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. "Wemake Feargns O'Connor a present to the Sib , —I ifisTerjiE during the entire of Uskwedc , iBd my fflness was considerably increased by sot fcejag able id answer your letter to Messrs . Warren iai Nightingale , in . the same number of the Star in ' whisfl your epistle appeared . I could not read your letter last week—I merely gleaned its contents from * friend ; bat I hare since perused it , and find that the poison carries with it its own antidote .
It is now nearly foor years sinee yon presented Bie as a free gift to the English Radicals , and since they accepted your offer : I then swore that neither yon , nor any other trafficking politician , Bhonld make iBerchandize of them . Yon waited , as you thonght , for the moment of my separation from the people to east a new juggle amongst them , but there appeared go little norelty , and so maeh of your old tricks in your letter to Nightingale and Warren , as to make both you and it appear very ridiculous indeed . If either of those persons was to attempt even a recommendation of your plan , that station for which yon give them eredit with their eo-operatives would Tery speedily be lost .
Sir , we are now associated as one man , but not to be used by any man ^ sad more especially by such a man as yourself . It has been said that the time to woe a widow is returning from her husband ' s funeral ; you must bare had this extravagaat idea in you mind when yea dared , eTen by letter , to eonrt the English Radicals . What , Sir , do you imagine that your cold-hearted pans and jokes upon Jrost and the "V £ sl # h- su&srer ? , trith which you
amused ^ jfliKgaping , Anglo-Irish , plsct-hunting crew , ^ T ^ Tbeen forgotten by the Engli * people ! If / jtr' -fexTtr banished from your memory the recollection of your indecent congratulations , that it wsa ¦" - *•« handful of mere trish boys-, tctft an Irish Serjeant , < yDafo , ( as you called him , ) at ikar head , « & > slaughtered ike rebels , end put the ~^ ae * fd Frvxt io ^ % 4 T—if _ yw » , Sir , to B * re . a - $ 5 j ^ K ^; % oa 9-toflget such language , the English peMe XETiLEB / WILLS .
; - — No i no 1—a thousand times—N a ! I pass over your abnse of myself . Bat , think you ihsfihe English people will ever forget th&tyou pointed out both myself and the ° rascally blackguard , Bronteire O'Brien , " as you are pleased to oaU him , with masy others , as fit and proper objects ibr GoTerament prosecution J Do you imagine that fha Radicals of England hare forgotten your exultaiion , &at , in yonr absence , yoar hungry , expectant crew instated , groaned at , and refused to hear Lowry , their delegate !
Iso ! no !—a thousand times—No ! If pity for your old age had caused old iniquities to fade in the English mind , the freshness of recent corruption has raised ancient animosity and disgust . The operatives , whose co-operation you now court , are daily becoming poorer ander the iaflasnceof your £ 1 , 000 vote ; while your readiness to gue to & German Prince the utmost that a corrupt admi ^
lustration should demand , and the fact that your own name and that-Of every member of your family is to be found in the corrupt majorities , voting for ¦ every fenrdea , and increase of eTery menial ' s salary , for -vrluclj yt > ar part sen-ants , part masters , think proper to ask , proves that you are siill the slave of thai unjust power which yoahave so ungenerously used against the working elassea .
• Kow that the dungeons are fall of victims , pointed out as fitting objects by yourself , you would embrace the moment of their absence once more to gull the English people ; but believe me , that the vir-4 ae 3 of those men , area entombed in the dungeon , will interpose an impenetrable barrier betwixt yon and the tanks from which you have stolen them . They were most of them poor , but all , thank God were honest ; while yon , although you have yourself avoided a dungeon and danger > have consigned many inmates to the priwn-kofcse , and been the means of shedding streams jrfinooeeat
blood-, Yes ! they are in prison , while you are at Urge toisy were too noble to beard authority , and then tdect substitutes for punishment , as you have often , - done with Mr . Barratt , of the Pilot , aad many ! t ^ £ it& ^ If they a ^ e m jow ^ th % «^ 5 has been advanced byfbafc ' mxftfT&tan f * ffajoa '' h * ¥ i'w& Behed yourself , and preserved your own freedom , by destroying every vestige of liberty in Ireland . Bo yod suppose that the English Radicals ever will feigei your base conduct towards the Dorchester labourers , the Glasgow ootton-spinners , and the Trades' Unions in general !
2 f o ! bo 2—a thousand times No ! You call the non-electors the u slave class , " and then you speak of the master class and the master's infiaenee ; but ever mindful of the £ 1 , 000 , and being coBtpdled to state those whom you consider toasters , aad having associated those gentlemen with corruption and tyranny—you apply the epithet to the landlords and other proprietors , while you omit the mention of the real slave-owners—the blood-suekiag mffl-owBers ! The landlord , if disposed , can only be a tyrant twice * -jeax ; while in every revolution of the great wheel , which governs both slaves and machines , the cotton master has an interest in being a tyrant .
