , to be present at too ceremony . we trust net as emblems of the fotor « character of tbe illtutriou PriBoeu . It does not clearly appear wiat place-wa . assigned to tbew appropriate ornamenti : hut can fc » been taken to iaform th » poblictbat " tbe watar in the font , and wherewith Uie royal child was « hristened » came bom . th « river Jordan , naving beea fr » t W-faer Majesty as a present for this especial p « rpp » v" To prevent , bowever , any anspidon of t&ic-moa&cingy and deferenoe to the Irish papists in this matter , " cups , vases , and tankards" are enumerated . atflinE
ing on the sideboard at dinner , " tome of whkb c « d enamelled paintings let into them of sacred subjects , having evidently been formerly employed in the services of the Church of Borne . " Our Babylonish Sovereign still ana the vessels of the temple * t feasts : there is no reconcilement—no intention of disgorging- tire prua- > der or the eburch . The once-consecrated nteoirils "were huddled ainoBgst beatheni « h 'bas-relief s - . " here might be seen a beautiful and graceful group of bacchanal dancing round a palm-tree ; there a group of sturdy Tritons labouring at the car ; then a Venus floating In a shell ; then a « ut > jeet from the Greek mythology . " Amid this eonfasioa of classical mythology , ornaments inherited or plundered from " the realm of the Great MoguJ , " and church-tankards condemned to hold mulled vrines , the Archbishop of Canterbnrtis skilfully introduced by toe Court chronicler : — " Whether the ample and flowing robes of tbe Archbishop deceived the child , or whether the kind tenderness of manner of the
excellent Prelate prevented the infant from diacotering any difference , certain it is that her Royal Highness reposed in the arms of the spiritual head of the church with ai much contentment as though she had been in the arm * of her own nurse . " Toltaire himself never darted a more polished or d » ring scoff . To complete this cabinet of curiosities , there onlv needed " a christeningcake of the most eaormous dimensions : round it was a wreath of flower *; on the top of it a rock , surmounting which Neptune , driving his hippomtmpi ; and in the car a figure of Britannia , holding in her anna the infant Princess Royal ; the whole beinf executed In sugar , and being a very fair specimen of the confectioner ' s skill . "—Spectator .
Untitled Article
WHIG EOOXOMT . Lord Keane hu been a fortunate man . His great expl oit in India waa the capture of a very strong place vrith a very weak door , and be wilt doubtless hav 4 the a&me good ] nek of finding a very weak door to the guard-house of the public treasury . Lord Keane did all that be had to do in India well : his campaign waa short and successful , and he seems to have been not displeased to leave off with the success he had achieved , and to hasten borne for his rewards . Tbe question is , not whsther Lord Keane has rendered aervice , but whether the service he baa rendered ia such aa U > create a claim both to a title and two thousand a year for three l ives , and this * t a time when Government thinks it right to practise a most minute economy .
A Treasury order was lately issued to tbe public efficai , directing that old Ink-bottles and almanack frames should be saved , and returned by a cart , wbicb would call for them , that they might be naed again , and that notes should be written on half-sheets of paper . This was striking evidence of a rigorous spirit of economy . " Tak « care of the pence , " saya old Richard , 11 and the pounds will take care of themselves ; " and when we aaw the case of tbe old ink-bottles and almanack frames , it aeemed to ns that the ptiblio purse should hardly want guardians , so well able should it be to take care of itself , according to the reasoning 0 / the maxim . But lo . ' £ 2 , 000 a year for three lives is asked for the reward of Lord Keane ' s campaign !
We wish some one would calculate the number of « ld ink-bottles and almanack frames in lord Keane . Let us see how mach parsimony ia necessary to make up for so much profusion . Let us see to what extremities we most be miserably penny-wise in order to be able to be magnificently pound-foolish . Let . us have the computation of the value in old ink-bottles or almanack frames granted to three lives , in consideration of Lord Keane ' s successes . — ' Eramiti * r .
Untitled Article
THE LETTER OF MR . J . G . MARSHALL TO EARL F 1 TZWILLIAM . The sensible letter of Earl FiUwilliam , assigning the reasons way his Lordship refused to attend the recent Chartist conference at Leeds , has called forth a long and rambling reply from Mr . J . G . Marshall , inserted in Friday ' s Times , in which , among other grave assumptions , he Ventures to hazard the following : —First , that the Chartists , apait from tbe millions who do not coincide with them , constitute " the people j" secondly , that the Reformed Parliament does not fairly represent tbe wants ami wishes of the said people ; thirdly , that in Norway , Switzerland , and the United States , where the Government and the populace are alleged to
be in perfect harznoBy , the latter are ' universally happy , enjeying the whole fruits of their industry in a high state of physical well-being , distinguished by intellectual and moral culture ; " and lastly , that as the Lords and Commons are clearly responsible for those dispensations of Proridence whereby individuals and classes are of ua visited with adTersity , so , if the People ' s Charter were once made law , idle fellows would immediately betome industrious , bad workmen would earn as large wages as good ones , no overstocked markets would oes&sion a decrease of employment , no improridence or ill-health would produce distress in labouring families , and , to crown all , the Ballot would be a synonyme for bliss .
> ow , of course , these dogmas are no otherwise deserving of notice than m showing the rank and heartless nonsense with which ignorant multitudes are fortified in their wild impracticable theorieB . That a number ef simple-minded workmen , deluded by their more pragmatical and palavering shopmataa , should occasionally tumble up ias thty themselves say ) to bare a bit of jaw about politics or aonittliing else , it nothing wonderful certainly . Time out of mind , there have been hosts of apron'd statesmen—the great lights and big-wigs of the factory—who have always derived a sufficient motive for the invention of jrrievances , from the facilities thereby afforded for fleecing their dupes , under pretenea of gathering subscriptions to obtain redress . But , that master manufacturers in the station
of Mr . Marshall , having nothing in cjuimon with such demagogue sharpers as these , should unrtfltctingly comm : t themselves to the cruel responsibility « f stimulating their confiding inferiors to " clamour for a political Utopia which , even were it realizable , would involve infinitely worse evils \ han now exist , does , we confess , astonish us not a little . It is evident from that individual ' s letter , that he is ignorant , profoundly ignorant , not only of historical experience , but of the elementary principles of human society . Hot , aupposing bis sentiments to be a fair specimen of those of his fellow Liberals throughout the country , could there be a stronger reason with thinking men for combining in all directions to extinguish a democratic factioa which seeks to exalt itself upon the ruins of our social fabric .
