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¦ AXDOYEii TVCHK iiorsE abojiixatioks . ( Cowlnded from our seventh rage . J \ vlml court of law ™* Vi entertain the charge , or hear - \ ir vnon'sl ' s answer ? "To-r iWoral to ms of prcsccutm ? at my ova , ex-M V . -vMton-jal is extraordinary and strange . His p : n- > e -- ? - '"~ p T _ . lrai . ibilowed by tliiloss of liis cojrricliuu -iru-i . ' -, J a « nu > , «« - * " - _ Zx -oon but ids aeqnhlsl of any l « al offence for which lieinWa lie whirled -vould leave him still under the cliar-eef gross druafccnncH * , of indecent arid scandalous attempts "l' « - tfce vvomea iu the workhouse , and of fraailcleat cori'Juct ia Lis cfi ' . ce . Tu that event , therefore the fitness or unfitness of retaining Lira as master of the Audover Va ' ca Worldicu ^ e would still remain to be determined l » y seme suchinquuy its the present . " 1 r , r . - .= t , tlicvel ' ove , mostresi'ecifully requesttlat you will direct ihe Ajsisiaiit-Conmussioiier to hear the defence of 2 Ir . M-Bougal against the very strong case j-. ru ' . eS s : gs inst liim ; anG nlso lie : ir tlie new charges -ninth I have io zuakc , and which you promised should be Leard . "I have tlie honour to remain , gcntlemcn ,-" Your most obedient servant , «* AnJcvc-r . Sei . t . 12 . "J . C . IfeiuiE . " In accordance with the " Instructions" in tlie letter to Dr . tVcsilake liora the convniissioncrs . Mr . iV-rkcr did " susj-t-ud" the inquiry . At the close of ihe pi-ccacdniss on Tucsilay , the 9 th , he regularly Ediom-ned ids " court" till Thursday the 11 th , at ha ! ij-alti-ine : hut on the counsel nnd" attorney in support of the charges repairing to the Board-room at the appointed time , they found that Mr . Assisiant-CoiEiaiisioucr Parker hail absconded , gone cif , without ever apprising them of his intention . The letter cf Ivlv . "Wtsiiakc , however , and the burst of public 3 Eiii- ; iiaiIon that has greeted " the act , has caused thecou * . ini * -sioners to relraie their steps : aud Mr . Parser on Monday la & t ajiprlzi-d Br . Yvcstlake , by lettt-r , thai cu Yiedncs-iay he should resume the in-Tcsti ^ auoa .
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TilE DONE KXAWISO ATROCITY . Ilcs }! i ? eting this horrible aifnir the licporter of ike 3 i ' sHf o-, finding that there was no intention on the part cftl : e assistrmt-commissiouev to inquire into the i > o : ic---. ; f ] viii £ ; business , bnt on the contrary , a desire IoIiukIi up iho affair , coranieiiccil in conjunction with ihe ixrrcspomlent of the Morning Chronicle , an in-¦ quiiy iato it , and collected the following statements , ihe persons making them being examined apart from each other . A aren Astritch ' 3 statement : —I left the workhouse ahout three weeks cr a month before last Christmas . J . was in the house ei g ht weeks . Most of that tuns 2 worked at kme-c-rushi-i . e ; . Generally seven or eight men were at wcrk with iiic : sometimes nine . The
1-oi-es were horse bones , beef bones , mutton bones , ai : < l ?*; g hones . 1 saiv no human bones there . 1 have j-eof some « . £ the meu , live or six , gnaw the gristle oft the bones , and take the marrow cut ci them after they were broken . They were not particular what hov . -s they gnawed , as long as there was anything on ihein . Stasia of ine ^ o hones had been above four months in the store . The other men who had been there a lang time told mc so . They were in a very l ) ad state ; they smelt very badly . When the door ivas opened in the rooming it was enough to knock you hack . The gristle was of a very dark colour , j-osiethii £ s green , "U ^ a li lamb of colours ; it was quite rolit-n . The marrow was very often in tho same fctaie . I sbm-lti sny thata . good inauy dogs would not touch it . The ni-ia ate it for want . They had not enough to t-aifrom the workhouse . ' They had their allowance . It might be the proper allowance ; but wc iii-rcr Lad it weighed before as . What wc had allowed us was n * . t enough to support an able-bodied
man ; not emu-li to support nature . I don't find fault with the quality but the quantity . I have had more i « quantity out of the Louse . I have net lived so s : « . f : rt cut of the house . I got a belly full when 1 was I : i work . I went into the house because I was out of employ . I did not mention this subject to the nosier , r . eilT « r did the other men . After 1 came out of tha house , Air . Ha . di Aluady asked me how 1 liked tlie v . erklioase . I told him that I did not dislike the placs , but the food was very short . lie then a-: ked me if it was true that some of the men picked the Loses ? 1 told him ihc-y did . "What bad staifihey got from the boass was not fit for a man to eat . They ate it almost every day I was there . They would look the i-cs-cs over , and when they found what they called a like hone , they would sometimes put it by , to pick at the first opportunity . They were obliged to keep tnorias it- their -work till it- was done . If they found anai-row while they vera breaking their bones , they tool : -i o : it 'i' -eeilv find ale it . I never f . ie anv
mvsclf . I was not there v « y lang . A man must be titers a ireo-I while to come to it . A man i-mstbe very kird drove to eat is . The smell was cnoutrii for me . The men were always saying ihey had not enough to cat . When ihey were put to dig in the garde * -, after the peLataei'op was taken up / if they iautid a potr . to they would eat it raw . They would cat anyihmg they could get at . Mr . Parker , the -assist ; iat-coiiirai 3 si < jnc-r , came here to ray master ' s Louse rather j « orc than three weeks a < : o and examined me . 1 -: o ! J him all this about the bonos and about ihe potatoes . lie asked me if I had fuid enough ¦ wh en 1 was ia the workhouse , and I told him 1 had
not ; 1 snid there was not victuals enougn for the men lie swnrc mc . I am not sworn now , but I sneak the iruih just the same . V / e hm \ a quart of " » kiily - iind six ounces t > f bread for breakfast in the moming . li ' e had to break three bushels of bones , which would make one bushel and a half of bone dust . It was strained through a ! -: cve before it would do . Wc worked from eight la the morning until four in thc nftsriioon . The men wc-ra not ill , bat when they hsd been a long time ihey got very weak . I think that "was fw w . -mt of food . Two children , a man and a woman died while I was in the house . No inquest was held , if a ma ? , did not do Ms quantity of bones hy four o ' clock he must keep on until he had done it . 31 s was kant without liis supper until it was done . Tliat was the order , but 1 don't remember that any one was late while I was in tha Louse . The same rule
8 p ..-ied to tae women when picicnig oakum . My -svife had a yuuss child . She -iras us £ io heiap-paekiii £ . and has teen sept without her supacr until she picked her quantity . The oakum was pieces of hard rope , wkicli Ihey picked out with their lingers . It niaJe their hands very sore . The rammer 1 used for cras ' iiiai i bones weljjLed 38 l'b . A man came in with a sack ; of hcaes , and lw had a sied-balanec and - weighed it . It would make anybody ' s shoulders aclse . I have heard this statement read over , and it is all true . The statement of Thomas Tarton , aged YS last jYTay : —I was in the house about two months . I think 1 left it last April . While I was there I was pat to work at the pump . At first they pnt me to garden work . I could not do it . The pump is
opposite the place in which the men were at work brs-skiiK * hones ia the same yard . I have seen them gnaw the hones and suek the marrow out of them . They were picked cut from among the stinking bones . The place smelt very badly . I asked the men how they could stomach it ? They said that if 1 was as liungry as they , ar . d as hard at work , I should do the same . 1 sald ' l aid not think I should . But they -were able-bodied men , and 1 am an old man . They were always saying that tliey had not enough to eat . I can say tliat they had not enough to support a man . I have told many of the gentlemen so when they liavc a = ked mc how I liked the workhouse . I have toid soma ef the guardiuis that what I had was good , but there wss not enough for me . J told Mr . Lil"wond so . lie is a guardian . 1 was his shepherd . He discharged me because he said I was an old man
and could not attend to his Hock in the vrinier . 1 3 : r . u b : su r . year and a half in his service , lie sent me ! - »•• the workhouse until iny parish was found oat . I hare seen the men snatch the bones from one annta < -T . I said , " 1 can't think how you can cat ir . " Ti : cys :: id , "Hunger is sharp . " I have mentioned this matter to Mr . Gosdall . I a « i now his shepherd . This statement has been read over to me , and it is all true . I was never examined about this liy the board . I wish to add , that the master of the liousa must have known this , because a man named Eaton used io steal the bones , ile was not a bonecrasher . On meat-days , if there were any bones , tkey were put on his plate , and Mr . M'Dougal used to say , "There's a bone for you . " The men took notice of it , and we thought it was because Eaton stole the bona 1 never ate any myself . I could U'Jt do it .
