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VIEW OF MADRID.
IMnde ei.ti Madrid, talk el monde.
Whett Madrid is, let the world be silent.
sprint:di Prorrrb.
tht t4itorday the Messrs. Burford threw open their
her railornitia to thei.r. private friends, preparatory to the
„odic exhibition of itView of the City of Madßurforid, painted
ito drawings taken on the spot by Mr. It. rd.. A
bid, err view of a city of narrow streets, without any
publiC bilildB of architectural elegance, cannot he ex-
.D..,ted to forma fine picture ; and such, unfortunately, is
rtie casein the present instance. This, however, is not the
fijor of the Artist, and, if fidelity of delineation was the
only writ claimed by the. painters of this picture, they
sraWill be folly entitled to it ; they have, however, a much
!deter claim, in respect of its general execution, which we
shall more particularly notice hereafter.
The view of this metropolis of superstition and of in-
quiiiicrial as well as political oppression is taken from
the belfry of the church of Santa Cruz, whirl is
as nearly as possible in the centre of the city. The
view is most commanding, as it comprehends the
whole extent of the immense plain in which Madrid
is situated. The city itself is of au oblong form, from
Leth to south, about two leagues in circumference, stand-
ing ors several small hills on the banks of the Manzanares,
and 62,400 feet above the level of theses ; but the environs
nothing that is picturesrtue, being neither more nor
rjeto a sandy desert, which indeed extends to the
feat of the Gtiailarrama mountains to the west, and as far
as the eye can reach in every other direction. Whatever
thosighbouthood may have presented in the way of wood
in Le Rib of lloti Alfonso, who, in his " Libro de
ilantcria," describes it as well adapted for the hunting of
sip and other wild animals, front its extensive woods, at
the present day there is scarcely a tree,to be seen without the
walls, or indeed within them, exupt in the Passeo del Pr ado,
,r walk, on the banks of the river, spd the promenades and
Agouti of.the city. The only county in Europe that bears
&resemblance to this sterile desert is that which lies he-
wn the Elbe and Weser, up to Hanover, which, al-
-1100, even on the high roads, the ismil is nearly up to
the asletree of the carriage that is doomed to pass along it,
;4 sill enlivened with sonic fine towns and striking objects.
Is the whole horizon which bounds Madrid, however, there
is scarcely a village perceptible; Mr, though there are many,
they are so situated in the partial declivities as to be lost
to the eye ; while the river Manzanares, as represented in
the picture before us, appears of a most insignificant Oa-

La the &stance, on the Tine of the Guadarroma Nlottn-

uk.s, is shown the situation of the Escurial; but, as being
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&boat twenty miles from the city, it of course does not ad:
te",t of bring more prominently marked. With this im-
perfect outline of the surrounding country we shall now
mum to the belfry, which by means of a aiker key Mr.
Burford was enabled fur a period of three months daily to
• .

ascend, fur the purpose of making his drawings. By the
way, it cannot be denied that the artist at least had the

pod fortune to pass a large portion of his time in the
company of the bells of Madrid. We hope, for his sake, they
were not vtry communicative. During the occupation of
des city by the French a guard always occupied the place
in question as a post of observation, and certainly it was par-
ticularly adapted for the purpose. The first viz iking object
in the picture is the Carcel de Corte, or State Prison, a
red brick building, built in the reign of Philip the Fourth,
sod singularly handsome of its kind. It is certainly a

lino lar wide:lce that the moat prominent feature in

dos view should be " the State Pris ;" and did we not
la.ow that Mr. Burford, in the choice of his situation for
uking it, abandoned ttfeet for the sake of truth, we should
line teen almost inclined to accuse him of having a
native in thus holding up to particular attention the
Coal de Corte. Thu there is misery enough within
it is indubitable ; its exterior, however, is any thing
but ilia of a prison. In the front of this build-
X; stands one of the seventeen public fountains
pith which the city is decorated (an the Bundy
9411!3 Cruz) ; but the height at which the view is tacit
does not affbnl a very favourable representation of objects
ar the foot of the picture. P:oceeding to the right you
some to the Plaza Ma/or, which is the great square of
Latnu. repeciog" formerly took place in this
Ntlaft ; and here the Autos da Fe were celebrated, the
lust of which took place in honour of :he marriage of
Glades the Second, upon which occasion twenty Grandees
seal forty Counts and Marquises " immortalized tit:mi-
le:vet by assisting at these pious orgies, wheat one him-
or.d and twenty victims underwent various punish-
ments: co less titan twenty-one were burned, and the
aiijority of these, as well as of the whole number degraded,
sere town." Beyond this square is seen the Palacio
Nueva, the town residence of the Royal Family, of which
lionapa►te said, while standing to admire it on his en-
mu t! in 1808, " Voila l'Espagne je I'ai retrouvee clans les
pilais des sex rois ! Allons, neon frere ! vons sena niieux

lava que moi.- Pursuing the circuit of this part of the
O:s, you come to the Iglesia de San Felipe, the Caballe-
ro as Reales, or Royal Stables, the Hall of the Cortes, and
which was occupied by theta on their removal from Cadiz
in NIL the Church of St. Martin, the Convento de las
Ileajudil Arena', and the Quartel de Guardias Corps,
*Lich is one of the finest buildings in Madrid ; but the
&me at which it is seen is unfavourable to a display of
its beauties. Passing on, in the distance is seen the Iglesia
de Santiago, the Campo Santo Arribs, the Casa del Conde
l'pad, the Churches of the Carmen Calyado, and of San
hd:pe el Real. We hare now three streets leading to the
north 214 east, those of the Calle tie los Espateras, the
ranee de la Lena, and the Calle de Mocha. The only
Ivisairent features here ate the church of St. Thomas and
the hall of the Landahurlans, a popular debating society,
rimed after the Lieutenant Landabura, an officer of the
ri)al Guard, and who was shot by his owu men fur re-
Csaig to:join in the mutiny of the 7th July. The Hall in
qs-stion is capable of bolding 4,000 persons. Beyond the
I aile de los lispiteros, and between it and the steeple of
lieu Cruz, is wren the I'uerta del Sol, the lounging-place
flr all the idlest of Madrid, one side of which is formed by
:he post-office; and there is a fountain in the centre, but
shkh is not seep in the picture, in,couraqueuce of the in-
tetrating buildings. This place is memorable as being
chit in which a large portion of the massacre of
t;* 2:1 of May, 1908, took place. Beyond this is the
I:aile de Alcala, the fittest street in Madrid, in which
Eta:lathe new Custom-house ; and adjoining are the Royal
Academies of Fine Arts and of Natural History. On
the left of the Alcala, looking towards the Puerta, is seen
die Plaza tie his Twos, which is a very extensive circular
bui4Ung. This Ball-fighting Coliseum attracts persons of
al yaks aid ages, of bolt sexes, during the summer and
eveu the must sensitive female considers it a
crime worthy of confession and absolution not to see at
least half a dozen of these disgusting exhibitions in the
?Alm of the year. Beyond the Puerto de Alcala, which
is the must beautiful gate in Madrid, is seen the Iluen
Retire, which was the favourite residence of the Kings of
Spain of the Austrian dynasty. During the French career
ha the city this palace was used as a prison, and its beau-
-141111 feuntains •and gardens were broken down and de-
rt°Yed, but which have hem restored by Ferdinand.
Tu (his palace and gardens the King and Royal Family
faquently go to recreate after dinner. By-the-by, Perth-
:laud dints at one o'clock—what a Goth ! 'There are gene-
rally six or eight carriages, drawn by six mules each, and
a lint of military accompany them. To the left of the
.;:cola, entering thecity, is the Passed del I'rado, long ce-
4rattd in the novels and other compositions of Spain. It
'.,m=ists of a broad road, talk (I the Salon, for carriage?,
and an alley on each side for pedestrians, and is the Hyde.
latk of Madrid.

