The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-09 00:00:00

THE WILKIE TESTIMONIAL.

TO THE TIMOR OF THE TIMER.
Sir,—Previous to the recent meeting of the Wilkie Testi-
monial Committee, Mr. Joseph, the sculptor, put the accom-
panying letter into my hands, thinking it might be of service
to him if read to the Committee. I had no opportunity of
reading the letter, and Mr. Joseph's object has been already
gained. It occurs to me, however, that such a letter might
prove interesting to the public, as everything must do which
helps to link together two such names as Scott and Byron.
Your obedient servant,
JAMES HALL.

Athenwum Club, Pall-mall, July
P. S. I ought to have mentioned that Mr. Joseph was pre.
vented by Lord flyron's death from having an opportunity of
presenting the letter or snaking the bust.

SIR WALTER SCOTT TO LORD avitox.
My dear Lord Byron,—Should this reach your hand, it will
be delivered by Mr. Joseph, a young sculptor of rising emi.
nence, who very wisely goes to Italy to improve himself in
his art. His busts have attracted much attention, and many
consider him as our most hopeful artist after Chantrey, who
has snore work on his hand than a lifetime can execute.
But you will be enabled to judge of Mr. Joseph's proficiency
from you own observation, as he carries with him several speci-
mens of his labours, and some of your acquaintances' heads in
stone and plaster, nearly as good as the original specimen [s]
from which they were taken. Now, the upshot of all this is,
an earnest request on my part that if you think Mr. Joseph
worthy of encouragement, judging from your own observation,
not my recommendation (which in the fine arts is worth no-
thing), that you will spare so much time as to sit to him,
which will be a high feather in his cap .when he returns to
Britain, and cannot but have a most important effect upon his
fortunes if he is happy enough to succeed:
Besides, I cannot disguise from you that I have a little pri-
vate self interest in your granting Joseph this request, for, as
Tony Lumpkin says of his company, I should not so much mind
your Lordship disappointing bun if I did not at the same time
incur disappointment myself, since if you spare so much time as
to let him model your bust, he has orders to :finish a copy for
me in marble, to be one of the Lares at Abbotsford.
I am always, my dear Lord, very truly yours,
Edinburgh, July 1823. WALTER SCOTT.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—A very mein nehol v
accident took place on Wednesdarafteihoon, in the neigh-
bourhood of the Boharm suspension-bridge. Two children
of Anderson, saw-miller, at the Shirra Haugh of Arn-
dilly, were climbing, it seems, on the rocks of one of the
ravines of Benagen, in search of hawks' nests, when a part
of the rock gave way with them. They fell to the bottom,
and the mass of rocks fell upon them, crushing the leg of
one of them, a fine girl of eleven years of age, to a perfect
jelly. and otherwise wounding her severely; while the
thigh bone of the other, a boy of about nine years old, was
broken, and his head much bruised, After some time, they
were found in this condition by their poor mother, who was
not able to remove the rook from them, and some further delay
occurred before assistance could be procured in such a lonely
situation. 'When information of the accident reached Dr
APPherson, of Garbity, he repaired to the spot, and endea-
voured to save the life of the girl by amputating the
crushed limb, but in vain--she sunk in death a few minutes
after the operation. The boy is under the doctor's ca-e, still
in life, but, we understand, in a very doubtful state,—Vdin-
burgh Witness.

CHOOSING or TNcoMr.TAX COMMISSIONERS AT
EXETER.-.-A meeting of the Commissioners under the land_
tax took place yesterday for the purpose of electing Com_
missioners to act for Siißobert Peel's Income-tax. A great
many gentlemen who were Commissioner. of Land-tax, and
on that gronnil entitled to vote, not being present, it was
finally resolved by a majority that the meeting should be ad.
jonrned till Monday. -It was matter of doult whether the e'r.
cumstance of adjournment would not throw the right 'of election
into the hands of the Commissionets of Stamps and Taxes.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Lachlan
Macintosh Rate as Consular Agent in London, pro tempore,
for the Republic of Texas, in the room of Mr. Kennedy.
WHITEHALL, Juts 7.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. James
Armstrong to the church at Foss, in the parish of Dull, in the
presbytery of Dunkeld and shire of Perth, vacant by the trans-
portation of the Rev. Alexander Robertson Irvine to the
united parishes of Fortingall and Kilchonan.
WAR-OFFICE, Juts S. '
4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Capt. A. Agnew, from
the 93d Foot, to be Captain, vice Geils, who exchanges, July 8.
11 al Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet T. H. Ward
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cunningham, who retires;
the Hon. G. J. Noel, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Ward,
July 8.
16th Regiment of Foot—Brevet Major H. M'Manus to be
Major, without purchase, vice Carter, who retires upon full-
pay ; Lieut. H. Copinger to be aptain, vice M'Manus ;
Ensign G. P. Goldie to be Lieutenant, vice Copinger ; G. J.
I'eacocke, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Goldie, July 8.
46th Foot—Lieut. A. Corcoran, from the 29th Foot, to be
Paymaster, vice Iveson, deceased, July 8.
93d Foot—Captain T. W. Geils, from the 4th Light Dragoons,
to be Captain, vice Agnew, who exchanges, July 8.
96th Foot—Lieut. P. F. de Meuron, to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Symonds, deceased, November 24; Ensign S.
Willson to be Lieutenant, vice de Meuron, April 9 ; Ernest
F. Griffiths, to be Ensign, vice Willson. July 8.
MEMORA >mu 31. —The Christian names of Captain Browne,
of the 49th Foot, are William Paynter Kennaway ; the names
of the Captain appointed to the 3d West India Regiment, on
the 6th May, 1842, are James Fitz Herbert de Teissier, not de
Tessier, as previously stated.
Co NI MISSA R JAT. —Commissariat Clerk Robert William Ross
to be a Deputy Assistant-Commissary-General, his commission
to bear date Feb. 26, 1842.

ADMIRALTY, Juts 7.
Corps of Royal Marines—Gentleman Cadet J. W. C. Wil-
liams to be Second Lieutenant ; Gentleman Cadet H. S. Buck
to be Second Lieutenant ; Gentleman Cadet T. V. Cooke to
be Second Lieutenant ; Gentleman Cadet L. S. Reeves to he
Second Lieutenant.

Comimssion by the Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire.
North Hants Militia—The Earl of Wiltshire to be Colonel,
June •29.

Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding
of York.

The Right Hon. T. M. Lord Beaumont to be Deputy-
Lieutenant; J. Hardy, junior, Esq. to be ditto; J. Farrer,
Esq. to be ditto, June 20.
2d Regiment of West Riding Militia—W. D. Bruce, Gent.,
to be Ensign, vice Pullan,deceased, June 20.
Yorkshire Hussar Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry
Cavalry—The Hon. A. Lascelles to be Captain, vice T. 0.
Gascoigne, deceased ; J. R. W. Atkinson, Gent., to be Cornet,
%ice Lawley, promoted, June 20.

Southern Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry—
Corzet 11. Winn to be Lieutenant, vice Greaves, resigned,
June 20.

Erratum in the Gazette of June 28, 1842.
North Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.—For
Dalton Foster Grant Foster, Gent., to be Cornet, read, Dalton
Foster Grant Dalton, Gent. to be Cornet.
WHITEHALL, JULY 4.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Robert James Sykes, of
the town of Nottingham, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary
in the High Court of Chancery.
The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having
certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt, in pursuance of the Act, 10th Geo. 1 V., e. 27, sec. 1,
that the actual expenditure of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland exceeded the actual revenue thereof, for the
year ended the sth day of April, 1842, by the sum of two
millions one hundred and thirty-nine thousand nine hundred
and eighty-four pounds, four shillings, and sixpence ;
The Commissioners for the Reduction of flue National Debt
hereby give notice, that no sum will be applied by them on
account of the Sinking Fund, under the provisions of the said
Act, between the 7th day of July, 1812, and the 10th day of
October, 1842. S. IIIGHAM, Comptroller-General.
National Debt-office, July 6, 1842.
DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.
CHRISTOPHER BRA YSHA W, tailor, Great Castle-
street, Regent-street.
DAVID LOW, merchant, Adam's-court, Old Broad-street.
City.

GEORGE LAMERTE, blacking manufacturer, Provi-
lence-row, Finsbury.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
JOHN ELLISON, nail manufacturer, Leeds.
RICHARD CATLIN, horse dealer, Leicester.
BANKRUPTS.

►OHN 'HAWKINS, butcher, Maidenhead, to surrender
July 14, at eleven, and August 19, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Rushbury,
street, Pentonville.

HAMILTON WOOD, stuff and mousline de laine mer
Manchester, July 20, and August 19, at twelve, at the,
Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Lee, Leeds ; Wilkinson
and Satchel!, Queen-street, London.
JAMES JOHNSON, quilting manufacturer, Manchester,
July 23, and August 19, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms,
Manchester. Makinson and Saunders, Elm-court, Middle-
temple, London; Atkinson and Saunders, Manchester.
JOHN SPA RH AM, miller, Froston, Suffolk, July 12 and
Aug. 29, at twelve, at the Globe Inn, Bury St. Edmunds.
Wing, Bury St. Edmunds ; Chilton and Acland, Chancery-
lane, London.

JOHN PRITCHARD GRAVES, auctioneer, Mortimer-
street, Cavendish-square, July 14, at three, and August 19, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee;
Harrison, Walbrook, City.
JOHN HOOPER, carriage dealer, Regent-street, Water-
loo. place, July 21 and August 19, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Graham, Basinghall-street, official assignee ;
Hardy, Chancery-lane.
JAMES BROOKBANKS, draper, Worcester, July 20,
and Aug. 19, at ten, at the Commissioner's-rooms, Manchester.
Baxter, Lincoln's Inn-tields, London ; Sale and Worthington,
Manchester.
THOMAS WILSON and WILLIAM WILSON, hat
trimming manufacturers, Manchester, July 25, and Aug. 19,
at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Johnson
Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London ; Bagshaw and Steven-
son, Manchester.

SAMUEL EVANS, linen and woollen-draper, Oswastry,
Ju'y 19 and August 19, at three, at the Commissiorere-rooms,
Manchester. IL M. and C. Baxter, Lincoln's Inn-fields,
London ; Sale and Worthington, Manchester.
DAVID PAU, coal-merchant, Red Lion.whuf, Upper
Thames-street, July 18, at half-past ten o'clock, and August
19, at eleven o'clock, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand,
official assignee, Copthall-buildings; Manning and Son, Dyer's.
buildings, Holborn.
GEORGE THOMAS FORTIN JOHNSON, chemist and
druggist, Norwich, July 18, and August 19, at two, at the
Reyal Hotel, Norwich. Taylor, Norwich.
DIVIDENDS,
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
A. Jarrett, hat manufacturer, Castle-street, Southwark, July
29, at one—J, W. Harend, builder, Paradise-street, Lambeth,
July 29, at half-past twelve—M. Wardell, lodging-houpe
keeper, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn, July 29, at two—G. Levi,
merchant, Pinners'-hall, Great Winchester-street, July 29, at
half-past one—J. H, Arnold and W, H. Woollett, ship agents,
Clement's-lane, July 90, at, half-past twelve—R. Brownlow,
silk dresser, White-street, Finsbury, July- 30, at half-past
eleven—D. Bidmead, warehouseman, Bread.street, Cheapiide,
July 30, at eleven.

