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INTERFERENCE BY THE POOR LAW COMMISSIONERS TO PRETEXT OT 7 T-DOOR RELIEF . On Tuesday , a general meeting of the directors and -guaniUas of tie poor ot the pariah ot 8 L Mary 2 ebone ¦ £ k& plwe at tha -workhouse in the New-road , to consider the propriety of confirming or not confirming & a minute passed on the previous Friday of a resolution to be » nt to the Poor Law Commissioners declaratory of a determination of that board to resist any attempt on the part of the Commissioners to interfere in any iray with the administration of parochial relief in the parish of St . Marylebone . Mr Culley having been appointed to the chair , called upon Mr . Thsrne , the secretary , to read the comnmnication from the Poor Law Comnissianers , which -was » s follows : — "Poor Law Commission-office , " Somerset-house , Aug . 2 « .
"Sir , —I am directed by the Poor Law Commissioners to inform you , that they have under thsir consideration the case of Thomas Phillips and hia family , as detailed in a letter of the 29 th of July , from the Bicester Board of Guardians ( of which a copy was transmitted to the directors and guardians of the poor of Marylebone ) and in the letter of the MaryleboDe directors and guardians of the 13 th inst ; and the Poor Liw Commissioners feel bound to point out to the directors and guardians , that the course which they adopted in reference to Thomas Phillips and hiB f&mi' . y was illegal and otherwise Improper . The . facts
of the case appear to be as follows : —On or previous to the 16 th of last May , Thomas Phillips applied for relief in Marylebone parish , and as it seemed to result from his statement that Bicester King ' s End was his place of settlement , a letter was written on the subject to the Bioester Board of Guardians , who returned an answer , * That Bicester King ' s End would not be willing to accept Thomas Phillips and his family without orders of removal , as they were not at all satisfied about his settlement , and that no relief granted by the Marylebone authorities could be repaid by the Bicester Union . '
" Subsequently , on the 5 th of July last Thomas Phillips applied to Sir . Collet , one of the inspectors ot the out-door poor of St . Msrylebone , for relief , which tr&s administered to him casually . On his examination being taken , his settlement was ascertained to be Bicester King's End , to which parish it was proposed be Bhonld be removed under orders . He alleged that if be could only get to Bicester , where he had friends and connexions , he was sure of obtaining employ , and should stand in no further need of parochial relief . His waggon fare was paid by order of the directors and guardians ; not , it is alleged , with a view of irregularly passing him to the place of his settlement , for the purpose of becoming chargeable , but with a view to enable him to migrate fron a place where he could obtain no employ , to one where , through the medium of his connexions , he alleged he was sore of obtaining it , and fcy -which he could prevent himself and family from being further panptrized .
•• On this statement of facts the Poor L » w Commissioners desire to point out , in the first place , that the relief afforded in this case saving been advanced with a view of enabling the pauper and his family to travel to some other place , seems to have been illegally given . It was not merely a relief of tha present necessity of the pauper , but money was placed into his hands for the purpose of travelling—an object which is not within any of the provisions of the Poor Laws , except in pursuance of an order made by justices in the regular form .
" The Poor Law Commissioners likewise desire to observe , that this mode of relief is otherwise © pen to serious objections . When a sum of money for travelling is intrusted to an individual in the situation cf Thomas Phillips , he has it in his power to misapply it by expending the greater part of it in liquor , and then throwing himself for support on some other parish , so that the tendency of this mode of relief is to afford facilities for vagrancy . «¦ The above observations apply generally to any case in -which money for travelling expenses is granted to any pauper , even although the effect of it , in some peculiar cases , might not be to make a pauper chargeable to any other parish ; bnt in the instance now under consideration the Poor Law Commissioners cannot refrain from pointing out that the directors and guardians of Maryiebone acted unfairly in supplying Thomas
Phillips and his family with money to proceed to the parish of Bicester Ktog * s-end , when theBicestcr B « d of Guardians had so expressly stated that the parish was n : t satisfied about his settlement , and when the obvious tendency of supplying him with money to go there was to make tii ™ chargeable to it For although it seems that Thomas Phillips had alleged that if he could only get to Bieester he was sure of obtaining employment , the Poor Law Commissioners do not colltc : that the directors and guardians of Marylebene- took any steps to ascertain whether his statement was true or probable ; and the Poisr Law Commissioners think that no reliance ought to have been placed on the unsupported statement of the pauper himself ; and the effect of the course followed fey the directors and guardians bas been to make Thomas Phillips and hia family Chargeable to the parish ef Bicester King ' s i nd .
" The Poor Law Commissioners , in conclusion , de-Bire to lemark , that if boards of guardians generally were to act on the same principle a 3 was adopted by the directors and guardians in the present instance , the eff = ct would often be to deprive parishes of the protect tion now afforded them by the law of removals . Fur although tbe Poor Law Commissioners do not dispute thst the directors and guardians acted honafide in giving Credence to the apparently unsupported and 'as the event proved ) untrue statement of the pauper , that he ¦ was sure of finding employment at Bicester ; yet they cann -t disguise from therascives , that if each evidence ¦ were generally acted upon in a similar manner , * would be possible in nnmero ^ 3 instances to evade altogether the law respecting removals , and parishes might be able clandestinely to shiit the burden of maintaining paupers upon distant parishes from which paupers , from a » y particular reason , might be desirous of reccivingrrelief . N . "I have the hoccnr to be , Sir ,
" Ycur most obedient servant , " W . G . LUA 1 LT , Assistant Secretary " The Clerk to the Directors and Guardians of St . Marylebcns . ' Mr . Teob > "E then reid the report of a committee &Tipo -iiteu by tiie b-sird ta draw ap a "ussolutiosa in answer ta the foregoing comniicicauon , which wjj as follows : — " rhat the communicition of the Poor Law Commissioners be acknowledged , and that they be infunn-d that ibis board having dealt with the case of Thomas Phi-iips and family , with , a view to their moral a- ,
vantage , and that upon reconsidering all tbe circnmstuncrS as " de : iiled , this board differs with the Commissioners as to the illegality or impropriety of the ccur--e purged ; indeprc-itntly of which , from experience , Eur . trous ins ^ Ecea cou ' . d be aidnced whereby a timely administration of casual relief , deserving families have been preserved from protracted pauperism . "TheBDirdfurther take occasion to observe .. that cny icterfrrence with thrir d = cisions by the Poor Law Commissioners is uncalled for , and calculated to EnbTcrt their independence . " ( Liud cries of " H = ar , hear . " i
The Chjuhm ?»> ' having pat this resalution for confirifc-t-on , Mr . VT . Eire said , he should ieov ; that this resolution !* - non-confirmed . He did so on the ground that tie Poor Law Commissioners , finding the Bo : \ rd had committed an illegal act ( cries of "No , no , "' ) kid in a very court : ous and proper manner , ecmninnicated with them , in order to sst them right . ( Laughter ., Mr . Pzrp . y would second the non-confirmation . II ¦ was clear that the board , in the case of Thomas Phillips and h > f imily , hid acted in defiance of all law . i"Ob , oh : " i T ^ ey had no right to remove any pauper wfchont an ordtr ef removal , by -which he might become charct-.-. M- to another parish , fie thouzht ibe Cjmmissl' . 'ners , possessing the power fkey di < 1 , bad acted most courteously to the board in calling their attention to the subject ; and the Board , instead of sending such an ia ; poriinant answer , was bound to act with equal oartrsy . _ _ ...
