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DESTITUTIONIIS THS METBOPOLIS . - Darin ? the last few dBys , though the weather has been mild , there have been as many as 300 men , women , sni children admitted into the Refuge for tie Destitute , Plsyfconse-yard ; there having been since the opening , last Monday week , 6 A 2 provided wiih nightly lodging , and who also have givaa to them a slice of tread nisfct aad morning . There will bo no more than S 00 allowed admission , antil the cold we&ther sets in , for Jeai of fever , which happened last year from too many beinz conerecated together .
BOBBOSS OP PBOSTJTET 1 OS IS THS METEOPOLIS . It would be well for the foreign Bympthisera who indulge in feinting fits and torrents of tears over the igaarasce and barbarism of the inhabitants of the Antipodes , to turn their eyea homewards btfoie they loot abroad for objects of compassion . If the young and the more mature female saints who crowd Exeter-Hall , to hear impassioned addresses , and open their parsestrings in behalf of the wild s 3 Y 2 £ es of the South Sea islands , of the back woods of America , and of the deserts of Africa , -would confine their charity to borne , Sad pemsB ths lamentable catalogue of human misery , and consequent "rice and crime which the metropolis presents , they would find truly deserving orjects upon ¦ whom they could beneficially exercise the best qualities
and energies of their heads and hearts , by securing the temporal and eternal welfare of their own flesh anil blood . Of all the objects which this doleful catalogue of human woes presents , the most heart-stirring , are the . -wrercbed fallen daughters of Eva "Who are , COHVpfcUeti to ^ sacrifice the honour and ^ i ^ nity of their Etx , that they may procure the commonest necessaries of life . In the metropolis , it is calculated that ; there are SS . 000 of this unfortunate class . In j one hospital there were admitted , in a short space of j time , 2 , 700 female children of the tender age of nine , '< ten , eleven , and twelve , and forty of the age of fourteen , all affected by the foul , slow , but certain consuming disease that follows the life of prostitution . Dr . Taifc , in his report of one of those hospitals ,
established for the reception of female outcasts , states , that of 1 . 060 tiiETB were 670 under twenty years of age . And tha po-iieo returnsicamnierales o . OOObonsestenanted by unfortunate females . In Great Titchfl = dd-s » xeei , c « rb » t ia the Society for the Protection of Vice doing ?> there ia -a Bouse , with a Tegular establishment , into which unsuspecting females are entrapped , under tke pretext of being engaged at some industrious calling . These poor creatures , quickly initiated into crime , and led from one vice to another , are , by decrees , ecgulphed ¦ within a vortex of infamy , from which tc&y only escape w £ en , being found unprofitable , they are driven upon toe streets by their inhmarn employers . Sa systematically is vies followea up and prostitution encouraged in tills den , thst there is attached to it a regular agent , ¦
whose sols and only duty is to procure victims , in search of whom he scours Germany , Holland , Spain , and Portugal- A keeper of one of these infamous booses , to avaid prosecution , "went to Boulogne a short time a ? o , carrying with her £ 30 ^ —the fruits of her brutal traffic for ten years . It is even calculated that in this country £$ . 000 , 000 is annually expended in preff gaey , debauchery , and prostitution . Amongst the ¦ wretched female outcasts who thus gain their livelihood at the expense cf their honour , there is a largejaumber of dressmakers asd needlewomen , who , working from an early Jxmx in the morning to late at night for eightpaice asd tsupence s day , are umble to maintain themselves by scch industry , and are , therefore , compelled to wa ; k the streets at night , in search of the means to support and clothe their jaded and worn-out framas . Can tiie wealthy , Bible-reading females of Encland
think of expending their charity and benevolence in distant Izn ; s , upon Thugs , Hottent « ts , Ganibals , and Savages , wben so mnch misery , depravity , and vice are to be mtt with in their own land and at their very doors ? If they ire interested in the dignity i . f their Kpeciss , and have an sjcect wish to rescue their own Bex from tte lowest depth of degradation and infamy , let them but visit the purlieus of St . Giles ' s , or the back streets of Wbitecharx-l . the Borough , and Westminster , "Where theywill find o ^ jectsinnnmerarteof the above class , "Whose wretched , deprived , and outcast condition cannot fail of exciting the * ompassion of every trne Christian and every truly benevolent and kind-hearted philanthropist . Eigaty thousand females receiviuc the wages and eating the bread of sin and death ? There i 8 a sul ject for the Saiuts of Exeter Hall to contemplate I There is an object 'worthy of their sympathy , their compassion , and their benevolence !
DBEADFTX STATE OF THE P : 0 K IS D 0 S 5 EXSHIB . E-( From the Times of Xcr , 2 Zrd . J There has been some hot discussion in the Dorsetshire county papers , arising ont of the insufficient rate of waiies paid to the labourers i = certain districts , and brought forward by Mr . Brinnsley Sheridan when presiding as chairman at the West DorstS Agricultural Meeting . Attempts to refute tns facts have beei met by strong corroborative evidence o ? " thjdr truth ; and though the spirit of irritation asdopposhion unaccountably roosed in some quarters . may appear dishearttnins , yet , on tfae whole the dispute has bad a salutary tff-et , inasmuch as it has tended to the fnrther publicity of the charges ; to which publicity we confidently trust for amend aunt . It is every man ' s business to aid his
fellow man whenever he shall see oecsion to do so . Gad lias solinked and interwoven the destinies of the rich and pooi , tile "wise and foolish , the 'weak and strong ; that bo man , 1 st ci&ss of men , can stand apart at > d proclaim themselves Independent cf the lest . It is impossible for any one not morally blind to deny that there is something frightful sad peculiar in the present mutual position of thsTichand poor in England . The" lower classes are " becoming opponents instead of depeneat "; the cord is "worn threadbare , almost to breaking , which bound the two orders kindly together ; thB poor man no longer believes that industry and submission on his own part will guarantee protection and relirf on the other ; be is X&TJiiiS locsicz all confidence in the good--will of his
superiors towards him . We r-peat , that in a great measure this loss of confiiienca proceeds from errors in the administration of the New Poor Law , and from faults in its onstTCction . The R ^ v . Frederick Rooke , clergyman of the parish of Hampisham , has come publicly furwud , and briefly ana frankly cmfiiUKd the reports of the hardship existing in his own district , in a letter addresssd to the editor of the Dorset Counly Outride . - ia tfefe spirit , the Rev . Charles BingLam has pubn * he < l a letter , which we quote from " the Yeevil Hercury , tbe tone and temper cf which do honour alike : to bis own fteiings , and the sacred profession to which he belongs . Mr . Brnchani says , alluding to the contra dictions we have referred to : —
