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. THE BLESSINGS OF INSTRUCTION The baart has tendrils like the Tine , Whieh round another * * bosom twine , Outepringins from the living tree Of deeply * H » ted sympathy ; "Whose flower * in hope , its fruits are bliss , Beneficense its harvest is . There are some bosoms dark and drear , Which an unwater * d desert are ; Yet there a carious eye may trace , Some smiling spot , some verdant place , "Where little flowers , the -woods between , Spend their soft fragrance all unseen .
Despise them not , for wisdom ' s toil Has ne ' er disturb'd that stubborn soil ; Yet care and culture muht have brought The ore of troth from mines of thought , And fancy ' s fairest flowers had bloonVd Where tiuth and fancy lie entonib'd . Insult him not , his blackest crime May , in his Maker ' s eye sublime , In spite of all thy pride be less Tha n ^' er thy daily waywardness ; Than many a Kn sod many a st&iB , forgotten and unpress'd again .
There is in every human heart Some not completely barren part , Where seeds of truth andloTe might grow And flowers of generous virtue blow , To plant , to watch , to water there , This be our duty , be our care . And sweet it is the growth to trace Of worth , of intellect , of grace , In bosoms where our labours first Bid the yonng seeds of spring-time burst , And lead it on from hour to hour To ripen into perfect flower .
Hast thou e ' er seen & garden clad In all the robes that Eden had , Or Tale o ' erspread with streams and trees , A paradise of mysteries ; Plains with green hills adorning them , lite jewels in a diadem ? - ¦ « These gardens , Tales , and plains , and hffis , Which beauty gilds and music fills , Were ence but deserts , culture ' s band Has scatter ed Yerdure o ' er the land , Ani Emiles and fragrance rules serene , Where barren wilds usurp'd the scene .
And such is roan , a soil which bneds , Or sweetest flowers , or vilest weeds , Flowers , loTely as the morning light , Weeds deadly as tie aconite ; Just as his heart is train'd to bear The poisonous weed , or floweret fair .
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STJBLIN . —( From our ou-n Correspondenl . JThe new corporation is about to levy a borough rate , amounting to the enormous sum of £ 7 u 00 a year , for fije openly avowed purpose of providing pensions for the officers of the old corporation , iu order to make way fox the hungry orators of the Corn Exchange . It is not known as yet , how the impoverished citizens vf ill put up with this new tax , or whether they will submit to it at all . The repeal rent is falling off , axd unless the orators are provided for , there will be a rebelUoa in the camp . The tribute too was -woefully deficient this year , which accounts in . soma measure for this attempt at a boronghrate . Had the tribute been as ample as
heretofore , the rate would not have been mentioned this year at all events ; but , the deficiency in the amount of the tribute deprived the Liberator of the means of retaining the same number of roaring satellites which he has heretofore done , and even the reduced staff are now placed on short allowance . Their sheet anchor is the repeal delusion , and like dying misery they hold fast to the list moment . They will allow no one to help them on with the agitation , of that question , they must keep it and all its profits to them ^ -lrcs . The weekly sains received tythe Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland , during the last year are , according to thereports published in the newspapers , about £ 350 , which is equal to £ 18 , 200 . Of the manner in which this
large sum has been applied there is no account nor never wiiL To be sure it may be that tie old tiick will ba practised on the public , that of appointing auditors whe are wholly incapable of distinguishing between the debit and tbe creditor side of an account current , men who upon former occasions certified ihat there was ^ balance of £ 73 6 s . llfd . due to the Liberator including the purceil £ 100 which were lodged in the Tralee branch of the national bank . Well , after all , there i 3 not much of this money finds its way into the pockets of the Liberator , a 3 the Bays , the Steeles , the Daunts , the Fitzpairicks , the Ayers , the Fiizsimons , the Fresche ? , and the ¦ RejuoU ia a&Te all a pull out of it , so that comparativelY little of it reaches tne poor Liberator in the
esd , although he has the name of receiving the whole . The people are beginning to ask what has btcome of the £ 18 200 ! But no one feels disposed to answer the question . Toot Coyne , of Capei-street , who figured some wefe since at the Univer-al Suffrage Association , and subsequently a » the Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland , at which latter place he disclaimed all connection with the Universal Suffrage Society , has been dreadfully beaten by the Hepealers , because he was suspected of Chartism , ¦ while at the very time he was beaten he had a certificate from the president and a letter from the secretary , both Etating that he did not belong to their society . Nothing would satisfy the moral-force CConnelluVjj , but the life of Coyne , and they really have placed his life in jeapordy ; after knocking
him down they kicked him ia the abdomen , and damaged him so much that there is little , very little hope of his restoration to perfect health again . It is evident to erery one here that Mr . Coyne bronchi timself into ini tronble by his own cunning and vanity . He admits himself that he accompanied Mr . Thomas Arkins , the cast-clethes man , to Henry-street , on the night of the attack upon Mr . Lowery , the Chartist missionary ; that although he held Mr . Lowery ' s principles , yet he was afraid to take part with him , lest it might injure him in the way of his business . That he was subsequently appointed hatter to the Lord Lieutenant , rod was afterwards appointed , in conjunction with Mr . Laurenson , who struck Mr . Lowery , as one of ih ? vaiuatdrs of the North Dublin Union under the
Poor Law Act ; that these appointments were given to him by the Government which persecuted the Chartists ; that he was one of Mr . O'Connell ' s stalking horses at tfee late municipal elections , and withirew a ; the bidding of his leader . * that when the election of Poor Law Guardians was approaching , Mr . Coyne attended a meeting of the Chartists at Mr . O'Higsina ' s , and professed himself a flaming Charusx ; that haviDg been called to acconni bj the O'CoBnellile ^ he disclaimed all connection with tire Irish Universal Suffrage or Chartist Association ; that by tnese efforts to play the double game , "to ke « p in with the Chartist 3 and with their bitter enemies , he has lost the confidence of both , and was kicked by the O'Conneilites into the bargain . Honesty is the best policy after all . It is a fcolish thfeg to have a whisper for everybody , and a secret to tell everybody which nobody else Ehall hear .
