The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-05-20 00:00:00

EXCHANGE

A CLERGYMAN holding an INCUMBENCY of £lOO
-CD- per Annum in Yorkshire, is willing to EXCHANGE
for a CURACY in Liverpool or the Neighbourhood.
To be SOLD, a DAY SCHOOL for YOUNG GEN-
TLEMEN, with good accommodation for Boarders also, in
Liverpool. _ _ _

Apply to Mr. JOSEPII CRISP, Clerical, Medical, and
School Agency Office. 20, Slater-street, Liverpool.
(One Interest.)

LIVERPOOL AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY.
THE ANNUAL MEETING of the Subscribers and
Friends of the Society will be held in the ROYAL As-
SEMBLY Rooms, late Templars' Hall, Great George-street,
Tuts EVENING, (Friday,) the 20th i stant, at Half-past
Six o'Clock, when interesting inform 'on respecting the
distribution of the Holy Scriptures, home and abroad,
will be communicated. -

The Meeting will be addressed by the Hon. and Rev
BAPTIST W. NOEL, and other Ministers.

THE SUBSCRIBERS and FRIENDS of the CHURCH
MISSIONARY SOCIETY are respectfully informed
that their ANNIVERSARY MEETINGS will be held—
the FIRST, in the Room over the Oco Music HALL, Bold-
street, on MONDAY MORNING next, tlrb 23d instant, at
Eleven o'clock, the Rev. Rector CATELL in the Chair,
(Admission without Ticket;) all the S COND on TUESDAY
EVENING next, the 24th instant, at -lalf-past Six o'clock
precisely, in the AMPHITHEATRE, the Rev. Chancellor
RAIKES, M.A., in the Chair. Admission by Ticket only,
which may be had on application to Mr. CRISP, at No. 20,
Slater. street, on Friday and Saturday next, the 20th and 21st
inst., between the hours'of Eleven and Three.

The Hon. and Rev. BAPTIST W. NOEL, M.A., the
Rev. A. R. C. DALLAS, M.A., the Rev. C. HESKETH,
M.A., (Southport,) the Rev. F. OWEN, M.A., (late Mis-
sionary in South Africa,) and the Rev. J. E. WHITE, M.A.,
will attend.as a Deputation.
SERMONS

IN AID OF THE ABOVE SOCIETY WILL BE PREACHED
ON SUNDAY NEXT, the 22d instant,
AT ST. ANDREW'S, RENSHAW-STREET,
in the Morning, at Eleven o'clock, by the Rev. C. HES-
KETH, M.A. ;in the Evening, at Half-past Sis,o'clock, by
the Rev. W. W. EWBANK, M.A.
ST. AUGUSTINE'S, SHAW-STREET,
in the Morning, at Eleven o'clock, by the Rev. Dr. TAT-
TERSHALL.

ALL SAINTS, ROSE-HILL,
in the Morning, at Half-past Ten o'clock, by the Rev. E. B.
CHALMER, M.A. ; in the Evening, at Half-past Six
o'clock, by the Rev. JOSEPH BUSH, M.A.

ST. BRIDE'S, PERCY-STREET,
in the Morning., at Eleven o'clock, by the Hon. and Rev. B.
W. NOEL, M.A. ;in the Evening, at Half-past Six o'clock,
by the Rev. C. HESKETH, M.A.
ST. BARNABAS, PARLIAMENT-STREET,
in the Evening, at Half-past Six o'clock, by the Rev. T.
NOLAN, M.A.

ST. CLEMENT'S, WINDSOR,
in the Morning, at a Quarter to Eleven o'clock, by the Rev
F. PARRY, M.A.

CHRIST CHURCH, HUNTER-STREET,

in the Evening, at Half-past'Six o'clock, by the Hon. and
Rev. B. W. NOEL, M.A.

