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      SSP 1 Y TO DB- BO WRING'S PBEE TRADE * TJXmRISHES . 5 P 0 XES BT HIMSELF AT TBS DB . T / £ V-Lt 3 ? E THvATBE . ijs » , OU Unaj ^ andl Is Hiy name ijja toy deserved -raft-spread fana lo k > blasted by mu i trickster ' s game , i In name of Truth ? » n 3 ibsll Ihy Master Shatapeare * page , 2 e invoked to serve j | i iron age i * B& iron masters , onSfay stage . j * T Wbo blight on * youth ? gjjjQ they "who Shaklpe&re ' s brethren bind To feed flie fire and i&efc tha mind , Vor faesi them siren | s human kind , A = " Bat mere machines J

      gjjjg efeey « soy 1 » ^ $ ak wrong , ni dnpe the gjuingii trusting throng , Io think they'll stanfl tween-weak saa strong , Yet take tba means . # ¦ ffbereby the poor did lire of old ; ¦ pnjjl within the -wide-spread fold Of dssth their thousand slaves are roU'd Inladiof hire ? yet do tbey dare on ffcese to call To belp them all Ihe " » oria t' enthrall , T involve in arasi canpetftiaxi a 2 Q i Tin avarice Hre . fliey irate of Freedoni i Trhich is still To obey a tyrant master * -win , watyon * ton their c 3 n % r » M

      - ° . I Andtxnrthfineck jjem infancy our children toil lafacfriw , health andmlnd toapofl , ybafi Tics and crima our efforts foil : TolioldiBC&eck . pafiiese tbey ask ns » Shall we league ? 5 o i isthar from heaven any plagne 5 Vst 7 Tatnre operates "we'd crave - " * " Tfcau sndi as ^ his .

      jjob ihB " iExtension" lords "we turn , i 5 ie their call And mCta ? spurn ; ¦ Faliibaty our bosona bum—

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      « r © asiler , in Hs u Fleei P * pera" of the current * jeLhas given his opinion z > n the hill of Sir Junes fe ^ La on Factory laboar and Edacation . We » esna- » great number of obi readers -mil read tb& Merest the-remarks © f their old friead , ana to therefore make no apology for inserting the entire Jeffer . He 3 ms addresses tha Minister : — £ > fte £ ? $ & So * . $ » " 3 ama Graham , Bart M . P ., her Vaaty ' sPrixdpdlSecniarypf State / or the Home

      3 ejartmaL Sir , — Many are the isgniries -which are made of me , tomaH parts ol the factory districts , by masters and men , " Da you approve of the BUI for regulating the BBptojmenl of children andyoa = 5 persons in Patteries , wia&x Sir Jams Graham introaneed on the 7 th nit to the Hoise of Commons f J h""e resolved , in &la letter , to znsver all those inquiries . 1 call yonr most seriom attention to my remarks on ikst delicate ind important subject , because I am trell aware i&sS there is so person in s- condition to give you bei&z information or more sound advice . Itis a gnesijtm -which is peculiarly my own—to it I hire deTotsd mare time and Ubout than any other "Ban . IhsremTes&g&teditinall its bearings—I ha ^ e pursned it gioazh all its rzmrScafions .

      Ism intimately aeqnainted "with eTery class ol per > losa to" » laca itrefers—I know all the interests -which itsstexes . I msyadd , too ,-withoutfear ef successful eufllflurtiikm , that I eojoy the confidence of thai large naj mtstiBterestiD ^ class of my iellow mbjects , -whom ii mos especially iffects— " the children and young per Esii £ 2 ploj 6 d in factories , * ' as -well as of the better porfinaotilsBr employers . WMiez it is Tie wed in a religious , mend , j ^ rrioi social , political , or commercial besriBg , 1 tin dady inTesngated and deeply pondered on its { £ & I na . Meed , no noyiee oa the Factory Question . I istiSred nsany years in the heart of the factory diate&-Ih&TBtaken a mc-st actiTe part in that interest fcjica ^ oa . -which has at length issued in your Paetonrf Eeaiiation BOL to

      Hf Jb ^ e dozing yean I e been doomed a jnjoa las , indeed , separated jne from mere artrre exar-&ai a tial cause , but has not interrupted my commnko&k -aia the employers and the employed . No i&p ittibeen taSen by them without my knowledge S / hnMaEQit asd Tetireraent hare afforded me the lot ojsperfaaity of calmly xerriewins every part of that Bat nitrating and intricate queetaon ^ -aiey haT e ohfed me to do so entirely diTested of that ro ?? rafrt snd enthesiasn -shleh participation in the aiJTs tea&ea of agitation seeessarily inspires . If I * sbJ £ & sea csssrgefic in the field , 1 haTe bees calm Bd « B * E 3 ip \ asrre in my c * U-

      1 isn mi enoceh to claim your attentian to my obsrti&sa c-n a jctject irith which oreuBistanees have in- ' tsB&eeUd year name—' a- question which can Kra be EDc . t = d yrxsboat bricgicg -mine to the national nefflse&ai . 2 fy EErsrer to all who ask my opinion—and , as I Ins foldysB , ibey are ms-nj—Is , J entirely ditapprove f&e BUI xchidi yen ixtce introduced , If it be really J 3 CT object to settle the -gnsstaon , yon haTe mistaken ¦ Sktsj—if ycur intention be to reader it still more

      faSa&f , -rosficus , and intricate than it has ever &&ssbc £ n , yon have succeeded . And -why ? * hiaaffijjon to the yetj ol . jectionable points in Lord iSap ' s laetory BegulsSon Act—the two seta , gangs , trigsji of children , and the Taxations and unconsti-WfBfl , as well as expensive sr&ttm of inspsctioo—Tjahro now introduced thoaa fearful engines of aafeail & 6 ord , " tb . ey £ W PoorLaTf" and "theComsfifce of tteiaidl on "Education / " by connecting "witii Ssa Sa adminiEtration of the Factories Begnlatton

      _ 5 ad yoa beenTreH-isformed with lespsct to the E ^ EgtbsSperTadestheiBiBda of the people of Eng-« aa , yca -wocld hare been sure that the introduction li&ese fc » h and irrdeTant En > jecta rf contention into a ^ &etorj guesaon would Jafe-liHy prore fatal to its !*~« & ! lau § proper settlement 3 fio noi jaean that you-eumas « arry it ihroashPai'Ea-Xstt—Itert it is now proTed that yen are omnipotent ; ** » ihe coBEtry , yon ought to hsTe known that the ¦» a TBeh you hare introdnctd trlil be the froitfnl * 5 K 8 rf ajcreasiEg strife , and of still greater per-P- 'fiCtj . Poor

      juZi ^ r ^^ establish the Nr ^ r Law more ^ T ^ iEEsia of the Factories B-gciEdon Act—your « wce cf TKHrnrg , hy the same means , the education "Jf-3 * 5 » e enErely from the Church , ( if you are per-Scseato let ia the iredce yon -wiii soon driTe it home , ) ^ pieffif 5 t hi the hands of " the Committee of «™ l en EJncstionr Tnll , iTtntolly , raise up an 3 »« aKm ton the < Jlrarchsfid the pecple , to which , ™ 5 ? psri » 3 , thE -Dre » nt murmurings of the Dissenters « a M tmlj- ass gaitls z ^ pbyr . asSrf ? ccr 2 ai ^ reirosage . moTement—adding to , ^ aa if ahuisdshiEg , the enicmes of the factory

