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{ £ Tt & cur *»» Vtrr & pot & tta . ) Dublin , 27 th Dee . & W 0 BD » IHB BEADSBS OP SEE SOBtHERS EIAB —! EE cesBcros act—the casilk ukask—the eilkehst ELSCnOS—UOSB ODTKA 6 M . In closing my labours ft / the expiring year , I . in Eiy capacity as' Dublin Correspondent' of the Norshehs Stab , beg to make a "few observations to the readers . s . nd particularly to the . Iri » h readers , of that excellent journal . 2 will net occupy their attention very long , nor would I presume to obtrude myself at all upon their notice were it not that I learn with sgrae degree of pais that my communications to the Ssar have been mads a subject fo ? ^ misrepresentation , and unjust censure witb . certain parties , in this citv . Now , I wish it to be distinctly
understood , that with regard to those individuals , I am quite indifferent as to what they say of my correspondence . Bat , lest others might be misled by their onfair animadversions , I think it due to niyielf to offer a lew remarks on my past career , and , at tke same time , to point out the leading features by which my future correspondence with that popular public organ ¦ will be distinguished . It is very painful to my feelings tfcat I must bring myself before the public , or occupy the time or attention of my readers , even for in instant , vet when a necessity has arisen . I am willing to sacrifice my inclinations to the vindication cf my character , and is so doing , I fondly hope for the approval and sympathy of my many thousands of
readers . In the first place , I am maligned as a tradncer of the Irish peasantry , and as a proof theteof . those people point to the great avidity with which I report to the Star , the numerous murders and outrages which have unhappily been perpetrated in Ireland within toe last three months . Now , a more silly accusation could not be made against a man ' s character than this . Those murders and outrages were no fabrication . They did occur . I never reported a case of murder to the Stab of the actual perpetration of which I was not positively certain , and I made it & rule not to allude to any murder on hearsay or verba ! rumour , though several instances of such came within my hearing—some of which were afterwards found io be only too . true . With respect to minor
outrages , I seldom remarked on them at all . They ¦ we re too numerous and , unfortunately , any person reared in Ireland ! must be too familiar with ' offences against law and mortality , to look on their perpetration with surprise , or consider them in any other ¦ view , than as at most a « nine days * wonder ! ' Betides , those crimes and murders constitute , and will ever constitute , a prominent > ositioa in the history of Ireland at the present period . There is not a newspaper or public print in the united kingdom—from the iron clifis of Kerry to the wind-lashed shores of Caithness—which does not j re-echo the death-cry of those ill-fated victims of the Irish ; assassin . Why . should I then shrink from reporting them to that journal with which I was connected , and the proprietor of which was paying tae for my communications ?
Heaven knows it was in no unfriendly spirit I commented on tkoee heart-rending occurrences , for I love my countrymen too weli to wish to malign them . I knew too well the crying injustices perpetrated against them , and the reckless eruelty with ^ hich they were treated , and though my soul might sicken , ray heirt woaid fain pardon the infuriated peasant for his misdeed—even though I heard the explosion of his murderous carbine , or saw his rough feand crimsoned with his victim ' s blood . Hence , when I reaorted these tragedies , it was merely as a matter of coarse , or , if any other feeling predominated , it was to show that the tranquillity of Ireland could cot be effected bycoereien , or tyrannical
enactments ; and that the greater portion of Irish insubordination was solely attributable to the rapacity , and injustice , and heartlessness of those from whom ¦ we ou-: ht naturally to expect sympathy and protection . It is well-known , too , that the Northers Stab is a warm advocate for the rights of Ireland , and that the Irish peasantry have not on earth a mere feitbful friend than the pioprietor of that journal—3 ! r Feargus O'Connor . Away , then , with the ridiculous assumption that the * Dublin Correspondent ' of the Stab is , by reporting , or the gentlemen presidios at that paper by publishing , the * Black List ' of Irish crime , acting directly , or Indirectly , in any manner hostile or unfriendly to tbe interests of Ireland .
In the next place , it is said that my feelings are t « o ranch in favour ot" the' Old Ireland , ' and that I am , as far as in me lies , inimical to the * Young Ireland * party , and the principles which they advocate . These are mistakes also . In 1843 , when Ireland was awake , and her sons firm and united in the cause of their country , I became a member of the Repeal Association—and I gloried in being enrolled in that mighty band , which , I fondly hoped , was to achieve the galvatiin of my native isle , and who might hare done so , had they remained faithful to their vew—uncorrupted by the temptation of Whig patronage , and uncontaminated by the glare of British gold . Subsequently , I fell away from tbe Repeal Association , for I discovered that Irishmen must sooner or later look elsewhere for the means of rescuing
themselves from the trammels of misrule , and the evils ander which they writhed . The ' Irish Confederation , ' olt ' as 'Youfiglreland , ' sprang up , nndtheprinjsplei which they professed to adopt , and the system which , they eked out as their iine of policy , in a . ereat measure ! seemed good and creditable . But thei arty goon b ? gan to make itself ridiculous . Wise and reecectable men kept aloof from the new oreanisation . The Catholic clergy denounced their doctrines as calculated to excite hopes which conld not be realized , and dlssemi-iate th « feeds of sedition and revolution smoni'st the people . No man possessing influence on the public mind , or having the wisdem , orexperien . ee , or weight of character necessary for a nation ' s chief , appeared at the councils of' Young Ireland . ' People d : d not ehioie to commit their hopes and chances to
the keeping ofa few raw , inexperienced , hair-brained young men ; and the remit is that , up to this , the tains , so far as having effected any practical good , or 25 likely to effect any , has been a complete failure . In my letters te fche Northers Stab , I have sometimes spoken in terms not perhaps eo explicit , bnt wm ' rt'iine similar to those which I now use- Hence , some have tak-n umbrage , aad would fai « have it that I am an ' Old Irelander , ' and hostile t « the 5 jrowss of tke principles of 'Tonne Irelandism . ' Well , I am neither an' Old' or' Young Irelander . ; ' I love my country , and would wish her happy , and nnigpsroas . and free ; but I am fully convinced that neither the ' place-beggars' of Conciliation-hall , or
the spouters of the Rotundo , can restore our fallen land , or raise her to her proper position amongst the fiitiens of the earth . Other hands must do the work . Jealousies , bickering , and party squabbles must be laid aside . Irishmen must unite , not only with each ether , but aho with their English fellow-subjects . They must nuke common cause with each other , and ferget ail rivalry of r * ce an- ! creed . When they ttu < to-operate , and say with one voice , ' We hust be Fkee , ' theirchains will drop asunder ; empty bravado ¦ will so more be heard in the Dublin Rotundo , and Conciliation-hall . traitors and beggars will no longer have a ' barter' to give in exchange for the gold of the once-hafed , 'base , bloody , and brutal' Sassaaaehl