Just lmaspne for a moment that their extravagant demaads were worthy of serious deliberation . Overlooking those cj&igreements among themselves whereby , while nearly unanimous in advocating an extension of the franchise , one section insists on Universal Suffrage , and another positively refuses to go so far , let us concede , for mere argument ' s gake , either that all householders paying taxes , or that all lads having attained majority , onght to possess the right of voting for members of Parliament Two consequences , we submit , are perfectly demonstrable : —first , that this new ifcfunn would by no means allay the clamour for a yet farther extension of electoral rights ; and secondly , if it did allay that clamour , it would inevitably disappoint expectation as regards the well-being or happiness of the lower orders .
In tbo first place , make a hypothetical trial of Household Suffrage . Under this arrangement all the married workmen who occupy an independent dwelling of their own , no matter how small tbe rent , wouid have a vote for a Parliamentary representative . We are entitled to assume , therefore , though there are other elements which might materially disturb this conclusion , that then would be content But what should we do with the myriads of bachelor journeymen , who , in the undoubted exercise of British freedom , might think fit to remain in lodgings ? Why , they would be utterly impatient of the invidious distinction thus established between themselves and a portion of their sbopmates . They would constitute , accordingly , a new class of grievanoe-mongers ; they would become violent in their outcry for eqnal rights ; in a word , a further extension of the franchisa would be declared to be absolutely necessary .
Pass at onoe , then , to Universal Suffrage . Confine the privilege , at first , to males and majon . All the footmen , grooms , coachmen , and out-d « or servant * of the aristocracy—all the clerks , warehousemen , and porters of the aierchanfcs—all the shopmen , messengers , and dependents of the tradespeople— all the journeymen , laboureri , and " prentices throughout the kingdom ••—all the fore-mast mariaers in merchant service—all the atte-bodied sailors in her Majesty ' s iset— all the private * in the army and marines—all the officers in the excise , customs , and dock-yards—all the servaats of railway , inturanoe , aad joint-stock companies aU these , as » matter of course , most be put in posaesslon
of the nnirertal franchise . WelL what the better woold they be of this ? and what th « better would tbe country be ? On the supposition that auch an enlargement of the Suffrage were a « t * aUy effected , any importance now attached to an individual vote would be completely swamped In the vmversmUty of the privilege . What everybody could give , nobody would care for . In such circumstances , a voter would be reduced to the most coutemptibl « unit in existence . If it be true that a few pounds are sometimes given to bribe him at present , the difference under Universal Suffrage wonld be , not that bribery would be done * w ay -with , bat that the priw of the voter ' s venality
Untitled Article
woald be prodiflomsly lowtt ** In proportk * to the eommonnea of the article . Aft mattea pow stand , a « hooeft elector ma ; often martyr spirit to resist the importuitieft ot am employer ; bu * with . Universal Saflrage ,. bk vote jroctd not be worth &wi » irto * ° 7 man . Thia eomslnsjon i » therefore obrioosi that under the propqw& JUKttttfctrt wfoM of liberalism , - / tto influence of wealth would cany ail before lt-r-aye , even with the BaUotr rr even more than it does now . The evil of private . tampering * . la . Biqpoxttpif to , their increased cheapness and facilities , would be multip lied ¦^¦ ¦ ' ";•; ¦ : ¦ : ti--m . > , '_ .
thonaaadfoid . - - - ... ; . , . * Ask the working men in Ame * tea ^* h « J ^ re ^ ae benefit they draw , or whether they draw any' benefit at all , from th * ptmavAoa of thft eteottv * ftna » oM » e ? Apart trout tbe occasional fingering of a miserable bribe , tb « practice of which In ti » United'States , W M ommon and current as political venality can make H , they toil their six day * a week , earn their ¦ canty-wage * , and have a * datperato a straggle with poverty w oar iinsnflWtged operative * st borne , BepnUican-&rib « ry , a * we may take a future opportunity of showin g , 1 * the rottenest and aoost pernicious bribery
in existence . Then , what sort of senator * should we have under Mr . Marshall ' s coatemplated raffinut Men returned to Parliament wttaott * ptopet qualification , had pal * a salary by their constituent * , would , in all probability ; be Unpurchaseable tool * ot any Ministry that : might choose to bid hijfa enoagh for tfieir eo-opertriiott qc connivance ; and if Parliament * wen annual , ' tbe fugitive nature of their delegated honour * , instead of enhancing responsibility , would furnish only tbe stronger motive for reaping an early harvest of corruption . • - ' - .
Neither wonld Universal Suffrage itself , or what 1 * commonly so called , be stamped with anything like finality . Modern education , which Rally moans modern magic , is working extraordinary changes whether they be improvements or not , is another question . Everything would tlraggle to be upon the move . Connected with repeated alterations in the franchise , it is by no means unlikely that an attempt might be made sooner or later to abridge the term of yean heretofore assigned to pupillage and majority . These railway time * may presently" conduct lads to maturity and to political privileges at sixteen—nay ,
eventually , even at twelve . Female * , -too , patronise d by tbe advocates of equality , might by and by grow impatient of their qutet legitimate isfisence , and seek to become active Parliamentary politician * , with an alleged indefeasible right both to vote at the pollingbooth , and to harangue at the hustings . Pray , Mr . J . € K Marshall , where wonld all this stop ? What ia now called Universal Snffr&ge , were it ever adopted , wonld just be tantamount to universal confusion . Mr . Marshall should teach bis workmen sounder principles , and set them a better example . At present , whatever be may think of it , he is only contributing to their miser y * —Times .
