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THE COMMITTEE OF THE EDINBURGH CHARTIST ASSOCIATION TO THE CHARTISTS OF THE SOUTH MIDLAND AND EASTERN DISTRICT , COHPTVISTSG THE COTJSTIE 5 OF EDINBURGH , HADDI 5 GT 0 X , LINLITBGOW , PEEBLES , BERWICK , A ^ D THE SOUTH OF FIFB . ¦ Brother Democrats , —The hurry and bustle attenrt-mt on the getting up and presentation of the — ~ ~ " ¦— -,..
National Petition is gone by , and the excitement that naturally arosa in the minds of the care-worn sons of toil , tas passed away . But let not apathy and indiffrrinra gain the ascendency over you . It ia now time -bat we should set to work in earnest ; and pnt out h < uj-s in order , bo that all deSc-encies may be supplied , ind errors rectified ; at . tbo same time taking care that our outworks are so strengthened that the foe may be repulsed fey our united energies , and -victory secti ' -d .
Fur this desirable purpose it is necessary that the district , of 'which Edinburgh is the centre , according to tli- ' plan agreed upon by the Convention , held in Glasgow , in January last , shsuld be spa&iily organised . For -hiB object , we request all the associations in the above counties to Bend a delegate to attend a meeting to be held in Edinburgh , on Monday , June 13 £ h , 1842 , with a certificate of th « ir appointment , to consider the besi j . Irh for the agitation of the district In uking this step , we haTe no desire to dictate , and trust ibat delay , which has already occurred , will be a
suffie ^ nt apology for thus hurriedly calling upon you to lend tout aid in forwarding the great cause of universal liber :. - By order of the Committee of the Chartist Association , Thomas Blackie , Secretary . Edinburgh , 7 , Milne Square , May 29 , 1824 . N B The delegates will meet at two b ' clock , P . M ., in \ vhitefield Chapel , Carrubber ' s Close , Highstreet .
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MACHINERY . The following is a copy of a petition which was present-- , to . the House cf Commons by Mr . Wakley , on the 3 rd cf May , from the Ltuer-Presa Printers of London : — To iht Hijhi HonovraVe and Honourable the Commons of the . Vnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , in ParUamerd assembled . ^^ » The Humble Petition of the Members of the-Press Department of the Printing Business , distressed hj Stsam Power being used in the printing of Guvemment and ether Works : Humbly Sheweth ,
T '^ . r , since the introduction Machinery the Press Dapur - oient of the Printing Business your Petitioners have ssff-red extreme privations , unmitigated hardships , undc ^ trvine degradation and oppression from poverty , thr ^ a ^ a destitution of th * ir accustomed" occupation ; ¦ Which circumstances eeeni to be totally inconsistent with she wealth of the country , the licerality of the Tarious institutioiis , and the benevolence of the public at lari-e . T . Jt your petitioners scorn the hamiliating and degrading position of feting considered as dependents on charity , may be evidenced by the sums contributed by iik mbers of their own profession ( and many of those aieuit-cTs only partially employed ) during the late period of unparalleled distress ; whan the enactments of the . Vew Poor Lsw were the ouiy provisions which presented tbamselves to save an industrious and deserving b-.-iy cf English Artisans from the severities attending aldolute want and dnst :
tution-Ttut your petitioners humbly conceive no saving can accrue to the revenue from chrapnuss in printing Acts of Parliament , public or private tills , votes of your Hon . arable House , minutes of evidence , reports-, or any : ihez documents in any other department of the Btaie . , while numbers of industrious , deserving , and one- respectable individuals are suffered to want the centra- -n nectssari&s of existence , and , consequently , the rucacsof adding their qaota to ths revenue , through want cf the necessary occupation wnleh would enable iht-Ti io to do .
Ar , ; your petitioners humbly submit to your Honourable House , that the seif-aeiiag Instruaient adopted in the printing of GovernnitJJt works can have no othpr effet : than that of emolument to the master , and misery to tbe man ; that no private advantage ' can accrue to the s ' . ' iis ; that it can confer no national advantage or pn - ; :. benefit ; that is effects no saving ; and if it cots' 4 . your petitioners humbly pray yonr Honourable Ho > : * i not to succour that ' saving ,. and consign numbers of yv-ir fellow-creatures to writhe in the pangs of pav ^ v , wretchedness , and ignominy . T ^ . - * it is solely "by machinery that the kingdom is inun-i ; ted from ona extremity to the other with the scnrr : lun 3 print * which emanate from the Lyndon market , ~ . n& which are the causa of much immorality mac ¦ lelinqneneles , tJia profanation of the Sibbath , and opt n contempt of religion ..
iL ~ t your petitioners do not complain of the machinery useainthe offices of tha public- journalists , by reas-m of the public having induced the necessity of those joami jst 3 having recourse to enlargement . I ' m' w . - crave no luxuriant indulgences ; we-ask you not t- lift us abovs our spheres —we are not discontented wii . ii our position ia the gradation of society—we respect property { 3 single instance nerer having ocenrred trh' * vin miehinery , the property of our employers , has BUff-r&d molestation or'iniury at our hands;—we seek
not' " - jre thin we are bound in chaiity , train , and justice to ask , considering that w < s tare sacrificed-seven ef tie most vigorous y ^ ara of our Irre 3 to tie attainment of sn art from which we wsre led to expect a fair proportion < iT employment—we implore your Honourable House not to consent to our . being placed beneath the common » svel—not to thrust us into tee degrading circle of pasprrism—not to suS = r the manly spirit cf the English artisan to droop and wither in the midst of boundless ¦ Wealth , and a plenteousness which God alone in his blt ^ sic ^ can bestow .
Tast your petitioners , finding everything being low ^ r-1 in the scrJe of chea pness of production— -labour cur ' -i i ' itd ti meet this—the wages of industry reduced te co-ipsta with this—invention being multiplied to effect this , therefore appeal to yonr Honourable House , as th > - representatives of all circunistances which concern the welfare of her Majesty ' s loyal subjects , to dttne some limit to this cheapness of production—to concert some mtans whereby eh alleviation of the wretchedness and -uncertainty to which we ars daily exposed may to some ext ^ . t be established . Ttat th ^ re are abont two hundred printing offi ces ( exii'ihive of newEp ^ per offices ) in London—and that amongst that number , about one hundred and twenty , five liischines are steamed into operation , to the deterioration ( upon an average ) of tbe labour of eight pers-ns for each . mMbine : teat , taking into account th ? number of machines , tb * labour of one thousand
men -a entirely superset ! M by a non-consumicg , non tas .-paying automaton , whereby a loss is sustained bj ttir Lome market anl the rev-nue , to the amount o ab .-i ^ ^ evtnty-five thousand po'imla per annum . Acd vour petitioners humbly « n >> iDit to your Hon OUTi ^' ^ House , that this labour-destroying power ha be £ n brought into operation by the TJaiversit ' . es o Oxf-jrd and Cambridge , for the es ^ cial purpose o priarng the Holy Scriptures;—that yonr petitioner frfcl ttiia with an extreme degree of severity and heart
fet pain , seeing that suca po ^ er was wholly and en tirc . y nnaeces 3 ary ; that those U . 'dvers'ties are no trE'i'is capitalists ; that no cheaijBfcsfl « of prodectioj eoiila effect their patent rights ; that no eympe ^ tiv pr . DC ' . i les could touch them : that by the intritiuctioi of sach destructive power , above one hundred am tw ^ a : y individuals have be-, n thrown out of emploj roe . - . t , who , together with th- ^ ir families , are scatter © through the business , to the further detriment c th- : r already over-numbsred and distressed fellow wcrtiaen .
