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    • NORTH AMERICAN LAND AGENCY.
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      TN the Prospectus which the NORTH AMERICAN LAND AGENCY has already published 1 their views , it is hoped , have been sufficiently explained a a regards the promotion of Emigration to { Lands and Estates , purchased through its intervention in Canada , &o . I The Agents cpufHently submit , however , that the same views , moro fully developed , may be made * essentially useful , not o » ly to the unemployed classes in this country , but also to these who are possessed ] of some capital , though insufficient in amount to secure , of itself , their permanent welfare and prosperity . < It wiU be admitted that Emigration has heretofore been . conducted on a sysEers productive , in-the ¦ ' aggregate , of mnah individual hardship aud distress—and especially to the Emigrant of the poorer class ' I for on arriving at his port of debarkation , he has found himself , generally speabre ^ , with littlo or no ; money , and no friends to assist him in procuring work , or even to * point out in what pert of the Province i ho would be most hk « ly to obtain it , —while ho who possessed Bome little capital has met With similar \ difficulties , in making choice of a location . Canada , though all things considered ,, perhaps the most important of our colonies , is virtually a terra incsg&ita—simplyibeoause there is no oce-willing , if able ,-to afford the requisite information to those who seek it , aud it id this deficiency whicb it i the aim and 1 object of the Agents effectually to remedy . ¦ i There are hundreds in Great Britain anxioaa to emigrate , { but who , from wtnt of sufficient meana i ar * deterred horn , or auable to do so . To such the A « enta can offir facilities heretofore uuthou ^ ht of , | ' and unattainable ; for example : —A man having no more than i £ T 00 i would not better his situation by . > emigrating to Canada aa an agriculturist—for tho purchase of his Land , and ihe unavoidable prelimhiary . ; expenditure ttiereou , the expence of couveyaiice thither , and his ; support , however frugal ,, until : his first I crops were gathered in , would absorb more than bis entire capital , even under the most favourable I circumstances . Such a capital , on the contrary , would be found mot only sufficient on the plan proposed ' by the Agents , as hereafter explained , but at the same time , iiummiity from the u ^ -ual hardships and ; privations would be secured , and to the prudeut and industrious a comfortable and permanent oompetentcy I in the future . ' ' But the great body of our emigrating population ia composed of persons having no capital whatever ,. generally wichout even the meana of paying their patsago-money to a , Colony , however approximate to tho mother country . The sufferings which too often betal these poor people , are greater than would be i generally believed—not on shipboard , for there thty are now well-cared tor , owi » s to the strictness with | which the wholesome regulations of the " Passengers' Act '" are enforced by the Government Emigration . j Ageatsherc aud in Canada . Lt is on their arrival in the Colony that the struggle really oomniencef :, a I s truggle not confined to tho mere labourer , but more or less participated in by the small capitalist to whom > rofcroiice was first made . i | Ho must search for his Land in a country , to tho localities of which , its soil and seasons , he is a | perfect stranger ; and when selected , however judiciously ^ ho must live upon his own resources until the ' ensuing harvest . Ue must erect his own lo ^ house , clear and fence his laud , wasting valuable time , and spending much of his already too scanty capital unprofitably , ! from inexperience in the work he has | undertaken . The former , on landing at his destined port , applies for work , which if unattainable oa-the spot , h& must seek for elsewhere , or starve . If without funds , he is provided by the Emigration Agent appointed by Government , with a free passage iu a steam boat to wherever he choosos to go ,, and then every resource but his own labour ceases . It may not be irrclovetit to mention , ; that the money thus expended in Canada in 1842 , was £ 18 , 161 ; aud ia 1843 , nearly £ 9 , 0 € 0 ; Emigration in the latter year having fallen' off ol per oeut . as compared with ihe former : a plain proof ot the generally helpless condition of our emigrating brethren , and that the distress alluded to is tar from being exaggerated . The Agents will now proceed to state as brttfty as possible , those remedial measures which they ar sanguino enough to hope may remove in a Kreat degree , if not altogether ,, the evils complained of . It has bein ob 3 orvod in tho first prospec us' that the Agent in London has for sale upwards of 600 , 090 Acres of Land in different parts of Upper and Lower Canada ; jand it is in a great degree-owing to the j exceedingly low teruia on which the Agents tiro authorised to dispose of some of the best of theae properties ,. ! that they are enabled to offer to tho oousideTa . iic > u of the public thji following scheme : — j Tho stattmtnt marked A shows , that with no greater capital than £ 77 , a single mao , robming one > of a pahtv of not less than TiiN kamilies , on mumcipals , will acquire in fee simple ^ or Freehold , i Land to iho extent ot 100 A . cres . That ior a man and his wife , ! or two single men , the capital required : will bo only £ 87 , or £ 43 lfc . each ; with one child , £ 92 5 * ., or £ 30 15 s . each ; the amount per head decreasing aa the numbers in a family increase . j . . . I It has bonn reniavked , that with so smaii a sum at command as £ 100 , tho agriculturist-would not ; better hia coiKiuion by cm ^ racin ^ ; mid it is presumed that thu reasoss givun are a sufficient evitieuje of the fact . The plan now subnmted goes , however , to prove tna , t erou »/ iio » i »« u marM of mouey c ^ a ba made not only ample for all useful purples , but will leave a fund to meet contingencies . - ' Tho statement marked B shows in like mauner the capi tall required to eutitlo the Emigrant to . 50 Acres of Laud m Freehold , aud this scale is intended to apply to lhafie who depend upoa the assistance ' of others , partially or wholly , to enable them to emigrate . ; I To this table the Agents bespeak tho especial attention of those who support Emigration from j benevolent views . Looking at thu brightest side of the picmra ,: it has btenx to the poor man , merely a ! transition from labour in ouo country , io labour in another , with tho prospect , if successful , of saving in | tho couvso of years , sufficient to procure those advantages which ale herd offered him on setting foot in . Canada . Not only will he be exempt from the prospect of want , provided of course he be prudent and ' industrious , but ho will be spared those hardships aad privations heretofore inseparable from the change | oi home and eountry ; and becure to himsoli' a state of comfort and independence beyoadany expectations he conld ever have ventured to indulge in . ; ] The public may fairly require tome guarantee beyond the mere character of tho Agents , th ' at they j have the power as well as the inclination , faithfully to carry out that which they undertake to perform . j Such a guarantee they are prepared to offer , and in a form which they trust will be approved of Thoy propose— ¦ . . . I Tiiat when tho purchase is made , the money contributed by each family or principal shall be placed , in tbe hand 9 of the Bankers ol' the Agency , in London , in the joint names of the Agent iu London , and some one appointed by ihe Settlers , to bo applied in the manner following , viz .: — 1 . To pay the purchase money- of the Lund so soon as the Titlo Deeds of the same , legally executed ia tbe Colouy , aro delivered over io the Purchasers . ¦ j 2 . To defray the Passage JVloney of the Settlera in ihe ; manner usually practised in Emigrant Ships , and ; j 3 . To repay all other disbursements undertaken by the Agents , so as , but not before , the Settlers ] shall have arrived on their location , and are therefore in actual possession of the settlement prepared North American Land Agency , : RICHARD NORMAN , , No . 2 , Nuw Broad Street , London . Ageat in Lsudon . j 1 STATEMENT A Table , shewing the amount required to be paid by each Family | according to the number of \' & mombers , to entit-lo them to a Freehold Fauu of 100 Acres , a Free Paarage to Canada ; iiw * Months ' , Provisions after their arrival at the Settlement ; aiia a participation in all tite advantage offered by the Agency , which are as lollows : — j 1 . —A Log House to be built on each Farm . 2 . —Fivo Aores of Land to be cleared on each Farm , of which four acres to be cropped with Wheat , and one acre with Potatoes and other vegetables . . , TT „ . , , , 3 . —The settlors to be furnished with the necessary tools , such as Axes , Hoes , Sickle ? , & . C . ; and also 4 . With one Yoke ot Oxen for the general use of the Settlement , 5 . —A foreman , and two experienced assistants , to be engassdjand paid by the Agents for three months , to work with and instruct the Emigrants in clearing Laud and . fencing it ; ar » d lathe erection of Lag Houses , of which five will , lor that purpose , be built after the arrival of the SetUers . g Three Mouths' Provisions to be supplied to the Emigrants after they b ave reached the Settlement , thus securing tnem against the possibility ot want while iheir crops are riper . mg , aad they arc finga ^ d in he work referred to in tho foregoing paragraph . \ Under Above 1 Number Amount to be Paid . Members of each Family . 14 < 14 in ,, „„ , u . Years . Ytarp . Familv . r Byeach By each ; Individual Family . ^ . 1 . f ~ £ a ^ IT £ s a Aeingleman 1 1 77 0 0 77 0 0 No . 2 . A man and wife 2 2 43 10 0 87 0 0 No . 3 . A man , wife , and 1 child 12 3 30 15 6 92 5 0 No . 4 . A man , wife , and 2 children 2 2 4 24 10 0 93 0 0 No . 5 . t A man , wife , aad 3 children 3 2 5 20 15 0 103 15 0 No . 6 . | A man , wife , and 4 children , 1 child above 14 year .- 3 3 6 18 17 6 113 5 0 No . 7 . : . A man , wife , and 5 children , 1 child above 14 years 4 3 J 17 0 0 119 0 0 No . 8 . - : A man , wife , and 6 children , 2 children above 14 yrs 4 4 8 16 2 6 129 0 0 j S 1 ATEMENT B j Table shewing the . Amount required to be paid by each Family . according to the number of its Member * , ! to entitle them to a Freehold Farm of Fifty Acres ; a Free Passage to Canada ; three Months ' , 1 Provisions after their arrival at the Settlement ; and a participation in all the advantages ofi ' cred by the Agency , which arc as follows , v z .: — j 1 . —A Log House to be built on each Farm . 2 . — -Four and a Ha \ f Acres of Land to bo cleared on each Farm , of which four acres to be cropped . with Wheat , and Half an Acre with Potatoes and other vegetable ? . , ; 3 . —The settlers to be furnished with the necessary tools , such as Axes , Hoes , Sickles , &c ; and also 4 . —With one Yoke of Oxen for the gi-neral use of the Settlement . ; 5 . —A foreman , and two experienced assistants , to be engaged and paid by the Agentg for three , mon : hs , to work with and instruct , tho Emigrants in clearing Land and fencing it ; and iu the erection of j Log Houses , of which five will , for that purpose , be built after the arrival of the Settlers . . i j 6 . —Three Months' Provisions to be eapplied to the Emigrants after they have reached the Settlement , ' ! thus Becuriug them against the possibility of want while their cr <> pa are ripening , and they eto engaged in i the work referred to in tho foregoing paragraph . ' ' . . ... i-a ¦ Li i i ' ' ' ' ' ' . ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦¦¦'' ( Undei \ -bovc Numbei Amount to be paid , i Members of Each Family . 14 : 14 in i Years Years . Family . By each By each Individual Family . ! No . 1 . i £ ^ d ~ £ s a " ' A single Man i 1 1 59 10 0 59 10 0 i No . 2 . | I A Man and'Wife ., ; 2 2 34 12 6 69 5 0 i No . 3 . ; ! A Man , Wife , and Child i ; 2 3 25 0 0 73 0 0 No . 4 . ; A Man , Wife , and two Children 2 2 4 20 2 6 80 10 0 ; No . 5 . i j A Man , Wife , and threo Children , 3 ; 2 5 17 5 0 86 5 0 No . 6 . 1 A Man , Wife , and four Children , ono Child above 14 years ... 3 3 6 16 0 0 96 0 0 No . 7 . : , , A Man , Wife , and fivo Children , one Child above 14 years ... 4 ; 3 7 14 10 0 101 10 0 j A Man , Wife , and six Children , two Children above 14 yearr 4 j 4 8 13 17 6 111 0 0 N . B . —A party desiring to have a larger Farm than above described , can obtain Land in any quantity , at j the mere cost of such Land , free from any inorease in the other items of expenditure .

