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pair the the at an fu i or of a r of a ; - - a ' t , « « e , ' ' " ' ' « " " as . . , - , in Is to jg the to ' - has , ; I p ; IN the Prospectus which the NORTH AMERICAN LAND AGENCY has already published \ p < their view 3 , it is hoped , have been sufficiently explained ag regards the promotion of Emigration to ; fe < Lands and Estates , purchased through its intervention in Canada , &o . ft . Tha Agents co » fi < icntly submit , however , that the same views , more fully developed , may be made . ib essentially useful , not only to the unemployed olasses in this country , but also to those who aro possessed | fo of some capital , though insufficient in amount to sociire , of itself , their perinane&t wolfaro and prosperity , j lt It wi'l be admitted that Emigration has heretofore been conducted on a system productive , in the ? aggregate , of much individual hardship and distress—and especially to the Emigrant of the poorer class ; for on arriving at his port of debarkation , he has found himself , generally speaking , with little or no „ money , and no friends to assist him in procuring work , or even to point out in what part of the Province j he would be most likely to obtain it , —while he who possessed some little capital has met with Bimilar I at difficulties , in making choice of a location . Canada , though all things considered , perhaps the most t e 3 important of our colonies , is virtually a terra incognita—bimply because there is no onei willing , if able , i w to afford the requisite informa'ion to those who seek it , and it is this deficiency which it i tho aim and f objeot oi the AgentB effeotually to remedy . j fc There are hundreds in Great Britain anxious to emigrate , but who , from want of sufficient means I n < ats deterred from , or mzablo to do so . To such the Agents can off r facilities heretofore IHlthOUght of , ! ? and unattainable ; for example : —A man having ao more than £ 100 , would not better his situation by < emigrating to Canada as an agriculturist—tor the purchase of his Land , and the unavoidable preliminary i 8 £ expenditure thereon , the oxpenee of oonveyanco thither , and his support , however frugal , until his first i * crops were gathered in , would absorb more than his entire capital , even under the most favourable ' T circumstances . Such a capital , on the contrary , wouid be found not only sufficient on the plan proposed by the Agents , as hereafter explained , bat at the same time , immunity from the u&ual hardships and i 8 I privations would be secured , and to the prudent and industrious a comfortable and permanont comoetentcv i " in the future . ¦ j w But the great body of our emigrating population i 3 composed of persons having no capital whatever , - generally without even the means of paying their passage-money to a Colony , however approximate to i " the mother country . The sufferings which too often befal thi . se poor people , aro greater than would be ! ™ generally believed—not on shipboard , for there they avo now well-cared for , owing to the strictness with i ei which the wholesomoregulauons of the " Passengers' Act" are enforced by the Government Emigration ?' Agents here and in Canada . It is en their arrival in the Colony that the s-. rugnle really commence" a struggle not confined to tho mere labourer , but moro or less participated in by the small capitalist to who ' m a < reference was first made . j c < He must search for his L 3 nd in a country , to the ; localities of which , its soil and seasons , he is a i fl | perfect stranger ; and when selected , however judiciously , he must live upon his own resources until the i * ensuing harvest . He must erect his own log bouse , dear and fence his laud , wasting valuable time , aud „ spending much fais already too scanty capital unprofitably , from inexperience in the WWk he has I undertaken . , n The former , on landing at his destined port , applies for work , which if unattainable on the spot , he i * must seek for elsewhere , or starve . If without funds , ho is provided by the Emigration Agent appointed y . by Government , with a free passage in a steam boat to wherever he chooses to go , and then every resource ! but his own labour eeaseH . It may not be irrelevent to mention , that tho money thus expended in Canada ' in 1842 , was £ 18 , 161 ; and in 1843 , nearly £ 9 , 000 ; Emigration in the latter year having fallen off 51 per 6 cent , as compared with the former : a plain preof of the geuerally helpless condition of our emigrating C brethren , and that the distress alluded to 4 b far from being exaggerated . ? The Agents will now proceed to state as briefly as possible , those remedial measures which they are » sanguine enough to hope may remove in a * reat degree , if not altogether , the ovils complained of . ; It has been observed in the first prospectus' that the Agont ia London has for sale upwards of 600 , 000 > I ! Acres of Land in different parts of Upper and Lower Canada ; and it is in a great degree owing to the exceedingly low terms on which the Agents are authorised to dispoBO of some of tho best of these properties ! 1 that they are enabled to offer to the consideration of the public tho following scheme : — i k The statement marked A shows , that wi ; h no greater capital than £ 77 , a single man , forming one c or a p arty of not less than ten familus , or PRINCIPALS , will acquire in fee simple , or Freehold 1 1 Land to the extent of 1 U 0 Acres . That for a man and his wife , or two single men , the capital required t ¦ will be only £ 87 , or £ 43 10 a . each ; with ono child , £ 92 5 d ., or £ 30 15 a . each ; the amount per head ' , decreasing as the numbers in a family increase . i It has been remarked , that with so small a sum at command as £ 100 , tho agriculturist would not' better hi 3 condition by emigrating ; and it ia presumed that thb reasons givtm are a sufficient evidence of „ tbe fact . . The plan now submitted goes , however , to prove that even this small stock of money can be j . made not only ample for all useful purposes , but will leave a fund to mtet contingencies . The statement marked B shows in like mauner the capital required to cntiUa the Emigrant to SO v Acres of Land in Freehold , and this scale ia intended to apply to those who depend upon the assistance of othars , partially or wholly , to enable them to emigrate . it To this table the Agents bespoak the especial attention of those who support Emigration from ' benevolent views . Looking at the brightest side of the picture , it has been , to the poor man , merely a transition from labour in one country , u > labour in another , with the prospect , if successful , of saving in , the course of years , sufficient to proeuro those advantages which aie here offered him on setting foot in * Canada . Not only will he be exempt from the prospect of wnnt , provided of course he be prudent and I industrious , but he will be spared those hardships and privations heretofore inseparable from the change of home and country ; and secure to himself a siate of comVort and independence beyond any expectations ' ' he could ever have ventured to indulge in . i f i The public may fairly require tome guarantee beyond the mere character of the Agents , that they ' ] have the power as well as the inclination , faithtully to carry out that which they undertake to perform . i 1 Such a guarantee they are prepared to offer , and in a form which they trust will be approved of ; They propose^— , ' i That when the purchase is made , the money contributed by eaoh family or principal shall be placed ' I in the hand 9 of the Bankers of the Agency , in London , in the joint names , of tho Afcen * in London , and ' i some one appointed by the Settlers , to be applied in the manner following , viz .: — | 1 . To pay the purchase money of the Land bo soon as the Title Deeds of the same , legally executed I in the Colony , are delivered over to the Purchasers . i I 2 . To defray the Passage Money of the Settlers in ihe manner usually practised in Emigrant i i Ships , and . I i . n \ To repay a 11 other disbufscnients undertaken by tho Agents , bo as , but not before , the Settlers ' ehall have arrived on their location , and are therefore in actual possession oi the settlement prepared ' for them . North American Land Agency , RICHARD NORMAN , I ! So . 