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STATE OF THE COUNTRY.

MEETING OF THE COUNT-' OF RENFREW.

(Abridged from the Glasgow Saturday Post.)
Thursday, a meeting of the Noblemen, Gentlemen,
Justices of the Peace, &c., of the county of Renfrew,
in compliance with the requisition of the Lord-
Lieutenant and the County Convener, to take into
consideration the condition of the unemployed popu-
lation, with the view of devising means for their relief,
was held in the hall of. the County Buildings, Paisley,
at one o'clock. There was a large attendance of the
gentlemen of the county at the hour of meeting. On
the motion of Lord Kelburne M. Stewart, Esq.,
M.P., Vice-Lieutenant of the County, was called to
the chair, who said, he would not detain them with
any general remarks, but proceed to inform them that
the Committee appointed at last meeting had met, and
taken as well as they eould, a view of the pressing
distress of this county in its unemployed
population,
and had come to certain opinions which would now be
laid before them by Sheriff Campbell.
Sheriff CAMPBELL, in laying before the meeting the
Report of the Committee, informed them that these
resolutions had not been adopted without consider
able discussion. The Report showed that the number
of the unemployed in Paisley was greatly on the in-
crease, so much so, that within the month 1,333 per-
sons had been added to the list, with the prospect of
an additional increase. That 'Ol6 expenditure of the
Relief Committee was increased in proportion, and
that notwithstanding the assistance theyreceived from
the London Committee, they had an alarming defi-
ciency every week, which they required to raise by
local effort. Under these circumstances the Com-
mittee called upon the landed proprietors of the county
to come forward on behalf of the destitute, and by a
voluntary assessment upon all description of fixed
property within the county, to endeavour to preserve
the lives of the unemployed people. After
reading the Report, the Sheriff begged to add his
own personal experience as a witness of the prevailing
distress during the last eight weeks, in conjunction
with his friend the Chief Magistrate of Paisley: He
had been brought in contact with labourers who had
been reduced to a state of starvation and painful dis-
tress, which could not be adequately
_described. They
had all got a very small and very precarious supply
dealt out to them from day to day, but it was scarcely
sufficient to keep body and soul together, and what
was to become of them hereafter, depended altogether
on what the county should resolve upon to-day.: Be-
hwishch
sieat,hleie
heldbe in his hand from the
begged to call their atten-
tion to es a letterin g wnHonourable the Earl of Glasgow, expressing his sym-
pathy with the object of this meeting, and expressing
a hope that they would not undertake too much, lest
they should fail in their efforts ; nor too little, lest
fbre
r
they overshoot their object.
Mr. WALLACE, of Kelly,
moved as an amend-
ment in the Report, that after the word Paisley, the
towns of Greenock, Pollokshaws Johnstone, and
other places in the county,
should be added. He
moved this addition because the Report only referred
to Paisley, and because it was desirable, as that Re-
port would go to the Government and the public,
that the extent of the distress should be known.
Provost BAIN, of
Greenock,
laid before the meet-
ing the following memorial :
Unto the Noblemen, Commissioners of Supply,
Justices of the Peace, and Magistrates of Towns
in the shire of Renfrew, in general meeting
assembled.
The Memorial of the Unemployed in
Greenock, consisting of Joiners, Carpen-
ters, Engineers,Blacksmiths, and Labourers.
HUMBLY SHOWETIi,

pfaS ourt through
......„.......... ____ ,
the want of
That we have been suffering privations to a fearful
extent these
employment.
Thousands ntont h o
s
townsmen are sunk
to the lowest depths of misery, being destitute of the
common necessaries of life. In the , month of March
last, a census was taken of the unemployed in the town
of Greenock, when no less than 900 able-bodied men,
and upwards of 2,000 dependents, were enrolled in one
day, and the destitution has been greatly on the in-
crease ever since that time. Thousands have had no-
thing to subsist on, but by the sale and
--- pawning of
their effects ; a great many others have been entirely
depending on the Relief Committee up to the month
of September in work at ls. per clay, for six days in
the week, and since that time their whole living has
been from the soup kitchen.
In the month of March our worthy Provost and
Magistrates, with a number of other benevolent gen-
tlemen of the town, got up subscriptions for our re-
lief. On the 19th of October last, the subscriptions
amounted to 3,4221. 18s. 6d. About that time the
Relief Committee were under the necessity of relin-
quishing the work, and giving what they could in food
from the soup kitchen, and that in small quantities,
not exceeding one meal per day. I
--'rom the 20th of
September to the 20th of October, th,_,
3 had on an
average on their list about 2,880 D
. erscms, and their
expenditure did not exceed 1701., which is not more
than five-pence per week for each individual. At the
same time they had not more than one-half of the
unemployed in the town on their list, as the following
statement will show :
On the 27th of October there was a second census
of the unemployed taken, and the following is the re-
sult of the return from nine out of ten districts :
Able bodied men, 1,304; of this number 829 were
married, and had 1,962 children under twelve years
of age, and 684 above twelve years of age, making a
total of 4,849. The district from which no return
was made was one of the worst, and a great many
other places were missed, and many workmen have
been paid off since that time ; many of those who are
working, arc only employed three days per week.
Your memorialists are fully convinced that these