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      THE NEW POOR-LAW AMENDMENT ACT Egrads from Die Ad 7 and 8 Vie . c 101 , / or & « . / itr-*« r Amehdmaii vf the Laics relating 1 o the POQT IB £ . jUatd . Section 1—Enacts that from and after the passing of the act , all powers for obtaining or making an order xtpommy putative father for the maintenance of a has . tard child , should cease and determine , except as thereinx » fter provided . 2—Enacta that any single -woman who may be deli-Tcred of a bastard child after the " passing of the act , or -who has within six months previous to the passing ottiie act fceen dslivered of a bastard child , may , Within fsrelre mentha torn the birth of sneh child , apply to the justices for a sumn > ona against the father of sach child to appear at a ' petty se&ilona to be held after the expiration of six dajB from th § issuing of such summons .

      X—The justices being satisfied at the ? e ty sessions mat the person alleged to be , is the father of such bastard child , may make an order for the payment to the -JBtOther or otter person appointed to have the custody rfihe ehild not exceeding two EfcfflingB and sixpence weekly ; togetbti-wiih the costs of the order , the mid--Wife , asd kx weeks Iroin the birth , at five shillings - pa Wefet—proviso , for recovery by distress and sale of goods , or irepriBon . taentf . or three months each time of neglect Of payment . 4—Gives pi > WEr to the putative father to appeal against such ordtT to the next quarter session * . 5—Provides thi-t the payments to pe made under the order are to . be paid to the mother , or to a person to he appointed by the justices , and cootinned until the child attain the are of thirteen -rears .

      i >—Provides that ever'woman neglecting to maintain her bssard child , by whidi the child becomes chargeable , skill be punishable sailer the -Act 5 G < : o . 4 , cap . 83 , f . 3 and i . 7—Provides that the parson appointed to have the custody cf * uoh bastard child shall not be a pariah officer , clerfc of justice , or constable ; but that it shall 1 ) 6 l&aful on the de&th of the nsother for the guardians to appl j for tte eBioicemail of tha aiiet . S—A ptnslty cf not cxc ^ oding-tsn pounds 5 a to be itfik-ed against officers inducing persons to contract Hiarriaze , and on persons mirapplying the hjoe-jb paid for the mainacnsnce of the child , or for maltreating or lU-nsrng tie child . 9—Provides that orders made before the passing of this iiCt are to remain valid .

      10—Provides that orders made by justices acKng nnder two commissions for different counties , shall be YaBd , althoegh not made in the connty in which the pariah is situate . 11—Provides that the clerks to the justices shall antuaiiy mafee z return to the cleik of the peace of all Eumnsonsss issued and orders made in bastardy , who « TrJl transmit espies thereof to the secretary of state , with lists of the number cf appeals and the result tLertot 12— Exacts that the poor 13 W commissisners may prtEEiis * the duties of masters to whom poor children are ta be ocean apprentice , and the terms to be inKriei in the irdtEiurcs ; and every master n ^ kc ting to fulfil the same to be Uable to 3 jpeniliy not exceeding t ^ ec vj pouB-ia , and providts thst the « na ? di < ui- zh&n in futcie bind poc ? children . , instead of overseers . 13—Repeals compulsory binding under the -J 3-E ! z C 2 , and S -ltd 9 Win . 3 c 3 .

      14— Rr-pcals so much oi the act 4 and 5 Wa . i s . 76 , a 3 rfc ^ : e 3 to th ^ nasibe r cf voters , of owners , an-1 ratepayer *; and provinss that in fntnra all c ^ aers sad ratepayers shall hate tha Earns number cf votes according to the sci-2 therain mtrnfione-i . 15—Provides thit no owner of property shall vote fey Ir . wiraif or pr-xy unti ! he has given aotica to ths ovtr = s = r , wiih a description of the proj-= r : y snd paxticulars of proxx , ii 16—PxgtMcs that so much of 4 ? . nd 5 TVTdijsra 4 BSieiatea to the pijmeni of rsrc ^ chial rates az : d assessments shall be dt . ined to rxtenJ * -uly .: o tht j , or rates . 17—Provides that tne annual election of rUird \ a 7 * skiH iake piece wilhin foity da ,. a after tht ibi ' a il ^ rch in each jcar . li—Earpowers the poor L = » w ccmmiss : oE 9 rfl to alter S :-e n-amber of 5 Uiirdian 3 to be e ' . ecteu for each parish .