Sir , yon have sagacity enough to sea that Lord Sanley's Bill is a shears to clip your Irish tail , and you would fain re-taQ yourself in England . This is the sum and substance—the very meaning of your appeal to Messrs . Nightingale and Warren : to them , I say , for beyond them it will not go . Now , Sir , not offering any remark upon a measure likely to alter the machinery of agitation , as it 3 tands at present , and being rather gratified with every godsend which shows the utter hopelessness of making other than the Universal Suffrage standard
satisfactory , &nd rejoicing * t all discontents thrown , among &e enfranchised dogs in the manger ; without going into any details , I beg to remind yon of your opinion of a similar Bill when projected in 1835 , and the merits of which you discussed most fully to me , during the sittings " of the Youghal Committee , upon tie contest between Mr . Smyth and your son , Mr . John CConnell * - "Ton told me that the principal ohsta ^ to ^ getting food and respectable Members ^ < ft > r Ireland , arose from the power which was vested in P&rliajaentary Committees . , in revising the
voters oajm—a power -which , you said , entailed a certain , deadly , and ruinous expense upon the liberal party ; adding that the Irish registering barristers had the elections in their own hands , and , being all Tories ; they would overpower the Liberal ia £ w « ti Yos then approved of any plan which Would mate * iie Irish registration final ,- by" taking Swa FwfittWat&ry Committees the power of _ le-openi g " t £ *^ eg isfry . You have played with this ^ " ¦ SM ^ ll a $ length , like all other jugglers , y ? ureia » y ~ fttt « Htion of the trick has been
discoyered , and now yoa tarn short and say , "Oh , tkU u aot ay trick at all" Yes , but it is your trickjwr own trick—but you thonght corruption had sufficientl y strengthened the hand 3 of your friends , a ^ d blinded the ejes cf your enemies , to make the w ^ juaee essary . If your tricks had worked b « efit iastead of rain for Ireland—if your tricks ** 4 » pealed &e Union , abolished tithes , " and given «» occupiers of land leases for ever afr an even rent , * should have gloried in your tricks ; but as they MTebeea joggles to limit the bounds of freedom , * ad even of the expression of public opinion—as by &
*«» yon have provided for many members of your own family & tbe expense of the poor—a 3 by them yon have acquireda representative power togonnan-^ at the Whig larder , while you won ' t allow T tail to lap evea from the spiritual trencher—^ fitness yoar complaint of Col . Butler)—as by ihem you have filled every town and village in Ireland ^ a * WBisiabaliry rifle force , as a permanent substitute for the tea ibo ~ i * &Bd regular troops lent to ^ John Rasseii , to shoot the English Chartistsbj tbcm yon jmTe cojjfinagd the propertT (? tolen ^» &oe to time fro m the Catholic people ) in the " ^ of the Protestant clergy , and tfee lsadlord-
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you popular with the nobility , gentry , clergy , and middle classes of Ireland , by a betrayal of the working classesas by , yonr tricks yoa have contrived to fill all the dungeons in England with good , virtuous , and honest men , while , though more guilty , you have' preserved your own freedom—and ae , by another trick , you would now raise a shilling a head from two millions of paupers , making £ 100 , 000 for a repast for your hungry snpporters andyonrself , —I say , as by your tricks you have done those things , do yon imagine or suppose that even half a score of English Radicals will be gulled by your new and trashy juggle ! No ! no ! a thousand times—No !
Sir , you once spoke of having me ducked in the Liffey , and you said that the Preston people would have done well to break my head . In return for the compliment , give me leave to assure you , that if you dared to intrude your loathsome presence upon anv meeting of English , Scotch , or Welsh operatives , you would , as we say in Ireland , " Go off with a flea in your ear , and your head in your fist . " Having said thu 3 much of your , reasons for addressing Warren and Nightingale , and in order to ecnvince you that I have not been an unobservant spectator of your art , let me now point out the sum . and _ snbstance of your appeal . Yonr object Is fcTfbnn associations for " the ostensible ^ UipiH of creating such a reform in the House of Commons
as would repeal the Corn Laws . The object of the Association being understood , as upon all other occasions , the men would have perfect confidence in the sincerity of the masters , and would suppose that the only motive was to repeal the Corn Laws , and do other benefUial acts , by a more extended representation . Nothing , I will grant you , could withstand such a combination . But now , Dan , open your eyes and look sharp . Now , Gentlemen , look at the box , and you shall see the great and mighty trick which has been bo successfully practised at all the Courts of Europe , and which has been , confessed to be the most wonderful performance of the present age . Now
Gentlemen , you plainly see , with your own eyes , there is no deception here ! I pnt both Extension of the Suffrage and Repeal of the Corn Laws into the box . Now , look sharp ! When I touch the lid of the box with this magic wand , any gentleman who chooses shall examine its contents , and one of the two will fly away . Now then , " ' presto , " and away ! Now , gentlemen , can anything be more simple \ Will you look at the box , Ma ' am ? Wfll you , Sir ? Will you , my little dear "Well , come along ; now look well I—Oh , upon my honour , Ma ' , but the Suffrage has gone , and here ' s -the Repeal of the Corn Laws all alone ' . —Bravo 5 bravo ! beautiful ! I never saw so complete a trick !
Now , * old humbug ! what do you say to your folly for having taught me my trade , and how to cut out , before I was out of my time ! Do you suppose that there is an operative of thirteen years of age who will not have learned all about the jnggle of the Reform Bill ! and do yon suppose that there exists one Bane man in this empire who does not see that a great and mighty combination would be formed for a double purpose ; and that being possessed of all that great and powerful machinery , that deputations of the wealthy and idle , who ooald spare time , would wait upon Lord
Melbourne , and make a bargain—a mofoberthy—as we call it in Ireland , to the effect , that whatever violence it may do to their owa feelings , they saw th « necessity of separating the questions of the Sdfeiga aad i |» Repeal « f-ih * Cam ' Lswi ^ W th . o . latter being , as they sincerely believe , of paramount importance to the poor and industrious classes , they consent , though reluctantly to the postponement of the Suffrage Question , but . only upon the express and unequivical pledge of his Lordship that it shall be made an open question , and that the Corn L&wa shall be forthwith
repealed . Then would come resolutions similar to the following ;—a At a numerous and highly respectable meeting of the Extension of the Suffrage and Corn Law repeal delegates , held this day at the King ' s Arms Tavern , Palace Yard , Westminster , J . Cobden , Esq , delegate for Manchester , in the chair , the following resolutions were unanimously adopted amid the most enthusiastic and deafening applause , followed by cheers , waving of hats and clapping of hands , which literally Bhook the stupendous edifice to its very foundation . " 1 st . Moved by Edward Baines , junior , Esq ., delefte for Leeds , and seconded by — Dixon . q ., Mayor of Carlisle , and delegate for that important city : —
" Resolved — That the interview between the delegates and Lord Melbourne was satisfactory in the highest degree , that Noble Lord having consented to an immediate repeal of the Corn Laws ; and further , having pledged himself most unequivocally that the question of the Suffrage shall henceforth be considered as an open question , with a view to its speedy settlement by the legislation . That the delegates cannot separate after their unexampled and indefatigable exertions in the cause of the people , without tendering to the patriotic , intelligent , virtuous , moral , and industrious working classes , their best and cordial thanks for their indefatigable , persevering , and peaceful conduct throughout the entire of thas nnparalleled agitation whieh has Hnninated bo gloriously for their order . "
" 2 nd . Moved by Mr . George Greig , of Leeds , and seconded by Mr . James Acland , of Bristol Hull , and Stockport , and carried unanimously : — " Resolved—That the funds already subscribed proving insufficient for the purposes of the recent glorious agitation , it is reconwnended by the delegates that subscription lists do remain open at the several factories , for the purpose of affording an opportunity to the patriotic working classes to manifest their patriotism , by the contribution of the means requisite to discharge the heavy expenses incurred by their delegates . " " 3 rd . Moved by Mr . John Edward Taylor , and seconded by Thomas Thornhill Clark » n , Esq ., Reporter to the Manchester Guardian : —
' - " That the thanks of the delegates are preeminently due , and are hereby inost cheerfully tendered , to that stern , indefatigable , and consistent patriot , Daniel O'Connell , Esq ., M . P ., for his noHe exertions upon behalf of the oppressed and industrious das 3 es of all n&tfons ; and w , ihe delegates , as & slight recompense for the many sacrifioea which that distinguished and disinterested patriot has made in the cause of freedom , do hereby pledge ourselves , upon onr return to our several districts , immediately to set on foot a subscription for the said Daniel O'ConoeU ; and that a deputation be now appointed to request his acceptance of the same . " ( Uproarious applause . ) . Thus , Dasiel , woald terminate the labours of your newly associated friends !