CARLISLE . —Diabolical Case of Assos . — DaEI . ng AlT £ HPT TO L » £ FSAUD THE YOEK ASD Losdos Fibb Issvbascb Company . — On Saturday ttornLg , the I 2 ia ins ant , atom two o ' clock , an alarming fire broke out in the pramises of the Angel Inn , English-street , Carlisle , occupied by Mrs . Chrisropherson , a widow , who , with her daughter , Fiances Chr > topberson , and Mary Blaylock , servant , were the only inmates . The fire was first discovered by a police effictr , samed Robertson , Who immedia . ttly proceeded to alarm the inmates , but he "knocked veryloudly at the door for twenty or twenty-five minutes , before the door was opened . After ihe delay we have mentioned , Mrs . Christopherson opened the deor . The flames were
sow spreading rapidly through the house , and a number of persons had begun to collect . Tee poiice force , with the fire engines , were 5002 on the spot , but the firs was r-giDg so furious ])' * that it was found necessary 10 rescue the inmates by getting them ont of one of the front windows . Tne fire engines being admirably worked , the fire was got under in about s . n hour , but not until the greatest alarm had spread over the neighbourhood , for the safety of the adjoining propeity . Oa one sde of the Angrl Inn is the Joiners' Arms , occupied by Mr . Lnila ; and ou the other , a milliner ' s and draper's shop ; and behind , a number of stables , almost immediately communicating vriih the Coffee House HouJ : and to add to the alarm , tha wind
¦ was blomnjj very hard at the time . Had the fire nos beea discovered at the time it was , and the greatest exmions made , property to a gresi amount must have been inevitably destroyed , and , in all probability , many lives sacrificed . As soon as the fire had been go * , under , Mr . Graham , superintendent of police , entered the premises , aud from what he then observed , felt fully convinced that the premises had been -wilfully set fire to . He immediately took Mrs . Christopherson , her daughter , and servant into -custody . At eleven o ' clock the prisoner * were brought for examination before the Magistrates at
the Town HaiL Oa the Bench were Joseph Ferguson , Esq ., Georjje Sa . nl , Esq ., Thomas Salkald , Esq ., and John Dixou , Esq . air . Graham , superintendent of police , stated in tht conrse of his evidence , —I found the flooring in sererai room 3 had been broken np , and peats , sticks , and shaving 3 mixed up together . In one of the rooms wheie there is no fire place , the peats were on fire in a corner . In another room the combustibles were placed on the middle of the floor ready for lighting . 1 saw » cnesi of drawers—lite drawers were taken cut and piled on a table , and resting against one of the bedsteads—the drawers were
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empty . Under the table on which the drawers were placed , was a large quantity of shavings and peats In the same room was a press , and inside were a Bomber of Jong pieces of split wood set np sideways . In one room a portion of the boards were torn up and splits and mixed up Tvith peats and sh&vings , ready for lighting . In the kitchen and bar , the ceilings were torn and shavings hanging through . This was aleo the case in one of the upper rooms . From all that 1 observed , there had been a systematic attempt to bmrn the premises . Mrs . Christopherson told me that her stock was insured for £ 50 . and the furniture for £ 300 .
Mr . Siordy , agent , in Carlisle , for the York and L » ndon Insurance Company , stated that Mrs . Cbristopherson effected an insurance with him for £ 350 , and stock £ 50 . She paid the insurance and got the policy ; it was dated some time in October . Mary Blaylock , ( one of the prisoners ) said she wished to make a statement . Mr . Ferguson told her , that -what she Baid would be taken down , and might hereafter be used against her . She said—I have lived with Mrs . Chrittopherson since Whitsuntide . She insured her furniture in petober , and I assisted herabouttbelst of February , in getting the chips and things ready and getting the fires oa . She wished me to do it . We got a large iron thing and an axe , to raise the boards—chop them tomaxeon the fires . I assisted her in all she
desired me to do . We had three fires on in the high rooms—two on the second floor in the first room . They were made on yes : eraay forenoon , about ten or eleven o ' clock . They were made ready for lighting . Three fires were made on in the back room of the second ft - ^ t , they were not in grates , but on the floor . Tnere was a che 3 t of drawers in the back room , part of them were taken out and placed in the first room . There was a fire made in the kitchen and one in the back parlour , and one in the press as Mr . Graham stated ia the back bed Toom Ono below the stairs . I went with her when she lighted them . We lighted three fires ; and after that we went into the front room . The Bmoke was like to suffocate as before we got in . I think it would be about half past one . I think I have nothing more to say .
By Mr . Ferguson—Did yoar Mrs . say what this was for" ! Witness—For the Insurance . By Mr . Fergason— Did the daughter know of this ! Witness—She knew , but took no part in making on the fires . Mrs . Christopherson , said—The girl was the first who proposed it to me . Her husband is in America and fche wished to go to him . The prisoners were then removed for further examination , and ordered to be kept in separate confinement .
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THE NECESSITY OP UXIOX . * TO THE EDITOR OF THE KORTHERN STAR . " When the native Chiefs in India are in divan together , and the subject of getting rid of their European tyrants is in discussion , the unanimous resolve ia this , ' Mwderthem !"'— Sir John Malcolm . Sir ., —England and India are in extraordinary positions , and will have to undergo extraordinary purifications . They are in some measure jwoAltkl cases India o&s been tyrannised over anil plundered by a handful of foreign oppressers by the want of organisation and union ; and England has bound her neck to
the yoke , for causes precisely sim'lar . Both are about to throw . off tne chains of slavery , but I feel great anxiety for the fate of oor gallant soldiers in the East I left mj old regiment , " tie sixteenth Lancers , '' in 1 S 36 , at Cawnpore , and many , since that time hava bitten the dust in Affgbaniitnn . A great portion of thu regiment were " ladB" from Yorkshire and Lancashire , and a more intelligent set of men never girded on a sword . I have left many friends there , and was iu hopes of " their return hume this year , but I ftar the state of affairs in the East will prevent it Tuey are much wanted in poor old England .
I know you have httle space for correspondence , but a few lines on the- subject of siricl union may not be inapplicable . I will tell you how the au . nutiries have governed India . On recruiting for the native regiments , ox " Sipateea . " they took especial care to enUsVmeu of diflfatnt creeds" and " castes . " Generally one third wtrd Mohammedans , another third Hindoos , and the remainder usually consisted of a mixture of all creeds and "Pariahs , " or no creed at all . When the Mohammedans wtra dissatisfied , the Hindoos and Pariahs Wtro arrayed against them ;
when the Hindoos weiv rebellious ( and they frequently were so ) , the otbtr two-thirds were slipped at ihem ; and the same with the Pariahs . Hith . no this has been the mode of " legislation , " but the people are about tmtisg , and the game is well nigh piayed out in Iritiia . To save our lives there , we must b : firmly banded together , otherwise we shall be massacred and cut off in small detachments . Three years ago I warned the G-jvernmtnt of what bas taien pkee in Cabool , but 1 might as well have warned stocks and itoues . . " _
Jn 1 S 22 , I was at Hyderabad , when a furious battle took place between the iluhammedins , who were in almost a itale of rebellion , so thty vxre made to destroy each o ' Mcr ' . ' ¦ Spies and emissaries were sent among thtui , and so successful were they in their holy mission that the Arab casle * . f Mohammedans and tte Puttans , another caste ( one breaking the e « g the big end , the other the little end ) , turned out of the city under the walls , and left seven thousand dead on thep ' ain ! to the grrat deligfc , amusement , and instruction of the English gentlemen , who viewed the whole scene from th « top of the « Britiah Residences !!! After that they vxre qviet enough . ! The respective leaders , Schaik Du-lah and Eneas Bahander , fought hand to hand ; the former was killed on the spot , the latter died the next day of hia wounds . ' Now , my dear friends , the Chartists , let us be warned by the fate of the Arabs and Puttans ; let the Whigs and Tories go te loggerheads , and tre will eDjey
the sport . Middle classes , join with the working classes on fair ternis ' aud in all sincerity . You cannot get the repeal cf tb ° C jto Laws without us ; but if we gave you the B-Deal on Satnrday ni-bt , we might whistle for the Charter on Monday morning . Bat let us have tee Charter , irislles , snout , and ail , on Saturday , and you ahall tiTe the Repeal on Monday . On no other terms
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can we join yon , and if yoa are sincere , jon will n t hesitate one instant . " Union oind no surrender" ia our only motto ! A Woolwich C ^ oet . JP . S I sea the Chartist Tricolour is aloft , and It should be ttumst under the Plague" noses every where and on all occasions . Chichester , 7 th March . 1842 .