In the Country.
G. Green, engineer, Manchester, Aug. 1, at eleven, at the
Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—W. Walker and J. Gray,
woolstaplers Leeds, Aug. 5, at eleven, at the Commissioners'.
roams; Leeds—G. 0. Brown, timber merchant, Sheffield, July
30, at one, at the Town-hall, Sheffield—G. Barnard, coal mer-
chant, Portsea, Hants, Aug, 3, at two, at Totterdeli's
Commercial Hotel, Portsea--W, Donald, furrier, Brighton,
Sept. 24, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Brighton—E. Blake,
draper, Devonport, Aug. 6, at eleven, at Weakley's Hotel,
Devonport—T. Benny and W. Brown, oil cloth manufacturers,
Liverpool, Sept. 14, at one, at the Office of Mr. Atkinson, Li.
verpool—W. Cocking, market gardener, Beeston, Bedford- ,
shire, July 30, at eleven, at the George Inn, Bedford—B, I
Read, wine merchant, Worcester, July :29, at three, at the
Office of T. Francis, Worcester.
CERTIFICATES u r.v 29.
J. Boast, apothecary, Webb's County-terrace, New. Kent-
road—C. Richardson, builder, Bramolnl..„cr
,Suer__ir.
rtv—
livery stable keeper, George-yard, L Lee, "bookat,
, per,
builder, Battye-mill, Yorkshire—.-W,, 'Morrison coo Globe-
street, Wapping Alexamler, musical wind-instrument
maker, Leadenhall-street.4l. Hillyard, freestone merchant,
Bristol_—T. Paskey, butcher, Brampton, Cumberland.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
W. Cothay and T. Gould; merchants, Corbet-court—R. J.
Cambridge and H. S. Goddard, wine merchants, Cheltenham
—R. Davis and J. Coventry, umbrella-furniture manufac-
turers, Glasshouse-yard, Blackfriars--H. G. Clarke and J.
Wilson, publishers, Old Bailey—J. Wilson and W. Dawson,
stone masons, Oldham, Lancashire—T. M. Gladstone, J.
Farie, and P. Tasker, iron merchants, Liverpool (so far as re-
gards T. 1%1. Gladstone)--W. Ross, J. Macleod, and IE. S.
Kennedy, merchants, Hamilton, Canada—J. Radford and W. Parsons, starch manufacturers, Little Pulteney-street,
Golden-square—J. Hargreave, S. B. Hargreave, and W.
Hargreave, woollen cloth manufacturers Leeds—W. Valiance
and IV. Henry, merchants, Liverpool—J. H. Farrar, M.
Farrar, and E, Farrar, scribbling millers, Holmfirth, Yorkshire
J. Hooper and J. Bellamy, grocers, Gloucester—W. F.
\Vallett and J. R. Woodward, equestrians, Wakefield, York-
shire—ll. Humphries and T. V. Holmes, commission mer-
chants, Bristol—M. and J. Stevens, dress makers, North
Audley-street, Grosvenor-square—A, L. Pfeil, T. Feldwlek,
R, N. Pfeil, and F. J. Pfeil, ironmongers, Broad-street,
Bloomsbury (so far as regards T. Feldvvick)—B. and H. Ayre,
commission agents, Lawrerve-lane, Cheapside—J. Wilms-
burst, W. Hague, G. Ingram, and J. Wilmshurst, jun.,
bankers, Cranbrook, Kent—T. Dale, R. Thomas, B. T.
Norton, S. Cole, and E, H. Dale, Bristol—C. Cross and C.
R. Walter, commission agents, Gutter-lane, Cheapside—J.
Collier and R. Dunsford, wine merchants, Plymouth—J. 'f.
Lovell and H. Peacock, carpenters, Shadwell—F. F. and J.
Shore, wine merchants, Birmingham-_E, May and A. Mor-
ritt, ironmongers, Oxford-street—J.
.and E. Harvey, builders,
Penzance—J. Tunstill and H. Armistead, spinners, Colne,
Lancashire—J. B. Thomas and A. Goodwin, tobacconists,
1110(14-highway.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.,
PATRICK JOSEPH M A N,WELI„ trader KWh], Perth-
shire, July 14 and Aug. 11, at one, at the Salutation Inn, Perth.
WILLIAM DICKIE, farmer, Girthill, Ardrossan, July IQ
and Aug. 9, at twelve, at the King's Arms Inn, Irvine.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brawn or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the Returns made in the Week ending July 5, 1842, is
37g. 9kd. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain.

FALL OF THE LARGE CHURCH BELL AT WIC, ,:o .......„
During the ringing of the bells of the parish 61401 here, ea
StlnilaY afterneon'vreek, previous to Divine smite, the eight't,
r the largestin thepeal, fell with kremendous crash on the
floor of the
Roltert rrce P ret loft in n
the steeple oh which owv a,_
burg,*—

