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SONG FOB THE MILLIONS . Oar Crod is good , his -works are fair , His gift * to mu are rich and rare ; His holy presence everywhere , O ' er laa& Bea , Proclaims that all should equal share Sweet liberty . The sir with wands of Freedom rings , Whene ' er the lark his carol sings , Whene ' er the bee bestirs his "sings ; From tiny bird And joyful twittering insect things * That sound is heard . Tis first of Nature's wise decrees , It floats upoff the healthful breeze , It speaketh . in the rustling trees ,
Without controal j It rolls o ' er waTes of migbty seas , From Pole to Pole . "RTiarever mortal man hath been , In deserts "wild , or prairies green , In storm , or solitude serene , Oa hills , er plains , He h&th in Nature ' s Kiugdom sees That freed om reigns . D 33 r liberty ! foal slavery ' s bin , l > 3 stroy thee , tyrants never can , >' or when the flight of time began , God reads all free ; He breathed into the soul of man , Pare lore for thee .
Tnst lore ! inspired Grest Bruce and Tell ; Btfore them despots fled and fell ; Xhat lore hath often rung the knell Of coward knaves , Whose powerful viil&niea compel Hen to be slaves . Ant yet that love shall millions bless , Its power will all their wrongs redress , Sue tyranny shall soon confess The rights of all ; Then woe to him that dare oppress With chains and tJiw > 71 .
Por < 5 ed is good , Jus works are air , His gifts to man are rich and rare , Sis holy presence everywhere , O ' er lind and sea , Proclaims that all should equal share Sweet liberty . BSSJAMTS STOTT Mac chesta .
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cam a . By the overland Mail from India we have received letters , papers , and advices from Bombay of the 4 th of May , Madras of the 13 th of April , Calcutta of the 21 st , Caabal of the 12 tb , Candahar of the 5 th , Lahore of ibe 10 ; h , and from Delhi of the 30 th of the same iaonih ; also frcm Cbusan of the 3 d of March , from Macao of the 6 ih , and from Baraah of the 30 th of that month . Of this nxass of intelligence the news from AfFghsnist&n only is of paramount importance . The first and most important is the surrender of the fortress of Ghczaee by Colonel Palmer on the 1 st of Mareh , and the supposed slaughter of the garrison by the Ghazees tribe & 3 soon as they had jBarehed out of the city . The following is from the Bombay Times : —
The insurrection which broke out at Canhnl on the 2 nd of . November appears almost simultaneously to have manifested itself at Gbuxnee , ninety mile 3 to the gOHih , and thu 3 murJi furiher from the Peshawur frontier . On that day Captain Woodborn and 150 men were cut to pieces forty miles to the north . A few dsys after this Lieutenant Crawford , in charge of abont 100 prisoners , narrowly escaped ; his baggage fell into the enemy ' 3 hands , and the greater portion of his men were killed . From the 7 ih of November to the 1 st of March ., nothing definite or intelligible * w * s heard from Gflwnee . By the beginning cf December the country roond waa completely snowed up , and though we from time to time heard of the town being filled with insurgents , and € 61
Palser sorely pressed by the enemy , as hi 3 eomjaisilartas was believed » be well supplied , a hope was en ertained that he might hold ens till relieved by General Nott from Candahar j or that he might , so goon as the eountry was open , be able to retreat without assistance . About the end of February water began to fail him , the enemy appear to have increased in audacity , and on one « ee&sR-Q they were driven back by a gatlast charge made on them by the Sepoys , who bayoneted them in great numbers . A dispatch from lifyi , of the 1 st of March dispelled the illusion as to his safety . His original foree , which consisted of the 27 lh " Bengal Native Infaxtry , with some artillery , was considerably under 1 , 000 strong—latterly
probably not more than 700 ; of these 137 had fallen in the coarse of the siege , and about 100 were sick or wounded j 200 ^ nea were detached holding an onipest , where water had become so scarce that , mtmn 48 hours of the date ofihe dispatch , it mu&t have been abandoned . The enemy was under cover in overpowering feroe within 50 yards of the garrison . The thermometeriiad , for some time , been 46 -iiegrees below freezing . The garrison were exhausted by the fatigue of incessant duty , and disheartened by-their tatsl isolation ; and , under these circumgiaaees , there appeared to be no choice bat capitula tion lef t to the commander . He states that , in consequence of this deplorable pass , and of having ; reoei ? ed orders from Sir William M'Naoghten
to retire , he bad agreed to evacuate about the 6 ih of March . Tee city was at this time filled with Go&zaes , the religious Mussulman fanatics Trho had worked so mach woe at Caubnl ; and these wereaere , as they are eTerywhere , and at all times , wholly beyond the eontroul of the chiefs . The ground was thickly covered with snow ; and Col . Palmer , at the conclusion of his dispatch , expresses fears for the safety of the force . They were to have proceeded immediately in the direction of Caubul , on their way to Jellalabad , under a safe conduct from the chiefs . Nothing whatever having since this
period been ieard of them , there remains scarcely any reason to hope but that they have all likewise perkhed . According to a rumour lately prevalent in Seinde , three or four of the officers were in the hascs of the enemy as prisoners . Thn 3 hare the Gaszecs avenged the massacre of the prisoners under our authority when Ghuzaee was taken by Sir John Eeane . On the 21 st of July , 1839 , it w& 3 capiur-. d by us , with a sacrifice of fire iiundred of the enemy . It was surrendered by us about the 6 th of iiarca , ISfi , with , a loss , it is to be feared , of the whole garrison and camp followers , amounting to upwards of 1 , 000 men .
