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TBE NOlEEIEip STAB SATURPAY, MARCH 3, 1838.
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We leant from Upper Caiiada that Lount , one of Jlackenzie ' s original confederates , and Commanderin-chief at the ridicnloos attempt opon Toronto , lias been arrested and committed to prison . We have the Montreal papers of the 26 ih . They contain nothing of importance . The "water eontinned Tery high , and there was much distress , which the benerolent had done all in their power to alleviate , providing a temporary house of refbg » , and serving out proriaons , clothing , and fuel .
The advices from Toronto are of the 29 th , and from Kingston of the 23 d . From neither do ire hear of the new risings in the London district , reported fcj the Rochester Democrat . Dr . Wottred Kelson haspublished a letter addressed to his Gaoler at Montreal , contradicting the accounts of his being severely treated and thanking tiat person for his imd nsage . ( Fromthe Buffalo CommercialAdvertiser 26 th inst . ) The greater part of the militia , who were called out a few weeks since for the defence of this frontier ,
\ rere yesterday discharged , and have returned home UNITED STATES . £ From the New York papers to the 1 st , received by the Mediator . ] ( From the New York Commercial Advertiser . ) Ih ? obtakt from Washikgton . —It is rumoured in Washington , and the rumour has been embodied in form by the correspondent of tie Journal of Commerce , that Mr . Dickerspn , the Secretary of the NaTy , has resigned , as he ought to have done long ago . The fact , says the
correspondent of the journal , is , that Mr . Dickerson tendered Ms resignation last Friday . The President however , declined receiving it , without a general resignation by the whole Cabinet . The same writer adds , as certain , that Mr . Van Buren has given a gentle intimation of his willingness to receive the resignation of the Cabinet as ah unit Most sincerely do we hope the rumour may prove to be troe , holding it to be impossible for Mr . Tan Bnren , or any other man , to form so bad a Cabinet , -taken as a whole .
The Pue-kmptiox Law . —All the letters from Washington speak of a sharp passage of arms between Mr . Clay and Mr . "Webster on that stupendous fraud upon the Old States , the Pre-emption . Bill . As ^ t present advised , we are with Mr . Clay on that question , and against the bUL We await , however , and with no ordinary anxiety , the report « f the debate between those distinguished statesmen . ( Irom the New York Gazette and General Advertiser of the 1 st hist . )
BY THIS SOBXIXG ' S SOtTTHEKN MAIL . ( Correspondence of the 2 s ere York Gazette . ) WASHINGTON . Jan . 30 . The pre-emptioners or squatting bill has finally passed the Senate by a vote of 30 to 18 . It has been apretty hard struggle . Mr . Clay fought like a Hoc against the bill , and denounced it , as giving iieens t * fraud and robbery . It will , it is said , be proved in the house , that of the 30 , 000 settlers in Iowsy , the greater portion are merely the representatives of speculators , paid by the month or year io snqai , for the benefit of speculators . Half of
the senators and many of the house members are squatters , iy prosy , in this way . Mr . Clay says that " speculation is at the bottom of it alL" Bnt , if we cta ' t trust 5 -vote of 30 to 18 , what can we trust ? Mr . Clay did not say that Mr . Webster was a sguatter , but ht intimated that he had to do with squatters . The squatters may be , and no doubt are , a very good sort of people—quite as good , on tie average , a * the bank speculators , who buy out the squatter's lusd and improvements at the public land-office for tie Government pr ice of one dollar and 25 cents pe acre , turning him out of house , land , and home . - *
It appears that the army is about to be increased in earnest . A bill was reported to-dav in the House , which will add se * en regiments to the army . The Senate BilL which must also pass the House , increases and reorganises the staff . This is a capital lime for increasing loth Hhe army and navy , and putting them on a respectable footing . The country is ripe for it , and Congress isiready for it . A better juncture for pushinglt conld not occur . The southern people are crying out against the express maiL and in favour of the expedition , of the great mail—the people's -maTI . This great object has been effected in regard to the mails between this city and 2 sew York . The mails are to go , after the 1 st * of February , twice a day . by railroad chiefly , Lence to New "" York , leaves at five o ' clock in the evening with the southern express mail , and at sis in the morning with the great southern mail . ( From the New York Commercial Advertiser of theSOth .
DESTBCCTTVE JTBE . We stated , m a postscript yesterday that a lar ^ e fire was raging in the upper part of the city . It did not destrovas much property as was anticipated at the time of the Commercial being put to press-, but , nevertheless , a vast amount of damage was uone , as will be seen by the annexed statement . The fire originated , as we understand , from % furnace used in the yard of one of the houses , from which a spark was blown into one of the stables ia the rear of Sixth-street . The buildings destroyed were mostly owned by Mr . J . G . Coster , and were probably worth 40 , 000 dollars , principally insured . The loss will be most severely felt bv the families who have been deprived by this calamity of a home .
The fire department are deserving of much praise for their successful exertions in staying the progress of this fire . There was scarcely a person who saw the fire at itslieight who did not expect that double xhs amount of property destroyed would be consumed . We should be wanting in our duty to the public if we did not mention one thing in relation to this fre , and that is , the faintness of the alarm given yesterday . The only bell that rang , sonth of the
Park , was the Xorta ' Dutch , and that sounded but a few minutes . . Many of the firemen iirst learned that there vras a fire by the evening papers , and from the bulletins . Several of the companies did not have one quarter of their complement of men upon the ground at the time when we left the fire . It wiQ be seen by reference to the proceedings of the Common Council , that theBoaxd of Assistants passed a resolution last night appropriating 1 , 000 < ioEars &r the relief of the sufferers by this calenritv .
