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      Tiia BSkham Cocbt of Thai Act ' caiue into ope- j S Allon / on Friday "week . Suitors can now " join ' ' issue I and proceed to trial -without delay . ] The Heir apparent of the JJarontss de Brave is Eobeit Otway Care , f ^ n-, M . I * ., who is marricd ' to a daughter of Sir Francis Burden . ^ At the Sale of the estate ? uf Sir Culling Eardley Smith , Baru . at Spaldingtou , the laud produced ¦ nearly £ \ WA per acre , —Lincoln Chronicle . Rot al Visit . —The King . of Sardinia is about to . ¦ visit his states in Savov , and is expected at Chamberv on the 4 th of nexs month . - " I Thb DSTvHam Cocbt of Pka * Acl came inio ope- j ft ^ ssssStbSfssr ™¦** iK ; ie

      O . ne 01- the men ( William . Gray ) sealdel by the bnishug of ^ the boiler on- Sacderland moor , has since died of the injuries he received . The Mayor ot Bayovne has issued a proclamation , asking subscriptions for the-di : ? m «*« M » d Car-Kst refugees- , and the same duihaWo course i « in progress in Paris . Cp- st-s . —Aceordin- to a cer > us recently made in Holland , it appeared that the population of the several provinces , up to the 1 st of Januarv , 1 R 39 contJs } ed of i 57 G , G 5 i > . Fc ^ erjx of Si 2 Thomas Harhy . —On Saturday thejeicairo t > £ this gallant officer v . vre consigned to their Isst hosie ra the TOan ~ o : ? iisi i > f the remeterv of the hospital of which he was fur several v ear * " the governor .

      The General Sieam Navigation Company ' s steamship Menii arrived of the Curfuni-hoase ' ou Sati : rday , having performed her jnLssage from Ousted in twelve hoars and a half .

      Tat Emperor vi Austria has conBrmed Baron Rothschild , of L' . adoTj , in the p . ist of Austrian "Consul-General , to wiix-h he had been provisionally appointed . - ' . The Cm-rr ' fr Jr Lvou announces that Furt L Eduse , oa the rjad to Geneva , lias , beeu reduced k > a heap of ruius , in con > ei | UOJice of the late bad -sreaiber . < H < m V * _ says a Paris print . " will these time ? be called ? -W e have no notion of the name thai hi ~ u < ry -will give them . We say the • Consulate , " Empire ' , ' Restoration " what will be said of-nsf X . AST week a mushroom was gathered ia n Se-lu at Grecnst < rad Hall , neat Chippiug Onsar , which measures 13 . ^ inches avro ?; It , and" Wt , inches in rircualerc-nce . New Appointme _\ t—T . 11 . "W yatt . &q . has been appointed archkeci aj-d sarreyor to the . Middlesex Hospital , in lieu oi" 2 > lr . Ba _ - ^ vj , -iv-bu resigned thai

      appoiaiineat . Ge&man EsiGaA . vrs . —Twelve husdrei and twentv one German emijrrains arrived at Bjluniore , >> u \ lw ' 2-113 , 25 th , and -JJih ot Aapist . They are al ! jwhi " ¦ west to settle and increase . — . Wk- . York Herald

      A LlCKT Tnisx . —On Tuesdav , in an a--sralt case , at tne Thames Police i "» 3 U-e , llie L'omijLinam was a prostitute , who ha ? be :-n co ' nuBrte-l s--vt- ; i times from thai i-See for trial at the Oil Uailey Sessions for / iarinir robberies , lut T . y exiruMrdbuxy good luek has always managed t j escape c ^ irrictiou . " Politics rx the Piggeht dcavn in the Nocn-Bonoi-ioD of the OrsnuvRN . — Chartist piirs artvisited ¦ with fine and imprisonment fop b : i :: i : " disorderly" iu the streets ; but special constable pi- ~ . we are happy to add , travel about on their pri Tilege , — X ' ji ikcrn LVtralor . In a dispute en board th ? Man lir-i .-i : of ? :: iderlaiid , -John Gilles , coti , kil ] -a' Walter •«• :.-roare of tie v ^ = v-l , it i ? th&r .-ht , bv staoblu- him with a jin : f » . The homkiJe was delivered <> v .-r to ih' s a ' -:: h-.. ri : iis at ilalta , but we r . re n .. t in p .. "f 5 ion of the result of L : s trial , which wiS to have toa .-: ti place about the l" 2 th instaut .

      Appointment . —Lieutenant- * "Te- m-ral Sir Thorns M ' . ^' ahun , Bar :., K . C . B ., wbo was r .-Iiev ,-J fr .-m the comiaan-j of the S ^ mii-Tr ^ -icrn . >! : — : ri--t ot" linnt Brnaiu a few n > f . uihs la- k . hi cvcs-.-4 aen-.-e <> f iiipromoiion in the last 1-ivtvU i- ajipuiuied i-j the i-i-ia-Tuacd at Bvmlay . ^ At the last MEETING of the 15 r ; ::-h A---. - - -Jarit . n , Sir . Clarke read a par-i-r ,. cithlvd "r , » Eirii ^ : i .: > to the Ed-L-atio- 'al * Siaii-ii-s 01 Uinn-airham . " Asiong * tber particulars , it : ¦ = siau-d . wifa t-A ' -: t > j z ^ : - 10 the I >? 3 . f and i > -amb r ? chyul , " that tlie iin ;« rfection of the se-. ist-s ao « t fre-juf : iiiy occur "in tLqrfcprhip of Kiarriage * Icticccu _/?> i / - coiuim ami other Tiear reiaiioiiji . '' A Sportino Lawteij ' s Clerk . —In the Insolvent Debi ' - -r's Conn on Wt-. Jue ^ -iav . appl : ' * 3 iion wa > made to file a ereat nnni > -r ... f p ^ : 5 ti-. » i ! r , ar . u tne re

      ::-? on set forth , that they hai not b : x-n 61 .. M in tinie was , that a clerk to tin- solicitor had disappcarfl and con-. " to Doneasier Tlaces , auJ LaJ not > iuce been heard of . Chief Cvmmissioser—Has not b . v- ; heard of I ( A lau ^ h . " ) > J r . Cook iopctl be mi- ! u he heard of in me ; he m ; ap : oa ihc st-uliua day . The Court graated the application . GiX > D >* EW 5 for Avr : QrAP . JE 5 . i ? When yon coae xaid see ns a ^ airj . "' a 3 ex " :-.-r frv . m lt : jcada in Africa , now called Ph Jipj > eville , b .--ins , " v » a n-iU be qzha surprised m the tran-fyrmanon of th « - pla-.-The heaps of Roman ruins ( ce 2 ns ces r-ni •;< -.- < / . ' --r ^ A ^ esj wLIcl ; you .- _ airr have given place to iA-: jS , j . u : French habuatiois ' . ' '

      _ On bataruay morning , Leiween two ai > -l tliree o ' clock , an aiarmins fire was dis * -yvered on th ;]> rcniises of jvlr . Bray , perfumer and haiTdr ? =- < - ? r , > itu- ' axed in the AVe-tminuter-road , a iVvr -diu ' . r- l . fi ,-, v the Marsh- ^ rate . Turnpike , and uujvmiii ^ fn- - c-.- ' > - brat ^ d baths estabiiihed there . The fire -. va . - v . -a -- \ - ' ticgu ^ licu until ijie bnildh . ^ was uc ^ Iruvtd , tji >_ - front and back waIL = albue remaining . ScTLprrBE . —There isnt Koine a Swedish = cn ] j-ior who , according to tia- > l » ani-h and . " 5 weli-h pap--r--, deserves to be compare'l wiii Thurival . jst ; i . Illjiane is roirelberfy . He has already pri > , ] iu-e . i iwv reiBarkal > 2 e sratnes , reprc-fniing Apt-U-j : i :.-i " Vi-sr .: s , which have bet-n ^ -ut v > ? i . > ckh-i ! ia by marnaiid uf his Sovereign , Charles Jyim .

      jI . vh . wat \ Encin . —M . Pamb-Tir has statf ¦! to the Aoa i-.-nay < A S- ^ -.-nces , tuai < jii the Srd ' A Abh ^ i la-t h-j Lj i iravpi ' ed wiih ihe Itresii !^ . S ; ar •¦• : i :: i « -. f ^ kin ^ \~ l lh . 11 only the lender tin , 1 c ' ^ hz j « -i —> ii- - the me -jf . ">' ., miiv- ? jkt h-jur , ou ihe Gri-ai W « i « -m Ra : hvay . Av-oi .-usi , ~< ALnTTur . in the IhiLl ' m Viwiv flor the LJ _ > eral caus ..- in the c-hujIv of iloua ^ iian i- in loir . •• -Jidition ; ' . vhlch is attributed in pan to ihe fa-i- t * iul tlifcreLa * b-:-en no p ^ -r ~ o n conu ^ -ieu « : t } i ih- ¦• j -rr . ry promoted !<* any "jpxv in t ' c Shth : ^ Th « - wrjier i ^ ukes a = ur-.-wd { jaess at the maiiisprhii . » .-f r : ii < -h lrir-n pair ! 'fism .