      15—ProTides teat piriEh « s costaiEicg moie than 20 OuO r-exsoss , m ^ y be divided into -araTila . 2-3—TtuTidts for the qaibJieitiona cf s- ^^^ ds in sards . 21—P .-o ^ -ida for the mancer cf vetins in "Burds 2 : 2—Provid = s that it Ehill cot be laTrful to appoint B ^ Tsarait ; xj ~ i .: sesrg for any ^ lice for > rhjch ovcr » eer » tad no : tn-tn le ^ aily appDiat =-a bdme the p " i £ .-iug of vkis act 23 -Prcv'des that the orders of the Py-r- a » Cjmj ni = Eoi .-rt srs to be vs ^ ic . in la-ar , nolwith- '^ utiiisg the Scj «» t < . s } rpoiiitni = ti" . ai ovarssersio any pj . ci tirsea the 14-Jj c ? Aiiiiat , 1 S 34 . 24—PfOTidea that justices of the riacs resi ^ r g in extrsi-t > 3 Taebial places , or piriiies -sritiLta uiiuiia , to be es-tEdo guardianB .

      25- E-icts that so Ion ? as the bui ^ and of a woman ib beji .-i . i ihe sc ^ s , or ia cos ' ody , c-r . a la- ^ f ^ , s ' . l rdief given to tte w .-irsn i _ r tgr cLiliren in-ill be ¦ unlei the same c ^ i > i--V-ns as if Ebe wtrr a widow , Int D-- zo &E = ct lix tMi . atlon of tie cns -s ; -1 . 2 §— £ . sp , 'WcTs tie paifii&a 'i' ttey s ^ s St ; to TcIicVe 2 -s-icow hr > vir ? l = r ^ : . LS-i : e children , akh ^ ush sl ? may risiie Out oi U-e ui-icn or parish to -studi she belcajs 27—Pre-n-i £ 3 thst ~ hare any i ^ sase pTs -n , lunatic , cr iaict < -liill ha "^ s ~ y pr rp-. r ; j r two jos-.-j . » rR _ y empswsr oTtist-ers to E ; z ¦ fcr the nuunttEa . ics oi buch

      icssiii- r ^ Tsoi ^ , oc ; 2 S—P ^ oTiOfcs ti 2 t crar ^ I iss ur- ^ sr h-czl icts shall haT £ th = liie po » -. rs . ard hs isMe to the s * - e dut-. c-s re 25 ^ 1 u 5 lunatics as are pr&T Jfi in tii-e cf gDirJiaiii ¦ nrder ti-t Poor-iaw A ^ - ^ ii- ^ . siii Act . 2 u —Eoipovers the inaxdi&rLs to apply m ^ -i-ey raiitd , icr tie purposes of em' ^ rsta-. n . 30—EijrWf . s the 4 > Bir 5 iaTis in i- > rdr . 3 , &n ^ tbe select vestry i& IT-TerpGol , to rviEe or borr-. w fa '/ are EHHis --f money for lie partiuse of bni nq ; irrd tor the ate of a ^ 'yrYhwise , cr ^ ny addlncn to ? ccb v ? orkboise . SI—Msfcrs it liwfc ] far the guardians rOr ovcraeeK Tstere no guardlsES ! to ixarj tie body of any poor per-£ on , ia < I lo charge the cspesse tfetreof to tte parish to ¦ w hiti ) - * cch psr ? on mzj have bs = a cfctsreenble . S 2 —Provides that it sbzll be J 3 Wfal for tbe poor-l 3 W comnnsik-nfera to cimblna parishes an-I unions into districts for tbe &u . 3 it of srccuctB , and gives the appoiatment cf the and ? tor of = uch district to tbe chairman &aa Tice-cba : riEia of the several -actons camprsed in Eucb district ; also prcfcriVs ths ^ r pawcrs and duties . 33—D ' jtcta " that the overseers sb . 11 Eie up ssti balance the rttts ani accounts sev = n diys before the a ^ dit , and 2 . not 5 c ^ of the time and place of audit is to be givca , -until -K-fcich tfee the booS ^ , ii to be for the inspectk . n of ratejajcis . 34—Pru-ndes that unsettled talmcfes cf accounts Btmik by acdStors bfefore the p 3 s =: sg cf this act may be fiiecfciK ^ d by consss * of the poor-law C 03 ^ a srionars . 35—Persons a ^ rirved tj any ^ llow 3 Ece or d 52 llow > ance of acco-uuts by the snditor may remove the same into tha C ^ srt of Q ' . pen ' s B ^ -seh by writ * - ? ceriicrari . £ 6 —Aj = o give 3 power to tbe "popi-luf / coiamissiontrs lor CetEn ^ ining -spsn the lawfulness of the allowance or disci ' o-Taree cf acc ^ nsta by &e sndiror en atniication to tttT . Id lifu of tfcf Coort of Qieen ' s TL nzh . S 7—la au-iil districts , powers of jaslLcta and all other pertons to trmhe asd audit accounts , exc-pt aulitor , lo c sat ; proviso lh % t where any pers > - -n tas been appoiEted iniitor for more thsa ons union , it shall be lawful for tbe pofir-law comrnksioners to continue such auditor ic oEci 38—Provides that the accounts shE ^ l be made and rendiirfcd as alien ss the poor lsw coaizniesioners may direct , but cot 3 es 3 tbsn bslf-yearly .

      Si—Tioyiies tor the fixation of any oiH of costs Gue to any attorney cr £ micik > r by the c ? erk cf the pr&ce , tut if not tzxta bffv . rs being preserteti to tte auditor . fcis dct'Eion on the reiEyimbltarEa and legality of the charges to he fi . ia ! . ¦ 40—Exacts that it sisll be lawful for the poor law coniniisai- ^ afrs to ccn > blne psriihes tr < i unions into Ethosl dlatrrcis for ttsinanageisent of orphans , cr children dtstited by tbeir parents , or wbesa parents o ? guardlars c- - -nsen * to the jftaar . g of j-uch children therein , tut that the eoicsifiicntr shall n « include any paikh , any part of whicJl is moie t > r »^ fifteen njiJes from anv other pan of recb flistrict parJh ^ a knder local sots * bavins a pspulJtionoi SO . , not to be compelled to Join in snch diitrict without consent in writing of a inaj-rity cf their guardians . -

      ,. ~ E ^ P ^^ e ^ a tha poor law commissionsra to form dismcu in Londoa , Liverpool , iiaLcLtetw , Bristol , ieeds , asd BirminshEni , for praviilns asylums for COUKriesa po ^ r . * . 42—Directs that the board cf guardians shall elect from the rate-payers agreeable to tee qcsiifl ^ tion to be fixed fcy tfee comn ^ saongrs , find ia snch manctr as they shall approve , a boarfi for the management tf district schools 01 asylums , the cLairmsn of its board * f guir ^ isns to be ex -jvcio if he ctmsent thereto . 43—IXseribes the powers aud dnties of such district lK > aTd . 44—Gives powers to tllsWct boards to purchase cr Lire land , aad to provide schools , the principal turn u , " be raised not to exceed one-fif th of the average rite \ , l three years previous to raising the sime , and the money bo borrowed to be repaid withiB twenty years . 45—Provides thatrach district board snail bold , accept ang tike , and his and be sued zs a ccrporation by thvir name of management . 4 s—Proviaes forthepsyzaent cf thecantributioss to Ihe district boards . 47 asd S—Provides for the distribniioa of charges amongst Vhe parishes er unions comprised in the eciiot > i and asvlnm districts . 49—Provide * for the oppointmsntof auditors to tic district schools and » - -. lams , wh 9 Ehall » e a district auditor . 50—Provides that ecardjans cTIhe unions and paris ' . cs comprised in the -districts fcr asylnnia , may visit tae isne Bed report tfcereon stiill rezEoztsbla tiaits . 51—Provides tiiat lie guaroUiia of any union no ; comprised , in ^ school district inaj t ^ ree with any ^ ctrie : fco&rd to s&ud thsir orphan and deserted cLildr-.-n , so that ihe distance sh-. ll cot exceed twenty miles .