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CROWN COURT , Fbi » ay , March 11 Before Mr . Boron Rolfe .
THE ESCEICE MURDEB . All the avenues and passages in the Castle were crowded for upwards of an hour before the opening of the court , by parties anxious to hear the abovo trial . Great inconvenience was sustained by parties who had business in the courts , in constquence of the pressure of the crowd and the difficulty in other respects of obtaining admittance . Mr . Baron Rolfs took hfs seat soon after ni > t > o ' clock , and immediately afterwards Jonathan Taylor , aged 60 , was placed at the bar , charged with the wilful minder of Ellen Taylor , his wife , by strangling her , at Esorick , on the 26 th of October last . Mr . Baines , Mr . Wilkins , and Mr . Pashley were counsel for the prosecution ; Sir Gregoky Lewis and Mr . Blanshard were for the prisoner .
Mr . Baines stated the case at great length . Ho . Mt sure that tke nature tf the charge would of itaeif ensure the serious attention of the Court and Jury . The statement he hsd now to make he should endeavour to render as clear as possible , in order to enable them to see their way clearly through , —not entering into long detail , bnt giving such a general outline as would serve for the purpose he had stated . The ur , fortunate deceased stood in the relation of wife to the prisoner at the bar . They had lived upon a farm belonging to Lord Wenlock , about two miles from Escrick , and within a few miles of this city . Until about four year * ago the prisoner had lived with his wife and family , the latter consisting of four sons and three daughters ; one daughter was married , and did not reside with the
family . The prisoner and the fimily until about four years ago lived in harmony together upon the form , which consisted of aoout 215 acres , and up to that tune the prisoner had the management himself . He then seemed to have formed a connexion with another woman , which took him to Hull , where be lived separate from his wife for a considerable time . Their noble landlord , commiserating the feelings of the family , wont to Hull , where he sought out the prisoner , and prevailed on him to become a party to au agreement , by which the management of the farm was t > be placed in the hands of deceased . A copy of this agreement was j , iven to the deceased , who deposited it in a drawer in the house . After a time the prisoner returned , and remained with the family a shoit time . He left them
again , and again he returned ; and the footing on which he lived for tha last two or tkree years was , that he was permitted to be there , but to take no part in the management of the farm , and still less to take any money , a shilling or two being given to him at a time , for which he lent a hand at busy times . On the 26 th ef October last , the day of the murder , it was ntcessary that the whole of the family , with the exception of the deceased , should go away from the bouse , to a distance o half a mile , where they were eDgaged in the potato field . Not only were the whole of tho family engaged there , but they had also called in the assistance of several persons in tho village . On the evening previous the prisoner had intimated his intention , of going in the morning to Selby ; and accordingly , on
Tuesday morning , he got up before daylight , and went out . The rest of the family breakfasted together , and about eight o'clock they went to the potato field , with the exception of one son , who joined them about nine o'clock , and at that time he left his mother alive an . i perfectly well . At twelve the family r » turned from the potato field , and on going into the house the ) found their mother quite dead , lying upon the hearth , near the fire , and the lower part of her person burnt A hunch of keys was lying beneata the deceased Medical men were sent for , who arrived about half-past twelve o ' clock ia the afternoon , and thBVr testimony was , that from the appearance of the body , they had no denbtthat the deceased bad died abo'it two hours before , and migLt have been dead
more . Consequently her dettti must have t » ken place about half-past ten , a matter to which the-jury would have to direct their attention , as it would show , whoever was tho murderer , the deed was committed between nine and half-past ten . Some farther inquiry then took place , and observations wtre made , the result of which was , thut from certain marks upon the neck and face , the deceased had come to her death by choking or strangulation . There were also bru- ' sis upon the head , and buins upon the lower part of the body . And it would be shown that from the appearances of VieBe burns upon the body , they must have been irfl . citd after deceased was already dead by other means . The family looked about the house , and wtivt to a drawer in which at eight that morning the deceased had been seen
to lock up about £ 3 in silver . The drawer was found locked , bat the money was gone ; and tha Key tf tilt ) drawer was lying coder the person of tho deceased on tho hearth- The keys were perfectly bright , notwithstanding the fire he had spoken of . It was now his duty to state some facts to be ' submitted on the part of the prosecution , in erderto fix ths guilt of the crime on the prisoner . A few weeks before the murder the prisoner met a person named Kirk ; and stated to her that he should eooa return to Hull again . She saW " what for ? " and he replied , " why , you"il see . " On the 8 th ( f Oetober , the sum of £ 70 was paid to the deceased by a ptro ^ n who had bought some stock of her , and th ;> t sum was taken by her , in the . Bigl . t yi tiie prisoner , into a room where she bad f jrmerly
been in the habit of depositing her money , but no longer ; for since the retain tf tho prisoner , the place for keeping the money had been changed . He saw her go into that room ; she closed the door ; and be had no reason tj believe fu : that tae money was in that room . On the day of t . e murder the prisoner went out before daylight , ha . vi « c announced bis intention of going to Selby . Hu was never seen by any of his family previous to them going ti thepotatj field ; but a person who belonged t > a mill in the neighbourhood , and who cad rtc ived instructions from ons of the sons to call for some barley , came to the house at half-pavt nine , at the backdoor . He was going to open the dt > or , when hefmndit opened from witain , and the prisoner stood before him
npon the threshold . The man said he had cume for some barley . Tae prisoner said thit he coulil not have any , because they were all away at the potato field . Tha miller then said , " Where ' s the mistress ? " and the prisoner replied , why she ' s et the potato field t > o . andyouniust come again to-night or ; o-morrow morning . " This man perceived that the prisoner Eetmtd pait cularly anxious that he should not go into t ie house ; and his evidence would show tb-ut very uear t >> the time of the n . U'der tbe prisoner was upon tti « spvt where it was Cummitted , and giving a f . iUe . accvu . t of his wife , because he must have known that she never was at the- put : t > field at all . Ac a quarter past ten the prisoner was setn going in a direction from his own hcu ? e towards Selby . not
by the u ^ 'u road , tu * along a private track , in which private track was 1 forwards found a bottle of rum ; and the quantity in the bottle found , corresponded with that which was in the bottle in the house previous t > tbe murder . Besides this there were taken three pounds in silver , the agreement before referred to , and a policy of insurance , ull from the same drawer . He had now brought the narrative down to naif-past ten , when the prisoner wasseen proceeding iu the direction he nad statsd . He sh ' ould next trace him to Sclby , where he arrived about ha . fpast eleven , and it would be shown that be could have no business there , because be spent the whole of his thus in a puMic house and an eating-bouse . He ltft Sfclliy at a quatter past two , and proceeded
