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September 7, I860. THE NORTHERN STAR * 7
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The Coukiess de Lasdsfeldt (Lola Monies)...
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FUSEttAL OF LOUIS PHILIPPJS. The morttiT...
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(From the Examiner.) The worst of all sy...
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THE FRANKFORT PEACE DELEGATES..The Engli...
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fortherehg ion . ttat ^^ orn . and ' glorify . And is it not ' meet fortaelieada and . pillars of the church * deribuHw ^ F ^ y ^^ Pf ^' i ?~ P t ; - Ariibfose denounced the petty prinoe 3 ; bf his day ; other illustrious divines in former ages have stood between jjjepeople and tbetyrants who would crush therii in jhe dust . " In our day also the people have had adyocates and inends ^ -iney have the noble and revered jjerarcby of Ireland . Aud you , the illustrious John of Tnam—you , whose eloquence and immortal name have made tyrants tremble and bigots and fanatics
quail—you ; who have shed dutriity on your country , lUStrc on literature , and hono ur on yonreelf —( his € race again bowed)—let me implore you and the other diatinauished Prelates—in the name of our common countryr-in the name of humamty-u . the name of mercy , and in the name ofthe Lord that made us all , to draw up a remonstrance that will carry conviction , not only to the . callous hearts of British statesm en , but to tbejery foot of the Throrie . " The rev . gentleman , after having thanked the prelates and other dignitaries for the patient beanog afforded him , retired amid applause and
admiration . Murder is LrarsM . —A coroner ' s inquest was held on the remains of a poor cirl namsd Mary Reyoolds . who earned her bread by going about the conntry buying and selling eggs . She was missing aince the 27 th of May , and the body was discovered On theSOtb ult , lying in a ditch , being so much destroyed by dogs that the body could only be recgnised by the clothes / some of which are missing , and also a basket in which she used to carry about her eggs . There was a rope found round her waist , by winch it is supposed the bod y wascsrried to the place where found . The inquest was held by James Moreton , Esq .. coroner ,, and a post mortem examination made by Thomas M . Nash , E < q ., M . D . Francis N .
Cullen , Esq ., J . P ., was also in attendance , with H . Trimble , Esq ., 'J-P .. and some of the constabulary . The jury , after a long inquiry , came to the Conclusion that a murder had been committed , but could give no clue to implicate any person , as there can be no cause assigned for the deed , unless to rob her of whatever little nunvy she' may have had about her . The inquest was held in the to < rnland of Corry , barony of Dromahairand co . Leitrim . More Extermination . —The Limerick Examiner mentions the following recent occurrences in the campaign of tenant extermination : — " Mr . Lowe , of Spring House , has recently levelled several houses at Nacordin , and sent the inmates adrift on the world . A townland near Baliagh has been all but deso ' ated . Several houses have alsn been demolMiedon the
Herbextstown property , while around the town of Tipperary , in several directions , the crowbar and pickaxe are in full operation . Hundreds are flying away from Tipperary , Killenanle , Ballingary , Urlingford , and other p laces , to the land of freedom . To complete the difficulties of the country the wheat crop is damaged , and will not be an average crop ! On the 27 th ult . ^ nine families were ejected at Ballyneety , from their holdings on the property of Miss Briscoe . A gentleman from Limerick , who witnessed the operations ofthe sheriff ' s bailiffs and their brigade of levellers , describes the scene as a most affecting and afflicting one , and little . in accordance . with what would be expected from one of the so : called gentlemen . _ The number of individuals unhoused on the occasion reached over forty , and it is said the majority had last September rents paid in full .
The Tuam Herald supplies the following : — "A few days since the inhabitants of the village « f Carras . county Mayo , numbering , we understand , upwards of thirty families , were di > possessed , and their houses raxed to the ground . The property is that of the Nolans , minors ; and we believe tie proceedings were instituted by order of the Court of Chancery . Roius Catholic Phirsts for California . —The limerick Chronicle says : — " Monsignor Alemani , Bishop of Francisco , has arrived from Paris in Dublin , to engage some Irish' priests . for the mission among the British settlers in California The Bishop is a Spaniard , and was provincial of the Dominican Friars in America . " . > The Ska Sbbfkxt oh thk Irish Coast . —Mr .
Roger Travers .-in a letter to the Cork Constitution , iated vCourtinasherry , 29 th August , " tajs : —" Tbe different fishing establishments on the shores of this extensive bay , extending from the Old Head of Kinsale to tbe Seven Heads , have been within the last few days abundantly supplied with fish of every description , and the Greatest activity prevails to profit by the bounty which has been thus sent to us literally in shoals . It has been noticed too , that some description of fish—hakefor instance—have been captured further within the limits of the inner . harbour than was ever known before . In fact , as I heard it observed , the fish was literally leaping ashore . These note ! appearances , howerer . it was mr lot to see fully accounted for yesterday . At about one o ' clock a . m ..
when sailing in my yacht , with , a slight breeze off shore , abont two m-les to the south of the beacon on the Barrel Rocks , one of the party of four gentlemenon board { Mr . B ., of Bandon ) drew attention towards the structure mentioned , with the interrogatory of " Do you see anything queer about the Barrels ? * In an instant the attention of alt on board was rivetted on au object which j at first struck me as like the up-heaved thick end of a large mast , but which , as it was made out plainer , proved to be the- head of some huge fish , or monster . On bearing down towards the object we could distinctly see , with the naked eye , what I can best describe as an enormous serpent , without mane or fur , or any like appendage . The portion ofthe body above water , and which , appeared to be rubbing or scratching itself against the beacon , was fully thirty feet long , and in diameter I
should say abont a fathom . With the aid of a glass it was observed that the eyes were of immense size , and abont nine inches across the ball , and the upper part of the back appeared covered with a furrowed shell-like substance . We were now wi-hin rifle-shot of the animal , and , although some on board exhibited pardonable nervousness at the suggestion , it was resolved to-fire a ball at the under portion of the body whenever the creature ' s unwieldyevolutions would expose its vulnerable part . The instant the piece was discharged the monster rose as if impelled by a painful impulse to a heigth which may appear incredible—say at least thirty fathoms , —and culminating with the most rapid motion dived or dashed itself under water with a splash that almost stopped onr : breaths with amazement . In a few moments all disturbance of the water subsided .
and the strange visitor evidently pursued his course to seaward . Oa coming up to the beacon we were gratified to find adhering to tbe supports "numerous connected scaly masses , such as one would think would be rubbed from a creature ' co » thig , ' or changing its old skin for anew one . These interesting Objects can he seen at the Horse Rock Coast Guard station , and will repay a visit . These particulars I have narrated in the clearest manner I am able , and if others , in other boats , who bad not so good
an opportunity of seeing the entire appearance of the animal as those in my boat bad , shonld send you * more readable account of it . I pledge myself none will more strictly adhere to the real facts . " Repeal Associate . —Another , and positively the "last" threat was made on Monday of the suspension of business and consequent bankruptcy of the old Repeal concern on Bnnrhquay . It is not more than a fortnight since that Mr . John O ' Connell congratulated his lieges on the safe posse-sion of the " hall" free from all debts and encumbrances .