      52—Repeals tee ActB 2 Greo . III ., cip . 22 , sr . d 7 Gi-o UJ ., cap . 39 , relattre to parish poor ciuMren , an-. i £ > .-eping registry thereof . : - " ¦ - JS—D = ss « l > es the ehss of persons to be admitted , and ihe mode of admission , into the district asylums , and the regulations to be observed therein .

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      54—Describes the liabilities of persons admitted into the asyiums to punishment for disobedience of ruks , ic , and to removal . 55—Fixes the puBishment of persDns returning after being removed . 56—For tbe purposes of relief , settlement , and removal of poor persons and the bnrialof the poor , the workhouse of any union or parish and the district schools to be conBidsred as situate in the parish to which any poor person has become chargeable . 57—Provides for the committal of persons committing effaces in workhouses to the gaol or hense of correction in the place in which the parish is situate where tbe offender is chargeable . 58—Provides for the pnniBhment of psrsons in wojfcbousps for misconduct

      hi—Empowers guardians to pay for tbe apprehension of oSeudeis , and for proceedings taken for tbe disobedience of the rales and orders of the Pjot-Law Commissioners , and prosecuting any officer or other person for the son-performance of duties , & 3-CO—Expenses of jnry lists and perambulations of parishes by tbe pTupor officers , asd keeping in repair tbs propar- boundary sto- tut , to be paid out of the poor rates ; perambulations not to arise more than once every tkree years . 61—P / ovides that collectors appointed by guardians may be appointed te perform the duties of assistant overseers . 62—Provides that the poor law commissioners , on application by tbe guardians of any union or parish , may direct tbe appointment of paid collectors .

      63—IZiilicU 8 penalty not exceeding £ 20 on over- seers neglecting to provide the necessary calls of the j guardians , so as to cause any poor person to Be de- ; layed receiving necessary relief for more than seven ] days . I 64—Provides for the manner is which guardians uaGer iucal acts shsil conduct the proceedings ; aid also provides that parishes nnder local acts , with a I population of 20 , 000 persons , not to be compelled to ! be united without co . % aent of two-thirds of guardians , ; ¦ with , the exception of vagrant and audit districts . 65—P-mih&s wiih a population exceeding 2 C . O 0 O persona , under a local act , having adopted the provisions , of 1 and 1 William 4 'h , cap 60 , and the metropolitan pulico district having auditors not to be included in , cny district for auditing accounts , provides that any assistant poor-law commissioner may be present at the ' audit ftf tbe same .

      66—Empowers the commissioners to separate parishes from unions they may consider too large , and : add to others . j 67—Bi-peals so much of tbe 55 G ^ or ? e 3 d , cap . 137 , i sec . 7 , as refers to contracts for the supplying of work- ' bouses . I . 6 S—ilaias it lawful for clerks or other officers of ' boards of guardians , or UBder local acts or district feoards ( if cn ? y tmpowered by the board ) , to make ap- ' plications or take proctedinkS on behalf of snch t-oard i ttfore justices nt petty or speciai si-enons , or out <; f >

      Etssifns , althon . ch such desk or olher officer be not an attoriity or solicitor . j 09—Makes il lawful for boards of guardians to m ? . ke ] and sijjn and seal ctrtificitt& , nDd ' the matitr co ^ tai :-. ed ¦ in such ciTt Scutes to be »; iTt-n acJ rvctive- i as evidtnee b 5 and baLit all eou * ts of ju-tlce and a ) i ju .= t ct-s , -witbuat ptooi of Signatures , ic :., an-i that for tile purpose of uiakinn an onltr of rcuioval no further evidence hhall ' hi rqalrul . provided tbt t . rder of remov .-llw tfatrd wi'bia tivuit . y-one da > s after the date of such erratic . te . i

      70— E upowers justic * - ? at petty bpsbjoup . or ont of s « rsi-r : s , to manaoa witiie . vtn acd coujpcl tirir &t * en-. i-BTCb , un . ler pt ? . ai " y « f cuuiniitmtnt f- « r any Uin : not ' ticer-dini fourteen da > s . 71—P : uv ; di-a liat tbe rn ' es and regulation 1 ? , rsiJe ty tb = p-001-la ^ f ccuimiisiuncr" atd print , a L-y Lc Q , . itn ' s ' prh itrs . shall be r . ceived sa evidepca . ' 7 i—PiiViiiestbat in anycivil orcrituina ! prac ^ dinjr s it iUL . ; l not be necessary for Ihe pour-law couimissi < JEtrs Jo pr ^ -ve more than the sending of their inles nud real ! - ' laiijta to lie cltrk of anj bo : r& of puirii-.-a . cud wL * . re sach proof is inquired , the wme to bt at iLi cost of the pulj r > quiring the same .

      73 -Provides that conveyances of workbou ? - s , &C ,, sbiil be deemed ^ ooda nd val : d , allbcceh the Eiiiiie may tct have been euroL ' pur-uant to statute . 7 i—C 'as :. 'uc : ^ n as wording of the ac :. 75- Ac ; oalj to txtend to England a : i-i Walts . 7 G—Ac . to ciUJe in ; o Oi-tration the < l-~ j afier rtc ^ ivinS' tb < r rcyal . issex ^ t . 77—Act may be amended or rcpealvJ by any cct in tht preieat session of Puriinnjent .

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      STATISTICS OF SOUTH AUoTKALI \ . The following condensed statement of tbe si ^ te and , - . rt . spt . ets of Suutb Au * tr . - Uia . is c irijj i ' r ^ ir . ni a mass of rtitiitic ^ l i . nd ci-mnitrcial infoimatit-n k'cilj- suoitlicd to as h-y the C- > muu _ teefor aifi ' osing iaf-j ; i ^ at : o ^ rtiaiivo l-o ttst c 4 cny : — I lr- ; 3 thepopolation ofS » uth Au ira ! : a was 17 ( " -o The icr a nndft c « \«» ivD 2 s 1 ' j 3 Tr-efilaeof imp > rt = ^ £ ~ ,-j 1 i . s TU- value ¦ . f > x } -crt 3 C o , ; 55 ! , e va ' = jt cf er ^ in ^ 3 <; 3 ' ur i : n ; -rrjCcd i . 5 ' J Tee v ? . iuf" of d ' . tt < i t xportvr ? .. i > 2-0 Tvne -J ell and w : a cbone ....,,, 12 9 i > l Q-:-n ; Uj of wool „ > > S 4 ^ lS . b-. £ ib \ , iiuv 32 ( ' 55 li-j crd n 3 ry ToVeDUe 25 01 ) 4 C ; . je' % 1 s-xp * nd ~ iturp 3 , . . yn ^ lai 3-u !^ . ; t ^ r : feS , i : eluding floor nu ^ s and b . twerits 4 o SjIjo !* — 47 Iii 15 . 3 the exports Wfrecbi-fl . col ^ u-l pro-luce of im- ' j ' " . CTiies . Previously to : ta : y- ; t , however , they Cjij- _ L' : ; d . in a grtat nibasure , cf j : > parted goods re-cs' t Kitl ^ -x The Value of the wool , in . lits- { . aiijes , baa t » £ -dn ? - - - -hniite'l at 9 i . per IK , tnd ti : st r ^^ e wei ^ at of 3-i-Cr 3 at 2 1 3 rd lbs- Ii is st-ited , h 'W ^ vtr , that eoice of the wuji brought mucfi higfctr jj :: e _ a , and thit the av-ri ^ s ieanscd wjs 13 i per lb . V >' i ' . h ? - _ -tp « -ct to laud , -st may rr .- --n'i r » T tba ^ upwat-is of Sim bed acres bt-yond tboso K-ltet-.- ! b . ve bc-c : i sur-Veveii , und ar « now ready for pure " :, rise , ( j iartt-rly salts 1 by auction take place in tbe coluny ; taivl during the iatt :-me 4 iaie pt-ru > d 8 tbe ly da do : stld r . re ready f ' .-r ' purchi £ tr » At the second qnantriy HTilts in February ' , i ^ t : the demand was brisk . Abou : C < 7 ^ cres wereso-d reaching £ 2 35 * 1 « . Pei 8 "T 5 S v ^ rcKas in- ^ land here from ' tfa = Cjloaiai and Eaiigration CoiuraUEi ^ ners , have tbo privilego cf Stem's ? a free passage uut to f- _ ur adult lab ' - -ur £ r =. fur every £ 100 . -0 txpr aiii .-d . Tbe qu-mtity of gr ^ ia |? -wa skeins to be Bteadily incrtasiiig . Toe returns fur 1 S 43 ^ how ai incre- ' ise in the uumbtr of acrfcs nnrler wrt . il cu ^ tiTation of 9 000 , and «! those bearing barlty of 6 go . 'Iht surplus producs of wheat in 1843 has been reck-jatd at 2 ' jO , 000 btishfels .

