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THE OLD TEAS . ! Tby locks are grey , old Pilgrim , Tfcy mantle thin and bare , Cold ia thy cheek , and storm and cloud Around toy forehead are ; And soon a roica / will greet the ear , Proclaiming thon art gone , And midnight -winds thy requiem ring In -wiia funeeal tone . Thou once wert yonng , old Pilgrim , And light of step , and gay % Thy brow bedecVd -with choicest ¦ wreath , With roses strewtf thy -way : "While fluted fcr on Zephyr ' s -wing . Sweet scent and holy hymn , Thy heaT ' nlf smile at zoom and ere What hand might hope to limn !
Huch hast them seen , old Pilgr im , Much also hast tbon heard—The tow ef Iotb , the -wail of want—Ike toS without reward—3 Se realm ¦ where foodless thonsands droop , Where plenty fain would land ; Bntffcll Monopoly gnards each port , And frights her from the strand . Drink to the dying Pilgrim , Te fraud-supported crew , ijd drain the mighty midnight bowl , And oath and league renew > Fit hour for leagae of murkiest sort , Jor oath of fiercest tones ; Who -would not wade through blood V uphold The tyranny of thrones" ?
Drifli to the poor man ' s sorrow , The orphan ' s want and wail , The crime , the woe , the beggary , That in these realms pre-rail ; < jauct Famine , Agony , and Death , Pledge with exnltantyell , Till Beelzebub grin horribly , And demons laugh in belL Yts , traders in Corruption ! Oppression ' s iron hand ! Quaff on—the hour is on the march Will sweep yon from the land ; 2 for would our tears fall fast and long , Nor hopeless would we mourn , Though with the Pilgrim most of you Were pass'd the mystic * ' bonrne . "
Usenfare-thee-well , old Pilgrim , Tr . y last sand is in sight ; Though which of us must first tike leave , Is hid in deepest night : And I will slander not thy name , For then wert good and kind , And dealt with bonnteons hand to all—But tyrant-fiends combined . 27 th December , 1841 .
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Has net the British farmer equal skill With foreigners the yielding earth to till Fear 3 he fair competition ? No ; he knows He could grow corn as cheap as there it grows , And srew enough for all that want at home ; So that no foreign corn need hither come . Wbj then is British com bo Bcarca and dear ? Because so much waste land lies barren here ; Oar lords are locusts—" men of wealth and pride Taie up a space , that many poor supplied ; Space for their lakes , their park ' s extended bounds Space for their horses , equipage and hounds I " Monopoly makes less and less our store , While population asks for mere andmore .
High rents rack"d farmers pay to swell the state Of little landlords whom we call the great ; And -nrhat is worse , thaj imitatethem toe , Do nought themselves , nor see that others do . Hunt , shoot , and drink—affect the country squire , lire high , and as the markets fail lire higher ; GramMe at times and seasons when they find Tbcir me-ps fall short , and quarrel with their hinds Thus tenants ape their landlords—farmers live , Not as their fathers did , or they might thrive . More en themselves they spend than on their land , Pastime obtains what labour should command : The soil grows poor for want of management , It scarce produces what will pay the rent ; Wages axe low but tithes -and rents are high , Kates , cesses , taxes , buyers must supply . JTowc-rk ! no money !—when our trade iB gone , Workmen must follow—buyers will be none . John Watkiss . 20 , TJroer Marsh , Lambeth .
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BEETLE Y'S MISCELLANY , for January , 1842 . This very attractive and interesting periodical ¦ reached us last week ; but not in time for notice . We have re&d it all through and advise every one else who can get it to " go and do likewise . " The p ictorial illustrations are numerous , and we need tut say lhat they are by the Cruikshanks , elder and younger , Crowquill , and Leech , to pronounce a warranty for their being well executed and appropriate . We must say , however , that the design of one of them—an illustration of a scene in the u . The Razed House , " a brigand story of intense interest—is not quite s » happy as we could have wished . The expression given by the artist to the countenances of his persona chords ill in our
estimation with the description of the scene in the book . The tale itself is a graphic and powerful delineation of brigand life . " Save me from ray friends" is a most serious comic reciial ef the woes end miseries inflicted on a young artist , by the determination of a couple of fussy old maiden aunts from the country , to " push him into notice" in town —and -who bring into play all their village arts of finesse to the destruction of the poor fellow's credii and the loss of his cash and connections . " Welsh Babbits , " by Docior Magin , is a capital story . "Richard Savage" i 3 continued . In the
present chapter , Poor Old Ludlow escapes from his tormentors " through the _ icy portal . " The events p receding , of , and immediately following , his dissolution are of great interest , and finely narrated ; while the last scene of Savage whfi his mother is depicted in most masterly style . Tie characters are drawn and sustained to the life . ' DickDafter " is a well-told rustic story ef events likely enough to haTe occurred in actual life , and which bad it been read by Fielding , might have furnished the hint for his Tom Jones . " There are many other pieces worth reading : some of them very droll and amusing .