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British S £ ay « iy . — " we beat a great deal about slavery in tbe West Indies , and of slavery in factories , and we wobH at all timw do all in empower to ameliorate the condition of both - the one and the other J hut there , are also other slaves in whose behalf we would-also engage the public sympathy . Tie following case will explain oor meaning : —William Sargesen , a child only eleven years of age , was last week brought opby the police of Hull , In a most forlorn and dirty condition , having been employed as a sweep . He was fou ^ in a blacksmith ' 8 forge , on the previous night , ana on being dragged out and questioned b y the officer , ne said he had been in . the employ of Mr . Wilkin-_ _^^ ~ _ - " - ^ 'a
son , the sweep , who resides m Waterhouse-lane , but in consequence of ill-treatment , and want of food , he had run away . In consequence of this statement , and the boy asserting that he was not an apprentice , Mr . Newmarsb , who sat for the Mayor , directed the master to be sent for , and in a short time Mrs . Wilkinson appeared at the bar , and said that her husband was from home . The charge was then gone into , and in answer to questions put by the magistrates , the boy stated that he belonged to London , and came down here with ah elder brother to seek work , and had been employed by Mr . Wilkinson for the last six months . He had never been properly washed and cleaned since he was
blackened , —he bad beenbeatenand pinched of food , and bad no change of clothe 3 for a Sunday . Mrs . Wilkinson said the boy ' s tale was not true ; she had only taken him from pity , and that he was of nouse to her ; he had nor made her a shilling since she had him , and he was not fit to be trusted to send to gentlemen ' s houses . Mr . Ayre , Clerk to the "Magistrates , here interposed , and said she bad no business to take away the poor lad ' s character . This unfortunate interruption completely noDpluss'd the good lady ; she became cenfused in her story , while the bold , yet artless manner in which the poor child , with tears in his " eyes , rebutted her base insinuations , convinced every one on which side the truth lay . Mr . Ayre told her she had subjected herself to heavy penalties under the Act 4 and 5 , William -IV ., which imposes a fine of not less than 40 s . upon any
person employing a child as a sweep , ( except as an apprentice , or on trial , ) under the age of fourteen years ; it also requires that all boys should be well washed every Saturday , andhaTe a change of clothes , and be taken to some placeof worship ob the Sunday . Mrs . W . became more stupid , and the bench and-tbe audience more interested . Mr . Lawthorp took up the case warmly , and told the woman that she should not have the boy again , that she might depend upon , and he felt disposed to punish her by inflicting the penalty . This produced a revolution ; she began to whine about her poverty , and said the boy might go , and she would , if they thought proper , give him a shilling or twe to take him by the packet to London . Magistrate : —" That won ' t do ; he shall go to the Workhouse for tbe present I have no doubt that he has been treated as bad as the
little Negroes in the West Indies . He deserves protection , and he shall have it ^ and if you will not give him 5 s ., yon shall take the consequences . " Finding that she could not alter the decision of the bench , ^ he promised to pay it the next day , but" said "his cap , shoes , and . scraper was her property , and she should expect them to be given to her . One of ¦ t he inspectors said he bad no shoes on . His mistress said that he must have left them in the forge . The Magistrates consulted , and directed a policeman to see that he was provided with cap and shoes , the scraper vrns to be given to bis mistress . We never witnessed , in 3 Police Court , greater interest than this case excited . Toothful Impostors asd Magisterial
Flogging . —On Saturday last two boys , named Win . Brookbank , and Michael Hart , each seemingly about twelve years of age , were brought before the Leeds Magistrates by a policeman named Child , charged with begging and obtaining charity under false pretences . Child stated that he had caught them in tbe actofpresenting . at a house , a petition which stated that tbi y were two orphan boys who were obliged to beg to get a living . The lad ' s being questioned , one of them stated that he had no mother , and that he had been along time ontof work . He had formerly worked at the mill of Mr . Moses A £ kinsoH . The Magistrates said that they should be remanded till Mondav , when with the
parents' permission they would be flogged . " With a cat of nine tails , ' cried one of the bluecoat officials . On thesame day , a lad named Dunderdale was brought up , haMEg been remanded from the preceding day , that with his mother ' s consent be might be treated to the pleasures of a " whipping , " for stealing twopenuyworth of beef steaks . His mother appeared before the bench and bathed in tears begged the Magistrates to look over the offence . To her entreaties , she was answered that if she would not consent to his being flowed they must eo : nmh him to YTakefield , which would be a gieat disgrace to her family , and would very likely make him a much vror ^ e character . Tlic flogging was administered in the court vard .
Carmarthen Working Mex ' s Association . —Mr . Hr Williams has delivered a course of Ieeiure 3 at this institution . The subject of his third lecture vras " . Sketch of the Character end Policr of Daniel O'Connell —Louis Papineau and O'Cozinell compared . "' The room was crowded to excess and a great number were unable to gain admission . He contended that Mr . O'Connell , by every act of his life , was the ple d ged supporter of pr iests , priestcraft , and of middle-class government , and taat the complaints of the Canadians and of the Irish spr iag from the same cause .. Music and popular political songs were afterwards introduced . At the concision the assembly requested Mr . W . to deliver another lecture that dav month ; on
assenrics , three tremendous cheers were giver . Sixty additional individuals were admitted members , and each undertook to propose another at the next meeting .- We understand that the lectures are dow in the press and about to be published in Welsh and English . » Breaking SorARES . — John Brook a notorious character , who has been very frequently before the Magistrates on various charge ' , but who has always managed to e ? cape without being i-ommitted , was brought before tbe Leeds Magistrates on Saturday last , charged with breaking several squares of glass in the house of a man named Harrison . He had al .= o a new . ^ Ik handkerchief in his possession , of which he could give no satisfactory account . He again escaped , in consequence of Harrison not appearing against him .
Assaulting a Policeman . —Joseph Handley was charged before the Leeds Magistrates on Saturday ^ ast , with assaulting a policeman , when endeavourina to take him into custody for creating a disturbance in the street . Handley had been drinking at a beer-house ^ in Water-lane , in company with some others . Owing to his disorderly conduct , he was turned out of the house ; and when attempting to regain admission , was taken by a policeman , whom he violently assaulted . He was fined 205 . anj co = t 5 , and in default of payment was committed to Wakefield for one month .