ilt . BCSHILL . must express his utter astonishment that Mr . Perry should second the motion for non-confirmation , seeing th 3 t he wss i , nc of the committee of three " who had drawn up the resolution just read—( cries cf ' Hiir . , i Mr . Prrry agreed in the gtntral prnc pleof the answer which had beta drawn up to the communication of the Poor Law Commissioners . It was i-ot consi-. ' ered necessary to go into all the details o ! the case for the information of tbe gentlemen of S ^ merset-honse . and that answer which had been drawn rp w : i 9 quite sufficient to indicate to them the spirit of that ¦ - oaid —\ hear , hear . i motion
Mr IUthbo . ne was well aware that the would indicate to the Poor Law Commissioners the Epiiit -f the board , but it would Dot refute the declaration -B-hich the Commissioners bad made , that the course the board had adopted was an illegal one—icnea-oi " Oh oh . ' ) It mattered not -whether Uarylebone was a Poor Law Union or not , there was a certain law for the ifcUef of the poor affecting certain cases which applied to all parishes , and which the Poor Law Commissioners bid declared that board bad infringed . Since the decision •! Loid Denm&n with regard to the operation of the New Poor Law generally , he thought the beard ought not , if they wished to preserve their independe&ce , do anything to provoke the Poor Law CommiEsioners to send an assistant commissioner to take his seat at that board— ( loud laughter . ) Gentlemen would not pretend to say that they would have the power or the cou ; aei to sject him . Mr- BrsHiLt—But we would eject ourselves— ( cms
Of "Hear , Lear . ") Mr . R ^ xhbo- would put it to the board if they were to B £ op » snch a course of resistance to the Poor Law Comiaksioners , in what a state the administration of tie Poor Law in the parish would be- Itwouldbe perfectly at a stand-still , and the poor would ^ be starving ~ - [ " Oh oh . " ) He implored the board , if they had any 'wish to preserve their independence , to treat theecnimunication of the Poor Law CemmiBsioners respectfully —( laogfcter . )
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Mr . Sodes said , it was really laughable to expect to maintain the independence of the board by succumbing to the dictation of the Poor Law Commissioners . ( Loud cries of Hear . ) The course proposed by the movers of the-non-confirmation was just the very one to help- the three kings of Somerset-house in their attempt to get the thin edge « f their wedge into Marylebone , which they were seeking to do at every opportunity—( hear , hear . ) Was it not sufficient for them to carry out their most inhuman laws and orders in their own union , but they must attempt to introduce them into parishes over which they had no control ?—( hear , hear ) . Because that Board had acted in the case of Phillips with the proper feelings of humanity , and had used their endeavours to prevent tbe reduction of a distressed family to .- _ r . .... ... ....
a permanent state of panperism . the Poor Law Commissioners forsooth declare the act of the board illegal and improper—( hear ) . What right had they to interfere in any way with the administration of ont-door relief by that board ?—( hear , hear ) . What had the board really done ? Instead of panperiziDjj Phillips and his family for twenty-one days in the workhouse , which would have cost the parish , the sum of £ 6 , they had committed tbe monstrous crime of paying 36 s . to pass him to a place where be had no doubt ef getting employment himself , and his wife and children a respectable asylum amongst her friends—( hear ) . The latter had really been done , but this proceeding did not please the Poor Law Commissioners . They did net do that in the unions under their control , bnt they did that which was infinitely worse—( heaT )—they delighted in pauperizing families and getting them into union houses The poor creatures and their families are induced to
make their way inU the manufacturing districts , not with 36 s . to assist them in their progress , but without a single farthing in their pockets , and they were forced to beg to alleviate the pangs of starvation— ( hear , hear ) . These were the men who dared to call that board to account for committing an act of humanity—( hear ) . He was sure that the conrse they had pursued met with the support of the rate-payers , and be cared not bow soon the Poor Law Commissioners tried their strength , for it was high time it should be known whether they had the power to interfere with an independent b&ard—( hear , hear ) . Let the board assert its independence , and if the Poor Law Commissioners ventured to interfere by walking in , let the board as a body walk out—( hear , hear ) . He should be happy to see this , for he believed that the Poor Law Commissioners by their arbitrary conduct would soob lose even the favour of the few members of the board who now supported them—( hear , hear ) .
Mr . Grange said , they were either an independent board , or they were under the controul of the Poor Law Commissioners . If the board allowed the letter , the dictatorial letter of those gentry , to pass without remonstrance , it would appear that the latter was the case . ( Hear , hear . ) The object was to aim a blow at the system of out-door relief . ( Hear . ) If the system ef out-door relief were abolished , to that workhouse , large as it was , three more acres of land must be added . ( Hear . ) The Rev . Mr . Scobeli . thought tbe board were not called upon to argue the legality or illegality of tbe
course which had bsen pursued with the Poor Law Commissioners . The question he thought was , had they the right to interfere with the board in the manner they had done ? He would he one of the last t * throw away a jot of the independence of that board , but he locked upon the Poor Law Commissioners as a superior authority , and as such they had merely informed the Board that the course they had pursued was illegal . ( "Oh , oh . '" ) He thought that at all events the latter portion of the resolution , declaring the interference of the Commissioners uncalled for , might be omitted .
Mr . Pottsb considered that the course proposed by those who moved the rejection of the answer to the Poor Law Commissioners was , to call upon the Board to kiss the hand that held the scourge . ( Hear . ) The Poor Law Commissioners told them they had acted illegally . He would deny the assertion , as if so , they , the Poor Law Cammissioners , themselves were acting illegally by making paupers emigrate inte over populated districts . ( Hear . ) He would maintain that the act of the Board in this instance was not only legal but strictly moral ( Hear . )
Mr . Anderson said , there was a wilful misrepresentation of tkis case by the Poor Law Commissioners , Phillips had not the money placed at his own disposal , but his waggon expenses were paid by the officer of the board . It was infinitely better that the man's wife and three children Ehould have an asylum amongst her own friends than that the course suggested by the Poor Law Commissioners Bhould be carried out—( Hear , bear . ) Mr . Gibson was delighted that the Board would not consent to pauperiza whole families or suffer them to
starve as the Poor Law Commissioners did . He could only say , that in every such case that came before the rota , when it came to his turn to sit there , he shenld Bet in precisely the same manner as had been done in the case ot Phillips , in defiance of any order of the Poor Law Commissioners to the contrary . — ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Eyre having replied , The question was pat from the Chair , and the nonconfirmation declared to be negatived . A division was demanded , when there
appeared—For the confirmation of the resolution ... 21 For the non-confirmation 4 Majority declaring the interference of tie Poor Law Commissioners uncalled for , aad tending to subvert the independence of the board ,. —17 The announc&nient of the numbers was received with cheers , and the board broke up .