To recapitulate , I do not emblazon the crimes of my countrymen with any treacherous or basemotivr . I do ss merely for the reasons I have stated . I am cot an 'Old Irelander , ' for I look en the greater number of tke Conciliation-ball' stars , ' as cheats and Bars , and craven cowards , uawiHisg , as they are in * competent , to serve their betrayed country . I eschew Young Ireland' because they do not go sensibly , and wisely , and prudently , and silent !} to work . They eponb and talk too ranch , and ' show their teeth when tkej know well they dare not bite . ' Hence , no prao » tieal , soundlmlnded man can rely on them , or involve fiimselfin tha responsibilities of their organisation . I have no personal ill-will to any individual in either party , and would be sorry to give pain to the meanest ef them all but I say again , I have no confidence in
them , and shall not shrink from expressing my © pinions concerning them as public men , when ever opportunity may offer , or occasion require . * Truth may be blamed , but never can be shamed / Another word and I am done . Since I became connected with the Northern Stab , it has teen ray study to make my communications as impartial and truthful as possible . It was my object to 'extenuate nothing * nor ' aught get down In malice . ' I flattered none . I gave Berit where I considered it deserved , and if I have occasionally laid stripes on others , they never were administered where they were net richly earned . Sy these principles I purpose to be governed in III J future as well as in my past career . I never will flatter any man . Though I was often in Munster I
never was at Blarney ! nor administered a kiss to the far famed Blarney stone ; 'justice to all—favour to none' ever was and . ever will be tny * shibboleth . * I will never shrink from tellins ; the truth , and though 1 may incur censure for so doing , I will feel strengthened by the reflection that ' truth is powerful and oust prevail . ' My future letters to the Star shall be eore accurately compiled—richer inmatter and more ictereatins-in manner than those already published . 2 know Ireland and tbe Irish' intimately , and that knowledge shall ba made subservient to the imparting of agreeable and useful information to my readers . It will be my pleasure—a labour of love , indeedto amuse as well as impart' news , ' and whilst faithfully chronicling the events of the day , to make Bjselfa welcome weekly guest to the lovers of the dulte as well as to the lovers of the ulikA
I prophesied , many a day-ago , tbat the Coercion law would become the panacea for Irish destitution , and time has proved that I did not err in my conjectures . I well knew th * om mtu of our Saxon rulers topto .-irehnd . and Iknew ^ even better , the 'metal ' ofthemeniTliowereto resist these measures , and who were to'die on the fleer of the House of Comttons . rather tkanpermit a Martial Law for Ireland . We are already treated to ajdosefof our tranquilltsing * SS & * « r T ow ao fewer th ten of thl thirty-two counties of Ireland are proclaimed as in a state of lawless insubordination , ^ , of course .
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entitled to the benefits rf Coercioa . On the 23 rd ult . the ukase was issued from onr vioe-regal councilohambe ^ nd ^ lie ^ wiiple- ^ f ; thfl ^ saantiea . of ^ -iiimeriek and Tipperary , three baronies in the county Longford , four baronies in the King ' s county , two ia Wsterford , three iu Cavan , two in Cork , three iu Leitrim , six in Roscommon , and seven in Clare are enjoying tbe blessings of Coercion , in addition to the luxuries of hungry stomach * , naked backs , and gutted cabins . Verily , the new year , 1848 , finds Ireland miserable , beyond conception—where will Ireland be in twelve months more ? Fallen beyond redemption or ' np and stirring !'
On Saturday , the 18 th ult ., Mr Michael Sullivan , a native of Kilkenny , was elected without a contest , to represent his native city in Parliament , vice John O'Connell , " who gits fer the city of the broken treaty , ' in preference to the « smokeless' Queen of the ' mudless'Nore . What a pity { so it was ) Mr Sullivan was not present at the division on the Irish Coercion Bill . I am sure if he did not' die on the floor' out and out , be would , at ell events , go within the prod of a battle * of the pates of death ! Indeed , faith ! he would , so he would ! It is rumoured that Mr Fagan , M . P . for Cork , is already sick of St Stephens , and resigns his seat in favour of his brother-in-law , Mr M'Carthy . Very like , indeed , and St Stephens would be a much honester p lace than it is if a good many other Irish members would ' die on the floor' there , or abandon it for ever .
So tbe Jews are to be' what they like henceforward in the'home of the brave and the free '^ -old England . The Jew!—he who denies Christianitythe descendant of those who shed the blood of Jesus —Is cared for . and cherished , and respected , and recognised in England , while the unfortunate Irishman is trampled on , and crushed , and buffetted in the land of his nativity . Good God ! But we do grudge the Jews to be emancipated . We envy them not their good fortane . They are from the same Creative , Almighty hand with ourselves , and should not be persecuted tor their conscientious opinions ; but if Paddy had as much of the ' brass' as the Jews he would never hear tell of Coercion . 'Poverty makes us acquainted with strange bedfellows , ' and if we were as 'rich as Jews' we would be long ago made partakers of the benefits and blessines of great and glorious and happy English connexion !
The murderer still plies his frightful trade in Ireland . On Sunday , the 19 th ult ., a man named Henly was shotdead near his own residence in the county of Mays , and on the same night Major M'Lane was fired at , near Shannon Harbour , in the county cf Galrray . On the same day , Mr William Talbot , of Mount Talbot , in the county Roscommon , was fired at by an armed party , who way-laid him in his own demense , on his return from chureh . So much for coercive measures in restoring tranquillity ! and so mueh | for the ' gratification' of ithe sapient dunder-head of the Glasgow Examinee , and others of his'kidney . ' Wishing the Northers Stab a brilliant run through the forthcoming year , and praying that this time twelvemonths may find us all better and wiser men , I conclude my labours until this day week !
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An extraordinary Gazette was issued on Friday , containing notifications from the Lord Lieutenant , signed by the Chief Secretary , appointing officers to grant licences for tbe possession of carrying of arms in the prealaitned districts . Coush op Leitriu . —The Lohopord Journal of Saturday states , that on Wednesday night last , an armed party attacked the house ot a pensioner from the band of the Longford Militia , named Leary , residing about five miles from that town , in the county ef Leitrim , near Dramlish , and shot him dead , sitine at his own fire . On receiving the shot , his body fell upon the fire , where it was found much burned . Newport , Tipperae ? . —On Sunday , a miller , named M'Mahon . in the employment of Mr O'Neill , merchant , of Limerick , oa his way heme from mass , was knocked down by a blow from a , loaded stick , administered by a scoundrel from whose pockets protruded the butts of pistols . The assassin , seeinghis victim senseless and weltering in bis blood , made off .
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A VOICE FROM TIPPERARY . County Tipperary , December jflth , 1847 . TRUTH SOT TKKASOK— ' ARMS AKD THE MEN * —' iHK CATTLE 01 A THOUSAKD HILLS' AEB IHE FSOPLE ' s' IRELASB ASiriS , '—AHD IRISH ' PATRIOTS AS IHET ABB . ' Doge . —For what , then , flo they pause ! J . Bzb . — ..... An hour to strike . Doce ( aside ) . —Saint Mark ' s shall strike that hour 2 J . Bee . — . I now have placed ' My life , my honour , my all earthly hopes Within thy power , bat in the firm belief That injuries li & eonrs , sprung from one cause , Will generate one vengeance : should it be so .
