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TVRTtTlTrT . SXAlE OF IH £ PeOB IX DOr ^ ETSHIEE . { From ( he Times of Xov . 23 rd . J There his been some hot discussion in the Dorsetshire county papers , arising out of the insufficient rate of wagts paid to the labourers in certain districts , and trough ! forward by Mr . BrindsleT Sheridan when presiding as chairman at the West Dors-t Agricultural Meeting . Attempts to refute the facts hare been met by strong corroboTatrre evidence ol their trnth ; and though the spirit of irritation and opposaion * nnaceountably roused in some quarters may appear disheartening , yet , on the-whole the dispute has had a salutary tfiact , inasmuch as it has tended to the further publicity of the charges ; to ¦ which publicity we confidently trust for amendment- It is every nun ' s business to- aid his
fellow man whenever he shall see oecszon to do so . God has so linked and interwoven she destinies of the rich and poor , the -wise and foolish , tbe weak anci jrtroajf , that bo ttxiWj or class of men , csostand apsri and proclaim themselves independent of the reat . It 1 b impossible for any one not morally blind to deny that there is something { rightful and peculiar in the present mutual position of file rich and poor in England . The lower classes are becoming opponents instead of depenenf ; the cord is "Worn threadbare , almost to breaking , -which bound the two orders kindly together ; the poor man no loDger belieTe * that industry and submission on his own part ¦ W ill guarantee protection and relief on the other ; he is rapidly loosing all confidence in the good-will of Mb
superiors towards him . We repeat , that in a great measure this loss of confidence proceeds from errors in the administration of the Kew Poor Inw , and from ianlts in its construction . The Be- ? . Frederick Rooke , clergyman of the parish of Kampisham , has come publicly forward , and briefly and fraukly confirmed the lepoAs of the hardship existing in his own district , in A letter addressed to the editor of the Dorset Coicniy Chronicle : in this spirit , tbe Rev . Charles BinghEm has puWitfcea a letter , whAck -we quote from the 'Ye&eil Mercury , the tene and temper of which do honour alike to his own feelings , and the sacred profession to which he belongs . Mr . Bingham says , alluding to the contradiction * we hs-ve referred to : —
" ItTB by no means my desire or intention , to degrade this "very important inquiry into a matter of mere contreTersy or personality . I do rejoice from my h ^ ari that it is set on foot . That there may be cases even here , an exposure of which might lead to beneficial results , it is no part of my present purpose either to affirm or to deny ; but I do affirm that the treatment of the poor bj the farmers , ths rate of wages , and their condition in general , is notoriously better here than in some parts cf the Tale ; and that , if any such cases be diBCOTered as even Mr . Lane admits to exist at Baleombe
— namely , 1 st , that from four to five shillings a week > ma been paid to a man on the roads ; or , 2 n ' dly , tiia . t sx Bhnnngs a weefc fcaa been thought Hifikient fai the existence of a man , Ms -sale , and two children ; or 3 Jlj , that 5 woman , -with two a £ alt daughters , and a son of twenty-one , are sleeping if not in ihesume btd at leas ! in ihe same smaU room—I pledge myself , and I am sure I may add the farmers of the parish , t » use our exertions to remote them- Perhaps , ^ 5 the whole subject seems now to be fairly lancched before the public , I may be allowed to say something of the Hill-field poor-houses . Though I had long known and lamented the existence of - this nnisacceit was brought before my attention more particularly by my friend and curate the ReT . H . P . Hope , in -a request lait -winter tc > join in & subscription for giving
the cottages & coat if thatch , and tioing some other trifling repairs . On that occasion I paid thtm a -visit in company -with him ; and , though I teas not ummVing to ¦ assist in making them , as far -as might be , habitable , I -sit // deemed it to be my ditty io enter a solemn protest against their being considered cupaVe of such repair as should r&id&r ihemjil habit-ations for human beings Hi ali •—or , at any rate , for bo many , and Each large families , aa they contained . Here , then , Sir , I maintain there is a "Wrosg . Most of the farmers I believe to be -very poor themselves , and any extensive plan of amelioration Tfould be far beyond their means ; bat sure I am , Mat whether they or I , or the landowners , or the iself
jaw -, 03 in fmlt , ve ought not to allow darkless to coaeeal such ssenea cf wretchedness as thia teWA ? ' ? ^ ^ fcffjIt <« Sht to be made somewhere , to p-o . se . tfceagricultural labonrer from the -de ^ nuiatioa ^ c ^ ru ^ c ^ s ,- ^^ n ? on the fflUl aDd OV 6 rtv £ nd ST ^^ I ^ ° ™™ toong ^ d and i ^ pidated ihe face ofS ^ ° , deceat naintenmce upon £ od « ie * aafe tow , aSi ^**? " ^ P ^^ nt , tott . miiiiD . toae Item the nSi ,, toiliSSto
Wtatthese . mjsanes are ia the groja nay be ~« . ^ , «^ , fiom ^ e admission -cf ilr . Bingiam tams&i thZTh 11 deemed ii bla dnly ± 0 eater 3 Bolemn protpest irain ^ flje ibelier pr « r 5 ded ieing considered fit for hnka ^ iabitataoai" What the miseries are in detail , we ~ . plained ia tie recapitalstion of instances given by Mr . Sheridan in his aarwer to the charge of tx-Aggeration : — " James and Euu Gxmdrj , living in one of the low cottages called the poor-house . The greater part of the ¦ w indows are iroken and filled tip -with rags to keep five riin and wind out . There is a Tery small room be low , which has once been pared , bat is now in a j nost dilapidated stale ; the room sbovs is of the same EZ 3 , with no possibility of keeping out the rain which beats through in d : ff = rent places . They haye four rhilftr ^ n ., and the hmbsnd c&lp recei-ees six shfflinrts per weeSj and ouiofihis V . ey hzr-: to pay poar-rales . In rough xceaOier iJie icoman w ! d in : a cjndlc vou'd not be ~ kept alight inVit rocm . " In int i-cxt tatta ^ e are T . os . and EUzibeth Piampton , ? be toma eighty gix years
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of age . They recelTe from the parish 2 s . 6 d , and three ] loaves per meek . There is a small garden attached to the cottage , bat they hate no potato land and are to bvyfueL The woman sometimes obtains & little work ., and then a portion of ( heir miserable pittance is talc en sxxzy . The room , both above and below , ia in a m ost dilapidated state , and the rain beating through on e ^ / gry side ; the floor is of mud and st « nes , and filthy ir , the extreme ; what window there is to the cotta # , iB boarded to protect the inmates from the weatt ^ ; a more mulched hovel there cannot be conceived . I . saw a lad of eighteen in the room , who told me he wa ^ ou t of work , and had been so for three weeks : he dep mded on his mother for food . Father , mother , and so i sleep in the same room . In the mxt cottage res ^ des Jane
Gnndry with her three brothers . This is also " m the most disgraceful state : the floor is of mud , worn } , y time , and the rain beating in . The room on the gr- jund floor is not , I should think , twelve feet eqaa- ^ , which is the E ^ za of the bed-room above , in which Eliz * Gundry and her three brothers are compelled ta sleep . The eldest , who is thirty years of age , only receives , I was told , S 3 . per freek and his meals ; 3 ie second , aged twenty-two , has 5 s . per -week 5 the third is out of ¦ work , and has not been able to procure any since haymaking . The Bister told me Its had a bad leg , which he was obliged to poultice , and for this purpose he had been allowed two loaves , \ n \ no other allowance does he receive from the parish . The next cottage is occupied by Anna Wan , whose husband is a hurdler . He
