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September 30, 1854.] THE LEADER. gig
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In connection with this matter it maybe ...
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On 'Wednesday, a great number of the bak...
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POXJTICAL MOVEMENTS IN IRELAND. Thj3 Ten...
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THE RAILWAY OUTRAGE IN IRELAND. A public...
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A FEMININE M.D, It is becoming a matter ...
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In Consoquouco Of Complaints Having Been...
seller of bread is also required to cause to be fixed m some conspicuous part of his shop a beam and scales and proper weights , or other sufficient balance , in order that all bread there sold may from time to time be weighed in the presence of the purchaser thereof , except as aforesaid ; and in case any such baker or seller of bread shall neglect to fix such beam and scales or other sufficient balance in manner aforesaid , he shall forfeit jinrl pay for every offence < my sum not exceeding 57 . "
September 30, 1854.] The Leader. Gig
September 30 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER . gig
In Connection With This Matter It Maybe ...
In connection with this matter it maybe stated that , in the case of John Bonser , a person charged frith firing on the mob during the recent bread riots at Nottingham ,, further . evidence has been taken , and it appears that—Sarah Machin , a woman about fifty , was wounded by small shot at the back of her head and ears , and -was confined in the hospital eight days , owing to the injuries she then received . Clara Barker , 14 years of age , was shot in the left eye , the sight of which she has partially lost in consequence . Sarah Ann Lily was shot in the face , and was also laid up for several days . Arthur Barker , aged . 1 < J , was slightly wounded , and William Morris , a lace-maker , was also wounded , but not severely . The first four of these were wounded at the same time . All
these "witnesses distinctly swdre that they saw Blr . Bonser shoot from , his window in Prospect-street ; and John Flinders , the landlord of the Pheasant-inn , opposite , deposed to the same fact . The examination was adjourned .
On 'Wednesday, A Great Number Of The Bak...
On ' Wednesday , a great number of the bakers in the metropolis increased the price of their bread a halfpenny the 41 b . loaf . In the poor and densely populated localiT ties the ordinary price among the cheap bakers is no w 7 Ad . fox what is termed " best wheaten bread , " and for *' good wkeaten bread , " or " seconds , " is a halfpenny less ; but where competition among the bakers , is keen , the former quality is frequently to be had for 7 d . the 41 b . loaf . Other bakers are selling then * bread at various prices up to 9 £ d . the 41 b . loaf . The corn chandlers are selling their flour " at from 2 s . 6 d . to 8 s . per peck of 141 bs .
Poxjtical Movements In Ireland. Thj3 Ten...
POXJTICAL MOVEMENTS IN IRELAND . Thj 3 Tenant League held a conference this week . reparatory to the Meeting the Nation has had a few words to say . Contrasting the present aspect of the country , with the facts at the time of the Meeting of -the Council of the League four years ago , it is said : — " Of the hundreds of priests , ministers , and laymen of every sect and every province , who there assembled in -the attitude of a great National Council , each came through waste lands , through roofless houses , through roads thronged .-with paupers or emigrants , through a country that seemed to be . literally rotting and dropping asunder . Now , as the stranger passes through the land , his * y « is charmed with the luxuriance of a glorious harvest , with the look of hope on the farmer ' s face , with
the air of well-paid labour , with a reviving appearance of health and prosperity on every hand . For the space of four years , through all the turmoil and the pauses of the agitation , a great national revolution has been working with slow , terrible , at last salutary throes , sid « by side with it , to the same end ; and coining near the end of it , wo see that Tenant Right has ceased to be a question of life and death as it was then , lias ceased to bo the profound and awful political problem it was thenis becoming more and more every day a question of Pounds , Shillings , and Pence , of social mechanics , nnd legislative reform- The country , disgusted with the treachery cf corrupt representatives , has also silently recognised some compensation for its baffled political hopes in the groat social changes which have silently taken place . "
Now how has all . this been brought about . What has changed the relation of . Landlord , and Tenant ? The answer is that , " Within that period , the Encumbered Estates Court has xjlearcd the country of nearly twelve hundred of the worst of the landlord *—the worst , because the moat on' . cumbered , and , therefore , the most raok-ronting . More . than a twelfth of the whole area of the inland lms thus changed owneraj and for one landlord in possession then there » rc four noir . On the other hand , wo hardly exaggerate in saying that 100 , 000 tcnnnt » havo boon cleared out . Hut these figures , astounding us nro tho rosultH -which they disclose , are not , porlmpM , tho most striking in tho fiorioa to which they belong . Within
those four ycaw , at least hnlf a million of our population has emigrated . At the beginning of tho aanie period , in tho year 1811 ) , thoro - \ vero two nullion » of poople receiving Poor-law roliof in Ireland . Thoro in not one pauper now lor twenty wlio wore then . And , as if to mark tho olomsof this fateful cycle , two harvests of jmporabntidimt fertility have , thin yoar nnd lust year , at hint recompensed the farmer for so many HOttsons of blight , uwtroas , and oppressive taxoa . "Wo mius tho old pleasant populous look of tho country ; but wo miss , too , In a groat measure , tho ' miaor y nnd squalor which mnrrod rao many a fair soono in Ireland ; and , thank God ! tho Bight ol a levelled house la now raro to hco . With nwful auuoang , with a terrific uprooting of human ties , and
destruction of human lives , has all this come to pass . But it has come to pass , and is plain to see—whether we please to recognise it or no . " That'being so , the duty of the Conference is to deal with the actual impediments in the way of legislation , which are summed up tlms : — " In the first place , there is the matter of Famine Arrears . This question above all has , we beli « ve , been satisfied by the last and the present harvest . The very Statute of Limitations almost removes them . " VVe are pressing for a remedy where the grievance has altogether or almost abated . " The second clause added to Mr . Crawford ' s Bill secured tenants who were desirous of making improvements from eviction for a certain limited time . It is -worth considering how far the Leasing Powers Bill of Mr . Napier would meet their case .
