The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-03 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

Charles Phillips, Esq., Insolvent Commissioner, will,
at the spring circuit, attend at Carlisle, Monday, March
1 ; at Appleby, Tuesday, March 2 ; at Kendal, Friday,
March 5 ; at Lancaster, Monday, March 8 ; at Liver-
pool, Tuesday, March 16 ; at the Castle of Chester,
Thursday, April 1.
COURT OF PASSAGE.—At the Court of Passage last
week, the following was the only case of public interest.—
Anthony v. Hind and another.—The plaintiff was a por-
ter, and sought to recover damages which he had;sustained
by a pile of flax, belonging to the defendants, falling upon
him and breaking his leg. As the plaintiff was mending
cotton-bags in a warehouse in Formby-street, the pile of
flax, which had been insecurely stowed, fell, and injured
him in the way stated. A. verdict was given for the plain-
tiff, damages £65.
SALARIES OF THE JUDGES.—There are twenty-two
judges of the superior courts in England, whose salaries
amount to £123,577 a-year. The five judges of the Court
of Chancery are paid £33,000. The Lord Chancellor has
£lO,OOO, Master of the Rolls £7OOO, Vice-Chancellor of
England £6OOO, and the two Vice-Cbancellorf, Knight
Bruce and Wigram, £5OOO. The s;x judges of the Court
of Queen's Bench are paid £32,000. The Lord Chief
Justice has £BOOO, and the Puisne Judges £5OOO each.
The six judges of the Court of Common Pleas have
similar sums, as also the six judges of the Court of
Exchequer, with the exception of the Chief Baron, who
has a salary of £7OOO. The judge of the Court of Admi-
ralty has £4OOO, and the average emoluments of the judge
of the Prerogative Court amount to £3577 ; making the
number twenty-two, and the united salaries £123,577.

THE CLAIMS OF THE POOR,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST.

SlR,—Argument was useless. The mention of the
constitutional rights of the poor was. subject for derision.
The people were too numerous—the "surplus population"
must be driven away. There was no connexio❑ between
the poor and the land. They must be removed or perish !
Such was the award of our "enlightened and liberal phi-
losophers !" A pretty mess they have made of it ! Noule
won't die c.f want quietly. They become troublesome—
dangerous. They must be fed. We grumble that they
areim patient.

•We are now receiving the just reward of our cruelty.
We listened to the philosophers—we deserve our punish-
ment, because we have turned a deaf ear to our good and
wise ancestors. They assured us, that the poor have a
right to live ; the philosophers exclaimed, " Nature has
made no provision for them—let them die !" We have
believed that lie, and our sin has found us out. This,
Sir, is our case. _ _ _

We do right, now, to feed the poor. Let us, however,
remember, that, in doing so, we are acting in direct con-
tradiction to the whole school of our "enlightened and
liberal philosophers." No provision for the poor, is still
their creed ; although fear compels them to relent, they
dare not enforce their exterminating principles? How
often have they been warned, that God was wiser and
stronger than they ; and assured, that, if they would per-
sist in altering our laws on their diabolical principles, He
would exert His power! They answered in jeers and in-
vectives. They removed the landmark of the poor, and
are now at their wit's end.

Why do I write thus? It is once more to warn. It is
not enough to feed the poor now. They must be provided
for hereafter. Their right to maintenance must again be
fully recognised by our laws. They require, and must
have, Protection ! Yes, Sir that despised word will, after
all, triumph over all its foes. Protection from first to
last—from the monarch to the pauper—else England's sun
will set in gore. 1 have warned the landlords until I have
become hoarse. I told them their doom, should they rob
the poor by the new Poor Law. I appeal to the Duke of
Wellington—have not my predictions been verified.
Let the landlords now resolve that the first act of the
next session of Parliament shall be one recognising the
right of the poor to liberty and life in England, Scotland,
and Ireland. Then the philosophers will be confounded,
and, having thus set our faces constitutionward, we may
expect prosperity and the blessing of our God.
I remain, sir, your most obedient servant,
London, Oct. 21. RICHARD OASTLER.

P.S.—lt is no use to mince matters. If we persist in
refusing the constitutional right of the poor, they will
hang, like an incubus, on the state, and we shall become
the derision of the world. The philosophers may storm
and rage—God will laugh at their fury. Truly, sir, if we
will not bend to receive lessons from our "greybearded
ancestors," starving millions will demand that the state
shall resume its right to the land and the property. In
the future distribution, their rights must be sanctioned.
It were wiser to grant graciously than to yield ignomi-
niously. IL. 0.