ANTI-CORN-LAW CONFERENCE.
The Delegates met again Yeaterday, at the Craven
and Anchor Tavern, at eleven &clock, Mr. P. A. Taylor
in the Chair.
The CHAIRMAN said that, in opening the Conference
that morning, he should commence by reading some cor-
respondence Which had been received by the Committee
since the meeting of yesterday. The Delegates were
aware that an application had. been made to his Royal
Highness the Duke of Sussex to- receive a deputation
from the Conference, for the purpose of representing to
him the state of the country, and their views upon the
subject. To that application the following answer had
been received this morning :
his Royal Highness will be happy to receive anyr
the letter
of yesterday's date, in relation to the sufferings o
Mr. White is commanded by the Dake of Sussex
gentlemen composing the Deputation who forwarded
fthe
ttowosaoyi thatthe
indus-
trious classes, if thosegentlemen can make it convenient )o call
here about half-past one o'clock to-morrow ( Friday).
Kensington Palace, Thursday, July The 7.
The reeand_tiinirgmu.ifsthtilsui>ll'rqer= tfri(l.l')tirs ed bwyinignu(ieth...etehreeLlloPt
the Secretary of the Birmingham Anti-Coen-taw Aslic'
ciation :
To the Chairman of Delegates from the Manufacturing Di*.
tricts of the United Kingdom. assembled at 13rown's
Palace-yard.
Sir,--1 have to inform you, that at a preliminary meeting
held last. night at the publi:: iiltire in this borough, of shop,
keepers, innkeepers, tradesmen, and retail dealers, it was tha
unanimous opinion of those present, that such a movement at
that lately commenced by the inhabitants of Manebeeter and
Leeds, was highly desirable; but that so many circumstances
combined, having a tendency to oppress and box down the in+
dustry of the country, causes feelings of despair to generate
in their bosoms to such an extent, that everything, that passes
around them is become entirely hopeless. With a cold, bleak,
and dreary winter before them—with nothing, but ruin, utter,
hopeless ruin staring them in the face—with its attendant vela•
reify, revolution, hovering about them, and draining from
within them the very vitals which inspire men to energy,
and to deeds of patriotism—with all these adverse circum-
stances staring them in the face, the shopkeepers end
tradesmen have given up all hope of improving their con-
dition, by remonstrances, and petitioning, and memorialieing,
and deputationising, and bending the slavish knee to tyrants,
who convert the stateatents of the people's coudition into food
for amusement and ridicule, who brutishly laugh at the tat-
tered garments of the poor, and who mock their heart-breaking
representations in giving them stones when they ask for bread.
The shopkeepers hare unanimously declares( that their only
hope rests in circumstances, which are fast approachipg to a
crisis. Those of Birmingham resolved last everting, with fur-
rowed brows and cheeks flushed with the glow of patriotic in-
dignation, that they would hereafter stand with folded arms.
and watch, until that period, when Engliehmen, knowing their
rights, will dare to maintain them.
Sir, These are the feelings--this is the determination of the
shopkeepers and tradesmen of Birmingham. Sir Robert Peel
and his friends have repeatedly acknowledged the distress.
They have expressed their surprise that the poor have borne
their burdens so patiently. The remedy has, a thousand
times, been pointed out to rim, and Sir Robert Peel has
a thousand times refused to apply the remedy
What hope is there'? None; at least the men of Binning,.
ham cannot see any. With such dismal prospects then, and
with so little chance of success, rev fellow-townsmen hea,e re-
tired for the present in gloomy despair ; hut ready at a mo-
ment's notice to join in raptures any great national movement,
which may be made, with a fair prospect of success, for the re-
demption arid emancipation of our common, our oppressed, and
grievously insulted country. I am, Sir, your most obedient
humble servant, JOSEPH A. LANDER, ,
Secretary of the Birmingham Anti Core-Laes
Association.
Steel-house-lane, Birmingham, July 6, 1842.
The CHAIRMAN next read the following letter from a,
gentleman in Bangor :
I hare been, as you are well aware, intimately known in this
part of the country for many years past, and my habits and
professional avocations have afforded me ample means of obtain-
ing personally, a eorreet knowledge of the general condition of
the inhabitants. I have witnessed during the last two
years instances of distress amongst the lower classes which
exceed my powers of description ; and, from present appee.raecet,
-there is overt' prospect that such instances will be greatly in-
creased. The earnings of the men employed in the Braicl-y-
Cafn and the Clogwyn-y-Gigfran quarries had been for sr,me
months past materially reduced by the anode in which their
labour was arranged; the men, however, were kept 'on, though unable to earn what they had been accustomed
to do, and their hardships were greatly increased by
the high priods which corn and butcher's meat commanded.
The week before last in Braich-y-Cafn quarry, where there
are 2,500 men employed, the days of lab Our were restricted
to
:four days in the week, being equivalent to the discharge of SOO
men : at this time beef, mutton, and lamb are 7,1. the lb., in
the Bangor market., and in Llannvst on Tuesday last, wheat
was 755., and barley 455. the quarter. The rumour is very-
prevalent that it is intended shortly to restrict the
days of labour to three days in cads week. The
parish 'icor are dreadfully oppressed. Many of them are
left for weeks together, without being paid the trifling
weekly pittance allowed to them by the paro,:hial authorities,
although it is well known that it is the only means which the
great majority of them have to depend upon for their subsist.
coo!. Tins is not peculiar to one parish, or confined to pane district, but it is general throughout this part of( tih7e,,,peaorkoishtesrs:
By official returns, there were 498 cases (not individuals) In
which weekly relief were in arrcar for from one is fourteen
weeks, within the Bangor and Beaurnaris Union; and I found
yesterday that the paupers in the Llannvst
Puion had been, most of them, nearly three weeks unpaid. The far-
mers could not pay the rates without being distrained
upon, and the local bank refused to make further
advances. The distress in that neighbou .hood is mesa aggra-
vated by restriction of labour in Colonel l'ennanL's quarry, and by the discharge of a great many labourers from, and the 'reduc-
tion of wages of those retained upon the Gwyttir estate, the fru-
perty of Lord IVil'onghby, whose agent, Kennedy, is the author of a pamphlet in favour of the Corn-laws. I have never known
the condition °kite lower and middling classes more depressed,
nor their prospects inure gloomy. Everything seems at a stand still,
and every body seems to ask, what is conic us us? I cue say from
my own knowledge that, but for the charity of those who had
the means—many whose means were ver, limited—many hut,.
viduals in these districts must have periihed liver want--lite-
rally the want of food, storing the last two years; and there is
every prospect at present that many of tho4s who were in the
habit of bestowing charity upon oilus, n il! turii to seek it
1-hgemhsaetliv-cess ere long. t tihefeNavrh(ta,t the
disappointPr4( eft; teof
txhperl":tPiti;iTtaicshof
those who trust to its abuntlaiwe as a means of relieving thepre-
veiling distress. The prier, of butchers' meta is kept up by the
scarcity of fat cattle, produced by th elligh price of corn. Theis. else.
rality of farmers, it is very well known, havebeen obliged to sell
off their corn to meet their rent days, immediately after it wail
harvested; and consequently, fur the greater part of the year.
'are buyers of corn for their teas. These men cannot cattle
for the market (and nine-tenths of them uteer sat
butchers'
meat on their own tables from year's end to year's end), hence
the scarcity of fat cattle and 'the consetkuent high price of
butchers' meat.

•
The upholders of the Corn-laws. -hive incurred a fearfOl
responsibility. God only known how it will terminate. Class
legislation to uphold a bankrupt aristocracy, and a bloated
priesthood, when the millions are starving, is a dangerous as
well as a cruel political experiment. You knew the old saying,
" lreclrWalter
nag truly,Arglisydd."—Yours.rery .
Air. Griffith. o. , '.ROBERTS
Mr. G. TiIO3IPSON then read the following letter ft.otn
a gentleman. in Ashton-under-Lyne the contents .of it,
he wn3 sure, would be found deeply interesting and im-
portant

Ashton, Jt.113,, 5, 1844
My dear Sir,—l beg to hand you a statement illustrative of
the 'present state of this parish, and tending to prove that un-
less some channel be opened for the productlve employment of
capital and labour, property will be eat up, and ruin. moat
inevitably overtake all classes dependent upon trod?..e, m this
district.

