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^ , ^ m m . ^ - " m . * w j —^—^ ^^^ n t ^ y ^ j ^ ^^^^ MMMM >^ fcjiM ^ M ^ Bj pr ived ^ F the" means " of wibfifotence . mu » t either p ^ ffifOT ^^^ B ^ a ^ r t * &e whites , they are ^ Kminatedbj UiecoinniLaaidQes ; if they rob , 4 he 8 e again , tiito left to starve , must rob those beyond than or pensh . Thus , tie first robbery by our colonists ias given rise to a succession of robberies aad native wars , which hare desolated the most cental parts of tbejcdntinent of Africa . Here » inv ire-have an important colony , completely disorganised . Theexterminationof&enativesisrapidly proceeding . Part of the colonists are in open rebellion , or b ^ ve waadered into the deserts to escape from British authority . Discontent prevails on all ades . Whatever the-diflerences amongst her Malestr ^ s subjects there , each ! nartv complains of the , ^ __
government : no ' p ' arty 4 s " attached to the British Crown . Do I blame Lord Glenelg for this most ¦ anhappy state of things ? . By ib means . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) The present deplorable condition of Southern" Africa has been occasioned by our system , or rather total want of a system ^ of Government . Tor this Lord Glenelg \ is not particularly to blame ; but see trhat the want of a system , has-produced ; observe in how miserable and critical a state the colony w at last ; and then , sir , let us decide whether it be not high time to adopt son system of government there , to apply a remedy of some sort for such crying evils r Sir , would an assiduous and energetic colonial minister have allowed juch " evils to crow to such a pitch without proposing
some kind of remedy for them ? Can we expect any efficient remedy from the infirm hands of * Lord Glenelg ? If not , and if the House really careat all about this important colony , then will they agree to my motion ; and more especially ifihey should be of opinion that there are many colonies besides tho ^ e already mentioned whose peculiarly critical state Jat this moment eallsfor more than average energy , diligence , and wisdom in the head of the colonial government . I should have added , that the governor of this colony hasjust been recalled . Thatmal * s two . We shall soon come to more . I proceed , then to another colony whose condition is more than usually embarrassing and troublesome—the antislave trade colony of Sierra Leone . Far be it from
me , sir , to ca ? t a shadow of blame on Lord Glenelg for the total failure of this colony , as a means , which it was intended to be , of checking the slave trade . Nor is it any reproach to Lord Glenelg that we ha * , e 3 * dshed millions after millions upon establishing a settlement which appears to have had no other result than a profuse expenditure of public money and human life . The misgovernment of the colony is proverbial . The peculation , the lavish expenditure , the public plunaer . for which it has been notorious ; have given it so bad a name that it maybe aptly designated as an enormous job . Now , if I am not mianformed . the Governor of that Colony has ju ^ t been recalled—has been drm-n away from the Colony by the jobbers and speculators who fatten
there on the spoil of the public . Now , in order that my . statement on this subject maybe easily corrected if erroneous , I Tvill address it in the form of a question to those who are best acquainted with the facts . I would ask the Right Hon . Gentleman , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , if he did not ,-when occupying Loru Glenelg ' s present office , appoint the present Governor of Sierra Leoue—selecting him mi account of Ms v plight , straightforward , and energetic character—as a person qualified to bring about some reform In that great job in the shape of a Colony ? Did not the gentleman in question proceed to Sierra Leone as a Reformer ? A Refonner 111 Sierra Leone I The fate of such a monster need not be told . The Reforming Governor of Sierra Leone , thoush he was
eminently successful in attacking and conciliating the natives in the neighbourhood , soon gave offence to the small band of official jobbers , who call themselves the Colony , and was removed accordingly . If the Hon . Baronet , the Member for Devonporr , object to my statement , let him move for copies of the correspondence between the Colonial Office end the late Governor . If that vrcre done , the House would see that Sieira Leone is another < cai * e of Colonial trouble and difficulty , for which Lord Glenelg is responsible , but for which it is not to be expected that Lord Glenelg will provide a remedy . Tint , Sir , is the third recent case , of
a Governor ' s removal on account of differences with Lord Glenelg ' s department . Let me now mention a fourth , that of the new Colony of South Australia , whose Governor , appointed b ' y Lord Glenelg not more than eighteen months ago , has been just recalled .. I huve no doubt that this ] recal mav be justiSed , "just Eke that of Sir Feancis B . Head ' ; but if so , how does Lord Glenelg justify the appointments and have not the appointment and ihe recal together placed the Colony m that state which is sometimes " called a sfcne ' of "hct water " r" If we add to these four the resignation of Lord Gosford and the recal of Sir F . B / Head . there wSl be ro less than sixrecent cases of the removal of a Colonial ( Continued in our fourth poge . )
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YORKSHIRE LENT ASSIZES . - ^ ; On Saturday last , the usual bustle and " r . ote of preparation " -atJeudins the opening of the commission of -die Assize for this county , commenced at" an early hour in the city of York . " A larse number of the tenantrvof Sir R . T . Russell , of Thirkleby , the High Sheriff , arrived to swell the throng of the splendid pageant ; and the carriage being the most beautiful ever seen in the city , " the liveries gaudy , and the attendants numerous , it was expected to b ' e a ~ great sight . " About noon , however , an express arrived , stating that the Judges would be detained at Durham until a late hour at night , and therefore that they should not make a public entry . On Sunday morning , the attendance at the Ca ' ttedral was numerous , but neither of the Judges being
present , much disappointment was manifested . We believe that they did not arrive until towards night . On Monday morning . 3 Ir . Justice Pattesox opened the commission of Assize for the city at the Guildhall , but there being no business , " after the grand jury had been called and discharged , his Lordship breakfasted at the Mansion House with the Lord Mayor and Magistrates , and Aldermen of the city He then repaired to the Cathedral in the state carnage , where he was received at the great west door by the dignitaries and other officer ^ Prayers were chanted by the Rev . W . Taylor . A . M ., when tte High Sheriff ' s Chaplain preached ' an appropriate discourse from Romans am ..-10 . The learned J ndge afterwards received sacrament .
Shortly afrer one o ' clock , Mr . Justice Pattesox Proceeded to " iork Castle , to open the Assizes for tne county . The following srentlemen were empannelled on ~ THE GRAND JURY . bir WiDiam Bryan Cook . Bart , of Vheatley Foreman . ' Hon Wm . Henry Dawney . Hor . E . M . Vavasour , Bart . Sir J . V . B . Johustone . BarL , M . P . Sir John Beresford , Bart . C . J . Breadline , Esq .
George Cbohnelev , £ * q . J . W . dough . Ein . P . D . Cook , Esq . C G . Fairfax , jun . Esq . P . H . Fawkes , Esq . "ffm . Garforth , Esq . T . O . Gascoigne , Esq . Timothy Hutton . Esq . Henry Preston , E < q . Philip Saltmarshe , Esq . Ed . Strange ways , Esq . John Swann . £ sq . George Lowther . Thompson . Esq . Godfrey AVeiitworth . Esq . H enry ' WnioBghbv , ' Esq . Richard York , Esq .
