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XEE BLESSINGS OF INSTRUCTION The besrt has tendrils like the Tine , Wh ' -ch ronnd ancther ' a bosom twine , OntspriDging from the living tree Of deep ly-rooted sympathy ; ¦ ft "_ ose fl jwen are hope , its fruits are bliss , jeneficense its harvest is . There are some bosoms dark and drear , TVhidi an anw _ ter * d desert are j ¦ jet there a curious eye may trace , gome smiling spot , some Terdant place , IThere little flowers , the broods between , Spend their soft fragrance all unseen .
peroise them not , for wisdom's toil j __ T ne ' er disturb'd that stubborn soil ; ftt care and cnltnre Kiuht have brought jfce ore of truth from mines or thought , £ n& fancy ' s fairest flowers had bloom'd Where tiuth and fancy lie entcmb'd . Insult him not , Ms blackest crime 31 av . in his Maker ' s eye sublime , In spite of all thy pride be less Than e ' er thy daily -waywardness ; Than many a sin and many a stain , Fcrgclten andunpress'd again .
There is in every human heart Some not completely barren part , TVLcre seeds of truth and lOTe might grow , Aud Sowers of generous virtue blow , To riant , to watch , to water there , ILis be our duty , be our care . And sweet it is the growth to trace Of Torth , of intellect , of grace , 1 _ , -osoms -where our labours first Bi > the young se © ds of spring-time burst , Anl lead it on from hour to hour To ripen into perfect flower .
Hast thou e ' er Been a garden clad In ell the robes that Eden hid , Or rale o ' erspread with streams and trees , A paradise of mysteries ; Plains with green hills adorning them , Lite jewels in a _* £ em ? These gardens , vales , and plains , and hills , Which beauty gilds and music fills , ~ Were ence but deserts , culture's hand Has scatter * d verdure o * er the land , Acii smiles and fragrance rules serene , VTLere barren wilds usurp'd the scene .
And such is man , a soil which br : eds , Or sweetest flowers , or vilest weeds , Plovers , lovely as the morning light , "Weeds deadly as the aconite ; Jnst as his heart is train'd to bear The poisonous weed , or floweret fair .
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STJBIiXN . — ( From our otcn Corrcspondent . J — TeeEe ^ corporation is about to levy a borough rate , uaevmtins to the enormous sum of £ 7000 a year , for f _ s openly avowed purpose of providing pensions ; for " the officers of the old corporation , in j cder to make way for the hungry oratcrs of the Com Exchange . It is not known as yet , how the j impoverished citizens will put up with thb new tax , j or whether they will submit to n at ali . The repeal j rent is failing off , asd unless the orators are pro- j Tided for , there will be a rebellion in the camp . The j tribnss too was -woefully deficient this year , which j seeoaDts in soms measure for this attempt at a :
boioajih rate . Had the tribute been as ample as ) heretofore , the rate would not have been mentioned I this vear at all events ; but , the deficiency in the j mount of the tribute deprived the Liberator of the I mians of retaining the same number of roaring j atellites which fie has heretofore done , and er ' en the reduced staff are now placed on short allowance . ] Their sheet anchor is the repeal delusion , and li _ . o j fain * misery they hold fast to the l _ st momeat . j Eiej Nvii ] allow no one to help them on with the I ipwtiea of that qaesuoiu Jthey must keep it and all ; its profits to themsr Ivcs . The weekly tuais received ; ij the Loyal iSatiousl Repeal Association of ire- hud , during the last year are , according to there- ] pens published in the newspaper ? , about £ 350 , which ;
is ' eqr-al to £ ' 18 ; 200 . Of the _ anner m wiiich this i lir ^ e snm has been ;< p ? : ied there is no account nor j MTer wili . To be sure it may be ihas tke old triek j will ba practised on the public , that of appointing ; Kidiiors who are vriollj incapable of distinguishing bjtrreea the debit and tee creditor side of an account i naxeai , inen who upon former occasions certified I thai tiers was > balince of £ 73 6 s . llf-j . due to the i Liberator including the purceil £ 100 rrhich were * lodged 5 j the Tralee branch of the national bank . Weil , aner ail , there is not much of this money finds ( its fray ia ; o the pockets of the Liberator , as the j Bays , vte Stteles , ttie- Daunts , the Fiizpai ricks , j lie Ajers . the Fitz-imons , the Fie . ; che .-, asd the [ Bavatrds have all a pull out of it , so that compara- i
firely little of it reaches the poor Libers t-ir in the i ed , although he has the name of receiving the whole . The people are beginning to ask what has become of j file s : 8 200 ! But no one feels disposed to answer . !; tie question . Poor Coyne , of Capel-street , who £ prtd sane weks since at the Universal Suffrage Association , and subsequently a ; the Loral iistiona ! Bepeal Association of ireLtiid , at Trfcich latter place _ disclaimed ali connection with the Universal Saf- > fnge Society , has betn dreadfully beaten by _ the : Sepeakr ^ , because he was suspected of Chartism , ; wilie a ; the very lime be was beat-en he had a cer- : fficaie nvm the president and a letter froia the ; Eeretary , both stati&g that he did not belong to i thar society . Nothing would satisfy the moral-force
f / CoiiEelh ' te'a , but the life of Cojne , and they really Lire placed his life in jeapordy ; after knocking . Km down they kicked him in the abdomen , led damaged Mm so much that there is little , ray ! itije ~ hop 3 of ins restoration to perfect health igak , I . is evident to every one here that Mr . ; Cope brousht himself into ihis -trouble by his own j GBiung snd vaniiv . He aumif . 3 himseif that he iccompanied Mr . thomas Arkin ? , the cast-cletb . es Bin , to Henry-street , on ths night of the attack ; ipon iix . Lowery , the Chartist missionary ; that iltboagh he held Mr . Lowery's principle * , yet he \ was afraid to take par : with bim . lest it might iDJure j Mm in the ivay of his business . That he was sub * j S ^ neaiiT appointed hatter to the Lord Lieuienant , -
» ca waia ; terwards appointed , in conjanciion with ; Mr . LiureaHon , wlio struck Mr . Lowery , as one of j A 3 valuators of the North Dublin Union nnder the j Poor Law Act ; that these appointmenis were givtn to him by the Government -which persecuted the i Cknist ;; that be was one of Mr . U'Conneli ' s stalk- j JEg horses at tbe late municipal elections , and with- ! irew a : the biddirg of his leader : that when the ? decnon oi Poor Law Guardians was approaching , } lit . Goyue aitended a meeting of ihe Chartists at j Mr . ifil ' ur-inss , and professed himself a flamJDg Qiariis ;; thas having been called to account by the j
