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y~f ! 1 , in his &reser, sad was fully' colosaiifed to ilorsentonger hose gust he lobe Wend at the neat Surrey Assizes. leseenfliy • very genteel young ma., calliug Ishesself Richard Paratinter, and staling he was a modest in physic, atellededlollore als• Richard Boner, to newer to a complaint preheat! by Mr. Harr* a pawnbroker, In the Strain. It appeared from the statement of Joseph Burgess, shop- Malida Ms. Harris, that a •watch•chain, with seal mid key Stashed, woe offered to pawn by Mr. P. to a lad in the shop; the lad took it to Burgess is a bark room, who, bevies (re quest!' had similar articles .preseated, tried the chain, he. with aquafortis, and found that it was not gold. He then Nest iato the shop, where he found Mr. P., whoM s he Aced If the chain was his; he replied that it was. The *borne laded him bow much he wanted on it, he replied live gui neas; the 'bootees asked if it Was gold, Mr. P. answered, ▪ Yes, certaiely ;" and added, t h at he had just been to • jeweller's shop, and they kid offered 6 or GI. on it in goods. The nommen then told Mr. P. that the chain was not gold and *gala asked him to whota it belonged, or where he had purchased it ; he said he did sot know, for it belonged , to his &other. The doping then told Mr. P. that be should de raii the chain fill his brother came forward. Mr. P. desired tp have it, but the shopmae resolutely refused. Mr. P. then went away but soon returned, paying be had been to Bow street, isd that Mr. Harris or his shopmsn mast attend with him. The parties accordingly cause together to the office. Sir Richard Biraie 'eked Mr. P. what shop in the Strand he fad iamb Inquiry tett, the worth of the chats ? Mr. P. re plied, at the corner of lledford.street. Sir Hielsarol said he ken, the proprietor, Mr. Aelaato, sad "maid seed to he accordingly seat Ellis, the officer, io inspaay with Mr. P, Mr. Harris, and Bargees, to Mr. Iheldesik; they soon farmed, sad Ellis reported that Mr. Inkleas recollected Mr. Perniater*esllisa at his shop, sad nowise him a watch chain, are. and luting bim the value, 04140100del at the chain, sad believing from the appear. one &or it 'war gold, he answered that it *is worth di. or 64,1%04 fie wes'Wery busy at the time the inquiry svastailde, and had sot time to examioe the chain minutely. Me Harris said that be wished to have the mailer itiverfl- Oita by the Magistrate, as he had lost malty pounds by advancing money on watch.ebsins, neck.cbains and seals, appearing at arse view to be gold; that many of the trade bad him deceived by similar articles, and it required very great care to guard against the deception. Many of the chains, &c. that had been pawned at his shop, were so well got up that they would stand the aquafortis at the ends, whore they were most likely to be tfied, and it wee only by the meet careful inspection, and a strong application of the spirit, that the inferiority of the metal could be aseertaindi tool thlit be (Mr. Harris) really thought that the chain sow produced, with its appendages, were made up for the pur pose of deception. Mr. Parraioter persisted that he was entirely ignorant of the clothe being other than gold; that it was not his own, byt belonged to hiskrofber, who had occasion to raise • little money on it. Sir Richard Birnie seat Into the clerk's office to know yelsother Mr. Perminter haul made application respecting the deterotion of. his chaia, and it ammeter! that Mr. Parasinter had been to Mr. Richmond, one of the clerks, to state his complaint, and that Mr. Richmond had desired him to re quest Mr. Harris to attend before the Magistrate to explain the matter. Sir R. Birnie said, that certainly there was no evidence * to stew that Mr. Parnsioter knew the watch-chain to he other than gold, enertheless he considered it to he his duty, fur age protectioa of trade, to 'detain Mr. Parnsiater until be brought 'forwerd his brother and wan respectable perms to 'peek to his clammier. In the evening Mr. Parminter's father appeared, and stated to Sir R. Biraie that he remembered seeing the chain in queetion in the possessin of his other son (Olio is under ar ticles ro an architect), and that he had no doubt his son who hid offered to pawn the chain, had received it from his brother. Sir R. Birnie said he should hive liked to see the brother, but as Mr. Harris did not wish to proceed further in the tt. sines., he should liberate