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LITERATURE.

1 E CABINET HISTORY OF ENGLAND;
.ing an Abridgment, by the Author, of the Chapters
aired " Civil and Military History" in the " Pictorial
li-story of England." Vols. X. and Xl. By Charles
ltfae Farlane.
-11-.ese volumes contain the greater part of the his-
Isery of James 1., with :,hat of his unfortunate son, up
to the famous Remonstrance passed by the Commons
in the sixteenth year ( " his reign, when his power
and authority were gone and preparations were made
on both sides for settling all differences by an appeal
to the sword. The reign of Charles I. forms the most
important era of English history. During that period
was commenced the great struggle against the
despotic power of the sovereign, and the foundations
were laid of that constitutional liberty which has long
been the boast of this island. It is, therefore, of great
importance that facts involving such consequences
should be correctly stated and fully elucidated, and
the more so as they have hitherto been greatly
obscured or grossly distorted, and written rather to
serve party purposes, or suit personal prejudices,
than to lay open the real causes of the revo-
lution, and point to succeeding generations the
debt of gratitude they owe to the Pyms, and
llampdens, and Eliots, and the calumniated Puritans.
flume, with all his great abilities, his apparent impar-
tiality, and his clear insight into the motives which
generally actuated mankind, has failed in this part of
his history, and to a certain extent cast an odium upon
the Parliamentary leaders which they little merit.
lie has done justice to their splendid talents, their
consummate skill in forming and carrying into effect
their plans—he admits even their patriotism in re-
sisting arbitrary power, arid cannot deny that to the
Puritans we are indebted for the most valuable
privdeges we enjoy as freemen ; but still his praises
are evidently forced, and he endeavours to lower
these men in public estimation by turning into ridi-
cule some of their speeches, and by inveighing against
their fanaticism and hypocrisy. That, however, is
not the only defect in his history-. His partiality to
the Stuarts, and the pity which he excites for the fate
of t:!e unfortunate sovereign who made war upon
his people to defend what he calls his pre-
rogative, but which all impartial men call despotic
power, tended much to lower the character of the op-
posi,e party even among good reformers, and to de-
stroy all their merit in the eyes of the High Church
parv. His prepossessions in favour of that worthless
race of kings blinded a mind otherwise so clear and
unbiassed, and made him palliate, or deny, or excuse
erinies, which ought to meet with universal reproba-
tion. Even in the history of that contemptible and
Agar sovereign, James 1., this partiality is most
slating. He tells us, of course, what he could not
concerti—that he was desperately attached to young
favourites, that he conferred on them the highest
honours, and loaded them with wealth; that they, in
fact, were his chief councillors, though they followed
each other in rapid succession, and that such a
strange propensity caused general offence
and scandal, while at the same time he not
only throws a veil over his crimes, but asserts what
few persons now believe, that these propensities had
nothing in them "immoral or flagitious." The trial,
conviction, and pardon of the greatest of his favour-
Reg, somerset and his profligate wife, for the murder
of Si? Thomas Overbury, are briefly described, and
made to appear as little injurious to the king as pos-
sible, thou' is nothing can be more fatal to his
character than the whole scene of this,man's life at
court. The favourite seduced this woman while the
wife of the injured Essex, the king granted his royal
permission for a divorce, the guilty pair, with the
icing's consent also were marl:lel, and though they
wereguilty of an atrocious murder, for which many
of the other accomplices suffered deaib at Tyburn,
they were pardoned a few weeks after conviction, and
the kind settled on Somerset the splendid income of
40,0001. a year for life. This extraordinary conduct
is attributed to some secret cause, to some ape
prehensions of the king's that Somerset
might make fearful disclosures, and the whole
history of the trial confirms the worst suspicions.
Somerset for some time absolutely refused to submit
to a trial, told Sir George More, the Lieutenant of the
Tower, that he should carry him to Westminster Hall
by force in his bed, and that the king durst not bring
I.lel to trial. The rest of the strange scene is thus
graphically described by the author of this excellent
history :
" This language made More quiver and shake ; . . .