      l >"< jrr-sr . —An inquest was held on Sunday , ai the iiulf-way-h' -ii- 'e on the K » -n- ; a ? tf > n-r < 'a . j , < .: i tlie bo'Jy : •{ " Lacy lir ^ vrn , a Teioarkaiily i 5 : e jfx . kin ^ \ r < jaaa ,-. vL'i 2 : 3 < 1 c <» nim ; tte'J sni' -ide by Jeiipiii ^ urf the brl < i ^ .- into the Serp ^ utlue liiv- ? r . 'IIi' t cvideijrt ? dLsCiL'S ^ il -hat ^ ht- had'liv-.-l servant with Air . lunall wiae-ni'crcham , Tiiame—itrect ; who , r .: i'b ? r premise of marriage , T-L-. J . ; - _ -ed and deserted her ia the most uineelinir manner . The ~ Pkqtest \ vt « of Somi I '• -CASinfT . " bad 02 in

      a gr- ^ xt nj-:-etiu * r ThTirsday . Tii-atr-.- a : 3 Ia : i--h- > ter . Iiet \ vc--- ! i ¦ thr . _ -c a : id i-jsr tboiL-aiK ] arsons - . rero pres ? :: i . Dr . Co « jke of B : lfasi . tlii .- K .-v-3 Ir . . \] - > . " = -: ] e of Livirp . X' 1 , ai : d the Hev . Mr . Sio -. vellof Ma : irhcrt « r , 'JelivercJ lon ^ spte ^ -hes ; b'ji the ' ^ yr-T-t -jr ;?/ wa = l > r . Mortimer 0 "Sullivan , wh-. > . ~ j harzn ^ n ; -.- Gt-- ; it'i ^ s Wu cl . iselTrj . riuted coins ::=- ui tlii- Eomin ^ rV- Times . Vehement a : ta' -k- i ;;> oii xb ^ K--maa Catl : > l ! " 5 , funn ' . d t ; ie j-tajj-.- < if tuv ^ c cli _ 'r 5 "ii -: m-5 e =. Ntt a sinjrle lav ^ an of distinctioa

      TTaS p-r ^' .-t . P : iii . tj .-..-: 'ii = c Temper . — " ^ "Lat most of all < rm t ri - butes ~ . < j ijive i > iiiat calmness of iomper wbic ! i 1 * . S' - necessary in di-j > r . ; es , is tbe conSumee thai kco ' . vlc J ze ji- ^ -ire ^ . Furimisu thai ei > nr-s will yrovided fj cu-ip .- In the Jc-1 ' tiasc-i of trcih , Trill calniiy , aad vrhlijui c ^ acerj sxaiid th- ; - -huck -Of fal-t- iv }» i : ; i' -as having premviiia ^ t-J all thai cac bo alk-ired a-ainsi truth , 1 > y iustrr . cti ^ hiniitlf in tlie truth iis » -li " . " \ Vlin * \ i ' . cii cuij ui-Hirij u man s-i Weil iai . trn « -u-J ' ^ orrai fCicxi to him lut Sirlcable , wh ^ . t UU arW ' . Tsble i Ail iht- <]; n " r-:: lri '~ that can be < -bject :- > l against him . will , if he be truly strong , -erve on-the rj : irrary only to supply i : . "Bi - " . Ti- . h iJtxs thai hayo already ofun tri : iH 3 i-hed i . ver v . katever is false .

      A bTir . was male m D ; : blm on ^ Monday , bv the arrest of Mr . Hi ^ h Slieritf Taylor , at tha I ;» = taii * > -c i .-f 3 iis brother theriif Graut ; ihc former havjnj ; received a message from Alderman I ! . ? rrin , which it was understood he bad accepted . The . dispatc ar > . k-c with-regard to tue appoiiitmen : of some gcnileintn in the High Sheriff ' s ofne-e , whose personal iraaiincaiions became the subject of-augry di . scus < ion , which proceeded to snch lengths that a clialleujre ensued . The wortliy Al-Jenaan , when IvirJ Mayor , inet tne late Mr . ItnihTcn in a uael ; when twu ^ hois each were esehanged , wirlsout elfeet .

      As Important Discofhit . —Mr . Ceely , surgeon , of Ajlesbnrv , has demonstrated the important fact , that small pax and « w pox have the same origin , the latter l ) eiug small pox communicated to iliecow . llr .. Ceely inoca 2 ai < ed currs wiilrsmall-pox matter : fire TesicJc produced in the animals had every appearance of the vaccine pock . To ascertain the point , children wereinoeniated with matter takes from the cow thus artificially infecied ^ the result was a fine genuine vaccine vesicle , ^ To establish the fact satisfactorilv , these children were submitted to-small pox the

      Inoc-dation , and found to be protected from disuse . Tweaitv-five snecessive inoculauonf nave Dow been performed frith his new -rirns , whicii may truly he named " variola vaccina /' ^ and it continues to produce the most satisfactory . vesicles ; the matter has been employed in Bristol " wiih perfect success . The importacce of this discovery cannot , be too hiijhlv appreciated . Small-pox * fien breaks ont in conntries wiere cow ^ pt > ± cannot be procured ; bow it is only necessary to inoculates eow with the smallpox , and this virulent morbid poison , so fatal to

      huma ^ life , -vnll be converted by tins usetul animai into a mild fluid , capable of protectiiig ^ ill inoculated -v % -tdi it from that dreadful ioalady , the anall-pox . — Bristol Journal .

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      Glasrow Brioew-ell . —Strixpe , but Thve ! - ^ e always understood that the inmates of Gia « ro w «Bridewell were anxious to escape from it nofSgandag the huma ; e and excellent diTc pliue of Its famed Governor , Mr . Bvebner . Not « > £ » dumb creation , for it is a fact that a lar ^ ^ y of pheasants have taken up their abode ^ 3 its Sail ™ and may be seen miming about the Somid , aid S » g under . th ? ^ Jslf ^ tchKT fw ^ l orc , r ' - ' ^ daw l , this week joined them , and the whole xraternizc together in the most agreeable mann » sr .- _ tw «/ o « i « n tfemiry . Glastqw Bridewell St ¦ T 1 Ks ^ ^ , ± ^ h 5 ^^

      , T ff- , RrcTIVE t iRT-s . —Shortly before eleven o ' clock Jl ! u ednesday night , a five broke out in the premises of Mr . Harrison , a builder , at the bottom of jM . Martins-lane , Lcicester-sq :: are . On the sates ue : ag forced open , the extensive range of stabliu ^ was found in one body of ilame , and it being kiiowii that they contained seven valuable horses great exertions were used by the soldiers in the neighbouring barracks , and t-thi .-r persons , to save the animals , which was done , but not until one was much burnt about the hind quarters . Within five minutes after the alarm was given ar . engine ' was brought by hand from the station of the bris ^ ide in Chandos-strert , followed hy several others . " lJy « reat- exertions the Uaincs-were by twelve o ' ekek sufficiently subdued to allav all fears of tli .-ir extending farther . The whole of the stabling , which was insured in the Hand-in-Hand Fire-oniee , was destroyed , and the other premises are much damaged . Scarcely had the engines Ceased plavhij ; on the ruins of the above lire before

      niforaiaiK . n was broupit the firemen that another was rniniij ; in Tottciiliam Cenrt-road , whither they lmmcdiatfcly procooilod with what engines could be spared . On their arrival they found the lower part oi the house of Mr . James , tobacconist , ^ No . i 33 , on tne east side , between Store-street and Cheniesstre-i . enveloped in names , as was likewise the shop oi Mr . ilewett , boot and shoemaker ( part of Uk

      same ouiluinjr ) , which Were fust extending them- [ -ylve- to the extensive molting factory of Mr . i Sevens , tallow-chan . ller , Xo . -. ?¦ _>_> , on the one side , I and to the house of Mr . Blackie , greengrocer , No . j "—4 , on the other side . At that moment much alarm ; I > ei-. - aded the lieiglibourhood , the rear of thos * pre- j narfs abutting on an extensive timber-yard in Store- < street . Fortunately there was a plentiful supply of j water , and the eu ^ iues teiag got into immediate operation , the flames were soon . subdued . The iiaaiage done is estimated at a large amount . Mr . JanH- is in-ureil ; Mr . Hewitt , uufortunstely , is not . Jir- Stevens is also insured in the British Fire-office , and Mr . lilackie in thu Uuion Fire-t'ifico . iviLsvra . —Most extraordinary scenes have bren ¦