      ilf \ ^ " ^ e lu ^ erea the age at -u-fcich children « si « Ik ^ m ^ ei jj . ^ ^ ^^ ffsm ^ , - jy , g ^ ^ - sad , bjtherednctiDu of their term of labour from = P 3 to six and a talf horns per day , yon haye ^ « J tha actual factory labour for all aboTe . ^^ J 6113 from twelTe working hours to Mrteen ^^? on may psss such an impolitic and delusiTe ^^ s a Parliament—you > rill find , however , that the ° ? = 7 can neyer be satisfied -with it . ^^ ^^ dto giT eforcetothe future agitafion of Z ~ £ r ~ * Sa ^ sSoajyoB -w 31 pass yonr BtU ; iT yon ^ "rajore flat jx ntaSoa from the body politic , yon ^ y ^ sw it , and -afloT ? lord Ashley to zettle the

      w * ?* me > Sir , Qie only reason -why the factory ^^ ahas heen allo-B-ed to slumber , i ^ becacse the ^^ t « the factory chUdren were resolred that lord ^ r £ F » A ct Ehould ha-re a fair trial That trial has ! aa * f -E ? ~ it * " P ^^ ed . ^ 7 . admitted , to be a ^ f ^ Pesrfnl - wffi be the coming strife , -when « * i r ^ dements TrtSch you ia-ra now thrown into is ^^ J - ® 661111 ? intricate question * feall be added j ^ Zf ^ fittk hare , for so masy yearB , disturbed the ^^ nag diBtricts . ^^ ¦ sito g to rtcem alvice . Abandon your measure ^« Jlice to o = s tfbo , an this question at Iea * t , posj ^ ^ o ^ rioi kno wledge—to one -who tnjoys the con-^^ « the country , aid who ought to possess that JhjTzJJ ?^—let Lord Ashley be the stateEman who fe / JT ® ibla ^ estian , so mnch Hs own . Do this , yrSLF ™ " ^^ *«* fe ^ e cws ^ on to rer > ent . fcj Z ^ J ™ » a stin more embarrassing the Legisla v _ r 'oeiacioTy oaesaon . it ia tht rtnt ? to dl * encums ^ iose whieh ha- ? e

      - ^^ j ptrplexiees already be ^^™ me misaa of many persons who are only *^ T acquainted with the k ^ eL jg ^^ arB few perso ns who h * y moi heard flf " Sad-* Staiim v ? " ^ ae * ? Bill "—of the enthusiastic ^ j oa Shah tfu made in its supportr-and of the tog ^ » aa -nrulent opposition which "was raised to ^ tt *^ *** 1 *?? 1 ** 1 * bya Teryiulaenaal poiz ^ 3 la 3 * teTS * fixEir friends . J ^ W J ** » beli eTedhy many , bat itIb nBTOrthejtsaT ?? ^^ Bill -was amply intended to guard all ^ "Tmty-one years from factory night worifc—to j-J- ^ tafanu uBd « sine yeanf of age from factory ** H * 4 if ^ * r ** a 31 persons betweennine and eighteen * i , ^^ *^ bang -worked more than lEJfhours sfi | V ™"~? " « ctories , nnV ^ g . with two hours for 1 5 ^' , ^^ wi of twelTeiours . In&et , ife was a ^ -t-n ^ L * Te > ' Hdot 2 ia i—it ought to baye ^• -te ^ i : a really ^ asa T ^ texti : Hours BilL * » t * S }* J **® et ' a demand wes , strongly as it i-ponta by the evidence- of clergymen , magi * -

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      trates , medi&vl men Tpi !! -ownrrs , factory workers , and the most respectable portion of socie-ty , it so happened that a fe «* * ery wealiby and very oppressive millowners had influence fcnoa ^ h with the Whig Gh » vercment to defeat Sadler " 8 reasonable and "benevolent intentions ; and after having had no fewer than fonr Parliamentary Reports on the subject , after innumerable publieoneeVingB and petifions in faveur of Sadler ' s bill , the "Whig Ministers were persuaded that still more information-was reguired ; and after having obtained all this mass of evidence , aBojal Commission -wasactualiy issued , in order that the Commissioners might traverse the country , " see with their T > wn eyes , and hear -with their own ears , " and then report to the Government the result of their inquiries and observations .

      What under-hand , unfair , and powerful Uiflaence was used to parrert their Beport , it is not for me to explain —suffice it to say , one or their body , Mr . Stuart , published the astounding faet , that the printed Report of Srose Commissioners was no more like the Report of those men who were appointed to investigate the C 3 sa , than "would be the Report of any twelve men whom " we might meet by ehance any day in Sfc . Paul ' s Churchyard . Be this as it may , that false Report ,-was adopted ; and under its reoommeBdaUon the present Factories * Regulation Act-was introduced , on behalf of the Whig Government , by Lord Althorp , and passed by the Legislature .

      That measure was opposed by Mr . Sadler out of the House , ( -who , under the Reform Bill , lost his seat , ) and by Lord Ashley in the House—his Lordship having kindly undertaken to become the Parliamentary guardian of Sadler ' s Ten Hours Bill , when its originator had unhappily been rejected by two Reform Bill constirnencieB . Although Sadler was supported by the fac tory people with an enthusiasm -which is almost -without presedent , ( I remember that a petition was signed by upwards of 40 , 000 from Manchester , imploring the voters or Leeds to return their friend , ) still it was all in vain—tyranny , fakehood , and deceit prevailed over justice and . truth—Sadler -was rejected . Leeds is now reaping the "bitter fruits of that day ' s work .

      Bnt allhongh iord Atthorp's Bill was opposed by Mr . Sadler , Lord Ashley , and all the friends of the factory ehlldren , it was supported by " the bit of a Parliambnt of mill-owners -who assembled in Palace yard / ' ( as Mr . Stuart , one of the Commissioners , calls them ); a » d that gentleman informed the public why it was thus supported , vis : because " thay [ the mlllownera } knew that it 'was impracticable I " When Lord Althorp'a Bill came into operation , the opponents of Mr . Sadler < who had supported Lord Aiihorp in Parliament ) endeavoured , by every means , to increase the difficulties and vexations which the factory -workers were « xpased to by its operation . If « omplaints -were made to them , they -were accustomed to say to their work-people , ' Go to Sadler and Oastler , it is 1 hev who have csnsed you all this trouble , vexation , and loss ; taey said they were vow friends , go and ask them to relieve you now !"

      The . operatives -were not to be thus deluded—they "weD"k » ew that the Ten Hoars BUI of Sadler contained iio vexatious dau * es ; that it was simple and efficient in its operation , containing a clause fer the imprisonment or those mili-ownera who offended the third time against its enactments , instead of that rwarm of spies whieh Sadler's opponents had introduced in their Factory Bill , under the title of InspecWre—a race ef men whese existence can never be tolerated under a free Constitution . The very men who , -with the aid of the Whig Government , had saeeeeded in forcing lord Althorp ' s Act , against the united efforts of Mr . Sadler , Lord Ashky , and their innumerable friends , now became the most bitter opponents of Althorp ' s Act , and , failing to excite the operatives against Sadler and his friends , made several attempts in Parliament to get rid of the Factory Act , as they expressed it , " bit hy bit . "

      In every eSbrt they have hitherto failed—the operafives having resolved to give Althorp's Act a fair trial , and , if possible , obtain Sadler's bilL Whenever their opponents have mooted the question in Pariiamtnt , their friend Lord Ashley has been ready with Sadler ' s Ten Hours Bffl . ' - Thns the matter sto * d in Parliament and the Country , nntil you introduced your bill on the 7 th ulU Since then , you know -what a storm you have raised , but yon do sot know the hurricane that is brewing .

