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      COHTK . UATI 0 H OF THE ESQXHRT AT TUB BrBMIHGHAM WOKEUOtSB . Vrtvg to tbe prtugrin of Anise neva and tho neees- ¦ Ity ct giving » everal Important article * which will be found in to-d » j ' j paper , -wa are nnable lo publish more tb % r . the general heads or the continuation tl Ualai et s- ^ T- "which cccopirs fire closely printed column * of -V Birmiiiffhiwi Advtrilter , to which we have been fc . ' -iVf td for tbe reporU of this casa wklch haveappn : rf-J in cmr columns . Tevbsdat , Dtc . 7—At ten o ' clock thu morning , KTe ? , ! Member * of the Souse Committee "were m- KtmI j « J , and the AHtttant Pool Law CommJMloner , on to *™ his uat , » aidbfr would receive tbe evidence of arr persons tbe G-vercor wished to h ^ v txmnined , or ai j fctat-tncDt he might desire to put In answer to the four charges .

      Vr Fnodi Hole , Solicitor , who a * sin * tt * nded on Ixi .-t of tfct Governor , Hala there were three or fonr w ; i-: « - *« ea to be examined . ' UUiimMoBDtford , an inmate cf the Birmingham Vf-riKOTre . -wnese duty it is to ii / er the namei of tr * . t- « ia a book , wa » first called and txittoed i 1 vs vitnHB- B evidence amounted to something like 1 Bcb ^ at Bi L He did not know tbst any pt-rson had > 6 T « r been confined in the bUcfc hole i *""»» E -z . beth Bnuton , ssB ^ nd S : u * b Eaii , aB inmBte | - of - ^ ™^ ou ^ were then examined their evidence V- . t ^ aiedto break down thai if t v . jtopet , bnt ob « . « s- « ui » iBaUon by the CcWi ^ . -cer , -tb . VUU « wn-1 « «* £ im 6 d ti » main put of ihe boy / a state-,

      » T ^» S * ^ « foil , Chaplain of th * Workbouw , W > rolled and owning by Mr . Mole . Tbe R « v . Gen ! iU-I- n -ros nnder examination for a long time , but no ' tr- -rce wss elicited will : rapt *' , to tbe charges under 1 ixq--rj . He spoke faTcnrably of the treatment the ' p > r-: « j ? received fioni the Governor iind 3 Iatroni 1 m ?\ V * ~ i co = cl ? sioa 1 < ' «» 'xamioaii Jn o ? the Chaplain , ; Mi Mole wad and then h «» d « i „*« the following tUtment from Mi . Hirst , Use Gov . ruor : — j THE OOTEESOR ' S 5 TATXiI £ > T . ! t ... .. . BTminghwn , D-a 7-, 1 S 43 . u . uxregard to tbe fonrm-nin ihe trimp-room « o lOBii , J beg to add to my former s : » t » ias ! . ? that I am

      precluded by that portion of the printed Rale * called * rDa rs of tbe Gortrnor of the W ' orkbuw , " No . 25 ftpis : purcbrsing or procnrlng an > &r « icl * a for tbe use of thr VVorkhonre , or paying any money on account of the Wv libouw , or of tbeparUb , witfeai ibe order of the MOH . J Ccmmittte . entered in & book , to be coiled tbo *• c . - . ' er . ?> f > ok , " to be provided f = r thit purpose- and tba- baT-ng ii foratd this Coihinif . et , at their firs ' »** : ¦ & ; , after tie ratranee of tfcfce tramps of ths ' r stot-, i coraidered it impowible fvi nijpelf more felly ate entirely to haTe attended to or performed my 1 T ? - eTiderce of the carpenter -who prepared tbe ' Maii-to . e as » triap-room . ipt « tbat it wa « nsed for Ita ij « w pcrpose the first D ^ ht aftenrsrda , and tbe ' < pra ^ : c = oi uf-Dg it upon any u qnislte occasion has con- ¦ Bit : -i cTer wnce . - '

      &u& ^* u ^ r *« ** . * , ** tjt ^ w ^ riiiu 'n' UUUi / a wqq . ^|| i Washed oct by the schoolmaster , as before stated i for j it is the nsnal £ nd invariable custom to writs the names £ i sTs prrscna in 1 be tramp-bobi each day tie tramps Tercv-ji in tts Tooms , if tbej remain id more Can one ! day . iduing to them the words , " here from y ^ ierday . '' Xrsmps may b ^ rcinrncd as such in the trsmp-bcoi , and ] yet be aJmitttd ir-to the Houss ; that is , at the time ] they are in tfee tramp room they ts » Te fotxitiis sama-i &s those in the Bonse , and not tbe rejB-ar tramp- ; room foo 4 , or tyen ^ ck diet is allowed So them , if j ordf ^ f cd . j , no "was- eTidtscs oi the witnesses to

      hi wuj 4 iu b \ Vf yn j J - b « y , Thomas Soper , vu brcn-ht into the House < ¦ « nfl-T »» dCTyx 3580 , sBd ^ port ^ , M BWom to fe , isi . a- ifcjer , bis mother , 2 aa T « y bad boy , -srho wonld ' not go to vreik . The mother aid he -ros to pound ? Trmiam Clorea took the boy from the kitchen , and ' < te Trss afiErvaTds pox into the hole by John Pair , 1 ¦ Wt ^ n t any dirfccUtns whateTer ; neither tbe Matron sor UiyieK saw John Fair or spoke to him . las foUow-Icjr laorning the toy tens remoTed . Mrs . Jairst gare the directions to tbe sshoclmaster to ha-M Hie . washed out and-ptit into bed , -which was the nsual Course ; snd there is no doubt he was dre&Eed and eassa i ^ o z ^ o scbocl room as soon as hi 3 clolhes t » ere dry . Ihe fleath ot tbe schoolmaster has created a difficulty in ; pro"siu 5 Uiis fsct , bnt Uiere is no reason why be tboaJd cave ! = sen differently treated to other eh 2 cren-on coat- ^ ing uito the Hc-O 8 e , £ nd it is quite certain he tpsb treated & 5 other bpys are . _ - " It is nst Bifly a boy of Ms heaYy , dnll diFpositi «» , ) Can resc-i ' ees d ^ y by day what occurred two moniihs tfnee , cither as to ihe food hs hid on each d » y , or where be was on tfcs day of admission , the lith Jof October . Be ia eistered 2 f o . H in the tramp-boot , and his ~ srae does net appear in tbe list tro the 12 th or any » bse- j gnent fiayi tut on the ISth he appears discharged from ; Ihe tramp-room with tbe reeland doubt then 1

      TL = jBfferent ^ s Kcper Is k ; very ocp ^ site and € bxfllcting , that 1 esi sawt tbe . l » y 3 * rrrsTig in sLithesays , aad tba greater part of Mrs . X jpsr'a tvi-I&iies is simply -wha . abe bt 3 h « a 4 from iim . fi % met S- > 5 der -was placed in Iha fert ^ e trasp-reom to ? the pnrpose , sha states , to separate h ; i irom Ann 2 dojr ^ a . Ibsj * G ^ . bc * ii-quarTelling , and whttn I entered tbe room thfej -w = re qBaiieliing . Barrk \ RTdder was ¦ very -fiulant , in order to a"soid which the lem v&l took p T aee . li 3 TiBg eo room provided me to piaca qiianel ^ onie persons in ; and i * : 3 by nomesiu uiiiisaal f-.-. j ihe G-uar-^ pn ^ g to ss nfi parties by afimissjon iny > t&s trasip-ieoia . gee an order tf admission , No . S C 6 j . ( COPT . )