-flic statement of John Veils : —I left the ww . -kho ; ae about July last . I was nearly twelve months t nci-e . I worked at bone-crushing from the first time I went -a regularly until alvut three months before I left tee workhouse . I hare seen the men gnaw the hfflie-s . TJipy broke the nig ehan-boncs to pick the fat- as-j i'S'hllc out . I have seen tlicm oat the mara-z-w cat of the bones . Some of the bones were stinking hmss . They were got very high sometimes . The men were very glad to get hold ef them , they were 5 , 0 hungry . I have seen the men quarrel , al-• msst light for ikese bones sometimes . They would snatch them out of each other ' s allowance of bones pat down to ervuli . Some of the marrow was stinking , and some not , according to the time the banes Lad been ia . I did not think It was fit food for a man , but hunger trill make a man cat anything . I Lave eaten the marrow and gristle a good many times . I did so because I was hungry . The
workhouse allowance was not enough for able-bodied men -who worked at bone-crashing . It was no use to grumble ; you would only get it taken back and made less . We have lost by grumbling . The allowances were not sufficient to support nature . The men comp laiiscd amongst themselves that they had not enough to eat . The breakfast gruel was sometimes so thin that a complaint was made to the board . It was reduced from a quart to three half-pints , but it was no hotter . I liave lived better out of the house than in it whea Ihave been iu work . I got a little leer and more meat . They were bones of all kinds . I saw an under jaw-bone there . I don't know whether it was a man ' s or a woman ' s , but it was one or the other . Tl e teeth were all solidin it . It was hung ¦ op m . the oas wuse for two or three days , and at last fl viftc 1 ' yoaiS meiltookit down and broke it up With the vest . When tho bones -were brought into l „ j yaS - Fe , n wonld Pick « nt bones and bide them Tffloertlusr clothes , or put ' em away in the dusthole ,
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for fear the master should see thom . 'ihey ato err when they had an opportunity . The imwlcr lias known it . Ho lias caught men at it , arid talked io them about it a good . many times . I recollect Mr Hugh Mundy coming to the workhouse to ask abeufc the bone-eating . Some gentlemen were with him . Mr . F . Lcseoinbe was there . He calied all the men that were then employed in crushing bones into the men ' s day hall , lie asked the men if they had not victuals enough without picking those bones ? We all told him we had not . lie asked us if wc had any bones then , and one or two of the men went and fetched some from the bonehouse . They were
concealed between the wall raid the crnsliing-bos . Some of the bonos were better than others . ' Some of the men were not particular . Some would cat stronger bones than others . They were glad to get hold of ' em . 1 Lave heard old Thomas Turtonsay , he could not tliiusk how wc could stcmaek them , a good many times . 1 have seen tlio men , and weir . en too , eat raw potatoes when they were at work in the garden . Hunger made them do it . 1 could not stomach a raw potatoe myself . I thought that was worse than the bones . I could havo eaten tho potatoes had they been cooked . I have never been examined by Mr . Parker or any one else before this about ihe bones . 1 have heard the statement read over , and it is all true .
Hicham Smith ' s statement : —I left tnc Anaovci Union workhouse on the J 7 tii of . May last . I was there about live months . 1 was at work at bonecrushing during the three weeks immediately before I leftv I have seen the men , twelve ia number , gnaw the gristle off hones , and cat the marrow they found on breaking them . I have done so myself . Some of the bents were brought from Winchester , from the barracks there , two or three tuns at a time . The days en wliieh they came were regular feast days for us . The bones were horse bones , cow bones , and all sorts . There were fresh and stale , all mixed . Sometimes the marrow was very stale , and smelt . We would some of us wrap it up in a bitof paper , and put it into otu- breakfast gruel next morning . The bones would be sometimes fcis weeks or a month old . '
The bits ¦ : > meat along the bones was green , and ah colours , a ' rocst turned "fousty" and rotten . We just wiped it iviih a bit of r . ig , or anything , and then ate it . This bone-picking continued all ihe time 1 was at work there . Before that I was in the j . iek ward with a broken leg ; but I used to walk into the yard on crutches , snd have then seen the men eat this bad stuff . It - . vas not lit for any one to cat , but wc did it through , hunger . Wo had ' not load enough . Wc had our allowance , but it was not sufficient to support us . We were still hungry after we had our allowance . I have felt vciy hungry , and had a hankering after food very much . Ii was no use to complain , because they would not give us more . 1 told Mr . Hugh Mundy , a guardiaaj ot * it . lie said he would tlo the best he could to ' : et it altered , but lis could not alter it Limseif . The ' master knew the bones were picked by tha men . They used to hide them away eeliiml the boxes and in the dust-hole . As smell as half a bushel were hidden at onc tunc in the dust-hole . Tbey had meat and manwabotifc thcra .
If we had not got these bonos to pick , wc should have suffered very much from hunger . I have seen the men and women cat raw pounces when they have dug them up in the garden . I knew Thomas Turtou . lie has said in my hearing to tho men who worked at bone-t-rnsiiing before I went lo the same work— "I wonder how yen can cat that . " I said so too ; but after 1 gov- well , aud was put to work , I was soon glad io cat it as well as the rest . I remember Mr . Hugh Ztlaady coining to inquire about the bones . I think- it was in January , lis asked the men if the ; . ; tin-awed tliu hones . They said thov did , and some oi the bones were fetched ; some that ihey had hid . lie said ihey were not lit for any one to have . Besides Mr . Mundy , there were Mr . F . Lcsconibe , Mr . Holloway , Mr . Payne ( a doctor ) , and two or three oilier gentlemen , guardians . Wells was net in the bonehouse wlilii ! I was there : lie was my nurse while I was in tlie sick ward . 1 have heard this statement read , and it is a-i true .