A Jew Outbogued . —On Friday morning week , a Jew named Jordan , living in York-street , appeared before the Magistrates of Leeds , to charge his landlord named Brown , and a bailiff named Hartley with an assault . It appeared from the evidence that Jordan bad for sometime been a tenant of Brown , and that he was unwilling to leave the premises notwithstanding he had been frequently requested to do so . The landlord being unable to obtain his rent , seized Jordan ' s little stock of furniture , amongst which was a medicine chest , by which Jordan obtained his living . An agreement was entered into between them aud signed , by which it was stipulated that Jordan was to give up peaceable
possession of the house on condition that his medicine chest was restored . The Jew being unable either to read or write , eigned the paper by his mark , without knowing what it contained . When it was signed theiandlord failed to fulfil its conditions , on perceiving which Jordan also turned obstinate , and refused to give up possession of the house . The landlord and bis bailiff proceeded shortly afterwards to mate a forcible entry by demolishing the door . Jordan stated that when they got into the house by this means , they threatened to murder him , the one
holding a pickaxe , and tbe other ^ large poker over his head .. He also complained of shameful usage towards his wife by the landlord and bailiff . His wife corroborated the statements . The landlord produced the agreement , in which there was no mention of the medicine chest , and the Jew avowed that they had written what they pleased on the paper after he had signed it , and that the signature to the blankaheet was forced from him through fear . The Magistrates ordered that as the landlord had not taken peaceable possession , the medicine , box should be restored , and the Jew should pay the expenses of
flie warrant . Weeck op the John Stamp , East India man . —During the gale on Thursday , 15 th jnsfc , the John Samp , from Bombay to Liverpool , belonging to Newcastle owners , went to pieces off the coast of Newry , Twenty-one of a crew were on board , seren of whom were drowned . Captain Pain , the mWter , was expected in Liverpool on Sunday evening by his friends , who had prepared a grand supper for Mm , anticipating Ms return on tfat day , from the vessel having been telegraphed off Holyhead . It is not ino \ ro whether the captain , is saved .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES . Sir , —To every humane reflecting mind the cruel results of this New Poor Law become apparent in every comer of this , vast metropolis and its suburbs . It is an evil that requires to be looked at in detail in order to arrive at the full extent of the misery it produces ; andl feel confident if the police were examined on the subject , that their experience would enable them to state innumerable cases of the most appalling character . Only last nighi , in walking-home " through ^ ewington Butts , my attention was attracted by the faint wailing of an infant . I observed a policeman conveying a squalid group—a man , a young female , and a young child—towards the station-house . I questioned him on the matter . The policeman , who seemed to be possessed of feeling , answered , that it was only one of those distressing cases which so frequently occurred since the New
Poor Law Act . " I found , " " said he , " these persons starving-, as Ibelieve . The inspector ordered me to take them to the workhouse for shelter and support for the night , but the parties at the wprklionse refused it ; and I am now conveying them to the station-house , rather than let them die in the streets , though we have no accommodation ; neither have we any means of providing them with tbe necop . saries which they seem to require . " I gave the policeman a trifle for their temporary support during the night , which of course 1 could not grudge : but how long will this Inhuman state of things be allowed to continue , and how far must private charity be taxed to prevent the sacrifice of even a few of the innumerable victims to this iniquitous law ? Your obedient servant , L . Newinffton , Thursdav , Feb . 22 .
I send you my name , and the number of the policeman ; but perhaps it is better not to point him out publicly .
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CLASSIFICATION $ F PAXlXJfiiENTARlt AN » OUT JXOOB pAllTim Whigs : there is the bid-cori ^ ta&n ^ "Vnugj , the w ^ anif-BadicaMurQed ; Whigj the fiiiaJly-Reformed Whig the v eonsetvative Whi g : ¦; . ¦ the expectant Whig j the do-aDything-to-staiy-in ; Whig ; and the gpne-far-enqiigj ^^ Wbig . ; the eaw-goiag , placa-huntina : Devil-may-care Whig . Tories : there is the church , or , igloriQu ^ pioua-andinimortal-aieiQory Tory ; tfeyJandedi ^ cendan cy y church-clipp ing , tithe-transferring Tory ; -.- the -Goiir .: servativeToiyj the spiteful Tory ; the iip-any-thingi to-pat-the-Whigs-out . Tory { the dp-any-thing-to-geti ' in-Tory ; the strong-side Tory : and the Deyil-niay' ^ iTT ' A ¦ ^ % # * B ^^^^ Wflfe ^ K ^ _ _ . . "^ H ^ h ^^ - *— ' ' ¦ ' V i . - _* =. ' _^_ 1 ' ' ' J - ^ . ' "' . ' ' _ e * ¦ _ . ' . _™_ ' ¦
eare Tory . Rawcats Parliamentary : J . FJeldeny Thomas Wakley , - Gen . Johnson , ' and the Hon . Cph Butler . Out-door-Radicals : every vrpriihg-man in in England , Ireland ; , and Scotland . OtrT-pook Agitatorb : there is the old-ruinp-of-tte-tranfer of-power party , or those ^ who are satisfied with the change of power from Tory to Whig hands j t ^ iere is the shoot oy ^ scion from the old rump , ; consisting of step-by-Btep | bit-and-bit Reformers ; the pedaiiticrnetaphysical-fop , who called himself the judicious Reformer , and gjves " ,-usvthe benefitof his ddy ^ dreams and night-mare ^ ravings , vw-ho directs attention to impossibintiea in the hope of diverting the people from the ri ght acent ; the
novice-who-puts-himselfunderrtutelage-of-some-sage-of-the-oldriiimp , with a promise of mowing down the Radical ranks with a feather , or of marshalling them with a goose quill ; men who usuall y know nothing of the people ^ but who endeavour to judge of the present political season , by the old Almanackihistory — what Bron - terre caHs the squad froin which the press indiscriminately recruits without much reference to pbiitical bias . Then there is the : parlour' . o r ^ pot-valiant agitator , who meets the elite of the party in do 2 enfl : and . legislates for ^ nations .: There ^ is the Cprppration-Whig-I ) eniagogue , and the Dinner-Whig-Spouter ; then there is the paid-PlatformrAgitator : the vain arid idle declaimer ; the jealoas-that-hercaunot-speak teeth-gnasher , and the bold , unpaid , unflinching , untiring advocate of
popular riehts . Then comes the Press ; first , there is the Whig paper , with : a half-radical Editor ^ trying to keep the people ¦ ih . '" - : gb . od . - ' ; hutnour ; mtt ; Whiggery , while it professes to admire Radicalism ^ if its day was cpme but which it will take care never shall come : there is the all-liberal paper , thatVwould give the people every thing , if they were prepared to receive itj by a system of national education : there is the Old-Maid *' rdori't-alarm-us , or Jim . Crow paper : there is the paper beiohging to a Tory , with a Whig Editpry who squeamishly angles with a bite of Whig-Radical'bait upon his hook : there is tbe Millers ' -i ) pg paper : the i'll-abuse-youif-you-don't-give-me-place paper : the Buy , or the Enemy-wii ) -have-me paper—and a very , very few Democratic papers . - ;
Poor-law Lo ° »—At a recentrneeting of the Poor Law Guardians , application was ipade by a wortian , about seventy years .-of age , for relief . Inquiry was made what family she had . Her reply was that she had two sons , one a shepherd , the other a labourer and that they were very good to her in paying her rent . She was considered / not a fit object for relief , on the ground that hei" sons ought to support her ; and a small allowance was made to her , with the declaration that her sons' wages would
be attached for her support . Another woman of above seventy years of age also applied , who had a son who lodged in her housDj who ; was not of good character . In this case it was pronounced that the aged woman was not a fit object of relief , heeause she had this son under her roof ; and an allowance was made only on condition that she got rid jof him . So that it seems that aged and infirm people are equally unentitled to relief , if they have children , whether these be good or bad I— -Lincoln } Gazette .