      * To Ihe Governor of ihs Workhouse . * Admit Mary "Wliitehonse , 34 ys « rs , belongteg to , japposed , Aston , and provide b « according to the regulajiocs of the GDardiaDa , ' By Ord » of the Bslief Gommittea , " Georgk By deb . - " Frosi Dlsbiet No . 4 , Ifepart No . 5 . 060 . i * In bamp-room . ) •«! fbJs note is to be in f < -c « aurlng = is ^ 573 from Ihe 8 B 1 day of ^ SoTembtr , lfr « 3 . Bsniet Bidder h ^ I no -sorS , nor ssy punishment , Grille sbe was in ihe trsinp-TOcm ; her food was not * "tered 5 n cons-qi ^ cc , an-1 she -irss ccrcfortabiy ^ Jro-Tided for . I cid net kecs ? of ter disease , and sha ne ^ er complained , but jipp ^ sre : ! to be ^ ad Is be so separated Irom Aim Morris . 1 consider it "sr& 3 the Auty el file Burgeon to lisfe icforuicfl me < A the impropriety of Esrrict Rodder beixig placed tbere , if asy essated , on recount of her disease , and he did not , as he admits in his eTidence . » * e t It > -

      The dcor of the trcmp-Toom was open , aa ste states , Fie whole Sme sho was there , and she ccnid be in and oat of tb « ico-x . as she pieaaefi ; ana no otter tuotiYe aetaated me in this bat to separate tie tT > quarrel-V ^ g paities , which , as Governor , it appeared my duty to do . Thomi 3 3 Ja \ F 5 ussd the most improper language , was Tery violent a-d abusive , and , in my op ? nion , under t-mpoiarr cerrsqssscnt He h 3 s { 1 am iiiforai ? d it is Veil known ) ii ^ i &n VrTwl from birth ; and st the time he was . given into the costody of Weare , had Weare made 327 ebjecQcn to ths isie of him , as desired by Mrs . Hirst , she could noi havB required him- to treat Sates 23 h . e did ; £ uch was his state at the tame , that it was quite impossible hs conld he at large ; and Wesre staiefl to iis House Committee that he never

      etw a mar . sors fioleat ; and there is no doubt the Tioleiiee woaiJ have continued had he not been given 3 ito the cara ^ f the teeper , which , with his being ta \ ea into the " insaEa ward , had tha « S = ct of qn 36 ting Mm , uihicii ia fcfwsn tbe case with i-iiots . Thsre aia often j ^^ sons seat into this ward by the surgeon who are not insane . "When the snr ^ eon ordered Bates unstrapped , b . 3 was instantly obeyed , and being known as Bn iilot in tee establishment , who had been before , no doubt , in thi 3 "sard upona surgeon ' s order , it did not seem requisite to prosure fine for that present purpose . A new pitient would of coarse require an order , lmi not an c ! 3 o ^ s , or one who bad been there before bat had not Itft the hcusa ; such patient would be allowed to leaTB the insane -SF&rd by siiSfirance , and to xetum thereuato , sionld Mb malady reader such a step

      necessary . : Ths ether matters brought forward , it does not appear : I am required to zxplzm or take farther notice of , not being of that importance . " j it may be TgHaitsd ttat tbere are no ¦ wards of th » j description called " probationary /* conBequenUy in case ] rf one person cut « f between five snd six hundred ^ now in the Hcuse being guilty * f violence or misbe- J fcaviour , bo tbat a removal from the others is necea- ; W 7 . and if isjory and bad example are to be a-roided , i f tere is na pia ^ provided where , strictly speaking , the eavernor can reooTe Huch party to for the purpose of preventing such fiangerona consequences as may aiist from the conanct-o ! such persons ; and in the case «« jpnBi £ hment-as fa ^ aena , riEed >^ rlienin ^ stould Hot in reality . 2 * o punUhment -has been iiflicted « xoept when fully explidBBa , lmt merely a separation of fits parties to prsrent the apparent mischief or fead Oonjeqnences that were about to ens ^ e .

      Wmson gives Ihe meaning . ot the word punishment — •^ nylEfliction xa pain imposed in -rengeance of a erime ; ' so tkat the mere changing of B ^^^ JtQm loom No . 1 , because that contained another party , and they would not "be togeUxet "Without quarrelling , into * Gom 2 fo . 2 , giving the same food and treatment to faudij cannot be termed a punishment . . I commenced thB duties of my office on the second day of August , cae thousand eight hundred and fortytwo ; npon my election eigbty-eigbt Gjardians voted , ud although there were five candidates selected from a

      large number , some of them possessing teatimbnialB of Sis highest order / and I was as entire stranger to the tows of Birmingham and the Guardian ^ so well did tasy tMnk Mrs . Hirst and myself qualified for our present situation , that we obtained the very important majority of fifty-six of their votes . -1 beg-also to refer to the Bouse Visitor" book , -which contains a report eTOry "week cf the state ef the House and inmates , and it will then be foand & 2 t every part ef my dnty has been performed , as rdcoided , 10 their entire satisJacfion . GocfBET swift Hiasi , ftoremoz .

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      * ¦ I ; i i ; Wr . Aiiday stated that if allo red be weird pruve ; that many poor and de .-Vtute persons had not only I been refused admission into the workhouse , bat that I they bad also been rtfnsed relief . He ( Mr . JLj reeolj lected a ease of an nBfortan » te woman , who a short , time ago yob placed in the dock , before tbe Magiitrates , I at tbe Pnblie-cffice , on a charge of feloniously stealing I at a provision-shop . One of tbe Magistrates before whom ? she was brongbt , addressing tbe polioe-offlser who took ; her into custody , said " thU woman was brought before ; me ibt other day . " ThB pollce-ofieer replied , "Yea , Sir , she . Hit brought befors you on a charge of being destitute , and yon ordered that abe might he taken to the Workh » uxe for relief . ; When she arrived there she

      - ¦ l > ' ' . , i was neither admitted Into the hou * e nor relieved . The j next day the commitWd the felony charged against her , which abe state * abe was driven to from j want'' The Magistrate then enquired « f the trades-, man who appeared to give evidence on the charge of felony , if he intended to prosecute the prisoner , and be humanely answered , "No , Sir , I will ' , not , under these circumstances . " She was then dis' charged . Another case be remembered of a yonng ' Woman who attempted to commit suicide by throwing berself into the canal . It occurred abont half-paat , eleven o clock at night , as a policeman on duty waa ; crcsiihg the canal bridge , fie hastened to the spot ,

      and plunging into the water , rescued ber , and saved her life . He convi-yed bet in a Baseless state to tbe fctatieii-bouse , and there being bo accommodation there for the wretched woman in ber wet and distressing state , the inip-ctor on duty ordered that she might be taken to the Workhouse . The order was obeyed , bat en tbe police-officer presenting himself at the Workbousu dor-r with tbe woman , tbe Governor refused to adiiiit her . Tbe policeman then , with that humane feeling which was creditable 10 him . conveyed her to hl » owu bonae , snd allied up his wife , where she W 8 * treated with humanity and kindness . Jn a few days aftuwardj > he was taken before the magistrates , where tbe facts I have related were deposed to .

      The C iinniistioner replied that be would go into that part of tbe inquiry on Saturday morning . Friday , Dec . 8—On resuming the Inquiry this mornine the Commissioner said , that before entering « a tbe tutject for which they wtre especially met , tn wouM take tbe liberty of adverting again to the anbj ^ ct which he mentioned to the Hoo » e Committee last night , with reference to tbe unfortunate persons in the itcb ^ r&rJs . Tne Commissioner afterwards stated that be had rlsltod the pUco tbi » muraiog , and fonzid tbat

      cne pasou atill remained there , and that there were two still ia Ibe female itch-ward ; a state ef things whicb he was rare the Committee would not approve of or unction , after tbe expression of opinion , in reference to these wards , which bo bad received ftwa the medical t-fficera . lie bad a conference last nigbt with tbesorgfcons of the establishment , and having questioned them particularly , H they had ever drawn the attention of tfee Board to tbe itcb-wards , they placed ia bis btarts tbe eopy of a rcselnUoa passed b ^ them in JWy , 1842 . sad which wasae follows : —

      •• Resolved , lhat th » attention of the Hows Commi&vo be forthwith called to tbe filth ? and disgusting state of the wards appropriated for persons affected with tfie itcb , and they recommend that larger and better ooesbe substituted for therav" ( Efear , hear . ) As hs bad already stated last evening , be was anxious * again to abow the medical gentlemen the state of tbe " itch-wards , sad they wen 90 kisd as to accompany him to these places . They went , first , to the female - card , where tbe ; found two patients , a woman and child ; and in the male ward they found ninspersens , an adult and eight boys . He thetv asked the mt-dical gentleman -with regard to tbe Btnes&ot' these phu # o tor habitationBi and if fit , what number ; the ; considered should be plaoed there 7- and in repl ^ to these inquiries , he had xeoeiTed the following certifiBete : *—

