The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-02
Mr. Parry-Is that all /?

ME TurIy tto tLe niiSlruuie).-I Sn0ulu De gial
10 lie instructed by yon how to defend this case, for
really ! am 1t q loss to know what am to answer.
Mr. EiDgham-The defendant is charged with
collecting crowd by distributing bills in the park
Mr. Perry Under what act of Parliament
Inspector Rickereton-Under the I'd and Sd Vic
terra. ices. 90 and Ca
The tlaupes we're read; they were to this effect
at shall lie lawful for any constable, aud Tor all per-
fcns who he shall call to his assistance to take nto
custody without a warrant, any person who within
view Of any such constable shall offend in any man.
ncr against this act and 1t shall be Ilw7l for any
METROPOLITAN constable to take into custody without
warrant all loose, idle and disorderly persons whom
Lie shall find disturbing the public peace" &c
Mr. Bingham intiu ated that in his opinion the de-
fticant came within the meaning Of the last por-
ton Of the Gath Enthusiastically persons disturb
ing the public peace"
Mr. Leadley the chief clerk, read the bill in qaes-
ton. 1t was headed, in large letters
BETRAYAL OF ENGLAND.
The particulars II the movement now going In the
Hidlspd Western and Northern coupi-s of EagsnJ in
With David Urquhait very age caials) is ainns
he crimes Of the Ereish enment aud it, bet'
s this country to Russia viii for the future 20 pub.
shed weel, In The Fee Press, published BY Hoyoke
o., Fleet street; price "a.
Mr.. Parry said:--With respect to these Sunday
ssemblaees in the park, more can be moro Goa.
inced than an that they are public nuisance,
nd ought not to be tolerated. But ! have duty
opcrfolm to those who have instructed me-the
ublishers Of this paper-and though the defendant
nay have been ndscreet in distributing the Bills
cenIot yet find that he has done anything Illegal.
Mr.. Bingham the facts Of the case as brought
before me, ard considering the kind of assembage
in hyde park last Sunday consider it was highly
irdscreet on the part of the de endant to distribute
bis bills ard entertain no doubt whatever that he
was aIpreheuded properly by the police q dis
turl OF the public peace nasmuch he distri-
lutipg among the crowd a sedtious aud Hoellous
handful In this view of the Law an borne out
by Lords Holt and Peterborough. The paper distri-
tuod by the defendant there is no doubt paper
10 hi itfn fha ~ ~
the country, aud II this paper had been issued by a
person CT importance, or in any Way to be feared,
should have sent the disurber at once for trial to the
Quarter Sessions. But cannot be ignorant Of oil
that has leen going on in public places for these
last fifteen or twenty years. and unless my me-
mory fails me the individual named in this
bill as being busy explaining the crimes
of the English government has been for a
long period laborng under an halncination or mona
mania atout relations with Russia SO that ia the
end he has set everybody asleep / consider such q
person az person in no way TO be feared and |
Therefore shall not visit the offence OF the defendant,
lis agent too severey for those who read The pub
lie raIers viii know by this time enough Of Mr..
Urql hart and his hobby to be heartily sick of both.
But then there are great number OF rufians who
do not read the papers, and who do not know Mr..
Ulquhart and his hobby, as well as those who will
be led to believe set forth In these handbils that
government has been guilty Of high crimes and
mikdemeanors, and who will thereupon set them
selves up sort of Hyde park parliament to settle
my duty TO visit the case with fine of f3
Mr.. Pany-win you make the fine sufficient in
amount TO enable the defendant to appeal?
Mr. Bingham fine the defendant f3 and shil-
ling; that amount think will do.
THE RURAL POPULATION OF ENGLAND-wHAT THEY
IFrom the North British Review for November
sccluson is it not spot to be chosen by those who
are intending to while away existence among the
never-tirng sweets Of country life But let rs
step on little way, and overtake the group OF chill
yet should we not refrain from expressing the sad
feelings which the first ssght of these infant sha-
dows has awakened feelings heightened by con-
trast; for lately we were making our way through
life are amply provided for Besides, If we look o
second time at these shrunken forms-such is the
benefcence of the Creatorwe see that child
hood will have its smiles, its laugh, its
Moreover, there is, notwithstanding that ianished,
watery lock-there is, taking the group altogether
theie is an air of pure rusticityhere Is an inno-
cence, comparatively, and modest propriety -there
is resrcctlulness in their style aud department
which is greatly in their iavor when thought in
comparison with the bold unrevcrentia sauciness OF
The infant Herculeses Of manufacturing towns. Bat
look at these unfortunaes- the infant serfs of me-
gle ted rural district Look ut them physologically
observe their lank colorless hair, screening the
tunken eye and tra'lirg upon the bony neck look
at the hollow cheeks, the candlelke arms, and the
unmus ,ular SHARKS which serve the young nrchins
Tor legs! But are not these children breathing a
pure atmosphere Are they not natures own
Yes, but there Is one thing wanting to them-one
ominous word clears up the mystery Starvation Not
indeed such starvation brings the sorrows Of sad
lot to speedy end but such drags its pning suffer-
ings out through the ovehad0wed years childhood
and youth-thropgh those slasmodic years OF man
hood during which the struggle to exist wears an as
pect Of rugged vgor and then through that residue
afno r1U tnIa hon ul rh
is indeed unlessed end Of an unbcssed existence
This rural population does pretty well il the father
be able bodied and sober, and the mother managing,
through the summer season OF wheathocing, hay
making and wheat harvest; that is to say, when the
labor of the mother and her children comes in to
swell little the weekly wage. During these weeks
something OF needed clotling Is obtained--rent Is
paid mp, and lttance OF animal food weekly, is
added to the bread, and the tea, and the potato
of the seven months diet. 1t would be doing q
wrong TO our worthy farmer friends end to the rural
sporting gentry, to affirm That these mserabes are
actually dying Of want no, they are not dying, so
buried: would TO God they were: they are the liv-
ing: they are living to show what extremities men,
women ard children may endure, and yet not die
or what they hold to be worse-not to betake them.
selves to the Union!' But how do these came
men, women and children, pass five months OF the
Year, Gladly would one find them curled round
like hedgehogs, and ALTERNATING in hollow trees, or
in rabbit burrows-lost 10 consciousness We
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morning, We were TO see group Of human beings
start up alive from the sward, along with the pal
giles and the cowsips. But, is 1t much less than a
miracle 10 zee the people Of depressed rural district
stepping alive cut OF the winter months?
The instances are extremely rare in which those
who we're born to the soil, and destined to the
plough, rise above their native level. Such instan
ces--two, three, or Eve might be hunted up If an
agricultural county ransac ked for the purpose
hut Il agricultural laboIer even II he had th1 brain
and the ambition requisite, and if otherwise he
ccnd effect it, would seldom bring with him that
~hieh the social mass into which he might rise es
rccially needs nancy fully developed and robust
bodv. Meantime what il it that is taking place In
hundreds Of instances, and every day, throughout
the entire arta of the manufacturing rcgioni Men,
wellput together, and with plenty OF bone and nerve
ard brain, Using with an intense ardor those opport
mites Of advancement which abound in these spheres
Of enterprise and Of prosperous achievement
men are found to be making themselves heard
OF among their betters-arc seen well dressed be-
fore they reconcile themselves to the wearing OF
goves-by rapid advances they winning for
Themselves place in society-a place which indeed