But now , alas ! it appears that some person , other than himself ( Mr . O'Connell . ) must hold nims « lf personally liable for the rent and taxes , amounting to £ 90 peraonnmn ; " and unless the country gave him some assurance of support within four weeks he -could not . in justice to his family , take that responsibility upon himself . " The week ' s rent was £ 8 , and ninepence . -....-.-, --. Emigration from Ulster . —The Armagh Guardian states that on Friday nvrning upwards of fifty persons , from the county of Fermanagh ; consisting of farmers and their families , all Protestants , with scarcely an exception , proceeded from that city , by the early train ,-to Belfast , on their way " to the land of the West . " -
Charge of Cohspibacy to Murder against a Magistrate . —On Saturday last Mr . Justice Perrin admitted tO bail Mr . !> milh , of Castlefergus , a magistrate of Clare , charged with conspiring to murder his own mother . Return op Harvest Labourers . —On : Tuesday forenoon eleven hundred Irish labourers landed in Kingstown , from tbe City of Dublin steamer Princess , and proceeded to Dublin ; on their way to ¦ various districts iri tbe country , to seek employment in harvest work . In consequence of the . tremendous competition between tbe steam companies , tbe deck fere from Liverpool to Dublin has been reduced to sixpence . The multitude of labourers who came : Over seemed well satisfied with their excursion . Rrigland . ' . " ¦ :, ]
September 7, I860. The Northern Star * 7
September 7 , I 860 . THE NORTHERN STAR * 7
The Coukiess De Lasdsfeldt (Lola Monies)...
The Coukiess de Lasdsfeldt ( Lola Monies ) and Mr . Heald , shortly after their arrival in Pans , ordered Monsieur Jacquand , an artiste of some celebrity , to paint their full length portraits , representing the latter making the marriage present to the lady . Tbe price agreed on was lO . OOOf . for the painting , and 50 { if . for tbe framev -The portrait is not yet completed ; but , fearful of losing his money by the sudden departure ofthe loving couple , M . Jacquad caused Mr . Heald to be cited before t \ e Civil Tribunal to recover the amount in question . But , considering that the painting is not terminated * the tribunal gave judgment to the effect that J » c !
-qnand should only be authorised to receive 2 OOOf . on account , and that he should give up certain artU cles which had been remitted to him to copy , in the painting . Mr .-Heald ' g advocate , M . Blanchette complained that the sum of 10 , 000 was greatly too high . - ..... The Sabdhoan Government has . just presented Mr . E . A ; Wood , a young gentleman only eighteen : years ofare , with a splendid gold medal , for courageously taking command of a Sardinian brigfrom the Brazils to Genoa , when met at sea / with captain and mate dead , and several of the crew dead and dyhlg , from the yellow fever raging : on board , and safely navigating her to Gibraltar , upwards of 1 , 000 mil es , and thence to Genoa . ... ; ' . j . .. ..
Fusettal Of Louis Philippjs. The Morttit...
FUSEttAL OF LOUIS PHILIPPJS The morttiTerijahisrnf Louis Phili ppe were interred on' Monday , iu the Roman' Catholio Chanel of St Charles Borromeo , at Weybridge ; Surrey A considerable number of persons left London for the purpose of attending the funeral , j Many of the spectators were Frenchmen , The Chapel of St , C 1 arI u i ? 1 meo w' ? 8 mall > unpretending ! ouUding attached * to-the private residence of a Roman Catholic lady , named Taylor . At this chapel the jfte . King attended every Sunday morning during the first-few months after his arrival at . Claremont : and a wiBh hating ligen expressed that his remains 2 '¦ It P ° , ted there , the owner gave her con ^ sent . ' - The ynulc under the chapel was accordingly opened for the occasion . ¦ . /
-i nine ^ 0 c , 0 ok in the morning the immediate neighbourhood of Claremont was thronged , and amongst the distinguished persons who obtained access to the mansion were M . de Rumigni , Baron de Bussieres , Due de Montmorency , Due deGuiche ; Comies Ariatole and Montesquieu , Comtede Jarnac , General Dumas , General Chabannes , Dr . Gueneau deMtt 8 sy , & c . . •'• At half-past nine o ' clock the mass for the dead was performed in the chapel of Claremont by the Very Reverend Dr . "Whitty , Roman Catholic vicargeneral , but the public were not admitted . After the mass the Queen , the Princesses , and children , and the other distinguished persons , including the various members of the ex-royal family of France , passed round the coffin , and sprinkled it with holy water . -This ceremony over , the company retired .,
The chapel was entirely hungwith black , and at the extreme end was a raised altar , which was also covered with black , the tabernacle being surmounted by a beautiful carved ivory crucifix , and at either side ofthe tabernacle were massive candlesticks , with large wax tapers ; in the centre of the apartment was placed the coffin containing the remains of the deceased king . ' The coffin rested upon tressels , and was surrounded by twenty-four lighted tapers , the candlesticks containing which stood upon raised steps . The large velvet pall which covered the coffin was fringed with silver , and a silver cross ran along the whole length ofthe pall . The following is the inscription on the coffin : — Louis Philippe ler Roi dee Francais .- Ne a Paris , le 6 Oeto & re , T 773 , * mart a Claremont , Comte de Surrey , Angleterre , le 26 Aout . 1859 . ;
After the performance of mass , the coffin was brought out supported by the Due de Montmorency , General Comte d'Haudelot , General Baron de Berthois , General Comte Dumas , General Comte de Charbonnes , Comte Friant . At a spot called the White-gate , which is half-way hetween Claremonthouse and the outer lodge , the coffin was put into the hearse , which was inscribed with the letters L . P ., surmounted by a crown . The cortege proceeded from Claremont through Esher and Hersham to Weybridge , where it'arrived at about twelve . The chief mourners were the Dnke de Neihours , the Prince de Joinvillej the Duke d'Aumale , and the : Comte de Paris . The procession consisted of a hearse drawn by eight horses , a
mourning coach with six horses , and eleven coaches with two horses each . Immediately after the procession left Claremont , Queen Amelie , accompanied by the Duchess de Nemours and other members pf the royal family , left in two mourning > coaches drawn by four , and one mourning coach drawn by two horses , for Weybridge ; u . Upon arriving at the private entrance to the chapel tbe coffin was taken out of the hearse , and was borne on the shoulders often men to the chapel , followed by the Comte de Paris , the Duke de Nemours , the' Prince de Joinville , and the Duke d ' Aumale , followed by upwards of one hundred mourners . The chapel , a very small one , was hung with black . A small gallery was prepared for the reception ofthe Queen and the other female members ofthe family who were present at the ceremony . When the coffin had been placed on the
rests , low mass was said . The priests officiating being L'Abbe Crabot ( chaplain to the late king , ) L'Abbe Quelle , Dr ; Whitty , L'Abbe Toursel , L'Vasseur , L ' Abbe Nerincky , - and L'Abbe Coquereau . The coffin was then removed into the vault beneath the chapel where a tomb had been erected hearing the following , inscription : — "Deporito ? jacent sub hoe . lapide Doneein patriam Avitos inter cineres Deo adjuvants transferantur ReliquiaLudovici Phili ppe Primi FTancoram regis Claromontii in Britannia Defuncti Die Augusti XXVI , Anno DominiM . D . C . C . C . L . sEtdtis LXXVI . Requiescat iripace . The whole ofthe arrangements were remarkable for an entire absence of ostentation . - The chapel , by the consent of Miss Taylor and her brother , continued open for the inspection of the visitors during the greater part of the afternoon .
