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" Otbb "Head asd Ears is Debt . "—A batter in Kew York gives a definition of the common phrase ** over head and ears in debt . " He says in bis advertisement , it means * man who haeu ' t paid for Ms h * t . J 3 irnDEncs . —A man gets along faster with a sensible married woman in hours than with a young girl in whole days . It is next to impossible to make them talk , or to reach them . They are like a green "walnut ; th « re are half a dozen outer coats to be polled off , one by one and sfcwly , before you reach ike kerna ) of their character . lDLBMESs . ^ -The worst 7 Jcea springing from the ¦ worn principles—the excesses of vbe libertine , and the outrages of the plunderer—usually take their rise from early and unsubdued -idleness . Fair ' s Discount * on Education .
O »» AjiSWBa . —The elder folks were talking of the races , when one turned to » listening child and Mid said , I > id you erev see a racer Bobby ?" * Yes , " was the answer , 1 iare seen the candles run . " A Dbt Rub . —The late Her . Mr . Walker of Dundonald , who was as well known for his piety as his ready talent for repartee , had , in his youth , been a sergeant in the army . One day as he entered the Presbyterial court , he was addressed by a clerical brother , who was notorious for h ) 3 ardent and conit&nt ^ aU&ehmeut to his bottle , with , — " Come away , captain—if you hid still been a soldier , what situation would you hare given me in your company ? As I lire by the ward of xny mouth , ai any r&te ^ 1 thinfc I would hare made i e * ptul fifer ! ' ? u Wa , no /' said the clerical wit , " that would never have done , for the pay would not have been half enongh to have kepi your vhislle wet . "
Astonishing—A Western Editor went off in a fit of hysterics a few weeks since , at the sight of- three men , who' unceremoniously entered his office and request * d the libertyof paying for a year ' s eabscription to the paper . Ths Americas Chaiucteil— " We are born in a hurry , " savs au American , we aTe educated at fuli speed . We mvke & fortune with the wave of a wand , and loose it in like manner , to re-make and re-loose it in the twinkling of an eje . Our body is a Jocomonrf , tnreUiua at the me of ten leagues an jhcnr ; our thoughts are as a kigh-pressure engine ; out life resembles a shooting fctar , and death surprises U 3 like an electric stroke . " Poyeett is an enormous evil . By poverty , I undersiand the state of man possessing no permanent property , in a country where wealth and luxury have already gained a secure establishment . He ) ¦ -then , that is to born t * poverty , may be said , under another name , to be born a slave . —Godwin .
Bishop Otter s "Pastoral Addresses , " announced among the new clerical works , include , it is -said , som ^ affectjonate advice to the clergy as to the btsi mode oT securing the " loaves and Jithes , "— good things which flfe whole clerical host are in search of , though but few of the number have the wit to succeed id their . attempts . Os the > dat that Sir Robert Peel dined at the Royal sabfe , the miitattire carriage built for the Prineess . Beyal beesuse the subject of conversation ; it was much extolled for" its lightness and elegance by Lord Melbourne , who had seen it , and who , addressing himself to Sir Robert , said , Peel , I ' m sure . will approve of it ; iet me recommend you to go and Bee our tUTA-oui . '" "I shall be only too k * PPy > " promptly rejoined Sir Robert .
A Dvtcbmxx aitd his wife were travelling ; they tat down by the roadside exceedingly fatigued . The wife sighed , " I wish 1 was in Heaven . " The husband replies , " I wish I was as the tavern . " 4 i Oh , you old rogue , " says she , " yon always want to get the best place . " Ya 5 K . E £ 1 sjl—A man died in Kentucky FO tarnation tail thai it took two clergymen-and s > boy to preach his funeral sermon . The Bishop of Losdo . n is a plain-spoken individual . When he read the accounlof the Visitation U roceedings at York , and the sentence passed on the Dean , he emphatically , but rather " unclericslly , relaarked , that " the Dean was a d—d fool , inasmuch as he not only sinned simomacaily , but suffered himself to be found out afterwards . " The last must certainly appear in the eyes of a Bishop the worst of follies . ** "Twjs wbv . tg from me , " as tie chicken said when he lost his head .
"I in the greatest woman in the world , Poll , " remarked her most gracious ilajcsiy to the learned parrot . " How very deceptive the eye is sometimes ! " rejoined the ironical bird . It ts believed that the silver stolen from the plate room at Windsor Casile was immediately run into bars , lo pieveiit its being identified . May not this lead to the probability of its foTmivg , by thii time , a portioa of the current coia of the realm ? M I-veas , Poixt , lo take you to the German company , " said the Q . aeeu to the learned parrot . " Pray do sot , " rtjo ned Pott , ** 1 sea quite enough of . German company here . " Ths Cockt stvtshajc , by a slight literal mistake , . ttated an Thursday , that ** the bells rang a merry peel on her Majesty ' s arrival . " Merry " Feds'' in connection w ;; n her llnjesty have been somewhat . scarce . We recollect bus one " PeeL , " and thai Tras anv thic £ but a merry one .
. Feee Trade tj the Latttees . —A msn from the country applied to a respectable solicnor for le ^ al advice . After detailing the errenmst-nces of in case , h " & * as asked if he had stated the faete exactly as they-ocenrred . M O ay , sir , " rejoined the appi :-aunt + i-1 thought it best to tell you rhe plain truth ; you can pot the lies to it yourself . "
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Discnipno- 'f ov j . R £ prsi . JCA * Fkeside-vt . —Mr . G . Combe , the phrenologist , thus describes General Harrison , whom he saw last year at his residence ax North Bend , about a quarter of a mile from the Ohio " . —He : s cow 67 , rather above the middle srature , slender , and stoops considerably . His temperament is nervou 3 and bilious ; his head is long , of fell aTer = j ; e height , but not remarkably broad . The anterior lob ^ is above an average , both in length , from front to back , and height ; and both the observing and reflecting organs are well developed . The head is obviously Hat in the region of
acquisitiveness . The moral region seemed to present an average dsvelopment . Hi 3 eye is vivacious , and his countenance is highly expressive of thought ; indeed , Ms wbols appearance Is much more that of a literary or scientific man than that of a military commander . His habitation presented unequivocal indications of humble fortune ; indeed , it may be ; saiJ , without the least feeling of disrespect , of poverty ; yet his manner and appearance vrere those of a , man of tiie world , who was familiar with the best soeiety , aud who , in the retirement of tis farm at Norfh Btnd , retained the polish and appearance of a gentleman .