      I have thought it due to the { Heads ef Sadler ' s Ten Hours Bill to state these facts , because I know that there are thousands of persons -who believe that Sadler's hill was passed , the truth being , that he ¦ was defeated ; and Lard Ashley has never yet been able to carry that simple , wise , and efficient measure It canaiever be too strongly impressed upon the / public mind , that Mr . Sadler's Bin recog-Sx *! no infraction on th-s Constitution , by the expensive establishment ol espionage undez inspectors , superintendents , Ac Mr . Sadler ' s Bill -did not encumber the factory question with the subject of Education—Mr . Sadler ' s BUI did not recognize the employment of tw » gangs of children ; it ¦ was a simple proposal to forbid factory night work for those , under twenty-one years of age—it forbad more than ten hours -woxk per day for those between nine and eighteen years—exclnding , of course , all uodee nine years from being worked in factories . This was all that SadJer proposed . —he encumbered the question with no other subject .

      Tor proposing that measure , and for no other crime , the talented , benevolent , and high-minded Sadler was driven from Parliament—he -was persecuted with a virulence unequalled—be-wastibarged with the blackest crimes , nay , even with meditating assassination—he was hosted from his ztstive 'and , driven into exile , until , } n Ireland , heart-broken , he died ; and that country , os -which Ms work has immortalized his same , found him a grava It gives me the highest satisfaction when I remember that in that cause , with thai man , I tras counted worthy of persecution .

      Believing , as I do , that the factory question -will never be satifactorily settled -whilst the system of " relays' * is eontinned , I am anxious to rescue my friend Sadler ' s memory from the suspicion of his having ever acquiesced in that impolitic system . No man opposed it more steadily than Sadler—it was obtained ; n direct contradiction to his wishes . In his letter to the Commissioners , on that subject , he said : — ' Relays . 1—the very term is disgusting ; the comparison between the management of human creatures and that of cattle is / as Hume says , ' shocking ! ' But even in any such comparison , the physical condition of the infantile labourer , under the ' relay syBtem , -would ok infinitely below ths > t of . tha brute . * *

      " The question is ,-whether the system , as now pursued , is injurious to the growth , destructive to the health , and fatal to the life itself , of multitudes of human victims , in the beginning of their days ; and not -whether Mr . This , or Mr . That , may get ^ 20 , 000 per annum , or only two-thirds or half of that sum , by those infant * gangs' which the legislature of England , to its eternal disgrace , has too l « og trusted Xo his < tender mercies / • » • " But attempt such a measure , and , without professing the gift ef prophecy , I venture to prognosticate that a struggle will commence which every friend of humanity n" ^ > i *» country will have to deprecate . " That * measure' has been attempted '—that' struggle " has * commenced . ' The distress of the manufacturing population , ¦ which has issued in the late outbreaks , is a-warning to be remembered—an evil to be ' deprecated . *

      If you -will have two sets of factory -workers under thirteen ysara of agB , you must always have a double nniabfcT of those who are above that age , being a surplus of one-half more than can ever be employed . The surplus must always press upon the wages ol the moietj who are employed , and thus they must depress the wages to . the very lowest point The unemployed will necessarily -be forced upon society as paupers , beggars , or tbisves . With the system of ' relays , ' this will be the resnlt , which , as snre as effect follows cause , nature herself prescribes . It is in vain that you attempt , by ¦ Education , " to prevent a necessity Imposed by the laws of nature . If you -will train up donble the number of persons to any business which number cannot , by any possibility , be employed , you ffttBNn « xssa 7 iZjrdisorgania 9 society .

      I have no hesitation in pronouncing my opinion that very sraeh ol the distress and consequent discontent of the manufacturing operatives has its cause in Lord Aiihorp ^ system of " relays "—nay , the Prime Minister hiaistif asserted the same thing , 'when be said , that the immigration , of labour from the agricultural districts into those districts which are the Beats of manufacture was one cause of the distress ; for everybody kuoWB that it was the . children from the agricultural districts , not the aduUs , who -were required by the manufacturers The-children were wanted to make up the two sets or relays is the factories .

      Under cary circumsUaices , the training up to & given employment twice the number of persons -who can possibly find work in that branch of labour , must , of neces sity , create disorder and distress ; bnt , under the operation &f the Kew Poor La-w , which removed the only prop upon which labour could lean in the fierce charge made by capital upon its value , that disorder and distress must be accelerated and increased . * Dol misrepresent the tendency of the New Poor law ? Am I mistaken in its sad and sickening effects on the value of labour and on the condition of the indus trious portions of society ? Read , then , its character and its effects from your most influential and able

      sapporteri" The New Poor Law places labour ahxlvlelj / at the mercy of capitalists . The poor must work , starve , or suffer a penal imprisonment , under the provisions of thai lav ; bat the capitalist finds that he employs them to most advantage by allowing interval * of idleness , during Trhich they starve , or rot in vrorkhouaes . By this he makes most money , that is , accumulates capital most rapidlyi to enable hkn to prolong the intervals of idleness , and penal imprisonments in time to come . "Tte Standard , AprU 7 X& , 18 * 3 . Mark , then , how lh » system of relays , or two sets of juvenila -workers , must increase the mnch abused power of the capitalists , -when aided by the Enpernumerary army'of adult operatives , being the surplus created of the relay ' system , all of -whom are wailing for employment at any price rather than submit ' to starve or to a penal iiQpriwnmenf Again : —

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      " The New Poor La ^ r has , in fact , plsced la ths hands of wealth a perfectly ^ despotic power over tfee labour of the people—an authority -which the rich have abased , and wi ]] continue to abuee , until the evil shall reach themselves , as indeed it is already reaching some of them . The distress ofp the last four years may , we firmly believe , be traced to the New ^ Poor Law in a far greater degree than to any . other eanse . The reason ip Bimple and obvious : that ix ~ w depbives thb poob op THE POINT OF RESISTANCE WHICH , BT SNAELIKG THE LABOUnERTO jiAKE TERMS , IMPOSED a B . ESTRAIM tjpow EMPLOYERS , and checked among them that spirit of gambling , and thai ppbt of competition , which have all but involved the country in ruin .

      " It is not merely that by the new law capitalist * aro enabled to bring machinery into unequal and fatal rivalship -with hnman labour . Thb xaw WHICH PLACES A REDUNDANT BODY OP LABOURERS ABSOLUTELY AT THE COMMAND OP EMPLOYERS , ENABLES THE LATTER TO MAKE WHAT TERMS THEY PLEASE WIT H THOSE CPOW WHOSE TOIL THBT Gaow xicA * — The Standard , April 10 , 1843 . Will you add power to ' the despotic power of wealth' ? Will you remove to a [ still greater

      distance the poor man ' s * point of resistance * against that ' abnsed authority' ? Will you mightily augment that redundant body of labourers , ' to enable the capitalists with more ease to make what terms they please' ? Yea , Sir , you will do all this if you persist in passing any factory bill with " two sets" of infantile labourers . Then let its title be , "An Aet to perpetuate and increase distress ;** for it is clear , that any Act of Parliament which incorporates the system of two seta of infant factory labourers , can only be a law to augment the manufacturing embarrassment .