Be our chief now—onr sovereign hereafter . Dose op Vesice , Act 1 , scene 2 nd , p . 93 . I write not treason . I speak not sedition , but I simply declare the truth . A nation , like an individual , bears and suffers , but thinks and waits also . So it was frem the beginning , so it is , and so it ever shall be . A man who writes thus may be called * a sentimentalist , ' better suited to act the part of chaperon to a small tea party of ladies , than to debate on his country ' s wrongs , —but is it so ? I think not . To be a man is to be a patriot ; to be the latter is to be one of the noblest specimens of created generosity . A patriot thicks of his fellow-men , and acts but tor their welfare . Singular enough ! To be a lover of one ' s country in these venal times is to be a
' rara mis in terra . People think so ; Irishmen are but toe well convinced on the subject . The Irish are suffering what no other people ever suffered . They are the victims of a double cruelty , persecution and famine ; they are the objects of a double robbery , landlord eviction and government taxes . The Ru ' s . sian ukase , begotten of despotism , and forged by tyranny , is mild and tolerant when compared te our code of glorious laws . Absolute monarchy , even though vested in the beastly despot , Nicholas , is but a toy to pfay with when compared to the Coercion Bill of base , brutal , and bloody Whig creation . Bah 1 Whig and Liberal are but synonimous with tyrant and despot . Whig vacillation is despicable , —Repeal treachery is nauseous , —Conservative consistency is honestl Give me Sir Robert Peel before Russell , —Lord George Bentinck before John
O'Connell . Morgan 0 Connell is the boy ; he is the spes gregis , the flower of the nobility of Irish traitors ; the charioteer of the five-pound patriots ; the edification of the Whigs and the admired one of Billon Browne and Grattan . ' Freh caritJinversiquemores . ' Ton see I am classical on subjects . They afford one such a feast . They are pregnant with so much pure patriotism . Well now , Mr Browne , poor whellow , but I am super surprised at your unpurchaseable purity , we never will find its like until the Greek Kalends . Oh ! then , sure after that we onghfc never stop nor stay until we decree a statue tn you in Conciliation Hall , and a civic crown to your brow ; unless , indeed , you assert your patriotism is too lofty to admit of even sueh trifling recompenses . Bah ! Mr Browne , yen are a traitor . Ireland knowa yon now . Take an advice go home to Mayo , get a place and pension , and thank God you had a country to sell .
Grattan , too , he went to parliament ; for whatoh ! of course to support tenant-right , repeal , and all the other et ceteras . No more , Henry , will you have causa to say , as you said at the National Council , that the enemies of Ireland hate the name of Grattan . ' No . faith ! they need do so no more . Grettan ' s remains are dishommred in the tomb . His son has defiled the hero ' s grave . The son dug another sod to press on the grave where Irish independence was buried , o ' er which the father ' s tears were abundantly poured out . John O'Connell , too , though he did not exactly go bo far as the others in the game of deception , yet he also forgot his country , and voted for Ireland ' s degradation . He went for food , foodand he helped to give us coercion in lieu ef it . He went , and they sang of him as follows : —
Ob : oh : he is gone , . Oar beads are knocked about . Oh ! he ' s gone , Does his mother knew he's out . It seems he ' a gone to Lord John Bu « seU , We have reasen to bewail , For he left ns in a pazz ' e for the aoup and yellow meal , Sup . it np ! Eupitnp ! 'twill blow yoar belly oat ; 'Twill cure you of tbe gravel , the chin-congh , and the gont . But I hope he is reformed . I trust experience has changed his notions of Whig benignity , and that in future he will not be dazzled with the trappings of
goTernment favour . Let him come back and work for his country , not as a leader , not as a dabbler in polemic ? , but as an honest Irishman who loves his country . Let him return and re-consecrate ' Conciliation Hall . ' Let him erect within an altar , where aU may worship , an altar for politics , not for polemlea ; the latter must be eschewed . To succeed , it is necessary to forget in the hall of liberty , that religion exists . Let man leave to churchmen the regulation of such matters ; it is their province , not his . He can support their views in parliament , but not in a hall sacred to national liberty , —consecrated alike bv the libations of Protestant and Catholic Irishmenpoured out on the altar of national love' '
But , Irishmen , do not forget the O'Gorraan Mahon . tie , too , forgot old times , and v oted for his country ' s shame . Twere pityfal to look upon such a man doing such an act . He was true to Ireland once , what came o ' er him latel y ? Perhaps old wounds opened , and he thought of bitter things . But he should think of nought but his country . Hesbould not trust too much to popular forbearatce , ; iest he should be constrained to say with honest Don Juan : like Lucifer hurl'd from Heaven for tinning Onr sin the same , and hard as his to mend , ' Being pride which leads the mind to soar too far , Till oar own weakness . shows us what we era . But I mast return to Ireland . I write on the eve ot a great and jovous festival—a irlnrim ,. —
always celebrated , with great belat among all people who have received and adopted Christian revelation . It was a Rasa ? of mirth , and ns 6 d to ba a time «
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feasting in Ireland . Will it be se this season ?¦ ¦ Alsa . «; no . The anniversary ef a Saviour ' s birth raaBfpasB away - -8 BiGBff-the ^ gmter ^ nmbercMrisbmeiir ' -WT marked by anythin g save mourning and desolation . How happens this I It is singular . Yes , indeed it is , but yet it must be . Turnip tops and herbs can not make a dainty dish to honour Christmas-day with . A mnd hovel , a fireless hearth , a chairless floor , a fcetid atmosphere , cannot permit . merriment to pass over the thresbhold of a once-happy homestead . An emaciated b . ing—a half-starved skeleton—a mass of living pestilence—a coerced slave—a memory ot bygone ha ppiness—ofjoyousdays . spentamoBghappyand dear companions ; cannot—won't admit of pleasure .
It would be unnatural . No , rather let such as these go to the site of the home where they were born—let them gas ? upon the blackened and roofless walls—let them think of the wife who was doomed to destruction , and sent forth on the dunghill or by the hedgeside to die ; and all that to gratify a landlord ' s avarice . Let them go to the corner of that pulled-down dwelling , let them kneel on the spot where their parents died , and were waked in plenty—where their children were born . Let them offer up prayers for all , let them weep o ' er the dead , and if they be men , let them pant tor vengeance . Let them swear by the heavens above them , that but . if asked why they paused—let them answer for an hour to strike . The Co-ercion Bill shall toll it .
Persecution generates vengeance . So It ever shall . Christmas will pass over thus ; the old year will end thus and a new one open thus ; and before its termination God knows what may happen ; surely it is not possible for people to be quiet for ever under grievances sueh as ours . Tho worm trodden upon turns and bites , so do enslaved nations . It is only natural . But I predict not . ... Our fcrte here is gone , hope exists no longer ; and the following fact will prove that some at least are resolved not to starve while there ' s food to be had . A man named Flannery got himself relieved of the
burden of seven fheep and shelter , and several farmers have , within tbe last few days , found themselves minus sheep , heifers , and cows . The special commission for Limerick , it is said , is to take place immediately after Christmas ; surely tho first week in January . The Lord-Lieutenant is behaving genteel towards the police in these parts , Ilia Excellency is every other day awarding sums of money to these worthies , as premiums for their activity . Lord bless him ! it would be much better to send these sums to the Kenmare poorhouee , against which there are no leas than seven writs forthesum of £ 2 , 500 .