" It is by no means my desire or intention to degrade this very important inquiry into a matter of mere controversy or personality . 1 do rejoice from my heart that it is se- on loot . That Ultra may be cases er ? o bere , an exposure of winch might lead to beneficial results , it is no part of my present purpose either to affirm or to deny ; but I do tfirm that the treatment of the p-x > r by the farmers , the rate of wages , and their condition in general , is notoriously better here than in SOECe parts of the vale ; and that , if any snch cases be discovered as even Mr . Lane-admite to exist atB 3 tcombe —namUy , 1 st , that from four to five shillings a week ft"g been paid to a man on trip roads ; or , Sndly , tiat six shillings a week has btea £ fcon 2 ht sufficient tor the exister . ee of a man , hiB wifa and two children ; or 3 dly , that a ~ omai > , with two adnlr daughters , and a son of twesij-cne , sre sleeping if not in the same bed at least in Hie . sum emaV room—I BiEtiee myseif . and I am sure J
may aid the farmers of the paTisb , te use our exertions to remove them . P ^ rhar-s , 38 the whole subject seems now to be fairly launched before the public , I may be allowed to ev 3 soiErthiDg of the Hill-field poor-honsta . Xhonzh I fead lens inown snd J 3 inented the existence of thisnalssceeit -s-as brought beforemyattenti *> n more particularly by my friend and curate the Rev . H . P . Hope , in a request last "winter to join in a subscription for giving Hie cottages a coat ff thatch , and doing some other trifling rrpaira . On thst occasion I paid them a visit in company wjthhim ; and , tfcongh J icas riot unwilling to assist in making them , as far as might be , habitable , 1 sUll deemed it io bt my duly to enter a solemn protest ojaiitsl iiixir being considered capab'eof such repair as &ovld r& < der ihcmjil habitations for human beings at all —or , at any rate , for bo many , and such large families , as thsy coaiBined . Here , then , Sir , J maintain there is
a wro ^ g . M ost of tie farmers I believe to be very pooi tfefcnis ^ -fcE , : ui £ * any erteusivc plan of amelioration ¦ Would be ins Ifeyocd titeir m-Jins ; but 5 UT 6 I atllj mat wLtthir _ lic OT i , OT the landowners , cr the law - . tscf . be in f-ult , we onght net to allow dartness to c- ^ ess ! saeh 35 = a = 3 of . wrfcicheai : e £ 3 aa this , fcure x - ^ m , uat ^ fegjrl ( £ 1 ^ tt to ^ ma / Ae srjmetche re to p ? cu < : t Hit igricaltnral lal > onrfcr from the degradatiofeB **™! « SK * = qaent uponlae fifth and poverty and jmm ^ Tsi ttnafcney of s ^ Ulto ^^ and dilapidated * fT - \ ^ «« . Sir , tfctt TK are but nakfag » moS fttlusmab ^ Ut right to adaeeat nrinteffl ^ cB Tipra ^^^^ jstr ^ ssssK s ^ s-rt a ^^ s&S than te umon-housc from tie miseries to which he is exposed . "
What these miseries ara ta the gross may be gathered from the admission of ilr . Binztam himself that he " deem&i it bis duty to enter a s ^ -eara protest against the shelter provided being cor ^ idered fit for human habitation ] " What the raisfcries are in detail , art explained in the recapitulation of instanccB given i > j Mr . Sheridsa in Ms anBWcr to the eharge of a aggets ^ onz — " James and 22 i ? z 3 Qundry , living in one of the f oai cottages called the poor-honsa The greater part of the "Windows are broken and filled up with raga to keep t ^ ft rain and wind onL There is a very small room below , which has onee been paved , but is now in a most dilapidated state ; the room above is of the same msA , "sith no possibility of keeping ont the rain which beats through in diSWrent places . « They fcave four thiJOMD , SUti the illEisati only receives six shillings per week , and oul ofihis Qiey har-e to pay - poor-rates . In rough ireaiher the tccrnan io ' . d me a candle cou'd not be lsepi ulighi in the room . " In tins ntxt c-jitsge hie r ^ . cs . £ Qd JL Zivsti r ^ mptoD , tb ^ fonutr eighty Eix jfars
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of a ^ e . They receive from tbe parish-2 s . 6 d-, and three I ' oaves per twefc . There is a small garden attached to j the cottage , but they have so potato land and -are to buy fuel- The woman sometimes obtains a little work , and that a portion of iheir miserable pillanoe is taken j array . The room , both above and below , is is a most j dilapidated state , and the rain beating through on every ' side ; the floor is of mud and stones , and filthy in tbe extreme ; what window there is to the cottage is boarded to protect the inmates from the weather ; a more wrelt&ed hovel there cannot be conceived . I saw a lad of eighteen in the room , who told me he was out of work , and had been W > for three weeks : he depended on his motfierfor food . Father , mother , and son sleep in tbe same room . In the ruxt cottace resicleB Jane
Qnndry with her three brothers . This is also in the mo 8 t disgraceful state : the floor is of mud , worn by time , and tha rain beating in . The room on the ground floor is not , I should think , tweive feet iqviare , which is the size of the bed-room above , in which Eliza Gandry and her three brothers are compelled to Bleep . The eldest , who is thirty years of age , only receives , I was told , 2 s . per week and his meals ; the second , aged twenty-two , has 5 s . per week ; the third is out of work , and has not been able to procure any since haymaking . The sister told me he had a bad leg , which be was obliged to poultice , and for this purpose he had been allowed two loavea . but no other allowance does be receive from tbe parish . Tbe next cottage 3 s OCCUpk-d by Anni Warr , whose bnsband iB a hurdler . He
is enabled to earn betteT wages than the reBt , but the cottage , if not worse , is quite as bad as the rest There 13 but one small room Bbove , which is only to be reached by a kind of ladder . In this » he and her husband and five children sleep . The rain penetrates through several parts of the ceiling , and runs down upon the beds . The room below is much in the same s-tate . I observed the fl ? or at the doorway was filled with old straw and rubbish , which Anna Warr told mo was placed there to fill up great holes in tbe mud fLor , and to prevent the rain running further into the room . By the side of the fire on a hard bench in this wretched hovel was lying one of the children sick with the measles ; tbe poor woman bad another in her arms , who , she said , was about to buve the disease also . "
Mr . Sheridan adds a sentence , in wfeich we heartily concur , viz .. — " You will nsfe , perhaps , what end I propose to myself by exposing these cases of destitution and suffering ? I answer , that this pnblic opinion wili be brought to bear on the condition of xhe labourer in this countymen will be induced to eive tbe snhject their consideration who never thought of it before—cottars Will be examined wcich before w *> re scarcely visited—the matter will be discussed—Yestriea wili be called , as there have been at Batcombe , to inquire into the charges against their parish—endeavours will be made to refnte them—they nny possibly discover triflng errors , but every case that J have or shall produce will os found substantial , ' y conecL These are the objects 1 have in view—the exposure of injustice and hard treatment of the poor . "
And these are tbe objects in which al \ Tight-minded mrn will be ready to give their assistance . "Let men of all parties , instead of disputing as to where tbe imputation of bbins should rest , unite to remove the evil , and the blame will die away of itself . AN ENGLISHWOMAN " STEALING" BREAD
FOR HER CHILDREN . EIGHTEOCS JUDGMENT OF 1 I 1 E HULL MAGISTRATES . Tester ^ ay , in the Poiics Court , before the sitting magistrates , Messrs . Raikes and Palmer , a clean-looking middl&-sgfcd woman , far advanced in pregnancy , named Elizabeth Collins , was charged with stealing a loaf from the Hull Workhouse . Mr . Moxon , Clerk to tbe Guardians , said—Yesterday , about three or four o'clock , this woman came with four children for relief ; in coa « -quence of the relitvina officer being out of the way , J lo'd her the must trait 1 subst < juent y vent to dinner . When I was gone , 1 unde - stand the woman , without asy hesitation , stretched out her arm and took one of tbe loaves . By the Magistrates—Tne window was a sash window , and she had thrown it up to take the loaf .
