Current:

Northern Star (1837-1852), 28th April 1838, Edition 2 of 2, Page 3

Page 3
Page 3
3 of 8

On this page

  • Departments (1)
    • THE NOETJHEKN STAR SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1838.
  • Text (7)
  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      Untitled Article

      " ^ iuSiSSstiiLfi . IMPORTANT TRIAL UNDER THE NEW m PSfSV ACT . —CONVICTION AN 2 > PUNISHMENT OF THREE OVERSEERS . ' On Tuesday last , MrvFewgos O'Connor appeared before the Huddersfield Magistrates , as counsel in . a prosecution against "Thomas Brooke , Esq * John fclellor , and James Lancaster , wrerseers of te township of Hauler . Oor readers are aware thai opon the previous Tnesday , the bench was _ divided tipon the shore case , " and that upon Mr . O'Connor * application fresh summonses -were granted . One o ' clock -was the how appointed for the hearmg . and ? ine = v , ,- , - ¦* -- —* - » - ~ r :- , - ^ -- - 72 ^^— "" - - - ' - " -- '

      long before that time the court , all toe aenjies , staircase , and the large space in ftent of the braiding , presented one dense mass of anaoris enqnirenj . The . Magistrates present ^«» J Vr V'Sf * fe * Chairman , J . Armitage , -E . « a , R . I * . Battle , Esq ., TYL "W . Baitye , Esq , W . Broeke , Esq ., J . btarkev , Esq ., and J . Snlcliffe , £ sa . _ When the case was called on , Mr . FLorivUerk to ^ the Guardians , rose to object to Mr . O Connor actiDg as connsd , inasmuch as that learned gentlemaa was not an English barrister He produced a red book , vhich , he said , was the last pnttished , and which porporred to be a tot of the names of English barristers , and Mr . O'Connors namertras

      not in it . ' " The Court . —Ve once before -were given to -understand that Mr . O'Connor had been retained in an important cas * .-and were anxious to hear him . ill . Akmitage . —Do yon mi an that Mr . O'Connor has not a right to be heard . , , , Mr . O'Coxsor . —Gentlemen , as to the rea dots . I donotsnpposethegentlemanhasread all filenames and perhaps I may find mine , jx bring an action against tue printer . However , I am not yet an English barrister , and it is not just the tim » for me to say what court I am entitled to plead in , and what court I am not . Of course you are aware that I may practise in appeals before tie Lords , before election and other Parliamentary committees ; and I-did

      establish ( after Ion ? argument ) mr right to plead before the revising barrister for the Borough of 2 d ztjlebone . That is a court of record ; and I shall , when occasion presents itself , be prepared to establish my right to practise before any court in this iingdoia . However , you are not competent to try the question . The question was then put separately to the Bench , when it was unanimously agreed that Mr . U "Connor should be heard , two of their Worships granting the privilege upon courtesy . The Learned Gentleman then proceeded as follows : — Gentlemen , —Although the postponement of this case has entailed considerable trouble upon you . and bo small inconvenience "upon me , yet I do not regret the occurrence , as the importance outwe i ghs every

      personal consideration . Gentlemen , when 1 appeared before you upon the last occasion , I do conirss tiiaf harfug ' been hurried into conn , I was not so well prepared either with facts or evidence , as was ne ^ Ccssiirfor toot satisfaction , - and , therefore , I Lave the . leis reason to quarrel with the difficulty in Trh : ch the bench was placed , and the consequent division ; but noTT , continued Mr . O'Connor , j have so fortified myself ¦ svith facts evidence , and lmr , as to considerably abridge my labour and . yomr trouble . The defendants . Thomas Brooke , John 3 Ieilor . and James Lancaster , appear before yon to answer the complaint of James Brook and I appear as counsel for the rate-payers © f the townsliip of Honler .

      Mr . ' TuojiAS Bp . ooke : no tread-mill this time if tou please Mr . O'Connor . " That gentlemen , said Mi . O'Coxjsor , " is the only regret which I feel in the matter ; there shall be no tre ; u ! -nnl ] , because since Tuesday last I have had an opportunity of learning the character of 3 Ir . Brooke , and I feel a mixture of pleasure and sorrow in stating that all the -virtues which can adorn m ^ u . belong to the defendant . He is a man of almost unbounded wealth , and Tet bis acts of beneficence , charity , and kindness , Lold pace with his treasure . He is kind to the poor , afiabfe to the rich , courteous te all , and beloved bv

      alL These fects 1 have pleasure in stating , wmle I mourn that his moral character aad ¦ wealth are calculated to make his example , evpn in error , worthy of b ^ ins followed , and that the ignorant who err in following so virtuous an example , may jnstly pleai excuse in having done what Tiioma ^ B . ooke had thought r ight ; therefore , gentlemen , in thu case tocTd character is rather an aggravation than a palliation of the offence , and all that Ixegrer is . that so much trorrh -hould liave bess sacrificed and made a tool of by an axtfnl and designing faction . Gentlemen , I * Lave before stafwl i"hf > art of Parliament Tinder which 1 mean to

      proceed , namely , the i » S secri&n of an Act euntled the Poor Law Amendment Act . This is a penal statute , and it will be my duty to show how its provisions have been violated by lie defendant * , ncd so imponaiit do J consider the hasty but not iujn'iidcus settlement of this case , that I shall nut only abaniun tae tread-mill , but 1 pray the B > . nch to convict in a nierc nominal amount of-penalty } such an amount as will leave no power of appeal wLIch may leave the question open to anxiety and doubt . Yes . Gentlemen , I ask you ; if yon are indeed the conierra ors of the peace and the administrators of law , to pat a stop to unconnected and expensive aeitarioa . br teaching the people that when risiits are grained h \ law , no act ol a designing govern-Efiii C 2 x ; rraicple iipou and overcome those rigliis "bv the appointment of mainifactuxed . Hx-i-itf-rio

      ofneers io nuilifvpopular elections . ( Great cheering iii court . ) CHAiBaujr .- —Yon must keep ordrr . Teach the people that there is yet one court of appeal , and that the arm of the law is stronger and more curable than the declamation of the c eniasoew . —let tliem understand that there may be some Iiteni 5 parks of charity and humanity in this B 2 L which may Le extracted and brought to light , by a jn-t exercise of popular right , governed dv 2 visihiit popular contronl . Do not allow thv-m to substitute wild demonstrations ef rankling discontent for that protection , "which the constiratiou ought to render . Do not mock them by the coeces-don of a boon which you hare the power to change into an engine of oppression . Do yoa suppose vbat tLe people of this country have liot sufficient discrnnmaKon to disdnsnish Letween the