      If you will not be warned , by Sadler—if the assertion of the Prime Minister himself must be disregarded , you may go on legislating for evil , until nationat calamity shall ovar-ride all our institutions . In that day , remember you have been solemnly warned by yonr victim . I think I have now answered every inquirer . None can any longer be asking , «• What does the King ' think about Sir James Graham ' s Factory B 5 ) l ?•• There -was a time -when Sadler's Ten Hours' Bill vonld have satisfied the necessity of the case . He demonstrated that TEN hours per day was the longest time that persons under twenty-one years of age conld

      work in factories without certain injury . He was always of opinion that that period was much too long , and regretted that the prejudices of his opponents forbad any hope of obtaining a milder measure . Subsequent experience and observations by the Factory Commissioners have established that eight hours a day was the utmost limit that children under thirteen years could safely be employed . Still more recent evidence has convinced you , that six and a half honrs is the maximum period of labour that ought to be awarded to children in factories . Be it so—I am the last person to object to your discovery , and to the necessary mitigation of the sufferings of the factory workers .

      Tho result , tLen , of every investigation on this most important subject , on your own showing , is this : — -where machinery is , worked by children , six and a . half hours a day is the longest limit that nature has awarded ; and , since It is demonstrated that two sets of children cannot be employed without deranging society , by the production of a double supply of the older factory ' hands , " ( one-half of whom must alwayB remain unemployed , ) yon will , if you regard natural causes and tffects , arrange yonr machinery so as entirely to exclude children , or , be content is adopt your own discovery , and make six and a half hours a day the maximum of factory labour .

      All this comes of the resistarcfi to Sadler ' s plain , simple , and efficient Ten Hours BilL The dijfiauUies have been created by the enemies of Sadler—it is for them now to prove that they have been deceived , ot at once submit to the natural ctmsequencetoftheir own discoveries ; one thing being certain , that , ia the long run , two sets of children ¦ will inevitably upset the social syBtem . Do you ask me what -would be the result of an Act for six hours and a half for all ages ? I answer , — higher wages and better profits , , because a sure and constant demand would be the result . I shall only add my solemn entreaty that you will seriously reflect on this most important question , and more especially on the " relay" point I have much to say on your Education scheme . I will not connect it with the factory question , because it has just as little reference to that Bill as it has to the Bill for the new living machine .

      If y « u persist in placing the education of the people in the hands of " the Committee of Privy Council "thereby making the Cleigy the mere puppets of that Committee—you will lay a mine under the Church , which , wbem it Is blasted , ¦ will involve every institution , from the Throne downwards , la irremedable ruin . If , on the other hand , y # n force yonr children to Teceive and to pay for an education in which they or their parents have no choice , you commit a flagrant injustice . At the earliest convenient season yon shall have my opinion on that subject Meanwhile , let me urge you to separate it from the Factory BUI , else you will create such an agitation as you are littls aware of . Tho Dissentern have given the war-cry ; but depend upon it , Churchmen are not dumb . This new-born dissenting seal for tha factory children has ms . de me sniile . I will tell you why whan I can find space .

      I have now only room for a very , yery curious document I » b ;\ U not say much about it It is in itself very eloquent . A gontiemaa wished to see a union workhouse . He Bpplied to Mr . Eiwin Chad wick for an introduction . Hs received the foHowiDg nr-ts ; but , although ho was a foreigner , hs knew the difference between " desire " and " need . " He fancied that he might " desire to know that which the servant of the Commissioners might think it not " needful" to cemovar . icate ; so bring inaisposed to be humbugged , he declined the visit -How the note came into my hands , I shall not at present inform you . This is a true cepy : — " Poor Law Commission Office .

      " Sir , — Mr . being desirous of seeing an Eng'lah workhouse , conducted under the regulations made by virtue of the Poor Law Amendment Act , the Commis-« oners desire that yon will show him over the Windsor Union Workhouse , and give him such informaticu as as he may [ desire ] need . " I am , Sir , " Your obedient servant , " 'fe . Cba 3 > wick , Secretary . " " To the Master of the Windsor Workhouse . " The -word " desire" had been first written—it was crossed out , and the word " need" was inserted in its stead . This proves that suppression and concealment are a part of the Comraissoners' system .

      If a father were thus to solicit his son , " 1 am in need—in ne&d—I ' desire' your aid ; " and if the son ¦ were to retort , — " You begat me—you could not help it 1 owe you nothing—tliere is no * n ^ ed * that I should respond to your desire ;* ** the difference between " desire" and •' need . would be painfully manifest Does Mr . Edwin Chad wick understand me ? I am your Victim , KlCHAKD OASTLER .

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      Several . Farmers of the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire are turning their attention to the cultivation of" fl » x , anii some txp rienced men ( well grounded in tha growing of fi < x ) from Belgium aro engaged for that purpose . —Durham Advertiser . On SATtxupAr mobning , the 22 ad iust ., a draught , consisting of 187 men belonging to the Hon , East India Company ' ^ Infantry , marched from Brompton barracks ty > Gravesend , where tljey embarked from the Custom-house quay on board tho ship Alexander for Bombay . Execution of Jambs FoaD . —We understand that Mr . Justice Maule * before he left Chester on Wednesday morning , fixed the execution of this unhappy young man , for the niurdor of Samael Shave , for Satarday , the 29 th instant , ( this day . )

      It js currently reported in the law circles that Lord Abinger will reiire from the Bench at the end of the present Term , and will be succeeded by the Attorney-General , and that Fitzroy Kelly , Esq ., will be the new Solicitor-General . He ought to have retired long since . By the ancient laws op Hungary , a man convicted of bigamy was condemned to live with both wives in the same house ; the crime was in consf queued extremely rare . Singular Occurrf-nce , —A brace of partridges having been started by a lady who was walking in the fields a few days since , near the High Roothinj ? windmill , one of the birds , in rising , flew against the sails of the mill , which were at the time in motion , and instantly feil lifeless to 6 he ground . —Essex paper .

      On Tuesday morning , a convict from the county of Meath , named Kellett , was found to have committed siricWe in his cell . He took the straw out of his bed , twisted it into a rope , and hauged himself . A book was found in which he had written a few lines , asking forgiveness of God for the rash act . Kellett was under sentence of transportation . Constantinople , Masch 29 . —Upwards of 30 , 000 men , partly regular troops aud partly militia , are concentrated at Bagdad , with sixty pieces of artillery . At Erzerum there are likewise about 30 , 000 men , with for » y _ Dieces of the be 9 t Turkish artillery . The Paaha of Bagdad has received orders to resume immediately , on the frontiers of Persia , the military positions occupied by the Tnrkish troops before the officious interference of England and Russia .