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WHOLESALE ASSASSINATION . ¦ ¦ . . ' . : "¦ ¦ . } ' . . "" — : — ; , '" " «* . ' ¦¦; ' .. ' ' - : ' ¦ ¦ ¦ "" : V . - . - " : ' - We give in our present number another of those calm and sober , but yet searching and soul-harrowi . ig ktters , from Mr . Bowen , a Guardian of the Bridgewater Union , to the Editor of the Tiines In this letter tbe public is apprised of the denouement of the " Hell Broth" tragcay in that Union . The horrible facts detailed in these letters , which have now , for three successive week ? , been re-published in the Northern $ iar \ should be made familiar to the mind and memory of every working man and woman in the three kirigdpmsi . We have rep < atedly averrtd that no honest man ever could or would lend his assistance to the carrying into effect of the Poor Law Amendment Actj We have
repeatedly avowed our conviction , that the spirit and tendency of this : Taw was to enhance and make permanent the thraldom of the industrious classes , by compelling them to give their labour on w hatever terms the Middle-elas . s Moneymongers might choose to offer ; but we have here the most clear and damnable development of the soul paralysing fact , that its object and intention 18 to provide the means of at once sweeping from the face of the earth the shoals of population , which , having been made redundant by a monopoly of the productive powers of machinery on the p ^ rt of the rich , come : to be regarded as a pecuniary burden by the villains who have robbed them of the means of independence ..
These are not the " ravings" of an " incendiary . " They are not the crude declamations of "those who are totally unacquainted with the subject on which they so loudly declaim . " They are not , in the honied phrase 6 f the Leeds Mercury , the ^ gross fabrication of some of the hired purveyors of slander for the : Anti-Poor La , w agitators . " They are the deliberate statements of a gentleman of unimpeached character , whose means of knowing the facts which
he details were , of the best possible kind ; , whose inclination to pervert or falsify any one of those facts , even if such an inclination had existed , must have been repressed by the knowledge that it was impossible to do so without instant detection and exposure ; and who affirms nothing but simple matters of fact , officially reported b y the myrmidons of the system , , referrir / g continually for ; proof to their own record of these facts in the several
minutes of their own books . What , then , are the facts , detailed by this gentleman , himself a Guarr dian of the very Union in which / the occurrences took place ? Why that , in direct contravention and and defiance of the medical officers recommendations , a course of Dietary was enforced by the Guardians , at the bidding of the Commissioners , which , almost immediately , produced , among the wretched and helpless inmates , a . ' 'loathsome infectious disease . He tells us , not on his own authority merely , but also on that of the Governor of the workhouseyyrh 6 in describing the effect of the cruel , said tbat ^—
" It did not affect the poor people so mnch at first , biit after the nse of it for a few days theynbecanie terrilily bad ; it run away from , them while tlieyw . r ^ standing npright ; 88 they took it . It affected tbem npvfaitds and dbwhwarda ; . All the way down the stairs across the hall , and down the . garden path , was all corered every , moning , and thei stench was horridIc all through the house j making the people ill and sjck who had not got the diarrhoea . " ; ; : ¦ ¦ / -, "' \ . - '" - . •¦'¦' - ' . ¦'¦ . ''' . ¦ : il Thus a nangeotis pestilence appesre to have pervaded the the whole house , not confined to tnose who took tt | , e gruel , but infecting others who were obliged to breathe an atmosphere saturated with foetid exhalations . The Family of the
bovernor were attacked ; the uovernot niroseu , wtnougn pre * igumy a healthy and a powerful ihan ,, became nnable to go into the panpere' apartmenta without being yiplently affected , and the medical attendant , after repeated attacks , of ^ iaiThcea , and temporary respites , was at length obliged to relinc | nish bis post to another . . ¦ '¦ : ¦ . ; " ¦' . '¦¦¦ ¦; ' ¦' . ¦ ' ¦; ' '' ; ' /?' . ; ' ¦ : ' . ' ' ¦ ' ' . •; ¦ Such were the beneficial effects of the " gruel Booh " conferred on the poor ; by ^^ the illustrious Djike of Sussex the infamous Brougham and the whole gang of Whig , Tory , and Sham-Radical Scoundrels vrho hatched , enacted and Buppprt the rneasure , put of which these atrocities arise ! : But" then of course
thef' Guardians "— -the hunlane and tender-fearted men whose business it is to . see that " really desetTing objects of charity "—the'f aged j" the " infirin /' and the " destitute" shall not be oppressed!—of coajrse the . . f' GuAaDiANS" the moment th « y ascertained : the effect of this gruel to be the jrodoction of i a dangerous disease , ordered its disceatipiiaBee . Did they ? Hear Mr . Bowen . ' : ' ' " -i : ' v ;''; ; 'V : ' : - "¦'¦"¦" " - ' ^ ter wasreeeiTedfrom-theme ® iatbffiiB e » ofihei Bridg e ; water Worthonae , stating ihat he Vid , ' ¦ wiitched' the effect « s the ^ gruelipr * Bome days si' an ? that h « Mi . stated thewanft to the * witing committee , ' a » yrsduoing ^ anhcea , ' *™ ?^ ploren the Board of Gnardiana to sanctioo the 8 ubstita&w >^~ milk . " Aboiat this timo the Haease raged violeatlji in- « P house ; mvny were , confined ( a their H ^ to , utterly / nnaWfe to
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^ i ^ v ^ - ^ . * omo children had died , and others were ¦^ yo TOD 6 Ojn ^ Mft ¦ - ¦ ¦ . " ¦¦¦¦¦ ' - ' " ¦ : . ' ' . ¦ ¦'"¦'¦ ;'¦ .. ' * £ ZJ } £ * % ? deraea & * gays ait Befiye andhranaae niem . ti ^/ rt ^ Sl ^^ ^^ ' " ^ *•^ n » dical offieer ¦ St JSTIS ?^/*^ ««?«! WV comibirt to bfe granted to ihe *** , tfttt declared that tiiey eofid not nu . * e any alteration in ^ f ^ etaijr fe&pBe whow »» apt « tnaftr w » the meklist / Vn the TCTjrJMhof October , wfwnihe awfuf state of the helor Jew poor mmjuruae mm preaarf on the boarf , > sd ascribed tojhense of osttmeal , ON THAT VBHT DAY a freah supply was ordered to be sent into the bouse . " ¦ T ~ ' = _ ' ' . . ^ ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^™^^*^^^^^^*^*^^^^^ ^ —• -
Thus did the * iBonsters stylepi { hiardiang of this union ^^ continue tp » BtrELthe wrate ^ Victims dfti eir iletilrf throughcrtrttfae whole ^ eary tothe ccmclt ^ ois of tfiefr tern pf p ^ proyed by their own book&that fee dfseswe generated thereby , and so fearftdly described , fy their owri paid official , the governor , was sftitt ragaog as the necessary consequence of their marderous peirtihacity . Not content with thus , in due obedience to the
oommandaof the eoqimissioners , murdering the wretched bciags who had already fallen into their clutches , they perseyered ^ - —though " a nauseous pestileBce pervaded the whole housej- ^ hbt eonfihed to > . thos ^ who took the gruel , but infecting others , who were obliged to breathe an atmosphere , / saturated ; with fostid exhalatipus / 'Hthbugh ; " the stenehiwas horw rible all through the honase , making the people ill and sick who bad not got ^ e diarrhsea / ' ^ -they stilt peraisted in consigning new applicants for : relief to all the horrors of this terrestrial hell .