On Monday last , a shot was fired into the house of a land-bailiff named McCarthy , on the estate of W . ; N . Lee , Esq ., Killonshaw , by a fellow called Hinchy . He was captured by the bailiff and his children , who pursued him and handed him over to the authorities . In the King ' s County , the office of Captain Bernard , one of his Excellency ' s staff , was broken into by an armed party , who robbed the steward , and tore all the books . The gallant captain is determined to close up his castle and retire to England . Edward Fitzgerald , one of the carriers between Limerick and Castletown Conyers . was stopped by three countrymen , who deprived him of some tseal , stating they only wanted a little to eat , and not to injure him or his property . I am happy to inform you that the murderers of the Rev . Mr Lloyd have been come at , and ten of the conspirators . I trust the law will deal with them as they deserve .
On Saturday night week last , another barbarous and revolting murder was committed near Lisnam * rock , in the colliery district , The unfortunate victim , a man named St John , went to a neighbour ' s house , and was dragged out by four armed ruffians , who murdered him outside the door . The particulars or causes of the murder are not known as yet . Several persons charged with murder havo been arrested , and the government officers have returned to Dublin . It is expected we will have the commission at once for the trial of the persons ia prison for murder . The calendar is very weighty in this county . . On Saturday last , the resident mapistrate of this district , W . Regan , Esq ., accompanied by sub-inspec tor Fosberry , proceeded to Rathroman , and , with the police , gave chase to a party of eight fellows , who fired shots into the house of Mr P . Murphy , and deprived carriers of four sacks of flour . The ruffians escapedbut lost the flour .
, The Master of the Mint has generously sent £ 800 to Dungarvan , for the relief of tbe poor . The times are getting good . The wealth of the rich is seldom so employed . The weather for the last week has been terrific . The Suir has overflowed its banks , and inundated the lands all round . Such floods have not been remembered since tbe year 1825 . A fine young fellow , named Pat Kirwin , was shot by the discharge of a pistol which he had in his pocket , and which exploded , wounding him in the thigh and abdomen . He died in 'the evening .
The ruffian , Hogaa , whom I mentioned before is one of an armed party who attacked the house of a man named Hackett , and who was charged with the murder of Mr Waller , and other abominable deeds has turned Queen ' s evidence in the county gaol , at Nenagh , where I announced to you he was located for his part in the melee at Hackett ' s of Denaraohill . The spy and informer have a fine field . for their traffic now , and they seem determined to make a golden harvest . A vote of censure was passed , on Thursday evening last , on the committee of the Clonmel Mechanics ' Institute , by the members assembled at a general
meeting , for the uncourteous and uncivil way the committee refused to meet the members' wishes on tome matters connected with the future government of the institute . I never witnessed sueh a signal triumph of democracy . It was worthy men who desire to think and act as men would , and not as tyrants would dictate . They , the mechanics of the town , showed arbitrary dictation in committee was not a bolus to physic them , however skilful at compounding the hand which dared administer it . I would dwell longer upon this subject , but I wish to keep 8 pac «> for any fresh intelligence that may reach before post hour .
There was a general illumination at Nenagh , at the convalescence of N- U . Bayly , Esq ., who , a few weeks since , was shot at , and narrowly escaped assassination . The demonstration gave great offence to Protestant and Catholic , who looked upon it as unusual and uncalled for . On Friday the poor broke into the Cashel Workhouse , and the relieving officer , Mr Wayland , ran upstairs to the board-room , and called out , addressing the Rev . Mr Ryan , C . C : ' Father John , for God ' ssake , come down , the poor neople have broken into the house ; if you do not interfere and keep them quiet , there will be murder . ' Mr Ryan refused to interfere—he said : ' There was a time when I or any priest would interfere , but the lying and scoundrel members of
the Saxon 'legislature have said that the priests only interfere to ' denounce and mark out a victim for slaughter . Lord Farnham might have me tried fer my life for speaking of murder at all ; and as long as I live I will never take the trouble I . did heretofore , to save the lives of oppressive landlords and agents , and unfeeling poor law guardians . ' Mr Ralph B . Osborne is accused of the most scoundrel cruelty towards the tenants of his amiable and ! good . lady . His accuser is the Rev . Michael O'Connor , P . P ., Kigobinet , ' . county ofWaterford ; the reverend gentleman makes out and substantiates a ease which is clear enough , if uncontradicted . Certain it is his ( Mr Osborne ' s ) agent is greatly disliked . Whether these charges against Mr Osborne
be true or not , it is quite certain there was no . thing like complaint previous to his coming over as landlord . He should take care , English though he be , Hemight be taught a little civility here , as I believe he is not bullet proof . Mr O'Connor brings forward tbe card ofa poor man named Lonergan , whom Mr Osborne evicted and turned out ef his house and lands , when the man was after reclaiming a large tract of mountain , and was quite able to pay his rent . Speaking of the mountain tract he reclaimed , Mr O'Connor says . g' Little ipoor Lonergan thought , whilst he was exhausting the blood from his veinswhilst labouring under the scorching heat ofa summer s sun , with a crow-bar , spade , and pickaxe , the only implements , that could be available to create a mould upon such barren waste , that he was making an enduring property for the Osborne family , and so transitory in its beneficial results to himself . ' Another dreadful and atrocious murder has just
been committed in the county of Limerick , at Lodge , within a mile of Hospital , on Thursday last . A respectable farmer , named Murphy , was the victim . He was at Bruff , the early part of Thursday , where he disposed of a large quantity of butter , in order to be able to meet hia rent next day , due to Lord Ken . mard . Some time previous he received notice to prepare his coffin , if he dared pay rent to his landlord . Shortly after he retired to bed on Thursday night last , he was awakened by an armed band of ruffians , who got in secretly and possessed themselves of £ 37 in notes . They then were about decamping , when Murphy , struggling to retain his property , received two shots , and was immediately killed . Mr Fagan , M . P . for Cork , 'is going to retire , when his brotherin-law , Mr M'Carthy , is to seek the sepresentation . Richard Penefather . Esq ., Darling-hill , Clonmel , is to be High Sheriff for Tipperary this year ; John Maher , Esq ., Tullemain Castle , having declined the office .