" When Greek meets Greek , then comes the tug of war . " Now , Sir , I have plac&d your letter , with its motives and objects , before the people of the empire ; and when you read this , which you are sure to do bsfore you breakfast on Saturday morning , you . will exclaim , "That d d fellow haa plucked the plums out of my Easter pudding !" I shall only say one word upon the subject of Physical Force . You will remember , in 183 J , you enlisted me as an Irish volunteer , allowing me to pay a guinea smart money . When I asked you , wherefore so large a subscription from each ! you assured-me that it was to buy a musket , bayonet , and other accoutrements , to fight for a Repeal of the Tlaioni in the event of the question being lost in the Commons ?
Daniel , you falsely imagined that , on Monday week , I should have been a victim to your appeals to the Attorney-General . But God haa spared me . by
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inflicting me a temporary malady , which haa afforded me this opportunity of arresting you in your meditated peaceful attack upon © ar indissoluble Union . Are you not ashamed of yourself , to wait for the moment of confusion , which yon had caused to perpetrate our rain ! You were just one fortnight too soon with your prospectus . I trust that the people of Manchester will reply to your letter . I nave the honour to be , A Chartist about to suffer Imprisonment , For opposing you and all other Tyrants , FEARGUS O'CONNOR . UMVEBSAL STPFBAGE , AXD XO SDREENDEE , IS OUR MOTTO ! P . S . —Daniel , just come into tha Queen ' s Bench , on Monday next , and then say who is the traitor , when I shall have done with you . F . O'C . ,
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Wednesday Evening , May 6 th , Quarter to Seven . Health of Mb . O'Connor . —Wo are gratified in being able to state that Mr . O'Connor ' s health is so ^ i mp roved that he is now- enabled to take daily Prra » UJMid the strongest hopes are entertained that na will De ^ nfflei entl y re covered by Monday to conduct hircase in person . The second postponement was made by the Judgea on Saturday last , on the affidavits of Mr . O'Connor ' s two physicians , representini ; the dasgereus stato cf his health . The application was made to the Court by Mr . Watson , the birrister .
A Tamhoureeny Row at the Italian Opera . — The Royal Family of this country are peculiarly dibtinguished for their retiring and modest virtues ; and Prince George of Cambridge has kept up the charter by leading an aristocratic mob , on Thursday evening last , from the boxes of the Italian Opera to the stage , whence these royal and aristocratic rioters drove the actors and actresses to their respective green-rooms , because the manager , M . Laporte , would not , or could not , comply with , what he deemed the exorbitant demands of the bass singer , Signor Tamburini , and engage him . Laporte , however , has been compelled to give way . Lord Lowther and Count D'Orsay have negociated
between him and Tamburini for the latter's engagement , which having been effected , Tamburini made his appearance last evenbg , on which occasion her Majesty and her husband visited the house ; the Duchess of Kent was also present . On the occasion to which we refer , Priace George was heard to vociferate the royal expressions of " Gammon !" " Hookey Walker ! '' No go I" " Fudge ! ' &c . &c . in the pure Saxon Billingpgate , to the inexpressible gratification of his noble audience . 1 Mortality in thb Royal Artillery . The
mortality in the Royal Artillery and Engineers at Woolwich , is beyond precedent for a long series of years , and in consequence the few officers of the ordnance medical department have been much harrassed , from the constant duty of attending the hospital . Assistant-surgeon , and apothecary Wm . Harris , who had been forty-one years in active service , yesterday fell a victim to a wound received by a scalpel whilst engaged in his professional duty at a post-mortem examination . An inquest will be held on the body to-morrow ..
A meeting of the Metropolitan Charter Association takes place this evening ; but as the time for the commencement of business is an hour after the departure of the post , my report will not , necessarily , appear in the edition of" the Nortliern Star whioh usually cirealates id London .