Upon being questioned as lo how it was lie had had one leg brokenfo-ir times , and the oilier twice , Smith said both thighs were broken by a waggon going over them . Ho was 15 years of age only then , and his legs wer-3 always weak , lie never was tip ?; , " on those occasions . He had a little drop of beer on the last occasion , but was not tipsy . As the employment of the women at oakum-picking lias never been mentioned tkroughoutthc inquiry , wc thought it advisable to take the statement of Mary Ann Astrlich , wile of Aaron Astritch : —I was ia the house with my husband and two el-ihlren . I was no ! allowed to seo my husband . I had one child with me and cue away . " I was put to < -akumpicking every day while 1 was there . " I had to pick a pound and a half of old hard ropes a-d . v * . It was
very hard , like bones . Jt almost took the llcsh oil my fingers to do ii . I had a young child to attend to , and if I did not finish the oakum " before four o ' clock I was compelled to keep at it until it was finished . 1 and two others 3-: ept at ' it until later than that . If I had not finished at prayer-time , at six o clock , 1 lost my supper aud got a geed scolding . I lost my supper twice . Ali the women that had the use of their hands were made to pick oakum , unless they were engaged in washing , needlework , or other work . I could not dvlnk thy breakfast gruel . It always disagreed with inc . Two or three times on Sunday mornings when I went ; into chapel I changed my gruel for a bit of my husband ' s bread , which he raved for the child . My children were almost starved ; they cried Ik-3 > re . i : idmiist all daylong . So did the rest of Hie children . The master detected me one Sunday morning clmiigiiig my gruel for my husband ' s
bread , and lie told me before all the people Inat it I did it again 1 should be sent to Winchester gaol lor si :-: mo-iths . I spoke to Mr . Loseomba , a guardian , about it ; ami lie said , "Never mind . When the food is given to ycu it is your own ; but yon must not take it out of the house . " I have seen the women eat pockct-j after pockets full of raw potatoes . Two or three women used to be scut into the washheuse to . boil potatoes for the pigs , and then tliey ioclc somo of tlio raw ones and liid thorn in their pockets cr bosoms , or where tlicy could . When they got back into the day-hai ! ihey ate them . Tlie other women would beg— "Give mc onc ! give mc one !" The children in the day-hail would beg also . Tlie people were as glad oi" " a raw potato as some would be of a melloiv apple . I could not eat raw potatoes . I was starved cncunli to do it . but mv stomach could
not bear it . I have never enjoyed a good state of health from a child up . Sometimes the people would steal a carrot out of tho harrow when the man was wheeling a load j a for ihe horse . Somci hues tha man would throw in a bit slyly . The children would pick up bits of turnip rind or anything that appeared eatable . The women and children did this because they had not enough to live upon . They were starved , I was r . caviy starved . I was suckling roy cliild , but many an hour it would cry for the breast , 1 had no milk . I was allowsd no beer , nor a drop oi hot water when anybody was kind enough to send me a bit of tea . I have asked the mistress for hot
water more than a dozen times , and she has refused it . I could only get it when it was given out generally , which was about three times in a week . I could tell a great deal more about the ill-usage I and others suffered iu that workhouse . I was at harvest work last week , or Ishouldhavc been exaininedat the workhouse . Four children died while 1 was an inmate . The children who eamo i . i pretty healthy soua got worse . There was nothing for them to grow upon . I tried to make my escape three times from tho workhouse by getting over the petty ; but I could not manage it with my young child iu my anus . I tried to escape because of the starvalion of myself and say child . I declare most solemnly that sooner than I would suffer the same again I would throw myself aud my children into Iho barge river . What 1 have stated is all true .
John Cole , aged 54 : —I left the workhouse about a fortnight or three weeks ago . I was there five weeks before that . I worked at bone-crushing fourof those weeks , or a day or two more . The bones were of all kinds . There were horse bones and cattle hones . There might have been human bones among them without my knowing it . 1 did not examine them particularly . 1 have seen the men gnaw the bits oi meat , or hard gristle , and eat the marrow out of the bones . I have done so myself . They were very dirty , being tumbled about with the rest . I have seen some of the men cat tainted gristle and marrow . When I got a bad bone I gave it to some one else who was net so particular . This lasted all the time I was there . Generally speaking , ali the bones were stale . I have seen a ' cart come with bones . They
were not fresh . I saw the men quarrel many times for the bones . They would hide them away from each other . 1 have hidden thorn till I got an opportunity to pick them . Ifc required a good stomach to pick them . The stuff was not fit for men to eat . Hunger made them do it . We had not food enough to support us in a proner way . We were worked very hard . On Tuesdays , Tlmrsdavs , and Saturdays we had no bread at dinner time . Tiiey complained among themselves about want of suiiicient food . Wc did not let the master see us picking the bones , if wc could help it , for fear he should blow us up . He must have known it . I havo worked jobbing about the garden . I have picked up raw potatoes , turnips , and carrots , and eaten them . I ate part of a raw cabbage once . 1 was told about it , and tho master scolded me
for it . I have seen men , women , and children eat raw potatoes when they were engaged iu getting them in . We rubbed the dirt off on our clothes . We ate the potatoes to moisten our mouths and help to fill up our stomachs . Hunger and thirst made us eat raw potatoes . I remember on one occasion being very thirsty , and snckjng apiece of marrow ; but it was so bad I could not get on with it . I was in the house last winter and the winter before . Tho bonepicking was going on at both those times . I was a rate-payer at Upper Clatford ten years . I was a farmer , and a tenant under Mr . Rawlinson , the magistrate of Marylebone police-office . My farm was under 200 acres . When my lease expired , I wanted it at a lower rate , but another person gave more , and I was compelled to sell off to pay up some arrears . I have paid £ 300 or £ 400 poor-rates . I was a Ions time out of business . I made application
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to inc . nv-. r-.-.-rs * . <> ;¦ . ' . " . ¦ ¦ v rne out-door relief . The giN - ii :-: i ; : o :: ' ..- ! --. i ! y > v ! .-i-f in favour of my application , bit ! . ' -. , i , i :-: i I , t ' -vc-u ! ' -pposed it , audit was refused , lie L guardian <•! ' upper Clatford . 1 have no outdoor r-jikf . i travel about with lucifcr-boxc *; , blacking , and paper . I travelled nearly twenty miles yesterday . Sometimes I make a profit of a * groat , sometimes . Gd . or 9 d ., and sometimes nothing . 1 can't- live on 6 d . a-day ; but I am pretty well known , and get a crust given to me now and then . While 1 was a farmer I served the-officers of surveyor , highconstable , overseer , and churchwarden . 1 was not required to break so great a quantity of bones ' as others , being ; crippled in one hand . I have heard this statement read over , and it is all true .