      j Tb = return of 11 -cks a : d btr'i ? for 1343 offers the fol-; lowiag result- ' : —Shscp 402 1 ? 7 . catu-j : 0 , 01 S horses 1 , 093 , pis ;« 6 35-1 . and bonU 2 GS » A \ K-voH Bay , a I uisirict within South A as :- , is , bu * roi inclu-Ud in the above estimate , the number cf sht-ep waa coa ) 5 > utt-u to be 15 , 000 , cattle 100 , ' , b *; Lcraus 10 , and tbe population 50 . 1 Several lead and copper : r . '~ nf-s hsve been discovered , some of tbein not far frum Adelaide , and they are Strtttd to promise a targe yi = l-3 of tbrift nsefal lnetala . j The imports for 1 * 43 . valued s-t £ < j 3 . &Q 0 , sbo-w a con-¦ sideiabie declints f .-om th /> value of tbrae of ti-e prev : ous year . The txport-s were estimated Bt £ GC 100 17 a 21 ., exhibiting a considerable increase on thy vaics of thotecf 1842 . Were it not for the moderate valuation at 91 per lb of tht Wool exported in 1843 , it is . tbought that the * um totn of the tsports for tbat year would have vt ; y nearly eqvialled that of tbe imports .

      A number cf mills , pa' -ticnlar'y for grinding cu ? n , bars lately been erected , scd by tbe ! a ? t returns ijumher iixieen . The price of grinding ia one shilling per bushel . Tbe results of the sieteoro ! oi ; ic ^ l obPervnticns for five v r-ars fcbovr thai ruling tJ-nt ptriv . l no cfclciiilsr TDOnlh has parsed iniioutfa Au 3 laiia vsiihout ram having failt-n ; that tha sve ^ sre nnmb-rr of dsy « oa which rum bas fsilen w ^ s 100 per annum , and that tbe average numbsr of inch 63 Was t'STtcty . TceTe are two baclia of deposit and issue , and one saving ' s back . The nnraber ef depositors ia tbe Jatter is 57 , a A the total amount of deposits on tbe 41 D of ilarch , 3 SJ 4 , TTis £ 55 fl 12-s ej ., s i- ^ Eg £ i > J 6 j . 5 ' , a 3 the avpr ^ cfe rale of deposits per h ^ ad . The following are the latest quoiaticos of the prices of orovisions : —

      Brrad , -Id to 51 pfr 4 ) bs loaf ; floor , 7 s to 9 . per IGO ' . hs ; biscuit , 10 a to lli ? ti cwt ; beef and muiton , 2 . j i to 3 d per lb ; krob , 2 & 1 to 21 * . ; veal and pork , 6 ~ \ to 7 i ; tea , 2 s to 3 s 64 ; ccSee , 81 ; sugar , 2-1 to 3 ji ; raisins , 61 to 7 d ; currtEts , 10 d ; butter ( fresh ) , 5 i LI ; cslt , 81 ; chetse , 4 d to 8 J ; new milt 3 i per quart ; sEiaiEied , l ^ d psr quart ; e ? ga , Is per d ( Z _ n ; potatoes , 6 s to 8 s per cwt ; cabbages , 1-1 tacb ; onions , Li ptr bai . ch ; melons , 2 ^ 6-J per cwt . Other v ^ getabits , fn-its , poultry , and dairy predacs very moitrate . ihe f jiioTTiug are tbe latest quotations of the rates of lahcu * : — FoT j ^ ners , carpenters , and others , 4 ? to 43 6 1 per < 5 j » y ; smiths , and all descnpiions of iron work , 1- - to 4 . ¦ ei j . tr day ; bricklayers , Btcno-inasons , and cutters , 3 ^ C I to 43 per day ; day labourers , 2 - 6-1 to 3 * Gd pcr ^ day ; fa : ia serrzuta , with ritioas , 10 s to 12 j per w < - ^ ¦ . Tcijpcrs , 103 to 123 per acre ; reapers , with nUvTj , 3 , 41 to 5 * pet day ; tireshing wheat and gitaaiEg , 63 to 83 per bushel ; barley 4 d to 6 d per ^ uanei . The conunon ratien list of the colon- is—tea , l- |^ we 4 . " ^ 2 ib 3 ; fl ^ bs : m 6 at '

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      WHAT IS TO BE DONE AT THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION ? TO THE EDITOR OF IBB MOBTHBBN STAR . Deab Sib—It is of the ntmost irapartanca that every Chartist should ask himself the above question , in order that whon the eventful crisis arrives we may be prepared to carry into f ffecfc some plan by which the popular cause ehall b « advanced , instead of being ( as we certainly shall be if we longer remain apathetic ) , tbe lausbing-stock of the two factions , whose object it is to govern the people for their own especial benefit . The admirable letter in last Saturday ' s Star by Mr . O'Connor , ought to be read by every friend to popular liberty with the strictest attention , and his excellent advice on the en Meet of gaining electoral influence , should be

      instantly and earnestly responded to . We have been long enough wasting etniil shot on the enemy [ jit is high time that we were prepared to fire a broadside which shall shiver the cr&zy bark cf faction into splinters . We have for a long time , by lectures , discussions , and various other means , sought to enlighten the popular mind on all political questions , let us then set to work iu tight earnest to reap in sumo measure the fruits of our labours , i think it ia pretty well agreed that at the next general election , whenever that event may occur , Peel must at all events go oat of office , let who will take his place . We ought to be agreed as to this . I tbiok that be should be served exactly the same as the Whigs were served at tue last election . Whatever party may be in power , the people should endeavour to

      oust it , until such time as they are represented . This is tbe only way we have © f shewing onr dislike to both . The Whigs will make a desperate straggle at tbe next dissolution to regain power ; , tben will be the time for the Chartists to make tersiei The first thing necessary to work oat tbe deairud object is tbe establishment ( in every town wbere a single spnrk of Chartism exists , whether a Parliamentary Bo * rough or otherwise ) , of a Chartist Election Com * mittee ; tbe business of which oommiklee should be to collect funds for the purpose of defraying the expences attendant on bringing forward Chartist candidate ? . Suppose only four hundred towiw in England would take up tbis subject , and in each of those towns the committee collected from those w&o are favourable to

      tbe above object , the sum of ten pounds : tbe total wonld amount to £ 4 , 0 < H > . Now I believe theexpence of taking a candidate to tbe poll woald not upoa an average amount to moie than £ 10 t , a » th ^ . te would be no bribery or treado ? on the part of the Chartists ; : his earn would furnish money sufficient to contest forty constituencies . Is cuonut be u&id that tbis is an extravagant calculation . I am of opinion that much more could be raised if the sulj ^ ct were taken ap in good earnest . Such towns as Nottingham , Northampton , Manchester , and others conid easily raise twenty , thirty , forty , and fifty pouada tacn , and we should then be euabled to take a great icaav mote candidates to the poll , nay , I doubt not if proper m ? anB were used , we might be enabled to easiest one hundred borcu / ba

      the cost of which , according to the foregoing calcucation would be but £ 10 . , a tr ; fl , ng sum amongst a people Bttugiflipg to be free . 1 will go further , and suppose that in 400 towns in England and Wales ! 00 men \» ill in each town 8 ub 3 cri ' be the Bum of ! £ ¦! . per we *? k ; liiis will , in Ibe course of twelve months , amount to i * 13 , oce , which ( at an expence of £ 100 each , ) would enable us to brinij 130 caoaid&tes to the poll . Tnis would be a glorious struggle of the oppressaed against the oppressor , and wvuld strikw tbe factions with terror at our tari . efit ' . itss . Every week tbe money is collected , it should be transmitted to the care of a committee coiiS ' -sting of some rosponsibit ) ptrsons : say our chamj-ion Du ; : Cuinbe , and one or two other Members of Parliament , with our iuJ f < . i . tgiiblfe friend ami advocate ,