"I > nnng . the whole awful period comprised between the first death from diarrhoea , which took p lace : in September , ~ to the end of the following March ; 'the termination of the ' parochial year , the Board wilfully persevered in sending , a regulai succession of helpless victims to breathe the powonou * atmosphere of that pest-house , saturated with the efflovia of putrid excrements , and tobe ' GHUELLHD iii preeise | y ; tb . e same man net as that which had occasioned such extensive suffering , and produced such iatal results . " ' }¦ .-.:
By this horrid system Thirty Persoks were GRtrELLEb Ot 7 T OF EXISTENCE , BY A PROCESS OFE ^ bnVCIATlNGr TORMENT , IN NINE MONTHS . And when , after this appalling : fact had been de-. nionstrated to the new board , the surgeon of the establishment , finding the disease still increasing , and knowing its cause , recommended the use of rice and milk , that recommendation being enforced , in the strongest manner , by the Visiting Committee , Mi-. Bowen tells us
that—•/" . 'So far were these statements from effecting any amelioration in the condition of the unfortunate inmates of the workhouse , that THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SURGEON WAS NOT EVEN PUT TO THE : MEETING , or on / communication made to him on the subject . The matter w ; m not only passed b y as altogether unworthy of attention , bnt it was authoritatively declared from the chairy that a resolution embbdving such a recommendation ctnild hot be entertained ; that ' - . MEDICAL MAN HAD GONE ODT OF HIS COURSE JN MAKING SUCH A RECOMMENDATION ; that , although it was competent for him to proscribe diet for the sick , lie could not h «
permitted to make experiments on the diet of those who were not actually on the list ; that the dietary was an important part of the regulations of the Poor Law Coaimissioners , and that the BoaTd might as well talk of altering the Poor Law alto gether as of Making any alteration in the dietary . The immutability , of the Coinmirtaioners' dietary table being thns ftuthoritatively propounded by the Chairman , was xeluctantly received by the Board aa a legal decisuoii on the subject . No vote was taken , and . thus a number of hel pless men , women , and children , were DELIBERATELY GIVBN UP TO THE FURTHER OPERATION OF THE FATAL GRUEL !"
And it was not until Mr . Bowen , a 3 a Member of the Board , declared that , whatever might be the consequences of invoking the wrath of the Commissioners , he would not be longer associated with this system of wholesale murder ^ -it was not until after many months of strenuous exertion on the part of others , and even ' sijt moritbs after the medical attendant had solemnly called the attention of the Board to the fact , that the Commissioners' gruel had produced a most distressing complication of diseases ^ -it was not unti l after this long and frightful period of torture and death that a reluctant
permission was extorted to abate the deadly nuisance ^ But , surely , the Commissioners knew nothing of all this , or , if they did know , they lost no time in imrhediately putting forth their high authority , and unlimited powers , to investigate the matter , and bring the perpetrators of such frightful enormities to justice . A pretty story , truly , to expect that they should interfere for the punishment of those who , like good boys , did merely as they were bid . But did they not enquire into these matters ? Yes ; truly , so testifies the letter in our present number . They sent down a' < thing "
in the shape of a tramping pauper named Robert Weale , with full powers to enquire into the truth of these awful allegations and to examine , on path , either secretly , 6 v otherwise , all such witnesses as it mij-ht think necessary . And what sort of witnesses did IT think necessary ? Did this tramping pauper compound of Judge , Jury , and Advocate , call before it any of the few surviving sufferers from the gruel ? Not one . Did it examine the nurses who , as long as nurses could be obtained , attended the
wretched creatures who had died ? Not one of them . Bid it examine the Matron , who was hourly among the sufferers , and had a full opportunity of judging of their respective cases , haying nearly sacrificed her own life to the discharge of her duty ? Not IT . Did IT think necessary the evidence of the humane Member of the Visiting Committee , by whose determined exertions a change of dietary had been accomplished ? No . Did it call for the evidence of the Medical Officer of the
Establishment , Mr . King , who had seen the beginning of the gruel and the beginning of the disease , —who had watched the progress of the gruel and the progress of disease , —who had personally suffered from the infection—had pointed out the cause of it to the Guardians , and implored them to desist from their murderous career ? NP this gentleman ' s evidence was ^ not " thought necessary" by Mr . Weale .: ; ¦ : - ¦ ¦ ' :
What witnesses then did the " thing" exaroine upon this awful charge of wholesale murder against the administrators of the Poot Law ?¦¦;' . Why it oalled the paid Clerk of the Board of Guardiansthe paid Governor of the "Workhouse , and inasmuch as something in the shape of Medical Evidence seemed to be indi 3 pensible , IT called a gentlerflan , \ yho , when Mr . Kino was laid up of the disease which he had caught in the Hell-hole , had occasionally officiated for him in his absence ! And what is the recorded testimony of these carefully selected witnesses ? Why Mr , PootE , that gentleman who occasionally attended as Medical Gtncer , swears that-
"Amongst the inmates at that time , there vyeie many aiseased persons , and during the prevalence of disease , and in avery sicicly season ; he considered thei house ieds too tliickl y inhabited , und , to this , added to the dietary ^ then in use , ¦ he attributes the prevalerice of diarrbte . " ' .. ;'" . Now , we ask if any case can be more clearly established against the accused parties , than their own witness here establishes this case against the P 6 or Law Administrators ? The same witness being sworn before the Guardians also distinctly saidthat ; - . ; " -. ' ¦ . ; . " : . " . . ' / ¦ . . ' '"• ; .. : ' ¦ . ¦¦;¦¦¦ •" :. " He attributed the sickness that prevailed in thehouse to the dietaTy : thatwaB ' then used- " -. ¦' .. ¦'¦
