The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-11-23 00:00:00

THE PEASANTRY OF THE BORDER,

The Rev. Dr. Gilly, a prebendary of Durham, and the ex-
emplary incumbent of the parish of Norham, situated in
North Northumberland, has recently written and published
an appeal on behalf of the peasantry of the border, in regard
to the extremely wretched condition of the cottages in which,
'or the most part, this class of men and their families are
-impelled to reside. Dr. Gilly's pamphlet is illustrated with
cravings, and a series of statistical tables. His statements
',Refill; the habitations of the peasantry relate chiefly to
parish of Norham, which consists of 14,268 acres, and
Ids for about seven miles along the southern banks of the
1. The population amounts to 2934, and consists of
'twists, pitmen, and fishermen. Out of 174 cottages
tam, which are occupied by the peasanty, 83, accord-
statistical table given by Dr. Gilly, or nearly one-
ged inmates within the last two years, 145
and 156 within the last ten
above 83 tenements which have changed
within the last two years, 54 are described to
,s deficient in all that is necessary to convenience
mess; and yet the greater part are occupied by
rho have done all they can do to give them a
ad comfortable appearance. " Some of them,"
are " mere hovels, absolutely unfit for the pea-
f a civilized country, and threatening to tumble
-ftra. In many, human beings and cows
" Of the whole

in Nor

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last seven year

ler under a

same roo:

which have each two rooms.
,eral character of the best of the
4es to he bad at the best, having no
sties for their pigs, no pumps nor
,rd, to promote cleanliness or corn-
Aze is abeut 24 feet by 16, and they
olesome. The windows do not open, arid
~re not larger than 20 inches by 16 ; and in
, crowded eight, ten, and even twelve persons.
lie down to rest, bow they sleep, how they can
common decency, how unutterable horrors are
,is beyond all conception. The case is aggravated
iere is a young woman to be lodged in this confined
who is not a member of the family, but is hired to do
I work, for which every hind is bound to procure a
It shocks every feeling of propriety to think that
m, and within such a space as I have been describ-
ilised beings should be herding together without a

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exceptions to this description of the hinds' cottages '
North Northumberland
~iven by Dr. Gilly. He speaks very
in
avourably of a
rustees of Lord of six cottages recently built by the
Crewe's Institution, on their property at
l
ornton.park, of the Marquess of Waterford's cottages at
'ord, and of those of Mir. Baker Creswell, on his property at
resswell and Bewoickiibut of the cottages at the village of
i
tal, in the parish Ford, the property of the Earl of Glas-
w, and the residence
of
Lord Frederick and Lady Augusta
speaks in :zclarence, he i enthusiastic terms :—" To see,'' he, " what a village
iil
our northern regions may be, and
tto be, go to Etat. There you will find flower-gardens
fection, with the villaget green as smooth as a lawn in
• kept pleasure-ground, and the rustic benches under
ding branches of elm and sycamore. One fine tree,
•it around its trunk, is conspicuous, with an
which shows
residing in kindness of
'may now
the mansion-house,
:.'s tree.' I beglieve the old man is still
e honour the tree is thus devotedages cottages
in which for to longevity."
-il arising- out of the bad c
7asantry of North Northurriberiand (who
of persons, intelligent,reare
ide, is that they orderly, and
driven so
denccs from place toplcme
„,s the education of their children, seriously I whichnisl s
own comforts, and impedes their advancement in thee
Jrld. However, the subject o; improving and embellishing
the cottages of the peasantry of the Border, and indeed of
the whole County of Northumberland, has been taken up by
a party in whose hands it is not likely to suffer, a great num_
ber of owners and occupiers of land, and of the clergy in the
county, having quite recently formed themselves into a society
for the express purpose of promoting this most desirable and
benevolent work.

most i

eir res

A female slave, named Sarah, was sold at the New Orleans
Exchange on the 13th ult. for eight thousand dollars ! The
ser was a free coloured man, said to be her husband.
agonist at the sale, a white man, bid up to 7,000 dol-
What a irommentary en Ameriean " liberty:l