Another reverse was experienced by General England at tea pass Kojack , Emy-eigbi miles fiom Quetia , on the inarch to Caiidahar . His force was composed of five companies of her Majesty ' s 41 st Retimed , six . companies of the light battalion of K&UTe Infantry , one troop of light cavalry , four guns of Leslie ' s horse brigade , and fifty _ Poonah horse , having in charge a convoy , consisting of treasure , medical stores and ammnnitioD , together with 1300 camels , & . C-, destined for the relief of the troop * at Candahax . The convoy proceeded , without enc-outtering any grsat obstacles , and without receiving notice from the inhabitants of any contemp : a' * d plan of resistance , to the pass , where it , en the 28 : h of March , found that swae field-works had been erected . An attempt was made , by sending 209 men to attack those "works , % o dislodge the enemy , when they showed a strong force of
infantry and cavalry . Capt . May , of the 41 st , was shot rttad , as well & 3 several of his men . Major Abtborp , of the 30 th Native Infantry , was cut down ( he biea of his wounds on the following day . ) when the General resolved not to ritk the ] o ? s of the corvov , and madb a skilful retreat to a neighbouring village which he defended , and thenee withdrew to Queua . where he intrenched himself md waited for Bore troops , then on the search , from Dadur and Sukku , to join him . The loss on this occasion , besides the dScers mentioned , waa two sergeant ? one corporal , and fourteen privates of the 41 st killed , « ni one sergeant , one corporal and fifty privates woended of ihe light battalion . Of the 20 th , 25 ; h , and 6 th Regiments Bombay Native Infantry , there were aine killed and eighteen wounded . The great diffitn'ty of the position at Qaetta has been the want of forage for the camels , and the efforts of the Governttest &re directed towards enabling the troops to
proessd onwards as speedily as possible . As a conti&si to this reverse , a force from Can-< &har } which was sent by General Nott to meet General England , having been attacked , after two eaj ' s march , by a large body of Afghans , gave the assarts such a reception , as obliged them to take to flight . Thty are described a 3 fighting with recklefs bravery , and charging up to the" bayonet s Point ; they therefore suffered » great Blanghter , particularly as they were charged by tne ± Jntisu cavalry during their -flight . About three hundred « rt said to have fallen , including five of then- wiefi "Sie loss on the side of the British was fire tolled ted twenty-five woanded . The Commander of the British force was Col . Wymer . Candahar is stated bwiw
w nave abandant provisions , bat mere -w ikffliHHnition . The pass of Kojuck can , as it ta now affirmed , be easily turned . . , , The diTision nnder General Pollock have . g * " > ed the renown of opening a pass which even Naoir Shah was obliged to purchase . Having taken due pre-CfcatMHis , this division , consisting of her Majesty s 9 i ' a regiment of Infantry 5 and the 26 ib , SOsh , 3 ord , 33 rd , arid 64 ih Bengal Native Infantry , and a regiment of JeziEchees , wifh arciliery . in three colnmns 3 en the 5 ; h of April , forced the oifBcult pass of Hie Shybsr , and , notwithstanding tae detericined resisuiiise of the Afreedces tribe , succeeded" in reaching Ali M-o ? judd , with the I 033 of only one ofieer ^ Lienj . Comming , of the SihJ » ad 13 rank and ftfa killed ,
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and 104 wounded . On the 9 : b of April the division was at Lundee Khan , whence to the point of junction with the garrison of Jellalabad , nothing like effectual opposition waa to be expected . The Sikh troops , who on the occasion attacked another part of the pass , co-operated cordially with the British , and behaved with great gallantry . During the period of tha attack on the Khyber , Akhbar Zhan , who with 6 , 000 Affga&ns had invested Jellalabad , exhibited great eagerness , as if to aid the tribes around the pass in defending it . On the evening of the 6 th , he caused a feu de joie to be fired in honour , as he said , of the repulse which ' the British troops had met at the entrance of the pas 3 near Jumrood . Bat the gallant and experienced warrior , General Sale , was not to be deceived ; he resolved to anticipate what he
considered to be an intended retreat of the Sirdar , and en the morning of the 7 th , sallied forth to attack the Affghaa camp . Three columns , composed of her Majesty ' s 13 th Infantry , and 35 th Bengal Native Infantry , with a detachment of the Sappere and Miners , supported by a light field battery and a small cavalry force , issued from the "blockaded " town , and completely routed Akhbar Khan and his 6 J 0 OO men , - burned their camp , and retook four guns of those seized at the massacre of Kboord Caubul in January last , u the restoration of which is regarded by the troops with much honest exultation . " This victory , glorious as it is , has been dearly purchased by the fall of Col . Dannie , whose dealh , evea upon the field of honour , will be regarded as a great calamity , while his memory will be always held sacred , a 9 a brave and worthj officer .
Intelligence ef a recent date ( not ascertained ) has been received at Jellalabad from Ca ibul about the 8 : h of April . Another revolution was reported to have taken place , and the rumour will most probably turn out well-founded , though not as yet authenticated . The Saah So&jahwA 3 said to have been shov inbla litteT when coming on ) of the Bala Hiesar—a cirenmstance this also extremely probable . Our hostages and prisoners , both here and at Futteabad , were safe " and well—though some of them had , of late , been less kindly treated than formerly . The news from China is unimportant .
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LEEDS . —B . OBBERT FEOH THE PERSON . —On Monday last a young man of bad character , named John Kaye , who gets his living as best he can , was charged at the Court-house with having stolen eight shillings in silver from the ptrsonof an sged man , who had on the Friday evening been drinking at the Queen ' s Arms Inn , Kirkgate , and who deposed that , as soon as he left the house , after having had several pints of ale , he was met by the prisoner at the corner leading to the White Cloth Hal ) , who at once thrust his hand into his side coat pocket , and not being able to get off with the money alone , he tore the pocket out altogether . He was not apprehended until Saturday , when of course it was too late to expect to recover the money . Not being able to rebut the charge to the satisfaction of the" bench , he was sent to Wakefield for three month ? .
Juysmls Thi ? f . —On Tuesday last , Wm . Harrison , a lad not more than twelve years of age , was charged at the Coart House with haying entered a dressing room at the Waterloo Swimming Baths , with the intention of committing a robbery . It waa stated that a gentleman was bathing , acd that the prisoner had , unseen , abstracted a purse from his clothes , containing about £ 2 in silver . He was observed , however , before he could get off , and laid the purse on the seat , where it wa 3 found . He was further charged with having , while in company wiih two other lads , stolen foar shillings in cop ' per , from the shop of Mrs . Wood , in Wood-street . The money ia this case was not found , but the lai having beeu previously imprisoned , was Bent to Wakefield lor three months .
. Attempted Robbsry . —On Monday last , a wellknown oharacter who gave his name Christopher Petler , but who was stated to have an innumerable number cf aliases , was charged at the Conrt House with having , on Saturday last , in the Vicar ' s Croft , mado several unsuccessful attempts to lighten the pockets of her Majesty's liege ? . Information was given to the police , and by "Mr . Read's orders be was taken into custody , having been first se&n by an ofictr to try the pockets of several persona . He pleaded innocence , but it would not do , and he waa sent to Wakefield for three months .
Accidest . —On Wednesday week , about noon , as Mr . William Marsh , of this town , ( clerk to W . T . Smith , - Esq ., solicitor , ) and Mr . M . Farrar , of Cawood , farmer , were proceeding in a gig to Keighley , and when within about six miles from that place , the horse ( a young one ) took fright , and ran away down the hills until it came to Denham Toll Gate , where a horse and cart were standing between the gates . The horse attempted to jump over the cart , and the wheel of the gig caught the back of the cart and threw it and the horse over , damaging the cart , and the gig wa 3 thrown over , and Mr . Marsh and Mr . Farrar were thrown out with considerable violence , the former being severely wounded . This ought to be a -warning t © the tollbar keepers allowing any sort of conveyance to block up the road through the toll-gates , which is at any time a great nuisance .
