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      The Chicory Question. Sir Charles Wood's...

      onrihe because it was too horrible . ( Cries of Name , me' let ' s have it . ' ) There were four tons of it now eaAv ' tor use . ( Greatuproar . ) It was a substitute for hicorv and used for the adulteration of snuff . ( Laughter nd cheers ) [ Mr . Deane here laid a small sample upon the table before the chairman . ] He would ask them one nlain anestion , how could an honest man stand the competition of men who were in the habit of grinding tons » nd tons of this rubbish every week . ( Cheers and great ronfusion . ) It was time to let the people know they were imposed upon by men of no principle—men who _ .. aellinj ? articles which consigned people to an early Save ( C & era , and cries of Oh , oh ! ' ) The poor man las being poisoned . ( Cries of ' Name , name . ' ) There were tons weight of this compound now ready for de-Wrv ( Give us the name . ) He had no doubt there were many canister men present . ( Great confusion . ) Tr was the bounden duty of the Government to interfere , « nd heads of families ought to see their children provided

      with proper food . (' CM , oh I' ana cneers . j The following are the resolutions which were passed by the meeting , although not by a very large rnaiof itv . In almost every instance the frhow of hands was taken twice in order to ensure accuracy : — " That the permission given by the Treasury minute , dated 4 th of August , 1840 , to adulterate coffee , is contrary to act of Parliament , and of serious injury to the crower , who is forced thereby into unfair competition with untaxed articles , and to the retailer of coffee , who i « constrained , in very many cases , by the said Treasury

      minute , contrary to the principles of fair dealing , to sell Bpurious mixtures under the name of coffee , in order to compete with the less scrupulous and fraudulent dealer . Also that a very serious and unnecessary loss is thus caused to the revenue , the deliveries of coffee in the year 18 . 50 having been 6 , 245 , 313 lb . less than in the year 1847 . while the consumption of every other article of large and general use has materially increased . " That , in the opinion of this meeting , the lower class of consumers of coffee in this country pay a most exorbitant price for what is supplied to them under that name , and that they have not the power to protect themselves from imposition , the practice of adulterating coffee with various deleterious ingredients being too general in low

      neighbourhoods . " That , in the opinion of this meeting , it is highly impolitic , as establishing a precedent fraught with serious evils , to legalize a system of adulteration , and to permit untaxed and low-priced substitutes to be mixed with and vended under the name of the genuine and tax-paying article ; and that this is the only existing instance of adulteration being carried on under special Government sanction—prosecutions having been recently instituted by Government against several parties for adulterating pepper , which is prohibited alike by act of Parliament .

      " That , viewing altogether the operations of the said Treasury minute , this meeting is strongly of opinion that it is a serious and unmixed evil , tending greatly to injure the honourable and honest dealer , the grower and importer , the revenue , and the consumer ; the latter , for whose supposed benefit it was originally framed , being of all p . irties the most aggrieved . " That the chairman of this meeting be empowered and solicited to seek an interview with the First Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer , to fix a time when his lordship will be pleased to receive a deputation , who will wait upon him for the purpose of impressing upon his lordship the various and important facts connected with the subject on which the meeting has been held , and to urge upon Government the adoption of prompt and effective measures for the remedy of the grievance . "

      March 15,-1861.] ©!>* Utaktt. 243

      March 15 ,-1861 . ] ©!>* Utaktt . 243

      The German Revolution. The Germane Resid...

      THE GERMAN REVOLUTION . The Germane resident in London met at the Freemasons' Tavern , on Thursday , to celebrate by a banquet the anniversary of their country ' s revolution . The large hall was completely crowded , the company being well sprinkled with French and English visitors . An utter absence of decoration was observable in the room , the only distinctive mark of the occasion being a black cloth hung on the wall behind the chair , irom which stood out in sanguinary characters the name of Robert Blum , the member of the Frankfort Parliament , shot under the walls of Vienna , in October , 18-18 , by sentence of an Austrian court-martial . During the banquet the orchestra played exhilarating tunes . The " Marseillaise" called forth an enthusiastic demonstration . The whole assembly joined in the t ' . horiiN .

      General Haug , who presided , was the first speaker . Alter pointing out the degradation brought upon Germany by its Kings , who had succumbed to the Muscovite , he predicted tho fall of the house of Hapsburg and the rising of the young republic . The nianculine German spirit , which had purified religion and effected the great reformation , would in like manner purge its political systems and annihilate tho nower of ltussia in the West . l ) r . Tausener culled upon those present to express tluir sympathy -with Ihe German liberal movement

      <> 1 1848 , and their dotestation of the tyranny of the House of HapuburK , us exercised in Germany , Italy , «> n < l Hungary— { cheers , and" liljen Kosauth ' ")—mu \ their conviction thut liberty wan incompatible with the domination of that rnce . He referred to the King of Wurtemberg ' s recent letter . That document proved thut the German princes were haunted by tho spectre of tho German revolution . Prince Schwarzenherg wu 8 playing a wily game , and seeking tho inipe-»> ul crown of ( Jernmmy for hits master . Ho had commenced a work which thin * generation would not

      see finished . All that Schwarzenberg would finish was the national debt , for he was hurrying the country to bankruptcy . The stipulations of Olmiitz proved that the Austrian Government was trembling for fear of the revolution . Hitherto it had counted on the different nationalities which it could pit against one another for its own purposes , but the millions who now suffered in common under Austrian despotism were becoming united in a common sympathy , the offspring of oppression . When that feeling should have had time to become mature , the knell of the house of Hapsburg would resound through Europe .