That there can be no injury sustained or depreciatii of vrouerry eSccted by tte hand printing press , mi be - la- ' -inced by the wisdom of the sysiem adopted 1 that highly respectable , inncsctial , and religious bod the Wtaleyan Methodists , w £ o 3 e works constitn vast numbers , are of extensive circulation , and of ch ^ racitT conducive to tbe happinesfiand coutentma of those by whom they are perused , and which are z proanced and disseminated by the hands of ma : through that philanthropic and Christian body of V com-A . unity haTing acceded to to . appeal m&de to the by jour humble petitioners .
That yonr Petitioners have laboured incessantly ai jirenaousiy to place themselves above the degra'di position of Panperism;—that- they pension th , eir o" ? poor sxd aged brethren , from funds raised by annn contributions from numbers of their own professio snd donit 5 on 3 from the Christian , Charitable , and we dihposad cf their employers : that weekly contributio are also collected for the purpose of establishing All Houses , to shelter from the scorn of a frownine worl the respected , poor , ana infirm members of their oi body;—that if your Petitioners are deprived of t means whereby they live , they must be deprived a ! of h-j-ding cut the hand of charity , and the aged , infir and iespised artisan , whose kinbs Tefase to perform OEce cheerful occupation , must be left to extrei indieence , or become the inmate of a Workhouse .
That your Petitioners pray your Honourable House use the meet desirable means of extending the l&b < of man in preference t » inanimate operation ; that wb < there is a continually increasing population , w possess no other inheritance bat that curse which v pronounced upon their first parents , no unneceesi saying of labour can be nationally beneficial . And your Petitioners further pray your Honoura House to render them that assistance which tt cannot render themselves ; they entreat your Hono able House to take tbe , subject into yozzr most s ? rii consideration ; they pray you in the namt of Him k
givctb , and whe can take , away—in the prayers a entreaties of those whom they love above all" eartl jots , to give to their prayer that attention wh justice requires , reason dictates , and sympathy c for ; that year Honourable Hours would have 1 printing of 6 fovernment works performed by the ha of re in in lieu cf < steam power ; that by granting t their prayer , the virtue of eo coble an example mij soon Ik foliawed in other channels , that their hcj may bri ^ tea , their piosptcts cheer tliehearts of fathe mothers , wives , and children . And your Petifcioneri will . , as in deiy bound , e
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THE NEW POOR LAW—PUBLIC MEETING IN
LANCASHIRE . ( From a Correspondent ) The statements of the Right Hon . Secretary for the Home Department relating to the working of the New Poor Law Bill ia the ouk-townships of large to wna , made in his place in the House of Commons , appears to have given great offence , not only to the operatives who Buffer under the Bill , but to the overseers , Guardians , and millowners who manage it in the eut-townsbipe of the manufacturing districts . The township of Newton , in the parish of Manchester , containing a population of about 7 , 000 persons , instead of being benefitted ( according to the statements of Sir James Graham ) by being attached to the Union of a large town , has had iis poor-rates doubled since it has b 6 en under tbe operation of the New Poor Law Bill , and this does not arise from increased distress in the
townships , but from tbe sums they have had to pay to an extensive Union for the purpose of defraying the enormous expences of officials under the new law . The largest amount that the township of Nawton Heath paid for the relief of the poor for one year during three years prior to its being placed under the ban of the Poor Law Commissioners was £ 3112 s . Id . This was in 1840 , when distress was very prevalent , and two cotton-millB were , from the depression of trade , compelled to ceasa working . During the past year , when only one mill is stopped , and the distress by no means so jereat as in 1840 , they have been called npen to pay £ 665 13 s . 6 d . to the Union ; and I have the authority of the assistant-overseer or relieving efficer for stating that the poor are much worse fed than when the expenditure was less , and the poor managed by local protectors .
This is found to be the case in most ef the outtownships attached to large Unions in the manufacturing districts , and yet on the 11 th of May Sir James Graham is reported to have said , " Judging from the example of Manchester , and tbe great advantages which had there occurred from the uniting of the adjoining districts under one Board of Guardians , he would not wish to prevent the onion of ruTal districts with large towns . He thought a striking example was afforded by Manchester of the great advantages resulting from the union of districts with large towns . " In order to show Sir James Graham that he has been acting under false information with reference to the bill , and particularly as to its beneficial workings in the out-townships , some of the most respectable and li fluential millownera and manufacturers of Newton Heath , among whom were twelve of the principal fltms , signed a requisition to the authorities , " of which the following is a cupy : —
" To the Constables of the Township of Newton . — We , the undersigned ratepayers of Newton , beg that von will ca ll a public town ' s meeting of the inhabitants , for the purpose of considering the propriety of addressing Sir J . Graham on remarks made by him during the debate on the New Poor Law , ststinc that tbe information from the Manchester Union wa 3 that it worked well in the out-townships . ' * In compliance with the above requisition , the high constables convened a public meeting , which was held last evening ( the 27 th ) in the school-room , Newton , and was mosz numerously attended by ratepayers of different grades in politics . The chair waseccupied by Mr . N . Yarley , one cf the high conrtablea
Mr . J . Leigh , a manufacturer , after producing the report of the acconnt of the overseers of the poor for the year commencing March 25 , 1841 , and ending March 25 , 1842 . and showing the increase of rates under the new bill as compared with the old one ( as previonsly stated ) , said that they had no controul over the money demanded from them by the union , and wbere it went to they had no opportunity of knowing , excepting by judging from salaries that were paid . He then read from the Times of May 32 th the statements of Sir J . Graham , which be reprobated in strong terms , and said that he should move that a letter be sent from the meeting to Mr . Grimsditch , the Member for Macclesfie . d , putting that gentleman in immediate possession of the facts , so that he would be enabled to refute
the statements of Sir J . Graham in tbe House of Commons . Mr . Leigh then read the letter he proposed to send , which went to ihow , bo far from Sir J . Graham ' s statement being correct , " that the Manchester . Union worked well in the out-townships , " that in consequence of its working bo ineffectively the inhabitants of Ntwten had refused to nominate any guardians to represent them in the Union j that the increase of expenditure of the new system had been fifty per cent over the a'd , and this could not be accounted fer by any extra outlay upon the poor ; and that instead of the law meeting the wants of the needy , they had been compelled to resort to voluntary contribution for their relief ; that they had painful experience of the hardships tbe poor had to undergo by being compelled to travel such distances to obtain a paltry pittance , which frequently they did not get Allusion was also made in the Utter to the case of a poor woman at Pennington , who , for several
successive days , had travelled a great distance backwards and forwards to the relieving officer in vain , and who had subsequently died of starvation . Quite contrary to the Btatement of Sir James Graham , the Union was too Lirge ever to be humanely or properly worked . Mr . D . Booth said that he should object to a letter being sent to Mr . Grimsditch having for its object the correcting of Sir J . Groliani ; he should move as an amendment , — "That the meeting should petition for a total repeal of the iniquitous law . " He was afraid that Sir J . Graham and his party were intending to pa » s a worse law ( if it were possible ) than tbe previous one . The law was an-Chriatistn , and alike disgraceful to the statute-book and the country at large . ( Hear , hear . ) Being inconsistent with Christianity , no coutitry could possibly stand under such a law , and if not abolished the end of it must be an insurrection in the land He was for petitioning for a total repeal of the law , and nothing else .
Mr . Leigh eaid that they had found petitioning was of no use ; their petitions bad been unheeded . Mr . Booth said tbat that had been fonnd to be the case , and he thought , under such circumstances , they onght to seek for universal suffrage . Mr . Lbigh hoped that his motion would be allowed to pass , as It was necessary that a member of Parliament should be , without delay , put in possession of the state cf the out-townships in the Manchester union . He had no objection to join them heart and soul in a petition for the total repeal of the law afterwards , and he did not believe there was one individual in the meeting who would not join thtm .