(From The Examiner.) The Worst Of All Sy...
( From the Examiner . ) The worst of all systems of government is perhaps that of elective monarchy . An hereditary monarch , with a law he ia bound to respect , and a constitution enabling him to make use of the wisdom and experience , as well as to consult the win of his people , has been found to answer admirably . The elected chief of a . republic is a kind of executive which has not been so folly tried , but which yet has been tried with great and signal success . But an elective monarchy brought Poland to the grave ; and in France ,, where for nearly half a century kings have been virtually elective , and where the present Chief of the Republic is by position and pretensions , as well : as by feeling , monarchic , it has produced results'thereverse of satisfactory . If Louis Philippe had ascended the throne as
rightful heir of an ancient monarchy he would in all probability have been a great and not unpopular sovereign . He would not then have been immersed in the petty anxieties of a family ,: nor betrayed by those household cares of over anxiety and over greediness for his children which led him into such baseness , and procured for him so much contempt . Armed with hereditary right , be would have seen the wisdom of making popular concessions ; and surrounded by men of eminence and assured position , who would have compelled respect , his character would not have been marked by that mistrust and depreciation of all the politicians that served him , which made foes of every one of them in turn , and which at length directed and armed against him a kind of conspiracy of the whole political world of France .
No man could be more totally unfitted than Louis Pnilippe , however , to fulfil the proiriises and satisfy the expectations by which he was elevated to the throne . He was raised there in the first instance by a knot of Liberal politicians , who doubly risked their lives , hopes , and fortunes in his behalf ; first , by accomplishing the dethronement ofthe legitimate dynasty , and then by deceiving the people into the belief that they were installing a truly popular and liberal monarch . Whatever legerdemain may have been practised in the declarations and stipulations at the HOtel de Tille , it is undeniable that the people of Paris had then the power and the right to confirm or reject his nomination ; and that they accepted Louis Philippe on the understanding—nay , on the pledged and specific word—that his ' monarchy was to be based on popular laws , and surrounded by republican institutions . So soon , however , did Louis Philippe show
mistrust ofthe men who made him king , and so immediately did he embark in a secret and general reactionary policy , that it is impossible not to consider his conduct throughout the revolution of 1830 as a piece of the mrist consummate hypocrisy . Whilst assenting on the one hand to all the popular declarations of Lafayette and Laffitte , he was sending the Duke de Mortemurt to St . Petersburgh to assure the Emperor that nothing would be changed , andthathe would merely keep : the seat warm for his ' more legitimate 'cousins ' . '" "What hO ' -said to England ;' or what induced a Tory government so speedily to recognise"him , remains a seeret ' for , the time . ' But we certainly are riot mistaken in ; declaring that such a multitudinous , nefarious , and mean assortment of lies and mischiefs never issued from a Pandora ' s box , than tbe assurances - to all people , all politicians , and all countries ; by which the King ofthe French marked andisecured his
accession . The first quality which the French had afterwards to recognise in the self-chosen King was ingratitude ,, A fortnight had not elapsed before Laffitte found hin . self a Prime Minister only in name : He resigned ; and the unhappy king-maker left to beggary and ruin , served merely to point the moral oi a vaudeville .. Nothing makes more impression on a people than the treatirient by monarchs of their friends . His conduct in this respect was the foundation of George IY . ' b unpopularity ; and j the French' foiined " their opinion' 6 f Louis Philippe ;
while contemplating the fall of Daffitte . ' : The character thus shadowed forth was afterwards filled up by the recririiiriation ' s of every Minister-who served the sovereign , from Laffitte ' s successor to tbe ^ predecessor of LamaVtine ; Casimir Perier ^ Thiers ; Guizot , Mole / Passay , one and all , strengthened the general ' opihibn of the Ulysses of the Tuileries , unreservedly in' society ; and inore or less '' openly through the medium of the tribune aridi the press . Nor in the midst of this general outcry was there a single voice , a voice even of such a dull ; dependent as Montalivet , to stand up tor the character of the King .:: --- : ' ;\ ' . '' -: ' ;; ¦; ¦ ; ' '
It is amusing to hear the knot of politicians who spent years in thus libelling and degrading -Two say not with injustice ) the reputation of Louis Philippe now expressing wonder at the burst of popular execration which dethroned him : It was they themselves who sowed the seeds of popular disaffection . Their . language it was that had hopelessly discre ; ditedtheold man . The revolution of 1848 is by some' of these moderate historians now attributed to the audacity , of Communist sections , or to the pistol shot bf Lagrange ; , whereas the fact is , < that the ; uncompromising hatred to Ltrnis Philippe which drew the mob into his pabWwas but : the effect arid consequence oi the ! obloquy cast upon hiin by the upper class of wriUnglahd taUtirij politicians .
(From The Examiner.) The Worst Of All Sy...
It was not the men ofthe National , or ofthe Ref ° V ^ i ? ho ov erthrew th dynasty , ' but the writers , courtiers , and mmisters ^ who : thronged 4 tsr « atoi « , and sat in its private cabinets . .-,- . r It was the great mistake of Louis 1 Philippe , as it was of Napoleon , that he forgot the . people , and left them out of account . They were so easily gulled in 1830 , and crushed with such facility afterwards , that Louis Philippe believed the ghost of popular insurrection : to be for ever laid ,, nor did he seem even'to contemplate the possibility of ita resurrection , till it suddenly appeared upon his . threshold . His sole , care and anxiety , all bis precaution and all his regards , were directed to the politician class , both in his own capital and in the capitals of other
countries . These he cajoled , these he neutralised , these be intrigued . against . On them . he exerted all his address , utterly forgetting the far more necessary art of cajoling and winning , public opinion . This latter might not have been so difficult ' for him as the other was ! Indeed ,, his lamented son , the Duke of Orleans , bad toade himself popular ; arid , however inferior in capacity to his father , the young Prince had shown , an intuitive , sense of . what was necessary for his position and his prospects . But with him perished the hope of the dynasty ; which it was clear to every one , save to those most concerned , that Louis Philippe would at last thoroughly depopularise , and so uproot . It could not have survived his life , if it had happened to last so long .