Having gone through the most important objects pre-
tented to the view, it is necesNary to add, on the authority
of Mr. Burford, that the many vicissitudes which Madrid
has experienced during the lsst twenty years have caused
great revolutons in tlic manners and dress of the people,
atud have been fatal to the improvement of the city. In our
humble opinion, while admitting the disadvantage alluded
there is a still greater cause, viz.—the metal and politi-
cal degradation of the Spanish people. In vain tray you
look for the gardens and villas wl!iell adorn the environs of
""ery principal town and city iii England: their total ab-
sence speaks " tomes," and the barrenness of the country
'uarantee of the debasement that pervades all classes
of this once dignified and noble pcople. The soil is as
Lanett as their will& The houses in the principal streets

are generally three stories high, with separate balconies to
each window; are cemented and coloured in distemper,
in all the hues of the rainbow, which produces, in tonjunc-
tion with the coloured blinds suspended generally over
them, a very pleasing effect.
Mr. R. Burford, on his arrival at Madrid, was &titan'
as to the point from which he should take his view, and
was strongly prepossessed in favour of the Puerta de Alcala,
as comprehending the finest street in the city. On consi-
deration, however, he found that if he did 60, though it
would make a beautiful picture by admitting the intro-
duction of all the variety of costume, still that he should
be compelled to sacrifice a large portion of the city, and,
in consequence, he took the determination of relinquishing
what would have saved much time and trouble, for the
more difficult, but praiseworthy object, of general fidelity.
The exteriors of the public buildings are singularly inau-
spicious for the display of the pencil, the general charac-
ter of the domes and spires not much exceeding in point of
architectural beauty those of the British Museum. It is
unfortunate that neither of the beautiful bridges that adorn
the city are visible from Santa Crux, and therefore arc lust
to the inquiring eye of the visitor.
If this is not the most pleasing Panorama we have seen
by these Gentlemen, the fault is not in the execution of it,
but in the subject. The lights and shades are beautifully
contrasted ; and while we give this general praise, as an
example in confirmation of our opinion, we beg to select
one specimen, which is the perfection of art—the front
of the Church of Saint Thomaso, the door-ways and ar-
chitectural decorations above them being the most perfect
delusion in their projection from the buildiug we ever saw.
The streets are occupied with Catholic processions, mules,
goats, and monks, bubbling over a pavement which, like
many of the towns in Kent, has the amiable property of
being laid with the sharp ends of the stones uppermost,
but has at least in the picture a tolerable appearance.
Upon the whole, the labour which the Messrs. Burford
have bestowed on this picture will doubtless be amply
compensated by the commendation it will receive ; while
the interest that attaches from various causes to the city
, of Madrid will draw crowded houses.

LIVERPOOL MLRCIAL I.VTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, SEPT. 16.

We had a good demand early in the week for British Plantation
Sugar, and prices somewhat better; but the latter part the market
has not been so brisk, Vie sales arc about 1,400 lihrls.,* at steady
prices of last week. In East India or Mreign Sugar, nothing dune.
In laws, about 200 puncheons have been sold at 263. Gd. a
263.91 for Trinidad, and 3411. per cwCror St. Vincent's. In Rum,
we have had good demand by the dealer*, and no a 400 puncheons
have been sold at Id. a 2d. per gallon higher than last week.
Good Jamaica bane brought 4s. a 4s. Id. In Coffee, about
200 casks have been sold, chiefly Jamaica, at an advasice of
about 2s. per cwt. on fine qualities, and fur other descriptions
at steady prices. A small lot of Pimento has been sold, at
104. per lb. In Ashes prices arc still improving, 300 barrels
.Montreal pot sold at 235. 6d. a 245. Gd. for old, and 255. a 26a. 6d.
for new ; 200 barrels Pearl at 245. 3d. a 235. fol. old, and 265. 63. a
275. for new ; a small lot of United States Pearl has been sold at
275. 6d. per cwt. Dyewoods are steady ; the sales are, 50 tons Cam-
peachy Logwuod, at 71. a 71. ss. ; 25 tons Honduras, at 51. Iss. a
6/. 155 ; 40 tons of Cuba rustic, at 8/. 10s. all/. 12s. fid., and 10
tons Spanish, at 3/. 13s. ; 65 tons solid Nicaragua Wood, at 10/. a
211.; 20 tons small, at Cl. ss. ; 40 tons Barraod at 7 gs. and 25
tons Camwood, at 13/. per ton. Tar is steady, and Turpentine
improving ; 1100 barrels have been sold at 9s. 9d. a 10s. Gd., and
200 barrels inferior, at 7s. 9d. per cwt.; 400 barrels American Tar
sold at 174. a 13s. ; 300 barrels Stockholm at 155., and 100 barrels
Archangel, at 15s. 3d. per barrel. In Shumac, 800 bags Sicily
have been sold at IN. Gd. a Ils., ard 300 bags Verona, at 7s. Gd.
a 11.. per cat. In Hides very little done ; only 600 Cape Dry, at
51d. pa lb. Indigo, about :Al elicits East India, sold at ss. a 6s. 3d.
per lb. and 10 Serena Goatimals at similar prices. In Rice, only
70 begs East India, at 21s. per C7ll. In Cotton we have had a good
demand, notwithstanding the lieavy import, and prices are in
some descriptions about Att. higher, principally American.
About 1000 bags American halt been bought on speculation
and 500 for exportation, including which, the stales are 4100 bags,
Upland Georgia, at 6.1. a 74d. ; 1600 Orleans. at Gad. a 9d.; 2700
Alabama, at Gd. a Gjd. ; 300 sea Island, at lid. a 18d. 160 stained
Sea Island, at lii. a 7d. • 650 Pernambuco, at 10f d. a Ild.; 600
Slat anhaina, at toad.:O.; 290 Bahia, at Uri u 9;d. ; 30 Para. at
ltld. ; 230 Dernemra, at tkl. a M.; 1250 Egyptian, at lid. a ahl.;
70 West India, at 7d. a 7,1 d.; It/ Carthagena, at 5/d. a 64d. ; 2aud
300 Surat, at sd. a 3.1 d. ; being a total of about 12,400 bags.
linpotted this week, 23.324 bags.

PORTSMOU7W, SEPTE,IBEIt IG.

The Jasper, 10, Ca; t. Blackwood, sailed this morning,
with 15 tons of silver and copper, for the use of the Com-
missariat departments at Bermuda, Halifax, and New-
foundland. She will proceed from St. John's to the
Mediterranean.

On Monday last the Vittoria transport, Lieut. Grigg,
agent, arrived from Quebec, with defective Government
stores and discharged soldiers, together with some returned
settlers, whose illness and poverty prevented their remain-
ing in that country. At the sailing of the Vittoria 8,400
settlers, including children, had arrived out from Scotland
and Ireland this season, and about ',ono more were ex-
pected. These adventurers, on landing, are immediately
passed on to the Northern shores of the lakes Erie and On-
tario, and located on the banks of the streams running into
these lakes. The harvest in Canada had not been began,
but this season promised an abundant crop of wheat, the
whole of which would be em haiku a for this country, as the
growers can supply themselves with American flour, for
their own consumption. There had been only four or five
new ships built at Quebec this year. It had been deter-
, mined not to build another vessel of the dimensions of the
; Columbus or Renfrew. Lord Dalhousie, Governor-Gene-
ral of the Canadas, had gone to Halifax, to arrange with
Sir James Kempt, the Governor of Nova Scotia, and Ame-
rican Commissioners, on some questions respecting the back
line of boundary between the two countries.
The Africa, Capt. Skelton, for the Cape of Good Ilope
and Calcutta, arrived this morning to embark passenms.
Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Codrington is appointed Com-
mander-in-Chief in the 111editerrancan, in the room of Sir
Harry Neale, wh.;se term of service expires in December
next.
Lieut. John Hall (b) is appointed to the Camelion ;
Lieut. F. A. Lewis to the Galatea ; Lieut. H. G. Colpoys
, to the Melville.

