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      Health of London Dubkg the ; Week . — The weekly mortalitv continues to decline 5 in the week finding last Saturday the deaths registered in London were 875 , being . a small decrease oh the previous week . The steady decrease is exhibited in the following series of numbers , being the deaths returned each week since January , namely , 1 , 094 , 957 , 938 , 911 , 836 , and 875 . To compare the mortality of last return with that of the same week in former years _( 1 S 40-9 _) , it appears that only iu 1812 and 1816 were the deaths less that 900 ; with three exceptions they were always above 1 , 000 , and in 1 S 46 rose to I , 111 . The average of ten correspond - ing weeks , corrected for increase of population , is 1 , 035 , compared witb which the deaths in last week

      show a decrease of 220 . Amongst epidemic ? , small-pox , scarlatina , hooping-cough , influenza , and typhus , show considerably less than the usual fatality ; measles asid diarrhea have now fallen to the average , the latter numbering 9 ; and in the whole epidemic class are enumerated 133 deaths , whereas the corrected average is 196 . Sixty-fivo persons died of bronchitis , 74 of pneumonia , 17 of asthma ; the first being rather above the average , the la _* t two below it . ** In the class of diseases of the respiratory organs ( excks _. vc of pthisis and hooping-cough ) 171 deaths are included , whilst the corrected average is 207 . From p thisis , or consumption , 107 p ersons died in the week ; the average is 152 . An infant in Pheasant-court , Grays-inn-lane , is certified to have died of the impure air of an apartment . At

      Hammersmith , in Downt _' s-yard , King-street , the widow of a Labourer sunk under the infirmity of age , having lived 101 years . Mr . Itoy , the registrar , states that she had been twice married , and afterwards lived as a widow ahout 30 years . A certificate shows that she was baptised ninety-nine years ago , at whieh time she was upwards of two years of age . She has been in the receipt of parish relief for many years and her general health , till recently , ¦ was tolerably good . In the last week 101 persons were registered who had died in workhouses , 67 who had died in hospitals , S in prison and Millbank Penitentiary . Ofthe 67 in hospitals , 12 occurred in naval and military establishments aad 11 in lunatic asylums . The mean daily reading ofthe larometer at the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , was above 30 iu . ou every day except Sunday ; the mean of the week was 30 . 179 in . The mean temperature

      of the week was 42 deg . A min ., exceeding the mean ofthe same week , on an average of seven years , by 2 deg . 7 min . On Sunday , Monday , "Wednesday , and Thursday , the mean was from i deg . to 8 deg . above the average of these days . The births registered last week were 1 , 476 , _Mystesious _Dhaih . —The body of a boy named John Jones , aged seventeen years , was found on the 8 th inst , in the waters ofthe Grand Junction Canal , and it is generally supposed that the unfortunate youth has been robbed by a gang of miscreants , and afterwards murdered . Jones was in the employ of 31 r . Taylor , a baker , of Old Brentford ; and ou the 13 th ult he kft his master ' s shop , with a basket _contaiuins loaves of bread , for tbe purpose of serving several customers residing at Tonshall and _Hanwell , and did not return as usual . About a week afterwards the basket in which the _deceased was kco-vn

      to carry his bre id was discovered concealed m some bushes in Colonel Clithero _' s "Wood , which is contiguous to the Grand Junction Canak A fresh search was made for him , and it was not until the 8 th inst , that his body was found floating in the canal , a considerable distance from where the basket was found . When the hody was removed upon the towing-path , it was found to be covered with bruises and contusions . Information was quickly forwarded to the police , and the body was conveyed to the "Victoria Tavern , in that parish , where the police district surgeon attended , and carefully examined thc body . lie was of opinion that the deceased had received some tremendous blows upou the back part of the head during life . The deceased ' s hands were firmly clenched and filled with mud , as if he had struggled violently at the moment of death .

      Fatal Accioknt—Oa Saturday an inquest was taken by Mr . Bedford , at the Westminster Hospital , on the body of Francis Barry , aged forty-four , who was killed by the horses and carriages of Earl de Grey . About a fortnight ago , about ten o ' clock , tbe deceased was crossing the road opposite Fendall ' s "H otel , in Palace-yard , when the carriage of Earl de Grey came from " the direction of St . James ' s-park _, towards the houses of parliament . The coachman called to him several times , but deceased appeared tipsy , and staggered against the pole of the carriage ,

      aud he was thrown down , the fore and hind wheel going over him . Had he stood still the carriage would have passed him , and the coachman did a'l in Ms power to pull hi * horses up . He was at once conveyed to the Westminster Hospital , where be appeared to be suffering from the effects of some severe internal injury , and he died on the morning of the 6 th inst ., apparently from inflammation of the lungs , accelerated by the accident . The jury , after a very short consultation , returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "

      _Scdds ** Death . —An inquest was held by Mr . Bedford , at the Charing-cross Hospital , on the body ofa man who was found in the streets under the following circumstances : —It appeared that about four o ' clock on the morning of the 6 th inst ., as a policeman was going round his beat at Charing-cross , he observed a man lying on his face in the Strand , aud apparently quite dead . Witness had passed the place about ten minutes before , but the deceased was not there then , lie was conveyed to the Charing-cross Hospital , and examined by the surgeon , but expired In a very short time , and , as was subsequently discovered , from disease of the heart . The deceased was respectably dressed , and had the appearance of a warehouseman ; but it is a singular fact no one bas called to inquire after him , nor was a paper found on him whxb . could lead to his Identification . The clothes will remain in the possession of the constable for that purpose . The jury returned a verdict of * ' Found dead . "

      Fire ix Totienham-court-koad Oa Tuesday morning , between five aud six o ' clock , a fire broke out on the exteusive premises belonging to Mr . Gabriel , the steam saw mills , ia Milford-place , adjacent to London-street , Tottenham-court-road . The pol _' ce discovered the flames breaking through the roof of the mill , which , though but one story in height , extended a considerable depth in length ; a range of cow-hon = es ( belonging to Mr . Ilowe in Princes-street , Tottenham-court road , } flanked one side of the building . As soon as the police could arouse the family of Mr . Gabriel , who resided in a

      dwelling abutting on the mills , they exerted themselves in the rescue of the cows out of the adjoining premises—a matter of no little difficulty , the poor animals being terrified by the flames emanating from ths mills , which by that _tinw were on fire in every part . The brigade and west of England engines -were soon on the spot ; but , _notwithstanding the great exertions used by the firemen , the flames could not be mastered until the whole of the sawmills were burned down and the valuable machinery destroyed . There were also many of the adjoining premises more or less injured . The total loss is said to exceed £ 2 , 000 .

