The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-23 00:00:00

CUBA.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION RELATING TO
SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE TRADE.
Copy of a Letter addressed to J. H. Tredgold, Esq.,
Secretary to the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery
Society.

Our valued correspondent in this island has sent us
some highly important information in the following
' letter to the Secretary of the Anti-Slavery Committee.
Ilavannab, September 1, 1841.
Sir—ln speaking of public opinion in a country
where the iron hand of censorship restrains every form
of expression to which the press can give atterance, will
seem to an English reader to savour of absurdity. It
iP, nevertheless, an undoubted fact, that within the last
few months, under the administration of a Captain-
General, who is far from being distinguished fur the
lenity with which he administers his all but absolute
authority, opinions abd sentiments, which have long
been slumbering in the bosoms of our native population,
have gradually assumed a palpable form ; and thanks to
your kind assistance in giving publicity to my
former lettets, and to the important documents which
some of them contained, a great many of those who dis-
trusted their neighbours and hesitate] to avow their
sentiments, have gradually acquired that degree of con-
fidence, or courage, which makes a man ashamed to
dissemble his convictions.

It was just about the time when our memorials came
hack from London in a printed form that intelligence
arrived also from Madrid, which has since leaked out
through some friends to the cause in the public offices,
that a demand had been made by the British Govern-
ment on that of Spain, for the immediate emancipation
of all such slaves as had been introduced into this island
since the date of the first of the existing treaties be-
tween the two Crowns. The Government of Madrid
have so far evinced a disposition to yield to this new
demand of the British Government, as to have re-
quired the Captain-General to procure and transmit to
Madrid the necessary statistical information from the
various corporations of the island, from the Magis-
trates and local functionaries, and even, it appears,
from private individuals. This concession has been
made at a moment peculiarly favourable for leading to
important results. In the meantime, at least, it serves
to strike the leading slave-dealers with dread, and to
encourage the hearts of the friends of humanity. I
do not mean to say that all those who hail the approach
of the suppression of the African slave-trade are ani-
mated exclusively by sentiments of humanity. A large
proportion of them, on the contrary, would be glad to
maintain the practice of simple slavery, us they call it,
for at least another generation. But there are very
tem of the leading Creole proprietors of slaves who
would not willingly, and even gladly, accede to a com-
promise, which a few months ago would in London
have excited a smile of incredulity. This com-
promise would embrace the instant and effectual sup-
pression of all future importations of slaves, and cer-
tainly would not ask for more than a lifeboli possession
of what they now call their property.
A new feature has recently presented itself in the
practice of the slave-trade in this part of the world.
There being no longer any consul or agent of Portugal
in the Spanish West Indies, the traders to the coast
of Africa are unable to clear out their vessels under
the Portuguese flag, and as the assumption of that of
Spain is attended with several inconveniences, a con-
siderable number of these vessels, not less than seven
or eight, have left this harbour within the last three
months completely equipped for their criminal destina-
tion, without assuming any nationality, or being pro-
vided with a certificate of registry, or other papers to
prove it.

For several years the slave-traders had been accus-
tomed to rely more on the superior sailing qualities of
their ships than on the means of forcible resistance to the'
attempts of our cruisers to capture them. Of late, how-
ever, they appear to be returning to their cld system of
numerous crews and powerful armaments. Before this
letter reaches you, the English public will, doubtless,
have heard of the destruction of the boats of one of our
cruisers, in the attempt to cut out the brig Irene, a
notorious slaver belonging to this port ; near the mouth
of the river Gallines, on the coast of Africa ; and it is
not improbable that this instance of successful resist-
ance will encourage these desperados in returning to the
pugnacious system which they formerly pursued.
One thing appears to be clear, however, that whether
we arc to persevere in our fruitless endeavours to put
down the slave-trade by force of arms,'or to trust for
its extinction to were moral means, the system at pre-
sent pursued is eminently unworthy of the power of our
nation on the one hand, and of the philanthropy of the
age on the other. If the plan of physical force is to be
persevered in, it ought surely to be made more effective
than it • now is. Io the course of the present year, the
visits of her Majesty's ships to the coast have, indeed,
been few and far between. If they do occasionally
touch at the Havanna!), it is merely in passing from one
British settlement to another to obtain supplies of water
and other necessaries. In fact, the responsibility which
is thrown on a naval commander, in the event of the
ultimate acquittal of his prize, has a strong tendency to
damp his zeal in the discharge of this branch of his
duties.