Several of the working-men then addressed the meeting , and were in favour of a strong remonstrance or petition being proposed and sent to the Government , prsyin ? them to withdraw the measure . This they were of opinion would be the beBt answer to the calumnies of Sir James G .-aham . One of the operatives read a fetitsmtnt from a pauper named Alexander Rigby , confined in the Manchester workhouse . It was addressed to the Rsv . Mr . Scholefield , of ETery-etreet , Manchester . The writer stated , that they were never allowed to go out of the workhouse , and they supposed they must consider themselves prisoners fur life . When
they complained of the confinement to the governor , he informed them the same strictness was used throughout England , and if they did not like it tkey Biurt be cailed together and discharged . The boys were kept at work from five in the morning until seven in the evening breaking stones , and tbe girls were employed from five in the morning until six in the evening , picking oakum . The writer concluded by stating that the girls had b-. en dreadfully beaten by the taskmaster with sticks on their bare backs , and by hoping that the Rev . Mr . Scholefield would cause an inquiry to be made into their treatment .
Having read the above , the speaker stated that tbe food allowed to the paupers in tae Union Workhouses was scarcely sufficient to keep soul and body together , and yet out of " the poor rates " the salaries of commissioners , assistant-commissioners , their travelling expenses , &c , amounted in 1640 ts £ 50 , 173 . Mr . Wood , a manufacturer , Bald that he should vote for the amendment , but he would rather that the meeting shonld adjourn , and in the mean time prepare a petition . It was ultimately agreed that the amendment should be withdrawn , on condition that a petition for the total repeal should be sent to Parliament at the sime time . This was agreed to , and the motion that the letter be presented te Mr . Grimsditch was passed .
A petition for the total repeal of the ' iniquitous act was subsequently adopted and signed , and the ineetin separated peaceably . It is a well-known fact , which says little in favour < the N = w Poor Law , that there is not one union iu tl manufacturing districts of Lancashire , Yorkshire , ( Cheshire , where the law is not broken . Tie gnr . rdisi dare not carry out the law for fear of their lives , an the commissioners dare not press them to do so for fe : of their salaries . —Times .
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A Paxic —The Courrier Beige states that tl railroad train from Mons to Bruxelles having be € stopped by tha bursting of a pipe tube , a travelle who no donbt was occupied with the idea of tl accident on the Versailles railroad , exclaimed , " ^ are going to be burnt , " when a scene of indescribab confusion arose . The travellers endeavoured i make their escape through the doors and windows but though many had their clothes torn , not oi received tee slightest injury . Hbabtlkss Villakt . —a most heartless case seduction is recorded in the Sydney papers aa havii occurred ou braid the emigrant ship Agricol armed at Port Philip , the seducer being the suraec
el tne vessel , named Brown , and the seduced i poor orphan girl , about eighteen years of age Th magistrates are investigating the affair with the hope orawarding tho prisoner the punishment due to hi crime , and the charge cf having neglected his dur while on board the Agricola will also be preferre ' against him to make doubly eure of his not e ? capin , with impunity . The conduct of Captain Innts , th ' master of , the vessel , in the matter is spoken or ii terms of praise , he having released the poor crea tnre ' s boxes , which were held in charge at he lod £ iDg 3 for the rent due , which , although Mi Brown had taken them , he had the effrontery to leav unpaid .
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IRISHMEN IN JAMAICA . At tbe annual meeting of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Sooie ) y , beW on the 13 fch instant , the Key . Mr . Knibb alluded , in the following terms , to the inhuman treatment and fearful sufferings to which th « Irish emigrants to Jamaica were subjected : — I do implore this respectable assembly not to allow their feeliags to be harrowed op by the bloody and murderous system of European emigration . 1 have witnessed scenes with respect to this which I shall never forget I have seated myself by the side of a poor deluded Irish emigrant , though of a different religion t * myself , and , in the absence of one whem be considered his only spiritual guide , he was glad to receive temporal and spiritual consolation from myself . I have stood by his side , when in the deepest deptb . 8 of . . ,..,. — -.,,.. _ ,
poverty , joined to despair , and on a bed covered with rags , be has breathed his last , a dupe to this infernal scheme—( hear , hear ) . In circumstances which I could not mention to this respectable audience , have the victims of this accursed plan been hurried into eternity . I declare , without the least fear of being contradicted —and , if the House of Commons think that I cannot prove it , let them call me u a witness to their bar—( loud cheers)—I declare that there have been scenes in Jamaica , within the last two years , unequalled in atrocity by all the abominations connected with the foreign slave-trade . I say this not on account of the number ; but when I think of the manner in which these poor deluded people came—when I think that comfort was the lot of some before they left their homes ,
and that I have stood by their bedsides , where poverty , disease , and starvation have combined to hurry them from the world—when I have seen the misery and tbe last gasp of breath , and I have had the office of consigning them to the tomb—1 implore , on behalf of Ireland , tkat she be rescued from a- system which entails misery on all wb . 0 go , and must bring down the jost judgment of God—thear . ) So convinced wasSir C . Metcalf of this , that at his request I interfered . I know bis Excellency thought I could not prove what I had asserted with respect to one estate ; but an investigation was ordered . Mr . Kelly , a special magistrate , was invited to Spanish Town , and his evidence was taken ; but it was bo abominably filthy that it was suppressed . I have it , however , and the world shall have it too . If it is
necessary to s * atehow I obtained it , that shall be done , for on that subject I care for no individual that breathes on earth—tcheers ) . It is bat the other day that I went to one of the jails in Jamaica . I dare say a great many people will say , I had no bnsinass there—( langhter ) . I have busines ? everywhere where tyranny dwells . J saw in that jail a poor Irish girl , seventeen years of age , fed upon the coarsest corn meal \ without cqfee or tea , or anytlnng but water . Seeing her there I enquired Lat was her crime ; she told me that she had been hired by Mr . Hylton at £ 8 per year , and that her food was to be found her ; when he had taken her seventeen miles up the country , he told her- he would only give her , £ e . { Hear , bear . ) She was one of the unfortunate victims who wait aid in the Robert Kerr .