is enabled to earn better -wages than the rest , but the cottage , if not iperse , is -quite as bad as the rest There is but one small room above , which is only to be reached by a kiad of ladder . In thia she and her husband and five children sleep . The rain penetrates throagh several parts of the ceiling , and runs down upon the beds . The room below ib much in the same state . I observed the floor Bt the doorway was filled -with old straw and rnbbish , which Anna Warr told me was placed there to fill up great bol « iB in the mud fk > or , and to prevent the rain running further into the room . By the taAe of ihe fire on a bard bench 5 n this wretched hovel was lying one of the children sick with the measles ; the poor woman had another in her arms , who , Ehe said , was abont to have the disease also . "
Mr . Sheridan adds a sentence , in which we heartily
concur , .. — " You will ask , perhaps , what end I propose to myself fey exposing these cases of destitution and suffering ? 1 answer , that this public opinion will be brought to bear on the condition of the labourer in this countymen -will be Induced to give the sui-jsct their consideration who never thought of it before—cottages ¦ will be examined which before -were scarcely visited—tee matter will be discussed—Vestries wiii be called , as th 5 re have been at Batcombe , to inquire into the charges against their parish—endeavours will be made to refute them—they may possibly discover trifl'ng errors , but every case that I have or shall produce wM be found siibstaJtiiaUy coriect . These are the objects I have in view—the exp&sure of injustice and hard treatment of the poor . ''
And tbese are tne objects in whicn ail rightmm will be ready to give their assistance . Let men oJ all parties , instead of disputing as to where the imputation of blum ^ should rest , unite to remove the evil , and the blame will die away of itself .
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Applicant—Literary employment , Sir . I have applied at all the newspaper offices , bat 1 could not get anything to do . At length I would have been willing t ? enlist in the metropolitan police . Mr . Combe—Where did you sleep last ? The applicant replied in a coffee-house , near Oxfordstreet . They would not keep him In the workhouse , as he did not like to return to Ireland , where be feared his prospects would not be better than they were here He declared in an earnest manner that he was very hungry , as be had not tasted any sort of food since the morning of the previous day . ( The poor fellow ' s looks confirmed the assertiant . T e clerk humanely suggested that he should have some food immediately . '
Mr . Combe Baid the applicant ' s story was a distressing one , but of its truth he had no proof ; and before he Bhould feel justified in making any considerable advance from the poor-box he must have some confirmation of the statements made by him . The applicant satd the master of the Clerkenwell workhouse would , he felt confident , speak favourably of his conduct whilst there , The worthy magiB&rate directed that the applicant should haye some food at once , and that one of the officers of the court Bhould accompany him to the workhouBe , and obtain a bed there for him . On the following day inquiries should be made concerning him .
On Monday , General Evans waited upon Mr . Greenwood the sitting magistrate for the day , in reference to the above case . From this visit it transpired that Mr . Otway Cave , denied the statement made by Seafont . Mr . Gave stating that " he has no relation of that name , and is utterly unacquainted with the individual in question or his family " Mr . Greenwood took occasion to observe that the poor-box of the Court was very deficient in funds . With the txception of £ h forwarded there on the previous day , they had not received a donation for a long
time . The district over which that court had jurisdiction included as wretched a population as any in London , —Field-lane , St . Giles ' s , Saffron-hill , and that miserable district verging on the city in the neighbourhood of Smithfleld- Then Kingsland and its neighbourhood , in another direction . From all these places many destitute , and some deserviug objects came . A great deal of money , he observed had been showered into some of the other police-courts , whilst , with the exception of the donation already alluded to , they had received nothing , although there would be so much need for it .
"ISGRATITUDE (!) OF THE POOR . " Thames Police . —Five shillings -were received on Saturday , for the poor woman Anne Lyall , in addition to which Mr . Broderip yesterday acknowledged the receipt of 12 a . 6 d . for the satne purpose from General B . and Mrs . C . B ., transmitted from Wapping by J . Elms , and an acknowledgement r > quested in the Times . Admiral Sir E . Codrington forwarded £ 1 for the poor-box . TUe cases of distress developed at this court are Tery numerous , and maSe a continuous drain upon tbe poorbux . On Monday , a poor woman named Jemima Wells , who has only just recovered from slow typhus fever , came to return thanks to Mr . Broderip for pecuniary and other assistance , rendered at a very trying period . About six weeks since , the poor woman was procuring
a living for herself and three orphan children , as a laundress , aided by her eldest bod , a vtry vnbritorioua lad , who regularly handed har over almost all his little earnings , when typhus made its appearance amongst them , and ran through the whole of her children . At length she was herself attacked , and their source of subsistence being thus stopped , they were compelled to sell and pawn what little necessaries they had in the effort to work through . Fortunately the Case reached the ears of the chief usher of this eourt , who , with prompt humanity , rendered what assistance be could afford , and itumeduitely laid the case before Mr . Broileiip , who directed that instant relief should be afforded . The pour woman immediately on her recovery came to thank the magistrate not only for the bounty bestowed , bnt al ^ o for tbe manner in which it had been dispensed by the usher . Mr . Broderip directed the naher to see that the wants of the family were provided for until she could resume he usual employment .
A HVMANE PROSECUTOR . A very painful case , which excited a considerable degree of ^ sympathy in the court , came on in the course of » he day . Benjamin Green , a journeyman baker , was charged by his employer , Amos Chilver , who resides at John-street , Cross-street , St . George ' s-in-tht-Eaat , ¦ with having attempted to steal four qu irttrn loaves . The prisoner , a most miserable-looking creature , appeared stunned at the position in which he fouud himself placed , and the prosecutor bad scarcely btseu ewotn , when it b « tum « evident ihat he would lose a whole batch of bread rather than proceed with the charge .
It appeared that at a quarter to seven o ' clock yesterday morning , the prosecutor , having some previous cause of suspicion , wtnt down into tbe bake-house , and found » hat the prisoner , who hid been twelve ninths in his employment , had the f > ur loaves tied up in a handkerchief , rt- » dy to be taken away . " But , your worship , " con'iiiued the humane prosecutor , and tbe tesrs chased one another down his cheeks as be spoke , " he ia a marriel man , with four children , and I don f t wish to prosecute him : O ! Sir , 1 don ' t Wish to follow it up . " This touch of genuine humanity had an electric effect . The prisoner burst into tears , and every heart in the csurt was touched with sympathy . Mr . Broderip , afier lauding tte humanity of the kindheart « d baSer , discharged tho prisoner , who left the dock deeply affected .