      Fire _Atnihilatok . —Several interesting and successful experiments were exhibited last week , at the London Gasworks , Vauxhall , before a numerous company of ladies and gentlemen , invited to witness the _effective power of Mr . Phillip ' s new invention for extinguishing fires . After adverting ti the inefficiency of water as a means of quenching flame , and the consequent loss sustained annually throughout the kingdom by the destruction of property , to the amount of about £ 2 . 000 , 000 , he introduced one of the smaller of his own machines , and explained that the agent by which he sought to accomplish his ohject was a mixture " of gas and vapour . After several experiments on a small scale , to show the success he hai attained by these means the attention of the company was directed to a compartment of a

      large open building , quite twenty feet high inside , which was fitted up with partitions and temporary _joisting of light wood , well so * ked with pitch and turpentine , and overhnng besides with rags and shavings soaked in like manner . The torch was applied to this erection , ar .-d the flames , wbich ascended immediately , at length roared with vehemence which drove the spectators back to a distance of forty feet , and was already beyond thepower of water . The inventor then brought forward one of his hand machines , aud threw out a volume of gaseou 3 vapour , which , in a half a minute , entirely suppressed all flame and combustion , and to show that the vap _*> ur which now filled the space was quite innoxious , Mr . Phillips mounted into the loft , and passed and repassed through the midst of it with a lighted caudle in his band . The machine with which this effect was

      accomplished was rather larger than a goodsized coffee-pot , and consisted of three tin cases , one within another , and mutually communicating . There was a small quantity of water in the bottom of the machine , and in the centre case was a composite cake , of the sizs and colour of peat— containing , in the middle ofit , a phial of sulphuric acid and eholorate of potash . In order to put the machine into action this phial is broken , and a gaseous vapour is generated so rapidly and in such quantity that it immediately rushes out from a lateral spout with great impetuosity . Mr . Phillij ' s explained that a machine of any size could be made according to the purpose for which it was intended , and that a company was at length formed to carry the invention into effect . The company present , who seemed taken by surprise , very cordially expressed their satisfaction with the success of the achievement .

      Proposed _Axteratiojjs is St . Paux _' s Chcbch-YARii . —A very gederal feeling prevails throughout , the City in favour of the plan recently proposed in _,. the . Court of Common Council , for the removal of Ithecumbrous iron railings round St . Paul's _Cithe-!; . « _rah A deputation to the Archbishop of Canterbury , . ; . tbe * Bishop of _L-mdon / and Dean Millman will be _-beaded by three of the City members , Sir j ; DuKe , _^ _ajMth _^ hUd _. _^ and Mr . Masterman _. and it is confidently expected . that the removal will commence _eSriy m tbe ensuing month .-

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      Atrocious Attempt At Poisow-'In'manchest...

      Atrocious attempt at _Poisow- _'IN'Manchestkk . —A curious case is under investigation by the , police of Manchester . Two _well-dressed men . 'ha * nng . the appearance of gentlemen , called a'few weeks bacK at a large and respectable cigar shop in Manchester , ana were waited upon by a female . It was _^ about ten o ' clock in the evening , and having purchase ? ° _^ cigars , one of them remained in conversa tion witn the ladv , whilst the other smoked his _^ cigar ; at tne door . ' The one who remained in' the shop deposited his cigars in a handsome box , apparently or saver , and produced _^ m another box , _apparently of tlie samemetal , some lozenges , which he _dFe « d tolhe _la-Jv . She declined them at first , bat having a coW . and being assured they would remove it , she was ultimately persuaded to use two of them . After ' loitering snm * 7 t \ L . about the shoo the gentleman departed ,

      and had been gone but a " short time when the etlects of the lozenges became apparent . She was seized with a burning sensation in the throat , followed-b y vomiting , and had to be led home by a friend . These sensations were followed by faintness , and pain of the eyes , which affected the sight . She was ; put to bed and lost all consciousness of what was passing . Three surgeons wrre ultimately called in by her friends , and an eminent physician , and with their assistance a portion of the contents of the stomach were dislodeed , _containinir poison . She entirely lost the s ight of her eyes for two days , and consciousness was affected for nearly a week . She has only this week been able to resume her duties at the shop , and the particulars of the matter are now under investigation by Mr . Be 3 wick _, the chief superintendent of the detective police , in the hope that he will be able to discover the men who administored the

      pdson . The recent administration of a drug , _throut-h the instrumentality of lozenges in a railway carriage has led to the suspicion that the same parties have been at work in this case , and that the object was , had the poison taken effect sooner , to have robbed the shop . Some traces of the parties has been obtained , but they are not yet in custody . Elopement ok Capt . Douglas with Miss Elliott . —51 painful degree of excitement prevailed in Cheltenham last week , on the subject of an elopement . The parties are Captain Douglas , late of the 16 th Regiment , whose name has been recently _brought before the public in connexion with a courtmartial , held in the island of Guernsey , and Miss Marianne Elliott , youngest daughter of Letsam Elliott , Esq ., a gentleman of independent property ,

      resident in Cheltenham . The parties first eloped during the absence of the young lady ' s father on a visit to the Earl Fitzhardinge , at Berkeley , Castle , a few days since , but a _cluehaving been obtained of her retreat , she was brought home on the following day , and precautions were taken to prevent a repetition of the indiscretion . All the means taken , however , proved insufficient , and on the 7 th inst ., she quitted her father ' s roof in disguise ! , and came to London by the next train . Captain Douglas has a wife and two children , and has been resident in Cheltenham for some weeks . The . young lady is only nineteen years of age , highly accomplished , and the

      idol of her family , Mr . Serjeant Warren , the author of" Ten Thousand a Year , " who defended the captain before th * court-martial , and addressed a letter to the Queen upon the hardship of " his client ' s case , thus apostrophises him in one of the early pages of his pamphlet : — ¦¦ Captain Douglas , himself a father —the father of lovely children , ' and one of them a son ; but the mere sight of them is agony to him ; for ihey bear , alag ! a now dishonoured name , and are the unconscious offspring of a ruined outcast —that gentleman I believe to be at this moment one of the most deeply injured men in your Majesty ' s _domii-ions . "

      RocHnAtE Savings Bank . —The following notice has been issued by Messrs . John and James Fenton : " In consequence of the position of the Rochdale Savings Bank , Messrs . John and James Fenton beg to inform the public , that they have decided to receive at their bank any sums riot lower than £ 1 ; hoping that shortly some other means may be affoided for the public convenience . Their present rate of interest is £ 210 s . per cent . Should the deposits of the Savings Bank be paid in cheques , Messrs . J . and J . Fenton will be glad to accommodate the depositors by taking the cheques at their bank , the same as money . —Rochdale Bank , 6 th March , 1850 .