ST. DAVID'S, BROWNLOW-HILL

in the Morning, at Half-past Ten o'clock, by the Rev. F.
OW EN, M.A. ; in the Afternoon, at Three o'clock, a Welsh
Missionary Sermon, by the Rev. JOSEPH BAYLEE
M.A., Incumbent of Holy Trinity Church, Woodside.

ST. GEORGE'S, tVERTON,

in the Morning, at a Quarter to Eleven o'clock., by the Rev.
W. W. EWBANK, M.A. ; in the Evening, at Half-past
Six o'clock, by the Rev. A. R. C. DALLAS, M.A.
ST. JUDE'S
_

in the Morning, at a Quarter to Eleven o'clock, by the Rev.
A. R. C. DALLAS, M.A.
ST. JAMES'S, PARLIAMENT-STREET,
in the Morning, at Eleven o'clock, by the Rev. HENRY
HAMPTON, M.A.
ST. MARY'S, EDGE-HILL,

in the Morning, at Half-pa'st Ten o'clock, by the Rev. J.
JONES, M.A. ; in the Afternoon, at Three o'clock, by the
Rev. A. R. C. DALLAS, M.A.
ST. MARY'S, KIRKDALE,
in the Morning, at Half-past Ten o'clock, by the Rev. F.
BARKER, M.A.

ST. MICHAEL'S, PITT-STREET,
in the Evening, at Half-past Six o'clock, by the Rev. J.
E. WHITE, M.A.
MARINERS' CHURCH,
in the Morning, at Half-past Ten o'clock, by the Rev. G. F.
GREEN, B.A. ; in the Afternoon, at Three o'clock, by the
Rev. WM. MAYNARD, M.A.
ST. MARK'S,

in the Morning„ at a Quarter to Eleven o'clock, by the Rev.
B. A. MARSHALL, M.A.; in the Evening, at Half-past
Six o'clock, by the Rev. F. OWEN, M.A.
ST. SILAS, PEMBROKE-PLACE,
in the Evening, at Half-past Six o'Clock, by the Rev. J.
C ORDEAUXU.A.

ST. SIMON'S,
in the Afternoon, at Three o'clock, by the Rev. F. OWEN,
M.A.

ST. STEPHEN'S,

in the Morning, at Half-past Ten o'cloc)c, by the Rev. J
PICTON, M.A.
ST. ANN'S, ATGBURTII,

in th 3 Morning, at Half-pat 'fen o'clock, by the Rev. J.
CORDEAUX, M.A. ; in the Afternoon, at Three o'clockn
by the Rev. JOSEPH BUSH, M.A.
CROSBY,

in the Morning, at Half-past Ten o'clock, by the Rev. T.
NEWTON PEIL, M.A.

ST. JOHN BAPTIST'S, KNOTTY ASH,
in the Morning, at Half-past Ten o'clock, by the Rev. J. E.
WHITE, M.A. ; in the Evening, at Half-past Six o'clock,
by the Rev. W. BUTLER, M.A.
ST. THOMAS'S, SEAFORTH,
in the Morning, at Half-past Ten o'clock, by the Rev. F.
OULD, M.A.

WEST DERBY,

in the Morning, at Half-past Ten o'clock, by the Rev. W
M'IVER, M.A.
CHRIST CHURCH, WATERLOO,
Sunday Morning, 29th, at Half-past Ten o'clock, by the Rev
ISAAC WOOD, M.A., Vicar of Middlewich.

WAVERTREE CHAPEL,
in the Evening, at Half-past Six o'clock, by the Rev. S
FENTON, M.A.

ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, the 25th instant,
at Seven o'clock, at ST. MICHAEL'S, Pitt-street, by the
Hon. and Rev. B. W. NOEL.
THURSDAY, the 26th,
at Two o'clock, P.M., at ST. MARK'S, Sermon to the Ju-
venile Association, by the Hon. and Rev. B. W. NOEL.
THURSDAY EVENING, the 26th,
at Seven o'clock, at ST. LUKE'S, by the Rev. A. R. C.
DALLAS.

