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      HOUSE OF LORDS . THURSDAY , Febbcabt 22 . l « ra BROUGHAM pre-vnted many petitions against the Negro Apprenticeship . Lord BROUG HAM proceeded to gire notice that -on Tuesday next he would submit a proposition to their Lordship ? , ior tie purpose of taking their opinion on what appeared to him to be a most important subject . He meant an act , on the part -of neT Majesty ' s Government , which went to revive the stare trade on an extensive scale—the order in council which her Majesty ' s ministers had advised lier Majesty to issue on the 14-th ' of last July , per-XDittinfctiie importation into Guiana of individuals from aflthe countries of Asia within the bounds of

      of the East India Company ' s charter . He meant to move for a copy of the order , for a copy of any dispatch which had been , sent out to the governor of Guianaon the subject , and for a re turn of the date of The London Gazette in which the said order in cottncil had been pnblbhed . He . had no hesitation in saying that he expected the return / to the last branch of his motion would be nil ; for i » e believed the order had never been published in The Gazette . He had three weeks ago . and subsequently , mentioned the subject in the House . None of their Lordships , therefore , could say that they ¦ were unprepared . And he repeated that if the order were in existence , nothing should prevent him from taking the sense ofthe House upou it .

      For the cbnreinence of the Dnke of Wellington vbeeooldnotbein town on Tuesday , ihe Noble Xord altered the date of his motion to Friday . Lord GLENELG stated , with re * pect to the order in ootmcil of the 14 th of last July , that it had not been inserted in The Gazette , and " that it had never &e ibly imagine . The consequence of this -ordjjr "was . tiat above two hundred vessels -were at the

      present employed in carrvine on the slave trade between the enias of Asia an-1 Guinnn . Had hi ? < Lord Bronghani ) seen in the order in Ti . e Gazette , lie should not have allowed five minutes to elapse "without briaring it under their lordships' c-- > n > ideration . His ^ voble Friend was perfectly free from blaaie ; for he had merely followed-precedent . He hoped , howerer . tiat the practice of not inser ; ing such ord-.-rs in The Gazelle would be discontinued . Lord ELLEXDOKOUGH , in moving for a return « f all the Tinsels which had been captured by Briiisn

      ¦ cruisers for violating the regulations respecting the slave tnyle . Lecsred to ask the Noble Baron when lie intendo-i to ^ Lring in his bill for th-. * pnruose of carrying into real enVct , the Act of J 833 ? lie w { mld ask him furtiier . wheiLeT h was in 1 ; ndel tl : at the lafl should originate in that or in the other House ^ Parliament ? Lord GLKNELG replied to the first of die Xohle 'Lord ' s questions , rery shortly . It had not v * t Leon d-ecided in -which House the bill should * be introduced . - . '

      Lord ELLXNBOROCGH observed that " very shortly "' m-re a-K ^ iil words in the Noble Lord ' s rbc-a"bnlary . T-Lc-y meant" four months'" in som , e of the < 5 spau-h- _» s which tlie Noble Lord had laid on their Lord / ai p ^ ' _ tnWe . There-vrsi no re . isan why tlie Inil to Y . li-li he hiul advert ^ l wonld r . oc have bter r > ri ? --e ; iu > d tv xhAr LorJsLipi ea tl : e lirs : dav of zhs session . ^ Lf » r . J . r » I 10 t'nHAM p-rA . 'Ci " y acrr ? ed with the Noble L ( -r-i rrholia-i ia ^ t . spokeii . TLfir Lordiliips ys ? Te ? w . g uotliinir at present : md . in order . us ^ ? r ^ '; - ° quicken the prodr . crion of tlie Noble Lord ' s iYM . he gave notice " that . If tvIt ' i 5 u a rreck from ih ~ i rise t :. e Noble LorJ "? mi * a .-T : rc did not he

      siake 3 is a-jjj . 'sranc ^ . ( Lori BrotLrhxsi ) -R-ou ' a preset io ¦ i _ a liouie aBi&fonnded on his os ~ a resoiutluiis . Hi . -x ^ s in possession of the jubiect- Ms resolun-u * lia-1 Leen before ui ? Hr .-s-. an ih . e had ^ ris 3 i « lra-r .: tuem in order to rive tlie Noble Lord an ¦ opprrtunitr of Lrinrine ' forward Ids measure . StjU if he fansd raat ihe Noble LoH . instead oftaM ™ rpv his ( Lori Brocgham ' s ) relictions , nnd brin ^ in ^ - » % * upon them , sent riem to auo » b ^ r pfice . w-iiere ne coaM trust neirlier Lnr-i John this . Eur V :, ^ " ^ tkit - 7 < la ^ slsh-if hj fowl that the ^• co-e Lcrd seuz tue resolutions nnionT a ^ us . and " TIS ^ - H J ? " *" ' « ieni ! es—(; : Ian ? -. )—he woiild talse care of Ins rc-.-pludcns , and Iriie in a B 21 5 > JS-ei \ tvhi them bimselL " ~ ¦ ' ¦

      L ^ -JoLENELG said , that before tl . e rec-53 he iad ccai ' -niiDicaied to the Noble and Learr-fO LorJ "hismtettiens on the object . " Tbe re ~ elu * tiuns had not berfj X 5- " - " > rn- ^ a : !^ on the tr . Lk . Lord ETcOVGUAJil ob ? errc-il . tkr . t nfier tvro xion : hs" preparatioa ihs Bill ou-slit to be en th ? " « nv 3 . If the > 7 oMe Lord a 1 e-. . ; provicj-lv i ^ trodace his HilL he ( Lord Bro ^ -litrm ) ? ave noric :-, that on T-assiny sext he wo ^ f pres-.-at 10 th » ir Lurdsbi ^ sa Bill to rebate Slaver / , and to carry r . uo fvH eSrct iL ~ PariiaaoenurT re- * t . 'lut : ^ Ti < of 1- * ' :-

      tiOfcSE OF COMMONS . _ THL'RSDAY . Tzz . -22 . -o ' 4- - STRICKL ^ :-Dpr .-.-o-ted a reurlcn from Sraiurd against the 2 si' ^ ro Jppreniiwl-lup . Yur ^ . on * otlitr pendons on tl > e saia- rubiect ^ ur ^ prej * ute'l . ^ Petitions acainsi tb ^ j ^\ sw l \> or Latr from . MacclvsHe . d . and variousot \ i ^ . rTl 2 . c . ? ; = ? . » -e'p ^ i ^ iii- ^ Mr . ^ . iACKlNNOX irui V ? d f » r aSek' -tC-Jninilt-v" ^ ¦ zo investigate" the chJ _ m < of D'Atct T ^ Yho-rZ-o ' amrotbrrs . on the F ivuch C » Bi : ^ n- . tif-n i- ' nr . ' 3 Ir . il . J . OTO . VN'ELL 5 ec ^ dH j 5 e u-- - ., n wa . cn ^ vai . os i ui a di-. isou bv - . ; luu ^ . rit- r-f f ,. ; ~ u : ie . * "¦ * - CoLCOXNGLY of . trfnvl -,- ; - . 7 ef « r a la ' t ^ pr o ^ zt-c . salujon nsberies m Irelau :.