lithe Courts of Mixed Commission ate to be main-
tained at the various stations where they now exist, and
are even to be extended, as appears to be the intention
of Government, judging from the recent treaty with
Buenos Ayres,sou must pardon me for suggesting, that
it is peculiarly your duty to watch over the selection of
the individuals of which these tribunals are to consist.
The Parliamentary papers make it clear that one at
least of the British Judge; at Rio de Janeiro has been
selected without any reference to his opinions or his
practice on the subject of slave-holding ; and in some
of my former letters, which I rejoice to find have met
your approbation, it has become my painful duty to
call your attention to the pro-slavery habits of more
than one of the members or dependents of the Court at
Havannah.
But it is not enough that a man appointed to such a
station should simply abstain from the commission of
the crime he has been appointed to suppress. The true
ground of his selection ought to be his eminent fitness
-
for the post to which he has been named, for
it certainly
does not require any great powers of mind to perform
the duties of a Commissary or Judge,or a Commissioner
fire_
of arbitra.ion. It the uerson appointed is_ nt'iy,,
solved te devote hinisvlf to the suppression theof c
sash:,
that resolution should go far to supply the want 1
qunlifications.
online-
tions have hitherto been the mere r
Unhappily for the cause of humaniteys,utltheosfe
present an opportunity peculita,lrvloy f
convenience. The present crisis, however,_avoureb
great parties in the
f
abatement of such abuses.
h other for the favour o
ineppfeearrstitloe
political
state are bidding against a
the people of England.
question the sincerity
of
either,f
the slave-trade. H the
zeal for the suppression
power,
they wettld have been coin.
Whigs remained in
thees:tian
to which they had placed
I t is2no
ipna rtihoefir
professedybusin es: to
pefled, in defence of
reference
to sugar duties, to have
themselves with
ff rt for the effectual suppre ision of the
made some
ianteredodtuoetiotiof slave grown sugar
promote. On the other
as the =advont of the Conservatives to power ap•
5.1 a.: e .6-0 t r addi
[ band,
crew: rtheiiyise bteea the
lcalculated
i ,
~, . . .
pear to be the

1 • 1 r r ..

MORNING SUN

Whir Government on this branch of the free-trade
question,fthe times appear to the Cuba abolitionists to
be singuLey favourable for spurring the existing almi-
nistration, whether %Vbig or Tory, to promote by all
possible means, the accomplishment of the object wo
have all so nearly at heart. Give us, they say, atl east
good men and true in the Court of Mixed Cornmiss'on, if
for no other reason, at least to prove that the English
people, and the English Government, are heartily sin-
cere in their desire to carry out the a►owed principles
of the existing treaties. A fat sinecure like that of
the Commissary Judge, in one of the mos'', luxurious
capitals in the world, may prove as convenient a sop
for some Conservative seat bolder in the new Parlia-
ment, as it was a few years ago to the Radical
Member for Tiverton. The political opinion of the
Judges, are in my mind, of no importance at all, but it
is of the very last importance, that they should not even
be suspected of apathy or indifference on the
very subject as to which they are naturally supposed,
by the people among whom they reside, to represent not
merely, the views of the British Government, but the
opinions and sentiments of British abolitionists. If the
Judges are suspected of indifference, you mny rest as-
sured, that the people and the Government who sent
them will share in the same opinion, and that is a state
of things which is exceedingly unfavourable to the pro-
nao'ion of that movement in favour of freedom which, in
former letters, I have had the satisfaction to Le able to
announce to you.
Among our naval men, I find it currently reported,
that the Romney, receiving ship, is about to be removed
to Jamaica ; but I sincerely bore that this will prove to
be a mistake, arising from the knawn anxiety repeatedly
expressed by the Commissioners in the Parliamentary
papers, to bring about an object, in which, if they were
successful, they would without being aware of it, be
going far to efface that sort of prestige which attaches
not only to the Romney, but to the Court itself, of
which they are members. I am, very respectfully, Sir,
your most obedient servant,
J. H. Tredgold, Esq.