Untitled Article
HOUSE OF LORDS .-Fjudat , Fbb . 12 th . The Bishop of London presented a petition from the Mayor and Corporation of Leed * in favour of the Bill for the Drainage of Building * . He fully concurred In the prayer of the petition , as be believed a great portion of all dlwata in large town * arose from imperfect sewerage aad ventilation . Lard Ellenbououoh thought the moral and religions improvement of the poor totally inconsistent with their physical degradation , and that it was utterly idle to build churches and school-houses until the poor man wm placed in a situation of self-respect , and had a comfortababie home . Ha regretted that the Bill waa enly prospective in it * operation . In answer to tbe Marquis of Salisbury , Yisoount Du ^ CAN ^ OJi said it was the intention of Government to proceed with the recommendations of the committee for making additional thoroughfares in the metropolis as soon as possible .
The Marquis of Norm A ! f bt moved the second reading of the Drainage of Buildings Bill . It was but one step upon the subject , and he promised their Lordships it wonld be followed up by other * . The Noble Lord then referred' » t some length to the prevalence of feTcn and other disease * in' various districts of th ? metropolis , which" had not been property drained or ventilated . In the provinces the same ill effects were observable in all the large manufacturing towns , where vast numbers of the population were crowded together In badly ventilated and'drained districts . The Noble Lord referred to the Matistical tables of the mortality , in Manchester , Liverpool , Glasgow , and other large towns , in order to show that of late yean it had considerably increased . It was not his intention at present to extend the provision * of the Bill to Scotland , a ) though he had no objection to it * being extended to
Ireland-The Marquis of Salisbury said bis only objection to the Bill was , that it did net go far enough . Some of the provisions had been rather hastily considered , and he proposed , therefore , that it should be referred to a select committee up sta / rs . The Earl of Wicklow also thought the measure imperfect in some of Its details . The Marquis of Westmi . nsteh supported the Bill , which waa then read a second time , and ordered to be referred to a select committee up stairs . —Adjourned till next Tuesday .
Untitled Article
HOUSE OF COMMONS .-ZVWay , Feb . 12 . Several bills for amending railway acts were advanced a stage-Petitions were presented , by Mr . Brotaerton , for a free pardon to Frost , Williams , and Jones ; by Mr . Berkeley , against the Corn Laws , and fieiu the merchants of Bristol against tbe equalization of the duties on East and West India produce ; by Mr . O'Connell , against the combination of workmen in the printing trade ; and by Mr . Lockhart and Mr . Ewart , in favour of the copyright of designs bilL Lord J . Russell , in reply to Sir E . Sugden , stated that it was his intention to oppose tbe bil of the Right Hon . Gentleman on the subject of tbe administration of justice ia the Privy Council and the House of Lords .
Mr . Godson gave notice that , on the 23 rd February , he should move for the appointment of a committee to inquire into the present state of companies established for the insurance of lives . Mr . Ewaut gave notice that , on the 20 tk February , he should move fo » the appointment of a committee to inquire into the treatment of lunatics in the H&nwell Asylum . Iu answer to Mr . Ewart , Lord Palmerstok said i t w&s tbe intention of Government to propose a reduction of the duty on Neapolitan oil , bat he could not say to what extent It was also their intention to bring in a bill to facilitate the transfer of goods by document between principal and factor .
Mr . HciiE wished to know whether there w&b any truth in tbe report which had obtained circulation in the Indian papers , namely , that the 2 nd Bengal cavalry had behaved so badly during toe war iu Afghanistan , refusing to advance at tbe command of their officers , that they had been sent back to Bengal and disbanded —that upon investigation it turned out that Sir John , now Lord Ksane , had ordered a trooper of the regiment to be shot withont court-martial or inquiry , and that no regular inquiry had beea permitted into the circumstances .
Sir J . Houhouse regretted that the Hon . Member , upontbe evidence of a newspaper correspondent , would believe a British general officer to have beea an accomplice of murdtr under the pretence of discharging his duty . The object evidently was to prevent an hon . and gallant officer , who had Berved hia country for nearly fifty yeare , from receiving the reward to which he was juEtlv entitled . The facts of the case were , that the regiment in question were commiting depredations on tbe standing crops of a village , and at the earnest entreaties of the leading men videttes were posted around the fields with instructions to fire over tee bendB of tbe marauders . One man was in consequence wounded in the leg , and if the man had been shot on the spot the commanding officer would have been perfectly justified . ( Cneers . ) He would add further , that during the whole advance not only was no man punished with death , but there was no instance of corperal punishment having been inflicted .
Mr . Williams wished to know ff the papers which had published these calumnious statements would be prosecuted . Mr , Hogg said no report whatever had reached the Directors of the East India Company in reference to these charges . Lord Howick thongbt the explanation of the Right Hon . Gentleman highly satisfactory . Thy Hoo » then went into oommittee to take Into consideration her Majesty ' s message relative to a grant to Lord Keane . Lord J . Russell proposed that a sum of £ 2 , 000 fee granted to Lord Keane and his tw » next surviving heirs . Sir It . Peel seconded the motion , and declared that he would not disturb the unanimity of the House with reference to any political questions .
Lord Howick opposed the grant , and reminded the NoWe Lord ( J . Rassell ) of the practice in ancient time * of rewarding the victorious general * with a laurel crown . In later times a word from Queen ElismbetJn was thought the highest reward that " could be conferred npon the bravest and inost distinguished of the generals ; He thought a large grant of the public money wa * altogether uncalled for . . LordJ . Russell observed that la ancient times a victorious army returned laden with spoil * , and the country would be shocked if it had been stated that Sir John Ke&ne had returned to Enyaad with several waggon leads of silver .
Mr . B . vuu objected to the ereatio * of % pamper peerage , aad thought it extremely i * g * dicio » to pension a family for three generation * « pon the public taxes . Bach a step tended to degxade the peerage in the eyea of the public . He also objected on the gro « nd thai the motion was not ; -well timed ; they had not the mean * of paying tbe debts they bad already incurred , and at the present mome . it there was an excess of five millions of expenditure oviVr their income . Sir H . Vivian supported the motion . Mr . Mumz did net think himself -authorised to tax those who were yet unborn fo . ? «* ch a jwrpose , although he did not mean to disparage Ahe * ar * ioea of the Noble Lord , or to refuse bun anam ^ fe JBWacd U his own person . " .