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NOEWiCH —Stkike of the Masons of Lox-JWS —On Wednesday etening week , according to apouEcement , a public meeting was holden at the iwyal Bazaar , to take into consideration the circumstances relative to the masons' strike , and also to consider the propriety of organising a delegate meeting of the trades of Norwich . At eight o ' clock the Braces building began to fill , which is built in the saape of za amphitheatre , and brilliantly lighted TO with gas . Shortly after , Mr . Robert Howes . JMies shoemaker , was called to the chair . He opened the proceedings by reading the placard -conveiiag the meeting ; after which , he observed that i » f . W ! ls Eot a £ triie ^ rai 5 ^ P rice *> f fallen jwur : if it were , they themselves ~ perhap 3 might " 5 Ve coca ] claims nnon crwip . tv at larp-fi : hnt it is
one -wliieb . claina the sympathies of every son of * P ° c r , whatever be his cast or his creed . Who is taeie amsngst you with soul so dead that would for a moment submit to be the crouching slave of such an non-hesrted taskmaster as George Allen , the lorema rf ine masons , whose cold , pitiless heart cou ^ a pmish a man for attending the obsequies of his iieires ; 2 nd dearest relative , the wife of his bosom ? Ti * k ^ ^ workin g men ° f Norwich would aov be behind other cities and town 3 in sympathising with me masong- of London , who had so nobly stood loTward , and resisted tyranny and injus-«««• ( Cheers . ) He trusted t > ey would give * p * 7 niin a Tair and impartial hearing . 4 Would not lonOM- Hptafn tTiftm . bnt -tvnnid intro i } j
r ?^? . Ironmonger , a delegate from the masons * tiH ^ r' Ironmonger then stepped forward , Main a clear and lncid manner explained their pre-«•« POiiiion , and the hardships under which they ««>? red previous to their strike , and in the course ft ^ address , which lasted upwards ef an hour , Ire * pfcntiy eScited the indignant execration of Mb •^ ciieaee against the heartless and oppressive con-« nct of George Allen . He was frequently cheered "tfcughont an address which evidently told well ° Pon his hearers , and will , no donbt , effect much good in ihi 3 hitherto divided cily ; he concluded by SJ ?? S his willing readiness to answer any questions * tecb might be pat to him by any person in the meetag ; bnt no 0 Be ^^ g * pp » ared , the chairman wied npon Jlr . Br ig ^ s , xaason , to propose the 1 st « somt ; on . Mr . Briggg said he did so with pleisnre , ~ h 5 "Ris convinced that the masons of London **™ tt * ed \ thfi BnTlTV % » t « f enn ti-nT-tmtT TnttTI TT 1 tTifl
waaumty , * nd ^ they would be addressed by inS ? 8 who were more enable than himself t » do ^* B ? e to the cause , he woald content himself by fpwmjt the folloTviag resolation . — " That this aeet-«« sympathises with the masons of London f » r their ™« uy and Btraight-forward conduct in resisting the « tempte of their foreman , George Allen , in his » *| r ^ fslTe and tyrannic conduct towards themselves « w brethren at tha works of the new Houses of f ^ luniHit . Mr . Clancy , on heinf called on to « wnd thig resolution , a » id—It 13 » trite saying , Ti ? * ^ e one , *• if we do not assist ourselves , who < n&i to isast B 6 ? - > The m » aon ' 8 strike ought to
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eome home to the fire side of every working man for discussion ; if we allow themasons to be walked upon with impunity ; if we allow themlto be struck down by the uplifted arm of Allen ' s heartless tyranny are we quite sare that another , and perhaps a more fatal stab will not be made at the small vestige of liberty that we yet retain ! are we quite sure that what the Whigs have commenced , the Tories will not c&rry out ! past experience teaches as tbat what has been done one day , may be done another . We have it from Mr . Wakley thav the Tories will attempt , in the ensuing Parliament , to introduce a measure to crush Trades' Unions ; let os , ihen , men of Norwich , band ourselves together for the coming struggle ; let the women urge their hnsbands , and
the children their fathers for the coming contest . ( Cheers . ) What would you think if a bill was to be introduced into Parliament te obligeevery working man to procure a discharge from hiB last employer , and that yon should wear a badge of serruity as the servants of the aristocracy are new obliged to do ! You may tell me that they will not attempt such a thing ; but I tell you that they may attempt such a thing . Such a bill was once attempted | to be privately carried throngh the Irish House of Commons ; hut the tradesmen of Dublin heard of the nefarious scheme : and what did they do ? they instantly called a public meeting in the Phoenix Park , from whence they marched down to the House , and demanded the bill , or the head of its
proposer . ( Long-contiuned cheering . ) Past experience has taught us that there is a cold-blooded inclination on the part of our rulers to deprive labour , or in other words the property of the working man , of the slightest protection from the avaricious graspings of the matter manufacturers . Recollect , the sons of labour are eight millions seven hundred thousand ! and that they produce annually the enormous sum of £ 737 , 140 , 883 . Yet with all this vast wealth passing annually through your bands , are you not the most impoverished aud degraded serfs oa the face of the globe ? Your new Houses of Parliament will cost you upwards of £ 170 , 000 . Allen boasted that he had employed en its first works the flower ef the masons of England , but how did he treat them ? with hi utal contumely and scorn . He introduced blacks , who are spoiling the works ! One
pieceof stone worth £ 40 was spoiled the other day , and your pockets by and bye must be picked again , per haps to rebmild this edifice , all to gratify the caprice of this steel-hearted oppressor , George Allen . ( Loud cheers . ) Men of Norwich , think on thiB , and rally to strike down the monster . Let no false prejudice of names prevent yoo . from coming forward in the glorious struggle . He ( Mr . C . ) would join with any party that wonld pledge themselves to assist him in crushing oppression . With the "Whigs , or with the Tories . ( A voice— " Or with the Chaitisfcs . ") Aye , or with the ChartiBts . What was in a namel ** The rose would small as sweet if called by any other name . " The Americans were rebels , hut they happened to be victorious , and now they are the free and independent citizens of the world ' let but the Charter Decome
the law of the land , and in an instant the degraded Chartists were changed to the independent and noble minded men of England . ( Laughter and cheers ) He would again impress on the trades that the fate of their own existence was in their hands . A Provisional Committee sat every Monday evening , at the Jolly Dyers , Tombland , for the enrolment of delegates ; let but the trades come out manfully , and soon would we be able to tell Allen , Lincoln , and the rest of the profit mongers , that their day of retributution was at hand ; that they ( the trades ) were determined to assist in crushing the hydraheaded monster of tyranny and injustice . He concluded by seconding the resolnrion , and eat down amidst much applause . Mr . Walker , shoemaker , proposed the next . resolution , which was in
accordance with the foregoing resolution , " We the trades of Norwich , pledge ourselves to use our best exertions to support the masons of London in their present just and legitimate struggle , and that we open subscription sheets for the same laudable pnrpose . " The resolution had his hearty concurrence , and as the subject had been "so ably discussed by the proceeding speakers , little remained for him to add ; he , however , with others , who spoke before him , would urge the necessity of union to protect their rights ; he hoped too , as Mr . Clancy had said , that this was but the precursor of many other meetings which they would have to discuss the grievances under which the various bodies of trades laboured . The resolution was seconded
by Mr . Ho ' . l , in a neat and appropriate speech . Mr-Atkins ^ proposed the next resolution in an able and efficient manner : — ' That the best- thanks of this meeting are due , and are hereby given , to the workmen lately employed at kelson ' s monument , Woolwich Dockyard , and Dartmoor Quarries , for their nobla conduct in refusing to proceed with their respective works so long as their brethren at the Parliament House 3 were udjustly and oppressively dealt with . " This resolution was seconded by Mr . Hiil , and ably supported by Mr . John Hurrell , weaver , in a speech of great length and ability , castigating Allen and his associates in a masterly manner , which called forth the repeated plaudits of the meeting , ill . Laws proposed the next resolution ,
eulogising the people 3 press that had so nobly taken up the strike of the masons . The resolution was to the following effect : — " That the foregoing resolutions be respectfully sent to the Northern Star for insertion , together with a brief report of this meeting ; and that the Daily Sun , Scottish Pairiol , British Queen ,- and Statesman be requested to give publicity to the same . " Mr . Hawes seconded . this resolution , which , together with the foregoing three , were passed by the meeting without a dissentient voice . Thank 3 we ? e proposed to the chairman , aud three rounds of cheer 3 given for the masons , after which the meeting broke up , all highly gratified with the harmony and good fellowship that reigned throughout .