      ngat and power to exercise a right ; and do yon suppose that power to be just which is used for no other purpose than the ilt sanction of right z Are not the people to be commended for thus seeking protection from the law , rather than from violence . ' If xhelaw is g ood , lie teen eye of poverty , " <* r& speeHHj discover its ralue . If the law is bad J defyyon to force it upon us even at the point of the bajobet . ( Great ciieeriDe . ) Court . —( We cannot allow this interruption . ) Gentlemen . —I am no thins loath to hear it ; it manifests no disrespect for yon , but on the contrary tears frank testimony to the anxious and panting desire to substircte legal protection , for confusion sad strife , ( hear , hear ! hear , from the bench ;; bnt

      inasmuch as a Court of Justice should be silent and * oleu . n , 1 trust that those feelings will be repressed . ( Hear , hear . ) How does your account stand with the law ? It = avs to the people you shall have the appointment of those -who are to administer " to Jour wants and your comforts , but in the event of yror not doing It our way we will do it for you . ( Laughter . ) Yon shallappoikt Guardians ; butshonld fteirriHw of thelaw differ from onrview of thelaw , we * 21 nullify your election ? , and set your authority at defiance ; and should you find shelter among those to whom yon have been accustomed ( nnder the consti-Riti 0 u )' to . look to for succour and relief , we ^ 21 over-« nr . e the power of your natural guardians , who are tie magistrates , by an accession of our supporters , £ r « i thoogliit extend to ¦ die pollution of tEe bencli 2 nd the frustration of jnstice . ( Great sensadon . ^ Is this a course calculated to commend even a less

      obnoxious law ? Gentlemen , take heed lest that bench which the people have " been accustomed to revere , to honour , and respect , sLotf-d b y acts of palpable injustice lose that confidence which it has fcitherto so jostly deserved and so usefully maintained . You wiD not allow yourselves to be prejudiced by 2 ayfeeling 3 or desires expressed , or acts committed to destroy your power , yon ¦ wall view any such attempt as an insult to justice and a violation of law . ^ hai right has any body of men to interfere with so sacred a privilege , and in so unconstitutional a ^ anner as the pollution of the judgment seat , for the accomp lishment of a design ? As well may an electioneering committee s sitting- at Stroud , for the "Promotion ol lord J . Russell ' & election , nominate , % ongh that noble lord , the magistrates who were to * it and deliberate with thejastices o / HnddersfieJd . ( An indiscribable sensation trpon the bench , and 'iroughout the court . )

      i * Ir . BEooKMunagistrate . Mr ^ O'Connor , before 7 ®* proceed I E £ g to say fiat you are insulting the Much ; we know tery veil to whom yoa allnde ; you aare charged tbis bench irilhinjnitice , a » d therefora - ^ ^ on ^ ^ Ktract those espresaoos . * t y < -oxxoa- —I shall not retract ieidier , wiH \ be ^ mterrapted , so far from offering any insult to Tn ^ t ^ J ? as paying to the Ijench that compliw \ ?** 1 fl »«« hi it iusdj merited , ( Heaiy O-SolrTob ^^^ 11 COnsfracfion 'P ^' caJ Ir- ^> oia- ~ ^ en if Mi , O'Conaor retracts

      he-Mr . O'Co 5 aoK . -I shall retract nothing , and J b jl may not be - interrupted . Gendeme ^ it will Botbe necessary fbi me to travel oTeri& whole gunanunutely ^ mycoursewaibe to famish , yoa yh the Act of Parliament and the rules ^ d orders « the CommissiGners ,. to whica' the act directs , and w produce . evidence , to ; diow Joa . that fliose ^ sera for whmn a certain duitr is proscribed , have T ^ feted ^ and grosdy nojated , toth the act and the ^ tracopns . . Tern Trill -tate -rienfetoy ^ ir council ^^ ber . aodisrinflappKediihi eriaesnee to which f « a adduce , to 1 ^ a © oHXHeat 83 rlH ^ rsnpplr , -em jS ^ a f « m » 'j t » agem « iti * McQ I fed confidWi jr ^ donbt at mtjaadafBDie flie inttltedlaw ¦ " " » tormeH j contended t&at ^ B Ectmort btidlfnl

      Untitled Article

      to come under the cognisance of the statute . If so j if such » mbnstrons notion is for a moment to b « Kitertained ; I shall even then show yon ^ i « terer act of which tHe defendants etahd ctenfed wise wfl . raland doneTdth a perfect knowledgeof ftepenaltj to which ther were subject Bnt jon gentlemen are aware that when an act konee past , th& law supposes every one , even the most ignorant , to be awar ^ ol itj pronsons , and also supposes that every violation oj ft , is a -wilful violation . It was not a want of knowledge of the consequences which the . defendants should trnly plead , but it uawthe fact ^ that they supposed that this case would / never come before a legal tribunal ; and , in the'hepe of fighting the people with the treasure of the State , they dreaded no expence , in the event of a moreMexoi trt / . ftTn «» Tinder the cognizance of the statute . If so

      pensive inquiry . It was matter capaoie prooi , that the treasurer of the Halifax Union told a poor law officer , that it vras ^ ain to contend against , the law , as the commissioners would spend thousands in its establishment Again , as to overseers improperly influencing the election of Guardians , will any man tell me that the fact of Mr . Brooke ( a very popular gentleman ) offpring himself , did not materially effect the election of others ; and yet his majority was only obtained by the rejection of a sufficient number of legal votes upon the other side , to place him by three at the head of the poll , he acting in Ms capacity of overseer , by taking the poll and scrnrinizing the votes . Was this not an unjust interference f If not , what woold be r Will any one say , that from M r .

      Brooke ' s extensive connection , none vrere influenced by his having offered himself , snd' then mark the manner in which the farce was concluded—one day ' s poll and two day's scrutiny . —whereas the _ law is imperative as to the duration of time for closing the election , —a day for the poll , and sufficient time , if required , for ¦ ' calculation ^ " but not for scrutiny . Nearly two hundred votes were rejected , without . any power upon tLe part of the voter to defend his right , his presence not being required , as the voting paper was his tiuL , aad confirmed his right . At the foot of onp o : the forms prescribed by the act , they wonld find tLr . t it was expressly stated that in the event of noil-compliance the voter would lose Ms v < de . This was m the event of any informality is the mod ? of filling np the paper ; but not a word

      with regard-to the non-payment of rates , which was ajsrevioos question for the consideration of overseers beore delivery of voting papers ; and even in this instance , though the law admits of an excuse for the con-payment of certain rates , mT . ny -who were legally ' excused even so far back as ] 825 and 3 b 26 , during the panic , and haye punctually paid since , have been rejected . I care not , gentlemen , whether a bargain was made for the convenience of both sides ; I am not here to establish the election of this Gnardian or of that v < iian , but to protect the rights of the rate-payers , even though they might have been objected to by the popular candidates . ( Hear , hear . ) What power had the absent voter , though " « ith a good case to defend Ms vote . In this extraonlinarv election we find one overseer a