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COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH , May 2 . C Sit tings-in Banco . ) THE QUEEH » . P . O ' COJiNOB . Mr . Watson applied ; ^ on the behalf of the defendant , for & postponement otf the judgment of the Court . It will be remeiabered that the defendant , having been convicted of publishing certain " seditious matters , had beeiMKfeg ^ QjitmttpN > n < l weeire tti $ fmssfeSSmSlssam proceedings had been adjourned to that day week : The Learned Connsel now said , that ho made thia application on the affidavit of a gentleman of the name of Macnaniara , who resided in the same house with the defendant , in which it was set forth , that boob after quitting the Cottrt on Monday last , the defendant had suffered extreme $ &in in the chest and throat ; that he had , during the week , been bled , capped , and blistered , for inflammation of the chest ; and that , in the opinion of the deponent , the defendant would not be in a fit state to come no on Monday noxt
Lord DEN MAM inquired if there was an affidavit from the defendant ' s medical attendant , setting out the facts ? Mr . Watsos replied that there -was not ; tmt -went on to say , that appended to the affidavit ef Mr . Macnamara there was a certificate from Mr . O'Connor ' s medical attendant , signed in the presence of the deponent , which gave a description of the character of the attack under which his patient was labouring . He w& 3 fully i-ware that such a document ought to have
been brought before the Court on oath . The Attorney-General should be extremely sorry to press harshly on a Gentleman in the defendant ' s position in life , but it nevertheless became his doty , much as he might regret the neoeaslty of such a course , to direct the attention of their Lordships to the circumstance that there wag not any statement on oath from the medical attendant . Neither did the certificate state whether , in the opinion of that Gentleman , the defendant would or would not be in a fit state to appear en Monday .
Mr . WATSON said that the papers bad been but recently pat into his hands . He had , however , at the time asked whether there w&s an affidavit from the medical attendant , and found that there was not , but be had at once been given to understand that if that Gentleman had been present he would instantly have sworn to the certificate which was then in his hand . He trusted , however , that under the circumstances of the case his Learned Friend would not feel it to be necessary in tue due exercise of his duty to the Crown to press any opposition to the application . The Atto&ney-Genkral would cheerfully leave the matter in the hands of the Court
LoidDENMAK said , that when the matter had been before the Court on Monday last , the defendant had been informed that it was the desire of their Lordships ? o proceed with the case oa thit day week , when , if it so happened that he was sot sufficiently recovered to address the Court , he would be expected to have given instructions to some of the Gentlemen of the bar to appear for him . Now , he did not understand that the affidavit , nor even the Doctor ' s certificate before the Court , said anything as to the inability from illness of the defendant to communicate with and to instruct Counsel . Mt Watson had no other facts or statements before him besides those of which be had put their Lordships in possession . He hoped , notwithstanding the informality , that his Learned Friend would not press his objection , and that the application for the postponement would he granted , even upon the grounds already before the Court .
The Attobkei-General would leave the matter entirely in tbe hands of the Court Lord Desman said that unless the Attorney-General felt it to be his duty to press his objection , the Court were disposed to grant the application , even upon the statement already before them . The Attornev-Gensbal would willingly leave the caaa in their Loxdsbip * ' hands . Lord Denm a * observed , that the Court were inclined to think , under all the tircanktaaces of the case , that it would be better to grant the application for a further postponement It wool * have been better , as well as more regular , if the statement of the medical gentleman had been oa oath—had b « en in the form of an
affidavit - The Covet eventually aeeeded to the postponement and named Monday ( this day week ) on which the defendant should come up . The Court rose at an early hour , when their Lordships went to meet tbe other Learned Judges in the Exchequer Chamber .
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MOIU > SJl OF IxORD WILLIAM RUSSELL . ( From the Sunqf Wednesday . ) This morning , about hair-post Seven o ' clock , the inhabitants redding in the neighbourh » od of Giosvenoraqoaro were placed in a state of great excitement in consequence of a rumour that an atrocious murder had been perpetrated this morning on the person of Lord William Russell , aacle to Lord John Russell , at No . 14 Norfolk-street , Park-lane . The report first obtained cumulation from tni circumstance of some of the domestics of the establishment being seen leaving the late Noble Lord ' s raaasioa in a wry excited manner , and who , to the inquiries mada , stated that aush was -. . ""'" ¦ ¦ ¦"¦ . ¦ . ¦¦¦ ¦
the case . ( Information was given to the parochial authorities and the police immediately , upon which Baldwin and Coal , officers of the parish of St . George ' s , Hanover-sqoare , proceeded to the hense . They were soon followed by Mr . Superintendent Baker , of the C division , who was accompanied by Inspector Beresford , and several sergeants and men attached to the same division . By this time , a great crowd had gathered in front of the mansion , and , as the report had bacorae widely circulated , several Noblemen had called to ascertain the truth of the report , while some of the deceaseds relatives had also arrived , and who , -were plunged iii most poignant grief upon learning the fact
The following are the particulars bihterto ascertained of the horrible transaction : — - At a quarter past seven o ' clock this morning , on the . housemaid getting up and reaching the passage , she becameAlarmcil upon observing several packages there-She hastened to the attio , where the valet slont , and called him up , as well as her other female servant , who slept in an cdjoining room . The valet instantly arose , an ^^ mjBaoovering that , from tfa * fppeanince of the mme ^ AnOu > ^ um » , there had beea som « 4 hteves in the houses be instantly wettfc np to the room trnere ' hls late and lamented mastbr slept Upon his entering the room , his suspicions wew then more strongly excited tbat there had beea thieves in the house , and he proceeded towards the bed , where he was horror struck upon finding the lifeless corpse ef the Noble Lord . He
had but a slight view of the body , as hia feelings were overpowered ; but he observed that there was a most dreadful gash across the throat . Ho hurried out of the room , and acquainted his fellow servant with what he had witnessed , who at once rau to the house of Mr . Els good , a medical gentleman residing in the neighbourhood . Two of Mr . Elsgood ' s sons promptly attended . They examined the nature of the wound , which they found to extend from ear to ear . It was evidently dons with a razor , or some sharp instrument . Immediate search was made for it , but none could be found . The deceased , wo ara informed , lay upon his back , and the appearance of the position ho was in would lead to the inference that when the frightful deed was committed no struggle took place . The deceased had been dead some hours .