      r M -r . i VAUBURTOX ir . o-.-i f . ir n ? , Vc' * Com-^ ii- , .- oa tLe _ daims of . Baron de iiule . jl .- , ti' . u Jto : t . v ^ a majority of t-i ^ -tv . - ^ lr . i . DUlSCUiUiE moved t '_ ar i : be n- "; ^ - tion i-j die Poor-Law Ccsimru-e r . » iu ^ nir .- on ;; : ivn-ajeclol Uiftt pcrtiou uf ilie tliir-l r- - > -j- > n of ih ^ P » o-Lw Corcinissoatfrs wiiidi r .-Arred 10 tli- viciya ^ system alix-sf-1 by ibem to have : ft :: j . nrsu « 'd bv the ^ si > Uiig rorj ^ rarlca * a-der r , ill ^ rfs A--t . Sir G . STRICKLAND s ^ e-:. a : cJ iliv motion . _^ ur . . » n r ^ r ^ l to . Mt . SLANEY oLtnine-1 3 « vc to bnr- in alill to prevent tareatior ai : em-jr . -= rt inn 2 i -5 : srV . u- to voters to ia 3 uence taeirwtei for M-. 'zil- ^ s o ; - Parliament . ¦ . - *

      &r WILLIAM MOLESWOHTH srua ter as u iad been _ > Tippo £ ed h 3 vvos E ol ^ li ^ -z * ? n L ^ ' " i- - -u uon to br ^ on the moticn of Vrich he iad ciVe " roace for the 6 th of iicrch . he 1- ^ o-e 1 10 ^ ate t -- ^ 5 * ^ f ^ aaned to afte the ,- , of a full ilo ^ e ¦ ^ oEi ^^ . tiiaTje ^ oi ^ cGnniEinrtLiiropini-. n as to ^ e delays vrlach had taien place in / and = s to xie geaarj conduct which had been purged bT t ^ e Colonial jWaneafc He should . - do ^ , thif ^ . * ei « Tfflein themosoB of vrLicli he n ^ rive ^ Se for aiafioi die House on that dav . lie inSed ^ SSl 33 SS " S ^ r « ^ . " ^ sssl :, ^ i « ' *? - i . SK . sss : an opinion withre ^ to ' L ? - » *"

      p ' » M-w ^ . ^ -ll y . about ^ 0 ^ t iSiv ^ S- ^ tnSjS ^ he Mini ster * ofthe C ? -rnf % " i n - s " a - uout j ^ sssigp ^ naprono ^ tiouof the r ^ T ™^ * ^

      «» u wmen almosteverrone of iLeni in tti « ' ^ llgs-is food gi ™ in a ^ SShoSS'Ss' , ? q ° 5 ' "f ^ r S ^^ i S ^ siSS rft H ^^ thaview to their ZmZdou- * ^

      MOUSE OF LORDS . TIUDAY , Feb . 23 . a ^ SlSSS ? for &e aboHtiOD of ^ o ^^^ jod y of Insane Persons' Bfll went through

      HOUSE OF COIVIMOXS . TRW AY , Feb . 23 . ¦^ fii'SSSJS ftaon ^ iipg Bill ^ ^^ e ^| 0 DS ° **• reP ^ of ^ Corn Law ^^ nS ' bSS ^^ t on Monday next fS ^ J ^ s s s ^»^ IH ^ I . ¦'¦ ¦

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      Mr . \\ AKLK ^ presented a petition from the working carpenters of Dublin , uwiyiiie in the most positive terms that they had entered iuto any com * bination either against persons or property , and also denying the correctness of some of the statements which had been made in thnt House upon thesnbjftct of trades' combinations in Ireland . 3 Ir . BRADSHAW said that , having seen it gaze fcted that her Majesty had appointed Colonel De Lacy Evans to be Kmght Commander of the Most Honorable Military Order ofthe Bath , he wished to put a question to the Noble . Lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs . He wished to know from that

      Soble Lord whether the appointment of Colonel pe Lacy Evan 9 had paused in the regular course throngh the War-office , on the recommendation of the Commander-in-Chief . ( Vehement cheers from the Opposition , which were echoed back by the Ministerial bencLes . ) He understood that , in all cases whatever , her Majesty —( order , order)——The SPEAKER : The Honourable Gentleman will put his question . ( Hear . ) Mr . BRADSHAW : Has the appointment passed through the regular channel—that is , through the Horse Guards . ( Opposition cheers . ) ; Viscount PALMERSTON , The answer which I

      have to make to the Hon . Gentleman is , that the appointment of Sir George De Lacy Evans to be Knight Commander of tbe Bath was ' made in the usual manner by her Majesty ' s Government , and upon their own responsibility . Lord Viscount' MAIDSTONE rose and said , seeing the Hon . and Learned Member for Dublin in his place , I wish to ask him whether some sentiments which I perceive reported as having been delivered by him , in a sp eech made by him on Wednesday , the 21 st of February last , nt a dinner at the Crown and Anchor Tavern in the Strand , over which Sir George De Lacy" Evans presided , an ?

      substantially correct . ' I will read this paper-tothe House , and I hope the lion , and Learned Member will do me the pleasure ( a latu ? h ) of telliug me afterwards whether this i ? substantially a correct report of what he said on that occasion . * The following is from The-Morning -Chronicle : — " Corruption ofthe wor < t" description existed . - and , above nil , there vrns the perjury of the Tory politicians . ( Gro ; tus . ) Irer latiaw ' . is ' . sot safe fromUie Eiisnsh and Scotch sentry . It was horrible to think thnt a body of Gentlemenmen who ranked Irish in society , * who were lht ? n \ - selves the administrators ofthe law , and \ v ho ought therefore to be nbove all suspicion * aud who ought

      to set an example to others—was it not horrible that they shonl J l > e perjnrinsr themselves in the Committees of the House of Cumraiffls : The rime was come when this should be proclaiTned boldly . lie was realv to be a martyr to justice and truth , but not to false swearing ; and , therefore , he repeated that ther ? was foul perjury in the Tory Coinmittt * es of the- Ilo-sis . ^ of Connnr « is . '" There is another extract from tbe same speech , ns rcportedin The Morning Pout , a-n ] winch is not in Tlie Morning Chronicle ; — " He did not mince th

      an- ^ Scotch Gentry , took oaths nccordin ? to justice , and voted " ac .-ortl ; ug to party . ' No \ v . sir . wLen I saw thesa . sontiuieats reported as haviusj been said by the Hon . cud Ler . rned Member . 1 sr . id to myself , that it would be but fair towards tlie Hon . and Lenrn-d Gentleman to brin ? the s » sbie « -t forward ( Oppo ^ inon cheers ) , and will , tlierefore , give him the very earliest opportunity to contradict them . ( Opposition che ? r ? . ) Because I do say , that the worilsth > 'm > vlves coii ' . aiu an aspersion npou members ^ Lelondng to tlie Ilo-ase ( O pposition clieeiv ) . wliich I , for one , should wish to spe wi ^^

      p out at tne veryearaeii ojjportuiiitypoJSlbk 1 ( Cue ^ rs ) . Niat . sir , 1 ask tbe Hon . and Learned Member to give me r . plain aiuwer to the quesdon I " hav 2 put to him , as I caiuiot proceed -any farther nutil I have his explanation . ( Cheer .-, from the Opposition . )" Mr . O ' CONNELL : Sir , I am escoediafflv obliged totae Noble Lord for gi \ in < r this publicity to ' the sentiments 1 entercain on the suhjecTof Comre-tteps of a partictlur descri ption in this House . ( Urvr ) bir 1 did word of