C. R. T.

SERIOUS Loss.—A man named Denham at-
tended at Union Hall yesterday, for the purpose of
giving information of his haying lost the sum of 1601. in
Bank notes a few days ago in the neighbourhood of the
Court. It appeared that the applicant, on going along
the Southwark-bridge-road, dropped a roll of notes,
amounting to the above sum, and which he had received
a short time previously for the sale of a business in
which he was engaged near the Town-hall. In the
course of a short time after the notes were dropped they
were picked up by a lad of weak intellect in the service.
of Mr. Frankum, the hatter, of the Southwark-
bridge-road. The boy, on finding the money; and not
knowing the value of the notes, took them to his master's
warehouse and exhibited them to the men at work, saying
how he had found them. One of the workmen, on see-
ing the notes entreated the finder to "whack" them, and
the hint was no sootier thrown out than the boy• began to
distribute the money, giving a '2O/. note to one, a 10/. to
another, and so on, until he only left himself with one
101. note out of the whole sum. The persons to whom
the money was thus divided desired the boy not to
" split" on any account, but the circumstance having got
wind, and Mr. Frankum being made aeguainteid with the
facts, gave information at the station-house in South.;
wark -bridge-road. Upon Sergeant Havel!, of the 'AI
division, being apprised of what had had occurred, he
succeeded in recovering upwards of 601. in notes, from
the workmen to whom the money had been given as
above described. There are, however, still two 501.
notes missing out of the number, which have not, as yet
been traced to the workmen, but it has since been as-
certained that the boy who found them had exhibited
the roll of notes to some coal heavers at Bankside, in
whose possession hopes are entertained that they will be
found.

ELOPEMENT IN HUMBLE LIFE.--LBSI Wed-
nesday a person, respectably attired in the garb of a
Quaker, arrived by the two o'clock Liverpool train, and
immediately ordered a " tly " of Mr. Clewlow, jun., of
this town. The Quaker directed the driver (Mr. Clew-
low) to proceed to Eccicshall, and on arriving at that place
to go on to the village of Ellenhall. When at the latter
place, Mr. Clewlow was somewhat surprised at being
ordered to drive to the door of a cottage, and by observ-
ing sundry symptoms of a love affair, for the Quaker was
instantly recognised by a fair, and, as it appears, frail
one. After remaining for about ten minutes (during
which it turns out the preliminaries for the flight were
all arranged), the chaise was ordered on to " The
Wicket" public-house, where horse and man were well
entertained at the expense of the broad-brimmed gallant.
The chaise being once more in motion, had not pro-
ceeded far, when the driver was ordered to "pull
up" and " take up" the identical female he had seen
a short time before at the village. The loving pair
were then driven on to the station here, and booked
themselves for Birmingham the same evening. Next day
brought an explanation of the mysterious business. An
honest disciple of Vulcan, with rueful countenance, came
in search of his wife, whom he had only taken " for better
for worse" on the preceding Monday, thus having en-
joyed the sweets of matrimony for two whole days ! It
appeari that the female received during the week two or
three letters from Liverpool, where she had been recently
living in service, and informed her loving husband that
they were from a former lover, whose heart she had broken
by rejecting his addresses. Being asked why she had
been so cruel, she replied, "It was sll on account of a
difference in religion, he being a Quaker ! " The young
woman possesses, we understand, considerable personal
attractions. The husband, who is an honest industrious
man, is well known in this town. Ile has not received
any tidings as to the whereabouts of the guilty pair.—
Seifibrd Gazette.