Upon the arrival of Superintendent Baker and Inspector Beresford , they instituted the most diligent enquiries , aad made an examination of the premises . They endeavoured to find the instrument with which the horrid deed was done , but without success . They then searched the room ( thu front on the second floor ) , when a gold watch was missing . At that time , ten o ' clock , they had not discovered that any property was taken away , They next endeavoured to find out by whit means an entranco had been obtained . When
they reached the back kitchen they found that the staplt in which a bolt had been fixed on the door had been wrenched off by a jommy ; but there was a doubt whether that hal been done for the purpose of effecting an entrance or for making an escape . There were marks of footsteps at that doyr .,. It , was thought possible that the villains had been in the house previous to the family retiring to rest No noise was heard during the night , nor can there ba any cause assigned for the thieves leaving thopremteoa in the way they did , unless they had been disturbed .
No clue is at present obtained of any person being implicated in the transaction . Mr . Baker is most unremitting in his exertions , and several policemen were in readiness to proceed against any suspected parties . Baldwin waited ypon the Coroner , Mr . Higgs , to acqnaint him of the horrid affair . The house continued to be visited throughout the morning by the noble relatives of tha deceased and some of hi * most intimate friends . ¦ The Noble Lord was born on tha 20 th of August , 1767 , and was the posthumous son of John , fourth Duke of Bedford , by Elizabeth , daughter of William , second Earl of Alberaarle . He was brother of Francis the fifth Duke , and also of John the sixth Duke of Bedford , married Charlotte-Anne , daughter of the Earl of Jersey , a # l had Issue a son , George , and a dauzh-3 ^ ffa 1 rf ttfc ' ghac ! ML . tttMtteL to 4 fee lateuHoattmblR
^ Hm ^ Oief JfeMettr *^ " waT t&rlfisli Wfulster i&r some years at the Court of Lisbon , and for several Sessions represented the Borough of Taviatock in Parliament .
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS . The man servant , on opening the shutters and seeing some blood upon the pillow , fled in alarm to the street , without satisfying himself as to what hid really occurred , and at once called in the polios . ; The servant states that deceased retired to rest between twelve nnJ one o'clock , and that ho ( ths servant ) , after Betting up the rushtfght , also went to bed ' . Tha probability is that the murder was committed as early as two or three o ' clock , as a very small por tion of the rushlight , whioh had been extinguished , was consumed . His Lordship ' s jewel-box , which was on
the dressing-table , had been rifled of all its valuable contents , with the exception of five mourning rings ; and the gold watch , which hia Lordship had , on going to bed , placed on the same table , was also stolen . No plated goods have been carried off , the sanguinary party having carefully selected the more costly articles . A quantity of plate which was intended to have been removed , was packed up in paper , and it is most likely that the murderer was disturbed while engaged in the work of plunder ; there does not appear to have been any forcible entry made into the premises , and up to the present period of writing , the aSair is involved in the greatest mystery imaginable .
FURTHER PARTICULARS . The Duke of Bedford , and several members of the deceased's family are at pr sent at his late residence in Norfolk-street , and Mr . Maine , one of the Chief Commissioners of Police , is engaged in instituting a rigorous and searching inquiry into all the circoniBtancea relating to this horrible affair . The investigation is strictly private , and nothing has as yet been suffered to transpire . There are many rumours afloat as to the person supposed to bo concerned in the perpetration of this horrible affair , but we shall abstain from noticing them at present , as such notice might tend to defeat the ends of justice .
It is reported that -when the body was first discovered , the face was covered with a towel . This circumstance , if true , is most important , as it may be the means of affording a clue , to the discovery of the villain who perpetrated this atrocious crime . Norfolk-street was crowded during the whole morning , and several of the Nebility called at the deceased Nobleman ' s residence , for the purpose of making inquiries as to the truth of the rumours current concerning the murder .
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Governor , on his day of trial , to h void , so much asjpossible , the rough salutes he hod MOiewhat on the preceding Friday experienced , got ttiiti / er early at daybwai , before many of the popula «» Tk'ore stirring ; so that he was full six hours alone in the Court Room before any Justice meeting began . As it ^ c near the hour of trial , crowds ef poor men aad women continued to throng the GuSdhall until twelve" o ' clock , at which time ( being the hour his trial . continent id ) they made a very considarabl * appearance . Abdvt this time , the inhuman schoolmistress ( who was enU ogled ^ . - ¦— - •¦«• ¦ ¦ -... . - —>^ . —— ' — - ¦¦ .. ¦ - . —¦ — .. — - ^ - ^
m the base afiair ) , oa catering the avenue * leading to the Guijdhall , was noticed by the crowd , who immediately flow upon har , \ and tore her lace collar from her afeoujders , beside * otherwise passionately insulting her . With other particular stated , relative to the child , in € ourt , I noticed thesethat the child was four years old » n the ISth of Mjireh , and that the number of stripea inflicted on its body were seven , oa the shoulder cney on the back tftsree and on the breech three ; they may with propriety be called inhuman , for they were of a great length sad entirely raw !
A certain Tory surgeon remarked tfcat , although t&a tyrannical governor had laid his hand , ( his cane , or stlek of some sort ) to » heavily on the diild , he did not consider die result serfona enough to affect his general health . A . nother surgeon , not many shades different from the other with regard to political principles , advised solitary confinement in preference to corporeal punishment , an excellent plan forbabe » to cry themselves dead . The pettifogging attorney , who defended the inhuman Governor , made an- objection to tho proceeding , by observing that the mother of the child vwas , not the proper person to bring the case forward , * bnt it should have been brought thither by the or
Gua ^ dlanaOverse ers ; . ia consequence of which objectfipa ^ flw nmjtrtrates -aBowe ' cUt to be deferred until thoSaturday following . All this time tha populace , men and / women , were waiting for revenge in the environs , as well as under the arches and avenues of the Guildhall , and rather crowding thau de erea&ing by the length of time they were so loath to wait , which made the magistrates and lawyora in the Court consider it necessary to swear in a number of special constables , as they accordingly did , aad acting themselves in that capacity without distinction , for the purpose of guarding the two dtdinquents as saf& as possible to their dire domain .