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which , be it remembered , was at first supported by the Whigs , and , to tke moment of ita enactment , was opposed more in form than in reality by them . The result of these proceedings was the Act 57 G&& ^ III . c , 19 . It enacts that every society ( political ) skall be comprehended under tbe provisions of 3 » Quo . 3 , before recited . The enactments are in the following words , namely , 1 . " fcvery society or club thit shall elect , nominate , or employ , any committee , delegate , representative , or missionary , to meet , confer , or communicate with any
other society or club , or with any committee or delegate , or Induce or persuade any other person to become a member thereof , shall be liable to the penalties of the 39 Gso . Ill , cap 79 . "—namely , fine , imprisonment , and transportation for seven years . 2 . ' Every person who shall becoma a member of any such society or club , or shall act as a member thereto —every person who shall directly or indirectly maintain correspondence or intercourse with any such society or cub , or with any committee , delegate , representative , or missionary , or with any officer or member thereof as such , Bhall be liable to the same penalties and punish * ments . "
3 . " Every person who Bhall by contribution of money or otherwise aid , abet , or support any such seciety or club , or any officer or member thereof as such , shall be liable to the same penalties and punishment . " Such la the law . It has , however , no relation to public meetings , or the appointment of delegates at such meetings . It relates solely to societies or clubs ; and , therefore , whatever could be done before the 39 Geo . 3 , by public meetings , can be done now . Every administration for a century past has , whenever it suited any purpose , employed spies to get up societies , clubs , iic , to induce the commission of illegal sets , and teen to imprison , transport , and pnt to death , those among the offenders who were most obnoxious . What has been done , it may be concluded , may be done again .
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EXTENSIVE FIRE . " LIVERPOOL . The promptitude , energy , and fearless activity of oui admirably organized police fores have made fires of ai extensive and destructive character of but rare occurrence in this town for several years past . On Mondnj evening , however , a fire took place near the Prince ' s Dock which for a long time fcffljd all thtir skill , energy , and courage , and occasioned ^ we are sorry to say , the destruction of a lavgu amount of valuable property . The fire in question took place at a large bonded warehouse situate in Galton-street , Dandee-street , end Glasgow-street , aad is , wo believe , the property of Sit John Tubin . It is called Tob ' m ' s bonded warehouse .
No . 212 . The frant , or gable end , which looka to tha west of thu warehouse , is in a narrow street called , Wd believe , Glasgow-street . The Bouth aide of the warehouse is in a rather broad street , now called Galtunstreet , bat better known by its former name of Hobertstreet North . The north side of the warehouse is in a narrow street called Dundee-street , on the opposite side of which is a long range of lofty warehouses . On the eastern end , tbe warehouse adjoins private dwelling-houses . The upper stories of this extensive warehouse were filled with cotton , coffee , sugar , rice , < fec . The vaults , we believe , are stored with materials of a still more inflammable character , such as palm oil , turpentine , and rum .
The warehouse , we understand , was closed at tha usual hour , four o ' clock , and all was then safe , a-j usuaL In little more than an bout after , or abodt twenty minutes past five o ' clock , smoke was obser / ed to issue from the door of the jigger loft , and very speedily the flames became observable , and spread , ^ h remarkable rapidity . Information of this was pr omptly communicated to the nearest police station , aa « 1 at halfpast five , Mr . Whitty , Superintendent LeVjrett , and other officers were on the spot . Engine * quickly followed , and though the fire had then gained considerable head , it might probably have been Bubdue ^ before it had penetrated to the story underneath , ha ^ x there been an
abundant and ready supply of .-wat * - / . But this was not obtainable . In the course oftl ? * , however , the watermen arrived , plugs wore opwu > , , water carta , and the huge tank belonging to the f . re ' police , drawn by seven horses , were put into requi ^ tion , and a plentiful ? A ?« Flifi " * f * - ^ t ^ ed . The tank and carts drew their supply f . th d fc ^ Ud being nearly out , and the V ^ jXt empty . Three engmes were also placed at ' the dock > to { ur £ 4 a Bup . ply for the working eng ,- aeSf of whIch ^ £ eluding one oi two belr Dgin to insurance companies , no less than fourteen ^ , fifteea ^ wotk wlthin ai hour or bo after the comnrjaceineat of « ,. £ . _
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A SHIP OF FIRE-PERILOUS SITUATION . ( From tke Liverpool Albion . ) The following extract from the log-book of the ship Renown , Captain Hosken , on htr passage from Sydney , New South Wales , to this port , with a cargo ef wool , gives an account of the breaking cut of a fire in the hold , from the spontaneous combustion , it is supposed , of the wcol j of the periloua situation of the crew and tha passengers ; and of the skilful and persevoring manner in which the parties on board subdued the flinies , thereby saving the vessel and her cargo , as well as their own lives . The narrative is highly interesting : — "June 24 . —At eight o ' clock , a . m ., moved the spars on tbe larboard side , and in bo doing perceived a curious smell . At nine o ' clock , a . m ., remarked the same kind of small in the cabin . Overhauled all the ship , but discovered nothing . At noon , a similar smell . Latitude obtained 25 26 " S ., long . 38 43 . '
" So ' . h . At half-past . twelve , o ' clock ,- p . m ., cleared the sail-cabin , store-room , ami everything out of the berths , anil in bo doing found ths'Biiu : ) l proceeded from the hold , between the buik-b < ; ida of the cabin and quarter-deck . The smell * increased , having every symptom of the wool being on fire . Pressed the people to wurk to get part of tfco provisions on t- !( ck , all the spirits , oil , ropa , icj closed ail down , and made all a * air-li (? ht a 3 possible , and kept tbe ship bafore the wind for Uio . Pumps duly ; attended to , ami nil possible sail £ bt to advantage . C cand away the longboat and pinnace , got thu tackle rove , and all ready for getting the boats out . Latitude 24 . , long , — .
