The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-09 00:00:00

1100 attout of individual hit!
ti right to expect, from ti minter who admit,
fully the duty of the state to lead the way in Church
duty
Exten'3ion, at least the practical recognition of that
We think they have ; and, moreover, we fear
that in
many of the districts most requiring aid, indi-
-I.'ual munificence will be found to hare done its
utmost.

n enntri.

._____..., ..,,
hart We have not space at present for more than these
y first impressions as to this measure; hut we
ca
nn°t omit noticing one of its features, to which we
Must accord our entire satisfaction. It is the intention
of government
even , We perceive, not to withhold clergymen
in places where churches do not as yet exist. In
every respect this is gratifying; but the more particu-
o4fr Y 3°, as we trust that it is significant of the firmness
sort governtnent with respect to the proposed mea-
R of education. It was rightly suggested by the
Education
II:
WNeile, at the late meeting in behalf of the
additionaleattort Bill, that additional schools would require
toan.
d here ministers to see to their religious teaching;
,
we nave a guarantee that these ministers will
oby
cfmnishe, as well as that we are not to be deprived
sten/lug clamour of the field upon which they are
required to labour.

c are prepared to acknowledge the vast import.-
;nee' to Great Britain, of her commercial and manu
import-
!ltYfact interests. We admit the inevitable nec.es-
L,14 tinder which, as a nation, we are thrown, to mainte-
Zthose interests in a healthy condition ; and to. see
, as far as is practicable with the prosperity of
,„ " import
interests, no impediment be suffered
strength
brremain in the way of the full development of their braer,ng,th' B
u t when we are asked to prostrate othert
anches at the feet of the manufacturing intere
clepe.endare interest—
a4
by corn-law repealers ;to risk thetsshoele
thus ee4ictel °I the nation upon a power which, y_ per ta-Y
ad the
cannot exist, without being pam.
oti d With the
, ruin of class after class embarked in
ttao...ll:4l3avuto-uds
We are bound to take care that this
„„,;,, .ttred interest is internally sound, and con-
thin -"lnn itself no elements hostile to the moral and
aelsieal welfare, or to the peace of the community,
tl'up2l(-)ngst which it claims to he established in absolutenii.
tremacy
If prosperous manufactures, or an u
the
p: mired commerce, are good at all, they are good as
li:lue,era °I national happiness and national power.
wealth be a national good, it is so only when fenced
ell and
by the love of the masses amongst whom itr a.rilds ' and uaed for the amelioration of the character
eiai c"ditlon of those masses. But wealth, comm_ee.
ca 7 Manuacturing, or agricultural, is valueless,ebnt,
n‘te unstable as water, if surrounded by an insu.rgstru_
irneesntzality by which such
clelnoralised, or a starving people ; and the 1 •1
e_
wealth is produced is vda uthe
dete'rd en-existent with the growth of crime an
bu ioration
Man race, moral, intellectual, and physical, of the
irate
some important branches of the manufacturing
gonad to ereat
~,,
end'L Great Britain are thus valueless an
of
Will scarcely be denied, after the experience
sueffeP2st ear, and the exposures of vice and human
p, ,'ing, attendant upon their existence, which recenthe
p'thamentary documents have brought before the
ti
-lie
eYe. We pointed, in an article upon the sub-
Juvenile Iteet, last week, to a few of the circumstances, affectingfle
taresjuvenile classes, attendant upon the lace ma.dnuan
_w of this country. We shewed the rapi d;
444 fdlil deterioration taking place amongst those classesfaets,
ltllustrwaetivie"P"e now to disclose a few further
of the absolutely murderous character of theis
el-a!e.111, upon which that particular manufacture
e rned na
--; and from these to point to a few obvious
(inclusion&
lac"
garryi _
n the case of the population employed in the
drawing,"ril,"facture from childhood (when engaged in
rna. " threading," or " winding") upto
of
laceure ,
their
chic/ears, we come to that of the embroider y
lt i carried on principally by young women,
Itnd, o somePloyrnent
the extent, by married women. t4if hours of labour are very long ; the .
us
Inthliasbeomur-
liciral "tensivelY Productive of diseases of various
:; and the - remuneration wretched in the extreme.
rips,ennteeuence, one witness informed the Children'sem_
,in yrnent Committee that the young women -
I:rilll°Yed, unable from their wages to procure the neces
es of life, ni
" mem all became prostitutes, though
refers ot common streetwalkers." And another witness
who to a remark
made to her by a large capitalist to
? the had been lamenting the cruel privations
htoe
Whim a very clever
lacedan not ill-looking girl, whom
heri.Yed as a .‘
unner," was obliged, owing to
itirrinadeetiate remuneration, to submit. ~I am very.s
