The Sun.
London, England, 1830-01-02 00:00:00

ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH POOR-LAWS.

(From the Dundee Advertiser.)
When an Englishman or an Irishman tomes
to Scotland (poor as Scotland Is, many of both A
countries find their way to it), and supports' snit d,
himself in any one parish during three consecu-
tive years, he becomes a parishoner, and ii este -----.l_.
titled to all the privileges of a native. Should, rii...l
he subsequently become unable, From whateret -j:
cause, to provide for himself, he gets parish re- Her
lief, the same as any other pauper. ton-et:
But, if a Scotsman go to England, and labour,
there for fifty years, spending the prime of his Ni
life in the production of wealth to others, unless /-1,,
he has occupied a house or a farm of a certain itiorga
extent (which few of the poor ever reach), the P,, i
moment he becomes unable, from whatever cause, 11uriiril
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to procure for himself the necessaries of life, and This d!
even before he becomes burdensome at all, if the it;
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parish officers only dread that he may become ;V I
burdensome to the parish, the parish cons**
and the parish cart are put in requisition, ana k n
s.O lkvent
the poor Scotsman, with his English wife and :),iri,
children, perhaps, are driven from township to Edited
township, until he finds himself on the north of il
the Tweed, in a land where he has_ long ago " w
ceased to be known, and where, perhaps, neither.
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his parish nor his relations can be found. fire i
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Whether cruelty or injustice predominates Li t
nen,
here, it is hard to say: We cannot help thinking too-atn
that it would be difficult to find persons in this •
country to do what English squires do in the
forcible removal of our poor countrymen.
James Bennet was probably born in Scotland,
but he knew not the place of his birth, nor ever
saw, to his knowledge, the face of' father, mother,
or relations. His only recollections on this sub-
ject are of a poor woman who derived her living
from alms, who carried him about with her from .itc.!..
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county to county in the course of her peregrine- I"liii.n'll
tions. Among other places visited by them was ,P ,„ ;0'
Dundee, where lie left the mendicant and en- in that
listed on board a sloop of war. His only known a!+,l to t
connexion with Dundee arose from his haying 14.”
slept for a few nights in some wretched lodging..
to
house with the old woman. This was 25 years _n or
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ago. Bennet subsequently went to England, , CONTI
and settled, seven years ago, at Darlington, '
where he married a respectable woman in humble Tiii`
life, and by whom he had a son, now three years TR
of age. About a month ago, work became scarce
pith him : he asked the overseer of his parish, 1.1,e4
not for money, but for work ; he was both will- - ‘„. mr•
ing and able to toil for bread. They gave him 11'4' in
three days' employment, and paid him for two.
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They then seized him, lids wife, and his child, 13„iiie'.
put them on the parish cart, and drove him from nre, the
parish to parish, till they landed them in Dun- "'env of
dee, although he told them that he was not born °I. the V
here, and never had lived here but as above stated. (~i(ii•iili
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These facts are stated on the authority of
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Bennet himself; but we are informed that he has . Henn
made affidavit to them ; and there does not seem i"o-atreo
to be any cause to doubt the accuracy of the ------
most material parts of his statement. It is cep. •
tain that he does not belong to Dundee. Why 1. rif
the dispensers of charity at Darlington fixed upon .
this as the place of his banishment, rather'than , ~". A
any other place in Scotland, is not easy to divine. ~„o R h..
They could have no good reason to helieisetliat ,, A 1
he would be received and supported in Dundee : • extensivi
Their procedure seems to amount to something . S. w
like a declaration that persons in Bennet's situp. :: Ertt
tion are, with their families, to be left to starve, if
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chance does not throw subsistence in their way. Pen."--•
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Had the Kirk-Session of Dundee emulated " Thi
the philanthropy of the Darlington folks, they (;• T'
would have contented themselves with telling ber7t.Epar
him to" ask about," that they had nothing to of ~i_j`,
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do with him or his family. But they have' . 8. 87
chosen rather to provide for them a comfortable
conveyance back to Darlington, this being Ben- theiiWTesji
net's own request ; and, if he be not provided - Sveond f
for at the place of his only permanent residence, • Jo. i
what is he to do ? Bennet says, farther, that he
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has a comfortable house at Darlington, the 11. 11
Jive new!
key of which he had only time to hand over to ' • chi:. I
his brother-in-law, when the parish authorities :- "te
seised upon him, and bundled him off; With his T II
wife and child.
• We would recommend this case to the con- :
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sideration of those Members of Parliament who ~,„a: till
have recently been labouring to improve the
poor-laws. Justice forbids that Scotland should leippe,A,.
be burdened with the maintenance of the English ""ira-m
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poor, whilst England will not, in any event, un• ",umber '
dertake the maintenance of Scottish paupers; wood ii
and humanity requires that the English law
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should be assimilated to that of Scotland, rather ;,113ie Imp
than that the hardening and stony-hearted Eng# , Th'"),,i ';:,
fish system should be introduced here. Justice
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exclaims still more loudly against property in they hav;
Ireland being left free from the burden of main.. '' and prima
tabling the poor Irish, whilst Scotland can -be'- which ii,
compelled to open her purse for their relief,-and ;,are here I
England may either do so or not as she chooses. : ft:atatt"V
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interest,
The Boston anti-toll committee are proceed• ' tirely ben
ing with diligence in the defence of the actions instituted ' The C,
by the corporation, and with. every !prospect of eatecees. , MORNII
—Stamford News.
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The river below London bridge presented on ! knbscri Y •
bet
Thursday at one time a continued sheet of frozen massees of * n.
ice and snow completely across the stream. During' the '.
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week one half of the river off the Tower has been blocked, offie, I:,
up, and a channel was opened to several vessels by euttin% 4 Orders
through to the shore. Thursday morning, however, A . and by 0 was perceived that those channels were frozen up, and the Att,erit'
tender ship was entirely isolated. Boats eould not ap- p,nt
proach it, and the ice was too fragile to enter upon. Di Nu. 8, Nit
this dilemma recourse was had to passing a line from the., -----______
ship to the shore, according to the plan for saving lives is
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cases of shipwrecked vessels when stranded. A Wont ~..
cable rope was stretched from one of the masts to the 11,0,,i;14',
Tower wharf, and upon this a box upon rollers was pissed, BENTLI
in which persons and provisions were conveyed to and fro ' se'}{46
by another line adjusted to the machine. Several trading 1. TA
vessels were cut off from all connection with land until thee; , the most ,
force of the current broke up the ice on the southern side. . tnernorate
The thaw has, however, commenced, and we have alreadf tom se
felt its influence.
Inept and
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BIRTHS.