ler. P. just., and should direct Mr. IHarria to keep the ihaie instil the person said to be the 'owner should come 'fotwltrd to claim it. • hi ARY-LE•BONE OFFICE. Yesterday two lade, wowed William Dalton and Jam .Reserson were brought from Mary.leDoee witchhouse by Sellars t he constable, 'charged with a daring attempt of eobber;. Mr. Besjossin Moses slated, that he resides at N 0.23, Hanway-street, Oxford-street, and keeps a jeweller's shop. iAboat eleven o'clock in the marling the two Primmer. were observed looking in at the window, who's the Prise:um Dalton took eat a knife, began monolog the potty, and starred the glass, inside of 'flitch were a'number of moat vs !amble articles. From information which his servant gave him, he instantly ran out, and, with the assistance of • neigh. hour, secured the Prisoners, and conveyed them to the wstch•bouse. In their defencettsey said they merely looked in at the win dow for curiosity. They ewe fell, emenitted for trial. I I 1 p N I! '.l r F r SERIOUS ACCIDIffIT. Last motaidg, abut huff-past len o'clock, se Mr. Joist }lei Smith, of 13, New-street, Spring-gardens, of the bootee or Smith, Payee, snd Smith, was driving up the Stroud i■ his gig, the horse took fright Am opposite the Crows sad Anchor T , ran immediately ow the Sag-sloes, mid op. twelve EIPIPI street the gig came against a post, 'which tore it to pieces ; the shafts broke, and Mrs Smith and ►is were throws out moat violently sod to • considerable 'dis. liars. The servant wu severely ►orl (having received a severe blow on the brad, which laid bare the skull), and was taken up and conveyed to the hoses of M . Powell sod Radnor, in Surrey-street, Strand. Mr. Smith, we are happy to my, ►eceived but trifling idjury. The horse set off is full spsvd, and ran hie head completely through Mr. Thomas's (vi:vervuith and jeweller, 211, Wood) window, and the. tell on the stout. apparently lifeless fdr sortie time. ME LA NC HOLY ACCIDENT. About ems o'clock in the evening of the 23d August, Patrick Maguire, a lad of about sixteen years of age, 'tied Jobe Young, a very 6oe boy of six years old, who bad ac companied him to a field sear Lisburn, to a cow's tail. At first the animal moved slowly forward, but soon, as it ap. pears, became Waned, by the u I weight appended to her tail, and ran furiously along the road, till slopped by the driver of a mail coach. Maguire, as was proved cm the inquest, called in vain to'soune passengers on the highway to slip sh e cow, which rnahed violently through t►s trsenprlte oil the Hillsborough real. Before the arrival of the miadl. coach, the poor child, contowil and mangled by percussion on the pavement, had expired. We are informed that the mother was jest returning from Belfast, adieu abe met the cow dragging the lifeless corpse of her son on the highway, sod was thrown into a state of distraction, in which the still contiuses. Maguire has fled. Ile is a lad of about live feet high, stout made. 'with a downcast countensoce, and bad on when he disappeared as old artillery cost and woollen hat. An Inquest was ►eld on the body by Mr. Henry Allen, Coroner, which biked, " That the said John Young came by bin death in cossequeoce of haviugliees tied to a cow's tail, the properly of John Woods, by Patrick Maguire, and that the said tying was not through malice, bet youthful Marker tence of said Maguire."—(Beffest News Lefler.) MERTINGS OF CRRDITORS AT TAM COURT OF COMMISSIONERS OF BANKRUPTS, TO-agossow. U. li. J. Booneit, jun. Crichnictor, coal-mer.haot...ss•••. 3 II G. L. Whatley, Cbeltirahat, imosei.scrivestar ...- A II J. Jamas, Wood•street tea-daaler $ I G. Robinson, London-road, coal-dealer T. Davies, Whilechapet, baker T. and S. Golding. Ditto., paper-ataaufacturers I 30 i'. C. and T. Fletcher, Queenhithe, coal-sserchsak I 11 T. Poole, Heston, deskr . T. Rote, Regent-street, wine and brandy-snerchant S II 'F. Sharp, late of Cbeapaide, peoley.osak I 111 T. Norma, late of Bisbopsionit, ekestaaatars 1 1$ DIVIDEND. J. Evans, Sheerness, haberdabb — er -- 11 - mantattgal• If a it 'THE TURF. BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S, SaMagna 5. DONCASTER !T. LEGIEIt. 4 to '4 apt Swap 42 to 1 apt brotber to 9 in 1 eget Manaaat Aotouio 9 to qat Ajax (rates) 45 to 1 apt Marini 19 to 1 apt Marcella I3oto 1 apt Tboadoce 40 to 1 aptGaecoipie 130 to I apt Pilisrlie. NEWMARKET IT. LEGER. Even Oa Haves I 2 to 1 agst Postilions 3; to 1 kgst Pastille. PONIVIIIACT "C 1131.0 Cif'. 