2 , 2 \ ewEroad Street , London . Agent in London ' STATEMENT A ! Table , shewing the amount required to be paid by each Family according to tho numbor of its members , ' to entitle them to a Freehold Farm of 100 Acres , a Free Pas » age to Canada ; three Months' : Provisions after their arrival at the Settlement ; and a participation in all the advantage ' oiiered by the Agency , which are as follows : — ' 1 . —A Log Houso to be built on each Farm . I 2 . —Five Acres of Land to be cleared onlach Farm , of which four acres to be cropped with Wheat , and one acre with Potatoes and other vegetables . ' ? - ~^ . . Bettle I 5 \ ° be furni 8 ned with the necessary tools , such as Axes , Hoes , Sickles , &c ; and also ' 4 . —With one Yoke of Oxen for the general uno of the Settlement . ! 5 . —A foreman , and two experienced assistants , to be engaged and paid by the Agents for three months , ' to work with and instruct the Emigrants in clearing Land and fencing it ; and m the erection Of Log ' Houses , Of wnicn five Will , for that purpose , be built after the arrival ol the Settlers . I 6 . —Three Months' Provisions to be supplied to the Emigrants after they have reached tho Settlement , ' thus securing them against the possibility of want while their crops are ripening , and they aro engaged in I he work referred to in the foregoing paragraph . •» ¦ *> » , 1 . ; I ; TT , .. ... ¦ Amount to bo Paid . ,, , , , _ ., under Above Number Members of each Family . 14 u in T ' I ______^ YeaVs . Years . Family . ^ Zt &gff f A single man x j 77 0 0 77 0 0 ' No . 2 . j A man and wife 2 2 43 10 0 87 0 0 1 r * Jo . u * , . Aman . wife , and 1 child 1 2 3 30 15 0 92 5 0 i No . 4 . ' A man , wife , and 2 children 2 2 4 24 10 0 98 0 0 I A man , wife , and 3 ehildren 3 2 5 20 15 0 103 15 0 No . 6 . A man , wife , and 4 children , 1 child above 14 yeare 3 3 6 18 17 6 113 5 0 " No . 7 . 3 A man , wife , and 5 children , 1 child above 14 years 4 3 7 17 0 0 119 0 0 No . 8 . A man , wife , and 6 children , 2 children above 14 yrs 4 4 8 1626129 00 3 — ¦ ^ ' . . j J STATEMENT B [ Table shewing the Amount required to be paid by each Family according to the number of its Membere , Pr . 'SS ^ . SS £ ¦ £ J / r- ^ Vf ^ ??{ Fift 7 T Free Pa 89 a « Canada 5 three Months ' I fhHjryfw ^^ 5 aDd a P" ^ " ™ * " the advantages offered by e 1 . —A Log House to bs built on each Farm . j -ai ^^ aSX ^ SiftS ^ Jf& ^ . ir 1 * hioh """ — *> » -wd 1 l ^ m ^ rY ^ iX ^ ^ ^^ : ovAztz Ax 3 - *> . •• . *•• ! •¦>* ••» r o . —A foreman , and two experienced abSistants , to be engaged and paid bv the Agents for rhr « fi I months , to work with and instraot the Emigrants in clearing Land and fendn « it f and if the erection of ' . « ° f Of J ? £ K & Wl 11 - ' * Purp ? 8 e ' be builk after the ar »™ l « f the SeUlers . 8 th 6 .-Three Months Proyiaiona to be supphed to the Emigrants after they have reached the Settlement , thus securing them against the possibility of want while their crops are ripening , and they are engaged in ^ the werk referred t « m the foregoing paragraph . ; J 6 S " 3 . " ~ - ^— - —— - — - — - — - —— - —— - ———— - — , _ ; If „ v , r , u t , ., Uade * Abov <> l Number Amount to be paid . " Members of Each Family . 14 14 jn : 1 " Years . Years . Family . By « "ach By eaoh g ^ Individual . Family . 18 No . 1 . " "" £ 8 d £ „ d ~ Is A single Man ... 1 1 59 10 0 59 10 0 n No . 2 . is A Man and Wife , a 2 34 12 6 69 5 0 is No . 3 . is A Man , Wife , and Child ..... .., « , „ , 1 23 2580 73 00 ie No . 4 . to A Man , Wife , and tw » Children 2 2 4 20 2 6 80 10 0 LS ' No . 5 . ie A Man , Wife , » nd three Children , ,- 3 2 5 17 5 0 86 5 0 to A Man , Wife , and fonr Children , ' one Child above 14 years ... 3 3 6 16 * 09600 is A Man , Wife , and five Children / one Child abore 14 years ... 4 3 7 14 10 0 10110 0 u A Man , Wife , and six Children , two Children above 14 yeare 4 4 8 13 17 6 111 0 0 m rt ?^ C P ^/ i ? K to have a larger Farm than above described , can obtain Landin anv n , MM . « t the mere cost of such Land , free fro * anj increase i « the other item * of eipenditwe . * quantlty » at
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Death fhom Staktattox—Hokribt » e Case . On Fiiday , tfcs 25 th sit-, Mr . Wuil ^ y , M . P ., held an ingasst at the C-trend-n , 164 , Oxford-street , on the t > ody of "WilTvasi ELau , aped 45 , who died on the previous day ia tho hoass of Sir Tbomss PecheH , No . 6 , Stratford-plat ? , Os-ford-street . The bony lay on & bed on the fb ^ r of the hca ! - ; krfpEi * B room , and from its emacauWj iiritton asp = arauce , indicated ihe result of great pbyEiesL-suffsr-ns audtxtreme exhaustion . Mnry Anne ah 3 w . dictate ' s sislcr , having given evidence of the EnSeriE ^ s and -wretchedness of her brother , his Trife , turt f . 'ar children , Sarah Hill , widow of deteased , -sph-se hollow , mikexs checks , and attenuated form , b- > -r « s irrerratibla tvidence of st ^ rvAtion , was swern . iiiu gave ihe following melancholy history of
the saSWriisEs of her deceased husV ^ nd ,-a = il her famSv : — " 31 y huibacd had bten fonr-acd-a-ta * . f years in tie Metropolitan Polk * from whkh he was 4 bt-harged for JH-fviirh . Hs tLisn o ^' siied a E . raition as postmaij , near S-Venoats , -crMch fea lest lasi May , al » p tbrougn Bl-hsflltb , From th ^ t time , natil his death , he was unable to work . About nine week * ago , Messrs . Walker and Cirpenter , fcoaae-3 gent 3 , allowed Ma apartments , rmt-free , in % h& house , « , Stratford-place , the property of Sir Thomas Pechell , which is ; to be l « t . " We had no means of support beyond what we derived from pawning our clothes . I have four children , the eldest 10 ^ asd tee you ^^ t S | years of age . We applied twice to the agents for some money , who said that we wtre n&t entitled to any , hnt as soon as Sir
Thomas Pechell recovered from illness , they would endeavour to get a little remuneration for us . We then applied to the psjish for relief , when Mr . Paultn-. r , inspector of the pi , visited -as , aad we explained to Lira the yre ^ X di- tress to whi ch we wei e reduced . _ Be cave us two ands ' -xpence , and told us that he would g : Ts no more until we were passed to Saithiil , Huntingdonshire , our settlement— - { great sensation ) . !• ist Tuesday , I -was engaged to dress & dinner tax a foamy in Bond-6 * ieet . My husband : * & > thtn Tery ill in bed , and 1 was distracted at leaving him , as there was nothing either for him or the children . He laid , * Ton must go ^ God will do something for me , and , if able , I will go to the woikhouse for medicine . ' I went to BoEd-street , and he to tha workhouse , whtre
he repeated his distress . He got medicine . During our absence Mr Faulkner called si our place , and left a message , thst urleEs my husband or mystlf attended at tfce wo : ihonse be would get no more medicine . ' 1 went to the woikhcuse on On folio ^ ing dsy , -vrhui I obtained an ord = r for medicine . On that occasion I urged Mr . Faulkner to grant pecuniary relief , telling him that be might ^ tduct it fr ^ m what would be allowed by our parish to bri-. g us b ^ me . Mr . Faulkner refused it , adding that I myself tbould write to my own parish to be passed home . Our fuod consated of a small quantity of potatoes or bread each day . On tfee 24 ih inst , the day of my husbands death , 1 had not a fanning , nor had ity children any dinner —( expressions of horror ) . I told Mr .