Juvemle Thiev £ S . —On Monday last , two lads named Christopher Clarey and Alfred Baxter , were charged before the Leeds magistrates with having Btolen bji iron grate from a reservoir in the yard of Mr . Sheepshank ' s mill , Wellington Road . It being their first offence , they were , with the consent of their parents , ordered to be whipped and discharged Gabdes Robbery . —Oa Monday last , a respectable looking man named Cutbbert Gibson , residing in Cavalier-street , Bank , was in custody at the Poliee-offiee , on a charge of haying stolen a number of encumbers on Sunday morning . Oa iho case being called on , tha prosecutor did not make his appearance , and it was stated by the officer into whose charge the man had been given , that a compromise had been effected- On being called , however , he made his appearance , and then stated that his Dame was Thomas Fowler , and that he had a garden in Pontefract-lanewhich garden , between
Satur-, day night and Sunday morning , had been robbed of some cucumbers , which he could not identify , neither had he seen the prisoner in the neighbourhood . He had previously told a different tale , and the Bench then asked him how much he had got to comproBUB-e the affair ! to which he replied that be had received a sovereign . This be was at once ordered to refund , upon which the prisoner's wife stepped forward , and taid she bad paid him 253 ., which with great reluctance he was made to pay back . Another charge was -j * ben preferred against Gibson , for havisg stolen a bird out of the garden , which had been placed there by a young man " to learn some wild notes . " This was found in his house , end it being valued at 7 s . 6 d ., he was ordered to . pay that amount besides a a fine of 20 s . and the costs . Tlrs was paid , and the parties left the Court , tbe gardener grumbling at the losa of bath cucumbers and money .
Robb £ RT am ) Murdebops Attack . —On Tuesday , two aen , named James Weatierill and Thomas Crosslaiid , were brought up at tho Court House , and remanded , under the following circumstances : —Mr . James stated that one of the night police , named Henry Thompson , wa 3 on duty on the York-road , on Sunday morning , about two o ' clock , when he heard the screaming of pigs , and following the sound he saw two men in a field , each carrying a young pig under his arm ; he got up to them before he was Eeen , when the men dropped the pigs and ran away . Tnompson pursued them , and E 63 zed hold of WeaiheTill , who struggled violently ; and Crossland , seeing no one near , went to his assistance : the watchman and Weatherill , in the struggle , fell
against a rail in the fence , which wa 8 broken , and Crossland seizing hold of a plecB of the rail , about four feet long , struck Thompson several times ov-jr the head . To prevent a repetition of the blows , he put up his arm , ojer which he was struck repeatedly with such violence as to fracture it in two places . The men then escaped , and Thompson was left in a ditch in a state of insensibility . He was not discovered fcr three or fonr hours afterwards . He was immediately taken to the surgery of Mr . Price , where his injuries , were fully dit covered , and be was removed home ; we understand that the fractured limb h ^ s not-yet been set , on acconnt of the swelling , but that he 13 likely to do well . The pigs , wisich were left in the field by the robbers were taken into the possession of ihe police , and were afterwards identified by Mr Rose , of York Road , as having been
Etolen from his premises . Frcm subsequent information , the two prisoners were apprehended , and on being taken to Thompson ' s htuse , he was able to swear to both ,- Weatherill as the man he had in custody , and Crossland as the one who struck him with the rail . They were remanded until Thompson Is able to appear . Assault oh the Police . —On Monday , a yonng man , who gave hiB name George Lowe , was charged before the . magistrates at the Court-House with haviEg , at an early hour on Sunday morning , assaulted one of the nightly watch whilst in the execution of bis duty . The prisoner had been drinking , and-being on his road home , in -Primrose fitreet , along with some companions , they could not resist the opportunity of BerenadsDg those of early retiring habits j on being remonstrated with for the noise they were making , the prisoner very coolly tnocVed the watchman down . He was fined 20 a .
and eost ? . - Stealing Ibo * . —On Monday last , a man named David Illingworth , was charged at the Court House with having stolen a quantity of old and new iron , the property of Mr . Dobsoo , of Neville Hill Colliery , Osmondthorp . The prisoner was apprehended w "; ilsfc offering the iron for sale , and on being questioned by the police , refused to give any satisfactory account of its possession . After being taken into custody an owener was found who was fully ablo to identify the property , and he ¦ was , committed for trial .
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Afflicting Suicide . —We have the painful duty of this week recording another act of determined suicide by & respectable and respected tradesman of this town , Mr , jamos Rhodes , of the firm of Nickols and Rhodes , tauners , Joppa . The deceased has been for some time-labouring under nervous debility and irritation , and has more than once recently manifested symptoms of incipient derangement . He had been in his own house in North Hall-street , the tvhole of Sunday , and returned tu rest before nine o ' clock ia the evening . Mrs . Rhodes went to bed before ten , at which time he made some incoherent remarks , but afterwaids seemed to compose himself to rest . He got out of bed a little turned half-past two on Monday morning and after putting on his stockings and flannel
drawers , entered a water closet , which opened out of his bed-room . He had not been here above a minute , when an unusual noise attracted ihe attention of Mrs . Rhodes , and on following him she fonnd that he had cut his throat in a dreadful manner She alarmed her son , an intelligent youth of twelve years of age , and the servants were soon assembled Mr . Flood , surgeon , was at once sent for , and arrived in a quarter of an hour , but Mr . Rhodes was dead on his arrival . He had severed the carotid artery , the jugular vein , and the windpipe . An inquest was held on Tuesday morning before John Blackburn , Esq ., aud a respectable Jury , at the Beckett ' s Arms Inn , when suflisient evidence was adduced to show th » t insanity had usurped the place of reason , and a verdict to tnat effect was returned . Mr . Rhodes was in the forty-sixta year of his age .
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THE LEEDS IMPROVEMENT BILL . From notices that have from time to time appeared in the Star , our readers will know that for sometime a contest has been waged in the Town of Leeds , between the friends of Right and the lovers of Might , for tho Powek and PATRONAGE likeJ y to te conferred on the Executive of a certain Bill , called the J . eeda Improvement Bill , now before Parliament . The friends of Right have struggled to keep the power in the bands of the ratepayers at large , by having it so ordered that the Act shall be Executed by a Board of Commissioners directly elected by those of the inhabitants of the borougn liable to be rated fjr its purposes and ends ; while the lovers of Might have moved earth and hell to have the powers conferred on themselves ! A series of adjourned vestry meetings have been bolden in Leeds , from time to time , at which the feelings aud wishes of the inbabicants have been unequivocally expressed . It now being convenient for those who in
oaysot yore were so fond of the " sweet voices" of the people at vestry meetings , to disregard and despise whatever militates against " respectable " ASCENDANCY , those feelings and wishes have been set aside ; and Parliament appealed to , to declare in express enactment that it cares more for the private interests of wealthy " respectables " than for the well-being of the community . At « ne of the adjourned vestry meetings , a committee was chosen to prepare a petition to Parliament on behalf oi the Owners and Occupiers of Property in the Borough , to put our legislators in poEsession of the facts of the case , so that if they sinned against the peoplo they might do it with their eyes open . Such petition haa been prepared , and forwarded to Mr . Beckett , M . P . for Leeds , for presentation . Here follows a c&py of that petition . We commend it to the perusal of all concerned ; and Bhould like to see the hoary old Jesuit of the Mercury try to controvert its positions : —
TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED . The Petition of the Ownersand Occupiers of Property In the Borough of L * eds , in Public Vestry assembled , Humbly Sheweth , teat there is a Bill now before your Hon . House , entitled , " a Bill for better lighting , cleansing , severing , and Improving the borough of Leeds , in the county of York . " That the grounds upon which application was made to your Hon . House to consider upon and pass the said Bill , were the desire that existed in tho minds of the inhabitants of the borough of Leeds to compel the necessary sanatory regulations indispenaible for public health , and to greatly augment and extend the powers conferred upon the present " Lieds Improvement Commissioners" by an Act now in existence , and which received the Royal Amnt on the 17 th June , 1824 .