Captain Baldwin , M . P ., is to be High Sheriff for the King ' s County . There are one hundred and twenty prisoners to be tried in Limerick , at the Special Commission , and thei'o are four hundred and twenty ia gaol there . TheCeurtsitson the 3 rd of January . The Judges are to be Chief Justice Blackburne and Baron Pigot . On Saturday , Mr Sullivan , of Inch , was returned for Kilkenny , without opposition . He is a Repealer . Tipperary is rather quiet just now .. There were never more arms purchased than . within these lew days past , God knows for what . The public mind is rather agitated at the approach of the' commission . ' I . fear it will but badly secure the peace of the county . Coercion and commission are sorry remedies for starvation , however we will see . Limerick is in a ferment , —it seema tbat the good people there
A Voice From Tipperary. County Tipperary...
shan't be fri gbten & a by © oeroioB . Clare is aot much better ; oHdlTippe rary is breathing . Poor-law are fearing for their lives ; and the poor on the . ?« . ^ Vfor mfme means to get food . It u hard to eay Stendcomea foremost . Each , new ¦ Ajjmjmsttfe more gloomy aspect * . Ireland betrayed is becoming more desperate . It is a sore misfortune thatshe has not the valuable assistance of Mr O'Connor in her present trying difficulties ; if her evicted eons had hfmas . reVoge ,- !/ they could take him asitbeir protector when turned out to starve , -oh ! if bis Land
property system were but in force here , what misery would it not preveht ,-what horrors would it not avoid , —what benefits would it not confer on the evicted tenant . Alas t tor poor Ireland that she lost his brilliant services ; she will enree those who drove fcimlrom her . But Hrust there ia yet bope . He did her material servico in the late Repeal debate , — he struck many a home blow in her favour on the Coercion debate , —he worked well for ber , the people know that . Others may abuse him for doing what they should do , but their calumnies are lig ht . Ireland appreciates his services—she honours and reveres him . ^____ Z . T . 0 .
The Mirfield Murders. Last Week M'Cahe A...
THE MIRFIELD MURDERS . Last week M'Cahe and Reid were tried and found guilty of the murder of Caroline Ellis , and sentenced to death . Reid has since acknowledged his guilty and the following is his confession : — That on the day tho murders were committed h « went to Mr Wraith ' s house about twenty . five mlnutee to one o ' clock—that he conversed with the servant girl , Caroline Ellis , about five minutes—that he then took out the soldertogdron he bad that day borrowed from a person named Kilty , and had eoncealed in hia basket , and struck Caroline Ellis a severe blow oa the back of the head . She shrieked out and staggered to tho back door , when be struck her again and felled her to the ground , and Mr Wraith cominjf at that moment from the cellar into the DBBsaffo which connects the hitcnen whh the two front
parlours , with a silver pint containing beer in his hand , be ( Reid ) struck him a violent Mow on the head with tha iron , in doing which the iron flew from the handle , and Mr Wraith staggered into tbe parlour . Reid then returned and got the kitchen pokir , ran to the parlour , and mot M ** Wraith running out to tho ( rant door . Hs then struck her two or three blows on the head , and felled her to the ground . He went into the parlour , and Mr Wraith then lay bleeding on the floor itnonsibfe . He rifled his pockets and took bis keys out , and opened the drawers with them . He then beard a knock at the kitchen deor , which he thought was Caroline Ellis getting np . He went to ihe kitchen and found her perfectly still , and again returned . Be then got soma money out of the drawers , took the watch from Mr Wralth , * nd the ring from Mrs Wraith ' s finger , and then heard another knock at the door . He therefore went to tho door and
¦ lightly opened It , when he saw the other prisoner , M'Cahe , who inquired if they wanttrt anything in his Jfoe , aad he ( Reid ) replied 'No , elr ; ' and tbiokimj K'Cabe was a stranger , and would not recognise him , ho ehut aad bolted the door . He then returned and ransacked the drawers , and found in them a raaor case containing two rators , with one of which he cut the throats of the three parties . Ho afterwords washed bis hands and wiped them upon the towel , loft the house , locked the kitchen door , threw tbe soldering iron and the key into the well near the back door , and then hurried to . wards bit own home .
This statement Reid corroborated after he was removed to the condemned cell , and consequently a proper representation will be made to Sir George Grey for the liberation of M'Cabe . _ Iu consequence of a communicationrmade by Mr Justice Patteaen , relative to the case -f Michael M'Cabe , now under sentence of death in York Castle , for murder , the Secretary o f State has advised the Queen to respite the prisoner .
Successful Industry Ofa Labourer. [The F...
SUCCESSFUL INDUSTRY OFA LABOURER . [ The following article appeared in the ' Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England , ' and was transferred to the fifth number ( new series ) of ' Chambers ' s Edinburgh Journal , Saturday , February 3 rd , 1844 —D . Sxew / sw , Manchester . ] The following interesting ease of successful industry is furnished by a correspondent to tho 'Journal of She Royal Agricultural Society of England . * In passing through Norfolk lately I met with such a remarkable and pleasing instance of successful industry tbat I think the particulars may interest the members of the Royal Agricnltnral Society . Edward Chancy , of Carlton Rjode , eleven , miloa gouth-caafc of Norwich , aged 49 years , was brought home to his parish about twenty years ago , with a family of six children ; the overseers granted him an allowance of half-acrown per week , and supplied him with a wheelbarrow , desiring him to'find
employment in wheeling out marl from the pit to tho land . He obtaided work of this sort from a farmer in a neighbouring parish , who , finding him a sensible and industrious man , kindly lent him money to buy a donkey , and afterwards a pony , which he repaid from the produce of bis labour . Some time afterwards , by the advice and assistance of the same kind friend , he engaged to rent fonr acres of land belonging to the parish in which he was settled . This undertaking proving successful , he hired 24 acres more nine years ago last Michaelmas ; two years ago he engaged 23 acres more ( fourteen of arable and nine of fen land ) , with a dwelling-house and buildings : tbe following year , 22 acres niore—and he has recently added another 21 acres to his occupation , making in all 93 acres—the four acres belonging to the parish having been taken from him when he hired the other land . In order to stock these
different parcels of land , he was of course under the necessity of borrowing money , but by industry and good management he has been enabled to pay it off , and ia mow free as the world (?) . To make bis history still more remarkable , he has brought up a family of fourteen children , and buried two others . Tho circumstances of the case , as I heard them related , appeared to me so extraordinary , that I was induced to go over to Carlton to see the land , and to inquire into thesystem pursued with eucb admirable results . I found that Chaney bos two sons grown up and married , who work for him as day labourers , and three unmarried , who also work for him ; in addition , he sometimes employs two or three other hands . He has five working horses , besides a brood mare and foal , nine breeding sows and a boar , five milch eowe
and nine young cattle of different ages : I did not see any sheep . I could not find that he adopts any regularsystem of cropping , but the appearanceof his crops bore testimony to the high condition of the land , though originally , I was informed , of inferior quality . The great secret of his good management aud extraordinary success seems to be in a very liberal application of manure , and of labour in improving the soil . He told me that he never sells any barley , beans , or peas , but devotes hie whole growth of these to the feeding of stock , chiefly hogs , of which he fattens a great number . The particulars of this ease are so extraordinary , that I should scarcely have given credit to them , had I not verified them on the spot . They appear to me to furnish a proof , as delightful as it is remarkable , of the benefit of high (?) farming .
Livbbpool.—A Black Draught.—The Other Da...