For refusing to work for nix pounds , what did the chief magistrate <; o ? Ha called two of his brother magistrates into his house to dine , and after dinner they held a court is tbe bouse , and sentenced this poor Irish girl , who had not be n in the island three weeks , to pay a fine of three pounds , or , in default of finding goods upon which it could be levied , to imprisonment for fl . 'teen days . ( Hear . ) The moment 1 saw her I said , "I will pay the money , and you can come out " iCheeT 30 Tbe poor girl had been walked barefooted seventeen miles under a buruing son to a jail , in which she was placed for fourteen days in the midst of a deadly morass . I had her taken care ef in the mansion house . I said to the jailer , " Give me a copy of her commitment ; " he replied , "I dare not do it ;
what would the magistrates say ? " I answered , "I dont care whether you durst or not , but you shall : you know that every person baa a right to a copy of their commitment , and demand it on behalf of this poor girl . " ( Cheers . ) And here it is— Whereas , EJza Kennedy , an immigrant , locatt-d on Retirement , the property of Thomas Ricketts Hylton , Esq ., baa been convicted before us , David Mason , sen ., and David Mason , jun ., Esqrs ., two of her Majusty ' a justices of the peace , for the parish of Westmoreland , of refusing "—mind how logical they are — " to do the duty . she had agreed upon to perform to the said Thomas Bicketu Hylton , and has been sentenced to pay a fine of three pounds sterling , or , in default of goods to levy upon , to fifteen days in the House
of Correction , agreeable to the act to encourage immigration to this island , &c . ( Loud laughter . ) And whereas no goods to levy on have been found ; these are in her Majesty ' s name , " I thought my first duty was to tell the governor about this . I wrote to Daniel O'Connell , but I think the Post-office stopped the letter . You shall have the governor ' s reply ;— " Sir , I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26 : h ult . Inquiry will bo made into the circumstances of tbe case therein reported , and , pending the rectipt of the result , the Governor suspends his judgment on the conduct of the parties concerned . But , whatever the causes may have been , his Excellency dteply laments that a young female , immediately after her arrival in this island , should have been subjected to
a fine which she could not be expected to pay , and te the consequent degradation and danger of imprisonment He requests yoa to accept his thanks for your generous interference in paying the fine , and rescuing the unfortunate prisoner from confinement , and begs leave to transmit herewith the amount of the expense which he understands you to have incurred upon that occasion . ' ( Cheers . ) 1 say honour to whom honour is due—( renewed cheers)—and I shall feel pleasure in referring more thau once to the kindness the Governor htva manifested to these poor deluded creatures . I only regTet that in thu last despatch , on leaving the colony , he Las still recommended , under certain conditions , a new trial of this emigration scheme ; and if he bad not done this—if the whole of his official weight had not
been thrown into tbe scale , I should not have stated some circumstances which duty now compels me to lay before you—( cries of " Hear , hear . " ) I have here an account of emigration to different parishes . I wish you to unrfersuind tbat I have been there ; mine is no hearsay evidence , for I have gone to the bedside of these poor victims , and I have endeavoured to smooth their passage to the tomb . On Hyde Hall estate , between March and July , twenty-oue emigrants arrived , six with wives and children , tbe rest single men ; in November the same year , twelve of the men and women were dead , four of the children were dead , six of the widows and orphans were shipped by the kindness of an individual to America , five were in the hospital , and three remained nt to work . On the 19 th of April , four
: parsons from Ireland were situated at Glamorgan , and I these estates are not on the plain , they are on the moun-; tain ; the man , the woman , and their children were dt&d by tbe 10 th of Juno . The other day I went to I anoiher estate at Etldington . I saw on that estate , to ¦ the windward of Dundee , two Irish families from i London . On one bed , without a rag to cover them , lay : the father vomiting blood ; on the same bed lay two \ children , one four , and the other two years of age ; i in a corner of the room lay a girl of fourteen , ill : with ague aud fever , and the mother bad not a farthing [ to snpport any of them —( loud cries ef " Hear , hear . ") In tfce next room which I visited , after having ! prayed with this poor Irishman , and done something i else for him—for it is of no use to attend to the soul if
; you do not tak « care of the body —( hear , hear)—I saw [ another Irishman on his deathbed . I wrote to the I Governor , toiling him that the only alternative was the > removal of the survivora back again to England , or : their death . The Governor wrote back , and I have bis | letter ; it is to tuis eff = ct : — " If those are the only ! means , take a passage for the whole , and I will pay the \ expence , let it be what may . " ( Loud cheers . ) I re-I turned to these poor people with joyful tidings ; but , I though a vessel was to sail in ten days , three of the ' parents were dead , and two of the children ! There | were three orphans whom 1 sent in a carriage to my ! own house ; one died before it had been there eis hours ; ! the ' other two are in the Normal School , and they are ; supported by his Excellency Sir Charles
Metcalfehere is the letter with which he sent me the money" Sir , I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter , " says the secretary , " of the 8 th instant , and to transmit herewith a cheque for £ 30 , being the amount stated to be sufficient for the board and education of three orphan children for one year . " One being dead , I told the Governor there were plenty of others , and I should find one . I aver that I can prove that a mother has lain with her t * 'o children beside her , the one ten years of age , and the other an infant dying at her breast , while her other daughter has been weeping over the puttid remains . I aver I can prove that my poor fellow-creatures arc subsisting on what is called Spanish Beedies , what is given to feed rabbits , mixed with watsr ; tLat starvatiou , misery , spoliation , and
death is the result of this accursed new slave-trade . 1 speak strongly , because 1 have a right bo to speak—( cheers . )—A body of these poor Irishmen came to me , and our pockets ought to be fuller than Baptists ' pockets Ubuaily arc—( laughter )— to Bupply all the demands that are made , and implored me to do something fer them . —What can I do ? Oh > get us out of this country . Another man said , " I will walk a mile on my knees to thank you , if you can get me out of this place , " A woman who landed in 1835 , assured us that she came out with one hundred and fifty emigrants , twenty of whom returned home , and al the rest were dead . Let those who are carrying on this plot in reference to the West Indies hear these facts ; they certainly shall through the public press . ( Cheers . ) I would implore that a ship be immediately freighted by the British Government—it cannot be better employed—to fetch home these emigrants . Let
them throw their guns overboard , and put up hammocks for the dying . I hope there are spirits in thia country that will assist me in carrying out this object . I hoped that Daniel O 'Connell would have been here , and I would have asked his aid on behalf of his countrymen . There are a few withered creatures left ; there are a few orphans and widows , and I implore that no time be lost in fetching them home again . I am sure that if you could see them , you would not want the eloquence of Daniel O Connell to convince you of the atrocity of European « migratipn . Emigration , even from Africa , though it may not be so fatal in its effects , will be quite as abominable in its principles . — Were it necessary , which i t is not , I could detain you for hours with statements of this kind . But I dare not conclude without reiterating the earnest cry from dying , starving emigrants in Jamaica that yet suffer in that climate . Gould you see them as I have b 6 heldthem heartbroken , dying and dead , you would implore her
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Majesty ' s government not to let a month pass without sending a vessel' te bring the deluded Victims back to the land of their fathers . Think you we are afraid of them competing with the negro ? No ; nor is the negro himself . He treats them kindly . One of my brethren saw the other day a deacon of his own church walking on the road-side , and a poor Irish emigrant was riding on ahorse . His minister asked "how that came te pass ?" His deacon replied , "I saw bim lying under a tree starving , I got off my horse and put him on , and I am walking by his sido to take him home and give him something to eat "— ( lend cheers ) I ask you whether
he could have done more ? I ask you if a black man would have been « o treated if be had come to reduce wages here ? No Irishman has perished , because the black man Would , to the utmost of his power , prevent it—^ cb ' eere . ) I ask the meeting not to allow the Government to be palmed npon by those who think they can . reduce the negroes to serfs . They cannot , and they will not , for we havea mountain -top to which to flee . We have already suffered enough—they shall not extinguish the ethereal light which now beams on the islands of the west . Come what will / we will be free , and , ' enjoy the blessing which God has given us—( cheers . ) ¦ ' ¦ .: ¦ ' . - . : ¦'¦; ' . ' " ¦ ¦"¦ ¦ ¦" : ' ' ¦ . - ¦ ¦ ; ' ¦• '
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HOUSE OF LORDS , —Monday , Map 30 . The Earl of Giengali ,, In moving for returns respecting the number of towards offered by the Irish Government for the detection of offenders , commented on the statements which had been made by Lord WharncUffe on Friday night last , with respect to the condition of the county of Tipperary , and tho influence of the Catholic clergy . He also defended the conduct of the landlords , and blamed the younger portion of the Catholic priests , whom he considered as largely implicated in exciting and perpetuating that oeiitempt for social order which led to these outrages . Lerd Wharnciiffe briefly defended his previous observations . v ¦ ;
Earl Fortescue defended the Catholic clergy of Ireland , as being , on the whole , a mott exemplary body , from whom he had received , while at the head of the Irish Government , most efficient assistance in the suppression of crime . - : ' ¦ " ! A short debate ensued , after which She motion was agreed to .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , May 27 , The House went into Committee on the Tariff question ; as to the duty to be levied from train and spermaceti oil , blubber , aud whale fijis , Mr- Lyall moved to postpone the comraencement et these imposts from the dutes imposed in the tariff , to certain periods of the years 1843 and 1844 respectively , ; . ^ ¦ ¦ . ; ¦ - . ¦ ¦ ; : ' : •;¦>; . ' v ; . .:. . "• ' .. : ¦ : ¦ ' ¦ ¦• ' ¦ ¦ ¦" / -. '¦"¦ In this he was supported by Mr . Q . Palmer , Mr . Hawes , and Mr . Chapman , upon grounda peculiar to the oil trade , and to the adventurers in the whale fishery , who had gone out without notice of the proposed reduction . - ' Sir . C , ' . 'Napier concurred In the motion , Sor th 8 sake of that important nursery of seamen the mercantile marine , which he greatly feared was on ;'»> Sie . decline , while the competing marine of foreigners seemed to be increasing- ;
Sir It . Peel and Mr . Gladstone resisted the extension of time , mainly on account of the very high prices incident to this fluctuating trade , referred to . an official return of the mercantila marine iii the years 1840 and 1841 , from which it appeared that the numbers of British seamen and ships , and the amount of British tonnage , had been considerably greater in . the latter than in the former of those years ; while the foreign marine exhibited , on the contrary , a gre » t diminution in 1 ^ 41 , as compared with 1840 . Lord J . RussEtL and Mr , C . Buller argued for the extension of the time , on the ground that if the tariff was properly adjusted in allowing any extension at ail , it ought to allow anch an extension as would do complete justice to all tha persons engaged in the now pending voyages .