      Important Factory Cask at Blackburn . —At the petty sessions on the " 6 th inst , the Messrs . Hopwood , cotton manufacturers of this town were summoned by the sub-inspector of factories , Mr . Ewings , for an infringement of the act regulating the duration of the hours of labour in factories . An application for an adjournment by Mr . Clough , the advocate for the defendants , was refused . There were fifty cases , ' _> nly one of which was heard , viz ., the case of Ellen Wood , whose evidence conclusively established the ease ag-iipst the defendants , she having commenced work at six o _' _chick in the morning of Wednesday , tbe 27 th ult ., and was still employed at her looms , onthe occasion of Mr . Ewing ' s visit at twenty minutes past six the same evening . After a short cnwnltJition , the bench fined th- * defendants £ 70 ( £ 3 each in ten cases and £ 1 each in forty cases ) , and costs . '

      Alarming Fire at Manchester . — An alarming fire broke ont in Bateman ' s-buildings . Blackfriars _, on Sunday night , and was discovered by the police about ten o ' clock . One front of the pile of buildings is to the river Irwell , and was partially occupied as a cotton factory . It is five stories high , and the flames were seen from Blackfriars-bridge , issuing from the windows of the fifth story . When Mr . Rose arrived at the spot with the fire-engines of the borough , the flames had reached the next story below ; and the buildings adjoining and surrounding being very closely packed together , great alarm prevailedlest the fire should extend up to Dean _' s-gate in which case it must have made havoc with a vast amount of property . One ground for fearing that the fire would not easily be subdued was that , besides the

      combustible materials iii the upper part ofthe building _, there was an immense quantity of tallow stored in the cellar , which had the flames have reached it , must have fed them , and placed them beyond control . Not many doors distant there was also a gunsmith's shop , with a good deal of powder in store , and much fear was entertained of mischief on this account . Four engines from Manchester and three from Salford were set to work , however , with such effect , tbat in half an hour the fire was under , the control ofthe firemen , and before it had reached the chief sources of alarm , whilst the destruction of property was limited to about £ 2 , 000 worth , a . very small proportion of what it was once feared must fall a prey to it . The cellar story , filled with tallow , is occupied by Messrs . T . C . _Hoirrocks and Co ., refiners , whose

      stock received no injury . The next floor was partly occupied by Mr . J . B . Thorpe , as a beaming and dressing room for the warps of cloth , and as a mechanics' shop . A good deal of the materials in this story were destroyed by the fire , but the floor was not burnt . Mr . James Buckley , wood turner , who had materials on another part of the same floor , _sus- _* tained no damage from the fire . The third story was wholly occupied by Mr . Thorpe as a weaving room , and about thirty out of fifty-seven looms were destroyed . The fourth story , was occupied by Messrs Gibbons and Brown , mechanics , and their stock was entirely destroyed . The fifth story , in which the fire commenced , was . occupied by Mr . Hector Christy , with cotton winding and dressing frame ? , and his property was nearly all destroyed . The roof , two . of the upper floors , and part of the

      third were destroyed . Mr . Thorpe has an adjoining mill , and Mr . Christy another , and both these were on fire several times , but the vigilant exertions ofthe firemen as often checked them and saved them from destruction . Another large cotton factory adjoining was also on fire several times , but was saved with but little damage . Of the £ 2 , 000 worth of property destroyed about 4 * 1 , 100 was in the stock of the several occupants , and the-remainder is the estimated damage to the building , which is covered by insurance in the Phoenix Company . The stocks in various parts of the building are insured . by the Royal Ex- ; change and Yorkshire offices . . The flames lihot up to a great height at one time , and , being seen at a great distance , drew together an immense concourse of people . By twelve o ' clock the flames were almost entirely reduced , but several ofthe engines had to be kept playing on the building all night .

      Ploughing Bt Steau . —A trial in this way was made at _Grimsthorpe , on the 7 th inst , by Lord Willoughby _d'Eresby , The machinery employed consisting ofa small locomotive engine , with a capstan attached , moving on a portable railway . ' An ordinary plough , followed closely by a subsoil plou » h , waa drawn by a chain from the capstan , working with perfect precision , and at a greater depth and speed than usual . Several gentlemen and farmers who were present expressed a favourable opinion of the experiment . ¦¦

      A Fraudulent PREACHER . —The Kendal'Mccury tells a story of a preacher who made a great sensation the other day in one of the " secluded dales"in that neighbourhood . After he had astonished the entire neighbourhood with his ; eloquence , it was whispered _abro-d that the admired preacher was not in holy orders , and had unlawfully desecrated the place of worship . The rural dean has referred the case to the high dignitaries ofthe church , and . the result is , that the parties are cited to appear before the Ecclesiastical Court .

      Cases op PoisoNiNG . —Some weeks after Christmas last an old man . named Samuel Tunncliffe , formerly a weaver , and who resided in a small cottage of Ins own at Bullerton , went to reside at _Swinscoe , near Ashbourne , with a y .. unf * man . named William Chadwick , _whoJbad niarried his riewphew ' s _daugh-( er . Not feeling comfortable iu his new situation , the intended returning to his cottage at _Buljerton , but ho became unwell , and died after eight or ten days' illness . After the , old man ' s decease Chadwick , instead of employing ai'joiner or undertker to provide a coffin , took the'dimensions of-. the body himself , and had' the coffin _' made to order . He then scrcwed'down the lid with his own hands , and had the deceased buried in tbf * churchyard of Blore .

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      Immediately after -thishe started for Bullerton and claimed the ' oldman | s property , which consisted of a dilapidated cottage and two plots of land , valued at about £ 60 . _^ fuimcliffe had : nearer relatives _^ who at the time were ' iri possession of the property ,: and circumstances had raised a suspicion that he had been foully dealt with , the body ¦ was exhumed , and the stomach and intestines subjected to a chemical analysis , the result of which showed that the deceased had been poisoned ., On the inquest which ensued , besides the preceding facts , it was proved that Chadwick had asked for arsenic at a shop of a druggist in Ashbourne shortly before the old man ' s death , stating thathe wanted to poison rats and mice . It was also proved that when Tunncliffe was dying ,

      Chadmck pressed him to sign a deed , which , however , he did not do , and that during the illness of deceased Chadwick gave him his drinks . The coroner's jury returned a verdict of wilful murder againBt Chadwick , who is in custody . He is a remarkable tall man , with a heavy sluggish expression of countenance , and is occupation is that ofa labourer . He betrayed no emotion during the proceedings , but is said to have made statements since calculated materially to strengthen the evidence against him . Another case of poisoning has been discovered at Castle Camps , in Cambridgeshire , of which the following are the particulars t—Susan Lucas , wife of a labourer at Castle Camps , died on the 22 nd ult , after a very short illness , in the course of wliich she

      exhibited all the symptoms of having taken arsenic , It was immediately rumoured that she had been poisoned by her husband and sister , who were said to have been guilty of incest . : In _concequence the accused parties havebeen arrested , and the coroner ' s inquest has been adjourned , in order that medical evidence may be procured as to the cause of death . In the meantime the charge has been brought before the magistrates in petty session , and the witnesses examined appear to establish a strong case agai nst the prisoners . The female prisoner , it was stated , prepared the mess for the deceased , which led to her illness , and the male ' it is said , had expressed his desire to get rid of his wife either by death or otherwise , " as he had a bastard' child coming . " They had both been committed to stand their trial atthe

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      The Cullooen Monument . — The' 'Inverness Courier says : " This monument has now progressed to some . height , but the fund receives accessions so slowly , that tbe po-sibility is anticipated > of seeing the monument struck in a half-finished state , and so left soon , to become a shapeless heap of rubbish , hot much to the credit of that enthusiasm out of which the proposal arose . "

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      'Abolition Of The Irish Court.—The Quest...