Untitled Article
Mr . Bbothertoh thoafht they ought to confer reward * aad distinction * on Captain Cle « iwd tfaoea like Urn , who bad been instrumental in strl&f life , instead of voting large sum * to those who had cawed a great destraetioa © f ^ liifo ( Hear , and laufhter . ) , Geaora } Johnsph thought it a wasteful e *|> emllture rf tbe p « bli « fund * , Aadwcoldoppow the iboUqb . ¦ . Qolonel Salwrt had known the presentOovernment long enough to learn that | heie wan tae , greate * t possible contrast between their professions out of tfoora and their conduct in . the House . > On a division , there appeared—for the motion , 195 i sgaintt it , 4 S , . ¦ -: ¦ -: ..,, ¦ : ¦ ...- ¦ .::: ;;> ¦ - ¦ - .. The House , then went into oommittee on the Custom DaUe * Bill , and ; . <;¦; : r ,, ¦ ,:. ¦ ¦¦ : ¦ '¦ ¦ :.. v ¦ - : ¦ -., Mr . Labqu H £ « b moved a resolution for the . w ^ nc tlon of the duty en rum , the produce ~ U Ib * East indie * . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦; ¦ ' : / . , . , . . / : ¦ :. : , V : : v v ' . v - ¦ - ¦ _ _ ¦ Am _ . _' •_ A A . *^ ^ « . i- » ^_ #
^ ' Mr . CfotriBUBlr complained that tbe W 6 * t India interest * bad been treated mort unfairly in tbe pro : posed measure of Government for ihe' equalization of tbe dutyon mm and other artfele * of -East India produce . It was beside * a direct breach of faith * , because they had been told that there would be no interference at present with theWest India interests in consequence of the difficulties under whloh they were latwuring . Ha denied that the meature would be of co much benefit to the East Indies aa wa » expected by iu framer * . .-. ¦¦ '•' ¦ . £ : " : ' . ¦ ' ' " ¦¦ ¦'¦ - '¦ ' ¦¦• ¦ Mr . Labouchebb ' ww * glad the speech of the Right
Hon . Gentleman ca-ntaJned ao few substantial objec t tiott * against t ; his proposition . It was evident that it was merely ft question of time between himself and the Right Hon . Gentleman . < The manufactures of India bad been almost annihilated , although he believed the demand for English manufactures in that country -was only limited by their own restrictions . He was 'quite sure that in a country like theirs , pos « eMing widely extended colonial territories , there was but one safe and rational principle , namely , to treat with equal favour and protection . every part of the empire . ( Loud
cheers . ) Mr . EWA . RT thought all the articles of East India produce , including coffee and tobacco , should b * placed upon , the same footing as the produce of the West Indies . Mr . COLQUHOBN said if they abolished the protection they would increase the commercial prosperity of both colonies . . ¦ '' , Mr . Hawes said it would also have the effect of increasing the exertion * of the West Indian colonies , and the result of the application of the principle * of free trade would be found ultimately beneficial . Therevenue was falling off from the present high price of sugar , and a great objection would be raised , throughout the oountry , to the imposition of new taxes , when the revenue might be Increased by an honest course of oommeroial policy . ¦
Sir A . Gban 1 * aid the Wort Indie * were in a state of transition , and suggeated that the duty should be gradually -diminished . Sir S . L . USHINGTON would not support any proposition which would not fully secure that country against the chance of the introduction of tbe produce of slave labour . ¦ ¦ .. ... Lord SANDOlf said the interest * of the free labourers had been completely lost tight of . If . the measure mi carried into immediate effect , it would'compel the planters to discontinue the employment of them men . He thought the operation of the BUI ought to be delayed for at least two years . . ,, Mr . Laisouchkre said It could not come into practical operation for six months , and he should not consent to any further delay .
Sir R . PEEL advocated tbe plan of a gradual reduction of the duty , as otherwise , the West Indian proprietors would have some reason to complain that they had beeatf tken by aurpriie . At the same time he did not intena to disturb the unanimity of the House by offering any opposition to the present motion . The resolution was ultimately agreed to without & division . The Committee of Ways and Meanawas postponed on the suggestion of Sir B . PeeL > Mr . Lauouchere moved the second leading of the Railway * Bill , stating that he would not take tbe next stage for a fortnight , in order that ample time might be given for considering it * detail * . Read a second time . ¦ ¦
The Registration of Voter * ( England ) BUI was postponed till Friday next Adjourned at a quarter-post twelve .
Tfwtim Sntenfattwt
tfwtim Sntenfattwt
Untitled Article
TO THE XPITOR OF THK KORTBBRN STAR . New York , January 39 th , 1841 . Dear Sir , —Not wishing to trouble you oftener than appears necessary , I have not for sometime trespassed on your patience , or the columns of your extensively circulated journal ; but , at this time , having a few facts of importance to communicate ( not exactly of importance to the community , but to individual families ) , I hope you will give me space for the present scrawl . In the first place , I beg to inform you , that the ship American arrived here on the 11 th day of December , having had a very protracted voyage , during which many of the passengers were taken ill , in consequence of want of provisions , && , among whom were- — Bradbury and Charles Kinsey , from the neighbourhood
of Oldham ; and John Adamson , carpenter , late a resident in Glasgow , who boarded with me , and whom I found necessary to send t « the ho * pital—a place where every necessary attention is paid them . Adamson is recovered , and now following his employment ; Bradbury U fast recovering , and \ expect will be out In a few days ; but Kinsey died in a few days after his admission . Lobley , from Bradford , i * also in the Pensylvania Hospital . Another case is that of —• ¦ Brown , from Manchester , who came out in the ship Francis first , arriving here on the 18 th of the present month , in company with whom was James Hudson , of Bradford ; William ibboUon , of Halifax , bookseller ; and a young man of the name of Colcroft , or Cowcroft , from near Halifax . These persons boarded with me for eight or nine days , during which time Mr . Brown appeared very weak , and kept hi * bed ; after which , Messrs . Ibbotson and Colcroft went over the river , and engaged a place in which to carry on tbe business of
fellmongerlrtfe or tanning , leaving Hudson and Brown with me { the latter stilt in bed ) until the following day , when Hudson removed him to the place taken by the others , in Jersey , under a pretext that he should board and lodge with them , which ended , on the morning following his removal , with Hudson decamping , and taking £ 0 i sterling belonging to the man Brown , who may be , apparently , about forty-ilve or fifty year * of age . Tbe case has not yet been brought before the police , but shall be immediately . Ibbotson Bay * that Hudson has , also , £ ii sterling belonging to him . Time , however , tbe unraveller of nil myteries , will , perhaps , throw additional light on thia villanous and infernal transaction , by which a sick man , in year * , has been plundered of every penny in hi * possession , and left destitute in a strange land . He is how about being admitted into the Hospital , to live on the benevolence of the public until he is restored to health , or passes out of this stage of existence into that where there are
no rogues . It appears that the manner In which the money of Brown w&b got possession of is a somewhat novel step in the art of thieving . On the voyage it was represented to him how dangerous it was to have a sum of money by him in his trunks , or otherwise , and wi * thereby induced to give it up to the safe keeping of Hudson , who would lodge it in bis rule pocket , on the side of bis pantaloons , taking care to stiteb it especially safe , —and it has proved , so safe , that Hudson hag gone off , and the money with him , it evidently having been impossible to separate them .