towards home . When on the road he was met by a miller named Leedel , who first communicated to thu prisoner t'ae information of his wife ' s death , and on wLich his demeanour would be described by the witness . After leaving I » eeUel the prisoner went towards his own bouse ; but was met at the Lodge gaces by a woman , "who told him that some one had Baid that his wife must have fallen down in a fit . The prisoner said that was very iikely , because she . had been complaining of a pain in her head for two or thi ee days past . The daughter -would till them that her mother waa perfectly well , and had ' made no such complaints in her bearing . The prisoner then went home , and saw his eldest daughter , who is about thirty years of age . She said to him " Have you been at home to-day ,
father ?• ' He said , " No , I have not ; I went out before six o'clock this morniug aad went to Selby , and I have been tuere all the day . " A woman named Jane Brabos asked him what time he got to Selby 1 when he answered that he reacted that place about halt-past eight An inquest was held , and un thv evening of the first day the prisouer made a > statement to two persons as to tilt ) manner he had passed his time that day . He said he vrent out at six o ' clock in the morning , autl called to kcb Lord Wenloek's gaintkeeper , to ask him for a couple tf rabbits to take to bis niece at Selby ; that he could see nobody there , and so he waited an hour , and then came home . That account was notonly inconsistent with the other , but it would be shown that tht keeper was at home that morning at seven o ' clock , and that if the prisoner had gone , as he had said , to the dog kennels , he must have found him there . As to
the rabbits the niece at Selby would state tbat she had never heard of such a thing , nor had she spoken to the prisoner for a year before . At the back of the prisoner's house was a large dog , which always barked ftiriooely when strangers approached . That dog was heard to bark when the miller went that morning , but never afterwards , by which it was evident that no stranger had gone n < ar the house that morning . The Learned Gentkman having thus given an outline of . the case , said he joined with his friend on the other side ia intrtEtiiig the Jury to dismiss from their minds whatever they mUlithave previously heard npon the subject , and form tteir jud&mtnt txclusivels on the eviuence troducedon oath before them . It they bad any reasonable doubts of the prisoner's gailt , they would give him the benefit thereof , aad acquit ; . but if they had noauch reasonable doubt , ha felt it . to . b * his duty to
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call uwn them to do theit duty manfully and faithfau ' 5 to thntr country . ¦¦• ' ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ - '¦• ' . ¦¦ . ¦ ¦'¦• : / " Tiie examination -. of ; - " witness ** was then proceeded witD . and every particular cf the Vt it "merit of the teamed Counsel was corroborated by the t-stlmony d * awt thiny witnesses , by whom a complete chain of 8 tn . n < circuit it t nl evidence was farnisaed . Sir Gregory Lewin then aiadrecsed the Jury far the- prisoner . He saut he had row tae honour to address twelve men froni the \ Vest Riding of this county , abd that ensured h > rh of two things , the one that he shtuld receive patient att : ntion , and the other that this Case would be must fuliy and fairly considered by every indivic . mlniemvt . rof that Jury A fellow-creature was dow . on his tri 1 for his life , with them was the issue of
Ufe and death , aii . iupon their verdict depended whether he wntaway a living maa from that bar , or whetber he at once entered into eternity . He made this observation not that he tdcuaht for a moment they would be without that fr » Hng-. which would suggest itself to his own iiiDd , v-z the duty of giving ! every attention to the case from be ' Kinninglto / eiid , but he did it that they might he able to bring all the faculties of their mind to bear upon it because he never had seen a case brought bef . ro a court of justice ; . where , it appeared to bun the judgment of the facuHieg of the Jury were more squired to combat difficulties and doubts toan the- prefwnV They had to consider first of all whetru-r th *< deceased came by her deat ! by violent means committed by some person , and on that point
he stated that h »> hart seldorh seen a case wrapped up with so much . / . ffiWty as this , because they had it in evidenee that tie appearance which presented themselves to tb « niv-dical gehtiemeir efoer death might be occasioned by other causes ! than those which suggested themselves to these medical men . The question was , did Mi Taylor . lie by the hand of the prisoner or did she die from b .- n « burnt to death from the accidental catching flr « . f her clothes ? After alluding to the opinion of the Hurgequs , he contended that from the deceased beinu found 1 > ing near the fender , the mark might have been produced on her neck by falling from tha efRcts of
- c-r' > onic acidgasin theatmosphete created by the accidental burning tf the clothes , which it was sungmed and admitted might be produced by smoke and flime acting upon the air ; and which causes persons to become iuseusible and d » wn they f » H . And where was she found ? 1 close to the fender with this mark upon her , and a'tuiuefact . fou . or ; swellingori her face , which were perfect y «(> i ) sisi > nt with all the facts and circumttincea of thi-- case . He next submitted that no motive on the piirVof-. ihe prisoner in reference to this tranaction had been pr .. ved , . ind he stated it had struck him as the most unlikely and unnatural tiling in the world if he bad committed the murder tSat he should then
have quittly walked to Selby , and there deport himself as he bau done . He then remarked on the fact of the cap beiug undisturbed . What ! did he strangle her , then adjust her cap , then set fire to her , and then " put the ropes on the cupboard Instead of putting them on t * ie flre , which was the most ready movie of getting rid of them . The jury Wt-re to ask themselves if such a thing was likely ? After commenting on the evidence of seme of the witnesses , he said that it had been suggested that the prisoner had gone back to the house , committed tho deed , and gone away again . A great deal of evidence had been givtii to show that if any persons had gone in thedirection of Taylor's house they might have been seen . Ha wouul . then- ask why was not the prisoner it
seen ? Nobody did see the prisoner ^ asd why was to apply to other persons , and not to the prisoner ? He goes in and coni < s unt on that occasion , and yet he is seeu by nobody near the house . He 1 asked th « juTy whether they were prepared to say that Mrs . Taylor's death could not have been caused by the union of carbonic acid gas with the atmospheric air , and in falling caused the mark on her neck , that she could not have set fire to herself , and that she could not ; have diedashehadisugcested / He made a strong appeal to the feeltngsof the Jury .- He exhorted-them not to take away the life of the prisoner , unle 38 the case appeared to them so cl ^ ar and so . satisfactory as to leave no reasonable deuot upon , their minds . They were accountable for their verdict to their own consciences , to their God . ami to their , country .