I PUBLIC BREAKFAST, for the Friends of the So-
ciety, will be held at the ADELPHI HOTEL, on TUESDAY
next, the 24th instant, at Half-past Eight o'clock.

The following MEETINGS are intended to be held

Saturday Evening next, the 21st instant, at Seven o'clock,
at the INSTITUTION HOUSE, Slater-street, for Prayer.

Monday Evening, at Half-past Six o'clock, at the NA-
TIONAL SCHOOL ROOM, SEAFORTH, and ST. ANN'S VESTRY,
WEST DERBY
Wednesday
for Wallasey.
Wednesday Evening, at Seven o'clock, at EVERTON and
KIRADA LE SCHOOL-ROOM.

Morning, at Eleven o'clock, at SEACOMBE,

, Thursday, at Half-past Six, at WAVE
WEST DERBY.

;RTREE SCHOOL and

DESSERT FRUITS,

AT THE OLD-ESTABLISHED FAMILY FRUIT
WAREHOUSE.
6, PARKER-STREET, CHURCH-STREET.

T thIDDLEWOOD begs 'to ilifc;;WisFrieird;:tnd the
tfl • Public he will during the present season be supplied
with the choicest Dessert Fruits. His Pines, Grapes, &c.
are supplied by some of the best growers in the kingdom.
His Shaddocks and Forbidden Fruit are selected from the
same gardens as those he had the honour to supply her Ma-
jesty the Queen with, and now in great perfection. This
Fruit is a good substitute for Peach Ice, being equally cool
and grateful, and more nutritious than any other Fruit : is
particularly recommended to invalids. !Preserved Ginger,
Limes, Tamarinds, Marmalades, &c. Pickles and Sauces in
great variety. '

J. M. tales the present opportunity to recommend his
VEGETABLE SOAP to Ladies and Gentlemen travelling.
It preserves the skin healthy, renders the hands agreeably
cool, soft, and white ; it eradicates all impurities of the skin,
whether arising from excessive beat or frost, as pimples,
roughness, &c.; it makes the hardest water soft; arid is a
valuable acquisition to Gentlemen in Shaving.
The genuine BOTANIC OIL has an equal claim to pa-
tronage. Its utility has never been equalled, in renovating
and producing a luxuriant growth of Flair. Thetestimomals
are too numerous for an advertisement. In addition to which,
the Proprietor begs to observe, during more than twenty
years' use, his hair has not suffered the least decline. The
best proof the public can have of the superior properties of
the above articles, is the use of a single package, as a com-
parison with ether articles.
Botanic Oil, in pot boxes, 25., 3s. Gd., and ss.
Vegetable Soap, Gd. and ls. per square; ss. and 10s. per
dozen.

A dividend under the separate estate of Mr. Edward Jer-
ningham, one of the bankrupt firm of Wright, Biddulph,
and Co. has been fixed at 4s. in the pound.

We have a report in the city that a negociation is on foot
for a large advance of money to be made by the Bank to the
East India Company, at a low rate of interest, towards the
expenses of the Indian war, it being difficult to borrow in
India the rum required at the moment.—Globe.
A disturbance of an extraordinary character took place at
the Roman Catholic chapel, Broad-green, near Croydon, on
Sunday morning last. It appears that about eleven o'clock,
after prayers had been read, and while the priest, the Rev.
Mr. O'Moore, was at the altar, a person who keeps a beer
shop in the neighbourhood, went up to Mr. o'lVloore and
demanded the payment of her score for beer supplied to him.
The rev. gentleman said that was not a proper time or place
to make such a demand, and requested the party to desist,
but instead of doing so, two or three persons commenced a
violent attack upon him, struck him in the face, tore his
robes, and otherwise maltreated him, and a regular fight and
disturbance took place in the chapel. A messenger was
despatched to Croydon for the assistance of the police, and in
a short time some constables of the P division arrived, who
took into custody the parties charged with creating thtaen
dis-
turbance and the assault upon the priest; and they r°
wneing obey
to the police-station at Croydon. On Monday rostru,,eriand
were examined upon the charge before Mes_Tu.nibmtound
and Currie, at the Town-hall, when Mr. D
ap-
peared on behalf of Mr. O'Moore,
1.01 inquirY the ma-
tended for the defendants, and after a
and Mr. .Russell at-
and they directed
gistrates said they thought the case was.inot of that character
to entitle them to deal with it summari
&aces to answer any
the defendants to enter into recoguis
charge that may be preferred against them at the sessions.