CAKliTSLE . —Great Distressed Destitution . We staled , last week , that a public subscription had beea entered into , and a committee chosen for the purpose of ascertaining and relieving the present distress , which , we aTe sorry to find , exists to a most alarming extent . The committee to which we have just alluded , consisted of thirty gentlemen , who it appears divided the the town into nineteen districts , and have published the following as the result of their inquiries . The great privation , destitution , and misery vrhjch the committee met with far exceedswhathad been anticipated . In the nineteen districts which were examined , there appears to be 309 familiea ,, c 6 osistina : of 1 , 146 persons , who have no settled income ; 334 families , consisting of 1 , 465
persons , receiving less than one shilling per week ; 411 families , consisting of 1 , 623 persons receiving less than one shilling per head per week ; 157 families , consisting of 692 persons receiving less than two shillings a-hcad per week ; 140 families consisting of ' 635 persons , receiving less than three shillings per head per week . The committee brought forward the foregoing as the result of their inquiries ; but in consequence of several cases of great destitution having been brought before them , which , the committee , with all their care , had overlooked , it "was deemed expedient that a public meeting of the working classes ihould be held for the purpose of forming a cpmmittee amongst themselves , for the purpose of aidiDg the
committee already formed . In accordance with the above resolution , a public meeting was held in the Tewn Hall , which was granted for the purpose , by our present worthy Mayor , G . G . Mounsey , Esq . At the time appoicted for the meeting , tfce body of the Hall was crowded to excess ; Mr . Joseph Broom Hanson was unanimously called to the chair . He opened the business of the meeting as follows : —My friends and fellow townsmen , within this fortnight back , a great number of the influential classes , who felt for the sufferings of the poor , came forward with a view to relieve the great ' distress which at present exists . A committee was formed , censisting of thirty persons , who divided the town into nineteen dist ? icts , to ascertain the amount
of suffering . They found it to exist to a very great extent , and their inquiries opened up such a scene of misery and distress , which iB disgraceful to any Government . We have met to night at the request of Mr . Dixon and others , who wished the assistance of working men , whom they thought would assist them by forming themselves into a committee to aid them in their endeavours to find out w orthy objects of relief . It remains for you , my ir iecd ? , to form a committee or committees , and do all you can to mitigate the great suffering that exists . Mr . John Armstrong then came forward and said , I was not aware of the present meeting until about six o'clock this evening . It will be necessary to form a committee to investigate the extent of the suffering which
at present exists . You must have men m each district , and th : 3 will be the best way to form your committee . Mr . H . Bowman rose and said , Mr . Chairman and friends , I beg leave to make one or two observations on the subject before the meeting . I was of opinion when the existing committee was fonned ,-that it ought to have been mixed up with working men , who were better acquainted with the poverty of the people , than those who at present formed the committee . I would have suggested the propriety of doing then , what you are now about to do , out as the-meeting at which the committee was formed was composed principally of the higher classes , it might then have been considered presumptuous on ny part ; however , I am glad they have seen the necessity of such a step being taken , and I hope
yon will now form a largp committee for the purpose of taking a complete enumeration of the condition of the working classes . This had been done in Leeds , one of the largest ' manufacturing townB ^ i Yorkshire , and one would have thought , that owing to the woollen trade not having been so depressed as the cotton trid « in general , that the distress would . not hire been so great . [ Mr . Bowman hare read an extract from Hobson's " Poor Man ' s Companion , " whick contained a report of the " Enumeration Committe , " which had been formed in Leeds , and which Bhowed to what an awful extent the distress prevailed . ] Mr . Bowman proceeded to read from the same work , th « plan which had been taken at Leeds , with some remarks of the Editor of the work , but when he got to that portion where it states , that the weekly income of the whole of the 19 , 936 is only
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1 l ^ d . T « r head , being less than Ifd . per head per day !!! and yet the Queen has for her own private use the sum of £ 164 7 s . lOd . per day ; Prince Albert has , for * pocket money , " £ 104 per day , he was interrupted by some middle ciasa-man , or aristocrat , with a cry of ** question , " " question . " Yes , ( said Mr . Bowman , ) this is rather away from the subject of the meeting ; but it seems to bear very closely on the question , and until there is a material alteration in the condition of the people , there , will be no peace in the land . What ayailedthe casual hand of eharity t Something substantial and lasting must be done , or there would be a constant drain oa the purses of good and benorelent individuals , who had humanely come forward on the present trying occasion . I will propose , that a committee be now
formed , for the purpose of taking a complete enumeration of the present distress , with a view to report thereon , and assist the other committee . Also , to furnish such information to the members for the Borough , for the purpose of bringing the same before Parliament . Some one in the meting , Mr . James Arthur , we believe , seconded the motion of Mr . Bowman , which , after some discussion as to the difficulty of getting a sufficient number of working men to perform the duties incumbent on the Committee , without some slight remuneration , the motion was carried , snd a committee of thirty-eight persons chosen . A vote of thanks was then given to the Mayor , for granting the nse of the Hall . Also , a vote of thanks to the Chairman , when the meeting quietly dispersed .