Captain Fitzroy doubted the conclusion drawn from the comparison of the years 1849 and 1841 ; :. and expressed his disapprobation of many provisions in our navigation laws ^ but made some admissions respecting : tho present state of the fisheries ) and of the prices , upon which Hi » K . Peel founded another earnest exhortation to the Bouse that they should permit , without further extension of the timpj a ; reduction so obviously necessary for the relief of manufacturing and other consumption . The C ommittee , on division , decided against the extension . : . ¦• ' ¦; . ; ..-. - . ' ' On the schedule relating to timber , Mr . Hawes and other Members objected not to the duties , but to the system of measurement on which it is proposed to levy them ; which system Mr . Glabstone and Sir R . Peel defended on the authority of practical men . •' . " - ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ . '¦¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ' . ¦ - ' ¦ ¦ ¦
Mr . Chapman carried his objections further , remonstrating against the main principle of the proposed reductiona on timber . Mr . Hume recommended it to Government to make the reductions at once , instead of postponing them to October ; for , as carpenters and others who had no stock of wood in band must postpone their purchases of that artie ' e until after the reduction , it was plain that in the interval there would be no employment for the workmen . - This suggestion wub resisted by other members on behalf of tho numerous parties ai present possessing stock ; and Sir It . Peel was of opinion that justice to those parties precluded him from altering the course which he had announced , and on the faith whereof they had been acting . The mode of measurement , however , was a subject which he would reconsider , though not at present inclined to alter the view he had already taken of it .
The Committee then adjourned , and the House having resumed , Mr . C . Buller brought on his motion for referring it to Mr . BLpebuck's committee to inquire into a corrupt compromise alleged to have been made by Mr . Warburton respecting , the Bridport election . In the cases of Nottingham and of the other places included in the charge of Mr . Roebuck , the allegations of bribery and of compromise reeted only upon rumour , but here they rested on the direct evidence of Mr . Warbur ton bimselfy contained in a petition to the House ; and on the fact tbat no fewer than fifty-one actions had been
brought for bribery against Mr . Mitchell , one of the sitting Members , and discontinued in pursuance of the general compromise respecting the Bridpbrfc election . That this compromise was made In . a former , ami not in the present , session , was a frivolous : distinction . Mr . Buller then Stated the circumstances of compromise severally affecting Mr . Mitchell and the other sitting Member , Mr . Cochrane . He thought it should be a strong additional reasen with the House in favour of his motion , that the case was one involving the char racters of two of its Members .
Mr . CocHRAJJEtheneateied Into the details of the case , first , as concerned his own conduct , and secondly , as concerned the conduct of Mr . Warburton , of which he considered himself as having reason to complain . The Hon . Member , in the course of his speecbj repeated various passages from the conversations and correspondence between himself and Mr . Warburton , which raised repeated roars of laughter at the simplicity of that " eminent iteformer , aud at his anxiety to preserve his reputation for purity amidst the potent odour of his own admissions of corruption .
Next came the turn of Mr . Mitchell , who made a statement of his own case , controverting much of Mr . Warburton ' s petition , and throwing very serieus censure on bis Conduct . He distinguished this case from the cases referred to Mr « Roebuck ' s committee . In each of those instances ono of the sitting Members ha . d made a tacit admission of guilt by retiring ; but he had not retired ; he bad manfully stood his ground , and kept it And as to the actions again 8 t him for bribery , they had been brought he believed , for the pnrpose of frightening him , and had been abandoned because it was felt that they could not be maintained .
Sir T . Wilde said that the admissions of the two preceding speakers had left no doubt as to the existeiice of facts which required investigation by the committee . After censuring the House for ; the cheexs of dexision with which they had received the , quotations from Mr . Warbuiton ' s conversations and letters , he proceeded to defend that gentleman , and to retort upon his accusers . It was remarkable , that Mr . Warbucton sought inquiry , and that hia accusers resisted it There had been a resignation of a seat in this case as well as in the others , namely , the resignation of Mr . Warburton ; on what just ground , then , could the reference to the committee be opposed ? : ;
Sir John Walsh moved , as an amendment , that Mr . Roebuck ' s committee should limit its inquiries , in the several cases before it , to the subject of the alleged compromises , omitting all investigation respecting tbe imputed bribery . He thought the precedent of these references a very dangerous one , which ,, in the hands of an unscrupulous majority , might be made the instrumeut of much mischief . Mr . Escotx said , the inquiry In the other cases was asked by a man who stood untainted ( Mr . Roebuck ;) but the inquiry in the present case was asked by a man who admitted his own guilt ,.