      . srn- everr that —( cheers , ami crie * ° , " 9 ^ % - ~ c T >* ^ o ^ ° f thit ; nnd I dw repe-. t , tnnt I believe it to be perfectly true . ( Lond cnes of " Uh ' ° ; - 3 ^ s there a man who will put his hand upon his heart and say upon his honour a * n «^ ntiemr . u that Le does not believe that that is snbstraiUuUy true —(^ i : ided cries of " Yes . yes '^ ' nud " - ' a ")? ?«^ h . a man would be Tnn 4 e . ] * to scorn . ( Cries of ~ Oh ! " and cheers . ) - '" h is a laueons abuse . Tne pubKc press has taunted rou iui it

      « . xne iast time 1 addressed the House upon the su-.-ject , I read a paragraph , out of The MoA ' vv Chronicle . ( Cries of "Order . ") 3 ^ TLe SPEAKER : I wish to make a remark a * t » tiier . ' gui-anty ofoyrjjr-Dceedings . Th ? Hnnonrable and Leam . ? i ileniber Lnnng answered tlie question , I must now arpe . il to the Noble Lord to know what motion he intends to make . [ Cheer ? , and loud cries of " Move . " ] Lord Viscount MAIDSTONE ; Then . 5 ^ . I rrife notice , that on Monday next I shall call tbe attention ol thu House to these articles , mid to the conduct of the Hun . rail Learned Member for Dublin

      [ Great cheerir . zfsozn the op-DOsition . l ¦ Lord JOHN ' KrsSELL- ' immBai ' . ieiv ro ^ n -d jaid : _ Six , I b ^ to ave notic e that , if this comvlEiiit W o 2 tTTtm u' > 1 u ;) 'iii ^ liouse . ' onMondaviioxt . Ii < - > eiin io Lrin- _ ' forward for the c < -Tisiderat : on of this Hov . se ine charge of the ri ^ h : reverend prelate , the lJi 4 iop of ¦ Lxeti-r , - re * pecaiig an allegation of perjury on the part of certain Members of tLis Housel ( Vo ' clferons and lung-coiitinned cheerln ? on the Ministerial i > eii ~ he 5 , ciiiitrasteJ bymurkedsilence on the oiv > - ^ i tic :: side of the House . ) " x "" ' The Irish 1 W L ^ Bill pass ? a tlircBzh soveral ClRT > SA 5 .

      Tae iollnmug ^ lembers were nominated on the Lomiaiianon Committee : —TLe Lord Advocate LordG . Somerset , Mr . O"C « nnell . Lord Lowt 2-en Alderman Copeiand . Mr . Hnme . Sir H . P :-. ik >] 1 * . Mr . Cn-TrSirJ , . Mr . Tviilue ? . Mr .-iJeinastouR . > 5 r g ' F . 'Yo uu ? , Mr . > VukW , Mr . Woo , Mr . Yomy ' ( of Cr . van . ) : aid Jir . I . TLoir ^ on . The Ho" ; - * adjouraed . HOUSE OF LORDS . MONDAY , FErnrAHY 2 G .

      : irc-ar-.-r prrt of ( he evening was ocenpied vr-th an anrn- delnt « Ijatvrecn Lords Lyn phi- ^ t . " M ' - ; - Boraxc j and Bkoi-gham on tire Separation Swi ^ rl , ? £ t ^ ? p & 2 ? I ? X !! ± l a vaiiry per ^ nxil nabble , ande-. incJj notliiu-r but themervu cowr . rdl ^ eis of Lord Melboume ,, aaa the ianpiaBW of all the parties of the mnil .-rs about which tyey were talkiui . . Iftor this display * Lord liROl- GHAM ^ aid he had now a petition to present from OLlham , simsd by seven or eight Aundre ^ . persons , compLan ::: ^ of the sentence which had been passM upon the Glasgow Cotton Spihiw » rfr £ ? , ° > esp" *» ii ; hiin . elf to tlie vuecrs of some ° * - % NpLleLorJ . soppos-.- . d to him . who hnd talked T ? y " P \ P o ! lUCilf lectures to the people be ^ culd d : snctly state that he did not ncknofedpe ue trnij v . one of th-- main allegations of t 1 »* t , a .

      ntio n—namely ,. that the k : 1 t ofl ' ence of wb > h the ^ e ¦ O . 'n ^ auwGytou Spinners , had bevn convicted \ v-s a JSS ^ islri ^ v ^ r «™ ^ sS »^ ps ^ ss -SStSi ^^ sssss £ BHi ? s

      HOUSE OF COmiOXS T " , ' MONDAY , TzvnVAnr 26 . » & r&T t ] K Pen 5 te ^ ary - s after which Zme on the rU ^ ?** 'Plauation , - ^^ IStK ^ 'v ^ S ^ LiSsHv ^ - ' &is& ^ | % isvs ^ st ^ s ^ l ^ EHIIOne on the motion of iLl MaStSJe \^ l the expresaons containing charges of fonV' against Members of that House S the S ^ ^ tbeir official dutie ^ were ttTiS . ^ SSSFL putadons on the House and its character " Lord HOWICKon behalf of Mincers who ztz ? z ™ r * ' morei * *«*»*¦* £ Oa a division , there appeared ^ . For the amendment .,,,,,, 054 Agamstit ,.,.. ; ;;;•

      Majority against MmiBterB .. 9 the ^ fon ^ WA ?^ " ' *^ tben ensned ™ ^ ssism wim ^ m nr ^ f , ^ WO ^ E th en moved tbat Mr SfiSJ'Jj ^} " *«* 9 * lj of yioSting ^ C ^ SS ? ^ " ^ P ^ anded mhisflSe Theproceetojgs of the ffonottrdih House here

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      perfect denaDfce to the description ef even the most practised bull ring or prize r ' ln ' g ' Tg&TL . Mr . CAOLLAGHAN again rose , anci , in epite of the intimations of the Speaker , persisted in reiterat ing his adoption of the O'ConneU . riandier . Mr . HUME moved that the worda be taken down by the Clerk ; and afterwards that Mr . CaUaghan having adopted Mr . O'Connell ' s wordSj is also guilty of violating the privilegea of the House . The Bear Garden vras at length cleared , by adjournment of the debate .