That from a variety of causes , the said Bill as originally prepared and read a first time in your Hon . House , v » as in a most crude and unsatisfactory state , having been hurriedly drawn up , and no time existing for a evision of the draft , advantage -was to , be taken of tho permission of your Hon . House to bring in" the said Bill even after the period fixed by the " standing orders" of your Honourable House . Tfeat under these circumstances , nothing more than the general consent of your Petitioners to the introduction of the said Bill was suugtfc for by its promoters , on the distinct understanding in open vestry , that as there was Dot then time to consider the measure ia detail , an opportunity should be given the inhabitants generally to meet and consider upon the Bill after it had bttn read a first time and printed fcy your Honourable House ; the promoters of the said Bill pledging themselves to the inhabitants in open meeting to use all their power » : ; d influence to indnce your Honourable House to accede to Each alterations and amendments on the
origical drsu aB might be defined by the Owners and Occupif rs cf property in the borough to be needful for the due accomplishment of the purposes and ends sought to be attained by the . sald Bill . That , after the said Bill had been read a first time in your Honourable House , and printbd , copies of it were circulated amongst the inhabitants of . the Boion b , and a public vestry meeting of the Owners and Occupiers of property in the borough convened ( npon fourteen days ' notice ) to consider its provisions , and to suggest such alterations aud amendments as to them , collectively , might seem necessary ; and general ) j to sanction in detail what they bad before only been able to sanction conditional ' y .
That , at such meeting of the Owners and Occupiers of property in tbe bo ? ongh of Leeds , after careful examination of such Bill in all its details and bearings , and after judicious deliberation , several amendments and alterations were determined npon , particularly one effecting tbe constitution of the Executive body entrusted with the powers conferred by the Bill , should it become law ; and one relative to tbe proportioning of the mtes songht to be raised for effecting the purposes of the Act , between theOwneis and Occupiers of property . That tbe constitution of tbe Executive body as it s t ood in the original draft of tbe Bill , and as read a first time by your Honourable House , was liable to many serious and grave ofjections ; inasmuch as it was composed of three distinct parties , each elected and chosen in a (! iffereut and distinct manner ; which weuld have so divided acd frittered away responsibility , that tbe inhabitants gtceraUy would nave had litt e or do control over those who were to have the expending of their money . \
That the deliberate opinion of your petitioners upon this point was , that a Boara of Cornniissiontrs , elected by such of the inhabitants tf the borough of Leeds , as were liable to be rated for the purposes of the said Bill ( should it become law ) would be the best Executive that could possibly be formed , inasmuch as mcb Commissioners would be elected because of their especial fitness for the daises they would bare to per / arm ; and would , moreover , be directly and immediately RESPONSIBLE to those with the expending of whose money they would be entreated . ¦
Test the opinion of your petitioners , as to the mauner in which the payment of tbe rates saught to be raised by the Bill should be apportioned between the Owner and Occupier of property , was either tli £ t the Occupier sbould pay in an increased ratio according to his rental ; or that the Owner should pay onehwf of tbe rate imposed , end the Occupier the remaining half : the object of your petitioners being to throw the burden ef payment upon tbe inhabitants generally in the ratio of their means , or income ; and to approximate , in some degree , to the form of that clause in the public bill for effecting " Improvements in certain Boroughs and large Towns /' now before your Honourable House ; which directs tb . it tbe O ? rner , in most cases , shall pay the entire of the rates .
That , when these alterations were determined upon nearly unanimously by the Owners and Oecuplers of property in the Borough of Leeds , the parties who had had the preparation of tbe Bill , and were promoting it through your Honcurabiu HouBe , and who had , in the first instance , obtained a conditional general assent of the inhabitants to the introduction of their confessedly imperfect Bill into your Honourable House , broke faith with the inhabitants generally , and refused to accede to the alterations determined upon by the Owners and Occupiers of property in public vestry assembled . That a number of private individuals then took upon themselveB to apply to your Honourable House to pass tbe aforesaid Bill into a law , in a shape conformable to their own private interests and views , and without reference to the interests of the inhabitants generally . \
That , in pnrsnance of such assumption en the part of such private individuals , the said Bill has been referred to a Select Committee of your Honourable House , where evidence has been token cf tuch nature and value as satted' the purposes of the parties new promoting the BUI to offer . That , in consequence of such evidence , and the pleadings ef counsel relative to the constitution of tbe Executive power under tuch Bill , ( different elates having been put forth by the private parties who have sought your Honourable House , ) your , Select Commit tee have determined to entrust tbe execution of tbe said measure to the Town Council of the Borough of Leeds .
That yoor petitioners are free to admit that the selectog of the Town Council for this purpose is for preferable to the entrustment of the Executive powera to a body of tbe na t ure originally proposed : inasmuch as the Town Council is but one body , and is , ia 3 ome degree , responsible to those who will have ta pay sates , should the Bill become law . That there are , however , many and aerions objections to the piacing of such powers In tha . bands , of the Leeds Town Council .
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That it ii notprfoTHi that that Town Council have already more duties imposed upon them than they can decently and c » effltab ! y perform . ^ That it la equally notorious that the Council Chamber of the Leeds Town Connca baa been , ever aince their first meeting ; under the Municipal Corporations * Reform Act , an arena for factious tad patty fights . ' That exhibitions > i a vary di « reditaWe character have been made in that place ; that crimination and recrimination have mach abounded } that pie party haa designated the ^ other party »» "Tt ; itprNS ; " that the compliment haa been returned with interest ; and that the time of the Coian ' cU ' : ! l ^ Vb . e . en : '' Mn 8 iuiiiBd in the utterance of disgraceful personalities and by n « leas disgraceful party contests . '
That it U equally noteridus that thousands of popridB have been expended by the adherents ; of each of the respective parties who have thus struggled for aseendancyin the borough , to curtail and cripple the constituency who elect theT membera of the said Town Council f their , object being to prevent any but known partizans being placed on the burgess roll ; in which object they have > but too far succeeded ; That it is equally notorious that at every election taken for membera of the Towa Council in the Borough of Leeds since the passing of the Municipal Corporations' Reform Act , grosi bribery , treating , and other corrupt practi ces have extensively prevailed ; so much so , that it is vrell understood in the town that the present majority of vbtea , which one of the two contending political par ties have in that Council , is PTJKCH ASED by gold and drink . '
That , under these circiiinstano 9 B , your petitioners are of opinion that it would be more wise in your Hon . House , and more advantageous to the inhabitants of the borough , to entrust the Execution of the said Bill , (* fconld it become law ) to a Board of Comnrissiohers . elected by those of the inhabitants liable to be rated for the purposes of the Bill . That your petitioners are strengthened in this opinion by the experience they have had of the working pt the present Leeds Improvement Act , which confers Us powers upoa a Board of Commissionere partly so elected ; that
none of the factions fights and ! : paltry personal disagreements wnich have so often disgraced the Leeds Town Council , have interfered with the duties ef the said Board of Commiasioners ; tkat from the passing of the Act , in 1824 , up to the present period , b » j / y one contested election for aBoard of Commissioners has beenhad ; and that daring the whole of th&t period the respective Boards have given general satisfaction to the ratepayers , attended to the interests of the inhabitants generally , and originated and effected many and important improvements in the town and neighbourhood of Leeds .
