The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-10-16 00:00:00

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' rat...information as possible concerning the state of the
poor io Encland, with a view to discover whether Eng-
lish pauperism might be minced in the same manner as • !
Scotch pauperism. He stated that be had already pith- e • Ii
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Gibed un this sultiect, and had now arrifed at that point
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in Isis works; when. accurate information concerehig !
the Eiglisb poor becanie necessary to him. He bad • .1
been speculating a. good deal on the subject of pau- I i ~.
eeriest", .and had compared its state in those parts of .
Scotlandarkere the English system had been introduced.
will. its state in the parts which adhered to the old
Scotch mode.ile professed himself not yet sufficiently ac-
(minted with the facts of English parish affairs, to give
an opinion on the subject. Bat ha mentioned the plan
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lie hail pursned o ith the parish of St. John's, Glasgow,
where the poor had been supported from two sources ; .
voluntary contributions at the church doors, and aa • a
assessment upon the inlialiitasts. lie told the meals-
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trate*, that if they would c rant bins Blouse of k the Yoko,:
tary contributions, he woithistot seed apatite, met ease ;
U.p.telperisua to them. This arrangement was mark a
the assessment was applied to the old cases only, and
diminished as *Le old paupers died off He divided the
parish into a number of small districts. and appointed
his deacons to be guardians of the poor ; they ezaniinel . .
minutely into every case which came before them, an I
applied relief Where necossary, with economy and die.
cretion. 13, this means a very large diminution.
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his most sanguine calculations. had bee. effected in the
amount of relief distributed, and the pauperism of the .1 t;
parish was now upheld by voluntary contributions.
Dr. Chalmers declared, that he should be sorry if
Parliament were to pass such an Act, as would he fol-
lowed up by an immediate movement throughout the
country, or would cause any violent (return anon : hie
present idea was, that it would be advisable to pass an 'a;
Act, allotting any parish to alter its mode of giving. re-
. i : ..• lief, and to adopt the Scotch system, thus nuking ex-
periments of its efficacy 1 anti be thought it would he
better that the trial should he first made by the sma.l . •
agricultural parishes, and the inielioration of the pre- It
sent system be gradual. He mentioned the striking. ••
fact, that in one of the %Auras of illasaostathe liorbals,
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situated on the other fide of the river, where the sr-
tem of compnlsory relief had not been adopted, 350/.
was found "efficient to maintain the poor of a popula-
tion of 22,11041/. lie could only account for this by sup-
posing, that when the poor ceased to have any depend- r a ,
ence on a public food for their supPOit, they found re- f.,
sources within themselves, that their habits becauie,
more economical and prudential, that they saved some- .•
tbing in youth and middle life as a competency for old
age, and that indigent parents were sometimes support-
ed by their cliil•lren. lie saw nothing in English Ka-
man nature es-A.4.6..11y differeat from Scotch !simian us-
tire; and, though he was out yet sufficiently well An.
formed to hazard a decisive opinion, he had hopes that r''
the system of pauperism in England admitted of effec-
tive reform. .. i
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CO3I3IODORE O'BRIEN'S CRUISE AT LEITH. • ,•
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(Pram the E•linbnrgle Star.)
At half-past 2, p. m. yesterday, win& N. lir, S. •
Commodore O'Brien, (the Urchin so called) embarked
in the IV• t Onel. at Leith, on board a trim little vessel.
the Royal Gift, whirls, by his Majesty's command, had
b. en built and M.:kled for him in the Naval yea,. The I.
Coinmodare took his station in mid-ships, where he at
at erectly as when, in capricious weather, he wham-
' turd out in his former tiny bark, with the intention of
' paying his respells to the Kin.: of tiarensferty; upon
which occasion lie suffered tribulation Ise water, and u as i
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' wrecked upon the Forth—lost his ship, and, notwith-
standing
he is a cripple; Mitred himself by swimming. .• ,
' The Royal Gift is F 4 eery baellsome cutter-rigged tease',4
' the burden and dimensions of which have been already
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• stated. It affords hint just Loom ennngh to stow cont- 3 .
tonality hie lumber (ratters in the hold, white his bin',
' and the only part of his body, which is capable of pro- • .•
; per action, appear upon deck. His natural deformity
' being thus disposed below, the tontines lore natal pas-,
. to a stranger, for a lusty little lad, the picture of health. ,•,,
' A blue foraging cap, with gold lace band, blue jacket
/ and white trewee, were the appropriate decoration of r •
r his person. Having, amid %Ise cheers of the spectators,
I paddled his way out into, the East basin, the pigmy soi- ' r
' for began to brace hie tackling, which he appeared as
. manage with great dexterity and ease. The wind proved
• too high to admit of the gaft top-sail being set, and the
Commodore also judged it prudent to lower his top-
e mast. With this precantion, he set out upon a trial of
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`', Ilia new vessel. She proved a good sea-boat, and fast ' ,
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' sailer. and, in scudding; before the wind, appeared to vs i (,•
r almost with the wind's velocity; but in beating up to 11 .
r windward, the dock evidently did not afford het sea.
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I ,;round enough; allowing for which, she seemed to bear I
e up very effectually. Soon after the Commodore had
e co 11111 l P ncrd his operations, a great deal of mirth lc :VI
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e excited by the appearance of a ship-carpenter in a boat
°' apparently bat half the size of the Royal Gift. Upon
Y this nutshell heaving in sight, the Commodore instantly
' Lore down upon her, as though threatning to run her
'' down; but we suppose, ascertaining her to be e friendly
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3paddle (for sail she boasted none) the Commodore al-
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“ lowed her to pass nnmoleated. The I ,st ads ire ;Yon, tr:r I
1 Agent at Leith is dated—" Half past 3, Commodore at
1" sea. When be comes aahote, you shall hear e little ' 4
' more." Therefore we conclude that our next t.olimiuni. 1 1
n cation will be excerpt from Ship's Log, if it comes to 1 ,
I* hand, will be faithfully printed in our next. In the
us-an while we subjoin the fdlowint dispatch, whiett
I" our readers may rest assured, is official, notwithataudine
• our printer has omitted the signature :
d " Leith, Oct. 111, 1822.
d 0 This day was launched in the Wet Dock, Leith, the
r. . Royal (lift,' christened by Lady Beresfurd, who pre-
d seated Commodore O'Brien with a beautiful set of silk
d colours, in the presence of a great concourse of ladies 1 •
e. and gentlemen, who were all highly gratified with the -
r. beautiful spectacle. The Commodore immediately pat •
I. to sea, sod nianceuvred his new cotter in a masterly t-
-4 intoner, the wind bluwicg very hard, with heavy squats I •
d from S. IV.
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:t SINGULAR OCCURRIDICL.—The following instance of
4. the voracity of the pike occurred in this neighbourhood
,re. on Saturday se'nniglit. Two boys, one about nine
• years of age, and the other, a sun of Mr. Ddwarth, .if
r. Charlecote,Rboot seven years of age, after playing to ..
e thee for slam time, went to a pond, belonging to ;1..e
c- Rev. J. Lucy, to wash their hands. Whilst performing :
.e this operation, with their hands in the water, a pike rose
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i. to the surface, and seised D:lworth by the hand ; the
'e hoe, as may be supposed, instantly drew back lois haul,
4 and with it the pike also, wlsica still retained its hold,
a, and is as thrown upon the bank a short distance from ti,
rt water; bat the hays were too much confused and darn,.
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ed to secure it before it regained its native elem-er.
it The hand of the sufferer was much lacerated, and a hill I
I. pint of blood is supposed to have flea ed from the stottud.
i. (Warwick:hire ddvcrteser.) r