Anticipated Meeting of the County of Cumbebland , to Congjutulvie her Majesty , Exploded—the Tories and Whigs Frightened from theik Loyalty , by the imaginary interference of the Ghartists . —We have been much amused with a long string of correspondence , which has been published in the Carlisle newspaper , by the High Sheriff for the county , James Robertson Walker , Esq ., and which has transpired between himself , Mr . Hasell , of Dalemane , chairman of the Quarter Sessions , and a Mr . Matthews , of Wigton The burden of the song appears to be , that a respectful requisition had been got up and signed by many of the resident gentry of the county , to the High Sheriff , to call a county meeting , to congratulate
her Majesty on the auspicious event of the birth of a Prince . The High Sheriff like a loyal and dutiful subject , readily agreed to call a county meeting for the above purpose , which was to have been held at WigtOD , the usual place of holding county meetings . No sooner , however , was this made known than Mr . Matthews takes the alarm , his mind becomes oppressed with horrible visions of "routs , riots , insurrections , and rebellion against the peace of our Sovereign Lady the Q'leen , " and in his great perturbation of mind , he writes two letters to Mr . Hasell , beseeching that the eaid county metting should not on any account be held at Wigton , for in . that case " he was butb some of the leading Carlisle Chartists would attend , and
move some amendments , which must be resisted ; in that case , he would not be answerable for auy breach of the peace which might ba { committed . " These letters ( so full of illusory fears ) so shook the delicate nerves of Mr . Hasell , that he too becomes dreadfully alarmed , aud immediately writes to the High Sheriff , begging he will not call the meeting at Wigton , but at Cockermoulh , where they were not so likely to meet with interruption , and could , incase of necessity , retire into the safe keeping of the Court House ! But the High Sheriff , like a brave and gallant officer , as he is , having withstood the thunders of the British navy , and for many years " the
battle and the breea ? , " heeded not the childish fears of these two old women , but insisted on calling the meeting at Wigton , as wa 3 the practice on all similar occasions . In consequence of the High Sheriff ' s intrepidity , Mr . Hasell and his friends requested him to return the requisition , which he accordingly did ; and so has ended , or rather never begun , the enacting of another fulsome and disgusting farce to loyalty . Iu consequence of the correspondence above alluded to , the following pertinent letter has been addressed to the High Sheriff by three of the leading Chartists of Carlisle , and will tend more fully to illustrate this ludicrous proceeding : —
TO JAMES ROBERTSON WALKER , ESQ ,, HIGH SHEEIFF OF THE COC . MY OF CUMBERLAND . Sir , —You have our unfeigned and hearty thanks for publishing the very curious and important correspon-. dence , which has taken place between yourself , Mr HaBell , of Daleroalne , Chairman of the Qnar ter Sessions , and Mr . Matthews of Wigton . The publication of this correspondence was a duty which you owed to yourself , as High Sheriff of the county , and as a loyal and dutiful subject of her Majesty . You have thus placed the blame on the right shoulders—those of Mr . Hasell and Mr . Matthews who , from their Musive fears , have been the sole cause of preventing a county meeting being held , for the inhabitants of Cumberland , to testify their loyalty to her Majesty , on the auspicious event of the birth of a Prince .
Mr . Hasell and Mr . Matthews speak of the temper of the " lower orders" and " lower classes , " terms , by the bye , which their good sense ought to have suppressed ; for the expression of them will only tend to BtiU further convince the people , of the great want of sympathy which prevails , on the part of the wealthy portion of society , towards the poor .
" The rank is but the guinea ' s stamp , The man ' s the goud for a' that " Mr . Matthews deems it probable , if the county meeting should beheld at Wigton , that the leading Carlisle Chartists , would attend and move some amendment , which must be resisted . It appears , then , that a numerous body of her Msjesty ' s subjects are to be placed without the pale of the constitution , and not be allowed to express their wants and wishes to her MojeEty ; but that a few magistrates and others of the wealthier classes of the country are to meet unmolested to pass fulsome and adulatory-addresses to her Majesty and Prince Albert , and not allow the working classes , who are the real wealth and support of the state , to express their feelings and state their real condition .
Are Mr . Hasell and Mr . Matthews ignorant of the fact , that whilst the cottage is desolate there is no security for the throne ? that whilst the great body of artisans , mechanics , and agricultural labourers are snffering abject want , there will be no safety for property ? Then why disguise matters ? Let hsr Majesty be put in full possession of the real condition of her people . Surely it cannot be disrespectful nor disloyal to remind her Majesty , that whilst her Majesty and Prince Albert receive daily , for pocket money , the enormous nun of £ 268 7 s . 20 d .. ' there are teas of thousands of her Majesty ' s industrious subjects compelled to live on one penny three farthings her head per day ! Ought this state of things to be continued ? should these horrible disparities be allowed lonter to
exist ? Should there be , or can there be , either peace or contest in the land until the condition of the people be improved ? Mr . Matthews anticipates a breach of the public peace , providing the Chartists should be resisted , as they must be , he says , if they should move any amendment at the county meeting . What sort of resistance does Mr . Mattbews contemplate ? If he means physical res-stance , then his forebodings might prove but too correct If he simply means mental resistance , by himself and his friends , endeavouring te carry their address , in spite of the anticipated Chartists' amendment , then he may rest assured that his fears , as to a breach of the peace , are quite illusory ; and that the Chartists themselves will take upon them the preservation of the pnblic peace , either at Carlisle or Wigton . How is it that 24 t . Russell and Mr . Matthews consider the Chartists so disloyal ? Taey ought to be aware that the Chartists of Carlisle were the first and foremost in the
field to move a congratulatory address to her Majesty , on the auspicious event of the birth of a prince ; and that address was as respectful , though perhaps not so fulsome and adulatory as theirs could possibly be . The address alluded to was passed at a public meeting of the inhabitants , convened in the Town Hall several weeks ago , and that meeting was conducted in a peaceable and orderly manner . Lit the magistrates and otters first do their duty as conservators of the public peace , by calling public meetings in order to asceitain the amount of distress and Buffering which now prevails among the working classes , with a view to remedy the same , and then they may hold their public meeting to pass flattering addresses to her Majesty , in quiet and without the slightest molestation . H . Bowman , J . Arthur , J . B . BowiiaN .
ZiEUOS . —Anniversary Dinner . —It being customary with Messrs . Dunn and Son , cornfactors , of this town , to give their workmen an aunual treat , they , of course , provided an excellent dinner on the 30 th ult ., at the house of Mr . Witton , Parrot Inn , Call-lane , when thirty of the workmen sat down . The dinner reflected great credit upon Mr . and Mrs . Witton , who are becoming celebrated for their " good providing . ' The evening was spent in the greatest harmony and good fellowship , and many excellent songs , toasts , and recitations enlivened the party . The example of the Messrs . Dunn , ought to be more generally adopted , as nothing can have a greater tendency to generate a good feeling between the employed and the employer . The workmen , who highly respect their " good masters , " concluded the proceedings by jjiyicg three times three for their employers .
BISHOP AUCKLAND . —Loyal Order of Anciknt Shepherds . —The officers and delegate * of the Lodges of the Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds round Bishop Auckland met on Friday , the Slst of December , at the house of brother William HaH , the Shepherds' Inn ; they were met by the officers of Ossett district . They proceeded to business at ten o'clock in the morning ; and at three they sat down to an excellent dinner provided for the occasion 5 which gave great credit to the worthy host and hostess . The day was spent in harmony and good will . " On Saturday , the 1 st of January , the members of the Jacob ' s Ladder Lodge , held at the house of brother Ralph Lawsoa ' s , Hermitage , met to celebrate their first anniversary . At three o ' clock , upwards of forty members sat down to an ample , repast , which gave satisfaction to ail present .
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The Cor / NTT of Cornwall is so extensively undermined , that churches and churchyards , mansionhoases and hostelries , are many of them suspended over a yawning gul f and in danger of crushing the hyes out of some scores of adventurous miners . , TJie Cornwall Gazette , of last week , gives the following narrow escape" : — "On Tuesday , at Illogan , as the wife of a labourer called Duustone was crossing her kitchen , the ground suddenly gave way . and she wa « left suspended by her aria over a shaft , but fortunately was reBoued from her perilous situation without any vamrst ' - ^ Falmouth , Packet .