Tie proclamation against vice and profaneness haying been read , Mrl Justice Pattesox addre ^ ed the grand jury . He stated that he had corns to discharge the duty of his brother , Coleridge , who , he was sorry to say , was exceedingly unwell , bathe had not been able to read attentively the depositions . In just cursorily looking over the calendar , and referring to the depositions in the most serious cases , he found that It would be necessary for him to say a few word ? , and the more particularly so , as since the last assizes certain acts of Parliament had been passed which had most materially altered the law with respect to the punishment of a variety of offences . The pnblic might not be aware that
certain acts received the royal assent on the l " th of July last , which abolished the punishment of deathis a variety of cases . AH of these contained a clause enacting thatvthey should not come into operation tmnlthe 1 st of October , and that every case ocenr-ing previousl y should be punished in the same manner « if those acts" had never passed . The consequence T that there were to be tried at these assizes different persons for the same offences , who would be liable to different punishment ? , according to the tnne when the crimes were committed . There were two or three cases of robbery , and some cases of malicious cutting and burglary , committed previous to the 1 st of October , and consequently capital wime * . He did not mean to say that any of those ^ f ? * ' *{ convicted , must receive sentence of death , KiU ltes that it should be carried intoeSect : hut it nst be recorded
» against them , and they would -be ^ commended to her Majesty s mercy upon the same fK ** ^ . ^ ^ P ** *» ***** committed since October . He had then the acts before him : the nnst of them was , to abolish the punishment of death m cases of fcrgery . This alteration took place pre-*™* 7 , ? n& . the exception of the forgery o ? any Vffl wpower of attorney to transfer sto ^ k ; which was «*« aaered of so senous a nature that the punishment gjeath should be continued ; but ance C ^ itS o ^ L ^ f * ^ , ^ - Lepdature , ( anTpubS ^ ion had gone along entirely wiih the changed gat it being a most fearful thing to takeTway Wn ife ,, it should never be donelinle « the ta £ Z ofa ^ pubhc imperatively required it . He trS E « atttera wt > nld be * o danger in abolbhm * the ashment ; onihe conteary , hebelieved thatitwould re me eBect of deterring persons from crime more
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. ihan great severity had , because it was undoubtedly tme mat , where the law is more severe than pnblic opinion Jostifies , persorm trill not prosecute , juries wnl not convict , and judges have been too astute , in my opinion , tty fiad a flaw in the indictment The practice had beeri to avoid capital punishment ; and the legislature , consideringit not well that the ^ law-should begone way and-Hie practice another , had brought the . law . to the practice . Accordingly , he found throughout the provisions of those Acts of Parliament that the legislatnrft had abolished the punishment of death , excepting in cases-where the . crime itself tends very closely to the loss of life . The second of those Acts related to offences against the person , such as maliciously stabbing , attempting to
poison , < fcc . ; butitwa ? still enacted that to stab , cut , or wound any individual , or cause any bodily injury dangerous to life , with intent to commit murder , should bepunishablewith death . The intent tbmaim or dosqmeprerions bodily harm isnot now sumcientj and this might raise some difficulty as to the intent of a party . Itwouldnot be sufficient to show that if the person had died the oSence would have been murder ; because , in many cases , the crime is murder when death occurs , although there may have been no intention to commit it . If a man brutally and maliciously did that which was likely seriously to Irjure another , he was liable for the counsequences , whatever his intent might be . A clause had been introduced into this act which would
remedy a senous defect in former statutes . Frevionsly , lwhen a person was indicted for stabbing with intent to do some serious bodily harm , if it appeared that the offence was committed under such circumstances that if death had ensued it would have been manslaughter , the prisoner was entitled to acquittal . It frequently occurred that a bill was preferred for the assault , and this was attended with some inconvenience , besides trying a man twice for the same offence .- Under the present act , the jury jnay find a person guilty of the assault without a sepamt * indictment An important alteration had taken place with respect to burglary , or breaking into a house at night time . By the common law , the jury had to be satisfied that the house was broken
mto .-. whpn you could not see a man ' s countenance by the nghK For the purposes of this act . the night is now declared to commence at nine o ' clock , and conclude at sis in the morning ; so that now , in summer , burglary might be committed now in broad day light . _ The offence is punishable with transportation for life or ten ' years , except accompanied by an assault with intent to murder , or the person snail slab , eit , wound , beat , or strike , in whicli crises the pnnishment of death is preserved . There was also another act , with respect to robbery , or the forcible taking of goods ; itproyided that whoever shall rob , and at the time of , or immediately followins , shall stab , cut , or wound , shall suffer death ; and whoever is armed with offensive weapons , or shall
beat , strike , or use persoB !\ l violence , shall be transported for life ; but for simple robbery , without violence , the extreme punishment is transportation for fifVen years . The ' . same principle was Introduced In the statute respecting piracy . The net with respect to burning or ar . * nn was most important . The offence wns one of the most horrible nature ; i ^ was or . e of < rreat deliberation and mi ^ hief , committed in secret and difficult of . dfttectiop , and therefore requiring to be repressed by strong provisions of ihe law . It had been thought , however , thatthe setting fire to n stack or other property where life was not endangered , if ought not to be punished with th ? sacrifice of lifv . It was . therefor ? , provided that a > . y person who should bum a stack or uninhabited * house should h , > tnn < .
ported or life or fifteen vear ^; while tl : e punish - ment of ^ death was retained in cages' where an inhabited house or ship was destroyed bv fire . He bad forgotten , when speakin ? of on " o * nr . ? s nVainst the person , to inform them that ^ hy the 1 ' Mh section of the Act , persons sending explo-dve subi .: ances to be received by others . w * > re to be trsusportcd for life . This had been enacted in consequence of a . curious case which , some rime nro . r . m ? e in one of tin * Circuit ? , and was afterwards brought 1-efore tl . e . Ti ;* i ? es . A man having sent to another aT * . » x contrived lilTi > " a cumro < n cf < ru-c «? e , aud ii'lfl wi ; h gunpowder , su placed as that the opening of file box \ rf > - ~ intended to irnite it ; the iut-ntion was eriiemly murderous , and he . was indicted for att-mptin ? to discliarje loaned
fire- ? rms ; burth :. s was so obvionclv enntmrv to the meaning : of the statute aud the i » lainse : ise of the words , that they ( the Jndjres ) r-nnl'l ' not say thoman had discharged longed fire-arms , v . -ai he wn >\ therefore , acquitted : There w .- >^ avnrher Act of P ; : rli : irnent , to which he w-- -r . ld direct their attention . Horsp-stealins- anr ! stenlinc- in a dweil '" n £ r- ! ou .-e , to the amount of £ 5 . had been formerly punr-liable with death , and when thct psnishtBeutfor thsse offences hai been repealed , the pnuishTceut affixed thereto * was _ transportation for life , ab ^ olutelr—the Jndjre having no powjr of mit ^ iarion . Cases frennently occurred , winch demonstrated % vry forcibly tVe necessity of this being altered . Tie had hiux-elf tried a father and son for sheep-stenlinz : the son eonur
ont under the directmn and mmprlsiou of tie father ; snd thonrh it was most revolring to his ( the Learned Jndee's ) fe ^] in « s . he was obliged , by the operation of this law , to inflict the > ame punishment- on the son as oii the father . Another singular anomalv wa ^ =. that wb ,-n The 7 > e 2 i = lntr ; re tonic away the punishment of death for stealing in a dwe'linr . to the arr . ount of £ 5 . nr , J made it absolutely , transpor tartion for life , they left the offence of Irenkwz into a iwelling-honse , and steal-ins- over a penny , capital . This was afterwards repealed , and the Jnage ha- ! a discretionary power of ]) unishment : The law . ; hen . stood thus absurdly : if a man broke hifo a house a ?; d stole £ 20 , he mi ? bt psnane with an impr isonment ; but if he stole 120 from th- > house , withnnt Lreakins in , he mint be transported for life . ' The Ix-islntnre