      enacted at Kikyth since Sunday morning last . It apj > ears 10 have beeu undi . Trtood ' amoug the llcvivali-t- Thron-hout the whole of S-ctland , that there was to be on Sunday "a great manifestation of the pjwer of the Lord" at Kilsyih ; and , in couseuuence , : he-re wurc assumlW in the village Oil that da \ people iivin the mo-t distani < iuarUTS-from thr tunlu-M North to the English borders . Bed * had been bespoken for v . veks previous ; 4 ve have heard oi one pany of twenty ftin-dl " . - * from Ureeii « ok h :. v : n . ' engaged beds a ! lea-t a fortnight before . But the accommodation to be afforded in such a plaoe as Kil-yth was . jwe i nadequate for the multitudes that poured iu \ ar . d nns hundred * had t-j bivouac 111 the open air , or travel to the ueigljbourin-I'Hiage of Kirkmtilloch . Evi-ry kind of conveyance r .. > m Gla-cow was soon taken up , and fares ' were uiur-liuately raised . The sn-eater number of the

      clergymen present belonged to the Kr-tabii .-h .-. l Church ; but there were a !> o lij ^ -enicrs of various ie-. K . minution- Bapt ; -:-, M .-thoiH .-t-, A-,-. The > erviees beriu , in the parish-church , at ten o ' clock in n . e ni-imiiig ; and i- a ; i open iie ' . d so ,. vn after , where they were persevered iu till six oVWk on M » nJ ;\ y n » ... rning . Tliey were re ^; i : i : e . I wi Monday at ten ' , a-. id were-c « -i ; uaueJ _ ilir < -. n ^ lj the whole day ' and en-> uiii ^ _ ii : ght . A thiivi iiiu . _ - the vast coiisiro- ^ ition " a--s .-: ableU y .- ^ urday forcnoo : i , and we uudt-r .-toofl iL- i . n . cv « ii : ij .-- r . r . .- i ; .. t y .-t at a close . Much f- \ - ciu-mvnt ha- l > r ..-v : i ' : ] .-d , " a : id ~ t r :: es of a mo .-t ilepI ' . Tal ! ..- nature cxh-biu-d . I ) ; i " on .- hand was to be > vi .-u the bar-tii-mal r : ie administered t ^ great numbers , by im : uiT .-iou iii the mill-dam , and i . n au « ilher » on :--n llirowin . ij lheli ; .-elvcs oil l ! : e irrnund ^ and rTylnz « i iVr n : ercy . Nor w ? . s the laiigua-, ' 0 of the Iirv 3-ch ,-rs calculated to cairn tis- storm . One reverend ir-ntiemau t-.-ld a portion i-fhis audience . tL : u "he saw the Devil looking out <> f their eve-: "' on

      whi .-h > cveral wom-.-n i >!! dVwji insensible , a ' ud wtrc , taken off to the ses--i > n-h . > r . se . At another time , tlie preacher , in sp .-akinji --f JaeoV- l-. fi « U-r a- * a t \ pe of ine ^ av ; onr , called vn his hearer .- to com .. ' t «> it , and to make use i-f it ; but . h \ id :. -i £ the imi > rcs"sion he produced not so strong as Ik- ' wished , he cried out ^ ttiat iher-.- wa- rotteuuess at tV . e f . x . t , and thev must come . jnickly ; and . suiting the action to tin ' w ^ rd ,: he sprang tip in the pnlpit as if to oat < -h hold of the ¦ ladder hy a h % h * par t-rc it was s : iatvlied away from him . There wa- a : i old Freni-h m . ni-tcT amoii the proachtr .-. Altogether , the s-ene has been <> nc \> f a \ most meh-n--holy and humiliating nature . We think 1 k- — of the eflei-t ? pr < . j : i ; -ed mi hysteric females , than j < . > f the conduct" of ih ¦ cb-rgy . \ Vc can scarcrlv be- ' . lieve the .-e g .-ntJr-nji-n nr- ' mad ; i-. it ii" they are not ' mad . w }; al is to b .- -. hon ^ ln ,. ? O .,--Tn > . < » n tlii .- ; , as ^ n '; previr . ns ' . cra-WJi-, th-- i-hi .-f : Kt < irs in the s .-.-ne were j ihe < -lt-r ^ y and the w .. uirn . The male minority oftl ; e homers appeure'l to be clr . efjy-onlookers , -tibuqoir Chraiiirie . '

      liliiAM > iv . vsn . \ , -iiperiuttndcnt « . f tlsc Bolton ' J-Jiice , iorn .--iiy u 1 ' oiice liispeelor al Liverpoul a m ; j . M liisuer thiriy . and who had h' -ld U gooii " i . - "ha- : ra"ler- ? ln . t h ; : ii-eli' on Saturday , in an eatinghouse at Lh erjiu i . Thou ^ ti a married lum ; , he Jia . l ' ¦ H . rmed an a ' . tavhuivnt to a youn ^ woma n uuuied Ciin-t : ana Leader , ot" winch his wile was co ^ ni / ant , ' ^ ud : t was the > -jurces of < ii .- ]« utf- betv . eeii them . ; rrym U-Uer- read at the Conner " .- imj : i-,--l , it apjH-ared thai > imp > nn liad d-.-libcrat .. lv ro-olved to tiestTvy himreJl ' , i-eiiig uuablu longer to ' 'T . dure tli < - ¦ " horrible uii-ery re .-ultin ^ fr > jni the c-ou : i ; ..-t between duty ixii'i iaciiuati"U . lie i ; -ive uirc .-liou 1 e-pecUiii ; , the seiUemeut of lnr- account-, as superint jndeiii ol ' j > uiice , in a letter to the Mayor of Uolloii ; and in aiKJlher ]< jug epiriie t-o his wile , eXi-ituued the : im- t ; ve- of his iHt ' . nded si . iieiJe , ami ear : i . T-tly entreat- h ^ t « take rare of 111 :- daU JNiUT . He Wlot > - his

      s-jj ^ j- also t- > hi- :-iMer and two iTolhers . I ' roui hi- conduct nu Friday aiiernoon , it i ; .-uspe .-ted that In- ' nieant lo Lave kiii > -i ( hrisiia a Leader as w « -U : a- liim > ui ' : lur Le hurried heronbuurd a Wijoil- rfde boat , and conducted hiui .-t-lf in luich a way that i rise imjcrifd 10 a lo-scnjrcr her ft-ars tiiat he in-i t-.-nded to do her S'ini- i : nnry . The passenger in- j ti-rfere-1 , and Simj » .-ui was sent :. ^ li .. re , wllfie the young Woman pro » c-d < d !<• Woodside . 1 ) n . Saiurdav ! h < : went to tlie eat : ng-hiiiwe , which was kept by ; Leader in parincr .-ijii * ujtii another woman , and j there .-hot himself t : ir-r . vi ; h the ribs . The verdict " ¦ 2 = " ^ elf-jnurd .-r . ' ' l li <; Jury relinquished their j lees for the beujii : of the wid-ow .

      MA . vciiEsrEK . —Sib - ¦ ri jilious in defer-ceof M .- ^ rs . ' Jack = yu , Smitli , Li . uiKy , ' lillman , Doyle , and o ' . Jiers , 1 ai TLo ; ua- liarro-. v-: — i ">«» . s . d . i Alii : " -: ith , Anr'is 1 « '„ Mr . AIiis ,,: j 4 ; j -, M- » rris •_> l ] ; , ., ^ ll liamtjib .-un 11 I ) ., M V \ i-hanj ( Jre ^ bv i ; ;; A friend . " ] 0 „ Mr . John Wlnieliead 0 J „ „ l ^ aac i ) .- ' , ., ., -J . -ii 2 ) -. ' .- <» uuJdin ^ ( i ;; ,, A Mlli > Vligi ) t U I , ' ., Mr . H . Burnett 0 -J ., A fnend 0 f ; ., Mr . liughS ^ tt 0 -2 ., Three painters ... 11 ;; „ A friend to Ju .-tiee i ) 6 _ , A friend to i-ijual rights 1 I ) Mr . William . Smith () : i ., ?> T . li i ^ " rs , A . c 0 : \ ., ., John Wilson 0 * JA „ ., John Murphv ( 1 -j ' ., A friend to the poor - 1 n ., > lr . Hii-hrs 0 0 " „ Gradu ' elS 0 <; ., ,, Rhodes , < xi . I ) ; J ,. „ Charles Medley ( I •_> ., ., John llarnuy 1 ( i ., ,, MorrU Owen . ' ...-0 -2 ., Mrs . . Marv Owen 0 -J I , Mr . tdwa ' rd ll .-dford 1 O-., .. Wiiliani Adddiead .. I ) -2 ., A deceased friend ( I ( J ' ., Mr . M-Donald I ) 2 ., Second subscription—a friend toJ : ist : ce 0 3 „ Mr . S . Walton 1 u ., ., Fothenrans I , A few friends by W . Hog £ ... : ; 0 ^ Mr . . Samuel A-hton ( I 3 ,, ., Thomas Pearson 0 -J ,, ^ i > ss Andersjn 0 (> „ From the friends of John Bull 2 3 ., A female friend , A : c 0 3 „ Mr . Danici Cyle I ) -J „ ., Wm . Gre ^ ty and haudr ... ] -1 „ ., Cnarles Sniedley 0 2 ., ,, Wm . "Carr and friends ... 0 10 „ « , AVm . Ardin , &c . . ¦ 0 7 ,, Somlen and Withers ' s workmen -22 5 ,, 31 r . 5 . Roberts 5 0 ., „ Cha-lkirk . „» 0 3 „ „ Browu 0 -2 h ., Afrieiultu Justice --- 0 3 ' „ From the friends of John Bull 1 7 i ., From the friends of H . M . addin 1 7 A friend . 1 0 ' , ' , Mr . Ileaky 0 b " Sept . ' 2 nd „ Kobiii ^ on J 3 4 ., Longworth 0 o » Argus 2 2 y „ ^ V ni . Gresty 1 0 21 „ J . Lh 2 0 „ M'Williams J 0 28 „ -Sowden and Withers ' s "workmen 8 S

