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THE REGISTRATIONS. East Sorbet.—The revi...
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5~The Law or Pabxsebship.—On tbe 3rd ins...
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THE LIVERPOOL COUKTY COURT. Liverpool, S...
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iIobmble Murder op a Wifb.—A letter from...
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Tboops for AusmAMA.—The "United Service ...
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LECTURE OS BLOOMERISM. On Monday evening...
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UNCLE BENJAMIN'S SERMON. Not many hours ...
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Sale of Land.—The lands of Woodburn, in ...
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. The Robberies is New...
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The Goer of Pauperism: in the MjcrKoroLi...
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KOSSUTH. KOSSUTH IN FRANCE. The followin...
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October 11, 185l The Northern Star 7 - ^...
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21isxeri0us Murder In Lixcolxsii1rea Dia...
21 ISXERI 0 US MURDER IN LIXCOLXSII 1 REA diabolical murder , the circumstances of which remain shrouded in mystery , was perpetrated on Friday night last , in a cottage in the parish of Gayton-lfr-Marsh . It appears that as a person was passtuff within about 500 yards of the cottage of a man named Baker , about half-past eight in the evening , heard a single shot fired Shortly afterwards Baker presented himself at the house of this person with his head bleeding , and stated that hia wife had been shot desd through the window , and that he himself had been wounded . Mr . Heath , the sur geon of Theddlethorpe , examined and dressed the wounds , but found no shot in them , although the
wounds bore all tne appearance of having been produced by scattered shot . Some circumstances led to Baker ' s apprehension on suspicion of bavin ° committed the murder . It was known that he and Ms wife had lived unhappily together , and tbat they had once been parted . He bad wished to * o to America , and bad with some difficulty prevailed Bpon his wife to advance him £ 20 , which was effected by mortgaging the cottage and land , which were the property of hia wife . It was considered possible that Baker had shot his wife , and contrived to wound himself , and upon these grounds ho was arrested . A further examination of Baker ' s wounds was made by Mr . R . West , surgeon , of Alford , who detected a single shot under the skin of the t ^ head where
the near the hair is parted . This shot had passed in a direction from before backwards and had lodged about an inch from the openin g by which it had entered . Mr . West extracteofthc shot , and took care of it . On Saturday morning an inquest was held upon the body of the murdered woman , before Mr . Goe , coroner for Louth . Mr . Heath , who made a postmortem examination of the body , stated that the vessels of the neck were lacerated by scattered shot , which had passed in from behind . He found nine shot corns in the neck , and in the shoulder and back of the woman a great many wounds from scattered shot . A small piece Of glass were found within her dress , having evidently been driven there with the shot from the
window . A loaded gun hanging in the bouse was examined , and presented appearances which proved that it had not recentl y been discharged , the cap being rusted on tbe nipple . Marks were found in the garden about ten or a dozen yards from the window , as of tbe boot , loes , and knee of a person feneeling to fire . These marks were in a line with the opening through the window , and from what the man stated were the positions of both himself and wife when tbey were shot . The opening through the window was at the side , and a few shot corns were picked out of the window frame . Baker ' s statement was , that he waa sitting reading with his face opposite the window , and tbat his Wife was sitting opposite to him on the other side
of the table , sewing the sleeve of a flannel shirt . Suddenly he heard the report of a gun , and felt cimself wounded in the head . He rose from the chair and held his head down , which was bleeding profusely . He spoke to his wife , not knowing that she had been struck , and , when he found she did not answer , he looked up and found her lying dead on the hearth . As soon as he recoveredfrom the stupor into which he was thrown , he went and told his next neighbour what had occurred . The shot corn found in Baker ' s head , and the fact tbat tbe report of only one gun had been heard , appeared to corroborate the man ' s statement . It seemed clear that the wounds on the man ' s head were really canted by shot . Those wounds were not only scattered
over his forehead and face , but one was on the very top of the back part of the head , and the shot corn found in the latter wound resembled those found in the woman . Baker was immediatel y set at liberty by the magistrate who had sanctioned his arrest , and who was present at the inquest , on entering xato his own recognizances to appear as a witness . It is now supposed by some that the murderer , whoever he was , meant to shoot both Baker and his wife , as , in order to get them both in a line of fire be had heen obliged to graze the window frame , instead of which , if he had meant to shoot only the woman , he might have fired through the middle of the window . Baker ' s friends consider it a providential circumstance that he did not escape
uninjured , as in that case he mi ght have had some difficulty in proving his innocence of this foul and dastardly murder . Baker does not hesitate to express his suspicions of the "friends" of bis wife , who , according to his account , want to get possession of ihe place—tho cottage , and three or four acres of land near it , being her property . It may be necessary to add that Baker and bis wife were living together alone , that they had no windowblind up at the moment when the shot waa fired , and that the window in question looks into a little garden . A rigorous and searching examination appears to be required into tbe circumstances of tbe murder , which has created an immense sensation in the peaceful district in which it occurred .
The Registrations. East Sorbet.—The Revi...
THE REGISTRATIONS . East Sorbet . —The revising barrister held a court , on Saturday last , at the Vestry-hall , Camberweli , to revise tbe list for that parish , the hamlet of Hatcham , and the parishes of Ifewington and Christchurch . The same gentlemen attended as agents for the respective parties . In tbe Camberwell list , the vote of Mr . Joseph Green was objected te by Mr . Corner , the liberal agent . The place of abode of tbe voter was described as " late " Of Edgbastou , near Birmingham . Mr Corner proved that he had caused a notice of objection to be served upon the overseers , but it appeared that no notice had been served upon the voter himself . —M . Meymott contended that tha notice to the overseers was not sufficient , and that notice of objection onght also to be served upon tbe voter . —
Mr . Corner said that the description of tbe residence of the voter as "late" of Edgbaston , near Birmingham , was no address whatever , and that it came within the terms of the 100 th section of the Heform Act , which enacted that , where no address of a voter appeared on the register , or the party was residing out of England , a notice of objection served upon the overseers should he deemed sufficient , and a notice to tbe party was not required . —Mr . Meymott submitted that persons objecting to the right of a party to a vote were bound to send him a notice of objection to the address , whatever it might be , that was placed upon the register . It was a very common practice , when gentlemen left their chambers or residences , to hsue written or painted on tho door where they were removed to ;
and if a notice had been sent to Edgbaston , in all probability Mr . Green would have received it , and -would have had an opportunity of making out his qualification . —Sir W . Biddell said he thought this case came completely within the terms of the section that had been referred to . The voter was required to place the address where he could be found ¦ upon the register , but , instead of doing so , he had merely stated where he did not reside , and he certainly considered the description " late of" a place to be no address at all within the meaning of the act , and , consequently , that the party objecting to a vote had done all that was required in serving notice of objection upon the overseers . —The name was then expunged from tbe list , and several other cases of the same kind were disposed of in a
similar manner . Tvsemouth . —Mr . Hogg has been occupied two davs in revising the parliamentary list of borough electors . It is known that Mr . Hugh Taylor , of the Coal Exchange , ft Protectionist , will oppose E . TV . Grey , the sitting member , and the list has been closely scrutinised on both sides , with the following results : —Objections sustained by Mr . Grey s committee , 64 ; by Mr . Taylor's , 35 ; claims sustained by Mr . Grey ' s committee , 21 ; by Mr . Taylor ' s , 35—U in favour of Mr . Grey , 43 upon the wholo revision .