The Learned Judge then summed up the evidenco , ably commenting upon all the most material facts that presented themselves . The Jury , wituoat leaving their box , found the prisoner GUtLTY The Judge then put on the black cap , and proclamatiwnf irsi it-uc-t was made . He passed the sei : t 9 nco of death in tlie . following terms : — " Jonathan Taj lor , — The Jury , ait-r . a lonif and anxious investigation , have returned a verdict f GrfilJty which verdict ; mint meet with the approbation of every individual who has witnessed tho proueei iings of this day . They have found y > u to be guilty of the highest offence known t > the law—nn offsnee at which our nature most revoltj—a crime too , which , in your case , is attended with circunistance 8 of txiraordinary aggravation . The object of your guilt whs not some stranger—was not a . person against whom you could have a very well-founded
ground of complaint—it was the partner of your bed , t ' lenuthertf your offspring . I canni . t say more , and 1 mention thai not for the purpose of upbraiding you , but for the purpo ~ . e of tu { gearing to ; you / that yours is a case in which any hope of mercy on this side of the grave must be entirely fallacious , and I entreat you to employ the fsw days of your lifo which yet remain to you , in attenilimj to the instructions you will receive ere you will appear before that Almighty Judge before whom you iiiu <» soon be summoned . It only remains fur me to Wy that for the crime of wilful murder , of which you hav « been convicted , you be taken from hence to the prison from whence you came , and from thence you be taken to' a pjnee tf execution to be handed by the neck till your body be dead , and when dead , to be taken down and turied within the precincts if the prison after this your conviction accoidiug to the > t \ tut 3 , and may the Almighty have mercy on ycur scui . "¦¦ ' ¦¦ .. . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' . - ¦ - . ¦ ' - . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ :
The prtsontr appeared to be quite unmoved both during the trial and after the passing of the sentence . The Court rose about half-past eight o'clock .
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OXFORD CIRCUIT . —STAFFORD . Crown Court , Friday , March iith . ( Before ilr , Justice CresswdU ) Siimuel Jacobs , aboy of 16 , was indicted for assaulting and wounding Thomas Harvey , on the 21 st of October last , and stt'simi ! from his person a knife aud 10 s . Mr . Yardley conducted the case for the prosecution . The prisoner was undefended . From the evidence given it appeared that the prosecutor , a stout , hearty man , in the prime cf life , and more than a match , even-handed , f . ; r two euch assailants as the prisoner , was drinking in the kitchen of the Bull Inn , at Cueadla , on thu night in question , when the prisoner came into the house , and was offered by him some brrad and cheese . Soon afterwards the
prisoner aud the prosecutor left the house together , and the prosecutor askeii the lad where he was going ? The prisoner rep . ied that ho had no home , and no place to go to , and therefore it was quite indifferent to him where he went . The prosecutor accordingly took him by the hand , and they walked together along the road about a couple of miles , when the boy , ' having looked cautionsly about him , remarked . "It strikes me , master , you have got money about you . " . The prosecutor said that , h » had only got a few shillings , and that it was not of ten that a man in his situation of life had more , and they then walked along in silence together for about another mile , when the prosecutor felt a stunning sensation , ai . d found himself at the same moment lying ou the ground . The instant after he
heard the reports ( of what seemed to him to be a brace of pistols fired in rapid succession , and soon lost all consciousness . When he recovered his senses , which watt not till the day was beginning to break , he found that he had lost his hat , his stick , his knife , and about 10 s . in silver . There were several severe gunshot wounds about his head , which , in the opinion of the medical wen , wbo were examined , could not have been produced by one discharge . The prisoner was seen at daybreak about a quarter of a mite from the spot where tho prosecutor was W ( utided , and told the man who nut him that he bad just picked up a knife , which was identified , as the prosecutor ' s , and asked whether he had lose one . The party replied in the negative , and ttitn the prisoner proceeded to tell
him tbnt howaf waiKmg f cm Cheartle with a man the night before , and that near tbe spot where they then wtre the man was tired at ever a wall by a man with a pistol He represemtd that he ODly saw : the man's arm , and that the pistol Eished in the pan : directly afterwards a second pistol was pointed and shot the man with whom he was walking Suspicion was excited by h is story , and utttr some time had elapsed he wjis given into- cu 3 tody . The hat . of the prosecutor was discovered near the spot where he v ? as wounded , lying in a ditch , and his stick was found outside of a sort of hovel where the prisoner stated that he had passed the
nigLt . Two or three spots of blood were also seen on his aim ; tut , as ho was never properly searched , there were no means of ascertaining whether he had any weapons about him likely to have produced the . wounds iiiflicttd . A shilling , however , and a sum of 7 s . 6 d . were picked up et two places , whtre ; he waa observed to have stooped tlown for a moment as he walked along . ' . ;• ¦ •' The Jury found him Guilty , and - Mr . Justice Cresswell , after some remarks upon the enormity of the offence , directed Sentence of Death te be Recorded against him , but intimated that he would be Transported for Life .
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MIDLAND CIRCUIT—NOTTINGHAM , March U . WILFUL MURDER AT MANSFIELD . John Jones , alias Samuel Moore , aged 24 , was placed at the bar , charged with the wilful murder of Mary Hallam , at Mansfield , by cutting her throat with a knife ..:: . ' ¦ ' - . ¦ - ¦ : ¦; - . ¦ ' : ' -:: . ¦ ' . /; : ' . " ¦¦¦ ¦ . ' ¦ : ' ¦ The prisoner , who is a fine handsome youag maa , formerly lodged with the deceased ' s parents , and had for some time paid his addresses to her with , success . A little before last Easter , however , the intimacy broke off , owing to some violence on his part , and the pritoufer 'went to lodge at Mra . Wragg ' s in ttis Bame yard ; Still , however . Speaking to the deceased afe certain times , loving her , as he says himself , " to ^ straoilon . " She had , however , formed an acqviaintja \« fi w-ith another person , which gave him great ur ^ jaginest- Oa Thurs-
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day , Dec . 30 , the deceased returned home from tho country , add at night about half past eight she went out int' » ' . yaMi saying she would , go andhe * r some . news . g 2 ie n « r » 'er 'eturaed . Search was made for her everywhere , U » l »^ ^ last ilie prisoner ' s ahoj ) , which is a garret ia th 3 sanle Jaid , underwent inspecUon . BygetUcg on a table jand chair a view through the window win obtained , an ^ there lay tho lifeless body of the hapless girl ^ with heir ^^ Jfchro at cut in ^ many places , and ' tile , floor a pool of blood . The piisotier was apprehended in his Ibdgings within tht ^ e hours after the girl had left home , and on the road to th ^* lock-up confessed that it : was he whodld the murder : ti . at he thought as he could not
have her no one else shov''di and that be intended to destroy himself ; but his aJnd misgave him , and he was glad be bad not done so , fiaho ought to suffer publicly , as a warning to others . £ he only palliation be endeavoured to make was , that the crime was not premeditated ; that it was done in a moment . He did not wish to be defended on his trial , and actually at first plead guilty , but his Lordship Would not receive tha plea , and the people of Mar . afield , who pitied his situation , raised a subscription to defend him . Mr . MILLER addressed the Jury for the prisener . His Lordship then summed up , and the Jury immediately found the prfsiner Guilty of Murder . He was sentenced to execution .