No sooner did the procession begin , than the populace ( notwithstanding the magistrates andlawyess being present ) commenced such howlings , threatenings , and obscure hints , thtt they made many fear the result , such as " You murderous rogue , " "A' ya raorchard tyrant , " " You ought to be tried under Martin ' s Act for brutality , " " D ' ye know anything about the axe , " " You ought to be transported for life , you villain , yon did , " " Us sh'U meet with th' again 'et " Individuals amongst the crowd , that were raving in particular , were told by the magistrates to cease , or they ( the magistrates ) would make them ; but this only tended to increase thtir clamour , instead of quelling their resolution . At length they reached the new road ( Cross-lane ) that leads to the poor house , and then revenge began in earnest Stones and addled eggs , with other missiles , flew with great briskness , without the least intermission , besides these and clods of earth literally torn from th 9 11 OW Lodge oa tbi 3 road , they the
( populace ) very nearly emptied a cart loaded with dung ( that was passing at the time ) about the heads and backs of the deserving offenders ; also , the con-Btables , without distinction , shared a portion of them . At length , tha inhuman Governor , and female moaater , entered their domain without further injury . In tho courco of the confusion , the most active Magistrate cf the South > Iolton bench had the bosom of his ehirt torn asunder in a skirmish , by a mason of that town . No other incident relativo to the proceeding occurred that day , but in the night there were fired , or thrown , bullets , stones , &c , through the front windows of tho South Molton Poor House , in consequence ef which bills "B-ere issued , offering « £ 50 reward to such person or persons as could discover the offenders . It waa before mentioned that the Governor ' s casa was postponed on Monday , April 27 , until Saturday , May 2 d , on whieh day he was tried in private , before the Board of Guardians , at the Poor House , aad his final punishment was a slight reprimand .
I hear that the above-mentioned South Molton Union Governor indulges ia barbarities peculiar to himself , even beyond the most dire of the baneful law . He has actually had the seat in the dungeon removed , so that , in addition to its gloomy aspect , the unfortunate captive is obliged to &tand , or sit , on the cold stones which forms the floor ; and , to frustrate even that , he has had tho floor ( on certain occasions ) soused with backets of cold water ; consoiS » WRHS » i . » Ji Ibi ^^^ n ^^^ jinfpr ^ uiiato inmate prnst stand in it . Reader , imagine howdreadful , as weffas dangerous , thfi must be when theu nfortunate inmates
ato destined thore for hours , as they oftea are . ' He punishes very aged people , by striking them violently across the band with a stick , for the slightest offence . He also sends the poor male inmates , after accomplishing a hard day ' s work at gardening , or any other useful occupation , to dry themselves in the sun after washing , which has been the supposed occasion of many deaths ; be that as it may , there are oftener buryings from tho poor house novr , than there were when the humans Mr . Carter , was Govornor . ( Mr . Carter was not long since turned from tho above-mentioned office for being too humane ) .
And now I ' ve done , but ip not this enough To rage tfee minds of justice ' gainst such laws , And raise th&people at that pitch of wroth To try afresh and zealous for their cause . The aristocracy mu 3 t shortly bend , And they their salaries receive no more . For great Almighty God did ne ' er intend These salaries should drain his willing poor . Can the aristocracy of our land Brave heaven , when on their beds of death , and say O God , I ' ve justly gained thy powerful hand , No , no , they can't but sink in agony . South-street , Sonth-Molton . p .
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HOUSE OF LORDS .-r ««< % , May 5 . Many petitions were presented , some by the Bishop of London , against Sunday trading . ^« aop Lord Ashburton having presented a petition Brains * tho opium trade , and involving this country SHia With China on such account , directed attention to Ow ract of the very little information possessed by tn » country on the subject of the contemplated proceeding * against China . Earl tfitzwilliam proposed to defer the Corn Lmr raotioa from tha 26 th till the 28 th instant statio * that ho should then move—•• That it waa expedient -o reconsider the laws whkh regulate the trade in On the motion of Lord Duncannon , Lord Seaton'l Annuity Bill went through committee . Wednesday , May 6 . The House of Lords did not me « t .
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HOUSE OF CQM * IONS-7 W * fey , May 5 . After th * presentat * Mi of many petr £ ton 3 on a mat vartefy of sabjects , t * a •? -,, V eltl&n * ' on tbe P" 4 of Jttr . Herries , deferred , till . th « isth inatoat , his motion Jtspecting the navigation laws , and the-seizure of a vessel laden witb Turkish produee in tha post of Gloucester : Mr . Jiackinooa postpoaed his motion fcr a seiocfc committee on the eniigratioa of Hill Cooliw to British .. Colonies , e - Mr . Kelly stated that on tee 14 th of Ma ? he shoulA snovethatan huaible address be presented to her Ma- f Jt' » ty , prayisjg " fortLo abolition of the punishment oT "" death in all cases exeept murdea . 'V Mr . Ltfroy asked , tee cftko uf master in the Irish ' Coiirt of Chancer ^ baving . bwxt- vacant a conadera&le- - wne ^ ner- tt ¦* i ^ 1 hB ln&ntroa- ^ f -tS « Gaveranxwtii ^ - —» sup ^ y the -deficiency : '" ' ¦ ¦ .. ' ' ™ « ° f «»™«* ^~ -r
Lord Morpeth answered .-j&'was sorry to hear inconvenience had resulted iroai tUe vacancy not being filled up , at which he was not previously informed , bat nodoubt it would be sooa supplied , though he wa * not able at that moment to say when . . Mr . C . Bullei-, before Sir . W . Molesworth broughfc forward his motion on transportation , presented apetition from New South Wales , signed by 1 , 200 persona , praying tho house not to couie tu an immediate decision on the subject , and-not to adopt a Measure for its abolition : without further inquiry . Sir W . Mbl ^ s worth tbea brought forward bis motionfor tho abolition of transportation , condemning thesystem as injurious and pernicious , either as punishment , oras the moans of colonization \ deprecated LortE J . Kussell ' s Norfolk Island sdieine , and proposing to adopt , instead , tho hulk-mode of disposing ef the convicts .