vConcelliies , he disclaimed all connection with j the Irish Universal Suffrage or Chartist Associa- j tioa ; ihu by these efforts to play the double game , i to kf * p in with ths Chanists and -with their bitter j enemies , ce has lose the confidence of both , and j wss kiiked by ibe O'Connellites into the bargain- j Kqosvj is vbe btst policy aiter a'A . it is a foolish '; CliEglo " nave 3 whisper for everybody , and a secret to -til everybody nhic-h nobody eise shall hear . CAE . L 13 I-E . —Du 3-uciL Oss of Aeso > : . — Dating aixtsipt to DEFKiCD the York and Losdos Fias Isscsasce Company . —On Saturday
Wxni-z , tae 12 ih in ^ ant , a ^ oat two o ' elcc ' i , an j ^ armir . o Sre broke out in the priinises of the j *** $ ¦ Ina , Eagiish-sireet , Carlisle , occupied by ; i ^ s . CcrL-ropafirson , a widow , who , with her ] oiafchttr , Fiauces Chri-tjpherson , and Mary Bky- j lock , stiTani , were u . e on : y inmates . The fire was £ ra discovered by a p-jhee ofi-.- tr , earned Robertson , wao iiaaeQia ' . dv prccerded to alarm the inmates , bat ce knocked " very k-udiy a : the door for twenty or twenty-five minutes , " before the door vras j ° ? 22 e £ l . Aiierihedelay r ? e have mentioned , Mrs . ] Chiistophtison open- _ a Ihe d&or . The flame 3 werei £ ow ? prtauing rapi-jiv tLrough the house , and a i ocaiber of persons had ' besiun to collect . Tne police
* i > Tce , wiih ihe fire -enemts , werd sooa on ihe spoi , ; dm the 3 r * TTzs xj / ug so ' furioujiv , that it waij ^ ocaa nsce ^ ry v 0 rticae fa jnEi a te 5 by getting ; * s * a Dai of ou : o . " ihe froa ; win ' dews . Tno fi'C eaoi aes bein ^ ^ -Is ^ uix -svorked , : he fire vras got cc 2 er ia ^ bo-j ; ^ n ' hour , but no : until ib - ] psatest alsra hid ? t > rea-i over the neighbourhood , i for tae saieiy of the adjoining property . On one a tse Arg 1 J-n :.- the Joiners' Arms , oeea-j pied by M » . Lv .: k ; r >;; d ou the other , a mi'Jir . &rs a enpsr ' s sLop ; ai . d b iiind , a cumber of stables , j Viaosi : saineil : ite : v coaimunicating with theCc-file ; -ascse ^ Uo :. ]; ana " to ta . i to the alarm , the win-J i was b . owicjj very har « u : the time . Had the fire S Dot been t > e-ov .-red £ i :: e time it ttos , ar . d the
* - * - ^~ ; v' n : oci aaof . property to a gre ; i 5 mount ttcst ca-. c been i-fcr . ± -Ay dt-stroyed ,. and , ia all pro .. ao : lny , e-uv hves -b ' rificcd . As soc-n ss the ore sad be--n goi under , Mr . Graham , supsrintendent ti ^ ' ^ SEtered tae pr-mises , and from what he r ^ f observe d , feU fs-iv convinced that the premises oaa besn wilfull y £ Lt iire to . He immediately took alr . -= . Christophers ^ a , her danj / bter , and servant into ? ' c " # M e 5 eVcIi o ' clork the prisoners were woaaht for exarinaiioa before the Magistrates at tte iown Hal < Ja the Bench were Josech Fer-^ son , Esq ., Geor-e Saul , Eiq , Thomas Salkald , ? sq ., and John Dixoa , E-q . sir . Graham , superaie-jcn ; of policy stait-d in the course of his evidence , —! £ .. uud ihe flooring id sererai rooms had
^ eu orosea np , and peats , sticks , and shavings * G-: d up u ^ ethtr . In one of the rooms where a ' ^ ^ P-ac « » the peats were on fire « a corner . In aaither room tha combustibles ? tre placed tn the middle of the iicc-r ready fir ^' u > g . I = aw a cats ! of drawers—' . he drawers ^ e laken ou ; snd piled on a table , and reding vies ; one of the bedsteads—the drawers were
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empty . Under the table on w ? i : ch the drawers were placed , was a large quantity of shavings and peats . In the sai ^ e . room was a press , and inside were a number of ic ^ S pi-ces of split woo d set np sideways . In one r ° om a portion of the boards were torn up and split , u ^ d mixed np wilh peats and shavings , ready for lifting . In the kitchen at a bar , the ceilings were torn - ^ nd shaviBgs hanging throDgh . This was also the casC m . one of the upper rooms . From all that I observed , ta ^ re had been a Bystenatic attempt to burn the premises . Mr ? . Cbjistopherson told me that her stock was insured for £ 50 , and the furniture for £ 300 . Mr . Siordy * agent , in Carlisle , for the York and Letsdon Insurance Company , stated that Mrs . Christopherson-effected an insurance "with him for £ 350 , and srock £ 50 . She paid the insurance and got the policy j it was dated some time in October . =
Mary Biaylock , ^ one the prisoiieTBj said she wished to aaske a statement . Mr . Fer ^ nson tol d her , that what she said would be taken down , and might hereafter bo used against her . She said—I have lived with Mrs . Chmta ^ herson since Whitsuntide . She insured her furniture in October , and I assisted her about the 1 st of February , in getting the chips and things ready and getting the fires on . She wished me to do it . We got a lar ^ e iron thing and an axe , to raise the boards—chop them to ma . < e on tbe fires . I assisted her in all she desired me to do . We had three fires on in the high rooms—two on the second floor in the first room .
They were made on yes'eraay forenoon , about ten or eleven o ' clock . They were made . ready for lighting . Three fires were made on in the back room of the second fl ? or , they wereuot in grates , but on the floor . Tnere was a chest of drawers in the back room , part of them were taken cut and placed in the first roova . There was a fire made in the kitchen and one in the back parlour , and one in the press as ilr . Graham stated ia the back bed room One below ihe stairs . 1 went with her when she lighted them . We lighted three fires ; and after that we went into the front room . The smoke was like to suffocate ns before we got in . I think it would be about half past one ; I think I have nothing more
say . By Mr . Ferguson—Did your Mrs . say what this was for I Witness '—For the Insurance , By Mr . Ferguson—Did the daughter know of this I - Witness—She knew , but took no part in making on the fires . Mrs . Christopherson , said—The girl was the first who proposed it to me . Htr husband is in America and she wished to go to him .
The prisoners were then removed for further exa mination , and ordered tob 8 kept in separate confine ment .