      Fcarkus O'Cocaor ; tuch pti'ons to be appointed by tlio membeio of tLt- Natioi .. sl Charter Association , and who should bold alt monies until required for ' e ' . ectioneericg purposes . Whtsn the election arrives , we must h ; ive one uniform pian ( if operation . First—We sh « sa ! d- by nu m ..:-. ii& coalesce -with a Tory : as we should ct-ruiniy ?> s ( ieefc Tc-. ); the T . ries would much Mther have a > asjority « f W'b . gs , tbaa that one sterling CbartUtshould be « ta : sicd . They would give the Wfaigif fifty iiiora mtmhcis if , by that means , they could get ri-t of Danconibe . They had no o . j # ctiou to a majority of Whigs on the Puat-. ffi \» Committee ; but the name of Dancouibe torr : Se : ? hrin beyond description . Tho Whigs ( being out 0 / ifi-ej ibould fee tho partyiwith whom the CaartbtiJ sa- > n : d e :: t ^ r into coalition . In

      evvry town , where ;\ i * pi ^ siUe , let a Chartist be brought forward ; and if tho Whig p-irty think proper to cooperate with us was tu r * turn a Chartist and a Whig , by ail means uiuu with tht-. ni ; ' -ut on the polling day let us ktcp tfct CLailist voters in nserve , until tha Whig e ! ector 3 . sljai : h ^ vu performed their promise . If they refuse to acccdf- , > th ^ - « o Itrins , let the Chartist candidue stind clt-nr of nither party , and let every Chartist elector v-it-j . ' . r tt . tir ru . m , and him nl « ne . Wbeu tbp tkction fund is rai . v . 'd , and tfae time arrives for it to r >_ - v xpi-iid . •;! , the Executive Committee of the Ifation ' al Charter A :-- - -f ! ation should select the towi . g wl-trt cap Jiuutes C'iil-. i be rmpoBtd ; previous io wbicb

      th > -y > h juld bojd cur . r'jvpoiidenC'j with the various conimilttes Urouv'hi ut th- fetnud ^ n , and have asoertai'ied tho rt ' a-ive str-ng « . h « if pait :. e Our Scotch brethren too cou «! c-j- ' -prtate with us , or form a plan of tht-ir own , but t- mhiig tu th »; tame i < : nt—namely , the el « c- " tion of Caar ' . is f . cini ' n < Ut < s . T ¦ «? do Dot indeed labour umJ-. r so s re ^ t a ii ih -ilty , iziasiimcb ub they are not bunltnt'i with a p ; periy q nMimtion for ueoibersi Wherd woc-inn- 't hrir-jon iu . tus forward to the poll , snch as in tho c--unt-it . s and si- 'iitj ef the more corrupt hurnuuhs , C 3 re sluu d be tak ¦ ¦¦ t > j beprovided with a cus-niat ? tbnt ho iu-. j ha-, e tb-j opportunity of mating a sketch in order to lmpait a kcuwledge of our ^ rin ^ cipits .

      I irust , Air . Eii ' . or , that you Will give insertion to this very imporfi-ct ; : Uar , aad lut the public mind be LSpTfrbStd oli the !> U'jcLt . lf any one can p ^ int out a better plan , let it ba adopt <« i : \ m : n aiJ events let eotuetimg be done , aud that Ept ^ d . ly , 8 oth <\ t , whtDfcVt-r f ^ c ' . ion appears iu the field we may ba ah ' . e to give it its death blow . I rsuiaic yours , in the glorious cauau of univtisal Hfecrty , K . G . QaMMaGE .

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      THE THKEATISXED WAR . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB .. Sir . —At a linn , v . hcu tL ^ public mind ia directed to the threatening appf r . incs of un European war , a few words aa to what m ^ ht to ba tb' 3 conduct of the people in ihetvent of a wr . r , may rt' t bo cut of place . It hfLs brr-n a 33 s .-rt" -3 and tsuly , that "to be great abioad a nation sh-. uM be great at home . " If then the suc-cesa of tbis cmrlry in v .-ar depends upon its great- ' nsh 3 at home , En *; : iBh dominion is doomed to fall : for tbe only " greatriey . i " txi .- 'ting htre is the " great ' injustice irfi ctvd on the snus of toil .

      Bat , Sir , tbe ciouds of iguoranca which formerly overcast th *; political fcemisphe . e have bfcen dispolJed b > thv . Siar cl Frti .-ivra , au ' . tlie i-xertiona of tbe Caartibt Lfeituri-rb have turn tho fiiiii froai the eyes of the p-= oplo : and ihey now see clearly what their share of the victory would bo , v : z nii > ro plsceinen and pensioner * , more p 3 riianifentiry monuTneu ?" , aye , and more widows ; iud orphans , cor . ' rq'u-nUy n : iry tcx- ? a top . iy ; tbe blood of tailiions would be spUlert , aun ; be cUa \ na of oppression very probably riveted mon- firmly round the necks of future gei ' -eraUocs .

      Bat onr rulers should know that the people have not forgot tbe disdain wiih which they trampled on the prayers of three and a balf miilions of British subjects ; for self-government . They may depend upon it that tbey will not , epnnitl libs , lick tbe feet that trampled on them . Tiie pe . ple of E 'Eland love thoir native land ; tut wiil not risk their lives for the tyrants that have soaked its fertile suil with ths blood of their best friends . Our rulers < i £ Dy us osir rights on aceount of our iggoranct . Probably thty rate our ignorance by tbe wJliicgiifcAS with wDch the English people have foraeiiy Sent thfcinsfclws to fl ^ bt the battieB of Kings , aad put doffa the libe .-ty of tho world . If so , let the ¦ working classes shevr tht-m t >; at " a change has come ' over tho spirit of their drram ; " that they are now bent upr > n tha establishment of thoae principles which will

      annihilate ail wars . > iy adv » ca to the working classes therefore Is thi& : on ; bt > fl * Mt iufcrmstion you receive of war being declared by Gjreramt-nt , call meetings in evtry town throughout tho Itnath and breadth of the land , and adopt Memorials ; let tUera be numerously signed . and sent to the Q : een , praying her to direct her Minintcus to malce the Charter a Cabinet measure , and secure its immediate passing into law . Let an E vjighman once have a stake in the country , or bis piOHical rights to enable him to get one , and no furtign power would daro invade our Bhores . He would rush to the dtfecce of his holding , and carry to the combat the ardour of a personal cause . It can only be according to the intere ^ i a mau has in his country that he will exert himseif in its prc-3 arv . ition . Yours , faithfully , Manchester . k . Burlev .