      Canadian Beef . —Mr . 6 . Straker , of Newoastle , astonished the butchers and brokers of the Quayside not a little on Wednesday last . He opened a cask of Canadian beef in their presence , and exhibited as fine an article as could be produced here , and which had only cost him 37 s . 6 d . per 2001 b ., or 2 $ d . per pound 1 u The proof of the pudding is in Uie ) eating ; we have tasted the beef , and found it to be prime . —Gateshead Observer . Sfeikg . — " The Spring has always been remarked as a period when disease , if it be lurking in the system is snre to shew itself . The coldness of winter

      renders torpid the acrimonious fluids of thebody , and in this state of inactivity , their evil to the system ih j not perceived , but at the Spring these are aroused , I and if not checked , mix up and circulate with the ¦ blood , and thus Ethe whole system in contaminated . \ Parr ' s LUe Pills , taken three every night for two or three weeks , will rid th « body of all that is noxious . and produce health and comfort . Per-ons troubled with scorbutic affections are strongly a'ivised to try them at this time of the year ; in a few days they perceive the powerful clearing properrios they pos-1 6 ess , and thus be induced to continue them . " I

      Crowds o » Persons flocked yesterday afternoon ! to the quay of the St . Katharine Dock , near tho ( gugar-orushing warehouse , to inspect a bomb-mortar and carriage , for the use of the Porte , that are to be shipped in a few days on board the barque Jupiter , Captain Hiok ? , for Alexandria , The mortat is one of the largest ever exported from England , its weight being 13 ions , and the bore 20 inohvs diameter . Its carriage , which has been made of malleable iron , weighs 17 tons—total weight of mortar and carriage \ 30 tons ! Previous to the arrival of the mortar in the St- Catharine's Dock , it was proved in iho royal dockyard at Woolwich , with a charge of 80 ] bs . of gunpowder .

      A Court-martiax was held at Chatham on the 20 th , on board of her Majesty ' s ship Poicttrrs , to try Lieat . Dewes , of her Majesty ' s ship HeralJ , for replying in an indolent tone to Captain Mairs , hrs superior , and for refusing to go to his cabin when ordered . The Court found the first part of tho charge proved , and admonished the prisoner to ba more circumspoot in his language ; on the second part of tho charge the prisoner was honourably aoquiued ; when ho waa immediately surrounded by several officers , who shook bint by the hand , and on his leaving the fcliip , the crew of the Herald gave several rounds of ohcors .

      Plain Speaking to Parliament . —The following IB a copy of the noval petition presented by Dr . Bowring from an elector of this borough , and which caused quite a sensation in the Houso of Commons on Monday evening : —" That your petitioner is of opinion , that the sole object of tho brea-4-tax is to make bread scarce , and , consequently dear , in orxLr to increase the rent rolls of individual members of your Hononrable House , so that you arc legisIaMnt ; for yonr own interests , at the expense chiefly of tho poorest wretches in the land . That this kind of cla « s legislation endangers the very existence of the Constitution . That the people will never be contented

      and happy , po long as they are compelled to pay a tax on every morsel of food they ear , and that , not lor . purposes of revenue , but to go into the poofcets of monopolists . Your petitioner woufd , therefore , pray your Honourable House to take off this , the most odious of all taxes , by at once and for ever repealing the corn-lawB . And your petitioner would also pray , that if , at any time , another bread-taxing BUI should be brought before your Honourable House , it may be intituled * An Act tor the better enabling the Landowners to rob poor Factory Children and others . ' And your petitioner will ever pray . "— Bolton Free Press .

      Hunting thb " Old One . —This morning ( Tuesday ) at a very early hour a vast number of the lower classes assembled " in a field at ttio rear of Mr . Malcomson ' s house . Some of the mere r < 8 pecuble classes , who were astir at that time , anJ passing in the vicinity , very naturally inquired what was ihe cause of eo great an assemblage at such an ear'y hour , The answer given to their "very great surprise , was , ** that the devil was traced all ihe way from Cashel across to Mr . Bank ' s field , and that the print of his foot was quite visible , the ground being burned . " Young and old , hah and lamp , were after him , and the chase . was kept up with a spirit that completely baffles description . Walls , fences of

      every kind , and rivers , were taken in the most sporting style to catch " the old boy ; " aud one of the foremost said " that he had just got a glimpse of him , " and that" he was a genteel-looking man . " On wo-nt the chase , and in the mean time intelligence ol the pursuit reached the mayor ( so much noise did the affair make ) , and his worship lost no time in summoning Dems F , who , he conceived , would be " a good man at overreaching him . Both were quickly mounted , and soon they erossed on the hunt ; bat the devil was out of sight when they came up with the pursuers , and no trace of him was visible . Hundreds daring thp day were to be seen going in the direction where the foot-prints were . — Ttpperary Constitution .

      Thb PatNCs of Walbo ' s Household . —The public will see with infinite satisfaction that the Prince of Wales is about to have a separate household . Some have imagined that a baby-house is alluded to , but we have ascertained that such is not the case , and the following may bo relied on as being as accurate a list as it is possible to obtain of the projected establishment : — Master of the" Rocking Horse . Comptroller of tho Juvenile Vagaries . Sugar Stick in Waiting . Captain of the ( Tin ) Guard . Black Rodin Ordinary . Master of i-be Trap Ordinance , Clerk of the Pea Shooter . Assistant Battledore . Lord Privy Shuttlecock . Quartermaster General of the Oranges .

      It is not yet decided by whom these offices are to be filled , but there is no doubt his royal highness will manifest considerable discretion in making the appointments for the " separate houshold" which has been so properly assigned to him . —Punch . Caution xo Advertising Fjemales . —From tke following letter , whiGh has been addressed to the editor of a Manchester paper , ic wonld appear that similar infamous practises have been attempted in the provinces to those recently carried on in the metropolis . The Writer says— " I wish , through the medium of yonr journal , to give publicity to some infamous attempts whioh have been made to bring ru . n on several of a class of ladies who , being often friendless and unprotected , are exposod to the

      machinations of the licentious . A few cases have come to my knowledge whew governesses have advertised for situations , or replied to advertisements , and have received letters purporting to be from a neighbouring town , and after a letter or two have passed between them relating to terms , ' Ac , interviews have been requested . The writers stated , that / as they © ame to Manchester only once a week , the interviews must take place at the houses where they lodge . These have been proved to be brothels of a superior description , and being in rather respectable situations , at 4 having decent external appearances , may

      easily be taken for boarding-houses ofascondary class . In the cases alluded to , the parties hare been prevented entering the houses by the interference of the neighbours and other accidental circumstances ; but there is imminent danger of the innocent and unsuspecting girls becoming the victims of these wretches . Ladies ought not to go unaccompanied to anj appointment at a place whieh they do not know to be respectable . " Tne editor of the paper says that before publishing this lefcttr he made private inquiries into the facts , and satisfied himself that the caution of bis correspondent bad not been given wii bout sufficient ground ? .