Lord Jt Russell opposed the motion , &ad moved th « previous question ; and , after long discuaaion , tha ameaduieat was carried -without any division , Sit "W . Woksworth expressing regret that hb Lordship resisted the motion . Mr . Labouchere moved for leave to bring ia a Bill ta repeal so much of an act passed ia the sixth year of the reign of King George IV ., intituled , "An A . tt forrtheamendment of the law respecting PUota and Pilotage , and also for the better preservation of Floating Lights , Buoys , and Beacons , " as exempt from penalty the ma 8 terormateof any ship or vessel , being tha owner or part owner of such ship or vessel , and residing at Dover ,-Deal , or the Isle of Tbaiiet , for piloting orcoaducting such his own ship or veaael , in certain cases in the said act mentioued . Tbia tras agreed to .
Mr . Hnmo moved the appointment of a Select Committee " to inquire into tho several duties levied on . imports into the United Kingdom ; and whether those ; duties ara for protection to similar articles the produce or manufacture of this country , or of the BrUfsVpoflP ' session * abroad , ' and to what extent atich dntie * afford protection ; ' or whether the duties jus for tae , purposes of revenue . " This motion was eveqjp&lly agreed to , omitting th » words , " and to what extent such duties afford protectioa . " ,-..-. - Sir C . Grey afterwards moved that the copy of an Act of the Legislature of Upper Canada , intituled , ¦ •? An Act to provide for the disposal of the Public Lands ia thi » Province , and for otaer purposes herein mentioned , * which was presented to this House on the 1 st day of December , 183 ? , be printed . The report of the Committee of Supply waa presented and agreed to . V
Th * Flour Importation ( Ireland ) Act wen * through committee . The House then adjouraed . ¦ Wednesday , May G ^ „ , ^ ,,.-.. Some petitions were prosoateti , feutjbe absence oT Lord John Russell , caused by the melancholy death of Lord William Russell , induced Lord Stanley , without hesitation , at the request of Lord Morpeth , to put off the Irish Registration Bill till Monday week . Sir R . Inglls , without a personal appeal toiim , pat off his motion concerning Church Extension , which stands for Thursday , without naming any day to bring it on . Tho Houie immediately adjourned . ! ;
The suspension of i > ll important business in the House of Coniuion 3 till Lord John Russell can re-assume his place , which will probably not be for a week or ten tlays , adds much to the interest and importance of the occurrence that keeps him away .
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SOUTH DURHAM AGITATION . Ferry Hill . —Mr . George Binna has addressed a large audience herein support of the Charter , and was well received . Church MEftBjKOTON . —The people of this place were addressed b y Mr . Binna on tbe Sunday evening announced in the Star , and , we believe , considerable impression was made on the meetine by the speaker . : # Chapel Row . —Mr . Binns addressed a large meeting of the people of this place , in the Market Place , on Sunday last , and gave general satisfaction . The gentlemen in blue" have been crawling into the housea of the inhabitants of this place , to induce any weak-minded brother of their system to lay au information a / rainst Mr . Binns , . for speakiue on the
railway on Suuday . We hope the good sense and decency of the people will scorn the companionship of devils on earth as they would devils in hell Birds of a feather flock together- ' is an old adage , and whenever wio of these police intrude into the domestic sanctuary to fish for informations , our advice is , look out ! for thi wolf is at the door . The man who talks to a > policeman is a suspicions fellow . Every one Bays , and perhaps justly , If he is not a policeman , he is trying to be one . He is looking after the blood moneybe is giving away his country ' s rights for a mess of pottage or thirty pieces of silver . " Pray von avoid ,
all suspicious characters . Mark them well , and avoid anything pertaining to blue ruin—blue devils —or blue gentlemen . The man who is talking to a policeman is " going into temptation , " and though he has uot cast his coat to-day , he may do it tomorrow . Good God ! the very idea of being a policeman ought , to make us blush for very shame . What is a policeman ! A man who has sold his usefulness—his honesty—hia mind—his lame and bid industry—to hurl the death-dealing damnation of tyrants against the poor , the defenceless , aad the oppressed . Avoid him as you would a viper , a pestilence , or a dagger ! . -
. "Death ia in the pot . " Bishop AupKi , iXD .- ^ Mr . ¦ Bfens lectured on the Batts , on Sunday last , oa ^ Ghristiaa Idolatry , " to a numerous audience . There was a > public meeting last evening ( Monday ) in the saaio place , to appoint collectors lor a fund to commence an aetion against the Darlington Bench of Magistrates for their illegal commitment of Messrs . Binna , Bragg ; Atkinson , and Yare to prison . There was a good spirit at the meeting , and we have no doubt but the people of this sink of corruption , this clerical cesspool , wttl do their duty nobly , despite the attempts now making to deter them from theirduty . Mr . Davison * chemist , ( the gentleman who generously and unsolicited despatched an express to Durham , with live pounds , to liberate Mr . Binns ) has kindly consented to be treasurer , and the subscriptions ire going on well . The men of Bishop Auckland should remember their friends , and show their respectfor them br
supporting those only who are mends of the people . The parson buys his groceries of the Churchman , the Methodist , of the bigot , the Quaker , of his own . cloth ; and it is always a less crime to support yoar friends than to support your enemies . How few of these shopkeepers are your friends ! But there are a few . They are easily known . Wben a shopman is called an infidel , a Chartist , a Socialist , and so forth , you may depend upon it he has more religion about him than bU base aocuserB . Sooth Church . —Messrs . Embleton , Fowel , aad Binas addressed a large meeting of the people here oil Saturday evening last . The organization oL . the people has commenced alreadv , and it is generally supposed that Parson Fielding is likely to esdgrito to some other spot that may be provided for fSa'iw a Church Extennon Bill . The Chureh will step ** usual , founded on a rock ; bnt the Parson has no foundation at all , and there is no wonder that he is * bird of passage . The Chartists of thiaplaco are 1 gathering strength daily .