Coiten , the > Ia * ter of the Vagrant-office , and an old resident in the Workhouse , drposed to the woman taking tbe l 03 f ; he said she immediately divided it among her children , who at once commenced eating it . Colton produced tbe remain a of tbe loaf , and paid that , when be took the -woman into tbe Station-bousr , she said she -would do it apuin sooner than see her children SUU-TA . The prisoner , who cried very bitterly , said a man in his shirt-sle 6 ves save her tbe loaf . Mr . C- West , Governor of the Poor—How long would it have been befo : e the relieving officer returned ? Mr . Maon—About sia o ' c ' oci-. Mr . West—That was a Very long time for the woman to wait , if her children wanted bread . Mr . Rilkes—You cannot be sui-prised a ! a hungry woman triihfour starring chiidrrn tukinga loaf .
Prisoner—1 waited from ttre re o ' c ' ock at noon / or relief ; the children icere crying for bread and I < juve Diem it They turned me out once ; and this < , ent ' eman , ( pointing to Mr . Moxcn ) told me to go trhere I came Jrom , Aftd how could J do that . The police-inspector here saw me and my children late the night before , lying On the Cold StOtltS . and he took me t > - > th « Station-house ; 1 was brought here yesterday , and their wotshipi * tnt me to the Cnarity-haU . We had not had above a bile or ttcofor two or three days before . Mr . Ayre said it was correct that the woman bad bsen sent to the Workhouse at twelve o ' clock the previous day . Mi . West—We are very much troubled with people who are travelling about begging . I Bhould think we have not less than thirty a day . Mr , Palmer—People cannot , on that account , be allowed to starve .
Mr . West—No , Sir ; but we have plenty of our own poor , asd they should stay at home . Mr . Riifces^—I think it is extremely hard—upon the children especially . Mr . West—There are so many people going begging abent the country . Mr . primer—i am sure this woman looks like acythink bora tnmping bt-gg ^ r . Prisoner—No , your honour , I am no beggar : I never did btg ; I cannot Mr . West—It is no wish of ours to punish tbe woman . Mr . Palmer—If you or J had four children starving , I ihirJc it is ct-ry like-y -we should have done the same , If bread is to bt given , let it be given at once , and not hunger the poor xrreidies past er-durance . Do you expect to be confired soon , my woman ?
Prisoner—Yes , Sir . I have a pair of shoes and a shswi in pawn ; give me them and I'll leave the town ; it is btUer J should be taken in labour on the road than in these cold itretis Mr . PAmm—Where ' B your husband ? Prisoner—1 do not know , Sir . Mr . West—1 don't think , Sir , she is so far advanced in pregnancy as she appears . "Very likely her husband is Within a few miles . We Will relieve her , and ehe can tfceD go out of the town . The woman , it appeared , had come from the North of England . Mr . Palmer— I have no doubt tbere are thousands of beggars tramping abont , but this woman really does not look like one . Mr , M'Manus—This is terrible weather for her to leave the town . Mr . Raites—It is ; she cannot go to-day . 2 &i , Mcxon Baid he had Ebt attended to the woman , because he really had no time to do so .
Mr . West—Mr . Moxon is only doing his duty in bringing the case here . Mr . Palmer—We are not finding fault With Mr , Moxon for doing so ; but I ihink the woman might have had bread given to her sooner ; she teas eriitted to have bread . You would not have her and her children die Starving in the street . Mr . west—oh , certainly not ; she ¦ would have had bread given to her . Mr . Moxon—Undoubtedly ; as soon as the officer came she would have been relieved .
Sir . Raikes^—I cannollookal it in the light of a felony she only anticipated what she would otherwise hare hud to toait sir hours for . Mr . Palmer—What would yon suggest , Mr . West ? Mr . West—I shall be gl » 4 if you will liberate her . Mr . Koikes—We cannot punish her . Mr . P-ilmsr^—Most certainly not ; nor for the saks of humanity tan we turn her out of the town penniless , and in her present condition . Mr . West—We will give her something . Mr . Moxon—We will take her into the vagrant office to-day . Mr . Palmer—A na ~ v&at to-morrow 1 Mr . West—We will see that she is property relieved . The Magistrates , after expressing a hope that tbe woman an >* her children would be properly cared for , allowed her to be taken to the vagrant office .
D 1 STKE 55 ISG CA 5 X . CLEKKE ^ TVELL . —On Friday , a ^ onng man , aged twenty , dressed in threadbare black garments , and and
having a b ^ gard care-worn lot * applied ! for ; . ^„ ^ £ ^ , ^ ^ assistance stating that his name was Charles ^ Seafont , neighbourhood , whew it was the general opinion that ££ K a * m r ? * *? W - « ' * V ? " ? , ° his child was Ulemtiy started to delih . fr ^ rnn ^ f ^ ^ ^ £ ° ^ l ^ \ S' »*• Brought ^ desired the Berjeant to proceed at T ^ TSl ivS ?""* «« * £ »¦* & Jje ffiS ?? ' oncetoMr . 'Bpmeld and aommunicate bis wishes cJlw ^ w ^^ f **?? f ? ' IT *^ ? SXr ***** * ndlf * aald either be taken into the work-SKfrtUv ^ ? r ° ; nded for . Appli can t then left - the be allowed sufficient out-door refer to moot SendedLTechur 5 f T , ° ' ? ^ f /^ the urgency of the case . Heahould , in the meantime , ^^ T ^ S ^^^ L ^ 2 r ^ \ parsoN — — fc » arrival here , about a month ago , he had done all he While such horrible cases as the above form daily :
° * m ° obsain employment of some sort , but failed- themes for thereporters of tbe London press ; while and all his money being spent be waa obliged to go to ] da ^ titutlon in ito moat awful shape is scouring the w « i * enwell workhouse , where he slept several nights , agri cultural districts ; and while despite " revived rittot i / m ? ^ e 'workhease last , some ol the autho- ' trade- " and the return of " prosperity , " the manubeinl d r ™ . * would . not be admitted any more , and ' factnrin ^ masses are as low sunk as ever in the aloueh Mn 7 f ™? * ^ re 8 onr ce . he had nothing to save i of misery ; " while all this is going on and as a matter of mm irom extreme destitution but the humanity of the course our ^ oIb are crammed with the victims of this did nof know ww ff 1116 reIat " ^ London , but ; horrible state of society ; the wrecthed Inmates of those sip ws »^« ¦ resid ed > Mn ocway CaveJgaels are b ^ S murdered-iORTVnitD TO death by S SS ; « . . the crnel discipline and horrible treatment to which nponcan' Mi SvS ^« dil 6 ctor 7 ' ^ told the they are subjected Within the last few days twe of Mr ^ omrl Wblf ^ r , the etched beis ? a confined in the Millbank Peni-. ui . wmne .- Mia ; sort of employment have you tentiary , have died / rom the effects of the pestilential soas&tinl . oaaoii . ' air and horrible discipline of that murderous den .