      candidate and taking th 3 poll for himself , while another holds the parish doenments and is the authority to whom appeals for disqaah'fication are made and successfully made . 31 r . L ^ ia caster , is the Court" of Appeal , bo ] t 3 iiig the books and deciuingnpon the rights o the voters ; anti thus we have a chairman and three overseers i : cui * g as a purdzan tiibunal , to etlect the retnm of a certain caudidnte , while we have the churchwarden of the township , turned into an apparent partizrm upon the other side , by his disinclination to jouTin frustrating the election of " Guardians . The nnthorirv of the churchwarden

      is set at nonght although he t-nters his protest against the mode of election , and declares . Mr . James Brooke duly elected ; and upon the summing up of votes upon ' thu first day , being the only day which the law allows , . Mr . James Brook stood much above Mr . Thomas Br "oke upon the poll , the clitrrehwarden , in compliance with the instructions , very prnperiy declared James Brook duly elected , akjd legally noticed the same . 2 vorr , Gentlemen , said 32 r . U'Conaor , lbrmy own gratification and for your satisfaction , 1 beg , in conclusion , to assure yon that no word of disrespect has escaped my lips ; but , on tLe contrary , I think I have conferred dignity upon , and shown respect for , the

      bpnch , by . thus submitting to it a question , the judgement upon which will form a wholesome precedent for all future elections for Guardians in tMs country ; and 1 confidently submit the case of my clients ^ assuring jon that if the ? act is to be carried and executed , and administered contrary to law , popular power ana popular discontent will strangle the monsier , to which the law has ascribed no limits . Geiitlfineii , your lives , your liberties , and your properties deprnd upon lie due execution oi the law , aad if you cease to respect the rights of the poor , they will cease to respect yonr privileges and yonf e < tat ^ s ; hut I look -with confidence to your judgment and shall now proceed to support my sevtrul auVpations . bv incontrovertible evidence .

      ilr . O Co . nnor then examined several of the ratepayers of Honley , in support oi the several charges , and fuly supported Ms case . Upontheexaminationof Mr . Wilkinson , churchwarden , Mr . O'C . asked Mm if lie had declared Mr . James Brooke to be duly elected , to which yir . Ft-oyn objected , inasmuch as a declaration may doi have been heard . Ask liim said Mr . Floyd , if be announced it . Mx . O'CoN . Non . —Is there auy difference . Mr . Floyt > . —Cv-Ttainlv .

      Mr . O'Cossor . —Ti : en will j-ou have the kindness to state tlie diuerenct' , and I am snrethat tun followers of John . < on , and Sieridan , thtjConrt . the public , and myself will feel duly obliged . Pr-r ; mps he wMspered " the declararion ; " did " 2 > 1 t . » VUkinson . ( Great laughter . ) When the evidence for the prosecution had closed . 3 Ir . Flotp stared tLat Mr , O'Connor had closed just where Le .-honldhp . ve c ; rmmenced ; and atlhough he had sued u : ider the 9 S section , yet Le had kept the 95 section out of svii-. t , \ v ! ii < : L should be taken in connexiun with theOSih , in .-upport of wMch be read an extract from a commentary of Mr . Justice Coleridge , in which that Learned Judge laid down the manner in wMclioue Act of Parliament may serve

      eitherto explain or repeal an <) ther statute . He also read an extract from Biackstone explanatory of the elements of the British Constitution , wMcii he contended bore minutely upon the case , and although Ms clients had infringed the law it was an innocent offence , and therefore the bench was bound _ to dismiss the complaint . He paid a high compliroent to our young and virtuous Queen Victoria , and ably explained in what true patriot ism consisted , as vrell in respect of Englishmen and liishmrn , as a ! s : > our "brethren over the borders . He had no apprehensions as- to the Tesult , because his clients were re > -pectable , and had merely transgressed the l ; ivr lYuin ignorance , and not with any malicious motive . He , therefore , would not call anv witnesses , tuougli he had many .

      Mt . U'Cosxor—then , Gentlemen , I shall no farther trouble you . for what 1 have left undone Las been supplied by Mr . Floyd . 1 must beg to say that were the defendants the Government of the cotniirv . I might enterKiiu the quotation from Mr . Coleridge , as liis judgment has reference wholly to the intentions oi tue legislature ; and really I did not consider it necessary to trouble you with a recital of the S 5 ih section , inasmuch as it has reference to woTkhouse discipline . 3 , therefore , place in your hands , the Act of Parliament , , together witli tlie instructions , and it will be for you to say whether the evidence has supported the charge .

      The Bench retired , and alter a deliberation of an hour , returned , when the Chairman delivered the following jadjnaeEt , wlsich appeared to be . unanimous ;—The " Court having attentively considered this case , is of opinion that the defendants have violated the law and the instructions ; and , therefore , the judgment is , that they stand severallv fined in die mitigated penalty ol five shillings each and costs . - Mr . O'Connor instantly left th « Court , which was crowded to suffocation during the whole trial , but was'lef ! qnita empty upon the judgment being delivered ; and the only regret expressed by all was , that se amiable aad estimable a gentleman as Mr Thomas Brooke should have been the victim of a ruthless and lawless faction .

      We trust that the signal victory gamed under the law will change frcitless agitation into legal investigation . —Ed . <

      Untitled Article

      NEW POOS LAW PAUPERISM . TO THE EDITORS OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Ggm . r . MT . Nj Pity the BorrowE of a famishing roan , "Wlnse trenililing hand has borne this to yemr press , Whose dap are dwindled to the shortest span—O list a while , and he the press will bless . Yes , I entreat you to commiserate my lot , for a few passing moments , even if my matter lack your approval . Coming from a pauper , it cannot be expected to yield food for amusement , but 1 fain hope , —for co-ordinate circumstances sometimes generate fellow-feeling or appreciation , —for the sympathy of a few , who either totter in , or , like my-^ elfjliave " been reduced from middle class comfort to -abject * pavertB ^ -and , 'bitterer than all , " New Poor ¦¦¦ ¦

      iiaw-paopcnsin . : .-My tale , or rather my bomntnnication , might be long , for the subject is prolific ; bnt it shall be comparatively a short cnt .. Having had to appear , at the jiarjofaBoard ' of Guardians , on a few trying calls , . when chilling poverty was met by cold rebuke , and complaint stifled or rebuffed , into apparent cowering dupacity , it-has often struck me that the gentlemen presiding bri such ' occasions " should be jhoie aptly tyled Guardians of the rich " in . place' of fhose of the Y-pxrr" for the jealous rare theyManifest to ' prp * tectihe pockets of the-wealthy . Perhaps if the Ppor-Lsw Bifl shoiild % e amended ^ but that may be donbtfnl , as it'is , " of comse , ' iatended to -Iastf in its pristina vjgonr ibr ewl pernj ^ Gentlemen , jon inay thai oblige me ^ andi myxirder to r submit this « nggestion to ptif beoerelent Jk ^ fel ^ 0 M 4 ^> r it wiJl , J presume , be admitted ,, that official d ^ signationfi should best accent with prewribed duties ,