" Upon the peculiar Tenant Bight of Ulster , which has been shamefully abandoned by the Ulster Tenant Righters themselves , -we should prefer to say nothing . But we certainly would not be a party to its interfering for one moment with the security of the tenantry of these other provinces , who have borne all the brunt and suffered all the-sacrifices of the agitation . " Finally , we say , it is for the Conference to consider how many of the grievances of the tenants have been cured by mere flux of time and change of circumstances ; and taking into consideration the concessions made in the Tarious measures proposed upon the landlord side , to see how a speedy and satisfactory settlement of the question may "best be obtained . "
Mr . John O'Connell has been as successful a man in swamping associations in Ireland as his father was in keeping them up . Kothing daunted , ho is trying his liand again . It appears that" A meeting lias been held in the Mechanics' Institute , Dublin , when Mr . John O'Connell , ]\ I . P ., moved a series of resolutions for the formation of an association , to be called " The Liberal Association , " for the purpose of attending to the parliamentary , municipal , and poor-law franchises of Ireland . Subscribers of It . to be members , and of Is . to be associates . The resolutions were seconded by Alderman Reynolds , and passed . " The conference of the Tenant League was held on Wednesday . It was not fully attended . Mr . Lucas and Mr . P . O'Brien wei-e the only members ^ Mr . Serjeant Shee had declined to attend , and stated his reasons , which were in substance
that' ^ rvo conference deserving that description will assemble , or if assembled , could deliberate to any useful purpose , until the union between the north and the south , unhappily broken at the conference of last year , is restored , and reparation has been made for the unfounded accusations of personal pecuniary baseness , by which the Irish Liberal representation was distracted and lowered during the late session of Parliament . Never , since the world began , has perseverance in a system of insult and menace conduced to hearty cooperation , disposed men to friendly conduct , or won them from inexpedient courses . Our effort for the
improvement of the relation between landlords and tenants in Ireland -will be brought to a prosperous issue , without the aid of Dublin conferences , bo soon as the adherents of the Government , in both Houses , and some distinguished members of the Cabinet are convinced that we have ceased to quarrel amongst ourselves , and that the Government will receive no party support from the Irish Liberal members until , in addition to an effective protection of the religious liberties , establishments and endowments now secured by act of Parliament to tho Irish people , tho passing of si good Tenants' Improvements Compensation Bill ia made a Cabinet question . "
Uhe standing aloof of Sergeant Shoo was made the subject of discussion , and it was resolved that the resolutions of the conferences of 1852 and 1853 have not been carried into execution : " That during the lust session of Purliuniimt no bill was brought into the House of Commons , in accordance with these resolutions , and thnt , by this omission , a , great injury has been done to the tenant cause . " The following resolutions , as to the future course to be adopted , were also ngveod upon •—
\ lhat stops bo taken forthwith to commence a scries oi meetings to bo held during tho autumn in different parts of tho country , in order tho more ofiectiuilly to collect and put on record boforo noxt mission tho opinion of tha friends of tenant right n « to tho present state and future management of this question , and that arrangements be at once nuulo to extend tho tenant right movement by procuring the junction with tho League of members and associates throughout , thu country , and that tho uecrotary bo Instructed to prepare cards Huitnblo to each .
That nrrangomonttj bo made to hold such nu ; ot , ingn nt ult furont districts throughout tho country , and that Dm first moating ( subject to tlio approval of our friends hi the county of Kilkenny ) bo hold there on at ) early a day an posaiblo . That > n January next , on a day to bo fixed and duly notified by the Council of tho League , n Conference be hold , to take into coiwidoration tho draft Landlord nn < l Tenant Bill , to determine to what members of Parliament tho bill hh approved of by tho Tonant Loii / rua shall bo ontruntod , ami gonorally to conaldor tho boat jnonua for promoting ita hucco «« .