The East Ma > . —There is no human beiiig walks through this life in a way more peculiar to himself than the easy man . Tne hopes and fears , j ;> ya and anguish , whica worry and harrass the res ; Of mankind , are unknown to him ; b « eame iato this world he knowa not how—he jogs through . it just because he sees other people doing so—he eats and drinks . Bleeps Boundiy , and dieB easily—and when he is buried , the sexton , a 3 ha stands in the half-filled grave , sticks his spade in it for a moment— and takes finnfE . The easy man is generally of middle stature , stout , with cheeks having a kind o £ roughness , like a fowl with the feathers off , rosy , however , and streaked like a winter pear . There is usually a lutle watery saliva at the earners of his mouth , and in cold weather bis proboscis has a drop hanging
from it like a diamond in the nose of a Persian queen . He wears an everlasting drab great coat , green leather gloves , and a hac Sightly turned up behind . His trowsers in summer—they are a very old pair—are usually too short for him , and display glaring white worsted stockings ; his hair appears ¦ to obey no sort of arrangement , and he was nevei Been with an umbrella in his life . He speaks always in a kind of co ? y whisper , as-if h 9 was conversing "with his wife Ulidef & coverKt—he haa a look oi universal benig&i : y , and breathes heavily thrcugl his nose . He is fond ef using the word " Sir , " am sticks it into his sentences oitener than other people He takes off his hat in banks and attorney's cmces and ha 3 a guise of inoffeusiveness which nobody cu mistake .
How to 1 . 1-lad Maxkxxb . —If masters fully undf stood the iufiuencc which even the slightest persor attention produces on the minds of their workm * they would be more lavish than than they ate of simple act of justice which ean cost them so litt and would profit them so much . Treat a man li a friend , and yon soon make him one ; treat him 11 a rogue , and his honesty xiust be much greater rh your wisdom , if he do not soon justify your sus ] eiocs ! In no way are men h > easily led—often , is sirae , so blindly led ^—as through the affectio ! Th * aks to t ^ n benign arrangemdBts of a mercii Jatner , the affections are the only part of our nato the cultivation of which man cannot neglect , ho ' « ver much he may often pervert them . Every m
comes into the world surrounded by objects of affc tion . The filial and parental tie is one which bin rich and poor alike ; aud is cftes the stronger inv -poor , because it is almost tie only domestic blessii which they can truly call their own . Hence it that naatrho are quite inaccessible to reason , a easily led by the afections ; and no wise man w neglect to ase , especially when it is for tbe mutp benefit of all , this powerful and universally prevails insutiaaot . The next sia ^ e to tbe tie of parent ai CuiMrilHfcft progress of society , is that of mast Ottcm-ant ^ inj i ivis for the interest of both carry arto tBea ' . rel&laia with . each ether as mm M |» -iil > l © : * f thJ 4 > iBMSy feeling which has bei vmp # i » a 8 laart » , ifa- * nildhood , by the <* omest iMufa . ~ 4 ht 8 e 9 * AIKP 4 i rkin !> on ' s PampMct
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THE SECOND "SETTLEMENT" OF THE CHINA QUESTION . The Dogberries of Government are lond in their self-felicitations about the news by the overland maiL " There Is no country La the world , " says the Ch-onicle , " in which a Minister is more frequently tried than iu England by the unjutf test of the results rather . than the principles of his policy ; and wethiiik we may say with confidence , that there have been few -Ministries that have stood the test more triumphaimAban tbe present" It must certainly be a gre&t jnioject of congratulation to Ministers to know thafihoir foreign policy meets with approbation—when tried by an ** unjust test . " The Chronicle has thus dexterously andjudicioualy sought to shelve " the principles" of the quarrel
with China . There is so much of truth in the pithy axiom announce *! by that journal that Ministers are in this country most frequently tried by the " unjust test" of their success , that were their success in China beyond dispute , there would be nothing remaining for all who question their principles , but to enter a protest—an appeal from tbe people in the iutoxication of success , to the people become sober again , and called upon to pay the bill , under the influence of a headache the consequence of their debauch—and drop the controversy for the the present . Honesty is the best policy ; and a less restricted intercourse with Cbiua , purchased by an opium war , might have its advantages materially neutralised by the Iraud and violence which procured it .
But even the success may be questioned . The Chronicle tells us— " The wrongs of our merchants hare been redressed ; the position of our trade immensely benefitted ; increased facilities given for carrying it on in future ; and our diplomatic intercouree fr « ed from those offensive and humiliating torms , so long a source of Berions embarrassment between the countries . " And all this , ire are assured , has been aUained " in a single campaignat au incredibly Email expenditure either of life or means . " Let us contrast this magnificent verbiage with the meagre abstract of events upon which it rests .
" The wrong 3 of our merchants have been redressed . " By M wrongs of- our merchants , " we suppose the writer meaus the Beiiure and destruction of the opium . " How have they been redressed ? " An indemnity to the- | iritish Government of six millions of dollars , payable in six yearly instalments , " is svd toiaretaeen promised by tho Chinese Commissiotxsr * - ^ 3 CbiB » not repayment to the merchant : it is % eoairibution towards the payment of the expense iDbBrt&dby the British Government in fitting out tboexpeditiou . - * The Plsnipotentiary has published officially Am intention to urge the opium-indemnifi-¦ catio * claims upon the British Government , with the concurrence also of the Governor-General of India . " It is uncertain yet whether ths opium-merchant 8 at Canton are to be indemnified for their losses ; and it they are , it is to be at the expense , not of the Chinese Government , but of the British people .
' The position of our trade immensely benefittedincreased facilities given for carrying it on in future . " The clauses " said to be stipulated" in " the preliminary treaty signed officially by the Plenipotentiaries" are—" cession of the island of Hong-Kong to the British Crown , " and " the trade of Canton to be opened ten days after the Chiueio New Year . " That i 3 to say—the British have now in Hong-K . on > T , an island thirteen leagues to the eastof Macao , a risjht of property similar to that which the Portuguese hare long bad ia the hitter island : and that the trade with Canton is to be rc-opened , for anything lhat appears to the contrary , exactly on the same footing on which it was formerly conducted . Hoag-Kong is granted merely as a fief of th * empire—as pritate property : and the terms upon which tra . de is to be conducted are left for afternegociatiou—to furnish matter for Palmerstonian protocols .
" . Our diplomatic intercourse freed from those offensive and humiliating forms , * ' &c . The statement from China ia—*• Direct oficial intercourse , on an equal footing between the two countries . " This is undoubtediy a gain , if real : bat the politic Chinese may dispeuse with the form of " pin" ' and yet keep the representatives of the British Crown as much at arm ' d Irn ^ tn as ever . This admission on th * part of the Cniuesi , that Great . Britain is not a tributary but an independent state , may place certain Consular and Diplomatic appointmeu ; 8 at tho disposal of Minir-ttrs— entail additional expense on the couutry , aud furnish Government with iucreased aoan 3 of corruption—and yet leave our mercantile interests in China exactly as thev were .