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      «A thoject of a tunnel under tfie Chareiite , n « w Rocliefort , to serve instead of a bridge , which has been proposed b y M . MasqiielcZj an engineer , and the plan for which has been completed , has been recently brought before the Council-General of the Chare ; : te Infericure , and has been strongly recommended by that body to the notice of ^( Government . . . ' . - ¦ ¦ : .. ¦ . " -. ¦¦ ¦ ; ' ¦ : , Russian Ji-stice . —The Russian Count Victor Jundsil , a landowner ill the government of-Grodno " , has been deprived of his dignity of Count , and of his jiropcrty ., which has been sequestrated , and condemned to hard labour in . Siberia , -for having , though twice summoned to return , absented himself from Russia above five years , contrary to the ukases , and got himself naturalised in Switzerland . ¦¦ - ¦ . - *** " - ¦ [ -- ' ' - . - ¦ - ¦¦ " ¦ ' - ' ^ s ^ r ^? Tsrtt * ss * s-

      Falling to pieces of the Special Traps . — Last week , the venerable , respectable , and " lunjely developed" mayor , of Newcasll ? , delivered a . most affecting , almost tcar-forcing valedictory address to the goiuy-toed pliysical forco men . , He thanked them for the moral - influence tlicy had shed abroad far-beyond the pivcincts of tho borough . We thtvnk them , too , for opening the eyes of the people to the extent of their unparalleled baseness and servility ; and we L--g to assure , them that they are likely to rc 4 ip many hoiu . ' . irs from the field they- have entered —that 111 fact their labours , chastenings , and trials , are no More than . about to commence . We . are pleased to s ^ e that out observation ^ have shamed a few oi ^ tlicm into « iviu « the drill strgeanta some little Rckuiiwlodtfincnt for tlicir tro'ible . Let < he rest ot tho "awkward s « , uad" ^ 0 and do likewise , or most asiurcdly we shall show them up . —XoTih £ ni Liberntvr . . ' ¦

      ! Stoiim . and CArTuiiF .. —On Sat \ u-day week , the time-honoured town of Alnwiek was taken coup de main b y a party of five ra ^ od r «« i > cr 5 from tho lister Isle . It appears that the invaders had fallen in with a bargain of threepenny beer , and in the absence of another job , which they eould hot procure , fell to drink themselves rii-h with the good bargain , rhe beer mounting to tho upper story soon obtained Pat's guidance , and they came down flourishing their sickles in the absence of shHe'lahs , and threatening to colonize Northumberland . . The alarm " . wfcs j sounded , and a muster of ' some fifty or sixty of spe-! cials and ' I ) uke " s constables' assembled and valor-¦ ously proceeded to meet the vaunting foe . It . must I be conceded that they behaved with a spirit proportioned to their amount of physical force , ultis matcly achieved a decisive vicotry and carried the 1 enemy away into csntivitv .

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      making any enquiries as to the actual necessities of the union in question . vThev first portion of the projected building whicli attracted , our notice was the accommodation for tho sick , which we found to b « , very " properly , provided in a house detached from that designed lor the general lodgment of the-inmates . ¦ ¦ Independent of the nurses apa-f tmoiitP , we found in the infirmary , on the ground floor t % vo roorna ,. mcasiiuiv ^ each lii feet in length , by 1 ; loot 1 . 1 breadth , and : l' 2 h foot iu heightand 111 tno . second story , two vyards . of the same dimensions , but only If ) feet in heis ; ht , with two smaller ssii , s ? ta ™ a& .- > v ^*^*

      rooms , each l : ?{ feet lonirv by 1-2 broad , and 10 feet high . I'lio whole area of those apartments aviII be fotind to ^ ivcs 17 , 010 cubic foot of space , and , as we are informed by the . Commissioners , in tho memo ^ l-andiim on ventilation ' , ( see fifth report , page 50 . ) that they have-provided in the infirmary "accommodation for such proportion of the inmates as will allow- flOD . c-ubie feut of air to each in . dividnal . " we must , consequentl y , infer that the number of sick , to bo allowed among four hundred paupers must be twenty-one , or about five per cent ., which we rather think will be found a scai'ity . proporlion-aiuongsuch a ¦ population as Irish workhouses are likely to receive

      . Granting , however , that tiio a-verago number , of tho sick may havebocu rightly estimated , ' we ' must bo permitted -to doubt that the allowance of air for cacli individual is at all sufficient , especially in n , country more , thau ¦ coininonly liable to epidemic visitations . i $ mh was' eoi-ttiinly tha opinion of M . Toiion , who , in hig . Memoir on flic"IJ ygciuo of Hospuuk , road before tlie Academy of Sciences in the yeav 178 !! , determines that at least six and a lialf -.. cubic tohes , or about l . p'OO English feet of air should bo allowed for the sleeping space of eaf .-li patient . Still less would iucih an allowance satisfy M . ViHermo , who C 011-e ^ ives tli at a apace of . not less than seven ' or eight cti ' oio toisa oi' air should be allowednot only

      , fur a patient inau-hospital , but for ti prisoner in separate and perinanent confinement , 'flip wards ihav . c windows oiily upon ono side ; but the architect appears to have been ' aware of the insufficiency of the space allotted , as be proposes in his memoranduru , to compensate for it by carrying up air Hues by the sidoof or between the ; chimney iliie ^ , which , he expects , .. ' ? will . ^ become nnidi raveiied , anil occasion iibnsiderablc circnUttion of . air ; " of- the efilcaoy of . which provision we feel coiisiilorablcidoubt . Under the Bftnsei ' ooi' \ vithr ihe infirmaryi war cls aro con ^ su-iuited for idiota ^ cpilepticd , au 4 luhatica , " with Jcejlsfor tho ^ o " ' whose : habits render ^ distinct acco-&ftdjwtioa r necessiK ^ ' : . The doors of the ^ e latter oper imt ' q wards p " r gillerios , arid they ai ) pear to be

      aU 6 getth"er unprovidad with windows or auy other rcojatiiiyaiioes ; . for ; ventilation . ^ Bnoh- are the ar-Ira ^ omojits for the sick , ¦ including of course , ( air though it is not specified , ) accommodation for Ij'in ^ ( rarwomen . ' . }¦ - . The rooms which appear to be appropriated for ¦ general dormitoriert are , an far iis we could discover , six in number ; two--of- ' which measures 41 feet 6 inches in length , by -IVfeet i ( inches iu bl-eadth , and 10 feet in hoiglitv These are lit by vv-jndows on both sides , but being diviUed , longutudinally , by a boarded parfitiyir , tlioy constitute , iu fact , four separate ; apai'tment * , and arc * thus deprived of tho . advantages . , of thorough , ventilation , the four rcmaiuiujg _ vooms are placed in pairs ., to the inner of eacli ther « j | ei . iig no acess except through tlio other .

