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unusual number of people ; afc six precisely the proces" ? ~~ t oUt from the Piazza del Carmine , and proceeded rtfuffh a dense crowd down the Strada Nuova , Carlo TVIsice Piazza S . Domenico , Strada Guitia . There were present representatives of the Ligurian Asso-• t ' on of naval commanders , and six American naval tains stood round the bier , the pall was upheld by ladies " d ' women of the people . The coffin was entirely covered a th garlands of cypress , myrtle , and immortelles , mingled ^ th tricoloured flowers and ribbons , some brought by "the i ^' es some presented by the various associations . Nearly tie whole of the emigration was present , uniting with the citizens in mourning for the mother of an Italian , himself exile for upwards . of twenty years
m evening was far advanced , and the darkness only faintly broken by the li ght of the waxen tapers , contrasting with the melancholy shadows of the Campo Santo . The body was accompanied by many naval commanders with their equipages , and all the American and English vessels and one Danish ship in the port of Genoa , hoisted their fla ^ s half-mast high in sign of mourning and respect . All present , , and most of all the working classes , vied with each other in rendering the solemn corUge as imposing as possible . If the heart of our exiled and illustrious fellow- citizen , who has ever loved his mother with such
heroic affection and filial devotion , can receive comfort under this heavy blow—if any consolation can temper the bitterness of this terrible misfortune—it -will be the knowledge of the extreme sympathy and reverence shown by the Genoese people around the bier of his mother . The procession was headed by the band of the National Guard , which deserves great praise for the judicious selection of the music . After them came the companies of working men belonging to all the associations of Genoa and St . Pier d'Arena , each society distinguished by particular orders and symbols , and among them were seen many French workmen . *
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EOBERT OWEN'S ADDRESS TO THE ELECTORS OF OLDHAM . Mr . Owen has proposed himself as a candidate for the suffrages of the Oldham constituency , in an address dated Seven Oaks , the 2 nd of August , wherein he enumerates various grounds upon which he claims their support . Prominent among these are his labours in the improvement of the condition both of the children and workpeople in the cotton mills , and of the mills themselves ; his invention and introduction of rational infant schools , and his introduction , of the first fine cotton spinning by machinery ; and he claims to be " one of the first and most efficient advocates for
employing and educating the people , by properly placing them , instead of keeping them in ignorance and forcing them to be idle , and thus making them to become vicious and miserable paupers / ' And he declares that if they will elect him " without expense and the trouble of canvassing , " he will endeavour to advocate the " allimportant and everlasting truths" of his system " in Parliament in such a manner as shall convince all the members of the House of Commons , and shall bring
them over to my views ; and by convincing the members of that House , a solid foundation will be laid for making these great truths known to , and received by , the population of the world . " And he winds up with the following paragraph : — " It is true that I am old ; but I am not yet past good and substantial public service . If , however , you have a younger candidate that can effect more for the good of the people , —elect him by all means . "
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EMIGRATION DOINGS . Emiokation" is st ill one of the most striking facts of the day . A public meeting for the purpose " of forming a great national working man ' s co-operative emigration society , on sourt'd and philanthropic principles , " was hold on Monday night at the National Hall , Holborn . The chair was taken by Mr . JB . B . Oabbcll , M . P ., and letters from Mr . Donald Nicoll , the Earl of Harrowby , Mr . Apsley Pellatt , aifflr Sir James Duke , apologizing for not attending at the meeting , were read . The prospectus of the proposed society , which wan read by Mr . Walter , the secretary , stated that the object wim to raise a " first series of capital of 50 , 000 ? ., in shares "bf 11 . each , " each of which shares would entitle the holder to a free passago to Australia in duo HuccoHHion , to bo decided by immediato ballot . Two thousand free pasNages were to be provided at once , and , according to the calculation of tho projectors one in twenty-11 v « of tho shareholders might depart immediately for Australia , without further expense . A resolution was carried pledging tho mooting to give
tho society thoir buHfc support and co-operation , when tho mooting took a very Htrango and unucoountablo turn . Mr . HurriH , who is stated to bo tho ' agout of an omigrant ' s registration office , affirmed that , on tho principle laid down in tho proHpeqtiiH , it would take fifty yearn to nond out fcho whole 50 , 000 subncriborH . Ho wont on to expose sonio apparent inconsistencies in tho pro"pf'otun , and pronounced tho a / liiir to bo a gross docop-*\< nu Ho tlion ( loHcribed tho advantages of an Kmployor ' H and Jtongrant ' H Registration Office with which « o whs coniioctod , and coHcIudod by proposing m an
amendment , that , in . the opinion of the meeting , the plan of Mr . Walter was totally unworthy of their support . This was carried by a large majority with great applause , and the meeting separated . The Blachwall sailed from Gravesend om Monday for Port Philip , conveying thirty-three women who are sent out by means of the Female Emigration Fund . This is the twenty-sixth party which lias been sent out by means of this organization . They appeared to have been taken fronr various classes of society , and seemed generally of a superior and more intelligent character than those who went out with the earlier parties .