And all this has been purchased with an "incredibly small expeuditure eitht-r of life or of means . " iielore we admit this , we must know the exact value of what has been gained . Expenditure is large or small iu proportion to the return obtained for it . Bu ; we wuuld say that , prhna facie , the expenditure of life in the Chinese Walclureu of Chusan his not been small ; and tha .: the Chinese contribution of six millions of dollars ( only £ 1 , 500 , 000 sterling , tsking tiie dollar at as high a valuo as 5 i . " ) towards the expences of the expedition , « - ; il fall far shosj of the exponces already incurred . Iu short , the result of the whole transaction seems to be ^—That the Directors of the East India Coinpaijy , ( who have a monopoly of tbe opiam grown in thur terrkories , ) aud some British merchants resident in Canton , having for some time carried on a lucrative hwxg ^ liixa traae in opium , the Chinese Government seiz-d their stock on baud at Whampoa ; ttiat in coustquence of this , the British
Government Sued out a fleet and army , which took possession of a town in Chusan , batteTed down two or three Chinese forts , lost a great mauy men by sicknesa , and frightened t /; e C&mrse Goveroruoiit into cecung to our Queen a barren island near the mouth of the Canton river , promising to treat English diplomatic agents with civility , and undertaking to pay by instalments , in the course of six years , a portion of the expences of tbe expedition ; aud that the Governor-General of Incia ifl to endeavour to persuade ; lae British Government to indemnify the Can ; on merchants , for the purpose of enabling them to { . ' ay the East India Company , out of the taxes rai > ea in Great Britain , and to defray tbe surplus expeuce incurred by the expedition , over and abortthe contribution of the Chinese Government . Lastly , even this iettlemeat has uoc yet been ratified by either Government .
The Whi « organ 3 must be sadly at a loss for something to brag of , when they make such a hallouing about this trumpery affair . —Spectator .
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O > " Mosdat anotherhousefell down in High-street , St . Uiles's . ISo life was lost . A kumbek of quarrymen , who had been employed at Bullock , six miles from Dublin , have been taken otf to Pan . * , to work upon the fortifications . * ila . AbijaH Pops , of Juniata , has been found guilty ana fined 2 " 20 dollars for an assault and battery on Philemon H . Mann . This statement is headed " Pope ' s Essay on Alan /' More Absuivditt . —It is currently reported that Mr . Hawes was so shocked ou hearing a parcel ot urchins cry Hot cross buas , " on Good Friday , that he is determined to pat a slop to it by legislative interference . While THEitE has been a slight increase in the qnautity of malt used in the distilleries in England during the last year , and only a very slight decrease in Scotland , the falling off in Ireland has amounted to nearly one-tbird .
It is stated , on the authority of a letter from St . Petersburg , that the Russian army was about to be reduced by 40 , 001 ) or 5 D . 000 meu . The same paper announces that the agnation in Servia still continued . Smuggling . —The mate of a foreign ship was fined 40 i ., at a London police office , on Saturday , for smuggling a box of cigars , wiiioh was also confiscated . Fubiocs Daivr . fG . —A reporter , named Clyatt ,
has been held to bail , himself ia £ 50 % , and two sureties in £ 250 , to appear to answer the charge of having run over a child , in Bridge-street , Blackfriar ' rf Road , London . Ihe child is not said to be out of dauger yet . HlGHWAt ROBBEBT BT A RETURNED Tqa . VSPORT . —James Porter , a returned trausport , waa sen tenced to transportation for life , at the Crntral Criminal Court , on Saturday , for bavins committed , i , robbery upon a joung lady , near the Eugewareroad , in February last .
As Unprofitable Customer . —A tall hungrylooking man walked into a cookshop in London Wall , London , a day or two back , and , after con-Bamuig plate after plate of meat and vegetables , very coolly told the eating-housekeeper that he had no maney in his pockets , and * tked would they give him credit for a month ! He was tiken betoro the magistrates , ai the Mansion House , on Saturday , but was discharged on giving his address , and promising payment in a week . The Pooh Law made Mdrderkr . —On Saturday at the Criminal Court , London , Harriet Longley , who drowned her child in the Now River , to which act she wa 8 driven by her destitution , and the refusal of the Poor Law officers to relieve her , was tried , and found guilty of murder . Senteuce of death was passed upon her , but tiie Judges said they would record her . case to her Majesty , in order to save her life .
KETTjiNiKG from Trassportatiok . —At the Central Criminal Court , London , on Saturday , George Childs , alias Giles , was indicted for returning from transportation . Is appeared that the prisoner was capitally convicted in this Couri , in the year 1832 , and thai his sentence was subsequently commoted to transportation for life . An officer apprehended him a few days since in a public-house . Mr . Baron Gnraej sentenced him to be imprisoned six months ia the House of Correction , and afterwards transported for life .
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Irish Rail&oads . —At laogth the subject of railroads for Ireland is taken tip in good earnest ; a number of English capitalists have come forward with the necessary funds , and they are to be secured by the government in a certain per eenWge 6 n their outlay . We understand that the Merara . Baring Stand at the head of the list . — -Water / brd Chronicle . A Lusus Natcb , e . —; On Friday , the wife of a weaver , named George , who resides in Rose-lane , Spitalfields , was delivered of a male child , which has excited the greatest curiosity . The child is a mere trunk , without arms or thighs , but is in exceedingly good health , and likely , in the opinion of the medical attendant , to do well , performing the offices of nature perfectly . The trunk appears as if nature never intended to give thighs or arms in this instance .
we regret to mention that a quondam writer in Arbroath , who commenced business m > me y « wra since as a merchant and importer of green cloth * absconded l&st wek , leaving debts and liabilities , as estimated by some , to tbe amount of upwards of ill 00 , 000 . r ew of our manufacturers but have sustained heavy losses , and many in the neighbouring towns of Forfar , Kirriemuir , and Dundee , have also suffered by this nefarious transaction . —Montrose Review . Justices' Justice . —It appears by the Nottingham Review that the two labourers who were sent to prison by two Mansfield Justices for the serious offence of loitering , i . e . standing upon a causeway , looking out for a job of work , which we noticed at the time , have undergone their severe sentence of a month ' s confinement 1 We think the punishment inflicted upon these men was an outstretch of the law , and we hope the two merciful Justices who com ' mitted them will have to account for it . — Weekly Dispatch .
Skeleton sold in Covent Garden . —Among 8 t the numerous lots sold by Mr , Edmund . Robins , in Covent Garden , on Tuesday , was the skeleton of Holloway , the murderer of Mr . Steele , on Hounslowheath , in the year 1802 . It was knocked down to a surgeon for 31 s . [ The presumption afterwards was that Holloway , and Haggerty , who was executed with him , were innocent of the offence for which they suffered . —Londtn paper . t Life preserving Hat . —A day or two ago the natives of Dover were much amuced with the exhibition of some fishermen swimming about in the harbour buoved ud bv White's life-Dlfeervin « hat .
Mr . White , who is at present resident in DOWr , gave the men a hat each , on condition that -they would jump into the water to prove its efficacy in saving life . The hats which kept their owners above water without the slightest exertion , are of the brdinary make ; and the gpac . e above the head being filled with air , they make the person having hold of them float like a cork . Tfcoy are not kept on the head , but held over the chest or under the chin . The hat is fastened with a cord or ribald to the wearer , and go equipped he may go to sea without fear .