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BRIDGE WATER UNION WORKHOUSE AGAIN APPALING SICKNESS AND MORTALITY . To M Editor ef the Times . Sir , —Some circumstances which have lately occarrei in this union , and others Which have come to iu knowledgo in the course of this day , are- in themselve sufficiently important to induce me to believti that yoi will not object to such a recapitulation of matter con tairied in some of / my late communicatiors as may b necessary to a correct estimate of present occurrencei I showed you that the Poor Law Commissioners , have under their seal , " authorized their officials to pad eight beds for lying-in women in a room not sixtee feet square ; to stow thirty-two poor men in a narrow roem twenty-nine feet long ; and , that , to cown th « s atrocities , they have , with murderous ingenuity , cor trived to show how thirty-six helpless children may b packed into a low den twenty-two feet long , withou any provision for separating those who may haj pen to ba suffering under small pox , measles , c fivefc .. ' . ¦ : ; - ' -- .. : ' '¦ ' . " ¦ .. ' " ¦ ¦ .. . , ' - : .:. ¦' ¦ ¦' . ; ' v . ¦' . -. . ' ¦' ¦ . ¦ ¦
As a further illustration of the Commissioners' syB- . tem of providing for . our unfprtuaate fellow-ereatuies , I detailed , a series of fatal outrages committed upon the unoff » ading poor in the workhouse of this union , and brought this sickening detail down te a period when ttfl frightful number of ono hundred and seventeen ifiatha was recorded in the workhouse death-book .
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I showed you that many of these deaths were ascribed by the medical officer to '' the dietary and the crowded state of thehou ? ejr that reiterated applications bad been made by him to the Board of Guardians £ > r addHlpual accommodation ; that he had " begged earnestly ^ yet respectfu'dy , to urpe on the board the necessity of their most seriously considering " the want of accommodation for thediseased poor } and that his reitsrated applications were rejected ; as' " unriecxaarf and inexpedient . " 1 further showed yoa that a medics ! committee was at length appointed to examine the house , and among other important matter that committee reported- ^ - / ' ¦ ¦ ; ' . - ' -. ¦; .. ¦¦ . " : ¦ - : : " : J ' - ' ¦ ¦' : ¦ -.: ¦ " That they had discovered illeases of ' disease , many Of them of an infectious character , mivglirig with tie dean inmates , uithoutmiy order or arrangement for their separation -. ¦¦¦¦ ¦ " ¦ - - ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ; - ¦; :- ¦ - . . ' . ' . ¦ - - . . , '
' "¦ That B 0 children slept in a room 27 'feetby 15 arid that they < found other apartments bearing similar propor iions to the nnmber of occupants . " On this occasion the medical attendant of the workhouse made" the following official statement : — 'M have frequently complained not only of the closeness of the cbilflre - / a sleeping iaparttnents , but of every sleeping apartment in which I have been a few hours after the inmates of the house had retired to rest . It only requires one visit to be patisfled that the foetid air which they ate obbged to breathe . y& high y caiculated to introduce disease where it does not exist , and to aggra vate it where it does . "
At the date of communication I stated " that I had no Intention of immediately resuming the subject , but that within a few days of that period I had received a printed copy of the important ; communication which stands at the head of this letter . By referring to that communication you will perceive that the Commissioners' system has broken down under its own atrocities ; that their workhouse is again ravaged by disease to a f ightful extent ; that' additional premises' are to be hired , and the number of children in the woikbouse reduced . It further appears that , notwithstanding the vast sacrifice of human life that had occurred in this pest-house , the medical otBeer now-decVaTes , | that during the lastsiXiinonths mortality has been greater in ihe housethan he . hasever known it since his connexion with the establishment , particularly among the aged and children . '"
Such was the workfpjr of the system as officially reported oh the 4 th of January last . On the 14 th , I visited the union workhouse , and was politely accompanied round the house : by the vice-chairman and the clerk of the union , whe very civilly answered . tho few inquiries which I made . My own impression of that which passed under my view will be bett explained by the following entry : made at the time in the visitingbook of the workhouse '•— "I believe everything is done which can be eff . cted by the governor and matron ; but the house is overcrowded to a dangerous extent . In several instances there are at least double the
number of persons sleeping in a room which there ought to be , or that can possibly be accommodated without a considerable sacrifice of life . " Shortly after this entry forty of the children were nightly removed to an old workhouse , from 'which they were brought back every morning , and kept all day , thus incurring tbe risk , and adding to the pollution , of this pestVferou 3 establishment . A number of poor ; persons labouring under different diseases were likewise occasionally brought from the neighbouring parishes into the house ; which was thus charged ; not only with its own concentrated mass of disease and suffering , but with a succession ef new objects . '¦¦ ¦ ' . - . '¦ ' ¦ -, . ; , " . ¦ . " .. ;¦ ' . ; - "" ,
I will now re « -r to such extracts from official reports as will enable me to bring before you , by means cf a brief bummary , the present awful reality . "January 11 .- ^ Medical Weekly Report , —Two deaths have taken place since my last repoit . and many cases of measles have-appeared . Many of the inmates are suffering from severe colds and coughs , which , in my opinion , are partly produced by tliebr going to churcb this cold : weather without sufficient covering , fifty-six sick , nine head diseases . - . " " January 1 Si-r-There should be a comfortable ward provided for a few cases which are now in the large infirm . wardi They are so offensive as to vitiate tho air , and render it disagreeable to the other inmates ,- ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . . . . ¦'¦ . -. - ' . " ¦ -. '• . ' - ; . ;'";'¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' . , . ' ' ; ¦ ¦ . '" " January 25 . —Itch has appeared among the inmates . I have been obliged to put the itch cases in the vagia \ t ward far limit of better accommodation . Savtnty one on the sick list I ¦ ' : '¦"'¦' ¦
" February 8 . —One case of small-pox has appeared since last week , and , for want of better accommodation , I have placed him in , the men ' s sick ward ; which being full I have since been obliged to place other cases in the men ' s small infirm ward . : . " The inmates should not be sllowed to go to the church this severe weather without sufficient covering" ¦ . ' ' . - ..: ¦ . ¦ ¦'¦ . - •¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦; , . . -- ¦ . ¦ •' .: ¦ ¦ ' " Abraham King , Medical Officer . " February 22 . — . Proceedings at the Board of Guardians .- —Moved by Mr . Strangeways , and seconded by the Rev . Wrn . Jeffries Alien" That ; it Sb expedient teatiopt the advice of the medical officer , and forthwith build a detached hospital for the reception of the sick pauper inmates of the workhouse . " - . ^ ; ' .- " ¦' ' ¦ " , ' ' ' ' . ¦¦ ' -.. :- . .,- ¦ . ' . .. ' . ; ' . '¦ - ; " . ¦ ' Whereupoa it was moved , as an amendment , by Mr SometB —• ' - .- "¦ ¦
''That the consideration of building an hospital be postponed to this day four months ; " which amendment was carried , there being t . reive for it , and only six in favour of the motion ; three of whoni . " . weife exofficio Guardians , inc ' uiing the . mover and seconder . " February 24 :- —The diarrlieea has recommenced Us ravages in the house ; thirty-Jive persons have been seized in the course of yesterday and today ! Two more persons have likewise been seized with small-pox . " Thus it appears that In three weeks , from January
the 4 th , when the -medical man declared that the mortality in the house had been greater than he had ever known it , the number on the sick list increased from fifty to seventy-one , —that many cases of measles hod occurred , —and that itch pervaded the establishment to such an extent that , front want' of other accommodation , the persons afflicted were put ii . to the ward which was assigned to ^ the casual poor . Thus itch and ringworm were to be inflicted on those whose distressed condition obliged them to seek for a night the charity of the Brldgewater Union ! , - /
Smallpox , too , haa broken out amdngst this dense mass of disease , and a person suffering under it put into " the men ' s sick ward , " with ten or a dozen other patient ? . This , of course , bas been followed by other cases of smallpox ; and now comes the frightful diarrbqea . Thirty-five cases in little more than twenty-four hours And these cases , too , mostly , amonj ?; the old an < l infirm pobr r wh 6 , having been ' . ' obliged to breathe " fetid air , highly calculated , " as the medical officer says , " to intioducei-disease where it does ; not exist , and to aggravate it where it does , " are subjected for ; hours to the piercing cold of winter , without sufficient covering , and are thus rendered infinitely more susceptible than they otherwise would be to the atticks of all , or anj , of the fatal diseases which ravage this workhouse .