STRAWBERRY HILL.-THE CARDINAL'S HAT.—Mr.
VIII. to James 11. If G.
Robins is pleased to say that this hat was " lying
for eight reigns, from Henrydormant
so, it IT
i
to boast of a prodigious long NAP ; but we still think t Will
not be found worth much after having been exposed to so
many REIGNS.

Curran and hilfriend B. were walking through the Borough
one day when a cart load of bar-iron passing in the road in-
terrupted the conversation with its metallic clatter. " s
pretty music," said B. " Yes (said Curran), ironically
speaking."
AVARICE
father

If
you should ask avarice, " Who is thy
it would say, Distrust in the care of the Provi-
dence of the Omnipotent ;" and if you should ask, " What is
thy occupation ?" it would say, " The acquisition of mean-
ness and vileness ;'' and if you should ask of its end, it would
answer, " Calamity, and diappointment, and bondage."—
From the Persian.

LEGAL ELOQUENCE.—The following thrilling specimen
of bar oratory in the Far West will delight and astonish our
readers. Nothing can exceed the exquisite touch of natural
and genuine feeling at the end. " Judge, give us a chaw of
your tobacco !" " Gentleman of the Jury :—Can you for an
instant suppose that my client here, a man that allers sus-
tained a high depredation in society, a man you all on you
respect for his many and good quantities; yes, gentleman,
a man who never drinks more than a quurt of likker a day ;
can you, I say, for an instant suppose that this ere man
would be guilty of hookin' a box of perchushun caps?
Rattlesnakes and coonskins forbid ! Picter to yourselves,
gentlemen, a feller fast asleep in his log cabin, with his inno-
cent wife and orphan children by his side—all natur hushed
in deep repose, and nought to be heard but the muttering of
the silent thunder and the hollerin of the bull frogs ; then
imagine to yourselves a feller sneaking up to the door like a
despicable hyena, softly entering the dwelling of the peace-
ful and happy family, and, in the most mendacious and das-
tardly manner, hookin' a whole box of percushuns ! Gentle-
men, I will not, I cannot dwell upon the monstrocity of such
a scene ! And now, gentlemen, after this ere brief view of
the case, let me intreat. of you to make up your minds
can-
didly and impartially, and give us such a verdict as we might
reasonably expect from such an, enlightened and intolerant
body of our fellow-citizens—renaembering that, in the lan-
guage of Nimrod, who fell in the battle of Bunker-hill, it is
better that ten innocent men escape, rather than one 'guilty
should suffer. Judge, give us a chew of your tobacco.'
FRENCH IDEAS OF ENGLISH SPORT.--.After horses,
greyhounds, foxes, pigeons, and bull-dogs, we at length come
to boxers—the last clast of sport, which holds brutes in
greater esteem than men ; for do not fancy that this classifi-
cation is the effect of chance, and of a sense of shame or
disgust. Not so ; the English do nothing without an inten-
tion ; they never blush at what they do, and are enraptured
with great delight at the hideous sight of two desperate box-
ers. Thus the last rank allotted in the hierarchy of sport
to those ignoble fights proves only that if they tremble when
their horse has caught a cold, they have somewhat less feeling
when they behold a man's ribs knocked in. In those com-
bats everything is opprobrious and repulsive—ay, everything,
from the teethless mouth and the brutal looks of those de-
graded beings, to the preparations and precautions destined to
prolong the combat. Each second brings his champion a pail
of water, a large horse sponge, and a bottle of brandy or wine.
The heroes are stripped to the waist, and, at first, totter, as
much from fear as from drunkenness : but the murmurs of
the spectators soon warn them that they have not come to
witness mere childish play. Vanity then prevails over fear,
and the combat becomes serious. At every tooth that drops',
at every rib that breaks, at every eye that falls out, there
are voices that shout " Bravo !" and hands that applaud.
The struggle has already lasted an hour; the boxers are ex-
hausted they can scarcely stand ; their faces are bruised •
and covered with blood ; their bodies present but a huge sore.
But they have not yet rested and assailed one another above
50 times, and a proper combat must be renewed at least 60 or
70. Their seconds apply the sponge to the flowing blood,
wash their eyes, noses, and ears, pour wine or brandy down
their throats ; and the blows resound again, until one of them,
panting, exhausted, almost dead, falls down to get up tio
more. And yet the crowd is often dissatisfied ; often does it
cry that there has been treachery or cowardice—instead of
one corpse it would have two. This is the ugly side of sport
in England, for it is not the populace only that encourages
these loathsome spectacles ; the most elegant men blush not
to witness them, and to speculate upon the fists of a boxer
with the same coolness as they speculate upon a horse's legs.
In this department of sport we shall never be on a level with
the English, and we can but congratulate ourselves upon it.—
La Presse.