JcvENitE Vagrancy . —There exists a Society whose object it is to reform and provide for destitute children , juvenile beggars , and infant piokpockets . It iB very slenderly provided for ; nay , its continued existence is doubtful , for the want of patronage . Of the importance of crushing crime in the egg , no reflecting person can doubt ; and were this system of suppressing vermin vigorously acted up to , society would be relieved from continual depredation ; the gaols would be depopulated , the hulks thinned , and the horrors of crime and punishment mitigated to ^ mest heart-rejoicing degree Well , this most rational and humane plan is one that has never been adopted by our Government , has been scarcely sanctioned by the wealthy aud
enlightened public , and in the instance of this society is left to struggle , and starve on its way to failure and extinction . All this time the Legislature is providing Jaws against crime ; Jhe Executive is devising prisons at home and at the antipodes , establishing armies of police , and legion * of magistrates , justices , and jirries . What a spectacle of blindness ' . Crime ia left to grow strong , to spread , to fecundate , and overran the land—and then is the time chosen to contend with it ; when all that it is possible for a man to do , is ji ^ st to keep it under—to prevent it from overshadowing and suffocating every
growing and green thing . " Catch your thief young . " If this maxim were acted upon , and the whole force of a preventive society were directed to this object with full powers and means , the change effected in London , in ten year . * , would bo magical . The blood boils to see such objects neglected , and at the same time to read of tens and hundreds of thousands squandered upon patching up old churches and chapel ? , and other ruintf , whose sole merit is , that they were built in a distant time of barbarism . When will the scales drop from the eyes of sooioty ? When will it cease to be deluded and diverted from its true interests?— Weekly Dispatch .
Longevhy in Russia Explained . —A statistical economist , who knowa nothing of the internal arraniieu » euts of the province , must bo sadly puzzled to account for the extraordinary tenacity and vigour of the vital powers , the healthful iiifluence of the climcte , and the astonishing greatness of the average duration of huraaa life in Bessarabia . The problem i .-j , however , easily solved , when the contrivance ot the « if ic authorities to increase the numbers within their municipal jurisdiction is understood . A refugee appears and prays to be enrolled as a Mesucchamuthat is , a citizen of the town . He is at first told , u That is not a matter of course , friend : you have no passport , too ; but wait awhile , and we will see what can be oona for you . " The relu- ^ ee waits until one of the civic community dies , and then he is
summoned to appear again before the Red Table , iu the magisterial office . Now the business proceeds thus : — "What is your name ?"— " Ivan Gritshov . " — " What age !"— " 25 . " " Well , young nun , attend to what 1 am going to 6 ay—Miirophan Kalenko died yesterday , aged 50 ; if you wish to be a citizen , you must take upon yourself his name and his age ; then we will allow you to be substituted for him , and will give you hU certificate and other documents . " Ivau Uoitthov joyiuily consents , and becomes all at once a respectable citizon of a very respectable age . The departed Mitruphau still lives under this metamorphosis on the civic register , and , probably , after two or three other renewals of his existence , dies at tho patriarchal age of 150 . We need , therefore , no longer marvel at the frequent accounts of deaths in Russia oi persons exceeding 100 years of age . —German
paper . Peter the Great and Peter the Little . — Some accjuxt or Oliver Cromwell's Helmet . — At the LuuUon Borough Court of Requests on Siturliay last , Pettr Crump , a diminutive knight of the bodkin aud shears , standing soma four feot six in his high-lows , appeared before the Commisfiientrs as defendant iu a ca ^ e iu which Solomon Levy , ao elderly member ot the " peplidh , " Was pJainc . ff : the sum in dispute being 7 s . 6 d , Solomon Levy , the plaintiff , was a dealer in old curiosities , resiUsi )^ jn th ; e nei ghbourhood oi ihe . New Cut , and he cultivated a long gn ; y beard , resembling a mop . " I vaslishnsta shuttin up niashop , yer vartships , " said the Jew , * ' when I theed dia man come up , de
vush for vhat he took . * Mmd de vinders , ma tear , 1 shays to him ; ' All right smouchy , ' he shays , and deulio . vaiks into ma shop , and anoder vonfol / ered him , aud begun pulling ma goota about , yet vartships , and atervards dey set to vurk a singing , and disturbed all ma neighbours . " Commissioner—1 suppose they were tired , and wanted to rest themselves . Jew—Not a bit of it , jer vartships , not a bit of it ; doy vantcd to deshtroy ma goots ; de little von put on Oliver Cromwell ' s helmet , ind do oder Na . poleou ' sjick-boot 9 , aud vash a marching off vid ' em , but ma shon Ishaac , who ' s a goot lad to his ould fader , sthopped ' em . Commissioner—indeed ; but how do you know that the hdm ^ taod jack-boots belonged to the celebrated characters you have
mentioned ? Jew—Not a doubt of it , yer vartships , not a doubt of it—I've got do papers vhat shall prove it to all de vurld . Commissioner—Now I think there are agtod many doubts ou the subject ; but I dare say if a persou wanted the entire cros ? , you could furnish , it to them at a cheap rate . What happened after their adventure with Cromwell ' s helmet and Napoleon ' s boots ? Jew—Yer vartships , de little von ( the defendant ) vash a lookingat a picture , Then he poked , Ms finger through it , andsphoiH it , Dc gub . M vash Pttcf de Gx ' eat making a . pufr ot shoes . The Cammissioner said it WLS tilraiiftc tbe defendant ' s finger should have gone so easily through a piece of canvas . Solomon explained that it was not an oil painting , but merely a coloured
print over and varnished . Its value he estimated at 7 s . 6 d . Commissioner Uo the defendant ) —N ow , what nave you to tay about Peter the Great \ Peter the Little—Please yer vorship , I'd tuck a drop too much the other night , and was goin' homo alou « with my mate Bobby , wot works ou the same board with me , when this here old Jew lays hold on me and pulled me slap into hi 3 shop . Commissioner-He says you tried to walk off with Oliver Cromwell ' s helmet ; how came you to do that ? Peter the Little-Gammon , yer vorship ; I tried it on , and jist walked outside to see how 1 looked in it , that ' s all . Commissioner—Well , how about Peter tho Great ? Peter the Little—There was a great hole in it before 1 touched it at all , and that artful old dodger wantB to victimise me for what I dida ' t do . Solomon—S'help