The rate which has been voted by the parish of St . Martm ' s-in-the-Fields for the purpose of sending out paupers will raise the sum of 1000 £ . Tenders for the outfit have already been sent in and decided upon . The applicants for a passage have been submitted to a medical examination , and fifty-two have been reported as healthy in body , and of moral and exemplary character .
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GRIEVANCES OF BALLAST-HEAVERS . The Morning Chronicle of Wednesday brings forward a complaint against the system of public-house agency under which the London ballast-heavers are employed . For . the last three years great efforts have been made to obtain an act for their relief similar to that passed respecting the coal-whippers . Indeed , at one time the Right Hon . H . Labouchere , the late President of the Board of Trade , pledged himself most distinctly to a deputation of the ballast-heavers that he would bring in a bill for the establishment of a public oflfce , from
whence the men might be employed , and thereby enjoy the right of devoting their earnings to their own benefit , instead of having them absorbed , as they are at present , by the publicans , their employers . This intention was never carried out , through the resignation of the Whig Government . A bill to remedy this evil was brought in by Mr . George Thompson , the late Member for the Tower Hamlets , but for some cause the matter was allowed to drop . It is stated that the condition of the poor men is now worse than ever . A committee sit weekly for the purpose of keeping public attention directed to the matter .
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THE STOCKPORT RIOTS . The trial of the rioters commenced last week , at Chester , before Mr . Justice Crompton . Seven out of the ten Irish prisoners appeared ; the rest forfeited their bail . The evidence was much the same as that produced before the magistrates . All of them were found guilty of rioting ; Murphy of maliciously wounding , nnd Naughton of assault . The English prisoners were next tried . An alibi was proved , to the satisfaction of the jury , in regard to most of them , and testimony was given of the good character of some of them . The jury acquitted Slater , Edwards , Preston , Thomas Walker , Birch , Williamson , and William Walker ; and found Pell , Buttery , and Gleave , guilty . Testimonials given of the good characters of Gleavo and Pell .
Mr . Justice Crompton , in passing sentence upon tho prisoners , said that ho hoped their guilty comrades would not escape , and that he had no doubt that further investi gations would take place . Gloave , ho said , had been concerned in all the outrages ; he had been seen stirring the firo in front of Mr . Frith ' s house , and coining out of the vestry of the chapel . A short timo after , ho was seen breaking into the houses of the Roman Catholics in another part of tho town . His sentence was two years' imprisonment with hard labour . George Poll , who was seen demolishing the chapel , was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment with hard labour ; George Buttery reecived the saino sentence .
The judge then pronounced sentence upon the Irish prisoners . Thomas Murphy , who had committed a brutal outrage upon an unoffending man , which , it carried a little further , might have caused his death , was sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour for fifteen months . Foonoy , who was seen acting as ringloader , was to bo imprisoned for ton months with hard labour . Patrick Naucrhton was turntened to six months '
imprisonment and hard labour ; Thomas Garvoy and Patrick O'Hara to four months ; Roger M'Dormott to three months ; and Michael M'Dcrniott to two months . Matthow Mulligan was then tried for tho murder of Michael Moran . Tho evidence given was , in general , tho saino as that published beforo in tho account of the magistrates' investigation . Tho jury found him guilty of manslaughter . Ho was sentenced to fifteen years ' transportation .
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SIX MILE JlttlDtiK : VERDICT . This jury returned their verdict on Wednesday . Tho jury having- como into court , tho foreman announced that twolvo of tho jurors had agreed to a particular finding , and they resolved , to liuvu tho verdict drawn up in u legal form .