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      MiNiSTEHiAt TJisquietudes . —The Ballot division has been the cause of a schism in the Ministerial camp . We have already stated that several official persons shirked the question by absenting themselves ; and that Sir H . 'VivlaB and Mr . Robert Steuart , both holding CroWn appointments , went in the very teeth of Lord John ! Rus » ell , and voted with Mr . Grote . Lord John was of course wrotb . We are informed that he called upon Sir Hussey and Mr . Steuart to resign . ""Very well , " said the former ; but he added "We are four . " Meaning that there are four Vi viana in -the House , and that they ( patriots that they are !) would take the

      pet and refuse support to the Ministry . Still Lord John stormed ; to be a leader and not lead , was more than he could bear ; so he insisted upon a turn-out , in despite of the " four . " But the Noble Lord ' s passion was suddenly cooled downby '" -another process . The Ballot party , " -getting -scent of what was going on , sent an intimation to the Noble Secretary , that if he dismissed Sir Hugsey and Mr . Steuart , they , as a body , would also cease to give Lord John the light of their countenances . This was enough . Lord Johnny pockets the affront ; and , strange to say , the -Noble Lord keeps his place

      The magnanimity of these Whiga is wonderful . These quarrels , nevertheless , may be regarded as the beginning of the end : and that end cannot be far off . There are signs in the Ministerial horizon . Sheil has been provided for ; and even General Evans has been attended to . He was to have bad the Ordnance Clerkship ; but as he could not calculate upon a re-election for Westminster , he dared not tal : e that office ; so he is made Kni ght Commander of the Bath , and thus the " I-ruu" hero leaps over the heads of hundreds of officers a

      thousand times more meritorious than himself . What lias he done for England ? . Nothing ., ¦ : ' "What has he done for Spain ? Nothing . Why , then , is he e / i ' stingiiished ? The answer is obvious . He is in possession of secrets connected with Lord Palmerston and the Ministry , the unfolding of which involves political ruin ; therefore thepadlpck is placed upon his mouth . It is impossible to conceive any thing more disgusting than this , save the conferring of a title and a pension u ; : on OConnelL for his services . And these will come ere long . —Halifax Paper .

      Picture of the House of Commons , by the Morxixg . CiinoNicLE . —The constant struggle of truth for manifestation , will sometimes break through all the caution cf the . mb ? t wutv and practised ' -hypocrite . We were certainly not a little surprised and . amused to find the -following- ddiuearinn of that ' perfect ' , on of legislative virtue , tbe British Parliament , in the columns-if ' its thick and thin admirer the Morning Chroridc : —" Ever since v . e recollect Committees of the House of Conniion .- ; , thc-y have been deemed the very worst of all conceivable tribunal ? , 014 Qeor . ce Eo ^ e

      used to sr . v . that he would tmf lr-. l fn ' e" ^! ,.: > v , 1 usredto sr . y , that he would not lead ti | s sou ! wUh \\ participation in the guilt of downri ght robbery which wr . s" constantly practised in-Committees-on private bills ; and it seemtd . to hs admitted on all hands , when the now Lord Littleton endeavoured to improve tiese tribunal ? , that there was no conceivable degree of corruption and injustice with which t ' uey were sot chargeable . -With - respect-to Election Committees , it seems to- be understood as well a .- > anvthing can be understood , that they follow no precedent , are governed by no fixed principles ; and that it would be the very height of folly to exy . ect in cnv case a decision favourable to a

      Liberal "Manlier from a Committee of which the majority are Tories , ur . d vice ' rcrsii . As it is suiUci-jntly evident , t ' jiat an outh is no obstacle in the way of a majority , it is to be regretted that , in addition to the injustice , they should be" ' obliged- to be guilty of what might l > e avoided , the tailing superfluous oaths . When an improvident relative of Dr . Franklin borrowed a hundred pounds from him , and was hying hold of a piece of- paper to write an acknowled gment for it , the .-Dacter seized the paper , and ser-urcd it in his drawer , observing that was worth but a " half penny , but there ' was lio n = e in throwing away even a halfpenny . . '" . " • '¦ The records of Parliament are full of criminations

      a ^ u recriminations perjury . George the Fourth was accused by several Bishops 2 nd Temporal ; Peersof violation of the coronation or . th in assenting to the Catholic Emancipation Bill . The I ) uke of Wellington and Sir Kobert Peel v / ere ... accustd of advidng their Hoyal Master to commit perjury ; The Bi-hop of Exeter accused all tlie " ¦ Catholic--Mer . ib ' -r . ' of the two Houses of perjury . The Archbishop of Canterbury and . tbr- Ecclesiastical CojnmiT-dU ' . Ts b ? . ve been secured of violtttir . L' - the

      oaths x : ><; en . 'T then : , Hi llieir cor . st'cration , to maintnin the ri ^ Lu-and liberties of the CliMch . Mr . O'C onnt-n h :. s charged the English and Irish" gentry in Election Committees with p erjun-. There is , iafhoft , no end to these charge ' s . " 1 _ A Belgian Giant . —A Belgian journal contain ? a curious account of a giant , v / ho-havinjruuide . hi = fortune by exhibiting bim = eii '/ to the idle and curious in various countries , has latSy retired to his native town , Vervkrs , near Lk-pe . ' Although of truly co ' osral magnitude , with thighs as lar . te as Ibe boaiirs of ordinary sized men , av . d a uamil > Avliith a

      . twelve vi-ars old cannot grasp , he is syminctricclly . prnportidned , - and has a head i : nd . countenance rivaUiug in beauty and grandeur the easts of the Olympian Jove . He is not devoid of . education , and converges on most subjects , with good sense . As no room w . " ^ high enough to contain him , he has b ? cn obli ge . i to have one mride to suit by removing ceilings , and thus converting ' . two ' stories ' of . his house into one heightening the doors , and making other alterations in proportion . His furniture is upon the same grand scale ; the seat of his arm chnir is upon a Wvcl with an . ordinary table , and hi . s table witn a chest of drawers , and his bed filling an

      entire room . His boots cost SOf . a pair , his bat bOi . He feeds himself with "a-fork " rivalling-that ' with Guy ' s porridg e-pot at Warwick'Castle , andVa spoon of correspononc ; dimcasiens . With all these uieaijs and appliauct ^ j the poor nran has no enj yment of his life , if ] 7 e ^ alks . oufby day , he is followed by all the bovs and va and Jt " te ¦ * v " " ^ - ' ' ears are astailed by the ventures iorth at night , fcu . fOT some supernatural screams of many who take him . - nding any woman being . He can have no hope of i ,. Herefovc must irho will venture to marry him , and u ¦ domestic , remain deprived of all the enjoyments of , - ost in vwle . He passes his time , consequently , aln . , ' I \ '¦ 1

      ne ^ daj * * at I ) . vrSbuO- church , a few ^ nute . s X , ^ %° tl 0 ek ; tbe 5 " afterwards re ^ cd to thXv I a r f « hment at tbe Rcyal Oak Inn , but t o fepl i een }™ Z there before tfe . briaebesun he lldTF' aDd Wkh Some t i&eriVy peni ^ ci ^ aP ? ss 5 as aVATCKAL AFFErTTnv \ n Isgiiii the

      i workhouse , upou the bountv of-MJ ^ A ^ worfinou . se , upou the bounty of the ZrU ** as-ssif g ^ SKaSS mwgmm Tim « * i «< . w .- _ -i' , " -.-r y > said the overseer tn :

      . m ^ mwm s ^ iips ipssi ^ andinteresting discu ^^ took pSwhevtnlS vrhetut . yiras proved that the only £ S * 2 ri ? 15 Jo "be ^ . pursued tejU- voteSol ^ U ^* J % working men to firmly unite tok ^ rVlSmSuS P 9-operative a ^ iw ^ on ? , . " ' ¦ •™« A