From Oub Londoh Co-Respondent.
FROM OUB LONDOH CO-RESPONDENT .
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The Exilkd Chabtists . —Private letters have been received from several of the exiled Chartists in America , dated New York , April 5 th , which state that a meeting was to be held m that city on the 7 th of the same month ; to discuss " the Progress » nd Pro 3 pects of Chartism . " Messrs . Rowcastle and Devices , late of the Northern Liberator ; Mr . P . Bussey . late delegate to tbe National Convention ; Mr . Thornton , of Bradford , and several other individuals from Scotland , Wales , &c , were announced to take part in the proceedings . Upwards of forty Chartist ? , who have left their native land , have taken refuge in the United States . Some of the Americas papers have taken up tbe cause of Chartism in Gr « ii Britain .
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BEAUTIES OF THE POOR LAW IN DEVONSHIRE . ( From our man Correspondent . ) On Friday , the 24 th of April , a child waa brought from the South Molton Poor-house by its mother , for the purpose of exposing tj the public of that town the inhuman stripes inflicted on its infant hack and Shoulders , by the h-tndi of that -bloodthirsty monster , the < fbverBor . * It appears that the cruel schoolmistress , ( late a
pauper herself in the Poor-house , with children , ) having discovered-some slight filth in the child's bed , sent It to the Governor to be punished , considering , of course , tliat a pnnishni 6 nt from her own hand would be far from the severity deserved ; therefore it was sent * as before stated , to the Governor , who , with , the hands of a monster , as he was , inflicted such inhuman stripes on its infant body , as made the whole town shudder with tbo sight , and turned many individuals inveterate !? against the whole Poor Law system that had hitherto considered it a prudent and even an excellent measure .
A few hoars after the chHd had been shewn to the public , the inhuman spark ( the Governor ) ventured into the town ; but now revenge was at hand , for in a Tew minutes the report was universal , and numbers of the poorer classes ( women ) had entirely surrounded a shop lie had entered , perhapa for refuge , where they continually bullied and threatened him to this effect — " G'fcetne t'thee parish , you Morchard tyrant ; " " Thee kno " a tbee'rt a' come dowa here f starve th * poor ;" " Us'll drub th when thee go ' s home , b'mby , " and such like expressions . Sometimes' they were told by
individuals to be off , ortuey would be all taken up : of ttese threats they Would take but little notice , answering them again with Hold thee tongue , " ' What odds fthee , " " Us ahl stay here sa' long ' s es like ; " aad bo they did stay , threatening him ( the Governor ) with such vigour , that they made the parties in tho shop consider it necessary , I suppose , to send for constibles , feT the purpose of guarding" the delinquent to his domain , the I ' oor-house . iBe tbat as H may ; constables tame ami guarded him home , but not without the salute ef horse-dung and stones on his way thither .
The following Monday , ( April 27 th , ) a Justice meeting was held at the Guildhall , where the Governor was present to be tried for hia inhuman . 'Ae £ T 9 datiou . The
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CESSATION OP HOSTILITIES WITB NAPLES . Official intelligence from Kaples , of the 29 th , confirms the fact of the cessation of hostilities contained in the following extract : — "Tho Sun contains a letter from Naples of the 2 Cth u't , to the following effect : — ' Hostilities are at an end . The mediation of France ia accepted . It has been agreed that the ombargo shall be taken off , aad the mutual captures restored . Mr Temple has even offered to release immediately those which are in keeping of tho English squadron . The friendly intercourse between the British embassy and Neapolitan Government is renewed ; and tbe negotiations will be carried on at Paris . The Maria Christina , Neapolitan Bttampacket , will resume her voyages , and start in two daya for Marsdllea . '"
LATEST CHINA NEWS . { From the Bombay Gazette , March 31 . J The Singapore Free Press , of the 20 th of Feb ., received here yesterday , ( in seventeen days from Singapore , ) brings intelligence from Canton to the 20 lh . jn January . Aif Imperial edict was issued on the 5 th , declaring the English to be outlawed , ordering tbe trade with our nation to be immediately and entirely stopped ; and threatening tho severest punishment to anV oilier people who conveyed or disposed of EnglJ 8 Bji ; ood 3 , ; ThiB ediofcivaa issued in consequence oi her Majesty ' s ships Tfyacinth and Volage having commenced , as it is saiu , the horrors of war . Another iraperial' edict applauded the valour displayed by ¦ Admiral Kwan and the officers and ships of war in the action withihe Votage&nd the Hyacinth
off Chumpse on the 3 rd of JNovember last . The Emperor is highly pleased with the conduct of the veteran Kwau , who , according to bis Majesty ' s edict , valiantly faced the enemy ' s fire , leaning gracefully'but boldly against the mast of bis junk during the engagement . His Majesty promises the Admiral that , if iu sis engagements ( including the one at Chumpee ) against the English he is equally successful , he is to be raised six steps in rank ; aud equal promotion is held out to other officers who shall , on six different occasions , when fighting against the English , be victorious . Mr . Uribble- was released from confinement at Canton , on the 14 th , and is expected to arrive outs de in the Thotnas Coutts . Her Majesty ' s ships Volage and Hyacinth are blockading the Boguo until , ib ia presumed , Mr . Gribble ' s arrival there .
Captains Smith and Elliott , when walking on shore one day near Chumpee , were nearly taken by a number of Chinese soldiers , had not their swift retreat and the guns from the Queen's cutter , bearing upon their pursuers ; saved them . It is very singular , but it ia stated to be a fact , that the Commissioners sent to tbo frigates at the Bogue a present of beef and cabbages , which was not , however , accepted . A remarkable edict hadteeen issued from the Commisioner and Hoppo , vsho , being disappointed at not being likely to get ' aay duties from throe American ships which had entered the port empty , caused the Hoppo to visit the-ships in person , ana finding that , though without cargo , the ships had not brought funds eufSine&t ia dollars wherewithal to to purchase a homa-oaxgo , these dollars are to be
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 9, 1840, page unpage, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2683/page/1/
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