A HANGING JUDGE.—The Baron, unlike many men of
worldly fame, deserved his reputation. To hang was, with
him, not so much a duty as a passion. Early in life he had
been potsessed with the solemn impulse. When at school,
all his pocket-money was expended to purchase dogs and cats,
to be treated according to his early principle of justice; in
familiar phrase, hanged. His tree of social liberty was the
tree that grew at Tyburn ; the Gordion knot of policy, a
nice new hempen halter. The black cap was the cap he
would have always worn: he never felt so easy, warm, and
truly comfortable as when it graced his bead. He could have
gone to bed in it ! Strange it was that the cap, like the hid-
den spring in some garden statues, no sooner touched the
Baron than it drew water down his cheeks : though seem-
ingly only a piece of stone before. Baron Sus-per-coll
played from the bench on the prisoner in the dock a very
fountain of symathy. He never hanged but he cried ;
and, as he never lost an opportunity of hanging, we may
conclude that, like ladies in hysterics, crying did him a
world of good. The end of poor Baron Sus-per-coll--
for he died (for a judge) at the untimely age of eighty-four,
and really in the full possession of all the faculties left
him, was hastened by his aqueous feelings. He had passed
sentence upon a miscreant—a famishing weaver—who had
stolen a dish of giblets from a poulterer's, and the Baron
had wept exceedingly. Unfortunately, he had come on the
circuit with a new servant, and the domestic had failed to
dry his lordship's ermine for the next day's budfiess. The
robe was," as usual, drenched with tears ; it was the winter
circuit, and the damp struck to the baron's chest. It was
plain that he was about to depart for a world which he had
done all in his judicial power to render populous. Still, he
rallied nobly ; but happening in the same circuit to have a
maiden assize, the unexpected blow concluded the work.
With a sickly, mortal smile, Baron Sus-per-coll received the
white,gloves, and immediately took to his bed. For an hour
or two before his death his senses wandered ; for he insisted
upon having the black cap brought to his bedside, then put it
upon his head, sat bold upright, and commenced, in the most
pathetic terms, passing sentence upon himself ! He first be-
gan by condemning himsel as an old and hardened offender;
congratulated himself thati:ie had been tried by an inflexible
and enlightened jury ; congratulated the country that he
himself would be hanged, for he was a peg, a blot, an ulcer
to society: and then conjured himself to make the most of
the time that remained to him ; forbidding himself to hope
for the least mercy in this world, but to trust only to the
mercy of the next. He then, wiping his eyes very often with
the sheet, said that nothing more remained to himself but to
pass sentence upon himself : that the sentence was, that 14
should be taken to whence he came, and hanged by the neck
until he was dead. " And Mr. Baron Sus-per-colt," these
were the Baron's last delirious words, " may the Loid have
mercy on your soul !" Saying this the judge laid himself
upon his pillow, and, the black cap still upon his head, died !
—Jerrold 's Cakes and Ale.