2 to 1 apt Euphrates. WARWICK RACES. tursDAT, greTIIIIIIIER 3. Die Majesty's Plate of 100 gs. Four toile bests. *r. Plevpultit's gr. h. Arbotos, 0 yrs old, list. 615.. I I D. of Itichowsd's ch. h. Carbooaro, 4 yrs, 104. 41b. 2 1 Mr. Oriides ch. h. Plate's*, 4 yrs old, lOst. 41b.... 3 3 The'Gsy Stakes of 50gs. earl, h. ft. for three yrs old. (Wit Sebsaibers). Oise mile. Mr. Sadler's cb. c Usquebaugk, 8.1. 4111 1 Mr. Tomes's b. f. Fair Phalli, Sat A Hunters' Sweepitakeo of 1084. cach. Two-mile beats. Mr. Platefe b. g. Sisk, by'Orville, S yra.'llst. 41b... 1 1 r. C. H. Bracebsidge's b. se. Amusement, 5 yrs old, 1 Ist. 4111 Sir D. Swaythe's b. g. by Election, 5 yrs, 1141. 41b 3 dr A Sweepstakes of 55.. each, witb 561. added. Two-mile bests. Mr. Sadler's b. us. Pasturella, 4 yrs old, Sat. 91h. 1 1 Mr. Frye's els. h. Dr. Eady,s yrs old, 9.1. 131 b 3 5 Mr. Carefree b. b. Fitzorville, aged, gat. 111 h. 2 3 A Sweepstakes of sge. each, 150. ft. for 3 yr olds. Two mike. Mr. Sadler's ch. e. by Usquebaugh, Bst. 21b. Mr. West's b. f. by Martnion, 7st. 101 b. DISCIDAY. Oold Cop of 1005.. and 1511 g.. is speck. Twesty-ivt Sub. scribers. 1084. rack. Four miles. Lord Stamfurd's b. c. Peter Lely, 4-yrs old, Sat. 3111 1 Lord Craven's b.... Less. 5-yrs old, Sot. 111 b Mr. Mills's b. g. Spores, 5-yrs old, Sat. 11Ib Lord Oxford's b. g. Glas, 4-yrs old, B.t. 1 lb 4 Lord Clonetere b. k Beaker, dirs 01d,0tt.511. 'Firmly others were draws. A Sae race. Misidea Plate of SW :given by the Members of the Borough. Twu Mile locate. Mr. Nadler's b. h. Hedl.y,4 yrs old, 84.31 h. .... 7 1 1 Mr. Boberla's b. c. Gallivanier, 3 yrs old, 75t..... 1 4 2 Mr. Findon's br. c. The Beton, 4yn old, list. Sib. 2 2 dr. Poor were draw■ crier the first and second heats, and one was distanced. A well-contested race. The Town Subscription Perse of 501. Two mile heats. Mr. Pryae's eh. h. Dr. Eady, 6 yrs old, 9st. 11Ils. 2 1 1 Mr. F. Charhoe's ch. h. Plumper, 5 yrs old, est. 11Ib •••4 1 2 2 Mr. Ruhrrts's h. c. Brozash.4 yrs sold, Bst.lllb 3 dr. Fire were entered, but Daly three started. PONT}PRACF SePTESIBEIt MEETING, 1822. TIMSD•T, IllterlDllltll. 3. Sweepstakes 0120 gs. each, with 201. added, for horses of all ages; three year old to carry 651.91 b. ; four yetr olds, Sot.; five year olds, 8,1. 91b. ; six year olds and aged, 9st. Mares allowed 31b. and the winoner of • Plate, Sweep. stakes, or Subscription, Ibis year, to carry alb. extra. Two Miles and seven furlosp. Sir R. K. Dicks' ch. g. Euphrates, by Ottis,6 yr. (Robinson) Mr. Lambloo's gr. h. Dirosiadoe, 5 yn old 2 Mr. Houltimorth's cb. c. iCataliers, by Certierus, 4 yrs 3 Lord Fit:with:no', b. c. Rosicrocian. by Sorcerer, 4 yrs 4 Won easy.-5 and 6t04 on the field. Sweepstakes of 30ga. each, 10gs. R. foe three-year olds ; colts, dot. 31b.; fillies, est. Oise sulk sod three-quarters. Lord Scarbrough's b. r. Regalia, Brother to Curonotion 1 Mr. Wright's b. e. Mr Walton, by Walton Sir W. M. Slilaer's MAN Angler ) , by Walton The following shoo Marled, but were not placed : Mr. Dominos's b. c. by Dos 'Cossack, dam by Saocbo Mr. Haworth's gr. c. Rowiston, 'by Camillus, out of mepb's dam Mr. Pare's br. L by Amodio i oat of Fitzorville's date Mr. Houldsmorth's ch. f. Catherina, by Walton V Sir 1. Ilyog's ch. f. Lady Mary, by Amodio ed Lord Scarbrough's ch. f. by Rapbael—Cattosa's dam pd Lord Dnodas's gr. e. by Caroms, out of Melia/kiss pd Mr. Reed's ch. f. Miss Weotwortb, by Cervantes Mr. Gawrolgoe's eh. e. by Comas, out of Louisa pd Me. Cork's b. c. by Walton, oat of Offa Dyke's dam pd Mr. Booklet/to/Iles ch. f. Haider, by Congos, oat of Stamfdrdia to 1 apt /Aqaba s aad h antra to i apt Sir Wallms.-a• Won cleverly. Fifty Posado gives by the Noblemen aad Gentlemen in the neighlomorbod of Pontefract, for horses, lox. of all ages ; three yeir-olds to carryikt. 616.; four year-01d5,75t.1016 ; Cos year-olds, Sot. 61b.; six year-olds and aged, 9.1. Mares and geldings allowed 3lb. A winner of • 50L Plate, Much, or Stakes i• 1822, to carry 31h. extra, of two tolb„ aud of three fib. extra. Maiden horses on the day of rut Sowed 21b. is addition to the above allowance. Heats Iwo miles and • ball each. Lord Snirbrongli's br.c. Hyram,4 yrs. (0. Nelson) 9 1 1 Mr. Losibicia's W. b. Cavalier, 6 yrs old Mr. Sykes's b. e. by Cardinal York, 4 yrs old 3 3 dr NAVAL INMLLIGENCE. 