      ' Abolition of the Irish Court . —The question ofthe abolition of tho lord-lieutenancy is privately debated in all parts of the city . Saunders' News Letter of Sunday last contains the following : — ''The contemplated arrangement is to create a Secretary of State for Ireland with a scat in the cabinet , and to transfer to him , by Act of Parliament , such of the executive rights as are at present vested inthe Lord ; Lieutenant . The prerogative rights will go to the Queen . This Secretary for Ireland will have a parliamentary Unaer Secretary , and an office establishment , uniting the Chief Secretary ' s Office in Dublin Castle with the Irish Office in London . By the constant residence in London of the Secretary for Ireland , Irish members of parliament will have the government of Ireland always on the spot ,

      without dropping in at the Irish Othce , or going to the Home Office , or writing over to a Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , as at present . These arrangements will of course involve some others , and be perhaps themselves somewhat altered , but the abolition- of the vice-royalty is expected to take place hefore the opening of next session . Such at least is understood to be -the proposed changes . An occasional visit of the Queen ispartofthe plan . " Cultivation op the Soil . —In that quarter of the island where improvement was more imperatively needed , the symptoms of a return to a better state of affairs are gradually but surely gaining reality . Even in Mayo , the stronghold and last resting place of the famine , it is admitted by the Castlebar Telegraph , that the g loom is dissipating before the fair prospect which is at length dawning upon that impoverished district .

      At the assizes now . being held m various parts of the country , there havo been some convictions , for offences of a very serious character . In Waterford , on the 7 th inst _' two men , named Downey , were found guilty ofthe murder of Michael Hogan , a person who had been sent to the lands of Oorragaun , in that county , to distrain for arrears of rent due by a farmer . On the 6 th inst at the samo assizes , four men were convicted of having made an attack on the police barracks of Capppquin in September last . During the trial there were fifty pikes , fixed upon ash poles seven feet long , lying on the table of the Court-house . These instruments furnished strong evidenco of the intention of tho parties under prosecution . In Limerick there was a conviction of two men for a whiteboy offence—an attack on a dwelling ; and , in the King ' s County , a man named John Ryan was convicted of the murder

      of Staff-Sergeant Grant , who was assassinated in _"November , 1848 , whilst on his way to Shinronej whither he was proceeding to , pay some pensioners . As yet few remarkable cases have been tried at these assizes ' . ' In Westmeath Mr . "William Vise , a person holding the rank of a gentleman , has been acquitted of a charge of murder for shooting a man named Flynn , : who was one of a party of men who came to take forcible possession of a house . The case excited a good deal of interest when the occurrence took place . Mr . Yise is niarried tothe niece of a deceased gentlemanj . Captain Ogle , and was in occupation of the family mansion at Dysart , in virtue of a will bequeathing the property to his wife , and disinheriting the nephews of the deceased , The latter came with a numerous party to take the house by force , , when Mr . Vyso fired and shot one man dead , wounding another .

      ExTKAOBDiNAB ** OUTRAGE . —The Limerich Reporter contains the following strange statement . If unexaggerated , it is quite a new p hase in the relationship between landlord and tenant : — " Great excitement has been created in the neighbourhood of Croom by one ofthe most daring * attacks , made within our remembrance , by a party of fifty or sixty men , with whom was Mr . Bevan , of Glen Bevan ,. on a respectable farmer of the name of Fitzgerald , the holder of twenty acres of land at Bawnogue in that neighbourhood . It appears that Fitzgerald had been dispossessed , and was readmitted , by the land bailiff of Mr . Bevari ; but that gentleman j on the day of this ' awful occurrence , denied that he had given authority to the - land bailiff to admit thc

      Fitzgeralds ; and such violence was never , we believe , before witnessed In that or any other part of the country . To describe the fearful manner in which the Bevan party acted would be impossible . Demands wero made on Fitzgerald to leave the bouse ; he declined doing so . Then began the row . Sticks , stones , every implement that could be laid hold of , were used against the Fitzgeralds , who resisted , as well as they were able , the outrageous treatment they received at the hands of the Bevan faction . One of the Fitzgeralds was left for dead on the wayside with three fractures of the skull . The police of the Ballycollen station were on duty in the neighbourhood . ' Their attention was attracted to the scene of the outrage . Had it not been ior their interference further injury , and perhaps a great loss of life , must have been the result . The constable and party succeeded in arresting four

      ofthe ringleaders whose violence they witnessed _. They brought them before Mr . Lyons and Mr . R . Maxwell , handcuffed ; but , strange to say , ' those fentlemen refused informations against the depreators , whilst they took informations against the Fitzgeralds . The facts having , however , been laid before Mr . Gould , R . M ., he took the informations of the Fitzgeralds , and the case is to undergo a further investigation oh Monday week , summons having been issued for that purpose . The . Boven men it need not be said , succeeded in . ejecting the Fitzgeralds by this , new process of eniry and ouster ; but with what result remains to be seen . Tho greatest excitement continues to prevail on the subject throughout the country , " We extract the following details of house-levelling and starvation from the Limerick aud Clare Examiner : —

      " On Saturday lastw . Leake , Esq ., sub-sheriff of the county of Limerick , accompanied by a large party of police from Newcastle and the adioming stations , and a number of bailiffs , proceeded to the lands of Raheenagh for , the purpose of dispossessing a body of occupiers . The wretched wort was soon accomplished . After ! turning . out thirty-four families the bailiffs proceeded in their work of demolition , and rapidly and summarily executed the task assigned them . The dwellings which were habitable a . moment before were in ruins the next . A long rope was attached to . the rafters in such a manner that the entire roof was dragged off in a haul . No scene could be more heart-rending . Old men and women , young mothers with infants at their breasts , weeping children bf everv aire were

      put OUt together . . Some of them were stretched on the bed . of sickness in fever and dysentry . It would move a heart of stone to hear ' these poor creatures demanding a respite for a few days until they would be able to rise , or would have breathed their last _. The houses demolished and the viotdry gained , the landlord cautioned the relieving officer of the district against giving relief , lest any of the poor creatures should . ' . attempt to'find shelter iii tho locality . . ' Let them go to the workhouse . ' Thus , in-one part of the . electoral division of Kileedy were thirty seven families thrown houseless on the world , a 3 they could not afford to . pay former rents , an impossibility which the landlords themselves have fully , demonstrated . The whole of these families , amounting , at five members eacb , to 185 souls , must