      Untitled Article

      I am about shprfly tp" tiike ^ tour a few p arifihe 8 , toascertaj 4 hclw : ' fsrthey are relieved byj , ; te humane operations , on " the score of re duction of population aidiof ^ 5 f&te ^ which , if it be sbj wWlJd b «( two points gained at one throw ; U is notudlikelf , jw P ^ &sfPj . OQt that I may afterwardi'liaretp « o } oTirtf toe * , few winter months in > a poof nonsei lately in strong perspectite . before me , when I would endeatpur . to gain aknowledge of the dietary laid down PA , P * Pi ? r » - * o 4 , R' > v < . diapen 8 ed , ' both in regard to qoantrty' and quali ^ r . ' A presentiment of coming misfortune once betook itt& when I saw better dayaj and that is / not long since , and I was induced to raat Ane of . the Union Wofkliouses . I cannot soon forget the scene : there I saw the labourer Dent ub—I am abont shorflv to tuVa the tour of a few

      despondency and water-porriage wasting ' hi * health and Strength . , away- ^ otc ^ d to desert his humble hotsti or to peri&bT-hia vife ,, notwithstanding : what he was earl y taught were sacred injunctions , separated from him , and cooped np in one place , Ms chiU drenin another—there was an admixture of the old and young—the fatherless and the widow , of squalid mothers and paling infants—the careless and the tbonghtfal—the dissolute and the moral—sorrew was unheeded and pain unattended to , save where reluctant duty required it , —in short , the sullen , the ignorant , the reflecting , the nnfortunate , and the wretched , the indiutrions , and the idly disposed , were huddled together ; all wearing an ill-suppressed aspect of surly apathy , or of reckless -vindictiveness ,

      attheirfate ; merciless inflictions had evidently implanted sensations of most vicious tendency , and that the deeper in proportion as the parties appeared quick or intelligent—the dull and the stupid eeemed the least discontented ; if ignorance was not bliss , it served , at all events , to save them from mental anguish . No distinction prevailed—no exceptions were made—the worthy and " ' the' worthless treated alike—• MaUhusian severity—cold calculating sordid severity—seemed the pervading indiscriminate inflexible rule to scare misery away at alt sacrifices . Mammon , nnder the guise of stinting economy , seemed the \ ery God . Even their last solace was denied them—their accustomed house of prayer was forbidden to them .

      Never should they enter the house of God , — But they wept and they " wailM and the / told their woes , And they bent beneath the chastening rod ! The discipline how enforced , and how supposed infractions are arbitrarily and summarily punished is another affair , which it were then ^ f course presumptuous in ine to enquire into , but on which I may unhappily have to trouble you again . It is at present , time I should begin to finish , for poverty like wit should be sometimes b"ief to tell . All , however , that I may in my next visit see or hear

      worth mentioning shall be submitted to you , with all due deference to my prospective grave masters the Board of Guardians . I would not , at . the same time disturb their self-esteem or that of the generous ! triumvirate who most feelingly direct their labours . As I am to goinquest of voluntary aid , which is lairfulfor a monarch , and unlawful / or a mendicant to receive , and so avoid that sort of compulsory relicl vMch strangely enough , when put in immediate juxtaposition , that same law enforces and allows , pt-nnit me to invoke the benign visitings of fell adversity :

      O gently on thy suppliant ' s head Snffi c * to lay thy chastening ; hand ; Not in angry terrors clad—Nor to yon Workhouse let roe w ^ nd , — "Where horror ivigus with funeral cry And wan disease und ghastly poverty . As the exterior of these modern pandemoniums denotes abodes of comfort rather than howls , I forget—I should say mansions of wretchedness , 1 have bethought myself of a suitable inscription to be cast in leaden letters on black grounding over-head the grand entrances . It might arrest attention and give rise to reflections in those who wonld pause X .-A read it , which might probably save the Beards of Guardians infinite pain , and the devil-masters who preside and coerce the inmates a world of trouble , —here it is , and if you will , 1 beseocb . you to recommend its speedy

      adoptiou—ALL HOPE ABANDON , YOU WHO ENTEIl HEllEDespair and want must close yolrsau career Come vrlrnt may , I could neither command circumstances iior healtli , — -poverty with me is therefore no crime , while its puuishment may be . Accept , Gentlemen , the respectful salute of . A Houseless W . ANDEnEn .

      Untitled Article

      HUDDERSFIELD POOR-LAW GUARDIANS . The follo ' . ving are the documents referred to in our List as having been read by Mr . Floyd at the meeting of Guardians ; they appeared in a few of our la » t week ' s impression , " but were unavoidably taken out to make room for other matter . At the request of our Huddersiield friends we again insert them . To the Poor Law Commissioners / or England and Wales . The Memorial of the undersigned inhabitants pf the township of Huddersfield , in the West-Riding of the Countr of York .

      Sheweth—That your memorialists ^ and others proposed Thomas Starkey , Esq ., William Jacomb , Esq ., John Haigh , E « j ., Thomas Haley , Esq ., and John Frederick iScbwann , Esq ., as persons fit and eligible to be appointed to act as Guardians of the Poor for the said Township of Huddersfield , for the present year , commencing frGni tbe 25 th da } ' of March last . That Thursday , the 29 th day of March last , was appointed for the day of election .

      That William Cooke , Joseph Chadwick , John Moxon , and the said Thomas Haley , and John Frederick Sohwann , were on that day elected . That the said William Cooke ^ J . Chadwick , and John Moxon , have heretofore shewn themselves opposed to , and inclined to obstruct the putting into execution of the recent act for the amendment of the Poor Law , and from anything your memorialists know to the contrary they are still opposed to the said law .

      That great irregularity occurred in taking the votes of persons entitled to vote at the said election , and that several of the voting papers which had been improperly filled up , were admitted by the Overseers and reckoned by them in the number of votes given at tbe said election . That a great number of voting papers vrere improperly obtained at the workhouse , filled up and delivered to the Overseer . " , by whom they , were received and allowed as proper votes . That 17 voting papers duly filled up , and properly delivered to the Overseers were misplaced by them , and entirely omitted to be reckoned in the number of votes , and have since been admitted to have been found by the Overseers in their possession , and your memorialists believe that many others have been misplaced and omitted in like

      manner . That many other votes have been placed by the Overseers opposite the names of candidates , in whose favour they were not given by the parties tendering th . 3 same . That in taking the votes of persons entitled to vote as occupiers , one vote only has been allowed by the Overseers without reference to the amount of the value of the property occupied .