'PORTSMOUTH, SCPTEMBiIIt 4. Arrived the Phileriss,Posigate, from Gibraltar; Orpheus, !Findlay, (rota 'the Doom► for the Isle of France and loo; Adams, CoAfira, from dune for the Soutb Seas; Fame, Nutt, from ditto for Gibraltar; and St. Ist_wreace, —, from ditto for Quebec. Arrisorra, Sminturit 3. Came in the Union, Kelly, 27 days from Prince Edward's Island; ■nd Speculation, Richardson, 30 alp tramtluebee. yAamovta, SEPTCMIAiII Y. The vessel mentioned yesterday as being on the Serohy Sated is the PeekHatton, Briggs, Trom Jamaica foe Leilb ; she I oft with the assistance of hosts frota_bease about seven last night, and makes bet little water. The reeklielt len had a Downs pilot ou board in charge of the who did not, however, think it safe fur her to proceed to Leith. WHITBY, SEPT CCCCC 3. Arrived the Lit, of Dunbar, from Grecoland, wills three *bales sod out romps, about sixty tons of oil ; left the ice on 'the 13th alt. ; reports the fishery to Lave been geoc rally bad. DEAL, SEPTEMBER 4. Arrived last sight sod sailed for the River the Princess Charlotte, Beaty, from Jamaica i and Filmy * Votress, Lister, from Oporto. _ . . Came do*. from the River last night and sailed the Phaeton frigate sad Cremeleon sloop of war for Porioneerli. Also come dowel sod relhaia the Ann, Atchesoo, for Dcme- Tara; and Priesda, Andrews, for Smyrna. Arrived to.day sad sailed for the Rfver the Ageaorea, Greenock, from Legbora, io 46 days. While the peasantry in the west of Ireland have bees dying for mow of work, the friends of the Marquis ot LONDONDERRY complain that he wits killed by being overworked. PRICE OF YESTERDAY. 3 per Ct.):is... Sun Old Annuities .... 81i NI per Cent. 924 New ditto New 4 Per Celli , — 994 Ez. Bills, 2 .... 1,0004 India Stock 230 3 4 pr. Ditto Bonds 47 49 pr. Ditto, 5ma11.... 6 pr. Lottery Ticket* itsti, IS Cons, for Ace, „ „soli OBSERVATIONS, SHEWIND THE MOST RPFECTVAi INR!t/lOD !'BAT CAN DE ADOPTED Tb RELIEVE PIRMANENTLV THE DISTRESSED IRISH AND SCOTVIsSI POOR, AND LOWER THE *OOR RATES IN ENG,LAND. BY JAMES MACPHIAIL.-1823. • Parliament being prorogued, and no►hing having been done that has a tendency to mitigate perma nently the sufferings of the poor oppressed peasan try in Ireland, or to better the condition of the English agricultural labourers, or to cause the Poor Laws to be carried into practice in Scotland, for the relief of the indigent poor in that country, agreeable to an Act .of Parliament passed in the 'reign of King lames VI., which stands untepealed, I wish the follovring observations to be geuetally known and considered : When a petition was presented to the House of Commons in July lest, praying for a poor's rate in Ireland, to relieve permanently the miserable coo dition of the poor Irish, unable to work, and to in duce the able peasantry of Ireland to stay at home, which would benefit the labouring classes in Eng land, it was reported that Mr. Hume (and other Members of Parliament) opposed the opinions of those tfbmane gentlemen who approve of poor rates, and said, he would refer to Scotland, where no poor laws existed, and where /tone of the scenes which are now passing in inland were ever exhi bited. He hoped that the poor laws would never be introduced tato Ireland, and that they would speedily be removed from this country, for he coo sidered them the greatest nuisance that ever ex isted." If this be the language of Mr. Hume, and his opinions, it appears he is unacquainted with the state of the poor in Scotland, sad with the salutary operations and effects resulting from the poor laws of England. He has either not heard of, or for gotten the miserable state of the poor in Aberdeen (the pipe which he represent.), only three years ago. The following is copied from a Report of a Committee in Aberdeen, appointed to inquire into the state of the suffering poor in that large town, in the years I 8 I 8 and 1819 : " In a place behind the Record 011ee your Cowiniittee found a population of 103 persons, more than thres-fourths of whom were confined to bed in fever, sad the others crawl ing about during the hitervals of their relapses, the whole destitute of the means to procure subsisleace or medicines, and their neighbours, in lila adjoining houses, iu a similar condition. The whole of the value of all the furniture and clothing belonging to these 103 persons could not exceed five potted's. It is true that is oo other part of the town did your Committee lied so slouch hums misery condensed in so small a place, but in many places of the town they found particular senses of family