      'Abolition Of The Irish Court.—The Quest...

      becom ' e _' ohargeable on the . rates arid respurces of the Newcastle union , ' ' ' - ' " " ' . •" .. V ¦'" •»¦/ . ¦ ¦ ' '¦ _"*« A young woman , _MaryBonnellan , ' of _R-nana , left the Ennis Fever Hospital ,, and endeavoured to crawl home ,. _fainfcuand fasting , a distance , of ten miles ; she got into some kind of ,. a wretched , old hovel , where she was " . found next day dead of hunger and exhaustion , and her faco eaten away by rats . ' - - ¦ . , , "A hitherto powerful athlotio man , Michael O Brien , for _strengtji . the pride of the village , died of starvation on Monday at a p lace very properly denominated ' 'the hulk , ' and there he remains till the hour I write ( Thursday ) uninterred . This man received a marriage portion of £ 70 , and leaves now a widow and six children , one of whom is ; a stal-. .. . 1 , 11 .. J . liH _AHJ _MAt-AnwnaD _ftf th _»

      wart form of living death , bones and sinews kept together by tho use of a few stolen turnips , for the last eighteen days . I saw crowds of hungry candidates last night about ten o ' cloek , returning from their unavailing mission to the workhouse , in the most lamentable state of destitution , after their fourteen miles ' journey . Would to God that some Christian friends who read this unexaggerated statement would transmit to Rev . Mr . Furness , P . P ., fome assistance to help his deplorable flock in this their time of fiery ordeal . Rents _itf this lo-. cality are enormous—in some cases £ 415 s . an acre , * and in others £ 3 , and down to £ 1 15 s ., without any authentic reduction that I could yet learn . " It would appear , from the subjoined paragraphs , contained from the Nenagh Guardian that tne land is as fertile a source of contention in the county

      Tipperary as ever . " On the Cth inst , as Michael Ryan , of Upper Church , was in theact of seizing a cow , under a distress forrent , due by a man named James Ryan , John Ryan struck him with a pitchfork on-the head , from the effects of which he lies dangerously ill , his skull being fractured , but it is hoped he may yet recover . * . ' At one o ' clock on the morning of the 7 th inst , three brothers , named , James , Johri _^ and David Carey , seized for rent cows belonging to Denis , and Pat Sweeney , residing near . _. Cashel . After the seizure having been . made a quarrel took place and a riot , ensued , in whichboth the Sweeneys were seriously wounded , one of them having received a blow of a stone , which fractured his head , arid placed his life in imminent danger . "

      Piracy . —A most shameful " outrage was committed last week by tho inhabitants of Boffin and the neighbouring island , upon an Austrian vessel named the Aveletfe Bochesi . ; It appears that the vessel sprung a leak , and becoming unmanageable from stress of weather , she drove on Shark Head , whereupon Mr . H . Hildebrand , with the coastguards and others , came to their assistance ; but rinding it impossible to bring off the vessel , they immediately returned to Boffin for further aid , after wliich a large number of persons , armed / with hatchets , headed by aperson named Grady , attacked tho crew , and plundered the sailors and vessel of every portable article . The ruffians actually forced some jewels , worn by the captain and mate , from their persons . Eleven of these pirates have already been lodged in gaol , and it is probable that

      an admiralty commission will issue lor their trial at the ensuing assizes . The authorities seem to bo taking timely precaution to prevent , anything like a renewal ofthe Dolly ' s Brae affair on St . Patrick's Day . Strong detachments of military and constabulary are being sent to those partB of Ulster where there is reason to apprehend the Ribbon party may be disposed to celebrate the feast of the patron saint . Some companies of the 1 st Royals , and a portion of the Entiiskilling Dragoons left here on Monday for the north . Repeal Association . —Bankruptcy looms over Conciliation Hall . The rent has fallen to £ 9 , and an adjournment of three ' weeks is agreed to in order to give the small leader time to start it in the provinces , in the hope of raising the wind' outside the pale of an ungrateful metropolis .

      -** ¦ * * Powder-Mill Explosion, And Los...

      - _** _¦ _* POWDER-MILL EXPLOSION , AND LOSS OF LIFE . A fearful explosion 'took place On Monday afternoon at the powder mills of Messrs . Curtis and Harvey , near Hounslow , attended by a lamentable loss oi life among the workmen present when the accident happened . The buildings are situated about two miles from the Hounslow Railway-station , and about half a mile on the southern side of the public highway , and are surrounded by a belt of stately trees .. They are approached by a narrow cart-road , nnd the situation in which they are placed appears to have been carefully selected to prevent the occurrence of a catastrophe like that which has just taken place . On Monday afternoon , abouthalf-past 3 o ' clock , the inhabitants of the surrounding district were startled by a sound resembling the discharge of a whole park of artillery , which shook the houses to their foundations , and made the inmates rush forth in terror and

      dismay to learn the cause . A dense cloud of smoke was seen rising in the air , and the bodies of men hurled aloft with portions of tho building were observed to drop among the trees which- surround the mills . Scarcely had this taken place when another explosion , of still greater violence than the first , was heard , and the roof of one of the coming-houses was blown upwards to a great height . A third explosion then took place , louder than all the rest , and so tremendous that its effects were sensibly felt at Brentford , Kew , and even Richmond , from which p laces several hundred _people started to ascertain what accident had happened . It is also said that horses and pedestrians nearly a mile away from the mills were thrown down by the concussion . Several other explosions are said to have taken place after this , but owing to the confusion and excitement which prevailed it was impossible to ascertain the exact number . ¦

      The scene which followed baffles all descriptionwomen rushed madly forward to ascertain the fate of their husbands , and children also hurried to the spot to know if their parents had been injured . A dreadful spectacle presented itself when the crowd ql anxious inquirers reached the mills . No less than seven of the buildings were found levelled to the ground , and scattered in different directions were the miserable workpeople , some bleeding profusely , while others , scorched and blackened by the explosions , could hardly be identified by their friends . Five were quite dead , andin the surrounding fields the shattered remains of three or four human bodies were found , so that the whole number killed on the spot is supposed to be eight or nine . Several of the sufferers

      still alive are so frightfully injured that no hope of their recovery ia entertained .. Respecting the cause of the explosion nothingis at present known ; It is believed that the first took place in one of the corning houses , but all the workmen employed there have been either killedor so dreadfully injured as-to be unable to give any account of the way in which the accident happened . Besides the destruction . of the works already alluded to , all the small houses occupied by those employed on the premises have had the glass in their windows broken , and the roofs displaced . Every exertion appears to have been made as soon as the extent of the catastrophe was known

      to obtain medical aid for the sufferers , and to extinguish the flames which followed the explosion . A body of police happened luckily to be at Hounslow to prevent a walking match , which was expected to come off . from taking place on the public thoroughfares . Their services _wereanplied to keeping off the crowd of spectators attracted to the spot , and a large party of the 11 th Hussars arrived with the fire-engine from the barracks , and soon extinguished the fire in the ruins . ' Until night closed in men were employed in searching the surrounding fields for the mangled and shattered remains of the unfortunate beings who had perished in the explosion .