This belief had become irresistible . It was in the very atmosphere . It was a belief so general and so strong that even the epicier class had . ceased to put faith in the citizen King , and at last were brought to . look on with contentment at the invasion of bis palace and at ithe scattering of all the royal insignia—emblems ; of their own disappointment and betrayal—by the lowest dregs of the mob . French history of these later days thus happily goes far to discredit and destroy a belief , we fear but too general in France , that address is everything towards political success , and honesty or generosity of purpose nothing . Within the last half century France has exhibited , the examples of two
Princes , both of first-rate talent , both of first-rate selfishness , and of utter contempt tor principles and for men . Yet to what did , the great genius ofthe one , ' the great experience and sagaoity . of the other , lead , but to the same end—the sudden fall and utter destruction of their reign , their dynasty , their policy , their schemes . The Orleans and Buonapartean families were swept away like , a pack of cards ,: because both , to secure their selfish ends , were in the habit of sacrificing every thing—their friends , their country , their principles . It was the moat natural and the most salutary form of revenge , that men and things should conspire to work their well-deserved and retributive ruin .
The Frankfort Peace Delegates..The Engli...
THE FRANKFORT PEACE DELEGATES . . The English and American delegates and visitors to the Peace Convocation left Frankfort on Thursday morning , and proceeded down the Rhine to Cologne . Before reaching that ancient city , a circumstance occurred very gratifying to their feelings . Two clergymen made their appearance , on board , accompanied by one of the Bonn professors , arid desired a conference ^ Mr . Sturge | of Binningham , was voted to the chair . The clergymen stated that they represented the society which had lately been : formed for the purpose of securing European patronage to complete the great cathedral at Cologne , and thus make it the finest work of gothic art in the world , and that they had made' their appearance among the peace delegates to welcome
them to Frankfort , and to give them every facility to see their cathedral . = I . , The delegates accpted the invitation , and on reaching the city , the ship was received by salutes of cannon , and a large concourse of people . The Town Hall was given up by the authorities as the rajlyihg point , and here tbe English and American people conferred round the venerable council table , and then formed themselves'into a procession , four a-breast , each bearing the olive leaf of peace in his coat or on his hat , ' and the ladies wearing it on their bonnets .. The procession moved through the streets to the Cathedral , evidently to the astonishment of great numbers ' of people . At the Cathedral they
were all' stfely conducted over the magnificent works , even to the very top of the tower , by the clergymen , arid in their descent many of the most , famous altars were unlocked for the benefit of their cariosity . The tomb which is said to . contain the skulls of the three kings of Cologne or riiagi , who went forth to Jerusalem in the first century of the Christian religion , to do homage to religion , was opened and lit with gas , arid the skulls shown through the golden works to the greatest possible advantage . i " . After the interchange of mutual civilities , the party separated . A meeting which was proposed in the evening did not come off inconsequence of some unexplained difficulty .
Hqbriblu Tybanny In Naples. A Correspond...
HQBRIBLU TYBANNY IN NAPLES . A correspondent of the Dail y News of Tuesday , gives the following account of the proceedings against the democratic party : —• It will scarcely be believed by those who are unacquainted with domestic proceedings of despotic Italian government , that at the present moment the highest officers of the Crown in Naples are using the most contemptible means , to incriminate a few men who have had the courage to obey , and possess the power to support , that constitutional form of government which bis Majesty Ferdinand II , freely accorded to the Two Sicilies in 1848 . When the Neapolitan government found the events
of Europe promised a retrograde movement , their object was in conjunction with the' Camarilla which surrounds the king , to remove all who had taken an active part in the constitution . This aim was accomplished by two means . First , by the threatened arrest of the leading men , many of whom fled the country , arid secondly , by the imprisonment ofthose who remained . These are now accused of high treason as belonging to tbe sect called the Umta ItaUana , which the government thinks proper to call a republican club . But as those who were th <' most obnoxious to the Camarilla did not really belong even to the United . Italians ( whose object appears to have been the iormntion of a federal Italy , like that of Germany ) it was necessary to invent : a framework- of falsehood ,. by employing paid scoundrels to put their names to accusations drawn up by- the police . And further , as will be
seen by the-evidence in the public court , the authorities actually tortured the victims when in prison to denounce each other . In some instances , however , they used the milder means of endeavouring to bribe . '• • Amongst those who fled from Naples under a threatened arrest are Prince Santetedoro , Prince Torella , Duke Protu , Prince Campomaggiore , and many other noblemen , together with a large portion of the deputies , all of whom are at this . moment either-in Piedmont , France , ' , or England . I am told that no less than 5 , 000 Neapolitans of property and distinction are now in exile . ' From that period thousands have been thrown into prison for political opinions : many have been let out , especially in the provinces , and . the vengeance of the g overnment is at present centered on . tho forty-two under trial . ' -The most important prisoner is the ex-minister Baron Poerio . :
I now proceed to give a summary of these interesting arid important trials up to tbe present date . ' On the 1 st of June forty-two prisoners were brought handcuffed and surrounded by soldiers into the criminal courts where they found the President Navara ) ri notoriously bad character ) , 'and ten judges , appointed especially for' the occasion to try the accused , with the crown lawyer , Angellilo , and twenty-seven lawyers employed by the prisoners ; The proceedings of this and the' following day ' were occupied iri residing'the president ' s report ; : which may be thus reduced . The prisoners were accused of beloriging ' to a sect called the Vhitd ItaUana , the Object Of WfliCh Was tO . destroy the Italian monar ch ies , ' arid place the whole peninsula under a
democratic form of government / It is then argued that that must mean a republic , therefore ' all wjio belong to the sect " are republicans , ' and guilty , of high treason , arid although the' prospectus of the sect asks nothing more thahthe king actually put in execritiou wheri he sent : off his royal troops to fight'the Austriaris—the fabric of the accusation is built ' ori'the airiis , ' of this | ect ; which proposed a federal league in Italy like that ' of' Germany ;";; The court / had 1 scarcely operied , . when one of the , pnspners , ' Leipnecher ^ fell i llj when the . president , caused bnri to be brought into court in a dy ing state . The lawyer protested , arid twenty medical mericertified to his dangerous statej whereupon a medical man of bad character reported " to . the president that Leipriecher feigned . The president' then or' dere'd ' the medical men ? to makei « a report which woiild ' eriable him to enter the ^ : court : 'The -unfortunate man , in a state of perfect prostration ,: was 1
dragged before the judges ;'' His accusation , was read ; arid at the close of the ' processiit was thought the poor / mart had ' expired . : The-doctors were called , ' and the sanie man who had ' certified ^ only three hbars before / that the prisoner was in a state to appear , was obliged 'to own be' was in a dying state . " Can he rernain an hour longer 1- saidi the . president to the medical men . "No ! " Two days after he was no more . His mother arid sister were forbidden to exchange a last adieu with their unfor . tunate son and brother , nor were the priests allowed to pray with him . He was thrown ; naked into the pit of the Campb Santo . He only made one remark-i" They want to kill me ; they , sball Eoeldonot fear death . " I ^ ipnecher wns a ; man of great talent , and known for hisdiberal opinions . He returned to hisi native city after the granting , ol the constitution , having been an exile for . many years , during which time hehad travelled _ au over Europe ori footi' arid ' supported' himself ; by his WEcnV , „ .. . ; ,. O .:.. '¦ . ' - « ..... > ,.-.,,- ' . v ,
Hqbriblu Tybanny In Naples. A Correspond...