Livbbpool . —A Black Draught . —The other day a respectable looking man walked into a druggist ' s shop in this town , and , in a confused and hurried manner , asked for an ounce of laudanum . The shopman did not like the appearance of his customer , and , fancying that he intended to make his own quietus , refused to execute the order . The man pressed his demand with much importunity , and at last said he would be content with only half the quantity . _ A lucky thought crossed the mind of the druggist , and he turned round to hia bottles , apparently with the intention of furnishing the laudanum . Instead , however , of taking hold of the bottle
containing the somnonfic poison , he handed down that containing black draught , which , in appearance , is not much unlike a strong tincture of opium . Having transferred the desired quantity to a small phial , the man in the shop eagerly seized it as it lay on the counter , and swallowed the contents , A policeofficer was immediately sent for , and to his tender mercies , tho would-be suicide was consigned ; but , as the statute law of England affords no punishment for drinking ' black draught , ' the poor fellow was eet at liberty , and it is hoped that , having repented of his folly , he baa spent a ' merry Christmas , ' and will live to enjoy ' a happy new year . '
Flooding of ihb Tat . —The recent and repeated inundations in the Tay , particularly at Perth , have led to serious considerations as to remedial measures . The heavy rains have doubtless been the leading causes , but their influence has been greatly augmented by the thorough draining of the ground ; in the immediate neighbourhood of the river , and also , although to a less extent , by the erection of railway bridges . The alterations proposed for deepening , & c , will likely improve the navigable properties of the Tay . Lord William Paget . —The list ot persons lately outlawed contains the name of a noble lord , a captain in the royal navy , for whose apprehension , on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences a reward is offered . It is rumoured in the naval circles that a letter from the Admiralty has been addressed to tbe noble Lord , requiring a satisfactory explanation to the charges preferred , otherwise the name of the noble Lord will not be suffered to remain on the Navy List .
A Beggar ' s Savings . —An old beggarwoman , named Price , abeut ninety years of age residing in Northgate-street , Chester , was taken to the workhouse the other day , in . a state of destitution and imbecility . On searching her wretched abode , the officers found stored away upwards of £ 200 in coin , and a bank-book for £ 100 . A French inventor has succeeded in discovering a method of gilding silks , without injuring the material , and a moat dazzling effeet is said to be produeed by the gilding , especially upon satins . English attorneys are not considered an eminently bashful race—nor aro the Irish . At tbe Bruff petty sessions , Attorney O'Gradrsaid to a witness , — ' You scoundrel , get down out o * that « ' asu to the reporter , — ' You need ' nfc take that down ?
The Asiatic Cholera. 'So Tm?)Bi>Woa Or T...
THE ASIATIC CHOLERA . 'so tm ?) Bi > woa or the RoswiBstif sria . " Sta »^_ A 4 this period , when that dreadful scourge the . Afi & tle cholera ioeo rapidly and so surely approaching at , so surely that we mnyjb 6 said to bs already under tho shadow east by its coming :, it behoves every man , bowever limited his experience or humble hia pretensienJ , to contribute the mite which that experience m » y have taognt him towards the aUevlatlon of the sufferings which mast necessarily bs entailed on Its arrival , Having witnessed this dreadful malady in its worst farms at the hospitals of Wawaw in the year 1881 ; having combated with it while it devastated the ranks of the Polish army in the same year ; having met with it in Galllcia , and subsequently In Champagne , in France , in 1833 I trust that I may , withont presumption , be allowed to address you omnia surject , even if my re . marks should ba but tbe recapitulation of what others have already observed . ... m :
And first , with respect to prevention , I witness with the greatest satisfaction the efforts which the friends of sanitary reform are making towards the improvement of OHrdOneely populated cities . Mjr esperlesee entirely coincides with their observation , that thepeculiar haunts of cholera on its arrival are those districts where tho scavenger com * 8 not , and where consequently poverty and crime have their dwelling * . Tho poor , dirty , ill-fed , and consequently diseased , and frequently crimin al inhabitants of our cities are those who ore the especial prey of this fetal malady . The richer classes of the hotter districts escape not , it ic true , but the wretched dwellings of their poorer brethren constitute the foci from which the devastating in . fluence radiates . To cleanse these localities , and to raise the physical condition of tbeir inhabitants by a better supply of food , ia the preventive against this disease ; and I earnestl y recommend this duty at once to all for all can contribute , but particularly to the rich ; and in this their duty—the duly of common charitythey will find their own best protection .
With respect to the treatment of cholera ( for we have too much to do , and the enemy is too near our frontitra to hope entirety to avert his attacks ) I wish to be allowed to say a few words . While practising as surgeon > msjor in the military hospitals of Warsaw , I bad much personal experience , and followsd attentively tbe treatment purauedby the highest medical authorities of the time ; I inutt confess , however , that our efforts , which consisted chiefly in the administration cf large doses ei calomel and opium were almost entirely unsuccessful ; the mortality was frightful , and few , bnt very iew , recovered the attacks . Oar practice , while in attendance upon the army , was scarcely more successful ; the disease baffled all ear attempts under the treatment then adopted , even to alleviate materially the Buffering ot the poor soldier ; death seemed to be bis only hope .
After tbe disasters of the army in 1831 , and while & refugee on the frontiers of Austria , a pamphlet by Dr Basilar , of Vienna * , feU accidentally in my way . Amongst much matter of doubtful character is much that is moat valuable . His observations on the disease are accurate and well digested . He particularly comments upon , the intense depreosing influence which accompanies and even precedes the first attack of Cholera . The vital force seems cstirely impended , The functions of the shin , lungs , kiduevg , and other organs are almost annihilated , and is a short time , in some cases in a few hours , the patient dies , as it were , aepbyxied .
Dr Baetler insists , and the correctness of the treatment has since been recognised by the highest authorities , that to be successful we must instantaneously address ourselves to this symptom . He recommends the immediate application of heat , friction , & c ., and the administration of the strongest stimulants . Of these he found the essential oils most efficacious , and the formula he finally fixed upon is the following ;—Up . olei anisi , * oIei jnniperi , olei eajoputi , singlorum scrupulum unum ; spiritus aether , snlpb . comp , dr & ch * mam nnam , tincture cinnamoml drachmas duas , liquorls scldi Hallerit f minima quinque—II . He gives this every half . hour in doses of from eight to ten drope in two table-spobnfals of warm peppermint tea , alternately with an effervescing draught , increasing tbe frequency of tbe doses , in proportion to the violence of the attack , until the body resumes its functions . If perspiration can be induced , with ordinary care in the subsequent treatment the patient ie saved .
On my way to Parle , after leaving Austria , I was detained by the authorities at ChsIons-snr-Hsrne , and earnestly requested to remain in attendance upon the sick ; my papers showing that I was , of the medical profession , and leaving a country over which the pestilence had passsd . I was first s & nt to A vise , wh & re t & e cholera was then raging fearfully . . Having been impressed with the conviction of the soundness of Dr Baetler'a views , and struck with the success which bad attended his practice , my first step
was to have prepared a quantity of his stimulant with directions for its nee , aad I caused these to ba freely distributed , recommending its administration immediately on the symptoms appearing , and while the medical man was being sent for . My recommendation was very generally adopted , and with the greatest possible benefit . In many cases , on arrival , I found that the remedy had already produced the most beneficial effrcts , and even in those cases where the patient had not procured tbe medicament , or used the external application of heat and friction , the prompt adoption of this treatment generally succeeded .