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CONFIRMATION OF THE WORST ACCOUNTS FROM INDIA BY THE GOVERNMENT ORGAN . We fear that there is now little hope of any mitigation of the deplorable accounts from Affghanistan . At a late hour yesterday we ascertained that the intelligence received at the office of the Board of Controul more than confirmed the tvoret statements in circulation ; cut , as it appeared that these accounts merely echoed the impressions of the Iadian Government , formed without cficial or authentic information , we adhered to the hope that the local authorities had been misinformed . Many private letters caused us to abandon that hope , which , though wanting an official character , are traceable to , eertain
and irosnvorrhy sources , agree in gmng the following outline of the sad disaster . On the 5 : n of Januarv , the-British force to the number of about 4000 men , quitted the entrenched camp of Cabool under a convention agreed upon by Major Pottinger and Mahomed Ukhbar . The terms of the convention are not described further than that these terms guaranteed theunmolested retreat of the British to Jellalabad , with some equivalent advantage to be given to the insurgents , for the assurance of which advantage six British officers—the Dames of only three of whom we knew ( Messrs . Webb . Walsh , andConolly ) —were retained as hostages . The convention , however , as mast have been apparent to tvery one acquainted with the perfidious ; character of the
ASghans , was made only to b 9 violated ; for tho British had scarcely appeared outside of their entrenchment ? , when they were attacked by the whole Affghan force , probably tea times their number ; they fought their way , however , through a long and dangerous dtfi . e , to the point at which i ; narrows mosr , at the Kourd Gibool Pas ? , about ten or twelve miles from Cabool . Here their position becomingmterly Gesperate , they dismissed thewomeD . in their company , surrendering them to au Aff ^ han escort , wno carried them tack to the city . At Ttzeen . -a little in advance of the pass , General Elphinstone and Colonel Shelton were made prisoners . This Joss of their chief officers , and the severe defeat which probably caused k , was naturallv followed by
the disorganizition of the anny ; and the rest of ti , e attempted retreat was reduced to a series of desperate and desultory struggles , in which the immense superiority in numbers of the enemy , and their occupation of all the strong positions , enabled them to dctiroy the whole army in detail—a few stragglers alone escaped , almost by miracle , to Jel ' alabad . Among these was Dr . Brydon , who reached the last named place in aa exhausted and almost dying state , on the 18 ih , a fortnight after the commencement of the fa ' al r&ircat . It was ]) r . Rrydon ' s misfortune to witness the fall of seven of his brother officers , among whom are earned Br ; gadier Anquetil , hiajor Ewart , asd Ll&utenant Srur :. He al ~ o witnessed the capture of General Elpbinstone and Col . Shelton ( pr » of that the first had not died , as was reported ) , and the
disorganisation of the army . We have not seen any particulars of his own escape . Such is the latest j and most complete , and , we believe the most accu- ' rate , account of this melancholy affair , so deplorable j in itself , and se-nn ' ortt > nate in its poitical ii-fluence , j By this time the honour of the British arm 3 has ; no doub : been fully vindicated ; bat a : what expense ! At the cost of rendering the occupants of the gate of : India for ever the implacable enemies of the British ' name . The murcei of Byrnes and M'Naghten must j be avenged , the treachery and cruelty of Mahommed j Ukhbar must be punished , or the whole of our Indian influence will be shaken to its centre . But j how can th : 3 be made appear otherwise than unjust i and tjrannical to the wantonly invaded Afghans ? j Such are ever the retributive consequences of the j first deviation from the ri ^ ht path . —Standard , - ; Friday . _ , ^^^_
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THE NECESSITY OF UN 1 O > . I TO THE EDITOR OF THE XOETHER * STAR \ 11 When the Dative Chiefs in India are in div ; in together , and the subject of getting rid of their European j tyrants is in dbcusston , the unanimous resolve ia this , j 1 Murder them ! "' — Sir John Malcolm . ( Sir , —England and India are in extraordinnjy positions , and will have to undergo extraordinary purifi- cations . They "axe m some measure purcJle ' el cases . ' India has been tyrannised over and plundered by a ; haudful of foreign oppressera by tho want of organi- \ sationand union ; and England has bound her neck to
ihe joke , for causes precisely simuar . Both are about j to throw off the chains of slavery , but 1 feel gieat aux ety for the fate of our gallant soldiers in the East j 1 left my old regimtnt , •¦ 126 "sixteenth Lancers , " in ; 1 * 36 , ct CawnDore , and many , Bince that time have i bitten the dust in Afghanistan . A " great portion of the ' rtzinient were " lads" froia Yorkshire and L-jrcashire , and a more intelligent set of men never girded on a sword . I have lefc many friends there , and was in copes of their return home this year , but I fear the state of affairs in the Eisi will preveut it Tiiay are ' n , u " sh wanted in poor old England .
I know you have little space for correspondence , b " t a few lines on ths sntject of strict union may not fc ^ inapplicable . I will tell you how tbe tuihoriries have governed India . On recruiting for the native rezio-etts , or " -Sipatees , " thty took especial care to enlist men of different " creeds" and » castes . " Gene-* ally oce third were Mohammedans , another tnira Hindoos , and the remainder usually consisted of a mature of all creeds and " Pariahs , " or no creed at -XL Wh * n tbe Muhsmmtoana wera dissatisfita , tn- - Hicdws ' and Pariahs Were arrayed against ttaeni ; ivnen the Hindoos were rebellious ( and they fr . qaent . y ££ f so ? , the other - wo-tHM . ™ re . lipped at ihem ; 11 flhe U = e Tritii the Pariahs . fiitb . rto th « h ^
b-en t > e rav 3 e of " l ^ islatioB , - but -. he F ^ P « ^ about r . MUNG , M * tee game is well nigh played out in l ^ rtf . To s-ve our lWes there , we must be £ n £ fc-nid together , otherwise we shall be mss-S ^ Tcu-. ' cffin small detachments . Three years S ^ ndtie G . vemm . nt of Vnat has taken ^ Kbool , but I might as vrell have warne , St ySi f ^ t Hyderabad , when , furious battle s ^ r ^^^ n ^^^ --- ^ tt , i ^ oa . a * fci . v i . „„ ,- .-, «>« wtrs sent atuoi ;^ earh Cher ? ies and emissaries ^ tre sent » . uou
Sj , ^ SSSSSSS S'SS sSE ^ &irsss - of . rx » is : s ^ sissa ^ ia ^^" . Jho viewed the whole scene from th « top o ^¦¦ a ^ siii it " -ss a
SoT % dear frUnd * . the Chartists , let us be ™ JJ' b ? the fete of the Arabs and Putins ; * t he WbS and Tories go to loggerhead * and ire wiU eiw ^ iS ' das . es . join Vith the sorting classi-s on fau sissHfgil S ? £ ^ 8 Sf . SliW- °° - ° ' «—
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can we join yon , and if you are sincere , you will net hesitate one instant . " Union and no surrender" is our only motto ! A Woolwich Cadet . P . S . I see the Chaitiet Tricolour is nloft , and it should be thrust under the " Plague" nosea everywhere 2-nd on all occasions . Chichester , 7 th March , 1842 .
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gin « .. . CROWN COURT , Friday , - March 11 . Before Mr . Baron Rolfe . THE ESCKICK WUKDEE , All the avenues and passages in the Caslle were crowded for upwards of an hour before the opening of the court , by parties anxious to hear the abovo trial . Great inconvenience was sustained by parties who had business in the court ? , in consequence of the pressure of the crowd and the difficulty in other respects of obtaining admittance . Mr . Baron Rolfe took his seat soon after ni- < e o ' clock , and immediately afterwards Jonathan Taylor * aged 60 , was placed at the bar , charged with the wilful muider of Ellen Taylor , his wife , by strangling her , atEscrick , on the 26 ih ot October last . Mr . BAiNts , Mr . Wilkins , and Mr . Pashley irere counsel for the prosecution ; Sir Grfqory LpwiN and Mr . Blanshasd were for the prisoner .