> - ; . " t f ^ efirxt examuied-utiulainy ou trie part ofgevernment ' ww disclosed , by G . De Semone , a priwweri who stated-that whilst confined jn , Castel j rV 00 inniuSuer " visited "him , ~ arid tbreat : e ii u id n reve ' althe secret of the sect , he should be skinned alive ; but on the contrary , if hu disclosed : what he . knew ,-the government' would provide him with a place , arid gave him 18 , 000 ducats , and , as a proof , he , then ( presented 200 piastres to , the prisoner as a guarantee of the sincerity , of the government . De . Sernpne . re . fused . , At this revelation , ; the presioent ; commanded silence . "Then , " said the prisoner , " our judges do not wish to . hear the truth . ''—Q . Erriobfll p , a second prisoner , ' stated he was promised
200 ducats a month from government if he would assist the commissary of police in accusing others . —¦ S . Faucitano , one of the accused , deposed that his hair was torn from his head by spies on his way to prison , and that he was bound by wet cords . He was shut in a dark dungeon for nine days without any food , save a little bread and water , - and no bed . He was then dragged before the police authorities , and obliged to sign a paper , which it appears denounced others as sectarians . —G . Carrio stated tliaf whilst in prison ho was offered 6 , 000 ducats if he-would swear a fellow prisoner , Nisco , endeavoured to excite the royal troops to desert and join the people , The wife of Sersale was imprisoned te force an accusation against her husbandone of the
, accused . As these facts came out , the president exclaimed ,. « l is not allowed to injure the character of public officers who enjoy the confidence of the king . "—F . Antonetti narrated : the torture he had suffered , and the want of food , which caused him to put his name to a paper-drawn up by the police . —F . Cavafa , on the . seventh day , i prayed the court to relieve himself and fellow political prisoners from the crowded rooms in which they were placed : 1 , 830 prisoners were huddled together in a space too small to move about with ease . The president promised an investigation of his statement , After reading the accusation of -theex-minister , Baron Poerio , that gentleman stated , amongst other falsehoods , and absurdities ; it was affirmed
that the Marquis Dragonetti had written him a revolutionary letter . But the police , in compiling this forgery , had dated the letter fromiAcquilla , at a period when Dragonetti was with him in , the city of . Naples ^; and this ; was a point which , the authorities had had admitted in the processo .. . -Three priests swore that the persons whom the ; government had employed to i accuse Poerio were the worst description of characters , the pests of the parish , and that one of the spies , M . Colella , told him that the police had promised the said Colella a place of twelve ducat ' s per month for denouncing the ex-minister .. The revelations of the prisoner Nisco were equally dishonourable to the government and the executive , ..- '
L . Settembrini was the last prisoner examined ;' This ; gentleman . was a conspicuous supporter of the constitution , and therefore ! particularly odious to the government .: He is > accused of being at the head of the Unita ItaUana . He was not allowed to offer any defence , and the written and printed history of his persecutions are the only means , of . learning the injustice and tyranny of the ^ go rernment towards this prisoner . : From the above facts , which have come out in a public court , and some of them in the presence of the French and English ministers , it will be seen that the Neapolitan government and its executive have ^ not hesitated to descend , to the very lowest , the very vilest , means to incriminate a set of men whose only real sin is love of honest and open government , arid that Italian independence which every prince of the peninsula pretended to sustain . The trials continue : We shall give the proceedings in a future paper .
To The Operative Boot And Shoemakers Of ...
TO THE OPERATIVE BOOT AND SHOEMAKERS OF SCOTLAND , ENGLAND , AND IRELAND .
Brothers , FniENris , and Shofmatks , —We , the undersigned , crave the liberSy to lay before you » statement : of our ' grievances , hoping and trusting that you will judge justly and impartially between the calumniator ' and the calumniated—between those that would oppress arid those that hate oppression—and betweeri those that arrogantly and fraudulently designate , themselves the boot and shoemakers of Glasgow , though not numbering the one-hundredth . part of that body , and . those that truthfully term themselves the boot and shoemakers of the eastern division of said city . ; ; Shopmates , who amongst you does riot abhor tyranny ? Who amongst ybu does not detest
despotism ? And who amongst you would not lend his aid to curb the one arid crush the other ? As for ourselves , we utterly abbriiinate tyranny—let it ap pear in whatever form it may—whether it be the aristocrat , the capitalist , or our fellow ; workman who enacts the part of tyrant we care riot ; it is all the same to us ; our cry shall always be down—down with the tyrant , ' ' the oppressor ; and the despot ! i : In the years 1841-2 , a strike occurred in this city , which was instituted by the late City body against their employers , and carried on with ^ unremitting vigour . ' ' It was supposed' | by the officers of said body , that some of the ' Calton ( or eastern division ) shops were making up work for the City employers . Such being the real or supposed case , the City body
appealed to the Calton society , at the same time , stating that they ( the City body ) had ariiple funds at their command , arid would willingly and freely meet any and every expense which the Calton body might incur . Tho appeal was'Warinly responded to ; the suspected shops struck , ' arid the Caltqri society expended upwards of £ 70 sterling of their own money upon that affair ,: When all their cash was gone , they applied to the City body for assistance ; and all that they received from them , was £ 20 to carry on the strike . At length the matter was adjusted between the City society and their employers , arid so the affair ended ; hut the Calton body had gained a loss of SEVENTY POUNDS sterling , by engaging in that strike without even tho most distant chance
of ever receiving any indemnification for the loss of their money ; Shopmates , , shall now draw your attentiori to the time thatthcold Rump , ( the City tody ) , in connexion with the wiseacres ot Edinburgh ; formed the fudge affair known by the title of "Me Scottish Union , " an association which was ' got up for the express purpose of crushing the English ' , 'f Mutual Assistance Association " in this country ; but , as was anticipated by every intelligent shopinate in this city at the time , it turned out a most miserable failure , and was the : chief , riay , the stile cause of the breaking rip , arid complete dissolutiori of both the Calton and City societies ; , in . a word , they fell victi ' ni ' s to their own ignorance , folly , " arid stupidity ; - ' -
As the late City body ( the old Ouriip ) was guided by despotism , atid only existed by tyrarinising , few —very feiv—heaved even one sigh of regret when it fell , and it was to be hoped , that none would ever after attempt to follow stieh an example but in that we have been sadly mistaken , nay actually disappointed , for a body has sprung up , although there are hundreds of shoemakers at present working in the city who w . oukTdou'bt the validity of such an assertion , hut such ^ the fact ; arid though insignificant in numerical strength , ( they only numbered eighteen at their last general rneeting ) , ' yet they seerri to : be deeply imbued . with tho' same spirit of intolerance , ignpiarice , and stupidity which characterised all the proceedings ofthe old Runip—those