" 2 tith—At 12 o ' clock , p . m ., conum / nced moderate breiz- ; and cloudy , aU sail ai-fc to advantage , standing towards the land . At four oVIuck p . m ., smoke was observed coming through the bivak of the second deck , and smelling like the smoke of wool . At six o ' clock p . m ., the srudl increasing very much , and every sympttra of . tho ship being on five , the captain ordered the longboat and pinnace to be hoisttd overboard , with masts and sails , and sent the most useless of the passengers in thorn . The boats being ready , were vut astern of the ship , with a ca&k of water , homo provisions and spiritB , two chronometers , ami what was required for navigating the boats to land . At this time the brass of the tky-light and wood vt the companion niipeated , ml-hot . Covered the coats
o ! the masts , skylights and companion with bUnkem and sails which were constantly kept wet . At balf past eteven r . M ., fire was discovered bursting thiousli the starboard side , a little before the main chains ; ¦ water was thrown in to stop the flames . The boats were now ordered alongside the ship for the remaiudtr of the passengers , and some ' of the crew seiit into them , except two of the passengers , who exerted themselves in a mop ' , ; able manner for tbe safety of the ship , namely , Dr . Hampton , R . N ., and Mr . Joseph Lane , the captain having determined to remain by tho ship , in hopes of saving her and cargo , keeping the mate and eeve'j of the crew on board , who were employed pouring water into the holes made by the fire , at the same time constantly keeping the companion , skylights ,
and Cats of the masts and deck wet At midnight , light broezes and fine weather : towing the toats ast # rn ' with passengers , the fire still increasing from ™ - ' . dnight to four o ' clock a . m ., when the crow that were **•» the boats were ordered to come on board to reliove those that had been working all night . At daylight , being in sight of land , the Captain determined to break into the ship , by cutting away the covering board where the fire appeared to be most rapid . Got some casks of water filled on decs . At six o ' clock am ., all ready , and the ship's company all en the spot , also Dr . Hampton and Mr . Joseph Lane to assist , commenced cutting away with the broad ado , * - and pouring water into the hold . At eight o'clock a . m . the fire appeared to be abated , and the half-deck hatches were broken open to find the extent of the flro . The hatches being broken
open , water was thrown down as fast as possible . Cleared away the half-deck , and feund nearly all the sails were burnt and the ship's stores and provisions all spoiled by tbe fire . At nine o ' clock & . m ., the fire appeared to be extinguished . A sail in sight in shore ; sent sway by Mr . Lane and fivo men in the ship ' s gig to provide a passage for some of the passengers , the ladies having appeared to suffer much from alarm and beiig in the boats all night . At eleven o ' clock a . m ., returned , and reported the vessel was bcund to Rio , and that the captain would take about six passangera . Captain Hosken then pnt on board Mr . and Mrs . Bradley , Mrs . Rose , Mr . Gawrett , Mr . Perry , and two sailors At noon the captain returned to the ship , hoisted up thepinnance and gig , towing the longboat asteru of the ship . Pumps duly | attended to .
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" 27 th . At twi Ive o ' clock , p . m . commenced light winds and pleisa . it weather ; made all possible sail , plying to wind war , 1 . At four o ' clock . Her , Majesty ' s brig Fantome spoka the captain , tindly offered ^ assistance , and seat a ¦ boat aboard , with one i lieutenant and sorgeon to inspect the state of the ship , and there were no symptoms of the fire to be sa-n . The Fantome ' a boat left tho ship . At eight o ' clock light winds and clear weatha * , * no appearanoa of fire ; employed throwing water a rex tb » barnfc part of the ship . Midnight , ditto waather ; threw more water over tbe ship . At four o doek a . m ., a-moderate breezs from W . 8 . W . running along the land ,- * e& all ttudding-sails . At noon bo appearaaea of fire .
" 28 th . tat observed 23 30 , Brag . 28 , commenced with a fine breeze a&d pleasant weather . At three o ' clock , p . m . found the- wool to be on fire in the bold In the same place as before . AH handy were immediately ordered to poor water on the fire , and to take the buraing wool on deck . At four o ' clock pm . then was as fire to be seen but some of the wool vrns still very hot . At eight o ' cloek light wind and cloudy ! no appearance of fire ; set a watch in the hold to watch for Hie fire breaking out again . At daylight sawibe entrance to Rio harbour , bearing N . E by £ . At noon appearance of fire . Lat . 23 9 S ., at four o ' clock pcfc , anchored in the harbour of Rio de Janeiro . " <^* ' ^ 1 ^ I ^ S ^ KJ ^ JW % J ^^^^* * i ^^ J ^ JJSJ ^ 'w ^ . ^ J * -i-J *»
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THE LATE STRIKE , ITS CAUSES AND EFFECTS . BEING THE SUBSTANCE OF A LECTURE DELIVERED IN
LONDON BY JOHN WATK 1 NS . PART IT . "He that will not work shall net eat , " says tho Scripture , but man has reversed this ordinance of God . Our Lords and Dukes toil not , neither i \ o tht-y spin , and yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these . The workiDg men who dig—vrho weave—arc unfed , unclothed , and could not be -worse off wtt © they indeed the idle and disorderly persons that Government , to servo a factious purpose , says they are . While tUere is bread enough and to spare , they ought not tu perish with hunger .
It was noble of the turn-outs to elevate their Strike from a Strike tor wages to a strike for freedom . Had they succeeded in their object , posterity would have hitilod them as the saviours of their country . That Strike was tantamount to a declaration of war against the Government , and who will say that such a war would not be just—is not r . scesssry ? U hen any foreign power injures or insults thi 3 country it is the duty of Government to demand redress or apology , and if refused to declare war . Government did so with respect to the Emperor of China , who , in his fatherly care for bis people , having caused a quantity of poison which certain English merchants had sent to his Empire for sale , to be destroyed , thereby to prevent the destruction of his subjects by it , compensation was
demanded by the British Government , which being rofused by the Chinese , was v , as straightway declared against them , and the British troops are now ravnyinR their country -with fire and sword , doing the work which the poison Vr' : is prevented from doing . Surely , if our Government deems such a warjustifi . b ! u , well may the people , who have time aftb ? timo petitioned for rodresa in vain , who have been answered only by additional oppression and insult , woll may they thick themselves justified in proclaimi .-ij ? war a ^ uinst tyrauuy and monopoly . Such a war is mure th ? . n just , it is glorious . But in declaring v ? ur it is not oaiy necessary that we have a just cause , but also that v . e have tliu means of carrying it on to a successful issua ; tlse , instead of exterminating tyrants , we shall but
fiive them iresh scope ami greater power . Tho Chitrtist Executive Appointed to direct the movements of the people uo rig . t in encouraging a spirit of freedom , but they did wrong in encouraging a . strike at this particular time when prudeiico sa . ? no likelihood of ita success . For let us just look at the result of their advice—tfeey must-have known tbat a people off work ar < j ctf watjes—when off wages they are off fo ml , u , ud how cau they obtain it except by fo j ca ; this ) brings them into collision with tho jujiit .-iry , and not having the ineaus of dofenca , much . ltss of attack , they are slaughtered at ease , whiiiJ all tlie while their injudicious advisers are ensconced behind their own unsigned and irresponsible document , leading act , acting- wot , sharing nut .
The people-were out , without leadara and without provisions . What had Government jjrvmded for liltm —Government that had driven them , to the distress and desperation bad provided for thair destruction , by sabres and carbines , bludgeons , pistols , und bayunfcU , ano , more than all , by artillery to . Gweep them from off tlia fiicc of the earth in numbers togsther . . At sight of the villanous tools of tjrauny— -the human butchers sent to e ' aughter them , the people utter a volley of execrations—vhey cannot coEifuu their indignation ^ they cost atones— the riot act ii rea ? . —tke soldiers are ordered to fire , an order whl&li I they gladly obeymauy of the peaple are wounded—they drop—they expire—the rest disperse to avoijl a similar fate . Aiid who are tbe soldiers , —wifaat manner of men
are they , —what are they made of ? The majority of them are from the people ; they were once la similar distressed circumstances , and regarded it as a dire ( alternative that they must either become the victims or the tools of their oppressors . Men of a righUj-constitutcd mlud would not have hesitated a raoaent in . tiwir choice ; or if they did list into the auny they would still remember they , were . nee working men ; they would remember the brethren they had left , and they would never suffer themselves to become tha willing instruments of the tyrants who had cursed them with the necessity of nuch a Btate ; they would never willingly identify themselves with thos » whom they had been accustomed to regard with , scorn , not do the very deeda which they bad once abhoned others for doing .