Out of about 409 patients whom I attended in tbe Department de la Marne , in all stages of the disease , only seventeen died , My success was beyond my most sanguine hopes , and I was honoured by the warmest approbation of the au . thorities , and rewarded by permission , through special Royal ordonnance , ( of the 6 th of February , 1833 , ) to practice medicine in France . I attribute my success entirely to the treatment of Dr Bastler , viz . , the prompt administration of external and internal stimulants , with & view to restore the depressed vital functions . I confidently recommend this treatment , not to medieal men , for the majority of these I believe are now advocates of this system , but to the unprofessional persons who may have the misfortune to be attacked with the disease . " I earnestly entreat them , if they value their safety , to have recourse instantly to It on the first symptoms showing themselves ; for in this disease , if tho arrival of the physician be waited for without remedies being adopted , his assistance may frequently ba unavailing .
I would recommend that all families should keep by them a phial of the ab » ve medicine , or of some similar one obtained from their medical attendant , and use it in the manner indicated . By these means I doubt not that many valuable lives may be saved , by arresting the progress of this rapidly fatal disease until medical assistance can be procured . Trusting that these remarks will be received in the spirit "in which they are offtred , that of a sincere deelro to prevent or to alleviate the sufferings which hang over the inhabitants of this country . I have tbe honour to be , Sir , Tour very obedient servant , " **¦ r ~ L , A . RlTTEBBANDT , M . D ., Of the University of Berlin , Surgeon-Major in the Polish army of 1831 . 1 , Jcrmyn-strest , St James ' s .
P . S . —While writing the above , I have received the Wabsaw Coceibb of the 20 th and 21 st of November last , in which I find official dittetiona to tbe non-med ! c » l inhabitants of that city . The treatment there insisted upon is precisely that recommended above , the stimulant being eight drops of oil of petrolium instead of the above prescription .
* * Die Cholera In Wien , 1832. F Three ...
* * Die Cholera in Wien , 1832 . f Three parts of alcohol , one of sulphuric acid . P . B . [ Forcibly impressed with the value of the above letter we have copied it from tho Times , and would strongly urge upon our readers to be prepared with the medicine prescribed by Dr Ritterbandt , for immediate use , if necessary . We must add the expression of on * strong conviction of the great importance of external heat applied to a person attacked by cholera . Hot bricks applied to the body and lower extremities will be found of the greatest utility as conductors of heat to the sufferep . —Eo . N . S . I
Dbath Or A Man.Op-Wab'b Matt. — Rbiiiris...
Dbath or a Man . op-Wab ' b Matt . — RBiiiRiscEKCHfl of his Mabriagr . —Mr Alexander Brown , Mariner , a native of Scotland , died at Hartley , near Tyne ' mouth , on Sunday , aged 73 . He served bis apprenticeship on board tbe Maxwell , of Seaton Sluice , and at the expiration of his indenture found himself in the midst of the revolutionary war . A full share of the hardships and hazards of that great conflict fell to his lot . Man of-war ( floating prison ) and French prison kept him from Seaton Sluice until the peace , when , having escaped the perils of the sea , he fell a victim to the perils of the land . lie waa one day taking & walk from Shields to Hartley , and fell in with a group of merry damsels near the stile at Whitley Park Corner . Some jokes were exchanged , until at length one of the girls , going beyond a joke , asked him if he did not want a wife ? ' To ba sure I do '
was his reply . Following up her advantage she pop . ped tbe question , 'Then which of ns will you have v This was a poser . The English tar was no Turk or he would have had them all . He must make his choice , and really they were so equally attractive that he knew not which to prefer . In this extremity he did what man is so fond of doing-he threw hie fate on chance . Til marry the girl , ' said he , ' who jumps the furthest . ' The humour of the thing tickled the fancy of the maidens , and the next moment they were jumping for a husband . Nancy Nesbitt was the victor , and Alick bought a license forthmt h- ^ hey were carried on the following morning , and lived long and happily together , and brought up a large family . For the last twenty-hine years tbe deceased had sailed in the Gratitude , of Seaton Sluice .- — Gateshead Observer .
ci ? eRr « om —Miss Biddy Fudge , in her history ef the Fudge family , recounting the miseries of authorB . saysj ' taattlwujih , an angel should write tis devils must print , and give s the followmsin . stance of the havoc made by the printer in one of her effusions ;—But a week or two since iff my ode upon Spring , Which I meant to have made a most beautiful thing Where I talked of the dew-drops ' from freshly blown rOBM , ' The nasty things made It' from freshly llown noses . '
Dumfribst^S^P Iture Of A Society Has, It...
DUMFRIBsT ^ S ^ P ITURE OF A society has , itBeems , ' . been foraed'in Edinburgh under the appellation of the Sabbath Alliance , its object being , aa Sir Andrew hath it- The bitta- observance of the Lord ' a day . ' Its members „ wMi , no doubt , be of that class whom Byron aposfcopbises , as'Reforming ; saints , too delicately nice ! By whose decrees our sinful souls to save No Sunday tankard foams , no barbers shave , And beer ondrarfn and beards unshorn display Their holy reverence for the Sabbath day . ' r . rT ,, T , ov » fl — manrtMFITimE OF
This precious lot deputed two of the elect to lay the humbug before the sensible inhabitants of our good town ; and on . Thursday evening ( 16 th nit ., ) pursuant to advertisement , a meeting for this purpose vwas held in one of the dissenting churches , and pretty well attended : the ' workies' mustering in great force . The platform was crowded with the parsonocracy—the apostles of this newest new move were appropriately enough a Scribe and a Pharisee , the former an Edinburgh « writer / named Lyon ( it ought to have been Liar ) , the other a passoa yclept M'Crio ,
' A little round , fat , oily man of God . ' These worthies , and the object of their expedition , were eminently eues esi ' ue of tho characters and the celebrated raid of Hudibras and his faithful B < piire , Ralpho , they being of those—• That with more care keep holiday , The wrong than others the right way , Compound for sins they are inclined to , By damning those they have no mind to . Still so perverse and opposite , As if they worshipp ed Ood for spite . ' Although one of them did not look as if he , like Butler ' s heroes , would « Quarrel with minced piss , and disparage Hi s best and dearest friend plum-porridge . Fat pig and goose itself oppose , And blasphema austard through the nose . '
Bailie Nicholsen . one of the burgh . magistrates , was called to the chair ; but , before he had assumed ha seat , Mr Samuel Welsh , compositor , rose and asked whether discussion WOUid be allowed , This questren was attempted to be shirked ; however , it was said tbat the proper time had not come for the query ; and Mr W . was requested to leave the matter m the hands of the chairman . This he very properly and flatly refused to do , alleging that the clergy of Dumfries had , on similar occasions , deceived the people m
the way be was now anxious to guard against , and persevered in restricting the speakers to time , and in demanding discussion . The charge of deceit had an excellent effect—it was known to be perfectly true by the majority present , although a Jesuitical Free Kirker , one of the actual offenders , himself denied ij , and blamed the speaker for thus libelling 'The servants of God , ' which title be arrogated to bis class , and for which Mr Welsh took him smartly to task ; for had it not been made , tbey would , there is little doubt , have played a similar slippery triek that night .