wer e , at length obliged to come to discivtioaarv puiushments for almost every oiTeiioe but nitirrier * : and certainly the cases of housebreakine which cont inually occurred were so various in character , and the combinations of cirenmytnnces were frequently so different in different cases , that it « eemeu impos * - sible ' to lay down any certiiu ~ cr . ! e of purd > hmeuts fitted to the varying circumstances Tinner which the crime might have been committed . He should be very glad if ? ach _ a scale conld be prepared . = o that the moment a pr isoner wa .- ennr icted . he could turn at once to the scale , and find the exnet punishment necessary . to be Inflicted . It would b- a jrreat relief to the Judge ; but inasmuch nsno such schle conld be prepared , Parliament was obliged to confide in the
discretion of the Judee ? . Commentin ? on the r . ises of mnrder , his Lordship said that they would verv likely find the prisoner who stood at Xo . 7 . in the calendar , to be Insane , but that must be no bar to their finding a bill , ns the ienomy of the bill would prevent the Court from being able to ke ° p the parry in safe custody . In the case , No . 21 . there seemed to have been a good deal of quarrelling and ' fightinr-. thotish not actually between the prisoner and the deceased . The jury must consider whether there were evidence of malice , and that would determine as to . the propriety of bringing in a bill for murder a manslaughter . No . 21 . was a case of sheepsrenling . on the 3 rd of September . That man . if ' convicted , must be transported for life , though the act of Parliament which he had spoken of allowed discretionary uowpr
iO the judge , limiting the mitigation to fifteen years transportation . This was an unavoidable consequence of great alteration in the law . the severity of individual cases might be remedied by the cro ' wn . In the case , Xo . 38 . it appeared that " the prisoner bad often interfered in the quarrel of a man and his wifR . and that on one of these occasions hehad killed the husband , by "jowIIbst' his head as ^ inst the ground . He thought this likely to he a ca « e of manslaughter . In the m-itter of No . , the inrv would be careful to ascertain , not onl y whether there was evidence enough to put the rnan on hi < trial , bDt , whether conviction was likely to followbecause , unless followed by punishment . tL » exposure of such cases , onffht , if possible , to be avoided . "
The Grand Jury then retired : and the Learned Judge proceeded into the Xisi Prius court , to hear causes until bills should be found . ' CROWN COURT .-TUESDAY , March 6 . Before Mr . Justice Coleridce . The Learned Judge sat at Ten o ' clock . ¦ . JOHN SCHOHELD , 27 . pleaded guilty to havmscra the 23 th of July last , stolen a cow , the property of Joseph Oates , of Tong . Two witnesses having been called , who gave the prisoner an excellent character , his . Lordship sentenced him to be transported for life . TemaTking . however , that a recommendation would be sent to the Crown , which would have the effect of mitigating the punishment ine distinction between the commission of offences in July and October was a great hardship and inconvenience . -
JAS . HAPvSWORTH , 22 , and JAS . PRICE , * v' T S hSr £ ed ^ i * haTing at Southowram , on the Snd of October last , stolen from the dwellinghouse of Samuel Hall , two £ 5 notes , five sovereigns , and other articles . ' Mj-Baises and the Hon . J . S . Woiitley appeared for the prosecution ; Mr . Staxbfield for the prisoner . ^ The prosecutor stated that on the night of Sunday the 1 st of October last , his family went to bed about lialf-past ten o clock , > he doors being barred and locked . On the following morning , soon after three o clock , he heard a noise in the . house , which appeared , to be down stairs in the kitchen . Ho *« £ >
„ hifrwife . One of the men came up stairs to his door with a lighted lamp , and said he wanted five sovereigns , and told him to put them under the door . He refused to do so ; and they then went away , but afterwards came back again to the door which they thrust open . The men ' s faces were blackened with soot , and one of them had a poker and the other had a coal-rake in his hand . Wftness went to a drawer , which ^ they seized out of his hand and took from it two five pound notes , ' which were in a pocket-book , five orereigns , and some silver They then left the house . He believed the prisoners to be the men . He saw them in custody at Halifax the day following . The kitchea window had been
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broken , and a ladder left at the outside of the winabw , ¦ He missed some staff pieces from some drawers in the parlour . Mrs . Hall corroborated the preceding testimony . Benjamin Trapper lives at the Old Badlt , Halifax , and knows the prisoners . On the morning of the 2 nd of October , about four- o ' clock , he went toget some beer . -He observedthe prisoner Price go into iainsworth ' s house , having dropped a poker at the door ; he asked Price what he was doing at tbfet time of morning , to which he replied that he was goinghome . . : Edward Allen proved that on the day in question , Sainsworth purchased a hat at his brother ' s shop , for 6 s ., and tendered a five pound note in payment . Thotnas . Mann , constable at Southowram , apprehenrled the prisoners on the day of the burglary , in consequence of some information which he had received . ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ¦'
John rticholl stated that on the 3 rd of October , he found three stuff pieces in a plantation on Beacon Hill , which were missed from the prosecutor ' s House . The examination of the prisoner Price before the magistrates was then read . He therein denied the charge , but said that he had been drinking at a beerhouse , and on meeting with the other prisoner , he went home . Guilty . — "To be transported for ten years . " - JOHN "WOOD , 2-J , was charged with baring , on the 25 th March , at Huddersfield , violently assaulted John Crowther , on the Queen ' s highway , and stolen from his person 34 sovereigns , his property . v Mr . Baixes and Mr . DrxPAS were for the prosecution ; and Mr . Cottixgham defended the
prisoner . Mr . Croicther ' deposed that he was a corn-miller at Huddersfield ; and on the day in question he was at Manchester , and after returning to Huddersfield , he went towards his house on the Halifax road . When within about fifteen yards of his house , a mnn seized him by the coat collar , and two men immediately came" up . Witness looked them full in the face . " One of them then put his hand over witnesses eyes , and the other his hand over his mouth , when Wood muttered something . Thirty-four sovereigns and a half were taken from him , besides some silver
and copper . The men then ran away , and left him in snch a position that he fell on the . ground . The robbery took place abonttwenty-mimites past nine . Cross-examined . —He did not recollect savin ? thnt the prisoner was a great rogue , and that he would try to get him sent ont of the country . Mr . Abraham Mills , captain of the watch at Huddersfield , seated that while in custody in August last , on his telling the . prisoner the . ¦ -charge on which he wa * apprehended , he replied that " if it had not been for another person betraying him , he would not have beeii taken . " - .
JVm . JValker , one of the police , spoke to a similar statement . Mr . Cottixgham contended that the identity of . the prisoner had not been proved . The prisoner had not possessed a good character , but tlvre bell )" ir considerable doubts in the . case , and the question . of identity resting entirely with" the vmsecutor . be called upon the Jury to give his client the benefit of those doubts bv returning a verdict of ; icqnitt ; il .
The Learned . Jcner . haN-ing , iubis sinniriiii ^ -up , repeated a similar opinion , the Jury immediately pronminopd a verdict of not Guilty . ' GF . ORG E SCOTT , 25 , was-charged with havin-r . at Kipv .-ick , in Ihe North--Riding .- ' oil the lGth of October , feloniously entered the . house . of Cliri- ^ toplier 15 o-, ves , sen ., ami stole tborefrom . six sovereigns aii . 1 vix half sovereigns ' -belonging to his son . Mr . Thmple appeared for the prosecution ; . the prisoner was undefended .
An :-: Huwcs . the wife of -the . prosecutor , stated that about nine o ' clock on the day of the robbery ? he left the house , and locked the door , and put the key in herpocket . She came back at five o ' clock in the evening , when she found the back "window pulled out , and on-looking at her son ' s chest saw tb-vt the lock was broken . There was a purse and some money in the chest , which she missed . Ann Tristram rcMembcred seeing tlie prisoner and Win . Lambert in company together on tlu > day of tl . rt'r . ibbery ; : they lenped over a hel ' ii ; out of Windross ' s earth into a fit-Id , and then they walked alone a --. Tall and ram to . a irate , \ vhr > re Scoti fell . On his sretting up . Lambert . said " Come . Rci » tt , let ' s co to Ijorrowliv , "' and witness smv no more of tl'pm .