      That if a scrutiny were made , your memorialists believe , and are firmly persuaded that one or more of the persons proposed a »* candidates for the said office of Guardian of tbe Poor , and who are favourable to the said Act for the Amendment of the Poor Laws being put into operation , would be found to have been duly elected . Your memorialists , therefore pray that a scrutiny maybe made into the said election , and the . manner of voting thereat . ( Signed ) DAVID SHAW , WILLIAM WILKS , BENJAMIN . BBADSHAW , JOHN ILLINGWORTH , HENRY NELSON , EDWARD WOODHEAD . Budaersfield , April 2 nd , 1838 . ; Poor Law Commissioners' Office , Somerset House , I 4 th April , 1838 . Sir , —The Poor Law Commissioners for England and Wales , enclose a copy of a memorial which they have received relative to the proceedings at the late election of Guardians , for the township of Huddersfield ,. and they request the attention of the Board of Guardians of the Huddersfield- Union , to the return made by the Overseers of that township . - : , •'•'•¦'

      lhe Commissioners desire to point out that it is competent to the Guardians to determine iD the first ins&nce what persons are eutit'ed to take their place and act at their Board , and they hare further to acquaint you that they will readily assist the Guardians with their advice upon any state of facts which the Guardians may think proper to report to them in reference to this case . i ( Signed ) E . CBADWICK .

      Untitled Article

      A . Lawyer's Bixi .. —The NottinghamBeviev of last week has a verbatim copy of a lawyer ' s bill in an undefended action in a Court called the Pe--veral Cotat , in that county , for £ 2 ; and the costs ( even « s tstxed by . the protbonptary ) amount- to £ 12 4 s . 8 cL What would the-rasts nave amounted to , if tbis : two pound ietioiy of debt had been defended ? And what wiihthe ^ Waitittff have to ¦ bay bis lawyer for tartra costs ? Talk * of " the gloHJous nncertainty of the iaw , ' ^ ii&eed ? Why , it is certain that if yon-go t * i * wy pay you must , win or ose . " - ' - ..:-,- - ¦ " ;

      Untitled Article

      ¦* < li ? 5 * M& *? & ~ -ty'V 9 * X ** c *' - ^ y ?* ^ informed that a merchant from the continent is now sojourning : at ' tAnnesley ;; Nottinghanwqire , for the purpose of procwribjj a ireight of ^ onkeys / ,- . : / i WreckofthjbSsie Athabaska and Loss op illTHs ; Crew , fitc . —This shjp , commanded byjCapt . Nesfieia , sailea , on Saturday v- -week for Quebee . ~~ Tkemod which ; wa ? then ^ N . W .,- ; witn a ligbt breieze , freshened , iitf the cQirrse of tbe night , and j ^ e ye trtedi he r and the vessel * that sailed with her , from making much way . It Was high all Sunday , increased during the night ,, and on -Monday blevv a , gale . The Scociafor Demerarabue of "the vessels Wnvp ^ A't'i ^ 'irr : t-. ^ i :-. A : l' : r , M ^

      , , that sailed with the Athabaska , sunr , -on 'Sunday night , in attempting to run into Beaumaris Bay , her crew escaping , fortunately , to the land . La Roi Hamedon ^ French barque , for Natites , jpas driven on shore , on Monday triorning , nbar Ly tbadi . The Resolution , for Quebec , ; kept out , during the day , and ran initjo Liverpool on Monday night . The Athabaska which had been seen , we believe , by the Resolution , in the course of the afternoonj in want , we understand , of a pilot , must have been attempting to run in also ^ when she unfortunately struck on West"Hoyle . " " Her perilous situation was not

      discovered until near eight o'clock , oh Tuesday morning . She was tk'U dismasted , and the sea which fan very high , was making a complete breach over her . The crew were seen clinging to the deck , in momentary danger of being swept off by the angry surge . The life-boats from Hoylake and Point of Air , immediately put off , in the hope of being able to rescue the ^ ll-fated crew fro m from their ' -perilous situation . They did not however , succeed , notwithstanding their crews made " the most resolute and courageous exertions to reach the wreck .

      The Noetjhekn Star Saturday, April 28, 1838.

      THE NOETJHEKN STAR SATURDAY , APRIL 28 , 1838 .

      Untitled Article

      THE IN AND THE OUT TORIES : THE OUT-TORY MESS .

      The Out-Tones , by their recent Quixotic gormandizing excursion to our territories , have not much served their cause , neither have they evinced much political tact . Their josition . ... should have been that of perfect , quiescence , and neutrality . They should have allowed In-Tory , perfidy to have created a disgust even more strong than the bitter reminis cence of Out-Tory rule has imprinted upon every heart , which bleeds at the recollection of Orange

      sway and Church massacre in Ireland , Tory domination in England , and Tory usurpation and tyranny in Scotland , Doubtless the justdissatisfaction so strongly maniie .- > ted against In-Tory rule , in the North ; induced the champions of backward motion , to select our ground as the fitting field whereon to fight the battle of reaction ; "but how miserabl y must they have mistaken both our principle and their own strength , if for a moment they calculated foT Radical support upon the forlorn hope . They came —they saw—but they did not conquer ; and the only triumph of which they can boast , is , that the

      plunder of the people has added to the magnificence of their banquet . They doubtless supposed that a sprinkling of Radicalism would have graced their processions and added majesty to their festivities ; but in this they were di ^ appointied , for they stood alene in their glory , and , after all , what have they done ? Their object was doubtless to add to that disgust which the people feel for In-Tory policy ; and how do they u » e their force ? Do they , place themselves in a less odious light ? Do they in the event of regaining power , promise us better days , or hold out the hope of placing us in a better

      political position , rs o , hut they trumpet in cur ears the glories of a State Church , and the . necessary ascendancy of hereditary legislation . That State Church , which has been planted in our land like the Upn . ^ j in thedesar ' t , and which like the plant , has there sprung up , blasting and destroying all that comes withiaits pestiferous influence ; that State Church , which is a memorial of he lust , the tyranny , the inconstancy , the cruelty , and the brutality of the monster , HARRY ; that Church which is based upon the fascination of Annj Bolev'n executed for adultery ; that Church ,

      whose arms are the sword and the bayonet , quartered on the Bible ; that Church , whose base is blood , whose temple is money , and whose idol is power ; that Church , whose motto is ill will among men ,- arid salvation to those who worshi p at the shrine of Mammon with political devotion to the rule of terror . They preach the glory of hereditary Igislation : well they may ; for it has served as an impassable barrier on their behalf . Did they suppose that because the Radicals would not devote any unnecessary time to a Reform of the Lords ,

      while the Commons remained unreformed ; that we were , therefore , satisfied with the course of hereditary legislation ? They mistook our silence for consent , and have miscalculated upon public opinion op the question of hereditary legislation . We have but postponed , we have not forgotten it . We before observed that their gorgeous eatinghouse : ? were no proof of political strength : —that the circumstance of being fed at Leeds or elsewhere , was no proof of local Tory power ; inasmuch as the display was a national one , and the mustered squad