distress equally 'Meting. In 1819, the number of sew fevers Xras alarmingly great. Strong fears were expressed that if the fever got footing among the higher classes it would be more severely kit than among the pour. " By order of the Committee, " A. BKEBNER, Provost. " Catintil Chamber, Aberdeen, 1819." And besides this, only a few years ago, when provisions were dear and wages low, great numbers of the poor people io Glasgow, and iii other parts of Scot land, were in extreme poperty, andio a state of starvation, which caused fever and con tagious disease among theirs. The poor in Scotland and in Ireland, unable to work-, are always is a die. tressed, filthy, miserable condition, which would not be the case (for example, look at the poor in poor-houses in England, where they are only mo derately fed, clothed, and kept clean) if poor rates were levied and distributed, according to law, to those parts of the United Kingdom. Scotland cer tainly has poor laws, but those who ought to see them pat in 'pr e sence, agreeable to the law, neglect to do their duty, so that the debilitated poor are certainly in a state disgraceful to a oation profess ing Christianity. It is true that in a few parishes of Scotland the poor laws are partially carried into practice. That this is not au exaggerated account of the poor in Scotland (and the poor in Ireland s more nu. tnerous, are constantly 1u a deplorable state) must be allowed by every intelligent, impartial person, conversant among the poor in those parts of his Ma. ' jestv's dominions. !laving resided in Scotland and in kn g land, among the poor many years, not an idle spectator, I am fully convinced that there is nothing in the power of the Legislature, nothing in the power of man, which could so effectually keep down oppression, and permanently relieve the Irish and Scottish poor, and eventually benefit those countries, as a compulsory poor rate levied on tithes, land, and house rent s in equal proportion, to feed and clothe the poor. not those of them able to work s but the debilitated,- become so by the visitation of God, or by hunger and disease, caused by the op. pressioo of man. And I verily believe that poor laws and compulsory rates collected to support the indigent, instead of being a nuisance, are the most humane ever enacted and put in practice, and are agreeable to the Commandments of God—the pre cepts of the Gospel. It is true that the poor laws and poor rates in England are sometimes ttbused by impostors and the neglect of overseers; but that is no just reason why they should be abolished, or not extended to Ireland and Scotland, from which parts of his Majesty's dominions there are so many rich absen tees, who contribute nothing towards the relief of the famishing poor reared on their estates, from whence they draw high rents and tithes, which are paid by their poor tenantry, whom they also make pay the county rates and taxes of all kinds. Compulsory poor rates, equitably laid on, to feed and clothe the poor unable to maintain them selves, have no tendency to impoverish a nation, but to benefit it. This I am able to prove by ocular demonstration locally and generally, re garding the affairs both of the poor and iieh in every well-managed parish in England. Poo. rates, collected and actually applied to maintain the indigent poor, are expended only in the pur chase of the real necessaries of life, produced and manufactured in our own country. And as, agree able to the poor laws of England, every parish is bound to take care of and maintain its own poor:. surely it is for the interest of, and should excite *tits. habitant householders, and landholders to endeavour that none by idleless and immorality bring them 'elves to a state of poverty and pnuperism. And also, as the law does not prescribe the kiwi of food and clothing with which the poor are to fie fed and clothed, those who bring themselves t• pauperism by their own bad conduct, should oaf be qua, so. 1 :a k ~rrdr■ii~.