      • FURTHER PARTICULARS . On Tuesday morning the extent of injury to life and property by the dreadful explosion at the powder-mills of Messrs .. Curtis and Harvey ,. near Hounslow , was fully revealed . It was then ascertained beyond doubt , that eight human beings had thereby been killed , and that two more had been very seriously hurt . The names ofthe unfortunate victims are as follows : —Richard Glazier and Henry Strange , who perished in the sporting powder dusthouse ; Robert _Gdddard ,. who ; was in the sporting powder coming-house when the accident took place , and who lived for an hour . arid a half after the explosion . John Compton was with him , and , though much injured , still survives . James Perry , who

      was in the middle glazing-house at the time , was killed ; and William Pierce , his companion , was seriousiy hurt , and is since dead . In the roller , corning-house three nien perished , . their names being William Borrows , Thomas Penfold , and James Bookmaster : To this list the name of Henry Clifford , next in authority to the foreman ofthe works , must be added .: When he heard the explosion he throw-himself into the river' Colne ,. which passes close at hand , aud in that position- he remained while the roof ' of ' oiie ofthe buildings was " blown right : over his head . He has sustained someinjury _, and appears to have owed his life mainly to the shelter which the river . afforded . In order to render the account of this-intelligible , it is necessary to give somo description of the manner . . in which the powder-mills arc arranged . Messrs . Curtis and

      Harvey ' s ' works are within about two miles-of Hounslow , and cover a largo area of ground , probably from fifty to sixty acres , the whole being enclosed by a handsome park railing , with a thick fir plantation shutting it in oh .. every side . The area itself is dotted by fir and aider plantations , in the midst of which are situated the various buildings _Wliei-e the manufacture of powder is carried onsuch as tho glazing mills , . coining mills , pressing houses ' , ; < _S _* c . _' ,. those . buildings being thus placed , in order that , in tho event of an explosion , the trees being thickly planted , might 'deaden' its force , and preventan extension / of the accident . The t fesult of the present catastrophe would appear to > prove _$ nat the ' plantations of trees ' aro not a sufficient safeguard . 'No less thah five ' separate buildings -the firBt . at _. least 100 _yards'frbm the second-successively exploded : the whole time occupied by the

      -** ¦ * * Powder-Mill Explosion, And Los...

      accident ! being actually under , two minutes . . These five buildings , must be understood to . form only a verysmall portion : 6 f . 'Messrs ' . Curtis ! and Harvey ' s works , erections : of a similar character being very numerous about . the grounds , in addition to which the firm have very extensive premises within the enclosure , where ' the earlier stages ofthe manufacture , such as the grinding , the charcoal , saltpetre , & c ., are carried on by steam power , and near to which are situated the offices . The works are bounded on the east by the river Colne , which supplies all the water-power required for the corning and glazing mills , and upon the banks of this river stood three of the buildings destroyed . The accident was very distinctly observed by ' .. 1 ! J a 1 . ' »_ ' _-i _* i _ * J ¦ i I j _.- _ mt

      some agricultural labourers , who were at work in a field within the _^ enclosure , the plantation running between themselves and the river . They describe the first explosion to have taken place in what is stated to havo been a treble dusting house , this being the technical term for the place in which first-class powder is subjected to a finishing process , namely that of separating any particles of dust from , and making it up in packages for sale . This building was situate on the west side of the plantation , about two hundred yards from the river . When it exploded there appears to have been only two men working in it . The stock of powder it contained was , however , about eight or nine barrels of one hundred weight each , and as a matter of consequence , every particle of

      which the building was composed , from the foundation to the roof , was thrown up into the air to an enormous altitude , and scattered about in every direction . Some portion of the ignited splinters were blown in the direction ofthe river , and fell upon . corning house situated about the centre ofthe plantation . The next instant this building was razed to the ground by an explosion which , in its turn , communicated with a second corning house on the banks of the river . From this building the force of the explosion directed itself up tho banks of the river , and next destroyed a g lazing-house , from which it spread to a pressing-house , after which it did no further mischief . By the explosion of tho lower coming-house a mixing-house was fired , which burnt itself out before the fire engines on the

      establishment could be brought to play upon it . The whole ofthe buildings within the enclosure were more or less injured by the explosion- the tiles being torn off the roofs , and aU the windows broken , and the effect of the accident upon the plantation was frightful , tho largest trees being snapped off and rooted up in every direction . It appears to be quite ascertained that the mischief commenced in what is called the '¦ Treble Dusting-house , " i . e ., the house for "dusting" or cleansing sporting powder , which was situate on the eastern margin of a fir plantation , with a field of turnips on the one side of it and the wood on the other . In this small building no machinery of any kind was kept which could at all lead to such a _castrophe ... Two small spindles and a sieve of

      copper wire were the only implements employed ; and how anything could have arisen to create combustion here is the mystery which must be solved before the ori gin of the accident can be understood . The appearance presented at all the spots where the great explosions took place-is , as nearly as possible , the same , not one stone being left upon another , the trees for some distance around being shattered , overthrown , and scorched , and the ground being strewed with bricks , . p ieces of timber , and fragments of machinery . A portion of a water-wheel was resting hetween the boughs of a fir tree , near its summit , and several . heavy rollers , after being hurled upwards to a . great height , had imbedded themselves deeply in the earth . Besides thc five great explosions , two smaller ones occurred in

      other portions of the works ; but ns these did not do much damage beyond displacing a few timbers in the roof , it is not necessary to enter into any dotails with regard to them . Among the heavier disasters of the day , the composition-house , that in which the materials of gunpowder are brought together , took fire , and everything , except those solid portions of the machinery which would not burn , was reduced to ashes . This record of the disasters which have overtaken the works of Messrs . Curtis and Harvey would not be complete without mentioning that ' the roofs of nearly all the buildings within reach of those where the explosions took place have been almost entirely destroyed , the tiles being displaced as if by a hurricane . The windows have also , been blown in and the plaster shaken off the walls . .

      To My Fellow Countrymen. Are You Aware, ...

      TO MY FELLOW COUNTRYMEN . Are you aware fellow-countrymen , that the bodies of those who die in the hospitals are sold by doctors to medioal students as they say to teach them anatomy , but really to fill-their pockets !!! Your legs and arms are sold just as if it were a butchers' shop , and all this done under the plea of science ! . _' . Oh ! oh ! the guinea trade . —Fellowcountrymen !—The only thing really required is bone setting ; which might be learnt from lithogvaphic designs , without desecrating the remains of the : poor and making money out of . their dead bodies . Surely there must and will be a day of retribution !! What would the rich say if their remains were hacked and cut up as those of the poor are in the hospitals ? Mr . Morison , the Hygeist , has clearly shown anatomy to be a perfect humbug . ' Yours , & c , A Hygeist . London , March 12 th , 1850 .