t114,.)' f°r her." observed this worthy, " but the fadct Ihe,
4,:ta lace runner cannot live by lace running, an
)te oon the town (7) as others have gone before
r (! !,
thi;o‘l,
),. ', Pause for an instant and look at the state of
be 47: L'ere exhibited. The lace trade is admitted to
it o,‘'e "get the leading branches of our manufactures;
jte4Pies a large amount of the manual labour of our
is j e Population ; and here we have it proved that,d
40.,"Partment of it requiring consummate skill ar
e 4.1;; trvin_
a, , g to the bodily frame, the young females
Oqt ted " cannot live" by their labour, but must eke, \Ve L'eit Seattly earnings by the wages of prostitutionf.
ficierpe heard of a state of things, in which the insu
lip 0 rernlineration of agricultural labour was made
hilt :it °f the poor-rates, and that was bad enough ;
isa Ything more revolting than this eking out of
Rea by
be NI the sacrce of female chastity is scarcely to
k ceived t
-.lit th •
iri this e condition of the married female employed;.
11', a dePartment of the lace manufacture—what is it.
ferrialere ihforthed by the report before us that such
from 'lb
wil° are mothers become not only incapable,f
zittetid. it weakness and constant occupation, 0
10 the ing 10 their domestic affairs, but are even driven
thildr coMMission of systematic murder of their infant
liiißhell. one Witness examined, a chemist in Not-
odfr grin, asserts ----that the practice of administering
tile
,_Others
Cordial and Laudanum is commenced by
liteiri3l,lll,,e,ra ill three or four weeks after the birth of
the'Jibe fe""oren, and is continued, ff the children should
y ,(),r two Years. " The majority, however, die before
thein"a4l that age (') The laudanum is given to still
for z,;lvili4t the mothers are working." The coroner
ia °ttihallarn states—but we will give his evidence
elt,„
4 (4c.0.
4 Hehltett,, as held," he said, "a considerable number of in-
Initio4 " infants, vvho have died suddenly from the adminis-
It
itt 0 i •
e4t P Una In sorne form or other. Believes that in the
nrcler %ority of these cases the laudanum has been given in
t) to k
,Nith., eel) the infants quiet. The excuse has frequently
'45 4,4" the mother was obliged to adopt this plan because.
Itork:1 'ln time to attend to the child, being engaged in
,(4er 4141 strop attend
reason to believe that many infants,
'ltid• a 4 those on whom the inquests are held, perish more
nftei.:Q4l,ll from the d ' ' /ration of laudanum. Has
r°ll4ittiirtirefe,,tZwricheoo going
"tz:in 'as
that other young
etili,_ rk. of the haddied fromlaudanum,l.
ghi :44114, anplanlwe parent had aepecaundiarvacant and listless
554,edebtivitleed
Witnnecsolunftreonin emaciation of body,
countenance
experience of the effects
4"torc,ali the 837 stem, that these children also had been ac-
1, has to the rise of laudanum ; and on inquiry this con-
heit
hi% en confirmed by the parents.
11',„'de („:14enole to his knowledge,in consequence of inquiries
k,odf. --Drew_ ,
I_, rey,
cordial t() ascertain the fact, that a large
One
druggist quantity o f
ii'lpiske,redirathsatphreephareesdmiendethuis thotw.mns.ey;
in one year,
iii:,::::. rfo/41d:._eadew_eei.oht of treacle up himself,
cordial, which is
t,4 '4l. eat
ene,:e. / and dissolved opium. Godfrey's cordial
elar'ttlee of
atiiminlY.3tcon.sutted by infants. Knows that the
bat y,6o.aciott,
.'
assn
ering pure. llau.dan m to infants, as being
of hi(rn, cordial 1 the cordia , is. very Knows
evaudanum are given to infantsonftotire day
:izteetletthatt:odwtahato. en
.it is prepared. in readiness. that
ihfrcro the tan inquest lately in which death took
tipia: 183 G hele,iantsie lEin the second or third day.
months old,
g
i
v
e
n'e4.tly 4 fin'e
htelaiinlquest n ant infanthi fourre
mother had
dlleN, ihri tile krenoo:i illYa
child,f
coorwdialn• stupour was Pro-
:l4istdatnd ultimately, doseaftersi: hours had elapsed,
_ently ~‘Bl vas Procured, but not by the mother, who apPa-
medical
"vered •"d the child to perish B • proper treatment, per-
>v° until af.ter 12 at night, the child was
ttltuo,ioalt:eztetlttli°ll,lB4t,hat tohPeelis eyes and to cry. The surgeon
child should be kept arousedthaenndairn.
4:1: eff,el4
i'lede cold water dashed on the face till .
.e subsided. Instead Of this, in a qnafteerinokf
t/ til'ltir after
~it
ieep arid
,ti.e surgeon left, the infant was allowed to
Wilson, told
they tss, tha, ;"y • The medical attendant, Mr.
tll mo-
t_rti, the
e,`,,°, attention to the directions given to the
,174 tor, ti:l",e'lrould have recovered. It
~ 1.4 Rliter i
the
verdict was,
ei,, locillii, °L Godfrey's Cordial administered by the mother.'
' Died in consequence of having
',ILI Y, seee ,
four other
i . rer, , rtained that beside this one, , ty, an
riAl
oad di
11°t 'l,' re'rn 4eti au,dde"lY, of whom one was killed
s' es
.s
•\-00,,,ri „ cart ; the causes of death in the other ca 1
01,,, •
Pre34l:ll4lg that some two or three millions an-