WOOTTON BASSETT.—On Wednesday last,
tho 13th instant, the Right Thin. the Earl of Clarendon
paid a visit to his estates at Wootton • Bassett. On that
and the two following days 4. notwithstanding the un-
favourable state of the weather, • the. Noble Lord perso-
nally called on each of his tenants,!accompanied by his
steward, Mr. John Hayward, and most kindly and
courteously listened to their applications for alterations,
repairs, &c. Never was a nobleman or gentleman received
by his tenants with more enthusiastie pleasure, and when
it is taken into consideration that his Lordship has adopted
the allotment system for some time in the parish, and
apportioned to the labourers nearly 120 acres of land,
according to their families—thereby diffusing comfort to
as many humble, grateful Englishmen, it is not sur-
prising that the latter spontaneously joined with the
occupiers of farms in welcoming their noble landlord on
his first visit to Wootton Bassett since his accession 'to
the Clarendon titles and estates. His Lordship arrived
by train at the station, about a quarter of a mile from
the town, a little after one, and, on alighting from the
carriage, was saluted with hearty cheers by abOut 200
persons, who escorted him to the Vicarage-house. On
retiring with the Rev. Mr. Ripley, his Lordship gra-
ciously expressed the pleasure he felt on seeing his re-
spectable tenantry cheerful and happy.

%VEYHILL FAIR.—The sheep fair was held on
Saturday last. The morning proved remarkably tine,
and sales commenced early. The number of sheep penned
did not exceed 65,000, being much less than on many
former years. The prices asked were high ; after the
first two hours, therefore, the sales were not brisk ; and
at the close some pens remained unsold. The prices
may be fairly quoted as under :—Down ewes, from 265.
to 4 ; a few as high as 48s. ; Down lambs, from 20s.
to 3 to 40s. ; two tooth wethers, from 34s to 435.
There was a good show of horses of all sorts. AlanY
were sold on Saturday, and on Monday the larger two
.55:.. u p
and three years old cart colts were purchased for the
London trade. Fine hunters were eagerly sought after,
and sold at high prices. The hop fair did not commence
until Tuesday morning, and in eonsequenee of the inces-
sant rain very few persons were early in attendance.' Time
ornonuwmt,hbeeenir of
rat3is;lcal pocketslBpiin.intelii grounded
ceo,u(;)lf
triyi
fielding
irwasdoi7l 24. , 7
out
i
,litl
eiii.ogrtrl,l,hemi
gerhs Farnhamilaiit.oc
acted
at the onset. Some small sales were made in the Farn-
ham row as high as 121. 195., but we did not hear of a
single sale in the country row on Tuesday. Wednesday
prices gave way, and considerable business was
Best Farahams from 91. to 101. 15s. Country hops 117°1n
- i- quan-
tity to 91. los. In the cheese fair, about an average eLent,
tity was pitched. The quality generally was excellent,
.......
prices ;
and the sales were pretty brisk at the following
Best Somerset from 78s. to 84s. ; seconds 655. 7
to
half coward, 50s. to 565, ; skim, 28s. to 54s—
' County Chronicle.
from Lieut.
done.
THE CORN DOCTORS.--A letter
o_
.__l. „nntr, on
Morrison, R.N. appears in another prl"u agßern-
the subject of the recent conviction o Neiman
,
nrs tee worthy
brand, under the Vagrant Act. It
ealortheso designing
Lieutenant has himself been the
we
mheaiyr
to indueet ;
h 'roguery
mention that it is part of teed.
er_really extracted
...
the corns o
one that it is patients to believe that
knaves, as he places implicit faithd
olivine! every .
a dozen, or
but common sense must
corne
could contain
ver the sub-
hardly likely a single
nail,bristle, or h
w •ait `osition. We
twenty of the bits of
_to
keep tin .the in
irPotend to deny stance is which is used 'ao not!
~ .
that the culprit.
lity of the conviction, may as well state
to the legs
A der the advice of
With regal
tratcs acte- un
11i:their skill ;
the cheat.
doubt,•ll.
no
wi ing to
and they are
conviction,the
M
their legal adviser, Since the
a-
ienceS• c''' 'ng letter from ad
abide the conseqt .
~,,At the follow a l y
have which it appears the " operators"
gistrates
we apprehend, the Magis
inhave been m"----nfe-iitaiful harvest :—" A lady at Notting..
fwrointour of the provinces, in which they
at Cheltenham, that
have reap . i
rin Magistrates
begs to in b
who have been before them, have
ham
impostors,
d have committed their depreda-
rn ;
the co
hane an
at Notting
Nott,inpgedha:mkr,i_ _
been scale of plunder, having there
a more extended.
the
Lions on
called roots (but
ont of the foot). The enormous Corns
which never cam!
whic i' 1 they oin the people at Nottingham, and the
got t,. .
is past belief, and the only reason they
neighbourhood,
exposed there, was, that no individuals liked to
were not
to expcse their own credulit ' N '
charged los. for each bit, that they
come forward
).—i. °Ulf-G.-
AN 11-BREAD-TAX COLLECT. --- Almighty
ham, Oct. 18." Cheltenham Eamminer.
God. we offer our buinbl, and earliest prayer in behalf
of our t):.-4,,,:i country. Protect and bless and guide
our Sovereign ; Overrule the deliberatiens of our
Ministers, and may they unid the wants and re-
lieve the suffie.irgs of famiehing
thousands, in as
far as human instrumentality can avail, by the
removal of all restrictions that impede the free
interchange and universal diffusion of .the- bounties
and blessings of thy providence. near our cry in behalf
of the widow and the fatherless, the needy' and distressed,
and may tender-hearteducss and Christian love supplant
in every bosom the unholy influences of selfish exclusive-
ness and temporary expediency. May the,. prayers of
thy church, offered in the name cif our Mediator the
Lord Jesus Christ, reach thy thrOne and p,Z9vailln thee, who art tLe Father of the poor, thy viA: of P.
1 rim pd mercy, Alien,