William Frumcn ' s statement : —About two years ago this coming winter my wife was confined , and I \ va 3 out of work at the lime . 1 applied for relief , and was ordered into the house ; but , as my wife could not be removed , I had out-door relief , in return for which I was ordered to go to the workhouse and work at bone-crushing . 1 did so three weeks and four days . 1 never was in the house before that timo . I am a ' labourer , and am now in the employ of Mr . If . Mundy . While I was employed at bone-crushing the men were in the habit of picking tho bones aud eating the marrow out cf tliem . The bones were generally of all sorts , horse bones and cattle bones . They came from Salisbury and Winchester while I was at work upon them . When they were brought there in a waggen they were thrown into tlie store
altogether in a heap , xhey were stale , " yinriy" ar . ' ¦ fousty . " Some of the marrow 1 have seen the men cat was red , black , purple , and all manner cf colours . Ifc smalt very badly , enough to knock me down . It made me quite ill ; so that I could not stomach my victuals when I got homo . It made nic sick when I thought of it . I never picked any of the bones myself , nor did I eat any of the marrow . When the quantity of bones was given out to each man in the morning to break , they used to look them over , nnd hii ^ e those that had anything on them till ihey left off work . They looked " pretty sharp over the ' lots . What they ate was net fit for a man to ciit , nor for a dog hardly . Very few dogs would eat it . This was going on all the timo I was working at lionc-ciushins , — every day , sometimes more and
sometimes iefig . 1 bolitvo that the cause of tlio men catinir the bad stuff was Lunger . I said to them , " " I can't think how you can cat it , " Tbey said I should if I bided there long . I said , "I hope I slit-n't . " They said tho allowance they got was not sufiicien t to support tliem . I have not been examined bv Mr . rarlccr nor anybody else before on this subject . I am not sworn ; if 1 were I would not alter this statement . I have seen tiic men take a piece of slick or something , and " prick" out the soft stuff in the chinks huklc the bones , and cat it . The men would sometimes gnaw the gristio from the bones , and sometimes cut it off and put it into their pockets . I don ' t know whether there were human bones among the rest , but there might have been , because I did not examine them particularly . I have heard this statement read . It is all true . I would confirm it
witiuny ontli , if necessary , Mr . Ilugli Muudy ' s statement - . —I am a guardian of tho Andover union , and a magistrate of the borough . In consequence of something that 1 had heard with regard to the practice of the men iu the workhouse working at bone-crushing , picking tho bor . es , about four or five months ago , 1 made a statement to the board of what 1 had heard . The Rev . O . Djilson presided on that occasion . I proposed that some of the guardians should go with me and examine the men with a view to ascertain tlio truth at" my report . My proposition was agreed io , and iilr . * F . Loseoml-r , Major Payne ( a medical gentleman ) , and Mr . West lake ( the medical of Keer of the union ) accompanied me for that purpose . We desired the master of tlio workhouse to bring before
us eight or ten of tho men employed at the time at bone crushing . Ten men were brought before us indiscriminately , and I told them 1 had a few Questions to p- . it to them , and tliat they should not be at ail afraid to speak the truth . If they spoke tho truth they should be protected , but that it any one spoke falsely I would be the first to have him punished . I then asked them if they were in tho habit of eating the marrow they found in the bones they had io crush , and if tbey gnawed tlio bones . Eight out of the ten men admitted at once that theyhud done so . The other two stated that they had seen the others do s , bnt had never done so
themselves . They also stated that as soon as they discovered a bone in which they fancied there was a Utile moisture they wero ready to tight over it . Tlicy said further , that they were frequently , obliged lo hide such bones that they might eat them alone without fear of tlieir companions taking them . I then asked as to wutthcr Ihey were the bones collected by people in Andover , acd fresh bones , or whether tlicy were taken from the general store . It appeared that all bones brought there for crushing were ihrown in a heap in the store . They stated that bones were also brought from Winchester and Salisbury two or throe months old , and mixed with the Andover bones . . 1 asked theia if tlicy picked the
horse boats as well as the others . They said in reply , that if they know they wore horse bones they did ii !)! :, but that Reeves ( an agricultural labourer ) , one of their companions , was in the habit of p icking horso bones as well as oilier bancs , even when no knew they were so . Reeves was j resent : lie did not deny that , but admitted it . Some of the gentlemen who accompanied mc paid lo tl . c men , "Good God ! it is too horrible to be believed . Surely you did not do so ?" The Bien said they did . and that the bones were in a bad state—in a state of decomposition . I said to the gentlemen it would be no wonder after , if they ate each oilier . A young child would not be sale . I asked ihem why they did i t . Thev answered that i t
was in consequence of not having sullicieut food , I asked them ii ' they did to as soon as they came into the house . They replied no ; not until they had been there some three or i ' -sur weeks , and were brought to i t by hunger . In consequence of the other gentlemen doubting the statement of the men , I asked tliem again if is was true , and if they were ready to state it upon o .-ith . . TJioy answered ia the r . i ' ni-mative . I ami those who accompanied me then left the house . I hud not proceeded far , however before I thought of the propriety of asking the men as to whether they had hid any bones that day , the gentlemen with me hnriKg expressed a doubt upon that point . I returned ts the workhouse , but ( hey would not go with me . lhad the same ten men called forth again in the presence of the master as before . I then asked them
if they had hidden any bones that day ? One of the men said he had , ana * could produce them . I directed him to do so . lie went , and returned with two bones which were blackened with wet ashes , having been concealed in the ash heap , upon which the contents of the slop pails are thrown . I said , " Why , where could you have put these ' { " lie told me , and I remarked , " Everything is thrown there ; but it is no worse than the bonos themselves , " or words to that effect . I then held the bones up to the master's nose , observing , " Smell those bones . It is too ^ horriblc to think of . " lie said he had no ideaof the men having done such a thisi ^ before , but be was then quite convinced that f hey had . I then left the house . On the following board-day I made a proposition to the
enect that tiic same men should be examined again upon the subject before the-board , and that their statement should be forwarded to the Poor Law Com , snissionci-s , with a request that they should inquire into the esse . My proposition was not agreed io . Two or three of the guardians stated that it was a matter of taste , and if the men enjoyed the picking of the bones they should not bo prohibited from it . I then said at onca 1 was determined that the matter should go before tiic public . I then sent a petition , addressed to tlio House of Commons , stating the facts and praying an inquiry . That petition was not presented by Mr . Etwall , who had charge of it . The reason he gave mc for not presenting it was that the railway business occupied the attention of members so much at that timo that he was unable
to got a favourable opportunity , but that he . would present it when Sir James Graham ' s bill , on the Law of Settlement , caiuo under discussion , which it never did . Mr . Waklcy having mentioned the subject in tho House of " Commons , on the Saturday previous to the prorogation of Parliament , Mr . Parker , tho assistant-commissioner , was sent down on the following Monday to Andover . to make inquiry into tlie circumstances , lie called at my house , and took my sworn statement down in writing , ia respect io what transpired at the workhouse when I questioned the ten men who worked at bonecrushing . I wished him to examine some men in the workhouse , but he said he was compelled to go to London that night . I next saw hini on the first day ol' the recent inquiry into the conduct of the master .
He then expressed his regret that I was not present at tho workhouse on tho Tuesday after the Monday on which he had called on me , and also on the next day , Wednesday , for on those days he had examined witnesses concerning the bone-picking . I told him I was not at all aware that lie was at the workhouse on those days , or of any inquiry having been instituted , as he had told mc on the Monday evening that he was going to London that ni ght . He said he did return , but came down the next morning . I told him I had never heard tliat ho had held anv inquiry until after it was over . I said , " As a matter of course , your inquiry will be followed up by a public one ?" Ho replied , " I do not see the necessity for it ; for we admit the whole of it . Some of the witnesses I examined even go further than vour statement . "
During the last summer , at a period when the season was very hot , the stench of the bones was so dreadful , that Mr . F . Loscombe , one of the guardians , upon his own responsibility , directed the master to suspend the bone irushing for a week or a fortnight , lest the putnfymg bones should breed some disease anion" the unfortunate men at work amongst them " According to . a pailiamcntary return , moved for . by Captain Pcchell , M . P . for Brigh ton , in February last , ot all umon workhouses under the Poor Law Amendment Act , in which the pauper inmates thereof are , or have been , employed m grinding or crushing Sf' ^ Jpten ww MMrt hm in September , 1841 . The cost of tho bones , including all carnage twJh ft } e en V v « s £ l per ten The amount Which they produced when sold in a manufactured BtatowuCMnl & . tomper ^^ ^ SySS
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professedly sold at tho market price . But the real manner in which they were sold was tins , —when there was a quantity ready for disposal some one or two of the guardians would bespeak them , and an understanding existed thai no one else was to bid , each guardian having his turn , at this advantage when lie wished . A sort cf mock auction was then conducted by the chairman in tlie board-room , and the lot was knocked down to the understood bidder , generally at a loss to the union . In almost every case the labour was entirely lost . The chairman himself , the Rev . 0 . Dodson , is reported to have been a purchaser in this wav . The practice was put a stop lo by Mr . II . Mundy | who said he would lay informations against those who repeated it for acting thus illegally .