Mr . BAlNES stated the case at great length . He felt sure that the nature of the charge would of . " itself enEure the serious attention of the Court and Jury . The statement he had now to mate he should endeavour to render as clear as possible , in order to enable them to see their way clearly throngb , —not entering into long detail , bnt giving such a general outline as ' would serve for the purpose he had stated . The ur . fortunate deceased stood in the relation of wife to the prisoner at the bar . They had lived upon a farm belonging to Lord Wenlock , about two miles from Escrick , and within a few miles of this city . Until about four year ? ago the prisoner had lived with his wife and family , the latter consisting of four sons and three daughters ; one daughter was married , and did not reside with the
family . The prisoner and the family until about four years ago lived in harmony together upon the farm , which consisted of aoout 215 acres , and np to that time tbe prisoner had tbe management himself . He then seemed to have formed a connexion with another woman , which took him to Hull , where he lived Beparate from his wife for a considerable time . Their noble landlord , commiserating the feelings of the family , went to Hull , where he sought out the prisoner , and prevailed on him to become a party to an agreement , by which the management of the farm was t > be placed in the hands of deceased . A copy of this agreement was tiven to the deceased , who deposited it in a drawer in the house . After a time the prisoner returned , and remained with the family a shoit time . He left them
again , and again he returned ; and the footing on which he lived for the last two or three years was , that he was permitted to be there , but Id take no part in the management of tbe farm , and still less to take any money , a shilling or two being given to him at a time , for which he lent a hand at bu 3 y time ? . On the 26 th ef October last , the day of the murder , it was ntces-Biry that the whole of the family , with the exception of the deceased , should go away from the house , to a distance o half a mile , where they wero engaged in the pct-ito field . Not only were the whole of the family eDgaged there , bnt they had also called in the assistance of several persons in the village . On the evening previous the prisoner had inUmatjd his intention of going in the morning to Selby ; and accordingly , on
Tuesday morning , he got up before daylight , and went out . Tbe rest of the family breakfasted together , and about eight o ' clock they went to the potato field , with the exception of one son , who joined them about nine o ' clock , and at that time he left his mother aiive an-i perfectly well . At twelve the family rt turned from the potato field , and on going into the house they found their mother quite dead , lymg upon tbe hearth , near the fire , and the lower part of her person burnt A bunch cf keys was lying beneata the deceased . Medical men were sent for , who arrived about half-past twelve o ' clock in the afternoon , and their testimony was , thtt , from the appearancB of tha bedj- . they had no dcubt that the deceased had died abont two hours beforehand nriglt have bten dead
more . Consequently her decth must have Uken place about half-past ton , a matter to which the jury would have to direct their attention , aa it would show , whoever was the murderer , the deed was committed between nine and half-past ten . Some farther inquiry then took place , an * d observations were made , the result of ¦ which was , tout from certain marks npan tho neck and face , the deceased had coma to her death by choking or strangulation . Tin re were also bru s ? s upon the head , and bums upon tho lower part of the body . And it wyuld be shown that from the appearances of these burns upon the body , they must have been inflxted after deceased was already dead by other weans . The family looked about the house , and wiut to a drawer in which at eight tbat morning the deceased had been seun
to lock up about £ 3 m silver . The drawer wa 3 found locked , but the money was gone ; aud tha key tf the drawer was lying under tbe person of tho deceased on the hewth . The keys were perfectly bright , notwithstanding the fira he had spoken of . It was now hia duty to state some facts to be submitted on the part of the prosecution , in erder to fix the guilt of the crime on tbe prisoner . A fuw weeks before the murder the prisonir met n . person named Kirk ; and stated to her tbat he should soon return to Hull cpiln . She kiM ' -what for ? " sad ha replied , " why , y ^ ull see . " On the 8 th ( f Ostober , tbe sum of £ 70 was paid to the ductas ; d by a pero ^ n who bad bought some stock of her , and th :-t sum was taken by her , in the sigl . tif the i-risomr , into a room where she ha 4 formerly
b * en in the habit of depositing her money , but no longer ; for since the retain ( f the prisoner , the place for kteping the money had bet-n change \ He saw her go iiitJ tbat room ; she closed : ne door ; and he had no reason t j believe 1 u ' that the money was in that room . On the day of ? . e murder the prisoner went out before daylight , having announced his intention of going t > Sulby . He was never s * en by any of his family previous to them going t > the putati field ; but a person who ' belonged t > a mill in the ceighbomhocd , and who rad rec ivni instructions from one of the sons to call for some barley , came to tie house at half- pa > t nine , at the backdoor . He was going to open the duor , when he f' U'id it opened frcm w . tbin , and the prisoner stood before him
upon the threshold . The man said ho had come for some barley . Tae prisoner said thut ho could no ; have any , because they trere all away at the polaty field . The miller then said , " Where's the mistress ? " anil the prisoner replied , "why she ' s it the potato field tio . and you must come again tc-night or to-morrow morning . " This man perceived that the prisoner sniped paitlcularly anxious that he should not go iniu t . c bi-uje ; and his evidence would show thut very iua : t < the time of tbe n . urder the prisoner was upon ttio sp-. t where it was commi . tid , and giving a f-U » e aoc < U 1 of his wife , because be must have known that she Hever was at tb . b poU . to fitld at all . At , a quarter ya . s > t ten the prisoner was setn going in a direction from his own house towards Seiny . not
by the u .-ual road , lu " . along a private track , in whicu private track was : forwards found a buttle of rum ; and the quantity in the bottle found corresponded with that which nss in the bottle in the bouse previous tj the murder . Besides this thero were taken three pounds in silver , the agreement before referred to , and a policy of insurance . aL from tbe tame drawer . He had now brought the narrative down to hoif-pssfc ten , when the prisoner w . is seeu proceeding iu the direction he had ststsi . Hd should Dtxt trace him to Stlby , where he arrived about ha-fpast eleven , and it would be shown thut ho could have no business there , because he sp ^ nt the whole of his tuna in a puMic-house and an cating-hoiioe . He ltft Stl ' . y at a quarter pait two , and proceeded
towards home . When on the road ho was nitt oy a miller named Leedel , "who first communicated t ' O'tbu prisoner the iaformttion of hi 3 wife ' s dtath , aud on wiiich his demeanour would be described by the witness . After leaving Leei ' . el the pr . sontr went towards h ' -s owu house ; but was met at the Lodge gates by a woman , who told him that . some one had said that t . is wife must have fallen-down in a , fit . The prisoucr said that was veiy likely , because she hail been coniplaininj ; of a pain in her head for t we or th > es da \ s j > : ist . The daaghtt . T would till them that her niu ' . her wus perfeciiv wtJJ , and had made no such complaints in her hearing . The prisoner then went home , and S'vw his t-i : ; i * 5 daughjer , who is i » Vout thirty ytars of a ^ e . she ta . a to him " Have you been at home to-daj .