5~The Law Or Pabxsebship.—On Tbe 3rd Ins...
5 ~ The Law or Pabxsebship . —On tbe 3 rd inst ., a Parliamentary blue book was printed containing the report of a Select Committee of the House of Commons on the Law of Partnership . The evidence is given with the report . On a former occasion the report , which was issued separately , was noticed , and it will be sufficient to state , that the Committee are of opinion that the Law of Partnership as at present existing , viewing its importance in reference to the commercial character and rapid increase of the population and property of the country , requires careful and immediate revision . . The committee state , " By the existing law no person can advance any capital to any undertaking , public or private , in the profits of which he is to ' participate , nor become partner or shareholder in any enterprise for profit , without becoming liable to the whole amount of his -fortune , as expressed by a sreat legal authority , to his last shilling and his last acre . " The evidence printed forms a goodly
sized volume . _ . T , Discovering the Bodies of the Dhow & bd . —It is curious that a similar practice to thatof discovering the bodies of the drowned by loading ¦» Jtoaf with mercury , and puting it afloat on the stream exteacted from the « Gentleman ' s . Magazine seems to exist among the North American Indians . Sir James Alexander , in his account of Canada { "L'Acadie" 2 vols ., 1 S 19 ) says , p . 20 j- lhe Indians imagine that in the case of a drowned noay , Its place may be discovered by floating a chip ot turn round over
cedar wood , which wiU stop and the exact spot . An instance occurred within my own knowledge , in the case of Mr . Lavery , ot Kingston mill , whose boat overset , and tbe Person was drowned near Cedar Island ; nor could the body be discovered until this experiment was resorted to . "—Notes and Queries . Tire "Weedos Arrests . —The " 2 ? aval and Military Gazette" of Saturday last states : — " Captain Kennedy and Lieutenant Cocks ( 4 th foot ) are stm in arrest and untried , this being the 74 th day of confinement ; that is , 74—S = CC days beyond the
time prescribed by military law . legal advice , we are informed , has been taken . The promulgation cf the sentence ia hourly expected /'
5~The Law Or Pabxsebship.—On Tbe 3rd Ins...
DEATH OF AX EXCISE OFFICER BY POISOXi On Monday an inquest was held by Mr . William Carter , the coroner for East Surrey , at the Gregorian Arms Tavern , Lower-road , Bermondsey , upon Mr .- Frederick Robert Bolton , aged fortyone years , an officer connected with the Inland Revenue , who was accidentally poisoned under the following melancholy circumstances : — Mr . K , T . Russell , of No . 12 , Thornton-street , Horeelydown , surgeon , stated tbat on Thursday evening last , about six o ' clock , two persons brought the deceased into his surgery in a state of great exhaustion . He was perfectly sensible , but cold and pulseless . Witness asked the deceased a few questions , to which he replied that he had been
requested by a friend to taste some aconite , and wished to know if witness knew the nature of it . Witness replied in the affirmative , and asked him if he had taken any ? when he replied it was a part of his duty at the Excise Office to test such coif pounds , and he believed he had swallowed about a teaspoonful of the mixture . Witness , knowing that aconite was a deadly poison , then considered the deceased would unquestionabl y die . —William Bennett , a ganger , employed in the Inland Revenue-office , Tower-hill , said that he knew the deceased , wbose duty was to gauge casks of spirits as well as medicated preparations , to ascertain their quantity and strength , the same being subject to a duty . On Thursday last witness examined a box
at St . Katharine ' s Wharf , which had been imported from Scotland , the same being accompanied with a permit , which indicated that the contents consisted of medicated spirits . "Witness took a bottle out , containing one-fifth of a gallon . The bottle was wrapped in a paper covering , and was labelled , but tho label could not be seen . "Witness took tbe bottle to the office on Tower-hill , and having drawn the cork , poured out a small quantity in a glass . Witness put a wooden penholder into the liquid , and then drew it across his lips . At that time Mr . Bolton ( the deceased ) was sitting in the office , looking towards witness , who asked him his opinion as to tbe nature of tbe liquid . Deceased said he believed it was a bitter , and took the bottle
out of witness ' s hand , and afterwards returned it . Witness then conveyed the bottle to Mr . Brain , the principal officer of that department , who directly tore off the paper covering , when witness saw it was labelled " Flemins ' s tincture of aconite , poison , " in large letters . Witness had no doubt the deceased swallowed a portion , although he said he did not believe he had . Deceased seemed very well , but witness went to a chemist ' s , and had a burning sensation in ihe throat all that evening . The deceased loft the office , and was not seen by his friends again until after death . —Coroner : Have yon no other means of testing these articles than by tasting them ?— ~& o , sir ; it was the character , and not the strength , we were looking after . —Mr .
Russell , the surgeon , said the wrapper ought to have been labelled outside . —The Coroner was of a similar opinion , and added that the permit of the box onght to bear some indication of the contents of such highly dangerous packages . —Mr . Brain said they had no power by act of parliament to compel them to do so , although it was highly necessary some means of the kind should be adopted . It was the duty of the deceased to test tbe strength of ardent spirits , but not medicated spirits . The former were tested by the use of the hydrometer , or water balance . The latter would come under the notice of witness , who repeatedly asked the deceased if he had swallowed any of the compound , which was a deadly poison ; but the
deceased said he had been very sick , and was then much better . Witness thought the deceased had merely put his lips to the bottle . The poison , which bad been forwarded from a large firm in Scotland , was supposed to be made in conformity with the act of parliament and London Pharmacopoeia . The unfortunate accident had arisen through not removing the outer covering of the bottle . The deceased and tbe last witness bad not been long employed in that department of the Excise , and were not fully acquainted with the various compounds . —Other evidence having been offered , the Coroner
remarked on tbe testimony of the witnesses , and said the death of the deceased gentleman was to be deeply lamented , and he should certainly recommend the commissioners to adopt some immediate steps for the prevention of such unfortunate accidents . —The Jury unanimous l y concurred , and returned the following special verdict : — " That the deceased met his death accidentally , and they ( the jury ) would suggest to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue , that when any article of a poisonous character is imported the permit should bear the word' poison / as well as the nature of the article itself . "
The Liverpool Coukty Court. Liverpool, S...