Dreadful Fire And Loss Of Life. On Monda...
DREADFUL FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE . On Monday afternoon , between the hours of one and two a fire of a most feai fill character , attended with a largo destruction of property and fatal consequences to one , if not several persons , broke out upon the well-known premises belonging to Sir Charles Price and Co ., oil and colour merchants , situate in William-street , lilackfriars . The premises were of immense extent , and spreading i ' roiu William-street to the water side , they were bounded on the west by Messrs . lloppc ' s the Pigs' Quay Coal wharf .
The fire originated , from some cause at present unknown , on the premises termed the turpentine warehouse , a large brick building , about sixty foot long and fifty feet wide , situate on tlie western side of the works and adjoining Messrs . lloppc ' s property , Pigs ' Quay Wharf . At the time the alarm was given the men employed on the works had gone to dinner . The only party in the yard appears to have been one of the ostlers ; ho informed the reporter that for some time previously lie had experienced a strong smell of burning , which he imagined rose from a foul chimney in the neighbourhood , and therefore took no particular notice of it . The first intimation ho received of the promises being on firo was by noticing a largo body of black smoke inning from the upper lloor of
the building before ? , iuded to , * lie immediately ran up tlie yard shouting "Fire , " but before ho had time to get to the counting-house a powerful body * oi' flamo shot through tlie same part of tlio proi ! i «' ses . Owing to the combustible nature of the stork in the building , it at once became apparent that the fire could not by any possibility be subdued without the aid of engines ; information was therefore sent to the different stations belonging to the city p-irishcs , tlio London brigade , West of England , and County oliiccs . With as little delay as possible the engines of St . Bride ' s parish , with those from the London establishment in Farringdon-strcet , reached the spot . At that time , that part of the premises where tliellamcs b ^ gau were completely enveloped in one broad sheet of firo , ond the distance between the opposite buildings , used as bagging houses and general stores , not being more than thirty feet , the Fan'iiurdon-sticefc engines wero taken down the
yard to tho water ' s edge , and were instantly set to work ; Mr . Golf , the foreman , being in hopes , by that means , the men would be ablo to save the opposite buildings , aud confine the fire to the turpentine stove . The West of England engine , with the company ' s firemen and Mr . Connorton , followed soon afterwards , aswellassever . il others from the brigade stations , with Mr . Braidwood , the superintendent , and the County engine from Regent-street . The New River mnins in tlie neighbourhood yielded a good supply of water , and the dilTerent land engines at once took advantage of ifc find threw vast streams of water upon and into the burning property ; in spite tiic firemen wore unable to make tho least impression upon the flames . Meanwhile they progressed-most fearfully , and being perceivable from the different bridges the largo floating engine was brought up the river , and , being manned by upwards of 150 men , it was also brought into action .
For some time tho firemen continued working without meeting with any great obstacle , with the exception of sundry explosions , caused by the bursting of oil and turpentine casks ; but towards three o ' clock a most fearful noise was heard to proceed from the premises on lire , the joint result no doubt of ( lie falling of the upper floor of tho warehouse and the ignition of the contcnts . of one of the turpentine vats , which causing the vessel to burst , the lighted spirit rushed through the various windows and doors with the swiftness of lightning , and mounted several feet into the air . At tliat time about thirty men were employed working ono of the brigade engines alongside the fire , and to escape from the devouring element many of the men had no alternative but to jump into the Thames . Tlio turpentine and oil
mixed together flowed out of the building from every aperture in huge streams of liquid lire , spreading over the space between the two warehouses where the engine stood , and which an instant before had been covered with men working the engine and firemen . One cr two firemen still lingered , hoping to quench the flames with the water that flowed so copiously from these branches ; but the fire irresistibly spread across the whole space , and in a moment broke the windows of the opposite warehouses , ascended through every opening , and poured into it in brilliant sheets of flame . The prccautionsthat had been taken to have buckets of water in this last named warehouse ready to dash upon any appearance of firo was evidently at onco uscle ' -s . The warehouse
was full ot oil and other inflammable matters , and so rapid was the devouring element that it was with difficulty many who were in the warehouse escaped from this second devastation . To every appearance the whole of that extensive range of building- , which terminated with tliecoiinting-hcuse , and which ifc was at first hoped might have escaped , seemed devoted to the flames . At the end of the wharf , near the river , now covered with a burning stream of imflanimablc matter , a general rush was made to the water-side , and into the river many people precipitated themselves ; but the burning turpentine ran in the same direction , and on falling into the water ifc floated along the surface , setting in flames six or seven barges . The scene at that moment was of a most agonising character . At a moderate calculation , there must have been nearly 100 persons standing upon the different craft in the river , and to escape from being devoured by the
flames , they also leaped into the river , but they even then became surrounded with flames . A number of small boats quickly put off tu render assistance to the poor fellows , and several were rescued and conveyed in safety to the shore . The boat belonging to one of the watermen who put off speedily became surrounded by fire , and was set in a blaze , Tho secne from Blackfriars-bridg-i can bo better imagined than described , the foot-paths being literally studded with human beings , witnesses of tlieir fellow men being obliged to rush into the deep , in order to save themselves from being burnt to death . Whether or not any persons perished in this extremity , it would be ditticult to speak with anything like accuracy ; one thing is certainly known that one of the city police found two or three hats , and was unable to find the owners of them . Ifc is , however , to he hoped that the whole of the persons who thus risked tlieir lives were saved .
Tho progress of tho fire was now so groat , that the engine before spoken of ( as standing beside the blazing building ) , the firemen were unable to draw away , and on the flames receding a little the once valuable machine was found a perfect wreck , every portion of it except the iron work being consumed , * and near ] iho wreck was found the body of a man literally burnt to ashes . There is little doubt that the poor fellow was one of those who were working at the ill-fated engine , and missing his way had , instead of jumping into the river , become fixed against a wooden gato , and iu that situation was compelled to remain until death terminated his sufferings .
During the whole time the engines in the outer streets continued to work most vigorously , and kept up a constant and powerful stream of water . The County and West of England engines worked by means of what is technically termed a breeching into each other , and by that means an incessant stream of water was discharged in the right quarter . The hose of some of the engines was also carried up ladders at the warehouse last ignited , and the flames began to yield to the ablo exertions of the brigade . ¦
1 ho heat thrown out being so intense , and the city gas-works being so close , at one period it was feared that the gasometer would explode . A messenger was therefore sent to most of the large establishments in the city , requesting the proprietors to light their burners , aud thereby exhaust all the gas they possibly could . The different firemen , under the command of their several officers , exerted themselves to the utmo < t , and b y dint of extraordinary exertion they succeeded in arresting the further progress of the flames just as they had laid hold of Messrs . lloppc ' s premises . Mr . Hodgson , the newly appointed superintendent , with a strong body of the city police , were early in arriving , and were of great assistance in keeping the immense crowd out of the reach of danger . As soon as the fire was sufficiently subdued a shell was
procured , and the body of the unfortunate sufferer was removed to St . Barthlomew ' s Hospital , where it remains to be identified , and await the coroner ' s inquest . Who the poor fellow is could not be learned ; theonlypartofhisapparelthathadescapeddestruction was his cap ; this appeared to have been a blue cloth one , with a leather peak . Several persons who have since seen the body are of opinion that it is that of a person who lived in Bear-lane , Farringdon-street . By seven o ' clock the fire was safely extinguished ; nevertheless it was found advisable to keep a number of the engines at work during the night , lest another outbreak should occur . The amount of property destroyed was very considerable ; at a moderate estimate it must extend to several thousand pounds .