Old Chichester Bank . —The failnre has caused a complete stagnation to business in Chichester , and numerous cases have boonrred where persons in comparative affluence are reduced to the most abject distresa . Amongst them' may be named two aged maiden ladies ( sisters ) named Elizabeth and Ninny i owler , one of whom is a cripple . They proved for £ 1969 Is . 4 d . ¦ They are left without a shilling , have been compelled to apply to the parish for relief and are now in the receipt of a miserable weekly pittance . Another case was a farmer with a large family named Smith ; he had £ 295 16 s . 6 d ; ef his own money , and borrowed £ 1000 for the purpose of takmg a large farm , the whole of which lie deposited in the bank for safety a few days before the stoppage .
He has by the occurrence been reduced to beggary . The largest creditor was Mr . Kent , training groom to the Duke of Richmond ; he proved for £ 4595 16 s 7 d . the savings of many years' servitude , intended for \ a large family . Such was the confidence placed in the bank that numbers , particularly females ^ deposited every pound they possessed in the concern . —* By the way a correspondent calls our attention to the fact , that no one banker will take another ' s notes ! For example , a bill becomes due-4 he banking clerk presents it for payment—you tender him notes , and unless they be the Baak of England he refuses to take them ; and unless they can be converted into gold , your bill may be noted . It would seem that those men are wiser than the public .
Death from STARYATiON .--On Saturday night , ah aged female , about 66 , was found sitting on the lower Btair , No . 31 , White Hart-street , Drury Lane . When tpoken to , with the utmost difficulty she said she wanted the common necessaries of life ( her awful countenance shewed the fact ); and she added , " If I could only get to the house of Mr . Short , a tavern-keeper iu the Strand , opposite Somerset House , he would give me some victuals . " The deceased was lifted up ( from the stairs , and a surgeon was in instant attendance , but in a few seconds the poor creature dropped dead > A Mrs . Johnson , who resides in the neighbourhood of White Hart Yard , had often afforded the deceased shelter and food , but on the present occasion advised the deceased to proceed to the Union , which it is supposed she declined .
The Great Western Railway . —^ A most diabolical attempt was made on Wednesday night to cause a further accident on the Great Western line . The mail train was on its way from London , and when within about three miles of Bath , the signal was given by the engine-driver of something wrongs and the train was stopped wjth all possible dispatch . On investigation it appears that some villain had placed two large stones ( one on each rail ) with the view of sending the engine off the line , but which did not take place . One of the stones was crushed into a thousand atoms , and flew over the driver and stoker without doing them , any serious injury ; the other stone was forced oh one side by the sword , or guard , which is placed before the wheels , but both tho guards were put out of their . place , and much bent and twisted .
The Recent Frightful Accident on the Great Western Railway . —Reading , Thursday , Dec . 30 . —It is with extreme pain we have to announce that the catalogue of those whose lives have beea lost ia consequence of the lamentable catastrophe in the Sonning-bill cutting on Friday week v is increased by the death in the Royal Berkshire Hospital , of Richd . Woolley . It will be remembered , that the unfortunate sufferer was admitted an in-patient , and the injuries ware described ia the hospital bodies " compound fracture of the skull . " The unhappy patient underwent the operation of trepanning , arid was proceeding most favourably until Monday night , when erysipelas presented themselves , and though they were combatted with some success by the medical attendants of the hospital , Woolley died on Wednesday afternoon about half-past three o'clock . On inquiry at the hospital to-day , we learnt that all the accident patients remaining ( niie in number ) are
progressing favourably , With the exception of Thos . Hankins , Eliza Barnes , and Thomas Hughes , with regard to whom a change for the worse had taken place , and these . three unhappy ; sufferers now lie in a most precarious state . On Friday , an inquest was held on the body at the Royal Berkshire Hospital , before Mr . J . J . Blandy , coroner . The verdict of the Jury was that Richard Woolley came by his death from a fracture he received on the skull , caused by the engine , called the Hecla , coming into collision with a mass of earth , having fallen from the slope of a cutting on the Great Western Railway , at Sonning , in this county ; and they are of opinion that the accident might have baeu avoided , had there been a sight police , or watch in the cutting . They , therefore , placed a deodand on tho engine and train of carriages of the sum a hundred pounds ; And further , they recommend that the passenger trucks be in future placed further from the engine .
Boys led to the Commission of Crime by being Refused Workhouse . Relief . — - —On Thursday , Thomas Jones and Richard Eaves , two ragged boys , were charged with stealing a piece of bacon from a shop in the neighbourhood of Union Hall . Sergeant Logan , of the N division , stated that on the preceding afternoon the prisoners called at the Station-house in the Southwark-bridge-road , and begged to be admitted , saying that they were without food or shelter , and had nowhere to gO to . He directed them to proceed to the workhouse , where , he told thenu , they would be temporarily relieved , aud they went , but returned in a short time afterwards , saying that they had been refused any assistance , and threatened with the cane if they did not go away . The sergeant
then told the boys that they would not be admitted into the Station-house , which was only for the reception of offenders , and they both walked away . Ihless , however , thau a quarter of an hour afterwards the same two boys were seen in the act of stealing a pieceof bacon from a shop window , and being pursued , both of them were taken into custody , aad the one upon whom the bacon was found was in the act of gnawing it when the policeman went up to secure them . The owner of the bacon , on hearing the circumstances under which it was stolen , said that he had no wish to press the charge against the two unfortunate boys . Mr . Cottingham questioned Jones as to the cause of his present apparently destitute condition : and his account was that his father and
mother were dead , and that for the last seven years he had been travelling about the country j in company with a man selling bootlaces and other small articles ; thai , on Wednesday morning he arrived in town from St . Alban ' s , aud that the man with whom he went about left him suddenly , and he did know where he was gone ; and that , being without food or money , ho went with the other boy to the Station-house to ask for shelter ; that thence they both went to the workhouse , and having described their sitaation , and that they were starving , the man at the door told them that he could do nothing for them , but desired them to stay till the master came ; that they waited for some time , uatil at length a man made his appearance , and onseeing them he exclaimed
— " These are the young scamps who were here before ; fetch me the cane and I'll soon send them about their business ; " that on hearing this threat they ( the boys ) ran away , and on passing a shop they took a piece of bacon out of the window , as they were starving . Mr . Cottingham having sent for the master of the workhouEe where the boys made the application for relief , in the parish of Christchurch , described to that person the circumstances under which they were brought before him , and said that his refusal to give them temporary assistance , and threatening them besides , led to the commission of the offence for which they were brought before him . The Magistrate then asked the master of the workhouse for his explanation of the transaction , but be
referred to the porter , who , it appeared , was the person of whom the boys made application . The porter admitted that he refused to give them relief because he had , on three different occasions , relieved them before , and that on seeing them on the evening in question he said , " Youare the young rascals who have been hero before . " On hearing these wordfe they both went away , but he made no threat of using the cane . Mr * Cottingham said that the boy Jones declared he had only arrived in London the same morning , and therefore he could not have been at the workhouse previously , according to his account . The poiter , however , positively denied the truth of Jones ' s statement . Mr . Cottingham said that he was bound to rely upon the testimony of the person * belonging to the different workhouses that Jones had been previously relieved by them , and therefore the probability was that the account he gave of himself was utterly without foundation . The Magistrate who
added that Mr . Pearson , a ship-owner ^ had heard the previous part of the case , and commisserated tho apparent state of destitution of the prisoners , had humanely undertaken to- place the boy Jones on board one of his vessels as an apprentice . The facts , however , which , had subsequently come out in the course of the inquiry would have the effect of doing away with that act of kindness , and instead of being sent on board ship , Jonea should stand committed for t ' oree months to gaol . The other boy was ordered to be passed to hw parish . In the course ef the magistrate ' s observations he said , that he was detf jmined on enforoing the provisions of the New P < , or Law Act as far as related to the cases of destitv . te persona who were either sent from that court or taken by the police to the workhouse of the dis t rict for temporary relief . Ia the eyent of such pf rsons being refused such assistance he ( the magi' .. trate ) had made up his mind to inflict the fr , u penalty of £ 5 on tile p » rtj N refugmg .