      of raw recruits came from afar to the battle of the knife , Those who were less acquainted than ourselves with Tory policy were crcctis aicribus , anxiously awaiting the declaration of repentance , and the announcement of a disposition to govern according to the necessity of the times ; but the confident have been disapoirited , and the resolute hat-e to mourn over the accuracy of their predictions . We remain where we were , while the Tories have disturbed their only hope , which was repose ; and festered those church and hereditary wounds which were

      becoming numbed by fresh and itching sores inflicted by our present rulers . At Leeds especially has the bubble burst . In what consists a triumph if no benefit is gleaned from it ? And , while oti Monday we hear the strength of mother Church trumpetted in our ears , on Thursday we behold the incomp etency of its supporters to appoint more of its officers than the single one , whose nomination rests with the vicar . Mr . Baines , a dissenter , proposes and earries , with the vicar in the chair , the . entire number of church-wardens , whose every feeling is

      diametrically opposed to the usurpation of a State Church ; If such be victory , Oh , kind and beneficent fate , multiply our defeats ^ we beseech thee ! The party must have drunk deeply from the cup of delusion , or they must have been intoxicated with the dregs of faction , if they supposed that ten thousand such exhibitions could gain them a recruit , or seduce a single veteran from bur ranks . Their minds must be as narrow as their system of representation , if they supposed thiat a wooden house , full of dogmas , could turn an oppressed people from their

      onward course * The effect of the whole tramping commission has been to lessen Tory power s and to expose Tory weakness . In their over-zeal for self gratulation and exposition , they forgot , or . they were ignorant of the fact , that many , very many , of those Tories uppn whose countenance . ' -. and support they calculated , are perfectly satisfied rwrith' that protection which In-Tory policy gives to their orderv The victims to union and labour protection ^ and the ascendancy which is allowedi to capital : - and mono * poly , are sufiRcientguatanteeatb the wealthy Tories ;

      and , perfectly satisfied ^ wh 6 only claim tike loaves : and fishes , which party protectwh yield , and who desire no share in policicai power , do not jpiii in disturbing the present o ^ er of things . "VV ^ at more could their OTJ T ^ riend ^ < Jp for them ttiaa their iw cronies have ijone P Nay , if out , the present meni would nof a ]^ ponents to cany a single measure uppn v whiph 4 ey now rest their claim .-to gcn ^ r tl ip ^ rovali - - j r It Is well U talk ct * tfe * t # O ^| a 1 rtfea ' ^ Mcketaj in a - wtll . ' ¦ It is weft to ¦ « $ ^ $ ti ^ m ^ & ^¦ &

      Untitled Article

      office , ^ a ia ^ an « of whetting the ; Whig appetite I * ?;* £ ? * H ? ? ^« P ^ n ^? ts i botletus remem Derthat ' the cotam « c ^ enVp ^ erer dir ^^ d to fte sttei gth ^ P ^ ^ y « _* tf that-is } r | qmred for the . acco ^ shtnent pif their views * mbreoveiy it > cnjiaish ^ id vest bur ; $ ^ ; r ^ ht , bv the assumptiori ^ f a f ^ e position , ; or even to ground it ; upon the false position bf our opponents . : The veteran WHAB . Nci . l ? EB , and the unfledged scionof the : House of WlNQHEtSEA , are not strong guarantees for an extension of popular rights ; ^ r

      and , thank God , their general national muster in the great cook shop at Leeds , did not much outnumber a small parish meeting to transact the most unimportant local business of the parish . Arouse ye , arouse ye , then freemen , and while you nobly contend against present Whig misrule , light your bat- - tie upon principle , and allow not a single foot of resting ground in the land to that faction , who have crimsoned the green fields of Ireland , with innocent Catholic blood in support of a ^ political Chareh . ' Set no faith upon the pror-ises of that party , who

      having in their proper person laid the foundation of your misery , would now coward-like , persuade you that they are your friends . What they have ^ not been able to effect , to insure the completion of their power and your subjugation , they recklessly join their own enemies in accomplishing . Can you then rest your hope of political salvation on men who are bound together by the strongest ties ofmonopol y , usurpation and injustice , and who would gather

      round them in support of their government , those whose best qualification to office would be an unconquerable aversion to all who live upon their labour , and demand protection foT its support ? Radicala , your strength is in your union , your power in your roiee , and your success in your perseverance . But above all , pray take heed that in avoiding Scylla you fall not upon Charybdis . God and Union be with you , and preserve you from the whole host of your enemies . No Tory Union ! As well may the lamb with the tiger unite , The mouse with the cat , or the lark with the kite .

      Untitled Article

      POOR LAW COMMITTEE . Twenty-two reports bare been made to the House of Commons of the evidenee \ given before this Committee , by various individuals , as to the operation of the New Poor Law Amendment Act . Through some mismanagement of our London agent , we have not received thefirst five of these reports . Seventeen of them , however , now lie upon our table—as many as would make a very large folio volume . We shall have less trouble in doing full justice to this huge mass of documents in a very short space than might

      have been expected . One would naturally have supposed that a Committee , appointed to inquire into the operation , and working , and practical effect of this Act , would have found it both necessary and convenient to direct their inquiries , in the first instance , to the parties for whose benefit the Act purports to have been passed . We were told that this Act was to do great things for the poor , —it was to elevate their social and moral condition , —it was to make them more industrious and more "independent , " —it was to relieve them from all the hardships and

      oppressions practised upon them under the old system )—and introduce them to an entirely new state of existence , in which they should enjoy a feeling of comfort and (( independence , " arid , ( by necessary consequence , ) of content and happiness , ol which they had no previous conception . We , and others , knowing the principle of the measure to be pure despotism and heartless tyranny , denied the possibility of the corrupt tree ' s bringing good fruit .