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      -Mk _««¦— ¦ '¦¦¦¦» UJ * -- **^ . ^ N . Tuckett . of Exeter , timber-merchant , an-Bounces by public advertisement ; that he has been " surcharged to the income-tax ; by one thousand pounds , " and that he is determined to seek some other cenntry , " where there willbe nc inquisitors sent to rack mankind . " ! Laudable and Legal Abduction . —Mr . Pim , of MountmeJlick , has forcibly carried away his own wife , Mrs . Pim , from the hotel of the White Quakers in William-street . A chaise was brought to tho door , and Mrs . Pim—one of the leaders of the seothaving been carried out in the arms of her husband , was placed in the carriage mucai agaiust her will , and the vehicle drove off , amidst ! the cheers of the spectators . —World . \

      Constabolarv ( Ireland)—The following is a statement on the amount and expenses of the constabulary force employed in Ireland on iihe 1 st . of Jauuary last : —1 in 9 pector-general , 2 deputy inspectors gen oral , 2 provincial inspector * , 1 recoivfr . U surgeon , 1 veterinary surgeon , 18 paymasters , 35 County inspectors , 216 snb-inspectora , 261 head constables , 1 , 419 constables , 7 , 086 sub-constablea . 304 horses , and 58 magistrates . The total expense of the establishment for the year 1842 was £ 441 , 605 Ss ll £ d , of which amount £ 265 , 473 Ss 2 d was born by the " Consolidated Fund , and £ 178 , 132 0 d 9 £ d by the counties , cities , and towns of Ireland .

      What Next ! . —A Mr . Bain , of Wotton , near Wick , announces the discovery Of an electrical printing telegraph , by means of wHiohj he can , " by one set of types , Bet up a newspaper in London , and print it simultaneously in every town j in England and Scotland , nearly as fast as the steam machine throws off the sheets . " This will beat piano printing ail to nothing . —Brighton Gaxette . \ Completion of thb Fibst Instalment op the Chinese Ransom . —On Monday afternoon six waggons > , each drawn by four horses , arrrived at the Royal Mint with upwards of one million and a quarter dollars worth of sycee silver ' , being the last moiety of the h ' rsi instalment , namely , 5 , 000 , 000

      dollars of the Chinese ransom . The above precious stores arrived at Portsmouth about , the nvddle of last week ia her Majesty ' s ship Herald , and one of the principal officers in the Commissary department at the Treasury lwmeoiately took charge of the silver . During Thursday and Saturday the Herald was unloaded , and on Monday the cargo was brought up to town by the Sou'Jumpton railwiy , under a strong military escort , and in eha course or the day it was safely deposited in the bullion storehouses at the Mint . The silver , as on previous occasions , is packed in strong wooden boxes , bearing the official s « al of Sir H . Pottinger , and as the treasure passed through the City crowds of persons followed the procession till it entered the gates of the Mint .

      Dvslin Taxation . — We understand that application has been ma

      of incurring peRalties , tho iaw authorising only the use of hired cars which have the names of the owners , wr ' th figure ulaio ? , on their shafts . The tax on jub carriages is understood { to bo urged as a Ki juud for taxing private carriages , as the classes niio possess the latter are u « iw exempt fron > tasation to which the p ' .-rsoUh who can only use job carriages mast contribute . The relief of the poor cart owners is , however , the main argument , as we understand , u ^ ed ia support of the onacge proposed . — World .

      Yankee Pcein&K . —Ou Friday evening a singular scene took place in Lower E ibt Smithfield , opposite St . Katherine docks , where a number of ruffians were congregated to witness a " gouging match" between two sailors belonging to one oi the American ship ? lying in those docks , who , having had a quarrel in one of the publichouses in the neighbourhood , turned out to settle their difference ? a ^ 'ter thfeir own fashion . The manner in which the fi » ht ( iflsuch it m ^ y be called ) was carried on , was by ca'chjng hold of each other ' s long shaggy hair , und twisting the fore finger through it , endeavouring to thrust the the thamb into the opponent ' s eye , by kicking , roiiinji ? on the ground , and tearing at each other in every , possible way . This exhibition continued for epwards of haif an hour , amidst the yells of the mob , until the appearance of the police put an end to the affray , before either ot the men had sustained any material injury , although both of them were covered with blood and dirt .

      Dublin . —Dkpeat of The Poob Law Commissioners . —At tho sitting of the Cojirt of Queen ' s Bench this ruoruing , Mr . Juatiee Bur : ; on save judgement iu the case of tho guardians or iho union of Edtnderry at the prosecution of the Poor Law Commissioners . The learnrd judge sta . edthat judgement had been deferred in tho uope that in ami ^ -aole arrangement might have b en cosae to bt ; wv . en the guardians and the ccrorai > siyiuTS . ] Hi » Lordship tlisn referred to the iWis of the case , which were briefly these : —It anpeared that an oriier was made

      by the Poor Law GcmtniVsioiK-rs forjle ^ yirK < r borrowing a sum of £ 7 , 600 £ o build a workhouse in Bdenderry , King ' s Lkjumy ; ' . hue order wa coaiphed with by the guardians , bu a second order for the payment of £ 1 , 250 was resisted by jthe guardians , and accordingly proceedings were taken by way of mandumiis ; . o compel th <; m to pay themontiy . After a curetui examination of the Btaiuto , the learned judge intimated that the Court was of opiuion tha ; the rule for a mandamus by the commissioners should be discharged .

      Trial fob Murder at Malta . —Private John NaUor , 8 ih f ' g ., who murdtm-d Dr . Martin , was pUceu at the bar of the Spec ' al Commission on the oth liift . The sitting c / 'Tnujis ^ iontirs Were Sir Ignatius Bonavita , Pr sd '^ nt , and J a tight Dr . G . B . Satariano » "d Dr . F . i . hapeUa . The prisoner was charged with having , on the 6 'h day of March , 1813 , discharged maliciously , in c < ll blood , aud with , a deliberate intention to kill or to do some grievous bodily injury , a firearm loaded with bill , or other materials , at Dr . William Martiu , wounding him principally on the right lorn and the intesunaTtube , and causing , in coneequenc , almost ! immediately , his death , against the public peace and tranquillity , and in contempt of our Sovereign Larfy 'he Queen

      and the laws . The Crown-Advocate iexamiDed the witnesses for the prosecution , and this part of the proceedings being concluded , Dr . Deoaro , counsel for the prisoner , was heard in nin defr-nce . The Jury withdrew to deliberate , anri in an honr an i z halt returned in . o court with the f . imwing v .-rJin : — "Proven unanimously , with thu deellratiou of on ? of the jurors that tho prisoner acted uud » r » fr . of monomania . " The Crown-Advocate ro = e an-i paid , that the verdict was contradictory . The President answered that the " verdict" w » s i-lcar , anu proceeded therefore to pass sentence . Naiilor wa < s condemned to hard labour for lifo , with one chain , and w'thout wates . \

      Death from Eating Poisonous Plants . —Thursday wtek , a vVOffiau nimicii Jbiizi . oeth Tilbury , nixtyfive yearn of age living m SLortV ^ aruuns , 6 i . Gikb ' . s , went into Covliu-k ird en-market to p ck up Bonn ) od < is and end « of v « : i ; - » a '» i € s , with w-. » eh to make out ; a dinner , boiug too poor 'ojbuy even the pennyworth that waa necessary fur thai purp-jso She ^ eoHected a . 'mall parcel of what she conoiupred the sprouts of grow : ) nut onioi .-i , took ; them hnmc , and put several of them into au iron pot , wilh potatoes and fat , aud fried the uipss . After eating of the poua ^ - she remarked io her son , a labourer at a cutlcrV , that she was af aid she had poisoned herself with the sprout * , thuy having tasted

      so odd , and she soon became ill , but would ru > t consent to have a Burgeon sent for . On ( rod Friday , however , she evinced &o much depr . se-jon tha ' . Mr . Latten , a medical officer oi the St . Giles ' s Infirmary , was sent for by her frku-is , but beioM th-at gentleman could arrive she wa . h d . ad . l'fcvj par . chiai constable of the district hearing of ths cjircuwisuiictf , proceeded to the hou « e , ai . d n » k -he undressed sprouts to Mr . Waklcy , th- coroner , when ou examinatiou th ^ y proved to ^> o wa low pan ion . I * . appeared that the symptom ^ unuer whmh the deceased was said to have laleured were bimilar to those which might bo prodimed by poisoooub doses of coichicum , whioh is made from i as plant .