This day sailed the Vigilant, Lieut. Meredith, for Ply-
mouth, and the Starling, Lieut. Stuart, for Jersey. At
Spitheatl—Galatea only. In the harbour—Victory, Mel-
ville, Spartiate, Pyramus, Pelican, Philotnel, Clinker.
The Bulwark, 74 (a ship of the best qualities), is break-
ing up at this dock-yard, being deemed rotten. The new
cutters Cracker, Dwarf, and Asp, lately built for the pro-
tection of the fisheries near Guernsey, are ordered to be
paid off, and converted into pitch vessels, for the dock-
yard, they not bein4 con,,idereil safe sea-boats.

CHEAP TRAVELLING.—EFFECTS OF OPrOSITION EY
STEAM —Persons, we understand, may now go from Bristol
to Cork fur the small sum of one sitilling and sixpence!
A few years since, the passage was three guineas.—,Ply-
mouth Herald. _

The rain, which has so opportunely fallen at Doncaster,
has put the race-course into most excellent order. The 1
applications for lodgings are numerous, and there is no '
doubt of the approaching meeting being quite as fashion.
able and well attended as the previous one. The horses I '
have begun to arrive.
Biers, the informer, has, fluting the past week, been lay-
ing uo less than eighteen informations against the coach
proprietors of Cheltenham. This person's trip to Clots.
cesiershire appears to be a pretty good speculation, as con-
victions upon his informations appear to have taken place
to the amount of 1 to/., half of which goes to the informer.
lie is now, we understand, in the neighbourhood of 'Bristol.
Ft ne.—Friday night, about six o'clock, a tire broke out
in one of the new premises situa►ed in Waterloo-road,
nearly opposite to the Royal Infirmary for Children. The
fiery element blazed forth with the most destructive fury
from the windows of the second floor, and although the
engines were on the spot, and played on the burning
materials the fire communicated to the roof of the
dwelling, which fell in with a terrific crash. No further
damage, however, was done, ouing to the activi'y of the
firemen.

THE BRITISH 'REM

DIXIVIR TO LORD IrIIARNCLIFFE, AT
SHEFFIELD.