fatlitr ?' ' He said , " Xo , I Lave not ; I went out before six o ' clock tiiiB nicrnirg nvA vre : ; t to Selby , and i have b-.-tn there all the day . " A woman named Jane Bribes Hiked him what tuns ha gut to Selby ? whe : i he -.. uswered tbat he rcac .-. td ttat place about half-past eight . An inquest was heid , aud on th r ' evtuwgof the crit day the prisoner made a statement to two psrsoiid as to the manner ha had passed his time that day . He said he went cut at £ is o'ciock iu the morning , aii-. i called to see Lor-t Wedlock ' s gamt-keeper ,, to ask him for a couple cf rabbits to take to his niece at Selby ; that he coull s > L-e nobody thtre , and so he waitetl a-u hour , and then aao home . That account was not only inconsistent "with thecthi-r , but it would bo shown that tht keeper was at home tbat morning at seven o ' clock , ar . d that if the prisoner tad gene , us he had saia , to the dog kennels , he must have found him there . As to would state that she
the rabbits the niecd at Selby had never heard of such a thing , nor had she spoken to the prisoner for a year before . At the bark of the prisoner's aouse was a large dog , which always barked furiously when strangers approached . That dog was heard to bark when the iniiler went that morning , btt i . ever af terwanls , by which it was evident that no stranger had gone u « . ir the bouse that morning . The Learned Gentleman having thus given an outline cf the case , £ aid he joined with his Mend on the other side m intrtating the Jary to dismiss from their minds whatever they ni ' "dithave previously heard upoathe subject , and form feir judgment inclusively on the eviuence . roduced on outh before them . If they had any reasonable dmbti of the prisoner ' s guilt , they would give him the benefit thereof , and acquit ; but if they had no each reasonable doubt , he felt it to be his duty to
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call upon them to do their duty manfully and faithfnlly to thnr country . ' * , Thb examination cf witnesses Iwas then proceeded with , and every particular , f the ^ tvmsnt of ! the Learned Coun ^ l was corroborated by the testimony of about thirty wunesses , by whom a complete chain of strop ? cmu-m , twt !» i evidence was furnished . t S ^ REGOKY Lewin then addressed the Jury for the prisoner He satd he had now the honour to address twelve iDen-fwrn the West Riding of Ms county , and tbateneu ^ d him of two things , the one that he shculd SrtiS / K * t « . Hon . Md-- the other that this cse would be most fully and fairly considered by every in-11 " n h vv " - Z ° ^ Jury A fellow-cr ^ ature ^ now ot . his tn , l for his life , with them was the is ^ ue of hfe and deatb , an . lupon their verdict deDendedwh « th « r
he went away a living man from thut bar , or whett ei he at once entered into eternity . He made this obser ^ vation not that he tliCU 3 ht for a momenb they Wuld be withe ut that feeling which would suggest itself to his own ni . nd , viz ; , the duty of giving every attention to the case from beginning to end , but he did it that they might be able to bring all the faculties of their mind to bear upon it , ^ because te never had fleen a case brouglt before a court of justice where it appeared to h . m the judgmect of the faculties of the Jury were more required to combat difficuUies and doubU loan the presen t They had to consider first of all whether the deceased came by her death by violent m . ans committed by some person , and on that point he Kt » ted that he had aeldpm seen a case wrapped np w-. th so much oiffieulty as this , because they had it in evidence that tbe appearance which presented them-Belves to tae medical gentlemen ifcer death might be occasioned bother
y causes than those which . suggested themselves to these medical men . The question , was , did Al s . Taylor die by the hand of the prisoner or did she die from being burnt to denth from the accidental catching fire of her clothes ? After alluding to the opinion of the surgeons , he contended that from the deceased being found lying near the fender , the mark might have been produced on her neck by falling from th « tfllcts of cirbonic acid gas in the atmosphere created by the accidental burning cf the clothes , which it was suggested and admitted - . ¦ . might be produced by smoke and flime acting upon the air ; and which causes persons to become insensible and d (* wn they fill ; Arid where was she found ? close to the fender with this mark upon her , and a tumefaction or swelling on her face , Whiuh were perf « t y consistent with all the facts and circumstances of tbis case . He next submitted that no motive on tba part tf the prisoner in reference to this tranaction had been proved , und he stated it had struck him
as the most unlikely and unnatural-t ' liog in the world if he had committed the murder fiat ho should then have quit tly walked to Selby , and there deport himseif as he had done . He then remarked on the fact of the cap being undisturbed . What ! did he strangle her , then adjust her cap , then set fire to her , ami then put the ropes on the cupboard instead of putting them on fie fire , which was the most ready mode of gettini ? rid of them . The jury were to ask themselves if such a thing was likely ? After cominunting on the evidence of some of the witnesses , he said that it had been suggested that the prisoner had gone back to thci nouse , cpmihittea tbe deed , and gone away again . A great deal of evidence hnd been given to show . that if any persons had gone in the direction of Taylor's house they might have been
seen . Ho would then ask why was not the prisoner seen ? Nobody did see the prisoner , and Why was it to ap ^ ly to other persons , and not to the prisoner ? Hu goes in and ' conies out on that occasion , and yet he is seen by nobody near the house . He asked the jury whtther thty were prepared to say that Mrs . Taylor's death could not have been caused by the union of carbonic acid gas with the atmospheric air . and in failing caused tlie mark on her nock , that she COUld not have set fira to herself , and that she could not have diedas he had suggested . 'He made a atrong appeal to the feelings of the Jury . He exhorted them . not . 13 . take away tha life of the prisoner , i \ nle 38 the case appeared to them so clear and so sati .-f ictory as to leave no reasenable deubt upon their minds . They " were accountable for their verdict to thejr own consciences , to their God , and to tbair country .
The L « irned Judge then summed up the evidence , ably commenting upon ali tha most material facts that presented themselves . Tae Jury , witaout leaving their box , found the prisoner GUILTY . The Judge then put on the black cap , and proclamation f jr hilenca was made . Ho passed the aet tdiice of death in the following terms : —• " Jonathan Taylor , The Jury , aft ^ r a lone and anxious investigation , have returned a verdict i f . Guilty which verj-lict mint meot with the approbation of every individual who has witnessed tho proceedings of tuis day . Thoy have fjund you to be guilty of the highest offence known 11 the law—an offence at which our naiure most revolts—a
,- , in your case , is attended With circumstances of extraordinary aggravation . The object of your guilt was not some stranger—was not a person against whom you could have a very well-founded around of complaint—it was the partner of your bed , t'ie niithtr tf your offspring . I canni t say more , und I mention that ' iict for the purpose of upbraiding you , but for tho purpose of fuggesting to you , tnat yours is a case in which any hope of mercy on this side of the gravts must be eutir « ly fallacious , and I entreat you to employ the fa w days of your I ' ifj which yet remain to
you , in attending- to ' tho instructions you will receive * re you will appear bt'fo ' re that Almighty Judge before whom you nims soon . be" suium ' oned . It only •¦ remains for me to say that for tho crime of wilful murder , of which you have been convict * *' , you be tiken from hence to the prison from whence jcu came , and from thence you be taken to a pi nee cf execution to be hanged by the m-ck till your fiody be dead , and when dwid . to lie taken dotrn and t . urtea--wttiitu ibe precmcta 'f the prison oftBr Ihis ybuv conviction accdid ' to tin : itlUit J , and may the Almighty have aiercy on ymr i'OUl . " - , . ¦¦ -. : : ¦
The prisoner appeared to be quite unmoved both during the- trial and after the passing of the sentence . The Court rose about half-past eight o ' clock .
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OXFORD ClUCUir . —STAFFORD . Crown Court , Friday , March Hth . ( Before Mr . Justice Cresswell . ) Samuel Jawbs , a boy of 16 . was indicted for assaulting ami wounding Thomas Hurvey , on the Slit of October last , and ' stealing from hia person a knife and 1 . 0 s . Mr . Yardley conducted tho case for the prosecution . The prisoner was undefcuttfd . From the evidence given it appeaved that the prostrcutor , a stout , hearty inan . ^ in the prime " - 'tf-life , and more than a match , even-handed , fir two such assailants as the prisoner * was drinking in tha kitchen of the Bail Inn , at Cheaiilo , on tht ! night in question , when tho prisoner cameitt '•; the ' house , and was offered by him some braid acd-cheese . Soon after wards , the prisoner and the prosecutor left the house together , and
the proiecutor asked the lad where he was going ? Tee prisoner rtp ; ied that he had-no home , and no pla . ee to go to , and thcreforo it was quite indifferent to him ¦ whtre he went . The prosecutor accordingly took him hy the hand and they walked together along v tho road about a couple of miles , when the boy , having looked ciiUtloni-ly about him , remarked . ' ' It strikes me , master , you have got niojiey about you . " The prosecutor said that he nad only got a few shillings , '' . and Mat it was not often that a man in his situation of lifo bad more , and they then walked along in silence together for about another mile , when the prosecutoi felt a stunning sensation , aid found himself at the same moment lying oa the ground . The instant sfte * he heard the reports of what seemed to hitii to be ,-i
brace of pistols tired in rapid , succession ; and soon lost all consciousness . When he recovered his senses , which was not till the day was beginning : to break , he found that he had Ktsfhis lwt , his stick , his knifa , and about 10 s . in silver . There were several severe guuehut wounds about his head , which , in the opinion of the medical men yiho were examined , could not have been , produced by one discharge . The .-prisoner was seen at daybreak about a quarter of a milo from the spot where the . prosecutor was w- unded , and toid the man who nut . ' him tl :: it he had just pickedj . up a knife , which was identifi-id as the prosecutor ' s , and a « ked whether he bad lose one .- The party replied in the negative , and thtn the prisoner proceeded to tell him that ho wa ? walking f cm Cheadle with a man the night before , aad that near tho spot where .- they then wire the man was fired at over a wall by a nian with a . pistol . He represented- "that , he only saw the man's arm , and that the pistol flashed in the pan : directly
after-• wavis a stcond pistol was pointed and shot the mau with whom he was walking Suspicion was excited hy bis story , and aftu * some timo bad eliipsed he . was given into custody , The hat ¦ -. of ihe . prosecutor was discovered near the spot whtre lie was wouuOtd , ljir > g in a ditch , and hia stick w ; is found outside of a sort of bovel where 'tlie prisoner stated" that : he had passed the nijjLt . Two or three spots' -of . blood were also seen on his : um ; Kutj as he was never properly searched ; there vre-e no means of ascirxtaiiiing whetlitr he hal any wt :: pans about him likely to have produced the wounus nifiictcd . A shiili ^ , however , and a sum of 7 s . 6 d . vrere picked up it two pieces , where ho was observed to l ;; tvo stooped c o ' . vn for a moment as he walked along . . The Jury found him Guilty , and . Mr . Justice Ckessw . eli ! , after some remarks upon the enonnity cf thu offence , directed Sentence of Diath t 9 be Rycorded against him , but intimated that he would be Transported-fox ' Life .