~ taitiaty treated as those whose hehariour has been moral and industrious. Dr. Chalmers, of Glasgow, who for years has been devoting much of his time and talents as a writer t• get the poor laws repeated, Is a mere theorist on this important subject. He peeresses to be a mighty philosopher, and a sagacious, wise politician; he blames the Legislature for the regu lation of commerce, and for making Poor Laws which prevents oppression ; he is for leaving these things to the operation of nature; he is for inducing the labouring classes to succour and maintain the debilitated poor; he is for the clergy to reign se Kings, each in his own parish, to make laws for governing the poor people in it ; and, in fact, ac cording to his own account, or shewing, he (being allowed by the Magistracy contrary to law) does so in his own parish, by which the indigent are left in a state of oppression, and misery, dependant upon the charity of their poor relations and poor neigh. bouts. That this is a true narrative. I shrill prove by the Doctor's own writings. selecting only one case out of a number of similar onesl— . " A weaver, put into circumstances of difficulty b in a season of great depression, when the typhus fever made its deadly inroads upon his household. His distress was in the highest degree 'striking and no ticeable, and it may look atraiegvlhat no sessional movement was made towards thErelief of so ;Aim ed a family. • Out confidence was in the eyorptilliffit and kind offices of the immediat e neighboutpod. An outcry was, however, 'raised against as, ar4 we felt compelled for our own vindication to investi gate as far as we could, the amount of supplies that had been renaered." This scene took place at a time when it seems Dr. Chalmers had in his hand 66/. of " humble halfpence" given at the church door for the use of the poor in distress, by an even ing congregation, induced for this purpose to 'elm. rate themselves from the higher class of the people in Glasgow. If the middle and lower classes of people understood the nature and utility of the Scottish poor laws, they would net voluntarily put their money for the poor into the hands of Kirk Seesione, who dispose of it without control. Thus have I given a specimen of the "Civil Economy" of Kirk Sessions in Scotland, sanctioned by magis trates, and by the general assembly of prefessed Di vines, who have no lawful authority di interrupt the levying of compulsory poor rates, agreeable to the existing poor laws of Scotland. By Dr. Chalmers the beneficent poor lases of Scotland are disregarded, nor dues he in all his writings (on pauperism), which are calculated only fur the information of the learned class of - society, refer to the laws of God (which indeed condemns him), to try to justify his conduct. It is the opi nion of many that Dr. Chalmers had best attend to the instruction of the people in the knowledge of the law and gospel of God, "in season, and out of season," than to be spending his time in writing on politics, and about how and why the Poor Laws and compulsory rates ought to be extinguished. Let him follow the example of Christ and his Apostles. The poor in England have, at different times, in my remembrance, been saved by the operation of the poor laws from bodily misery and infectious disease; and thereby also the Legislature have been delivered from the impolitic but just iutrrference in granting money to prevent time destruction of thousands of the poor, which it seems would have been the case this year in Ireland, had not Govern ment, and the benevolence of the English people, contributed to their relief. _ The following is extracted from the Scottish Act of Parliament to prevent the poor from being dis tressed for want of food and clothing : w And, therefore, according to the ■umber of the poor, to consider what this needful subsistence will extend to; and the good discretion of the said provosts, bellies, and judge►, in aH parishes, and such as they shall call to them to that effect, to taX aid sleet the whole inhabitants within the parish, according to the estimation of their substance, without exception of person., to such-like charge sad eon. tributioa as shall be thought expedient and sufficient to sus tain the said poor people. Aid the same. of the lishabi. tants rated, together with their taxation, shall be registered; and at their discretion they shall appoint overseers ■od cut. lectors in every burgh, tows, sod parish, for the whole year, Tor the collecting and receiving the said portion. eked t►e stewards and bellies of emotion, and their bailie, over all the realm, and their deputies, shall see Ibis present Act put in due execution in all points within their jurisdictions re. sptctively, as they shalt answer to God and our Sovereign Lord thereupon" I believe that in the history of nations there is not recorded such a scene as has been exhibited this year in regard to Ireland. That