Christopher Boires * jm > .. stated that li ^ p ] iced four . soveri ' ijrns and six half sovereigns in a purse which was in las box . He saw tl ' ja money in that pi nee on the Saturday before the lGth of " October , and locked the box . Afror ' hearing tliat his f ;« tiler ' s hon *? Lad been broken open , he retnnu- 'l home , an '!' then went to Yarm with Dodjworth . They foim-l the prisoner at Wellington Inn , laying nslepp . On awaking liim . he offered them mo " « ey if thev would not hurt him . lliey then took him to a public hon > e at Eaglescliffe , near Ynrm , where we were joined by . Ellis . " ;
Thomas Ellis stated thnt the prisoner aud-he went into a room tosether . when the former pulled but purse produced tlif which contained money . jlif / iarf S'rin / i'triu constable of Yrvrm , " broueht tlv- prisoner to York Cs . u * t ! f . On the road , hessirt . " You don ' t know wlint I thought wlten I c ; ime this way la ~ t time . " Witness replied that be did not ; on which lu » sai < l— " They c : ni do " nothing with un . ' unless they cntch Lambert . Thi * pnr . -e having Veen i '! entifie >] . his Lordship summed up . and " the . Jury after a short absen :-e , rvrnrned a verdict of Guilty . The prisoner derl . uvd that he was clear of it . — " Sentenced to be traiisporN'd for fourteen years . " JOHN CILVDWICK . 27 . SAMTEL WARD . 23 , and HENRY BL'RRELL , were charged with haun ? , at Sheffield , on the 21 st of August last , killi . vj a lamb be '^ ntring tn J ohn Lister . ¦
Sir G . Lewix was for the prosecution , ami Mr . Cottixuham defend Ghadwick . The prosecntor is a butcher , at Silver-street head . Sheffield . On the 26 th of Aligns t ; he h : ul ten sheep : unl nine lambs in his slaughter-yard , which were marked on the I ' .-ft enr . In the pwnin ' rlie sent them to the field by a man named Worhack , and on goinV the following day , a lamb was found with its throat cut , and its hind legs cut off . It-was proved-that Chadwick . Ward , and Burrell went to the prosecutors field , the former askinsr Ward if he had nron « lit a knife , 'to which he replied thnt he had .
Chadwick then snid _ there was a lamb-in that field , nnd he wohl'l have it that night . On being apprehended he said that , "he might as well go J ' or much as for little , as he should not have cared if he had been transported seven years before . " Ward nlso said that ne did" r . ot care any thing about it . On their examination before the magistrates . Wan ! cliarced Tyas'with'being their ringleader . —The Jury fount ! the prisoners Guilty , but recommended BnVrell to mercy , in which the prosecutor joined . The'Judge sentenced them all to be transported for-life . " but . stated that a recommendation would be forwarded to the Queen in favour of Burrell .
The Court then adjourned before five o ' clock . NISI PRIUS COURT . Moxdav , March 5 . STANLEY V . TOLROX . Mr . Ckksswel and Mr . Kxuv .-Lr . s nppeared for the plaintiff ; and _ Mr . Ai . rxAMiEr . for the defendant . The former is president of a bniMinsr society held at the Horse Shoe Inii . Hudilersfield ; the latter resides at Kirkhealon . The action was to recover £ 30 ' » . with i ' o per cc-nt . on : proTtiissory note ^ avftii in Octnl . er , l ^ Zi . to -whidj the defendant was one of the sureties . It appear ? that a person named Novell entered the club some time-ago , . ' and on paying i' 2 per month , " it " wr . s { i rrrei ? d that he should
draw 4 . 'H' 0 . r iving securities . He afterwards anplie / l for auother £ 100 , and they agreed to irive lum £ 50 n ir ivinj : sureties for £ 100 . " Mr . Els ton and Mr Tols . ^ n were such sureties . Novell afterwards becanje irregular in his payments , and passed through the InsolvenFt Court ; the former sureties were then found to be worthless , and the question arose , whether the club . could-apply the latter note for the repayment of the entire sum owing . After thecause had proceeded some time , the Learned Judge expressed his opinion that it couldonlybe appropriatetl for the payment of . £ 50 : and interest ; and accordingly the Jury returned a verdict for the defendant .
NISI PRIUS COURT , Tuesday , March 6 . Before Mr . Justice Patteso . w The Learned Judge arrived at nine o'clock , when the following undefended causes were decided , nnd some were withdrawn for reference and went off by consent . TAYLOR V , DICKENS . This was an action to recover £ 32 , for machinery obtained by the defendant , a cotton-spinner and mill-owner in Derbyshire , from the plaintiff , an ironfounder , near Sheffield . Mr * Kxoavles called the p laintiff ' s son , who proved the machinery baring been -sent , when a verdict was given for " the sum sought , . . SHERWOOD r . BEECROFT . The plaintiff , the owner of a quarry at Sheffield , sought to recover from the defendant £ 15 for the use and occupation of a quarry in 1835 , and £ 10 for money lent . Verdict for the plaintiff—damages ¦
, £ 25 . " . - * v : ¦ : ¦ ~ ¦" SMITH V . JENKINSOJJ AXD ANOtHEH . Mr . Cresswell and Mr . Dusdas appeared for the plaintiff , a spirit-merchant at Doncaster ; and Mr . Alexander and Mr . Baines were for the defendants , Mr . Jenkinson , a fanner , near that town , and his wife . The action was to recover 'damages for the loss of a mare , alleged to have been mn over and killed by a chaise carelessly and negligently driven by Mr . Jenkinson . The defendants pleaded first , the general issue ; second , that the mare was not the property of the plaintiff ; and third , that it was an involuntary accident . " The last plea was the defence rehedupon . Mr . Smith was the owner of a grey mare , which he lent on the 20 th of June to a man named Crossland , the trumpeter of Lord Wharhcliffe's Yeomanry ; about twelve o'clock , Crossland left the mare at the door of his house in Scot Lane *
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and , whil&it was standing there , the vehicle was anven swiftly round the corner , and the mare was knocked down , the whirls-went over It , and it died in wnseqaence ¦ pf the irijtiriea received . For the defe "S ' eVidence ^ yr ^ s called to show thstthe Vehicle wasuriyen at an 6 rdiilary : pace , " and tliat th . e abcideht arose' from ! the mate ' stnkirijsp out into the street , having been left fastened' to : tbfc dboi of the house , in a carets and improper manner . After an eloquent reply fix > M Mr . Cresswem ,, the Learned Jttdgesnmrned up ,-and the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—daniages , £ 19 4 s . 6 d . ^ - ; : : : ' : ¦ ' . : ¦ ¦ ¦" ¦ .: ;> - . -. BAIIEY W ^ APPtiEYARD . V - -
-Mr . AtExANDEii and'Mri > Viqhtman were f 6 r < he plaintiff ; Sir . CrbSsweli , and Mr . TOMtixsorr for the defendant ' . The declaratiptt alleged that the defendant in Sep > mber , las ^ yeair , at Benholme , near Halifax , took a co-w in a close called LOw 0 r Ings , and impounded it ; the defendant replied that the cow was tresspaising in ; his ; freehold and eating his grass ., for which he detained the cow . The plaintiu-Pleaded that he wasthe occupier of a messuage and certain clpses of laiid , and that for thirty years he had exercised the right of pasturage upon Toad " holes-Lane , and that the trespass took plica in consequenceof the ruliiousstate ofthe defendant ' s fences . Ihe case was entirely destitute of pubHc interest , a v * e 66 . nclnsibn of the plaintiff ' s caaeV . it appear ^ ed that the right had been exercised uninterruptedly lor only . twenty-eight years—in consequence of \ yhich , the verdict was given for the defendant .
RL'MN'nvw . WILSON . c "«/¦ ¦ ^ - ^ Ef stated that the parties resided at bettle , and the action was brought to recover £ 2 i 13 s . lor goods sold and delivered last year . The defence boing abandoned , the Jury returned a verdict for the sum sought . ¦ , /
¦ . . CARBUS V . SLINGSBY . ^ . ° ? Ii ; St \ RKI ^ and Mr . Stansjfield were for the plainlitt , ; but the action Was undefended . It was brought to recover ¦ ¦ ¦ the value of several lots of sheep , purchased last April , at Gisburn fair , amounting in the total to £ 128 . —Verdict accordingly . " The Court rose about holf-pasfc four o ' clock .