tyrantsof bygone days . : , ' ... Shopmates , the motives which propelled the founders , of this AW City , Society is a strange one indeed , for it sprung into being with a' riiask upon ! it ' s features ; in other words , it was formed ' arid ' set in motion for fraudiilentpurposes . ' Tho following are the facts ofthe ease .,. ' . ' . ' . '' , ' . " . ' . ' . i . 1 '" ' At the deriiise and downfall ' of ; the late / City society , its riietribers were , indebted ^ 40 to a ' certain partyihere , and as a few' individuals 'belonging to the ' said society had / beibm ' e ; 6 eeu ^ riiehtiorie ' d sum of . money , they : fourid . themselves Snvolvediri adilemmri ; dutof which ^^ they boiild riot extricate ' themselves' without the aid' of ; others . Well , " did they apply to ' themehwho ' composed the
late City bodyfor . asaistahce' ere , ' they rjosprted to other mearis ? \ No ! ' . ( lui'lik ^> artful dodgersVas they arc , they at once bethought , therii of forming a" new society , for the purpose of paying the debt in ' qiiestipn , though quite resolved to . ' keep ' the dodge as dark ^—as ' jsecret—as : possible' froni ^ th ' e members ' of thesaidso ' ciety . ; but mui'der ; will but—the dodge was ^ deadTallure ^ the ; move proved an abortion / arid ^ rit'la ' st ] the " c' 6 hy 6 c . tqr sXf . this new sbciel y : were pbligci f l , thpugh " niuch ' against hiiye recoursei tb ' hone ' sbr means of liqu deb ' ts / nameij ^ by ' e n ^^ criminatel y , to " ree ' eiy ' e ; yoiunt ' ary '; cqritribiitiohs froni therii ; . . However ^ the , money 'ririt , ; Coriiing in as rapidly . iis : '' ih ' ey could " wish by-the jlast
mearis' alluded " to ,, ' they '' once ' more ' . set , | th ' e » $ 1 ? . to .. work to ' .. devise another , dodge ;'; which appeared to « s in : th ' e ; shape of a ' dm ' arid upon 1 our body , to refuhd ' . the ' ^ O that thei late ' . Calttjntfo ^ ety received from the ' . late city body tqonable ' them ( to carry : 6 n the' strike ] ri , 1841-2 V accompariyirig' their deriiand for mdriey with ' thejthreat that if we wjould not coiriply . yith their very would Stopour ' cprrespW likewise discon ^ inuet ^ co rrespond ' wijh'l ' us 'theih « selves 1—a c ' orisrimiriati p h devoutly to be wished for ; . Really , ' shopmates ;' we are at . a loss to ' know what to do in thisi case ' : . whether to liiui » h afc or be
angry with' those ' blurider ' irig block-heads—those new lights oi ' society ;' for '' whilst calttily reviewing their eoriduct froiri their ' starting into feeble ' existence ^ which is * about nine-months ' ago , up : to the present time , we really carinotfsay whether they deserve , ' , a felon ' s ' chains of a'fo ' ol's ; | cap ^ thVbest . This iwe : will say . that if ttey cahhof . effect any good , they ought not' to attempt to "; injureothers who : may ; [ ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦• T ' ;! ' ^ y : '" ' '; " : ? ' /¦! ' :: '' " ; "V , ,, : ' r !' - " :.: Shopmates ,, we . 'imag iri ^ t ^ we wer e ' giving yon sbriie account ^"' of ' ourselvesi our aspirations , arid our hopes , so that you may be enabled to form a proper estiriVate of 'our deiaigns , Land contest'them with thefrriitlessi worthless , arid ¦ •'"• ¦ - ^' i . ' .- . ; w ;; : ' .: ; •" . - ¦ it-: ;; l \< - \ < : :.-:. ii' ' 'i : ; ¦• • ' !
To The Operative Boot And Shoemakers Of ...
even evil deeds of those that ought to be our friends , but who , in reality , are our direst foes . ... About , four . .. m 9 V ^ k--M ^ -S ^^? S , ^ . ^ , " ourselves-BO r far as- ' - " to ' assemble a -considerable number bfthe ' shopmatesof the easternidivisioiiiof this city , in the Mechanics' Hal " , Calton , for the given purpose of forming a society , not of the old non-progressive stamp ; no ; bub a society whose ultimate object is the emancipation of its memibers froni the degrading shackles : 0 f WAGES SLAVERY , by adopting , as so on , as our funds would permit , the system which some of the Loiidorishopmateshavealready embraced ; At tbe same time , not to appear exclusive ^ individual , or selfish , we were resolved to form friendly relations with every to « n that would offer the right hand of fellowship to us . ' - ¦ ; ¦ - , - : ; ;; <
Still keeping our ultimate object t fully m view , we launched -our bark with hopeful . ' hearts ; trusting , that ; with wisdom for our guide , we would , ere long , reach the wished for port ; but to our' surprise , those pirates . ( the artful dodgers of the City ) bore down upon us , and attempted to board us ; however , armed as we are , at all points , with truth and right , we dread not their attacks ; no , nor fear their machinations . - Since our friends ofthe City society seem ; to be so grossly ignorant , so completely divested of legal knowledge , we in pity offer them the followinglegal truths , as a cure for their mental blindness : — 1 st : At the breaking up , or dissolution of any illegal society , ( such as all Trades ' Societies are ) , each member is in lumour bound to contribute towards tbe liquidation of any debt or debts , which may have been contracted by the officers of the said society ,- for societary purposes , whilst in
existence ; ; , 2 nd . No new society can lay claim to any (! ebt or debts due to a former society , though almost composed of tho same persons . ¦ : 3 rd . No new ; society is , in any respect entitled to liquidate the debts contracted by a former society , although nearly composed of the same members ; individually they are entitledto pay all such debts , but as asociety they are not ; i-Shopmates ; the above legal facts will at once disentangle your minds from the absurd idea , that a new society is in duty bound to pay the debtsof an old society ; but we are quite aware , nay , are confident , that in each society , before which this address might be laid , a sufficient number of intelligent men will be found to advocate our causes and ¦¦
approve of our conduct . '•> . :. ^ . To set this matter at rest for ever , permit us to state , that being a society whose aim and object- is as dissimilar as possible from any society that ever existed in this city , or in Scotland , we , therefore , and for that reason cannot , nor willnot acknowledge the slightest relationship between ourselves and any other society that may have existed -in this locality previous to our formation . All that we require is , to be on friendly terms with all and every society of our trade in the three kingdoms . Shopmates , in conclusion , allow us to observe , that we are blamed by the City body for entering
some of their members without a line from their secretary . This statement we at once flatly deny ; we distinctly affirm thatnve have done no such thing ; but if they ( the City body ) consider it to be just , honourable , or honest to claim those shopmates of the Eastern division of this city as their mem hers / who have through kindness contributed their mite towards the payment of the late City body ' s debt , ' then we at : once plead guilty to the charge , for the most of ns have done so , arid would do so still , if they will request such contributions from us as voluntary gifts , and hot demand them as undoubted rights .- '
' We have not the slightest ill-feeling against the members of the City body ; our minds are otherwise occupied . We have higher airiis and nobler aspirations to claim our leisure moments , instead ot concocting calumny against any body of men . We would not . hurt the serpent , but make the serpent hurtless . : ¦ : . By order of the-Eastern division of operative boot and shoemakers , ( Signed , ) , > W . Caoman , Secretary , John IIaoebtt , Whiiam WuiXACRE , HUOH QlUUBN , PATRICK M'KkoN , Committee .
:.. '. The Weather And The Crops. Yorksh...