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On the 29th ult. in I3loomsbury-square, the lady of ' l'olis of I
W. Ward, Esq. AI.P., of a son. ' li‘). prieß
On the tat inst. in Upper Stamford-street, Airs. Joseph "SO in
Vere, of a daughter.
t."ling, ar ii
At Florence, on the 9th ult, the lady of T. W. Corea- i rotld ti I
try, Esq. of North Cray-place, of a son. tron age.., _
MARRIED. 3. NE
On the let inst. at St. Marylebone, the Rev. E. Chap' lIENTS,
man, of Hyde-vale, Blackheath, to Joanna, youngest )10's, first
daughter of Wan. Sturch, Esq., of York-terrace, Re' l'anTh. s
gent's-park.
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On the 31st ult. at Bathwick, the Rev. J. B. Atkin' PlPeeiamy
eon, of West Cowes, Isle of Wight, to Charlotte, third "ght at
daughter of S. Dowell, Esq. of Bath. . side
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At Enfield, Mr. It. J. Savidge, of Fetter-lane, to Miss I‘. pi
E. Dean, of Enfield. the Coup 4
DIED. neatly bone
On the Ist inst. Mr. R. Chambers, of Gray's-inn-ter " We
race, aged 70. 'lie af the'
On the 30th ult, at the Rectory, Hadleigh, Suffolk, the, "r't that
Rev. Dr. H. Drummond, son of the late Archbishop at )11Ung frier
York, and uncle to the Earl of Kinnoul. fs. Co?
Lately, at Coire, Anne, Countess Dowager de Selig, itt °,7 Young I
her Blst year. I'' 64. hol
On the 30th ult. at Ware, Herta, J. B. Dickinson, s• The
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Esq., aged 78. " Feet,
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