' yet a vay goes More to Greenwich, as late as it was,
being twelve at night, and bounces up the back-stairs as
if mad.' I,`,e king, who was in bed, on hearing what
the Lieutenant bad to say, fell into a passion of tears,
and said, ' On m; soul, More, I wot not what to do !
Thou art a wise man ; help me in this great strait, and
for a thankful master.' shalt find thou dos,' it
Lieutenant told his prisoner
turning to the Tower, the .
tba; he had been with the kit: d+ and found him a most
t.tf etionate master unto him, ant: full of grace in his in-
tentians towards him ; but, said he, to satisfy justice,
t'ou must appear, although you return instantly again,
'without any further proceeding, only you ,shall know
~
ahall
',our.
o i wer over ym at . With this trick of wit he (have
ayed
is tory, and got him quietly, about eight in the ria:`-
:::, to the Hall ; yet feared his former bold language
iglii revert again, and, being brought by this trick into
&e toil, might have more enraged him to fly out into
i one strange discovery. He had two servants placed
n eit]..,.h side of him, with a cloak on their arms, giving
.t'aem .i peremptory order, if that Somerset did any way
y out on the king, they should instantly hoodwink him
I ith that cloak, take him violently from the bar, sad
trry him away ; for which he would secure them from
*ay danger, and they should not want also a bountiful
feward."
elume keeps all these remarkable circumstances out
v,; ,„;glit, though attested by Coke as well as Weldon,
and merely remarks, " Allowing all these circum-
stances to he true, of which some are suspicious, if not
palpably false, the great remains of tenderness which
James still felt for Somerset may, perhaps, be suf-
ficient to account for them." Throughout the whole
history of Charles the First the same par-
tiality in favour of the royal martyr prevails.
The philosophical and elegant historian, by a
singular perversion of facts, about which there can
he no doubt, declares that Charles " was candid, sin-
cere, upright, as much as any man whom we meet in
:history;" and adds, " perhaps it would be difficult to
End another character so unexceptionable in this par-
ticular." Now, it is a matter of history that the Par-
liamentary leaders could place no confidence in the
king's most solemn promises, and that this very cir-
cumstance urged them to extremities for their
own preservation. It is necessary to cite only two
or three instances to disprove the assertion that the
king was " candid, upright, and sincere." His very
entrance into public life displayed great duplicity.
While he remained at Madrid he deceived the whole
court, and more especially the confiding Infanta,
With promises and engagements which he never in-
tended to pei•form. He even submitted to a course of
,nental reservation, evasion, lying, and per-
+ Ary, says the writer of this work on
-col authority. He was ready to vow
vhatever they chose to get safe out of
,heir country, " fully resolving to break all these en-
e ligements as soon as he conveniently might ;" and
`as first remark on finding himself on board one
. f his father's ships was,
" that he had duped the
.4paniards." Another instance of
perfidy occurs on
e memorable occasion when he reluctantly con-
• .ntesl to give to the Parliament at Westminster the
ppllatson of the Parliament of Englande,atinndelie.cbretly
ntered an explanatory protest in his o
• retending that though he had called them a parTk'
lent, he had not thereby acknowledged them 'f4o-r
'ach. And what justification or apology can be
+lade for his shuffling, evasive, and faithless conduct
.o reference to the Petition of Right ? lie at first
lave An evasive answer—he at last gave it his full
4 ised, and broke every article of it either imtne-
tiateiy after, or during the long period that he
titled without Parliaments. His breach of pro-
.nis, to Strafford, too, is an indelible blot
~n his memory, and proved that he was neither can-
Vitt nor sincere, nor upright. Strafford saw the
rtorin coming, and, to escape from his enemies, asked
leave to retire to his government in Ireland; but the
ticw, afraid to act without him, refused his consent,
,nd assured the devoted victim that " not a hair of
is head should be touched." Charles basely betrayed
is friend, appointed a commission to sign the war-
ant for his execution, and the Earl, on receiving the
,t,ll , stelligenee, and indignant at such weakness and
eachery, exclaimed, in the agony of despair, " Put
~it your trust in princes." A candid and sincere
ierai would have been torn to pieces rather than
;VA to such infamy ; but he lived to repent his
,soies,3, and at the hour of his death could not for-
,,t his treachery to Strafford. This admirable
istorical sketch, drawn by Mr. Mac Farlane,
id, among
many other standard works, pub-
• shed at a cheap rate by Knight and Co., pourtrays
to scenes of that eventful period in their true light,
,ad reveals many facts which Hume mysteriously
l is
ncealed. One of its great merits its impartiality.
ustice is done to Chales, but no more than justice.
'bere is no indiscriminate praise of the patriotic
'.:tiers of the Commons, nor of the principal men
who figured in the civil war. lie justly blames the
,xtravapnua and the wild fanaticism of the Puritans;
ie adini..s that the Scotch Covenanters were like their
eighbours, and not very nice in keeping their word
.vhen it suited their purpose to break it ; and is no
.ss severe against the intolerance and tyraon,j7 of the
'resbyterians and Puritans than the determined arui
pen despotism of Charles, and Laud, and Strafford.
.'o Laud he does full justice, and
assertsss
f his reforms in church discipline and that some
ihvabits were
ot only harmless, but judiciously contrived
_a fro which we totally differ.
ot much good is recorded, because, ifO fetrt‘Thteha
ek:aiernnrlge
m
bserved, little could be said in his favour. x
, is whole life was disgraced either by treacherousy
,oliey or by downright absolutism. No
wo characters differ more widely from each
ther than the character of Charles as drawn
by Iftkru,e and that which h. was proved to