On Thursday last, a public dinner was given to Lord Wham-
cliff% by many of the respectidif:. Inhabitant, of Sheffield, for the
purpose of testifying their grititude for his Lordship's services in
his late character of representative for the county. The dinner was
given at the Music Hall, and a hundred and seventy-four gentlemen
sat down at five o'clock, men, whet applied for tickets being un-
able to obtain them, from the Impossibility of accommodating a
greater number. The President was Wm. 1 ounge, M.D., and the
'erice.Preeiden is Henry 31 oorhotote, Ewt., Thome* Newbould, Dot.,
and Bartlanlemew flounalield, E. Lord Wharneliffe sat on the
President's right hand, and the lion. John Stuart Wortley, M.P.
on his left. There were alma present Hugh Perker. Emu, the Rev.
Mr. Alderson, the Rev. Henry Pearson. Millington, Emp,
Henry Walker, Esq., Copt. B'ortley, James Solari Wortley, leeq.,
Staniforth Beckett, Ell.. .lames Jlontgomery, Esq., Wm. San.
solo, Esq., Dr. Knight, &c.
Attu the cloth was drawn, the President gave " Our moat gra-
cious Sovereign"—three times three. Song—fetid Faye the King.
" Our Glorious Constitution ; founded by Brinell wisdom, pro.
tected by British laws, and supported by British valour, may it be
preserved unitroisired to the latest posterity !"
The CHAIRMAN then one anti said—. Geotlemen, this is the
third time I have been called upon to take the chair at dinners
given in compliment to our Nobie visite, on my right hand. lVhen
Mr. Wortley brat offered himself as a candl&te to represent this
county in Parliament, he came forward as a private country gentle.
man. The freeholders, to many of whom he was unknown even by
name, struck with his manly independence, came forward volun-
tarily, and offered him their support. Upon what ground he stood
when he first offered himself as a representative for the county,
many gentlemen here present can hear testimony. At that time,
for reasons which it is not, necessary now teagaplain,- he was not
elected representative for she smutty, but lie then muted the hearts
of the freeholders, and those of the town and neighbourhood of
Sheffield came forward, and gave guktic, testimony of their
respect, by a dinner more smoicrousfy attended than any furrow
one on such an occifsion. When the next opportunity offered for
an election, Mr. Wortley had gained so much on the hearts of the
people by his conduct in Parliament, that he was elected
without opposition, and then stood the free representative of
a free people. The sown of Sheffield then came forward
a second time to compliment the new Alember, and I had
the honour of presiding at that meeting, as at time previous
meeting, and at the present one. How Mr. Wortley ha; acquit-
ted himself in the House of Commons, as the Representative of the
county of York, let this town, let the country at large, let the whole
kingdom bear witness. Possessed by nature of physical strength,
as well as vigour and activity of mind—owes &ma in rooporerano—
he was enabled to achieve what few men in the kingdom could pos-
sibly accomplish. It is not talents alone which are required in a
Representative of HIM county, 'but a particular skill in the applies.
don of those talents, a tact (if I may so say) for business, which
enables a man to call forth his-whole powers into action, and to
menage the multitudinous affairs of so extensive a county.
(Cheers.) Mary gentlemen may most honourably and conscien- '
tiously perform their duties in Parliament as Representatives of a
small town or borough. The immediate call of their constituents
may not demand from them any extra exertion probably during a
whole Session of Parliament. But the Member for the county of
York, the Representative of 1,2011,000 individuals. and of the agri.
cultural and commercial interests of that immense district, must
devote his almost every moment to the tads ; lie must labour for
you by day, and watch over your interests by night. If, genre.
men, a civic crown was in ancient times allotted to him who saved_
the life of one Roman citizen, what is due to the man who Itsm
watched over the dearest rights of his country through two long
Sessions of Parliament ? For the services which lie has rendered
to the county, and to the commercial part of it in particular, with.
which we are more immediately connected, let him receive the well.
merited reward. Give him your thanks, give him your hearts, and
let his name be repeated by every Yorkshire freeholder with joy
and gratitude. Every man of every party may join in paying theta
debt of obligation to Lord Wharneliffe, who has this till bean
bread with you, and who will es centeety labour for your intense 1,
so far as lsconsistent with his changed situation, as he did when he
was your immediate Representative, as he did whilst he bore the
name of Wortley. I will not, gentlemen, detain long
from driak.
ing the health of "Lord Wharncliffe—may he long enjoy
honours which our gracious Sovereign, the fountain of honourV
been pleased to confer upon him.'
The west was received with enthusiastic cheers.
Lord WU A !INC LIFIE rose, and was received with repeated
chering. He spoke es follows :—Gentlemen, my worthy friend,
the President, has very truly told you, that fourteen years ago, in
this place, on brat offering myself to the county, and after an us.
successful effort to he returned, I was greeted by one of the most
respectable assemblies ever met for such a purpose in the town of'
Sheffield. It is nay pride to say, that, those fourteen yeari having
elapsed, out of which I have endeavoured hambly to serve you
eight, I now see around me many of those. persons who wore tken
present. They cheered me at the Oeginning--they honour me in
the end. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, the roodnon excuse made oat oc-
casions like that on which 1 now present illioself before you that
the peewit who has to address you wants Words to *Press his gas- '
titude. I, however, shall make no such *tease. Few, very few
words will be sufficient to express my sentiments. 'I have a heart*
feel, anti from that heart I thank you most sincerely. But,
gentlemen, there are circumstances which attended the late elec-
tion, there are eitennistabees Width ittenthg my elevation.* the
peerage which toy Sovereign was pleased to bestow upon me,
that I cannot upon this occasion pass over. I feel, gentlemen,
that if !have not received that honour prOperly, youvediabosoured
by it; I was your representative when 1 received it, and if any ha
nour was conferred upon me by it, to you I owe it,sodlo you I re-
turn nay thanks. But, gentlemen, if ober/ are penman is this
county, who, quaking and trembling at the very idea of pride dia.
cussion, parr trying to defame the character of an indlsitheal
sneers and newspaper paragraphs, and who, when ao opportunity lo
given to speak out openly and manfully, prefer drowning thee**
of the accused party by clamour and noise. if those persons would
measure the opinions and conduct of their representative by
their own standard, I say that with them I have nothing to com.
otion ; I abhor their praise, and, as but their censure, I rather
link that when I obtain it lam in the right way If there are
such persons who wish tot a representative to reflect their opinions,
they were right to try to reduce me in the opinion of my countrymen.
I could not so perform that duty : the trust was delivered into my
hands for tar 'letter and nobler objects, and I,should be ashamed to
have so degraded it as to make it senceuch a purpose. I am not now
plug to enter 011 any political subject; I know full well that there
are present in this room men of all political opinions. I am bumble
enough to think that I may have been wrung in my opinions, sod I
only claim credit for their sin. er:ty. But neither here nor else.
where will I ever submit to have it said, that on any one occasion
of my life, in any one word I ever said, befure the county assem-
bled, befiare the country any where, or in my place in the House of
Commons, I ever deceived this county. 'rose it is, I differ with
many of those persons who originally supported me on one great
question; but I must use my own untivrataeding, and if, after the
best consideration I was Able to give to a question, I thought it
pmper to differ front them, they have no right to censure me.
But I am told there was twine understanding that I was not to sup-
part a particular question—l might HA well name it—the Catholic
Claim. Ido not now say that I was right on that 1120411211, and I
am willing to suppose, for the sake of argument, that I was wrong
in my judgment ou that subject. But I call upon the whole
county to look back to those circumstances, and 1 will state them
to you now, and will then put it to you whether any man could by
passibility be deceived by my condoct.
In the year 11112, the very same year in which !fire stood for the
county, you all remember a-motion I made in the House of Commons
for the formation of a ministry ; and en that occasion I declared
that in my opinion the time was come when the guest:on of conceit.
'OOll to the Catlndies roust be taken into consideration. So the
matter remained—l was successful. Then came the general elec-
tion; that time 1 was asked. its a particular part of the county,
my opinion on the subject of the Catholic Maims. The answer I
gave was this—that iu toy opinion the time was cum to take
the question into consideration, bat at the same time, if 1 at last
ghoul', determine to concede their claims to the Catholics, it
should be taking care that the Protistaite establishment should
not by that means he endangered. I then went to Parliament,
not as a member for this county, and not therefore responsible to
nny individitni in it, except as our of the general public of the
country. In the year telit a Dill was brought into Parliament by
Mr. Canning, to
gay, the Catholics admission into Parliament.—
Gentlemen, l supported that Bill, in common with many of your
best and oldest friends; I well recollect that 3G. Wilberforce,
your former member. stated on that occasion, that in his opinion
the time was come when the claims of the Catholics must be grant.
ed. On another occasion, huedve the next electinu, when the Bill
of Mr. Grattan was brought in, I took the same line. In the year
11118 I stood for the county; tny feelingsmi this subject, having
voted over and over again upon it in Parnament, must then have
been known. How, then, could any freeholder have been deceived
as m mperfectly open to any
treeholerer"ini6rtos;P
cannotit n
vote
seas
for you, cm account of
your opinion on this subject." But I say that no man said so. It
then I voted for the Catholic Question, no man could have a right
to find fault with ine.—(Cheers.)—To my utter astonishment I
have heard it said I deceived great numbers of people. If I had
done so, I must have altered toy opinion to obtain their votes.—
Gentlemen, you hare known tile long and Intimately ; it is said
justly, that a 111211 is hest known by what his valet says 01 him ;
you, Gentlemen, have seen every action of
act my life, you know whe.
tler
to my opinion from any consideration.
)tut
l am
iamlaiklaaely to
accused
ase tradcoanfharyving
metal, in a speech on Sir Francis
Burdett's Catholic Bill, that the opinion of the peaiple of this
county was more favourable to the Catholic; than it had been.
Supposing that I was wrong in this statement, I may have
been deceived, I may have thought that 1 bad seen cer.
tarn symptoms in this county to justify the opinion which
I gave. But I must, nu the other hem!, say to those gm-
tlettivi who accede me, that it was their bounden duty to call
upon the county to pronounce an opinion upon the subject,
or at least to have taken some measure to convince me that I was
wrong. But there were,' tt ink. only three or four petitloos against
the Catholic claims from tie West Itidirg of Yorkshire: on,e of
which was front the Cozporetion of Leeds, and another from Hali-
fax but env thing like an expression of popular or general opinion
on the subject was never given, and chore persons who now el-
claim lutanist me never, until the approaei of the general election,
came forwent jowly public manlier to deny the truth of what I had
"'wafted. It may he uateale to grant the Catholic claims, but I
contend here, and have contended before the face of the country.
anal I am ready to meet the question wherever the persons who
have accused me deem proper, that I have never deceived any mu
on this subject.

It has been further said that the peerage was bestowed tiP6ll rile
at the instance of Mr. Canning, and was a subtetfuge to avoid
a contested eloction for this county. I have a high respe't for Mr.
Canning ; I look up to hint as a man of powerful abilities and
the kindest heart, and I am proud to think that I ant in habits
of friendship with him. Hut, Hentlemen, I an too prod to
have received a favour from the hands of Mr. Canning. It has
often been said to me, not by moons of my own family, or particu-
larly interested in nee.—" Voh are in a situation to ask a peerage;
why do you not do it ?" My answer haS always been—s‘ I feel my-
self& greater man as a representative of the county td. York than
I should an a peer, and. besiffes, I never will ask a favour of any
Minister." ( Loud cheers.) tientlemen, I never lid ask h. The
King, In the kindest winner, in a marenCr which will never be forgot
either by roe or my family to the last hotlr of our lives, offe.ed it to
me. He told me that he (lit! not offer it to me at the instance (...; his

31inisters, that there were parts or my concoct In Parliament vtiucli
he did tun approve. thßt there were subject. on which he differed
from me, but he added that toy cra hdcter and station in life were
. .