      1 } } i i ¦ " We have inspected tiie-itch-bole far females ? from the »? 23 of tbe room we shc « M say iS would hollisafely not mora than two patients- under care for the- itch ; bat , haying regard to the want of ventilation , and from the intense heat of tbe place , « v do rw * IMrA ii rJUllJit j for oesajKitioi ^/ oTi any hvmarttengs : At thetime of our I visit tkere were two patients in the room . WVhavo j also inspected tfea itch-holee for males ; and found nine 1 patieats , two adnlts , and seven cbildreo . This place is I more unfit for habitation than the ffeiaale itch-ward , I and not from itw ' : ze , even if ventilated , fli for the re-| oeption of mora than two patients . Tbe person-mow I in th&t hole must necessarily ma great risk of eadani sering their health from tL » position they are in there . : Locking at the- two itch-bole * , from She- want oT veai tilE&on , and from the heat kept npon-them by tbe fires frc-Hi adjoining- rooms , we have no hesitation in saving

      : | thai they are absolutely tafit for the ocenpation of ¦ any human beings . Signed , B . X . Cox , T . Bellaay , T . Oreen , C eraes , J . Wild « ra . " The Comnissioner , in aoatinnatlon , eald , that be bad tiit morning visited the wards , and ha Waa very thankful to find , that of the sine persons in the male itch ward , eight bad been rwnoved ; b « t the woman and 1 child tress stall in tba female ward . Jiow ,. having these certiSeates before him , be waa . sure that the gentlemen of the House Committee waold feel justified in ! stepping even out of their usual ccarse of proceedings , I in otde : to remove these unf ortun&ie pBrscna Irom their

      ! preseal position—( bear ; . He tru&tsd they woald kindly . 1 indulge him by giving immediate direction £ or their re-1 motal to some other jlacts ; and . he thought , under « S I th& eircnxxBtances , tbat they should place sji absolute ! proMbition on their books ,, that those rooms should ! osre ? again be occupied by bursaa beings— ( bear ) . ; Ms . Rodway—1 have sees tb « rooms referred to , and j I must say , from their disgnsling conditisn , that those j ; petbcna should lw removed V&unediatel ^ . The party j ' who put the man and children in such r . bole ought to : be ousted immediately ; and as to the surgeon—- The Commissioner reminded Mr . Jladway and tbe ' ' other mambars of the Commute , that this was % ques- j tion which wouli form the subject of & searching 1 inquiry . He bad no doubt thai the responsibility would be placed on tbe right shoulders . Two members of tbe Committee were then deputed to nave ibe person * immediately removed from the wards in question , upon which the Commissioner said be would proceed with tbe examination of tbe Governor , in reference to the admission of paupers into tbe House . After » lengthened examination of tbe Governor relative to the accommodation and discipline of the ; workhouse , and letters bad been read from tbe House \ Committee , and Mr . Kimberlay explaining ( or attempt' ing to do so ) their connection with the management of ! the workhouse ; the inquiry was adjourned to the next ' da 7- . . . ..

      Satcbj > at , Dec 9—The inquiry waa resumed this morning at ten o ' clock . Mr . Hirst was called la , and his examination respecting the treatment of persons in tbe tramp-room waa continued . The Commissioner—I have now to direct your attention to the boy Rogers , who I found in the tramproom . It appeared that the boy who was only nine years of age was feund in a state of destitution and brongbt to the workhouse by tbe police ; he was placed in the tramp-room in the filthy state he was foond , where he was detained nine days and nights without changa of clothing . I must protest against such practice , and I feel certain the Guardians will not allow it in fnture . It was your duty to draw the special attention of the Belief Committee to the case , Mr . Hirst—My time has been so folly occupied with this lengthened inquiry that I hadnot time to atttend to the case .

      Mr . Rodwny—Did you ever report the case to the Csmmittee ? Mr . Hirst—I believe I did not . The Commissioner—1 will now take your evidence , Mr . Hirst , respecting the treatment ef this boy . Mr . Hirst ' s examination wa » then resumed , Daring tbe sojourn of this boy , Rogers , In the tramp-room he had no bed to sleep on , —he slept nn the bare boards , having a rug to caver him . He bad so change of clothing during this period to my knowledge . He bad the same diel as the ordinary paupers of the bouse . This boy would not have been kept so long in the tramproom had not my time been so ocenpied in this Jcqniry . The Commissioner—There waB another boy I found in the tramp-room when I ^ went round who had been in some time .

      Mr . AUday—There was also a man with bad legs in the tramp-room who bad been in several days when you ¦ visited it ; and in the female ward there ^ was an Irish woman who bad been a long time there . The Commissioner—Aye , how long bad the Irish woman been there , Mr . Hirst ? Mr . Hirst—Too allnde to Margaret Ryan—she came in on the 15 th of November , and remained there to tbe ZStn . The Commissioner—She remained there , then , fourteen days . Mr . Hirst-She was removed immediately after yon saw her . The Commissioner—She had 00 right to have been there more than one night I beard something about her being there two months . Mr . Hirst—That waa last year . fiir . In answer to a question put by the Commissioner in reference to the nine penocs put into the itch ward ,

      Ms . Hirst said—I knew nothing ot tne nine male persons in tbe itcb ward on Thursday last , until I beard it in the evening of that day from the Matron , who Jad been informed of the circumstance by the Assistant-Com missioner . Mr . Allday—Ton have , Sir , In the course of this Important inquiry laid down this great principle—that tbe poor and destitute of this country have as-equitable a right to relief and maintenance as $ h » nobleman to his rentfer his land . I should , . Sir , in support of this sound principle , beg to direct yoar attention to a . ekss of poor and destitute persons , who are confine * to a place in this parish nearly aa loathsome and horrible as tbe black-hole in the woikhonse , and who # e i «

      ^ "J ? their poverty * na destitution , I allnde , •• AT * ; r e Uxe unfortunate pennllesa debtors incarcerated Shn t * . ^ nestsprlBon , aituaied in High-street , « me aiwT ' ff " ™ ritr « Htt * a toreeeiTe Uxe sr '^ tts ^ &jsM wereuiuble to pay , and imprisoned in that distrusting pnam for forty , sixty ana one hundred day ^ whosl wives and famihea received parkh relief during ^ heir confinement , and who thenu , eives depended for several weeks f « r subsistence to tbe charitebla subscri ptions ef their miserable lellow- r / risoctrs , tte pariah authorities

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      having refused to provide them -with the common n * ceassrleV-ef-iife . " In this prison it Ifl not as it is in our criminal gaol ; there no food for the poor debtors is provided , either by the Commissioner * of the Court of Bequerta ,: or tbe keeper of the prison . I have , sl * . been present at oar public-office , and reported a long discussion before tbe Magistrates respecting the liability of the Guardians of the Poor the Gaolers , or tbe Comtnissiosers of the Court to provide the pauper inmates with the necessary food for their existence . The Commissioner—If , Mr . AUday , you will address tome a letter , stating tbe particular * of this case , it shall be laid before the Poor Law Commissioners , and you shall have an answer .

      Mr . AUday—They ought to have something else beside bread . I know that some time ago the Guardians refused to send even bread there . In this execrated place , sir , when a poor prisoner ia brongbt in , he la called upon to pay two shillings and sixpence for what is termed " chumming up , " and if he be suable to pay that sum , bis coat is taken off his back and sent to pledge to make the amount , which is expended in ale . The dishonest and abominable practice is carried on with impunity to this day . Several of the Guardians expressed a hope that an inquiry would take place into tbe facts stated by Mr . AHday , ar . d that Mr . Weale would visit this poor Debtor's Prison before be left Birmingham . The Commissioner at once expressed his willingness to visit the prison . The inquiry waa then adjourned , and tbe Commissioner proceeded to the Debtor's Prison .

