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Bonaparte . He is guilty of having published a Memoire on the events of December 2 . The Belgian Government , a ready and docile instrument , immediately expelled him from the territory on which he had sought an honourable exile . S .
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THE DEMOCRATIC REFUGEE COMMITTEE TO THEIR FELLOW-COUNTRYMEN . The Central Committee for the support of the Democratic Refugees have addressed a letter to their fellowcountrymen , stating that , for want of , sufficient exertions , " all has not been done that might have been accomplished . Numbers of the refugees are in the greatest misery , and we would implore our countrymen to obtain for them immediate assistance . There are among them some for whom it would be very difficult to obtain employment ; but , for workmen , we feel convinced it might soon be found , if the proper steps were taken , and the work conducted with energy and perseverance . It is indispensable that all collection sheets , with the funds collected , should be sent in to the central committee by the 9 th of August . The local committees should also make the most strenuous exertions to find the means of self-support for the unemployed among the exiles . " * - £ * All letters and monies to be forwarded to 4 , JBrunsioicJc-row , Queen ' s-square , JBloomsbury , London .
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TUK STOCKPORT RIOTS . Tin . ' Magistrates concluded their inquiry into this case on Monday . The following an ; committed for frial : — Samuel Williamson , . Joseph Birch , Thomas I'Yeney , Patrick O'Hara , Roger M'DeimoU , Michael M'De ' rmott , Thomas Murphy , Thomas Garvey , Patrick Naughton , James Finn , alias ITinn , nnd . lumen Walsh , for riot ; George I ' ell and William ' Buttery for riot , and destroying property ad St .. Michael ' s Catholic Chapel , in the Park ; Mark Gleave , Samuel I ' reston , Thomas Wnlkcr , John Slater , Thomas Hdwards , and William Walker , for riot , and destroying property at the Kdgeley Catholic Chapel and the house of the Kev . Randolph
Frith . In addition to those ., Matthew Mulligan is committed upon the coroner's warrant for the wilful murder of MichncI Momn . Thus there arc fen 1 'higlish and ten Irish prisoners committed for trial . The prosecution of tho prisoners , excepting Mulligan , wo understand , is committed to Mr . Reddish , of Stockport . The expense will be borne by some of those whose property is said to have been destroyed by the Irish . The prosecution of the lOnglish prisoneiti has been committed to Mr . Charles Gibson , of Manchester . lie has received the following letter , in answer to an application nmdo to tho Secretary of State : — " "Whitehall . . Inly 31 .
Siu , —1 am directed by Mr . Hecrolary Wulpolo to ac-Imowlodgo Uio receipt of your letter of 1 . 1 hi iJOth iiiHta . nl , relative to tho pro . serution of persons who have boon committed ior trial on ohm-gen connected with tho Into riots ut Stoekporl , und I am to inform you that thoro are ,
eoyoral reasons which would render it unadvisable that the Government should undertake the prosecution of the offenders in the present instance , but they are extremely anxious that the law should be vindicated , and the offenders brought lo justice . As Mr . Frith and Mr . Foster have already entered into the usual recognisances , Mr . "Walpole thinks' that the prosecution cannot be left in better hands , and the Government will givo them its best assistance . For that purpose I am directed to inform you that , as the case is a very peculiar one , the Government will take upon itself any reasonable expenses properly incurred by Mr . Frith and Mr . Forster over and above the costs of
prosecution allowed by the county . I am , Sir , your obedient servant , " Chas . Ekskine , " For Under-Secretary of Stote . "To Charle . s Gil > son , Esq ., 60 , Princes-street , Manchester . " No such application has been made to the Government with regard to the prosecution of the Irish offenders , on account of the trifling value of the property which they are said to have destroyed . Placards have been posted on the walls in Stockport , announcing the nightly sittings of a committee for raising fuuds to meet the expenses of defending the English prisoners . One of their means of raising money is a " grand ball , " which was to be given on Wednesday evening in the Coronation Gardens , Shaw Heath . The Chester assizes will begin on Monday .