This seems to have somewhat staggered the ^ . Bpard " and " the thing" for they are wary enough hot to ask either of the next witnesses a single question of any importance , The Clerk of the XJriipn , whowasi the next witness ; tried , to upset Mr > Pppl's testimPny of thehouse being ^ overcrowded , during the prevalence of disease , by deposing that , at the formation of the Union , the building committee had reported the house capable of holding 140 inmates , while ¦ ¦ there ; had only been 103 paupersin ity but not a single word ; does he say effeetaThe
about the " gruel or its . governor of the workhouse was the next ; man . examined . He told the " TBiSa " that he had . beeu five times attacked with the disease which had made : sach havoc in the HeoseVbu t the ' * thin g" did no * think it necessiay to eUcit irom him any opiBion of what gave riie to the ^ s » a 3 e . v The Guardians were more eburagepw ia the mattet than " tu % thino . " They , tentowiiigj , most likely , that the Governor ^ did not tro ^ bier the gruel , j ^ much himself asked wheth ® fe ^ h oaght the d % rh « a , in hWown particular
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case , had been occasioned by partaking of the grneir arid this too , knowing that ihat person had before declared the infetfews 'f stencrj ^ to / be horrible all oVer ; tlie , honse . '' : ' - \ : *; .: ¦ - ¦ ' ¦/ ' . ' - - .. : : ' " ' .: \ '' ¦¦ ¦¦'¦ y ; " 0 / ' - " '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ , ' v ¦ ' ¦ ' .: ¦' ¦ - * Joi v » y » Mr . Bowe ^ " alihoDgi n »« s > li j batteratppearar oa the record , Mr . Gover ; tbe Governor , aatrfetSiit when her v ^ e ^ mmeapn oaib , if Mr . WEALB , at ffc- CJeifs olfic « ^ S ^ Sf ^ ** ®» r * - ; pf : Cfnardians , WE DISTmCTLr 2 ^ - ^ . BEEIr ° PCASipjrE » » y THE GBUEt-J THAT THIS HIKED TO ATTEND THE SfCK AKO DYING ATiVYBATK S ^ A ^^^^^ ^^ " ^^^^
Uppnthfestarflingstateawaty 3 ttr . Boweh well olweryesl— .. : . -. ' - '¦ . : ' " "¦ . '¦ ¦'¦ : ¦ . ; " . > ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ % > .: ¦; ' : > : V / - " ; » 2 ^^ rs ^^^ ? t 9 nei ^^^<* » ppc «^ o » &e lecOTd , then- has Kbia Assistant Coaunkaibner ^ r ^ 4 en&ace ; given on oath * and withheI 4 statemiat » to an-exto * of w&ch ^ there « cvforti ^ tely for ma » kmd , fajfefew ettosfai ^ But Wfpose Gover haa-wrongmll y made the above statement —snOToge he labours under some haBadnation—was never asked , and did not stateanything to the above effect—t odDos
ail this , ana what toUowB-t" Why , that apublio functionarr , holding a confidential and lucrative appointment , spedalJjr directed By his superient * tbinstitute an enquiry into certaia allegation ^ bstraved tie tfns * reposed in him ; by not asking one qaesticm ou tbe principal ^ subject which h » was specially delegated to enquire into . " " : '¦ . ¦ :. .. - . ; : . : : ¦' ¦ - ' ¦ ' '' : ¦ ..-: Lejt . - : thino " ¦ ' then impale himself upon which horn of tiie dilenraia he pleases ^ i Either he
wiHully : and khowihgly 8 nppressedeyidence ,. given " opt oathycalculzcted to establisfi the charge : ' 6 f wholesale murder against himself : and hi > employer » y and ac-r cprripliees , or Se wilfally ani ^ ^ wickedly betrayed the most important trust that comH- have been confided to any . human baing .- ' ¦ ' .: ' S : Here is a statement horrible enough to maka ' eyery hair of every rnan's head who reads it stand : upright j here are charges of the most horrid , systematic , delibcrate and intentional murder , substantiated by evidenee of so irrefragable a character ,, that the craftiest , the most wary , and most valorous
of the three-headed Pevil King's specially ; selected agents dares not . " to face ^ it- —but fakes , gbeiterhehind the vinariou 3 redoubt which despotism furnishes ^ and declaresjthat to be unj > roYea the proof : of which h © has not dared to seek , or , having found , has dared to smother . And yet the commissioners exist , as comrnissidners ! and yet this " thing "is allowed to dip his unholy fingers deep into the public purse ! and yet 'the people of this ill-starred , despotridden country are base , mean , crouchingr slaves enough to bear , it J ! ! Heaven , grant us patience , or take away our powers of reflection , fpr it is enough to drive one mad to think of I
Will the veracious Editor of the Leeds Mercury leUvis that these are '' ths gross fabrication of some of the hired purveyors of slander for the New Poor Law -Agitators ? " \ WiU he dare to rank this ^ among the numberless misrepresentations published in the Times of the New Poot ^ Law ? " If so , we shall , be iriost happy to eee his disproval of the fadts alleged by- " . Mr . Bowen ; for that is the only means of getting his friends out of the mesp ^ We hope our contemporary has seen the letters ia question ! but , lest he should not have seen diem ,
we sha . U take the liberty of handing him copies of the Northern Star in which they are repr inted . We have observed our contemporary to have a particular fancy for reprints , especiallyv on this question , for we find the most pungent of -his comments , those on the Great Meeting at Barnsleyy to have referred to the reprinted report of thafc meeting in the Times , rather than to the original report in the . Northern Star . There is no harm irt
the fancy of out Mercurial neighbour , and we are > very happy to have an opportunity of gratifying it » In comrnejiting upon that meeting , the Mercury unhesitatingly gives the lie to one of the speakers ^ Mr . Crabtree , who '" had asked whether : the ^ tearing of the beautiful white babe from the breast of its distracted mother in the Bastiles of bur own . country j was riot an act of atrocity to be regretteJ and lamented 1 " . . '•• : : ¦•'¦' . ¦"•¦ ¦¦
Now , whether Mr . Crabtbee be in a condition to prove that any such fact as this ever . .. . took place in England , we , of course , cannot know , though we « suspect there would be no difficulty at all id ih& matter ; but wedo know that the letters of Mr . BoyfEUT to which we request our cbntemporariesmpst especial attention , prove facte ^ a thousand times , more awfu l , and we fear that ^ the Mercury will find . ¦ ' ¦ it a muck easier task - to sqy that they are false" than to > prove them so . Talking of the Barnsley Meeting ^ we perceive that our : contemporary has obtained