But every paina is taken to fit them for the bloody uses for which the ; ate designed ; they are separated from their feilow men—diatingai « hed by their dresstrained in arts of butchery—taught to regard brutality as their duty—the - will of their commanders ( however revolting to juBtice ) u law , which , if disobeyed , will subject them te the severest punishment ; in short , thev are transformed from men to monsters , and bacoriie homicides , fratricides , and even parricides at the bidding of their officers . Now , no consideration on earth ought to induce men to enpnge in & line cf life that requires these things to be done ; and what i 3 the paltry consideration which induces these men?—a shilling per day—mere mibsisterc *;—the fare of a wild beast , and the dress of a showman ! And they are liable to hare their flesh flogged off their boaea for every
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trifling breach of discipline—for every Ilttl 3 irregularity in the routine of their puppet- tfe . What ought to prove still more galling to a generous spirit , they are bought and Bold by tbeir oficetB or drivers like a gang of negroes ; and it matters not what merit a man possess even in that abominable calling , aor what tbff length of his services , he constantly" sees younger and Ies 3 able men preferred over his nead , jaat as birtb , interest , or flattery happens to promote tMem . Hen who can enter such a way trflife , who can sennit t ell its debasing requisitions , its-degrading duties , are jasi the men , out of a desperate spite against huutntt na'ure itself , to do such thiDgs as these men , thes" mernerou * machines are set to do ; but ail the bad passions » f our
nature are fostered in them , are incited by method and rewards to &t them for such feadisbness . It c . uih not else be tbat we ehould hear of these men firing at tfeeir brethren , whom they ought rattier to soothe—to succour , firing at them by tbe- command of those wfco > inflict the miseries which drivtr the people to nudnsw —miseries which they ibemseWes- oncw knew , »> nce fe ! 9 , and were refoaed redress , relief : ¦ ffriz-z at them not constrainedly , bat willingly , and-sfber wards boasting of it , evao txceedimg the bloody itatructio 2 B which they have been taught Why , if they were me- » , they would : rather torn and execute those eiders- on * ihe monatera who can issue th * m—who alone- deserve to Buffer by them .
SoMiers have generally been compiimentsd with one virtue in theabseneeor at the essence of a *} otherswith- braverjr—but what bravery ia- t&ere iu-sit-n going armed and acaoutred on horseback—contldent witli impunity-and concert—against an smarmed , a defenceless , a naked crowd on foot , faiating- -with * famine ? Sorely the bra-wry is on the opposite afclc—the bravery ia on the side of the poor starving but patient men , women , and children who boldly face tfa * gallant warrior * that attack them . The fact i is , it is never covwage , ilia invariably cowardice tbat pronipVs tbew attacks md can be bo other . Certain-timid oW men called magistrates-, hear halloes and are aianne ^—they i , ot panic-struck—t ^ sy lose all preseasa of mint }—they send for soldiers ; the riot act is read , and- undercover
of that : the soldiers fire ; for cowardice is always cruel — it dare oot trust j . toeif—it dare not trust other * -the tiiuid , the terrified are always suspicious and vindictive . Bet all uaea are not alike—some even among the soldiers revolt'against th « cSwty assigned them—sicken at ittbeyrefttse to- & > e upon tbeir nnanned , UBoif-zMHng fellow-countrymen . One hundred anl fifty , hie-said , grounded their-arms , and they are to * b « punished for their humanity—for fch * ir true bravery . —th * -y bave been lodged , heavily- ironed in the Tower , uod -will probably be shot for refusing to shoot their own sisttrs and brothers ; . thair ownfathsra and motksra , whus-3 sole crime was the- ma&aess ot despair . Boi the peopla will honour these clement man—thu people I-trust will rave them * .
These soldiers- have shewn themselves worthy of a better lot—pity ib is that their freeboxn- limbs-fbosld ever have been cased in the hellish livory of tj rantsthat they should aver have worn the tinselled b niquinary garb of war—that they should ever have suffered the image of GH > d ia their persons to be strapped , bm-fcled , bediz ^ nad , and thus befoooled . In anweu- Koine tha soldier who oaved , a citizen's life was rewarded with , a crown—these saved by sparing the Iive 3- * f . many citizens— leb them be crowuud with glory *— may they b » crowned immortally .
But the police have no such ecruplesoCconsciencethey feel no such compunctious visitings—they bave said , and I ' heard many of them avow it , tbat if ; the soldiers * refuse to Sre on tbe people , we'll , smesh thair heads . for them . Tho police are psid by t ! se middle classes , and this may make tho difference ii : their sentiments ) for the s-jldiers probably remembered tbat they are Itegt iu idleness by the labour cf 'the working classes ; and could they shoot those who had worked to feed and clothe them , and would still have been working had not oppression made them mad ? But for that oppression , this blood would nob have beenehed —the Islo would not have been " frightened from ita propriety" —and while that oppression continues , who cm ensure the country from a recurrence of thesa horrors—from a constant recurrence cf ¦ uhrnn , or the more fcariul horrors of assassination and incendiarism ? .
B-jfore we «[ ait this part of oui- srJ-. jt-ct , it may not bs amiss to stato what are tho realouties of soldiera anil police . Soldiers shoulii be raised for the protection of the people , not for their reduction— to shed the blood not cf their ccnntryinen , hut of- their country ' s foes—they are to preserve us from fora . an invasion and domestic tyranny , to Sght in defence of liberty—not on behalf of tyranny , for . then they csaae t <> be soldiers , they become mercenaries , cut-throata : They are properly the servants of the stato , not of the Qua . n , or of
Government—they are supported by tho people , although our cunning tyrants have constitut .-. l them-Svlves . their paymasters , and thus riake it appear that the pxy comta out of their pockets ,- when in reality it comes from the pockets of the people . British seldiers formerly knew their duty btt : sr—they knew t&eir duty well , and did it , too , whun iu the reign of James the Second they sided witU the -people against that bigotted king , and forced him to abdicate tbe throneaye , expelled tha tyrannical raco of Stuarts for ever , even as . the Tai quins wers txpcllei from Rome .
-As for the police—no one would : object to ihii men if they kept within their proper bcuuds—if they contented themselves -with being the guards- of life and property , but when they provoke the people , to break tho peace , in order that they may have a pretext f ot breaking their heads ai > d bringing them before the bench for committal to prison , that they may s 5 aos ? tfrair z .-al and obtain preferment—they clearly oTeratep . the legitimate liae of their duty and are themselves the criminals , detervingf of the severest punishment . So far from doing injustice , they should see that none _ ia done—so far from interfering vita the people whin peaceably met to discuss their grievances , they should * ee that non& else interfere with them , and should always guard those liliertiea which , alas , they too often violate .