Thus , Siri it has been shown you , on the authority of cfficial ; returns , that this detestable pesthouse , into which the infirm and and helpless poor of forty parishes have bees so recklessly throat , is pract ically a mart for the pyopagation and extension of contagion , under the fipecislcdntroulipf those commissioners who , by the Vaccination Act and the New Police Act , are appointed to carry out the sanatory regulations of the kingdom .: ; ' ¦ Bridgewater , Feb . 24 . J . Bowen .
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CONFIRMATION OF THE WORST ACCOLWTS FROM INDIA BY THE ' GOVERNMENT ORGAN . We fear that there is now little hope of any mitigation of ihe deplorable accounts from Afghanistan , At . a late hour yesterday we ascertained that the intelligence received at the office of the Board of Controul more than confirmed the worst statements in circulation ; but , as it appeared that these accounts merely echoed the impressions of the Indian Government , lormed wiihout official or authentic information , we adhered to the hope that the local authorities had been misinformed . Many private letters caused us to abandon that hope , which , though wanting an official character , are traceable to certain
and trustworthy sources , agree in giving the following outline of the sad disaster . On the Stn of January , the British force to the number of about 4000 men , quitted the entrenehed camp of Cabool under a convention agreed npon by Major Poitinger and Mahomed Ukhbar . The terms of trie convention are not described further than that these terms guaranteed the unmolested" retreat of the British to Jellalabad , TTHh some equivalent advantage to be given to the insurgents , for the assurance of which advantage six British officers—the names of only three of whom we knew ( Messrs . Webb . Walsh , andConolly ) —were retained as hostages . The convention , however , as must have been apparen ; to every one acquainted with the perfidious character of the jy t 0 be for
Affghans , wa 3 m ^ on violated ; the British had scarcely appeared outside of their entrenehmeiit > , when they were attacked by the whole Afighan force , probably ten times their number ; they fought their way , however , through a long and danger jus defile , to the point at which it narrows niost , at the Kourd Cabool Pas ? , about ten or twelve miles from Cabool . Here their position becoming utterly desperate , they dismissed the women in their company , surrendering them to an Afghan escort r who carried them back to the ciiy . At Tezeen , a little in advance of the pass , General Elphinstone and Colonel Shelton were made prisoners . This 3 oss of their chief officers , and the severe defeat which probably caused it , was naturally followed by
the disorganiz uion of tho army ; and the rest of ii . e atternp ; ed tc treat was reduced to a series of desperate aud desultory siru £ ale « , in which the immense tuperioriiy in numbers of the enemy , and their occupation of all ; he strong positions , enablsd them to destroy ihe ichole army in detail—& few stragglers alone escaped , aimost by miracle , to Jel ' alabad . Among these was Dr . Brydon , who reached the last named place in an exhau ^ ed and almost dying state , on the i 8 ib , a fortnight after tbe commencement of the fatal retreat , li was Dr . Brydou ' s misfortune to witness the fall of seven of his brother officers , among whom are namtd Brigadier Anquetil , Major Ewart , and Lieutenant Stun . He also witnessed tbe capture of General . Elphinstone and Col . Sheiton ( preof that the first had sot died , as was reported ) , and the disorganisation of the army . We have not seen any
particulars of Ms own escape . Such is the latent and most complete , and , we believe the most accurate , account of this melancholy affair , so deplorable in itself , and so unfortunate in its political iufluence , By this time tie honour of the British arms has no doubt been fully vindicated ; but at what expense ? At tee cost of rendering the occupants of the pate of Iiidia ioT ever ihe implacable enemies of tbe iiritish name . The murder of Byrnes aud M'Naghtea must be avenged , the treachery and cruelty of Mahommed Ukhbar must be punished , or the whole of our Indian influence will be shaken to its centre . But how can ibis be made appear otherwise than unjust and tjranhieal to the wantonly invaded Afghans ? Such " are ever the retributive consequences of the first deviation from the right pata . —Standard ; Friday . . _
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THE TENDER MERCIES OF THE WICKED NEW POOR LAW ATROCITIES . We published yesterday the particulars of a most distressing case of Poor Liw maladministration at Windsor , —a locality already too notorious for its fidelity to the principles , and energetic coriforriiity t j > the practices , recommended by the spirit of the Sosiersetrhouse system . It forms no inapt pendent to the new regulations for the government of worfchousea on which we commentad en Wenesday , Illustrating a class of crueUies and abuses which those regulations do not touch , —those inflicted upon unfortunate . applicants for casual relief . It was investigated . dttringau inquest held at Kensington before , Mr . Wakleyj whose excellent discharge of his duty as coroner in that and other
places has already been of the greatest service to the poor , by dragging into light numerous cases of oppression and misconduct which might otherwise have lain concealed , and bringing to bear upon them a thorough acquaintance with the subject and a hearty sympathy with the oppressed . The public are indebted in a great degree to the exposures elicited through his vigilance at Hendon > Kensington , and elsewhere , for those parts of the new regulations which go to mitigate the : severity of punishments within workhpuaes , to enlarge the powers of medical officers , and to facilitate the administration of relief in cases of sudden emergency . We trust that in the present instance the result of his judicious and determined inquiry into the truth may be some provision for the better treatment of destitute wayfarers like Elizibeth and Jessy Willis , whose treatment we proceed to describe .
These two young women , both of them persons of respectable character and appearance , whose manner and deportment , in giving evidence , created the most favourable impression in the minds of all who heard theni , are the wives of Scottish stonemasons , brothers , who left them about three months since to go about the country in search of work- They remained in lodgings in ShoreUitch , till compelled j a fortnight agOi to give them up through inability to pay the rent . They then very properly determined to follaw and endeavour to find their husbands ; and , having beard of them from Oxford , set put on foot for that place . S . liz \ beth Willis teok with them her child , an infant , unweaned , thoogh about two \ ears old , which was
suffering hopelessly from disease of the lungs . They walked to Oxford in three days , and , failing to jneet their husbands there , retarded in the same nianner to London . They then heard that their husbands were at Windsor , and walked there on the 22 nd and 23 rd ult , but were again doomed to suffer disappointnient . Down to this time they had supported themselves in their jemmies * and had obtained food and lodging by the sale of their clothes ; now they were completely destitute , and the child , in addition to its internal complaint , was labouring under an attack of the measles . They , therefore , applied for relief to the Poor Law authorities of Windsor . •'' ¦ .- ' .