possess by undoubted facts in history. Hume repre-
sents him as a gentleman in every respect, while he
was notoriously addicted to vulgar language, more
vulgar even than that used by his uncouth father, and
in his letters was constantly in the habit of using such
expressions as "rascals," " villains," and in a commission
with which he intrusted the Marquis of Hamilton for
reducing the discontented' Scots, he called the Presby-
terians " that rascally people ;" and the favourite
epithet he applied to such illustrious men as Eliot,
and Pym, and Hampden, was " the vipers." On
readinz the trials of Laud and Strafford, as described
by the Tory historian, one is astonished at the inex-
tinguishable hatred of the people against these two
Ministers, and the savage determination with which
they were pursued to death; but a correct history,
like that here given, explains the mystery, and shows
that no men ever were more justly doomed to death
for betraying the liberties of their country. The
style of the work, too, deserves great praise. It is
nervous, dignified, and eminently practical. The
object of the writer is not to round off a period or draw
a beautiful metaphor, but to state facts in the most
impressive manner, and furnish the reader with the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth
When he condescends to use figures of writing they
are generally thrown in his way, and taken up, as it
were, by accident, and in that respect he is generally
very happy. For instance, the courtiers at Vienna
told the emperor that Gustavus Adolphus, the
Lion of the North, was but a king of snow, who
would melt away as he approached the north.
" But," says Mr. Mac Farlane, " the Swede continued
his course, and there was no melting away ; or, if there
was, it was of that nature which releases the avalanche
from the mountain, to thunder through and over-
whelm the valley beneath." And in a like
happy figure of speech, when stating that the Pres-
byterians of Ulster had by Strafford's tyranny and
persecution been banished to their natire country, he
adds, " These preachers returned to their native
hive in Scotland, whence there soon issued such a
swarm as darkened the sun of the house of Stuart."
The. work altogether is entitled to the highest praise ;
it, in fact, forms a new era in the writing of history ;
it is neither prolix nor tedious; on the contrary, the
reader regrets often that the description of some great
man, such as the splendid account of the birth, educa-
tion, and character of Hampden, given as an episode,
is not more prolonged, and every possible detail exhi-
bited to view. No novel or romance can be more en-
tertaining; and, we say with perfect sincerity, that the
eleventh volume of this publication, containing a his-
tory of the events preceding the civil war, is the most
interesting book we ever read.