:.. ' . THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS . Yorkshibb . —Harvest operations in the neighbourhood of Selby , Snaith , Rawcliffe , arid Goole , have nearly been brought to a close , and the crops well gathered . The wheat crops look well , but it expected the yield in this , district will be rather below ihe average . The grain is generally small . Other , crops ripened so rapidly that much corn was knocked out by the prevalent high ' winds , before the farmers could get it cut . Oats , it is believed , will yield well . Beans have suffered in the top from the high winds , and the crop will not be great—some of the crops corn but indifferently . Turnips are looking admirably , particularly Swedes , which are remarkably fine . —¦ Yorkshire Gazette .
Oxfordshire . —The harvest is rapidly drawing to a cl » se , the beautiful weather , of the present week having tended to bring about this ' desirable end . A few fields only of the late oat and spring beans remain standing , and some of the latter will not p » y the' expense of cutting , carting , stacking , and thrashing . On many farrris , carryirig having been finished , the teams are busy with the skim plough and drag harrows , conveying . the idea ¦ of the beginning of another agricultural year . Taking this harvest through , we' think the produce has been carried in a very fair condition ; that the crisps of wheat , beans , and peas are deficient ; barley and oats an average , and the root . crops abundant . — Oxford Journal .
Dkrbyshire —Although during the last feivs days the state of the weather has been unfavourable for harvest operations , yet a greater breadth has been cleared in tolerable condition than might have been expected . The greatest activity has been manifested , and it may be fairly , questioned whether greater energy , stimulated by an uncertain * future , has ever been displayed than is now the case . The present month has been of unusual coldness , cloudy , rainy , stormy , and iinpropitious , with occasional frosty nights . The account of the several crops are contradictory ; but there are sufficient reasons to warrant
the opinion that the wheat crop will not realise the promise which was warranted a few weeks ago . Mildew , blight , arid rust have prevailed to a great extent . Compared with the produce of the last year , thecrop , as a whole , will be deficient both in quality and quantity ; and it seems by do means improbable that the price will be enhanced , unless the foreign supplies should come in to make up' the deficiency . The potatoes are far from promising , and we learn from undoubted'authority that in some situations the disease has manifested itself to a greater extent than last year . —Derbyshire Courier *
Cumberland . —The weather , since our last , 'has been very unfavourable for harvest Operations . : The work , however , is well forward , and one or two dry days will see most of the grain cut . ' Shearing is already nearly completed upon the early farms . In some quarters a little has been "housed / ' bui we cannot-say that in ' general there is in this respect much to be done . Complaints still continue to pour in regarding the potato blight . —Carlisle Journal .
Sin Jv Franklin's Expenrrion.—The United...
Sin JV Franklin ' s ExPEnrrioN . —The United States brig Advance , belonging tothe expedition in search of ; Sir John Franklin , reached Whalefish Island , on the west coast of Greenland , on the 24 th of June , in thirty-two days from New York . The ilescue arrived on the 27 th . A letter from a gentleman-on board , published in the New York Herald ; says : — . " On our arrival here we fourid an English barque at anchor ; she is a storeship , having brought storesiand coal out for the squadron ; which , by the way , sailed . from here' yesterday , consisting of two barques of about 300 tons each , carrying-sixty men , hnd steamers of about 100 tons each , with from forty to fifty men ; they are ' all bound in search of Sir-John'Franklin ; The barque sails'in about , a
week forEngland . which'will give us all afineopr po rtunity to write , the only one I am afraid we shall have for some time'to come . ; . We have been very ; forlunate in sending * lettei's thus far , for I boarded a vessel off Newfoundland , bound in to St ; ' John ' s , about the 1 st of this monthi We all sent letters by her . They went from- St . John ' s by steamer : to Halifax , and from thence to the United States . After JeavingNew-York , we kept coinpany with the Bescue , by keeping under short sail , until the 19 th ult ., when ^ findtng it impossible for her to keep up ; we made sail" and lost ¦ sight other in a few hours . The days after 'leaving- New York gradually grew longer until the -16 th of'this"month ( in 60 deg . 50 mHK'Ny lati ) , ' when' we ; could ; really'say -we had constant day v i so much so that we were able to steer
withoiit lighting the binnacle-lamp , a-thing-1 never saw before . ! 'We have not-got used to / it yet , ; and hardly kriiow when turning in : time comes . You have no-idea hriw strange ifcappears . to come on deck at riiidnight ; ( or'rather' what ought to be midnight , ) arid find it broad daylight , ^ with the sunup ; We still disoririiiriate one twelve hours from the other , by calling them night and day , ' and appropriate the part we call riightfor sleeping , or rather a' portion of it . :- 'After leaving the coast of Newfoundlnnd we foil in with no ice until we were about to make the coast of Greenland , when we'fonnd-th ' e icebergsiin great lumbers . We made Greenland on the 2 lst ; ib certainly is the most dismal , rooky , barren
country I ever saw or river expect to see .- ^ We expect to go to a place Called TJppermarik , about two hundred miles from-here ; from there we goto ' Melville Bay , thence across to Lancaster Sound to Cape Walker ;; froiriCape Walker we shall try to get upto Melville Islarid ^ and as much farther as we can . Wri expect to winter at Melville Isle , ' but'that ; of course , will depend very much on circumstances . "This is the last opportunity we shall haveof writing for a long time , unless we have the goodlurik to fall in with a whaler < bound either home or to'England t" -..., -,,-.-The ' works upontho Swansea Floating Dock are being prosecuted with j » reat vigour , and'iV will be opened at an early period ; ; 1 :- ;^ ui :- ! ; ' - ' i . ' : i ' > : ; * * ' t ; : : :-: ; , : - > ¦¦ . ¦ -M- : ]' ;
Loss Of The Oklyn Stlia&Lku. Triai Op Th...