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Applicant—literary employment , Sir . I have applied at all the newspaper offices , bat I could not get anything to do . At length I would have been willing te enlist in the metropolitan police . Mr . Combe—Where did you sleep last ? The applicant replied in a coffee-house , near Oxfordstreet . They would not keep him in the workhouse , as be did not like to return to Ireland , where he feared his prospects would not be better than they were here . He declared in an earnest manner that he was very hungry , as he had not tasted any sort of food since the morning of tbe previous day . ( The poor fellow ' s looks conSrmedthe assertien ) . T e clerk humanely suggested that he should have some food immediately .
Mr . Combe said the applicant ' s story was a distressing one , but of its truth he bad no proof ; and before he should feel justified in ^ airing any considerable advance from the poor-box he must have , some confirmation of the statements made by him . The applicant said the master of the Clerkenwell workfeouse would , he felt confident , speak favourably of his conduct whilst there . The worthy magistrate directed that the applicant , should have some food at once , and that one of tbe officers of the court should accompany him to the workhouse , and obtain a bed there for him . On the following day inquiries should be made concerning him .
On Monday , General Evans waited upon Mr . Greenwood tbe sitting magistrate for the day , in reference to the above case . From this visit it transpired that Mr . Otway Cave , denied the statement made by Seafont Mr . Cave stating that " he has no relation of that name , and is utterly unacquainted with the individual in question or bis family '' Mr . Greenwood took occasion to observe that tbe poor-box of the Court ¦ was very deficient in funds . With the t xception of £ b forwarded there on the previous day * they had not received a donation for a long
time . The district over which that court had jurisdiction included as wretched-a population as any in London , —Field-lane , St . Giles ' s , Siffron-hill , and that miserable "district verging on the city in tbe neighbourhood of Smithfield . Then Kingsland and its neighbourhood , in another direction . From all these places many deotituta , and some deserving objects came . A jjreat deal of money , he observed had been showered jjito Bome of tbe other poliee-courta , whilst , with tbe * xception ot tke donation already alluded to , they bud received nothing , although there would be so mucb need for it .
" irsGilATlTUDE \ U OF THE POOR . Thames Police—Five shillings were recaived on Saturday , for the poor woman Anne Lyall , in addition to which Mr . Broderip yesterday acknowledged the receipt of " 12 s . 6 d . for the same purpose from General B . and Mrs . C . B-. tracamitted from Wapping by J . Elms , and an acknowledgement requested in tbe Times . Admiral Sir E . Codrington forwarded £ l for the poor-box . The cases of distress developed at this court a . re very numerous , and make a continuous drain upon the pourbox . On Monday , a poor woman named Jemima Wells , wbo has only just recovered from slow typhus fever , came to return thanks to Mr . Broderip for pecuniary and other assistance , rendered nt a very trying period . About six weeks since , the poor woman wa 3 procuring
a living for herself and three orphan children , as a laundress , aided by her eldest son , a vtry meritorious lad , who regularly handed her over almost all his liui > » earnings , when typhus made its appearance araongsi them , and ran through the -whole of ber children . At length ehe was herself attacked , and tbwi source of subsistence being thus stoppad , they were compelled to sell and pawn what little necessaries they hail in the iffiirt to wo > k through . Fortunately tho case reached tbe ears of tbe chief usher of tbis court , who , with prompt bumanity , rendered what assistance be could afford , and immediately laid the case before Mr . Broderip , wbo directed that instant relitf should be afforded . The poor woman immediately on ber recovery came to thank tbe magistrate not only for the bounty bestowed , but al-o fur the manner in which it had bten dispensed by the usher .
Mr . Broderip directed the usher to see ttwt the wants of the family Kere provided for until she could resume he usual employment
A HUMANE PROSECUTOR . A very painful case , which excited a considerable degree of sympathy in the court , came on in the ceurse of r he day . ' Benjamin Green , a jonrneyman bafter , was charged hy bis employer , Amos Chilver , who resides at John-street , Cross-street , i ? t . Georce ' s-in-the-East , with having attcnipted to steal four quarUrn loaves . The pri * oi . er , a moat miserable-looking creature , appeared stunned at the position in which be found himself placed , and the prosecutor had scarcely been sworn , when it became evident that he would 1 or « a whi > l » batch of bread rather than proceed with the charge .
It appeared that at a quarter to seven o ' clock yesterday mon . ine , tbe prnsicutor , having some previous caus cf suspicion , went down into the bakehouse , and found » hat tbe prisoner , who had buen twelve m nths in bis employment , had tho / mr luaves tied up in a bantlktTch'ef , ready to be taken away . " But , your worship , " continued the humane prosecutor , and tbo te \ rB chased one another down his cheeks 88 be upoke , "he'is a marreil man , wilh four children , and i don't wish to prosecute him : O I Sir , I don't wish to follow it up , " This touch of genuine humanity had an electric effect . The prisoner burst into tears , and every heart in the court was touched with sympathy . Mr . Brorierip , afttr landine tbe humanity of tbe kind hearted bsker , discharged the prisoner , who left the dock deeply affected .
jM'PALLI . NG CASE OF DESTITUTION . Worship-street . Monday . —immediately after the Court met , Serjeant Alderman , of tbe U division , attended before Mr . Broughton , accompanied by a wretched , half-starved-looking man , named Robert Sidcrave , whose distressing coxe bad betn brought under his notice . The Serjeant stated that information luring reached him that a child , lteo years o ! d , had died from stanxition , at a cheap lodging-huuse in Wentworth- » treet , Whitechapel , he proceeded thither on Saturday morning , to ascertain whether there was any truth in the statement . On reaching tke house , he was shewn into a miserable apartment on the first floor , where he found the wife of the man Sidgrave , with three young children , one of
whom was lying dead , aa had been represented . An old cloth had been thrown over the dead child , which the mother removed , thereby exposing the body , which was in a complete state of nudity , and its skeleton appearance fully bore out the poor woman ' s statement that it died from actual starvation . There was not a moTsei of food in the place , and he felt satisfied , from the emaciated frame and feeble moaning cries of one of tbe other children , tbat it was also in a dying state . He soon afterwards saw the father of the children , and on asking him -whether he had applied to ibe parish for assistance , he said that he had , but no relief had been given to him for nearly a fortnight , when he received 5 s . from Attrell , the
relieving ( fflcer , who at the same time intimated that it would bo useless to apply again , as nothing more won . 'd be done for him . In consequence of the man ' s statement be : ( the sergeant ) repaired to the residence of Mr . Brusbfield , the overseer of SpitalSelds , wbo , on bfeing apprised of the facts , immediately sent , a note to Attrell , directiri ? him to sive prompt attention to the case . In compliance with the order a small quantity of food was Buppliud to the poor people on Saturday night , but on going to the house that morning be found that nothing further had been done , and as the trifling relief they had received was completely exhausted , he thought it necessary to represent the case to the magistrate .