Sir R Peel did not think tbat distinction sufficient to exempt the present case from tbe desired inquiry ; nor did he Bee how Sir John Walsh ' s limitation could be adopted , though he certainly apprehended that the committee had undertaken a much larger duty than it could discharge . Again , these compromises had been usual for thirty years , and no member had considered himself bound to go on for the public , if he could Becure the seat for himself . The committee would do more usefully to deviso means of future prevention , than to occupy themselves with the facts of the past cases . He should be glad if Lord John RusseirB announced bill for the prevention of bribery could [ pass before this now proposed inquiry should take place ; but he shduld feel iiiniself bound , if the motion of Mr . C . BVLLES , wob pressed , to vote for it . -. r ; ; :
Lord John RwsseLL did not think this quite so streng a case for inquiry as the others ; because , from the statements of Mr . Warburton and . the two sitting members themselves , the House was now in possession of all the facts . He thought the eemnitttee could never do justice to the varioua iinctuiries which would be to-
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volved in the investigation of the bribery committed , at all the places denounced before it ; but nevertheless he Would consent to the proposed leference . Sir R iNGtis said that ; this jurisdiction belonged ,, by law , to Election Committees . ¦ Lord Palmeuston questioned whether a compromise was necessarily illegal or culpable . Indeed , the statutes seemed rather to recognise the legality of such arrangements . He would rather amend the law both as to compromise and as to bribery , than enter upon these enquiries into particular cases . The system , and not the individuals , should be the object of their attention . And after the decision against enquiry in the case of Ipswich , he did not see how the House could consistently send this case to the Com mittee . ¦ ¦ . - . '¦'; - ' ... "•¦ - ¦ " ' ' .- ' , •¦ : ¦ . " ¦; . '¦ ¦• .-,
Lord Stanley observed , that Mr . C . Buller's mstien was in two separate clauses ; the first affirming the expediency of an enquiry , and tae second delegating that enquiry to Mr . Roebuck ' s Committee . He was prepared to vote at present only for the first of those two clauses . . ' . ¦ ¦ ' - ' : ~ ... - :: -: / ,,: ¦ ' ¦ "' ... ' . ¦ '¦ . - ' ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ... ¦ ' ¦ . Mr . George Banks warned the Honse against a precedent which would be used by every disappointed candidate . - . .. : . ¦ ¦¦' . '¦ ¦ ¦ ' •¦ . ¦'¦" . ¦ . ; : . "¦ , - . ¦ ' ; ' . - ) '¦ .-Mr . C . Buller said , that if the House adopted the flrak clause of his motion , offlnuing the expediency of some enquiry , he shonld not object to defer the question , in what mode or before what committee , that inquiry shonld be pursued , The House divWed—¦ ¦ For the motion ... ... ... 37 Againsiit .. ; ... ... ... 156 "
Majority ... ... ... 119 Tho other orders « f the day were then disposed of , oud and the Hoase adjourned at half-past two o ' clock . " .- ,. - ¦ . ' ' , . .. ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ ' ¦•• ¦ ¦ ; ¦ ¦ ' .. ¦¦ , ¦' ' ¦ ' - ¦ '
Monday , May 3 d . " Mr . ThoMas Puncombe presented a petition from John Wren , of Southampton , offering to make certain disclosures relating to the bribery practised at the last aad preceding fclectioris , it he were protected by indemnity . On the motion that the petition be printed , a somewhat animated and singular debate arose , which , however , euded in the motion being agreed tot The Witnesses'IndemnityBill passed through . committee . '¦ . ' ¦ ' ¦ '' . ¦ '' . ¦¦"' . ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦' - - ¦ ¦ : . . '¦ : Sir R . Peel moved the order of the day for tke third reading , of the Property Tax-Bin . . On the question " that the bill be now read a third time" beiDg put , Mr . S . Crawford rose to bring forward , as an amendment , the motion of which he had given notice , and which waa as follows : — ¦ "
" That , as by the existing Ia-wa a large proportion of the people of this reaim are esduded from voting for Members of Parliarnent , and aa it also appears by the reports of different election committees that corrupt practices have beep used to an extraordinary extent in procuring the return of Members to this present House cf Commons , and as ; from both these canses / t this House cannot be considered a fair representation of the people , it is , therefore , unfit that any system of increased taxation should be imposed by Parliament until all . just causes of complaint with regard to the mode of electing tbe Members of thia House shall be first redressed . "
The Hon . Member , who spoke in an exceedingly low tone of voice , and was most indistinctly heard , was understood to commence his observations by saying , he thought it was necessary for the House to consider whethpr they were in a condition to adapt a mode of taxation hitherto unprecedented , except in the case of an European war , and ho felt he should not do his duty as a representatiye of the people -and pledged to protect their rights , if h » did not now rise to Oppose such a priuciplc of taxation as that now ' presented for the final adoption of the House . It could hardly be necessary for him at this- time to prove that the principle of taxation and representation ought to co-exist aad be identical . That principle had been asserted in the time of Charlse Ii . and of William III .,
and was secognised by the jealoaay with which any interference by the House of Lords with money bills was regarded . This jealousy arose from the rule that all money oi tax bills must originate in the Cjmmons Heuse of Parliament , on the great principle that the people ought only to be taxed by themselves through their representatives . But were the people under the present . syeteni at present , represented in that House ? It might be said that because property was represented the peoplewere virtually represented ; but he ( Mr . S . Crawford ) , denied that there was even a virtual . representation of a great portion of the : property of the country . But if they looked to the state of the suffrage of the peopSo at large ; there was net even a pretence of representation . If they compared the amount of
population with the number of electors—if they compared the numbers of those who had the suffrage with those who bad not , it would appear from returns . Which from time to time , had been moved for by varijus Hon . Members , that in England and Wales the numberof electors , as compared with the amount of population , was in the proportion of 1 to ISi , in Scotland of 1 to 30 , and in Ireland' of 1 to 57 ; and ir » the United Kingdom on the average as 1 to 44 , ( Hear , hear . ) But these evils : had been aggravated by corrupt practices in the ioturn of members in an immense degree . The house had by reports of its own committees , by the declaration of Members of Paciiainoat themselves , and by various other means , undeaiable evidence of the corrupt state of the rep esentatiod ;
but he required no stronger proof of that corruption than the fact that bad been elicited by the motion of the Hon . Member for Finsbury ( Mr . T- Dancomba } , when hede 8 ired to apply a test to the Members who might be called upon to serve on the committee to be appointed pursuant to the motion carried by the Hon . and Learned Member for Bath . That test was to the effect that the individuals appointed had not themselves been guilty of any illegal expenditure in procuring their own returns to Parliament , and that motion had been resisted on the ground that the test would upset the desired inquiry , inasmuch as a sufficient number cf Members could not be found who , by taking the test could serve on the committee . So that the House , by the lejectijn of that motion , had condemned itself , and no wonder then
that it should stand condemned in the eyes of the country . Again , if reference were made to the reports of election committees , made ( as we understood ) during the present Parliament , it would be found that no less than forty tovrtia and other places returning Members to Parliament wore tainted with corruption ; in otter places compromises had been effected to prevent exposure of coriupt practices , and in others gross bribery had been proved to exist . Was it not necessary , then on these grounds that the House ' : should take into its consideration the means for making that House the fair rtpresentation of . tha ' people ? On a former occasion he had stated the remedies he had to suggest . Those remedies caiefly were an extension of the suffr . tge , an improved distribution of
the electorial districts , the vote by ballot , and the shortening the duration of Parliaments . He should hot now dwell upon those propositions , which the House refused to adopt when he ruaUe them . The House had refused theiri again when they negatived the motion of the Hon . Member for Finsbury , though that motion was based upon the petition of upwards of three millions of the people , aad he ( Mr . S . Crawford ) now called on those who had joined in those refusals to name what remedies they would propose for the great mass of evils which were known to exist , and to make that house a just , fair , and free representation of the people , it . had bean urged aa an argument against reform , that the people had prospered : under tbe old system of representatiori . That argument could
not now avail , because it could not be denied that univeraal distress prevailed thrcughout the whole kingdom , and afforded a distinct proof of bad legislation . The people complained that the legislation of that House was class legislation , and in proof they pointed to the Corn Laws and to the New Poer . Law . They referred also to tho cxtrayazant expenditure in all departments of the state , and they complained ttkat this Proparty Tax Was imposed to defray the expences of the wara now carrying on in India and in China— -wars as unjust an they were impolitic . If a corroboration of this were wanted , it existed in a paper which had been signed by all the the Birmingham delegates to the Complete Suffrage Conference . In this , after deploring -the . " . ' .