APPALLl . NG CASE OF DESTITUTION . WonsniP-sTHEET , Mo . nday . —Immediately after the Court met , Serjeant Alderman , of the H division , attended before Mr . Broughton , accompanied by a wretched , half-starved-looking man , named Robert Sid-Rrave , whose distressing case had been brought under his notice . The Serjeant stated that information having reached him that a . child , two years o'd , had died from starvation . at a cheap lodging-house in Wentworth-street , Whitechapel , he proceeded thither on Saturday morning , to ascertain whether there was any truth in the statement . On reaching the bouse , be was shewn into a miserable apartmenton the first floor , whero he found the wife of tho man Sidgrave , with three young children , one of
whom was lying dead , as had been represented . An old cloth had been thrown over the dead child , which the mother removed , thereby exposing the body , which was in a complete state of nuility , and its skeleton appearance fully bore out the poor woman ' s statement that it died from actual starvation . There was not a morsel of food in the place , and he felt satisfied , from the emaciated frame and feeble moaning cries of one of tbe other children , that it was also iu a dying state . He soon afterwards saw the father of the children , and on asking him -whether he had applied to .. he parish for assistance , he said that he had , but no relief had been given to him for nearly a fortnight , when he received 5 s . from Attr < - -ll , tho
relieving officer , who at the same time intimated that it would be useless to apply again , as nothing morr ¦ would be done for him . In constqutnee of the man ' s statement he ( the sergeant ) repaired to the residence of Mr . Bruahfi&ld , the overseer of Spitalfiekls , who , on being apprised of the facts , immediately sent a note to Attreii , directing him to give prompt attention to thu case , in compliance "with the order a Btnall quantity of food -was supplied to the poor people on Saturday night , but on going to the house that morning be found that nothing further had been done , and as the trifling relief they had received was completely exhausted , he thought it necessary to represent the case to the magistrate .
Mr . Broughton asked the sergeant what am < unt of rblief was granted on Saturday to the distressed family ? Ssrgtant Alderman said that all they received was a loaf of bread , an ounce of lea , half a pound of sugar , and a pound of oatmeal . The poor maa was then called into the witness-box , and in answer to the magistrate ^ questions , he said that he belonged to Prestou in Lancashire , and was a carpenter by trade , but being thrown out of work , he camo up to London about four months ago in the hope of bettering his condition . After spending a fortnight in
fruitless attempts to procure employment , he was . attacked with fever and was laid up for several weeks . Soon after his recovery ho went to Attrell and begged relief for himself and family , as they wore perishing from -w . int ; but all he eot was 5 » .. with an intimation that if he made another application he ivould be given into custody . A few days afterwards he went out and endeavoured to pick up a tnfla by hawking lucifer matches , when he accidentally met Attrell iu Whitechapel , who told him that he had known him for years as a common cadger , and if he asnin caught him begging abont the streets , he tcould have him sent to prison for three months .
Serjeant Alderman said that he had made the strictest inquiries into the case , and found that the man had only been in London about four mouths . A good deal of commisseration was expressed for him in the neighbourhood , where it teas the general opinion ( hat his child teas literally starved to death . ilr . Bronghton desired the Serjeant to proceed at once to Mr . BrushSeld and communicate his wishes that the family should either be taken into the workhouse or He allowed sufficient out-floor relief to meet tbe urgency of tbe case . He 8 hou \ d , In the meantime , give 5 s . out of the poor-L ^ ox to supply their immediate wants .
PEISON IOB . TDRES—MORE MUaDER . While such horrible cases as the above form daily themes for the reporters of t he London press ; while destitution in its most awfui shape is scouring the agricultural districts ; and wl ^ 'e despite " revived trade" and . the return of " ¦« perity , " the manufacturing masses are as low sunk a * ever in the sloush of misery ; while all this is going on * nd at a matter of eourse , our gaols are crammed with t . ^ victims of this horrible state of society ; the wrecthed , ' nmates of those gaels are being murdered— TORTURED T <> DEATH by the cruel discipline and horrible treatm t > nt to which they are euhjectad . Within the last few , ^ V two of the wretched beings confined in the Milli '^ oi . Penitentiary , have died from the effects of the pt ^ tilantfal air and horrible discipline of tbat murdero ^ de »« ,
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Another wretched man has been murdered in that horrid bell , Coldbath Fields prison . As a specimen of the treatment in this inquisition , take ' the following evidence of one of the felkwrsufferera of the victim , examined on title * inquest " : — " David Williams , aged 29 , was well and hearty when be entered the prison in May , bat about July last , he was very ill , and went to tho surgeon for advice . Witness heard Allen , the infirmary warder , Bay there was nothing the matter with him , adding that he should
report him to the governor for trying to evade labour , lie was taken before the governor and placed in the dark cell . Witness had heard the governor direct the turnkey to keep a sharp look out after the prisoner . He got wormjind worse , and could not eat his victuals , and during the last week of his confinement be atked permission of the surgeon to keep off tbe wheel—permission was not granted . On coming out , the bones were literally protruding through his skin , and he was obliged to have a pillow to sit upon . ' *
And the Jury returned a verdict— " That the deceased died of inflammation in the throat , which he was less able to bear up against , from ( he low stale of health consequent on the prison dietary . " The following paragraph appeared in the Times of Monday : — " Insanity in the Model Prison . —Although this prison has been opened so short a time , and the prisoners have been carefully selected from the various gaols iq point of health , two have become Insane this year , and have been transferred to Bethlehem—vies . John Reevo , on the 24 th of June , and John Hill Stone , on the 17 th of August . "
This " Model Prison" is one of " the fruits of the Reform Bill , " one of the hellish acts of the Whig regime , now made to . produce its intended results in the insanity of its inmates ! Well I well ! it may be used for its conc ^ ctors yet . Meanwhile let our readers treasure up ( AGAINST THE DAY OF RETRIBUTION ) the FACTS contained In thia ( as well as tsvery other ) portion Of "The Condition-of England Question . " : A writer in the Morning Chronicle commenting upon these atrocities says : — " some insist upon over working their prisoners—some on under feeding—some on the sacred privilege of forcing women and children to mount 12 000 fret of tread wheel daily . Faiutings , emaciations , and lingering deaths follow . "
Tbe surgeons of the bulks , where the convicts sentenced to transportation are received before being sent out of tbe country , give the following evidence on the eff ^ cta of the present system of " prison discipline : — " We continue io receive from the different prisons men in such a state of exhaustion , arising from tbe colds , solitary confinement , and inadequate food , that they are uutit fur the dock-yard labour , and incapable of making tli « voyage to Botany Bay . " But death is not tbe worst punishment falling upon our system-made criminals ; insanity is committing terrific havoc Iu ranks of tbese unfortunates , and this we hold to bo a punishment worse than death .