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BRIBERY . We have received the following bill from a correspondent . It is printed , and is now circulating in Ayrshire . The practice is commendable : — "At Ayr , the nineteenth day of July , eighteen hundred and fifty-two years , in presence of Hugh Miller , Esq ., Provost of Ayr , and one of her Majesty ' s Justices of the Peace for the county of Ayr , comp . eared David Bone , residing at Fenwickland , in the parish of Ayr , who voluntarily and solemnly deponed" * That on Wednesday or Thursday last , Hugh . Hay , keeper of the Ayr Horse-Market Toll , called deponent into the said toll-house , and after some conversation about the burgh election , urged him to vote for Mr . Boyle , telling him that he , the said Hugh Hay , had himseif received seven pounds for the promise of his vote in favour of that candidate , and that he , the deponent , might as well get a sum of money also , as it made ' no difference to them who was elected . ' As deponent refused to vote for Mr . Boyle , tlie said Hugh Hay concluded by offering deponent three pounds if he would take a walk into the country , and thus not vote . On the following Sabbath ( yesterday ) when deponent was returning from church , the said Hugh Hay again called him into the said Horse-Market Toll-house , and resumed his solicitations for deponent to refrain from , voting against Boyle ; and said if deponent would take a walk into the country , he would give him five pounds . That the said Hugh Hay went to a chest and brought therefrom five one pound notes ; these the said Hugh Hay stated ho would not deliver into deponent ' s hands , but that lie would lay the notes on the table in the adjoining- room ,
where deponent was to go and lift them , and not to vote against Boyle . That the said Hugh Hay went into the adjoining room , and immediately returned , saying he had left the notes on the table , and deponent was to go and lift them . That the deponent went into the room as desired , and found the notes lying on the table , which notes ho lifted and took away with him . ' That deponent left tho house , came to Ayr this morning- and polled against Mr . Boyle , and for Mr . Craufurd . Immediately after which he , the ! deponent , lodged the five one pound notes aforesaid in the hands of the Editor of the Ayr Advertiser , which notes the deponent will apply in aid of the funds of some of the charitable institutions of the town of Ayr . " All which is truth , as the deponent phall answer to God . " ( Signed ) ' David Bonk . ' " ( Signed ) If ' vent M ' i f . i . Kii , J . P . for Ayrshire . "
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CLIO RICA L ELECTIONEERING . In a small village named Luversdale , a few miles from Carlisle , there has lived for some years a small proprietor , named Edward Forster . He seems to . have taken in a portion of the waste adjoining his property , and to have cultivated it with great care and industry . From some ; cause or other , Mr . Forster has been the object of considerable jealousy among the villagers . He happened to be almost the oidy elector in the village who voted on the Liberal side . Alter the dose of the election , which concluded on the 14 th of last month , Mr . Forster wan sitting in his house , conversing with u neighbour , Mr . Harrison , who sided with him in polities , when a man named Isaac Phillips came up to his garden , took off the gates , and threw them into tho brook . After this feat , Phillips went up to the cottage , and shouted out to the inmates in avery abusive manner . He went away , and Mr . Forstcr quietly replaced the gates . Soon after Phillips made a second appearance , and repeated his
performance . But this was not enough : tho next morning the llenerend Richard Muleaster , of Greystoke , a clergyman of the Church of England , Mr . Richard Mulcuster , Junior , Bachelor of Arts , n student at Durhuin College , u farmer named Law , and tho above-mentioned Phillips , and Heverul others , came up in a body . Young Muleaster was armed with a double-barrelled gun , his reverend father and the rest with pickaxes und spudes . They commenced their attack upon tho gate , und soon broke it to pieces . They then valiantly ussuiled tho beans mid potatoes of tho garden , uud nmdo fearful
havoc among the fruit-trees . When they were ex hausted by their mighty toils , they effected a retreat to the village ale-house , to obtain reinforcem ents . They secured the aid of one or two labourers , by the promise of five shillings'worth of drink , and eighteen-pence each , in money , and , with the assistance of their own workpeople , they returned to their glorious task . They invited the villagers to come and help themselves to the produce of the garden . Mr . Forster prudentl y kept within doors during the perpetration of these qutrages The rioters destroyed several articles of furniture , which were left outside the house , and pulled down a flight of steps leading to a granary , after which they withdrew ,, apparently satisfied with their vengeance upon the obnoxious voter .
The garden of Thomas Harrison , an unoffendinolabourer , afforded a similar day's work for the morrow .. This statement , says the Carlisle Journal , is not based upon hearsay , but is taken from depositions upon , oath .