recent disasters and losses in Afghanistan , the paper went onto say that the wars both in China and Affghanistan , having originated in unfairness and iDJusticw , caunet be expected to terminate except in national disgrace . Such were the sentiments of the great body of the delegates , and the paper must , he conceived , be considered as a very fair test of the feelings of the people . "If the people ' s ybice , " they said , " . had a just share in the deliberations of the representatives , such wars would not have been undertaken . * ' Tae delegates also adverted in this paper to the war in Canada , and they stated that that war was an attempt to put the minority of the people of that country ove * the majority , contrary to the opinion and wishes of their Houae ot Commons . If the people had been justly
represented such a war as that would never have taken place . In his opinion it would be unsafe for the" House of Commons to tax the people , if the people did not thii k that they were fairly represented . Asanillua-: tratlon of this he might refer to the result of the proceedings which Charles I . and James II . originated for the taxation of the people without theii consent . The people rose againsS them . So it might be with a Parliament which attempted to impose taies without property reBpofiding to the popular voice ; the people might be driven to resistance , itvmight be a ? ked , - if the motion were carried , what were the results which he could expect from it J He expectoa that if it were carried the
immediate effect wpnld be that the Heuse weuld proceed to take into consideration the state of the representation , or else to have a new Parliament altogether . This was his object ; but he did not call on the House to adopt the principles of the Charter ; he asked only that they should be ready to redress all just causes of complaint against the present defective representative system . He had only to say that this motion was made with no party views , and so he hoped it would be understood generally ; but , concur , ing in the viewthat representation and taxation were intimatgly allied rights , and thinking that when taxes were brought forward that was a fair and just opportunity for' bringing on such a motion , te trustid tbat the House would consent to it . :
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Mr . O'Conneli . seconded the motion . Sir Robert Peel thought that if the House of Commons , as at present constituted , was disqualified from increasing taxation , neither ^^ conld It undertake the reform of the tariff , or even reform itselfc He would rather have met tbe motion as a substantive one , on a more suitable occasion . . . •;¦ ¦ '' - ¦¦¦'" : '¦ ' ¦ .. : ; - ' - ¦ , ; . ¦ . ¦ . '¦•' .. ¦ ' . - .. . . . : '¦ ¦'" ' . , -. '" .. ¦¦ . After a few observations from . Mr . O'Connell , Mf . Hume , and Lord John Manners , . lK > rd John RtssELt intimated , that thdngb he conld not vote foi Mr . S . Crawford ' s amendment , he would take the sense of the House on the third reading of tha Income Tax BiiL - On a division , there appeared 21 for the amendment and 15 ( 5 against it . / , Mr . F . T . Baring then proceeded to state his reasons for opposing the third reading of the Income Tax Bill bat waa interrupted by t , '
Sir Boberx Peel , who said that he had just t& ceived information that an attempt had been made on the life of her Majesty . In answer to some loud exclamations , " Is ^^ the Queen safe > t" he replied Oat her Majesty was perfectly safe , and tbat the assassin was in custody .:- ; . - ¦ ¦ •; . - ¦ - ''¦' . ; ' ¦ ¦ - .. ; .. ''' - . ¦; .. ;¦ -. ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦¦' . ¦¦' ¦ '' - ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ _ - . ¦'¦ / In obedience to a universal call the House then adjourned . r . - ¦ " . ¦ ..: . -V . y . ,., . - .. ' ¦; " . - . ¦ ¦ , - ¦ . ¦ . .. . . ¦ . . ¦ . - ¦ •;¦
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A Valvabie BtfsrtE . —Some amusement was occasioned one day this Tvesk by the town crier proclaiming the loss of a lady's bustle , and offering » reward for ita restoration . But great was the surprise of all who- heard the public orator when he announced that this elegant appendage contained a large sum of money in notes and gold . It is to be hoped that thia notice may meet the eye of the finder , who is , perhaps , unaware of the value or use of the article . —Monmouthshire Beacon . ! Death through Intoxication . — -Between ten and eleven o ' clock on Saturday night , James Calcraft , a Eiwyer , was crossing the carriage-way by the Marahgate turnoike , Lambeth , in a state of extreme intoxication , when he stumbled , and staggering back a
pace or two , fell directly in front of one of the 44 Atlas" omnibuses , on its way from Paddingtbn to the Elephant and Castle Tavern , and before he could scramble out of the way , although he appeared fully sensible of his danger , and feebly endeavoured to do SO ) or that any of the many persons who witnessed the occurrence could rush forward to render him assistance , the fore and hind wheels on the near side passed over his chest . The unfortunate man , a 3 the heavy vehicle passed over him , gave a- piezcing and long-contiuued shriek , during the utterance of which he rolled several times over in the ' road , evidently convulsed by the agonising struggles of death . He
yr&s removed to the surgery of Dr . Brooks , near to the Marsh-gate , who , detecting the fracture of at least six or seven ribs on the left side , with a corresponding depression on the cavity of the stomach , at once pronounced the injury to be fatal . The deceased remained at -Mr . -: Brpoks ' s for three-quarters of an boiir , and some signs of life being still displayed , it was thought expedient to remove him to Westminster Hospital where he expired in a short time after his arrival . The deceased , who was a well-behaved , hard-working man , has left a widow andseveral children totsily unprovided for .
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From the London Gazette of Friday , May . 27 . ; - . BANK-RtfPTS . . /¦ : ¦ ; . ¦' - ¦ . -- : Mward Bowra , Gracechurch-streat , umbrella-warehouseman , to surrender Jane 7 , at twelve o'clock , July 8 , at one , at the Bankrupts * Court . Solicitor , Mr . Sturmy , Wellington-street ^ London Bridge ; ^ official aasignee , Mr . Whitmore , Basinghallstreet . Elizabeth Style , Windsor , bookseller , June 2 , at eleven o clock , July-8 , at twelve , at the Bankrupts ' Court . Solicitor , Mr . Burbridge , HattonTgarden j omcial assignee , Mr . Bslcner . \ : " " :
William Hill and W illiam Kemble Waokerbatb , LLadenball-street , ship and insurance brokers , June 6 , at half-past ten o ' clock , July 8 , at eleven at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitor , Mr . Williams , Copthall-court ; official assignee , Mr . Graham , Baslrighall-street .. Williain Gooding , Chatham , boot-maker , June 8 , July 8 , at eleven o ' clock , at the ; Bankrupts ' : Court . Solicitor , Mr . Hughes , Chapel-street , BedfordtrpW ; omcial assignee , Mr . Johnson , Basinghall-street . ' Thomas Dykes , Broad-street , St . Giles ' s , Stationer , June 11 . at two o ' clock , July 8 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' Court , Solicitors ,, Messrs . Rhodes , Beevor and Lane , Chancery-lane ; official assignee , Mr . Gfcoom , Abchurch-lane . . ; ' ; Charles Pendlebury , Bury , Lancashire , bleacher , June 14 , July 8 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Swan Hotel , Boiton-le-Moors . Soliaitors , Messrs . Milne ; Parry , Milno and Morris , Temple ; and Mr . Briggs , Bolton .