      We read , villany , and fraud , and robbery , ( arid murder , - whenever it might be thought expedient , ) in . fivery form and ljnprunent of the HeH . i » onster ; and therefore onr protestations , long , loud , and incessant , against the introduction of this ¦ " aboini nation of desolation , " were continued until the country was aroused , in some slight degree , from thG torpor into which it had been lulled by the stupifyi . ng angel of Whiggery . The outcry for Repeal icraniB so Vehement that it reached the adder-ear ot

      Government . They were boldly accused of having attempted to cheat a "confiding people by giving them poison under the name of medicine , and destruction in the guise of " amendment / ' With a serpent-like cunning which is essentially characteristic of their faction , the crawling Whigs when they perceived the expression of . public opinion becoming too powerful to be borne down , parried the blow , which must otherwise have annihilated them , by the wriggle of enquiry . "A . committee should be appointed to enquire into the effects and operations of the New Poor Law Act , and to see whether it merited the abuse which had been

      heaped upon it , or whether it had not caused nil the poor of the respective neighbourhoods into which it had Tieen introduced , in all the efficiency of its sanatory influence , and the fulness of' its powers of renovation , to realise all the visionary prospects of Eldoradad . " Loud and confident were the appeals of the Whig Candidates at the late elections , ro the expected labours of this Committee , which had been recently appointed . We were confidently assured that it would be proved by the result of investigation to have been " a gTeat

      boon to the poor . " It was reasonable , thcefore , to suppose that the poor , who had been made to enjoy thebenefit of the " boon , " would be the first to whom the donors would appeal in support of their patriotic measure . It was natural to expect that the mouths of "brawling demagogues , " and " moral incendiaries" would have been s topped at once , by bringing before the committee numV . e r .- ? of tbe poor who had felt the blessed effects of the law , and to whom it had proved the means of domestic comfort and social

      salvation . We had a right to expect that honest countrymen from the agricultural districts would be brought before the Committee to state the amouut of their increased comforts in consequence of its operation . This would , at least , have given to the enquiry an air of seriousness . Instead , however , of this , we find no fewer than seventeen out ' . f the twenty-two reports occupied with the evidence , of sundry tramping pauper-locusts , in the shape of Assistant Commissioners . At least we have no doubt

      that this is the case . We have already stated that the first five we cannot refer to . We find the sixth to begin with the evidence of " EdVard Gulsqn , Esq ., again called in , and further examined , " Now we fancy that our readers need no great stretch of intuition to find put what the evidence of these gentlemen is Hkely to be . They are receiving out of the rates salaries to the tune of some £ 1 , 500 > year each , ' besiae 3 extravagant travelling charges , whenever their predatory occupation leads them tb tramp : from one parish toanbther . They , of course ,

      Imd ^ the $ rpyPoor Law' a pretty gbod : soft of thrng . Of course Mr : Hall is bf op inion / that < « a virtuous , industrious , good labourer , who , from sheer neeesr sity ; and froln circumstances over which he had no ( j oirtrbl , is ; driven to accept of the workHouse , ' as a nieans'bf relief , has no just ground of comp l ^ rat tiiat t / vi 5 \ B ^ the'oft / y alternative of starvatioTi , ^ 'He fouhds this opinion on the fact that " there is an

      eifaeMtppfy of all his physical ' waiita : proviaea for him at the expense bf other persons . ?^ ' Wh y ^ What an tinblushirig front this Pevil-King Ijas I To t ^ lk of itt ' ihe physical v > d ^ tf < the p < wp * being e ^ el ^ s ^ lt ^ -MMet a ' -systeTSi whicli sStorAs so adiDMrailg ^ aafliastrafion * # tWff mode of Supplying pebplS ' s ^ B ysical w"ant « , "; .- ' akt . . ttfoe- ' -Bn ^ g ^ ^ watct 0 » iOnj wlierp , accprding t ^ tte te $ tjnroDT of

      Untitled Article

      Mr ; Bowbn , almost 40 persons were deliberately and wilfully f elled out pf . existed t ^ say , in plain / English , poisohed- ^ -murdered in a fewweeks . If this ! he the way in wbicn Mr .. "Hill ; lniecde us to understand " tlie entire supply of afl . the * paupers' physical / wants '' we can readily see thrit his' complaints might soon cease , but must still recognize their justice . This fellow goes : on ; afi ^ r some more enlafgexaent on the special virtues of the Act , especially as to the Bastardy Clausea , i * say that " bpth in the manufacturing and agricuitural . districts , where the law been introduced , tie ' ¦¦ * T a ' ' « . ' * - ' _ . " : ¦ - ¦ " ¦ - . -- ¦ . " - ¦ . ¦ 7 " . ...

      labouring classes are ^ decidedl y more satisfied with the rfew . law thin the old i—that ttey find their cotfdition on the whole better j and that they ^ du& rather that the present system should go . o * than that they should revert to the state of things ; which existed immediately previous to his going " into Berkshire and Oxfordshire ; ( that is , immediately after the passing of the Poor Law Amendment Act !) that they get more work , and their employers ate more kind to them . " Now , why , if these thingB be •? o , did not the supporters of this lying measure bring some'bf these " labouriDg classes" to tell their own story ? What satisfactory reason can be assigned for neglecting to secure to this great national " Booh" so signal a triumph as would have been thus afforded it ? " Was it from a principle of

      economy ? Were the cheese-parers afraid to put tae country to the expense of bringing up a few agricultural labourers to London , and a few weavers and woolcombers to bear them company , in order that they might confound the " incendiaries , " by estaDlishing the humane and benevolent character of the New Poor Law ? Why , fifty of them would h ^ ye been conveyed for less expense than the one single suspicious-looking witness in the shape of an Assistant-Commissioner ! The truth is , they dare not send for an intelligent , honest , working man on w . hom the fell tenors of this dire "Boon" have been allowed to fall . Thus is insult added to tyranny and the country is asked to believe that the labouring classes are deli ghted with this infernal ^ law , because , a creature who receives an enormous

      consideration for his trouble in doing so , ehuses to say that-some of them have told him something of the

      sort . This testimony of Mr . Hall , as to the improvement of the condition of the labouring classes , in . consequence of the introduction of the New Poor Law , is . admirably supported by that of another locust , named Daniel Goodson Ade ^ , EsqJ This being , in whose district the Ampthill Union is situated , gives his evidence before the Committee j especially in answer to the queries of Mr . Fielden " , with all the careless ease and sang froid of otte whose cake is of a large size , and well buttered . Speaking of the dietary in tbe Amptbill Union , which amounts to 90 ounces of bread , 10 ^ pints of gruel , 12 ounces of meat , 4 ^ pints of broth , 4 | pints of soup ,: 14 ounces of pudding , 3 Ibs ' . of potatoes , and 4 ounces of cheese , for an able-bodied man , for the whole week , Mr . Fielden asks— V

      5 / 09- Have you heard any complaints by the able-bodied Liboiirers of the dietary g iven in the Ampthill lrorkhonse being insuflicient for tnexr maintenance ?—So , I have nat ; 1 was there , I think , just before Christmas , and there , were then some able-todied labourers in the workhoTise , and tKejr knewnie , and they made no complaints to me , and 1 did not seek for them . 5770 . 1 ) 0 you think trie dietary there described , is sufficient fur a labouring man to be sojjported on ? . As a magistrate I have been in the hdbit of visiting the gaol of St . Alban ' s , and

      have there Been able-bodied labourers live upon l | lbs < ot bread a day , with , water , and 1 have found them , at the end of twa years , in perfect good healtli . 2 have ho doitbi that that dietary is siifljcient , _ . ; ' ¦ 577 iJ . Then have you thought it to be necessary to make inquiry as to what' the amount of food should be to be fuinished . to an able-bodied labourer ? - ^ In looking at those dietaries genwully , I tmdihe . vjhcAfc qunTitity of food amotinting to so nijiny ounces , and that it is higher than ia allowed in the gaol at St . Albun ' s , where I had always seen tlie inmates in perfect good healtli .