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IRISH ELECTION EXPENSES . ( From the Sligo Chronicle ) . A very important part of the business of the elections remains to be transacted—payment of the bills . We therefore submit for the information of parties who may have claims to be discharged , the following " account current , " which is a " veritable Irish election , bill , " and worthy of insertion in a book of precedents upon this interesting subject : — " My bill . Bryan Garity M his mark . To ating 16 freeholders above stairs , at three shillings and thruppence a head , is to ma ... £ 2 12 0 ' To ating 16 more [!] below stairs , and two priests after supper , is to me 2 ' 15 - 9 * To six beds in one room , and four in another , at two guineas every bed , and not more than four in any bed at any time—cheap enough , the Lord knows—is to me 22 15 0 > To eighteen horses and five mewles , at thirteen pence every one of them : And for a man which was lost [!] . on tlie head of watchingthem all night , is to me 5 5- 01 For breakfast on tay in the morning for every one of them [ horses and mewles , too , it is to be hoped ] , and as many more as they brought , as near as I can guess , is to me ... 4 12 0 ' To raw whiskey and punch , without talking of pipes or tobacco , as well as for porter ; and as well as for breaking tlie potato-pot and other glasses [!] and delf , for the first day and night I am not very sure [ conscientious fellow !] , but for the three days and a half of the election , as little as I can call it , and to be very exact [!] , it is in all , or thereabouts , as near as I can guess , uud not to be too particular , is to me at least 79 15 0 ) For shaving and cropping- off tho heads [!! !] of 49 freeholders [ not stated , by tho way , whether for dinner or supper ] , at thirteen pence every head of them , by my brother , who has a wote [ a vote ] , is to mo 2 13 1 For a womit and nurso for poor Tim Kiernan in tho middle of the night , when ho was not expected [ i-c . not expected to live ] , is to mo ten hog [ Anglico ] 0 10 10 ' Signed , in the place of Jemmy Carr'a Wife [!] his J 3 uyan M Garitv . murk . Sum of tho total , [ otherwise " tottle of the hull , " ] . t ; * - . a . 2 12 ( X ) [! " ] 2 15 O'J 22 15 00 5 5 00 — Nol , <\—T don't talk of fftiv pty'er ' , or " 4 12 00 for keeping him sober us ; h <> ti < r as h «» — was no [ another most prudent resej ; - 79 15 00 [!] vation | , this is to me . tt > 0 . 0 ! 2 l . 'J 01 [!] O 10 10 . € no ]; $ 7 " You may say € 111 ; no pleaso your honour , send ran this eleven hundred pounds [!!!) by Ih-iun himself —[ it would have been a pil . y not ., ai ' tor Iuh drawing up such »» hill for Joinmy ( , ' ' s wife ) , mind it to mo by Bryan Jiiinnelf , who and I prays for your huocohh alwayti in H ' , and no more at present . " " Litcra scripta" inu . net .
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" SIX MILE BRIDGE . " The inquest was resumed on Tuesday , before Mr . Canny . A strong body of dragoons and infantry arrived in the morning , and ( fncamped near the village . The evidence taken on that day simply conducts us to the scene of the slaughter . It appears that the voters in the cars had been taken from a house in the Thomondgate , Limerick , where it was alleged they were under duresse , by the military , under Mr . Delmege , justice of the peace . There they were ordered to load , prime , and fix bayonets ; Mr . Delmege himself being armed with a pistol . Canny , one of the witnesses , said he heard Mr . Delmege threaten to " give the contents" to a man named Costello , if he would not be quie 1 . ; and that he also heard Delmege say , " Ye have had yer election , my boys , and we will have ours now , or blood for it . " There was no opposition to the release of the voters , who do not appear to have been confined at all , but rather seem to have shammed being confined in order to escape landlord coercion . Dr . O'Connor said he went in and asked them why they would not go for the Liberal candidates , and they replied because they were afraid of the landlords , as they had no leases , and might be evicted . When they were released they got upon cars , and went with the military escort to Six Mile Bridge . Jeremiah Tierney , who drove the long car on which the soldiers of the 31 st sat , said he heard one say , that he hoped they would have some provocation to discharge their muskets instead of having to draw the charges . Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas , Adjutant-General of the District , put in the order under which he acted , and said there were circumstances under which soldiers would be justified in firing without orders ; if their ranks were broken , if any effort was made to disarm them , if stones were thrown . The inquest was adjourned at six o ' clock until the next day .
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746 THE LEADER . [ Saturday , . _ - , --r _ . - . - , . - . ^ -- ¦
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CORRUPTION IN ARMY APPOINTMENTS . Wio find t . he following very Koriouw allegation , jis to tho sale of eonnniHHions in the army , in tho ( Tnif-rd 8 enrii' ( htzeltc We have no means of judging us to thu truth of it :-" There are , wo huvo heard , generally about eig hteen hundred pommu' names on tho Commander-in-Chiof ' H lint . for coinitUHHioriH . Lord 1 'itzi-oy . Somerset stated as much in bin evidence beforo tho nwlect committee on army and ordnance oxpenditui'o . To oxpect thai . Lord Fii . zroy should remember theso nainoH , or tho particular claims ot onc-tontJU port of tUo number , wore ubaurd , J . lo triwttf to
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 7, 1852, page 746, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1946/page/6/
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