unhappy country, made so by the oppression of man, and the neglect of many of the constituted authorities, in not teach ing and n..t seeing that the whole of the people in the United kingdom, under the authority of Govern ment, be taught their duty to God end their fel low.creatures. Committees and individuals have been begging from the people of England money to purchase austronance for the poor in Ireland, where there has indeed been no scarcity of cheap food, excepting potatoes : they are now begging old clothes to twill to the peasfutry in Ireland, to steep them from Wog 14070 in winter, •lid that at a period too when 'reticles of clothing are very cheap throughout the kingdom; "and !bile Vest numbers of Irish , proprietors of had, u•Okusen„ gentlemen,l;s4ps, and clergymen, absentees, ma living iu lams/ and worldly pleasure; so that it is evident that the miserable coudineors of the pour in Ireland is age caused by the visslotion of God, but by the iniquity of men of opulence and power, which mre bring down the jAgasents of the Al mighty upon our skilful koa, unless speedily averred by repentance rind at>!•udment of conduct. he London Tavern committee announces that " the apprehensions of famine in Ireland are ended," and they are now calling upon the public to be enabled to alleviate the diatrets which they say " must be felt by the' peasantry in Ireland iu the ensuing winter, from the general want of cloth. ill absolutely necessary for health and existence." , In consequence of this, • meeting, chiefly of ladies, was convened on the 28th day of August, at the Rev. George Claytou'a chapel, in the parish of St. bow to collect cast-oft' Nteoarsethned place o to f Mary, Newington, to consult and suggest means this meeting a person wa s inofwasoP hi m ,ck children d u e t e d o n h b e w y i w a t hoP1141:1:drr, pre.aw tod - t 4 poor pessantry rceiving her to be an Irish awmoaftein' wa inn m a tches, raga,eslt: d hir herlhat i n g o rt 7 f P eQ tr sent her to • congregation Of people then sitting for the purpose (ecumenists/ how to collect old clothes pseud to the poor in Ireland, For fear, I "PPeter or being committed Si. float, and sent borne to her native place, she protested she was not a beg. gar, but • seller . of matches: howev er . h ar i ng &mitred her that meant not to hurt her, but only .wished to try if the people assembled would have compassion on her, she followed me, and I pre. seated her to the assembly, but she was told by the Chairman that their intention was not to relieve the poor distressed Irish in England, bat those of them in Ireland, nevertheless betook her name and place of abode. About two or three years ago, it was enacted by the Legislature, that all Irish and Scottish poor, not haVing gained a settlement in England, should, if they became beggars, be sent home to their native country, where the poor laws are tint in operation. And it is reported, and I believe certain, that great numbers, espetially of the Irish poor, have been sent back ; which doubtless has aggravated the dis. tress of the poor in Ireland and in Scotland. I re. collect that a few years ago the Duke of Hamilton wrote a letter to the Earl of Liverpool for a grant of money from Government to alleviate the misery of the poor in Scotland. The substance of the au. swer which his Lordship returned to the Duke was. that the people in England maintained their own poor, and that it would he unjust to maintain the 'poor in Scotland out of the public revenue. This waa ow equitable answer; butt as the execution of the . laws are intrusted to the King, ought not his Mi— nisters to see that the poor laws of Scotland be car. tied into practice ? As the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland are united, sorely it is but just that Ireland should have the same poor laws as England, and the people of Scotland ought to he . compelled to put their poor laws into practice, or get s • repealed, and allow beggi ng , w hi c h i s nurhow • suffered in towns. It is computed that there Minot fewer than fifteen thousand Irish labourers in and about London ; and in other parts of England, there are great numbers. There are the means of greatly enhancing the poor rates, by throwing numbers of the natives of Eng land out of employment, whereby they become paupers. The want of poor laws in Ireland causes Irish people to flock to England, and take the chance of poverty and starvation, and of being