      A Romance Oa Rbai. Life. — Seme Twenty-F...

      A Romance oa Rbai . Life . — Seme twenty-five years ago , a stranger—a Scotchman—came to Huddersfield , took lodgings , and after a little inquiry , took premises and commenced , business in the retail flour and corn trade . He would then be nearly fifty years of ape , and called himself Alexander Black , in which name he has continued to trade in Huddersfield up to the period of his death , which occurred some few weeks ago . From the first of his reaching the town , he paid attention to _ several females , and made offers which were declined . At lengtha . young girl who obtained her livelihood by delivering milk for sale ; listened to his overtures j but as her mental qualifications were scarcely deemed high enough for the "Canny Scot , " he took the precaution to send

      her to a boarding school and other places of instruction , to qualify her , to be a helpmate for him , In due time she was married in the name of Black . Fortune seemed to smile upon the Scotchman , for his business visibly increased , and also . his means of enjoyment—a dwelling ofa higher class being occupied by the couple . . At length there seemed to be a turn to this good fortune , and most people were surprised to hear that a fiat of bankruptcy bad been issued against Alexander Black . The fiat was prosecuted ; it was under the old bankrupt law , when the examination of the bankrupt was taken in presence of the creditors ,. generally in the town where the bankrupt resided . While A . Black ' s examination was proceeding ; the sheriff ' s officer in attendance , having reason

      to believe that all'the property tbat Black possessed had not been given up , left the room , and went in search of ; the ( iluddersfield ) wife , to whom he represented that he had been sent by her husband " for that money , " , and that unless it was sent , he ( the husband ) would have to be committed to York Castle . This representation operating dri the fears of the poor distracted wife , she went to the hiding place , and produced - £ 1 , 100 in gold , which she delivered to the sheriff ' s officer , and which was hy him speedily , laid before the assembled creditors , tb their great astonishment and delight . This bankruptcy heing worked to the end , and a certificate obtained , our Scotchman commenced > the world again in the same line of business—borrowing £ 200 to enable him

      to do so from the very sheriff ' s officer who had so cunningly stript him of the secret £ l , 100 ; and whose faith in Black ' s integrity seems to have been of an extraordinary kind . It should here be mentioned that the affair of the £ 1 , 100 so preyed upon the mind of the Huddersfield wife , that she was for a considerable period an inmate of a lunatic asylum : and in a few years after _. her release she died , leaving our Scotch townsriian apparently a widower . A few weeks ago he also died — and then came the revelations we have now to detail .: Fortune had again smiled upon bim , and having some £ 1 , 600 to dispose of , he willed small portions amongst some mem' ers ofthe family he had married into in Huddersfield - some other portions to _hi 3 housekeeper , and the rest

      to parties whom he named , resident in Scotland , and whom hedescrihed as his nieces , and nephews . To this will his old friend , the sheriff ' s officer , was made one of the executors . "When one of the " ' nephews " came from Scotland " to , look after his interest , he came furnished with proofs to show that Alexander Black was not the name of the parly who had been so long known by it ; that his real name was — '¦ -, what , for the sake ofthe family in Scotland , we do not here mention ; that the " nephew" was the _veritajile . son of the ostensible Alexander Black ; that the said son had foiir brothers and sisters still living ; Ihat the _nnbther of these children , and the fiist wife pf the said Alexander Black , was also still living , Dcing now upwards of- _eighty years of age ; that rt the time . " Alexander Black" left Scotland , he left a second . wife behind him , who is also still living ; that he had fled from Scotland on account ' of these

      marriages , and his whereabouts not known for a considerable period . —Leeds Mercury . Revenue of " the Duchy or _ComwAii , —Tho accounts of tho revenue of the Duchy of Cornwall up to tho end of _ISiO have been published . The whole income received , including arrears of _outstandingaccounts , amounted to £ 51 , 882 " 13 s . 2 d . The _* ums paid to his Royal Iiighness's use out of the gross income amounted to £ 29 , 55 '" 10 s ., andthe payments _tp-the account of the Duko of Cornwall at the Bank of England were £ 3 , 750 . Those sums , together with £ 5 , 244 16 s . remaining at the bankers to the credit of the ' account of the Council of his Royal _Jlighness the Prince of Wales _. _-andthe va ' _ribus items for , ' salaries , law expenses , repairs , tithes ; & cVj * make up the expenditure side of the balance . ¦ : ' j -. A _liov , fifteen years of ago ,. has been arrested at Leghorn , for . writing a revolutionary letter to anotherbbk " •" _¦' -: - " '•' ¦ '•" - ' ¦ ¦ - . _'• ' '¦ a .

      ¦The : :Condition Of Engis. ¦¦ " ¦ ,- .•...

      ¦ THE : CONDITION OF _ENgIS . ¦¦ " ¦ _,- . •! : >/ ... QUESTION .- AW 1 ) RICHARD OASTLER'S ADDRESS rw * 1 RIGHTS OF LABOUR , _^ At a meeting of delegates from thp T « , Trades held at St Andrew ' s Coffee 5 w _% born , for the purpose of considering the _beTt '•' to be adopted at the present crisis , to so a"" " the trade and industry of England , as shall ft * enable the industrious portions of societv ti i- ¦ "' the fruits of their labour-Mr . George R « _J % chair—Mr . Oastler delivered the followin-- Ja _^ I came here , sir , at your invitation , and wS that this assembly would be composed of thaii _- _** steady , and respectable working men „ - % , judgment tbe different trades of London _e-StiN am , then , about to speak in the presence « I head , the heart , and the eye of the different * " _^ trial branches of this great metropolis , and ' nS them , to the whole of the working classeY % mighty empire , * for it it true ' a lim . % _laavannth _i-Ua ml ... ! .. I » M . t mi " l _* J > _.. _MV- _~_ ' ' —" _--H

      ... " ' ""'* ' _'" ¦ _" ¦ " _ine subier-i- *• which I am called to speak is the most im " _^ that can occupy the mind of man , embracm 11 _" does , the well-being of every claBs in society '• each individual cemposing those various _clas _'' """* rejoice at this opportunity of _communing l theughtful working men thereon , the other 1 " being too much engaged in pleasurable Cfl ! _7 " cial , or party political pursuits , to allow them any opportunity seriously to enter into the i ' ? gation of this most solemn subject ; least _"' f '* _*" have those men in whom others hahituaiiT -- -I mean the great leaders of the different 2 * ing parties in the two houses of Parliament - ! even the most distant opportunity of ' _-h 3 > either their time or their great talents to the in *" tigation and mastery of this _all-important scie _^ They , therefore , habitually evade the subject 1 \