facts are sufficient to show you that misery and des-
titution- rage to a great extent in the town of
Greenock. We therefore fondly hope that you will
take our case into your immediate serious considera-
tion, and use youi utmost exertions to alleviate our
distress, seeing that • the winter is approaching, and
thouiands, of virtuous and industrious families have
neither clothes nor bedding, nor wherewith to pro-
cure fuel, and the relief given in food is not more
than one meal per day.
Gentlemen, it is work we want,—we do not want
to eat the bread of idleness, or of charity, but of la-
bour. Nothing gives us more pain than for our chil-
dren to know that they are living on charity; we there-
fore pray that you will give all the aid you can to
the Relief Committee of Greenock, so that they may
be enabled to set us all, or as many as possible, to
work. We would also ask you to use all your in-
fluence with her Majesty's Government, in order that
they may grant a sum of money for our relief, without
delay, as we fear that if left in our present position,
disease, crime, and death will ensue. _

Gentlemen, we leave our case in your hands, in the
full 'assurance that you will take immediate steps to
have our distress alleviated.

Signed in name and by appointment of a meeting
of the unemployed in Greenock, this fifth day
of November, 1842 years.
(Signed) JAMES J3L ACK, Chairman.
.
Aftifieading the above, he said, in reference to th?
memorial just read to them, he was sorry to say that
he firmly believed the number of the unemployed in
Greenock was greater than that stated in the memo-
rial. The number stated was 5,000 persons, but there
was one district from which no return had been made,
and they were not taken in account in this calcula-
tion. From the number drawing relief out of the
funds, and from his knowledge of the fact that there
were many of the unemployed living on the sale of
their furniture and clothing, and who had hitherto
kept back, but who were nevertheless suffering dis-
tress to a fearful extent, he could conceive the number ,
exceeded 5,000 persons. And the number, he was
afraid, would be speedily greatly increased; if the
numbers continued to augment as they had done for
the last six months, there was no saying to what they
might in the end amount to. On 28th Sept. the num-
ber on the list was 551 families, or 2,492 individuals%
on sth of Oct. they had increased to 606 families,
or 2,730 persons ; and the number yesterday was
742 families, or 3,302 persons. As to the amount of
relief which the Committee dispensed to the sufferers,'
he might state that it went at the rate of 751. per week.
That expenditure consisted of soup, bread, potatoes,
and herrings, and nothing was given in money. Now,
the extent to which that distribution went in reliev-
ing the distress of those depending on it was consi-
derably less than one penny per day to each individual.
It might rather be said to amount to about 4-sths of
a id., and even with that limited distribution the
Committee found they had gone beyond their means,
and were in debt. With regard to their prospects for
the future, he might inform the meeting that they
proposed to raise 1,5001. by voluntary assessment, and
that sum, even were they capable of raising it, would
do no more than continue them at the present rate of
4-sths of a ld., and would not enable them to give one
farthing for clothes, fuel, or house rent during the in
clement winter months, and he was sorry to say he
had good reason to apprehend that the number of the
destitute would go on increasing during the
winter months. Every trade and department of
business was in a state of the greatest depression, and
there was not the smallest symptom of progression.
The total sums already raised in Greenock were as
follows :—By voluntary contribution, 3,5601. If they
added to this the sum expected, 1,5001., they would
have a sum of 5,060/. Now, the assessment for the
parochial poor this year was much larger than usual
—it would amount to 5,8401. The sums added gave
a total of 10,9001., say 11,0001., since the month of
January last. That sum was equal to an assessment
upon the entire rental in the town of no less than 3s.
in the pound. As to anything to be expected from
the town of Greenock by the proposed county assess-
ment, it was a delusion—it could not be expected.
They had had their case repeatedly laid before ihe Go-
vernment, and without effect. They were, therefore,
without the means of giving relief to the additional
claims to come upon them, and he did not see how
they were to get through the winter unless they got
support in some shape or other.
Dr. BURNS, . n the name of the Presbytery of
Paisley, as the present Moderator of that assembly,
submitted a series of resolutions and other documents
for their serious consideration, on the subject of the
unemployed at Paisley, which had been adopted by
them at a meeting held yesterday: The amount of
relief given to each individual amounted to no snore
than the suisi mentioned by the Provost of Greenock,
viz., something less than one penny per day, or about
fivepence per week. He impressed upon the gentle-.
men present the importance of the facts and papers
which he handed in, and concluded amidst the plaudits
of the auditors.