LOSS OF AN EAST INDIANIAN.
LEWES, MONDAY.—From the letters received here
this morning, it appears that there has been a dreadful
storm along the south-east coast. On Saturday night,
the 27th inst., the gale itnreased to a perfect hurricane,
and several vessels were damaged, doubling Beachy
Head. About one o'clock on Sunday morning a large
Dutch East Indiaman, name unknown, came on shore
on the coast of Pevensey, a little to the north-east of
th.e Head, the wind blowing tremendously, and the sea
running mountains high ; eighteen of the crew, out of
thirty-two or thirty-three on board, succeeded in land-
ing in safety in their own boat, and it appeared from
their statement that the ship was bound from Batavia
to Amsterdam, laden with a valuable cargo of coffee,
sugar, and indigo. The greatest apprehensions were
entertained for the safety of the captain of the vessel,
who, steady to the trust reposed in him, remained
on board with the mate and twelvo or thirteen of
the crew ; but it was not until Sunday forenoon that
any assistance could be afforded them. Their situa-
tion during that dreadful night, on such a shore, with
a g Ile from the S.S.W., and a sea continually break
ing over their ill-fated vessel, was truly awful. In
the forenoon of Sunday, however, a small pleasure-boat
I”lon4ing to Pevensey, named the Rebecca, manned by;
two pilots, riPmed Pierce and Wood, and three of the
Coast Guard, named Oliver, Warnell, and Fleming, put
off to the assistance of the crew of the East Indianian,
and succeeded in reaching her. From the violence of the
gale, however, and the sea continually breaking over
the wreck, they were unable to effect their purpose of
bringing off the captain and the remainder of the crew ;
but. with determined perseverance, they laid by, watch-
ing for a favourable opportunity. This, however, did
not speedily occur, and about eleven the life-boat from
Eastbourne went to assist her. After a considerable
delay the remainder of the crew, with the master, were
taken on board the boat, with the exception of one poor
fellow, who was lashed to the rigging, and whom it was
impossible to save. It is some consolation to believe,
from the appearance of the man, and the position of his
limbs, that he was dead when the life-boat reached the
vessel. Having been landed in safety, it is gratifying
to state that the poor fellows were supplied with every
necessary by two of the railway contractors on the Lewes
and Hastings line ; the officers and men at the Coast
Guard station also rendering every assistance.

THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE
NORFOLK RAILWAY.
NORWICH, TUESDAY NIGHT.—At ten o'clock this
evening, Mr. Robert Eagle Clark, the Coroner fur the
borough of Thetford, resumed the inquiry, adjourned
from Friday last, at the Guildhall, Thetford, relative to
the death of William Pickering, engine-driver, and
Thomas Hedger, fireman, who perished by the rrcent
vocKlent on the Norfolk Railway.
,faemas Brown, a labourer, living in Croxton parish,
near Ti;.tford, was then called, and on being sworn said,
on Wednes.4ll). last I was at work at Mr. Wright's farm
at Kilveston, which is near the Norfolk Railroad, on
the Croxton-road, el/ the right hand side from Norwich.
While I was standing nee,: the farm-house, I saw the
train that met with the accdeli! coming up, but I cannot ,
say that it was travelling at a gee,:ter rate than I have
seen trains usually run, for I did ALt take particular
notice of it. It passed me, and on going two or
three fathoms, it went behind a plantatico, and it
was lost to my view for a second or so, :Olen it
came in sight. Almost immediately afterwards I lost
sight of it again, the end of the house obstructing the
view ; and I then heard a kind of rattling which ap-
peered to me like the escape of steam. I ran round the
corner of the house and saw a dense cloud of steam.
which perfectly hid the engine and carriages and every-
thing near. 1 instantly made to the spot and called out
if there was any one hurt. I was answered by some
person that he did not know; and I then got upon the
line, and discovered the deceased lying upon, or across
the rails. Pickering was on the ground, with his face
downwards, and I heard him groan. I lifted up his
head and blood was gushing from the mouth, and he died
in about ten minutes. Hedger laid with his legs on the
rails, and his body rested on the earth. The engine was
nine or ten yards from them, at the bottom of the em-
bankment, on the Croxton side. It rested on its side; two
wheels were embedded in the earth of the banking, and
the other rested in the field. The chimney was knocked ,
off, and I saw it on the same side as the engine, near '
the edge of the line. The tender was thrown
crossways on the rails near Thetford. The car-
riages were on the other side of the line, the up side.
Three of them and a truck were down the embankment.
The deceased was found just behind the last carriage of
those down the bank. The remainder of the train was
on the line, but I think the wheel had gone off the rails.
The bodies did not lay under the carriages. The first
carriage of the latter portion of the train was close to on:
of the men, probably two or three yards. The men were
about three yards from each other. Pickering was
placed in a truck and taken on to Thetford, as also
Hedger. I remained with the latter until he expired.
By the CORONER—Did not see the engine go off the
line. Did not observe any particular motion of the en-
gine before it ran off. Saw no rocking of the carriages
The deceased never said anything about the accident as
to who caused it. Pickering never spoke, he frequently
groaned. The only words Hedger made use of were,
Oh, dear me ! Am sure they did not give any account
of the accident in my hearing. Took no particular re.,
tice of the rail where the engine went over.
By a juror—Was positive that the first carriage a:
the remainder of the train on the line was three or four
yards from the deceased.
Isaac Rowe, a shepherd of Kilveston, was next ex-
amined—I wes about sixt • yards from the railroad, cn
the Croxton side when' ?saw the engine go over 0:2
round to seel I
line. Before then,
seen a train
in the habit of noteive!"reaS
faster than Iflui,tti and
thought it was going very fast--
ad train coming, and turned
travel before. I am
down the line,
passed me, about sixty or Breen
pe4:l4,thtiel trains frequently pass up and
engine jump. The fire-wheels rose
one side; it then jumped agaitnia''e
yards, I perceived the
or four a-day. When it
went over the embankment. up, and it reeled on
' r"aed. the line, and ,
CORONER--NOW, be careful bow you explain
Did you see any men on the engine after
it 4tii ,
yourscti.
Witness—No, I did not, in consequence of ther°l3°d'
body of steam. lmmense
CORONER—State if you noticed any other unusual '
ap.
pearance.
Witness—After the engine jumped, the fire flew about
in all directions from the bottom and side. It appearcn
as if it was forced out.
By a juror—I could not say that the engine was oft
the rails when she jumped. When it passed me I no-
ticed two men on it, but I did not see them jump off.
Mr. George Goding Johnson, the master of the sta-
tion at Thetford, was then sworn. On last Wednesday,
at about a quarter to one o'clock, I was sent for to at-
tend the deceased, the subject of inquiry. I iname.
diately went to the spot, and found the deceased lying
on the right side of the line. Pickering having died, I
had him put into a luggage box, and Hedger was placed
on a board, and were both conveyed to the Thetford
station. The latter died three or four hours afterwards
I did not hear him give any account of the accident ;
was not able
John Arwell, a farmer's bailiff, residing at Kilveston,
neat deposed, on oath, I saw the accident, when about
400 yards on the Crouton side of the railway. It hap •
pened rather to the right of me. I saw the train eorninr.,
full half a mile along the cutting. I did not notice the
pace sa very particularly then, but on clearing the cultic
I thought the speed was much increased. It appearel
1;12 going very fast.
CoitoNea—Vaster than usual? Witness—Yes, sir ;
faster than usual. I think it was faster than ever I saw
one go before. I may have seen an engine with a tend. r
-
go
.s # but I am sure never with a train.
COUGNE Yes there
that excited my feat anything about the engine that
attracted your attention more particularly than another
Witness—Yes. The first thing
was the flying of the fire from under ft. It shot cut
marked to myself, "
suddenly and rapidly, and I re Dee.
I And the wort
me, what a pac ere going at."e Lb. )
scarcely "eaPed frov: y bps before she went off tee

CORONER—Now, did you see the engine jump? Wlt-
ness—l did. Instantly after the fire flew out it jumped
as if it was passing over logs of wood laid on the rai.e,
and then went down the embankment. There was r.
great quantity of steam. Before the engine went off silt.
appeared " full;" in fact, there was so much of it that ..
did not exactly witness all that took place.
CORONER—Then I understand you to say that the
moment the fire fell the engine jumped ? Witness—
She did, and then apparently pitched sideways down the
line. The carriages proceeded until they were all of
a heap.
CORONER—Can you say whether you saw any man..:.11
the engine ? Witness—As soon as the engine came out
of the cutting I perceived two men upon it, and I noticet.
them up to the moment prior to the engine turning ove:
One of them jumped off on the Croxton side of the lin_
I saw nothing particular of the other man.
By the jury—The fire proceeding from the engine it:
the way it did induced me to watch it more particular'y
The carriages appeared to be proceeding on the rails
after the engine had jumped. I cannot judge how far it
went after the fire flew out—it might be 30 or 40 yen.:
from where I stood. The steam and smoke were very great;
the steam seemed to be issuing from both ends at thf
same time the fire was falling. When I got up to tit,
spot, several persons, who had assembled, were paint,
a man apparently from under the carriages that were
just on the edge of the embankment. He was Hedger, I
believe. I never heard the deceased men speak about
the accident.