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MIDLAND CIRCUIT—NOTTINGHAM , MARCH ; 11 . WILFUL MURDER AT MANSFIELD , John Jones , alias Samuel Moore , aged 24 , was ^ placed at the bar , charged with the wilful murder of Mary Halla . ni , at Mansfield , by catting her throat with a knife .. - ' ' ¦ ¦ '' - . '''¦ ¦' . ' '¦ ¦[ '¦'" - .. - " . ¦ -. '' . ¦ , . ' .: ' ¦ The prisoner , who is a fine handsome young map ., formerly lodged . with the deceased ' s patents , and had for some time paid his addresses to her with success . A little before last Easter , however , the intimacy : broke off , owing to some violence on his part , and the pritoaer went to lodge at Mrs ^ Wragg ' s in the same yard ; still , however , speaking to the deceased at certain times , loving her , as he says himsLlf , V to disti-action . " She had , however , formed an acq ^ uaintance with another person , which gave him great uneasiness . On Thurs-
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day ,. Dec . 30 , ^ the deceased returned- home from the cuatry , and at night about half . pa < t eight she went out Into the yard , saying she would go and hear some news She never returned . Search was made for her every . ' where , until at Ja ^ t the prisoner ' s shop , which is a earret in the same yard , u i 3 ferwent inspection ; By getting on a table and chair a view throngh the window was obtained ^ and there lay the lifeless body cf the hapless girl , with her throat cot in many places , and the floor a , pool of blood . The prisoner was sppreherided in his lodgings within three hours after the girl had left home , ami on the road to the lock-up coafesssd that it was he who did the murder ; that he thought as he could not
have her no one else should , and that he intended to destrey himself ; but his mind misgave him , and he was glad he had not done so , as hebught to sufljr publicly , as a warning to otherfl . The ^ only palliation he endeavoured to make waBj ; that the crime was not premeditated ; that it was done in a moment . He did not wish to be defended on his trial , and actually jit first plead guilty , but his Lordship would not receive the plea , and the people of Mai gneld , who pitied his situation , raised a subscription to defend him . M * . Miller addressed the Jury for the priasner . His LORDSUIP then summed up , and the Jury in :-mediately found the prisoner Guilty of Murder . He was sentenced to execution .
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THE TENDER MERCIES OF THE WICKED NEW -POOR L . 1 W ATROCITIES . We pubiUhed ; yesterday the particulars of a most distressing case of Poor Law maladministration at Windsor ,-r-a locality already too notorious for its fidelity to the principles , and energetic conformity ti the practices , reepmmendtd by the spirit of the Soaierset-house system . It forms -no inapt pendent to the new regulations for the government of workhouses on which we commented on Wenesday , illustrating a class of cruettiesand abuses which those reguations do not touch , —those inflicted upon unfortunate applicants for casual relief . It was investigated during an inquest held at ; Kensington before Mr ; Wakley , whose excels lent discharge of his duty as coroner In that ' amiother places has already been of the greatest service to the
poor , by dragging into ligL t numerous . - cases of ' oppression and misconduct which might otherwise have lain concealed , and bringing to beat upon , them a thorough , acquaintance with the subject and a hearty sympathy with the oppressed . The public are indebted in a great degree to the exposures elicited through bis vigilanco at Hendon , / Kensington ,: and elsewherb , for those parts ' -of the new regulations which go to mitigate tho seventy of punishments within workhouses , to enlarge the powers of medical officars , and to facilitate the administration of relief in cases of sudden emergency . We trust , that in the present instance the result of his judicious and determined inquiry into the truth may be some provision for the better treatment of destitute wayfarer 8 like Eiizibeth and Jessy Willis , whose treatment we proceed to describe .
These two young women , both of them persons of respectable character and appearance , whose manner and deportment , in giving evidence , erfaied the most favourable impression in the minds of all who heard them , are the wives pf Scottish BtofcemasoDS , brothers , who left them about ; three months since to go about the country in starch of work . They remained in lodgings in Shoreditch , till compelled , a fortnight ago , . 'o give them up through inability to pay the rent . They then very properly determined to follow and endeavour to find their husbands ; and , haying heard of thsm from Oxford , set out on foot for thai place . Iil ztbeth Willis took with them her child , an infant , unweaned , though about two years old , which was
suffering . '/ hopelessly , from disease of the lungs . They walked to Oxford in three days , and ,, failing to meet their husbands there , retar . ed in the same manner to London . They then heard that their ' husbands were at Windsor , and walked there ou the 22 nd and 23 rd ult , but were again doomed to suffdr disappointment . Down to this time they hid supported themselves in thoir jburnies , and had obtained food arid lodging by the sale of theli clothes ; now they were Completely destitute , and tho child , in addition to it * internal . complaint , wus labouring under an attack of the measles . They , thpreforc , applied for relief to the Poor Law authorities of Windsor . .
Was there . . ever a case ( we put it to any one with the common feelings of a man and a Chriatiau to say )—was there ever a case in which charity more imperatively rcqaired a liberal and generous measure of relief to be given ? . ' .. - We pass over the delay which occurred previously to their rscej tion into the workhouee . They wero to ] d that sevun o ' clock in the evening ( when their application Was made ) was too late an hour for the admission of casual paupers ; but the mavter of the workhouse fiaya that this statament , wlTch . proceedtd from the overseer ' s wife , was incorrect . Bu that as it niay , they were admitted iiito the workhcusa ( out-door relief . ha ving been refused ) at three o ' clock in the afternoon of the 24 thuU .