~:, ; S:~fi

MORNING SUN

OFFICE OF THE CITY POLICE

CMM\IISSH)NEK.

Yesterday Mr. !1 rvey, the City Police Commis-
sioner, investigated a ease of public importanee as
regards the conduct of the force, in consequence of
having received die following letter :

"TO DANIEL W. HARVEY, ESQ., COMMISSIONER OF

THE CITY POLICE.

" Old England Office, 172, Flee-street,
" Monday, Oct. 18,1841.
feel bound, in justice to my feelings, to lay
the following ease, affecting as it does the character of
the police force of the City of London, before you, as
the Commissioner thereof, and to request from you an
investigation. li-ving been this morning brought be-
fore the. Alderman presiding at Guildhall, on a charge
of having been, on SAturday night last, "drunk and
disorderly," made by policemen No. 315, at the sta-
tion-bouse, Black-horse-court, and having been acquit-
ted by the fore-mentioned Aldermen, after I had en-
dured an imprisonment of fifteen•hours, the said police-
men declared, in the bearing of two of my friends, that
' O'Brien (meaning the individual who now addresses
you, Sir,) was a vagabond, and bad been convicted of
drunkenness at the Worship-street police-office some
time ago, and fined ten shillings.' This I declare to
be a deliberate and malicious calumny on
his part, and I. therefore respectfully, but
firmly, demand an investigation, as I deem the po-
liceman capable of openly stating what I am prepred
to prove a malicious falsehood, unfit to belong to the
police force of the City of London. I further charge
policeman 316 with having stated, in open Court, beforo
the presiding Alderman, that ' I had been convicted at
the Worship-street Police-office of drunkenness, and
fined ten shillings, and that my conduct on that occ I-
mo had been b(asily.' This I also solemnly declare to
be a deliberate and wanton falsehood, never hating en-
t'-red on any occasion, the police-office at Worship
street, or any other police-office in London, until this
morning, when I wes nia(l.e to aepe.ir et Guildhall. 1
now demand at your hands, Sir, in terms of the utmost
respect, an inquiry into the conduct of these two po-
licemen, and into the truth or falsehood of their state-
meet, at your earliest possible convenience.
" I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient, hum-
ble servant, " MICHAEL W.• O'BRIEN, M.A.
Editor of the Old England Newspaper, and
Member of Lincoln's Inn.