      Theif tlimCTisioiw ariv . 15 . feet by M > h eaeiiy and they are ^ lo fee t in height . § nch of these " hasf-. oiiOwindow at either end , and they do not appear to be provided with fire places , Tlio whole of the sj > ace . thiis allowed for sleeping roWm Avould appear to give about 3 . 50 aibic feet of iiir for ea ^ h . individual , an allowanceiarbelowthatUKualiy considereduoceasary . and which wo-are disposed 10 think ' would be found to produce serious ' - qviW under tlie peculiar circumstances of the Irish workhouses . Into a lengthened consideration of this important quesUon our limits do ndt ^ ow permit ' -us to enter , buc wo may , perliaps , advaiiijtigeoiisily iiieiitit . il u tbw fact * . hi connection with' it , In five ( if the Anieric . in penutentia , rie 8 in which the ' silence' Hy . « tQiiv is adopted , ami the

      prisoners : only cqiifiued to their cellt ; during tho iiight , viz ., in tlie prisons of Cliarlestovvu , Auburn , Baltimore , Wetlicrsfjeld , a » d Siiiff-Sin ^ , theniortality is found to be increased directly , as -tho'feiJteof the cells te ¦ . diminished . Tims , in the firut n ? nned , in whicli tlio largest quantity of t-pace is : allowed , the moVtality is lv . i 5 K , while in Sing-, Hiiiy ;;' ifriiei ; o t ' ic culls arc ; -mallf > , st , it is 30 much y , * 1 in - ^ T > Araiiu . in th « ' lNmitcii'tiary of ( je eva , where the $ i / . o of the cfil : ; is mu ' cl . i : greater than iu the American pri ? oiis , being ab « v ! t' 5 iii ) cubic i ' oct KngliSh , the . moiHality aiiioiint ' s to 1 iu 150 ; and . u . U \ ionglithisexechs-may be pai ; tially accounted for by iu'teriority . of the food and elothiuy , still M . D'Espihe , tho . intolligent pliysifian . of : tho ]) rison , is

      dee ^ dodly . of opininu that tlie space allowed is scarcely suflicient , and that it could notbe diminished '< without 'danger . '; ' By a polico regulation of the Canton of'Geneva , 'the ' space obliged to bo allotted for the acco . mmu .: !* ti : > n of workmeu is ? a ^ cubic loise , or about U 18 En ^ jiitjlifeet ; and amo > Vg . anthorities " of our own comitrvtf '' Mr . Crawford lave it tlown that £ he <* w « ofiftsfwreuitentiary- sboula- not be less in ( l iiniMiMOH .- , than l , 0 HO cubic feet . Wi-hout , th * ret f"re , procri'din ^ tjirther at |> re . si'nt , we wouid veuturc to m ^ i-i tu tlie ( Joiumi > sioiicrs , that for a pojiulatioit . to l . o fed on . ' vt'gi'tablo diet , and 'likely to i-i » n . ii > i of vutr » , old , an ! infirm individuals , who li ;>" . e ii . rii ii : i ') itii : itid to a waiul ' f » ri » K mode of 1 iff , ! ln' ,, i ; ii . mil of ' sk' ( . ' )) i : ig Miacc allowed will he found to -li . i .- insutiici . cnt nud . ( i ; i ' . iiM . 'i \ 'ii-.

      Another point iii tho (¦¦ lisu-u .-tiun of those , plans apiieurs to us to very f ; tuU > : wo allude to the provision for draiiiag " , 'ley ni .-ati : of ccss-pools , of wliioh wv pe :-ioive then' an ; ; i . i Jr < s tl-iau six to- b < - formed svuliii ) ( In- v . r .-cnir ts ( it the building . 'j'i iu most c : i-. u .-il . t !» - ; . U-ra'ti ' . 'ii of ' the uaiurc of the ground iu tlrN i ; o . uit-ry will show that tin rocan be low locafities in which an ctll'ctnal drainage might not be sec . urod , ; md we are uluigetlicr at -a . ivi > s to wndeistand why tlii- ;¦ noi ^' im-. ' uiid antiquated expedient should W ' re-~ ort , ' d b >; .

      There are many other -p . niiiXs * to wlm-h ' we mi-glit : > . iV \ o-rt , * w \ i , u > v rsaiiipiv , as ijio arnulgeiiiunt of the beds , whtfli wo Hi ; , y infer fro in . hllitnua-tiou given wiihjlie plans . uf tlie KnglUli wiirklionses , is int ended to be either in double beds or in tiers ; either . jihin feeing atteiuled ' . with . many and obvious objectiofis .. Time and s ] nne , however , warn us to i ' uiieiiido ; anil we eaiiin . t b-u think we have advanced enough to . . support the \ ery rea .-onable proposition of v ' . ie Wateriord fjiianinths , for a ¦ Jv-co'iiKiclurafioii of tlio wv >\' kho >! S ( j )> l : in . s . -A-s . a corroboration of our oHliiiutK , ujuju dilUi ' vut £ rttninl « , we will , perhaps , lie excused , for addiiij ; tlie followiiifr extraiM * from some remarks witji which we . have * been favourud by n . "on-tleuiaii who has had very-groat ' e ' . \ i > ericuce 111 the erection of public Ij . w ' . dings in Ireland , and with thorn wo .-. 'Iiall , . for the pruseut , close the siibioct :-

      -" In looking . ow ; r the plans and specifications of the poor houses imw in pro ^ ie ^ of buingbuilt , thu first thin ^ that strikes , one is ,. vho inadequacy of the wall tin keep out the weather in this climate .. They are to be built of stune , and the thickest but twenty iiu-hos , and many but e % htoon inches , and tho mortar to ou two and a-ltalf jmris t-and to uno of "lime . Tlu next tiling whieli : attracts notice is the chiniiioy-flues , oeiiif ( fourteen inches , by nine sweeps must be found purnohely . for them . 11 is also directed that inverted arches be turned over u . 1 ! soft parts of the foundation .- ; this js a false jir . ivcL ' cj ? , and calculated to cause rents . ¦ The joists aio to bv spaced twelve inches apart , and tlio Jiooring butincii thick , —thia ' is Very weak . ' -. '' . '

      " Ihc rafters of the roof arc spaced fifteen inched apart :- this is the rea .-on for having tho slating lath . s l ' our and a-half iilehes by tJiree .-fourth . s tiiiek ; there will not b < - spaa- between t-hcso bryad laths for roudorin ^ . the slater . It is propostnl to . run the hip rafter two inches lii {* hvr than the general raftering , and to round the ledge , for loading ; ,- this will not hold tho lead—polo--pieces are much better . ¦ " The studdiiJ ^ for liic boiirded partitions arc to be spa-cud three feet apart , and the boards but inch tltiek , —this wunld not be -strottK' euoa ^ h fur children . . "Stmls for lath and plaster partitions are to be spaced twelve niches apart ; this would miiiire very strong laths , which is not provided for . " In fact , it would appear that the comoij . ^ sioneni are uusirons thito a perpetual expense should be eutailud on tlwj v ; Ue . -pa > ers , for keeping up tliosu Hinisy houses . " -JJuUia Medical l ' r , . « .

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      «««the Magistrates can close the houses when they please .: As regards penalties the difference is equally great ; and exhibits largely the same features of equal justice and impartiality which characterizes this precious specimen of legislation . .. " . ¦ " . ¦ ' If a Licensed Victualler is . , convicted . of any breach of law , the Magistrates generally mitigated the iitie to a tew shillings , and if the offence should bo very serious and the fine amount to ; 20 s . the offender has the right of appeal to the ( inarter Sessions . But however trivial the offence committed by a bcerseller may be , ( even serving a neighbour with ms supper beer . a few minutes after the prescribed time , ) the least penalty is -10 s , ( often increased to & . * - *»« -. ^ ,, ^

      ta . ) and costs , together witlv the expense of anew hcen . se , and no appeal is allowed him . By a retiirn printed by order of thcHoupe of Conjmons dated l < eb . ftM . 1839 , it appears that out of oo , jo 0 Licensed Victuallers , 30 , y-2 ( i paid b-H one guinea license ; of the " remaining 13 , 824 , nouonaid more than three guineas per annum . The total amount they paid in 1837 , was £ 9 Ut > 7 . , l « a . lhe Beersellers License is charged . € 3 . 3 s . per ann those only who are not licensed to soli beer to bo drunk on the premises , pay one Kiiihea , thus i ( i , Uc 2 beersellers , pay £ 3 . Ha . per annum each for their licenses , while but 5 ; 2 !) 2 have the one guinea license , the total amount they paid in l ! i 37 , was - ' £ . 133 , 542 . 3 s . ' ^^ ' ^ A / WVA . ^^^ MV ^^^^ rjVJ ^

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      THE ENGLISH POOR . Leslie ,. iu his Essay upon Tithes , ( 1721 ) slates the poor rates to be XljOutf . OlK ) per annum , and proposes to put all the poor once , more -upon-the church lands and tithes , as they were maintained before the Reformation . This mode of relief , destroyed by the rapacity of Hcnry' the Eighth , has , however , n ' evor been revived , The difficulty in these cases of tracing tho possession back through alienations and sale 3 , to the original proprietors , the apparent-injustice of takiog property from the

      successors , wno obtained it through l ' oag descents , and by lawful means , and tho prevailing priri ' ciples of interest and avarice , have combined to frustrate all endeavours to restore tho tithes and Abbey domains to their original \ purposes . So difficult is it , to remedy the injuries committed hi past times , and so deeply do sjicccssing ages sufFer for the misconduct of their forefathers . A tyrant ' s reign must leave pernicious cousec . uences , which centuries cannot root out . I low careful , then , should a monarch bo of his action ^ while at tho same time , how determined should a people bo to resist evory attack upon their liberty , aud to withy stand oyery ijjxoad oa tlie benefits of their constitu-