Mr . . Payne , the deputy-coroner , Mr . Alderman Humphery , Mr . Anderton , the Common-Council member , forihe ward , and other influential citizens were early in arriving at the scene of conflagration , and they rendered themselves very active in directing tho firemen . Upon an examination being made by tbe firemen they found that the building in which the fire originated , together with its contents , was entirely destroyed : the opposite premises , used as oil stores .
are likewise extensively injured , and so are the buildinn's belonging to the Messrs . Hoppe , coal merchants . Several barges belonging to the same firm , and two tho property of Mr . Nowel ! , of Paul's-chain , are greatly damaged , and the floating engine has likewise received extensive injury . APPEARANCE OF THE FIRE FKOM nLACJCFRIAnS BRinGE . This destructive fire , as viewed from the _ bridge , pi 6331 ) ted an appearance which is perhaps without a parallel . At its first outbreak the appearance of the flame was but slight , and , comparatively speaking , a very small number of spectators were on the bridge . As soon , however , as the flame increased , so as to show that it had taken some hold of the building , and the engines were seen playing upon it from every directionthe bridge became crowded on each side ,
, and , in spite of the " rain , which descended heavily at the time , every one seemed anxious to secure a place , as some apprehensions were entertained that the fire would communicate to lloppc ' s , which is next to it . In spite of the exertions of the firemen , it became evident that the flames were gaining rapidly . Suddenly a dull roaring sound was heard , and the flames , which had never risen more than ten feet above the building , suddenly ascended to ths height of 100 feet , creating a heat so intense as to bo distinctly felt on the bridge , and lo cause the firemen who were working an engine in the space between the warehouses of Sir Charles Price to make a hasty retreat , leaving their engine behind . Their promptitude was probably the cause of saving their lives , as the large doors opening from the ignited building into the wharf
were burst with a loud report , and a stream of liquid fire rushed out in an immense volume , destroying the engine in little more than a minute . The most painful part of the scene remains to be described . The large floating engine , which was playing in front of the premises , was densely crowded , as were also several barges and small boats . A jet of blazing turpentine suddenly ran from ono of the windows , setting fire to the barges and to the floating engine , which were instantly abandoned . One barge , however , which contained about sixty people , had unfortunately no means of communication with the shore , and , as it was instantaneously ignited from stem to stern , all the surrounding craft made a hasty retreat . The situation of tlio people on board the barge now became onc of extreme dansjer—lying within ten yards
of the front of the blazing pile ; tho barge itself blazing furiously , and surrounded by patches of blazing turpentine and oil that had begun to float down tlie river . The shrieks of the unhappy persons were of the most agonising description , the lire gaining momentarily on them , and no beat venturing to approach nearer than thirty yards . The spectators on the bridge were horrified at the sight , and shouteil loudly to the boats to approach and save the unfortunate men , and the horror of the scene was aggravated by the cries of some women , who recognised their relatives on board tho burning barge . Tho heat at length became insupportable to those on board , and cue by one ihey threw themselves into the river , and were picked up by the surrounding craft . A rope was then thrown from the shore to tho barge ,
and several persons succectjco . m gaining the land by that means . The boats being now stimulated by the hisses of the spectators and the terrible danger of the persons in the barge , approached close to it and took the remaining person s on board . One man , in the dress of a coal heaver , jumped from the barge , but , missing the boat , struck his head against the stern with great violence . It was impossible to ascertain whether he was picked up , as the greatest confusion prevailed , but it was the general impression that he peridlicd . A similar impression existed with regard to a man who , while in the water , came in contact with a patch of blazing turpentine , and instantly dived , and was not observed to rise again . The fire had by this time communicated with Cupel ' s wharf ou one side , and llonpe ' s wharf on the other , and both were much damaged before tho firemen
could extinguish the flames . Tl . c large floating engine , which had ignited at the same time with the barge , was at once played upon by the other engines , and on the flames being got under it was found that it was still fit to be worked . It was again maimed , and contributed materially to the safety of the surrounding buildings by the body of water which it kept playing upon the roofs . After burning for about half an hour with great fury the flames seemed to be exhausted by their own violence , and gradually decreased until the engines could approach suliiciently near to play on the building , when the lire w & s rap idly subdued , and by 7 o'clock was totally extinguished . So intense and huge were the flames , tliat they could easily be seen from London-bridge , and the smoke at one time was conveyed by the wind into Fleet-street and Chancery-lane in such dense
masses as to occasion much inconvenience . Additional Particulars . —From an early hour on Wednesday iii the morning till Me in the evening , a crowd of people continued to assemble in Wijliamstrect , the sconce of thelato dreadful fire . I fc is now generally believed that every man who was immersed was afterwards rescued . Two hats only remain at the police-station , which have not been owned . Between twelve and one on Wednesday a male and female called at the Bridewell hospital , and requested to sec the remains of the man who had perished , as they had lost a brother , and knowing that he was assisting in working one of the engines they were fearful that he was burned . That request was immediately complied with , when they identified the remains as being those of theirrclativc , a yoongmah named George Spencer ,
of Back Bear-alley , Farringdoii-street . The feelings of these poor people , upon seeing tlie blackened mass of all that remained of their" brother , ' can bo more easily imagined than described .. The poor fellow , it appears , was one of the many" wlio . o ' ccasionnlly earn a few shillings by calling the'firemen , and working the engines at fives . A man named Wilford , who was working at the same engine , said that he was talking to the unfortunate follow , when , ' allot ' a sudden , tho fire rushed out of the windows and through the doorway , completely enveloping the whole of the men who were then working . Such was the fury of the blazing turpentine , that before they had let go tlieir hold ot' the engine the machine became ignited and tlicy were forced to jump into the rtream to escape being burnt to death ., llenoticci ^ Spencer running at the same moment with himself , but the passage
was not sufficiently wide for all to pass . At the same time the deceased must havo bsen driven by the flames into the corner wherojthe rcrcains Were found , Somo idea of the extent of the fire may be formed , when it is stated that at one time there were above forty puncheons of turpentine , from eight to . . ten tuns of cod oil , and a quantity of other oils , in a thorough state of ignition . The former article was kept in largo wooden vessels lined with lead , and there is no doubt that , as the fire reached those compartments they exploded , and to that cause may be attributed the rapid progress of the flames . The total damage done it is at present impossible to tell , but it is believed to be under £ 10 , 000 . The engine of the Farringdon-strect station , which was completely consumed , was quite a new one , and was . termed a " crack" one among the brigade . -It was worth
£ 250 . Ixquest on the Max Bukxed to Death . — On Thursday morning , nt eleven o ' clock , a highly respectable jury assembled at tlie Bridewell Hospital , Bridge-street , Blackfriars , before Mr . Joseph Payne ' Deputy Coroner for the City , to inquire as to the ' death of George Spencer , aged 21 , who perished at the above conflagration . George Prccdv , onc of the fire brigade-men , jsaid—I was present at the fire which took place on Monday afternoon about three o ' clock , at Sir Charles Price ' s , in William-street , Blackfriars .