Mr . Broughton asked tbe sergeant what amount of relief was granted on Saturday to the distressed | q . mily ? Sergeant Alderman said that all they received was a loaf of bread , an ounce of tea , half a pound of sugar , andapound of oatmeal . The poor maa was then called into the witness-box , and in answer to the magistrate's questions , he said that be belonged to Preston in Lancashire , and was a carpenter by trade , but being thrown out of work , he came up to London about four months ago in the hope of bettering hiB condition . After spending a fortnight in ' fruitless attempts to procure employment , he was . attacked with f * ver and was laid up for several weeks .
— - — £ Soon after bis recovery be went to Attrell and begged relief for himself and family , as they were perishing ' from -want ; but all be got was 5 s ., with an intimation thai if he made another application he would- be given ' into custody . A few days afterwards he went ont and j endeavoured to pick up a trifle by hawking lucifer matches , when he accidentally met Attrett in Whitechape ] , who Jold him that he had known him for years as a common cadger , and if be again caught him begging about the streets , he tcould have him sent to prison for three moriihs . Serjaant Alderman said that be had made the , strictest inquiries into the case , and found that the man had only been in London about four months . A good ;
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Another wretched man baa been murdered in that horrid hell , Coldbath Fields prison . As a specimen of the treatment in this ikquisition , take tbe following evidence of one of the feitaw-sufferers of the victim , examined on the ' inquest ' : — " David Williams , aged 29 , was well and hearty when he entered the prison in May , but about July last , he was very ill , and went to the snrgeon for advice . Witness heard Allen , the infirmary warder , say there was nothing : the matter with him , adding that be should
report him to the governor for trying to evade labour . He was taken before tbe governor and placed in the dark cell . Witness bad heard the governor direct tbe turnkey to keep a fchaip look out after tbe prisoner . He got worse and worse , and could not eat his victuals , and during the laBt week of his confinement he a > ked permission of the surgeon to keep uff the wheel—permission teas not granted . On coming out , the bones were literally protruding through . Ms skin , and fie ICOS Obliged to have a pillow to sit upon . ' *
And the Jury returned a verdict— " That the deceased died of inflammation in the throat , which he was less able to bear up against ) from the low state of health consequent on tlte prison dietary . " The following paragraph appeared in the Times of Monday : — " INSANITY IN THE MODEL PRISON . —Although this prison has been opened so short a time , and the prisoners have been carefully selected from the various gaols in point of health , two have become insane this year , and have been transferred to Bethlehem—viz . John Reeve , on the 24 th of June , and John Hill Stone , on the 17 th of August "
This " Model Prison" is one of " the fruits of the Reform Bill . " one of the helliah acts of the Whig regime , now made to produce its intended results in the insanity of its inmates ! Well ! well ! it may be used for its concoctors yet . Meanwhile let oar readers treasure up ( AGAINST THE DA * OF RETRIBUTION ) the FACTS contained in this ( as well as every other ) portion of " The Condition-of England question . " . A writer in the Morning Chronicle commenting upon these atrocities says : — " some insist upon over working their prisoners—some on under feeding—some on the sacred privilege of forcing women and children to ^ ount 12 000 fret of treadwheel daily . Faintings , > inaciations , and lingering deaths follow . "
The surgeons of tbe hulks , where the convicts sentenced to transportation aru received before being sent out of the country , give the following evidence on the effacts of the present system of " prison discipline : — "We continue to receive from the different piisons men in such a state o ( exhaustion , arising from the colds , solitary confinement , and inadequate food , that they are unfit for the dock-yard labour , and incapable of making the voyage to Botany Bay . " But death is not tbe worst punishment falling upon our Bjstem-made criminals ; insanity is committing terrific havoc in ranks of these unfortunates , and ( his we hold to be a punishment loorse than death .
SUPPOSED INCENDIARISM . -On Saturday night last , about half-past six o ' clock , a range of barley stacks , the produce of fifty acres , on the farm of Mr . Thomas Kersey , Fakenham-hall , was discovered to be on flre r and was entirely couaumud . — Notuich Mercury . About ono o'clock on Sunday morning , n fire broke out on the farm premises of Mr . William Tabor , of Polstead , the property of Mrs . Tynll , which destroyed a barn containing beann , stables , cart-sheds , neat-houses , &C The damage is roughly estimated at between £ 500 and £ M 0 . The property was insured . — Norwich Mercury .
Stotfolu . —On Monday nfrht , about eleven o ' clock , a fire broke out in the rick yard of Mr . Bryanl Giddius , situate in the very heart of the village of Stotfold . The wind W 8 S Iiifib , and we deeply regret to' state that seventeen stacks of wheat , barley , bay , and beans , peas , and straw , were completely consumed . Most of the respectable neighbours were prompt in rendering assistance ; but we are sorry to hear , that there was aa evident lukewarmness , if not an actual disinclination evinced by the lower classes of Stotfold . The motives which could bava actuated the perpetrators of this foul act are , involved in mystery , for it appears that no one individual in the couDty of Bedford is more respected for kindness and humanity than ia Mr . Giddins , and there is not at the present moment one unemployed labourer in the pariah ' . — Herts Reformer .
Shortly after ten o ' clock on Muuday night last a fire W ; i 9 discovered in a stack-yard , in tbo occupation of Mrs . Brown , widow , in the parish of liothwell , at the back of the dwelling-house . When the range of hovels ignited , the ti tines immediately spread over the whole length of them in a blue fl tine . > lra . Brown is greatly resptcted in the neuibbourbuod , and no onuse c ; in be assigned for the diabolical act . —Northampton Mercury . On Sunday night , between ten and eleven o cluck , a stack of barley , about thirty yards luug , at the farm of Mr . GtorgB Gayford Rymer , and ab-ut a furlong from the farming premises , waa set on fire and destroyed—Norwich Mercury .
SAWuMUQt . worth . —On Tuesday evening , about half-past six o'clock , a fire broke out in a bain at Crump ' s Farm , in Clay-lano , ahout one mile from Sawbridgeworth . by ha If-post nine o ' clock the whole of the ; farm buildings , unit the corn stacks excepting one wheat stuck , were levelled to tbo ground in one hugo burning mans , which continued to blaz-i until six o'clock th « uext morning . The barns were alfMiJted with corn , unlhraahml . The farm-house , which stood opposite the stack-yard , was not touched . There appears , unfortuuatfc / y , to be littlo leason for < ioub ! ii )« that the fire waa the wort of Home vile incendiary . — Herts Reformer ,
LtiGJiTo . N Bi'ZZviip . —A barn ailed with corn , tae property of Mr . Toomas Garrttt , of Billiugtun , near Leigbton , was destroyed by tire on Friday evening the 17 th iii 8 t ; int . Had tbe wind been ia an opposite direction , the a-lines must have extended to tho dwellinghouse . —Herts Reformer . Arlington . —Another incendiary fire occurred at Arlington , on Tuesday night , when much farming produce was consumed : we have not , as yet , learned the particulars —Herts Reformer . Femebsham . —Fire . — Early on tbe morning of Thursday a rire broke out upun the farm of Swammll , Falmersbam . Tha Bedford engines were sent for , and the fire was extinguished before much property was destroyed . Part of toe homestead waa burnt . The fire is believed to be the work of an incendiary . —Herts Reformer .