THE LIVERPOOL COUKTY COURT . Liverpool , Saturday . —The Liverpool County Court was adjourned last night by the Judge , Mr . Ramshay , for three weeks ; and for the present , therefore , there is an end to those remarkable proceedings which have attracted the attention of the whole country . The excitement of the town has also diminished ; and both tbe obnoxious judge and the angry community have now leisure for reflection and consideration of the next step' to he taken in the very unequal struggle between them . Up to this time Mr . Ramshay had given no indications of regret for the extraordinary and unprecedented course he had taken ; and it w , is understood yesterday evening that be was even hurrying his
solicitor to proceed with the indictment for conspiracy against the " Journal , " and the Tradesman ' s Guardian Society , which he threatened some weeks before his recent press prosecutions . But this evening , it is reported , he received a letter from the Earl of Carlisle , the Chancellor of the Duchy ; and without venturing a surmise as to the precise contents of that epistle , it is assumed as certain that its effect will be greatly to alter Mr . Ramshay ' s plans . On the other hand , the people of Liverpool are not letting matters rest , or trusting altogether to Lord Carlisle ' s sense of justice and decorum . The " Whitty Indemnity Committee" met this afternoon , and the result is thus stated in a late edition of the " Journal : "—
" At a meeting of the committee of the ' Whitty Indemnity Fund , ' beld this afternoon , Samuel Holme , Esq , in the chair , it was resolved that a memorial be prepared , as from the inhabitants of Liverpool , to the Earl of Carlisle , praying a public inquiry in Liverpool into the conduct of Mr . Ramshay , as judge of the County Court , since the termination of the former inquiry . It was further resolved tbat J . R . Jeffrey , Esq ., be requested to act as secretary to the committee . It was also resolved that application be made to the aldermen and councillors of the different wards to forthwith call
meetings in such wards , for the purpose of supporting the requisition to the Earl of Carlisle . ' ' Besides this , the magistrates are in communication with the Home-office , and the general belief seems to be that the removal of Mr . Ramshay will be effected without the formality of any inquiry such as that instituted before , and which ended so little to the credit of the well-meaning , but , in this instance , ill-judging Lord Carlisle . Mr . Whitty has put his case entirely in the hands of the town committee , and it is not known whether he will be advised to bring an action against Mr . Ramshay . Mr . Whitty was yesterday received with loud cheering when he wenton 'Change .
Iiobmble Murder Op A Wifb.—A Letter From...
iIobmble Murder op a Wifb . —A letter from Finland received by a commercial firm at Bordeaux , gives an account of a horrible crime . Some months ago a tradesman of Borga , named Ansen , married a young pirl named Margueritha , of a highly respectable family . Although her conduct was strictly proper , and she was admired and beloved by all who knew her , he entertained suspicions of her , and kept strict watch on all her movements . Having at last obtained what he considered proof sufficient of her guilt , he resolved to murder her . Accordingly one day he sent away the domestics , and propoled to his wife to visit some friends at a distance . On the nig ht before that appointed for the departure , he stole softly to her chamber , and plunged a dagger into her breast as she was sleeping . He
then cut the body into pieces , and packed it in a cask . He afterwards wrote an address to some imaginarv place in Greenland , and caused the cask io be confided to a carrying house . The Customhouse officers having some suspicion , insisted on examining the contents , and to their horror , found the dismembered body of the victim . On the top of this was a letter from the murderer , stating that , to avoid the scaffold , which he merited for his crimes , his intention was to hang himself . He added that after the murder he became convinced that his suspicions of bis wife were unfounded . The remains of the unfortunate woman were given up to her family for burial .
Cabinet Couscil . —The Ministers are all expected to be in town before the meeting of the Council on the 14 th inst . Lord John Russell is ex ^ pected to arrive at Richmond the latter end of this week . The Lord Chancellor is expected to arrive in London for the meeting . Lord Lansdowne is expected to arrive from Derb y . The Chancellor of the Exchequer is expected to arrive from his seat in Yorkshire the end of tbe week . Sir George Grey ( whose health is greatly improved ) is expected to be present at the Council . Mr . Labouchere is expected to return from the continent , and the other members of the Cabinet are also en route for town . —Observer .
" We are assured , " says the " Bulletin de Paris , " " that the President of the Republic , on his recent visit to the building that is going on for the new hospital of the north , and which was intended , when tho work was first decided on , to be called tbe Hospital de Louis Philippe , but after the revolution of 1 S 43 received the name of Hospital de la Bepublique , expressed his astonishment at the change of name , and a wish that it should resume that which it receft ed at its foundation . This wish has . fieeu complie , < J with ,, " .
Capture Of A Gang Of Wholesale --- ¦ ¦ ¦...
CAPTURE OF A GANG OF WHOLESALE --- ¦ ¦ ¦ - SWINDLERS , On -Saturday last the Police Court at Plymouth was crowded by persons anxious to listen to one of the mest extraordinary investigations ( adjourned from the previous Wednesday ) which has engaged the attention of the bench for some years , and which exposes an attempt at swindling upon a very large scale . It appears that early in the month of September there arrived in Plymouth two men of middle age and respectably attired , who forthwith took premises for the ostensible purpose of carrying on business as general outfitters and army and navy contractors . Having engaged a store on Sutton-wharfin the possession of Mr .