      Mospav , Dec . 11 . —The hqaity respecting the admission , treatment , and dUehnrge of destitute persons , taken in cbsrge by tbe police , and wayfarers , was to be entered upon this . morning . Superintendent Stephens was present , at the request of the Commissioner , for tbe purpose ef being examined } bnt , in conseqaence of the police books , to whicb be would have to refer in bis evidence , feeing at Warwick , fer the Assizes , bis examination was postponed until Thursday morning . The Commissioner—Are there any ef tbe policemen here who have brought destitute persona to the Workhouse . . Mr . Stephens—They ore at Warwick AbsJzsh . The Commissioner—Tien I adjourn tho inquiry to Thursday .

      Mr . Allday—You would probably inquire into the ease of an nnfortunato woman , now in Warwick Gfuo ! , on iba charge of baying murdered her child , This will open one part « f the inquiry , tbe admission and discharge of females in a state of pregnancy . Tse Commissioner—Lot BIT . Hirst be called in . I will take bit evidence on the adausaloa and discharge of tb » female . Mr . & . 9 . Hirsl , on his oath said , that when persons are tulmiiUd to tbe Infirmary bj tbe recommendation of tho Disiriot Surgeons , they are , when discharged from that part of the establishment , discharged by Mr . Smith . When paupers are admitted , coder stailar circumstances , to the Tenereal or Lying-in-Wards , they ore discharged in tbe same way . If & female is admitted

      into the workhouse ia a etate of pregnancy , and from thence taken to tbe lylng-ia-Ward , wties discharged from that ward she leaves the workhouse . Such has besn the practrtee . If a wsuun , nnder these eircumstancts-, were to tell me she was * perfectly destitute , and no place to go to > I should kesp ber in the house . More than one such application Has been made to me , and so treated . I ' reooUest Elizv betb King being confined in child-bed * - in tbe workbouse . She was admitted 00 the 26 tb > of < Jhne , 1843 . She was delivered on the 10 th of Sept ., and was diaeharged on the 7-th of Oct . following , from the Ityingin-Room , by Mr . Smith , and as she made no application to me to go back , she was discharged the boose on the

      same day . She was cot re-admitted by anwder from a Believing Officer , Relief Committee , or Overseer . She was * fterwards brought to the workhouse by tfre p ^ lce ; andjremovfed to the female traoip-room . After-she had been there half or- three-qaartota of an hou ? > I'saw ier . Fwaa told she bad murdered bar child . She'herself told me she had thrown her ohild into the canal , cod afterwards that her niotber-in-law had done so . A Cilroner'd ii . qqest was held on the body of thschihl . aad a verdict was returned . I havu beard and beJlere , that the mother was insane wfaea- sbe committed' the ' act . I have since-heard that tbe woman has been apprehended on & Magistrate ' s warrant , on tbe charge of murder , anil committed to Warwick * Gaol to take ber

      The inquiry was adjourned to Thursday morning . Oa Tuesday the AutatanV Poor Law Commissioner bed a conference with the Mayor and Hagfetr&tesi to which Reporters were not admitted .

      PROGRESS OF 2 NCENDIARISM . 1 ?« iendjari * m in BEDHORDSUI 3 K . —The following isiroai a correspondent of tbe Time * : — Bedford , Fbijjay , Dae . 15 . —It is impossible to , eenvey any adequate idea of the alarm and excitement that at present pervade tho-rural districts in this part of the country , owing to the daring impunity with which tbe destructive work 0 ! incendiarism is carried on , witb a degree ef aecresy that biffles-the vigilance of the police . To the long catalogue already published ffeesb outrages have this week bean reported to tbe magistrates of tbe respective districts , to whoto kindness 1 am indebted for some authentic particulars , which will be found below .

      From all tho inquiries I have made , not only in themagistrates' chamber , at tbe local P < stty Sea « lont > , but amoBgBt farmers assembled at the market fable , I am . una > le to arrive at any . other conslusion thoa that these horrible aired ties are obviously the resnlt of a wide--spread conspiracy against tbe land-owners and tenantf&nneiB -, and in no c&se of the numerous fises that have occurred has there been anything even iasfnnated to show the existence of personal hostility towards the individuals whose property has been thus wantonly destroyed .

      I have obtained Irom the principal office of the roral police a list of tbiee fires wiloh are ascertained ta be incendiary cases , and In respect of which liberal rewards have been offered for information , wUh a view to-the apprehension of the guilty parties The owners , I believe , were in tbe greatest number of instances partially insured 5 but as the official repajta have not yet been obtained , the am ousts showing tbe loss of property in each case are raade upon a rough calculation , according to the quantity of corn aad tbe value of the buildings consumed . Tbe aggregate is much more considerable than was at firot supposed . I select oaly six of the principal fires from the list 1—Mr . Lilne ' s , at Hownes . In the Ampthlll district—Granary , cow-house , stables , piggery , fourteen stacks of corn , and farming implements , totally destroyed . Estimated "value , £ 2 . 006 .

      Mr . Man ' s , at Tebworth—Barn and out-offices , containing eorn thrashed and in the ear , with various busbandryimplemenis , totally destroyed- Tbe loss estimated at from £ 1 , 800 to £ 2 . 000 . Mr . Crisp ' s , at Clapham . —Corn stacks . < fec . Estimated value , £ 400 . Mr . SwanelPs , at Felmeraham . —Barn and offices , Estimated valne , £ 500 . Mr . Roberts ' s , at Ridgemount—Stack-yard partially destroyed . Estimated Ioes . £ 2 « 0 . Mr . Gibbina , Stotfold . —Granary , barn , out-offices , and several staeka of grain , totally destroyed . Estw mated loss , £ 2 . 000 .

      Several other cases have been reported , to which it may not be necessary to refer specifically , the loss of property being inconsiderable , tbe design having in these instances been frustrated , owing to timely diacovery ; but every attempt of the kind , whether the guilty parties succeed or fall , only serves to show the animus of tbe malicious movement that feas extended not only to the moat remote confines of Bedfordshire , but has begun to show itself in Cambridgeshire and the other adjacent counties . A circumstance which occurred in tbe Biggleswade district on tbe afternoon of Saturday last , is now tbe subject . of strict investigation by the poliee . It Appears that at an early hour on that evening the premises of Mr . PJyer , an opulent farmer , situate at Stotford ( and not very far from the farm of Mr . Gibblns , whose stack-yard was lately destreyed ) , were discovered to It

      on fire . The alarm was promptly given , and the fiunes were extinguished without any serious damage . On subsequent examination , the design of tbe miscreant waa obvious ; bad tbe flames got tbe ascendancy , no exertion could have saved tbe whole * f the premises from destruction . In the generality of cases , a lucifer match , or a toVacco-pipe well lighted , is considered sufficient to ensure the destruction of the elevated homestead ; but in this instance a much more scientific agency was resorted to , no doubt tbe more effectually to elude detection . Upon a careful inspection of the premises , tbe spot where the fire commenced was found to be on the ledge or plate of the barn wall , immediately under the eaves , and the appearance of the wood indi cateS very plainly that some chemical preparation deposited there had been burning some time before it communicated to the thatch , as the wood underneath wan consumed or charred in a circle of three or four inches

      diameter . The late tragical fire at Alderman Hlggins's premises , on the Kimbolton-road , near this town , is still the subject of anxious investigation , but no other clue has been obtained to clear up the mystery . Assuming tbe latter fire to be accidental , it seems quite certain that all the others were caused by design , for the purpose of injhring the farruers , u > ho > since the close of the harvest season , have reduced the wages of their labourers . The use 0 / threshing machines forms , I understand , another iopic cf complaint , to many hands being by means 0 / machinery throum out of work . The rigid administration of the Poor Law , in some of ihe Unions , is another ingredient in Ihe general mats of suffering . . Daring the

      last four or five years , the railways afforded employment to a large number of the agricultural labourers ; bat witt . tbe completion of these works , they have been compelled to return to their original occupation as field labourers , of which there is , unfortunately , a redundancy , to whom full work cannot be afforded . , The Poor law Guardians would do well to relax the rule as to out-dcor relief during tbe winter months at least , er these terrible aggressions will continue . The means of protection are quite inadFqnatc , though tbe poiieerate is already excessively b ^ -gb . The extent of tho county of Bedford is 463 jqaure miles , fti-d it cotlnins 296 , 320 acres . Ihe lumber of inhabitant * , according to the last census , is 97 44 fi . The aver .. <« , rai-j of wages paid to fa ^ io-hitv ^ . ie tic-ea not txeeed ( 3 ^ . ^ . wttfc , lut piuvikionb kio j ? ei > cr ily cheap .