some information , telegraphically , or otherwise , respecting other cireurnstances connected ¦; with that meeting , the . truth of which , but for our neighbour's universally known veracity we should have been inclined to dispute . But we will not suffer minor matters to occupy our attentiph at so important a momenti The Mercury scouts the idea ^ of a , mother being separated'from " - her infant child under the Neyy Poor Law Act , and exclaims ^ li As if such an event had ever taken place in this country , and were not
the gross fabrication of some of the hired puryeyprs of slander for the Anti-Poor Law agitators . " N 6 w ^ we challenge the Mercury to show us by referenci * to the Poor Law Amendment Act that such art event might not take place under the provisions of that Act . If he can do this , then hi 3 censure of Mr . Grabtree is just—if not , it is at best rash and undeserved . We are sorry to see the Mercury exhibit on this great subject a temper so very different to that blanduess of manners aod kindness of
demeanour which we know him to exhibit in private life . We give our neighbour credit for-an ^ attachrrient to the ^^ New Poor Law , as sincere as is our own detestation of that measure ; and we have beert somewhat surprised , knowing our rieighbour's talent to be equal to his honesty , to find on looking pyer his attacks , on what he is pleased ia term the " Pepr Law Agitators" that they consist of purely '^ Btsoual and gerieraV ^ vituperation . We have never yet seen in . our contemporary ' s columns one single attempt at argument
upon this subject j nor , one ; single \; effort at saying any one thing in favour of the law whose denunciation so sorely vexes his iraseibiiity . Did we love the New Ppsr Law as dearly as we believe our neighbour to love it , we should Tegret this , because common minds would be apt to conclude tiiat that must be bad indeed which has not the good word of its best friends . We hope , therefore , , for pur Contemporary ' s own credit , and . for that of his friends , and for that of the law he ^ so highly
venerates , that he will forthwith proceed to rescue his darling from the pajv of the ^ incendiaries , " the " storm birds , " and / the" agitators , ' ? by shewing to his numerous readers wherein thevTeal advantages of this law dp He . The Mercury has no sincerer friend than the ,. Editor of the Northern Star , not vrovild any one be more sorry than we should be to be compelled to draw the inference that pur neighbour was either willingly supporting that which he believes to be wrong or incapable of defending , that vrhich he believes to be right . - :
Long ai this article -is j we cannot yet con elude without pae word upon the unusual tone of exultation : assumed ^ by th « s "Mercury" at the result of Mrk FiELDEN's motion . Italics ^ small capitate , and notes of admirations , were aiade to assume all but living ^ pow ers of expression . Every type : m our neighbour ' s cases seemed to dance with joy that Mr . FlEtbE # had fonnd only 1 ? supporters in the
House of CbBunona . To our znind this proves ohlf what % fe well knoir , that &e Hoose of Gornmona represen ts any thing but tbe interests and opiniona of the British people , and is , therefore , a conclusive argument iQ > the absence of all oth « a for Universal Suffrage . Our Gontcmporary thinks otherwise : ; he has a right to do so j bat we must say that one lina of argument would ^¦' . ^? e pleased M& better ^ than all ; hiai imate ' expresabnsofdelight ,
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AxotheR Whig Job . — Prom the Court Circular x appears that , ou Tuesday -Treek , Sir Robert Otway acceeded Colonel Armstrong as Groom in Waiting sa the Queen . Sir Robert Otway is therefore bound ti > pve personal atteudance at Buckingham Palace cnrlag his weeks or-months of service . But Sir Bob « t it also Commander-in-Chief at the Nore . His flag is on board the Howe , at Sbeerness ; and wi 3 e he is playing the courtier at Buckingham Palace , he is actually receiving as naval commanisr ~ - - ' ' Pay £ 5 per diem . Table-money .......... 3 per diem . £ 7 per diem . This is permitted by the Whig praters about Tory job ? —the No-Patronage Government—lie " Reform " Ministers , forsoothi—Spectator . The Great Das at Court . —Mr . O'Connell J = in raptures at his Teception at Court , on Wednesday . He made his appearance in tbe largest Whig * orn by the highest of his order ; and it was admitted by all that he became tbe Whig as the Wbig became him . It was ojiite obvious to bystanders , fliat the Queen wa 3 anxions to have a full survey of uns great pillar of her government ; for after he had
ossed hands , the Duke of bussexcame forward and cordially recognised the great Agitator . Upon the Ih&e ' s retirement , Melbourne stepped up ; and , uiat the Qaeen ' s cariosity might be fully indulged ^ the Premier was relieved by ^ ie Home Secretary , * ho also expressed his acknowledgments to tbe head of the tail for Ms powerful support . Other members of the Cabinet were preparing to take their turn , ¦ sfcen there yras a general inqniry , " Who stops the ¦* aj ? '" whereupon , Mr . O'ConneE moved on , giving « ae of his best loving leers to his royal mistress Tiie on dii gains ground that the Queen-mother and &e Queen ' s minister contemplate a coalition . — Weekl y True Sun .
-The Wokkixgs of the < rBoo > T" at Maks-TrjEtD .. . ^ "be yarious branches of frame-work ^ Hnng are in a very depressed state , and much ^ res exists amongst the workmen , whose wages , * ien folly employed , are qnite inadequate to main-^ their families comfortably . Hie silk knotting fcaach is about at a stand altogether , and has been * ofbr several weeks . All out-door relief being prej&ued by fite new law , the misery and destitution * " by the hands , and their suffering families , is al-^ t incredible . Many applications were made for ^ ef to the Board of Guardians , on Thursday , the
*» instant , which were invariably met with the -J srt - " An industrious man , with a Tery large ^ "fly , being without work , and , totally destitute , * Med to the 'Relieving-officer , and statedliis case , ^* "H-as takenin writing andlaid before the Board , *^ waiting in i ^ jJiwflfe three hours , he was told ? « esd two of his children into flieBastile ! hfinself ^ dfte rest of the family might feed on the wind—~ j «^ e say , tie « Order " was refased ; the fiumbf ?^ ed to starve together . Another was asked , If « naa any furniture ? Yes , was the reply . Then j * must sell it , aad lire on it till it ia done ; tiien ¦^ Q to the Houje . Many others met a similar ttception .