ma Cot , yer vartships , it vash him vhat tore it . Peter the Little-Here , Bobby , step forrud , ' cause you seed Peter the Great with his eye out . "Bobby " a long , lean , Schneider , with a scratch wia and a J ° » U . ™ •!«» »« ften sworn to givo evidence iu behalf of Peter the Little . " Commissioner-What do you know about this matter ! Long Bobby—I saw the pietur in the first instance , and one of the ejea was poked out . Jew lifting up his liand&)—Lard have marshy upon us , vhat a lie . The Commissioners , alter a short consultation , returned a verdict for the defendant . Solomon Levy packed up the remains of " Peterthe Great"lhd left the Court , swearing in Hebrew with great volubility , followed by "Peter the Little" and his friend " Laii « Bobby . "
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MistkbsV ExBcmrroirsB . —An extraordinary Knsation was excited in Bridgnorth . on Sunday ltet , by Constable * Edwards apprehending »' a » an drank and disorderly in the streets , duringiiTiae Bervjce , and who waa surrounded by a erowd that kept shouting , "Jack Ketch 1 Jack Keteh _!' » The man was conveyed to the lbok-np , and 0 * Jtifi per son was found a letter from Mr . Dawsoi )^ the Go rernor of Shrewsbury Gaol , in which mtti » vlSwi words ;—"March 31 . Sir , —Yon had better eonw over immediately : the execution takeaj&lace on Saturday . To Thomas Taylor , « itier , \ Gwentry-rtreet , Stonrbridge . " There was another letter in his possession , and in whiob was the 35 s . be received for hanging Misters : he had the clothes of Misters in a onndle ,
tied up in a filthy old apron . Numbers visited him in the lock-up on Sunday from curiosity-i aadto examine Misters' oiothes . The report of our correspondent enables as to contradict the report of Misters being shahbily dressed . His coat was a good fine broad cloth , with velvet collar ; his waistcoat of satin , richly flowered ; his trousers of striped kersoymere ; his shirt of fine Irish cloth , but with no visible marks of blood on it , as * bad been stated . His entire suit was in accordance with that of a gentleman . The stockings were marked with the initials ^ . A . C ., "* the same that Mr . Cooke gave him at Ludfoff . On the evening of Sunday , as the spirit of Sir John Barleycorn evaporated , and left the professor in this peculiar line of life ( 1 ) compos ,
he deplored his indiscretion , wishing himself safely located again with his wife and family at his Stourbridge tinkery . Large sums we . ro offered him for different articles of ilret * belonging to Misters , but he declined to Muprin for any portion of the precious wardrobe . On Mtfjtday , he was had up before the magistrates , and sepeuced to be heavily fined in the sum of sixty pence&He is said to hare a retainer for four jobs in perajBfttive , at Gloucester and other places . —Ten Totem' Meuenger . Principles o * Posetism . —Though the public journals have , for some time past , devoted bo much of their attention to " Puseyism , " the priuciples which constitute that creed are not generally known . It is one of its leading doctrines that the authority of the
church is superior to that © f the sovereign or the state , and that consequently the legislature has no right to interfere in ecclesiastic ! matters . The Puseyites maintain-that all children baptised by the criurch are converted at the # baptism , and that there can be ho saving repentance for sine after persons have . reached the ' yean of maturity ; They admit , however , that there may be a reconversion by means of the Sacraments . They repudiate everything of an evangelical nature , and place the whole essence of religion in iJje observance of external forms . They arc great sticklers for fag { g , and attach greater importance to them than ( p . the Sabbath-day . They deny the right of the OQBinon people to read the Scriptures , unless they J | $ VS *| ir 3 t read the Common Prayer-book ; and are prepared " to interpret the Scriptures by it , instead p , f interpreting the Prayerbook by the Bible . They also set up tradition as a sure and infallible guide in all matters of religion ,
and view the Bible as jmbordinate in authority to it . Puseyism regards the Virgin Mary as in one sense divine , and conseiinently worthy of worship . The Puseyites further maintain that departed saints are to be prayed to , and that prayers are to be wade for them . They believe , in other words , in a modified form of purgatory . Their opinions on the subjeat of trausubst&utiation are substantially the same as those of the Roman Catholics . They look oa all beyond the pale of the ohurch with a harsh and uncharitable eye , and though they do not go so far as to say that no Dissenter can be saved , they assert the right of the church to compel conformity to her ritual . They do not disguise the fact , that if they were armed with the requisite civil power , they would exorcise that power tor the purpose of extinguishing dissent . Such are the leading principles of ** Puseyism . "
Frightful Accident to a Passenger on the Easthun Counties Railway . — On Sunday evening , about twenty-five minutes before eight o ' clock , a most frightful accident occurred on the Eastern Counties Kailway , by which a passenger , named Joseph Lovell , living at 2 , Swallow ' s-gardens , Chamber-street , Goodman ' s-neld 8 , was bo much injured it is supposed he cannot possibly Survive . The Romford train , on its way to London , arrived at the station in Devonshire-street , Mile-end , at the time above-mentioned , when Lo veil , who had beenridiug in one of tho thirtl-clasa carriages , alighted , and was in tho act of stepping across a platform with a stick iu his hand , upon which he was leaning , when , owing to the greasy state of the platform , from the rain which fell in the afternoon , he suddenly slipped , and
bis slick breaking in half , he fell backwards on the rails of the lino . At this instant a policeman called out" All right , " and the train started , aud a violent shriek was immediately afterwards heard ; and it was then found that tho engine and carriages had passed ov « r the unfortunate tr / an . He was picked up apparently lifeless , aud a litter being procured , no time was lost in conveying him to the London Hospital , where the sufferer waa attended by Mr . Luke , the house-surgeon , and several other medical gentlemen , and on examination it was ascertained thai Ijis . left leg was liter ally crushed to pieces , and the foot of his other leg also severely injured . It was deemed expedient to amputate the left limb , and that operation was immediately carried into effect in the most skilful manner . No hopes were ntertained of the unfortunate man ' s surviving .