CORONER—Pray did you ever see any other engine
with steam and swuke in such a manner as the one in
question ? Witness—No ; I never did, and that was
what excited my surprise. It was quite an unusual ap-
pearance, and I never saw anything like it before.
CORONER—Have you seen many trains pass along ?
Witness—l have ; four or five a day. I did not take
particular notice of the speed of the engine that led to
the accident.

Mr. Parker, the solicitor to the Company (to the wit-
ness)—Respecting the unusual appearance you have been
mentioning, I wish to ask you whether you saw the
man on the engine extend his arm, and apparently touch
something, after or before the engine jumped, or the
fire fell out? Witness—What attracted my attention,
sir, to the engine, was the fire, instantly afterwards it
jumped, and then the man extended his arm, and at the
same moment leaped off. I will swear that I saw the
man on the engine move his arm after it rose.
Several other witnesses spoke in support of the above
evidence.

Dr. Bailey, of Thetford, was then called to prove the
injuries which the deceased men died from.
It being now near five o'clock,

The CJRONEIt said, it would be impossible to conclude
the inquiry that evening, and he begged to recommend
an adjournment, as, in the meantime, no doubt, General
Pesky would institute his official investigation, and, by
having his opinion on the subject, it would much assist
the jury in coming to a verdict.
The jury acquiesced in the suggestion, and the investi-
gation was accordingly adjourned.

LAw INTELLIGENCE.

SECONDARIES' COURT, Dec. :.)1.
(Before Mr. Secondary POTTER)
MORGAN V. CHILTON.

This was an action brought to recover the sum of
7L 55., the balance of an account for the board and edu-
cation of the son of the defendant, who pleaded that he
was not indebted,

The plaintiff keeps a boarding-school at Edmonton,
aad the charge for board and education was 51. per
quarter.

Mr. John Wilson, the manager of the school, was
called, and proved that the boy was at school for half
a year ; there were extras in the bill, for clothes'
mending, pocket- money, &c. (one of the items
for each quarter being " hair-oil, hair-cutting, shoe-
strings, and medicine, Is. 61") The prospectus
stated that no " extras" were to be charged,
but the witness said that meant no " school extras,"
but " accomplishments " were not part of education. lie
saw defendant at the school, and afterwards on bringing
the boy to town. In cross-examination, the witness said
the only way he knew the defendant was the father, was
by asking the boy, a rule they always observed.
For the defendant, it was contended that Mr. George
Chilton was not liable, but that his brother, Mr. James
Chilton, a solicitor, was the father, and would have paid,
but it was not likely that he would whilst an
action was pending against his brother. Though
Chilton, a solicitor, gvas the father, and the person liable,
and would have Laid, indeed had written on the subject,
by a blunder the brother had been sued.

A letter signed "James Chilton" a as put in.
The SECONDARY said that it was sworn that Mr.
George Chilton was the defendant, and therefore the
case tor the jury was clear.
The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff for the
amount.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-flO USE.

Three boys, the youngest of whom was eight years,
and the eldest twelve years of age, were brought before
the Lord Mayor. They were in a miserable plight, and
a gentleman, who saw one of them commit a petty theft,
caused them all to be apprehended, in order to have in-
quiry made into their apparently desolate condition.
The case proved to be one of ordinary occurrence.
The boys were all the children of very poor parents, who
are, probably, unable to support them, deriving a pre•
carious living for themselves from vending articles in the
streets. It was stated by the children that as they had
nothing to do they walked about together, and their
parents were, God knew where, all day endeavouring to
scrape up the means of getting a bit of bread and paying
for the wretched room in which they contrived to live.
Fifty such cases have been brought before the present
Chief Magistrate.
The LORD MAYOR said it was most deplorable to see
these poor children on the road to certain destruction.
It was a disgrace to the great nation which boasted of
charity, taking within its comprehensive grasp the dis-
tressed and afflicted of all classes, that the streets should
be crowded with poor, half-naked children, who had no
human being to guide them, many of whom were sent
out by their parents to beg or steal, and others, with-
out parents or friends, prowling about, disregarded by
the officers of the unions, and, in fact, encouraged in the
practices of poverty and vice by the depraved people
wiai whom they necessarily come into contact in the
coursa of their proceedings.
Geaman (the Chief Cleik) said, that although
he been but a short time in the situation he held, he
had seen sri
10014 of cases of the kind. There ap-
peared to be no
approaeh to an abatement of the evil,
which was certain:- one of the greatsgnitude.
The New Poor-law jdid 11,7 meet the difficut malty. That
law punished parents for refusal s"r Ilegie('.t.t° support
their children; but how easily were its pi-ivislo.ns eyed.. ed,
Children would, when their parents were 100 k...",
livelihood in the streets, wander about from place to
e• atter a
place, and fall in with bad associates, and it could not be
said that their parents refused or neglected to support
them. But those who were bound to carry the law into
effect, by compelling the parishes of the poor to sup-
port ttiem, did not perform their duty. The City of
London Union had no refuge for the miserable creatures
who crowded into London, except at Peckham, a dis-
tance of three miles, to which they were sent at all
hours, with tickets for admission.