That , in the Bill as read a first time in ycur Hon . House , there was a clause restricting the persons entrusted with the Execution of the said Bill , ( whoever they might be ) from expending more than £ 500 in any one year , on any one improvement , without the sanction of the rate-payers in vestry meeting assembled ; whiah clause , your petitioners understand , has been withdrawn from tbe said Bill , with tho concurrence of the select committee of your Hon . House . That your petitioners would represent to your Hon . House tho absolute necessity there is , if their intsroita are to be » t all cared for , for the re instatement of the expunged clause ; inasmuch as tha Bill seeks to confer great and varied powers fox many and various purposes , and as by it property ia Leeds will be affneted in a
great degree . Some of the contemplated improvements are but of doubtful u'ility ; others such as would meet with general concurrence . To prevent jobbery , and to make certain that those improvements are first attended to which would bo of general benefit ,- the clause requiring the c * ns « nt of the rate-payers in vestry assembled is Imperatively needed , That it is possible that tbe Executive under the said Bill ( whoever composes it ) may be so constituted as to be worked upon by interested parties , and the money of the ratepayers expended in purchases and in the improvement of property where such improvement would only be of individual or prirate ~ advantage ; while it is scarcely poaaibie that the whole body of the ratepayers could be so actuated . Power is given , in the said Bill , to the Executive to purchase the tolls of certain bridges erected over tbe river Airo ; that to purchase these tolls may or may not be desirable , accordion
to circumstances ; but that the purchase of them involves the expenditure of considerable sums of money . That these bridges have been built oii speculation by numerous bodies of shareholders ; that it is possible that those speculations may have been failures ; and it might happen that it would conriuee to tbe interests of these respective Companies to sell ; that these bodies are numerous ; that they may act in concert ; that they may manage to influence the election of a considerable number of the Executive body ; that the purchase of these tolls may be then determined on , and the interests of the ratepayers generally sacrificed to cover the lasses of private speculators . For these reasons , and others no lees obvious , your petitioners trast your Honourable House will see the necessity of restoring tbe clause which requires the consent of the ratepayers in vestry assembled , before great Bums of their money are expended on objects of doubtful utility .
That your petitioners would point to the fact that a protection of this sort exists in the present ; Letds Improvement Act ; and your petitioners defy the mention of one- single instance in which suck protection has stood in tbe way of improvements being effected . Whenever the exisling Commissioners have appealed to tbe vestry for their consent to the purchase of property and the effecting of improvements , they have , invariably , after dttailing their plans , and giving their reasons why each improvementa should be maSe , obtained the consent of . the ratepayers . That your petitioiitis hopo that your Honourable House ia not disposed to pluce them in a worse position by the New Bill , ao to the legitimate eontroul of the expenditure of their own money , and as to the rights and privileges appertaining to late-pajers , than they occupy under the preKvnti act . And Your petitioners , therefore pray ;
That if your Honourable House do pass the aforesaid Leeds Improvement Bill , it may be is such a shape as te be in conformity with the generally expressed wish of the Owners and Occupiers of property in the < aid Borough , so Tbat the Execution of the Act ( should it become such ) may be entrusted to a Board of Commissioners chosen expresaiy for the purpose , by those of the inhabitants liable to ba rated for the purposes of the said Act , from such of tbe inhabitant rate-payers as u > ay bave resided in the Borough for the space of eighteen months , and shall be considered qualified to perform the duties of the office : and That thtt rating may be so ordered that the man of slender means may not be required to pay in like proportion with tbe man oi large means : or that the rates be raised in equal proportions from the Owners and tho Occupiers of property in the Borough : and
That a eontroul be given to the rute-payers over the expenditure of large sums of moHey , by a restoration of the expunged elause limiting the Executive from spending more than j £ 500 in any one year , e « any one i ? nprovement , vritb . oat the sanction of the rate-payers in vestry meeting assembled . The passing of tbe Bill in conformity with these requests wili give unmixed satisfaction to theinhabW tints of the Borough of LetdB ; while the passing of it in the shape in wbicli it now appears befrne your Hon . House will only lead to bad fteling between differ © , t Btctions of the community ; entail a great expence npon the inhabitants for tbe passing of a meaeure they are adverse to in many of its essential points ; and will prolODg the party tights which havo so long disgraced our town . Therefore , if your Hon . House is indisposed to accede : to the afore-recited prayers of your petitioners , Tbeythen further pray ,
That your Hon . House will reject the said Bill altogether . and pats the public Bills now before your Hon . House for effecting the Drainage , General Improvement , and Regulation of Buildings , in Boroughs and lftrgo toTnia . as BooaaB they can be matured and made effective for their purpose . This courso will save the inhabitants of this Borough many thousands of pounds , and place them upon an equal footing with those cf all other Boroughs . For your petitioners . are of opinion , that if they , the inhabitants oi : Lieds , aiotorbe exempted from tho operation of tbe public Acts , they ought , at lenst .
to be no worse off than th « se who inny be subjected to those Acts ; the passing of the Leeds Improvement Bill in any othw shape than that pointed out in this the petition of your petitioners will place the Owners and Occupiers of property in a far worse position than they would be u der the public Bills , judging of them as they now stand before your Hon . House : therefore , your petitioners respectfully call the attention of your Hon . House to the reasons they have endeavoured to adduce , with a view to your Hon . House doing that which is just and ri ;; ht to all concerned .
And your petitioners will ever pray . Signed on behalf of the Owners and Occupiers of Property in the Borougii of Leeds , in public Vestry assembled , William Roberts , Chairman .
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STJNDER . LAND . —On Thursday evening another meeting of the unemployed working men waa held on the town moor . The local Whig and Tory press have stated that the number present was upwards of 2 , 000 , and therefore we cannot be accused of exaggeration when we adopt their Btitementa . Mr . John Burnett olio of these who are receiving what ia called parish relief , was called to the chair . In a feeling and sensible manner , lie briefly addressed tht meeting . He described bis sufferings and the sufferings cf his family , but he had now got some rolicf as it was called , namely he was permitted to break stones three days in tue week , at one shilling a-day . This was all that he had . Hitherto from seven to five was considered sufficiently
long for half starved men to be employed , but now the authorities had determined to extend the hours of labour from six till eix—two hours additional without , however , any addition totbe cemu » eratioa . Mr , Pierce was next called on , He addressed the meeting at great length and with much ability . He described the recaption he and a deputation bad met with from the ministers of the town and others npon whom they wer appointed to wait The report waa very cheering . Th e niiniBters of the church had displayed great sympathy for them , and he believed would be found active i n their behalf . He had also been one of a deputation t obtain signatures to a requisition to the mayor anjj , magistrates fox a public meeting , o £ the inh&bitaai ^
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respecting the existing distress . They had not been successful in procuring signatures . vThe petition has since been numerously and respectably signed . ) But some of the ministers assured him , that if the wealthy would not sign tbe requisition , ^ nor the magistratee call the meeting , they would nndertafee it themselves . Mr . Willams then came foxwaid and atidiesaed the meeting . Aftar suggesting to them various means of obtaining some amelioration of their present wretched condition be wound up his address by urging them to seek for justice rather than charity , and to look only to the possession of political power and its right exercise , to effect full emancipation from , their present oppression and suffering . At the dose of the proceedings it was announced that another meeting would take place on Monday evening .