such that lie thought me a proper individual to reeelvO a peerage.
A title so offered could not be r.:fitsed. A peerage is not a thing to
be slighted, and I do me see why I should be debarred from (Kat
station more than any other man. I would never do base action
to obtain it; but having been given to me, I will prize it as I
ought. But, foarooth, I took it, in Order to avoid a con tested eke-
lion I Bentknien, I know *hat a contested election k, thOugli I

hese never been engaged in one as a principal ; I know th.. honors
of it, and to what it leads; and if the seat for the county of York
could only have been kept by me at the enormous expense at which
it would appear it in to be kept—an expense which would ruin any
span of moderate fortune—then I sly I would not Nee retsina, the
seat for the county. But gentlemen ran very much m!staken if they
think I have feared a contetted election. I. should have been pre.
sent lh the Castle Yard at York, I should have defrayed the meagre
expenses of the election, and have left it so the freeholders to say
whom they would choose. (Clatters.) Gentlemen, I haie no doubt—
I know it—l know to a certainty, that in ease of n contest I must
have been at the head of the poll. Indeed. if it hall been oth.erwise,
after the services_ of which all parties, with few exceptions, have.
approved—if it had been necessary to defend, at the expense ro
which other parties sbught to put one; a seat for this county, it
would not have been worth having. If the result of gaining a seat
is to make one dependent for life, God forbid that I should have
it. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, the county must not be so treated : if the
county wishes to have independent Menthers, it must endeavour to
prevent this enormous exp.:nse. Otherwite, as I lately read in a
French paper, describing the lastelection, the county might as well
be put up by auction. I have herd, on good authority, that the
expense of the last election. withont a contest, to the four Candi.
dates, will amount to 150.0001. ; and I leave it to you to judge
whether any person not of the very lamest property could sand a
contest. But, gentlemen, you (night not to allow yourselves to be
overborne by weight of pone; and I hope the time will come
when this system shall be put an end to. Gentlemen, I should
have brought the matter freely to issue ; and I do assure you that

nothing would have given me greater pleasure than to Wind up I
in the Castle-yard before my accusers, and hold them up to shame
before the county. I cannot have the least doubt as to the issue.— ,
Gentlemen, I have now troubled you long as to myself, and it is ,
time I should recur to the circumstances of this evening. I have
told you that from my heart I feel all your kindness. I need not '
add, I hope, that if at any after time I can serve the county of
York, my services shall be theirs. I hope, in the situation in whit!'
my Sovereign has placed me, 1 shall not forget that I have been
the representative of a great body df the people. There are remiss
who object to individuals who are likely to batome Members of the
House of Peers, being elected Members of the House of Commons.
I have no such objection. It teaches the members of noble taints
lies their duties to the people. 1 have ,erred as Member for a
borough and for a populous county ; I hope, in my place in the
House of Lords. whilst I protect the prerogatives of the Crown, I
shall Acallect that dime prerogative are given for the benefit of the
people, and should ever tend to their maintenaoce. (His Lordship
sat down satidst the loudest cheering.)
The Citillgatert then gave the health of a Nobleman, whose
health was never drunk in that town without enthusiasm. He be
lieved the King had not a hotter subject, no: the King's subjects a
better friend, than " gad Fitswillisit."
The CHAIRMAN then pee " The four Representatives of the
county of York." Of Lord-Mikan; he said, he should only ob-
serve that for nearly twenty years they had known hint well ; and
that be had never shrunk hibm defending his opinions, unworried
by interest and unawed by clamour. As to the three new Members,
however well qualified they might be thought by those who had
elected them, they stood in a very prominent point of view, and
the freeholders would not fail to compare their conduct with that of i
the Repeweentatives who had gone betorc them. The representation
off the manse of Ytak was no sinecure; let them look to the names
of tiavile and Wilberforce, Harewood and Whartieliffe. He should
milt Opus* I& hope that the new Members would so perfonn their
parts in the chapel IX St. Stephen's as to deserve to he recorded by
the title of benefamon, of their country. (I heers.) The Chairman,
after a very few prefatory remarks, gave die health of " The Hon.
t Johp &mart Worley."
The Hon. 11 _r. ..•ORTI.RY rose, and Has revived with loud
eheertag. He conle.sed that to say any thing which could corre-
spond with the way in which the worthy Chairman had introduced
t health. we with the kind manner in which the company had re-
ceited it, was tar beyond his power. It would, indeed, be easy for
him simply 10 return his cordial thanks for the honour they had
confmrtyl upon him, of which he was most deeply sensible;
aid fie mlglCTiltewin repeat that which he had after, said to
mane of the gentlemen now around him on other occasions, that
he felt a Hue and stediest interest in the welfare of this place.
But lie should scarcely feel that in saying this be had discharged
the debt of obligation he owed to them, and be must therefore
trespass on their indulgence for a few moments. In proceeding,
however, he encountered a difficulty at the outset—for on such an
occasion he should naturally turn his attention to the person to
whom this night was dedicated. and take a plemure in expatiating
on the merits which thus received their suffrage. This subject
would be grateful both to him and to themaelvea.: but he felt that

on this occasion it must be otherwise, as he was too nearly and in.
timately connected with the individual whom they were met to ho-
nour, 01 expatiate on that subject. It did not become hint to say
much of the merits of the individual in question, but he rejoiced to
see that his services. whatever they were, had n t been pertnrmed
within a thankless circle. He felt, however, that there was one as-
surance which he ought new to refrain from givir g them, viz. that,
having known the imilividisalto whom he was related must thorough.
ly, he was certain that, during the whole of his public connexion
with them, be had served them to the best of his power. and with
an unmixed desire to promote the good of his country. 'film desire
he had transmitted to himself (Mr. Wortley) in its full force. Hay.
ing taken his relation firr his model and example, there was nothing
which he bad received from biiis its which he so much prided him-
self as a sincere and hearty devotion to the interests of his country.
To them, in particular, he had received a nearer and more int-
mediate connexion, and, he might say, a pawl al motive for wish-
ing to serve them. lie was not only their corntryman, but their
neighbour; all his dearest associations belom.ed to this vicinity.
He had not neglected to instruct himself with a view to serving his
country.and he had learnt this, above all, that their servants should
always manifest a firm and fearless conduct, ;,raided by an honest
and independent mind. These were the principles he had imbibed
in his education, and he had learnt from the example set before
him to aspire, in some after time, to receive the name and character
which his relation by their suffrage had acquired, of a loyal sub-
ject and an honest citizen. fie looked to the approbation of his
fellow-citizens us the highest honour. For himself, he owed all
the favour which they hod that evening manifested towards him
to the merits of the individual with whom lie was connected ; hut
he did look forward to the time when he should have an opportunity
of showing them that the principles he had profe.sed were nut mere
worths.

