Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1842-03-08
INDIANA STATE SENTINEL
Foreign Iicns.

in most f-ightlul and alarming manner bat the
same passive feeling the part Of the people, d
seen to prevail. as have previously had 10 mention
In one parish in the metropolis Marylebone. on the
LIST inst, there upwards Of 1000 paupeTs, ac-
iually receiving relief No legislation Of the scs
zion touch such state Of things thc disease is
deeply seated. aud has been Of too long confirm
ance, TO be benefited by any such remedy. The
whole state Of society must undergo a thorough
change before any thing sweepingy beneficial can
be expected Ia one phrase the Whole case Will be
seen-man here, mean tie lower classes, wants
cmancp atlon-mOre. far more than the c0l0Fed
population Of the South. lie cFaws on from day 10
day, getting mere subsistence, when he can pro-
cure ample employment; and when hc has no means
of labor. he sits que.y down aud gns himself to
his fate"
In another letter the same writer says:
8" The country continues quiet, the people remain
passive, though the winter has set IN with some
severity, and the distress become considerably aug
mented. in Liverpool wofkhouse alone, there are
20O0 unfortunate beings, and IN the other places Of
refuge for the destitute poor. throughout the
try, the numbers are fcariully increasing. Many
might imagine that those, and they are now legions,
who cannot obtain even the shelter and scanty sub
sistence Of parish poor-housc, may be disposed %
rise in their might and convulse the country. No
thing Of the kind VII take place. They know well
that any such attempt would be at once crushed,
aud that they have nothing TO do but 10 submit. II
hcart.rending 10 behold, in tins metropolis, the
nunbcr Of hall-starycd creatures who prow about,
raking the ashes aud dirt IN the streets for potato
pcclngs, or other garbage, which, as soon they
find, they almost as readily dcyour. Aud yet the
patience the guictudc, OF these miserable beings
almost perfect IN the country a similar subducd
and humble spirit Is visible, and whatever you might
hear about threatened outbreaks and coming con
WILSON'S, YOU may rely upon II fact, that long
course Of heartess oppression has so Injured the
lower classes their fate that thousand Of them,
even If so many could be found for hostile purposes,
would fly before the batons If half dozen police
men,"
A half-starved man. with six children has been
committed for trial at llcrtord, for stealing three
potatoes.
The Roscommon Journal states that the magis-
trates Of French park have sentenced poor man,
who declares he had not tasted food for twenty four
hours, to a months Imprisonment and hard labor,
for pulling carrot from a field Of the Rev. John
French Who holds sinecuTe llyings 10 the amount OF
clS0d year.
At recent meeting Of the Sptaidells six weav-
ers, 800 or Geo mcn were present many Of whom
had not dinner for their families. Two gentle
men stated that they had visited nearly 500 fam les
in three days ard they had found that their previous
account tie state Of the distress, was ali
exaggerated. They had seen many instances where
children had been crying for bread. One half the
looms were unemployed while those at work were
not fully there were many houses, also which
were un0ccupied, where there used 10 be weavcrs
who had their looms. There were several cases
where a weaver had formerly his loom with decent
furniture, but It gone and he now left with
out BED c. clothing for his large family.
SuIcIDrs.-During the years ISIS and $50, the
number Of suicides in England and Y ales, was 943 .
VIZ: go males and 301 females.
There IS row in the workhouse Of the Limerick
Union woman named Mary Scully, lGG years Of
age IN the possession of ali her faculties She SAYS
she has never tasted physc Of any description.
The excess of females over males in the whole
population OF Great Britain Is stated TO be 800 SO
PorsoSs.--Nise persons were recently nearly poi
soned at Manchester by partaking of broth which
lad been boiled IL copper saucepan. Nemav add
that II the broth had been removed while h0t, no
accident would haze cnsGed. Recently also, m
Worcestershire, five persons, who had eaten Of
greens which had become pu:rid by being boiled
when half frozen, and therefore poisonous, were
taken III. One man and two children died. and the
other with difficulty recovered.
CuINA.-HEepo, said to be the greatest com
nercial city IN China, has been destroyed by the
British forces. The successive atrocities perpe-
trated upon nation feeble, however populous, and
incapable OF resistance, makes IL apparent that
war OF rapine and plumber, and not 10 be cons-
dered IN the ght Of one waged for Z redress of in
lures, or to resent insult aud vindicate national
honor. If indemnity for the struggled opium ouiy
vas sought, should not tbs sack OF Canton aud the
immense tribute paid by that city have been held
sufficient Ii British vengeance required more
blood, ought not that she'd at Canton at Chusan, at
Annoy, 10 have been enough to satiatc il, together
with the consequent destruction Of mutitudes from
the vast destruction OF property and means Of living
in dense population, where the slightest depriya-
ton Of the existing means Of subsistence ends in
famine
BRITIsH 1NrEREREHoE.-Whcn England and her
allies undertook the " pacdcation" Of syria, one Of
the first steps excite rebellion IN the noun
tains and to distribute about ID 900 stands of arms
among the Drusc and Maronte insurgents. The
Emer Beshir. foreseeiag the result left the country
aud retired first 10 Malta ard then Constantine
pie. The Egyptians were driven from Syria the
Druse Sheikhs recalled from punishment and re-
stored To their fcudal rights. and their vassals who
had acquired military discipline in the Egyptian
army, returned to their homes.
The Paris correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Ledger writes 5 follows:
The irmness Of Pres dent Tyler, IN yctoing the
second bank bill has raised the Government in the
eyes Of the civilized world, and the merchants in
particular, look upon Il guaranty against swind-
ling. The United States Bank of Pennsylvania
has opened the eyes OF our bankers. and they are
glad to find that such transactions not likely
be repeated They IN President Tyler another
Jackson, who viii not purchase the apparent
prosperity OF the country at the expense of justice
and are now satisfied that what banks and firms vii
remain after the first OF January next viii be found
safe, and worthy Of being trusted. | assure
YOU that cur silk manufacturers will be more likely
10 trust you without bank than with one for they
viii know that those whom they stand on their
bottom. II is now firmly believed that the
Government viii have recourse to species OF trea
notes guaranteed by the State for lis current
expenses, and this plan they certainly der more
safe than any guaranty that could be offered By IN
diyduals forming corporation"