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      THE ; " flELLKBROTH " : TRAGEDY :: ' ^ : / -, ' :: - ^ : :-:: : j ^^^ y ^ - - ¦ : ¦ : ¦ . . ;¦ .: " ¦ - ¦ > : ^; ; ¥ : ; v ;; j ; S ;> ^ vj ' ¦ ¦ ¦^ . m . [ T ^ -iEp i ^ pn ifi ^^ E TlM £ SJ ' - - - * ' Itfoster Shajllow , choose what bffieo tKott wUt in the la ^ a , 'tis thine . Be -whattbon veilt ., -1 say ! The lavw of England are at thy commandment . Hii ^ py we- thefy which have bepn my-friea&-r ^ H ^ ' IfcVettitf '; ::. : ' •" y .--.- " Although welay thewe honotirs on thesemen , «^ To e aw oiirseU ' M of diyr * s galling loacU ,. V " - ¦' They 8 ball but tear ' tbeio as ; the assbeawgold ; T "To groan and sweat under the business , ' . : . ;¦¦*« Either led or .. driven ^ as , ; we point the ^^ way /' -K / uK «» C < psar . " They'll take suggeisitions , as a cat kjs inilk ; " * ' And tell tbe clock to : any . businesa ttat 11 - 'We say betite tbe hour /'— Tempest . :

      Sir , —I shall now endeavour to lay before yem , for the information of the people of England , some materials for forming an estimate of the manner in which an official inquiry was conducted into allegations which charged the untimely deathg of many unoffending persons in ! the Bridgewater workhdusej on the gruel system of the Poor Law Commissioners ) and on the recklessness of the board of guardians , who continued . for many ^ months to send poor helpless creatures into a workhouse where infectious and fatal disease was raging .

      Previously to the commencement of the inquiry it was buzzed about , that the charges made aga inst the board of guardians " must come to nothing , " as the Poor : ; - 'L . ayir . ^ Comm 1 siriqners / h ' aii ; . a ? irf ^*^ : to make vvhatever laws they liked for the management and feeding of the poor ; that the lavvs of England were at their cominandiuent ; " that although it might be true tha , t some paupers had died of the gruel , still Mr . Weale would be able to - put all that matter right ; that he had had great experience in managing evidence , and was known to he excee ( Jin g j y clever in such operations ; that priyate meetings had been held of the little knot of Master Shallows

      who had occasioned all this destruction of human life by plotting amongst :: the small rentersi ' who- had been elected guardians , and ; thus obtaining the means of outvoting the rest of the board ; thai this little knot , of .-gruelling dicta tors , had declared that they were secure Qf a majority ; and that , with their good friend Mr . Weale ' s clever management , there could not be a doubt of the result . ; Such was the chatter of the day ,-not coining-in any authentic forinj but dimly shadowmg ; out an indistinct notion

      of arbitrary power in the parties implicated , and an unprincipled determination to use that power in concealing truth and frustrating . the ends of justice . ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ .- . . '¦ .- . ¦/• , ' ¦ ¦;¦' .. .. ¦ ¦' : ; ¦ ; It has been already stilted ^ . that Mr . We ale took some depositions in secret , and others in the presence of the board of guardians , who . declare , in the verdict , of acquittal passed on them selves , that in the inquiry " into thi ; several allegations of cruelty and oppression charged upon it : by . Mr .: John . Bowen , it it ( the said board ) "' ¦ ' examined such witnesses as it thought necessary !"

      The witnesses which it and Mr . Weale did think necessary to examine on the alleged destruction of human life by diarrhavi , were Mr . John Evered Poole , a . si : vfr « : oTij \ vlid acted for the medical attendant -during his illness ; Mr . Underdowii , the clerk of the - union-j - ' und Mr Gover , the governpr of the woTkhor . 3 e . There were , on tlie / principle of throwing en : t a tub fyr . _ the whale , other witnesses . exa-. mined liieoiisitiovahle ; k ' ngth . oh-some allegations of eomparativeit } ,- trivial import ; but it does net ? "t > enr , eitLer on the miniitos of the board , or in the copies of depositions farnished to the board of guardians by Mr .. Weale , thr . t any other persons were examined on the sv . bject of diatrlvsa in the ' Bri ' clge-water workhoust .

      DEVO ^ IT-IO . X Ol ' . Vfl , JOHX . evi : ri ; 1 ) i'oom ; . ukmarks . John Evered l ' oole , s : ir- In thus attributing the poou cf UriJjrewjiU'r ; do- . " ¦ " prevalenceofdinrrlin-a " noses "that he acted with to the crowded state of itlr . Kiair , the medical tlie house , and " to the oflicer ibr thu Urid ^ e- cljetary tlien iii use , " Air . water district , during the Poble * establishes tliw greater p ortion of -the whole , case against the time when inlluenza and Jiuard of Guardians . . This di « rrha » a . . pri-vailec ] , peiitl . eina-iu be it' remeinis

      Ainongst the inmates nt b " ' ! r «? d ^ .-their own wittbnttimetlieriweremuny iu > ss , and one . of tlicir ( list-nsed persons . Miiildti- ' medic ';;!¦ attendaufs , ring the pnjvaloiice of iHse . 'ise , aud in a vovy sichly season , ho con > :-dored the liousn w ;\ s toi . ) thickl y ' -iuhabitud ^ . and to- ¦¦¦" . -. ¦ this , ndded to tbe dictnry then in use , he attribute ' s the prevalence of diarrhcr . n ,. ¦¦ "" '' ¦' .

      ¦ Oh flic 2 . ") lh of October , In tin ' s letter Mr . King 1 S ; X > , Mr King reeom-. ;• sta ' tos , tiiiittViugriiolpi-oniwjded a chiincro of diet , du . ced dinrrhoea , and that by a letter to the Board lu > ln \ d so stated to the of Guardi ;\ i \ s , aiid on \ ho visitiiig'Committee . lie 1 st of November , depn- wa . s informed that he neut addivssi . nl a letter-to could order what hepleathe Hoarrd . j-oxpressiiishis « ed for the sick , but that ¦« ttisVnction -afthe cluvnge no nlteratjon cotild be of diet , raid reported that permitted in the dietary the sick . Avere dail y itn- ' . ' . . of tUosa wlu > w ^ re not proving , and were then on the sick list , surrounded wi ' tii even '

      utrossary coinfort . ' ,. ¦' ..-. Deponent further fthtes The board cannot sne ^ that ' . After this period he reed in setting up tho iK'ver niflrte uny com- j-ilua of ignorance . They municntian to the board Were Iu-pt iii full knowr on the . subject of tlie ledtre of the ravages of dietfiry ; if n-nythiiis ' in -.- ^ thejilis ' easo , b y the medipiirticular occurred to cal weekly rnturn , the depunent r he inemioned < ieath-book , tlie visitors ' it to tbe * Visitjiiir C 6 n > book , and b y the reprer mitte . e , but he rertaiiiiy sentutions of indiviiiunl never- inadw niiy co " . u- members of thft Visiting nir . nicatiun to tae { ioartl . Ciuninittee . ]) opo : ieiitfurt ] ii > rstates i ' ir . ,- Poolo reconciles that lie does iint tliihk t > u * opinion wifh his gniel , in the proportion former ... and- subsequent

      as directe . l by the diet ¦ positive declarations , by tnble , to be productive of stating tluvt there , weredisease in - ' healthy per- 110 fiml ! h ] l persons in the sons . " Workhouse , find conse-Jo hx EvEK . vun Poolk . quently his opinion , given ' . " . ¦ ¦ 011 < iri assuined case , was not applicable to the in-Taken on ontb , at iuat . es ; of that house , r > ridgewa er , the 1 / th . ainoiig whqin ; there were August , Ib ; j 7 , by rae , scldoni more than one Ror . i'in' ¦ 'W e . u . k , niriii and •• -. five , women As .-istant Poof Lnw said to be able-bodied , 'C omniissi ' oner . ¦ ' niid . tliese were feeble , - — weakl y , dispirited per-I sons , "¦ peculiarly susceptible ot disease .

