The Glasgow Chronicle. — 1849-07-04 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

UMP H. and precipitating the increase of population, by the premature construction of poor and miserable tenements," which (From the Standard of Freedom.) means that the proper way to keep the population from in- Little has been said about the victories which these brave creasing to rapidly is to keep from building cottages. But mountaineers are obtaining over the mercenary hordes of Russia. Circassia is a mountainous, but very fine and did it never occur to the writer in the Times that, although beautiful country, bordering upon the Black Sea at its the pulling down of cottages and the refusal to permit the eastern extremity. It is also contiguous to the Russian building of new ones may keep down population in any territory lying towards this extremity of the Euxine, and interposes its lofty mountains and fertile valleys between particular township, it can only do so at the expense the clutch of Russia and those 'awl and less wild of some other township? As the Standard truly re- countries towards the Euphrates an Tigris. It is the marked, in spite of its leaning to the country party, aim of this ambitious power, Russia, to become possessed, i' "the more harsh administration of the New Poor Law in it can, of all the realms contiguous to the Black Sea, on the country drives the population into the towns." This sides. On one side "the Wolf" has already had its paws it is which increases the number of" poor and miserable the Danubian provinces, on Moldavia, Bulgaria, Wallachia, tenements" in all our large towns, and fills them with a and is, on this side, therefore, fast advancing towards Con- account, writi wretched pauperised population. If the Timed is sincerely stantinople. But before it can enslave the tracts lying on commenced L. of Rom, , desirous to see these evils effectually remedied, let it ad- the southern coasts of this sea, it must subdue and pass classical remains and ancient monuments of the tiervocals such a change in the mode of rating as will make the fine people who hold Circassia—a race, in physical nal city can hardly escape irretrievable damage, if not abit the interest, as it is the duty, of the landowners to pro- requisites, the finest specimens of men now to be found on salute destruction, from the batteries of the invader. It will vide for the comfortable employment and residence of the this globe, and of courage and activity unsurpassable. aamemhered what a terrible outcry was raised by our labouring population on their estates. Mr. Nicholls, the Against these noble but unoffeading people the Muscovite press, and also by Lord Brougham, in our Poor-law Commissioner, remarks that, wherever we find serfs have now, for many years, been carrying on cruelly, of Lords, when it was reported a little while ago the agricultural labourers in a bad condition, we may re- bloody, but fruitless wars. No quarter is given; and the thattne Triumvirate had sold some of these remains in order gard as "a proof of the landlord's incompetency or amount of lives lost is not known, excepting that, generally, to raise means to defend the liberties of the Roman people. neglect." And yet the present mode of raising the funds it is very great. It is believed that, taking battle, sickness, These reports were proved to be false. But now, when all for the support of those labourers, when reduced to fatigue, and all together into account, not less than 200,000 that is venerable or beautiful within the walls of the city pauperism through the neglect or incompetency of the Russian serfs have left their bones amongst the wild passes; is threatened with destruction by the fires of a foreign man who ought to have been their Protector, is to let the and this without gaining any ground that is tenable. enemy, seeking to impose anew upon its people the fetters latter go free, if he chooses to depopulate his estate and The Czar, in furtherance of this murderous conflict, tries they have just broken, not a word of indignation or of to transfer the burden to the large towns! to stop all access by sea to Circassia ; and it was be- Precation is pronounced, either in the press or in cause he approached Soudjouk Kale (a Circassian port), House of Lords, against this modern Vandalism. that Mr. Bell had his brig, "The Vixen," captured Brougham utters not a syllable! For aught they