MILITARY EQUIPMENT OF THE CHINESE.--The weapons
of the mandarins consist of a sword, similar to that used by
the ancient Romans, with a short straight blade, the scab-
bard being ornamented according to the fancy of the bearer.
This is invariably carried on the right side, in order to pre-
vent that weapon from getting entangled with the slings of
the quiver for arrows, which is fastened round the waist by
a handsomely embroidered belt, and hangs on the left side.
The quiver is made of leather appropriately ornamented, and
has generally a species of sabretache attached to it, in which
the bow is placed ; some of which I have seen with a hinge in
the centre, to admit of being folded 'up into a smaller space.
The arrows are of various lengths, some armed with a ball at
the end perforated with holes, which in their progress through
the air, causes a whistling noise, and is supposed to strike
terror into the hearer ; the points are barbed, hooked, and
broad-headed, while the butt is generally decorated with
bright coloured feathers, those of the Tartar pheasant being
most esteemed, and used by the mandarins only. The arms
of the soldiers are shields, matchlocks, spears, bows and
arrows, and double swords. The only kind of armour is a
round cap, made of rattan, painted with a huge pair of eyes,
and well calculated to ward off the blow of a sword; some-
times the soldiers wear a cap similar to that of the mandarins
without any button. The shields are of different sizes, made
also of rattan, containing a ring inside sufficiently large to
pass the arm through, and, a little further in, a bar to lay
hold of. They are generally painted with a devil's, 4:ir some
such fascinating animal's face, intended to intimidate the be-
holder. These shields are not bullet-proof to a close shot,
but no sword can either pierce, or cut through them. The
matchlock is, as nearly as possible, the old European weapon
of the same name. It is not held in the same estimation by
the Chinese as the bow, from its dadger to the bearer in eon_
sequence of the liability of the match either to ignite his
clothes or to blow up his powder-pouch, which is
Carried
round the waist in a cotton or leather case, containing four.
teen or sixteen wooden tubes, each holding a loose charge.
The pouch is adorned with a representation to r:1 o resemble N.
tiger's face, and from the careless manner in which
th _
der is carried, the probability of the wearer blowingofa u kinds
Tinheicroms
self up, is extremely great.
him-
sizes, and shapes, with which,
scythe, wlth a handle straight
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we found that they inflicted most horrid
vourite pattern of them is a long broad blade. wounds
close quarters,
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paper
to
NEWSPAPERS AND THEIR READERS.--An Americas
journal thus classifies the grumbling subscribers to newspa-
pers, who would each like to have a print to himself, and
filled with the information he particularly affects. The silliest
and most unjust of all cries is, " Stop my paper," whiehoinr
'tts acroemPrpilnains
generally resorted to by way of punishing the Printer something over which he had no controul, or which timid not
be otherwise. In the variety of readers of all ages, elses' atn'eds
tastes, we shall adhere to our transatlantic contemporary
plan, as the best and most practicable. "How endless
aiscpy
variety of newspaper readers, and how hard it is toil 'par.
their wants ! Mr. A. believes he shall diseoatile. is deei-
per because it contains no political news.
dedly of opinion that the same sheet
in the political movements of the day. 'bo„ opinloll it
because it is all on one side; and D., wit is not severe
generally expresses, does not like it becauseoesd not pay due
enough upon the opposition. E. think it_.
F cannot bear the
r d too freely
audit
attention to fashionable literature;
flimsy notions of idle writers. G. `vices an opinion against
1 declares he dues not
lie on his table which ventures to e 5: that lacks moral eon-
slavery; and H. never patronises nn -.
rage to expose the evils of thall,"odge doings and usdoings
Want a paper filled with the boaga7d J. considers that paper
of the congress and legislature ;test quantity of such pro.
and L. wonders Unit the
. the grea
the best which gives ~_ papers for the light and
newspaper that does not
livelyceed i nrgesa.
1 tPhe'Dewey's sermons, and other 4 solid
evils of the press, should 11
press does not 13919-1
matter.' M.
•will _
f sectarianism ; and N• is decidedly of
expose dingKWlnch.
t the pulpit, likes to read me dlf
opinion theo. , police reports; and 'an
morbid,
dreadful
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and It• won't take a Paper have a
which publishesusetl
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which
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that this misers-
highway robbery last week.
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be put in '
them. R• ne;ipatepers ; and S.
not to
misera-
ble Psi'''. his aper because 't
ze no account of that
i contains
V. stops and all that W nothing but adver•
ti9erneno, ,n
will • wants of it is towhat there .
x not take his see is
for sale. • paper unless it is left at his
is
door before sunrise, and Y. declares
it if left so early, as it is stolen is up. And last of all co from his domicile before he
who declare the Paper rne the comptaints of the uninteresting,ladies—
because it does not con-
tain a long list of marriages—just as if it were possible for the
poor printer to marry people without a commission, and whe-
ther the parties will or not. But the variety of newspaper
readers is too great for
the present review—and we ' give 'era up,' with adetermination to pursue the ' even tenor of
our way,' in offering to the public such readings as, in our
humble opinion, will prove most inteirsting to them."
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WHITE SLAVERY IN ENGLAND