      " Interesting Ceremonv at Vienna )!"—Vilnna , Apbil 5 . —To-day h : ng tho fiftieth anniversary of his Imperial Highness Archuuke Charles having ro ceived the grand cross of the milua , ry oriier o . Muri . i Theresa , the whole garrison , to wbich tvyo re ^ impnts bearing the name of the venerable pnnce hau boun added , marched out to the glacis to a most magnificent parade . Several splendid teits had been erected for the imperial family and thefr suite . At ten o ' clock his Majesty the Emperor ; arrived on horseback , accompanied by the arcudukeg , and the general officers of the garrison , uu < l eseored by the life-guards . Their majesties , the two empresses , and the other illustrious members of the imperial family followed ia open carriages , and attended the high mass and " Te Deum , " performed in front of to which salutes had been

      the troops , previously fired from all the gune on the ramparts ; and immediately after the conclusion of the solemn service , the emperor , embracing the Arohduko Charles , decorated him with the orosa of Maria . Theresa , superbly set in diamonds , in sight of the immenst > crowd of spectators , and during their loud and repeated acclamations and hurrahs . Tho archduke then received che warm congratulations of the members of the imperial family , the other knights of the order , the generals , &o . Tne troops hkving afterwards defiled before his majesty the einperor , the wnole imperial family and suite returned to the caatle , where at two o ' olook a sumptuous banquet took place in the hall of the knights of Maria The * rasa , beausimlly decorated for this occasion . Of course all the knights of the order were invited . [ Ah ! these kings and queens !] '

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      , ^— M 'T—Mr- T ¦ * ' I * ' —T ~ » ' r n * ^ 1 . It Appeals from tl- « An-r' ^ mrn < it-. \ . £ i : e of tha 19 h , that the Russian . Nj >;; i . - ~ ax Uoi .-: i .-. - -t . rtopl 9 on the 2 nd , wa ' ¦ ¦ •¦{ on Sajviui L 2 S . sadi , tuo iinister for Foreign Affairs , " to communicate to him tha ultimatum of the Cabinet of St . Petersburgli relative to Servia . " " Russia requires that Prince Alexander , voluntarily abdicate the sovereignty of that principality , and that in case of his refusing to d so , the Porte pronounce his deposition , and order a nowelootion . M . de Bontenieff iia * i been iu « tructed ( should the Sa't » n decline to order a uew olectiou ) to retire instantly from Constantinople .

      Dr . W ^ rnefqrd , honorary canon of G ' oucester and Bristol , has given aa estate , sitaate at Hollingly , iu Sussex , to the Raddiffe Lunatic Asylum , to enable them to adaiis gratuitously a greater nurabsr of patients . The estate contains between 700 and 800 acres , and yields a net ; : lomeof £ 1 , 100 par annum . In addition to the munificent gift , tlie Doctor and his sibt ^ r havo fio mribnted the sura of £ 7 , 250 to the asylum since isg formation'in 1813 . AceoapiNG to an Irish paper the Mercantile Advertiser , the population of Ireland is showa by the census of 1841 to te 8 , 17 b \ 273 . It appears that tha increase during the ten yean up to 1841 waa 557 . 702

      less than it had been in tha tea years preceding . Ii is evident that during the last ten years , s here has been a very decided check to the progress oi" popula--tion in Ireland . The increase in England , during the last ten y « ars from 1831 to 1841 , was 2 , 004 , 794 , which was more th&u one-seventh Upon the pouplation of 1831 . The increase in Ireland , during the same ten years , was 407 , 872 , which was iiuie more than one-twentieth of the population of 1 ? 11 . The increase m England has been in the ratio of nearly three to one , as compared with Ireland . This is the first time that Ireland has shewn a less degree of increase than England .

      Revolution in St . Domingo . —( Extract of a letter . (—KrjfGSTON , Jamaica , March 20 . —T ^ e revglmion which ftas for some time besa impending ia the neighbouring island of St . Domingo bas at length come to a crisis , and , as yet , I am happy to say , a bloodless one .- The ex president , Icaa Pierro BoyeT , with thirty-two of his adherents . Laving Bought shelter in one of her Majesty ' s ships , arrived here yesterday morning on board the Soylla . tie had been driven , to thia step by the resistance which waa offered to th < s means he had adopted to get rid of the opposition to the measures of his government in the national legislature . At the head of this opposition was the Senator Domeille , the representative of the province of Aux Caves , who on five d ff « rent

      occasions had been expelled from the senate chamber at the point of the bayonet , and each time bad been triumphantly re-elected by his original constituents . Under the apprehension of proceedings of a still more despotic and unconstitutional character , it appears that Mr . Dnmeille had addressed himself to the regiment of artillery stationed at Jinx Cayes , by the whole of whom he "was readily joined ; and the feelings of the people were so strongly engaged in his favour by what had previously taken places th » t , in tho course of a very few days he found himself at the head of a forco of 6 , 000 m < m , with which he was preparing to march ol the capral . In the meantime , with the view of demonstrating to his fellow citieoas that he was not actuated by motives of personal ambition , he proposed to M . Beaugillard , the governor of Aux Cayee , who has been very generally regarded for the last tea or twtlve years as tha probable successor of Boyerin the presidency , to declare tbn office vacant , and to

      proclaim M . Beaugillard i-rovisionaUy t > r <» sid * nt until » n opportunity could be taken to assemble the senate and complete his election b y the forms which the Haytian constitution prescribes . Jt appears that , at the period in question , now some three weeks ago , M . Beaugillard declined to avail himself of this offer of M . Dnmeille , but I believe it was perfectly understood that he did not look with disfavour on the armed resistance which was offered to the violent proceedings of the president , although he did not think that the time was yet come for his placing himself at the head of this revolutionary movement . In all probability , however , tho embarkation of Boyer with his leading adherents will have proved the signal for his definitively declaring himself . At the same time , there is some reason ; o apprehend , aa those portions of the popul ation who speak the Spanish language have had bat lit : e intercourse with their fellow-citizens at the oth < r end of

      tho island , whose manners and habits are framed on the French model , that some attempt may now be mads to re-establish the political separation which formerly existed . between them . As yet there is no palpable indication of any such design , but from , what f know of the country personally , an