LOSS OF THE OKlyN STliA & LKU . Triai op ths Captain and Mates . —The trial of ; Mr ; "Thomas Henderson ^ the oaptain-.-of- ^ -the Orion ; Mr .. George Langlands , the-first iriatri of that vessel and of Mr ; JoneWilliiiins , the second mate , for the shipwreck of the Orion , in June last , off Portpatriok . commenced : v in Edinburgh ,: on Thursday ; the 20 th ult ., before the Hi g h Court of Justiciary . . On the table in front of the judges * bench , were . placed a beautiful model of the Orion , boat , boat cover , charts of the coast of Wigtown , shire , and a number of other thinas . The indictment set out by charging Thomas Henderson , the master ; George Langlands , tho first mate ; and John Williams , the second matewith culpable
, homicide , as also of culpable and reckless neglect of duty . ' . It then went on to narrate the ' eircuiristaricesof the loss of the Orion in technical lariguage ; and after mentioning the names of such of the passengers as were ascertained to be lost , ; -it concluded as . follows : — " And jou , the said Thomas Henderson and John William ' s , are , both and each , or one or other of you , guilty ofthe culpable bereavement of the lives of all and each , or one or more of the said persons drowned in manner above libelled ; and you the , said George Langlands , are guilty of the culpable bereavement of the . lives of such ot the said persons as were drowned in the nrnnner above libelled ; when left in the sinking ship , in
consequence of the paid boats , or some of them , not having proceeded with passengers from the said ship to the shore as often , before the said ship sank , as they would have done , if fully and properly equipped ; or in consequence ofthe boats , or soriie of them , being unfitted to carry , and nothaving carried , their full complement ot passengers to the shore ; or , when thrown into the water ,. by tho capsizing or swamping of both and each of one or other of the , two boats , the said quarter-boat and life-boat respectively , cn-psized or swamped in tho mariner above libelled . ' Special defences wero lodged for the captain and second mate , but none for the first mate . In these , the captain alledged , that he had gone below to take a little rest , leaving
the . vessel in . charge of a competent officer ; and that after . this , the accident arose from causes which he could not control . The second mate set forth , that he had steered the vessel to tho best of his judgment ; . and that the accident bad arisen from the deficient state of the ship ' s compasses-or other , machinery , and that he ,. therefore , was not liable for this . The case for the Crowri was conducted by the Solicitor-General ; Messrs . Dcas and Bell , and Mr . Craufhrd , appeared as counsel for Captain Henderson ; Mr . Penny for Williams , the second mate ; and Mr . Logan for Langlnnds , the first mate . The panels pleaded not guilty tothe charges in the indictment , and the cas-e then went to trial . —Captain Robinson , R . N ., deposed , that
he had been employed for several years in making a hydrographic r survey of Scotland for the Admiralty . This witness described the sunken rooks , their distances , and situation . Looking to tho breadth of the channel , witness did not think that any person in his sound senses , looking to the nature of the coast , and going up the Firth of Forth , would keep his vessel only a length off to secure its safety . Looking to where the wreck was lying , no course , consistent with safety would allowthe vessel to be so near the coast . He did not think that the current would have much effect in sending such a large vessel as the Orion iu upon shore ,-assuming her to be taking a proper course . —John M'Donald , boat-builder , Greenock , s . ud he made the Orion , as also the model . Believed seventy , or
eighty persons could sit in one of the life-boats which he had measured .- This witness saw , the starboard quwter-boat with her bows down iri the water ; and the other end of her hanging by the tackle . Saw some people tumbling out of her . Saw some persons tumble out of the starboard life-boat into the water . From the evidence of John Kelly , a seaman on board the Orion at the time of the wreck , and who was keeping watch at the time , described the course to steer given him by the second mate , as being very close to land , much nearer to shore than usual . After the vessel Struck , a boat was lowered ,-: A cry was raised . for a knife to cut a piece of cord fastening the boat . Oars were got in , a short time ; but cannot , say
how many , whether : two or three . Five should have been in the boat . The plug-hole was stopped by a gentleman putting , his handkerchief into it . Did not go round by starboard , as the cry was raised that there were enough in . Thero were from fifteen to twenty in . The boat could have carried about thirty . There was not much water in ; it was coming in . If they had had the five oars , the land would have been made sooner . After taking the passengers ashore , witness went back to the wreck , and went under the larboard mizzen rigging and took off as many as they found . Went then to the main rigging . The mate came into the boat , and also the captain . The captain was the last man to leave . The vessel had settled down bythis
time . Could not have taken off the cloth and lowered the boat in ten minutes . It would take , without the cloth , from ten to fifteen minutes to lower the boat , owing to the manner in which the boats on board the Orion were fastened . Never saw a boat fastened with a cover like that now shown as the starboard life-boat of the Orion . The several witnesses examined corroborated the-above evidence , and one stated that a fog had come on upon the night ot the accident . The trial was resumed on Friday , when the declaration ol captain Henderson and the second mate , and exculpatory
evidence was also given . On Saturday Mr . Craufhrd , advocate , addressed the jury at great length for the master of the Orion steamer , Thomas Henderson . The Lord Justice . Clerk then summed up , when the jury retired for about ' half an hour , and returned into court with , a verdict , finding , by a majority , Thomas Henderson ( the captain ) Guilty of culpable neglect of duty , and John Williams ( the second mate ) unanimously Guilty . The Lord Justice Clerk then , in an impressive address , sen * tenced John Williams , the second mate , to seven , years' transportation , and Thomas Henderson , tho captain , to eighteen months' imprisonment .
Am Undertaker In: Troomb.—On A Certain D...
Am Undertaker in : Troomb . —On a certain day last week , about half-past seven o ' clock in the morning , a mourning coach , with a pair of horses and driver , duly caprisoned for funeral rites , were observed slowly wending their way with great solemnity along Marsh-lane , Burniantofts , and Beckett-street , to the Leeds burial ground . On arriving at the entrance to the unconsecrated portion of the burial-ground the coach stopped until the gates were thrown open , ' and then proceeded-with due solemnity' to the chapel doors . At that untimely hour iio one was in attendance but the gravedigger , who hastened to the spot , when the following dialogue took place : —Gravedigger : " Where ' st mourners ? " Driver : " Inside . " — Gravedigger ( opening the coach door ) ; "Not they , marry , there ' s no mourners . Where ' st coffin ? " Driver :
" Why , it ' s there , isn tit ?'—Gravedigger : "Nay , thou ' s browt no coffin nor nowt else hut thee sen , thou great- lumphead . What is ' ta cum here for at this time O' morning ? " Driver ? ' < I don't know . "—Gravedigger : " Who . sent ' thee * " Driver ( Driver looks perplexed . and sorrowful , but says nothing . ) — Gravedigger : " Where has ta' como from ? " Driver rubs his nose , strokes his face , and looks as grave as an owl in an ivy bush . —Gravedigger : "Can ' t ta' speak man ? " Driver wipes his eyes and his mouth , and heaves a deep , sigh , but remains silent . —Gravedigger : " Is ta daft ? Driver takes off his hat , and scratches his head , but makes no : replv . —Gravedigger : " Now thou ' s scratched thee head weel / does ta find owtinit ? " Driver : " Nay ;"—Gravedigger : " Then takmy advice ; go home and get to bed a bit , and the next time thoa comes out , bring thee mother wi' thee to take care on thee , will ta ? " The man of sorrow then turned
bis horaCS head , and the whole affair remained in . mystery till the following day , when the dread of exposure Jed the driver to go to the gravedigger , and explain the cause of his visit . He said he had been up all night ; that his employer had received an order to send a 'hearse and several mourning coachesfoi ' a funeral a fow miles distant ; that tho hearse and'the other mourning conches had started before him ;> that he was behind his time , and had ih a hurried mariner harnessed his horses . He thea mounted his box and started on his journey , and fell fast asleepi and the horses bad then taken tbo road they were accustomed to , and that when he ¦ awoke and found himself at the Leeds burial ; ground'hewas : 8 o stupified and bewildered that ho coulcf not remember what' he was -ordered , to do . Surely ' this ' is a'precious specimen-of those who are hired to " riiiteiick sorrow when the heart ' s not sad . " ~ Lee & s Mercury ^ ' ¦ ' : ' ' ¦ ¦ ' ' - ¦ ' ¦ " -- : .- ¦ ' - •"
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 7, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07091850/page/7/
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