PaTiikuer Ua : I puftirtd remaining has , as I was rare of work when the families returned to town . But he would give us nothing . My husband fcsd a dxeadfnl cough aid expectoration . His Jtnaacb was as weak that it trj&eted tea . As long as I had cloth ' -s to pledge I endeavoared to supply him with light food j he often ccmjlv ^ ed of want of nourishment , and said that if he had sumethiDg light he could eat it . His dsVer , who ia a soviet , aisitd him as Hmch as she "was able , bet » heconld lot giveinncb . Afzer my iusbano ' s death on Thursday ihe servants of the aujoing house mads a collection for n-e , and the family of that house relieved us . Mr . "Wakley—Why the poor weman 1 b now starving . She has starvation in her counteracts . What tto the widowi niesns oi
clothes have yon now ? Widow—All the clothes I have are what I am standing in , and my underclothing is very wretched . I pawned my clothes for £ 6 , but they are worth much more . " Mr . Wakley—TVfcy -did yon not apply for relief from tbe first time yaa did so xmUl this -wrtk * "Widow—1 was afraid of being passed hume . I also wished to avoid , as long as possible , the degradation of parish relief . My husband jB slcsach was contracted . Mr . Wakley—to be lure it was ; he had nothing to expand it . GiJT-lejnen of the Jury , yon are rate-payers . Will j oa tokr-Bte £ uch things?—( cries of "no , no . " j I hope a year wia not elapse before the law of settlement , is altered . ! Ehe relief of ihs poor should be national , not cocfi : e to aay lettltment , and poverty should be assisted
"whtrever it ia luntd . la botub paruhes the most excessive rates w = ie exacted , while others paid few or jaone . Here is a fatal 5 ns asce of the pperation of the law of tettlement . Perhaps there is in the same i svrifh to wfehij iLe-y were to he seat , a poor person from * his , similarly sb Siring from similar causes . > Ir . Clarke , suigecn , known as the " poor man ' s doctor , " said that it was quit * a common practice in that parish to terrify the pour wnen th-ry iRere troi besoms with a threat to sei-d diem to their native place . He wag caEed-upsB to atteisi tta Gtcsased on Thursday , who was tt = ii eyir . it . He tave dtc ^*? d siinmlanls , tut they -sere ineffectual . He ceeme « i " it a horrid case , and therefore inf-rnsed the Gsrcner of it . Mr . Wakley—You acted Tery prepjrly . Here is a poor creatnre , who
"Would , I am satisfied ,. Sicriflee her life for her ehildren , Ttfused focd , btcause > he applied fjr it in a qnict modest hi . nncr , while dn ^ nJren , Uelwuchrf charaders , "Who bully ar-d threatsn , are relitved anil plentifully supplied . ( Addressing ths widow )—have yon tea or sugar ? What mosey have you ? Widow— •¦ The farnilj ntXi d > or to me gave me food . I have neither tea norsngir , acd only rd . in money . * Mr . " Wakley"Herhustana a corpse . four poor children ! * nd only Sd . in money ! i A thrill of horror . ) The moment that the inspector or relieving officer gave her an ord . r , he admitUd thit she End her family were entitled to parochial relief , end was bound to jrive it , or was responsible fer the consequences of refusing it . I am determined to bring heme the TetpoEsitiHty to the
paity liaDle for It , and make them fttl tbat they are amenable to the law . Canyon < to the Enrgeon ) "wirhout examining the body " st&te the cause of death ? '" Mr . Clarke ( agnificuitlj!— " I cm mrmise it , but am nnable to state it positively , without a post mortem examination . " Mr . Wakley— " Gentlemen of the Jury , do yon desire the body to be opened ? ( Tea , yes . ) For my part , as I em aetermiced to follow a decided course , 1 would advise a pos ' .-mo . -lem examination , otherwise I shall be defeated m my object "—i cries of " Open the body /'} ilr . Wsklty— " As you , Mr . Clarke , entertain a decided opinion on thii subject , I should wish another to assist yon in the examination . If the Jury dont knew a surgeon whom they would select , I would
TeecsTU ^ Ed Mr . M'Qaine , or some other eminent surgeon of tfee "University College Hospital ; and I adjourn the inquest ro Tuesday next" ilr . Wakley very kindly sent Mr . T ^ pntj-Coroner Mills with a £ uin of money te the htart-brokeu widow , for her temporary relief . The Jury wtrefoIlewiEg his exsmple , when he checked their generosity , telling them that for the preset * they need Dot do so , as he had attended to her immediate "wants . Dunns tfce inTiitigatioii several jorois , who couia not restrain theii emotions , shed tears as the poor heart-broien widow , in b calm resigned spirit " which , mare pathetically than tears could , betrayed the inward workings of a soul deeply penetrated by the iron of sorrow , recited her piteous tale of woe and suffering .
TttE ADJffDB ^ ZD I ^ rEST . —On Tuesday , the adjourned inquest in the above shocking case was he'd , before Mi . Wakley , MP . Messra . Sparke and Fan : kser , the relieving overseer and inspector of tie peor of Marylebone , admitted that oa giving the wife of deceased the half-crown , they told her they must be passed to their parish , but said that they were , in doing bo , acting strictly in accordance with the law of lettlement The Coroner Kil , when a person obtained a medical order , from that msment the parish authorities became responsible foi the « are of the itcjpitnt-TBe law of settlement wag , in many initaness , the cause of death ; and he hoped that another year woul 4 not pass before it was repealed . Messrs . Qaain and
Clarke , the surgeons wb . o had examined the body , stated that although great destitution was exhibited , the immediate cause of death was rujture of the aorta , which , from the deceased ' s debility , had burst The Coroner again expressed his determination to bring the matter before Parliament , and hoped he mhouldhare ttie assistance of the jury , and the parochial "thonties generally , in doing eo . The jury acquiesced in the views of the CoroDer , and ultimately returned a verdict in accordance with the general evidence . The Coroner said that since the distress of the poor woman had been made known , he had received several Kims of meney for her , asd he sincerely trusted that she would never again fall iBi 0 bUci a dreadfn ] state of misery .