1. Rates laid for the Relief of the Poor in ads Parish from
1836 to 1812 inclusive:-
1836. October .... •. ...... £4,845 9 7
1837. September 20
......
5,234 5 3
1838. November 6 ........................... 4,794 19 10
1839. August 24
,806
1841. January 1 and June 11—tw 5
o rates.. 15,364 15 6
2
or all increase of 20t) per cent. since 15,36 It is very probable
that another rate will be required baore Christmas, as 4.000/.
of that laid in Julie it reqtured to liquidate+ arrears ; and it it worthy of notice, that in 1836 the parish had funds ir, baud
amounting to 2,500/.
The difficulty of collecting the rates is daily itereuing, u
the rate-payers are daily being impoverished ; there Wilts pro-
perty unoccupied, and theretore yielding nothing to the parish
funds in June last, the rental of which amountrd ro more than
12,0001. per annum, and this sum may be said to increase
every day.
° June 3 00,,in the following years:ut-door relief granted during the three months endinx

1836
/f 437 488 9 f
1839 38
•• 440 a 1
Jib`- 0 GI.;
1840..
710 4 7 1841
..
184 . 743 9 fi
4
1,093
being an increase of 130 per-cent, e;,-er 1836. 911
3. Employment.—Eightsal to}'inn
when at work
at least 1,000 persons, are st,lnding; stx others etnployiug at
t
least 3,000, are working my four days a week ;sand the wage'
of those who are at worl are constantly reduced by the pri.s. sure of the times upon the employer.
The number of persons unemployed is about 3,000, or one-
seventh of the entire population.
Believing these facts will bear examination, and wishing the
present meeting of Deputies may bring about some important
results, but hoping against hope,
1 remain, my dear Sir, yours on behalf of the Ashton and
Dukinßeld Anti- Corn-law A,seociat ion,
J SNCER.
The reading of these severalOSEP commH uniPE cations Was
frequently interrupted by cheers.
General GREENE, of the United States, W 413 then
called upon by the Chairman, and proceeded to address
the meeting as follows :—The - first
question probable
which will present itself to the minds of all arotad
me will be, who is this gentlemen from the
United States now about to addresS its ? and
rn.hdYucietmiesntti.lcilatni he lie
ehltnvi et o esbnefinorgl e thise n onr deliberations assem
)1711*t.
My answer is, that I am an American. That word meshconvex to your mind one main impression: which is, that
yon and
a alnteolmhmaovn language,
aacngoliniangioei?
tahtaictesutreyh—a(rCe_ ancestry—(Cheers)—that
)--tohn reti
a tvre:
gion, and that we have common sympathles.—(iteneweri
bu
che
tewherers.) Ido ha/
go re said
to trace my that we anhdcestors ? a common ancestry ;
Do I go 4,
to the mo,.
the bleak hills of Scotland ? N". :On Igo
tain districts of Wales ? No. Do Igo to the fAqttile
valleys of Englund? No. Do Igo to the Emerald Isle?
No, Ido not. If you ask how than I can e.iaim a corn-
go to neither court.
try, because I'll go to all.
—(cheers...
d:spnaitacior,e. ntdo(pbf)ay,
('Connell
the
einet ant
Lge,•;inent,i
itt:mdhnaytlKaaainmnssglss:nietoloto.:i
an,
lort
titeitte;
) To whatever
:(tdl.eineibyaere,ancestors
there. The mingled blood of every section flows in those
t I
veins.—(Cheers.) I must, therefore, ly;, excused if I tell
nheaPrini
have read at
accounts of the distress which has
pervaded England. lhayeheard in this assembly accounts
of sufferings calculated to rend the heart, but which I
have known through the description only that has been
given of them. We, on the other side of the Atiatatic,
gs.— leers.
knew of no s:ach sufferin (01 ) And why do I.
come tlinOngst yon to-day ? I come to point out to yoa
this land' of promise. (The Hon. Gentleman here pointed
to a map-of America placed ia a corner of the room.) The
United-State of America. —(Cheers.) I come not 54
praetiscd.Orator accustomed to debate ; 1 come not rely-
tinugt ulpoconmtheetoprgehreofcwa-lordhsopten
isntirthtetp
midstr feoeflin)44,our;
ee • ....(Cheeri.) Ji Cyme to read to of an accon4

of the condition of the manufacturing classes in the
United States, that you may contrast it with the condi-
tion of the manufacturing classes in this country. I
come to tell you that there is abundance of bread, and
that the reason why the condition of the working classes
is better than the condition of yours is, that we have
cheap bread, low taxes, and cheep literature.—(Cheers.)
NI3• task is prepared for me, all that 1 have to do is to
114), before you the results of the statistical labours and
The experience of others, I believe I shall be able
to present to you some faete which will probabiy
tend to give a new impulse to your enhrgies, which will
induce you to unite your efforts with ours, that we may
promote our mutual prosperity.— (Hear, hear.) There
is not perhaps a manufacturer in this room who has not
heard of the town of Lowell, in Massachusetts. I hold
in my hand a statement of the statistics of that town, a
portion of which I shall read to the meeting.—(The Hon.
Gentleman here read from a pamphlet some statistical
details relative to the state of the working classes in the
town of Lowell). He found that the average wages of
femeles, clear of board, was two dollars per week, and
the average wages of males, clear of board, was eighty
cents., or about 3s. 4d. per day. That was the rate of
payment clear of board.
A GENTLEMAN in the meeting—That is to say, plenty
to eat and drink, and that money beside s.—(hear, hear.)
General GREENE said that was what he meant.—
(fleas, hear.) They had lately had in the -United States
several conflicts between the different interests of the
community. His experience of what had happened in
hie own country induced him to make a recommendation
to that meeting as to the course which it would be ad-
visable they should pursue. Ile thought that the gentle-
men around him seemed to forget that their great object
should be to enlist in their behalf those who regulated
and controlled the destinies of the country. He thought
they should appeal more strongly to those in power,
and -to enlist their sympathies in the cause.
in which the Delegates were engaged.—(A voice, "They
have no sympathies.") He As as convinced that they
might insure the sympathies of the higher classes if those
classes could he convinced that their interests were in
truthinseparable from the interests of the country at
large. There was a mode by which those high in au-
thority might be made to feel that the source of British
power—that the pillars of British prosperity were the
labouring classes of this country.—(Cheers.) 'The true
question, therefore, for the Delegates to consider was,
how they could enlighten the higher classes as to their
own interests ; and to that object he would advise them
to direct their efforts. He would proceed with these sta-
tistical details in relation to the condition of the working
classes of America. The writer of the pamphlet which
he held in his hand showed that even the females in
Lowell were earning good wages, and were in every way
in a prosperous condition. There were 1,500 girls in the
town employed in the mills in the year 1828; and during
that year there was net among them a single death. The
writer stated that those girls were seldom, if ever, under
the age of 18, and their labour, though profitable, was so
light that it rather improved than impaired their health.
lie then proceeded to speak of the religious influence in
the city. The whole number of scholars amounted to
5,559, and nine• tenths of these were females employed
in
Mr. GEORGE THOAIPSON said that, perhaps, it would
be as well if General Greene would state the general
nature of the quotations he intended to make, as the
whole of the documents submitted to the meeting would
be laid before the public.
General GREENE said the facts were very important.
The writer of the pamphlet was very minute in his de-
tails to prove that the number of marriages in Lowell in
Proportion to the population was very great. The moral
character or the females was improved, and this
wa an inducement to the enterprising young 1,
men of America who were disposed to emigrate
to, the west to find wives among the factory girls in the
city of Lowell. Ile stated another faet, speaking -of
wages and the use made of them. In Lowell at the insti-
tertiuie of saving the whole number of depositors at. 23d
July was 1,9% ; while the amount of the deposits was
:;07,79.6 dollars. lie said they had high , wageS in
America, and he would tell them why. They had cheap
bread, low taxes, and cheap literature. He held in his
hand Bulwer's last work, " Zanoni," which was published
in this country at 31s. ed., and in America for Is.—
(Cheers.) There was also one of James's works for 3d.
They could send these works 2,000 miles for three-far-
things. He would tell them how they could .send
their cheap bread to this country. In England
there was a population or 288 to the square mile, while
they had a national debt of 800,000,0001. In America
there were eight to the square mile, and no national
debt. They could afford to manufacture cheaper than
we could, but they made more by raising corn than by
manufactures.--(Cheers.) He told them that he was an
advocate fur free trade. In 1333 he had hoped that the
question was settled, but it was prevented by untoward
circumstances, all of which he traced to the city of Lon-
doe.—(Hear, hear.) Not to the aristocracy, but to the
money power which controlled this country. They in
the United States were divided by party, as we were
here. They had not their Lord John Russell or Sir R.
Peel, but they had the leaders of their parties as well as
we had, and. their great fault wAs thut they relied too
much on their leaders.—(Hear, hear.) He was no
Chartist, and he regretted very much yesterday to see the
me,..mer in which Chartist principles were received.
If there was one man in England more than another
whom he respected, if there was one man to whom the
country owes more than to another, that man was Mr.
Hume. He admired him, as he had set an example in
the face of corruption to the country, as ho had refused
.to come forward as a candidate, unless he could repre-
sent a virtuous and unbought constituency.
The CHAIRMAN said that as the meeting was to ter-
minate at two o'clock, he hoped the General would be