Political matters appear on the move r an extra Session is proposed by the British Whigs , to enable them to repeal the Sub-Treasury Bill , &c , &c . The affairs iu the State of Maine look anything bat peaceable . M'Leoil is stated to have been admitted on bail ; such is not the fact- The moneymongera here , in connection with those of Britain , are moving heaven and earth to mortgage tbe States , by internal improvements , &c , but I guess it won't do ; Brother Jonathan will settle their affairs one of these days . By giving insertion to the above , you will greatly oblige many of your readers , and tbe families referred to . I am , Sir , Youra , very respectfully , Peter Busset . No . 2 , Front-street , New York . U . 8 .
P . S . I have also jusi bee » informed that ( Jeorge Atkinson , » on of Robert Atkinson , of Bradford , who arrived here on th « iKHh d : iy of September , in the ship Fairfield , died this day , in the Lunatic Asylum , to which placs he was Uken on the evening of the 27 th instant . P . B .
Untitled Article
Accidents during the Frost . —A bricklayer ' s labourer fell down in the streets of London last week , owing to the slippery state of the road caused by ' the frost . He had a piece of timber 6 » his shoulder , which c « ne in contact with his head , and so injured him th * t he has since died . —A carman , who was driving a horso and cart , also fell down in the streets , while going along Crut&ued Friars , and before be could rise the carl passed over his lei ; . Inflammation of the limb took place , followed by death .
Ik thb SAME Court an action was tried in which Mr . £ gan , » barrister , claimed frost the Guardians of tbe Kensington Unioa » balance of account due for attending to the business of returning-ofBcer at the election for Guardians . It appeared that the Guardians had advertised for a barrister , and it waa agreed the plaintiff should be employed at five guineas a day . The defendants had tendered £ 260 , and the plaintiff ' s demand wa 3 £ 371 . A barrister ' s right to briig an action for fees was questioned ; and the circumstance of striking a bargain for services was stroKgly animadverted on by the Attorney-. General as degrading to the profession . The verdict was for the defendants , on the ground that the sum paid into eourt covered the plaintiff ' s legal demand .
Untitled Article
Air English * ProtesUai Church ia sow being built at Jerusalem . Thb Fbsmch post-office has adopted portable gas for lightato ^ he mail coaches . A rfGiWTjc encounter last week wsb thus » nr nounc 5 d— " ^ da « V great figh t with CSi « n . '' . . . ' ¦ Accounts ftom i all j parts of Germany advert to the immense quantity . of snow that had lately fallen there , burying in some places whole Tillages . At St . PsiraiSBimoH ibey change the sentinels on duty every ten urintitea , several having * been frown to death . „ v . The stort of Don-. Miguel ' i paying Poortbg *! a visit by way of Franc © and Spain , is current , and credited among the Spaniard * . ; The office of public executioner at Athena has been given to a Frenchman , who is to have a salary ofiOQf . per month , and lOQf . for each ; execution . , A . ^ m . ' Wkbk > v im . ^ 1 ^ il I ii ¦! « Mt « f "& •« M \* Im « kA « SV " . hAIHM
INCENDfABiSM appears ( to . be on the increase , the Policy Gexett * containing four , offers ^ of reward for the discovery * nd : apprehension of offenders . ¦ . Thbhe is to 1 » a renewal , itis stated , of the proseeotion against Madame Laffarge for the robbery of the diamonds of Mme . de Leotaud . Thb Chammeb 01 * Commehce of Dunkirtc has p 0 titioned'Government to undertake the formation of a railroad from Dunkirk to Lille . ' Sir Astlbt- Coppsa died at his house in Conduitstreet , London , on Friday , aged 72 . He was worth half a million of money . ' , , East Suheey EtECMOK . —Final Clo 3 B ' . op ihb Polim— Friday , Four o ' clock . —Antrobus , ' 2 , 652 ; Alcock , 1 , 438 . Majority for AntrobuB , the Tory candidate , 1 , 214 . '
The Austrian army is on its fall war footing . At » moment ' s notice the Austrian Government could bring into the field 300 , 000 men and 600 pieces of cannon . ' \ Thb wreck of bet Majesty ' s ship Fairy has been discovered about four miles from Lowestoft " . A fishing smack is said to have brought up one of the yards . In a latb week , the out-relief for the poor of the parish of Coventry alone was bestowed-upon about 1 , 100 poor families . There is the greatest distress among the weavers . FtNiEAi . op NAPOLriON .--The removal of the coffin of the Emperor Napoleon from the dome of the InvalideB into the side-chapel ef Saint Jerome , near Paris , was effected on Saturday week . ' . -
In Manchester , great interest is expressed as . to the cultivation of cotton in India ; an account has been received of an experiment made for raising plants from Sea Island cotton , which had proved successful . ¦ Cbockfobd ' s Cltjb no longer exiBts . The Club will long bear the charmed name , but the late proprietor has no interest in the management at table . The new Club is in the hands of a Committee . Two Females , moving in respectable society at Devonport , have been apprehended for shoplifting . One of them alleged in palliation , that she was poor , and wished to keep up a respectable appearance ! , . " .. ¦ .