TH& BElDGETFATEa T 7 X 1 O 5—W 0 ME > - F 0 BCED TO 3 £ eI ? £ Stones . —A correspondent cf a daily journal says that , pissing through Bridgewater , a few days ago , be saw three women in tne custody of \ ha police on their way to prison . Upon ir ^ uiry , he found that they had refused to work at trtuking slonei in the Union . One woman had a young child in her arms , and eonld hsidly crawl along . This correspondent calls npon Mr . James Bowen , and asks him if he is ¦ wearied of exposing the cruelties of workhonBe discipline . Mr . Bowen forthwith writes a long letter to The Tima . from which we select a few passages-. — " I discovered that your correspondent was substantively correct , but not quite so in detail , the commitments being reported ifeTolIows , In a local journal : —* Charlotte Theyer i damaging a pair of stockinga at Bridgewater nion
U —twenty-one days' hard labour . Mary Durham , Irfusingjo bsak stones at Bridgewater TJnion—focr-£ !? ^ T ^ S ^ bonr - -AnMPaTne , TefnsiBg to break atone * « uriagewater Union—twenty-one days * hard lahow . ' Hai yon we two of time iremen , eat of the three , were committed for lerwang to break * tone « . HaTing so far ascertained the fart , I obtained a sight of copy of t&e dep * u 3 bn > on 'which these eommitfcala Mn founded . The witneeses examined in support of the charge were the porter and the governor of the Union workhouse . The first of these functionaries swore to the following effect : — - ' That the two prisoners » ere , about eleven o ' clock , locked np by the master in the refractory ward ; that be ordered some stones to be wheekd Is for them to break : that Anne P » yne swore she voBidnt break the stout * , and the other agreed » ith her , and that tbej again nrore to the same effect
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aferwardB . ' Tbe go-f emor'a evidence merely went to the fact that— ' Mary Datham was supported at the expense of the Bridgewatr parish , and Anne Payne at the expense of Hantapill parish , and that they both refuse-1 to crack stonea at the house . This case was heard , vnd the sentence passed , by a single magistrste , a Mr George Browne , r » ho is the managing derk of the Bridgwater braneh of the South Wains and West of England Joist Stock Bank . ' The Poor Liw invpwntmiy imposes on the magistrate the duty of ascertaining whether the work ordered is sttUed to the e ? s , strength , and capacity of the accused . * And having convinced himself on th ? s a-stntial pr > iat—that the work is suited to ths partics— he , the magistrate , is considerately vested with
the power of adjusting the period cf imprisonment to tbe different grades of tba offrEce , but in no case , however Mrravated , is it to exceed twenty ore days for the first c-ffence- Here we have a magistrate , a guardian of the poor , not on ' y determining that breaking stones i 3 EEited to the strength and capacity of these females , one of whom had an icfant at her breast , but carrying out the extreme ri ^ onriof Ihel aw , which was provided for tba most atrocious and aggravated cases . In pushing my inquiries a Hnle furtber , I foucd that these women had Jat * = n for their o-srn ¦ ase yorne potatoes "Rhich Were bollinj f for the pigs , and bad beea detected before they c « uld eat np their booty j and npen this they were
sentenced to the refractory ward and the stone-breaking , by the governor—not as -usual or necessary work , but as a pu ::: sbment for the crime committed . On the next day they wers brought np—not for pillaging the pro-¦ vi siona of the workhouse hogs—not for iefuslng to submit to the governor ' s sentence as a punishment not for resistini ; the oratorical effusion of tha worshipful justice—no , not for either of these ;—he culprits were sentenced oa the naked charge of refusing to work in the Union workhouse j and on this charge , under such circnmstaseFS . two women were sent off to hard labour in WiJtcn Gaol , one of them with an infant at her breast' "
State of t ^ e Pooh in Scotland . —At the recent meeting of tfee British Association at YorX , Dr . Alison read Borne notes on the report of the Poor Law CptomiBsionera on the fitate Of the poor in Scotland . He stowed that in general where p- > or relief Is given , it is of the most scanty kind , such as a shilling a week for an abl » -bodied person , sixpence for a mother and child , and fourpence for a child . In Q-eenock ten shillings per month for a widow and seven children . At Inverness the peopla are wretchedly poor ; at Aberdeen , theallowance , not baif sufficient to suppo . t them , made up by beegin ^ ( thouih contrary to l » w ) , allowed < b SiturdBya . Dr . JoVjison , of Edinburgh , states they do not exchange the relief they gtst < or spirits , but redeem artie ' es pawned even to their kitchen grates . Durine
the distress in Edinburgh , employment was given , but the funds became exhanstpd , and ns the number of their tcorkmen diminished Ihe numbers in the Fever Hosj ) Ua ! increased . Able-bodied women often suffared terribly : fr . quently ten persons in a room ; found no furniture ; had not been at any church ; no clothing , no fire , no f x > d -. entirely neglected from 80 years o'd to yonng girls . Dr . Douglas says that leave is often given to able-boditd poor to go bee . and thns they are thrown on tbe charity of Ilia public . Connecting fever with T » grancy in the low and high lands , ncd in the Orkneys , the epidemic attacked one-sixth of the paupers , principally spread by wandering beggars ; did not find the epidtra i e reach the middling and upper classes ; at that time more fever in two mtn-hs than in twelve years
bcf' > r ' , ; houses daap , low , ill -ventilated . List year , 32 , 000 persons in fever—twelve per cent of tbe whole population of Glasgew . Tbe mortality or these -imountei to thirty-two per cent , whereas in general it is tight per cent in the towr . s of Mancbes ' er and Liver , pool . Darir . g this fever , a new epidemic , there was a crisis , the seventh day , and tbe fifteenth they turned yellow , which proves that their disorder arose from mental distress and anxiety . One f 3 ct is stated , that a svta l minority of the distressed popvlalion in fever produces the creates ! distress , and if found vriih tmp ' cymmt this vould not take place . The destitution of the poor in Scotland leads to crime . Not found so much the case in England , —witness Manchester . 5 lr . TTiqubsrt , of Aberdeen , states that aix ' y orohan cbil .
dren , after the age or fourteen , &tb sent out without provision ; Many of the females are thrown into dissolute habits . Iu Glasgow prison from * ight to ten per . sons sout ; b % food and shelter in the jiil , subjecting themselves for one year to a civil death , when the governor , finding the practice increase , got ttu-ni turned out Ons young woman , though a docile creature when first in , was re-committed in a month , and afterwards transported ; several asked to b « re-admitted . In Stirling , many Irish poor ; the allowance is Is . IJJ . per wetk ; new clothing once in six years ; frequently » nly one shirt , carrying their firiDg nearl y six miles . At Arbroath , pw > r , deteriorated in condition ; independence broken . In Berwickshire , where toe law is enforced , one very important fact was stated , that althoneh there is a poor law in Ssotlind , it is not generally enforced ; bnt where it is , an in Berwickshire , the population are better c ' . ad and house d ; do not increase SO rapidly where c ^ re la taken of them , and -where the
patifHrs set 2 « . 8 ( 1 . per bead per week . In one p » rt , Xwenty-two children were found in a room fonrtten feet iqiare , and previomly there had been thirteen found in a room thirtet n feet square ; every individual in the house had bad typhus feveT . Smith , i f Edinburgh , widow , got di * b > .-iriened ; sent her children to be «»; tbe mother got 2 s . 61 per wetk ; five of this family were afterw&r-Js fcent to jail ; one of them was transported , and letters , since written by him . show that he was not without kindly feelings . At Greenock Mr . Dsn ^ stMin—no exertion made to take care of orphans ; murb of the distress imputed to early marriages ; in one particular estate , where attention was paid to the cultivation of the band , the poor were much bettt-r off , ac-1 themselves admitted that had the sawie care been tat en of item forty years before , there would have been little or no destitution . In short , the whole statement was a tale of nnmixed misery , which one never could have snpposed to have existed in a country so advanced in civil zition as Scotland .