      MlNl'Tr . -P . OOK . Briug-ewater Union . 1 'ri . : Aug . 4 , 1837 . ' -. .-. ' . ¦ ' Mr . Puok \ sTirgeon , " , vas Here Mr . Poole again sent for , who appeared distinctly attributes "the before the'hoard ,- ' arid ' tie- sickness that prevailed in posed as-follows ' : —Tli . at tlie house to tlie dietary ¦ he had , on several oc- that icus then . it ^ cd " . ¦" . ' casions in the lnst ye . ir , attended-on the : poor in ' ¦' e workliopse for Mr . v ' " " " hairi King ,-who was Abr Q dical olVicer of tlien me " ^ m « jt J . that thatestaW . " ^ kness henttributed'thf ^ . * i- »* -. nrevailetl it | t ^ house to the : dieta .-y that vrnsthen used , but th ; vt lie did not inake twv statement in writing t ' & tbe board to that , effect , but that he had stated uis opinion to the visitinjr committee , that he considered himself at'liberty to order different diet for the sick . ¦

      l i -h H S » ' *»* fcy cUarrhcea ^ Se Ue « t ^ z zm ^ m ^ ssS by a merciful dispensa . tion , ineasles put an eud i&a ^ ss SSilf > p ^ s ^ s ^ liSli mm touR «; that tha average S ? ^ The W ¥ Si ^ tUe Iarg ? were about nine , on M ? ^^^ s s& ^ s ^ is tB Igtep sfe ^ ig SST ? ° ^^ C ^^ i ^ oners , % A % & i ^ S ^^ :: SSS ° *» i ^ a » i 4 , ; s 3 s ;* &ssS ¦ gj » ' f ¦ »¦¦ small July the loth , S * S POX , measles , and occa , July- . thfe >' . « & ^ lw 7 /

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      sional diarrhoea , prevail- Arid ; this almost unpaedf but . the ? surgeons rail « 3 € d destruction ¦ ¦ ¦ of net ^ r reported that the 1 human life ^ -attempted house was too full or My a ; pnblfc '' rahfctibhary crowded . t ° he slurredQverbyiinqairing whether the po 6 t . ¦' - •'' , '¦ ,- „ ' - ' . \ ' . Ver ^' - . n < ift ; . H occBsdoii ^ l ^'' ^ disea&eoi / underv the did system ; and > liether the suTgebn then reported that the house was too

      / : . ,:-:, . - : . ¦ ¦ . ' : " . ' ; foil ! / ¦ ' V " " - ' - ^ . . . ' Here follows '/ -same * matter not connected with the charge under consideration : : I have refrained from eiamiiiihg the witLente trotttflit im on these minor aUegatiofls , lest by sti doing attention should be diverted froin ;^ ie juo ^ ce impo r tant matter ; 6 tM I am pre ^ pived for-again going'into them on a fitting occasion / . Deponenf further states , This was eight months that on the hoard of after the house haid been guardians passing areso- ravaged by ; si disease lution for an amended ascribed by the medical dietary , he forwarded the attendants to the dietary same ! to . the Poor Law established by these Commissioners v and be- comnussipDers . ' fore the expiration of a week he received the

      amended dietary from them' confirmed and sealed . / Further deposes , that It is true that I never he / has examined the wsva ' . ' the actual proposer minute-book , and that 6 f any resolution at the he has not found any board ; butfrom the 31 st motion submitted to the of March , the day on board byflfr . Bpwen on which I was informed of any of the subjects allud- 'h aving-been-. apppinted ' .-o ? edto in his pamphlet , nor guOTdian , to the 21 st of did that gentleman ever , April , when the gruel to the deponent's know- system yras » exploded , I ledge or belief , submit laboured ; unremittingly any proposal or motion attheboard , in the visitwhatever on the subject ing committee , and with of . the-dietary ,.-. ¦ the' want some / able and

      uittueuor servants or nurses , or tial guardians oiitbf pfillness ofthe inmates doors , to banish the ofthe workhouses , from deadly gruel from the the period of his being house , and to effect that elected ; a guardian , in imprbyements in the March last , to the appear- diet which was proposed finceofhis pamphlet in by the Rev . Noblett Bridgew . iter . Ruddock , as visitor of RoiiEnT UNnEUDowN . the day , on the 14 th day Takt-n on path at of April , and rejected , Bridgewater , the 18 th and which was followed day of August , 1 « 37 , by uppn the 2 lst of April mey ¦¦ and carried . 'Thus in Robert Weale , the short space of three Assistant Poor Law weeks a destructive Commissioner . system was put an end to which had triumphed pv « r all oppesitiou for eight months . :

      JAMiS GOVElt , U 0 VEU"N 0 R OF TH ' K ¦ ¦ ntilDGEW'iTKIl WORKHOUSE . Tliis witness , after de- Itdoes iiotappear / rpjn posing at some length to these ojjicinl documents matters not connected thfit they ventured to ask with this part of the in- their own master of the fjuiry , states tlmt he was workhouse 1 single qnes * attacked with diarrhoea tiou on the apparent iive several times during cause , the extent , the the months of February progress , or the cpnseand . March last , although , quenccs of that destmcllC . Oi-V 119 ^ coniine him- tive disease , whichcarrie'd

      self to , ;^ tj gruel diet . ° " so many of the'hel prseponenti ' urtlier stated less * inm » tii £ of the house ! that gi-uel supplied was The poor v'ctims are uol very good in " quality . e ' veivaJluded " to . J ¦ Jam-es ( j lover . Neither do they appear Taken 0 : 1 oath afc oii the J ' uce of their own Eridgewatev the 17 thday duenrhehtsy to have inuf August , 1837 , by me , quired the cause to which RoKEivr . Weaie , this previously healthy Assistant Poor Law' and powerful man ' s five Commissioner . attacks of diarrhoea were —— ascribed . But they insult minute-book . him and the common

      August 4 , 1837 . sense of mankind by ask-Mr . James Gover ing whether these attacks stated that ho had been vrcre occasioned by his very ill himself , but did parlalchig of tfie gniel ? not . believe ; that it was when it bad been expressoccasioned by partaking ly . declared than an inof the gruel . lectious disease pervaded tlie House , and that the Governor had been repeatedly attacked while aiding the poor sufferers in their racking ne-. ¦ ¦ ¦ cecities .