The Railway Outrage In Ireland. A Public...
THE RAILWAY OUTRAGE IN IRELAND . A public meeting- has been held at Londonderry , " to take into consideration the proper steps to be adopted towards discovering the perpetrators of the late diabolical outrage , and to give expression to the general feeling of horror at that atrocious attempt on human life . " In speaking to a resolution to that effect , Sir Robert Batoson denied tliat the excursion was a party demonstration , —it had nothing- to do with Orangeisin ; aud he who took part in it w as not himself an Orangeman , and it was only on condition that there was to be no party exhibition that he consented to join in it . A slight scene followed .
Mr . Alexander Mehan , who was standing near the chairman , said he should be very sorry to interrupt the harmony of the meeting , but he could not remain sileut and agree -with statements made by Sir Robert Bateson , that the display of Friday last was not a party demonstration . ( Zftsses . ) , He denied that it-was not a partydemonstration . It was considered as such by every Roman Catholic , and by many Protestants , in this city . ( aVo , no ; hisses and cheers , intermingled with cries of " Put Mm out . " ) The Mayor requested that Mr . Mehan might be heard . Mr . Mehan continued : If it was not intended as such , it had produced that effect—( hisses ) —and therefore lie could not agree , although , lie entertained a high personal ,
respect for him , with what Sir Robert Bateson had stated . ( Hisses and cheers . ) Nobody deplored more than he did the atrocious deed which had been committed ; but he was indignant that it should be attempted to fasten the commission of that crime on members of the religion which he professed , as had been attempted by a portion of the press . ( Hisses and cheers . ) He repeated that those displays were insulting to his co-religionists ; and the mayor should have recollected , when he put himself forward oil Friday last , that he was more or less insulting the Boinan Catholics of this community . He ( Mr . Mehan ) respected their maiden walls as much as any of
tiiem ; but he thought that instead of liavang such foolish displays , they should invite their friends to visit and co-operate with thorn for some such laudable object as founding a mechanics' institute — endeavouring to fill their stores with produce , . and their docks with shipping , or having their town studded with groups of tall chimneys , and their streets traversed by crowds of industrious artisans . These would be more worthy" objects than having such periodical displays . ( Hisses' < ind cheers . ) SirR . Bateson : What patty demonstration did they make to insxilt their Roman Catholic fellow-citizens ? Mr . Mehan : Way ing Orange handkerchiefs . ( Laughter and hhscs . )
Sir R . Uateson : Am I to suppose that sensible Roman Catholics are like turkey-cocks—insulted by the glitter of any particulnr colour which may be held before their eyes ? ( Loud cheer . * and luug / itcr . )' This little difference was arranged , and two clergymen spoke to a sentiment of the meeting : — " That they desired on their part , and on tho part of others , to return thunlcs , with all revercnw , to Almighty God , for his special and providential care over the lives of so ninny unsuspecting persons , appointed us sheep for the slaughter . " A letter was read from Dr . Louglilin , a Roman Catholic , as follows : —
liixcorating , as I do with all my heart , the lato sanguinary and demoniacal attempt to destroy tho lives of so many of our fellow-beings , and approving cordially of the object of tho meeting to bu held to-tluy , namely , to offer n reward for tlio discovery of tliu miscreant perpctratorn of this horrid deed of blood , have tho kindness to put down my name for whatever amount you may tb-iuk right . Subscriptions were entered into to form a fund from which rewards of . 000 / , and 200 / , would bo paid to persons discovering any of the perpetrators of tho act , and also for the relief and assistance of tho sufferers who wore in the train , A person named iMiuliuel Griffin died in the infirmary , ait JDorry , from tho injuries he received .
A Feminine M.D, It Is Becoming A Matter ...
A FEMININE M . D , It is becoming a matter of course for ladies to grnduato in inoriicino in America , and to practice . It seems that in their sciontilio researches they wish to extend their inquiries to this country , but at present without success . Edinburgh lias buuii tho first placo " frighted from Ita propriety . " Tho Edinburyh Cow rant saya : "A lady graduate of ( . 'lovolimil Colleen , Ohio , named Miss Hlackwell , iiftor having boati emphiyvil n , -tliort tiino in tho Koyal Maternity Hospital , applioil to tho lnuiiugorn of tho Itoynl infirmary for lonvo to vi « it tho fomalo wardu of that institution . Pormljwion to visit tho Inllrmary in , wo boliove , at all tl » i «» >»<> s < - roiulily granted to gentlemen who huvu graduated at , Kngllijli or fore % n universities , and who may , on virilting tfits city , desire it . Tho roquoHt of tho lady , however , -vv « rt to tho nmnagorn nn unprooedwiiod ono , ami tlioy uoiinidorcd it to bo thuir duty rowpculfwlly to decline acceding to it . "
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 30, 1854, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_30091854/page/7/
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