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KROGBESS OF SOCIAL REFORM . % ^ Dear Sir , —1 hasten to forward to you the gratify ? n ^ intelligence , for the information of yonr fellow > labparers and social friends , that the sum 1 advised you of a short time since , of one hundred pdmid 8 being placed irt the hands of our committee for the purpose of prompting the social system , is increased by a farther sum of nine hundred pounds , making now the aura of one thousand pounds , which ia placed in the hands of myself and committee-to aid your society when you commence to rent land ; but the magnitude of the sum , and the caution ( A the parties who have subscribed it , hare led them , to the adoption of a systematic plan of operation , which you will find fully stated m the resolutions I send you . y ; ^^^ h < Mh ^ r ^ k ^ P ^ d ^^ b ^ h . 4 HP ^ h ^^^ ^ h ^^ »^ .. B ^^^^^^ k ^*~' - ^ m *~ ^^ L ^*^ b ^^ m *^^^ - ^^^^ ^^ P . ^ ^^^ ^^^ h ^* ^ F'
I shall forward the five pounds alluded to in the second resolution , in the first week in March , and I remain , Dear Sir , Yours most truly , W . D . SAULL . 15 , Aldersgate , London , 3 rd Feb ., 1838 . The following are the resolutions referred to : — 1 st . —That * this society adopt the name of the "EducationalFriendly Society . " 2 nd . —That five pounds be sent , on the first of March next , to Mr . Fleming , towards the auxiliary fund of the " National Community Friendly Society . "
3 rd . —That this society , impressed with the conviction that no establishment can confer a more complete and correct education than a social community , do advance twenty shares of fifty pounds each , to an equal share of meritorious individuals of either sex , anxious to join the above community , but who may not have that sum at their disposal . 4 th . —That with the view of promoting the earliest establishment of the National Community , these shares be advertised in the New Moral World , and that all candidates dp forward written . particulars ( post paid ) respecting their qualifications , to W . D . Saull , Treasurer to the Educational Friendly Society , No . 15 , Aldersgate-Street , London .
5 th .---That all applicants approved by a committee of three members of this society , and voted in according to the 22 th rule of the National Conrniunity , shall be among the first members drafted on the land , on condition of returning to this society the amount of the shares advanced to them , in conformity with the 19 th rule of the said National Community . . 6 th . —That as long as tbe shares shall not be disposed of , tbe members of this society shall be entitled to withdraw their respective subscriptions , and that in every such case , the amount withdrawn and the motive for withdrawing it shall be published in the New Moral World , but the interest shall invariably be acquired to this society . —New Moral World .
The New Poor Law.
THE NEW POOR LAW .
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WRECK OF THE PACKET RANGER . Falmotjth , Feb . 15 . —The fearful , tremendous hurricane which has prevailed from E . S . E . for the last twenty-fourhours along this coast , and , althoHgh partially subsided , still blows a gale , has left behind it tokens of its visitation in the wreck of her Majesty ' s packet Ranger , which packet broke from her moorings at five o ' clock a . m ., from which period , for three hours , guns were , continually fired by her . The constant fall-of hail and snow prevented its being knovra ou sboTe what position the vessel was in , from tvhich the reports were heard as signals for assistance . On the weather becoming a little clear , she was discovered to be the packet above mentioned j
and an express soon after arrived at Captain Plumridge's to report the event . The sea had driven her broadside on the shore , under Trefusis-hill , on the spot where the Queen transport was lost some years ago . In a short space of time the coast was lined with sailors belonging to the packets , with their officers , and the gallant commodore of the port , who had hastened round to the point , about four miles distant from Falmouth , by land , and were eDgaged in saving her Btores , &c . It is to be hoped that she will yet be able to be got off on the next spring tides , if the continuance of the recent gales does not Ehatter her frame . A man called Andrews was drowned .
An instance of great intrepidity occurred to-day . When the wind was at its height , two men were seen on board a coal hulk in the harbour exerting themselves to the utmost in pumping her , and likewise a coal bag hoisted to a spar , indicating distress . It being known that the hulk was leaky , the circumstance was talked of among a crowd of persons who were looking on as one of the greatest peril , and unless the men were taken off immediately , that they would perish . At this moment , Lieutenant Field , R . N ., happened to be passing , and on his
hearing the circumstance , hastened to the pier and engaged a six-oared longboat , to attempt to rescue the poor fellows from destruction ; thegallant officer not only bribed the boatmen with his pocket , but likewise shared their danger ; and after very great exertion they happily succeeded in liberating the men from , to afi appearance , a watery grave . Lieutenant Field is in command of the Rapid , the South Australian commissioners' brig , awaiting dispatches in this harbour . It is to be hoped that this meritorious , noble act will iaeet with tie reward it deserves from the Government . It is rumoured that Mr . Richard Graham is about to Tethefrom the representation of Wigan .
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Serious Accident by Fire . —Early on the rnorninfj of Friday , the 9 tb inst ., a fire broke out in the dry-house or stove of Messrs . Helliwell& Co . ' s , bobbin-manufactory ^ at Pudsey , near Todmorden , which together with the mill , was at the time plentifully stored with wood , dried and prepared for use . The fire was not discovered until it had communicated with the factory , -which adjoins the dwelling-hovise , occupied by Mr . Helliwell ; " such was the rapidity of the destructive element , that it was -with the utmost difficultv that Mr . Helliwell's children , ( six
in number , under nine years , ) together with his wife , who at the time had only been confined about a fortnight of her youngest , were rescued from their perilous situation . The mill , machinery , wood , and a large stock of ready-made bobbins ; al-o the dwelling-house , and the whole of the furniture and wearing apparel of the family , ( excepting one suit of clothes belonging to Mr . Helli well , and a waistcoat belonging his partner , ) in little more than two hours were completely destroyed . The different members of the family have for the present , been taken into the houses of several humane individuals
in the neighbourhood , and clothed , where they are to remain until some plan can be adopted to relieve them in their distressed situation . The amount of tbe damage ( which is more than tbe partners were possessed of , ) is estimated at about £ 800 , none of which was insured . Accident . —A serious occurrence took place at Messrs . John and Joseph Storer ' s colliery , at Ibstock , near Asbby-de-la-Zoucb , in Leicestershire . Early on Thursday morning last , as Samuel Shaw ,
aged twenty-four , and John Rawson , aged twentytwo , colliers , were about to descend the old shaft , one hundred and thirty yards deep , at Ibstock colliery , each having got upon the barrel and reaching out their candles to another who was holding a shovel with fire to light them at , the chain affixed to the barrel snapped , it is supposed in consequence of the effect which the frost had upon it , and precipitated them to the bottom of the shaft with a fearful velocity : their bodies were immediately drawn up , which were e ^ eatly bruised by tbe fall , and both of them dead .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 3, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct520/page/3/
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