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      tion . .- In the reiga of George BE the First , inany severe restrictions were placed upon ; reUef , and Workhouse ' s were erected . These building ^ were even then most hateful to the indigent , and none would enter them , save under the most urgent necessity . So yrcat was th& aversion , ; that the very name was ; abhorred , and It was proposed to change it to that of "Houses of Protection , " &c , and in ,,, ;„ , „ GK > ~ z

      fact ,, at this time , they were generally styled " Houses of Maintenance ; " Notwithstanding ^ th « s economy supposed to arise from this plas , tlio charge of snpporting the poor aclvanced very rapidly ,:: aud ! , according to Sir Freseri ' ck Eden , ( History of the Poor ) the siim increased as much jn the parishes where the : Workhouses were founded , as in those which still provided for the poor at their own habitations . ' '

      George the Second did but little ; , towards the poor . During his reign , however , was discovered the frauds of \\ if > Charitable Corporation , which had professed to lend money at legal interest to : the poor on small pledges , but which was used for the aggrandfceinwtf of a few by the rum : of thousands . CiEOrtGE nrtHwsojf , Member for Garlow-JtlARLbw , the Cashier , and the Warehouse-keeper s ; absconded ; Sir Robert Sutton . and Sir ARCHiiiALb GiiiXT were expelleil . from the House of Commons . " -

      The salt duties , as most burdensome : to tho iildU gent , who cannot always aSbrdTresh protisions , hM .: been lately repealed , but were now again revived , after considerable opposition . During the winter of 1740 the poor were , in great distress , in co ^ sfiojaerice . - of a most seveM fr 6 st . ; The Tham ^ i *^ oQve ^ a with sadifC * surface of icej that ^ a ^ iaidiib ^ rvbf jmo ^ S dwelii ^ on . it iri teats . The Tr ^ Brm ^ 'l ^ iishe ^ meii , w ^ disable'd from gaining jJ&R ^ ooA—th p fruits : of ^ e ; . earth ' ; . were destroyed , ' and . of cour-s ^ coals ana ^ feirose in proportion . to lhe seyerity and . contmuatne ^ yof the : frpst ^ The price of provisions

      rose almost to . a dearth , and Water , was sold in thestroets of ^ ondoriv . After the peace : bf Aix ^ Gha .-pelle ,. many thousands , being . discharged from the army , increased' the number of those . who had noresources of their own for support ; and , therefore , great ijHiuccments were held out to , prevail upon , these unquiet spirits to emigrate to -Nova Scotia . Foiir thousand adventurers , with their families ,, sefc sail . Shortly afterwards , the country : was afflicted with a great dearth of corn , chiefly arising from th « vile p ^ raciico- ^ of engrbssirig , and a : proclamation was made for putting into effectual ^ ; execu >

      tion the' - 'laws enacted , against : Tqresta-llera and engrossers—a class of men , , whoi making profit from the ; suffering ; '¦ ¦ ' o £ i ; x ) ther ^ , cannot be too vigilantly repressed ! A JBill . was passed prohibiting the . exportation o £ corfl , flouii bread , &c , but this reraedy not being adequate to . the : evil , it was thought expedient to remove for . a timo the duty then payable upon foreign corn and flour imported , ; jind to prohibit any corn , < fec ., fropa being exported - by the British- pliotations , unless to Great Britain and Ii-eland . . Spirits also , fopi a limited period , were not to be distilled froni ^ any grain , A committee was appointed to consider of

      proviaiona for re . sti'ainiug the ; . price of corn and bread in future , and also ta inquire into tie abuses of millers , mealmen , and bakers , whowefco said , to have adulterated their flour with ' ¦ whiting ,-, iime , bone-ashes , alum , and other ingredients . pei'i 4 < Si 6 u to the human constitution . ¦'''• :

      During the long reign of the third Gjeohge—ts multiplicity of enactments vrero placod on . tho Statute Book , materially affecting the state ' of tha poor , and many events occurred , in which that oppressed class were concerned . Our American -colonies ' having suddenly resolyed tb wear that clott alone , which ; was of their owii manufactunng ,-aud . it having been ' the ¦ fashion of this country to favoui

      the silks of France , a numeroua body of ^? ea % T 8 were thrown into destitution . They assembled ia Spitaifields , r and . M ^ orfields , and ^^^ pro ceeded . " Tvith cOlourSy expressive of tkeir grievanceg , to ' Westminster . They presented petitions , whose tfixftt tvsib ^ p sttongly confirmed by . their emaciat ^ dbodi ^ , hollow . cheek ^ - ^ t ^ sunkeii . eyesT" Borne -mischief was done , but gentle Words and a seasonable subscriptioa at length appeased the clamour .

      If there be one thing more than another which betok ' . 'iis defect cither in commercial regulations or domestic economy , it is displayed in a , useful class of the iitatc being reduced to desperation and want . An enquiry was made into tlio effects of conSiie'd workhouses , on the children born and nurs . e ' - . l therein , aad in 17 fi 7 , an Act was passed to oblige ail parishes within the Bills of Mortality to send the parish children , under six years of age , within a fortiiightafter birth ,-on being received , to a distance not exoneding three miles from London , to 1 ) 0 nursed . Before this provision ,-a . frightful , loss of infant life had takeu place in the workhouses and , accqnl ' ing to the statement of Dr . Price , almost all par : %

      infants iu the Metropolis died in the first six years of their e-xistonco . It was enacted that } no person shonld bo . > ent to . a poor-house but siich as were indigent , by old age , sickucss ,, or infirmity . A pamphlet was published at this period , having for its author a M-r . Ac ' pixn ,. who attributes the grand increase iti the tinmber of the poor , now . amounting , ¦ to i » , - 2 o 0 , 0 () 0 , to the . greater advance in the price of provisions thau in that of labour , declaring that wheat , which , between the years 1746 and -17 ( 55 j wa 3 only : 52 s . a quarter was , from that timi to 177 C , abovQ ¦ i . > f > ., while in the rise in tho prico of labour was lrttli ? above twopence in tlie shilling . In a pamphlet writ-ten by Sir WtLUAM Young , against poor-houses , they are styled " Gaols without guilt . " *

      By one of the Acts , land , not exceeding twenty acres ,-may be provided for employment of the poor , aud let out to them in portions . The commencement of the reign of GkORGR IV . was marked by another serious dearth . Tlie Marquis of LoxDONDKitnv proposed , as a remedy , the ropeal of the annual Malt Tax , and an advance , by way of a loan of Exchequer Bills , to the amount of four " million : ; . The existing duties , upon the importation of corn were repealed , and ' it was resolved , " That the ports should not be opened until the home price of wheat reached to 80 s . the quarter :: thafr when , the price declined to 70 s ., the porta should be closed . "

      In the first Session of William TV . cliurchwardeus are empowered to provide land for the employment ; . of the poor—to enclose parts ' of waste ' lands ' for cultivation , and to let small allotments to Industrious cottagers . Shortly after a-mighty " change wa * introduced iu the condition of the po 6 r , and the frame of the Jaws , enacted for " their maintenance . By tlici New Poor Law , 3 rd and 4 th WillujTIV ., by

      whichbyth the spirit and letterofELiZABETH - sStktuto has been destroyed : relief has been diminished to one degree above starvation-assistance , heyond th © walls of the united prisons , has been abolished ^ the seduced , and not the seducer , has to provide for illegitimate olFspring-all power has been lodged U the hauxis of a triumvirate , apart from tho scene of misery , and , remoYed from all that can- awaken their sympathies . .