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The late Explosion on thjb Bristoi * and Gloucestsb Railway .- * George Collins , another of the sufferers by tije explosion of gunpowder , near Wiokwar , GlouceBtprahire , died in : the Bristel iHfirmary , on Thursday night last . This makes the fifth death . Inpamous False Aiarm . —At twelve o'clock on Christmas night a fellow on board the Monarch Bteamer , then on the passage from London to Hull , caused a fearful alarm among the other passengers , of whom there were several of both sexes , by stamping on the deck over the fore cabin , and bawling out •*¦ : All haads on dec ^ j the ship ' s on fire . " The corisequence was & general consternation among the fare-cabin passengers , during Which a man , jumping from an upper berth , ; fell oh . a bench beneath , where
the wife of a soldier m the 88 th regiment was asleep , and being far advanced in pregnancy a serious result might be anticipated . All rushed to the ladder ; but few gained the deck before they discovered the ; infamous hoax , and that there was no cause for alarm The fellow ,, on being told he should bo given into custody on arrival in Hull , threatened he would give any one two inches of steel who dared to lay hands on him ; and thiB , probably , deterred the summary punishment which many of tho passengers were disposed to inflict . We fear the law does hot enable the : owners of the vessel to punish so heartless a wretch ; but our informant received a satisfactory assurance from them that eate should be taken to prevent a recurrence of such disgraceful conduct in any passenger . ; v ; / ' ;¦¦> ; : : ¦¦ ¦¦ - . : ¦ . ¦ - > ' ' - ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ - ••¦ ¦¦ .
Fohtune-tell ' iNo in LANCASHiRE .--Our Middleton correspondent gives us a long account of a visit which he tod two other persons paid , on Friday last , to a conjuror or- fortune-teller residing : in Burriley-Iane , North Moor ; ChaddertoDj ostensibly to inquire into the fate of an old man who has been missing since the I 3 ih Deo , and is supposed to have been drowned on his way homefrom a funeral , but really to ascertain by what means he and his brethren have succeeded in impressing a large portion of the population of Oldhain , Middleton , Chadderton , Tonga , and other places in the vicinity , with a firm "iai ' th in their knowledge of things past , present , and to come . The " wise man" went through a good deal of mummery , and fished very adroitly for information whereon to found his oracular responses .: He
was purpo ? ely misled , and made the most ridiculous blunders , and of course the Visitors oiily learnt for certainty what they shrewdly suspected before— -that the sonjuror was an arrant cheat ; Our correspondent says that th ^ scriptioa in Oldham and the neighbourhood , one at Collyhurst-bridge , and several others near Manchester ' .. ; that there arethousands within ten miles of Manchester , and those not confined to the lower classes , whobelievein fortune-telling ; and that one old jade has made an independent fortune of her own in the business / Can this be true of any part of enlightened , civilized , and Christian England ! If it be , how fearful is the responsibility of those whoh » ve spent hundreds of millions in war , and nothing for the education of the people \—LiverpoolMercury . ~
Fatal Arbitrament . —My ancient enemy and I now confronted each other ; a loaded piece , which he usually carried , rested across his arm . We gazed at each other in amaaement for some time , until at length he stepped back a pace or two , cocked his gun , and told me , if I did not quickly walk before him as his prisoner , he would shoot me . I felt hot blood riot in my veins , and told him to turn the muzzle of his piece from me , or I might settle in deadly sort , the long account betwixt us . He advanced upon me as I spoke , and thrust the end of his weapon against my breast . I staggered from
the force of the blow ; but seeing me about to spring upon him , he raised the piece to his shoulder and fired . The charge shattered one side of my head ; and arrested my impetuous course for the moment . I then seemed to look at him through crimson flame , but I still saw him- ^ -through bliuding streams of blood , he was still palpably-before me , —but he took advantage of the severe check he had given ; and seizing his p ' ipce by the barrel , he aimed a tremeiidous blow at my head with the bufct-end , which I received with my left hand , and , rushed in upon him with a wild shriek of -maddened infuriation . H a
was m an instant upon the ground , my hands grasping his throat , and his effort to force me off was terrible ; but I tightened my fatal hold until his chett ceased to heave beneath me—his arm dropped —the limbs slowly contracted , and then—I iSaw that he was dead \—Parley's Penny Library . An Ingenious Devjce . —Thomas Hogol was on Wednesday last charged at the Liverpool policeoffice by a recruiting sergeant with hayiug prdctiaed a Singular imposition ; It appeared that the prisoner was extremely anxious to enter the service of the
East India Company , but being one-eighth , of an inbh under the standard height he fixed to the crown of bis head a ball of wax covered with hair . Having by this means elongated himself to the required dimensions , he was passed on Friday week , but being ordered to attend again on Sunday , the ingenious device was detected . Mr . Ru > hton said he knew of no law which condemned a man to punishment for such an act as that committed by the prisoner . He was cautioned not to repeat the offence , and was discharged .