A . very severe explosion took place of casks of turpentine and other combustible materials , which occasioned a number of persons who were workiius nitlx engines to rush towards the water-side . I observed the deceased , who , in the confusion , ran in the contrary direction , from whence he could not effect his escape . Shortly afterwards I saw the remains of the deceased , which presented the same appearance as when seen by the jury . The deceased had been working at one of the engines . Other evidence was heard , after which the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " The deceased was a greengrocer .
Cheat Meeting On Behalf Of The Operative...
Cheat Meeting on behalf of the Operative Tailoiis of Phestok . — A public meeting was held in tlie Corn Exchange , Preston , on Tuesday evening , September IGtli , the worshipful the mayor having granted the use of the Hall for the holding of the meeting . It was called to take into consideration the sanatory condition of the " Tailors , and its influence upon public health , " & c . Mr . Elton , a master Tailor , was unanimously called to the chair . Itesolutions expressive of the objects of the meeting , and a determination to support those employers only who have clean and wholesome workshops for their men as a means of improving thi-ir condition and preserving the public health , was unanimously adopted . The meeting was addressed by Messrs . Harrison , Alford , Gibson , Hayes , Baxter , Ironfounder , Frankl-uid , Chairman , Laffan , of Liverpool , and J . W . Parker , of London . Votes of thanks having been passed to the Mayor , the press , and the chairman , the meeting , an exceedingly crowded and respectable one , dispersed .
United Tailoiis' Protection Societv . —A general meeting of tlie trade in Liverpool , was held in the Frestonslreet School-rooms , Mr . Thomas in the chair , to take into consideration tlie propriety of uniting with the above association . After an animated discussion , in which the following gentlemen took part , Messrs . Fallon , Higgins , Heavy , Laffan , Johnson , Hart , Ganby , and Clarke , it was unanimously agreed to form a section in connexion with the other towns of the United Kingdom . In consequence of this decision , an important addition of nearly one thousand members will be added to the already increasing numbers of the Protection Society .
Lancashibe Miners . —The next General Delegate Meeting of Lancashire Miners will take place on Monday next , at tho . house of John Sudell , the Tinker and Budget , Osivaldtwistle , near lilaekburn ; chair to be taken at 11 o'clock in the forenoon . There will also be a public meeting , which will be addressed by W . P . Roberts , Esq ., and several other gentlemen . The levy for the fortnight , including general contribution , is is . Gd . per member , —Persons calling themselves members of the Miners' Ansociation , from other counties , coming into Lancashire , will not he recognised as such unless they produce printed credentials , signed by the secretary of the lod ge or district to which they belong , and duly stamned witli the' lodge or district seal .
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A-Iaxciiesteh . —Mr . It . J . Cooner will ' C 7 "" . " Carpenters' Hall on Sunday ( toW-o w ) ? m ° , past six in the evening . —Thoadjoiirnoii s } .., ' v ,, v » - nictting of the Land will be held i , iilS " nS ' to discuss the rules , at two o ' clock—m ,. Jf " . ' - Ross will lecture in Carpenters' JJa / I on ij ?"' September 26 th , at half-past six in tho o ' venC "" South Lancashire Delet'ato Meetiiv will )¦ -. '? ' 7 i " Sunday , September 28 th , at ten o ' clock iu i . C » ° ing , in the Working Man ' s Hall . Il « S ? 5 t " liam . —A tea party and ball will be ' held 0 n r „! Vi , 1-Octobcrl'ith . in tho Carpenters ' Hall ; ,, ,,, ' « y . Chartism and the Land question . Tea VSZ f at seven o ' clock . ' l "' ' 0 Newcastle . —Tho Chartists of Ncwa-isMo r . i head Sunderland , South Shields , Ac , are ^[ to attend a delegate meeting , on Simdav ., , " o ' clock , at the house of Mai-tin Judo , Sun ]|„ , V ? Newcastie-upon-Tvnc . ' ' -- ,
Glasgow . —The Committee of tlie GIas « o * v bi « n , i of the Land Society have made arran gements u ' v the managers of the New Chapel , So . GS \ Jl street ( site of old nost-office ) , for mectima to lich ! ' / . ' there every Monday evening , till Whit Sumiav ,-ovf tor the purpose of enrolling new members , aiu ! ' « ivi „' all information connected with the above soeieh- * Liverpool . —A lecture will bo delivered m- ' \ r Philip M'Grath , in tlio Queen ' s Theatre ChiiV ; , " street , on Tuesday evening next . Chair to be viat half-past seven . vUl Ilocim . u . E .-Mr . F . A . Taylor , of Kovto ,, „•„ lecture in the Association Room on Sunda ' v . ' i ,, ! next , at six o ' clock . " l '' = Oldham . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) , a k dmv „¦;•> be delivered in the Working Man ' s llall , 11 ,. ™^ street ; chair to be taken at six in the cvcniij-r ' -c '""
_ Mottuam . —There will be a meeting of tiic ( 'liar fcists of this locality in the lecture room on Sinu' -iv 21 st , at two o ' clock . ; and the shareholders in (' , „ £ ;' operative Land Society will attend at h . iH ' - j , t " " Persons desirous may become shareholders by lcaviu-f thi-ir names and instalments with the secretary . a iMEEnxo at the A ew Holland Small Fa ' ums Wilsdi-. \* . —An adjourned meeting will be held on Sunday ( to-inorro ' -v ) , at two o ' clock in tho aftornocii ivhenseveral gentlemen from the towns of Jieighley ' Halifax and Bradford , will be present . ''
West ltin ; . \ r , Camp Meeting . —A West Riding camp meeting will be held on Sundav , September 23 th , at Ilcckimmdwikc-grccn , near i ) ewsburv , to commence at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Several of the Executive and other advocates of the Itiglii ^ ol Labour will be present . Mb . Thomas Clam * , will be in Cornwall and Devon , shire in the course of three weeks . He wishes such places as require liis services in Worcestershire , Gloucestershire , and Somersetshire , on his war to th 0 west , to communicate with him at once ; a ' ddrcs ? .-. No . 8 , Bamford-strect , llillgate , Stockport , lie will cal 1 at Wales . The Devonshire friends would also do well to communicate with him .
'Iodjioudek . —Messrs . M'Grath , Clark , and Dovle will attend a camp meeting on Sunday afternoon next . Mr . M'Grath will lecture in the Odd Fellows Hall in the evening , Salfokd . —Messrs . M'Grath , Doyle , and Clark will address tho people of this place in the room , V , ; w ' a street , St . Gcorgc ' s-strccfc , at eight o ' clock on Al'i-i . " day evening . Caklislt-. —Mr . P . M'Gralli will lecture in the Theatre on Thursday evening next .
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DOXCASTER HACKS . ~~ The " Great St . Legcr , " after a series of fluctuaiW mystifications , and sci-atcUuigs almost vmW . irar-i'v ' has at len 't ! i been brought to an issue , but uhiW ch-ei'ii !' stances that sadly lessened its attractions to those ivIhwj interest in it lacked the ini-uilso of speculation . Thei * , inisecf the morning was wretchedly unfavourable-V rain fell steadily , and the prospects of tlie " t ; ni > ii ![| a « ' ' were of the gloomiest description . This , bevond il . iu ' lit bad an effect upon tiic attendance : still those ' abv .-uiv J
the spot , and vast numhers who came by the nij ; iit train from London , York , Liverpool , Manchester , iiiimmslmm and other distant places , and the tliotis .-imls ; it S ' : < " - !'" rW whom no weather can daunt , were not to be dlsaj " , -Anxti ' , and the streets , long before midday , were almost blwlicj tip . Of equipages of a higher class the displ .-i . v was s ' ir from ' ' iniposinj . ' , " unless wc take the word with ' the sinni . ftcntion attached "by those who may be ancient cimiHi u remember the golden days of the turf . There were several unprctcncliinr carriages and pair , ami a fcw « lOUl'S ; " but of " display" in its true lneamnj , ' . tin- "is said tha better .