BETWEEN EIGHT and nine o'clock on Tuesday night ' the 21 st iiiBtaut , a stack of clover standing in a field leading front Everdon , to Preston Capes , in the parish ' of Evcrdon , tbo property of Mr . Brummage , containing , about fifteen or sixteen tons , waa wul ' ul . y set on fire , by which the whole was consumed ; the loss is ' estimated at £ 60 . Mr- Bmnimage was insured in the { County Fire-tince . —Northampton Mercuiy . ' Liverpool—In this town there an , 12 . 000 adults cannot read , and 25 , 000 go to no school whatever .
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STATED . "We are perfectly certain that THE RIGHTS of tiik poor of every aort and kind whatever in this country—secular , ecclesiastical , moral , physical , educational , recreational , and" every other , WANT LOOKING UP and attending to in right earnest . We give the poor man every right and privilege under the sun upon paper ! He is the happiest and loftiest of human beings in lilack . stone ' s Commentaries and in De Lo / me
upon the Constitution . He is ' free , ' ' independent / ' master of himself , ' and i a lord of the creation , ' in company with the squire , lawyer , and surgeon of the parish ; as good as any one of them . ' His house is his castle , ' trnd ' the air of Heaven is his birthright' ; he lifts up his head and says ' I am a man '—and all that . The only drawback from this high state of existence is , THAT HE HAS OFTEN NO BllEAD TO EAT \ and that -both the bodies and the souls of those favoured beitig-s are allowed to take their chance , as the saying is . The favourite of liberty" and ' / aw' is at MUEUTY to stauve at what rate he
pleases , upon the out-door beneficence of the Poor Law . What right has he to complain so long as he is told that the Barons of Rurmymeile met six hundred years ago , and screwed the Magna Charta out of King John?—London Times , Monday , Nov . 27 th , 1843 .
Serious Accident at a Church in Hull . —During the gale of Wednesday forenoon about twenty feet of the graceful spire of St . Stephen ' s Church was blown down . The spire , which i 9 about ninety feet in height , was compi ¦ oted , with tho exception of fixing a cross on the top , and the scaffolding , which had not been taken down , was borne by the wind against the newly laid stou e-work , which was seen to resist the pressure for some time , and which gave the workmen an opportunity of getting out of the way . At length it fell with a terrific crash through the roof of the church . No person , was hurt . This unfortunate 3 ircumstance will delay the open ing of the edifice . — Hull Packet .
A Man Dhowned in Bed . —0 « Friday night a ghterman , named David Augin , h ' \ oured his barge , ¦ h ich Was heavily laden , close to ti 'e Temple , and eat to bed in the cabin . Upon the ti ie turniBg , the su- # e having become firmly imbeddeu ' in the mud , id not rise wilh the water , which flow vd into the ibin where Augin slept , and in the irmn . i"P ho was iscovered a corpse , having been suffocateu i » his bed j the water . The lifeless body of the decease ^ is now waiting the Coroner ' s inquest . The poor fei ' ' -0 W has ft a wife and isLXDily ^ -Ql / server , \
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FRANCE .-UlEPlTBLICANIPH IN THE AfiMT . —The correspondent ! of the Dispatch asserts that Republican principles are almost universal amongst the French soldiers . He says : — " Were tfeere a popular outbreak to-monow Louis Philippb would not calculate upon one-tenth part of the army to sa ' pport him . Disaffection does not prevail only amongst certain sections of eacti regiment , but whole reRtments themselves are known to be so imbued with Republican notions that they are never trusted near the capital . Even tbe Ministerial and Court journals frequently allude to some particular corps as one ' which is notoriously inclined to sedition , from the Colonel down to the drummers' Marshal Soalt ( the Minister of War ) has . ever since the
commencement of his present lease of power , endeavoured to check this spirit in the army , by the fusion of faithful ( so called ) men amongst tbe suspected regiments . The scheme has , however , signally failed ; for the recruits thus introduced into the old corps have speedily become converts to the principles of freedom . On a late occasion the King received a private report from the War-office , r elative to the particular regiments which might be' employed to Rairiaon the new fortresses around Paris , and upon wh « se support the Crown might calculateiin any case of emergency . This report had been very ! carefully compiled from accurate returns furnished j by the Prefects of the departments in
which the various corps had served , the Governors of the towns in which they had been located , and in some instances their jvery Colonels themselves . The result of this examination into the feelings of the arroy was by no means satisfactory to Louis Philippe , anA I can state , upon the Very best authority , that he exclaimed , in the agony of j his mind , ' Good God ! what , will become of Francel if the army should throw itself into the arms of the . people V He onght to have said— had he sincerely expressed his meaning—• What will become of my dynasty ? ' for his Citizen Mpjssty evidently regards | France only as the means of aggrandivement , wealth , and power for his own family . "
" Glor ? " and Algiers . —The Afotforaa / publishes the following letter from Tlemcen . It is not at all improbable that the late ordonnances for grants to certain departments to meet unforeseen exptnees , have reference to Tunis and Morocco : — " Contrary to ! his promise the Emperor of Morocco Abdherraman receives in his territory the khalifas of Add-el-Kader . [ The Ouled Ria and the Au ^ ads , who had abandoned their tribes to avoid submitting to the French , had likewise encamped there . When the French troops leave their garrison , the Arabs take r «» fage in the territory jof Morocco , -where it is forbidden to pursue them , and when the French return to Tiethcen the incursions of the Arabs recommence . Two French convoys had been attacked on the road to Oran ; there were five men wounded , two killed , and twenty horses captured . Thia . coup-de-main is generally attribute ! to the Beni-MattasV
The Afoniteur publishes accounts from Algicro , of the 20 th instant , which state that General Tempoure attacked the camp of the Caliph Sidi Embarackben-Allah , on the lHh , at Mallab , a place forty leagues to the west of Mascarah . This chief , who 'was on his was to join Abd-ol-Kader , is described as only second to the latter in importance . His army , which consisted of several battalions of infantry and a regiment of cavalry , were entirely destroyed . "Sidi Embarack himself was killed , with 400 of his men . 300 priboners , and three standards were taken .
Satan in trouble—The editor of a newspaper in PariH , bearing the Jugabrious title of Satan ^ has been found guilty , beforo the Tribunal Correctionol , of a libel upon Mdlle . Ines Gonzalea , a young actress of the Theatre ( Porte St . Martin , in attributing to her some traits in private life which tended to injure her honour , and destroy her good repute with the public . The editor ( M . Borel ) is sentenced to three months' imprisonment , and carnages to the amount of 500 f . to MisslGoDzales , and he is further required to insert this sentence in Satan , and in any three other papers th p lady may appoint , at his- proper charge and expanse . SPAIN . —Our lastest accounts last week announced the resignation of the offices held by Narvtuz . Subsequently we find him withdrawing his resignation andjreceiving from the Q , uecn the Grand Cross of tbe Order of Charles III .