Attesifed Murder . —At the Assizss recently held at Taunton , Hichd . Royrion , was indicted for having attempted to violate and murder Elizabeth Veal . It appeared that the prosecutrix , a young woman , nineteen years of age , was on tho turnpike road leading from West Harptreo to Chepstoke , on the 12 ; h October last , when the prisoner followed her and threw ' her down , and then cut her throat . The evidence did not show clearly ' tho prisoner ' s objec ; in the assault in the first place , or tho attempted murder . A surgeon , who met the girl staggering along the road en the evening in question , deposed that he examined her throat , and found a wound three inches long and half an inch deep . The young woman identified the prisoner bhortlyafter tW
occurrence , at an iuu near the spot , to which the surgeon tuok her . The Jury found the prisoner guilty on this and corroborative testimony , and judgment of death was recorded against him . [ This case forms a strange contrast in its result with that of Misters . M : sters was executed for having cut the throat of his victim , who recovered ; Roynon is found guilty of an exactly similar offenoe . What ruk governs thedecision of Judges \ The law at Ludlow and tho law at Taunton are two different thii ) g 3 . This species of haphazard and uncertainty in the administration of the law has , wo think , a most decided tendency to encourage rather than discourage crime . If hanging Miaters might be supposed to deter those who are murderously
inclined , we should argue that the sentence of Royncn to transportation fdr -life will diminish its proposed eifect , and encourage that disposition to risk Uie chanccB , which feeling the criminally disposed are prone to indulge in . It must not be inferred fiom this that we think Roynon should bo hung but that if he was not hung tor his offence , Misters ' execution waa a legal murder . If crime deserve punishment iu proportion to its atroiiiy , or , in other words , if the example exhibited to the public should be severe in proportion to the extent and intensity of the offender ' s cruel misdeeds , then like shoald be administered to like , or wo have injustice dealt out somewhere ; and , iu a case Uke that of Misters , it amounta , as we have said above , to judicial murder . ]
Caution to Borrowers from Loan Societies . — At Alarylebuno Police Office , ou Saturday last , Mr . Deckes , tho chairman of , and a solicitor ( tvhoso name did not transpire ) connected with , tne St . MaTylebono Loan and Discount Sjciety , holdimrits meetings in Great Portland-street , attended before Mr . Hard wick , at his ( the magistrace ' s ) request , in couseqaencQ of a cjinmutucauon made to him by Lord Kadstock , a few days ago , relative to a- loan of £ 11 having been granted to a person named ( as wo understood ) Perrott , aud on which £ 20 expences had been incurred . Lord Radstock was present on this occasion , and there wore also in Court several other highly influential persona connected with tho parish , who seemed to be much interested in the
inquiry . The geutlemon of the society made a statement to the effect , that the loan ' , was granted in June last , and that it was not until after ti , ereWere t » n weeks payments in arre&r , thaf tli » res ^ or w *« plaeed in la ^ * "ik , with a ylow io the recovery of the sum due '; but prior to this course being taken , ten lottevs had been written to the borrower , and . two to the surety ; the society was always ready and willing to be as lenient as possible , but if parties neglected to keep their payments good , they ought not to blame those who had advanced them money tor endeavouring to obtain the amount due to them . It further appeared that tho SocieiyB * Act possessed nocontroul over them , whatever . Mr . -Hardwick was aware that he had no power over them under the Act which had been alluded to , but he thought it was only fair and right that those who borrowed sums of money , and who were , of course , supposed to be necessitous persons , should bo made luily acquainted with the fact , that in the event of there
being any defalcation in payments , they would be liable to be arrested upon their stamped notes , and put to considerable expence by such proceeding . The borrowers , iu most cases , no doubt , imagined that by obtaining money from the society they were rendering themselves liable only to the expence attending proceedings before a magistrate , as was the case with ether loan sooieties , and he- ( toe magistrate ) observed , that if the contrary was known , and that a man had the remotest idea that the debt could at once be put into a lawyer ' s hands without any magisterial interference whatever , there would , he apprehended , under such ciicnmstances , be very few applications for loans . The Chairman and solicitor remarked upon the fairness with which tho business of tho society was uniformly transacted , and-, after a few observations , which we could not distinctly hear , from the magistrate and Lord Rudstoofr , tho latter , and the two nrt > t named gentlemen , who had attended as requested , quitted the Court . — London Paper . ¦ , •¦ ¦¦' .
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. Habd 8 wRAatKO . —At the Pontefract Sessions , on Wednesday last . Sir Gregory Lewin , addressing tbe Jury on the improbability of the prosecutor id « ntifyiDj ; a quantity of hay ; which had been ' stolen , said that some men's consciences allowed them to go so far , that a witness ia America once distinctly swore to a goose ' s leg after it had beep made into a ( riblet pie and cooked . —Doncaster Chronicle . Thb PaBSons" AGAiw .-r-On Friday considerable excitement waa created in Tynemoath garrison , by the vicar of Tynemottth refusing to allow the body of John Larkin , a private in the 95 th regiment , who had died in the early part of last week , to be interred
mthe Castle burial ground . Tne deceased was a catholic , as most of the depot are , and daring bis last moments received the consolations of the catholic priest * The corpse was consequently interred in the New Cfemetery , nearly the whole of the depth attending , under the superintendence of a captain , the band playing the AJ ) ead March in Saul , " until they reached the cemetery , where the procession was met by the Rev . T . Gillow , who preceded the body to the grave , ohaunting the funeral requiem . It is in contemplation by the catholics of Shields to bring the affair before the authorities . —Newcastle Chron .
Railway Accident . — Last week , an accident , unhappily attended with the loss of life of one individual , and t&e serious injury of two or three others , occurred Jon the Birmingham and Gloucester railway , by the blowing out of a plug from the boiler of one of the bank engines , on the inclined plane near Bromsgrove station , by which Mr ; William Creuze , the engineer of locomotives , was so dreadfully scalded that ho died ia about twenty-four hours after . Two or three other persons , who were on the engine and tender at ths time , were also more w less injured j but they are all in a fair way of recovery .
Trb ; b Love in Spain . —A letter from Madrid , March 25 , says : —The daughter of one of our Spanish grandees having become enamoured of a corporal of the Gastadores of the Royal Guards , her father , tbe Conde de — -, anxious to please his daughter , applied to Gen . Espartero , requesting that he would promote the man to the rank of a commissioned officer , but npon the lucky grenadier beiug wade acquainted with what was intended for him , he replied , " That he felt greatly flattered , but being determined to marry a yonug servant girl he was much attached to , ho declined all and every honour intended him . "
ThB ROBBERT AT WINDSOR CASTtB . —ONE Hu . V drld Pounds Reward . — The following has just been issued : —" Whtreas divers valuable articles have been stolen at different times from her Majesty ' s stores at Windsor Castie * -a reward of £ 100 wjll be paid by the Lords CummissiuiierH of her Majesty ' s Tireatmry , on conviction of the offender , to auy person who will give such evidence as thall lead' to the conviction of the person or persons who stole the said articles , or who feloniously received the same ; and her Majeaty s pardon will also be granted to any person ( not being the actual thief or receiver ) who shall give the like evidence . —Whitehall , April 12 , 1841 . "
At Chester Assizes , Bartholomew Murray , who is only eighteen ytaru of age , was charged with the murder of Mr . and Mrs . Cook , at Over Peover , near Knutsford , in Cheshire . Mr . Cook was an old man , in very good circums . ancet- - . The prisoner was engaged with a number of Irish labourera in haymaking near the town ; and while there he made various inquiries concerning Mr . Cook ' a wealth . The a ^ ed couple were murdered iu their beds , with an axe , in August last ; and the murdeivr stood for some time over the fervant-girl as she lay in bed , to
murder her also if ' she waked . Though terrified , she succeeded in feigning sleep . Two bits of paper were afterwards found in the house , which contained names that ultimately led to Murray ' s detection : they were patts of a written character which he had exhibited before the murder .- He was proved also to become giddenly possessed of a large sum of money , tho actual spending of which was proved nearly to the full amount of money taken iroin Mr . Cook ' s house . The Jury returned a Verdict of " Guilty , " aud sentence of death was pronounced .
" Abscondment" only " Absence ' . "—A few days ago , the disappearance of Mr . Abbott , one of the official assignees , being part aud parcel of the newfangled bankruptcy system , was noticed in the bankruptcy Court as " abecondment , " and inquiries were made by the Commissioners touching Mr . Abbott ' s unceremonious departure ; but , as if that mode of speech sounded somewhat too harshly upon city ear ? , softer phraseology is adopted in an advertisement issued yesterday , summoning the attendance of assignees , solicitors , and creditors " affected (!) by tho absence of Mr . Abbott , " &c . Absence of "Sir . " Abbott ! Really we are becoming a very refined people '; and no doubt the uext accounts from Windsor regardingihe"ahs'ei ! ce " of divers valuables , will be duly recorded as the transfer of various supeiUnities from royal to democratic hands , whereby the reciprocity system must be extended and strengthened .