Mr. Briggs, of Cheapside, stated, that after the
case in which Mr. O'Brien was defendant had by en
dismissed, he heard Burroughes (policeman 315) ray
" O'Brien is a damned vagablnd, and was convicted of
drunkenness at the Worship-street police (dee static
time ago, and fined 101." Witness perfectly recellected
the words, and mentioned what he hail heard to his
friend Mr. O'Brien. Tue manner of Burroughes, the po
liceman, was peculia'ly insulting on this occasisn. Wit-
ness also heard Brand (policeman, 316), sta`e to the
Alderman that O'Brien had been convicted at the
Worship-street police-office of drunkenness, and fined
ten shilings, and that his conduct on that occasion had
been most beastly.
Another gentleman, who accompanied Mr. O'Brien
to the Guildhall police-office, confirmed the statement
of Mr. Briggs.
Burroughes stated that Brand, who formerly belonged
to the metropolitan force, vsured him that Mr. o'l37rea
had been at Worship-street under the circumstances
above-mentioned, and he considered that it was his
duty to mention the matter in the office.
Brand raid be really believed, when he saw Mr.
O'Brien, that that gentleman had been fined at Wor-
ship-street six or seven years ago fir drunkenness. He
Ras now, however, inclined to think that Mr. O'Brien
was sot the person, for he had male inquiry at the
office, and ascertained that the man's name was Morgan.
Mr. Morgan appeared to him to be about 36 years of
age. When he mentioned the circumstance to Bur-
roughes he said it confidentially, :red without wishing
that it should be publiciy stated.
Mr. Harvey—You say you are inclined to think you
are mistaken ; arc you not con' inc,:!d that
.you are
mirtaken

Brand—l am, Si?; but I was so coufilent at the
time that Mr. O'Brien wa‘ Cie person I had seen at
Worbnip.itreet, u.at if the Aldermen had put the book t
we I do )1444 ve I would have swo-n it.

Mr. O'Brien—There is not the slightest doubt of rhar.
Mr. H trvey (to Brind)— Have you the ie tit doubt
upon the subject now ?

Bien,' --Not the I .ast.
O'Brisa is not the person.
Mr. Harvey—Have you any wit- ess to show that
there was a striking resemblance b, twee° Mr. O'Brien
and the peroa ou charged wth drunkenness at Wor-
ship-street.

I au, convinced that Mr.

Brand then called a metropcl.ten policeman, skho re-
cortcted perfecly well, according to his stat,_treilt, the
occasion on which Mr. Morgan was brought before the
Nlagistrice at Worship-street, and he recolketed the
pkrsonal appearance of Mr. Morg an .vho did not re-
semble any person present.
Mr. Harvey—Was the conduct of Morgan on that
occasion such as to de3erve the epithet of •• b,astly ?"
Metropolitan policeman— Cert:.ialy, it wa,. The
language he used was such as I should not like to re-
peat here.
After a very full investigation,

Mr. Harve; addressed Mr. O'Brien. He regretted
exceedingly the octu rrrice which had taken place.
With respect to Brawl, it appe ircd to him that that
officer in tne;.tioning to Burroughes that. Mr. O'Brien
had been at Worship-site:A office, spoke his real opinion:
btrani,e and extraordinary as the delusion wAs, and
that be spoke tt too in the confidential manner in which
policewc.n were in the habit of communicating with
each other, and without meaning th it it should b) re-
peated. it wm, however, the duty of Brand the mo-
ment he found that he was mittaken, to ,:ifr?r every re-
par,;tiz,n in his power by apology to the gentleman who
had been insulted. Tne witness called by Brand
rendered him no assistance whatever. On the contrary,
be said that Morgan resembled nobody in th,.l rootu,
and thus put out of the question the argument as to
identity. Sull he (Mr. Harvey) did not consider that
Brand acted under anything worse than an erroneous
impulse, and he Jared say that Mr. O'Brien would be
satisfied if that policeman begged his pardon.
Brand here very submissively apologised to Mr.
O'Brien.