LitespooL . —BEGGlES IJi THE STREETS . —Twelve emaciaifed-looking beings , male and female , the majority of whom -were natires of the sister isle , were brought before Mr . Bashton , the other day , for having been found begcing in the streets . Some of them were ordered to be passed to their own parishes , and the remainder were given in charge to Mr . Gray , the overseer .
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the Rural police Force in ; tub county of DQ RHA ^ -ATIEMPI T , OYE BaWB THE COLLIERS . —A faction of To / y Maglstraten belonging to the county of Durham has aet itself to work to obtain a considerable increase of the -rural police force , tbe apology being the alarm that prevailed during the late pitmen s strike . This endeavour on tbe part of tbe unpaid just-asses was warmly » oconded by Sir James Graham ( Home Secretary ) , and the Marquis of Londonderry . A meeting of County Magistrate took place " for the purpose or considering the expediency ef a permanent increise of the rural constabulary " The enlightened poition cf the Magistracy , however , prevailed ; and the mo'ion to this effect was indicnantly ^
rejected by an immense majority . The Marquis of Londonderry reported this decision to Sir J . Graham and this old Tory hack , in hii reply , observed that "he regretted to learn that a permanent increase was not considered advisable ; and that he could not thinkthat the Magistrates bad acted prudently in tbe matter . " He adds that " the same emergency ( the Btrike ) attended by the same bad consequences , may sooner or later be expected to occur again . " He concludes by observing that , ' the- oftener it occuri , and the loneer it continues , the grt&t ** will be the danger of its f ;* qu 6 nt recurrence , unless some prompt , effective , and permanent stcurity can be provided for tbe
public peace . " A second meeting . f Magistrate took place the other day ; and the measure was again rejected by a majority of 25 to 10 . A correspondence opon tbe-subjwst then takes place between Lord Londonderry ( Who is the Lord Lieutenant of the county ) and Sir James Graham ; and those precious personages threaten to expose the twenty-five Magistrates wbo ¦ voted against the "job , " to the county . The party which waa thus signally defeated , intends to work another effort to carry their plan ; and the Home-office is a £ sisting the Lord Lieutenant to coerce the dissentients . Such conduct is disgraceful and tyrannical in the extreme . This base endeavour to overawe tbe pitmen is merely a scheme to Buit tbe arbitrary and oppressive views of
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the great proprietors of the collieries , and to compel the workmen to submit to every indignity , tyranny , and injustice which the coal-kings may choose to set in motion against them . Sir James wanUnly and seriously insults a large and important body of tbe community , by daring to assert that " the same emergency ( the strike ) attended bj tbe same bad consequences , may occur ngain . " Of course it will occur again , if the c ^ al kings pursue their course of dospotism , cruelty , and injustice : but as for the consequences being > ad , that is a matter which events would determine . ^ . The Home Secretary is quite ready to beiieve that the coal-kings were right and the colliers wrong : in this country the rich aro always correct , and the poor always in error . It does not form a p 'rtion of the Tory ' s creed to believe
that the working classes could possibly bo in the right . We will , however , assure this insolent Hsme Secretary , this overbearing Lard-Lieutenant , and these arbitrary ten Magistrates , that there is an immense amount of useful and practical knowledge and enlightened sentiments amongst the poor oppressed colliers whom they in their lordly intolerance , affect to despise . The men in power treat , the industrious classes as children , who are unable to Co any thing for themselves . Let the industrious once obtain their natural and just footing in Bociaty—let them once take their stand upon tbe high ground that really belongs to them—and these jackain-officG will be Uught another lesson . — Weekly Dispatch .
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EXTRAORDINARY . SUICIDE OP TWO PERSONS — KilmarnockJ , OCX 24-This moving , about seven o ' clock , as a man and woman were paBsing along tba Irvine river , [ beneath tbe Milton bridge , which ' s about three miles from Kilmarnocfc ( on the KUmarnock and Troon Railway ) , they observed a hat and veil tied on a parasol atucfc ia the ground , a Bhort distanee from the water ' s eJge , and on looking into the river tber perceived the bodies of a gentleman and lady in comparatively shallow water , and about ten feet from the bans . Notica- was conveyed to Mr . Smith , farmer , at West Gatshead , the nearest house to the spot , who with b . ia Beivjmta , came and assisted in raising the bodies . These were found to be attached by two handkerchiefs ( red ! and white ) knotted togetherand tied
, round the arm . of each . The bodies were removed to the house oJ | Mr . Smith , and the persona searched in order to ascertain , if poasible , the nninea and adJrbJ .-es of tha tfeeeaaed . Both wtra well dress ? d , and ha ; i tha appearance of persons moviDg in a respectable rauk of lite . Inside of tbe gentleman ' s bat was ; m address written thus : — " H . J . Atkinsou , E-q , Kiag-street , Cbeapside , London , " close to the maker ' s n . itne Q Taylor , Binn njbam . This , theis i 3 every probability , is ¦ the naru « of the deceased ; but no papers were found I on the person of either to afford any further clue . I The genUemari was dressed in « . black coat , black vest ! , with under satin vest , trousers of dark blue doeskin ' , \ with boots . He was of a ruddy complexion , about 5 feet ! 8 inches in height , grey hair , and apparently nearly 60
years of age . The lady was about the same age , attired in a black silk gown , a Dunstable bonnet , and a b . m around her neck , black silk gloves , with a plain gold ring on her finger . In her pjeket were a fruitknife , ponknife , toothpick , and gold pin , satin pincushion , an eigbteenpennyibill sUtnp , and four postage stamps ; also two keys of a trunk , and a watch seal , with the word " Kite'i engraved thereon . On the gentleman Were found a' plain and rather old fashioned watch , three gold seals attached , by a black ailk riband ,- with the lettor " B * engraven ; a silver puncil-case , a gold ring on bis finger , Is 6 d in silver , and 2 ^< i in copper , in his pockets ; also a gold toothpick in an ivory case , a pair of old uteel spectacles , a two-bladed penknife , a pocket comb , a stesl pencil-holder , and a gold watch p ; p <
key . A number of individuals attracted by the rumour , fijcked to the jfarnihouse , several of wh : m recognised the deceased as ; having appeared in the village yesterday forenoon walking arm-in-arm , when they inquued of the villagers the distance to the river , and whether there was liberty given to walk along the banks . ^ They went on , and Were seen in a short time thereafter to return and walk towards Kilmarnock . jTlie watch was found to have stopped at twenty minutes to nine o ' clock , and had not been exhausted its the winding up , thus indicating the tirao when the parties had accomplished their awful purpote . The part of the river where the bodies wtre found is not above three feet deep , bnt immediately beneath is a deep pool . The act of self-destmstiou fe < ft . ib fo lt ? „ e 3 w f fc n <
must have been committed in the moat cool and deliberate manner , ! and their death unattended with any serious struggle ; from the position in which the bodies were found . There was not the tlightest mark of violence perceived on either of their bodies . Mr . Andrews , Procurator-Fiscal , proceeded to the spot at an early hour , made the rrquikite investigation into the melancholy circumstances , and this forenoon the bodies were removed jto Kilmaars , to lie there to awiitany further information that can be obtuued . On making inquiry in town , we understand that a lady an < 1 gentleman , answering theabave description , came on Tuesday eight-days to reside at the Commercial Inn here , having arrived by railway from Glasgow . They brought two trunks , but gave no address . They seemed to have no ? * T 8 I " T - " ™ ei ?'