Canterbury Election .-t-A petition against the return of the Tory candidate , Mr . Smytbe , was presented on Friday ; it emanates from two electors-Stephen Marrell and William Lepine , and alleges bribery and treating against the sitting member . Fibe ax Bbejjtford . —On Saturday morning a fire , attended with considerable loss , broke out in the mailing-bouse of Mr . Thomas , a brewer and distiller , Brentford . The damage was confined to the upper floors . The highest annual average price of wheat in England since the passing of the Corn Laws , was in 1817 , namely , 94 a . per qr . The lowest price , being also the average of the year , in Russia Proper , was in 1825 nearly 16 s . 9 a . per qr .
The proposed equalisation of the duties on East and West India rum , is attracting the attention ; of capitalists , and may probably lead to the investment of a considerable amount of British oapital in East India cultivation and commerce . ItomrNG the 1-ast two teabs there have been thirty-seven promotions from the ranks in the army . The commissions have beea givea chiefly to sergeant-majors and colour-sergeants . Four common sorgeants are in the Hat of promotions . ' Strange Patent . —The following appears in the list of patents : —Thos . Yaux , of Frederick-street , Gray ' s inn-lane , worsted manufacturery for improve * ments in htrse shoes . —Sealed 19 th January—six months .
Barbarity in Salop . —The miscreant Jones , whose extraordinary barbarity to an illegitimate chUd was last week mentioned , has been sentenced to two months' imprisonment ia the county jail ; before liberation , to find sureties for his future good conduct . Gross Attempt at Imposiwon . —Two men were taken before the magistrates at Union-Hall ,, on Saturday , for attempting to sell a package of sawdust for tobacco . They were discharged—the magistrate stating he had no power to inflict punishment on the defendants . .
More Bishops . —It has been determined to proceed without further delay with the plan proposed in the Bishop of . London ' s letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury for providing a fund for the endowment of bishoprics in the British colonies and foreign possessions . The first objects to which the fund will be applied will be the endowment , or part endowment , of bishoprics in Malta and in JNew Zealand . Aristocratic Insolvents . In the Sheriff's Court , on the 11 th inst ., proclamation of outlawry , for non-payment of debts , waa made against the following tided personages : —Sir Andrew Leith Hay , the Honourable Charles Manners Sutton , the Right Honourable Charlotte Maria Bury , and the Honourable George Lionel Massey . ;
Middle Class Mokamtt . —In the Court of Queen's Bench , on Friday , an action for criminal conversation was tried , in which Mr . Brummell , the son of Mr . Brummell of the Treasury , was the plaintiff , and Lieutenant Jaekson of the First Dragoon Guards was the defendant . The Jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff , with £ 500 damages . Almiuino Fire . —On Sunday morning , about twelve o ' cloek , an alarming fire broke out on the premises of Mr . Stretch , bookbinder , of St . Martin's Lane . Considerable damage was done to the extensive stock , bookbinding presses , and the building . Mr . Stretch is insured in the Imperial . No account can be given of the origin of the fire .
Singular Accident . —An inquest was held on Saturday , on the body of a porter , named Patrick Buse , employed at the East London Dispensary . He bad punctured the palm of hia right hand " , whilst opening a door that bad a broken brass handle , and it is supposed there was verdigris in the handlei which mingled with the blood , and caused the slight wound in the end to prove fatal . A man was brought up to the Mansion House on Saturday , for refusing to pay 6 d . for two plates of meat and vegetables he had consumed at an eating-, house . The unconscionable rascal had been tempted into the house by the announcement in the ' window , of " Dinner and supper for 3 d ., " which the eatinghouse keeper had placed there as a lura . However , the "biter" was fairly "bit . "
Malicious Propensity . —A young man , named Carr , was brought up to Hatton Garden Policeoffice on Saturday , charged with breaking the windows of a Mr . Miller , of Islington . The defendant having paid the damage dene to Mr . Miller ' s property , left the court amidst the hisses and groans of a very crowded court . There were at least five hundred stones produced , which had been flung through windows ; one struck a lady in the face while she was in bed dying , and , as may be . supposed , caused the utmost anguish . It is impossible to convey an idea of the extent of damage done , and the consternation occasioned therebv .
William Hone . —The author of "The Every-D&y Book , " and other publications , is now , at the age of sixty years , disabled , by bodily infirmity and the effects of two paralytie seizures , from providing the means of supporting himself and his dependent family . For the last five years the post of sab-editor of the Patriot newspaper was his sole dependence ; and this he would have continued to retain , had he not been thus incapacitated . Some . of his friends have formed themselves into & committee , for the purpose of raising contributions for securing to him an income sufficient to save him from penury . Ameng others are—Mr . Alderman Pirie , Freeman ' s-court , Cornhill , the treasurer ; Thomas Piper , sen ., Esq . ; Thomas Ghalis . Esq ., aad Apsley Pellat , Esq ., who are trustees . —Cambridge paper . .
Slavery changing Names . — -There IB & vessel only waiting for fair winds to leave this country on % perfectly novel mission . The * Hector , Caps . Robert Fraetn&n , ib under engagement to convey Mr . Barclay , the Agent-General for Jamaica , to Sierra Leone , in order to offer to the natWeB of Africa a passage to tho West Indies as free emigrants , and so to participate in the advantages , without the pains , already enjoyed by their countrymen who have left their native land aa slaves . They are to be quite unfettered by engagements before embarkation , and free to choose their own employers and make their own terms ou reaching their
new home . To them the change from a barbarous to a comparatively civilised country must be beneficial . To those who look beyond the surface , this commencement of an African emigration ., which may one day supersede the slave trade throughout the world , Will give no cemmon gratification . Mr . Barclay may be proud to be the first Englishman who takes a ship on such a voyage . The Hector had already begun her voyage , with Mr . Barclay oh board , when adverse winds droyo her back to Sheetness , having lost a windlass and anchor , on Thursday week . Sho awaits the repair of this accident to set out again . > -Go / onial Qaestte .