brief.
General GREENE said he regretted that he should say
anything that was unpleasant, as he certainly had no
tovish to do so.
• Mr. G. THoMPSON said it was very desirable that Ge-
neral Greene should ho allowed to go on, as there were
many .things he would have to state in order to arrive
at the conclusions he intended. •
The CHAIRMAN said he was somewhat astonished at
the course taken by his Friend. The chairman was placed
there to maintain order, and to confine the speakers
to the subjects before them.—(" Hear," and cheers.")
Itowever excellent General Greene's observations might
be, yet be (the Chairman) was in the hands of the meet-
_ ing, whether it was right to go,into the merits of any in-
dividual, be he Mr. Hume or any one else.—(Cheers.)
They were met to discuss the suffering of the people of
England, and to consider the best means of its remedy.
Mr. G. THOMPSON begged to disclaim any intention
df interfering with the authority of the Chairman, but he
tin,ught that General Greene had important" statements
to make, which were necessary to be submitted to the
_meeting.
After a short conversation,
il•eneral GREENE resumed. Ile should not be doing
justlt:e to himself if he did not go on. Ile was about to
suggest. a remedy. He did not think that Universal
Suffrage would prove a remedy, as in England they had
more population than land. In England the largest
portion of the people must necessarily depend upon
agriculture. This was very different in the United
States. There" the factory-girls could lay up
money, then marry, and go to the west and become the
. mothers of families, and the mothers of future Members
of Congress, and of Presidents. This was not the case
in England If they asked the man in America to sell
his vete, be would turn away, for he believed that by so
doing; he was sacrificing the interests of his children,
himself, and country. In the winter morning lie called
his cattle, hie horses, sheep around him, and fed them with
his own band. ~The persons that represented the people
in England purchased their seats.—(Cries of" Question..')
The Gallant General was again interrupted by a De-
legate, who said he thought that General Greene was
wandering from the subject.
The CHAIRMAN said that the meeting could only last
two hours, and the Gallant General bad already con-
sumed three-quarters of an hour, and he hoped there-
fore that he would he brief.
Mr. 0. THOMPSON said he could not sympathise with
the impatience expressed by the meeting, for he thought
Oat the Gallant General ought to be allowed to proceed.

After a short conversation,
- General GREENS resumed. Ile would be as brief as
possible. There was an impression in this country that
the Legjslation in the United -States was retaliating, and
that they were disposed to lay on duties, because we
would not reztuce ours. This was not the case, for the
Americans would not injure themselves because we in-
jured ourselves. All they did, was to secure a
cheap Government. There had been an appre-
•hension that if the Corn-law were repealed it
-would be injurious to the agricultural interest.
Apprehension had been entertained in the United
States, that if they repeal the. protective duties they
should destroy their manufactures. The free-traders
insisted that it would be a benefit to the* and such had
been the result. So, here ; if they were to repeal the
• duty on corn, it would benefit the agriculturists, by
giving employment to the labouring classes ; and when
the manufacturers would be employed, of course they
would be better able to pay for bread.- Mr. Clay was the
leader of the high tariff party of the United States,
• and he had recently proposed a series of resolutions for
increasing• the import duties. He had. been replied to
by Mr. Calhoun, who read a series of statistical tables,
ebowing the operation of free trade. America could of
course only export in proportion to what she sold abroad,
and she could not purchase English merchandise to the
extent she would do, unless England took her corn and
a.e.ricultural produce in exchange. During the eight years
before the repeal of the high duties the exports of the
United States had amounted to 469,000,000 dols. During
the eight years of low duties it had amounted to
768,000,000 of dollars.—(Cheers.) The effect on the
tonnage had been the same. In 1825 the amount of
• American tonnage was 1,423,000 tons. in 1835, the
year of the repeal of high duties, it was 1,606,000 tons;
and in 1840 it had risen to 2,180,000 tons.—(Cheers.)
' ch was the beneficial effects of free trade. It might
Vire been supposed that a great falling off would
have- ..taken place in the exports of American
manufactures. The free traders had said, however,
that such would not be the cage ; they laid it down as a
rule, that am4:%7 people of Pt tual scientific and physical
powers, those who had the cheapest food and were the
ast taxed, would command the market, and such had
proved to be the ease, in 1825, the value of the export
or American noraufaetures was 5,129,000 dollars. In
1832, under the system: of high duties, it had fallen to
fr,050,600 dollars, which,: LI 183:3, the first year of free
trade, the value of the exports of American manufactures
12,848,000 dollars
had risen to Many present were
doubtless aware that they now purchased raw cotton
much cheaper than they said before 1833. Mr, Calhoun
had drawn tip a table, showing the effect of free trade
• upon the export of cotton From 11320 to 1826, the
value of the cotton exported WaS 170,765,000 dollar?.
Fr,om 1827 to 1833, under a system of protection, it.
amounted to 201,000,000 dollar's, and in the year 1833--
the year of the repeal—it rose to 435,300,000 dollars.
hieti was the effect of free trade on production. With ,