acquaintances In town , but took fnqusnt walks in company alougjthe streets , and app < arjd to live moat igrtesbly together—affording no evidence that they were by any means embarrassed in thuir circumstances , or troubled in | mind . Yesterday , after tikinq dinner , they left the Inn about five o ' clock in tbe afternoon , both hitinming to Mrs . Wyllio that they wuoW prob&bly be late , as they were going to take a moonlight walk , and e&joy the fine scenery of too neighbourhood . The gentleman had been in the cu torn of visiting the coffee-room and reading the papers' in the evening ; he had a pleasing address , ami gave co in ! ication that he was a person labouring un ler any distress of mind or in needy circumstances . Thoy paid their bill that day , and no pars n , so far as is known , has < c < fl | * „ * y . 6 C
any c ' aim on them in thia neighbourhood . In the bedrofim remain a brown great-coat , a silk pelisse , a small work-bosj and two leathern trucks , which have evidently been rhuch used . No a < 1 dr » . as appears on any of the articles , ; and Mrs . Wyllie had no oppurtuuity of knowing their names . Thia ostmordiaary event , has caused a great sensation in the nelgtiboarbooi / and a . l conjecture at present into the motives of tbe deceased is set at ( leflince . ; They lived as maD and wife , and , wherever they bnve coma from , have k * -pt their names a strict secret . { From the small sum of money found on their persons , jtney appeir to haw exhausted their nvans so far , but the valuables they p *> sse £ aed could have afforded them the muans of livelihood for Boine titna longer . It is probable , as thft atidri-na indicates . » I ! 1 k c 1 t , j .
that they belong to London . The ke ^ fuund on their persons aiiswerithe trunks ; but the nqaitite -. uthori'y bun not yet been obtained for opening thess rteiptacles . Murder i . \ TirrERART . —Another murder— the fifth within the month—has stained the aunais ' of ih 6 North Hiding of Tippermy . The victim in this casa was Thomas Shanahun , by occupation a process-server ; he lived near Pallas , Borrisoleigb . He met his awful death on Monday evening , the evening of the fair-day of Templemore : He Was about C ( i years of age , but active and Btout , and perfectly competent to discharge the duties of bis situation . He w s niur ^ isrtd within a quarter of a isiile of hia own house , under horrifying ami terrible circumstances . The cause was la * d . He retained a snail quantity of land held under a centle v * I ' ] ' '
, ef whom ; Mr . Cahill , county crown solicitor , is ngent , from which a person of the nrme of Burke bad ' been dispossessed . An ucre of the land was left to Kmke , of which he was also dispossessed for non-payment of rent JThis acre was returned , it is eaiti , ti Burke ; but we ) have been told that Shanahan retained ! the ci ^ p , and that this gave rise to considerable irritation on tbe p ! art of the other ptraou . It , is stated , | too , that a threatening notice had be « .-n swveii-sonie time before on [ Shanahan , and also that his life was ' , openly menaced ; but of this we have no . certainty , j Ha w . is aeoD passing through Borrieoleigh on his way homewards , onjthe evening of hia murder , about itven ' o ' clock . Two «! Bpalpeena , " as travelling laborers are called in the country , going in the direction in which ' ¦
he went , are stated to have seen two men attack L ; m —they were attracted by the noise , and , when seen ' by tbe persons' attacking Sbanahan , they were immediately desired to go back the way they came , which , we are told , they did at once . They bad not proceeded backwards more than t * ixty yards when they met two persons on horatback , and otbet persons , to whom they told what they had setn and what had been aaid to them about returning . These horsemen : and other persons , however , would not go back ; the « tpilpeens' returned with them ; and , if i umour be true ; they saw two men going over a ditch and running off ; and they found Shacahan literally beaten to death with stones . These ' spalpeens , ' — e have heard , made off also ; and , though the police , under the comiiand of the active sub-Inspector Maione , instituted a vigorois search after them , ' they huve not yet been discovered . An inquest was held by Mr . CoTmack , tbe coroner for Thurles , and a verdict of
Murdered by some per « on or persons at present unknown , " was returned . --The Vindicator , in tbe course or some comments upon the frequency of these savage atrocietira . observes : — " Unfortunately murders are not rare among us , simply on account of tbe position in which the peasantry stand with regard to lasd . Land , in point of f \ ct , has become the , solum neceesarium to the peasantry of this county . The flr « t aggression on ( individuals that arose from quarrels about land wer ^ naturally looked upon with indignation and horror ; but the cause increased , and the indignation and horror gave way before its progress . The hand of the exterminator , whilst stripping tbe peasant ' s roof , ; blotted from his heart remorse or human feeling-fit left him a prey to despair ; and even in cases now , where justice is not on the side of the peasant , aymp&tby is felt for his lot ; and whatever be the ajtrocity of its complexion , murder arising from disputes about land is not regarded with those feelings which it would be under other
circumstances . " ; Piracv and ! Murder . —The Pomona , of Glaseow a fine merchant ! brig , of 320 tons burthen , sailed on the 26 th July from Port Morant , Jamaica , for E » rope . When off Cape Corrientes , on the morning of the 29-b a auspicous-looking vessel watf seen on tbe larboard quarter , distant labont three leagues . When Bhecame nearer , it was j discovered that she v ? aa an armed achooner , full of men , and Captain Munro thereupen set every rag of canvass and endeavoured to escape He , however , found thia impoBaible , as there «« ia dead calm ; bnt ; knowing tbe dreadful situation he was In , he made every proparation for defence . The c-ew consisted of the mast . r , two mates , eleven men , and fvo % FJ ** & Q » " V ? " t 0 * 0 ° * earin 3
~ ^ > . the Pomona , showed Spanish colours , and it was then discovered that not less than from 100 to 150 men were ^ n ^ 2 »? "S , Of Wh ° m Were men of colour ' aEd all Xiri * " ^ - She *<« a ^ Ufal craft , with LS ? u" ^ PlV 0 ^ betWeen ^ main and foremasts ; SSfELSf **^ ^ "" board . Bide , and black on Sll ^ tu ^ h 0 Ve on the lwboard "We of the Pomona , within two pistol shots distance , having p ™ ^ &r ^ * ' ^ b 0 at 8 ' »^ d the Pomona , M i ^« *•**? u Wante < i PwWw ««> money . Capt against such a force , offered all teaaonabU demands , if personal TloleDM
no mu offend on houd ,- b « t In the EU 2 ? 2 L ° 8 ei ^• Wwdoe . no symp athy or mercy is found . The boats ' erew soon got possession of the decks of the Pomona , when Capt Munro called the orew af t , demanding a parley with his enemies / who would not , however , listen Voany terms , but commenced a scene of butchery and plunder . The unfortunate Captain Munro and the chief mate , Mr . Gougb » were the first who fell victims , being both killed in the partial cot fltct between the crew and the pirates , who immeduialy took possession of the caWn and the vessel whoge decks were now covered with blood-thirsty villains . Several of the Pomona' * sbip'a company were kilkd and wounded and son * tbnv Uwmjjivea ov « v
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board to escape tbe fury of the desperate as-jasains . Tho remaining few , after the most cruel treatment , were bound with cords , and left in the fore-ha ' cawa * by the pirates , who , having plundered the vessel of all they wished , cut away the topmasts , destroyed tha rigging and sails , and scuttled her in several ' places . The unfortunate vewel was fallen in with a few-days After the massacre , when she was water-logged , and in a sinking state . The second mats and tfce three seamen , after the pirates left the vessel , contrived to extricate themselves , and were found by the brigantine in a deplorable state . The poor fellowa were kindly treated at tbe Havana , the British Consul stipulatina for tb&ir return . U any British island when recovered . Tbe Pomona belonged to Messrs . MDjujrall and Co . merchants and
, ship-brokers , of GHasgow . It was her fifth voyage , two of which she had been commanded by Ciptain Slunro , who was & married man . Information of tha dire catastrophe waa fo-wirded to Poit Royal , Jamaica , when the Iphigena frigate went in search of the pirate , who is supposed to have gone into some port on the Florida coaat . The Pomona -was 'reduced to suctl B > complete wreck , that no hope could be entertained of b&r preservation , bat two vessels were desps-t-iheJ from Kingston , in order , if possible , to save part of her valuable cargo of sugar and rum . After the massacre of the captain , mate , and men , their bodies were thrown overboard . Tbi « Is the third act of piracy which has been committed in the West Indies within the laat six months .