.
OIiTLEY gave the health of the Chairman.
Dr. You woa ackuwledgcd the compliment in a short and neat
speech.
TheC x at a slaw next gave" The Magistrates of ihell'est Riding."
H. PARKER, Esq. mar, and was received with long continued
applause; he spoke ea fullows.—" Nee Chairman, Lord Wharnclifie
hat been called upon so often in the course of this evening. that it is
only reasonable he should be relieved from the obligation of acknow-
ledging this toast. In rising for that purpose, I ant aware that the
task falls into far lent able hands. It is gratifying to me to
see the manner in which the toast has been received by such an
assemblage. In regard to the immediate object of this Meeting, I
mac cordially unite, Sir. with you and thin company in congratu-
lating Lord M'harnediffe on the acquisition of his well-merited
honours ; and I also congratulate thin company and the public,
that, although they have lost his services as a reprenentative in the
House of Commons, they will still retain them m a magistrate
It is now, I think, seven-and-twenty years, or rather more, since
I undertook the office of a magistrate in this place, and three
or four and twenty of these years I have had the pleasure of
meting with Lord IVhamclifre. It is impossible that I Omuta have
acted with him for so long a period, and be ignorant of the (pall-
Ideation's he possesses in an eminent degree to till the situa•ion in
which be has always been placed by the magistrates of the West
Riding at their sessions. The same discriminating judgment, the
same moderation, yet firmness idmind anti liberulitynfsentimmt.dis-
tingeish hint on the Bench, for which he lie has been in remarkable
in the Senate. I did nut rise for the purpose of panegvrining the
Noble Lord, and I must refrain frosts eulogizing him in his pre-
sence ; but I cannot refrain from remarking how gratifying it is to
see all parties unite in doing honour to the Noble lewd, and in
acknowledging the great services he has rendered to this county
and to the kingdom at large. lln the name of the .Magistrates of the
West Riding, I beg leave to drink the health of the company.
Lord WITARNe•LITTE then mite and .aid—Gentlemee, the
most difficult part I have this evening to discharge is that of break-
ing up this society py taking my leave, hut you all know that
I have some dintanee to go, and I must therefore bid you
farewell. But, Gentlemen, I cannot go without again thank-
ing you most cordially for the honour you havd done me,
fer the grateful manner in which you have expressed yourselves
to me ; and I satire you that, when I look bark upon my
public life an a me:liner for this county, there in nothing given me
greater pleasure than to reflect, that within one hour of receiving the
notification of 11i3 Maienty's graciseotrlinpgietahtltstecnt;nrt,yilserneupt ntohwe
inonactOirylyour Reprenentative, but there ate
"PecoothrelainteEit'iewirtnL:fraheccuntsptiniteutdrayti gentleman to which I shall pay attention.
I ant sure that we who do act in the tuagiateacy should he most up.,
grateful if we did net devote ma hcaria tope performance of lee
duties; for 1 will say there is no town in England so grateful for
the services rendered to it as the town of Sheffield. I ate here My
worthy friend who has told you that for tie-Nina-twenty year* sra
have acted together. and I alto see other friends %round me who
hare comperated *ill) us; and they sill bear me old in saying,

that no one thing has ever occurred among us to cause &sunk*
and that we have met with the most ready attention to ever, odd
we have issued. I than carry with me home, Gentlemen. Ifni
proud satisfaction, that yod at least have .stamped 1141-wlcro
with the character of usefulness to the country, and I now bld yoat
Pt. rewell.
His Lordship then retired amidst enthitsisioic cheering, woe.
funded by his sous, the Chairman, and a considerable number of WO
eumpaby.
erisima

MANCIIEST......._ER, Srr r. IG.
We have great satisfaction in being; able to say that
trade Continues to improve, though s bsi"y. We wish we
codld add thtt the condition of the working clauses
im-
proves ; but the Fact the there are more applicants for work
upon ie public roads that can he eiriplond shows that
the wages of the weavers and others in the cotton manu-
facture are still wretchedly loin.
J)ysentery is alarmingly prevalent in the town, and has
been very fatal amongst thok who live in (tarry cellars, and
are unable to purchase medicindo, or are not aware of the
importance of in early use of thew. The disease is the
more fatal in its effects front the Weak and exhausted state

to which the poor have been reilneed by the *ant of the
necessary quantlty of food. The Rev. W. Johnsen, A. M.
who, in all the distresses which have befallen the dense
mass of population which surrininds kit:church, has them*
the Most prompt arid active baiselsofehee, recommends in
every occurrence of the disease an immediate application to
the Infirmary, where the patient will be reeved with
medicines, without any recommendation from a blast
beit; required.
In some instances where the ditease hat been fatal the
dead:a-hese Worm/willed to retaliation, wad an inquest was
held yesterday on the bodies of two persons whams deaths
were attributed to this cause: The immediate omit* of
death was, however, clearly enough dysentery; het *
disease befalling persons so circurnsteiticed could
hive been otherwise than fatal. The wonder is, not
persons should die in such a residence, but that any
should live.
The commending officer of the Grenadier Guards thougbi•
fit, recently, tri take possession of the upper part of a wide
street, called Pentland-road, fur the purpose of holding his
parade there. During its continuance, both the foot-way
and the carriege-road were cropped, awl every passenger
and vehicle turned back. 'II:Is conduct has been noticed
by the local prelim in strqng terms ; and the result is, that
the military chief !eft the foot-way free, contenting hims
self with occupying the whole of the highway. A carrier,
whose carts had been interrupted and obliged to go round,
to his great loss and inconveafence, insisted upon their
passing by the usual tho:cughfare; but his course way
checked by the soldiers ; and, on asking the commanding
officer by what authority he presumed to obstruct the pas-,
sage of the peddlr streets, the reply was, that he had the
perrelstion Of the boruughreeve and eonstables, and after-
wards, he said, of the surveyors of the highways. He
was warned that they had no rightful power to grant any
such permission, and that, if he persisted in using it.
he would be rendered amenable to the law. He would
not yeld, liMseVer, and it remains hoW to be seen what steps
the inhabitants of this to*n will take to resent this conduct.
We are happy to have it again in our power to continue
those favourable representations of the state of trade which
for some seeks past it has given us much pleasure to
make. It is many months since people appeared to be in
such good spirits on 'Change at they were on Tuesday last,
and the feeling then prevalent has since been fully sup-
ported. Money to more plentiful, and confidence decidedly
greeter than it was. For twist for shipping the inquiry
continues brisk, and somewhat higher prices are detnanded ;
goods also arc in moderately hilt request for some of
the foSeign markets. One water-carrying concern to Hub,
we understand, has forwarded not less than no tons a day,
of twist and manufactured goods, for several weeks past;
and on Saturday last, we believe, received upwards of a
hundred. The demand fbe printing cloth is good ;
and, we are informed, that power-loom calicoes, which.
during the depression, fl:tohed no more than eight shillings
and nine-pence, have actually been sold at Ins. Work alas
is much more readily procured by the hand-weavers.
and the number out of employ; in Blackburn and the other
chief seats of hand-loom weaving, is now very greatly di.
minished ; indeed, though no advance has yet taken piece
in the wages of this class of operatives, sonic of the mama.
facturen speak of its being likely to be in their power to
make a trifling addition to the rates they are paying, in the'
course. of a week or two. There seems to be, in the minds
of spine people, an apprehension that, when the autumn
demand for the home trade has been supplied, and the
shipments to the Continent are interrupted by the freezing
of the Elbe, we shall again experience a considerable de-
pression. To a ctrtain extent this may he the case, and
we feel it necessary to caution our townsmen against being
too sanguine in their views of the early prospects of busi-
ness ; yet we have no dread of the trade of this district re-s
lapsing into any thing like the state of suffering from whets
it has just emerged ; awl we entertain considerable cowl-
deuce that the fears with which the approach of winter has
been viewed will be greatly initigweil by there being a fair
demand for the labour of those who are disposed ta be in-
dustrious.

ALLEGED DEATH BY STARVATION.
On Wednesday the town. and partleidarly the neighbontl.na
of the New Cross, was thrown laid a painful state of excitation h•
a report that a family living in a cellar in Thompson-street, New.
ton-lane, had died Iron aliA43!ute want. This report, for the most
part,that were cried about the stretts by
theusnal originated
lislr'peninr,yl"nnetnillit4ers. The following is a copy, ve.,.
batim el literaiint, of one of throe

•• Extraordinary death of William Hudson, aged 28, and 3lary
Hudson, his sister, aged 24, by starvation, in a cellar under 66,
Thompson-street, 31am:tinter. on Wednesday, Sept. 13th, 182ri.
"This morning, about nine o'clock, the inhabitants of Thompson,
street were in a state of agitation, on learning that three individual..
named Hudson, was in a very dangerous state, especially when it
was understood that they was in a state of starvation, and absolutely
dieing far want. Some humane persons immediately brought m
some refreshments, and on preaentii,g some to the young woman,
site refused partaking af it saying that she hoped she should bare
plenty in the next world, and almo.t immediately expired. In the
other cellar was her two brothers, riontas and William. %Valiant'
was in bed and his brother sitting in a ciusir by the bre-side.
William soon afterwards expired, and at eleven o'clock this morn..
ing, Thomas was scarcely alive, and whet we saw him he rescue.'
a moat frightful appearance, and said lie thought that if he could
have nourishments he should yet recover. From what could be col-
lected on the spot, it is supposed by the neighbours, that the shove
individuals have actually perished fur want of food. 'rite cellar is
situated about- so yards out of Newhm-lane.