Blood has been ahed—b ! o ? d that calls I will not say for more blood , but for tears- For -who weie the victims—what was the crime—why < iid they rise—wherefore did they riot ? Tney rosa that they misfit cot be entirely pressed to earth—ground to dust . They wera provoked to it—forced t > it . Q . ice risen they took the feod which they could not earn—they coinimtu-d some outrages—some acts of veng £ . incc not lndisci-ijainateacts of retaliation , of retribution . Far loss < . < atrages were committed by the men on their masttis , than the
masters had previously committed on the wen ; for the people are always more ready to forgive than to punish , and aye seldom vindictive , oftea goodhui ^ cured . — TnouRh they had taken tha law in their owa hands , they exercised their irresisiibio power witi justice , with' mvrcy . Will the middle-class jurk-.- > be so forgiving ? will the judge on his judgment seat be so merciful ? Will he in cold blood be so sparing as they in hot blood wore ? I am afraid rot . The men struck for liberty , and -Government can least f jrgiva a strike for freedom . Tbe civil authorities -will fm ; sh the
work begun by the military . The blood that ras been sheil . vriil not be deemed sufficient to ator . s for the liSl / nces'of th « peoplo : there will be iiuprisonai-ir . ts and : ran . sportations O : ; I - sfeould not our hearts bleed for those who have bind ? It is our duty to ej . usi .-kr their cajes seriously , solemnly . Tlio most worthy have fallen —the wtivnust-heartud , the bravest , the foremost have been nnrked— -wete Ein ^ ted out ami shot—shot through the brai : s , through th'j bowels , through the heart , through th 8 liver , th rough' tbo lunt-s—humbly shot ! The poor ftllowa- -wskhing in the agoniea of death , are borne horns- Waat an increase to the f-fflict-ons of a pining fams ' iy already ov ^ rr * bclmed by m : s ' . ' . ry ! They vr ^ -nt out for bread for a
1-rohenspiriteil wife :: r . d squalid ' children , prA arH ^ roueht back to- them ,, wounded , bk'Mi ' nt-. < : *^» : ; . ; '—their blood flows and ' cannot be ¦ s ?; . nc-.: * i . Tc-jy tU'J , cursiiig the doinor . 3 who had shot thijiii , v . L'lo their beTtaved and destitutofamiliesmourn , has tbo i- ^ UUtors , wlioso classOaws—the mi . ' . ' owners , vvheae selS * h love of lucre caused this pretty work , should . be tiaere to witness " If . they ware , would they nci » . be touched wita pity ? " Yo 5 , as recks are ; For when tha widow's cries ass ills , their ears Andundone orphans wash with toara their thresholds , Tiuiy only tiiinU v ? hat 'tis t , be Styled Honourable , and 'tis a rowrful charm N { i ! u ? s thc'ji ins-jiisibla to remorse or the
iia 8 t toucicf pity . " Now . -whai were the crimes of Lhsae pjor people thus saddenly . seat to au unsimeiy . nz . i ?< s . wrapped ia a bloody shtcud ? Tney wer * u ^>; i . oaatB to'their wiyea , wboni . thay . wished to luaku mu «» coiiifji-tablj ; they loved tkeir children , and wished fjr tlw meacs of educating them and setting tlism forward viituciiuly ia the world ; they -wished for Sr . furnished home with a stored-cupboard ; to be des-sptlj ciot ' aad , to Hverftapectably ; and for these good \ 7 ishu 3 , for bding good fathers , good husbands , good citiz .-ue , they were ruthlessly shotan ea < l -was put to theiv vcenl * , to their miseries , by a viol » nti , a dreadful death . Will Ctorerument provide for their widows and orphans-rG- ^ veinmont that barbarously
deprived them of theis- uaiicaal protectors ? It would be wall for tho soldiers ts » £ uiow that not one of the victims thus shot for wishing , to . have wages that he could liva by , but would hav-a , assisted those soldiers had they been in similar diait « 3 s-i would have given them alma had they been disbanded and sent abcut the country a-beKging , after ' jcing crippled or disabled in tho service of Gove ^ nnwat ^ a naiallel case . It woul d b » well for Ptince George ottotblooA royal , v » lio thirsted t » dye his sword in ShsiR blood , to know tiat any one of tJjtm would have keen too foolishly loyal had he wanted their services . Sso what crim-a it coats to support injustice ! These ara its results , and these results wiilhappen again and again , tuatii the acenrsed sgstem is trfoinied by th »
People ' s cnarter . . ' What allegiance is due to a Government who , aite * reduces a people to this pass , ends them thus horribly ? Society is dissolved by ifc Siy that the interests of the aristocracy require these bloody sacrifices T Oa , surely the interests of humanity should take precedency over every other interest . Perish tha aristocracy , if ita splendours can be maintained only by shedding the blood of the unfortunate and the miserable— -which tJiay ' . ' cail justifiable homicide I ( To he concluded in our next . )
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LAWS AGAINST POLITICAL SOCIETIES WHICH MAY BE CONSIDERED AS ON THE POINT OF BEING REY 1 YED . ( From the English Chartist Circular . J Political societies are regulated and controlled by two acia of Parliaments , nairmiy , 39 Geo . 3 . cap . 79 , passed in July , 1799 ; and 5 r Gio . 3 , cap . 12 , passed in March . 1 S 17 .
The act 39 Geo . 3 , is "An Act for the more effectual Suppression of Societies established for seditious and treasonable Purposes , and for better preventing seditious and treasonable Practices . " " It tracts that every society ( political ) shall ba deemed an unlawful combination and confederacy in any of the casts following : — 1 . " If any member take any oath or test , subscribe anv declaration or engagement not required by law . " 2 . "If the names of any members be kept secret from the society at large . " 3 . "If it have any committee or select body , the members of which are not known to the society at la rse to be members of snch committee or select body . " 4 . " If it hive any President , Treasurer , Secretary , De ' : eg ;' . e , or other efflc' -rs , whose election shall not be kco-ffn to the society at large . "
5 "If jiuy cf the names of the committee , select body , Pr- _ side : it , Treasurer , and other officer , bj not eifcered in a bo jk or books open to the iuspc-ction of all the mi-re hers " This act specially named the " London Corresponding Si > c ; ety , " as one of the societies to be put down . Thi 3 society had no secret proceedings , and might therefore hwe continued in existence under another name : but it bzd "Divisions , "or branches , and held intercourse with other sock-ties as thus connected , in various parts of the country . It 3 purpose iras to obtain Annual Parliaments , Universal Suffrage , and Ballot . It was tfcerc-foie to be extinguished by law , and for this purpose was
added—6 . " Any society composed ot different dmsicus or branches , or of different parts , acting in any manner separately or distict from each other , or of which any part shall have any distinct President , Secretary , Treasurer , Delegate or other Officer , elected or app&inted by or for such part , cr to act in any office for such part . ' Having declared the cases in which political societiea shail be deemed unlawful combinations and confederacies , it farther enacu =, 7 . " That evtry member of every such society , and every person -who shall directly or indirectly maintain cjrrfcspor . decce or intercourse -with any such society , or with any division , branch , committes , or other select body , president , treasurer , secret -. ry , delegate , or other officer or member thereof as such ; or who shall , by contributirn of money or otherwise , aid , abet , or support such society , or any Hicmber thereof as such , Bhall incur certain peralties . " The penalties are of two kinds , viz .