Untitled Article
AvGsmmoi % ifasx * cu . r-From : ir fries * V dent at Scuddeburgh , we learn that there WiH seat alive in the island of Harris « man ¦» £ ** bbniiii 17 % « Kf ht * : * ti * fo # , or rather fc £ * the 110 th year Of his iuje . From , his youth dnSf ^ fte has cherished jffltte' fe $ } ngsfbii coasiitsl ^ true &I tic chiraaer , and w > f de ^ tS ^ enonM' i 0 ' TOeftine " One . ' . of the ^ ittehdans ^^ M ^ LeOd , ttckstnatt ' of Bernera , during toy $ fk ia a hiding-place ^ hat blood-hounds could rioitwS subs ^ ouent ( p the < fisastro . ua' battle of ( VnjW The ; BgBt choMn w « s" UattAfs ^ Ulludal ; aiS ^ S thug secreted , he Ewed Iwtter win Baron 1 &a ™ dine , bf clinittien and friendsTrrlio auppti ^ V with' Venison , mu ^ ton ^ aid flih , and o thtt ^ ff wtiq&iobtained [ hjf ; hontjn& . dexterity , 01 2 * * wise , and served lecordfng to tjh ^ rude mh \ a ^^ times . The name of th « , individual , Who iJfcZ generation after ' feneration committed to tiSVr * ' 'A " rf"i __ ' ; 1 l ' ipfc * . _ L ^ £ _ 1 ^ - - ¦* n 1 M " t . ^ . .- " i -. " . ' "^ *¦ ¦ .
is John Martin ; his faculties of speeeb , siritf 1 hearing are unimpaired , wnd ' -fy' u . atill soM bodily health that , H gobtf , weather , hemc no-thing of traTelUng td the top of the hjglaSSf in Harris . Our friend eontersed with bSbT ^ lately , and , as hehas had no feet gear for ' ttkvi four years , Yflty kindly seiithim a pair of BhoaLT youth he was remarkably swift ot foot , anfA ? the age of sixty , coald " out-tun and seize a d&z " thesteepest hill side . Even John MerryW ^? English pedestrtah , would haye ^ und himl ^ T customer , more particularly ha < i the race ^ B been the forest of Harris . Old is he is , he wiSSSl so far south as Skye i ' . witbStbtnawayhe'is a ^? nnacquainted ; and good as / his legs have Wfci ? fortune has so chained him , to a narrow ' . ESjJ that he bears a cjose resemblance to theCfeS ' Bobbiner , Tiesung bjr i . ^ Cowper , * who ner » S ? veiled forty miles frojn ^ home . "—Dumfries < ££
A Stbargk PASiSH .- ^ -The following anec joi * s . we are assured , true : —About eighty years »»« £ parish of Gilernx - contained a very scanty 3 > &lJ tion , and for three successive yevs the PMiah S made no returns , at the annual visitationa Vj ^ registers of either marriages , bir ths , orLri » J ? When the court inquired the reason , snsptetmrY ^ of negligence in " « V ; 6 tkOaLitgt' of his piK } duties , he replied- ( alluding to the parishionetn ^ l " God did not like thejni th ^ devil did not likert ^ and they did not like one another . " Of this ttt ^ M reply ; ah ^ explanation iria demandad . M 654 ^ notiikethem , " said he , " else he wonld takjlai of them to hiinself ; the devil did not like thjrf" !! he would do the same ; and th » y did not uWa , another , or there would be marriages and h ^ k amongst themi" It is needless io say " wKafrfS this had on the whole court . -Cumberland f oc&v
The Pad papers mention that a criminal , bum Elichalt , who had been condemned to deotLXj murder committed at St . Palais , was carh ' ed Qaha from Pau s > few days since and executed . IWVm was long , and he was taken ia a vehicle amtli ^ n strong escort of gendarmerie to the ^ place of panut ment . All the populations along the road tnm « d out to see the melancholyprocessjon , and went dom on their knees as the criminal passed . Tno inaea , too , in observance of a prejudice which h « ir % ted from time immemorial , "' whipped' all their , W ii children aa the procession went by , in order to-aakj a forcible impression on their memories of the mtua of the occasion .
Mastea avx > Man . —Mr . Robinson , a silk a « j . facturer in Milk-street , and Thomas Palai « r , m operative weaver , attended before Sir Ciwdioj Hunter , Bart at the Guildhall , London , Is ubi trators apCointed to settle a , dispute betwea Mr . Ambrose Moore and Robert ., Wheeler , one of the silk-weavers employed , by him . The question « i issue is to bo contested in the euperior courit , Ai the first hearing , before Mr . Alderman Ke % , 4 i complainant required compensation for loaa of nW through the deault of Mr . Moore ' s foremiaawitb holding ai portion , of the materials , the o t ^ ee | c ?> tioa being fixed up in bis loom , so that he cedi it no other work . He ? was thus , kept idle fifteen 4 jt for which be sought compensation at the itk < 3
23 . 6 d . a day . Some of this delay was wilful , «» tin master had thie material to deliver . Mr . AaJpMi Moore put some questions , to Wheeler , who , ianply , said ho was tq . be paid Is , per yard for weaviii ^ tUg Batin . He made 135 yards , and had been paid lj . i yard for it . Mr . Moore said he did not meato enter into the . " question whether the man ladteia kept idle . so many days , but to insist tbttthf magistrate had : np tight to ; entertain thi complaint at all , and begged to iniitif « that he ( Mr . Moore ) would resist , by -vigil proceedings , any decision the Aldennau . sifti come to . A man could not be paid ia two ways , by the piece and by the week at the sum time . Mr . Alderman , Kelly , nevertheless , proofed
to appoint two arbitrators , who met on Friday , » ad being unable to agree to any award , came back ta the sitting Magistrate , to . determine as umpirt t * - tween them .. The arbitrator for the jonrnayioa contended , that though a man' might bo paid qrthe yard , he was entitled to compensation for utytfme he might , be kept waiting for materials , ani >» ivns for awarding two , shillings and sixpence a differ thirteen days . Mr . Robinson , on the other side , said Mr . Moore had ^ declined giving any endteee , or taking any cognizance of the arbitration ; ind , with regard to the point in dispute , he thoujjiittln
journeyman entitled to nothing beyond the priwper yard . _ Delay and disappointment in the oUaiiog a continuous supply of material had ever beeir incident to the trade , and was contemplated in the price allowed per yard . If , in the , practice of tie trade , the loom were kept constantly-going , lower wages would be given , and the claimant maid have had 9 d , a . yard instead of Is . Sir Clsadia Hunter , after hearing the evidence as to the'delays in this case , made . an award , that tMr . Moore should pay 15 s . for the loss < jf six days , 4 s . as expeaeesio the journeymen who acted as arbitrators , and 4 s , to a witness for his loss 0 / time . ;
Ban^Ni Pt^I '¦ $«.