      , ff \ r tria loot _d-tivftr _trnnva hAitA _«* _-. l _ 1 ., * t * Q (] for the last thirty years have persuaded them seu I and acted on that persuasion , that Adam Smithy * dived into its mysteries , unravelled its _intricjeiff and settled the question . Of _couwe , none of tW can have carefully collated Adam Smith . _ifZ had , they would have discovered , that Adara Smith did not even _^ pretend to have settled the question but had left it as full of doubt as he found it , j " is , however , a melancholy fact , that , for thirty yean that delusion has operated upon the legislat ure of England ) and the absurd notion , that every indivi

      dual in seeking his own aggrandisement must nee--, _sarily persue that course which will benefit society ( which means neither more nor less than that a cm , ning and a selfish rich man needs no restraint xn \ dealings with the honest and industrious ) , has bee-, the principle adopted by every government , as the foundation of all the newfangled experimental acti that have recently disgraced our statute books , an , destroyed the value of labour . Well , then , up-, this principle our English society has been conducts for the last generation ; and what , is the result ? .

      misery , wretchedness , destitution , and despair ace mutated in masses , such as man never had . before study . Our philanthropists stand aghast , and ho : to find relief b y removing a few thousands the sons and daughters of adversity to d tant climes ; but still the tide of misery kee flowing , and after all the efforts of the benevolei the mass of wretchedness increases , until even if 11 most hardened ofthe sons of man , dared to dive in the ' depths of that fearful misery , which , like at of death , surrounds us—ay , even if their hear were as hard as nether millstones , they would ft for others , and weep as if they were stricken in grif

      and clothed in sackcloth and ashes . There is noti nature an effect without a cause . Our business h night is , if possible , to find out , why , amidst so moi industry and such immense masses of accumulati wealth , there should exist such boundless shoals rapidly increasing misery . There is no man who mo : admires the spirit of philanthropy which is abion than I do . But , desirable as philanthropy is , nob : as it is , it is nevertheless more excellent and moi wise effectually to prevent , than vainly attempt t relieve . Relief , when successful , is not even a r * medy , except when followed by prevention , provin the wisdom of the old proverb— ' prevention is bet

      ler than cure . ' I was the other day in compan _; with one whom I consider to be the greatest p _hils _* tbropist in this City , devoting , as he does , all hi time and all bis large income to feed the hungry , t clothe the naked , and house the houseless . I sal to him , ' Far be it from me to check the generoi impulse of your nature ; but let me ask , does it nevt occur to you , as you survey the groups of the _dest tute , why are they so ? ' -Yes , * he replied ; 'to that requires a greater and more expansive mi than mine ; I must be content to occupy a Ion bench in the school of philanthropy . My mini ) too narrow to grapple with that broad question

      That cause must , however , be discovered , that in mense question must be grappled with , or the whok of British society will very soon be dissolved . Soe years ago we discovered in the factory districts ou of these causes , and for upwards of thirty years tt grappled with it . We thought we had corrected it but at present it seems we shall have that struggle to recommence . There we found that the stroii athletic able-bodied man was thrown out of _« " _" ' ! the order of nature was reversed , and to secure cheapness , women—nay , very babes , were made to do the work assigned by God to men . To sucbu extent was this cruel and unnatural system _carried ,

      that I have known babes of five years of age absolutely worked seventeen hours out of the twenty four . But then so darkened was the publie mint that it was said to be a sin to interfere ! What wu the consequence upon society ? Was it their hut fit ? If the accepted principle of the clay be tir * society must have been improved thereby . UW been so ? Ah , no ! It began by destroying tl ! home of the working man ; he had no wife then no child there : it was to him no longer home ! ' he could not And other employment , his big i & manly heart no longer brooking to be fed by the ' whom he had sworn to nourish , his verv soul ffl

      demomsed , and he became a criminal ; another so of labour was then called in , to watch his _deprecfi tions and apprehend him . Thus were two sonsj labour rendered worse than useless to society the expenses of litigation and maintenance fori men—who ought and who would have been useloll employed under _wiBe arrangements—all these a penses being borne by the parishes . Idleness e _:-couraged , and properly burthened—man taught ' hate , who ought to have been taught to love . A ' - bow did the wife and mother fare ? She , broke '' hearted , toiled from early morn to late at nig' " t wasting her strength until strength was gone . _®

      then was pauperised , for the gain of her _employ but society maintained her as a lingering and exp "' _sive atom on its surface . The babes were oft " p itied by their mother earth , and called too e arly " cradle in her bosom , there to sleep the _unbroW sleep of the long night of death ; and if , _imhapfty yes . I say , unhappily ( for in that struggle , dea ths preferable to life , ) they were spared on the _siirl't ' of the earth , they became degenerate . I will r * trace them in their downward course . Those _hoffl ' were not destroyed by the 'dogs ' of war . " _* ° England had cried ' Havoc , and let slip the irtW of avarice . ' The loss and miserv I have iust _glan _^

      at , is a beneficial change , if the teachings of Ad *" Smith are true—they are the natural result of ' ' _* ting things alone , ' allowing every individual - ' , his own course , in seeking his private _advantsg'j 1 this disorganisation of society is wise , if the _so-c' " ' dictates of common sense' be true ; for those nf > women and children , of whom I have been _speaiitf are 'the few' who are then justly sacrificed to 1 ' interests of ¦ the many . ' Goods , required by '>* many , ' are made cheaper by the sufferings of ' a ' - ' few , ' , and thus , our wise philosophers tell u " , _* . benefit to society is great 1 ' How contrary is teaching , to that of God , who , in the Book of T O" ! assures us , ' Love worketh no ill to his neigh " _, j

      He careth for all . How then , upon his plan , _&»•> the factory system have been introduced , c "' invention that destroys the value' of ; labour of man should have been _«'"' 1 until man ' s loss of labour could have » compensated by its use . Till then , that in '' "" ' became destruction ! Every contrivance to m" <\ production by destroying tbe health and hon"e ' _|^ piness of those engaged therein , should ho ** $ rejected , until it had been also discovered * w _* use it without such penalty , least of all * 5 ¦¦ inventions have been encouraged , that refflO _*'" - ¦ burden of labour from man , to cast it upon _j " _^ and babes ! Again , it is madness to st'm ! I' f 1 ' duction by new inventions , having no regard „ increased demand ! The science now D _* _* _^ political economy , has cast off all these cop " _i tions—cheapness , and cheapness only , be " " ! _^ ' - ' 1 . _* . _ ., . ... ... .... - rnnflO'Dl .. iu

      _ goai ai wnicti it aims 1 Ana we are , _» - _^ professing Christians , are frig htened by the F "j sophic bug-bear . — ' If we will not thus euC j " production , other nations will I ... H w ? _ff 4 | tf allow . free scope to _capitaluiid . ingeniii' ) ' ,. p people will 1 = And thus , they will _unde _^ -j and we shall lose our trade , aad our wealtu-

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 16, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_16031850/page/6/