      Such was the evidence which-it was "thought necessary" to call , find on which the Board of Guardians magnanimonsly pronounced itself to be not guilty ! After having cautiousl y ' threaded a maze of perplexing and liarrowing detail ,: lain " now an-ived at that part of this distressing subject which is of ' .. paramount importance to , my humble fellowsubjects . It is from " this point that I would most earnestly solicit you , Sir , as a public censor , exercising vast influence on the public mind , to take a retrosneclive . view ; and after looking back with a calm , but searching ., . scrutiny into the charges urs ; ed ,

      and the documents cited 111 their support , I would ask . you again to read over the endeiice \ yhicli the accused parties brought ' . forward to exculpate themselves . I would ask you to consider tbat this most injurious and insulting mockery was conducted by a m : ui ^ eating the bread of the people , and specially directed to institute an enqtiiiy into , . allegations which charged theuntirnely deaths of mauy persons on the dietary of the Poor Law-Commissioners } and further charged , tlifitwhile the fetid exhalations from the immediate sufferers infected , the whole house , the Board of Guardians wilfully persisted in sending in other poor helpless persons from the villages of the Union , who were in their turns either infected by , or grnelled into , diarrhcea . And how have tliese

      charges been met , Sir : Jvot by examining Mr . King , the medical attendant of the / workhouse , who informed the Board , by letter , tliat the gruel occasioned diarrh oca—not by exhmjhiiig that excellent member ; of ' the . Visiting , committee ,, to whose persevering exertions Mr . King bears ; testimony-in his letter to the Board—not by examining the matron , Who was hourly amongst tlie sufferers , whose family were attacked , and who was herself almost worn to a skeleton—not by examining any of the few surviving sufferers , or of the poor creatures who attended on the crowds of dying ; not by examining any of these — -but by calling the gentleman who officiated for Mr ; King during . his attacks , their own clerk of the Union , und their , governor of the -workhouse !

      \ jiit me not be misunderstood : there cah . be no exception taken to the general characters of the witnesses so called ; and I take r . oiie to their evidence . They could only answer to sucli questions as were put to them by the monrigers of the inquiry ; and tliesequestions were artfully contrived for concealingrather than for eliciting the truth . On Mr , Poole ' s . evidence it is unnecessary-to' make any further remarks than that , he attributes tlie diarrhrea to the dietary in Use . They do not appear to have asked Mm any questions - respecting the extent of the suffering , or the number of fresh inmates sent in ; on these points-be is therefore silent , but liis evidence is conclusive against tlie board as far as it goes .

      To their next evidence , the clerk of the uiiiou , they do not put a single question directly bearing on taepTincipal ntlegations to be inquired into . The fatal . diarr ' heen , the extent of its ravages , and the fresh victims with which it was supplied ,- were all tabooed subjects—concealed , as cniniibals are said ! to conceal their . initiatory-rites from those who will ¦ - ¦ nt , participate in the abomination of their feast . t " - ' pnce-of their other witness , the master of " ' as reported , of a still more ¦ estrn-*> ' . '"as in charge of the work-The eyiu . ^« easeraged there j he _ workhouse , is , " ^ ofbei flg rdinary character . He , R ^ . ^ e wh ole tim e the . wmmmsm

      a i wmmmmm wm ^^ w ^ i p ^ l ^ lfclffit times ; Now . sirv if lircSd ^ vV " ^^ five one ^ word of which kpSSr ^ KlSv * ' ^? ¦^¦ : io * ^^ . A ^ . ^ t . bralSSSr ?^ L ^«^ tl » ea ¦ : hM ¦ ^ ere a ^ ^ g ^^ ¦ ¦ ^^^ Ss ^^^^ : ^^ ' ^ ati oafI ^ S ^ J ^?^^^ : *«» 6 l » B « --% airyS S& ^ 1 ? peno f *> T ustitute an principal Bublect ^ K ?!^ " ^ ^ ^ on & <* Jw !'?" : " "J ^ i waic » h © was sneciaMv AAor ^ 1

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      continued in anyof&ce of trust especiam ^ in ' onl * - ¦ ^ he ^ QMm ^ m ^ m ^^ i ^ wsm ^ e ^^ creatures may / deleft tains management . ? v > ? i- v : . - ,. .... . ; > ' . Therewas i time whep ^ W ^ a ' 8 tre ^<^ innojbeni ' blood would hot : have heen'pet ^ Mttecljt » nnkinto ' " - ¦ J ' tiie . earth nnnotifiedr- ^ when $ ufy # > 4 erclictioa of : ^ dn ^ in . a pubhc ftuctionary ^ wouio , have been ffl * . jionncedi m thunders in the Britisil Parliaments- / when a system , under \? hibh such ; enormitiea cautdi ¦<' . ?' : be perpetrated and deiendedi would , be indignantly " proscribed asat \^^ ontragepn eternal justice , > aM in- , i compatible with the spiritipf a ; free people , ^ rhose - ¦ \ ^ . V ^ . mtt 4 io ^ M-t ! Jt ^; -v ! f ^ \ A- ^ : ^ of the law as they are known to be in the eye of their Creator . ¦ . ; . ^ - > - - ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ . ;• , , -:. " - " - " - - ' .:, ¦¦ : ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ -. - . . . . . .. . ;; .. .. " ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦¦ -: V- ' ;¦ . -:.: ¦ ¦ . ¦ V < Jo ^ bowen , ' : i ' S .

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      MEETING A ^ HTJ ^ ERiSFIJELI ) . > , - ¦ ' - ' . ¦ ¦ ' . ' , ' . ' " ¦ ' * ' " ¦ ' ¦ ' - ' . ' ; - "J .. ; ' , ' - : ' . ' :: ¦ Qn Thursday week , a meeting of the ratepayers of the township pfHudderstteldicor ivehed for the'puipose of taking into consideration the proper measures to be adopted to complete the valuation of the said township , left unfinished by the late Mr . B . Cplley . JosephBrook , Esq ., in the chair . The report of the " committee having been ' Tead , recom- < mending that Mr . George Cra > yther be employed to make the valuation at tne sum of £ 165 , T-Resolved , that Mr . GeorgeCrowtlier , ber employed to inake the valuation . That £ 165 be paid to Mr . Crowther for the same , he undertaking to complete the same by the 1 st September next . The erxetutors o > f the ' late Mr . Colley having stated that tbey AVould thankfully accept £ 300 in discharge of all claims unon

      the township , and would be ready- to give up all papers iu their possession , Resolved ,, that the sum Of £ 300 he g iven to them accordingly . That th * prc-seiit valuation committee be requested to c ® ntinue their sen-ices / along with Mr . James ; Brook ( paxtori-road ) . . That Messrs . James Brook , ( Tliorntou Lodge , ) William Stocks , jun .,-John Sutcli ( If , Beajamin Bradshaw , John Rhodes Clongh , and-StephenDickensoii , be a committee to confer with the overseers of the poor , and the survey-oTS of the highways , as _ to the best means to be atlopted either by borrowing money , of obtaining " a / new ; rate on a , maltiple of the old ¦ valuation , ' --until " the new valuation is completed . The nirhole of tlie above resolutions were passed without a dissenting voice and a vottr of thanks given to the chairman , and the meeting separated . ';¦¦' .. ' . '' ¦ ' ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦¦

      AcAucvhTxjRAh DiSTUEss . —A Farmer say * "• lie can ' t make it out how it is that he , and nin * ou t of ten of the farmers throughout the country are worse off every Christmas than the Christmas before , while not one i n . ten can look at their tradeslne . d" satisfactorily in , the . face at the bill- delivery season . MeCan't mate out how this can be when the Corn Law . maiea'Wead more than as dear again in London than it is inParis ( tine difference of 56 i per cent . ) while at Soissoas , in Franeej nine bushels of flour cost only as much as five 'bushels of the saine sort of flour in England . Tet notwithstanding the blessed law -which pushes up . the price of corn

      beyond its natural -level .- ; ' notwithstanding the halving of the -poor-cess outgoings ; not to mentipri exemption from assessed and turnpike taxes in certain caseq , yeomanry cavalry , a sheep dog , and the like , and legacy dub ,-. . Notwithstanding all this and much more the tenant seems "' to go backwards ,, and the landlord not to get forwards . ' If our "Farmer' ' cannot see that all the ; exemptions he specifies were enacted for the landlord , and the landlord alone , it will-be useless for us to endeavour to open his eye ? . He had better , set down and reckon the cost of '' the Canadian-Polish war , the mummery of the n'ext Coronation , and get by rote / the abomina- ' tions of the aristocratic Pension List . —Kent

      Herald . . / ' ¦ ' . ¦¦ ¦ " ¦ ' . ' . ; / ' ;//' ; . /// . "¦ . ¦ - . Shocking Accident , osr the A-voir . ^—A ; few days / since a most distressing accident occurred to some . youths , two of whom were drowr ^ d , who were incautiously pla } -ing on the ice , on / a part of . the ; riyer . rrhere it is eight or ten feet deep ^ and nearly opposite the Summer-house , the residence of Miss Byerloy , of Avon Bank . : An . inquest was held on Saturday last at the Falcon "' / Inn ,: "Warwickj oh the two bp'dies .. From the " evidenye adduced it appears that Georgfe Maftin ' , eleven years old , and- Charles Martin ^ about fourteen years old ( brothers , sons ef

      Mr . Martin , builder , ) and Thomas * Dale ,, twelve years- old , . were playing on the ice . Whilst engaged , in their play the ball was struck to a part which / was not frozen . The younger Martin went after it , to the edge of the ice , vvhieh n « t being of sufficient thickness to beat his weight , gave way , and he fell in . Dale followed , - " as is siipposed , to render assistance ,, and he ; was also precipitated : into tha water . The elder Martin' then attempted to rescue ; thein , and he also ¦ " became a prey to the watery element . They were all three struggling for . help j but no one , for a time , dare venture to assist them . A > t length

      a fourth , boy , who was one of their comgahions , went / to the edge of the ice ,, and . held out his bandy ; to them .. At this time the two-Martins yverQ-grasp-. ing each / other to save . themsslves . ; The elder ; one said . " Epqsa me , or I shall be drovrned . " On this appeal , he relinquished his hold ,, when tie / elder seized , the bandy offered to Mtu ^ . and was- ty this jneans enabled . to get on the / ice ' , ' . and ' -sayef- . hisr Iife 4 During this time the younger /^ artin / nad sunk " under the ice , and ¦ ¦ ' . was / imniediatelj lost . . A repe and a iong ijidder were , fetched , ifiiriog this period th « poor little fellow , Data , who . was an expert swimmer , Was struggling in the Y , ater and crying , f 0 Lord ,: get me out . " A rope-being thrown to him , he held it : as long -as natum could support him , but he not

      from its being so bitter cold ^ could maintain his grasp . He / tb . en endeavoured to hold , the rop « vvit ! t his teeth , w > . ticn he did for a few minutes , but a . sudden jerk ar : CidentaUy given , again / obliged himi to relinqufek Taj g foTlorh ospe » A . man of the nameb £ Frazer BOT , ventured in , - with a rope tied rounds his / body . V _ bent ; his , way through the ice , andi succeeded ; r , attly "in lifting ; Dale out / of the water , but the ihr e ^ e CQid prevented Ms accomplishing his humane " purpose . He vy . as reluctantly cumpeHed , for his o- ivn safety , to release hisfhoVdy and the poor lad surf ' ip rise no . more . - Frazer wds so-affected / ai t 0 De F ulled ^ out-of the water . The Jury-returned a verdir . t xjf " Accidentally drowned . " /

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      . The frightful amount of deaths in the Bridgereater Workbouse can 6 n ] y be progerljr estimated by comparison . To -a « i ' sist , tlje xeadw in forming this eBtimate , the following rate of mortality has / been calculated , from iitota supplied ^ r publie docnmente > - ~ ! : ;• ' ' . ¦¦ ¦' . : . " . . /'\ ' -- . ; . ^ . ' '¦ :. - . ¦/¦" : ;¦ .-: ¦ -. ; ' . '¦¦¦ " /' ' . /" . . ' —— -. ¦ ¦;¦ PerMng tJea&s . Rate ' .: ¦ ; . ¦' ;; . . . ¦ ¦ ' ' /; ' s- ¦ ' -. . . ;• ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . - ' / - ¦ ' ¦ '• • - ¦ ¦ ¦/ / ' : ' . ' " , ' . . ' ; . -v- . / : per / CiBnt . ¦ - " . /¦ Retron of the General Military , " : '¦¦"'" : ''" . . Hospital , Fort ; Pitt , InvaJid : 899 4 . 3 Depot ...:......,....:. ..... 2 O , 72 O ; : Patients treated in 19 Hospital * . 65 ^ 23 2 ^ 525 ' 3 . 8 Hbttse ; of Correctioni—Sick p ria- v . : ¦ ¦ :- ' ;¦ ' . ¦ oners on an ¦ av « wage of three . : . ; . : years , ont of 8 , 703 ptiaoriera .. 660 - 23 SX Prisoners in" the hul&a , daily : . : average of two years ....... 2 , 800 ° 65 2 . 3 Deaths in all England , per cent . / % : ¦ 2 . 1 Deaths in this British navjf , in / , '•/ . the latter years of the late / •; / .. " : j . ' .- ' - / ; wars , percent . v ............ ' . ' , . '• .- / : 2 . 5 : " ¦ ¦ - '"" Bridgewater WbRKHOusE , average number of innnates .. : 94 39 41 . 4 ¦ Whoever contemplates this almost trnpaTalleled de 3 tructioa " ' of human life in the Brid ^ ew-aterUnipii will be prepared for thefacttHat , in an official statement of the savings in six tmiona in West Somerset , under the ' rieWfiyatein , the Bridgewater CnionM distinguished by taking thfrfead . Itisasgerted to have saved last : year no less than ^ 1 , 712 . 7 s . Id ., of 35 . 20 per cent , on the previous three years ' ayerage !

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 3, 1838, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct995/page/6/