Mr. APFEE, of Langhouse, supported the memorial
and statements of his friend the Provost of Greenock.

Provost CORnET, of Pollokshaws, handed in a me-
morial from the unemployed of that town, complain-
ing of the severe distress, and showing that there was
no visible means of relieving the increasing numbers
of persons out of work and in destitution.
The CifAIRMIN proposed the adoption of the Re-
port of the Relief Committee, in a short resolution.
It was to the effect that the meeting agree to vote the
sum of 1,5001., to be raised by voluntary assessment
on the rental of the county, for the relief of the un-
employed, appoint a Committee to see the same pro-
perly appropriated, and approve at the same time of
emigration on a proper and well-regulated system, as
a means of ultimately relieving the country. In
support of the motion, Mr. Stewart alluded to the ha-
pressive statement of facts by Dr. Burns and the
Provost of Greenock, and spoke of an ultimate appli-
cation to Government, as with it, would rest the
responsibility for the condition of the people.
Mr. WALLACE, of Kelly, said—From what had
been stated by his Hon. Friend the Chairman, he per-
ceived that it was proposed to consider the distress in
two points of view, first, with regard to its immediate
relief, and, second, an appeal to Government for more
permanent and effectual aid. With regard to the first
proposition in the resolution, he had nothing to object,
but in regard to the second he was prepared to bring
forward a series of resolutions for the purpose of
bringing before this county, the country, and the Go-
vernment, the desperate state of the country. The
resolutions were as follow :

Ist. " That in consequence of want of employment
in their trades and callings, there are at this time
thousands of persons in absolute destitution, and this
without any legal claim for relief on any parties
whatsoever, in each of the towns of Greenock and
Paisley, as well as similar proportional numbers in
Johnstone, Pollokshaws, and other smaller towns and
villages in the county of Renfrew. Therefore, it is
the opinion of this meeting that an immediate applica-
tion should be made to Government, to issue such
sums of public money as will be sufficient to give
employment to those willing to work ; or, failing this,
as will be sufficient to afford food, and such other aid
in clothing and fuel as shall be necessary to preserve
lite. For which modes of supporting the destitute
with public money there are ample and abundant
precedents in a Parliamentary Return which had been
moved for by. Mr. Wallace, the Member for Greenock,
and which return is now before this meeting, and is
No. 577 of the last session ; and which shows that in
the year 1826, 16,960/. 16s. sd. was gifted from the
public purse, to those in distress, in consequence of
want of employment ; the same Parliamentary Re •
turn shows that 15,0001. was advanced in the years
1826 and 1827, on account of distress among the
operative manufacturers. Also, that 40,0001. was
given in the years 1831, and 1832, for the employment
the poor and the relief of distress in Ireland ; that in
1825 2,816/. 16s. Bd. was given for a similar pur-
pose : that in 1836 2,518/. Bs. id. was given on ac-
count of the failure of crops in Ireland : that in 1837
1,0441. ss. Bd. was also given for the latter purpose i
that in 1837 6,7291. Its. Bd. was given for the relief
of the Highlands and Western Islands of Scotland :
that in 1839 2,501/. 10s. sd. was given to relieve dis-
tress in the West of Ireland—also a further sum to
Ireland of 376/. 12s. 3d.: and in 1842 that 500/. was
advanced from the public purse for the relief of dis-
tress in Paisley ; besides 125,321/. for the relief of
distress occasioned by hurricanes, cholera, earth-
quakes, fevers, &c. &c., in the West Indies, the Me-
diterranean, and in England, Ireland, and Scotland.
2d. " It further appears, from another portion of
the Parliamentary Return already alluded to, that in
the years 1826, 1830, and 1842, large quantities of
wearing apparel, shoes, stockings, blankets, rugs, &c.
were sent, at the public expense, from the Government
Ordnance Stores, for the relief of the distressed inha-
bitants in the following towns in England, viz., Man-
goehdale, Oldham, Ski ton, Ash-
chester,
ton-under-Lyric, Blackburn, Bolton, Bradford, Burn-
ley, Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Stockport ; also, to the
Strangers' Friend Society, the Mendicity Society,
Spitalfields Refuge for the Houseless Poor, and in
year, 1842, to the Spitalfield Weavers.