Lyon attempted several times to get a hearing : but until a pledge that the deputation would restrict themselves to an hour and allow debate had been given , he was stopped as often as he tried it by a complete torrent of hisses and other marks of disapprobation . At length the promise having been given , he began his yarn . After stating the basis and institution of the Alliance , which is chiefly aimed at Sunday travelling by railway , he gave the audienod scripture , for evermore , contradictory and explanatory , from the Garden of Eden to that of Gethsemane , in favour of the perpetual obligation of' the Sabbath . ' Coming to modern times he said , God had blessed all who kept the Sunday , properly of course , and gave us an instance of the truth of this ,
that Captain Scoresby caught more whales in 1822 by observing that day , than did the others who fished Sunday and Saturday . This was cutting it rather fat ; but his hearers did not by any means seem inclined to swallow the story—tbe Dumfries public are not , as the nigger hymn says of the prophet Jonah , ' Such dibbels for fish . ' One wag in the gallery sung out < Very like a whale . ' After more of suchlike trash , the orator declared tbat be was only anxious for the interests of tbe working dasasa , bo help him God , which was responded to with such a derisive laugh from a thousand throats , that tbe speaker was thoroughly staggered , and remained during the rest of the evening what Hood describes as testaceous and cruataceoua -i he fairly lost bis temper tarougb their unbelief .
Parson M'Crie followed . He talked of the men of the world , whose care was only to wring gold from the sweat and the blood and the sinews of the working classes , and that God—meaning of course the black slugs ? , hia representatives , was thoironly friend , and all that sort of gammon ; but all wouldn ' t do , and he eat down without making any impression on his wide awake audience any more than his chum . Mr Welsh then rose for the purpose of replying to the statements of the preceding speakers . Alluding to the question ot the Sunday trains , he held that these had a tendency rather for the preservation of the Sabbath than its desecration , as on a railwayfour or five men and an engine , which was not a beast ef burden , could convey 1000 people to church ; while
at present hundreds of private carriageswere used for this purpose , involving the deprivation of ordinances to as many coachmen , footmen , and the employment of horses . If these gentlemen were such friends to the working classes , why did tbey not assist them in their endeavours by trades unions to shorten the present excessive hours of labour ; and how came it that the ministers of the gospel , instead of supporting , petitioned against Lord Ashley ' s bill for suppressing the employment ef women and children in the noisome mine ? , under circumstances the mo .-1 repulsive to every well-constituted mind ? The speaker then broached the theory , that no proof could be adduced from the New Testament for the transference of the obligations of the fourth
commandment to the first or Lord's-day , but without entering at any length into tbe argument , and concluded by calling upon the gentlemen on tbe platform to drop the ! Alliance , and adopt some other means better fitted to advance tbe moral and physical condition of tke people . An old parson from the country got up to reply to the charge about Ashley's bill ; but the meeting wouldn't hear him . It was a curious scene . A perfect storm of whistling , hisses , and yells , and the old chap jumping like a mechanical figure on the platform . There was an attempt on the part of tbe getters-up of the meeting to reply to Mr Welsh , but they failed utterly . One of them declared tbat the word Sabbath was never used in the New Testament , unless in reference to the ' abrogated' Jewish institution :
and Lyon said they did notintend to interfere with the carriages of the aristocracy , because— 'they were not hired conveyances' (!) . The parson of the church in which the meeting was held , sported some curious notiops relative to the right of speaking in public meetings ; and Mr Andrew Wardrop delivered one of his best speeches in favour of Sunday trains . Tbe saints bolted without proposing the resolutions they had brought with them , withont even asking a vote of thanks for the chairman . ' The devil go with them and sixpence and then they'll want neither money nor company . ' They'll not come to Dumfries again in a hurry . This was the first raeetine they had held ; and as they intend an expedition into England , we hope they'll be looked after , and sent back , as we say here , « with a flea in their lug . '
What A Gentieman Hat Do, And What He Mat...
What a Gentieman hat Do , and what he mat . not Do . —He may carry a brace of partridges , but not a leg of mutton . He may be seen in the omnibus-box of the Opera , but not on the box of an omnibus . He may be seen in a stall inside a theatre , but not at a stall outside one . He may dust another person ' s jacket , but mustn't brush his own . He may kill a man in a duel , but he mustn't eat peas with a knife . He may thrash a ooal-heaver , but he musfc ' nt ask twice for aoup , He must pay his debts of honour , but he needn't trouble himself about hia tradesmen ' s
bills . He may drive a stage coach , but he musn't take or carry coppers . He may ride a horse as a jockey , but he mustn't exert himself in the least to get his living . He must never forget what he owes to himself as a gentleman , but he needn't mind what he owes as & gentleman to hia tailor . He may do anything , or anybody , in fact , within the range of a gentleman—go through the Insolvent Debtors ' Court , or turn billiard-marker ; but he must never on any account carry a brown paper parcel , or aapear in the atreeta without ; a pair of gloves , —Comic AUnameh for 1848 . Ths Jesuits . —We find the following in the ConsiiTUTiojJNBr ,:-. ' Among the papers seized at the College of the Jesuits , at Fribourg , was a catalogue of - i . o u ? f the society of Jesus , printed at Lvons m 18 i 6 , by tho society itself , perhaps with the very presses which have been the cause of a process still pending . _ This catalogue , which has been published by a Swiss Journal the Gazeitk dk Berneis
, , , therefore , later by a year than the negotiation of M . Kossi , than the declarations of M . Guizot , and than the famous noto published in tho Mositbuk of the 6 th of July , 1815 , thus conceived : — ' The government has received intelligence from Rome . The negotiaturn with which M . Kossi was charged has attained its object . The community ot the Jesuits will cease to exist in France ; it will dissolve itself ; its eon-\ f nts w be closed » and its novitiates dissolved . ' JNow , the oataloaue shows that the community has not ceased to exist in France , that it has not dissolved itself , and has not closed its convents ; for it indicates the convents , the members , and the missions ot the Jesuits in the province of Lyons subsequent to this talse declaration . Nay , more ; if we compare mepswOHiw / of the order in the province of Lyons atthe beginning of the year 1846 , with what it waa at the beginning of 1845 , we find a considerable increase . "
A wag having one night removed the signboard of acutlor , and placed it over the watch-house , the town s-peoplo were equall y surprised and diverted Ms * morning t » rea d over the door of the cage , Blades put m here . '
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Citation
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 1, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01011848/page/6/
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