      As the advocates of the poor , at all times and iii all places , we have coEsidered it to be our imperative duty to show them in brief terms how thoy have been robbed , and how their rights have been graduall y , M effectually , violated . They now have learned what provisions- were made for them out of the tithes ; what by the monasteries ; and \ 7 ; U » t by the 43 q ^ Euzabeth . They know too well what prdV vision is made for them by tho accursed New Poor

      Law . ^ othiDg now remains but to . conyerfc this , knowledge into useful practice , and to bring back the system of humanity and charity iii the place of that which is formed in tyranny and executed in iruelty . All experience shews thatthere is wo hope of accomplishing this object through the medium of legislation by the factious , whose past pohpy has ever been to oppress . If the industrioua poor hope for , and desire a , ^ enaficiai change , it-j qwt be by Unirersai Suilrage . .. • , " : : A \

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      TO THE £ I ) 1 TOU OK THE TIMES . Sir , — 1 happened this afternoon to fall ill a ^ Cir dentally ill the New-road with-a constable . of Harrow , conveying a middle-aged labouring man , of the name of Webb , to prison , and on iu <| mring the crime .-.. mmitted , was told a . s follows : —The prisoner has for the last twenty-seven years resided at Harrow , and during that - " alp .. " period never once applied for parochial relief , supporting a wife and family Of four children by his labour " A short time back , tiuiVnig but \ utle work in his own neighbourhood , he ^ uittvd to seek it in another , and during his ab-.-en > -e his wife applied to the Board' of Guardians for relief aud receivud the sum of

      three * liilhn « s . Un the ¦ evening- ¦ ' of the same saiii ' day Webb returned , and f ? ave hi * wife a sovereign he had savt-d out of his earnings while-ab-^ e : it . hither from ignorance , or unthinkingly , she omitted to inform the board of having received this money-, and a warrant being -issued , Webb was br .. n ' £ Ut up'bvfove the- magistrates , and sentenced to one iiioutli ' d hard labour in the Hou .-u of Correction Uor having } oft his iainily chargoabli-. y , to whieh place tlie eoji .-table was eoine yin ^ hini this afternoon . _ Now , Sir , it doe .- ; , -trike me that tlus poolfellow s case i ^ a very hard one , eon ' sideriu ^ all the iirtuinstanciof

      - ' 's it ; and , leaving others u . appeal ( : i ~ they ^ arc on the point of doin ^) to the ma !? ktrates for a mitigation of puni . sliinent , I bog leave to ask the Marquis of N « irmanl > v , she Home Secretary , it ov . t of the niuuy lie let loose in liviaud , there was one individual ' whose claim .- * f-r a mitigation of punislnnent < -juld be compared t < j , or eould by possibiliiy be stronger than , t ' ne poor ieiljws here alluded to . ; and 1 do must earnestly ' ! : ¦ : }>•• and tru .-t the Noble Lord will cause iiujuivy tu i i- forthwith made for the purpose . 1 will say u .. ; 'hi : ia : of the sound poli .-v ol' the srutenoo , thereby pj-., i . ably throwing the \\ iie and four childieu on tlu jiar . sb , while the husband is in ' prison .

      1 have merely . Sir , stated the case as I heard it . and bein . s -oV > V «»< 'd to leave town to-inomnv on a di .-iaut journey , I beg , in iV . nii . shin ^ you with my addre «> , - to remain , Your obedient servant , September " 27 . .

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      WuKKlK ) USr ; ACCU . M . \ lOl ) ATlON UNDKR THE POOH LAW . Tho following-resolution was lately carried , with only two di .-sentir-nt voices , at the Board of uiardiaiih of the Kdeuderry union : - •¦ Iic-8 ulwd—That the c-oinini . i . sioners not bavins snli uiilti-i ] to us a plan for the liuilciiny ,, f the . poor-hMi . so r « . r \ hi * « i . i ., n . un having inf . ; ; : iii ; -. l us that they have enti ni ! :.. U ;< : tuntr . n : t for Imiliiun ; the sinie without « iv . . . , . ^ guardia ns : i : iy opj . i . rtu-. iky of making , re ; : iurx > . r . -u ^ - .-.-tion .- , for the improvement thereof , we . Win it i . ur iluty to throw the wliole ' Tespuiisibility of the imiMin ^ uj . on . the comniissioiK-rs ; : ind . therefor . ' . prote . sli : ijf ayaiiii . t the course thty Imvu taijtn , we will not . a . s giumli . ui > . burrow the nm : i .-y for buiWiu ^ the Millie- "*

      \\ e are not .- at present , in piis . ios-rion of the precise i . bjf- 'tkius t » tin ; pl-, \ ns , 4 ' the cominissioiier . s ( if any such v . ere entertained ) thai inlluenwdrhe Kdeuderry Guardians to isvae the-lorc ^ nins ; threat , which , w .-may ob .-en .-, by the way , w ; . ~ : \ ' l , ni ! um fu / nim , as tin ; \ vv > i- « lr <> f llii .- act are precj ~ e . aii < l thej ^ iardian . * are thereby retjuircd to aVes ^ or borrow nioney , "as tho commissioners shaii , from time to time , direct , " > : io . uid liiey pcrsi .-t iu rei ' usi . ig to do so , the ' -. simple n-m » -uy , in the hands , of lhe eonmiis- ^ Hmers , will be to di--oi \ ,- the biav . i and appoint paid guardians in its - -toad . . Nay , even when " there may be no ^ nar . Haiir ^ clecte . l , " the commis-ioners tllVlll . selve : ivc empowered , by tiic Knh section of the art , to " borro . v and obtam nmneyfrom- any person willing to advance the > auie , " on tiie secur ' ity of the rate " ofUie union . So iiir the 1 es . 0 luti . ju of the Kdeu-¦ lerry s ! jardia > i < dots not appear to 11 ? to have been

      a wise one ; Lut is : another quarter a i .-ioro discreet course has l )( ell j . ur-ucd , bv thu Waterford board , which , on the iuh of August , parsed a rcsoliilum r « . lhe elie-t that it considorcd the plan of th .-workhouse , for thai union , inadequate ; tho accommo iatiou . particularly as regarded storage , bciii " . on a deiiciciit « ea ] .. ; and the guardians , thevciore , re . jue .-tedt .-iat . Mr . Wilkinson ( the commissioners architect , ) mijtlu l > e sent down to confer wi'li them upon the subjec-t . T ! lc commissionp rs rcfiiM " -, ! to send down . Mr . Wilkinson , but ottered tu consider any .-u ^ est 10 : 1 s w hich nii ^ lu L ,- furnished to them by th « { . ' -. lardians , \\ e have not sine « hcai-il the r . ' «! ili hut .. ur atlcntivu having hwn called to tho sub-ect " by the _ lorciroin ; r tran « ti ; tions , we have been induced to institute a few enquiries n . to the capabilities ot ihc plans for union workhouses , which have been sanctioned by tljecommir = si » ners , and thus condemned by out- local board , and unccrcinoiiiously rciected by another . J J

      In os-r pursuit after information upon tliii matter we iiatjirail y turned t . i the plaMsand aicmorauda pub-IWicJ with the iast ( fifth > Tej > -. rt [ . resented to Parliament oy t ; ie c « niniisM .,: i ,-r . s , which , however , we were di ^ ipj'ointed in h ' udim ; to be cou tructed ratlicr for aum » enie ; ii than ii- 'niction , a .-. wl in wh a way as to KuveiisaliogetheTin lhe dark With r-ga ' rd to several nnporta ;) l j'articnlars . The plans in question consist merely -f a bird ' s eye view , and a . vr . mnd plan ; and as lhe km . i-r is not figured , and no infyrniatipn L'iveJi as to tne situation , size , and arrnu ^ -uients of the dormuorier , or of . s « -v ! Tal of the other essential portions of the buildup , they are altogether . beyond the reach oi mtiei .-ni .

      Our curiosity , however , beiiitf rather whetted by this unforeseen failure of ihc opportunity for gratifvins , ' n , we subsequently took measures to obtain a . sight -oi u :-i working plans of ono of tlio union work-Ji . ju .-: cs ai jirescut in progress of erection , and shall now make them the subject of a few remarks . Before doing so , however , we must observe that we are not actuated by any desire of unfairly carpiiif at the proceedings of the c . iimii . ^ ioners , Lut simply and honesrly b y our anxiety to lend our aid to the improvement of what we conceive to-be the most important and irretrievable-measure ever adopted in Trish legislation . We i ); ink it necessary to premise tn-. is much ,, and also to state , that although we were at considerable pains to avoid error in our calcumions , still ike unsatisfactory and coin used-style of the plans themselves rendered it extremely difficult to do so ; and it is , conseouentlv .

      not impossible that some inaccuracies may have i crept into the estimate which we have made of the ! amount of space allotted for each individual-in the ; dormitories of the workhouse . For Sjfch errors , I however , we cannot consider ourselves accountable : ! every apartment , which we could discover , having , iu any respect , the necessary characters , we hayc set down as affording so much additional sleeping room , and if we have iallen short of the-total amount ( which we" think unlikely ) the blame , must attach , not to ns , who may have merely drav / n iinperfect conclusions , ftit to those v . ho have furnished us with insufficient data . The plans which we

      haDpeuea to esaiuire " were those for the Celbridgc Union ^ orKl ! on .-. e , desigued for the ' inception 01 from 400 to $ W-paupv-rs , "' . a sort of laxity of specincation , as to the lodging of human creatures which we admit to be truly Irish . In all our calculations upon the subject , however , we have invariably assumed the smaller of these numbers to be-that . which the building was iutended to accommodate ; and we have not taken the trouble of