" It also appears from another part of the same return
that in the years 1835, 1836, 1837, and 1839, that
potatoes and oatmeal to above the value of 6,8001.
was given to relieve distress in certain parts of Ireland,
and that a further sum of 1,8081. 2s. 2d. was also given
from the public purse, for the employment of the desti-
tute in certain districts of Ireland.

3d. " That as no portion of the said distribution of
wearing apparel, shoes, stockings, blankets, rugs, &c.,
were sent to any part of Scotland, nor any oatmeal,
or potatoes, Or public money to employ those out of
work and destitute in Scotland, their present claims
for relief to Scotland may well be insisted on, and
therefore this meeting hereby agrees to apply to
her Majesty's Government, for such immediate
supplies of all the above articles as can be spared
for distribution among the destitute in this county—
seeing that however great the destitution may have
been in the towns of England to which the above-
enumerated articles were sent, that neither the inha-
bitants of those, nor the inhabitants of Ireland, could
have greater need of national aid and assistance than
many thousands now have in the several towns and
localities already mentioned in the county of Renfrew.
' 4th, " That a copy of these resolutions be signed
by the Chairman, and be transmitted to Sir James
Graham, Chief Seeretary of the Home Department,
to be by him laid before her Majesty's Ministers."
The Hon. Gentleman supported his resolutions in a
speech of considerable spirit.
Mr. MCFEu seconded the motion.
Lord KELBURNE said he was not satisfied in se-
conding the proposal of their Hon. Chairman
so far 'as it went. He would recommend, at the same
time, that the suggestion of an Hon. Friend on the
left of the chair, that a petition should be forwarded
to her Majesty's Government. to enforce that assess-
ment, should be acted upon. They had no power. in
the meantime to enforce such an assessment,
and without that he was much afraid that they would
find great difficulty in raising the sum proposed.
He did not despair of seeing before long a well ar-
ranged system of emigration established; but in the
meantime there was no well arranged system, and in
ninety-nine cases out of a hundred. those who emi-
grated found themselves worse off than in their own
country. He was of opinion, too, that notwithstand-
ing all the inconvenience and objection to a Poor-law
in Scotland, it had become yearly of more necessity.
'Without specifying any direct means, he was for en-
forcing upon Government that they should provide an
adequate support for the poor of Scotland. Before
proceeding to any other business, they should first dis-
pose of the proposal of their Hon. Chairman.
Mr. MAXWELL, jun., of Pollok, considered they
should take up the question of a voluntary assess-
ment first.

The CHAIRMAN again read his resolution, and spoke
at some length in favour of the question of emigra-
tion, and on the necessity for an adequate provision
for the poor.
Provost HENDERSON, of Paisley, previous to the
question of the amount of assessment being fairly laid
before the meeting, wished to put a question to the
Provost of Greenock. It was to ascertain how much
assistance they would require from
_the proposed
assessment.

Provost BAIN was not prepared to say how much
they would require. 3001. a week he was satisfied
would by no means give adequate relief to those out
of employ. If it was understood that the proposed
assessment was meant to apply to property in towns,
he begged distinctly to inform them that it would be
a complete and total failure in Greenock.
Bailie SMITH showed that it would be quite imprac-
ticable so far as Paisley was concerned. He proved
that proprietors were paying at the rate of Gs. Bd. in
the pound of the rental- they were at present receiv-
ing, and that it would be impossible for them to give
anything additional. So far as the -raising of 1,5001.
was concerned, he considered that it would be a mere
drop in the bucket in meeting the distress.
Provost HENDERSON explained that his reason for
putting the question' to Provost Bain, was to show
that the sum proposed was far too little. He was the
more convinced of this when he looked to the numbers
of the unemployed. This week they had to provide for
the increased number of 153 persons, and he was sure
from the number of applicants that could not be
put off, that by the next week the list would be
greatly increased. They would require the sum of
5001. weekly for two months at least. Now, their as-
sessment of 1,500/, even were it raised, would only
give one fourth of the sum required for ten weeks,
though the Londm Committee stqiplied all the rest,
leaving nothing for Greenock, Pollokshaws, John-
stone, or Renfrew. He begged to remind them, at
the same time, in connection with the proposed as-
sessment, that it would require as much machinery
and expense, in the way of collection, as would mom
a much larger amount. They of the towns had no
right, it was true, to dictate to the proprietors of the
landed property of the county; but this he could as-
sure them, along with Bailie Smith and the Provost
of Greenock, that nothing was to be expected from
Paisley or the other towns. _
Lord ICELBURNE said, after what had been said by
his friend the Provost of Paisley, and the gentlemen
from Greenock, that the sum of 1,5001. was quite in-
adequate, and that the expense of collection would be
almost the same for a larger sum, he would propose
3,0001. as an amendment. _ _