An Affair of Honour . —An affair has just occurred in a certain northern city ; which has occasioned some amusement to the lieges . A young gentleman belonging to the beau monde , was ambitious to become possessed of a pair of whiskers , and made application to a friend to whom nature had been particularly bountiful in regard to that article , to be instructed as to the method of furnishing himself with the desired ornament . The friend promised to comply , and presented him with a pot of ointment with which he was : to anoint the parts on which he wished to raise a crop . The ointment was used accordingly , and produced—not whiskers , but blisters . An offence of this heinous description nothing
but blood could atone . A challenge was given and accepted—the parties met—and , somewhat abated of their first ardour , faced each other with mortal intent , and weapons loaded with cork ' ¦' ; though it is due to their valour to mention that they believed them to be charged with a heavier material ^ On the word being t > iven , shots were duly exchanged , and one of the parties , the challenged , fell overpowered by deadly terror . The seconds , to continue what they intended for a joke , but which was certainly carried a little too far , applied a handkerchief stained with red ink to his side . At this sanguinary spectacle , the challenger , believing he had done murder , took to flight , and was with difficulty so much re-assured as to appear again in public—Edinburgh Witness .
Old Year ' s Night at the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum . —On Friday evening , the last in the old year , tbc above iiistitutiou , for the reception of lunatic paupers belonging to the diffdretit parishes within the county of Middlesox , exhibited an extraordinary and pleasing instance of the gratifying effect of the humane system at present pursued in that establishment , whereby coercion has been done away with , and corporeal restraint no longer forms a part in the treatment of the insane . It has been the practice of the last year or two to give the female patients an evaningV entertainment as the close of the year , and to prepare for that joyous occasion , the patients had been for the week previously busily engaged in decorating their wards with laurel , holly ,
and other evergreens , which were most tastefully and fancifull y displayed on the walls of their rooms , in yarious devises , amongst which were the initial letters of the Queen , " V . R ., " of Prince Albert , " P . A ., " and of the illustrious infant , the future Sovereign of the united empire * ¦ ' * P . W ., " Avith crowns and Prince of Wales's feathers , &c , the whole forming an alcove of upwards of seventy feet , in which the utmost tranquillity prevailed . Soon after five o ' clock , the patients had assembled , to the number of nearly four , hundred , who had ranged themselves oa each side on forms * which had been provided for the occasion . At that time scarcely a word was to be heard , and the effect the scene produced was most striking and
pleasing . Tea and cake were then served out to the patients , by the matron , Miss Conolly ( the superintendent's daughter ) , and the nurses , by whom afterwards were played on a > pianoforte many cheerful and enlivening tunes , / to- which the patients 06 mmeuced dancing , which , they kept up with much spirit and glee for upwards of an hour . On . 'tfaeir again riosaming their seats , they were each presented with half an orange , after which dancing again commenced , and was com inued with music- at iiir tetvalB until eigbt o ' clock , when supper was served , and at the conclusion the patients retired to their several apartments , apparently much delighted with their evening ' s entertainment .
True Wisdom . ^ A wise general , on the eve of battle , makes proper disposition of bis forces feeforehand , and does not wait till the enemy has made an attack , and thusy by forethought au « t due preparation , reasonably expeets a victory ;—thus , he who has a desir * to attain a healthy , andv consequently , happy old af e , doeaooi indolently wait for the attack of the enemy , whieh 13 sickness , but is constantly on his guard againsi his insiduous approaches , k > y paying proper aUaation to the stato of his health . Many would faia occasionally use-medicine to assist nature in her operations ; but like a mariner at sea without his cam pass , knowing aot where to steer , they first try this , and then tkat , and meet with notniBn but oisappointmeht ; to these , how welcome musi be th » important fact , that Parr ' s Life Pills are now proved to be all thai is required to conquer disease and prolong life . "
The A » mstbok < J Lives Pills are recommended as an Anti-bilious . medieine , to every sufferer from bilious complainta andindicestiQn , or from an iuactive liver , and are procurable at all Druggists , and * & & « Northern Slar office . It is only necessary to se « tluit the stamp has "Dr . John Armstrong ' s Liver Pilla" engraved on it in white letters , and to let no ope put you off with any other pills . N . B . —The Pills in the boxes enclosed in marbled parser , and mtkedB . are » Tery mild aperient , aad sire particilarly and universally praised . The ; are admirakly adapted for sportsmen , agriculturists , men of business , naval and military men ; as they oontaia no mercury or calomel , and require neither woilnment to the house . uwrrMirainiia diet .
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. The Excheqxjeb Bill Fobgert . - ^ On Monday morning an order was sent : to Newgate , from tha Home-office , for the removal of Edward Beaumont Smith to the hulks , in pursuance of his sentence . He was accordingly placed in a carriage and conveyed to Wool wioh , where he was placed on board the usual receiving hulk . AKOTHEa Calamitous Fire in MANcaESXEB . — On Friday eveningias ^ about aioe o ' clock , an alarm of fire was giveni and Tfiuon was found to be at the weaving . mill arid calender house in Boleihan'sbuildings , i Manchester .: The fire commenced on the par t occupved . by the late Mr . E . Dickinson ,
calenderer , &c ., and which raged with such fury that m about an hour that part of the premises , six stories high , was a' complete ruin ; not anythin / y worth notice was saved . The loss will probably jbe about £ 5 , 000 . There were two rooms over the calender room filled with looms which were all burnt . The principal part of the weaving establishment , being separated from the premises burnt down , by a waU , did ; n [ ot receive much injury ; but , as the steam engine was much damaged , all the hands employed will , necessarily , be thrown out of work for some time to come . No lives were lost , nor is any one injured . . v ;
Effect of GoMPETiTiON . —The compotition in the slop business is almost ruinous to a numerous and industrious class of women ait the east end of the metropolis , who managed to support themselves decently by their needle . A few years ago , when shirt-making was reduced to three shillings a dozen , it was considered so low a price that it was impossible to make a bare existence at it . Yet from that price it became gradually reduced , and many of the large Jew ' slop-sellers at present pay but ninepence a dozen , or three-farthings each shirt , for them . If tnree shillings way a price at which these poor women could make a mere existence , what must be the effect of the present allowance ? And yet thousands are to be fonnd even glad to get such work !