Mr. Harvey said. with re4peet to Burroughes, it lies
entirely with you Mr. O'Brien, whether be remains
with the force a day longer. I will feel it to be my
duty, if you require it, to dischgrgo him immediately.
But I think it necessary to staze that be stands well in
our reports, and that a dismissal from the police is a
very serious bar to a man's procuring a situation of any
other kind. That we have good reasot, for kno.ing.
Nothing can justify such conduct as these gmletneu
have described.

Mr. O'Biet; said he forgave the man for tl.e oEnee
personally to hinitall, but he considered hions.ilf bound
to add his solemn declaration that such a person
was not fit to be in the City police force.
Mr. Ha'vey then told Burroughes that he hail to
thank Mr. O'Brien that he was not at once deprived
of his situation, anti that it ever there, should be proved
against him any charge, however slight, he shou:d
from that morrieiA leave the force for ever.
Mr. O'Brien tail that Burroughes had refused at the
statioo-house to let him have a bit .21 paper upon which
to communicate to his family where he was confined.
Burroughei, who had appealed for mercy in the name
of his wife and children to Mr. O'Brien, then mide
the most humble request for forgiveness, and having
0108i/red it• from that gentleman's humanity, retired
along
with Brand, who was also advised to execcise
great caution in the public discharge of his duties.

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ehp:itlyviCierlt.of the
At the s;qinic ofthe C
_our% the D
Secretary to
a
ertehnece
to•rltthAery to
Peace intbrmed the Griairman, that
cionmoinicalion from Mr. Chadwick, the
the Poor-law Comrni:;sioners, i
port of the Re,,. `lcounty
r. Benson, the chaplain of the L."
gaol, which appeared in thit Toirnal on W,Anes34Y.
It lAOI be renv:nabcred that the Cha-plain inlli
annual Report. ailudea to a variety of eir(tumEtaneo:
connected wiia the pr:sonQrs that had betn under his
charge, and also to the can=es that had induced many
of than to eommir. the cfLncei with ithirli they Were
el-a-le,l, ail he ~oated th,lt he had reason tl believe
that in Fn-TI,! of the ciee; they were driven to commit
offmces In c,olli glen:. e of the refirial of some of . the
Poor-ltw• offir...ers to grant them relef.
Toe ribct of the present application was that tile
4nulm
C, - •J-
-.tonera might be furni,hod with a copy of the
It2nle Report of be Chipaiu in order that inquiries
intitht he made in
ma e reference to the Et tetneot above
ahutled to .

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AftPr some eon erasion, the Court declined to ac-
cede to the rrcoryt, and !id that the rrerer enurAe to
?bilo a copy of the daeurnent vrouH be to appty for it
to lir! S'setteary at Sate.

t;DUCATIoN AND Calm Er---- u • logy in
i -ted of fe
184 e the tothl number of persona c!)11v-,
D ring the year
EN,Oand was 19,927, of these 4,103 were transported,
lt out of which number only 390 had received such a.B.id,e,
cation as tuablell them to read and understated the 1,1,4
the remaining 3,715 being more or less, and Ow. gr. ^
.0
majority .1, "
-:••".iy uneducated. In the county of Sal, p,
during th® year 1840, there have been 14 persons trait- -
ported, not one of whom had received education sutti-
cient to enable him to read the Bible, and the chaplain's
report stated that of 222 prisoners in the gaol during the
last quarter 59 of them were so deplorably ignorant that
they did not even know the name of the Savionr ; 61
only had been confirmed ; 18 only were communicants of
the Church of England ; the remainder were either Dis-
senters or of no religious Persuasion 'a hatever. A con-
siderable portion could not read, but many of them had
been taught to read and even write, rules of arithmetic while in ~: and do the first four
P.olon. -In Worcestershire
the total number of.prisoners committed from the
year
1835 to 1841, both inclusive, Amounts to 1,954. Out of
neit 01
ths
her r num
ea ber .1,954 no less than 771 prisoners could
d nor write. This is about two-fifths of the
;re. 4nd 'taking the lait
4iX years the number of
f,,,,,,,4 0 cou.— read and write well were but.
twelitrgile to counterbalance the 771 who were- in a
, and deplorable ignorance,
'Ott aeon
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