The Madrid mail did not arrive at Paris on Wednesday , in consequence of the Spanish Malleposte having been attacked on the 11 th by robbers in the Pinares d'Arabda , and robbed . The travellers were oompletoly stripped of their effects , but the mail was saved ,: and was expected to arrive in Paris on Thursday . ! This intelligence was received in Paris by telegraph . The Pkess . —The correspondent of the Times , writing from Madrid , Nov . IGth , says : " The ' reign of terror prevails amongst the Progreeists periodicals . The Espcclador has to-day ( for the second time during the ) short month of November ) failed to
make its appearance . One of its editors is in prison on suspicion of being privy to the conspiracy against Narvaez . The rest have all run away . The editors of the Eco del Comercio are still in separate confinement on similar chanros , with this difference in their favour , —that they have been removed from the custody of the Regiment of the Princesa ( the favourite of Narvaez ) , where , as they alleged , they were liable at any moment to be shot by the partisan population of the barrack for their imaginary cvitae , if the soldiers should take it into their heads to anticipate the law ' s delay—a proceeding for which there have been abundant precedents of late in Spain . " \
The MiwisTRr—The days of the Lopez gang are numbered . Intelligence from Madrid down to the 19 ih , announce thatM . Ologaza of "Golden Fleece " notoriety , is to all intent 9 and purposes tbe " Universal Minister , " trying to patch up a Cabinet but in
. ; Barcelona—Barcelona has fallen ! Unsupported by their degenerate countrymen the heroic Catalans have laid down their arms , but the terms they obtained attest the anxiety of tha " victors" for a termination of the struggle . Of course once having obtained possession of the place no scruple- was made about violating faith with the fallen . Hence the order for the general disarming of the inhabitants under pain of death . The French Government , on Thursday , received the following despatches announcing intelligence of the surrender of Barcelona : —
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES . " Perpit ? navi , Nov . 21 . " Barcelona capitulated the day before ytstevday . The troops entered yesterday . The terms are about the same as those granted to the insurgents of Soragosaa . '' \ " Barcelonetta , Nov . 20 . " The insurgents ^ seeing that an attack was becoming imminent , hisve sent for two days past commissum after commission to the Captain-General , in order to obtain a better capitulation than that offered on the 11 th . The Captain ^ General bas made fresh concessions , founded upon the gener ^ l wish of seeing the reifjn of iBaYwlla II . inaugurated by a grand act of clem-ency and reconciliation . ; " The uoops nrejat th 5 s moment entering the town . The leaders compromised and designated by the Captain-Genera / w £ EJ emhark on board a French ship , which will convey them to Port Vendrea . '
I " Barcelona , Nov . 22 . " The Queen ' s trpops have taken possession of all tbe gates of Barcelona ; without difficulty . The Captain-General yesterday appointed and installed a new municipality . Some armed National Guards baying committed excesses against the military , and having uttered seditious fries , a b . 'iiulo , dated this morning , has ordered the general disarming of the inhabitants . Such as shall not deliver up their arms within the delay of six hours , will incur tbe penalty of death . " The members of the Junta , and about one hundred i ffizers of the free corps , or National Guard , depart tbis day for France , ; on board the Cnmeleon or the . Phenieia , with passports fr « m the CaptainG neraL " It will be seen [ by the following that Figusras , " the last entrenchmeat of liberty , " still holds out : — ; " Perpignan , Nov . 23 .
" The insurgents of tbe fort of Fi « ueras niade a sortie ytatenUy in 'he direction of LIms . Prim repulsed them , took flv « prisoners , and established his head-quarters at Villa Bvrtrtuit . | "The Phaincia stenmer left Barcelona last evening " , anrl landed at Port IVendres this niornine nine passes gerf , two of whom were members of the Jun ' . a . She conveys thirty other-Spaniards to Marseilles . " The CaniHleon ia expected at Port Vendres , having left ijyrc lonu at the same time aa the Phenicia . . "A h « w liiunicipality was yesterday installed at Barcelona . " :
AUSTRXA . —Tho Emperor of Austria , it is said , in the German papers , has suspended the meetings of the Hungarian Diet . A most inconvenient spirit of liberty has crept into that part of his imperial Maj' sty ' s dominions , and gives him an infinity of trouble . At the present moment a royal command has been r- jeefced by the Diet , and only seventeen or eighteen hands ] held up for it . Every attempt has been made either to force or cajole the deputies to vote in favour jof it , but without effect . The Hungarian deputies would keep the purse strings , and the emperor has shown his high displeasure by suspending the meetings of tke Diet .
The Russians and Circassians . —A letter from Warsaw , in tho Treves Gazette ^ gives some details of a late battle between the Russians and Circassians . The latter with about 1 , 200 men , attacked with great resolution two Russian batallions , when marching'to relieve other troops . i The Russians fought bravely , but Were obliged to retire before the gTtat numbers Of the euemy . Six Russian officers w ^ re killed , and the has on that aids was ia general great . A regiment of Cha 3 seu : rs came to the aid of the Russians , and forced the Circassians to give way .
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December , as the meeting at Berim has separated , and will not meet again until the middle of December when their deliberations will be finally closed . It appears that prior to their separation--they agreed to place a duty on pig iron , metal , &o ., of £ 1 sterling per ton , and upon bar iron an increase of duty of 30 s ., making £ A 10 s . per ton ; and this will certainlv come into effect , unless strong representations are made by the English aad Belgian gdTernmenfcr and steps taken to prevent . this" imprudent'lresolve . In no case will the duty b& enforced as early as the lsfc . of January . 1844 , but it will be February oe March , or even April , aa our people require tune foe settling their affairs . " ITAX . Y . —Letters from Rome of the 10 th instanfc state that several further arrests have taken place , and that a band of insurgents hare shewn themselves in the neighbourhood of Perugia .
..... It was reported in Paris on Thursday that tho Pope Was taken suddenly and dangerously ill . Ia the present disturbed state of Italy , and especially of the States of the Church , any change in the Holy See is not considered unimportant . In the meantime it is said , in a letter of the 15 th , which has been received from the Roman States , that the disturbances in the neighbourhood of Bologna and Ravenna have been pat down . GREECE , —Some disturbances have taken place at Patmos .
TTJRKET . —Constantinople , Nov . 7 th . —Accounts from the North of Albania describe that province as overrun by armed bands , who are plundering the village ? , burning the churches , aad levying contributions on the Christians . The roada are impassable , and the various governors ara blockaded within their towns . The Porte has issued orders for the immediate advance of thirtyfive thousand men against the insurgents , under the command of Reschid Pacha , the Rumeli Vaiassf . Gamik Pacha and Omar Pacba are appointed generals of divisions . Orders have ako been sent to assemble a corps of observation in Thessaly , ia anticipation of disturbances in Greece . The alarm felt by the Porte at the state of tnings in that country , which was described in a former letter , hag rather increased than subsided . _ _ . ' .