Determined Act ov Suicide . — On Sunday morning last , atChudleigb , a man natned , Sxrnuel Tuckett , of that piaco , about thirty yfars of age , put au end to his existence in a most determined manner . It appears that he first cut his throat with a small clasp knife ( an instrument of this description being picked up near the spot in which he was found ) , and then huug himself to a beam in a stable belonging to his mother . Whiht thus suspended , it is supposed he must have been kicked by one of the horses , marks of this description being found on his person His mother first discovered the body , but life was
extinct . No ACCOUNTING FOR TASTE . — FOLLOWING A PlG Driver . —At Guildhall on Saturday , a pretty little girl was put to the bar charged by her mother , who appeared to be in deep affliction , with having proposed to run away with a Sniithtield drover , named Bill Scroggins . The mother said that she had a large family of children , all of whom were exceediDgly affectionate and obedient except Sarah , who was about sixteen years of age , and who degraded herself by associating with the drover . —The alderman : Does he intend to nrarry her 1—The mother : She thinks so , but he has no notion of anything of the kind ; he wants to make her like the unfortunate poor creatures about tbe streets . —The alderman
What j . will she condescend to be the trull of a common pig-driver ?—Tho mother : She docs not know the misery that awaits her ; and how wretched her father , wno is sick , and I am on her account . —The alderman ; What have you to say about this filthy favourite of yours , and about causing such distress to your poor parents ? The pig-driver will neve * marry you , if you wish to be the wife » f such a fellow . Sarah : He will marry me . He has promised me . —The mother : Ho was heard to swear that "he would not marry the finest woman in the kingdom . ( Laughter . )—The alderman : What ! this drover , covered all over with mud and dirt ?—A person in the crowd : Yes , your worship , he says ho has no mind to marry any on ' em , as he can get' ' cm ' without
going to that trouble . ( Laughter . )—The alderman ( to the girl ) : It is quite evident his object is to destroy and laugh at you . I hope you w . li consider the deplorable condition of your poor parents , and shun the fellow . I shall order his number to be taken , and deal with him in such a manner aswi'l make him remember what he has been about . —Tho mother : She says that she will run away with him , whatever we may do . The drover is twei . ty-eight years of age , and does not care about our sorrow . — The voice in the crowd : Tend upon it , Bill will have hi 6 way if he can . He is not to be ' limidated .
He says , a womans a woman , high or low , gcnUe or simple , and I ' m blest if he don ' t act as sich . He ' s a reg'lar bad un arter the women , and no mistake . ( Laughter . )—The alderman : I shall certainly look after him . In the meantime , the obstinate and mean-spirited girl shall be locked up by herself iu the Compter . —The girl looked ashamed , but expressed her belitf that Bill mtaut nothing but what was strictly honourable , and said that if she thought otherwise she would never "keep company with him again . —The alderman : * When you'd think of anybody for a husband , look a little higher than a pigdriver at any rate .
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THE UNCHRISTIAN NEW POOR LAW BILU . PltOSPECTS OF THE RATE-PAYERS IN SLCKNESS AND POVERTY . On 'Thursday evening ,, an inquest was held by Mr . Higgs , at St George ' s Hospital , touching the death of Hannah Robinson , aged 5 ti . Tbe Jury having viewed the body of the deceased , which presented a ghastly spectacle , Anna French deposed , that she knew the deceased , whq rented the one-pair back room whe * e ¦ witneas lodged , at 39 , Gilbert-street , Grosvenor-square . She wan a married woman , and her Ituabancl is a porter . About three o ' clock in tho afternoon of--. the .. 22 nd ult , witness was . aiiting'by the fire side when she heard' a
noise like . a dog howling- She opened the door , and obiemd smoke rising up the stairs toa looking more carefully , she saw that it proceeded from the deceased , who waa sitting on the Stairs " all in a blaze . " Witness immediately called to another lodger , named Morris , when , by Uieir combined exertions , the flames were ejetinguibhtd . They looked in the deceased ' s ioouq When they noticed the table-cloth on fire , which , was approaching the bed-clothes . Mr . Ledbitter , & surgeon , of Oxford-street , was sent for directly , who gave the woman a draught , when , at his request , the deceased was brought away immediately in a cab to the hospital .
By the Coroner— -There was a large fire in the room . The deceased was quite an invalid , and I had not seep her ont of bed tor some time before , as she was labouring under a paralytic stroke . , By a Juror—ghe waa ; partly dressed . Her husband was out at the time . Sue could not speak sufficiently plain for ws to understand horr the aooideat happened . I presume that she bad got up to put the kettlo on , or to throw up the cinders , when her clothes caught fire . The witneBs , Morris , said that she discovered several cinders in the deceased's apton . Tn ^ yrbo \« of h « i duties were burnt oft ' the right aide of her body .
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Thomas Tarrant , house mirceon , deDoted « , «? * vdebused waa brought In dath « TSd mSS » W r * o ' eldek ia the afternoon Her right arm » m * ? right tide of the bead were aeterefr ' bS JJ-fi t ^ W ^ . ** the ' 2 dtostu £ when she died from the effects of tha accident : ^^^ By the Coroner ^ -fier speech was so indistinct that r could not make ont how it happened . wet ' * Baldwin , one of «» Beadle * et St . George's pariah here informed the Coroner that the husband wm ^ wZ sent ami wiahed to speak a word to him ob-uXiBL the HnBband-I applied , air , to tbe parish JHS into the infirmary , bat the overseer said he SS ' T nothing except I came in aa welL ¦ ¦ oouM ' * Tbe Coroner / to the Jory }—I thin * it Is part of vm ™ inquiry t « hear this man . as the woman's ^ th 22 have been partly occasioned by aofcbeing looked afC The Jury—Certainly . " *™
^ The husoand ( who wss s fine hearty old man ) , „ . then sworn , aad stated that his name was William r ^ Wnson . hig ^ ge 64 , and that he lived with his *? fe £ No . 39 , Oilhert-street He called himself a porteTn was at the Work-houfe , in Mount-street , Gro » V « i equaw , that he made Bis application , when lie s » w Jt " Rowed , the assistant-overs . er . _• By a Juror—He offered me some bread , -when I { am him that was a poor consolation for a poor sick woZ » that wanted advice . . ^* The Coroner—There 1 b such a system now gofe * m . in these workhouses , that illness is thought nothiwrf There waa a case in St Margaret ' s workhouse >» w they gave a man five » hiHinga to get tid of him tnAU family , and would not then without his camin »«! infant in a dying state about the street , for foar ««? hours together . Their plea was , that if they let w » out with his family , they would see no more of £ afterwards . ^ The Foreman—Did you tell the overseer how heir . !* , your wifa was ? i ^" Husband—Yes , and he said there was the woti ^ for her and me , but there was no infirmary . ""^ o
The Foreman—But I say there is an infirmary . : The Coroner—Is this man treating the poor thu *» at his own discretion ? ™ Coole ( one of the beadles )—I should say , air , that In acts under bis regulations . A Juror—I think this is a case that ought to com * fa the knowledge of all the rate-payers , so that they o » see , if they come to poverty , what they may expect !^ The Coroner—If the woman had met with thatea » her state required , this case would not have happen *! A Juror—Some representation mast be made to tin proper authorities of this case , as the poor woman w !» not fit to be left alone , and the husband could notaffuri to pay to get her looked after in his absence . By the Coroner—I left her in bed , whm I went ont between one and two o'clock , as I did not know when I was like to come home , and the poor soul had nothiM at all till I did come home . ^^
By a Juror—As well as I could understand her alia said she was putting some cinders upou the fire . could not say what she wanted a largo fire for , except she wanted to pat on the kettle , which she sometime ! tried to do , if she thought her niece was coming . The Foremau—Did she know that you applied about the ingrmary ? Husband—Yes ; and she said she wonlduketogo there to be taken care of , and she often said , " O Lorf what can I do here . " ' By a Juror—She was sefxsd with palsy abont two months ago in the night time , and lost the use of one side , and never recoytied . I applisd four times to toe overseer , and the same answer was given . Baldwin , the beadle—I suppose , g « ntlemen , this Was adoubtful case , and Uie overseer refused it under some of the rule ? . Several of the Jury—It is most shamefuL
Husband—The first time I applied was about a month ago , when she got worse , and I never saw her up and dressed after , except her niece was coming . I am vphling to wort , and can get a living myself , for I paid 3 s . 9 d . a week for our lodging . I told Mr . Bowed the same , and said as I could get my own livicg out of doors by hard work , why should I come in ? He said , " I don't care , I wiU not take her except you come in , aa I will not be a . party to separate man and wife . " , said to him , " Well , if you vba'b separate us out of floors , will you separate us whon we come in ? " and lie said " Yea . " ( Laughter . ) The poor old fellow thai shed tears , saying , " If the poor old seul had been Jaken care of , this would not have happened . " A Juror—It was a trick to Keep Uiem out altogether .