Francis Davis , Wejmouth and Meleombe Regis , Dorsetshire , wine-mfcachant , June 7 , July 3 , at twelve o ' clock , at the Antelop 9 Inn , Dorchester . Solicitors . Mr . Combe Staple-inn ; and Mr . Phillips , Weymouth and Mbicombe Regis . ^ : Gaprgd Hutton , Liverpool , ship-chabdler , June 8 , July 2 , at one o ' clock , at the Clarearion Rooms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Mr . Roscoe , Raymond-buildmgB , Gray ' s inn ; and Mr . Moss , Liverpool . ' ¦' ¦ ' , James Dawsen , Huddersneld , woollen cloth-merchant , June 10 , at ihree o ' clock , July * , at two , at the Pack Horse Inn , Huddersfleld . Solicitors , Messrs . Battye , FiBher , aad Sxidlow , Chancery-lane ;' and Messrs . Stephenesn , Floyd , and Booth , Holmflrtb , hear Huddersfleldi " •¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ --- ¦ " ¦ ¦
William Heywood , Basinghall-street and Manchester , vrarehouseman , 5 une 10 , July 8 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Manchester Solicitors . Messrs . Abbott and . Arney , Cnarlbtte-atreet , Bedfordsquare ; and Mr . Bsnnett , Manchester . Thomas Evans ,. Welchpool , Montgomeryshire , and Oswestry , Shropshire , draper , June 13 , July 8 , at ten o ' clock , at the Royal Oak Inn Welchpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Milne , Parry , Milne , and Morris , Temple ; and Mr . Yearsley , Welcbpool . '¦ - . ' _ Charles Homer , sen ., West Bromwicb , Staffordshire , wine-meTcbant , June 11 , July 8 , at two o ' clock ; at the Waterloo Rooms , Birmingham . Solicitors , Messrs , SmithsoQ and Mitton , Southampton-buildings , Ccaneery-lane ; and Mr . Smith , Liverpool .
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . . Donglas , Whinery and C » . j Liverpool , curriers . W ; C . Gardner , and Co ., Sunderland , brokers . Hardy and Stephbnson , Kingston-upon-Hull , coal-merchants . Haigh and Crow , Milnes-bridge , near Huddersfleld , fancy woolltsn-manufaolnrers . Fernandea , Dunn and Co ., Wakefield , YorkBhire , coal-owners f as far as regards T . Caason and H . M . Walker . Nayler , Merrall , arid Harkera , Bradford , Yorkshirej machinemakers ; as far as regards W . Nayler and M . MerralL Yewdallg , Robinson , and Co ., Otley , Yorkshire , scribbling and fulling millers . T . Barton and Co ., Preston , Lancashire flix-spinners as far as regards L . Spencer . Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Company ; as far as regards D . MarshaU . - ¦¦¦ ' . '¦ ''¦ : ¦
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' ¦ . ¦' ¦ ' i ^ .. . .. ' ¦ ::..: ¦ -. - .:. ¦"¦ -:. From the Gazeitt > oj ' Tuesday , May ' 31 * . ¦ ' ; ¦ •¦'¦ •¦ . . " ¦ ' ¦ . ¦¦' . ' ¦'¦ BANKRUPTS * ' ¦" ' . V : . ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦' . " ¦ George Biggs , coal-merchant , Lower Thames-street , City , to surrender , Juue 10 , at half-past twelve , aid July 12 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Mr . Alsager , Birchin-lane , official assignee j Solicitor , Mr . Stephen , Skinner ' s-place , Sise-lane . Edward Emerson , thread-manufacturer , Manchester , June 14 , and July 12 , at two , at tbe Commissioners ' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Mr . Newnian , Lincoln ' s-inn-fields ;; Mr . Willoughby , ; Manchester . - ' .. "' ¦
John Herdman and Edward Herd man , Junior millers , Congleton , Cheshire , June 9 , and July twelve , at one , at the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Mr . Norris , Liverpool ; Messrs . Norris , Allen . and Simpson , Bartlett's-buildings , Holborn , London . Thoinas Thain Johnson , ribbon-manufactnrer , Wood-streeet , Cheapside , June 10 , at half-past eleven , and July 12 , at eleven , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Graham , BaainghaU-Btreet , omcial assigneo ; Solicitor , Mr . Sadgrove , Mark-lane .
John Standford , architect , late of Pall-mall , Jnne 8 , at one , and July 12 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Linkington , official assignee ; Solicitor * , Messrs . Barber and Bircham , New ., Bridge-streeti Blaokfriars . : ¦'¦¦ ¦ : - . ¦ ¦' -. - ¦ :. '¦'¦ : " . ¦ ' : ' - ' ¦ ¦' : : ' v .:: : ; ' -. Samuel Wooley , coal-dealir , Birch wood ,: June 8 , and July 12 , at twelve , at the George ; the Fourth Inn , Nottingham . ; SoliciSsrs , Mr . Yallop , Foriiival ^ Inn ; Mr . Parsons , Jun ., Nottingham . . Henry Rose , oil-merch 3 nt , BiackburH , LancashiWi June 15 , aud July 12 , at eleven , at tho Town-aafl » Preston . Solicitors , MessrB . 1 & . and W . Ascrott , Preston ; Messrs . Adiifigton , Gegory , Faulkner , and EoKeft Bedford-row , London . : . ;¦ . ' - .
Caleb Robinson , tailor , High Holborn , June 10 ' . ** eleven , and July 12 , at twelve , at the Court of ? aa *' ruptcy . Mr . Gibson , Basihghali-street , omcial assignee ; Solicitors , Messrs . Marion and Prich > rd , Jte $ S $ !* street . \ \ ; . '' : •¦ : v - V : •¦ ¦• ::. ¦ . ¦;; '¦ _ . ¦ •; ' . . ; - ^ -.. y _ George Gibson , upholsterer , Ratcliff-hJghwfty . J ^/ and July K , at one . at the Court of BtinkrugteJ - « : # Belcher , official assignee ; Solicitor , Mr . How ^ j ?^ clifi-highway . :. ¦ ' -- '" ¦ . - ';; ' ; " :. . '¦¦¦ ¦ 1 . .. - '¦ -, ^ 6 rs--James Jackson , chemist , Lincoln , June 14 * . s ] yff >» . and July 12 , at twelve , at the Offica , of Daddin ^ m Danby , Lincoln . Solicitors ; Messrs . Hawiins ^ MiW *?? and Siocker , New Boawell-coutt , Uuoda ; iL-j . j London { Messrs . Dudding and P-inby , LiBeojB . ^ 6 r : i ; . Benj » min Simmons and Jonathan Brook , " k ? P * S ^ ders , Dockhead , Bennondsey , June 7 , and J « u | " ^** .
one , at the Caurt of Biukruptcyi ., Mr . Green » . jpffi <^ assignee , Aldenhanbury ; Sol&sitors , Messa l ^^ and ^ lason , Cateaton-streefc ; . ; ^ ' . ^'' ^^ - ^^ sijz Joseph" Beaniand , woptstapler , BttkenaliaWj cR ^ toms , ; Yorkshire ; June 13 ,. at ten , and , J $ y J ^;^ twelve ^ , at the Conimiisioners' Rooms , . t&tii . -j-, « s * ff tors , . Mr . Fentba ,. Fenchurch-street ; ' Meflsrs ^ . £ { $ & mdt ^ biies , or Battye and ' Cloy , Hnddersfleld v : . ; , ¦ ¦; Benjamin Thompson , iron-mauufacturerJl L Newcastl ?' updn-Tj-ne , May 17 , and July 12 , ^ t one , at the B ^!* rupt ¦• . ¦ -. Commission Room , NjBWcastle ? up ? A-if ^ Solicitors , Messrs . Crosby and " Coiaptpn , . -3 , ' ^??«^ court , Old Jewry , London ; ¦ ¦ Mr ^ : Hoyle ,- ^ . Newcas 0 fr upon-Tvne . ' ; . ; ••' : ¦ ¦" .- ¦ ; ' , ] : :: : " \ ¦ .:, / .. - / -- ^'^ i ^ . . John Frank , farmer , O 3 westry , Juua 11 , and J ^/ 12 , &t tea , at the Shire-hall , Shrewsbury . Solicitor . Mr . Edward Oswell , 52 , Lincoln ' E-inn-nelds , Lonaon-
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 4, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct756/page/6/
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