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FRAKCB .-i-REFUBi . icA . msK vet the Abmt . —The coMespehdent of the Dispatch asserts that Kepubliean principles are almost aniverBal amongst the French soldiers . Hesaya : — " Were there a popular outbreak to-morrow Louis Phtiippb would not calculate upon one-tenth part of the army to support him . Disaffection does not prevail only amongst certain sections of each regiment , but whole regiments themselves are known to-be so imbued with Republican notions that they are never trusted near tjie capital . Even the Ministerial and Court journals ] frequently allude to some particular corps as one ' which ia notoriously inclined to sedition , from the Colonel down to the drummers . Marshal Soult ( the Minister of War ) has , ever since the
commencement of his present lease of power , endeavoured to check this spirit in the army , by the fusion of faithful ( so called ) men amongat the suspected regiments 'fhe scheme has , however , signally failed ; for the recruits thus introduced into the old corps have speedily become converts to the principles of freedom . On a late occasion the King received a private report from the War-qffico , relative to the particular regiments which migbt be ^ employed to garrison the new fortresses around Paris , and upon whsse support the Crown might calculate in any case of emergency . This report had been very ) carefully compiled from accurate returns furnished ! by the Prefects of the departments in
which tbe various corps had served , the Governors of tbe towns hi which they had been located , ana in some instances theirjvery Colonels themselves . The result of this examination into the feelings of the army was by no means satisfactory to Louis Philippe , and I can state , upon thefverr best authority , that he exclaimed , in the agony of his mind , ' Good Goi I what * will become of France if the army ahould throw itself into the arms of the people ? ' He ought to have said— had he sincerely expressed hia meaning— ' What will become of my dynasty V for his Citizm Majesty evidently regards ] France only as tbe means of aggrandivement . wealth , and power for his own family . "
" Glori" and Algiers . —The National publishes the following letter from Tlemcen . It is not at all improbable that the late ordonnances for grants to certain departments to meet unforeseen expences , have referencoito Tunis and Morocco : — , " Contrary to his promise the Emperor of Morocco Abdherraman receives in his territory the khalifas of Add-el-Kader . j Tho Ouled Ria and the Angarts , who had abandoned-their tribes to avoid submitting to the French , had likewise encamped there . When tbe French troops leave their garrison , the Arabs take refuge in tbe territory ! of Morocco , where it is forbidden to pursue them , and when the French return to Tiemcen the incursions of the Arabs recommence . Two F / ench convoys had been attacked on the road to Oran ; there were five men wounded , two killed , and twenty horses captured . This coup-de-main is generally attributed to the Beni-Mattas . "
The Moniteur publishes accounts from Algiera , of tbe 20 th instant , which state that General Tempoure attacked the camp of the Caliph Sidi Embarackben-Allah , on ] the 11 th , at Mallah , a place forty leagues to the , { west of Mascarah . Thia chief , who was on his was to join Abd-el-Kader , is described as onl y second to ] the latter in importaace . His army , which consisted of several battalions of infantry and a regiment of ( iavafry , were entirely destroyed . Sidi Embarack hiujself was killed , with 400 of his men . 300 pribOners , and three standards were taken .
Satan in trouble —The editor of a newspaper in Paris , bearing the lugabrious title of Satan , haa been found guilty , before the Tribunal Correctionel , of a libel uponi Mdlle . Ines Gonzales , a young actress of the Theatre ] Porte St . Martin , in attributing to her some traits in private life which tended to injure her honour , and destroy her good repute with the public . The editor ( M . Borel ) ia sentenced to three months' imprisonment , and carnages to the amount of 500 f . to Miss Gonzales , and he is further required to insert this sentence in Satan , and in any three other papers the lady may appoint , at his" proper charge and expense . SPAIN . —Our lastest accounts last week announced the resignation of the offices held by Narvaez . Subsequently we find him withdrawing his resignation anil receiving from the Queen the Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III .
The Madrid ; mail did not arrive at Paria on Wednesday , in consequence of the Spanish Malleposfce having been attacked on the 11 th by robbers in the Pinares d'Aranda , and robbed . The travellers were completely stripped of their effects , but the mail was saved , and was expected to arrive in Paris on Thursday . ! This intelligence was received in Paris by telegraph . The Press . —The correspondent of the Times , writing from Madrid , Nov . 16 th , says : " The reign of terror prevails amongst the Progresists periodicals . The Espcctador has to-day ( for the second time during the short month of November ) failed to
make its appearance . One of its editors 13 in prison on suspicion of being privy to the conspiracy against Narvaez . The rest have all run away . The editors of the Eco del Comercio are still in separate confinement on similar charges , with this difference in their favour , —Ithat they have been removed from the custody of the Rgiment of the Princesa ( the favourite of N , arvaez ) , where , as they alleged , they were liable at any moment to be shot by the partisan population of the barrack for their imaginary crime , if the soldiers ! should take it into thoir heads to anticipate the law ' s delay—a proceeding for which there have been abundant precedents of late in Spain . " i
The Ministry—The days of the Loptz gang are numbered . Intelligence from Madrid down to the 19 ih , announce ) that M . Ologaza of " Golden Fieece " notoriety , is to all intents aijd purposes tho " Universal Minister , " trying to patch up a Cabinet but in vain . i BARCELONA-r-Barcelona has fallen ! Unsupported by their degenerate countrymen the heroic Catalans have laid down their arms , but the terms they obtained attest } tho anxiety of the " victors" for a termination of the struggle . Of course once having obtained possession of the place no scruple was made about violating faith with the fallen . Hence the order for the general disarming of the inhabitants under pain of death . The French j Government , on Thursday , received ihe following despatches announcing intelligence of the surrender oif Barcelona : —
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES . j " Perpignan , Nov . 21 . " Barcelona capitulated the day before yesterday . The troops entered yesterday . The terms are about the same as those granted to tbe insurgents of Saragossa . ' * ; I " Barcelonetta , Nov . 20 . " The in 8 urgehts , seeing that an attack was becoming imminent , have sent for two days past commission after commission to tbe Captain-General , in order to obtain a better capitulation than that offered on the 11 th . The Captain General has made fresh concessions , founded upon the general wish of seeing tho reign of Isabella II . inaugurated by a grand act of clemency aad reconciliation , f 11 The troops ire at this moment entering the town . The leaders compromised and designated by the Captain-General will embark on board a French Bhip , which will convey them to Port Vendres . "
" Barcelona , Nov . 22 . " The Queen ' a troops have taken possession of ail the gates of Barcelona without difficulty . The ' Ciptain-Qeneral yesterday appointed and installed a new municipality . Some armed National Guards having committed excesses against the military , and having uttered seditious cries , a : bando , dated this morning , has ordered the general disarming of the inhabitants . Such as shall not deliver up their arms within the delay of . six hours , will incur the penalty of death . " The members of * the Junta , and about one hundred officers of the free corps , or National Guard , depart this day For France , on board the Cameleon or the Phenicia , with passports fretn the Captain-QineraL " It Will be Seen , by the following that Figueras , " the last entrenchment of liberty , " still holds out : — ; " Perpignan , NoV . 23 .