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      Just ns I was about to send off my despatch I received the particulars of two more fires , discovered in the Luton division ; one occurred on Saturday , the other on Sunday morning last . Tbe circumstances relating to one of these fires are sufficiently significant of the organization tb&t has been established . It appears that a farmer ' s servant was returning home with bis waggon and horses ; when , at the distance of nearly twenty miles from borne , he was met by two trampers , one of whom asked if be did not live at each a farm , naming the owner ? The waggoner said thai he did ; upon which the trampers observed , "Oh , there has been a rare fire there ; we saw it as we came past "

      Now , the fact is that the flre did not break out at the farm alluded to , until six hours after tbe waggoner got home . Wken the fltmes burst out , which was about ten o'clock in the morning , the farmer bad enly just passed the barn , and there were several other persons going by to market , so that it was quite impossible any one conld have fired it and escaped observation . The presumption raised is , that some « himical preparation had , as in another instance above described , been deposited beneath the thatch , -which , once ignited , insured the destruction of the premises , and afforded the miscreants time to make their escape . The loss of property in both these cases is said to be very considerable .

      Obe Hundred Sheep Destroyed by Fire . —A destructive fire broke out on Sunday evening week , about six o'clock , at Naze Wick Farm , in Fotdnesp Island , Eases , in the ocenpation of Mr . Charles Harvey and in an incredibly short time destroyed a sheep yard ( the walls of whfeb were composed of , mustard and carraw ay straw ) , one hundred ewe sheep ail in lamb , ami a large bean stack , Uao produce of forty acres , adjoining . So rapid was Ibe progress ot tbe flames that , although some of Mr . Harvey ' B workmen were npon the spot in a few minutesy they could not approach the gate , or make an opening ; to rescue the poor animals . Great praise is due to the labourers , who rendered every assistance in their power ; and en tbe arrival ef Lieut Hossey , of the coast guard service , vrbo- was speedily

      on the spot with bh » men , he , by hi * example and efforts , caused all present to renew their exertions , and succeeded in removing another large ataclf , thus saving from destruction 9 larg * range of stacks , which must otherwise have fallen a prey to tbe flames . The same nigbt a man named Janras Rampling was apprehended by peHce-constable Went , 00 suspicion of having caused tbe e&tifia » ratlon , and , of tar a preliniinary examination , was remanded upon the charge . On Wednesday be waa again examined , and fnlly committed for trial ; Tbe value of tbe property destroyed is estimated at abont £ 500 , and it waa insured te tbe Equitable Fire-office . On tbe night of Sunday lcaC , afire was discovered in the farming premises ot Mr . Ghimmer , at Stocftton , nenr Buodes , Sufiolk ; and ( wrote it could be got under ,

      a barn filled at one end with , bar&y , and a turnip sb « d ,-were burnt down . There was every reason to belteve the fire wa » wilfally caused . In tlie evening of Wedaesrtuy , the * 29 th tritlmo , an extensive fire was dis * covered in the farm > buildings of Mr , Jobn Aldous , ef ISarleston , Worfolfc , which was not got under until above five bnndred pounds wor th' of grata had bee ? destroyed , and this wa&- also the Worfepf an incendiary . A reward of fifty ponmls has bee * ofiered by the 8 ecretevy of Stale-fbr the discovery of tbe person or persons who recently set Ore to the Wangford Union Houae at Sblpiaeadow > c « ar Beccle ? .- Tba whole house was seme tine in the utntoat jeopardy ;; but we believe no cine to the dieooverrof the effunder bas- y « t been obtained .

      ABSOtf—A diabolical attempt at incendiarism was aiade on Tuesday evening la ? t in tbe eWirfc-yard ot Mr . Spbert Story , farmar and buteher , at Eibring , Ifbttiughamsbire . The firs was flbtseen between two-coms . ftcka in the centre of the yard , but the alarm having been given , a very large number of tha vtllagenr collected together , and by > tbeir active exertions a great past of the corn waa » aved . The Earl of Scarborosgh ' a fire-engine was sent for from Raffifrd , with the assistance ofwbicbtbe'fire - was soon got under , but not before damage to the amount of nearly £ SO had bsen

      dona . Had the wind ineon bigb ,- or the aid rendered been less efficient , the consequences must have been most disastrous . In tbe-same yard were several other atacko-, and anctber atarfFyard ad joining It . There waa ' also a" large range of buildings very dangerously situate ; : if the fire bad reached ¦ which , 3 number ofvaluabte > horses and fat stock would have been consumed . * There i » not tbe slightest doubt' but that- the firs was tbe work of an incendiary , as the flames appeared ' In sevewl places at once , and a strong sulphurous smell ' pervaded the atmosphere .

      DKSTITWXIOK ItNTHE MfflTROrOLIS * - Dnrlpj the last fow days the application for admission into the Refuge for . the Destitute , Playhouse-yard , Wbltecross-street , bate been increasing , and they now amount to about W 0 men , women , and children . The committee at first limited the nomber to 2 CO ; but owing to the pressing ¦ . neeessitiea of- tbe applicants , the orders was rescinded . It was thought , Uiat if a larger body- were congregated , fever might bo generated dniing the prevalence of the present warm weather , which as Was the case , part of last year Above 3 . 400 bad been admitted up to Sunday night : There

      are many , who , in consequence of ( ever and other aliments , have been provided with the means of gettinglodgings out of the institution . Mr . G&y , a , medical gentleman , attends each night , and examines every , individual . On Monday night , out of thirty new applicants , fifteen were cases-of low fever . Ttte others-Were Buffering from . various causes . This- , was the number who received tbie mode of out-door relief , with a slice of bread each , up to seven o ' clock . The average Is- much greater during the night . In Glassbouse-yard . St Goor # e's-in-the-Bast , the institution has another refuge , where there ore nightly admitted aboat 300 persons .

      : SHIRTS ; AI A BXBiaiiNO EACKl Much , has recently been said and written on tbe smallnaBS of the sum paid to women for tbe making , of men ' s shirts , but all the facts on the subject have net yob , it seems , become public , for no quotation has been made of the price received and paid at tbe w * rkhouses of London for th » manufacture of thuae garments . The following- statements , were accidentally elicited at an Inquest held before Mr . G J . Mills , the B » puty Coroner for Middlesex , ab tbe sign of the Elephant and Castle , King ' s Road , St Pancras , on tbe body of a wpman named Ana Hu-iaphreys , who bad died in St . P&ncras Workbouae on the previous day , after her removal to tb » t establishment from a jeweUer ' a in Soymour-street , Enaton Square , whose shop bad been plundered of twenty-five watches by some thieve * at night , to the great alarm of the deceased , who died suddenly in the wovkbouse , from supposed affeoiion of the heart after the fright .

      The first witness called to prove the death of the deceased , was a woman named Ann Benson , 5 respectable-looking elderly parson , whom a Juryman chanced to ask— " Bow aie you used in the workhouse ? " The witness replied , " Very well ; " adding , aftur a pausa , -but I work very hard for a farthing . " ' " What , " asked the Daputy-Coronar , "do you mean by that ? " —Witness : — " I make a shirt for it " Deputy-Coroner—What sort of a shirt?—Witness -7 Generally striped Bhlvts , but we put good enough work in them for any gentleman to wear . They are obliged to be done with goodness and exactness , or we should not be allowed to earn the farthing . : Deputy-Coroner—Where does the material ccsie from ?—Witness—It is warehouse work , sir . They come to the workhouse by hundreds to be made .