, Hicks , wine merchant , a painter was employed to announce to those resorting to that locality tbat " Rudwell ' s Stores" were there situated , and a plentiful supply of letter-paper was procured , each sheet bearing the printed heading of Sutton-wharf , Plymouth . Ship Stores Warehouses , General Outfitter , Army and Navy Contractor , & c . As the business to be transacted was intended to be of the most extensive description , a " counting-house " became necessary , and for this purpose a room in Tin-street was hired , at the moderate sum . of half-a-crown per week , and here , during the usual hours of business , Mr . Rudwell and his more retiring partner , Mr . Palmer , were generally to be found , each seated at a desk , conducting a voluminous correspondence with most of the principal
contributors to the Great Exhibition , the Official Catalogue supplying them with tho names and addresses of tbe various exhibitors . As the trade to be carried on was to be large , of course the orders were liberal , and assistance being deemed necessary , the " principals" in the business were joined about a week after their arrival by a younger man , of smart appearance , calling himself William James Widdicombe . He acted as " clerk , " and James Maddick , a labourer , whom tbe " principals " met with on the quay , was employed as storekeeper and porter . The first fruits of the extensive correspondence carried on by the firm was the arrival of a large parcel , consigned to their address on the 20 th September , and every succeeding day witnessed the advent of other goods of a most miscellaneous
description . There was an odd commingling of copperas and broadcloths , locks , and blankets , lamps and trouserings , hides and chicory , tweeds and iodine , canvas and saddles , twines and cooking apparatus , velveteens and ship ' s sheathing , cotton twist and oatmeal , compound levers and a lifting jack . But numerous were the arrivals of goods , equally brisk appeared to be the sale , for not a single parcel remained in the store more than two hours ere it was disposed of , in some way or other , and it would seem iu some instances at prices which would have enabled Rudwell to assert with greater truth than is the case sometimes with traders , that he was indeed making an " alarming sacrifice . " For example , the " lifting jack " above-mentioned , the invoice price of which was £ S , was no sooner
delivered at the store than it was entrusted to the respectable agency of Messrs . Skardon and Sons , who were instructed to sell it for £ 2 , if a purchaser could be procured at that sum . Oil-cake , too , the trade price for which is £ 12 10 s . per ton , was offered for sale to Mr . Parrott , of Buckwellstreet , through the instrumentality of Mr , Nahum Cornbloom , for £ 7 10 s , per ton . Other goods were pledged at the office of Mr . Toms , pawnbroker , by Widdicombe . Such was the state of things until Tuesday last , when Superintendent Gibbons proceeded , in compan y with Inspector Thomas and Sergeant Hicks to arrest Palmer and his clerk Widdicombe ( who was discovered to have been living here under the assumed name of Matthews ) , as they were walking together from the railway
station towards George-place , the charge being they had , in conjunction with Rudwell , obtained large quantities of goods under false pretences . Palmer , who described himself as a labourer , said "Very well , " and Widdicombe , alias Matthews , stated himself to be a clerk in the service of Rudwell , and was altogether innocent of the offence charged against him . Rudwell was also apprehended the same evening , and on Wednesday morning the trio appeared before the magistrates , in custody of the officers charged as above stated . The sitting magistrates were the mayor and Messrs . Coryndon and Hawker ; Mr . Lavers attending on the part of the Trades' Protection Society , and applying for a remand in order to give the police time to institute the necessary inquiries .
After hearing the whole of the evidence then forthcoming against tho prisoners , and by which the foregoing statement was fully supported , the prisoners were remanded to Saturday . Mr . Nabum Cornbloom , who bad left , came back after the ; case had been heard , and was ad vised by the mayor to give up the goods he had received of Rudwell into the possession of a third party . In a very independent manner he refused to do anything of the kind , told the mayor he would rather take his money than his advice , asked Mr . Phillips what was the price of a brief , said he defied them to do anything to him ; ho bad not bought stolen goods ; he was " too deep" for that , and would never give up the goods till they were paid for . From the evidence produced on Saturday it
appeared that on Wednesday evening upwards ot two tons of goods arrived by Railway for Rudwell and Co ., which is in possession of the police , and tbat a letter , badly spelt and badly written , from the wife of Rudwell , has fallen into the hands of tho superintendent , but it contains ne information of which use can bo made . It was dated " London , " and bore the signature of •« Ann . " Another letter dated from Manchester , which came to hand on Thursday , charges Rudwell with being an impostor , and threatens him with exposure , the writer alleging that he ( Rudwell ) had carried on his fraudulent practices in a great number of towns assuming the name of " Cox , " when at Wolverhampton , then as "Smith , " of Birmingham , as "Mill , " of Liverpool , afterwards , as "Edwards , " of Manchester , and more subsequently as
" Darlington , " of Portsmouth . A large quantity of goods arrived to the address of the firm , on Thursday , and are now detained in the charge of Pickford and Co ., railway contractors . Abouttwo tons of oil-cake also came by steamer , for which Cornbloom was found to be on the look-out . The police accordingly waited until he had paid the freight , when they then stepped in and seized the lot , much to the chagrin of the hard-mouthed money-lender , who threatens to cito Superintendent ( iibbons and his men in the high court of Westminster . It was also stated that a ? resh lot of goods and sundry invoices came to hand on Friday morning , and that the police at the same time obrained information which was deemed sufficiently important to justify the immediate departure of Inspector Thomas per mail train to the metropolis .
The nature of tbe evidence was such as to induce the bench , after a lengthened examination of witnesses , to further remand the prisoners . Mr . Rudwell , on being asked what ho had to say against being remanded , contended tbat , as he had his name over the door of tho wharf , and was no where in debt in Plymouth , as he had not been applied to for money for the goods , but should be ready to pay on demand , he ought not to have been even taken into custody . As to Palmer , be was bis ( Rudwell ' s ) friend , while Widdicombe was his clerk . If anything had been wrong , he entirely exonerated them from all participation in it , and was ready to bear the results himself . Palmer had nothing to say , and "Widdicombe said he had come from the office of Wilson and Gurney , bank solicitors , London and could procure good references . He asked if he mig ht procure bail . He was told be must first procure his bail , and then their worships would consider if it could be taken , Rudwell is evidently in bad health .
Tboops For Ausmama.—The "United Service ...