: Adjowrnbd Meeting of the Unemployed . — - On Monday evening , another very large meeting of the unemployed was held on the Town Sloor , for the purpose of receiving the report of the deputation appointed to wait upon the magistrates with a requisition for a public meeting of the inhabitants . The deputation who were originally appointed for the purpose not having been able to attend on the magistrates , Mr . Bruce , grocer , aud Mr . Williams waited upon them . Mr . Bruce being called to tha cfeivr , proceeded to state the result cf the interview which hid taken place . The magistrates treated the deputation with the utmost respect , and held a long conversation with them respecting the extent of the distress , and the various plans
that might be adopted to alleviate it They flnaliy determined to call a public meeting on Monday next , at which they promised their personal attendance and assistance , and they expressed a hope that all possible information should then be produced respecting the distress of the town , and that in the meantime parties would bo considering Borne plan or plans for the relief of the poor . Mr . Bruco then made some further judicious observations upon this suJ ject , after which he called upon Air . Pieree . Mr . Pierce then addressed the meeting in a good and useful speech , Mr . Williams then being called upon , came forward and wound up the proceediBRs in a brief but energetic speech , which was extremely well received .
BABNSUEV . — -State of TaAPE . ——The unemployed operatives of Barnsley hold a meeting on May-day Green on Monday noon , to adopt means to alleviate their distress . After a Committee of five had been appointed t > draw up an address to be presented to the magistrates on Wednesday , the meeting was adjourned to Tuesday evening ; when the addreaa was read and adoptad . LONDON . —Tsades' Delegate Meeting . —At an auj . jurned meeting of delegates from the building Trades , held on June 2 ad ; at the Royal Georgo , George Street , Chelsea , Mr . CopnVid in the chair , the IpllowinK business w& 3 transacted . The delegates from the Carpenter ' s Arms ' , Catharine Street ,
Pimlico , and the Koya } Ge > r ^ e , George Street , Chelsea , stated that-their societies had adopted the measures proposed by tho Builuirig Trades Committee , aud had appointed a committee to carry them into tft ' eci .. The delegate from the Artillery Arms , Rochester Row , stated that they had called a general meetiriij for the purpose of discussing the subject on th ^ 7 til of June , and they would # ive in their return on the 30 ih oi * June . A deleiiais from the Kind ' s Arms stated , that they had called a general meeting for the 13 ' . h June , and would report ou the 30 th . After transacting other business , the committeo adjourned until the 16 th of Jaue , to .- ' receive or give information to any of the Building Trade Societies .
SHEFFIELD— State of the Town . —There is no improvement in trade ; things g < t worse and worse . The payments to the " regular ticket poor , " for the week ending M » y 28 th . amount in money , bread , &o . to ^ £ 94 . Qs . 6 d . The payments to the * • casual poor , " in money , bread , &c . for tho week ending aa above , amounts to £ 3 t > 3 . 83 . 6 d ., boiu ^ a sum total of £ 157 , 9 s . for ono week only . The 8 uffarin ^ of the working cl asses is by ao inean 3 coniiucd to the pauperized hundrQJs merely ' -existing on the poor ratea , some thonsanda but half employed or hardly employed at all are living God only snows how ; indeed it may be safely asserted that niore than halt of the . distress of the working clashes is caused by the want of 6 uf&oient nourishment . If is . too often our painful ta ? k 16 denounce the heartlessue > 8 and tyranny of the wealthy ';'¦' ¦ -we glaoiy embrace the opportunity of recording the kindness of
one of ih ° i so-called " better orders . " We had strolled to the pleasant village ^ of Heeioy , on Mou ^ ay last , and on . -. put return toward tha " town of the cloud "/ overtook a poor fellow who had bfen taken suddeiiiy" ill and was wriihiug with , paiu ; fortunately Aim Spurr , a lady residing at Heeley , whose benevolence is too well knoivn to need trumpeting liera , was passing at the momoiitj and hasteaed to administer medicinal refreshment to the HufFerer . Thu lady rrqiiestc-d the writer of ibis to procure a oouvevance from the town , to take the poor ielkw home . This was done , aud the expence paid by Mss Spurr , whose kindaess to the sufferer and las fainily we have reason to bejieve will not rest here . Would to Heave n that iha conduct of this good Samaritan was imitated by the many who ivive u in tl < rir power to alleviate the sorrows of suffering huuianiiy ! thft eartU would lioitheu be the hell that tyraiiny and guilt has mado it .
Sudden Deaths . —Several cases of sudden death Have -iuU'ly occurred in this town . Oa Tuesday evening . May 31 st , Henry Piinamoraj a chimneysweeper , reeiding in Pinstone-streat , twenty-nine yeirs-Oi age , when seated iuLindley ' s beer-house , Huily Lane , suddenly fell back in the chair and expired . The deceased was not mtoxioated . Apoplexy waa the . cause of d--ath .--Th * J next day ( Wednesoay ) . Ann Phclps , aged twcBty-eight , rmding in Batii-strttt , was t ' ouud dead iu bed . Her husband had gone out to work , leaving her in bed . with their two chiidreu . On hia return to breakfast he found her laid with her head hanging over the side ot the bed , and quite dead : the two children were playing about . her . It appeared that sho had died in a fit of apoplexy . V ^ WW-A ^^ a ^ A ^^ VA ^^ A- ^^ V
Ckim . Con . in Paris . —A ca 30 of crim . con . has ju ? t bt * m tried before tho Correctional Tribunal of Paris , in which vhe defendent was M . Boucher de Mouthuel , a ueriiloman worth , it is said , 300 , 000 f . a-yvar . ¦ From the evidenco it appeared that tho plaintiff , M . P —~ , had resided for some years in tho counvry struirgjing'to establish a journal . After many efforts he failed in ; his attempt , and was reduced cousiderably in civcumstauces . In fact , poverty began to glare hideously at him , when atsistauo-came thi'ough his wife , who was a fine womau of 35 years of agej and apparently attached to her husband . She informed hina that a fiiend and formtr school mate , who was richly married , had sent her a present , aud the present she handed
over to him . By decrees ottar suppHes came , ¦ wlr icb wero ascribed to the same quarver , eo that the condition <> i M . P- , was soon altogether improved . At last a letter , purporting , to be from the same generous iriend , arriyrd , praying Madame P—^— to pay hor a visit . She wtut , and rotdrned with a present , of 10 , 000 f ., wsiclr , as usual , she gave to her huiband , Oihcr sums ot 3 , ( l 00 f , , 6 / i 00 f , and 10 , 000 f . wtrft sent / Vom time to time , and the lucky couple vvpie soon able to sot up their carriage . M . P— - ai ^ a in tried to start a jounul , bui wanted the caution niouey . The ever last ing fncrid supplied it . The jourcal failed ; but tfas okvovedness of the ger . « rous friend r . doubled , and M . P—— had every luxury ma ' a . could ( lesive . One day , lu . wever > chance prossuied him with a packet of letter ? , yrhich proved to him th . it the feraJilo friend was an imaginary being
invented by his wife to deceive him , and that all the bciieS ; a lie received came from M . Boucher de Mon ! h >¦ rj , an 0 ) 6 man of sixty , who had been for & Ittiigth of unio the lover of his wi'fiv-aud ' :. . with whom slie had passed the visit v . uich brought back the lO OOOf . livch ieiier conceded with iho phrase'" Je Ccmbrusse jusqu' a la fin de tries jours , " and all w > rs eviently vvritteu . by ihe tr . muious hand of age ; The husband saaght re ;> aratio » for the loss of hid wife ' s *; society , and the sedm : ed a « d tho seducer w « re both subjected to criminal prosecution . The dofend » nf . ' s caunsel contended that he was not entitlod to damages as he must have known of the connexion betwien kis wifo and the defendent . The tribunal cond < : ftined the wife and M . Boucher de Monthuer to nix months imprisonment , and the latter to 2 , 000 f . fine , aud 10 , C 00 s . damages .