Ban ^ ni pt ^ i '¦ $ « .
Untitled Article
From the London Gazette of Friday , February 1 % BANKRUPTS . Cuthberfc Alteon , South Shields , baker , and Thotna Mitchell , South Shields , shoemaker ; to surrender f « b . 24 , March 26 : solicitors , Mr . Lowrey , Crosby Hill Chambers ; and Messrs . Tyzack and leitch , Nprti Shields James Banks , Wlsbeach , sh \ p-b » ilder , Feb . 21 , M « kIi 26 : solicitors , Messrs . Bell and Co ., Bow Churehftrd ; and Mr . Marshall , Boston . . William Bell , Bath , upholsterer , Feb . 27 , March 26 : solicitors . Mr . Bishop , Soupjoampton Buildings ; mJ Mr . Hollings , Bath .
Mary Butler , St , Pancras Road , licensed-vietoalle * . Feb . 19 , March 26 : solicitor , Mr . Bimmock , Size Lane ; official assignee , Mr . Cannon , FinsDury Sauate . William Felminghanii Bath , sauce-manufacturer , Feft . 27 , March 26 : solicitera , Messrs . Jones and BlaxUnd , Crosby Square ; and Mr Hellings , Bath . ; James Thomas Katcliffe , Blackman Street ; , Sofltn * wark , stationer , Feb . 23 ; March 26 : soliciton , M «> Jacobs , Crosby Square ; official assiguee , Mr . Gibsp B i Basinghall-street . Walter Vavasour , Rochdale , wool-merchant , " F « b-2 ? , March 26 ; solicitors , Mr . Heaton , Rochdale ; m Messrs . Norria and Co ., Bartlett ' s Buildings . Beujamin Wose , Hereford , brewer , Feb . 25 , Marcfl 26 : solicitors ^ Messrs . Smith and Son , Sonthamptoa Street , Bloomsbury Square ; and Mr . Hardwic ** Hereford .
: Latimer West , Freeman ' s Court , Cornhill , i wi » * merchant , Feb . 23 , March 26 ; solicitor , Mr . Shearmtf . Gray ' s Inn ; official assignee , Mr . Graham , BaaiBgW " Street ' Somnel WWtenead , Leamington Priors , cattle-sal * man , March 13 , 26 j solicitors , Messrs . Adlington at" * < So ., Bedford Row ; and Mr . Byrom , Leamington-Richard Woollveii , High Street , Southward , butcner , Feb . 19 , March 26 : solicitor , Mr . Jenfcinsoo , V ** ' brooE ; official assignee , Mr . Lackington , Coleman Street Buildings . . Richard Wontner , Cloth Fair , wo « llen-draper , Fe * 23 , March 26 : solicitors . Messrs . Turner and He » a-, man , Basing Lane ; official assignee , Mr . Green , Ala ** manbury .
DISSOLUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIP . . . Holt and Greenhalgfi , Bury , Lancashire , tailor *—J . and W . H . Cortwright , Blackburn , cptton-sp . inne' * „—Hickson and Co ., West Smitbfield , sboe m »^ f ; turers ; . as far ' as regards W . E . Hickson . —BingJ ^ and-Ce ., Sheffield , manufacturers of a composition" : * embling ivory ; as fkr as regards May . —Siinmins 1 8 « u Wllla , Liverpool , victnaUera —Wainwri ght ami Sp « - ford , Manchester , dressets ' and dyers . —J . and R W lot , Manchester , coppersmith * .
Itxmtf**
iTxmtf **
&$Vtix Of Fyt $R***
& $ vtiX of fyt $ r ***
Sm^Etrtal Asarttametrt
Sm ^ etrtal aSarttametrt
Untitled Article
Front the Gazette ofTmesday ., February M ^ BANKKUPTS , , Samuel Williams , haberdasher , Lambeth-wallr- _ Robert Silk and Thomas Brown , coachmatew , Low " acre ! - '¦¦¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ - .. - . - •¦ -. - . ¦• - : " ¦ ' - James WUUatn CJaUaway , Ilnendraper , WoNF * Bedfordshire . John Feamley , feohmonger , Homestead , Middles * James Montague Saunderson , bouse-agent , Bed-w *"" Square . ' : ... y , - ,- " - ¦¦ - . ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ; ' . Thomas , Read , hait-dreaser , Crawford-street , F ^ nan-square . . Richard JSonris and Samuel King , woollen-dnp Highflolborn . _ - » _ George Sutton , builder , Bedford-place , East-wf " Old Rent-road . ^ -mL William Savage , lodging-housekeeper , Surrev-nr tf Strand . ¦ .
Edward Okell , flour dealer , LlTerpooL Buth Crux , victualler , Canterbury . . * . Joseph Smith , mercer , Steatford-on-Avon , Wai ^ r shire . - ,. ; ¦ Mini . Thomas Boberts , com miller , Holbeck Steaff l . » " * nerr Leeds * Yorkshire .
Untitled Article
*^^* ' l— ^ ¦ " ^ ™^*^ E ^ *— ' m ' ¦¦ ' - —'— ^ ^^ ^»^»*^—^^ - ¦ - ' ^^^^— ¦ — ^ ^^ ^^* _ ' ¦ B-j
-
-
Citation
-
Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 20, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct537/page/6/
-