" The insurgents of the fort of Fieueras made n sortie yesterday in the direction of Llers . Prim repulsed them , touk five prisoners , and established his head-quarters at Villa Bertram , v " The Phenicia steamer left Barcelona last evening , and landed at Port Vendres this morning nine passengers , two of whom -were members of the Junta . She conveys thirty other Spaniards to Marsiilles . " The Caruolepn is expected at Port Vendrea , having left Barcelona at the same time as the Phenicia . " A new municipality was yesterday installed at Barcelona . " i
AUSTRIA .-rThe Emperor of Austria , it is said , iu tho German ; papers , ha 9 suspended the meetings of the Hungarian Diet . A most inconvenient spirit of liberty has crept into that part of his Imperial Majesty ' s dominions , aud gives him an infinity of trouble . At tlie present moment a royal command haa been rejected by the Diet , and only seventeen or eighteen hands held up for it . Every attempt has been made ] either to force or cajole the deputies to vote in favbur of it , but without effect . The Hungarian deputies would keep the purse strings , and the emperor haa shown his high displeasure by suspending the meetings of the Diet .
Thb Russians and Circassians . —A letter from Warsaw , in the Treves Gazette , gives some details of a late battle between the Russians and Circassians . The latter with ! about 1 , 200 men , attacked with great resolution two Russian batallions , when marching to relieve other troops . The Russians fought bravely , bat were obliged to retire before the great numbers of the enemy . Six Russian tracers were killed , and the loss on that side was in , general great . A regiment of Chasseurs camo to the aid of the Russians , and forced the Circassians to give way .
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December , as the meeting at Berlin has separated , and will not meet again until the middle of December , when their deliberations will be finally closed . It appears that prior to their separation the ; agreed to place a doty on pig iron , metali &o ., of £ 1 fiterling per ton , and upon bar iron an increase of duty of 308 . j making £ 4 10 s . per ton { and thj | 3 will certainlv come into effect , unless strong representationa are made by the English and Belgian governmenta , and steps taken to prevent this " imprndent" resolve In no case will the duty be enforceiaa early as the 1 st of January . 1844 , bat it will be February or March , or even April , as our people require time for settling their affairs . "
iTAtT . —Letters from Rome of the 10 th instant state that -eeveral farther arrests have taken place , and that a band of insurgents hava shewn themselves in the neighbourhood of Perugia . . It was reported in Pans on Thursday that tha Pope was taken suddenly and dangerously ill . Ia the present disturbed state of Italy , and especially of the States of the Church , any change in the Holy See is not considered unimportant . In tnemeantime it is said , in a letter of the 15 th , whieh has been received from the Roman States , that the disturbances in the neig hbourhood of Bologna and Ravenna have been put down . GREECE . —Some disturbances have taken place at Pattnos .
TURKEY . —Constantinople , Nov . 7 th . —Accounts from the North of Albania describe that province aa overrun by armed bauds , who are plundering tha villages , barniag the churches , and levying contributions on the Christians . The roads are impassable , and the various governors are blockaded within their towns . The Porte has issued orders for the immediate advance of thirtyfive thousand men against i he insurgents , nnder thp command of Rescind Pacha , the Rumeli ^ alassi . Gamik Pacha and Omar Pacha aro appointed generals of divisions . Orders have also been . sent to assemble a corps of observation in Thessaly , in anticipation of disturbances in Greece . The alarm felt by the Porte at the state of things in that country , which was described in a former letter , has rather increased than subsided . _ _ __ . _„ __
A conspiracy has been discovered afc Ibraila , the objeot of which was a revolution in Bulgaria . Several Russian agents are said to have been connected with the plot . Prince Bibesko will be warned by the fate of Ghyka against interfering with any such laudable undertaking . # Letters lately received from Persia , dated in the middle of last month , inform us that the Shah ig still at Teheran , and that the troops have all been dismissed . Narsis , the new patriarch of the Armenian church , is expected immediately at Uten KHssja , and is to be accompanied by General Neidhart , the Governor of Georgia , who is to instal him formally in his patriarchate . After this ceremony the general will visit the frontiers . Mirza Saleh ' , who was formerly in England , had lately returned from a mission to Tiilis with presents fronj the Shah to the Emperor . The Shah has issued a proclamation , limiting the rate of interest to twelve
Letters received this day from Mosul state thai the Nestorians , still inhabiting the unconquered districts , and those who had taken refuge amongst them , had successfully attacked the invaders . The Tureo-Kurdish governor , who had beeninsta'ledat Ardesha , had been expelled , and the mountaineers had regained possession of many important passes of theTiyarre country . The Pacha of Mosul haa refused to release the Nestorian prisoners , and to procure the liberation of such as had been sold into slavery .
" Betroct , Oct . 1 . —By the arrival of a courier here last night , we learn that disturbances of a very serious nature , terminating in loss of life , had broken out at Latdchia . on the fith instant , in which place the people had made an attack upon the Alba * nians , who were worsted , with the loss of thirtyeight killed and seventeen severely wounded . The holy city had also been the seat of disturbance , as had been Naplous and Tripoli The obnoxious system pursued by Government , in the levying of the taxes , had given rise to the emeule , and as long as the defence of the country is committed to the custody of the Albanians , as noted for their intolerance as for their cruel disposition , so long will the country remain a prey to anarchy and revolution . "
JAMAICA . —The following rather Whiggishlooking outburst of " patriotism" in the Falmouth Baptist Herald , will give some idea of the state of political feeling in Jamaica . " The almost unbearable burden of taxes—the extravagant jobberies of the vestries , and . of tho House of Assembly—the waste of public money upon a worthless police force—a mad scheme of emigration , and a corrupt semi-popish church—the hypocritical cry of conciliation while laws are every year passed gradually encroaching upon the liberties of the people—and above all—the irreligionthe infidelity—the licentiousness—the love of slavery—and the robbery—of law-makera—and law dispensers— all cry aloud for a most rigorous , and searching reformation . . '
" But who are to be the reformers ? The people . They are the strength of the country—and with them lies the power of reform . Verily if the taxpayers do not so feel the necessity of improvement as to induce them to exercise their rights , they deserve to be crushed and trodden under foot by their hajghty oppressors . * ' It is never to be expected that a corrupt Housa will cleanse itself . There are but few indeed in the Hal's of Legislature who are either fit or willing to raise the standard . Thero must be pressure from without—a clamorous demand for justice—a determined stand against all abominations in the statea resolve that every representative shall be answerable to his constituents for his conduct , and the
privilege of voting exercised only on behalf of those who pledge themselves to the cause of truth , liberty , and justice . " We say , then , let those who have votes , give then only to the advocate of Reform—those who are qualified either by house or land to vote , register your titles and claim your rights Let all voters unite in each parish in the formation of a Reform Association—let th < yn ssek for honest end faithful men as representatives in vestries and assembly ; and next year , at the expected election , sound the trumpet of liberty—exuel the jobbers —the placemen—the proslavery party—the emigration schemers—the police * men—the oppressors of their country , and place in their stead such a noble band of patriots as shall well deserve the name of the Honourable House of Assembly .