      : Ann Voyce , another ; witness , being at tbe time in tbe room , said , " It was a farthing a piece it * we make only ene , or two farthings if we make two ; but if we make three of the same batch , then we gut 1 a penny . " ; Deputy Coroner—How many can you make in a day ?—Witneba—Perhaps oue by working all day . Deputy Coroner—And wh * t do you do with all the money ?—Witness—Buy sugar and taa with it . ; Deputy Coroner— But perhaps you have additional comforts in the worknpuse Inatead of more money ? —Witness—We have a quarter of a pound of sugar a week , whether we make shirts or not ; but no tea , nor any milk , unless we buy it , or friends bring it i Deputy Coroner—And do yau get breakfast and tea out of six farthing ! ?—Witness—We are obliged to make it do , for if we . don't earn it , however , we go without , and have water-gruel , which is very good .

      Deputy Coroner—Did tbe woman who is dead have tea ?—Witness—Yes , because a friend brought it to her . We manage to make tbe money do by only giving one another tea leaves some days . I bad the woman ' s tea leaves when she had done with them till she died ; ani as she could not wait on herself , I attended on her for it . Deputy Coroner—How long was she ia the workhouse ?—WitnesB—Three weeks . Deputy Coroner—Why conld she not attend to herself ? Witness—Because she waa very bad in her breatb , and bad palpitations . Deputy Coroner—Did uhe see the doctor on that accsnnt ?—WitneSB—No ; but the assistant came to sea her when she was dyinp . She did not wish to see the doctor before . All she wished for when she came to me was for a quiet place to be in . Deputy Coroner—Did aha have It?—Witness—Sbe could not , b ecause tba . infirm ward was bo full .

      Depnty Coroner—Did tb © have a room to herself ?—Witness—No , we lie four in a bed . ;¦ ¦ The First Witneas- ^ -No , only three , becanse the fourth lies on the floor . Deputy Coroner-rla that because tbe house Ia Bo full ? —fitness—I suppose ao . Deputy Coroner—Are the beds of a good slzs ?—Witness—Yes , tbare is everyeemfort fora poor woman and every care ia taken of invalids . ; Deputy Coroner—Aro you tasked Ia doing the shirts ? —Witness—No ; but I could not have tea if I did not make them . . Deputy Coroner—Wculd yon miss that ?—Witness —I am pretty hearty , nnd it would not signify to my health ; but soma are only fit for tea , and would be flad to earn it .

      A Juryraan wlsned to know whether the farthing waa paid by the dealers who sent in the cloth or a higher sum , and $ f so , what sum j because , if it was lower at tbr vfiHt-honses than oirt of them , it was a wonder tL . i « e ., i . ia-. y poor women arfi of them were pavl eve- ' lj d a shirt .

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      O-e of tbe { witnesses said she thought that 2 A out of every shilling received by the pariah was paid ^ to the women i ^ the workhouse for all work of the kind tiiSt wai done there . # . A Juryman [ wished tbat the great comfort of-life to the old people , tea , could be obtained by them on easier terms , j , \ A verdict of " Died from natural disease" was retamed . j THE HEW tpOR WW AND IHJE SHIRT WAKBKS . The Times of Fri < la > " contained the following just and excellent remarks oti tbe above astounding expoanre : — i

      • 'Another , and yet another , flagrant ^ exposure , each more Bi « nal than its predecessor U . day by day-prorating itself , of tlW connexion of the . hideous and crusbmg miseries of thoBe thousands ef friendless m < 1 unhappy creatures , who } especially tbron » hoVt the _ metropolis , but not only there , * re suffering the enmities of pnvation . without wagefl . butnot without work , homeless and starving , yet ' tasted withal to eX Uaustwn-the sempstresses , Bhirt-mafcew , tbe weavers , and other operatives of a lsimiiar class , with tbe NeW Voot i % w . Eighteen hours a-day , at four , » hillings a-week , or , in somo cases , even less , and out of that pittance . turead and needles to ; be found ^ these are the term * npon VPhicb , as poliee report after police report irrefragaciy and conttnually proves , many and many an unhapp / woman i » evenl now eking oat bar wretched Mfelw rather ber existence , for she « &n scarcely be sard to live J

      within a circle of no more tnaa tbree miles from tbe soot where w& are writing , WiSat bas rendered sucfr a sonsummatioDpoflsible ? Hownaoit beea even witta » tbe bounds of pjoBsibility , that tfce v / orfepeople sboalS be reduced to sne& necessity as to b& obliged to accept such dreadful , jsrab life-wearing ccmlitton 8 r--or bow that the dea . 'ers antf eontraefcors Bboaitt Be in a position Iff whicb they coul d enforce them ? We answer without basitation that the Nw Poor Law , and that alone , has breagbt this state of things to pass . We-say advisedly , ths « If it were not for Stat law , such ioSolerablt ? , such griodiBg . anch cold-blooded cruelty as thaCexereked by thost who " employ" upon such terms as thes » , conld even by possibility haver been practised by no man . Tbe meani an 4 instrument of torture , tb » - boot and the screw , would , withent this , have been eat of bis reach , fib atnild not have- dictated such term * to a

      starving population . We speak on ! undoubted authority when we say that the acceptance [ of slop contrasts by the union Workhouses at tbe rate of 2 d . and Sa . per dczsn , was t& 8 first means of enabBng the dealers- to inB ' wt upon a redaction in the tfctm rate of wages , and ultimately to bring them down to- ' the horrible point at which , as wears only too freqxsfentty reminded by painful experiB- ee , they now rest . She Stepney und the Portsmouth ¦ U-uioabooses were those which were first exposed as admitting of this ruinoutr and wicked practice , and as paying wages for tbe Jew siopselters oat of tbe pockets cf the ratepayers ! Yesterday Stl Pssocsas workhouse figured in tbe rams enviaMe position , an * afforded an even oDusually convincing and lucid exjposare of the extent to which the practice is carried , and- of the use So which it is put . She accidental way , too ; in which the-discovery of tbe fact was made is itself sfenincant .

      The Trmes tliea quote * tbe evidenwor Ann Benson given above ; a ^ d remaifa , — " One fattbtng for making * shirt I © ne farthing for a whole dsy / s worb { Just tbree-halfpence for a w * sSt ? B employment ! Enoueh to bribe the yoor ] creaturw ; already supported , that is , barely fed ( or nnfed ) , eoarsely clothed , and hardly lodged , by the public , to « Bdsavaur to gain s fewrteanty coxforts to make their condition more tolerable ; and enougb also in jso doing , ( tr-ena-ble contraotora- to treat witbauch aswant not on ^ r'tea and sugar-, * but bread , and ctotbea ^ &ad lodging , asd'drink , npon-terms-which compel their wretched victims to limit even these pressing wants' also within the compass of just three-balfpenco j per week r Was it for this ; we ask , tbat nnion-boofes were coaotoucted ? To be patolic institnti ^ na t or the support and payment ot tha

      workvKmren of slopsellers T' . To be instruments- of torture and extortion—of extortion , to enable the'riopdealer to get bis work done afe ^ the expense of th& ratepayer—and of torture , to enable him to insist upon people working , far him eighteen hours a day at aosaething less than ; couM find a Unfou pauper in . tea and sugar ! And let our readers mark tbe extent" of the practicf ; . they , ' * the eblrts , "'come to the workb&userby . hundreds to be made . " And this infamous price- of one fartbing each is allowed to bo accepted in this wholesale way by . the " authorities , " bbcuuse they find that they can g » t their peorinmates-to-worfe for it by holding out the bait of ? ' tea and sugar , ' . ' of which they tbtrs save tbe expense , -orithout any reference to the circam-. stance that , in bo doing , they are underselling thousands / and depriving them of the very barest necessaries of

      existence . j Certainly , as we have before now-said , a day 0 / rector ing for these Uitnus will one day come !