1 . "By summary prccess or information before one Justice of the Peacs , on conviction , a fine of twenty pounds , or three months imprisonment in the common gaol . " 2 . "By indictment , on conviction , transportation for seven years . " It will be seen that this Act prohibited , 1 . All societies kaving oaths of any kind , or any test or declaration , or engagement—which the law does not direct to be taken or subscribed . 2 . All societies having branches oi divisions , or parts . 3 . All deputations to or from such societies . 4 . All contributions of money or other assistance of any kind . 5 . All correspondence with any such societies or any member thereof as such .
This Act had—first—no relation to separate and distinct societies ¦ which had no secret proceedings . 2 . It did sot prohibit the appointment of delegates , &c , by snch societies . 3 . It did not prohibit correspondence between or with such societies . Thus the law remained until 1817 . It had . become convenient to the Castlereagh Administration to promote and encourage riots and conspiracies , aBdCastles , Olivers , Edwards , and others , were employed in consequence . Prosecutions became common ; men were transported , hanged , and dismembered ; green bsgs , secret comanttees , contrived attacks upon tb . 8 Prince Regent , reports to both Houses of Parliament were resorted to in aid .
These contrivances frightened and BtultinedthenaUon as it was intended they should , and gave the the » administration the power to introduce the Act of 1817 ,
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A BRUTE IN OFFICE . On Friday , a poor -woman named Catherine Fillis , with three children , one of them an infant in arms , applied to Mr . Henry , at Lambeth-street , for his assistance trader the following circumstances : —The applicant , who was lubouring under serious indisposition , stated , that about twelve months ago , in consequence of the desertion of her hugbaud , she was compelled to Bpply to the parish of Whitechapel for relief , and was taken into the workhouse . Her two children were removid to the Spitalflelds house , which formed a part of the union , and she herseif , with her infant , was placed in the receiving ward , which is underground , and kept there from that time to the present . The dampness of the place and tbe want of proper air had such au effect upon her that she felt her health gradually declining , and she bad latterly become so excessively ill thit tbe infant at her breast was affected , and she
begged that some assistance might be affjrded her to wean her child , but this was refused to her . She also begged of the parish doctor , Mr . Foster , to have her removed to the sick ward , where she would have the Benefit of pure air , but he paid no attention whatever to her request . She further begged of both the doctor and Mrs . Mursell , the matron vt the house , to be allowed a little tea or something to drink , as she could not take water-puel . Mrs . Mursell said she considered water-gruel quite good enough for her , and that she would not get so good in Ireland ( the applicant being an Irishwoman ) . Tbe applicant further said , that finding her health get daily worse , and feeling confident that if she remained much longer in the house , her death must be the consequence , she made up her mind to leave it , and , on mentioning her intention , she was obliged to take her two children with her out of the Spitalflelds workhouse .
In reply to the question of Mr . Henry , the poor woman said the father of her infant was her second husband , and an Englishman . Mr . Henry perceiving the poor woman was really bo til that it was with some difficulty she could speak , desired Saunders , one of the summoning officers , to go to Whitechapel workhouse , and direct tbe attendance of Mursell , the master . In about an hour he made his appearance , and , upon being informed of the nature of the application and complaint ot the female , he at once commenced an attack upon her about her lazy habits while in the workhouse , and her not doing any work Mr . Henry , to Mursell . —Do you think she is in a fit state to work now ? Any one must see that she is very ill , and , whatever may have been her conduct heretofore , this is not a proper time to abuse her for what she may have been guilty of . She is evidently very ill , and rtquirea some extraordinary care .
Mursell . —Tbe fact , Sir , is , tbat she is a very troublesome person , and I understand from the doctor that she has bad the modesty to ask for tea , porter , arrowroot , and even port wine . Mr . Henry . —Well , suppose she did ask for these things ; there can be no doubt of her extreme illness , and I suppose the parochial medical attendant has tbe power of ordering thesa things iu casea of illness like hers . JIursell—Oh , yes , your worship , ifc is the doctor ' s business to order it , and he has not ordered anything for this woman . Mr . Henry—But I suppose you have some discretionary power as master of the workhouse ? For instance , in cases of illness , hive you not the power to order tea to the afflicted pauper ? Mursel ]—Oh yes , Sir , plenty of it , and this woman was allowed plenty of milk .
Applicant—Yes , I got a little milk , but what was the use of that when there was ne fire ailowed in the -ward , and I could not wean a child with co ! d otilk . Mursel ;—Well , it was the doctor's business to attend to you , and be has done bj ; but the fact ia , you are a very troublesome persen . Mr . Henry—Mr . Mursell , persons in your situation oui , lit to act kindly to those poor persons . Depend upon it , by treating them with kindness you will acquire much more than by harsh treatment . You sh"uld also make some allowance for persans in a state of illness like the applicant , and not tike offence at what they may utter while labouring under affliction of body and mind .
The applicant said , all she wanted was to be moved to tha aiek ward , and to be allowed tea or something else to drink besides water-gruel , which Mrs . Mursell had toM her was quite good enough for her , and better than she could get in htr own country . Mursell here laughed aloud , upon which Mr . Henry told him such conduct was anything but decorous , and that he ( Mr . Henry ) did not sae anything in the matter to laugh at Tiie poor wom : iu was very ill , and he must say there was some ground for her comt-iaint , Mr . Mursell begged pardon , but said he could nothelp laughing at such a charge ma
The poor woman poured forth a thousaid blessings on his worship , and waa told to go back tc the house again . Mursell , when about to leave the court , said , h « was sorry his time should have been so taken up \ upon which Mr . Henry expressed some surprise at such conduct , telling him if ha feai not attended he should have written to the Poor Law Commissioners on the subject
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THE LATE STORM LOSS OF LIVES OFF THE COAST . From the various accounts received from different parts of the kingdom we regret to state that the storm which visited the metropolis on Wednesday night , and the hurricane of tbe following day , have been felt throughout tbe kingdom , particularly alosg the coast , and have bean attended with the loss of a vast deal of property , besides human life . During the whole of Wednesday and Thursday tho wind blew a gale from the W . S . W . to 8 . W ., which did considerable damage
amongst the shipping on the Eastern oast , several having their whole suits of sails , rigging , anchors , and cables carried away , and were obliged to pat back in the Yarmouth Roads , Margate , and Harwich , being unable from the damage sustained to proceed on their destination . Off Melford , on Thursday , Captain Rees , of the Fair Hope , of Aberavon , passed a smack onshore ia Ramsey Sound , and a schooner on the rocks of Shorn er Island , both deserted ; and also the mast and part of the hull of a smack , N . E . of the North Bishop , which is supposed to have foundered , and the crew perished .
So violent was the gale that the Pteenix coaating vessel , belonging to Cotton ' s-whaTf , while off Folkestone , lost one of her men of the name of John Button . The poor fellow was reefing the mainsail , when he was blown over and lost , the mate nearly experiencing the same fate , he being washed overboard , and saved with considerable difficulty . Between tbe night of the 8 th and the morning of the 9 th the Halcyon , loaded with salt , from . Glocester , v ? as -wrecked on the weBt end of the Gore Sands , and tha whole of the crew , supposed to be nine in number , met with a watery grave . In tho course of the day two of the bodies were picked up on Blenheim Strand .