Tboops for AusmAMA . —The "United Service Gazette" states : — " We understand that Governor Fitzroy has intimated to Earl Grey the necessity for reinforcements of troops , the expense of which is to be borne by the colony . " The three regiments next for foreign service are the 71 st ( 1 st battalion ) , 48 th , and 89 th , but we have reason to believe that no reinforcement will be sent , at least until the receipt of further information from the colony . We rkad in a Madrid letter of the 28 th ult .: — " Yesterday , as Queen Isabella was passing through the street of the Arsenal she met a procession proceeding with the host to the bouse of a sick person . She immediately alighted , and insisted upon the priest entering her carriage . She followed on foot , and , notwithstanding her advanced state of pregnancy , ascended the stairs with the priest to the bedside of the dying patient . ''
, „ , , Revolting Inhumanity . —The " Boonville ( Mo . ) Observer" of the 26 th ult . gives thefollowing details of an act of barbarity : — "In Morgan county , not long ago , a citizen died , leaving a widow and two small children , the oldest a girl about seven years of age . Not long after the death of her husband the woman married again . Soon the girl died , and very recently the boy was reported missing , lhe sudden and mysterious disappearance of the child , together with the fact that upon the death of the woman ' s first husband the property he possessed was left to the two children , aroused suspicion m for
the neighbourhood , when a search was made the boy . He was found in the woods adjacent with both legs broken and bis mouth sewed up . Reing atill alive , however , he was properly car ^ ^ when he reported that his mother and step-father had been the perpetrators of tho deed ; and , in aduition , that his sister ' s skull had been , broken by them , which caused her death . The boy ' s statement furthcr tended to develope the fact th at the girl was known before her death to have had a bandage around her head ; and upon her body being exhumed it was found as the boy had stated , that the skull was fractured . The parents were arrested and
imprisoned at Versailles . Elhcthic Telegraph in Turkey . —The Turkish government have determined on establishing a system of telegraphs throughout Turkey ,
Lecture Os Bloomerism. On Monday Evening...
LECTURE OS BLOOMERISM . On Monday evening Miss-Kelly ' s Theatre , in L > ean-street , Soho , was crowded by an eager auditory , assembled in consequence of an announcement fw i ? tbe "London Bloomer Committee , " mat a Jeeturo on the new costume would be delivered by a lady appropriately attired . A crowd was assembled in the street long before the doors were opened , and when admission was obtained the theatre Was immediatel y filled-so rapidly , indeed , tnat a gentleman from the . stage announced that the lecture
would not bo delayed until tho time named m the bills , as the edifice would contain no more . in a few minuteg after tnis notification , about twent y ladies , attired in the Bloomer costume appeared upon the stage , and took their seats in a semicircle . Every variety of the new attire was now to be seen , from tho strictly legitimate Bloomer skirt , » two inches below the knee , " to the less dariog and less attractive drapery which came down almost to the ancles . Nor were varieties of colour wanting . Young ladies in white with pink sashes contrasted strangely with elderly ladies clad in brown and black , some preforrinsr the hair
unadorned , others wearing a few ornaments , and two wearing a huge broad-brimmed black hat . The audience—the great majority of which was composed Of gentlemen—r eceived the Bloomer cortege with cheers and laughter , the latter demonstration so far predominating as to cause some of the ladies to waver in their approach , and one or two retired behind the sli ps to regain their presence of mind , somewhat shaken b y their first reception . Order having been restored , a lady attired in a dark brown costume came forward and addressed tho audience . The lecturer ' s name was not announced , it being merely stated that she was a citizen of the United States . She stated that in consequence of the great interest with which the Bloomer question was received by the public , a certain number of
ladies had been formed into a committee , in order to give it the necessary attention and publicity , and invited the mothers and daughters of England to give their attention to the now costume as contrasted with the present injurious form of attire . The introductory part of the lecture adverted ( amidst tho laughter of the audience ) to the first institution of clothing by our primeval parents . The lecturer , however , forbore to inquire whether the leaves formed a tunic or a simple petticoat . She then proceeded to trace the custom of nations from time immemorial of marking the different grades of human rank by varying apparel , and urged that the present inconvenient dress of ladies was not onlv unfit for their situation as the helpmates of man , but opposed to the laws of nature as regarded their
physical conformation . This subject led to a consideration of the moral and social conduct of American ladies , and thence , b y some strange transition , to the slave trade , and the claims of the " citizenesses " of the United States to a representation in the legislature . This discursive matter having been concluded , the lecturer took into consideration the injurious effect of the present style of dress , and tho obstructions caused by it to the highest functions of the human frame . She demonstrated seriatim tho effect of impeded action of the heart and lungs , ana traced to this cause a long train of diseases . The filth collected by the long trains of ladies sweeping the dirt did not escape notice , and the lecture concluded by an exposition of the advantages arising from the Bloomer costume , aud a compliment paid to Mrs . Bloomer , quoted from one of the American papers . It was also stated as a piece of
supplementary information that tbe real originatress of the Bloomer costume was a daughter of Mr . Garrett Smith , of the United States . During the course of this lecture several outbreaks of laughter and discordant noises took place , and the admissions of the lady were rather more freely and audibly interpreted than was intended . Her evident sincerity , however , made some impression ; and , upon the whole , the address was favourably received . The lady , however , did not seem to think that sufficient courtesy had been extended to her , after she had claimed " the courtesy due to a stranger , " and after her lecture mentioned her misgivings in plain . terms , attributing the outbreaks partly to the disappointment of many present at a recent Bloomer manifestation . The Bloomer ladies joined in the National Anthem at the close of the proceedings , and the lecture was announced for repetition .
Uncle Benjamin's Sermon. Not Many Hours ...
UNCLE BENJAMIN'S SERMON . Not many hours ago I heard Uncle Benjamin discussing this matter to his son , who was complaining of pressure . "Rely upon it , Sammy , " said the old man , as he leaned on his staff , with his grey locks flowing in the breeze of a May morning , " murmuring pays no bills . I have been an observer many times these fifty years , and I never saw a man helped out of a hole by cursing his horses . Be as quiet as you can , for nothing will grow under a moving harrow , and discontent harrows the mind . Matters are bad , I acknowledge , but no ulcer is any better for being fingered . The more you groan the poorer you grow . Repining at losses is only putting pepper into a sore eye . Crops will fail in all soils , and we may be thankful that we have not a famine . Besides , I always took notice that when I felt the rod pretty smartly ) it was as much as to say , ' here is something which you have got to learn . ' Sammy , don ' t forget that your schooling is not over yet , though you have a wife and two children . "
" Aye , " cried Sammy , " you may say that , and a mother in law and two apprentices into the bargain , and I should like to know what a poor man can learn here , when the greatest scholars and lawyers are at loggerheads , and can ' t for their lives tell what has become of the hard money . " * ' Softly , Sammy , I am older than you ; I have not got these grey hairs and this crooked back without some burdens . I could tell you stories of the days of continental money , when my grandfather used to stuff a sulky box with bills to pay for a yearlingora wheat fan , and when the women used thorns for pins , and laid their teapots away in the garret . You wish to know what you can learn . You may learn these seven things : —First : That you have saved too little and spent too much . I never taught you to be a miser , but I have seen you give your dollar for a nothin' when you might have laid by one half for charity , and one half for a rainy day . Second : That you have gone too much upon credit . I always told you
that credit was a shadow ; there is a substance behind , which casts the shadow , but a small body may cast a greater shadow , and no wise man will follow the shadow any farther than he can see the substance . You may have learnt that you have followed a shadow , and been decoyed into a bog . Thirdly : That you have gone in too much haste to become rich . Slow and easy wins the race . Fourthly : That no course of life can be depended upon as always prosperous . I am afraid the younger race of working men in America have a notion that nobody would go to ruin this side of the water . Providence has greatly blessed us , and we have become presumptuous . Fifthly : That you have not been thankful enough to God for his benefits in past times . Sixthly : That you may be thankful our lot is not worse . We might have famine , or pestilence , or war , or tyranny , or all together . And lastly , to end my' sermon , you may learn to offer with more understanding the prayer of our infancy— ' Give us this day our daily bread . ' "
The old man ceased , and Sammy put on his apron and told Dick to blow away at . the forge bellows . — American raver .