      M . Rohne , a Hungarian , concluded a fervent address with—*• Vive Germany — Vive Italy—Vive Hungary—and Vive the noble country whose hospitable shores are never closed against the exiles of tyranny , from whatever land they may be driven . " ( bljen , bravo . ) The St . Martin ' s Leseverein here sang a patriotic song . Arnold Ruge and M . Struve spoke , and were succeeded by M . Mazzini . The appearance of the triumvir was the signal for a long-sustained demonstration of applause . When it had subsided M . Mazzini delivered a short address on the condition of the People of the principal European states . Mr . G . H . Lewes subsequently addressed the meeting , urging that it was the interest and the duty of England to promote the cause of freedom in Germany .

      The Uckfield Burglars. Seven Of The Men ...

      THE UCKFIELD BURGLARS . Seven of the men concerned in the Uckfield burglary have been sentenced to transportation for life , and the woman who was charged with receiving the stolen goods to transportation for fourteen years . James Hamilton , one of the burglars , who had turned Queen ' s evidence , gave an account of the planning and execution of the affair . On the 31 st of December the party met in a barn near Edenbridge , about thirty miles from Woking . A small burglary was accomplished that night , and next day the plunder of Miss Farncombe's house was decided upon .

      " " We all met again in Crowborough Forest , and we then all prepared masks , and it was stated that at night we were to go and rob a lady ' s house . When all the preparations had been made Isaacs , Carter , and myself were sent on to look about if the place was clear . Miss Faro combe ' s house is about eight miles from the forest , and it was arranged that when we saw all the lights out we were to go back and join the other men . We did so , and we all got to the house again between , two and three o ' clock in the morning . We went into a little ditch by the side of the plantation , and there we took off our coats , waistcoats , and shoes , and put on our masks , and James Smith went a little way along the road to see if all waa quiet . When I got up to the

      house I found that the others had forced open the dairy window , and we then all went into the kitchen , where some of the men put on coats that they found there . I put on a coat and a woman ' s white apron , and Carter and Brooks each put on a female ' s bonnet which they found there . We all had our masks on . There were two pairs of stairs leading to the upper apartments . Isaacs , Brooks , John Smith , and me went up one of the staircases , and the other prisoners went up the second one . We immediately burst into one of the bedrooms , and I saw two ladies . I saw only one at first , but afterwards I saw two . We all had bludgeons in our hands . I do not know which of the party had the pistols . John Smith gave me a candle to hold , and he then asked one

      of the ladies to give him the keys of the drawers that were in the room , saying at the same time that he was come after money , and money he would have . The lady then handed him her keys , and he went to the drawers , and some he unlocked , and some he burst open ; and I saw him take up a pocket-book , with a good many notes in it . The lady told him that the pocket-book contained bank-notes , and it was all the money she had in the house . The prisoner Isaacs then asked for her watch , and she pointed to the side of the room , and said it was there ; and Isaacs said it was not , and she told him if it was not , some of his companions must have taken it . Isaacs then gave me the pocket-book , and he asked the lady were the silver plate was ? She replied that it was

      in the pantry , mid I was then left to guard the room while the others went down to get the plate . I soon afterwards heard another room burst open , and a lady scream out , ' Oh , dear ! oh , dear ! is that you , William ? ' I called out , ' Yes , marm , ir . is William , there is nothing the mutter . ' The moment I said this , Carter presented a pistol at me , and was about to lire , when I made myself known to them , and ho demoted . I then heard the lady say in the room , ' There ia £ ' 25 and a crooked sixpence . ' The other men then continued to rummage about tho house , and I heard the lady threatened with violence if she nmdti any noise . We then left , the house , taking with us Home hams , cheese , wine , bread , and other

      artiolen of food , and also a great quantity of property . We hud tnkfii a gun and cutlass from the house , bwt we throw them both away when we had got a short distance . We all proceeded to a wood , near Crowhurst-conimon , and ftbout a mile from the bouse of a man named Kuwanls , where we hud left the woman Oliver , and we divided tho booty in the wood . Before we did this , Ihiiuch , unknown to the others , asked me to givo him the notcn , and he said ho would give me half what he got for them , and I pave him-all of them except one , which I kept bank for myself . The plate was ivll looked over ; it consisted <> f forkH and spoons , and it was till nut into u basket , and , I understood , wun to be taken to London to be uold . We only divided £ 1 7 « . fid . at this time , but 1

      had another sovereign afterwards . We remained in the wood until between nine and ten in the morning of the 2 nd of January , and then we separated , and the two Smiths and me went to Groombridge . We had a good deal of beer at this place , and I got tipsy , and dropped ft sovereign , and John Smith took it up , and would not return it , and I gave him in charge for it ; but the next day I would not press the charge . I was taken into custody soon afterwards , and a coat , my mask , some jewellery , and the £ 5 note were found in my possession . " "When the sentence was pronounced on the prisoners , Carter exclaimed that he would murder the first man he came across when he got abroad ; and Hillyer said it was a very good thing he was ordered to be transported , for he ought to have been transported long before .