      MORE MURDEB . —THE HORRIBJ . E STARVATION LA . W . An inquest jwas held on Friday before Mr . C . Wood , coronet for the western division of Surrey , and a respectable Jury , at tbe White Horse ,-Win-( ilesham , in that oouuiy , oa view of tbe body of William Pry , i ai > agricultural labourer , who was supposed to haVo died from the | want of the commpa necessaries of lite . The jury bajvmg been sv ? orn , . proceeded to view the bony oi ' the deceased , who appeared to have beea in great destitution . Tho rravin whicb tho poor man dwelt was abjoafr six feet by eight , without ; any

      material but tho outside boards nailed -together , scarcely sufficient to keep out the weather , in the left hand corner , closo to the door , stood a . small cottage grate , and at the back part of the hat , upon I a kind of bedstead , without auy bed , blankass , ot \ sheets , not even a mattress-ox straw , was the bedy of the dcoeased .. ] He bad on an old waistcoat , no shirt ,: and Sf tatterod garment ; his lower parts were j totally , uncovered , auU n !> vestige-of linen of any . ; kind in tbe place , presentiog altogether a rzretched I spectacle . After viewing . the body ., and quitting , this j deplorable place , the following witnessa 3 were , examined : — j i

      Sarah Bulsent depo 3 ad , tbat the deceased was a labouring man :, betweea- sixty , and seventy . years of age , whom slie occasionally saw and relievad . Prom the account given by this witness , Which was eir pressed with some warmth and indignation , it would appear that the deceased's flood was principally potatoes aad blackberries ; that he wag literacy stai'ving , and had declared to- hor frequently that he had nothing to : eat . Me couli not ba persuaded to # o into tha Union , either by the Guardians or any one else 1 and so great was his aversion to enter a IJjaion Workhpas ^ fehai he doclared be would sconer die in a ditch . ] He was allewed 2 i . and a 4 ibvlpaf weekly . Not eeeisg him on ihe Sunday , | as sfee e $ - pected , she went with another woman on Tuesday mornisg , between ten and eleven o ' clock , to the hut , the d&or of wliiob was sbut , but ncJ fastenod , and upon opening it saw the deceased lying prostrate on the floor , quitedsad .

      Mr . HayneH , surgeoOj of Windlesham , deposed that j ho also had known deceased about thirty ysars . On ' Friday morning was sent for to see tho deceased , j whom on going to the hut ho found lying on the ! floor quite dead . Witness supposed ho must have \ been dead from twesty fcur to thirty hours . Had j examined the body externally ; it was in an . ema- > ciated state , ve | ry different to what heTvaa formerl y ^ ! arising from want of care and aStantioa . Witness . J could discover ? uo particular disaase . Thore was co- j mark of violence on the body , and witnessconsidered ! a pobt m&rtem examination unnecessary , as tbe deceased died from natural causes through want of a sufficient quantity of iood . If he had had nourishment , his life might have been spared . Tho Jury returned a verdict " that ihe decsased died by . the visitation of Gad "

      MORE INCEKBIARY FIRES . Scham—The iuhabita-nts of this town were on Tuesday evening last alarmed by the cry of " Fire , " whioh broke out about half-past fire o ' cloak , on the premises of Mr . -S tephen Danby , situate * in Prattstrcet . The flame was first discovered by a boy who was passing at the time , who immediately gave the alarm , when it was discovered that an oat-stack standing at the further extremity of the premises had by somo miscreant been set on fire . From the combustible nature of the material the flames spread with an amaiing rapidity , communicating on one side to a wheat-stack , and on the other to a large barn filled with corn : these , with- the adjacent stacks and buildings , ! were in the space of an hour levelled to tha ground .

      Horncastle—A fire broke out on Thursday morning week ; about five o ' clock , in the stackyard of Mr . Rawson , a ; tenant of Sir Henry By moke , at Scrivelsby , near this place , without doubt the work of an incendiary . There were about eeven stacks in the yard ; the middle one containing about forty quarters of wheat , was set on fire and consumed jalso a barley-staoki about the same Bizid , Eaton Socan . —On Saturday morning last , between the houra of six and seven o ' clock , a fire was discovered blazing in the stack-yard of Mr . J-Hali . an opu enfc farmer and corn-dealer , and the whole , consisting of nine large staeka and hovels ^ two of which were very large , containing . upwards of 10 » loads e 8 cb , fellasacrifioe to the flames . The barns and outbuildings were saved by the vigilance of the gentry in the surrounding neighbourhood , as well as tb& poorer classes . Not the least doubt remains of its being the act of an incendiary .

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      TO THE EDITOR OP THE NOETHEBN STAB . Sir , —However placidly we may endeavour to survey Passing pccurrenco 8 we cannot avoid feeling at times seriously rented , unless we have philosophizea onrselvea into a Malthusian hard-heartedness , wHob cannot be , if any ! of the flner and nobler feelings pf our nature remain jn the breast You , Sir , beard of what transpired in Preston at the time of the riota—the great turn-out of last year . The BufferiDga occasioned by that nearly unprecedented affair are incalculable ; and Preston came in for more than its full share . The firing by the military ; under the orders of the Mayor , in Lunestreet , in bo unexpected , and so different a manner , from the conduct of tbp authorities elsewhere , led to the death of four persons . , besides the maiming of some othi-rs for life I Yet severe and imnaual as was the punishment injected fcy this firing , it , failed ts eatiafy

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      tee Home-Secretary-lattded authorities of thiB totja . Nambera were « ent to Kirkdale , one of whom left the prison after serving eleven months out of the twelve to which be had been doomed , only ; to die Within nve weeks front the period of hl » lloeration . Tbia was a young man of very delicate health y , named Dewhurrt , convicted on the . evidence 0 ! a single policeman , and hurried away with little ceremony , without his triends having any opportunity of tendering evidence in big behalf- > - " ~ ' ' Another per ton . named Bicbard Warwick , formerl y an inhabitant of Preston , but of late , 'preyioiur to hla conviction , resident in Oldham . hath since . the deaitji of ooor T > jwhurst ,. gone to At * long borne , having expired sister in ton doubt what

      at the house of his Pre » ; no ever existing on the mind of any in the least acquainted with him tbat his death wa * owing wholly to his fan . nriaonment . Thia man ; observe , was not tried at Preston ; nor had the authorities thereof anything to do with his imprisonment . I mention him because or his having long re sided in this town ; of his being well known here , through having been sent to Lancaster Castle for twelve month * for a political offence ; and becanse of his having died here . HU last iinpriwnwent was in K « kdale , being tried at the Special Com . mission for having exposed at his door in Oldham , a placard during the time of the riots headed , "Now or never . For this alone , I am informed , was he consigned to the dungeon and ultimately , to the grave . facts still there

      Painful and distressing as these are , t'xe others arising out of that Unfortunate ontbrealc at tended by circunistances which render them od the wn more afflicting . One poor lad , sixteen years of aee was , during the firing of the military in Lonestreet wounded ic the abdomen ; from the wound the bowel s l rotrudea , and is this state he was conveyed to ft& home- ~ t 0 a fond * a doating mother—a lone widow , to whom tl > unfortunate youth was a principal sup « Dortr Here he lingered in dreadful agony for two or three days and tnen « x P ire ( * . Ne sooner had life departed than ft police officer entered and tore away tha body taking it to tne new Mspewazy on the moor , to await the smw It -quest , so important in its results to the crertK of tbe autfaoritie 8--thB mill-owning mayor Spedalfy ! In rix weeks from this period tbe wretched mother followed hex" * to the tomb . ;

      If whatever in , h' right , '' and if the balance of happiness is egcrf , then a w appearances grossly deceitful : for ah ! how onfottm'ate , judging from these appearnucea , are some of oerA 'Uow beinga . ^ One poar man 1 in Manchester was- arrested along wrth h « ^ son for taking part in the ontbreafc , both of whom were tried at Liveriool . and imprisoned h * Ki * dale along with so many ^ hers . The wHa of tbi » p < K * aM . "hUe endeavouring to- rescue her son at tha time of his arrest , got a blow frosi the trunchean of a pofiee . man ; and owing to thia , coesled with the grief attsndot t up n bi gged to see his father » little before his deathbut was n . faaed .