The Foremon—We wish , Mr . Coroner , to express on * opinion in the strongest manner possible , for it appears their own beadle , Mr . Coole , visited this case , and still t /; e won' . an was neglected . The Coroner—Did the beadle come to yeur place ? Husband—Yes j Mr . Coole came , and saw how helpless she was , and I told him sometimes I-was out for eighteen hours together , and there was no one to give the poor creature anything till I came home-By a Juror— I left her between one and two •' clock , when I fried some pork , and we had that and some turnip tops ; then I lifted her into Veil I almost always lifted her in and ont of bed myself . I have paid ratea and taxes myself in a respectable way for twenty-five years in the parish . I formerly lived in Thomas-street , Oxford-street , and have lived about tho neighbourhood for forty years .
A Juror—I am afraid there will be no attention paid by the overseer , except we have him before us . The Coroner—We can admonish him in our verdict Tee Foreman ( to the Coron « rjT-You ought to write to them as well . The Coroner—I suppose I had bettat write to the vestry generally ou the subject . . ¦ A Juror—No ; to the Board of Guardians . The Coroner—Are there many of the Guardians ? Baldwin ( the beadle )—There is a certain quantity called the " poor board , " which , with the churchwardens and overseers , amounts to about twenty-two . The vestry altogether consists of HO persons . A Juror said he thought it unfair to condemn the overseer without hearing his defence . The Foreman—It is not finding fault with this over , seer exactly , but with the shameful system he is carryin l' oat ( "Hear , hear , " from the Jury . )
The Coroner ( to the be&dlei—Shall I call them the " poor board , " or the " guardians of the poor !" ( Laughter . ) A Juryman—Not the latter , certainly . The Jury now consulted together , when a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned ; to which a Juryman submitted the following appendage : — " That this Jury cannot separate withoutexpressiiig , in the strongest manner , their abhorrence of such a system of oppression to the poor , ami hope that no similar case will be refused attention by the overseer or relieving officer in future . "
The Jury appended this to their verdict , and separated on the understanding that tue Coroner was to write ? ' a sharp letter , " in addition to enclosing the verdict , to the Poor Law Board of St . George ' s , Hanover-square .
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THB REVENUE . The Revenue accounts have been pnblished for the year and quarter ending the 5 th April , 1841 . They do not present very satisfactory results : there is an aggregate decrease on the year of £ 309 , 280 : on the quarter , it ia £ 70 , 154 . One principal decrease is in the Post : effice ; and in that deparment alone it amount * to £ 833 , 000 on the year , and £ 87 , M » on the qnarter . The Ministerial journals explain away this rauier startling falling off in the last quarter : the receipts tot the corresponding quarter of the previous year , tney
say , were swelled by arrears of postage at the fcurpenny rate , which were not paid in till that tune , ana by exacting more prompt delivery of monies then oue from the deputy-postmasters : now , it is necessary to leave large balances with the depaty-pofctmasters , w enable them to meet the demand on account of mo ^ yorders , the business in that branch of the PosUimee having largely increased since the reduction ffl ™ commission . There is the reverse of a . falling-off , Jt » said , in the number of letters passing throngn ujb Post-office ; and that is the true test of the change . _ to
An attempt is made by tha Goveruruent organs gloss over the declining revenue , by sinking alt allusion to the additional taxe * imposed last year by Mr . Boring-The facts of the ^ ase are as follows : — Decrease on the year ending 5 th of April , 1641 , ... ... .. £ 309 , 289 Decrease on the Poit-offlce 833 ^ ou » Apparent increase on the year Jg £ 521 , 72 * But the Chancellor of the Exchequer imposed new taxes , or increased old ones , whoso conjoint amount he thus estimated : — Addition to Assessed Taxes ... ... £ 276 . 00 * New survey on ditto ... 150 , 6 iO Customs and Excise ... 1 , 426 , 009 " Spirit ,... ... .- JSf ^ ¦ ,
Real decrease on tbe year ... £ 1 , 813 , 280 The whole amount of these addttions did sot , holder come into operation equally ; «* 5 jN * Jj £ - E ^ get an ac « mrat » Tiew of onr finaneW ptotpeeia we " »>» confine our attention to the quarters—I ^ creMe on the quarUr ............. v . £ ™'« jj * Decrease in the Post-office ............ J 7 ' Apparent decrease on the qnarter ' £ * S , 06 * But there must be added to this , one fourth of the addition made „ to eur taxation , amounting to ... ^ - " Real decrease on the qnarter— .. £ 623 , 010
So much for Mr . Baring ' s perce ^«« ^ Sng , duties , which were to mateup tot * £$ g % S £ k and supply the income wanted to mwi J ^^ h « expenditure . In despite of the * F » S » S 2 g ^ Sitt wlii gain by laying hwdr . WW tJjJjStt ^ w deposit * , It i » to be thought the P'f ^^^ gjOet difficulty in raising the wind to meot p « J . gagg * smdfutoe expenses . We look forward to the «»«» with some curiosity . — Spectator .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 17, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct545/page/6/
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