      "Punch" Condemned. For The First Time Du...

      "PUNCH" CONDEMNED . For the first time during the long existence of Punch , Messrs . Bradbury and Evans , the publishers of that laughter-compelling periodical , have been found guilty of having published a malicious libel . The plaintiff was a young man of the Jewish persuasion , named Hart , who was taken into custodysome months ago for inciting a young man , named Newland , to rob his employers . After the trial Punch indulged in some remalrks upon the conduct of Hart , of which he complained . They subsequently published an apology , but in the same number there was a humorous caricature representing a Jew old clothesman dealing with a little boy outside a pawnbroker ' s shop , and it was contended that Punch had made only an ironical apology , and published a malicious caricature , with the intention of still further injuring the maligned Hebrew . The case was tried at Lewes . Mr . Chambers , who appeared on behalf of Punch , said this was the first time that the proprietors of that clever and witty publication had ever been charged with publishing a malicious libel . He contended that the caricature did not apply to the plaintiff , but to a Jew named Barnett , who had been found guilty of a similar offence . The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages , £ 10 , in addition to £ 5 paid into nnnrt . UULll b

      . Uulll B. Miscellaneous. The Queen And ...

      . MISCELLANEOUS . The Queen and Prince Albert , with the rest of the royal family and their usual attendants , left Buckingham Palace for the Isle of Wight on Saturday , where they arrived safely . On Wednesday , the Duchess of Kent , accompanied by Lady Fanny Howard , left Frogmore , on a visit to Osborne House . It is said that the Queen will visit Pembroke dockyard on the occasion of the launch of the Victoria , first-rate , which will take place very shortly . Should she do so , the Earl of Cawdor will place his seat , Stackpole-court , at the disposal of her Majesty . The Queen has presented the sum of 250 guineas to the New Asylum for Infant Orphans , Stamford-hill , to secure the Prince of Wales the right of presentation to one bed for life . As a proof of the deep interest which Prince Albert feels in the operations of the Society for Improving the Condition of the Working Classes , we may state that he has engaged to build , at his own expense , an exhibition model house , for four families , and to place the same in the stable-yard at the west end of the cavalry barracks , Hyde-park , immediately opposite the Exhibition building . The intended house is to be of hollow brick , with fire-proof floors and flat roof ; showing the applicability of these important piinciples to houses of but very moderate dimensions . Lord Howden has addressed aletter to a Madrid paper , in which he says , " Having seen in various journals the statement that the Duchess of Kent , mother of Queen Victoria , had been converted to the Catholic faith , I feel it incumbent on me , having the honour to belong to her household , to give the most formal contradiction to the above assertion . "

      The Marriage Of William Henry Parnell, B...

      The marriage of William Henry Parnell , brother and heir-presumptive of the present Lord Congleton , to Caroline Murgaret Dawson , eldest daughter of Lady Elizabeth Dawson , and one of the maids of honour to her Majesty , was solemnized on Monday , by the Bishop of Ripon , brother-in-law of the bridegroom , in the presence of a very numerous circle of the relatives and friends of both noble families . Immediately after the ceremony , the newly-wedded pair left the church in a travelling carriage and four , for Cobhum-hall , the seat of the Darnley family in Kent . Lady Elizabeth Dawson celebrated tho event at her residence in . Chapel-street , by a breakfast , at which all the parties present at the church attended immediately after the ceremony ; and , in the evening , the bride ' s aunt , the Marchioness of Westmeath , gave a ball in honour of the occasion , at her manniou in Piccadilly . The bride ' s presents are said to have been extremely numerous , and include a souvenir of great value from the Queen . The Hall of Meeting of the Prussian First Chamber at Berlin , was burnt to tho ground on Monday . It was a temporary building , erected in 1810 , and had only cost Home £ 10 . 000 . The University of Dublin conferred the degree of D . C . L . on Lord dough , at the spring commencement of Trinity College , on tthrove Tuesday . The Newry TelegraghH & y * thut Lord Oough has become the purchaser of the Killymoon estate , county Tyrone , for which he is said to have paid nearly £ 100 , 000 . The Lord Mayor and the Ludy Mayore «« received a party of bixty or their private friends ut dinner at the Mansion-house . On Thursday his lordship gave a

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 15, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15031851/page/7/