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      The Badge and Bra ^ d Poyerti . —We have often and often stated in the columns of tbis journal , that the greatest crime of which a person can be guilty , ia clviliz-d , free , and enlightened England , is poverty ! A thief commits a crimt-, —is sentenced to bis six weeks , or two mont h * ' imprisonment , and is released without any brand or mark te warn Bociety of what sort of a person is again let loose to prey upon it The criminal prisons of the United Kingdom annually vomit forth thousands of dangerous characters , ready to devots their talents and exertions to any work of dishonesty which may present itself ; and yet the Legislature does not th'Bk it necessary to bestow upon these gentry any distinguishing characteristic , to warn the

      unsuspicious of their dangerous proximity . But the poor , — those whose only " offence against society" is that they cannot obtain work to sustain themselves honourably , and are too virtuously inclined to take part with tbe ignoble fraternity above mentioned , —the poor are not only attired in a particular garb , when tbey become dependent upon the public charities , but are actually branded as if they were galley-slaves . Tbe traveller who has visited Tuulon , Roehefort , or Brest , has , doubtless , seen herds of wretched beings , attired in clothes , half red and half yellow , and bearing tbe word " Galterren '' ( galley-slave ) upon the left shoulder . Those men are tbe wtetchtd criminals who have ofllnded

      against French Society , and are punished for their misdeeds . How dares cur Legislature allow a statute to exist empowering men to brand their innocent fellow-creatures in the same way as the galley-slaves arc branded in Franco ? Some years ago , all galley-slaves iu France were branded with a red-hot iron upou the naked shoulder : the ignominious mark upon the garb of an English pauper eats as deeply into the poor crea- ture ' e soul , as the iron of an executioner did into the flesh or * the felons in France . But , perhaps , all this while , our readers are wondering to what we allude ; we will ex- plain . It is the custom of some of the workbouoes in London and tbe country to print the name , or the first syllable of the name , of tbe parish upon the clothes

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      worn by the paupers . For instance , the Guardians of tbe Poor pt the Cjmfcerwell Union are so mightily afraid lest their splendid garments should be pledged or sold , that'they have printed in white letters , upon the back of tbe pepper-and-salt jackets , the word " Parish ";! and down the back part of the thigh of the pantaloons , the letters C . A . M . B , If this be not an attempt to degrade a fellow-creature down to the very dust , j we know not what is . A pauper obtains leave to visit bis friends for a day , if he have any friends , and to taste the'fresh air—at all events outside the odious walls of a workhouse—and be is compelled to walk the streets with that degrading , debasing , demoralising brand npon his person ! Human nature revolts

      at such abominable tyranny ; and yet the men who dare practise it are loud in the responses at church , clever in toe manipulation of a prayer book , regular in their attendance at divine service . If these be Christians , what is Christianity ? Would savages who worship a ljzird , or a block of wood , place a brand upon the back of tbe unfortunate wretch who craved of them a morsel of bread 1 Why eapose a man wantonly to Insult ? Why write upon bis person— " This is a pauper 1 " - If the Christian writings must be taken as precedents , and as the standard of morality , it -weald appear that poverty should be reverenced , since poverty aione stands a chance oi going to heaven . It may be

      t 1 1 1 t t 1 ' ] 1 1 r a argued tkat the letters printed upon the clothes were merely a safeguard against pawning or selling them . Why , we would ask , could not the same names or letters be printed inside ? If white paint be indelible upon the outer . surface , it must be equally stable upon the inner . The only effect of such a proceeding is utterly to break the spirit of the unfortunate i&mates of Workhouses , and destroy their mental stamica in the same way as bad food rains their physical constitution . Nothing ruins a man so effectually aa to deatro ) all selfcofi £ deuce within him ; and to do this , wbere there is no eri e , is a flagrant injustice—a fearful set of inhumanity . It is pouring molten lead upon wounds already deep , painful , and bleeding f— Weekly Dispatch .

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      The Wbi-tk - Quakebs . —Joshua ^ Jacob . —Oa gaj , day last , about eleven o ' clock , this singular inditi . dual issued forth from the building in which he U located in the Foot Court ' s Marsbahea , ia a most ludicrous garb ; he i ^ ad nothing of his usual dress on bat his shirt and sma / tei a large square of sackcloth * fastened round his net' ^ i floated loosely and grace * fully fa la tunic j behina him , a profusion of ashe 3 was on his head and ahouiVders . In this spectre like attire he walked , bare-footed and bare-legged , roand tho yard of the prison en ti » e pavement . He was accompanied by the chief of the sisterhood , Abigail Beale , who walked by his side on the footpath . — Freeman ' s Journal .

      Cafivbe of Two Slavkss . —Her Majesty ' s sloep Star arrived at Ascension © a the 7 th of Jdlyfrois Prince ' s Island ( Cape Coast ) after a successful ernise of five months ou the west coast of Africa , daring which time she captured two slayers—a small schooner and a large brig up-wards of 500 " toss register—both of which , have been proved lawful prizes . The commander and some ef his officers had been ill , but none had died , with the exception of the purser , who died on shore in the hospital on the 8 &a of July from the effects of the climate . The surgeon was still unwell . The commander and his officers and crew were all in good health at Ascension . The Star was to sail for St . Helena about- the I 5 : h of Juiy .

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      Lokdon Cork Exchange Mondat . September 2 —The arrivals of all kiuda of grain of home produce up to our market during the past week , have been only moderate ; but those of Foreign Wheat , Barley , and Oats , have been rather extensive . Rather a large quantity of Wheat came to hand coastwise , as well as by laad carriage , aad samples from Kent , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , at least three-fourths of which were of the present year ' s growth , and of very superior quality . Owing to the fine weather for harvest -work in the north of Eng . land—for in the forward districta nearly the whole of the grain has been secured—th « demand for all kinds of English Wheat waa in a very sluggish state , and , in order to effect sales , a decline in the currencies obtained on Monday last of from la to 2 s per quarter wae submitted to by the factors , and a clearance was not effected . The accounts which | *

      have come to hand to-day , relative to the progress of field work , are in the highest degree satisfactory . The show of lVee Foreign Wheat was good , while the sale for that article was excessively heavy , at an abatement in the quotations of 2 s per quarter , while in Corn under lock scarcely a transaction : took place . No English Barky at market , if we except a few parcels of new , which were in middling condition . Foreign parcels were heavy , but we have no alteration to report in value . The best Malt was in retail inquiry at full prices . In other kinds- next to nothing was doing . Th& . supply of Oats was not large . Fine potato qualities were quite as dear ; but other kinds were a mere drug . Beans and Peas moved off slowly ,. yet previous rates were supported . The Flour trade was very dull , at barely- stationary prices . In Seeds we haw but few saleato report , at late rates . ] < ' I ; i 1 i i ' . >

      London Smiths eld Cathxe MARKET . f-For the time of year the supply of Beasts was very extensive as to numbers , and of fair average quality . This circumstance , together with the comparatively small number oi' country- buyers in attendance , and the unfavourable state of the weather for slaughtering ,, caused ths Beef trade to rule excessively- , dull , at in some instaiicea a decline in the va ! ue of the primest breeds of 2 d , while the quotations of the middling and inferior qualities were 4 d per 81 bs lowerithan on this day se ' nnight , without effa ' cting a clearance ; indeed , nearly 40 O'Beasts left the market ursold .. Daring the past week the imports of foreign stock into London and the various outports have been bat moderate , they having consisted of only . 60 head from Rotterdam . This importation Bhows ths following : result for the present year , ending on Saturday last : r—

      imports . Head . London 840 Liverpool .... — 80 Jtltiil- ••*•¦••••• •*••••*«*•*••••*•*• ••¦•••••¦*•>•*••• ^ o ^ y Southampton 148 Total -.. 1 , 327 To day . there wsre only six oxen on offer from Rotterdam , but they commanded very little attention ,, and only realised from £ L 7 10 a to £ 18 5 * each . The Ballock droves from Lincolnshire , Leicestershire , and Northamptonshire , consisted of 1 , 660 short horns . From Norfolk . Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire there were received 400 Scots and homebreds ; from

      tho western and midland districts , 450 Herefords , runts , Devons , &c , ; from other parts of England , 38 ft of various kinds ; from Scotland , 260 horned and polled Scots' and from Ireland ,. GO . beasts . The up 9 ly of Sheep being again very large , tho Mutton tra io was in a depressed stows . Ilowaver , in soma instances , tha primest Dawua sold at last week ' aquotations , or from 33 10-i to 4 ? , but the general currencies sugared a decline of quite 2 d per 8 tbs . A 3 is almost iuvariably the case at this season , the Lamb trade was very dall at almost nominal figures . . "She Yeal trade was agiin heavy ^ jand the quotations , had a downward tendency . Pigs were a mere drug h bur . not chsaper .