On their admission they were pJaced "in a shsd , with a" brick floor , without a . fire , or fire-place , and with a . tiled roof and no ceiling ;; ' into which they were locked , and there they were kept , without being once let oat , tilt the morning of the 26 th—for tv / o nights and part of three day ? . They had nothing to sleep upon except some planks on one side of the shed , without a .-iy sacking ; and only straw fora bed . Their shoes and stockings being wet , they were obliged to take them off , Had , as the workhouse people did not dry them , they remained without shots or stockings during tho whole Of their stay in the shei , and sat huddled together on the straw , for foar of gettiug cold by treadin ^ on the brick pavement . The child ' s clothing was changed ; bnt the women ( who had sold a great part cf their clothes ufon the road ) were left as thinly clad as they came . :
The food given to these unhappy travellers antl their dying child , during the period of their cohQneiiient in the den which we have described , consisted in the whole of three tin cupa / of griiel with sugar ; six ditto , v / ith salt ; two pints of tea . without sugar or niilk , and thirteen scanty slices of dry bread , principally brown , like barley bread . For the child , they had on the second day one piece of white bread , with a little butter on it , for : breakfast , and a little mutton broth for dinner ; and on the third day a tin of milk , . and dry bread for breakfast . This was all . "On each of the two nights , " said Ehzibeth Willis , " that wo > lept iu the abed , the child kupi calling for tea all night , and on my asking the ward-woman for some , she on each occasion brought some cold water from the pump , "
Wo have already referred to tho complicated ditorders under which tho child was labouring at the tilUO of thair admission . On the day after their arrival the mstron came into their cell . and urged them to go away . The mother insisted that the doctcr ought to Bee her child . The matron " told her he would not be there tbat duy , and said , 'Cin'tyou w . ifk to Oxford to-day ? " The wether said the distance made it impossibie . The matron then pressed her to go to Rinding ; she still declined , justly observing , that " the doctor ought to see her . chi ; d first . " The medical efficer afterwards came * saw the child , stited that it had the measles fivturably , ordered a white powder for it , which was administered dry upon the tongue ;
but did not order it any nutrinient . whatever . Qh that ni ^ ht the ward-wbiuan told the mstber that " the doctor had said the child would be well enough for them to ' go on the next day ; " and on the following nioraing " she came in again , and said , 'Are you not ready to go ? '" from which they considered they were * ' -compelled to leave . " They left accordingly ; neither moneys nor food , nor any other relief whatever was given them tacarrythem along the road , but the matron said ; at . patting , " .. * ' My good woman , there are plenty of Unions on the road . andyou can get relieved at thein ail . " They arrived at Kensington about six o ' clock in the evening ; without having tasted food ; and w ; ere then received and charitably treated in tho Kensington workhouse . But the next morning the child died .
Such is this pairfal and most revolting tale , which we may leave , as -we have done so many before it , to produce its own effect , without any eomnie'it of ours . The . facts are unquestionable , having been admitted at the adjourned inquest on Wednesday > by the master and warcl-woman of the Windsor workhcuse . The verdict of the jury was as follows . ' . : — "We find that the deceased died from disease of the lungs and mt'sentric glands , produced by natural causes , In giving this verdict the jury cannot rtfrain from
expressing thtir indignation and disgust at the cruel aud inhuman treatment which wag exercised towards the deceased child and its p-fflicted mother and aunt in the Windsor "Union workhouse , they having been locked into a place having a bi-icli ; floor , with only a slated roof and ilu ceiling , and without any fire , during a great part of three tiajs ' . and twb whole nights , having been fed during that , period upon water-gruel and an insBffictent quantity of . brow-n brfia ^ i , the mother of the child having at that time a dying infant at her breast . "Times , Friday .
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BRIDGE WATER UNION WORKHOUSE AGAIN APPALING SICKNESS AND MORTALITr . To the Editor of the Times . Sir , —Some circumstances which h ; ive lately occurred in tliis union , and , -other ' s which , hava come to my knowledge inthu course of this day , are in themselves sufficiency impoitant to induce ma to believe that you will mt object to such a recapitulation of matter contained in some of my lata . conimunicatiors as may be necessary to a correct estimate of present occurrences .
I showed you that the Poor Law ' 'Commissioners , hav under their Eeal , '' authovizsd their officials to pack eight bads for lying-in women in a room not sixteen feeiEqiiaro ; to atdw thirty-two paor men in a narrow roem twenty-nine feet long ; and , that , to c own these atrocities , they have , with murderous ingenuity , -con-: trived to show how thixty-six helpless children may be packed into a low den twenty-two feet long , without any provision for separating those who may happen to be suffering under small pox , measles , or fever . ' ¦ ... ¦ ¦'¦ '' . ¦" " ¦ '¦ " ¦ " ¦ ¦ ' '
As a further il ' nitration of the Commissioners' system ^ of providing for oar unfortunate fellow-creatures , I detftiied a iseries of fatal outrages committed upon the urioflTending poor ia the workhouse of this union , and brought this sickening detail down ta a period when the frightful number of one hundred and seventeen deaths was recorded in the workhouse death-book .
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. ¦ ' I , i i- ^ 'TO . K ^ irgS ^ oiiiiMi " ... - . . ~ r T " ^ I showied you iditmany of these ' fcxihs w « J ^ ascribed by the medical oflicier to " the dietary and the c *? wded state of the hpus 9 ; that reiterated applications bad beitZ made by him to the Bpara of Guardians for additional accommodation ; that he had " begged earnestly , yet respectfuily , to urge on tha board tho necessity of their most : seriously considering " , . the want of accommodation for thodiseased pejor ; and that , his reiterated applications were rejected as ' » iinnecssary and inexpedient . " I further showed ; you that a medical ' committee wa 3 at length appointed . to fcxamine the house , and among p ' . her important matter that committee re-P ^ rtedr- : ' : . ¦ . ' ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ - "• . ' . ' . ¦¦¦ . ' ' ' . ¦¦; - " : -: ' •¦ : . '• . " . ' ¦• ¦ ¦ - '¦ " ' Jli ? flcU they fta < ^ -di scovered 1 \\ cases of disease , many of item of an infectious tJiaracter . mingling toith the clean tnmates , V ^ ilhoulany : ' o > de > -or arrangement fortheir separation ¦"• . ' ' -: ' :-- ' - .. - ' . ¦ : .: ¦ ¦ ¦ . - , . . : ¦¦; ¦ .. ¦ —¦
^" ^ f ^ d ren slepCin a room 27 'feet by 15 . and thai they found other apartments bearing similar propor iions to the nnmber of occupants . " Ou this occasion the medical attendant of the workhouse made the following official statement : — •« I have frequently complained not only of the closfness of thechil'ire * s s ' eeping apaitmentSj but of every sleeping apartment' m ^ which 1 have been a few hours after the inmates of the house had retired to rest It only requires one visit to be satisfied that the foetid air tchicli they are obliged to breathe ia high y calculated to introduce disease where it does not exist , and to aggravate it where it does ;"
At . the date of communication I stated " that I had no Intention of immediately resuming the subject ; but that within a few days of that period I bad received a printed copy of the important commuhicatibn which stands at the head of this letter . By referring to that communication you will perceive that the Commissioners' systeni has . braked down under .-its own ; atrocities { that tbeir workhouse is again'ravaged by disease to af ightful V-xtent j that' addiiibnal preinises' are to > be hired , and tbe ' numb ' tt of children in the wprkhouse reduced . It further appears that , notwithstanding the vast sacrifice of human life that had occurred in this pest-bouse ; the medical officer now declares , ' that during the last six months mortality has been greater in the house than he has ever known it since his . coniiewionivitb ihe establishment , particularly among : tue aged and children . ' ^'