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      EQUAL LEGISLATION ! E ^ UAL LAWS ! ! UliUAL JUSTICE lii ' HILL OP PAINS AND PKXALTIES . It has frequently bouii observed that laws are madq lor the protection of one class of society to the iuiiiry aud oppression ot the other , and that in proportion as a person is eiUitled by circumstances to stand unuer and resist oppression , in- that same proportion he 1 * . s-ure-tobeopproosedboth by tliclaws themselves and thoi ? e who administer them . . At this prpseiit moment thero are two bills before the Legislature , both ¦ "dictated by the same spirit of hostility to frep competition in ono of the necessaries ot lite ( and both most likely by die Licensed Vicfcuallevs ^ cither ot which , if it b ecomes law , is sure to injure vitahy if not entireldestroy the-Beersellers

      y , together with the whole of their littlo property , in most cases the produce of many years of patioot industry aud carp , for the benefit of a wealthy class , whose eupidity is only equalled by its privileges , Winch , when compared with those of the beerseJlers , form some of the most singular contrasts imaginable- , r ot instance , the hours of business in the one case are totally unlimited ( excepting tho actual hours of church service ') . The publican may keep his house open all day ,, and all night too if he pleases ; there m * ° tIT 6 ^ Jf ny a < it ofl ' arliamvnt to prohibit mm . iiat with the beorseller the case is verydifforent . He is restricted in some places to eight o'clock o » a i 7 ! . ^ - ¦ ¦* . the »" . for ten , but is in no case allowed to do buaness after eleven , and generally

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      UNEQUAL LEGISLATION . There is no country so happy as that which can boast of laws made in the spirit of equality , and administered in the spirit of impartiality ; there is no state so accurst as that where statutes are made with distinctions -toy . tho vich and . the poor , and executed mildly towards the former and severely against tlie latter . We knew that the theory of our ancient constitution abhorred such unjust divisions ; that , our common law and many oltl statutes asserted the rights of all equally , anddeclarod allj without exception , to bo amenable to justice in a like degree ; hence wo dared to hope that our coai-ts of law , at least , were unpolhitqd by the Stream of corruption which flows through our land ;; we ; fondly entertained the expectation . that English : judges would save their « x-4 ted character frbmi ebMeinDt . and < n-f > i- bn leea

      cefewi ^^ -ftiaT ind ^ hdenWiui' th < S exercise oflwlrfesponsible office ? we looked for liriprejudiced cdndt $ * from those officers , who have been ee'lected to dischft ^ o duties , which at various times , have fallen , ' tothenQDlest and best of maukind . Alas ! the illusion ia dispelled ,. and : the .- dream has passed away , and woawak 6 , to the awful truth ,. that justice is denied to the poor and humble . Tiiat class , > vhose helpless aiul indigent condition clairtis our assistartce ; whose protection is the chief duty of a mtigBtr . ate , and towa ' rda whom ho should incline with favor , that class is crushed even lower , aud receives its deathwoundfrom the hand . by which it should be defended and upheld ; . The bandage is removed from ' the eyes of juBticO ) and ehe is dazzled by wealth and rank ; hcriwora is sharpened so as to cut ocly on one side ; and her scalos . riso a , nd fall according to the weifirht ofeoldwiihiiithem .

      tpj a proof of our assertions , we will not now revert t , o ; the-proceedings against the Chartists , ¦ but , will come , at once , to the most flagrant violation of sacred obligations that wa : > ever tolerated in ai state bearing the title of "free . " , We need . hardly say we alludoto the recent case of tho poor boy Coker . 'In order to expose more fully hU cruel treatment , we Will draw a parallel , between his-offonco and that of " the wealthy- Aledhurst . _ Both of these unfortunato persons must have been influenced by passion , which so often couquors reason ; but , let , us observe , that in the poor boy ' s caso was infused the quality of fear , one . that destroys -all - , reflection ; and- calmness . .- Medhurst ¦ attacked . * youth of his own age , and had no reason to fbar him ; but Coker j though quite a boy , was

      pursued by a man , vowing revenge upon him ; lie probably know how often the blow of a , man has i been attended with fatal effects ; he saw no way . of escape , rat ; o and terror combined , and unconscious of what ho did , ho saw the nian fall a corpse before him . Now these circrtinstances Of fear are certainly iii extenuation of the crime , for they remove , farther all suspicion of malice , aud of an intention- to murder , and almost reduce it to self-defcucc . Medliuiat was of an age ( being twenty ) when the mind acquires strength , aud subdues tho passions ; Coker was lift ecu , a time when rciiuetiou is . ' -wealt , reaio ' nimmature , and when thoughtle ..-suess reigns supreme . Medhiirst had received iu excellent cuueation ; he had been taught tho precepts of morality , the lessons of religion ; ho had learned the nature of vice and of virtue , their relative value * their consc-• iuouces ; he had . been shown how to school all evil propensities , how to cultivate and strengthen the of

      intellectual faculties ^ Tho necessity imitating all that is laudable , aud of avoiuing xiil that is culpable , had been impressed upon his mind .. Coker had received no education ; ho was reared in i gnorance ^ for his parents were unable to spcu < e time or means , for giiarding him from evil , or for teaching him good . He had never had paitited to hiiaiu glowing colours tho beanty of yirtuej or the deformity-of -vice ; he had ricrer been taught the inestimable worth of a pure and , unsullied conscience , of an approving ; heart , of a mind at ease . , ' Meilhurst had been heard to hay , that he . would stab a -iy olo who insulle . il him ; Coker had ured no sui-h nn-Chri-itian . l . 'iiiguago . Aledhurst began the quarrel . Coker had k forced upon . him . . Medhurst was actuated by ruge . Coker by rage and J ' hir . Itoth were fomid K - iH-y oi " . manslaughter , . \ lcdhurst is seuteiued to two years imprisonment in the . House - of Correction ; ( Joker is transported for ¦ l-fe . ' . ' . '

      Vcs ' . at tho tendov i-ig . ; oi'fifteen , he is sent ' as a felon from his-native 'land , to linger in nii .-vry , pussibiy for many years . . J . fouislifd from his country and his darling mother , he is sent t » endure his fate , in comparison to which death" would be a mercy . Since these sentences , an apidi .-atioii h ; : s been made for each ; -one for > ledhum-to have books and papers , ' which ' Was granted ; tlie other for Coker , yi qnal //// the whole Jury , praying i ' or a more -lenient nuiiisHnieiit , which was answered by tho . Marquis of iNorinanby , declaring that it was " not a jit cane far ( lie exercise of mercy !! ! That ma : t , who in Irtiand , could release felons from their cells , without cause , but merely to acquire an artificiul popularity , has in England refused tho petition of the Jur > v who were best judges of the meri . H , in favour of a poor , and helpless , bov !!

      i ) o the Judge and the Martini ? " think that this child cannot feel pain , or be alive to sutieriiif ? " Uo they believe that tlicy have , inuirted no mU-ery , i d ' uiio no wrong by tlicii- rank inju > -tire'i I . «; t them > vi . * l ' t the prisoner ' s ceil , and behold his carc-w ;> ni ' conntenaiiee , where so lately was the glow of health ;'' lot them observe his-tears , liis despair . ; let t-bo-ia i . hear his sobs - bis moans-his cries for his mother , ! whom he pictures in the deepest aupni-h . Let them ! vee . this , child— . a- ' prey to every horror—deprived , of ! every hope ,, so natural to vhiMhood . Then thev . ' ,

      i-honld turn tq the . mother of the coudc-umed-who " Khali endeavour to express her ft ' elin « s > or telllicr ; sufforings ^ They should reineinbor how she clung ' . av . oiind the neek of her son , when first ehnrged with ! the crime , and joined with him in praying that death i inigiit speedily terminate their wojs . They should 1 sec the circle of his friends and relative .- * , w ho ¦' - . though ' poor ean experience sorrow for misibrt ;; np aild do- ' gradation . Let them do this and then a > k for pardon-of their cruelty , and obey the dictates of 1 justice . ' . !

      Wo beseech of all men to prevent this semenee from being executed ; lei , all espouse this child ' s I cause as if it were tlieiy own , tor they way bo as-j sui-ed it is but a-preliminary'to farthei' '' tiiiprc ' seion , i and an injury even to a .. chilli like thi ; , Van insult ' to the whole community . All m :: st- rope ! tliis attack made upou tho bulwarks of our' safety ; the jmblic voice must be raised until it reai-h the ea . vs of t ' ht < iueeu and of the Parliament . Xt > time-can be lost ;! no rest shall bo given to our foos , until they have I redressed this , with many otlmr , injuries . ' In the name --of those institutions which we revere aildi b > ve , and which were formed by ' wur aiiffsfors tor i the preservation of life—of liberty—aud-property-- we call upon our conntryinen to enlist their aid in the cause of religion ,. of charity , ami oi'' justice , against cruelty , oppi-etj .-. ion , ami ¦ tyranny .

      Thestorthean Stae. Saturday, October 5, 1839.

      THESTORTHEaN STAE . SATURDAY , OCTOBER 5 , 1839 .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 5, 1839, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1077/page/3/