      A few other of tb . 13 worthy s answers are well worth noting : — . ' ¦ 5776 . -Do the aged and infirm prefeTliving in the workhonse to living ' at home?—i huve never asked them their opinion , but . I sliuuldsay tlie bulk ol' them have no home at all , and no friends . - 57 feO .. Have you in yonr travels in that union visited tbft cnttages of the poor , in order to see in wriat state they are as to their fnrniture and bedding ?—1 visited a great many of the cottages before I formed tlie unions ; and i am quite aware that they are in a most wretched and deplorable state j they weru theu , and 1 have no doubt that they are now . " '

      5781 ; Have any of them been obliged to sell their furniture in order that they might subsist since the union was formed ? —Lam not aware of such cases , bat 1 understand that the pawnbrokers' shops have a . guod inany articles in them . 57 i ? 2 . But if you had been in the habit of frequenting those houstw , vvoiiJd not -jau be told by the inhatitants oi those houses what their state was , arid be able to sso with yonr eyes vvhut the condition was ?—If you mean to ask me whether t h-. ive iksked poor people whether they were in a state of distreas , I never have , because I XEVER SEEK OUT FOR DISTRESS ^ tut 1 yant distress to seek me out , and therefore , 1 have . not , ought out them . '

      Here , then , is proof as strong as tbe niost fastidious can desire , that this pet law was intended * to raise-the character , and elevate tbe condition 4 nd increase tlie csmforts of the poor . Here ial ' tbe proof . One of the most haughty and best paid of the myrmidons by whose infamous labours this Apt is carried out , laughs evidently in the face of theCjomm ittee , When they talk of his seeking out distress . j . He seek out distress I "No , no , he nas other bwiaess . Hh'hwjiness is to pocket £ 700 or £ 800 a year , which is-wrung from the bowels of that distress , and leave the distress to seek him ! : Let us * for a moment leave this haughty and * insolent ; funetLonary of " the Devil ' s own" to pay some little attention to one who did go to seek ^ oufc distress . Our readers recollect a letter from Mr .

      James Ttimer } who , at the instance of tnat . tnie Patriot , Mr . John Fielden , has been in the Ampthill Union for the purpose of affording to the Committee , of which Mr . Fielden is a menaber , the information , whicb . though , it is first ; - of all necessary , is most of all feared by those m'lia were most forward to prate about the enquiry . . Mr . Turner , being questioned by the Chairman ,.. gives the following statement of the result of his . enquiries in this Union .

      5853 . But you describe SO or 40 in the parish of Ampthill , tfait were entirely out of employment for a period of from , three to sixweeke ; did those people apply for relief to the ; BoslTd of Guardians ? - ^ Not . to a vpry great extent . . 58541 Why did they not ?—Because it was of no use whatever to apply . : ¦ . "¦¦¦ . - ¦' -.. ¦ : ¦' '¦¦ : ¦ - " ¦ -. ¦ . " ' :: : . 5655 . VVhy was it not ? - ^ -The impression : rn their min ds was , " ! We have no patish now , ft is-of no use to apply for relief now , though we are out of work ; " sp . that , though . ther vvcre suffering the distress which ! have now riamed , they did not choose to go to the Board at all , because they did not lik « to go to the workhouse , and it was a well understood thing that it was either the workhouse , or no tAief atall , _ 58 a 6 ; \ Yaa their distress very great T ^ In some instances it was very great , worse than 1 ever saw in my life . .. ¦ .-..-' 5857 . Were you in the workhouse ? - ~ l was . ,- " ^ the aled to be

      5 S 58 . pid you observe whether people-appe healthy br unheaithy in the workhouBe , or whether thete wa » ¦ a sufficiency of rootlY ^ Not » aufficiency of fooa ; . theduloxen of nine or ten years of age certainly looked the best * because the cMdren of nme y ^ are of age had the game aUovrance as the grown-up persons . -. ;; . ; -, " ;^ : : ;; . ' ji 5861 . Supposing them to have been few or many , ; what wsa the appearance of their health ?—Their appearance wak not good . ¦ . ' .. -- '" . .. . ¦ . ' :. ; ¦ - . ¦ : ? . ¦ '; ; ' ¦ : ; ' . ' .: ' : ; ., ' [ V ' ' . Yr . ' 5862 ' . Did you hear compl ^ nfs of the insufficiency of the food ?— Not ' vrkfle they were iri , Mt always when theijrtame out ; everyindifidual that Lsaw ; ^ whea theyjeame ^ out , when I asked them abont their food , always ' said that the solid food was good ; they Hid noi fini'lanlt with' the ^ qu ality ^ ; 6 f ; it , but the quantitj ¦ ' ; but-every individual that 1 saw said that the worst day was Friday , when theyfiad only 14 onncea . 'of pn < i dinglbrdinner . ; . ; , ;;; , ::, " . " . : , . .

      So much for . the contirmatioa which the ' ' . poor paupersof the Ampthjll Uniqri afford to MrtAisistant Commissioner Hall ' s statement of . / ' « j » entire ' supply of all the ' physical ' wants o& the pauper . ' * Some folks ; and vre amongst the rest ^ have supposed fbbd to he £ p hysical' want' ' : ^ comm on to ordinary pauper ^ in ¦ a wbryjousej as meiX ^ ti the bramping paupers \ im % -- ^' . ' ; '' ' 8 plfendottt .- -. '( 4 & % - "Vaf the wjagesbf iniquity . TtSeems ^ New Foot Law has iritfodne « d also . 4- ' hew -sfoteia

      of pbysicsy an * we are soinewhafc behihd'the niarck of t& ^ age ^ ; We Had s purposed ib ^ jftfg bbme iidxtd rabfe extraitsfTbm ^ e ^ dei ^ Sf ^ 3 RSr 2 < 3 K S . Vv itiybte i ^^ efiXev ^ 'm ' ' ^ xkw e ^ . if * liave not done \ yr ^^ Mpii ^ d ^' i : W ^ i ^ o } ' deKcfbae &sh ; bf ^ rt ^ i - ^ WaBTiel ^ ^ fafonU a ^ taste v ^^ M '^ l ^ -c ^^ ^ ni ^^<' : ^^ - ^ / : . _' - ¦'

      Untitled Article

      ' M ( X V ' V of Apkh . ; 28 , 1838 . . . , . ¦ . . ¦¦ .: ¦ * ^ ^ fllt ^^ fe ; .:: :.: i ; : ; , ; , ; , .. ;; . .. ^ - ; . > , ;• ,.,: ^ l :. ; - j ;; ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ T ^~ m ^ mm ' ^ ^ ^^

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 28, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct346/page/3/