" Are there no enlightened , liberal-minded men in each parish , who with superior abilities , and better opportunities than the labouring classes of voters , will spare a little time to gather up the forces in battle array . " Jamaica is not like England , where bribery—intimidation—corrupt freemen—and apathetic voters diminish the ranks of Reformers . Here , a little toil , and a little care will ensure such a long list of liberal votes , as would make the triumph of Reform sure and certain . The struggle of our election V 7 ould completely overrun the hopes of the Tory party—and the fair fabric of freedom and equity would ba built upoa an eternal basis .
" We call then upon Reformers of ail classes to come forward and unite their ranks against the common foe . Prepare a plan of action—look out for suitable men for the vestries , and the House of Assembly— urg » - the freeholders to register their titjes —facilitate this registration business , and in a few months the day shall be yours—tbe battle shall be won , and amidst the death lamentations of oppression the laurels of victory shall crown the brow of every Reformer and lover of hia country . "
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Sebious Accident at a Church in Hull . —Daring the gale of Wednesday forenoon about twenty feet ofthe graceful spiro of St . Stephen ' s Church was blown dowD . The spire , which is about ninety feet in height , was completed , with the exception of fixing a cross on the top , and the scaffolding , which ha ; d not been taken down , was borne by tke wind against the newly laid stone-work , which was seen to resist the pressure for sometime , aiid which gave the workmen an opportunity of getting out of the way . At length it fell with a terrific crash through the roof ofthe church . No person waa hurt . This unfortunate circumstance will delay the opening of the edifice . — Hull Packet .
A Man Drowned in Bed .-Od Friday night a lighterman , named David Augin , moored his barge , which was heavily laden , close to the Temple , and went to bed m the cabin . Upon the tide turniaL the barge having become firmly imbedded in the mud . dldnotnso With the ws . ter , which flowed into the cabin where Augin slept , and in the moraine he was discovered a corpse having been suffocated in his bed bythcf water . Ihe hfeless body of the deeeased is now awaiting the Coroner ' s inquest . The poor follow has left a wife and fm ) lj . »* Ql / server .
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DiSEASE . ^ Disease , to the " clay tenement " of the body , is like a latent reservoir of water at the foundation of an edifice , " Which creeps in rotting vapours round the wallfli Till soon the building crumbles , totters , falls . " But by a timely application of that inestimable remedy which was mado known by the long-lived Parr , we may dry up the pernicious damp , apply sound earth to the sinking foundation of our constitution , arrest the progress of decay , and occupy our fleshy dwelling through a long succession of years . while those of the ueglcclful and imprudent are prematurely tumblms ; into decav .
Tremendous Hurricane . —We have been favoured with the following extraat from a letter received byMt M . Turner , MP . for Truro , from bis son , Mr . C&ari « Walaiogbam Turner , tier Britannic Majesty ' s Consul s ! Carthagena , dated Ootybaj 23 : — "On the morning *' tbe 21 st inst . a most awful catastrophe occurred he * within two hundred yards of my balcony , and insists of my house . About four o clock ia the morning on * vivid lightning came on , with tremendous thundery such lightning aa was never teen at Carthagena wiU ^ tbe memory of man . I left ray bed , and proceeded v tbe window , where I had not been five minutes beioS I heard a great rushing of wind proceeding * y ? east , and I observed also a waterspout , whicfii I" " sooner saw tnan it bnrgt , carrying with it into tne *» ave larce felucca feoata . of fortv to fifty tons eaca
which fell into the water again , upside'down , and « conise sank , with tbe poor sailors on boardj fi" 66 ^ whom were drowned . It then proceeded in a _ now west direction , unroofing houses , carrying of tunstrees , and even rocks of great weight This » ° yS two poor fellows , sailors , who belonged to one . or » vessels , werefound deadabout a league from CartMg ^» having been carried off and dropped by tnewmi ^" On the whole were thrown huge stones , n ° ^ 7 L demolished , and the roof of the Prisichi , Tf ^ T * convicts are confined , was completely carnea ¦ You may weir Imagine the heartrending « " «» Ol « , poor marinese—O Dios mio Strange , boW 0 . ^! ' £ g « may seem , an English brig was at anchor witnui ^ yards of the spofi where the waterspout burst , an . tained nodamage whatever . I have just been iww frVinfr f « A ^ r ** C ^ fnitirtliaa / wiltf fho daV oQlO ™ v ™* ' *
300 prisoners for political oflvnees from Barcewu * _ { I not been an eye-witness of this awful vtfitaU ° »» could not have believed it . "— Jftit Bntin .
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DESTITCTIOS 15 IHE MBTBjDPOLIS . I > nring tbe last few days , though the weather has beemnfldj there have "been as many as S 00 men , -women , and children admitted into the Befnge ^ or tise Dasfltete , Piajiouse-jard i there having been- Bince the opening , last Monday week , 642 provided ¦ wiih nightly lodging , and -who also have givea to them a slice of bread nixbi and morning . There -will be no more than 300 allowed admission , until the cold weather sets iu , for fear of fever , -which happened last year from too many being congregated together .