Scene with the Us employed . —This forenoon a novel ree « o was witntisved in the vicicity of the Royal tExchaugi 1 , and tue top of Maiweli-street , in connexion with feeding tbo starving operatives . About eleveii o'clock , marly 150 of these ragged and emaciatf . d creatures asotiabi-ed' at the Iloyal Ex-. chauge , wsth th »> inteiitioa of seeding a deputation of tbeic number to solicit subscriptions from the atteiiders of tho reading-room . With , the view of withdrawing the crowd from that quarter , or from an impulse of benevolent fteliug , Mr . Cooper t a woliknown frequenter of tho Exchapjje , resolved to epecd tho ' ' sum oi 3 O . s . uposi tvvopeiiuy loaves at the nearest baker ' s shop / and to hand them out to the euffcrors . Accordicgly \ the assemblage , headed by Mr . Cooper , prooeeded down to ArgYte-sireet , ; to -the ' :-baker ' s shop hi the ; corner of Maxwell-street , where that gentleman purchased a supply of loaves , and
commenced to distribute them to the gtateful ope ^ rafcives . it would have affjcted the heart of the most cart-Lss to behold the eagerness with which the impoverished crowd pressed forward their withered hands to soizs on the welcome donation . Mr . Cooper , who stood within the shop , and who had got the front of hia coat and trousers-aliup&t-as white as the baker from whom ha purchasad , continued to throw out the bread , Hfitil the police arrived to stop the proceedings . Thlofficers considered it their duty tobriKg Mr . Cooper to xM office , not because of his well-nseaUt charity , but iu case he might get hiraeelf iujuredby the pressure o : ' tho crowd . Of course tho iieuttiiaut da duty dismissed the--case , v ? ith a request that Mr . Cooper vt'ould take an opportunity of btttoWiDg his cliarity at a time and place where he ' might- iov iuterrupi tho ihotouglifave . Mr . Gwpo ' r had only speut abcui Ids , in this \ vay when he was so inopportuatij intertuptsd , —Glasgow C % fon « j& .
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Dram-Drinkers Look Out!—Oa esaininatipa of the contents of the stomach of a woman , named Norrey M- 'DonaeU , who , died fram the efficts of drinking ardent '" spirits - to exces 3 , a considerable quanti ; y . . ofaxsanic was detected , owing to tho doleterfousr nature of the spirits , in SvMch a , lar ^ e proportjon of vitriol must have predominate .. - ^ DerryExaminer , .-, . ? . - ' . ¦ ' -. ¦ ¦ : . ' . ¦' - •;¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ v : -: - ';>'• ' - ¦' - _ . Improved Method op Managing 'PiGS ~ rn Hampshire , the condition of pigs ha ? beeu ciuch 1
improved by cleanliness ; it 13 thecustom lhare frequently to wash and rub the skin with a hard brush . It is well known that the bacon of tho above county will fetch 21 . per 1 b , more thin auy other , which arisec from good in an agement , and thepractica now alluded to , as well as burning tho pig , which gives the peculiar flavour . The p'aa of lettit '< : the pigs runabout the streets and feed upon - t-flfel fish , aridfil { h , as : s the case in sea-port towns , is unknown in the countieg of WUta and ihmU . —Gardeners ' Chronicle . V ¦ ¦ ' ¦ -.: ¦ ¦
Frightfci . Accidskt . —An accident of the most melancholy description took place on Monday morning in the Jane leading into Topshara fivw the ExmouthRoad . Tiieomuibu 3 , belcn ^ inji to a person named Hine , which runs between Biviltigh Saltertoa and Exeter , had just turned into the laue , where there is a very awky / ard turnieg . andia order to avoid a cart which was in-front , was . 'keephig as near as possible to tho aide of ths road , but driving with , great care .. ; The wheel of the cmnibu 3 came in contact with oiie of those obstructions caiied spur stones ; " arid the effect of = the eoneussioii was to "tilt . up " , the vehicle and upset it . So violent wa 3 the fhock , that a lady who was . e-i ' atod imide was thrown forward , and her head- '' came iu contact with a stone wall which bounds the road . Mr . Tucker , surgeon , happened to be near in bis . aig at tiie time , aud , hearing the crash , hastened ; to the spot . ; Tho
unfortunate lady was removed to the Lord Ndeoa Inn j but in the course of a few minutes she expired * It appeared from a letter found in her possession , that she was a maiden lady named Landlord , residing at Bristol , vfh ' o had been staying at Budlfcigh Silterton for the benefit of her health , arid was to proceed da to . - . liri . * iol $ where she : had appointed to meet her sister that evening . Her dresa and appearance betokened great respectability , and care was taken to secure the valuables found on her person . Another female passenger , Mrs . Rew , of St , George's Clis !; turnpike , who had but . just entered the : vehicle , received severe iujatba oq the head , and is sufferfcg from eweussiou of thd brain . A male passenger who was riding on the outside had several ribs broken , and ^ a persun in the employ of Lady Rolle as a coachman received a severe blow on the . head . . Tli « driver , and thrsa other pcrsy ^ a , escaped unhur :. — Western Times .