regard to tobacco, under the high tariff system, the value
of tobacco exported was 39,165,000 dollars. On the re-
moval of the prohibition, it amounted to 57,809,000 dol-
lars. He apologised to the meeting for having occupied
their time so long, and expressed his regret if he had said
anything that could wound the feelings of any one pre-
sent. Ile had hoped to have been the mediator between
the two great parties agitating the country, and thought
that his experience -might have been useful. Many in
the United States believed that an important crisis in
the destiny of the 4- orld was at hand, and they looked
with a deep anxiety to the result of the deliberations
now going on in England, and trusted that by wise
councils and moderation, they would be successful in
establishing the principles of free trade.
Mr. SMITH (of Haddington) was desirous of correct-
ing some errors in a report of his statements the other
evening, He had stated that out of 233 families which
he had visited 26 had only 2s. lid. -a week per head to
live on. He had been represented to have said Is. lid.
He had also stated that one manufactory had given
notice that they should give up giving out hand-
loom weaving. He had been reported to have
said that the manufactory would close, which
was a very different thing. He had stated that
400 individuals would be deprived of the means of
subsistence in consequence. He had been reported as
saying that they had been deprived of employment.
Now not so many as 400 had been deprived of employ-
ment, because that num'oer included the families. Ile
had also stated that a man who had been forty-one
years in the same manufactory, who forty years ago got
16s. 6d. for weaving thirty yards of cloth, now got but
10d. [Such we understood to be the purport of what
fell from the Hon. Delegate, but from the low tone of
voice in which he,spoke, he was at times nearly inaudible.]
Mr. Roberts, of Burnley, was then about to read a
statement to the meeting, when he was interrupted by a
Delegate from the body of the meeting, who suggested
that they had had quite sufficient of the details of the
distress existing, and that it would be better at once to
proceed to discuss the question of the remedy.
The CHAIRMAN said that the meeting had delegated
to the Executive Committee the arrangment of the pro-
ceedings, and decided that the Delegate was out of order
in interrupting Mr. Roberts.
Mr. ROBERTS then read the following statement :
Having on former occasions presented to the Anti-Corn-law
League statistical statements of the distress existing within the
limits of the Burnley Association, more particularly one which
was presented at a meeting of the Delegates in Manchester last
year, it has therefore been deemed unnecessary to enter into so
particular a detail thereof again, but merely to state that the
distress then existing eontinues, and not only continues,
but to much greater extent. Up to that time the factories
had nut run much short time ' • since then there has been a
serious deduction of time in almost all the mills in Burnley,
and the neighbourhood. In addition to the miming of short
time, there has been a serious reduction in the wages of spin-
ners and power-loom weavers; this, in most oases, amounts to 20
per cent., in others to more. Low as hand-loom weaving was, a
further reduction has taken place upon that also. A hand-loom
weaver of cotton must now be very diligent and industrious who
earns upon the average 3s. per week. The weaving mouslin-
de-lains affords rather better wages, but the uncertainty of the
supply of that kind of work, an the great trouble and loss of
time the weavers are put to in obtaining it, renders it upon the
average little better than the weaving of cotton. I met with a
weaver the last week, who is now weaving 40 yards of
cloth, 40 inches wide, with about 42 picks per quar-
ter, at the rate of Bd. for that 40 yards. These are
a light kind of goods, generally called Tangibs, mostly
manufactured in the neighbourhood of Blackburn. The wea-
ver told me three pieces were a fair average week's work, in-
cluding the fetching of the work, the delivery thereof,
and other matters connected with it. This would
of course amount to two shillings per week, and this
full work. The weays,r was a middle-aged man, I believe a very
industrious man. Suppose he wove four pieces in the week, I
asked him what time it would occupy to do so. He said that
that for five days he would have to commence by five o'clock,
or very soon after, and to continue until after eight
o'clock in the evening, allowing himself very little time
for his meals. Saturday, after such a week's work,
ho did not reckon, as he considers that day taken up in the
fetching and delivering of his work, and other things--when
this was accomplislied he would have earned 2s. Bd. ; he would
have worked 75 hours, including the short time he would have
to allow for his meals. This man had a family partly grown
up; but suppose him to have a wife and three or four
small children, how could they live upon it? We will
suppose it winter time, he has his rent to pay ; for though it is
impossible for him to do so, still we must that into account, as
of course he cannot live oat of doers. He has coals and light
to find. I will mention no more than these three items, and I
sill leave the assembly here present to deduct what
sum they please on the account thereof, and they
may reckon what the man would have left out of 2s. Bd. to
support himself, his wife, and children. This I grant is an
extremely low rateof wages, the lowest I ever met with ; but
the highest rate of wages for hand-loom weaving of cotton
within the limits of Burnley Union, will not enable a good
and industrious weaver to earn more than from 3s. to 3s. 6d. a
week. Besides wages being so much depressed, there is a
very great scarcity of work. One large manufac-
turer is declining making goods altogether, which
will most seriously affect that part of the country in which he
resides. He is as large and as respectable a manufacturer as
we have in our district. There needs no mere about the poor
' hand-loom weaver.—As it respects the persons employed in
mills, their wages have in general declined also, some of
them to the amount of from twenty to twenty-five per cent.,
as before observed. Although the "' factories in the
immediate neighbourhood of Burnley have worked more time
for the last three or four weeks, yet unless there is an imme-
diate revival in business, there is almost a general intention to
return to short time again immediately. One large concern
has been standing for some time, thereby inducing the persons
who formerly worked therein to great privation. Another
large mill in the neighbourhood of Colne was burnt down a few
weeks since, this it is feared and generally believed was the
woe_c of incendiarism. In order to convey some idea of the
state of Burnley itself, independent of the nut-townships,
which are upon the average mach more distressed, it has