The LORD MAYOR said that he would supplicate the
powerful press of the metropolis to lend their great
assistance in checking the dreadful evil, by calling the
attention of the Legislature to it. Of all the painful
spectacles he had ever witnessed, that of the crowds of
helpless children with which the streets were deluged,
was the most affecting. Multitudes of them were, he
knew beyond all doubt, sent out to beg by their parents
or other relatives. They were thrown upon the world
at the ago when the mind was flexible to any impression
of good or evil, and they were imperceptibly led into
the commission of crime, until repeated acts rendered
them incorrigible. Society thus became responsible for
the contamination to which poor children were sub-
jected. There was a total absence of restraint or
good example, and the very ingenuity displayed in
the little acts of dishonesty perpetrated by those
of tender years are encouraged by the laughter,
and in some cases by the approbation of the lookers. on.
There was no calamity, in his mind, comparable to that
which sprung from the bringing up of youth in habits
and practices of idleness and vice. The Legislature
spent hours and days in discussing the principle of edu-
cation. Could the minds of the representatives of
the people be more benevolently employed than in
devising the means of correcting the awful evil which
was always before the eyes of the magistrate, and was
almost as frequently encountered by the men concerned
in the ordinary transactions of town life? He was con-
vinced that a blessing would wait upon any effort of the
kind he suggested ; and again he would beseech the in-
fluential press of the metropolis to take the important
question into their hands for the sake of common hu-
manity. What could he do, as a magistrate, in the case
before him? Commit these three children for stealing a
Were they persons to be sent for trial to the
fOetwd peas? Bailey
? His heart revolt 'd at the thought, for his
heart bled for them and the thousands of poor young
creatures who, like them, were without protection, and
going headlong into ruin.
Mr
Goodman said he had no doubt that publicity
.
would be given to his Lordship's observations on so
vital a subject, and that some benevolent and high-
minded mien would apply to the Legislature, by whom
alone a remedy could be administered.
note, No.
94,147, and
M"cat acknowledged
the receipt of a 5!.
dated 11th November, 1845, J. J.,
for the
poor applicants at the Mansion- house.
Mr. Dashwood, surgeon, of G reen w ich obtained a
summons against Messrs. 6;aplin and I orne, carriers,
under the following circumstances ;_-
Mr. Dashwood received a letter
father, the Rev. Wm. Dashwood, of su •
• some day s ago from his
him that a parcel containing turkeys,n&z.
MAI( informing
the children, should be sent from ira money for
the Star
coach to London, directed to him on Christmas‘Bb
thence
nenethe 24th
called at the Spread Eagle booking-afleaoeve* He
to
where the
instant accordingly, and was direated from
Eastern Counties Railway terminus at Shoreditel-7
he applied for the prrcel, but without receiving any
satisfactory answer. In fact, he was jeered with the
advice to go quickly borne, or his turkeys would arrive
before him. hie had a company of thirteen friends to
dine with him on Christmas-day, but no turkey ap-
peared. On the following night. however, at nine
o'clock, the parcel was conveyed to him at Greenwich,
with the additional charge of one shilling, his father
having paid 2s. Bd. fur the carriage. Mr. Dashwood
produced the printed bill with the charge marked upon
it, and the Lord Mayor seeing the names "Chaplin and
Horne" at the bottom of it in printed letters as carriers,
directed that a summons should be sent to that respect-
' able firm,
A geutlemaa attended from Messrs. Chaplin and
(Lorne, and sympathised with Mr. Dashwood, but stated
that the firm had not had anything whatever to do with