CROWN COURT . —WEDNESDAY , March 7 , This morning , at nine o'clock , Mr . Justice Coleri 0 ok took . his seat on tlie Bench . MATTHEW DAVIS , 28 , was cbargedi wifli haying , on the 28 th of July last , at Bradford , stolen from the person of Tlioma ' s Johnson , £ 2 12 s . 10 d . in gold , silver , and copper coin , two silk hand . kerchie . fV . and ojther articles , liis pipperty . ^ There were " .. two other indictments against the prisoner ibr offences of the same nature . The prisoner pleaded Guilty , but said that ppve ty was the cause , otit . ROBBING A COlj'XTl . \( i-HOUSE AT BRADFOHD . CHARLES iiOYNE , 20 , was charged , with haying , on the , 27 th " of J uly lust , at Bradford , stolen two Bunk of England-. notes of : £ H each , tive notes of the Bradford Banking Company for £ 5 eacliv and . t" 35 and one guinea iii gold coin , the property of Joii
u jjeunett . Mr . AsuMoiiEand Mr . Pollock , Jun ; , were for the prosecution , n , nd Mr . Sergeant Atgh ^ er lev for thi ! prisoner . John Bennett—1 nin a linen-draper at "Bradford ; I know the -prisoner . I invited him to my house in J uly . On the 27 th I was milking up my account ^; iuy son helped ine to count ' the . money ; there w ; is £ 70 Us . lpuve directions to my son / iiot to leave the desk on any . account , as I was going tu dinner I was absent nbout lmli' an hour . I went to the desTc about seven in the " evening to get some .. ' cliaiijuj when I-missed . the monoy in (| uedtiori . I aske'd the . prisoner if be bad . taken th'o uioney in joke , v / lien he said he had not 1 asked his opinion wlmt to do , wlieii belaid 1 could do ' . nothing .-asI . eould not ¦ identif y . tlie Nos . on the . liotts . The prisor . er wt-nt away in the evening , and B-. iid . to Joliu Hall , one of the appreiitrces . that "he should roturnin the ihoniing .
. Cross-e-vmuined . —He had . been with us as assistant sonic tiino" l ) rfore . lie htul during that time-. fiVfluent opportunities of cpniauttino ; dishonest acts . 1 \ vould huvt' trusted him any ainount . Prii-oiier ' s iarnily Hvi'S in ailluouce at Leeds . This happeri ^ d during tlie election- ; people me not so stwi ' Iy at these times' as others ; ¦ piibl'ic-hpuses ' ., a-re open and much drr . ik stirring . Thursday- \ vns the d : iy I jnis-ed the tttunt ; y ; 'liu came on the Monday , aiiu he wis in the house night .-and day froni : ' -A I onday to '' JliufsJay .- Being the election time , prisoner . \ v : w in ii'vi-ral publii' -housos . "I have no di ) ubt he ji . 't too niucli drink ; I believe he was tipsey . On
tv . e lnonung of-the robbery , J believe the prisoner . was at the Bee I live pnblic-house after breakf ; ist lie up-p" : sH » J to me tu liave been drinking all the J ; iy . Alter the money -was gone , and after I hud tulkeu t » him-al > . put it being a joke , the prisoner v ; as with nie i ' uur or H \ e hours . i ! u . Avent ' to ' his Ciiu « u ' s-tliat nijiht , about two miles oiV . He did not return on -th « -following niorniug , us lie was apprehended too early for him to do so . The desk was not locked ; tlie money . was . in . a double canvass purse . Tlie notes and gold , whicli were wrapt in paper , were t . n . keu . but live purse ; and another purse wiihsimiu silver , were left .
He-exiuniiu ' il . —The prisoner dined with my wife and boy that day .- llu joiiied in conversation as other people-did . " v : ' Jonii lieir . ictt , jun . —\ am the son of last witness- ; I aih t'U * von years of age , I occasionally assist my father in his " shop .. 1 remeinber thu prisoner coining to n : y fother ' s in July . I assisted my father to make up tive accounts on the day of the robbery . The money was put in a pnvse in tlie desk . I remember counnn ^ the money before dinner oii . the d ' uy in question . There were two Bank of England note . s , and five -Bradford Joint Stock notes , and . one ' . guineapiece . My father toldme not to le . ne the de * k ; 1 dined with my father and . prisoner , that day . The desk was in the rov > m where we diiieii , and the prisoner Im . d an ' "opportunity .-of seeing the money
because the desk was open . He saw me cbu ' -uting tli ;! i :-. i > ney with my father . Me aud pr isoner . Were left In tlie room willi the desk ; we were both sittiii . trnt tne desk , The prisoner "helped . me to cast the ( lav honk up ; there Avas no other person with us . Prisoner sent ine for a bottle of ginger beer in the afternoon . 1 uidnot lock the desk before 1 went for it ; 1 "left the key in . the desk . I was five or ten minuu ^ in fetching-tho beer . About live . minutes after I came back ,-I locked the desk without looki ' u " in to it , _ a ;> d afterwards gave my father the key ° . The prisoner seemed sober . Cross-examined . —1 cast the " . figures " . ' aud prisoner examined them . 'My father-had often boon out duriujr the election time .
Re-exammed . — . Hhen I returned with the ghuter beer , I lbuild him in . the passage and not near the desk . ; .. ; ' .. . " . . " . ; . - ¦ .. ¦ . tniliam Jirteg . —l am the constable of Bradford . On the 27 th of July last , about eight or nine in the i » ve . jjin ' K , the prosecutor sent for ine . 1 went with h ' . m , another constable , v . ith assistance to the house of prisoner ' s cousin ; he was in bed . A coat was fi > uinl along with the prisoner ' s clothes , in which was found two B ; ink of England notes , : vnd five notes of the "Bradford Bunk , in all £ ( i 8 1-ls . The prisoner said . it was not hiij coatj but his cousin's ; there was another coat there . Crofs-exnmined . —In a short time : after we weut in , prisoner , <; iid , " That ' s what you ' re seeking for , that ' s Mr . Bennett ' s property . " VrjsOner cleared his cousin of having put the money hi . the coat , and said lie liiid done so .
Re-exammed . —Prisoner at first denied all knowledge .. of , ' wliat we were searching for . The money was " wrapped in several papers ; and when it wa ? loosed out , prisoner said , " ¦ ' That ' s what you ' re seeking tor . " ' '; -. , ; . ; . " , Mr . & ;> rire Farrer . —I am clerk to Mr * Hird , the maqistriUe . The voluntary examination of the prisoner , was put in and read , in \ tliioh it stated that he did not take the liionuy with an" intent to rob Mr . Bennett . . ' - .:.
Mr . Sr . iuiEANT ATciiKiiLEy addressed the Jiiry oil behalf of the prisoner . No doubt the prisoner did take the money , but did he dp it with an intent to Steal ? He did It most' unfortunately , most incautiously , and in a spreeing spirit ; in a state between drunkenness and sobriety . He did it . in d mauiier that - " a ; person- " with , propriety and self-possession ¦ would not do . Prisoner had had for several months previously the same opportunity to rob the prose .: cutor , but there was not / even a whisper Of suspicion against the character of the prisoner during that time . He designatedtlie aftairaa a ^ low half drunken spree . The question was whether he meant to steal it or take it in a spree . If he had meant to steal it he had opportunity enough to eo out aiid abscond ' .