The Coroner then read the finding , as follows : — "' We are satisfied that John C . Delmege , J . P ., John Gleeson ( first ) , James Postings , William Barnes , John Thompson , John Dwyer , James Sharpe , Thomas Clarke , and John Carter , . soldiers of the 31 st Regiment , are guilty of the wilful murder of Jeremiah Frawley . '" Five jurors dissented from the verdict . Their names are—John Holmes , R . B . Walton , William Mahon , William Morris , and Patrick Mahon .
Mr . William Mahon stated , that although they Had not agreed to the above verdict , they did not acquit the soldiers of all criminality , and that they would all have agreed to a verdict of manslaughter by soldiers whose persons were not identified , The five dissentient jurors also acquitted Mr . J . C . Delmege of having either fired himself or given any orders to fire . The jury were then requested to again retire and consider their verdict as to the cause of death in the
other cases , —namely , Michael Connellan , Michael Colman , Thomas Ryan , James Casey , and James Flaherty . Mr . Graydon then applied to have the eight soldiers admitted to bail . In consequence of the extraordinary and incredible verdict which had been given in , against even the opinion intimated in the coroner ' s charge , it would be necessary to make such an application immediately to the Queen ' s Bench ; but he apprehended that it was in the discretion of the coroner to allow
bail to be given for them , and he submitted that it was a case in which the coroner should exercise , in favour of those men , the jurisdiction which he ( Mr . Graydon ) would show by l egal authority that he possessed . Another ground on which he pressed his application was , that the jury had not been regularly impanelled , no precept having been issued to the sub-inspector of police to summon a jury , except in the case of Frawley . The coroner said it should be remembered that the five dissentient jurors had stated that they would have brought in a verdict of manslaughter , in which case , if i t were civilians he was dealing with , he should have no hesitation in issuing a warrant . He could make no distinction between a red coat and a dark one , but was there to do his duty fairly , but firmly , to all parties .
Mr . Graydon pressed the applicati on , but the coroner decided upon refusing it . The jury having returned similar verdicts in the other cases , the requisition was-engrossed in due form . The coroner then issued his warrant for the arrest of the persons implicated in the verdict , and it was entrusted for execution to Sub-Inspector Donovan and a party of constabulary , by whom the eight soldiers were conducted to Ennis gaol . Mr . Delmege was not present in the court .
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ORANGE PROCESSIONS . An Oiange procession was announced to take place in Liverpool on the 12 th instant , in commemoration of the battle of Aughrim . The magistrates issued a noti ce prohibiting the procession , and a body of police were drawn up at tho starting place to suppress it . A procession set out from one place , two of the men carrying naked swords , and others having small sticks , with the Bible and crown on the points . The superintendent of police called upon them to disperse , and the
Orangemen retired . The police soon after met twoothor processions , and the men refusing to disperse , fourteen of them were taken into custody . Several of these wore found to liavo loaded pistols in their possession , one man saying , " They wore weapons ho meant to use . " It does not seem that any resistance was offered to the police . Mr ,. Mansfield committed all the prisoners for trial . Thoy wore admitted to bail on their own recognizances of forty shillings each , finding each two sureties of twenty shillings .
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AN ANTI-CLOTHHS PHILOSOPHER . SociKTY in but a step-mother to her wayward children . This has lately been illustrated in the co . se of a gentleman , who has for some years lived in tho village of Titinus-green , in tho parish of Wyniondley , in Hertfordshire , named Mr . James . Lucas . Ho has passed a very secluded life , living on a small independency . His clothing consists , of a blanket or homo-cloth wrapped
around bin figure ; hi . 4 hair and beard aro <; x « inj > t > irom shears or razor . It is said ( bat a short timo ago , bo was in tho habit of following tho harriers on foot , hia foot being bare , and often sorely torn and wounded . His relatives a tew years ago endeavoured to provo hiin insane , but u commission tie lunatico inquire . ndo resulted in a declaration of liin soundness of mind . He keoj ) B a banking account at Hitchiu and displays great prudence in tho management of it .
Ho exorcises great bonovoloiioo towards Ins poor neighbours in genoral , but tlio Irish Hud particular favour witli him . TJio ignorant peasantry have hence como to regard him , not only as a Roman Catholic , but oh ono Huflbring penance for some grievous crime . For some year *) puub u Hyuloiu of uimoyttueo and poraootttiou
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Av 6 vst 21 , 1852 . ] THE LEADER . 763 _ j— — ' s ==
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 21, 1852, page 793, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1948/page/5/
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