i been ascertained by persons very competent to ascertain the
same, that there has been paid 25,000/. less in wages, in
the mills and print works of Burnley, from April 1841, to Apra
1842, than during the previous year. There is only one establish-
ment of print works in the town, and this mostly in conse-
quence of the resuming of short time ; a considerable part of
the reduction in wages not having taken place during the time
mentioned. This amount of money does not include the less
amount paid to hand-weavers and others of different employ-
ments. In addition to the above reduction in the amount of
money paid, the iron-founders in the town have reduced
the number of their workmen more than one-half; masons and
joiners have been much more than one-half thrown out of em-
ployment; other operatives are also getting out of employ.
The reduction of wages in the mills is chiefly upon mule spin-
ners and power-loom weavers, and will amount to the sum
of 12,000/. per annum, with every prospect of running
short time; this, in connection with the reduction of
wages will be most seriously felt. It has been calculated that
the reduction of wages in Burnley and the neighbourhood within
a short time amounts to morethan the taxes which each indivi-
dual would have to pay, supposing that each person had to
bear his or her proportionate part of the whole expnditure
of the nation. I have a statement of the moneys paid to the
Poor in Burnley Union, which consists of twenty-six town-
ships, Colne and its neighbouring townships being included
therein. It may be necessary to say that what has been said
of Burnley in the Newspapers refers to the Union of Burnley,
and not to the town of Burnley separately considered.
By this statement the great distress of the poor may
be inferred. I have not the amount paid previous to
1840, but it was considerably less ; but the comparison
of the amounts paid in 1840 and in 1842 will be sufficient.
By the years 1840 and 1842, we mean the years ending in
March in each year, as the annuataccounts of townships are
made up to that time. The demands made upon the different
townships (at least a many of them) are so heavy it is impos-
sible to collect them. One township since March 25, has al-
ready paid 3s. 4d. in the pound upon a rack rent. There is
another township has paid more, and, from what 1 have
heard, the rates iu that township will be near twenty
shillings in the pound if the distress continues. I was told also
that the collector of the rates had almost or altogether given
intimation that he should give up the business of collector, net
being able to collect it from the farmers and poor people. The
property in such townships must and will become of little or
no value. After making these statements of a very small
portion of the trading community, and taking the other state-
ments of distress which have, and will come before this meet-
ing, we should add to them the ruin and distress which has
overtaken the honest and industrious tradesman,with all the varied
branches of trade depending upon a regular and remunerating
state of the great staple trades and manufactures of this
country. Many who thought themselves secure from a state
of insolvency, and even calculated upon retiring from the toil
and bustle of business with a sufficiency, are now become de-
prived of their all. Numberless are those who during
the last three or four years have been brought to
ruin and distress, who are now obliged to support them-
selves by that labour they formerly provided for
others ; thus adding their numbers to the already super-
abundant quantity of labourers. Some, unable to obtain em-
ployment, are dependent upon the charity of others, or may be
upon a scanty parish allowance ; but bad as the retrospect may
be, the prospective is infinitely worse. The state of matters,
both as it refers to master and operative, is alarm-
ing. If we attribute (and we may truly do so) the past
and present distress principally and chiefly to a cause which
has been in operation for years, then the distress must and
will continue, and increase in an alarming ratio. So long as
the same cause remains similar effects will ensue. The mind
cannot contemplate these things without dismay and fearful
forebodings ; and to suppose that this state of suf -
fering and distress can for a much longer time be con•
tinued, to increase and accumulate, without some dreadful
crisis or revulsion taking place, is impossible. 'I he hand-loom
weaver has been depressed long ago. But distress and privation
is now falling upon other men whose situation in life becoming
suddenly changed will not so quietly submit to a continua-
tion of distress. These men will look back upon the comforts
they and their families have enjoyed, with strong feelings of
indignation, and attributing their distress to that cause which
may be most prominent will combine their remaining ener-
gies, and manifest a determination to be no longer injured by
laws and regulations which cramp the sinews of trade and
commerce, whereby they themselves are prevented from obtain-
ing an honest livelihood. If no improvement takes place in
our trade, ruin stares both master and workman in the face.
When one failure has taken place, ten or more will do. We
have no reason to expect any, change for the better until an al-
teration is made in our Corn-laws and other restrictive measures-
It is now granted by Sir Robert Peel and others of his party
that more liberal measures mustbeadopted—then why not apply
not oa r t
fori
the principles of more liberal measures to the Corn and Sugar-
laws,cl
oure so
manufactures, of
little
o r no
and
whatl V e
morewant
anexchangeable .;
and
article t
likely than grain, the food of the poor principally, instead of
trifles which might bediscontinued, and salted and pickled meat.
The Corn-laws must inevitably be chanced
therefore, why not w y wait until immediately? h ' the present and
future distress of the country has brought about all that anar
chy and confusion which will lay the country prostrate •
" The
dark months and long nights of winter are • fast approaching,
and, unless an alteration for the better takes place, it is impos-
sible to conceive what will be the consequence.
Neither per-
son nor prof erty will be secure.
Moneys paid to the Poor in the Burnley Union, Lancashire
exclusive of every Charge save In-relief and Out-relief.
Burnley Union contains 26 Townships.
For the year ending March, 1840
£7,856 19 JO
For the year ending March, 1842
Difference 4,827/. 10s. 10d., equal to an increase of 61 per
- cent. upon the sum paid in 1840. A
statement of several Townships in the same Union, partly or
for the most part employed in Hand-loom Weaving, for the
years ending March 1840 and 1842.
1840. 1842. Increase.
s. d. 9. d. Per cent.
Briercliffe... ...... 415 7 10 685 11 2 65
Colne... 1,197 10 10 2,282 18 2 91
Foulriclge . .454 910 788 18 2 74 '
Great and Little
Marsden -1,134 4 9 2,285 5 0 101
Rough Lee... 222 16 4 318 15 1 43
... 403 2 0 702 15 7 74