but the iacts were that he had spent several hours afterwards in the house . He asked then if he : would not have absconded if he had been cpnscibns of guilt . It was the impression ofthe prosecutor at tlie time that he had taken it in ajoke , and it was not an after thought . But if Mr , Bennett ' s impression at the time was contrary , he would have at once sent for an officer , and the money would havj 3 been found upon the prisoner . . ' - He appealed to their justice , whether , under the circumstances ^ they could brand the prisoner as " , " a-:. felQn ';" . for-. 'life ...:- ' -Bi 8- ( ft 6 ndTi . ctwas ' blameable , but where was there an ihdividualwhose conduct , particularly on these occasions , was not so . Was hi ?; conduct , the conduct of a thief ? He said he wasgoins to niscousins ; was ituntrue ? tit was
not ; he went there , and was found there . He claimed , as a . matter of justice , an acquittal at the bands of the Jury , and proceeded to call witnesses as to character . ¦ " " ' - -, v' ; " - : Mr . Lewis , linen-draper , of Leeds j Mr , Scott spirit-merchant , of Leeds ; Mr . HplMayy tobaccomanufacturer , of Leeds : Mr . Swipsoit Dickinson , ^^^ ^ .. l ^^ y M r ^ m ^ n ^ ' f i ^ yi !^ - ^^ ° ^^ ^ ^ i ^ ^ . Fi ^ er iStie ^ % omcer and Mr . George Vrwnbie , tobacconist , of ^ York , wh 6 had been in the employ of prisoner ' s father , cave the prisoner an ejccellent ^^ and toexcetitionable character for bpnesfy . - ! ; V ! ' - . ' ' '>; - v- - ¦ ¦^ .:- "' - " -- -V- : - 'i " . The Judge summed npj ; ' and the' Jufy- retired Atter . an absence of about a qoarter : of arihotir , the Jury found the prisoner Guiftfc . b ^ t r « jcommehded Mm to mercy on account of Iii 9 ' pr «< yipns good cha-¦
ractet . - . '¦ - !' -r - ' > :- ¦ ¦> ' :- ; -- - * -v :- - - "; - ^ " ?¦ r Boyne was afteiwarda sentenced to pief year ^ imprisonment .: ' 'V ';;• ' > - ' -V ' ,. ' " . ; . ¦ ; --: ^ - T . _ ¦ ¦ . . ,- ¦ > ; ( Continuedin < n ^ Jowiih ^ dgeO
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PRIGII ^ L PQRRESPONbENCE : ¦; W ¦ ¦ ¦ : ' ' : - ¦ ¦; - ~ - ~* m *~—~/ ::. ¦;;¦ ' ; ¦ ' :- ¦ : ¦ ; Th * EdUorsof " * iie KorthfernSiar *• wish 4 ** dlBtinetly nnderatopd ttiat In affording ^ Vehicle for tlie diseussioh of great Public Questiwia , ttiey are not to be - identiae * : with ^ he Seatiihents or the Xaa ^ uage of their several Correspoadents .
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TO THE RIGHT HON . LORD ' > JMIV-ritcqwt t ui-W ; s ^ fai ^ op ^ a ^ T L n i—No doubt yonr Lordship is now verv happy , because you haye succeeded & persuadinff 300 ^ Members of the BnUsh House of Commons to ¦ ¦ 5 ^ h » % ^^?* - *^ ; e ?( ^ «^« ^ " «* - « - - 'Wfe f "« wrf rttS V 8 " * & ¦ £ - % ** : deeds ye ! shall ?/ g £ them / No doubt Sir Robert PEEt is inhiselorv now that 309 British Legislators have affirmed , that " L / mstwutt / jj-xo iwwEiipart and parcel ofthe British Constitution ! " . Lord Howick is now , no doubt , as merry as a grig , because 309 ^ Representatives pfthe People" have declared , that " because the people -do not - 'kilt and burn , the petitions of . hundreds of thousands of Englishmen , are not worth the . nobce ot their representatives ! " Very good , my Lord ; tiddle away , and be as hannv nx vmi » . n «'
tvenwhtle yon may . Yo \ x remember who said " Keep your powder dry ; " hear me , W : Lord and attend to what I say ; " hok to your parchments and rent-rolls . ' ? You understand the rest . No mote petitioning , my -Lprdi-but a good dea , l of enqttmng \ irito . the title to yoitr estates . No "Mood ;" no " fire , tp pknse either yony or Lord Ho wick , or Sin IlouEnT Pkel , but a good deal of talk as To why you should keep your tens of thousands of pounds a-j / ear , aMd the poor : should be robbed by you of their few crumbs , which the constitution holds MonEWfrf than your rent . That is y 6 ur look out , not vune . . Bid I say that the COnstilutiw held the crumbs of the labourer to be more sacred than yourrouts ? You may laugh at the Constitution which you are seeking to destroy ;—but mark what Gon says ; " ' thehusbandman that luhourelh must be first purtuker ^ ofne fruits ^ * ow my Lord
, , laugh , if you ¦ . dare ! Kick if you will . Give your covetoiisness . its full grasp—and your tyrannyits full power--pJnd what then ? TIih " aveiirer * of the poor "—tlie "father of the fatherless '—the " husband of the widow "—will prove to beyo ?/? 1 iiiasterand he will soon shew , ( perhaps by the power of the people ) , . thnt you and your associates in vice and ¦ blasphemy and tyranny—are , after all , but weakness , personified in bombast and impudence . As I said before " Look U your parclhnents and rentrolk . " Thepeopl * of EnglandmyLord , arenthi / iSing they are not a bloody race—and remember always that God is not a liar—remember : that he neither sleeps nor slumbers . I-shall " have much to say to your Lordship , about the debate and the decision on Mr . Fi-bljjen ' s motion . At present I forbear Look to your own order , my Lord ,, but do not trust to the army . Police away as much as you
like—butdo not trust to the army , because '' they love their u-iws , their parents , and their children ' . Five hundred .. policecannot enforce tlie Devil ' s own law—try them—and then count up your saving ' s , ' \> y robbing the poor . . . f Ihave , rec 8 ivoda fevrletters lately , from the sou otthu Right Honourable SpRNc-BB Perceval .. Perhaps you will know kirn—I will ' extract some of his remarks for the special information of your Lordship ' ¦ Under , date of . Feb . tith , 1838 , Mr .-JoH . \ Peisceval says : ^ - ' '" - ¦ . •" " I hate the New Poor l . i \\ f , Lecriitse it eslablishes a " ihingcrous and unheard oj ituthoriiy . in thecounln / . l 'J hate it , for its principle of centralization , and ei- - " tensive niui' ficutidn of servile . agents .. ' : I hate it " because it sui'tTsedes " the authority b'f the magis" trates . and clergy . I hate it ,: because it ^ deprives
'Uhe r . ite-payers of essential controul over the appli" , catibu of their funds . But above- all Ihide it , for its " mockery of charity-, and for its injustice . Its " injustice , because the evil disposed and the wel" disposed paupers are tivafed alike . Its mockery of " charity , anil injustice , because the acceptance . of " relief is accompanied with subjection to degrading " conditions ; no thatthcjioueslanddeserving labourer " will be the lust to rcreive it : n ' ud . men of any spirit ' will ueoxpesed to sufieriiifr jincl famim ?? or will " prefer to commit crime ; whilst " the vile only will " nibniit to . such . illiberal : iiid dii-cruslirig conuitious . ¦ " I hate it alio , for its disrespect " of the clergymen , " and of social anil moral ties ; in pepanitiug . •¦ parish" iouer . s fromtiicir pastors , neighbour from ne . ighb . iuv " inurried couvltis from each other , and children " from thu-ir jjar .-uts !"