.
" We are informed that there are at least ten persona in the same.
wee', in a very dangermis state, mom of whom are in a state lora
dering on starvation, particularly in a cellar under No. 63.
" Further particulars will be published, should any material al.
teration take place, but the charitable of this town would be welt
employed in visiting the afflicted in that neighbourhood."
As soon as this distressing report reached our ears, we lost no
time in repairing to the celitir in question. 'Fiwiropson-street we
found to be one of theme unpaved etreets which we have so owl.'
it Hutted to in the Gazette; the cellars under the numeroul houses i•l'
it are let off, and eaeh of them is inhabited by families, consisting.,
at least, of six or eight persons, and the filth created in these con-
tined places is heaped up before the ll4Klfl. or dung into the deep
ruts that mark the whole line of the str.'et, and form puddies of a'
most offensive anti unwholesome nature. Ort deseetitling the steps •
of the cellar, which was painted out to Of as containing the dead
bodies of the persons alluded to in the hand-bill, the efflavium that,
issued from the door was extremely ollensive, and it cost us an ef-
fort to enter into this uhodeuf wretchedness. On a bed in tawayont
cellar, in which its inhabitants take their meals, (when their ast gm.
them.) lay the dead bodies of a brother and a slater. in the tock,
cellar were three beds, two of them closely jammed togetheVahe
I one containing a sick old woman, and the other a young man, also
i sick. 'the lied in which lay the young man, and the one thu %MI
unoccupied, were in close ooataot wall the outward wall. what,
front its appearance, was literally aaturati d with the damps of the
earth. The cilia vium arising front the dead boilim, added to the.
breath of the sick one-, was not endurable, and tte were oohed or.
retire to the ceilar steps, and these make our inquiries.
It appears that two brothers and a sister —Edward Hudson, aged
213, Thuloan Hudson.. 23, and Miry Hudson, 22, all native: of
Ireland, went, some time ago, into Liocelashire, tor the purpose of
soliciting employment from the farmers to get in their harvest, bat
I not calculating upon the forward sate of toe crops, they were too
gthst•floteniteelrl, of
with when Crtii ..
I late, and, pennyless, and &flown naked, they had to teases ea
1 foot their weary journey back pain—sleeping sit banis aid out..,
ihouse,' and aubsisting on the casual dimity of people ulmost as
destitute as themselves. Worn out by hunger isal wreodavo.
lipleossor,
ollinlwotihmeinagnuaesmetdhey3i:rayu
their auto, a .
, had fornnrly lodged, and who resided in the cellar we have dc.
'1 scribed, along with her daughter and her grand-daughter,
Almost immetaately after their arrival., they were aeized with ilia -
spastic disease called the dysentery fevers-the malignancy of
Which was greatly heightene I by the want of cleanliness, froth airs,
proper nourishment, and attendance, &cold dioinan being &tab.. tr.
do much herselt, and the earnings of her daughter Wild her grams.
daughter not being more than six thilliags and tntotoc, per.
week. out of which sios persons were to subsist, find fuel. and par. •
WU ten'. Fur foart,en days .:,:v klitotioo to :he ovci.,...is w.;