Mr. ALEXANDER, of Southbar, opposed the proposal
of Lord Kelburne.

Sir W. M. NAPIER, was entirely of the opinion that
even the sum of 3,0001. was no more than a drop in
the bucket towards meeting the impending distress,
He reminded the meeting that they had expended
22,0001. last year. He was of opinion that in addition
to their vote of 3,0001., which, after all, might not be
raised, a deputation should be sent off to Government
to lay the condition of the people before them, and to
demand immediate aid.

Mr. MAXWELL would not oppose the proposal for
3,0001. after the arguments as to collection, &c.,
brought forward by Provost Henderson. It would
be proper, he considered, to explain to the Govern-
ment the condition in which they were placed, and at
the same time it occurred to him that if they assessed
themselves to.the amount of 3,000/. it would be the
stronger evidence of the amount of the distress.
The motion being put, there appeared—for the
motion for 1,5001., B—for the sum. of 3,0001., 7.
The Chairman gave his voice for the motion, which
in this way made them equal, and the sum of 3,000/.
was ultimately voted.
Mr. WALLACE brought forward his resolutions.
After a short discussion, the resolutions were put,
Mr. Wallace refusing to alter, soften, or postpone
them, and carried by large injorities, only three hands
being held up in opposition to the first. The second
and third were carried almost unanimously.
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the
meeting broke up.

SIR GEORGE WALKER.—It is our melancholy
duty to record the decease of an accomplished soldier
and a worthy man in all the relations of life. Sir
George Walker, Lieutenant Governor of the Royal
Hospital at Chelsea, expired on Tuesday morning,
at his residence in that place, in the 78th year
of his age. Ms life was early devoted to the
service of his country; and in all the various stations
that he filled, and they were not a few, he acquitted
himself with honour and probity. The wounds that
he received at the storming of Badajoz (where
his conduct was described by the Duke of Wel-
lington in his dispatches as " highly conspicuous")
were such as no man before him had ever sur-
vived ; and in the thanks given to the army tin
that occasion, the conduct at the battle of Vimeira of
his regiment, with which he threw a French column
of 3,000 or 4,000 men into confusion, from which
they never recovered, and followed them for between
three and four miles, was not forgotten. He has left
a widow and family of ehildien.
KENDAL TRADE.—The demand for goods here has
not increased. Some houses are complaining of a
falling off in orders. We have been informed that
more is likely to be done here in trowserins. If the
demand for these articles increases or maintains em-
ployment for the weavers, it will be of great advantage
to the town. Wools continue flat. The sale of fine wool in
Liverpool, on Thursday, was heavy ; but as the
quality was not particularly good, it cannot be taken
e
as a criterion of price. The buyers were numerous.
The low wools were not to .be sold till yesterday.
Fleece wools were selling at low prices.
Yesterday the remainder of the appeals under
theSche-
dulealtyo n e Town
case
did Hall, making of by
the conduct of the
D against the Income-tax were
disposed
a total
of
the Commissioners
40. In
only
appellant call forth the animadve •
on of the Court,
t animadversion
and in this instance the attempt o elude the tax was
so flagrant, that the Commissioners
inflict a penalty of 201., and three .s felt compelled to
times the amount of
duty (there being no power of mitigation) on the of-
fender.—Brighton Herald.
The 'Paris Constitationnel of
Friday mentions a ru-
mour that the French Government contemplates %re.-
re-
duction of the army by 50,000 men, and that i .1s
intended to dismiss
one lieutenant and one sub-lieute-
, ant from each company,