      , Thua' wantonly are- tbe livs * of our feJJow-creatures sported away by the - few in-poweV : aceoanted of no more va 5 ae than the stones under obj feet , though each . estimates his own at a price to whicb the costliest geni Dears no parallel . WJSaf la thrwortl » of our boasted civlliffitiois , government-,- and laws-, wl lilstsscB misery ealst ? - H «? py would it hawbeen-for . 'thamiHfonavh ^ such mocfc refinement sever be *» kfown . Had an hosde of bacditti estabUsBed themse * B « s I o uncontrolled rnla over the country , whsre , or in whafit , Woidi bav » beea'tbe dlflfessnce to the- eons-of toil ?¦ Y ^ buts , & « , BiCa ^^' ABSISB » .

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      LIV 3 RP 30 L S 9 RN MARKSTi MONDAR C . Iff . — Since this day ss'nnight we have had flkrther liberal : supplies of Oatmeal from Ireland , witfra fair quantity of Flour , and moderate arrivals of grain thenco 1 and coastwisp . l ^ ere are aIseT 6 porfce £ » om Canada 1570 qrss of Wheat ., 270 qrs . of Peas , and 8500 brls , of Flour . Throughout the week the trade has beea inactive , and , as asual under ? that ; cirsumstanoe , prices bav& ( witheut any general deairje to press sales being apparent ) tended downwards . All descriDtiona of Wheat are fully M . ^ Oats id . to Id . par busheh Flour lib per sack ,-and Oatmeal 3 d . to

      6 d . per load cheaper than quoted on tbis davjee ' imight . Malting B&rley has fully sustained our ^ previous quotations . Enj ; ligit *« elling at S 49 . to 36 a . ap to 37 s . per quarter for Chevalier : a little very good Irish , suitable for malting ,-has brought 4 s . M . to 43 . 9 d ^ grinding qualities 35 s . lid . to 43 . 3 d . per 6 { Sbs . No change as regards Beans or Peaaj LlVERPOOXf . CATTLB ^ MABRET , MoJii > ti $ D $ C . 18 . — The supply of Cattle- » t markat to fay has been rather larger than last week , which met with dull sale , at a little advaaee in price . Beef , 4 ^ 4 to 6 d ; Mutton , 4 id to 51 d .

      Manchester Coair- 'lMtABkET , Smubdat Dzal 6 . — Oat market this morning was but moderately attended , and was generally of a dull and lifeless character . All descriptions of Wheat might have been purchased on lower terms- ; and on Flour we reduce our quotations 6 d . per saek , with a very slow sale . " For either Oats or Oatmeal there was but little inquiry , and the previous currency was with difficulty obtained . Beans were also the- turn cheaper . London Gorn Exchange , Monday , Deo ; 18 . — We have to report tbe arrival of about an average supply of English Wheat up to our market during the past week , the general quality of which exhibited a decided improvement . Aitheugh- the show of samples

      was tolerably , good , We have to raport a steady , but by no means brisk , demand for Wiaaat of home psoduce , and last week' -a quotations wens-supported in . every instance . At tbe dose of the-trade a fair clearance wss efFccted . The supply ot' free Foreign-Wheat brought forward was not large , yet tha inquiry , for it was inactive , at unaltered quotations . Tne sale for Barley , especially for fine mating qualities , ruled steady , and late raiea were Well supported . IB-Malt , the shew of-which was nob great , a sluggish business was transacted .. As to pricey they remained ^ abOui stationary . The supply of G » ts was only moderate , while the demand ruled comparatively steady at previous currencies Beans , Pda » , and Flour met . a slow irquiry , bat we can notice no- variation in thei ^ value .

      LONXKSIt . SttlTHFIELD CA 3 S 6 E MaBKETv Mo . NDAY , Dec . 18 . —~ J * otwithstanding the great Christmas show waa held last week , the number of beasts was large for tbe time of year . With regard to its quality , we have to observe there was nothing remarkably prime amonzafc it , though there waa some exceedingly wail-made-up Davoos , Here ? ords , Durhams , and short horng on off ^ r . The dead markets being rather heavily stocked , and moat of the large butchess having previously supplied themselves with tbeir Gbristmas beef , aa . well as tha W 6 ather proving unfavourable to slaughtering , the sale for beasts this morning was in a very dulL state , at a decline , on last Monday ' s quotations ; of from 21 to 4 d per Slbs ., the extreme value of the beafe . So « ts not exceeding , in any instance , 4-j per 81 ba . While-, a large

      portion oi the supply was . turned out unsold . In order to show the superiority , of some of tho-beasts brought together for competition in Birker-street this year , we have to intimate that the twe Darhama shown there , the property of Lindsay Carnegie , 2 &q ? ,- " of Arbroath ( N . B . ) , oue of wbi « h waB sold by Mr-, p . Maidwell , of Leatherhead , to Mr . Littlewood , of King'a-road ^ Chelsea , the other to Mr . Strach&a , of Wiutechapel , hava proved , oa being slaughtered , to be surprising animals , aa will , ba conceded when we state that oue of them carried 38 stone , tbe other 34 stone , lib . of loose fat . Th& animal bought by Mr . Stracbau , and which was the lightesi weigher , turned out' 208 stooe 41 bs . of me : vt i There have besa no imports of foreign stock since our last worthy of notice : but nearly eisty

      sheep , oxua , and cows hava been shipped to France and Belgium . The Northern droves of Beasts consisted of about 2 , 000 short horns , See . From the Western and Midland districts we received ^ 50 Dovons , runts , Herefords , Durham ? ,, &o . ; from other parts of Guglsad , 300 of various kinds ; and from Scotland , 1 * 20 hoiat ; d and polled Scots . Altkough tba > nuiubers of Sheep were good , there was a much better demand fax them than might have been expected ; indeed , is was the steadiest we have had to report-for a considerable time past Prime old Dow&a were 4 d . ; tbe half-brads and long-wools were 2 d . p ° r 8 lb 3 . higher than on this day se ' nnight . The quality of tie Sheep was certainly good , rod amongst the supply we noticed

      three wonderfully fine half-breda , bxoagbt hitber by Mr . Janiea Sydet , drever , of Fakenbam , Norfolk , and bred by Mr . . Addams near that place . These splendid sheep , which were offered for sole by Messrs . Whit * bread and Starkey , reflected great credit upon their owner , for they travelled on foot not Ie 3 s than 120 miles , and weighed , on average 16 stones , of 8 lbs eaeu * Mr . Waal had two pens of polled sheep , sent by EiF . Wittiogstall , Esq * , of Langley , Herts , and which weM greatly admired for their weight and symmetry . 3 ft ? numbers of Calves were good , yet the veal trade was active , at an improvement of quite 23 . per 8 ibs . I » Pigs , a good business was doing , and the quotation * had an upward tendency .

      Borough and SptTAi , FiELD&- ^ Since this ds » se ' nnlght the arrivals ef Potatoes at the water sW * have consisted of . 600 tons from . ScoUaadVj 500 ditto from Yorkshire ; 400 ditto from the Channel Island ' 200 ditto frem Devonshire ; and 70 ? ditto from , W » beach , Eisex , and K « nt . Pfima samples are in reqasa at full prices ; but in other qualities very little » , dain £ . Borocgh Ho p Market . —Although the qnantitt of Hops on show is comparatively small , the demwa has somewhat subsided ; yet we havei no decline w notice in the prices , , ;; _ - Wool Makkbxs . —A very ltoited , quantity . 0 ? : ^^ has been Imported into London in tb « past week , vif > 620 bales from Odessa , 68 ditto froffl the Manri ^ and 186 ditto from Hobart Town . The stocks of dw , English and Foreign Wools being large , the daiw » may b& 3 oonaider ^ i inactive , yet prices are genaWuJ supported .

      Tallow . —This market remains the awn ? as W week in every respect . Prices are steady jtt ^ the trad * are only disposed to purchase what they K ^ quire for ini * mediata wauts . Tha improvement ia ' tbe delivery if caused by the completion of the o ^ ^ ntracta for Tall *" sold to be delivered in the prer jnt month . Toff : B Tall e «? \ q plentiful , and v 6 e prl ^ j 41 s fid net cash

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 23, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1244/page/6/