HOSSOES OF PBOSTIXCTIOS IS THB HSTB . OPOLIS . It would be well for the foreign sympthisers who indulge in Muting fits aiid torrents" of tears over the ignorance and barbarism of the inhabitant * of the . Antipodes , to torn tiieir eyes homewards btfore they look abroad for objects of compassion . If the young and the more mature female saints who crowd Exeter-Hall , to hear impassioned addresses , &sd open their parsestrings in btbaif t > f tbe -wild savages of the South Sea islands , of the bad : woods of Anrerica , and of the deserts of Africa , woald confine their charity to home , and peruse the lamentable cataiogne of-human misery , snd consequent vice and crime which tbe metropolis presents , they would find truly deserving objects upon whom they could beneficially exercise th ' e best qualities
and eaergies of their heads a&d hearts , by securing the temporal aad elental welfare of their own S ^ sh aail blood . Of all the objects which this doleful catalogue of baman woes presents , tbe most heart-stirring , are the ¦ wrerched fallen daughters of Eve who are compelled to sacrifice the honour and dignity of their sex , that they may procure the commonest necessaries of life . In the metropolis , it is calculated Uiat there are * ov « oo of this unfortunate class . In one hospital there -were-admitted , in & short space of feae , 2 , 7 M female children of the tender age of nine , ten , eleven , and twelve , and forty of tbe age of fourteen , all affected by the foul , slow , but certain consuming disease that follows the life of prostitution Dr . Tait , in his report of one of those hospitals ,
established for the reception of female outcasts , states , that of 1 . O& 9 there were ^ 70 under twenty years of age . And the police returns enumerates 5 , OC 0 honsegtenajited lay Bztfortacate females . In Great Titrtjfield-street , iwhatia tbe Society * or the Protection of Tice doing ?) there is a house , with a regular establishment , into which unsuspecting females are entrapped , under tfee pretext oi being engaged at some industrious calling . These poor creatures , qaickly initiated into crime , and led from oae vice to another , are , by degrees , engnlphed ¦ witbiira vortex of infamy , from which they only escape when , oeing ioond unprofitable , they are driven upon the streets by their inhmau employers . So systematicaUy is vice followed np and prostitution encouraged in this den , that there is attached to it a regular agent ,
"Whose boIe £ na anly dnty is to procure victims , in sasrch of -whom he sconrs G ? ermany , Holland , Spain , and Portugal A ieeper of one of tbess infamoas houses , to avoid prosecution ,- went to Boulogne a short time ago ? carrying with her £ 30 , 000—thefnrits of her brutal traffic for ten years . It is even calculated that in this country £€ 000 , 000 is annually expended in profligacy , debauchery , and prostitution . Amongst the "wretched female outcasts who thus gain their livelihood at the expense cf their honour , there is a large * nnmber of-dressmakers and needlewomen , who ,-working from an early hour in the morning to late at night for eightpence and tenpecce s day , are unable to maintain themselves by snch industry , and are , therefore , compelled to walk the streets at night , in search of tbe means to support and clothe tiieir jaded and -worn-out frames . Can the Wealthy , Bibls-rfeadisg females of England
thrnk of Expending their charity and benevolence in distant lanas , tmoa Thngs , Hottent-ts , Canibals , and Savages , when so much misery , depravity , and vice are to be met witb in their own Lmd » M at their yery doors ? If they are interested in the dignity « f their species , and have an ardent wish to rescue their own sex from the lowest depth of degradation and infamy , Jfit them bnt visit the purlieas of St . © iles ' s , or the back streets of "Whitechapcl , the Borough , and Westminster , where they will find objects innumerable of the-above class , Whoae -wretched , depraved , and outcast condition cannot fail of exciting the compassion of every tme Christian and every truly i > eafcvolent and kind-hearted philanthropist . Eighty thonsaad femxies receiving the wages and eating the bread of an and deatb ! There is a sntjsct for the Saints of Exeter Hall to contemplate 1 There is an object worthy of tbtir sympathy , their compassion , and their benevolence . '
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AN ENGLISHWOMAN " STEALING" BREAD FOB HER CHILDREN . B-lGHTEOrS JVDGSIKST OP THE HULL MAGISTRATES . Yesterday , in the Police Court , before the sitting magistrates , MessrB . Raikes and Palmer , a clean-looking middle-aged woman , far advanced in pregnancy , named Elizabeth Collins , was charged with stealing a loaf from the Hull Workhouse . Mr . Moxon , Clerk to the Guardians , said—Yesterday , aHont three or four o ' clock , this wumau catne "With four cbiMren for re ief ; in coimqnence of the relievlna officer being ont of the way , J tod her sfie must xcail . J subsryueni ' y went to dinner . When I was gone , 1 understand the woman , without any hesitation , stretched ont her arm and took one of the loaves .
By the Magistrates—The window wsb a Bash window , and she had thrown it np to take the loaf . Coltsn , the Master of the Yagrsnt-ofSce , and an old resident in tbe Workhouse , deposed to tbe woman taking the loaf ; be said she immediately divided it among her children , who at one © commenced eating it . Cotton prod need tbe remains of the loaf , and eaid that , when he took the Toman into the Station-house , she said she tcould do it again sooner than see her cliildren starve . The prisoner , who cried very bitterly , said a man in his Bhirt-sle 6 ves eave ber tbe loaf . Mr . C- West , Governor of the Poor—How long would it hs-pe been betoie the relieving officer returned ? ilr-. Mcxmi—About six o ' clock . ilr . Vfesi—That -was a very long tims for the woman to wait , if her children wanted bread . Mr . Riikes—You oinnot be su-prised at a hungry xcoman iriihfow starring thiidrtv taking a loaf .
Prisoner—J trailed from txrf re ococA at noon for relief ; the children rcrre crying for bread , und I gave them it They turned me out once ; and this gent ' eman , ( pointing to Mr . Mosodj told me to < jo where I came from , A nd how could 1 do that The police-inspector here saw me and my children late ihe nighl before , lying on the cold stones and he took ma to tbe Station-house ; I waa brought here jf-sterday . and tbtir -woiBbips sent me to the Cbarity-halL Wt had no ! had above a bite or ttcofor lico or three days before . Mr . Ayre said it was correct . that tbe woman bad been sent to tbe Workhouse at twelve o ' clock the previous day . Mr . West—We are very much troubled with people -who are travelling about begcing . I should think we have not lers than thirty a day . Mr . Palmer—People cannot , on that account , be allowed to starve .
Mr . Wtst—No , Sir ; but we have plenty of our own poor , aid they ghould stay at home . Mr . Riikes—I think it is extremely bard—npon tbe children especially . Mr . West—There are bo many people going begging abont the -country . Mr . VjJmer —I am sure this woman looks like anythink bat a tramping beegsr . Prisoner—No , yonr hononr , I am no beggar : I never did beg ; I cannot . Mr . West—It is no wish of ours to pnnith the woman . Mt . Palmer—If you or I had four children starving , I think it is very likely tee should have done the same . If bread is io be given , let it be given ai once , a'id not hunger ihe poor wrelches past esidururice . I > o yOu cxptct to be confined soon , my woman ?
Prisoner—Yes , Sir . I have a pair of shoes and a shawl in pawn ; give me them and I'll leave the town ; ii is better 1 should be taken in labour on the i oad than in ihfse cold streets Mr . Pilmer—Where ' s yonr husband ? Prisoner—I do not know , Sir . Mr . West—I don ' t think , Sir , she is so far advanced m pregnancy as she appears . Yery likely her hn « band ia -within a few miles . We will relieve her , and she can then go ont of the town . The woman , it appeared , b ^ d come from the North of England . Mr . Palmer—1 have no donbt there are thousands of beggars tramping about , but thiB woman really does not look like one . Mr . M ' . Manns—This is terrible weather for her to leave the town . Mt . Raikes—It is ; shs cannot go to-day . Mr . Mraon said be had not attended to the woman , because be really had no time to do so .
Mr . \ Ytst—Mr . Moxon is only domg bis duty in bringing the case here . Mr . Palmer—We are not finding fault with Mr . Mcxca for doing so -, but 1 ihink the tconiun might how Jiad bread given to her sooner ; she texts entitled to have bread . You would nol _ have her and her children die starving in ihe street . Mr . West—Ob , certainly not ; she would have bad bread given to her . Mr . Moxon—Undoubtedly ; as soon as the officer came she wonld have been relieved .