sent home, because there is leas chance of avoiding such a state in their native country, as they have not the resource of poor rates to flee to for refuge, es the English destitute poor have. Ought not the consideration of these things to arouse the people of England to petition the Le gislature to lay a poor rate on the people of Ireland, that fertile, but neglected country. and for an en. forcement of the poor laws on the people of Scotland. which. if done, would greatly benefit the United Kingdom. And especially the Irish labourer+ is England should be stirred up by every lawful es pedient to petition Parliament for • poor rate is their unhappy native land. DAVIS'S STRAIT'S AND GREENLAND wHALE FISHERIES. AlClDiglf, AVOW? 3t. The anxiety occasioned by the unprecedented fa ears@ of the season at which there had been no arrivals either from Greenland or Davies Straits, was is some mestere removed by the arrival of two ships off Peterbead from these frsberies, yesterday toorniog. The versehi were the Alpheus, Doman, from Davies Straits ; aad the Alert, Penny, from Greitalawd. DAVIS'S STRAITS_ The Alpheus has 10 fish, 150 tees of eif, made his.fishiug at the south. east, and killed Lis lost fish on the 10th of Jane, bet has seen no fish since, owing to thick weathcr. Left the ice the oth ef August, passed Cape Farewell on the 11th, and reports the fullowin ships, which he saw going late Baffies Bay :- AlBERollll.—Alexander, Pieket,e4lh May, 4 fiat. PETSIMEAD.—HannibaI, Robertson, Bth June, 4 fish; Reselstion, Philip, 21st May, 1 Ash ; Superior, Houton, Bth Jose, 5 fish; Hatehinsos, 4th Jane,2 fish; Hogg, 17th May, 5 fish. Pillowraost —Eliza Swan, Bonk, 10th June,7 fish; Lon. dos, Burs, 10th /tine, 6 fish ; )fona►ch, Yawn, 25th May, 3 ILib. KIIIXALDV.—EarI Percy, Dovidsoo, 4th lone, J Gib. Ltrru.—Hoes• Cootie, Wallace, 48th May, 1 6.111 ; North Pole, Mare, 26th May, 4 fish ; Rattler, Slocklart, 16th May, 2 Ash. NINICASTLIL—BriIish Quees, Watt/hone, 22d Jane, 5 fish; Core, Palmer ' 23d June, 4 C I D ; L a dy Jour, Fleming, 2:4 June, 5 ash ; Eliza, --, 43d j i b. WHITIIIY.—James, QvieBlllN, 1811; May, 4 fish. HI Lt.—Abram, Commas, WA May, 2 Joh ; Nary Fran. ces, Wilkinome, nal May, 1 ask; Praire'', Illereer,lBlll3l3y, 1 Lab William, Hawkins, 21d May, 4 kb. GREENLAND. The Alevt,frout Greenland, brio, fish, abort 60 tuns or oil, but Captain Penny having brought no list ashore, rou:il give few particulars of the fishery, which be report+ gene. rally to have been err, unfavourable. The following sh,ri are, however,stateil from recollection. viz.— ABERDEEN —Dee, Craig, ti or 7 fish; Henrietta, Small, 4 fish ; Jane, Bruce, 7 or 8 Ash. PETZIUMAD.-15exterity, Robertson, 5 fish, 45 in1:11 oil; Eclipse, !Aster, 1 fish ,GI , Shand, 5 hit; Hope, Ho bertoos,4 fish, 65 twos oil; Jean, Reid, 3 1186,40 twos oil ; Mary. Thin, 1 Ash ; Perseverabana b beapaun, 4 6•lr, gods oil; Union, Mackie, S AA. Gazznocit.—John, Jackson, 13 81b, 140 tuns oil, the beat fished skip is the country. A wholsAsbing skip, with yellow sides and white painted boats, passed this place yesterday, to the southward. SURREY SESSIONS, SEPTSKIIIS 4. Maurice; Newman wen indicted fir ansawitiog &nib Stuart, • yuu•g girl about 14 years of age, with intent to commit a rape upon her. feCti of the case were proved by dye vitamin, tee the wife of the Primar at the bar. The Jury, after b abort consideration, fogad • verdict-- Guilty._ The CHAIRMAN, accompanied with a suitable admonition, paired the sentence or the Cunrt upnu the Prisoner—that be be imprektnesl 12 calendar niuuthu in !Liston Home of Cor rection. BIRTHS. Oa Tuesday, the 311 instant, at his house in gansfuld• street. the Lady of Sir Homy Floyd, Bart. of a daughter. Wedaesday, the 4th inst.. at H 01110044 la Seas, the Lady of William Heygate, Esq. M.P. sad Aldermaa, of a ion; and on the same day, the Lady of James Hesptr, juu. Lot. of a daughter. ♦t the - Lilltie Islead, Cloanel, the Lady of the Rev. James Norton. of a son and ►eir. At Marley, Devuu, on the 16113 ull. the Moo. Mrs. Brod rick, of a daughter. DEATH. In Newcastle, coo Sunday we'unight. is Low Friar-tore. Was Eleasor Harems, sister of Miss Catherine Barns, whose death took place is the preceding week. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Venial; 58 Alter 4. 1 Eweakei ft alter b. related sad Published at THE BRITISH PRESS aad THE GLOBE °See, No. It 7, Strand, by CHARLES CORNWELL, of As Strand. • ! %.44,