Sale Of Land.—The Lands Of Woodburn, In ...
Sale of Land . —The lands of Woodburn , in the immediate neighbourhood of Falkirk , were exposed to sale on the 1 st inst ., at £ 0 , 703 , and were knocked down , after a spirited competition ( during the course of which no fewer than thirty-nine offers were made ) , at £ 6 , 310 . A . M . Montheulin , of Paris , lately deceased , has left a legacy of £ 400 to any person who shall invent the means of guiding balloons in a straight line . Lvfanm . ve Coubaoe and Gssimosm . —Two bulls
of equal bravery , although by no means equally matched in size and strength , happening to meet near tho front of a laird ' s house in the Highlands of Scotland , began a fierce battle , tbe noise of which soon drew to one of the windows the lady of tho mansion . To her infinite terror she beheld her only son—a boy between five and six years of age—belabouring with a stiff cudgel the stouter of the belligerents . " Dougald , Dougald , what are you about ? " exclaimed the affrighted mother . " Helping the little-bull , " was the gallant reply .
Rates akb- "Votes . —An important question was raised at the court held to revise the lists of voters for the Tower Hamlets . Mr . S . E . Moss , a wine merchant , claimed to have his name inserted in tho list of electors for the parish of Whitechapel , in respect of a house which he occupied at 5 o . 8 , Magdalene-row , Prescott-street , Whitechapel . The objection to the claimant was made at the instance of the collector of taxes , who admitted that Mr . Moss was properly qualified , with the exception that he had not paid the assessed taxes due up to the Gfch of January last . The claimant submitted that , under the recent act 11 and 12 Yict ., c . xc , entitled , "An Act to Segul ate the Time of the Payment of Rates and Taxes by Parliamentary
Electors , " he had done all that was requisite to entitle him to have his name placed on the list . Ho contended that the assessed taxes were only payable half yearly , inApr . and Oct ,, and having paid those dues in Oct ., ISoO , he had paid all that > as ; due up to the 5 th of January last , and had therefore complied with the requirements of the act in that respect . The barrister , after considerable discussion , referring to the acts bearing upon the point at issue , said it seemed to him to have been the intention of the legislature to confer on the collector a right to demand the rate quarterly . The claimant ought to have paid the rate due on the 25 th of December , and having failed to do that could not avail himself of tho benefit of the clause in the Registration Act . IJe must therefore deoidf against the claimant .
Middlesex Sessions. The Robberies Is New...
MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . The Robberies is Newcastle-cour t anu Shirelane . —Ann Mingay , alias "Lady Mansfield , " aged 45 , Jane Owen , a woman of colour , aged 29 , Ellen Smith , aged 24 , and Julia Divine , aged 21 , were indicted , charged with having stolen two Bank of England notes of tho value of £ 10 each , and fifteen sovereigns , the property of Edmund Digby Anstice , from his person . It appeared that tbe prosecutor , who stated that he was in independent circumstances , and lived in the Mosley-road , Birmingham had come up to London to sell out some stock which he had in the Bank , and that on the 9 th of last month he had made a sale of £ 25 stock , which realised for him , after deduction of the broker ' s charges , £ 24 3 s . 4 d ., for which amount ho received
a check upon Messrs . Currie , the bankers , m Cornhill . In exchange for the check he received two Bank of England notes of £ 10 each , and the remainder in gold , silver , and copper . What became of tho prosecutor during the rest of the day was not elicited , aud no account was given of him until he stated that he met the prisoner , " Lady Mansfield , " in a public-house in Drury-lane , and that he remained drinking with her and paying for all the liquor from out of his purse , in which all his money was , all night and until long after daylight had arrived , when they left the public-house in a cab , accompanied by the other prisoner , Smith . Some time before they quitted in the cab another woman had snatched off and ran away with his hat , whereupon "Lad y Mansfield" said she would look after
the woman and his hat for him . The prosecutor and his two companions , in the first instance , drove from Drury-lane to Newcastle-court , in the Strand , and having gone to the Grapes public-house they there had something more to drink . From Newcastle-court they drove to Shire-lane , Temple-bar , and here they went to the house kept by the black woman , Jane Owen . Upon going into one of the rooms upstairs , with "Lidy Mansfield" and Smith , the prosecutor found another woman in bed in that room . Here they had divers liquors to drink , which were brought up to them by the black woman , whom he paid from his purse , so that p risoner had . Tuple opportunities of seeing that ho
had a considerable sum of money about him . Whin they had been at Owen ' s about half an hour the prosecutor caught the prisoner Smith in the act of drawing his purse from his pocket . He took the purse from him after some difficulty , and , having seen that the money in his purse was safe they had more to drink , and when the black woman brought up the fresh supply lie told Smith , in her presence , not to try on again tho game of robbing him . A short time after he had partaken of this further liquor the prosecutor became insensible , and having remained so for several hours , he at length , upon his recovery , found himself standing in Shirelane , and on examining his purse found that the whole of its contents had been taken with the
exception of the stockbrokers " sold note . " The prosecutor thereupon gave information to tho police , and the wholo of the prisoners were apprehended in the course of the evening of tbe 10 th . " Lady Mansfield" was found in a slate of intoxication upon the floor of one of the rooms at tho Grapes in Newcastle-court . Owen was taken in her own kitchen , and Smith was taken from her bed , evidently tho worse for drink . All of the prisoners denied any knowledge of tho robbery when apprehended , and protested their innocence . When Divine was taken and was told what she was charged with , she inquired if " Lady Mansfield " was in custody . The officer informed her that not only "Lady Mansfield" but that "Black Jenny " ( Owen ) was also in custody ; and then sheexclaimed , " Then I am done . " The black woman denied that