Business commenced between ten and eleven o ' clock this morning , and in the midst of an almost iinpeninralilo crowd was kept up with "more cry than woul" for a couple of hours . The most important item in t ' . ie j . ro . ceeiiings was a declaration by Air . Gully that Old lini * land would not start . This was a tliuiidcrliC'it to tliysc who but ten minutes before bad invested at 15 ami bJt . i 1 . It was also stated that Red Robin would not run , but no official announcement was made . By one o'clock the room was closed , and the sceiw shifted to the raec-i'oiivse , The Municipal ami Selling Stakes got over , the hell ran ; for saddling fur the only event that possessed any iMiWi —the St . Legcr ; and shortly after three o ' clock , thelmiics having taken their preliminary canters , were parailcil w the post and started by Lord George Uentinek . The lul-Iowinjr was the result : — The Giseat St . Leceb Stakes , of 50 sovs . each , Ii , ft ., for
Syr old colts , Sat . 71 b . ; Allies , Sat . 210 . The owtu-i- at ' the second horse to receive " 00 sovs . out of the stakes , and the third to save bis stake . The winner to \> : n 10 ! i sovs . towards expenses . St . Leger course , ( lul ' subscribers . ) Mr . Watt ' s The Baron ( 5 ? . llutler ) 1 Major Yarburgh ' s Miss Sarah .. „ (! Iulmi '« j 2 Sir . Mostyn ' s ranlnsa ( Marlon ) 3 The following also started , but were not placed : — Major Yarburgh ' s lied Robin ( Teinplu ; : ; : ui ) . Sir I ! . Bulkeley's Chcrtscy ( Cartwright ) . Lord Cliestcriii-M ' J Twig ( Simpson ) . Mr . Gully's Weatherbit ( Xat ) . Mr-Ferguson ' s Clear-thc-Vi ' ay ( Hobinson ) . . Mr . Lane l ' o . v ' j June ( Joy ) . Mr . St . Tad ' s Mentor ( Lye ) . . Mr . A . Winstone ' s Amiandalc ( Mitrson ) . Mr . Rumsuv ' s JlW-L-Aton ( It . JJcll ) . Mr . l ' ainter ' s Thd'asha ('>' . "h ' itehousi'J . Jlr . llcsscltinc ' s Fitzulhm ( Cumby ) . Lord Milluwn's Dac-an-Hurras ( G . Edwards ) . Won by a length . Anuandale a good fourth . A icrj fast race .
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hereafter rise in value , In speaking of f " -- ' " ^* omitted to mention one important fact , viz . ) f ' "" " , y ha veheen received here from Holland and hclgim "'' _ purchase of the article at very high rates , whilst ' ' * . , port has been prohibited by the Government oi tlfc ^ named country . We have heard it reported , on i * 01 ' ; j thority , that a contract has already been closed ; " j to ship 1 , 000 tons to Holland . The export of ! 'f' ^ it produce from England to the continent is certain ! ' ' feature . ., * u r ] 5 y letters from Scotland it appears that tl « ^ . had continued auspicious for bringins the crOl ' " ^ . $$ turity iii the backward districts , and securing , ll 0 ! ^ ti J more forward localities . There , as uitli us , tl ie ,, ' my ') stated to be short in quantity and indifferent in ' 1 ' ' ^ but complaints as to potatoes are , we are hapW comparatively rare . . leBt oH The advices from Ireland are also , happily . *' the subject of the potato blight . ^
TILE COltX TllADE . ( From the Mark-Lane Express . ) With the exception of a few partial showers in different parts of the country , the weather has continued uninttr ruptedly fine * , harvest operations have consi-qaently iwn rapidly proceeded with , and in niost of tlie southern cui * ties the bulk of the corn has been earned . In the uoiih of England there is still a consiilcrnble quantity of grcai abroad ; hut the lately experienced sunny days li . w brought the crops forward amiiziugly , and in situatw where a month back it was feared the corn would m' «'
arrive at maturity the sickle has lately been actively employed . On the whole , our prospects as to the future la ™ undergone an immense improvement sir . ee the - 0 !" August , hut to suppose that the evil effects of a deciacdiy wet summer have been entirely remedied would bealt « - gcther unreasonable . That a great propovtiuu of il * wheat of this year ' s growth will be of inferior quality »¦ ' » light weight is unquestionable , nor isii 2 < oss Me ttsttk' X ' ficiencyfrom the defective set of the car , so jencnlh f plained of , can have been made good ; we must : i \ a' ! - " ~ adhere to the opinion already expressed on ft" ""' ' ' C ^ sions , viz ., that besides the falling off in math < w- « -7 « wof the want of weight and otherwise inferior mceliK ;! I' ^ f '' l '! i
ties of the berry , the acheable Mom-ci : v ; iu . '• £ u ' SHORT Ol' AN AVEMCE , It is jet tOO t-Stl'Ij' W f" ™ ¦ " £ ' thins * like an accurate estimate as to the extent of * > ls * iieiency . Many parties rate it much above whatOT j ^ inclined to do , and others deny that tiw crop will : al •' , " 11 below an average ; in this state of uncertainty ffe '" inclined to reserve our opinion until soiiistbiisff """'^ finite shall have been ascertained by the test of d '"; - " ^ than is at present known ; but that there is a drfciA ' to a great or less extent , wo feel perfectly " >" "' ^ Public opinion lias lately been so much occup ied in '" ' ^ tijjating tha result of the ' wheat harvest that cfiiniuW" ^' . little is said of spring corn or pulse , but in tlio illlt 0 'HV . complaints it is fair to infer that there is not nn ™ ' ¦ "'
either as regards quality or quantity . ; . j ] W In judging of the probable value of whea- ' " " ^ ensuing winter , the injury which potatoes te' - ' ° ' ' .. . in many of those districts where this article '*'' ' " tensively grown must not be overlooked . L ' titd ' ' " ^ blight , or to whatever else the failure is attribuiaW ^^ supposed to have extended no further than the so * England and the Channel Islands . Within die' « t ^ however , complaints have reached us from ^ , i ' p . Cambridgeshire , and Yorkshire , from whieh it w'OUl ^ pear that the extent of the ravages made by the " -- " ^ j not yet ascertained . Considering how large : i Vov " , the food of all classes consists of potatoes , so extl' ' ^ failure must be regarded as a great calamity . A ^ prices have risen considerably , and it is certain tl * J ' ^ mischief should prove anything like so cxtensjw . , represented to be , the consumption of bread ?»'••'» \ be increased enormously . These considera tion- ¦• ^ the conclusion , that though no material a | h '! ' -: ' f _ JjlJJ occur in quotations of wheat immediately , tlie ar- ' - ' - " '
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Printed by DOUGAL M'GO IFAN , of V , Graat ** £ & street , Haymarket , in the City of Westmin - fn > Parisa
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Office in the same Street and , ¦"" Mulied prietor , FEAltGUS O'COiYNOK , Es ( j ., a » d P 0- ^' Wilium Hewitt , of No . 18 , Ctiarles-s'i-eet ^ w street , "WahMrth , in the Parish oV St . MA ' S' \ 0 . 3 * ton , in the County of Surrey , at the Orac-j .. ' , , Strand , in the Parish o St . Alary Je- » n a »' - > City of Westminster . ., , Saturday . Septemhe * 20 , 18 B-,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 20, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20091845/page/8/
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