On the Welsh coast tha loss of life has been considerable . The Mijford- packet lost a man of the name of Williams , a native of St . Divid ' s , Pembrokeshire , whea the vessel was about four miles west of the Smalls . In consequence of the terrific violence of the gale , the poor fellow was blown from the crosstrees , and although several spars and ropus were thrown out , these exertions were ineffectual . From the state of the sea , arising from the fury of the gale , it was found impossibie to lower tha boat ; within a few miuutes : after the accident the poor fellow disappeared . Off Cardiff , tbe De Eat era ing , bound from Amsterdam , had a Beaman washed overboard ; and at Madoc , the following melancholy event occurred :-- In tke morning of the 8 th a boat left the port , containing three young lads , amongst them was the son of Mr . Rees Jones , for the purpose of
mackerel fishing , in which the party were very successful , havii g , in the course of two hours , loaded tkeir boat . On returning with the boat a sudden t > quall arose , which caught tbe boat and turned her over . Assistance immediately put off , but only two of the youths were saved—the son of Air . Jones met a watery grave ; the other two were completely exhausted when rescued from their perilous situation . Along the Scotch coast the same calamitous results took place , a number of vessels were damaged ; and at Budo a large vessel laden with grain was wrecked near Sharp ' s Nose , and with one exception the whole of the crew were lost ; the poor fellow who was washed ashore was in so exhausted a condition as to be unable at tha time to give any information as to the name oE the vessel or number of the crew .
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Mr . Hewitt , Mr . Wiutty , and the men under their command exerted themselves with all the daring and skill for which they have become celebrated , in order to arrest the progress of tha deatruetiw element ; but it nevertheless gradually descended fnto the lawer apartments , and began to assume a terrifle , though magnificent aspect Men were briefly employed in emptying the atorea to those roona to whleb the flames had not penetrated , and a good deal of eotton and other articles were gat out , and deposited to an adjoining street . Whilst engaged in this work , some of the briota forming toe arch at the uppermost doorway fell down upon © ne of the poor and toMtog labourers , who waff crushed to the earth , apparently lifeless . He -was quickly taken np by some of hta companions , and , though severely braised and crushed about the lower part of the body , his head escaped with a alight contusion , and he is , yre believe , not fatally infmred .
The roef of the warehouse fell in about half-past eight o ' clock , and from that time the prospect of saving the lower part of the building seemed almost hopeless . The fire police , however , monnted on tall ladders to tbe upper doors and windows , and directed the hose of tha various engines to those parts where tbe conflagratiM wa * the fiercest . The vast mass or water thus steadily directed upon the Mazing pile seemed at one time ( sbout ten o ' clock ) to be slowly obtaining the mastery over the fiery element , and a confident expectation was entertained that it woald be prevented from progressing below the third or fourth story . At one time the mass of Same emitted from the glowing pile extended nearly acroas Oaltonstreet , and some fear was entertained for the safety of one or two of the houses on the southern side ol the street A report , in fact was circulated that one house had actually taken fire ; but this was not correct The
sheet or wane of flame speedily became contracted in volume , and all fear of the southern side of Galtonstreet was at an end . The inhabitants of the houses on the north aide of Galttn-atraets , adjoining the burning warehouse , naturally became soon alarmed , and removed the whole of their effects . In the midst of the awful and solemnly Imposing scene , a circumstance of an almost ludicrous character took place . A considerable quantity of the half consumed coffee was ejected into the street ; the heated water thrown back from the glowing walls of the fliming interior , pouted into the channels , and , carrying with it the wasted coffee and quantities of melted sugar formed a beverage which some portion of the vast crowd of spectators were eagerly employed in scooping up in the hollow of their hands , and drinking . — Liverpool Times .
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PERSECUTION OF MR . JOHN DUNCANAN APPEAL HO THE PEOPLE OP" BRITAI 3 K BROSH'ERS an » Sisuers —We adopt this method of appealing to your sympathies , and love cf justice , and fixing your attention upon a most important case , in tbe hope that your desire to protect the innocent and defend the good , will operate so strongly upon your minds tbat you will b % induced , from tbe purest motives , to sacrifice self-comfort * in order to save a friend . Many of you are already aware of the fact , that that man and patriot , John Duncan , has been arrested by the authorities of Dundee ; that he has been confined eleven days iu gaol ere he was permitted to get out upon bail . He is charged with offences which we not only believe , but from a thorough knowledge of all the circumstances , are prepared to prove that he is altogether and entirely innocent of .
At the three meetings of the unemployed , held on the Magdalen Green , at which Mr . Duncan spofce—we maintain tbat he m > v « r condescended to appeal to the passions of mankind , but addressed himself altogether to the intellectual faculties of the people ; he advised them to crucify every passion , and to let reason and mind only rule . By arguments plain , but pointed , he reprobated all wars and tumults—taught tbe duties of the ruled as well as of the rulers—showed the majesty and power of the law—the rights of propevly—tho sacredneas of human life—vindicated the character of the Dundee magistrates from charges made against them . He advised the people to consult the proper authorities as to the legality of any step , before they ventured to take that step ; and by aU the tender ties of children and parents , and the holy and sacred spirit of tbe Christian religion , he appealed to all to be-w-i&e , prudent , cautious , sober , temperate , while energetically persevering for the attainment of their rights .
Brothers and Sisters , —We assure you the above is the true and real spirit which breathed in all Mr . Duncan said at these meetings ; and it is acknowledged by all , except — , that he acted a wise and
a prudent part at these meetings . The spirit and disposition ot the people themselves is clearly proved from the fact , that after all the noise that haB been made about riets and such like , we are not aware of a single pane of glass having being broken by them in Dundee . We have facts which we could detail , tbat would prove that the success attending Mr . Duncan ' s labours as a ChriBtiau teacher is at the bottom of much of-his persecution . These we will make known at the proper time . Brothers and Sisters , —Shall the innocent be left undefended—shall the shepherd be torn from his flockshall our church doors be bolted—bhall our Christian union bo broken up—shall the voice of him . who haa
proved himself a practical Christian be made muteshall bis person be confined in tbe cold and louelycellshall virtue and truth be treated liko f « Iony aad crime , and we be heedless ?—No . ' it shall not b « ; we love him as we love ourselves , and shall prove it by our works . Wo shall do our duty . Friends and countrymen , we claim your assistance to provide for him the most eminent Counsel at the Scottish bar . Scotland now makes her first appeal . Englishmen , Irishmen , Welshmen , listen to her call , lend us your aid , contribute your mites , that we may be able to bring forw . ird a powerful array of witnesses and able council , to prove the real character , and secure the liberty of our common friend , John Duncan .
A few weeks will bring round the day of trialhasten then—send your communications and contributions to Robert Lindsay , secretary , Jackson ' s Land , Scouringburn ; or , to Kobtrt Kidd , No . 7 , Wellgate , Dundee , treasurer . Signed in [ name of the Christian Chartist Congregation , Robert Kidd , Isaac Peterkin . Robert Liksay , &c .
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On monday morning the body of a well-dressed woman , with several rings on ^ fe # ! &X ¥ M 2 . out of tbo river , off Cuokold ' B ? £ fcl ) , 0 < $ l&PC& and conveyed to the dca 4-boufgT ^ vv j ^ - . i ^^ x /* ^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 17, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct771/page/7/
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