Mr . Raikes—J cannot look at it in the light of a felony she only anticipated teltat she would otherwise have had to wait six hours for . Mr . Palmer—What would yon suggest , Mr . West ? ilr . West—I shall be gl « d if yon will liberate her . Mr . Kaites—We cannot pnnisn her . Mr . Palmer—Most certainly not ; nor for ine . saks t > f httmanily eon toe turn her oui of ihe town penniless ^ arid in her present condition . Mr . West—We will give her something . Mr . Moxon—We will take her into the vagrant office to-rtay . Mr . Palmer—And what to-morrow ? Mr . West—We will see that she is properly relieved . Tbe Magistrates , after expressing a hope that the woman ana her children would ba properly cared for , allowed ber to be taken to the vaerant office .
DISTRESSING CASE . Clerke > well . —Gn Friday , a young man , aged twenty , dressed in threadbare black garments , and having a haggard and ^ are-worn loot , applied for assistance , stating that his name was CharleB Se&font , and that his father was a clergyman of the Church of England , and resided in the little village of Lomb , in the county of Tipperary , near Nenagh ; he died about a year ago , leaving applicant , who was then in Trinity College , -wjjoiiy unprovided for . Applicant then left the university , where he had been for two years a student intended for tbe church . For some time after tbe death
of his parent his relations supported him , but , not wishing to intrude further on them , lie made np s little money , which enabled him to come to London . Since ™ arrival here , about a month ago , ba had done all he ^ TVV btain enj Pl ° 7 ment of some sort , but failed ; MdaU his mOney being spent be was oMiged to go to wSaS ™ rkhtm 8 « . ** ere he -topt weral nights . rMeMtfffi £ * ° * «> l"t . « ome of the autbobetaj SS £ ed ofS ,- Dot te *^^ any more , and s ^ susris 2 J . P ., to a second cousin ! ^ ^ OtWay CaTC > i direct ld
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SUPPOSED INCENDIARISM . O . i Saturday night last , about half-past six o'clock , a range of barley stack ? , the produce of fifty acres , on the farm of Mr . Thomas Kersey , Fakenham-hall , was discovered to be on fire , and was entirely consumed . — Notwich ifercu y . About one o clock on Sunday morning , a fire broke out on tbe farm premises of Mr . William Tabor , of Polstead , tbe property of Mrs . Tyrtll , which destroyed a barn containing beans , stables , cart-sheds , neat-housta , &c The damage is roughly estimated at between £ 600 and £ 600 . The property was insured . — Norwich Mercury .
Stotfold . — On Monday ni ; . ht , about eleven o ' clock , a fire broke out in ths lick yard of Mr . Bryant CKildius , situate in the very heart of the village of Stotfold . The wind was high , and we deeply regret to state that seventeen etacka of wheat , barley , hay , and beans , peas , and straw , were completely consumed . Most of the respectable neighbours were prompt in rendering assistance ; but we are sorry to bear , that there was an evident lakcwarmnesd , if not an actual disinclination evinced by the lower classes of Stotfold . The motivea which could have actuated the perpetrators of this foul act are involved in mystery , for it appears that no one individual in the county of Bedford is more respected for kindness and humanity than is Mr . Giddins , and there is not at the present moment one unemployed labourer in the pariah I— -Herts Reformer .
Shortly after ten o'elook on Alouday night last a fire was discovered in a stack-yard , in the occupation of Mrs . Brown , widow , in tbe parish of Rothwell , at tbe back of tbe dwelling-house . When tbe range of hovels ignited , tbe fliroes immediately spread over tbe whole length of them in-a blue fliine . Mrs . Brown is greatly resptoted in tbe ne i ghbourhood , and no cause can be assigned for the diabolical out . —Northampton Mercury . On Sunday night , between ten and eleven o ' clock , a stack of barley , about thirty yards long , at the farm of Mr . George Gajford Uymer , and about a furlong from the farming premises , was aet on fiie and destroyed *—Norwiclt Mercury ,
SAWBRiDGtwoRiH . —On Tuesday evening , about half-past six o ' clock , a fire broke out ia a barn at Crump ' s Farm , in C / ayrlant » , about ona uiile from Sawbridgoworth . By balf-pattt nine o ' clock tbe whole of tbe farm buildings , and the corn stacks excepting one wheat stack , were levelled to tbe ground in one huge burning mass , which continued to blaz-i until six o'clock the next morning . The barns were all filled with corn , unthra 8 heil . The farm-house , which stood opposite the stack-yard , was not touched . There appears , unfortunately , to be little reason for doubting that the fire was the work or koibb -vile Incendiary . — Herts Reformer .
LKIGHXON IiuZZ vUl ) . —A barn filled witn corn , the propeny of Mr . Tuonifss Gdrrctt , of Billington , near Leiglitan , waa deatmyed by fire on Friday evening the 17 th instant Had the wind been iu an opposite direction , the fljtues must have extended to the dwellinghouse . — Herts Reformer . Aulinuton . —Another incendiary fire occurred at Arlington , on Tuesday night , when much farming produce was coiiRumed ; we have not , as yet , learned tbe particulars —Herts Reformer . FtLMERSUAM . —FuiE . — Early on tke morniog of Thursday a tire broke out upon tbe farm of Swannell , Falinereham . Tho Bedford engines were sent for , and tbe fire was extinguished before much property was destroyed . Part of tbe homestead was burnt . Tbe fire ia believed to be the work of an incendiary . —Herts Reformer .
Between eight and nine o ' clock on Tuesday night the 21 st instant , a stack of clover standing ia a field leading from Everdon , to Preston Capes , in the parish of Everdon , tbe property of Mr . Brtiuunage , containing about fifteen or sixteen tons , was wilfully set on fire , by which the whole was consumed ; tbe loss is estimated at £ ( i 0 . Mr . lirummage was insured in the County Fire-office . —Nvithumjjlon Mercury . Liverpool—In tnis town there are 12 , 000 adults cannot read , and 25 , 000 go to no school whatever .
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THE CASE OF THE POOR FAIRLY STATED . « Wo arc perfectly certain that THE RIGHTS ok the I'ooit of every sort und kind whatever in tliis country—secular , ecclesiastical , moral , physical , educational , recreational , and every other , WANT LOOKING UP and attending to in right earnest . We give the poor man every rig-lit and privilege under the sun upon paper He is the happiest and loftiest of human beings
in Blackdone * $ Commentaries and in Dc Lolme npon the Constitution . He is 'free , ' ' independent , ' < master of himself , ' and ' a lord of the creation , ' in company with the squire , lawyer , and surgeon of the parish ; as good as any one of them . ' His house is his castle , ' and ' the air of Heaven is his birthright' ; he lifts up his head and says ' I am a man '—and all that . The only drawback from this high state of existence f ' -Vj THAT HE HAS OFTEN KO BREAD TO EAT ; and that both the bodies and the souls of these
favoured beings are allowed to take their chance , as the saying is . The 'favourite of liberty' and ' law'' is at liberty to starve at what rate he pleases , upon the out-door beneficence of the Poor Law . What right has he to complain so long as he is told that the Barons of lluni . ymedc met six hundred years ago , and screwed the Magna Cliarta out of King John?—London Times , Monday , Nov . 27 th , 1843 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 2, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct510/page/6/
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