'fleeted, under the feat of an order far removal to Ireland, which
was dreaded as the worst of two !Nil., and their food was a little
milk and water and breed. and sometimes& little weak coffee witb-
eta vlar. 'freir misery at length became so extreme, that on Fri-
day, the let instant, Edward, though in a dying irate, crawled to
the °veneers' office, and on stating his situation, Mr. Scott, one oe
the overseers, gave him a shilling, and wished him to go into the
workhouse, telling him that it wuuld be much better fir him,• and
Mat when he was sufficiently more:eel lie should be sent to his set-
.l.-nent in Ireland ; but he refused to go into the workhouee, pre.
herring to die amongst his relations. thi Saturday Thomas went
to the ONVISCETS. office, and being relieved with one shilling, was
gedeed to foetid the Hoard on Monday, and in case he should be
ehotble to do so, to send his aunt; but the tear of being sent to Ire-
land 'feinted him from attending. Edward, however, went in the
e /citing, and received another shilling, and the overseer told him
t •at he wield visit hint. On Monday the overseer visited the cel-
l.- and eteleavourort to prestall upon the sick 'mettle to go to the
eorehecae, bat they refused. The limn asked lion for relief ; he
Mid het that she seemed to have many decent articles of furniture
thaw her, and P./ the young men were her nephews, she ought to do
a imeihing fur them. Ile then gave Edward half a crown. OW
Thou; lay the aunt went again to the ovemeers' office, and sho-
d et their dieirtesed situation, and her inability to do anything for
ertem„he oversee gave her three shillings for Ilion. On Friday
hilentiae went again, but received no relief; he was ordered to at-
t. ntl tee Board or. Monday, but he did not attend. On Monday
night, however, the aunt went and inip_bired for more relief, saying
Viet they were in a dying state. The overseer gave her halha-
(-owe, said he would send down the surgeon or the work-
lienee. (In Tuesday night, however, the surgeon net coming, the
aton went intim to the overeeire office, amt was told that the sur-
ge in had gune down, and would most likely be at the cellar on her
return. ehn her return she found the surgeon there, but Edward
and Mary were flying—Edweol died at twelve o'clock that night,
and Mary certified at heel-past ten o'clock the next morning (eVed.
heyday Ise:). The three unfortunate beings lay In one miserable
bed, in the damp hack cellar, and the ill. fated girl had the horror
it lyigg in close contact with her brother's corpse until death put a
Period to bet sufferings. As soon as the real. situation of these
wretched victims to poverty and discas • was fully known, relief
rouredlnespon them front all quarters. but it was then too late as
seguded Inthiraret and Mary. The poor old aunt, however. who
ed-teght the disease, and Thomas, the brother of the deceased, re-
Mewl the benefit of it, and it is possible that they may recover.
The commotion excited amongst the lower orders of the Irish by
the nand-bills we have described was ass great, that the police
thought it recessive- to take one of the venders of them into cus-
tody. Ile was brought befare the sitting Magistrate on Thursday
Moaning, and. after receiving a teptimand, and a caution as to his
110011ses in future, was discharged. His name is Richard Butter.
north. Ile statol in his uefence, that having lost his left arm he
was unable to procure employment t that he had a wife and a chile
Ite support, end be had no other means or earning a livelihood than
bw crying papers. Before lie took to this trade, he applied for re-
nal, when he was rota that it was a shame that a voting man like
him should apply for parochial relief. He mentioned the less of
Lis men, and was told that he had not lost his wits, and that he
neat t eet his living by them ; and, said lie, I have endeavoured to
get a living ever since. I should be glad if I could get any other
impinynoint, for I here ruptured myself with shunting out the con-
nets of ray hills. It' I had not cried papers I might have starved.
Ten is a curious instance of • man saving himself from starving by
publianing an account of the starvation of his fellow-creatures.
We understand that as soon as these hand-bills made their cap.
?rennet, the Bormiehreeve and Constables instituted immediate
legu e es as to the truth of the statement they cent tined, when they
teund that the unfortunate Huthens had died from the epidemic
eicese. and not from want. The report. however, that they had
l'ed tram want having spread far and wide. the Coroner (J. 31ilne,
Lag ) thoaght it his duty, in order to satisfy the mind of the pub.
Lc el to the real facts of the case, to hold an Inquest on view of the
totles. and sexordinghe an Inquest wed held on Friday morning, at
the Hen And Chickens public house, in Oldham-greet, when the
cell .er tee evidence was adduce)
• The Rev. James Crook (a Roman Catholic Priest) deposed to
lase feet of having, from last Sunday se`nnight up to the titre of the
to It of the deceased Edward and Mary Hudson, attereged them
eegelerly and administered to them spiritual comfort, anti also bu-
daT relieh as far as his limited means would allow. Between tie,:
ard a o.ellick oil Tuesday morning he saw M try in a dying state;
uer was then delirious, and unfit to receive the last rites of her re.
Leer:. He saw her again at eleven o'clock, and seeing her more
eodeeted, he administered unto het the last sacrament.
(i.e Coroner—Did you make no application, Sir, to the Town's
')thee respecting these poor people ?
31r. (,ruck—l should most willingly have done so had I slip-
perst in. era' auf1.d,i7.,,1 to make such application.
rbeS urutier—Any person is authorized, on the score of boron-
Lite. to apes,' to the overseers on melt occasions.
..I •. terook—l am very glad to begs it, Mr, for I assure you, Sir,
many rely melancholy cases corns before me of distress among the
pox froth
• I. Scott. one of the overseers. wilting into the room, confirmed
te:geetorunet's statement as to the right of applying at the Town's
..ee modes such circumsteters. Every attention, said Mr. Scott,
weer be paid to such applications.
31r. Grook's ce ideate continued—By the bounty of prleate indi-
-40 eels. I ant enabled sometimes to administer, In a trifling degree,
to its bodily wants of the distressed people that I daily visit. The
ditesseed were certainly in very great distress, but 1 don't think
they died front want.
JOS. Scott, one of the overseers of Manchester, examined—
Tee parties came to me last Friday but one. I never heard a word
sheet them before that time. Edward, I tlalnk it was, appeared to
be :n a dying state; he wee very much &filmed with the ague. I
gore turn a stilling, and tend him he had better go into the work-
house, and when he was sufficiently recovered, we would remove
Lim to eis own country. I sent slings for them the same day, but
ey ref used to go. I gave Thomas a shilling on the Sdi ittday, and
e_td i:.rn to attend my board on the Moot day. or if he could nut
c Mee te Rend his aunt. No one, however, came until evening, and
het tatter of the young men came. and I gave him a shilling. I dud
ant ask him to come again, but said that I would visit him.—
On the fallowing Tuesday I visited Clem about noon; Edward was
gone out. Thome. came to me from the hack cellar, mid 1 told him
or would be far better for him to go into the workhouse, and that
*hen begot better, he might go to his own country. He said that
ha had a hat in pawn, and something else, and asked time If he went
te the amkimuse if I would relenee them for him. I told kim
mat I would. The aunt then spike about relief. I told her
that she had decent things about her, and kept lodgers, and
t; at elle might relieve the young men; they wee her nephews.
L afterwards gave Edward half a crown. On the Thursday, the
tent came tome, and I gave her 3s. for them, and I heard no more
them until Friday, when Thomas, I think, came and reminded
one of my premise to release Isis hat and die other things. I told
h.ta that Ir would release them when be was able to travel. He
then s•kid for more relief. I told him that he had had five shil-
lings, sad that I could do no more for him. From thet time I
heard net mare ire them. I ordered the clerk to insert their
:.:tans in the bock, in the usual way, in order that the
teLuzelorardens might see them when they met on the following
Mends, mottling, at which time [ ordered the aunt to atiend. No
With, however. came. The SUM came in the evening, and, lifting
Ai; her 1130111. implored telief. I gave her 2s. lid. aid told her that
tednorrow (Tuesday morning) I would order our surgeon to attend
the /woe men. 1 sent to Mr. Barnes, at the workhouse, and de-
wed. biro to visit therm and if lie found them fit to be removed. to
here them taken to the workhoute. About sir o'clock on Tuesday
eight the aunt came again, and, putting up her hands, said the
enactor haul not come, and they were dying. I told her tbat I had
jut seen the doctor, and that ha would he at her cellar by that time.
flu Wethicaeley mooting she same again, and said that Edward '
was Arad. and los sister too. I said 1 was very entry ; and I gave
heels • two crane, and dues. Within the last eine months 1 have
retinal, In my district alone, nearly 2111, Irish ferniliee, at the ex-
pdCer of Of. per week. I yesterday relieved Irish feniiiies to tae
tureen' of ed. 6s.—whilst the amount given to English families
twee amounted to U. lia.
. Mary O'Doanell, the daughter of the aunt, deposed to the fads
we have neentioned. and also corrohorated the statement of 31r.
teeter. as to the relief he afforded the deceased. For Mary Iludom
,ca IKd preterned a recommendation to the Infirmly), and
Partly had "limed her and given her medicines.
John Berries' the surgeon of the workhouse, *note that lie
vieited the elmeasad on Tuesday evening, and found them in the
lass stage of the epidemic disease—the dysentery fever. hleclieine
would have bees of no avail. The cellar was such a focus of Witt
•• he never saw. They did not :teed any thing more than water-
ers& free!) air, and g hemlines*.
The Jury brought in &verdict that the deceased died from natural
dione.

llu ersOtut. •ND DINTRUCTITE Ptah!.—A very dreadful
fre took place at trnoland, about two o'clock tin Sunday after-
mime which redel with unabated fury until fillndsy morning,
10,4 it VA' w fir tuhnided as to prevent us spreading any further.
1, originated in a stack of fen fodder, on the premites of Mr.
Jttsua Fletcher, of that place, taking fire through being put to-
getter in ton wet a state, which soon communicated to an eat-
rdjaining. and from thence caught the neighbouring houses in
tinith-street. Notwithstanding the immediate attendance of the
Growland fire-engine, those from Spalding, Thomey, and Peter-
kornigh, were procurer/ with the greatest expedition. The scarcity
or water in the neighbourhood prevented num being atler,uateli
s the &nuts, therefore, raged with dreadful fury, and
twelve houses, come barns, and Leveret stacks of corn and hay,
wee! entirely ennstinutl. Why in more lamentable is, that
emst of the Moan wis^ occupied by poor labouring people, whose
ere were dreadful in the extreme, as, by this accident, their little
fame ere ran destroyed, as well as the earn they had industrinosly
/tidy .Irl during the live harvest. The flames raged with such un- ,
bon-tdeel fo.iy as to be distinctly seen a distance of tea miles, so'
min, as sewn o'clork on Sunday evening.
GA!! THIN Tn Sloc usu.—The infant child (aged seven-
uteri months) of Mr,. Morley, residing in St. Mary:a-street, at the
Mal:way-houses Knees, lately came to its death in the following
meaner ;—M re Morley being about to wean the child. purchased a
nervy head, of which she merle some syrup, and gave it about a
LaSo.nponn full, in .ruler to induce sleep. dlss afterwards went from
LOros for a short titne, leaving the infant In the care of a girl about
t,,0 yes" of age. f/n her return, she found the child was asleep,
and no continuing for an unusual mt. the mother became alarmed,
and endeavoured to rouse it up, bat oe en purpose. Upon rig
hhe found, that during bee abaft. littllesircloibad Veen re-
mainder of the syrup (sheet a table...ear fa nand* half) so the
.4;bgp, who she said had cried for tie i & ail was(mar
SO, bet the child had slept to wake ma mom, lasing 6tadMd Its
is.; ea she following day.

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