JSow , my Lord , what say you ? Can you answer Mr . Pkucevalt If you 'Can ,. do .---lle evidently knows something about you , my Lord , for iii the sauie letter he . says " Pt'titions vnburked by an appeal to fvurs , are not to be heeded by the Goveriiuifi ' nt , <> r the liouscs of Legislature . " How true is this declaration Lord Howick , yourself , and the House of (" ominous , proved in the debate o-i Mr . Fielden ' s -morion . Take my word for It , you shall soon Iww cause to fear lor your rcnta Under dtite of the 11 th Feb . last , Mr . Peucevil writes : —
" The cause tho people are now eniraffed in . speaks "for itself , and i will answer for it , that the . spirit oi "the best . regiments in the . ¦ service is for us : from " my knmvlcdge of the respectabilit y of the good " soldiers' clinracier , I will answer , " that there is " scarcely an lir-rlish officer , and that no private of " any character , but that will feel disgusted to be " employed toafm-ce the New Poor Law . If the " . ¦ soldiers are ordered ont against you , let this cry run " through the people— 'We will not compel you trt shod the bloorl of your mothers , and father ' s , and " brethren . ' Then . h » t the . popple disperse , notfrar" fully , but respectfully ; and in-pood order . " 1
My Lord , . - . could tell you of a scene in certn n barraclis in the North of -England , with reference to , the soldiers imd the New Poor Law , which would prove on which side the . soldiers will tight , arid , how the sol diers ^ will fiqht . and how very fond t \ wy are of 'theTivuEE ¦• TnArrcK Ki . \ us ; ju ^ t now , " however , you shall not have it . No , you shall have a little more from Mi' . John Pe . » . cev . \ l . Feb . 18 , ho says , "I am very much obliged to you for your Ion " letter , which I only opened this--morning-..: ' h ' aviiia " heen down ii . to Kent and Sussex on Tlinrsday l ^ riday , and Saturday , to . . inquire into the state ot distress aud discontent among the peasantry " there . r . ' '
" ¦ am sorry to say , that , as I foresaw , the " peasantry have been , driven into crime there ; firing buddings , sheep-stealing , mi firing on a clergyman : " or u Jarmer , who was w'it / i him , it . is uncertain which , in ths neighbourhood of Ickleshaji : " robbing in other parts , about LAMnEnnuhsT anr i WoonoATE , so that the farmers areobligedto ' mt ' role " ^ the roads at night , and in the nei ghbourhood of " ^ f ; x 9 A ks ^ or sw p's ' M ' shotshave been fired at " different individuals ivith intent to rob , and one " gentlemanreceived a bullet through his hat " The distress also is very great ; the Wages are " 12 s . per week , to those who are in employment : " but numbers cannot-. get work , or adequate relief , " . without breaking up their fainilies , and selling all "[ their little property ; imd going into the vorV .
" house—where they are locked ? ip separately--&n& " as one man , who is in the workhouse at Battle " told me , ' 1 ou . see , sir , itiey really give us hardly " ' ¦ enough to keep life up ? The workhouses are not all , but some of , them are so constructed , thatthere " is notawiudmi ; ,. I declare to you , not a Window by whichthiipoor can look out upon the country-•' and one of the labourers I saw asked me , '• if 1 did " not think it hard , that the poor should be shut my ¦ so as not to see a green twig of the country they ^ have . been tilling all their lives ? ' The general feehng of the poor is , 7 /^ they will rather starve , > or cotnmit suicide , than go into these prisons , and many are willing to emigrate . They say , if they " ask tor rehei , at first they are neglected , then they go on living on their means , till they are forced to ask again ; then the guardians eive them » W /
f « fiW * i perhaps one gallon of flour , and one shilling per-week , for a family of four children , to " . struggle through another week if they Apply again , they arc told tocome intothe workhouse To prevent this , all their relations and friends strain " ^ every nerve , xvp 9 o they all cosje to ruIN together . . 1 heard also complaints ,, that when they were separated from their children , it had been ; known tf ( tfW thechildrennad been taken « ill and died , wvvw > vx ;* n parents being in ? "toSethem ? - ° ^ atth ^ ^ npt be permitted ^ Trulyj m ^ Lord , the DevU ' s own law is the Devil's own ^ ork ; in the agncultural districts , I am sure , his Satanic majesty will agree with you , and acknowledge that it does work well ! But to proceed ; Mr . PerciVal says : — v -
> ,, \* j& afraadrhbw 3 ver , great as the distress Is ^ that " ¦ %$ d 9 not know ; all the evil that wUl flow from it . J A general complaint id made by the small shop * , ke , epepv that they cannot make any moneyy as "they did formerly ; for-.. 'that , first s m the o /«? time , ' the money given tothe poor man was expended " rtece ^ s < iri 7 y amongst bis neighbours : secondly , the " poof have nothing to ^^ buy with . I thinkjtherefore , " In the end , these persons also will soon become a "burden to the parish , and landlords and genflemen >¦ * -. will . find thattheyloseasmuch as they gain , from 'VtaeirtenfaMUihg . ; ; ? . " . ^ orryas . I am for the crimes that have been " commuted , I look upon them as the tiaturti
" consequence of theinhuman manner in jwhich the " Jaw has ^ heen passed : they are symptoms and proofs « of % discontent and distress existing : which the ^ P # » $ ftF Ppmmw « one rs deny ; Jlespectableper * spnsro the neighbpurhopd saia ,- « they were not to «| . be wondered at ^ and I iain told the " soldiers , who ' have been down-here , said the same thing ; and " ^ tiatl ffi ?^ *** * ttey had t 0 ^^ ^ JJ ^ tho ^ myliord , « respectable ^ eraons ' '¦??¦ arid . *» fepldiewIL Have a , care , my Lord , or the whole ^ ttong" wifl ; break down tinder the ponderous
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weight of your three Commissioners , 'took to -vootrents , I say again . Mr . Percival adds ;— . ; ' , ' I left two papers at Icklesham , recbmmendinjf " the peasantry to ; assemble i& < their parishes * and " afterw-ards . to meet several parishes together , \ a " petition , and to show their strength and numbers •! " and to dp nothing contrary to law—telling them , " not M be afraid of the soldiers * , who would not fight i gainsttheir owhjiesh and' ito < iV I . also set be-, fore them the exampk of the men ' In the north . . But I am > afraid little will ^ be done \ far the pea . santry are afraid to cmhe forward leal they should ., M twned niimyfrom their places ! I think the i P , sbould . be teught to argue and reason with . ;• the soldiers in the towns and vUlages , " .: ; Andsodol , myLord , the soldier * are good &Ilpws andthey dohatethe ^ ew ^ Poor Law : 1 lovi * tne
^ Drave soldiers , because . they hate the three ^ Somerset House Kings , and because they am right loyal to ourQueen , and have sworn to aifend her against all her foes . So I am sure ; my Lord , they ^ never assist the three ^^ traitors to trinmph over her . Majesty and : her loyal people . Not tney ; indeed . . Besides , you know , my Lord , these monsters actually basttle the old veterans , and the mothers and wives , and children of the oraye troops of her 'Majesty ; the Queen ! One pf your ' Lordship ' s p&rtizans in Parliament said , the other / day , when speaking of tibe people of the north , ' , Qh , they are " only a parcel of poltroons !—ii single regiment will " put them down any day . ' " Indeed ! Oh , how mistaken was tha . t " poltroori . 'V The soldiers are loyal , my Lord—that is enough for us . Mr . Per-¦ ¦
ceval continues : — - , - ; . . . - . . " , ' - .- ' .. ;; ' .. " "I have written to you this long letterj that you " may know , and be able to inform the people In " the north that the law does not * work well : ' and "that the people in the south , who haVe tried it , are" discontented with it . I do not think the friends of " the poor in the south are doing their duty , —for " these things should be taken more advantage of , " aud m . ade more public . '' Well , my Lord , what think yon r Ganjou carry on the bloody . Tragedy mnch longer ? I trow not . But . this is not all - my Lord ' I find the system is giving way in-its strong-hold—Rutla > -dshiue Re ' ad the fpllowing ,, my Lord , it is received from a
\ yorthy clergyman , reading in that county : — " You " Will be glad to hear that I have good grounds for " believing , that the Oak . h am LTnion ' As shaken to its " foundation . I learn the Guardian of this parish ^ resigns-this _ March , having hitherto solely held " the office . So likewise in another parishj the " Guardian will act no longer , and , in another " Iruon named tome , the Guardians will not meet " at all . " This is glorious news from the agricultural districts . No wonder that the Guardians fight shy—it was bad enough to be the tools and slaves of the Com-missioners—bntnow , that Lord Howick has explained the only terms on which '" . the" petitions of the people can be attended to , it Is , I say , no wonder tliat the Guardians should resign and refuse to meet .