Accident on the Brighton Railway . As an engine , which had carried down a special train oa Saturday , was pawiag through Folly-hiil Cutting , a skort distance from Haywsrd ' s-healh , on its return to towa , a jolting motion intimated that tbe wheels had passed over some obstruction on the line . The engine w » 8 at once stopped , and on the driver returning to the p ' ace , he found that a man , who must have been lying on the rails , was nearly cut in two by the wheels which he . d passed over the abdomen . He was qu t * dead The man turned out to be a labourer , named Mitchell * and on inquiry we learn that he had been drinking at several public-houses and beer-shopa during Siturday ; and that he parted from a companion at ten o ' clock on * Saturday night , in order to ge home , and he had pro . bably taken the railroad as his nearest road , till overj oome ly liquor , he probably lay down to sleep .
HEARTRENDING OCCURRENCE—DEATH OF a 1 Magistrate and Two other Persons by Drown . ing . —It is our unpleasant duty to announce the I dftth of Theobald Spottawood , Etq ., J . P ., of Caherciveen , and two boatmen , father and son , by drown-! in * . Oa Siturday lust , these parties went out to i fish near V ilentia , and unfortunately the boat upset 1 ami they all met a watery grave . The boatmen were , always in the employment of the Spottawood family . | Accident to the Earl of Besbohougu . —The Earl of Besborough met with a serious accident oa Siturday last . The particulars are given in the fallow .
lug letter : — " Carrick-on Suir , October 27 ib . —With feelings of the greatest regret I have to inform you that ( the Eirl of Besborougb met with an accident yeaterd 3 y ( wfaicb was very near being attended With the most serious consequences . His lordship wsh riding out of the cuu ; t-yard , in front of tbe house at Besborough , | when his horse tripped , fell , and rolled over him . Dr ! Purcall was immediately seat for , and on examination it was found that his Lordship had sustained a vtry severe contusion in the hip joint , and I regret to add that up to this time Ue pain produced by the injury continues unabated .
Sudden Death . —Oa Monday , an inquest was beld at the Leeds Uourt House , before John Blackburn , E q ., c rontr for tbe barough , on the body of a youth , twelve years of ago , named Thomas James Wilsou Atkinson , who resided with Li * gradfather , at Tlmble Bridge . On Saturday afternoon , whilst wa king acroaa the huuse floor , h » fell down and instantly expired . Verdict—Died suddenly , from natural causes . Another Sudden Death . —On Monday afternoon an ii qut 3 t was held at the Court House , before John Blackburn , E q-, on the body of a man aged forty * thrfefa years uf age , named George Dickinson , a Cloth weaver , residing in Castle-street , New Boad End . Tha deceased was not well on Sunday , and after dinner he > took some castor oil , and we , t to lie down in bod . Hia wife left him for a short time , and on her return she found him dead . Verdict—Found dead in bed from natural ciaeea .
Sudden Death of a Child . —On Tuesday morning , an inquest waa heki before J > hn Biackburn , E » q ., at tha Swan with Two Necks , at Highgate , Hunslet , on view of the body of a child eleven weeko old , named Fmay Britlon . The dect ased had not been wull ou Sunday , and on Monday morning was foand by her mother to be dead by her side in bed . Verdict—Found dead from natural , causes . j Singular Accident . —On Tuesday an inquest was held on tha body of an Artillery soldier at Woolwich , 1 who had met his death through injuries caused in hia abdomen by his having ran against an iron chain surrounding a portion of toe barracks , ( Removal of Co . nticts .-Oq Tuesday morniug , at an early hour , upwards of 150 convicts were embarked
from the Millbank prison on board the Fairy , Wool-, wich steamboat , for transmission to the Hulks . The unfortunate men seemed to be generally in gooa health . I Incendiarism in Bedfordshire . —On Sunday night , in the uei «; abourhood of Ci'owfleld , flames were discovered in a barn on the farm of Mr . John Hall , of Warley End . The building was-detached from the stack-yard , or the entire homestead must have been consumtd , as there was a smart wind , and no water could , be had . A large r . o ly of the labourers were present , but they could render no service , the flames having completely encircled ths building , which , together with its contents , the produce of eleven acres of wheat , beside a quantity of beans , was destroyed . Frem the
isolated position of the barn , and the tire having broken out full twenty-four hours after any person baling entered it , it appears to have been the act of an inctndiary , though at present no suspicion is attached to any person in particular . The owner of the p « op € « ty , ia coiuidou with the majority of the principal farmers fa the parish , pays the avenge rate of wagea , eight shUHngt a week , and in many int-raices the practice of yearly hiring obtains , but since the close of fie hasveat a lar * e number of supernumerary hands have been discharged , and tbeso men are wandering about the dis « trict without visible means of tubsistence . Poaching and petty robbery are becoming very prevalent in thia district .
BURGLARY and Arson . —Tuesday morning , shortly after f ; . nr o ' clock , a serious fire was discovered raging oa the premises of Mrs . Mary Ann Hurwood , milliner , situate at No . 32 , Langley-place , Commercial-road-east It appears that , at the time above-mentioned , Mrs . Hurwood was awakened by a noise in the Bhop . She immediately got out of bed , and on proc » e tfog down Btuirs to ascertain the cause , was met by a dense body of Bmoke , convincing her that the place was on fire . She promptly gave the alarm , but before the arrival of the engines , the front part of the shop was in one body of fire . There beiag , however , an abundant supply of water , the firemen succeeded in confining this twaieu
of the n imbs to the lower part of the building . On the prtmises undergoing an inspection by the officers of the brigade , the back door was found to have been forced , as if by some persons from the outside . A cash box wns also picked up broken open , in which lira . Hurwooil had deposited between four and five pounds ' worth of silver on the previous evening , and wbicn was placed underneath the counter , but not tbe least particle of the money waa to be seen . These circnm * stances , coupled with others of equally as suspicious character , induced the brigade authorities to snsptcfc that the shop was wilfully fired by some Sating burglars , after they had plundered the cash box of its contents .