      BoHOTisa and SraALPiELaa . —For the time ofthe year , the supplies of Potato ^ a continue extensive * yet the demand is in a very active state , at full prices—at from £ 4 tu £ 6 per ton . Borqbgh Hop M ^ bket . —From nearly , or quiti the whole of the plantations ,, the accouats come mon favourable . In pans of K&nt and Sussex , picking has already oomtaenced , and we have had afev pock ^ s from tbe former c&anty in faij conditieD , and wni&h have found-buyers , at from £ Si to £ 10 ,. per cwt Th » trade is estxemelj heavy , and prices an barely supporte d * Th 9 daty Sjas advanced to £ ij 30 , 000 Weald of Keat pockets , £ 6 4 s to £ 6 12 * ; Mid Kent ditto , £ Tfe . io £ 9 16 s ; East Kent ditty £ 7 5 s to £ 9 ; ehoice ditto , £ lft to £ 11 Us ; Sussex ditto , £ 6 to £ 3 . 10 s ; Mid Kest bags , £ 7 to £ 8 U Wool Ma&ket . —Fwrther additions have been

      again made to the ssee&s of Colonial Wool in Londoa the importsirom New South Wales during the wwfc having amouated £ 0 1 , 8 ^ 0 bales . Of Foreign Wool * tho arrivalshav& been lather limited , viz ., 600 ba ! & No public sales are as yet announced , but auctions are looked forward to about the middle or latter end of the present month . For English wool the dem ssi has ruled rather inactive since this day se ' nnigfoi yoc prices have been supported . Foreign Wool & « also been a stow sale ; bat in Colonial , especially in

      tho finest qualities , a larger business is doing . Tiii , ow Market . —This market continues firm , and the demand a fair one for the time of ytar . TM last arrivals from St . Petersburgh brought ^ rather easier prices , with more inclination on w part of the Russians to sell . Up to the 20 ih * ' August , the shipments were 10 , 000 ca 3 ks less tb » a 1 last year ; and of the quan-. ity already dispatched W \ Great Britain , there 13 only about half the mw& , of ca-ks to the same period last year . Town Talloff ' 40 s 6 d to 41 s , net cash .

      1 Manchester Cobn Mabket Saturday , Avgvsx 1 31 . —Throughout the week tho weathur has b « n 01 i tho most favourable description that could be desired for securing the crops ; and , under its iufluence , harvest operations have proceeded rapidly in this district . This circumstance has caused great inactivity 1 in the trade generally , and the demand for »" . descriptions of Flour , sine j our last report , has been on a very limited scale , which , with an anxio i desiry on tho part of holders io effect sales , nas enabled purchasers to supply themselves on lower Oatmeal

      1 terni 3 than previously . For either Gats or th . r' wj-- , ) ik-tvisi , only a moderate vend , without material c iaugu in prices . At our market this monnii . tr Wheat was freely offered at a reduction 01 4 i . to 6 1 . pf r 70 lbs ., without leading to more than a lew retail transactions . There was bos little P&ssi . * iu F . our , and the few sales effected were at a decUM of Is . $ 0 2 i . per sack . Oats were in very moder » w request , at id . per 45 ; ba . cheaper . For Oatmeal tw inqafry was very trifliug , and a reduction otoa . < «» 24 O . ba . must be noted . Beans were difficult of » ift and barelv maintained thoir late value . A if

      faosples of Flour and Oatmeal , the produce ot tn » year ' s harvest , were offering , but no greas anxiw was evinced by the trade to purchase either . Liverpool Cobn Market Monday , Sepim ?** 2 . —The week ' s imports of each article of the toru trade oi home produce are very light , and tho ? e tr abroad are moderate . The duties on Beans and rew have advanced Is . per quarter respectively ; "n * j the ioiport has declined Is . per quarter . Tfie w * a . has been most favourable for the comp letion ot . southern harvest , and for the gathering of w » ™ n in the northern districts of the kiDgdom ; l ? l 3 , l " its usual . effect on tho trade . Holders of . TYhw » shown more desire to part with stock ; wn" *« . 3 dealers have acted with much , caution , ana P ,

      fut that Grain generally kavs gone down « . w per bushel . Flour must also be noted Is . pe" - , ani 6 d . barrel cheaper , with a limited sale . A par oi Irish old Oats have been taken by the , ffita ' ° L at previous rates , but Oatmeal has declined in ™ by 3 d . to 6 J . per load . Barky , Beans , and re have esich been held without ohauge a ^ to raiuv , have met a blow eale . 1500 barrels of Western ca swe «' t Flour have changed hand 3 m bond at J ' ' j to 18 j ., and 500 of Philadelphia at J 7 * P ° T Th , ro Via « ViPfin trtv hit . le now Grain yet at •""*„„

      two or three par-els of Wheat from " \ a %% i , brought 6 s . 6 d . to 7 s per 701 b * ., and a tewUais - > . to 2 lOd . per 45 ibs . clD 1-smSB Ln- ^ EPOOL Cattle Markct Monday , S }***™ . 2 .-Thero v a' a large show of all kinds oi stoc ^ Jay , aud a numerous auendance ef 0 " ^ ^; . ' ^ j . to 5 | i , Mutton Sid . to fifJ ., ^ . ^ Ji . JtfA Cattle imporced iu : o LiverpoM . _ * : torn u » August , to tho 2 d September , Mm Cows ,, 6-3251 Sheep , 805 Lamb . ; , 4954 Figs , 20 Hur = es . RwHitosr , Cobn Market Sawbd ay , Am ^ J -We had a tolerable supply of Gram mo « m to-day . Wheats > ld from ( Sato 7 * 6 d ; 0 » t » . fc « . 3 i 8 d Barley 4 s to ia 6 d ; Beans 4 s 6 d to 4 s y » ,

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      ^ HoEEiBLE DEATH .-Buring ibe viat of the United biates sloop of war , Saratoga , to the island of Si Tnomts , eff the coast of Africa , May 24-. h , the coxswam in charge ot the Capiaiu's fii Kl straining too bard up-m tne uJii-r , broKe it and fell overboard While in the act of EvnrDtaing towards the sh- p , ha waa seen suddenly to disappear , aad thereupon the fins and tail of a huge .-hark emerged from the vrzur , and splashing for a few moments , sunk beneath the

      surface . I saw , says a spc clator , notniDg but a crimson Etain of blood and a hat floating a ; a short dista-nea . Kot a cry -was uttered it was so sudden . Again the splashing of the shark occurred , another y ? is sten to se > Z 3 hia hat , —two boat » reached the tpot , but too late—scores of fish were leaping about for the torn pieces ; of the poor sailor . —iV . Ji Repubik

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      Exisaobdinarv Leap . —On Thursday night , between . one and two o ' clock , 'he following very Ptrange occurrence took place at the Northumberland Hotel , Dublin : —It apptai 3 that a gentleman , who gave his uame a 3 William A . Mart . li , and saidhewasa nativo of the county of Wt 3 tmcath , * weut to lodge at the ubovo hotel on Monday , whora he continued up to the night in question , aud at tin hour stated he got out of bed and leaped out of tho window into the street . Police Constable 45 C was near the spot , and took up the gentleman , who did not seem much hurt , although he had leaped , according to the policeman ' s account , from Ihe third story , but the gentleman himself taid it was from the second window of ths building . Tne constable accompanied Mr .

      Marsh to Jsackvil'e-place Btation-housOj where he ( Mr . Marsh ) told the following story to Mr . M'Cann , the inspector on duty : —He said ho was aroused from his sle ^ p by hearing the voioea of persons in tbe closst , who were speaking about going on board a steamer ior a pleasure trip , and that they were hnriying lor some place , which he could not name . Tiie noise , he eakl , oontiuued for eonae lime , and in a vory confused manner , to he got afraid aud he leaped out of tho window . His left arm was a little hurt . He refused to go back to the hotel , acci as Mr . M'Cann had no charge againBt the gentleman , he brought him to the Prince of Wales's HoteU where he went to bed . It is little short of a perfect miracle that Mr . MaTsh escaped almost unhurt , coneidering the dangerous leap he made , |

      North American Land Agency.

      NORTH AMERICAN LAND AGENCY .

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      6 THE NORTHERN STAR . i September 1 , 1844 ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 7, 1844, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1279/page/6/