she had ever handled tho mans money . It , however , appeared , from the evidence of a girl of the name of Alexander , who lives at the black woman s house , that she saw the prosecutor come there in the company of " Lady Mansfield " and Smith , and that some time afterwards she heard the man swearing very loudly , aud complained that some of the women had tried to rob him . Some hours subsequently this girl went downstairs to ask Owen for a jug of water , and then sho saw the prosecutor on the floor , lying as though asleep , with his head under the sofa . Owen at this time was standing by the door of the room , and in reply to the girl ' s application for some water suid that she could not attend to her then as she was engaged about something else . Some time after this the
girl was aroused by hearing the . prosecutor being pushed or dragged downstairs , and on looking from the window she saw the man in the court . Evidence was also given which went to prove that tho black woman , accompanied by Divine , a girl of tbe name of Byrne , who was dismissed by the magistrate , and Smith , had made purchases of articles of clothing at different shops for which she had paid with the £ 10 notes , which a reference to the banker ' s book proved to have been the notes which had been stolen from the prosecutor on the day in question . —The jury , after a brief consultation , returned a verdict of Guilty against Owen , " Lady Mansfield , " and Smith , and of Acquittal with respect to Divine . —Blatchford , the inspector , now stated tbat
" Lady Mansfield" and the black woman had been frequently in custody on charges of felony , but that they had invariably got off because the parties whom they had robbed were either ashamed , being married men , to appear as prosecutors , or refused to take the trouble to appear . Smith had been tried for stealing a watch , but was not convicted . As to the black woman , she had long been known as a most expert thief , and her house had obtained so much notoriety that the police had received orders to caution all persons they might see about to enter it . She had for a long time lived in a brothel in Newcastle-court , and had subsequently become the keeper of this brothel in Shire-lane . — Mr . Wiiham said it was most lamentable to meet
with such a case as this , where women had fallen in to such depths of degradation . The sentence upon each of the three prisoners was six months ' imprisonment , with hard labour ; and let them take this warning—namely , that if they should be again convicted in that court their punishment would be transportation . Cruelty bv . a Mother . —Ann Davis , 39 , pleaded Guilty to an indictment , charging her with having unlawfully assaulted and done grievous bodily harm to Ellen Davis , her daughter , of the age of eight and a half years . —Mr . Witham said that this was one of the most cruel and barbarous cases he had
ever heard of . Here was a mother , not satisfied with the ordinary modes adopted for tho chastisement of children by their parents , but she had resorted to the horrible plan of burning the lower part of her back with a red hot poker , to such an extent that the child had not heen able to sit down for nearly a month . The sentence upon the prisoner was imprisonment for six months with hard labour . False Pretences . —Eliza Hayes , 2 G , a married woman , was indicted for having fraudulently obtained by false pretences from the guardians of the poor of the parish of Clerkenwell the sum of 3 s ., and eight pounds of bread , value Is ., the monies and property of the said guardians . There were two other indictments against the defendant for similar
offences . —From the evidence it appeared ihat in the course of the last year the defendant made application to the guardians of the poor for the parish of Clerkenwell , representing herself to be in great distress , in consequence of her husband having left her and gone to America . She was-supplied with eight pounds of bread and 3 s ., which in October was stopped in consequence of a suspicion that was then entertained that she was in the receipt of money from her husband . On the 22 nd of Soveraber she again made application for relief when Bbe was told that the guardians were of opinion that she had received remittances from her husband . This she positively denied , stating that she had never heard of him , nor did she knowjwhere he was .. She was then strictly cautioned tbat if she imposed upon them and it should be found out , she would be severely punished . She still asserting that she was
i : i a very destitute condition , eight pounds- of bread and 3 s . were given to bar , which she had received every week up to the 22 ad of September- On the following week she made her appearance as usual , when she was told that the parish authorities had received intelligence that she had been , in . the receipt of considerable sums , af money , which she again stoutl y denied * Two periods were then named to hen when she had received money ; but she protested tbat their informatioa was incorrect .. Her brothes in law was then braught into the-room , and aftersonie pressing she at length admitted that she had received throe sumsof money from ( her husband ,. of £ 2 , £ i , and £ 5 . She was then requested to produce tho letter * that she had received with this money , but she said she had destroyed these . It was stated in the course of the case , that during the time that her husband had been in America he had sent her
upwards of £ 2 ( 3 . — The defendant entreated tha mercy of the court , aa she had four children to provide for . —The jury found the defendant Guilty .. — - The learned judge sentenced her to be imprisoned and kept to hai $ labour for six months .
The Goer Of Pauperism: In The Mjcrkoroli...
The Goer of Pauperism : in the MjcrKoroLis . — Two returns to the House of Commons have just been issued in relation to the Poor law relief in the Metropolis . Tho rateable value of the propesty assessed to the relief of the poo ? in the several parishes of the metropolis , in the rate collecting on the 18 th of Juue last , was £ 9 , 700 , 200 ,. The other return shows the rate levied in the pound in the metropolitan parishes for tbe last twenty years . Last year the amount in tho pound in . St . Luke ' s parish was 3 s . 2 d . ; St . Leonard , Shorcditch , 3 s . 3 d . ; St . James ' s * Clerkenwell , 2 s . 6 d . ; St . Marylebone , 2 s . ; Hackney " Union , 2 s . and 2 s . 6 d . ; St . l ' ancra s , 2 s , " , St . Martin' 8-in-the . Fields , 2 s . 4 d . ; St . John ' s , Hamnstead , 3 s . ; St . Mary , Islington , Is . 7 d . ; St . Mary ' s Abbot , Kennington , 2 s . 9 d . ; St . George ' s , Hanover-square , Is . 8 d . ; and St . Mary , Magdalen , Bermondsey , 3 s . Id . ; where , in 1831 , the rate Waa as much , aa & , IQd , i & the pouadi
Kossuth. Kossuth In France. The Followin...