Melancholy Suicide . Newcastleupok-Tyne . Monday . —A melancholy case of suicide bw just occurred in this town , tho deceased , -who waa reporter to the Newcastle Chronicle lot upwards of twenty years , having loft a wife and seven children in extreme destitution , in fact , almost bordering upon starvation . It appears that the deceased , Mr . William Gill Thomi-Bon , had been required in tbe exercise of his duty to attend the dinner given to Mr . Hutt by tha electors of Gbteshead about ten days ago . After the dinner was concluded ho went to a public-houBe , whew he dratik bo much , that on the next morning he was incapable of transcribing hi 3 notes for publication . Instead of doing the lust he could , he seems then to hnve continued drinking , and as the paper was published on the Friday mornieg , it was found necessary to apply to other parties for the report which he had
neglectert t : > furnish . For this neglect of duty be waa discharged , and the circumstance would seem to have bud so great an impression on the mind of the deceased , tfcat he resolved to commit an act cf suicide . He had been accustomed to read in the hall of the Literary and Phrenological Scciety r and he selected the ¦ water-closet attached t » that establishment for tie committal of tho desperate act . He repaired tSitb * last Monday night , obtained the key of the librarjani and having closed the door after he entered , cut bi * thToat with a penknife , which he usually carried with him . He had been missing from that time ti . l he wa » found this evening , but no exertions ha ¦) been made ta discover bis r 6 treat , it being generally supposed that h 8 would be discovered in some public-house . Tiie disco Vfe > y of his body to-night was acci jental . Tbe key ef the water-closet had been misrfed from last Monday
night , but it was thought by the librariam that Thompson had taken it away by mistake . Thompson , tb * same evening took oat a book , which be carried home , and one of his children was tbe » crying much , when he said he would return soon and carry her about the room . He left tne book at home , relwned to the library , obtained the key , and would appear immediately afterwards w have committed the act of « aicide by cutting his tbroa ' j there being at least ten gubce in it . The book he to <« out wjw returned to night by bii daughter , and tw librarian mentioning to hex that-her father bad the Kej for
of the closet , she said , he had been mUring » week . The librarian then made search , b » d the < ioor of the water-closet burst open , and there founo Thompion lying weltering in his blood . A jury w » summoned to view the body , which keing done tfiey adjourned till to-morrow evening . The deceased «*• puaseia . 'd of . c « rjsiderabl « literary attainments , waa . * ° author of several poetical pieces of great merit , ^ " ^ many literary articles in our periodical insg&eines . * J * .- = was much respected by the circle of' acquaintance jw cultivated , and indeed by the inhabitants of Newcoww generally , tuaonget whom be wu well known .
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Laece Potatoe . —A large Potatoe was last week gathered in a field belonging to Mr . Christopher Metcalf , of Londonderry , which measured nine inches in length and twelve inches in circumference , and weighed two pounds . A pise Pig which is now feeding by Mr . George Hajwood , of Richmond , was led npon the weighing machine last week , and weighed thirty-seven Btones . Free Trade . —Some travelling drapers , as they term themselves , have recently visited Wales , for tbe purpose of selling cheap ready-made clothes . A carge arrived last wetb at Ruthin , and several sales were effected ; but the purchasers soon found that the garments had not . been sewn , bnt stuck together with BOme adhesive preparation , and were liable to drop into pieces in the streets .
Stockport . —The Parsons' Occitatio : * gone ; "Motheb Chtjech" paihlt defeated . —On Thursday evening week , a meeting was held in the Court Room , convened by the Tories , for the purpose of exposing the ' Errors of Popery" , and promoting the " slorioua principles of the Reformation . " The persons , with the usual tact so characteristic of the black flock , chose a n : ght upon which tbe working classe 3 were otherwise engaged , it being the fair , " when the Chartists were engaged in . the pleasures of an excellent tea party . But even the comforts of the festive board can be given up when Chartism expects " every man to do his duty . " At the hour appointed for commencing business the gentlemen made their appearance ; one of therm took the chair witboKt I ; I j 1 .
opposition , or appointment by the meeting , and after a few remarks opon the nituro of the mission , was about to introduce the Ret . Mr . M'Guire , of Manehester , when Mr . J . Carter rose , and wisjed to know whether the chairman would permi ; disonssion ! Being answered in the negative , Mr . M'Guire proceeded with his discourse for a few minutes amidst the jeers and laughter of the meeting . The chairman endeavoured to obtain oideT by threatening to turn the " disturbers" out , when he was answered bj M allow discussion and you shall have a fair hearing . " This the reverend gentlemen wero bv no means inclined to do . Finding they could no ' t proceed without allowing discussion , the Chairman appealed to Mr . J . Sadler , superintendent of police , that ' I " J [
stating the room was engaged by them , and he was sure the Mayor would be very glad that the refractory parties were turned out . Mr . T . Webb , who was until now , a silent spectator , rose and told the Chairman that that was not the firgt meeting held in that room , and at any of which the people where neyer deprived of the right of expressing their approbation or dieapprobation , more especially as they were debarred the privilege of discussion . —Mr . W . waa proceeding to ask some questions , when the caairman rose suddenly , and declared the meeting dissolved , and made the best of his way to a small corner of the platform , Occupied by the clericals . Mr . j Carter waa now called to the chair , and , order being restored , Mr . T . Webb , after a brief ? £ *!™ ± « lhe P ^ Boni for their Intolerant c ? ni I j 1 I ' . ^ If " "
i 2 ft . ^ f * ° e v censuro on the stat « Church , 1 rrfnSaT ^ S ?? 1 by a , * ma « on , theparsouB being SH ^ fiW ** ? - ° J their condemnation . Thus ended a meeting which waa to have sown the seeds of division amongst men whose only interest is in union-the English and Irish worki ^ aS . This meeting wiU give the lie to the false ud treacneroS reptiles vrhoTfould » tigmatf » the ChartistB Is £ Torj tools" Md must for ever Bilenee tS Leaguers on that head . It is due to Mi . Sadler to state , that although the best appeal » pi ^ oa ^ jg capable ofi making was made to him to get the friends of free discussion expelled the meeting that that gentleman had too much good sense to ' ¦ comply with any snch monstrous » nd unconstitu tional request We are sorry we cannot Bay this much for some of the under minions of the police 1 g 18 Is n is is is ie to LS ie to is
department , one of whom in particular , who has but barely escaped the gallows or transportation , used ma utmosPendeftvours to create ft disturbance ; but the good sense of the meeting rendered him Jiarmless , by treating Mm with « ilent contempt . u '
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An Anti-swearing Association has been formed at Oronto , in the United States , and many pertous have " signed the pledge . " A Gipst School . —A novel establishment is about to be opened at Farnham , Dorsetshire , under the auapeciea of Lord Ashley—it is called " a gipsy school ; " and we suppose is intended to effect the civilization of that vagrant tribe . Mrs . Buisci I—Her Majosty ' s name before marriage was Guelp ; it is now Buisci .
North American Land Agency.
NORTH AMERICAN LAND AGENCY .
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* L ^_^ --.,. . _ TBE NORTHERN STAR . w „ , ' — » . g ... ....... __^__ — - . .. ^_ . n m ,,,. . i __ November 2 , 1844
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 26, 1844, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1286/page/6/
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