TREATMtNT of Medway Paupers . —A special meetkig of the guardiaus of the uuiou was held last weak at the Committe-room of the unioa house , Chatham , in consequence of a letter from the Poor Law Commissioners having been received by Mr Friend Hoar , tho -clerk to the board , requesting the Poor Law Guardiaiis to furnish the commissioners with the number of inmatta the house will . comaiu consistent with beahh and comfort . The Bsard , upon a fovnier application of the Poor Law Commiasioners , refused to comply with the - request j but forwarded a descriptjoti of their buildiiig , aud the inettsufement of the diffTrei . t Ayards , and . loi ' i , it to the commissioners to form-their own opinion as to how many such a buildiug would
contain , ihis second application appears to arise from what . ' has . recently taken place iw the Sovtnoaka Union . Alter some dischssiou and great diversity of opinion , the Poor Liw Commi&sioners' letter wUs left to the discretion of their clerk , to do as ho liked in the matter ; and the subject of the trcaimeui of the casual poor came undtr consideration , a ^ J several cbmplaints had been made to tho board relative to their diet : It was proved that several paupers were taken into a lodging-house belonging to tbo union , aud kept there , « : me for twenty weeks , others for forty tiaye , and their only diet had been bread ar < d water . A sqWifcr ' s , wife , with a chi !« i at her breast , whose husband had gone out to India ' -wUli his regiment , was kept in this lodgiiig-housa for forty day 3 , and nQtaiug but ; bre id and water was alicwed her to exist upon and sfford nourishment to > , er infant .
Several other similar cases of hardship were brought under the considera ; ion of the ^ oard . Tiio lodgiDghoa 8 eis a sia ^ Jloiie i and co ; -tai ' usab . ' . ut forty inniates . Men , womei ! j boys , and girls , are all hudd lad together indiscrimiuately , without any le . ^ srd to sax ; and instead of the loiigiji ^ -house being under the superintendenca of the master of the . union , the guardians weim surprised to find that the building , and the ' regulation of the paupers and their diet , were under th « eole eontroul of the rfeiievipg officer ; and thai each person wa ^ only allowed by thatiunctionary to have , per day * oue pound of bread and two ounoes of cheese , wiih some : water . The board ordered that the master should take change of th « lodging-house , Jjaid administer the same treat- , iaent to-the casaxl poor as to t&e inmates of tfca other parts of the estabiiahment . ' ¦ - ^
• Caxasiwous Accident at Apothecaiiies-H&ix— - On Satdrday morniag , about five minutes after tea o ' clock . » most dibtresaing accident took , placo ia the above establMiBRnt , whereby the life of avery clever man , and au iuvaluable Beivant of ; ihe / Apothecaries ? Company , has beca sacrificed" in , a most frightfql ma . uuer ,, and serious injury . jeeulted to . the building itself . It appears ' . thst an order had been recently receiyed from , iho Eaet India Company , for an unusually large quantity of fulmiiiatin ^ mercury , a substance used invtho manufacture . , of , percuesioncaps , and the procce 3 of iD ' aking which was aiu-nded with peculiar dBiigerV TJuable to procure by the time specified a fcufiicieiu quantity of the nnueral from the ordinary manufacturers , it was arranged
by Mr . Hennell , the chief chemical operator , that the parcel required ( oibs . ) should be made under his own gupsvinifciidenco i on the premises , and the managers , placing the ; fullest reli ^ vicc on his cara aud ability , allowed him to undertake it , though , oa no former oceaaion had the process been carried oa there . The mcrcurv in question v » as to have been shipped on Sunday , and had undergone a ) l but the final mixture , iii the act o . f doing which tho deceased mot his death . The eccjdent occurred in a large paved couri yard , situated at the back of the public laboratory , whicii is surrounded by wart'liouses , used in storing away the drugs , and couiaining the Btcam eDgine aud \ chemical apparatus used in-the vavious processes carried op ; From occ of those
the unfortunate man waa seen to come out a fevf moments before the explosion took place , bearicg ia his hand a paper containing a portiou of mercury with which he adraaccd towards a block of wood , situated im one cotner of the yard , and uacd for chopping sarsaparilia . upon , v ^ hich , at this time , had a small round bisin upon it , aiso csntaiuing a quantity of metcury . ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ Scarcely a moment had elapsed aftet reaching the blcck before the accident occuired , and , from the statement of Mr . Rivers , the assistant to Mr . Heanell , who was the first person to discover the deceased , ; vj learu that en hearing the ; explosion , which ' ;; . perceptibly shook the whole- building , he was at once iuiprei-ssd with the dreadful certainty that the fficrcurv h ^ -d exploded ; and , hastening
down stairs , be discovered raaugled portions of tha deceased's bod j ¦ lyicjj-iu various direcs-ons about the yard . Four of tho workmen , who happened to . bo empJoyed w ' ithiu the building in the vicinity ^ cf the deceased , wero struck do vie . by tho force of the coil- ? cussibn , but- oh being properly a tended to s | 5 ou recovered . The sceuoai this time was one of the most heartrendiBg that can possibly be imagined . Around tho wholo court tho windows were entirely destroyed , and portions of ihe mangled remains were seen attached ; to tho wail ia various places . The upper portion of the deceased ' s skull was entirely bloxvn away , and was after-. rards picked up at some yards distance in tlio engine-room , while taa brains were found neariy entire in quite another direction .
The lower' extreraittss of the body were scarcely injured , but from the waifct upwards not a vestige of foiia remained , tTiecloihes and flr ^ sh being con verted into one horribly coiifusedv mass . Tho heart was fully exposed to view , and had not eeased to puL-ate whsn Mr . Jtivers reached the spot , Agsistauce was immediately procured , and the scattered reinaiua of the deceased gathered together aad iilaced in a shell . The exact cause of tha disaster can only be emmised , but the prevailing opiuion seem 3 to be , that ultViough Mr . llenneil'a perfect kuowied . t ; e of chemibtry entirely dib-aildws the supposition that he would have carelescJy combined tho Eubstancea when in too dry a state to bear friction , some '{ -mall particles of the mineral contained moiaiure
in the basin must have been live from , and subjected to tho action of deccased ' a finger Or thumb iu the process of adniixture , thus caused the whole to explode . Tha force of tho concussion could scaicely be imagined ; tho spot on which the deceased stood is close to a wall eighteen inches ia thickness . Tliis is completely perforated and dnyen in to a coBSiderable extent , while the pavement oit which he stood is shattered into a thousand pieces , and shrunk several inches into the earth , pa the opposite sides of the yard the window : frames are completely driven out , and , in au angle of the court , avdistancobf CO feet from the spot where acceaecd stood , a water-pipe wasbent completely iixt by a portion of one of the arms , which remained imbedded in tha lead for socie time after . A finger with the long siaewB attached was also picked up in Union-street .
BlackfriarBt by a hairdresser , who resides at kast 250 yards from the spot , One feeling of giooai pervades tho whole of the establishment at the melancholy accident , the deceased being highly esteemed by all who knew him . ' -: He had been from childhood in the service of the company , " and . though only forty-five years 0 age , had been a practical chemist nearly thirty yearai He was remarkable for his attention and care , and enjoyed the coufidecce of the highest medical men in the kiagdoth . His caution in not allowing any of the juniors on . tbo establishment to lake p&rc ia the mauufactute of tho mineral , which h "> 3 caused his death , cftRHot be sulficiently admired , while rhia own death ini > st be univetsally deplored . The : deceased had no children . Tho explosion was plainly heard at a grt-as distance , but produced a sauohuuiiar ^^ souadthaufiuapowder . ... : ' ; - ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦• . ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ " . ' '' ¦ - ¦ . ' . - ¦¦¦ ¦ y " ' ¦ ' ¦ - ' . ¦ " ¦ :-
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_ THE NCRTHERN STAR . 3
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 11, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct602/page/3/
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