CHILDR

g'S EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION.

In our last we gave some preliminary quotations from the
report of the " Chihli en's Employment Commission," and

we now proceed with some further extracts, the first class of

"THE EARLY EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN."
take our extracts promiscuously from pp. 12 to 16.
are from the evidence of masters, of workmen, and of

, near Birstal,

children themselves
Joseph Ellison, Esq., of Birken
" I have been practically acquainted with colliers
I know it as a fact that a collier now living has taken a child
of his own, who was only three years old, into a pit to
' hurry,' and when the child was exhausted it was carried
home, stripped, and put to bed."
John Ibbertson, collier, of the same place, says, " I have
been forty-five years in the pits. I knew a man called Joseph
Cawthrey, who sent a child in at four years old ; and there
are many who go to thrust at that time, and many go at five
and six ; but it is soon enough for them to go at nine or ten.
The sooner they go in, the sooner their constitutions are
mashed up."

James Ibbetson, collier at Mrs. Harrison's pit, Gomersal,
says, " There are three hurriers here in the pit ; two are
they are my sisters ; they hurry for me. The oldest
s 124 ; the youngest is between eight and nine. She has
been working ever since she was six years old. They have
both hurried together since she was six years old. Some-
times when I have got my stint' I come out, as I have
done to-day, and leave them to fill and hurry."
Matthew Lindley, collier, Barnsley, says " children are
sometimes brought to the pit at the age of six years, and are
taken out of their beds at four o'clock, and between that and

five, thoughout the year."
Thomas Foster, George Aekroyd, John Nuns, William
Pickett, and many other collier lads at Bradford and Leeds,
all say that they " went into pit at six." William Tidswell
says he " came in at five years old. 7 And Mr. T. Mackley,
cur

_ _o_on, of Wilsden, states that " he himself knew a child
employed in the coal mines at the age of five years and ten

months

S. S. Scriven, Bsq., the sub-commissioner for the Halifax
district, says " in this vicinity the children begin to work in
the coal mines at the same early ages, In one case a child
was regularly taken into the pit by his father at three years
of age. It was made to follow him to the workings, there to
hold the candle, and when exhausted with fatigue was cradled
upon the coals until his return at night." It is added that
of thirty children at present at work in six pits in this
seventeen are between five and nine years of age."
at I%lr. Roscoe's, Rochdale, states that ‘‘ He is
trs old ; that be has been six years in the pits, and
gan to go when he was little more than four years

sub-commissioner for Lancashire
Of the adult mining population of