Such was the . working of the system as officially reported on the 4 th of January labt . O . i the 1 . 4 th , I visited the union workhouse , and was politely eccohipanied round the house by the vlcij-chairrnan and the clerk of the union , who very civilly answered the few inquiries which I made . My own impression of that which passed under , my view willhe befct explained by the followinj !! entry made at the ; time in the visitingbook of the workhouss : — " I believe eveiything is done which can be efftCtcd by the governor and matron ; but the house is overcrowded to a dangerous extent Ih several instances there are at least double the
number of persons sleeping in a room which there ought to be , : 6 r that can possibly be accommodated without a considerable sacrifice of life . " Shortly after this entry forty of the children were nightly removed to an old workhouse , from "which they were brought back every morning , ana kept all day , thus incurring the risk , and adding to the ' pollution' , ^ of this pestiferous ; establishment . A number of poor persons labouring under , different diseases were likewise occasionally brought from the ' - neighbouring , parishes into the house ; which was thus charged , not only with its own concentrated ruasa of disease and suffering , but with a succession ef new objects . . " . . ' ¦ ¦¦ ' ; '• . ; ¦ ¦" ; '¦' - ¦ ' , ¦ - ¦' •' . ¦ : ;' .. " - - . .. ¦ ¦ '
I will now reC-r to tuch extracts from official reports as wiil enable hie to bring before y « vv , by means tf a brief fcummary , tbe present awful reality . "January ^ 11 . — Medical VVeehiy Keport .- ^ Two deaths Lave taken place since my last repott . and many cases of roeaslea hayo appeared . " Many of thu inmates ara suffering from Bevcre colds and coughs , which , in ray opinion , are partly produced by their going to church this cold weather without suffiuitnt covering , fifty-six sick , nine head diseases . " January 18 . —There should be a comfortable ward provided for a few cases which are now iu thelaTge infirm ward . They are : so offensive , as to vitiate the air , and render it disagreeable to the other inmates . ..- - . . .. ¦ -.- ¦ - •'; . ' .. ' ¦ ¦ ' : ¦ ' -.. - ' / _ ' ' ' - ... " January 25 . —; ltch has appeared among tbe ' . ' ih ' T mates ...: ' . ' 1 [ have been obliged , to put the itch cases in the Viigradxvdrd . forwantof belter accommodation . Seventy one on thesick list ! :
" February 8 . —One case of small-pox has appeared since last wet-k , and , for want of better accemmodatioD , I have phced him in the . - men ' s sick ward ; which being full I have since been obliged to place other / cases in the men ' s small infirm ward . : ; " Tho inmates shd . uld not be allowed to e , o to the church this severe neither without sufficient covering . " - " Abuaiiam King , Medical Officer . " Fobrusry 22 . —Proceedings at the Boar . l of Guardiar 8 : ? -Moved by Mr , Strangeways , and aeconded by the Rev . Wm . Jfcffries Allen— . " That it is expedient te ' adopt the advice of tho medical officer , and forthwith build a detached hospital far the reception of the sick pauper inmates of the workhouse . " "¦' . . ¦ ' . '¦¦ . , ' . ,: . Whereupon it was moved , as an amendment , by Mr
Somers"That the consideration of building an hospital be postponed to this day four months ; " which amendment was carried , there being twelve for % and only six in favour of t ^ o motion ; three' of whonv were ex officio Guardians , inc ^ udins : the mover and seebmier . " February 24 . —The diarrfteea has recommenced its ravages in the house ; ihiriy-Jive- persons have been seized in the course of yesterday and to-day ! . Two more persona have likewise been seized witk small-pox- " . . Thiia it appears that in three weeks , from January ¦
the 4 th , wbeti the tnedtcal man «!««>}»«¦«*» -tfa »* " % ** n-arm tality inthe house had been greater thaa he had ever known it , the number on the sick list increased from fifty to seveuty-dne , —that niariy cases of measles had occurred , — -and that itch pervaded the establishment-to such an extent that , from wapt of other accommodation , the persons afflicted were put into the ward which wast assigned to the casual ' poor . Thus itch and ringworm were tb be inflicted , on those whose distressed condition obliged them t > seek for a night the charity of the Bridge-water Union ! :
' Sniiilipcx-, too , lias broken out amonjst this dense mass of disease , and a person suffering under it pot into " the men ' s sick ward , " with ten or a dozen other patients . This , cf course , has been followed by other caaeBof smallpox ; and now comes the frightful diarrfco 3 ? Thirty-five cases in little mora than twehty-fpur hours Aud these cases , -too , " ... mostly anipps ; the old an < J infirm poor , who . having been " obliged to breathe ' fetid air , highly calculated , " as tho medical officer says , ' ' to introduce disease where it V . oes not exist , and to aggravate it where it does , " are subjected for hours to the piercing cold of winter , without sufficient covering , and are thus rendered infinitely more susceptible than they otherwise would be to the attacks of all , or any , of the fatal diseases which ravage this workheuse .
Thus , Sir , it has been shown you , on the authority of cffichl returns , that thi 3 detestable pesthouse , Into which the infirm and ami helpless -poor of forty parishes have been so recklessly thrust , is practically a mart for the propagation and extension of contagion , under the special contfonl of those commissioners who , by the Vaccination Ait and the New Police Act , are appointed to carry out the sanatory regulations of the kingdom . . . •"¦ ¦ : ¦ Bridgewater , Feb . 24 . . J . BOWEN .
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OUR INDIAN FORTUNES . On this melancholy subject theTtmes of Friday has the'following very just rtflection : — " And so enns the , first act of this most disastrous war . Few of our leaders can romember so heavy , none , probably , so terrible , a reverse to English ainie . And for all we have to ; thank ourselve '? . We might have had these proud and independent tribes as friends—we preferred tp have them for slaves , We might have allied ourselves with the ruler whom they have cbesen —we : preferred to set over them a dtbauched and sanguinary tyrant or" our own . We might have compelled our creature to rule them with equity . and leuitncy—isre chose to tyrann r . 3 over and insult them .
And -why all this ? 'Why waH iVthat this advance into a country which had not invited our help or our interference ? To quell ; predatory-habits ? To secure free passage to merchandise ? ' To dtfend an ally 1 ; To punish aggression ? .. -. / Nothing of the sort . It was to nieet the . advance of Russian influence , Russia was intriguing in Persia , was ' pushing her envoys into Affghanistan . We met . them by our own , and euccessrully—s » successfully that the Russian wa « fairly drirtn from the fieklj leaving us at liberty to form that warlike acd then friendly nation into an alnioat impregnable barrier againss her . design ' s ; .- A friendly frontier of alnicstimpassable mountains , pet'p ' . td by brave and hardy mountaineers—what more aafeand inexpensive acquisition to to an overgrown empirs could the heart of statesman
rt quire ? But llussia was not only intrisuing , but advancing toKhhah—and so we must be ' . ' advancing ' too . And so we blew optn the gates of Ohtziee , overran Affghanistan , compelled the surrender of Dost Mohammetl , made Lord Kst'he . a peer , and vaunted , to Europe aild the 'world ' the -ur . Cor . qiieva . ble . power of Edglish arms , and while the Kussiim troops were in full retrt at prided ourselves on the skill and success of our demonstration . We spoke a good deal to © soon . We were , and till now have be « n , almbsTi . intoxicated with cohr Ectous power . Not only in Hindosten , but . everywhere * obstacles and enem < e 3 have seemed : to melt before our aims cr our policy . Wisely cr unwisely , justly or unjustly , it seemed that we had but to niove , and our
work was done ; till we : had begun to think , as with the unhappy Chinese , that our wili was law as well as power , and that it was an absurdity to suppose that forbidden which 'British interest or glory seemed to require . At last has come a shock , and now , as it has not prospered , " men dare call it treason . " May this retribution suffice to make thosei feel what is right cmd wrong who would have been long enough in finding it out while hurried onward by the popular sxcitsnient of succesp . If such is the case , we will not say tliat we shall not most bitterly mourn . over thia disaster—far , very far from it—but we will say that it . ib aa tyent less fatal Jo British honour—nay , to British interests , than the fatal and arrogant instusibility from which it arouses ua . " ¦ — " ' '¦ - ¦ - ' ¦ . ¦ " - ' . ' ¦ " ••'¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ : '¦/¦ : . ¦" ..
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 19, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct882/page/3/
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