Death from Starvation . —On Monday night an inqueat was taken before Mr . Higgs at the Edinburgh Castle , Strand , on the body of Charlotte Closson , aged 63 . Deberah JohasoD , of 31 , Whiie Hart-street , deposed . that she knew the deceased . About three weeks since she saw deceased in the street . It was raining at the time , and the deceased crying , said she was very hungry . -She ( witness ) took her home and gave her something to eat , and she appeared grateful for it . She called several times since , and on Wednesday } a ? t called and appeared very ill ,, She . gaveher some tea and allowed her to sit by the fire . She called again on Saturday last , and had the appearance of being in a dying state . She was very bad , and said " she had had
nothing to eat the whole of the previous day . ' * She begged of her to give her some tea or she would die . She borrowed ; 6 d . and gave her some tea . Shei offeredherBomebre ' ad and herring , but she could not eat . She asked her the reason she did not apply to the workhouse , when she replied " that she would sooner die 1 in the street than enter th 6 workhouse . '' Deceased having a sister in '¦ tb ' e Dover-road ^ I she sent her nephew to her resideace for some relief . The deceased said she knew Mr . Short , of the Strand , and could she get there he would give her relief . She ( witness ) and her niece assisted her down stairs , and on getting into the passage she died . The deceased was in the habit of sleeping in public-houses , and on one cold rainy night she came and implored
of her to give her 6 d . to pay for her night ' s lodging Her clothes were thin and wretched . She was very thin arid emaciated * Three doctors attended . By the Coroner——The deceased ' s sister sent back some bread and meat and a note , on which was written , V Penitent sinner , to-day on earth , to-morrow , in hell ; seek pardon and delay not . " The deceased was much hurt on reading it . I called on the sister on Sunday , who said that the deceased was a very bad person , , and had left her husband thirtyfive years since , whs is still living at Harwich . From other evidence , it appeared that deceased might have been well off , but for her conduct , having bad a great deal of money left her by her father . Verdict-r- " Died from want , brought on by her own stubborn temper . " :
Plymocth , Sunday , Jan . 2 . —This afternoon the Conway , 26 , Captain Bethune ; from China , haying on board two millions of dollars , anchored in the Sound about six o ' clock . Her destination was Portsmouth , but a change of wind haying taken place ,: she was compelled to come in here . She entered at the eastern- end of the Breakwater , and it being after sunset she did iiot salute the Admiral ' s flag . She brings home many invalids from the squadron in the China seas . She was at the Cape of Good Hope on the 1 st of October . It is reported that she will be paid off at Portsmouth Of course she brings ho intelligence that has not previously reached England .
The Philipstown ; Murder . —The horrible murder of a . popr idiot , by a party of gentlemen who were sojourning at a country seat in the immediate vicinity of Philipstown , and to which we adverted on Tuesday last , has been considered as wholly incredible . So horrible are the facts , that scarcely any person is willing to believe that such barbarous cruelty could be practised by a party of gentlemen in a Christian country . It is our duty , however , to reiterate our statement . The horrible murder did take place ; but we have received additional information , which states that the idiot murdered was not a boy but a man . He was besmeared oyar with oil and turpentine , and literally ro 3 tfced to death . An inquest was held—a mock one , we are led to believe , from the fact that one of the parties engaged in
the murder sat on the inquest ! Money has been squandeted in profusion to hush 1 the matter up ; almost all the parties have decamped to England or elsewhere . The majority of them : were officers , aud , we auppose , are now with their respective regiments . What will the Government ; do in this matter V ? We call upon Lord Eliot to send a stipendiary magistrate to the spot to inquire iti the matter—We ask Colonel M'Gregor whether the police iu the district made any report tohimontnesubj . ct ? —we call upon the Government to make the proceedings of the Coroner ' s inquest public . A most foul and barbarous murder has been committed , under circumstances of aggravated barbarity , unequalled by the horrible atrocities of Indian cruelty , and nosteps hare been taken to bring the savage perpetratora to justice . —Dublin Monitor . ' ¦ V
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DISTRESS AT STOCKPORT . The following statement has ^ been published , by the authority of the Mayor of Stockport : —• . i It is well known that the cotton raauuf * ctttre of this kingdom has , been long and greatly depressed , and that numbers of persons engaged in it have been thrown out of employment , and great distress occasioned in the . various : towns and districts- of which it is the staple manufacture . The borough of Stockport , the working population of which is engaged
almost exclusively in this manufacture , has suffered ia common with other towns , from its general and long-continued depression . The distress- so occasioned has beenincreased to an extent , it is believed , beyond that of any other town by specialand peculiar eweumstances of a local inttuence . We alluae to the entire stoppage of some of the largest establishments in the town and neighbourhood , by which siBveral thousand persons haTe been thrown out of employment , who- still remain without any prospect of being able to-return toft . ¦ - ' " ' ' ¦¦ ;
Of the establishments at work , a great part are so only partially ; and the working of short time ( that is of four davs per week ) has Twett continued to . a greater or less extent siaee May last * Upwards of one-third of the horse-power in the town arid neighbourhood is unemployed , . which , if at work , wonld givo employment to more than 4 ^) 00 » persons . ^ is believed that there are , altogether , ; about S , 000 » ope ratives of various trades unable to obtain employmeat . The conac ^ 'icttce- of this suspension of labour are extensive loss and eufferingv among all classes dependent upon , trade , and unexampled distress and trivatiori among the working population . ; This iatresa , heightened as it now is by the swerity of the weather-, has arrived at a-pitcb . of whi « hiti 3
impossible- , to- eonvey any adequate idea fey mere statistical information . The l ? oor-rates haw regularly incceased , and are now become a serioos drain upon the diminished respurce 3 . of the compjwra . tively few who are- able to pay tlvem . Fainiliaa , two or three together , are \ crowding into one house , or leading , their cottages for cellars ^ some are quittinft their native- land : riumbwa having exchanged : all but the last article * of their wearing apparel for the means of sustaining lift-, are on the verg * of destituti » n .: Honest meo ,. willing to work , are compelle 4 , with their entioe-families , to becocae street meadicant s or to li-w » by day ,, on the precarious oharity of their neighbours : and , besides , aa increase of disease
arising , in a great measure , from , a deficiency of feod ; many , it is to . be feared , ave literally starving to death . Of J 5 , 823 individuals , inhabiting 2 , 965 houses , lately visited nnd& the direction of a Committee appoinied for the pnrpose , l £ 04 only were found to b > fully employed ; 2 , 866 partially employed , and 4 , 148 , able to work , were wholly without employnaent . The wmainder 7 , 605 peraona were unable to work . ; . The average ; weekly income of the above 15 , 823 persons was la . 4 | d . each . The average weekly wages of those folly employed were 7 s . 6 ^ d . each . ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ . ¦ ,. . ' . - ' : . . ; --: ' ¦ : ¦ ¦ ' ' ' The average weekly earninga of those partially employed were 4 s . Tid .
The Committee appointed for the purposes of the relief now to be afforded , being fully eonvinced that all the efforts that can possibly be made in the town and neighbourhood will be utterly inadequate to meet the pressing necegsities of the case , have r » - eolved , under the direction of the meeting by which they were appointed , to make an appeal to their couutrjmen generally , and especially to those indWiduals andelaasea of soeieiy who feel little of the presflure of the times , or who are removed ixon all fe » rofp « K ) Balsnj 6 rtngai » d orintioa .
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