      Seouctto ^ t Sujct de . — On Wednesday evening Mr . Carter , coroner for Son ^ y , held an inquest at the Red Lion Inn , High-st ., Putney , on the body of Hurriet Elizabeth Langlands , late a dome vio servant . The inquiry created considerable excitement , and a soiioitoi- attended on the part of the deceased ' s father to watch the proceedings . Amelia Bar well , on being sw ^ rn . said , the deceased was in my employ a * cook . On Good Friday evening , between nine and ten , in consequence of what I had been previously told , I sent for the deceased , and told her thai I understood she had some arsenic , and that she intended to destroy herself . I also told her that I could not allow her to have poison in my houso , when sne began to weep very bitterly . After

      persuading her to let me have the poison , and threatening to call the police in if she re'used , she consented to deliver up to ma tho poison . She then went up into her bed-room , and opening her drawers she took ouc a small paper parcel which contained a white powder ^ which I immediately threw into the fire . I jhad been told some time previously that deceased had been seduced by a man . who had possessed himself of all her money , and then haU deserted her . I mentioned that to her , and inqa ir ed of her if she was eiiciente . She in reply told me that she had had" enough of life . " I advised her uot to v ^ o anything desperate , telling her at the same lira * t ;» t I had no doubt her father would be willing to t . 8 be her home . At half-past twelve o ' clock on

      SiUKdaj morning , I heard a noise in deceaseds bed-room , and upon proceeding into her room , I Baw Imt in hti- night-dress vomiting , and seeing she broiath' up blood , I went and called her master , and naiii 1 ! . i > utht a medical man ou ^ ht to be called in , as shs was in a very wild stale . Mi . Farmer , Mr . Snillito . and his assistant , were called in , Who attended the deceased , but with no beneficial effect , a ^ th , died on Saturday afternoon . Mr . C . Shillito , surgeon , of Putney , said he was called to attend the tloevA-s-. d on Fnu&y night . He went to Captain Barw . liV hr-usc , where he found the deceased laboui-iiitr unuer the effdets of some mineral poison . H . j cuid not put any questions to her at that period , owiutf in her exc r-sive vomiting and the cramp in

      he * extn uiiv . es . A white powder in the bottom of a tuii . Ks r satisfied tvitaess that she had taken corrosive sublimate . The usual antidote , snohasthe white of gtfs and carbonate of potass were ad ministtrt'd . hut sue never recovered . Captain Harwell coii firtacd the previous testimony , and produced a Jefter wrirten by the deceased , addressed to " Mr . R . Wiiifly , at Mr . Bnlioak ' s , the Fox mHer the Hill , Cainberwell , " which was asfollowat— " Putney , April . My d-: ar Dick , —I now , for the last tim ., sit down to send to yon , and I hope b > fore this reaches yon I shall be no more , and I ki . ow you will be glad of it , since the way you behaved to me list nifchf , which is wicked ; indeed it »• not wi . ai I thought of you , but I hope you have

      o ; . > e ; -park of love for one you will now for the last ti > . ao ev . r bfar of , &nd I fiope you will follow me to tho <; ravt : as rhv . iast respect yon can pay to one who has ever shown tha greatest love and respect for you . May ttie c ! itu , whom I shall be the murder of as well as Ui \ elf , be h ^ ppy in the world we fihah j 'V j ri ! fie of bread to eat , —and you new are ) iyp ; . y to t ' . i . jkyou have got me iu your power to tr-mple up- » ; but no longer shall y- > u do that , fur I hau- thfl ^» " who woul d do it . Think , then , on the tttn « wr-n you first saw and knew me , and think on the dflVr « « ce time has made in me ,

      and the one ihat-I should have thought weuld never have tunie-l h : s * ack on me who never did eo to you when y < m wrre m trouble . Bnt , oh God , I forgive you ail sour iii u ^ i : e towards me , said forgive you , — po no more from your ever despised Habribt Langt . am > s . PS . No more , adieu forever . " — M . A . Swan , another servant in the employ of Capt . Harwell , said the above letter was in the handwriticg of the deceased . Witness knew Winslej , and had every reason to believe that he was the father of the child . A short time back deceased said she had lent Winsiey £ 3 . She was much in debt , having borrowed of different persons to supply Winsl&y with money . After her death , she had not

      enough wearing apparel to bo laid cnt . in , notwithstanding that &he haii a salary of £ 12 {> er annum , the whole of her cl > thes being pledged to support Winsiey . A night or two back deceased borrowed 4 s . from witness f <> r tha same purpose . Several other witnesses vTvre tiumineu , one of whom produced a ctupiioiive for fcome articles which t-he had pledged , which d : ceased said at tho time was for the pnrpose of getting Winelcy a ccafc . The jury , after a long ccn : sihatiun , returned the following verdict;— ' * That the deceased destroyed borself by taking poison , corroEir ; , sublimate , Being at that time in a state of mer jI aberration , brought on by the excessive grief cap <^ by the ungrateful and onnatural coiiduct of iiklnrd Wiiieiey . "

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      A Letter from Tripoli , of the 4 : h instant , states that the district of Gebel , being 5 n full insurrection , the Pacha has sent out an expedition , with ten pieces of cannon , and 3 nrortar , to re& ' uce it to subjection .

      Thebe has been a great increase of insolvency amongst the farming classes throughout Irelaud daring the last twelve months . In counties where the average number of cases had been twenty , thoy are now eighty . In previous years the number of cases for hearing in the Courts of Ulster and Connaught amounted to about two hundred ; this year were nearly 800 cases . A Pigeon shooting match took place at Tilbury , on Afonday last , wh ^ n , after the sport was over , the companyamongst whom were a number of

      conntry-, mea , retired to an inn for dinner , when a dispnte aTOBQ between the countrymen and soldiers ; the consequence "was , a regular battle ensued . The soldierF , having ratfeer the worat of it-, sent to the barracks for a reinforcement , making their number about eighty . Bloodshed was the order of the night , and it was with great difficnlty tha ; ihe fight was put an end to , the soldiers nsing their bayonets without mercy . It was , however , ascertained that eleven soldiers -were in the hospital , and about twenty » under punishment of drill .

      Sust-ecxed Mtjkdkr at Middlesboeough . —Considerable excitement is at this time ( Thursday ) prevailing in this town , near Stockton-upon-Tees , in conseqnence of a belief , which is generally entertained , that a foul murder has been perpetrated , which is now involved in mystery . It appears that early on Tuesday morning Mr . Whorlton , a grocer * residing in Stockton-street , observed , as he was carrying the shutters of his shop into an adjoining passage , that the walls and floor were sprinkled with blood , and on a closer examination he found pieces of human hair dotted -with blood . This at first excited his surprise , and afterwards aroused suspicion in his mind , and he sent for the police-officers Ord and Elliott , who immediately requested the attendance of the medical gentlemen in the town . Their : opinion was , that from the great quantity of blood which had been shed , the person must iave

      received considerable violence . Two women and a man , who live in a house near—a common brothelhave been taken into custody , but nothing has been elicited from them to explain the appearance of . the blood and hair above referred to ; but they are kept separate , and they prevaricate and contradict each other so much as to give colour to the suspicions which are entertained . One of the women was also observed to -wash some blood off the door-step at a very early hour in the morning , and to withdraw hastily into the house as toon as any one came within sight .- It appears that a person who intended to emigrate in a ship called the L&vinais missing ; and the vessel sailed on Wednesday , leaving behind Borne property belonging to him . The river and other places have been examined , but the body has not been foand . The most diligent inquiries are making on the subject , but np to the present time without success .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 29, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct931/page/3/