W there ever a case ( we put it to anyone with theconimon feelings of a man and a Christian to Bay )—was there ever a case in which charity more imperatively required a liberal and generous measure of relief to be given ? We pass over the delay which occurred previously to their reception into the workhousp . They were told that seven o ' clock in the evening ( when their application was made ) was top late an hour for the admission of casual paupers ; but the matter of the workhouse Kiys that this statement , wh * ch proceeded from the overseor ' s trife , was incorrect . Be that as it may ^ they were admitted into tha workhcu'te ( out-door relieif having been refused ) at three o ' clock in the afternoon of the 24 th ult :
On their admission they were placed " in a shed , with a brick floor , without * fire or fire-place , and with a tiled roof and no ceiling ; ' into which they were locked , and there they were kept , without being once let out , till trie morning of tbe 26 th : —for twonighls and part of th » ee days . They had noihing to sleep upon except some planks on one side of tbe shed , without any sacking , and only straw for a bed . Their shoes and stockings being wet , they were © bliged to take them off , and ,- as the workhouse people did not dry them , they remained Without shoes or stockings during the whole of their stay in the Bhe 4 , arid sat huddled together on the straw , for fear of getting coldby treadin * on the brick pavement . The child's clothing was changed ; but the women ( who had sold a great part of their clotheB upon the road ) were left as thinly clad as they came .
The food given to these unhappy travellers and their dying child , during the period of their confinement in the dea which we have described , consisted in the whole of three tin cups of gruel with sugar ; six ditto , with salt ; two pints of tea without sugar or milk , and thirteen scanty slices of dry bread , priricipally brown , like barley bread . For the child , they had on the second day one piece of white bread , with a little butter on it , for breakfast , and a little mutton broth for dinner ; and on the third day a tin of milk Slid dry bread for breakfast . This was all . " Oa each Of the two nights , " said Eiizibeth Willis , "that we slept in the shed , the child kept calling for tea all night , and on my asking the ward-woman for some , she on each occasion brought some cold water from the pump . "
We have already referred to the complicated disorders under which the child was labouring at the time of their adjmission . On the day after their arrival the mJtron came into their cell and urged them to go away . The mother insisted that the doctor ought to see her child . The matron " told her he would not be there tbat day , and said , ' Can't you walk to Oxford to-day ?'" The methcr said the distance made it impossible . The matron then pressed her to go to Reading ; she still declined , justly observing , that " the doctor ought to see her child first" The medical officer afterwards came , saw the child , ttited that it had the measles favturably , ordered a white powder for H , which was adminiatered dry upon the tongue ;
but did not order it any nutrimfent whatever . On tbat night the waid-woman told the mether that " doctor had said the child would be well enough for them to go on the next day ; " and on the following morning " she came in again , and said , ' Are you not ready to go ? '" from which they considered they were " Compelledto leave . " . They left accordingly ; neither money , nor food , nor any other relief whatsver was given them to carry them along the road , but the matron said at paiting , " ¦ My good woman > there are plenty of Unions on the road , andyou can get relieved at them all . " They arrived at Kensington about six o'clock in thu evening , without having tasted food , and were then received and charitably treated in the Kensington workhouse . But the next morning the child died .
Such is this paicful and most revolting tale , which we may leave , as we have done so many before it , to produce its own effect , without any comment of ours . The facts are unquestionable , having been admitted at the adjourned inquest on Wednesday ; by the master and ward-woman of the Windsor workhcuse . The verdict of the jury waa aa follows :- — "We find that the deceased died from disease of the lungs and mesentric glands , produced by natural causes . In giving this verdict the jury cannot refrain from expressing their indignation and disgust at the ciuel and inhuman treatment' which was exercised towards the deceased child and its afflicted mother and aunt in the
Windsor Union workhouse , they having been locked into a place haying a brick floor , with only a slated roof and no ceiling , and without any fire , during a great part of three days and two whole nights , having been fed during that period upon ¦ water-gruel and an insufficient quantity of brown bread , the mother of tho child having at that tlfifle a dying infant at her breast . " — Times , Friday .
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OUR INDIAN FORTUNES . Oa this rnelaneholy subject % ht Times of Friday has the following ; very just rt flection : — ; " And bo ends ttie ffrst act of this most disastrona war Few of our readers can remember so heavy , none , probably , so terrible , a reverse to English arnisi' And for all we have to thank ourselves-. We might have had these proud and independent tribes as frieridsr-we preferred to have them for slaves . We might have allied ourselves with the ruler whom they have chosen —we preferred , to set over them a dtbaiichtil anil sanguinary tyrant of our own . W « might have < joimpelledt our creature to rule them with equity and leniency—yre chose to tyrano zj over and insult them .
And why ail this ? Why was it that tbAa advance into a country which had not invited our help or our interference ? . To quell predatory habits ? To secure free passage to tnercliandise ? -To defend an ally ? -To punish aggression ? Nothing of the sort .-.. ' .. it : was to meet the advance of Ruesian icfluence . Russia was inr triguing in Persia , was pushing her envoys into Affghanistan . We met them by our owjj ( and successfully—se successfully that the Russian was fairly driven from the field , leaving us at liberty to form that warlike and then friendly nation into an almost impregnable barrier against her designs . A friendly frontier of aiincst impassable mountains , peopled by brave and hardy mountaineers—what moresafe and inexpensive acquisition to to an overgrown empire could the heart of statesman
rtquire ? But Rdssia was not only intriiuing , but advancing to Khivah—and so we inust be advancing too . And so we blew open the gates of Qbuziee , overran Afghanistan , compelled the surrender of Dost Mohaiumed , made Lord K « ene a peer ^ and vaunted to Europe and the world the unconquerable power of English arms , and while the Russian troops were in full retrt at prided ourselves on the skill and success of our demonstration . We spoke a good deal tp » soon . We were , and till now have been , almost intoxicated with conscious power ., : Not only in Hindostan , but everywhere , obstacles and enemies have seemed . to melt before put arms or ourpolicy . Wisely or unwisely ; justly or unjastly , it seemed that we had but to move , and oui
work was done ; till we had begun to think , as with the unhappy Chinese , that our will was law as well as power , and that it was an absurdity to suppose that forbidden which British interest or glory seemed to requira At last has come a shock , and now , as it haa not prospered , " niett dare call it treason . " Slay this retribution suffice to make those feel what is right and wrong who would have been long enough ; in finding it out while httrried onward by the popular ixcltement of success . : If such is the ease , we will , not say that we sbail hot most bitterly montn over this disaster—far , very far from it—but we will say that it ia ^ neveab less fatal to British honour—nay , to Biitiah ;; ir . tetEBts > than the fatal and arrogant insensibility ftont wiiich it arouses us . " ¦ ~ ¦ - ' . ' . : ' -- ^; - v . ' -. ' ¦"¦ -. / . ' v - ^ - ti - ¦
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 19, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct746/page/3/
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