A conspiracy has been discovered at Ibraila , tha object of which was a revolution in Bulgaria . Several Russian agents are said to have been coaneoted with the plot . Prince Bibesko will be warned by the fate of Ghyka against interfering mta any euch laudable undertaking . Letters latelj received from Persia , dated in the middle of last month , inform us that the Shah ia still at Teheran , and that the troops have all been dismissed . Narsis , the new patriarch of the Armenian church , is expected immediately at Uteh Klissia , and is to be accompanied by General Neidhart , the Governor of Georgia , who is to histal him formally in his patriarchate . After this ceremony , the general will visit the frontiers . Mirza Saleb , who was formerly m England , had lately returned from a mission to Tiflis with presents from the Shah to the Emperor . The Shah has issued a proclamation , limiting the rate of interest to twelTQ
per cent . Letters received this day from Mosul state that the Nestorians , Btill inhabiting the unconquered districts , and those who had taken refuge amongst them , had successfully attacked the invaders . Tha Tureo-Kurdish governor , who ha < i been insta led afc Ardesha , had been expelled , ar id the mountaineers had regained possession of many important passes of the Tiyaire country . The t ' acha of Mosul has refused to releasa the Nestorian prisoners , and to procure the liberation of such as had been sold into slavery .
" Beyrout , Oct . 1 . —By the arrival of a courier here last mght , wo leaTn that disturbances of a very serious nature , terminating in loss of life , had broken out at Latcchia . on the 5 th instant , in which place the people had made an attack upon , the Albanians , who were worsted , with tho loss of thirtycight killed and seventeen severely wounded . The holy city had also been the seat of disturbance , aa had been Napldusand Tripoli . The obnoxious system pursued by Government , in the levying of tha taxes , had given rise to the emeule , and as long aa the defence of the country is committed to the custody of the Albanians , as noted for their intolerance as for their cruel disposition , so long will the country remain a prey to anarchy and revolution . " JAMAICA . —The following rather Whtggishlooking outburst of " patriotism" in the Fulmouth Baptist Herald , will give some idea of the state o £ political feeling in Jamaica .
" Tiie almost unbearable burden of taxes—the extravagant jobberies of the vestries , and of the House of Assembly—the waste of public money upoa a worthless police force—a mad scheme of emigration , and a corrupt semi-popish church—the hypocritical cry of conciliation wirile laws are every year passed gradually encroaching upon the liberties of the people—and above all—the irreligionthe infidelity—the licentiousness—the love of slavery—and the robbery—of law-makers—and law dispensers—all cry aloud for a most rigorous , and searching reformation . " But who are to be the reformers ? The people . They are the strength of the country—and with them lies the power of reform . Verily if the taxpayers do not so feel the necessity of improvement as to induce them to exercise their rights , they deserve to be crushed and trodden under foot by their ha J ^ hty oppressors .
" It is never to be expected that a corrupt House will cleanse itself . Tfiere are but few indeed in the Halls of Legislature who are cither fit or willing to raise the standard . There must be pressure from . without—a clamorous demand for justice—a determined stand against all abominations in the statea resolve that every representative shall be answerable to his constituents for his conduct , and the privilege » f voting exercised only on behalf of those who pledge themselves to the cause of truths "liberty , and justice . " We say , then , let those who have votes , give them only to the advocate of Reform—those who are qualified either by house or land to rote , register your titles and claim your rights . Let all voters unite ia each parish in the formation of a Reform Association— let them seek for honest and faithful men as
representatives in vestries and assembly ; and next year , at the expected election , sound me trumpet of liberty—expel the jobbers—the placemen—the proslavery party—the emigration schemers—the policemen—the oppressors of their country , and place in their stead such a noble band of patriots as shall well deserve the name of the Honourable House of Assembly . * ' Are there no enlightened , liberal-minded men ia each parish , who with superior abilities , and better opportunities than the labouring classes of votera , will spare a little time to gather up toe forces ia battle array .
" Jamaica is not like England , where bribery—intimidation—corrupt freemen—and apathetic voters diminish the ranks of Reformers . Here , a little toil , and a little care will ensure such a long list , of liberal votes , aa would make the triumph of Reform sure and certain . The struggle of our election ^? ould completely overrun the hopes of the Tory party—and the fair fabrio of freedom and equity would be built upon an eternal basis . " We call then upon Reformers of all classes to como forward and unite their ranks against the common foe . Prepare a plan of action—look out for suitable men for the vestries , avd the House of Assembly—urge the freeholders to register their titles —facilitate this registration business , and in a few months the day shall be yours—the battle shall be won , and amidst the death lamentations of oppression the laurels of victory shall crown the brow of every Reformer and lover of his country . "
Disease . —Disease , to the " clay tenement" of the body , is like a latent reservoir of water at the foundation of an edifice , ik Which creeps in rotting vapours round the walls * Till soon the building crumbles , totters , falls . " But by a timely application of that inestimable remedy which was made known by the long-lived Parr , we may dry up tbo pernicious damp , apply sound earth to the sinking foundation of our constitution , arrest the progress of decay , and occupy our fLshy dwelling through a long succession of yearsf while those of the neglectful aud imprudent are prematurely tumbling into decav .
Tremendous Hurricane—We have been favoured with , the following extrast from a letter received by Mfc M . Turner , M . P . for Truro . from his son , Mr . CbarTes Walsingnam Turner , her Britannic Majesty ' s Consul at CarthHgena , dated October 23 : — "Oa the morning of the 21 st inst . a most awful catastrophe occurred here , within two hundred yards of my balcony , and in flight of my house . About four o ' clock in the morning moat vivid lightning came on , with tremendous thunder ^ such lightning as was never seen at Carthajena within the memory of man . I left my bed , and proceeded to the window , where I had not been five minutes before I heard a great rushing of wind proceeding from the east , and I observed also a waterspout , which I no sooner saw than it burat , carrying with it into the air five large felucca boata , of forty to fifty tons each , which Ml into the water again , upside down , and or course sankwith the poor sailors on board , fifteen of
, whom were drowned . It then proceeded in a north " west direction , unroofing houses , carrying off t imber trees , and even rocks of great weight This mornin& two peer fellows , Bailors , who belonged to one of the vessels , were found dead about a league from Carthagens , having been carried off and dropped by the wirlwino On the whole were thrown huge stones , bouses ven demolished , and the roof of the PriMchi , where the convicts are confined , was completely carried »**"• You may well imagine the heartrending cries of tw poor mariners— 0 Dios mio Strange , however , as « may seem , an Euglisa brig was at anchor within fifty yards of the spot where the waterspout burat , and sustained no damage whatever . I have just been informea that two of the fetuchas only the 4 ay before broagnc 300 psisoners for political offences from Barcelona , uw I not been an eye-witness of this awful visitation , * could not cave believed if— WeH Briton .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 2, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct830/page/6/
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