309 to 1 /!!—granted , the odds are great iN-doorsbnt Remember—out of doors—the odds are far more in ( Airfavour ! ,. . " . : : " Do you think , my Lord , that the Reformed House would allow the people of ExGLAxntp be heard at the Bar of their ¦ ¦ House , as they did the people of Canada ? The next . step will be . to try them . And then—I have not roorn , my Lord , so for the present adieu . .. :
Your Lordship ' s ) most obedient sen-ant , :.- ¦ ¦ .. RICHARD OASTLER . Fixby Hall , near Huddersfield , March 3 , 1838 . P » S . —Two or three words moie , and then : I have doriel 'Balnes says , that no such cruelty Is prac ^ sed in Euglancj , aste ' arin ' g suckingbabesfromthebreasts of their mothers . Heis right , as far as condemned criminals go . Murderers , condemnedviurderers , are allowed in Eugland , to suckle their own babes . But in England , the . ¦ innocent , unoffending , but seduced and pauperized mother , is not permitted to suckle her own child- . ! Baines read the following , I hatVitin London from the grandinother of the babe . I give it in her own words . "H ^ r rict ^ pcostj-p " RusHwoiiTH , twenty years old , with her daughter ^ •' aii infant nine ' . months , old , Were placed in the
" workhouse of St . George ' s , inthe East . Her baby " was ink en from her I andtwo other babies avers " put to her to suckle ! ! This was : dpnethe ^ veiy " day she went in . She wa ? also put to the \ yash " tub . # She is scarcely rational . The babe was "illegitimate , the father is in good circumstances , but " slit \ could get no allowance ' from himI She was ' ' ¦ only titree weeks in the House . She was so much " reduced . by anxiety and bad treatment , that she " looked like deulhl When her aunt went to see ' her •* at thriie' weeks-eisd , poor as she was , she said she '' would take her-out and ' the ;/ would starve together ^ rather than sheshould'be thustreatedI . The child " was vwy much reduced . ' There ' s a " Test" for you , my , Lord- ! Why the Devil himself ,. if he had
not been assisted by the cruelty of a Poor Law Commissioner , could not have invented such a ' " ' Test " as this . !! Kow Baines cease your cant , or prove this fact to be a lie ! There -is in Npttingharn , a poor family—a father , a mother , and two children —the mother is near hi i r connnemeiit . A few weeks ago , tliey were found by a friend of mine , ina cold cellar , a lump of dirty straw in : a corner , oh the brick floor was their Only bed—a dirty rag , thenonly covering—a chair and ' a few broken pots , composed tTip rest < pf . their furniture . ^ They could get no work ,: no relief , tliey were offered the accursed Bastile ., But they liad been . - " ' Tested , " ? ny Lord And they jwcfetTcd to starve and die out of the housed rather than again submit to the Denis' " Test . " Tliey had . been there , iny Lord , and the h ' ttle boy , having hen separated from its mother , raged in all the agony of despair and abtually tore off his own hair h \ handsfull ' . I This Was more than a mother
could bear ! ! In the teeth of famine they left tliis iis } -lum (!) for the poor ; It is a fact , my tprd f And now this family , along With many , many more , is kept by private * cliarity . Yes , this law . " " works : welF . for "" the covetous and hard-hearted—but the huinfme"n'l charitable are much pressed , on by it . My Lord , I was with a very eminent physician in London , who , When speaking ¦ pfthe " OietTable ' of tlie Biur ) ' ; r , wAtEu WonkHousE i said- — "Mr . Oast" . n-. I have been carefully , examimng thnt table , " and I . have no hesitation in giriiisit ' as my opinion '• " ' -that the 'Commissioners '' have : empjoyed ' , prbfcssionitl , " men , to devise a diet which rnight ^ seem like , food-, " but which would ... certain , ly act upon the htivian " frame , as slow poison . " Look : to : it . my Lord . The Queen will some day get to know all about itand then ,- the whole Gang will Ire "Tested" before an English Juh —for Murder . R O
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. TO THE EDITOR ? QK THE NORTHERN STAR . Gentlemen , —Jesus Christ being asked—" Which is the greatconiinaiidment ? " answered , " Thou slialt love the Lord thy God , with all" thy heart , . soul , and mind : this is the first arid great commandtnent ; nnd the second is like unto it- ^ -Thou shalt love thy ^ neighboiir as thyself . On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets . " ¦ ¦ J esus also said— ; t Woe uiitothem who lay heavy burdens on other men ' s , shoulders , which they themselves will not move with one of their tiiigevs . " Now , sirs , ii v this principle of loring our neishbbur as ourselves , and ^ doing unto others as we would berdoue unto ' , '' be the foundation and test of real Christianity , by what name shall ' the religious professors , ' . and even the Legislators , of the ; e kingdoms , be distinguished .
It is aunnuubitable tact , thatall iood , all raiment , all . habitations , all furniture , all fuel , < fec , are produced by labour , and by labour , alone : that if any smglefamily or iudividual . pf thehjainan species , had a whole i n land to themselves , they "inust either work or starvei ; and it is equally clear , that if any individual does enjoy these good and necessary things , and does natproduce an equivalent himself , he must inevitably be a burden to society , equal to the deficiency of his production ; an ' d consequently , increase the tasks or' the privations of his feilowmerij which is quite inconsistent . with ' the principle of " loving our neighbour as ourselves . " A gaip ^ the principle of " loying our neighbour as ourselves " , does not require that we should give any
part of our earnings to those who are as able to labour as ourselves : those who are able to labour , but will not do so , those are the people who alone ought to . starve . ' When a person becomes unable to labour , " or to labour sufficiently , thenhe or she becomes a pfoper object of chanty ; but not till theii . The labour of man is the ohly thing that man can justly claim ; and ^ therefpre , whatever has hot been , produced by labour , is not the property of man ; and hence nd man has a just right to claim any uncultivated land : might he not asjustly lay claim to a star in the nrmament ? Again , the earth is the source of human food ; all men . must pblain food or die : thisis the natural connection between j « an and the earth ; and this connection is equallythe same between the
earth and each particular human creature ; and , therefore , the engrossing of the land of any country , b y a few individuals , ^ s the ^^ most unjustaxid injurious sort of engrpssmg , and never could be practised by any man who "loved his neighbour as himself- " and by which means We see so many individuals mainy tained in laaness andluxury ail their days , whilst other people are forking double tasks on the fields which the drones ^ call theirs , and are scarcely able to obtain -half food or half raiment for themselves , for all their toil .:- Every ; industrious and frugal man has a natural right to accumulate property , and if this waa not the case , then no property could havebeen accumulated ; nor could any person nave been fed
who did not : work . Accordingly , we read , Dent ; . ch . 15 , v . 12 "to 14- ^ - " If thy brother , an Hebrew , man or Woman , be sold unto thee , and serve thee six , 7 ears , in the seventh thou shalt let him : go free ; and thou-shalt not let him go empty , but thpu shalt furnish him liberally out' of thy flock , and out of thy ; floor , and otitof my winepress : of that wherewita / the Lord thy Gpd hath blessed thee ., thou shalt give Jinto ' hiin . " ¦ Thus We see ^ that in the Bibucal days . about 1 , 4 M / ears before t ^^ ' somuch said-abbut capitalists ^ even bpiia and bought servants , when they bad served six jews , were notto be , sent ; empty ; anroy ^; but were ^ tp , bdve some of their master s flock , Jcotn , and wine , according as God had : blessed bis ' master .- ^ Ybuft : ftc . '' " '¦ : ¦ ¦ * : ¦ ¦ ; ' - :- " -: - ; .- " - -: - ^' --JOHIf ^ KNIGHT . , :
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 10, 1838, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct996/page/7/
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