KOSSUTH . KOSSUTH IN FRANCE . The following is the letter of the Prefect of the Ilouohes-du-lthono to the consul of the United States , in answer to the application of Kossuth , to bo permitted to travel through Franco to England : — . " MinsEiLLEs , Sept . 27 , 1851 . —Monsieur lo Consul , —I have the honour to inform you that by a telegraphic dispatch which I have just received , tho Minister of the Interior announces that the requesb made by M . Kossuth to pass through France on hia
way to England cannot be granted . M . Kossuth , wnose passports have not been viseed for France by the Minister of the French Republic at Constantinople , having boon only allowed to land at Marseilles in consequence of the desire expressed by him in the interest of the health of his wife and children , I must-consider bim as still on board the American frigate Mississippi , and therefore maka known , Mons . le Consul , through your mediation , the decision taken by tho Minister of tho Interior relative to the demand which he has begged me to present .
" Accept , Monsieur Io Consul , the assurance of my high consideration . Suleau . * ' The Prefect of tho Bouohes « du-Rhone . " Tho people of Marseilles took overy possible means of repudiating this act of their rulers . A fleet of boats surrounded the Mississippi , the persons in them showering bouquets of flowers and other tokens of admiration iu Kossuth ' s cabinone man swam to the vessel for the purpose of seeing him—and thousands continually filled the quays , shouting Vivas for Kossuth , the Republic of France , and the indepependenco of Hungary . The following address by Kossuth to tho peopla of Marseilles has been published in tho " Peuplo ' . ' newspaper of that city : — " TO TUB DEMOCRACY OF MABSBIUKn
" Citizens , —The government of the French re « public having refused mo the permission to travel through France , the people of Marseilles , obedient to the outburst of one of those generous impulses of tho French heart , which aro an unfathomable source of tho greatness of the nation , has honoured me by a manifestation of its republican sentiments —a manifestation honourable in its motives , manly in its resolution , peaceful in its ardour , and majestic in its calm as nature—that great image of God —before a storm . I have heard my name mingled with the song of tho ' Marseillaise' and the cry of ' Viro la Republique , ' the only legal cry in France the only cry whose lawfulness has been purchased in the blood of the martyrs of liberty . It is so natural to love liberty , so slight an evil to suffer
for her ; it is almost less than a simple duty ; but there is supremo glory in tho thought that one is identified with tho principle of liberty in tho eyes of tho French people . I do not desiro glory , bul ; that glory I accept that 1 may deserve it , I accept it as a testimony of the fraternity of the French nation with tho people of every country . 1 accept it as the word of safety for the dear land of my birth . To you , Frenchmen and Republicans , be tho honour assigned of saving ; to us , poor Hungarians , that of deserving to be saved ! ITe shall deserve it . My nation will understand the appeal of your brotherhood , will be proud of it , and
answer it bravely , as should do those who are honoured by being called brethren by the French people . These are the only tluinks worthy of the good people of Marseilles ; worthy the manifestation made , not in my honour but in that of my nation ; and for my nation , not in that of the past , but in that of the future . Permit me not to speak again of tho refusal of the government of tho French republic to grant me a passage through its territory . I know that tho French people do not countenance this act . I knew that neither M . Louis Napoleon Bonaparte nor M . Leon Faucher was tho French nation . I know and I know that the executive
power is delegated , but that to them is not delegated the honour of the French nation . I shall no longer remember their refusal ; and I hope that humanity may do as I do , if by chance those who have suffered exile , and have forgotten it , as it seems , are again forced to fly their country . Last evening one of your brothers ( of our brothers ) , a workman of Marseilles , I know his name , and shall not forget it—eame , in spite of the cold , swimming on board the American frigate to shake hands with , me . I piously shook his hand , with emotion , reproving mildly hid temerity . 'I wished to touch your baud , ' said he ; ' I could find no boat , aud 1 took to tho water . Here I am . Are there such things as obstacles for him who has the will V I bowed before these words . The love of liberty , the sentiment of duty and fraternity , were in my breast when I came to Marseilles , but at Marseilles I found the motto , ' There is no obstacle for him who has the will . " This motto shall bo mine . ' Yive
la Republique . Salut ct fraternito . "Louis Kossuth . " Marseilles-roads , on board the frigate Mississippi , of the United States , Sept . 29 th , 1851 . " Kossuth left Marseilles on the 3 rd instant for Gibraltar , and his arrival has not yet been reported . It is probable , therefore , that the arrival at Southampton may be delayed till Friday or Saturday . Every one in France is disgusted with the illiberal conduct of its government . A ministerial decision about so simple a matter was never more loudly and generally disavowed by the organs of public opinion , And not merely the refusal , but
the manner of it , excites universal disapprobation . The Prefect of the Bouches-du-lthone will not condescend to communicate directly with the exgovernor of Hungary , whom he seems to regard as placed in a sort of moral quarantine , and entitled to receive letters only at tho end of a pair of tongs , lie cannot recognise Kossuth ' s existence on shore , because , his passport not having been vised by M . de Laveictte at Constantinople , which is about 100 miles from the place where Kossuth embarked on board the Mississippi , his being on shore is clean against all rules , and only in consideration of the sickness of his wife and children . The French are a kindly people ; it was not an act worthy of a French minister to send that sick wife with her
three little , children back again to the uncomfortable sea . Is it not an instructive contrast ? A groat nation at the other side of the world sends a ship across tho Atlantic to receive this glorious exile , and to do him honour and fetch him from banishment to the cheering welcome of free and civilsed communities , to the solace of sympathies , and the tributes of admiration . And a mere passage over the soil of France is refused to this man , refused with insult , with cruelty ; and he and his wife and children are thrust back like infected things into the sea . Why , this is the very ecstacy of panic , the frenzy of terror , which takes France for a barrel of gunpowder , and Kossuth for a lighted match . Hungarian audienges were excited by his eloquence , but here even supposing that he had been
allowed to harangue the people , instead ot occupying a seat in the railway train , the charm of his oratory must have been lost in a foreign tongue . More dangerous was his pen , and this is the precise peril which has been called into operation by tho government . The address to the democracy of Marseilles will cross France , and penetrate into every village with the Paris papers of all colours . Even the legitimist Wnion copies tho address . Girardin . says of it •„ — " The reverberation of this address ,, so nobly simple , will be immense . 1 ask the minister who directs compression—I ask M . LFauches himself—what will he have gained by preventing .- Kossuth from crossing France , to travel from Marseilles to London ? Kossuth would have massed : his manifesto will remain . "
We- should have published the article of the "Peuplo" of Marseilles , protesting against tho repulse of Kossuth , for which thai paper has been seized and is to benrosecuted , on the charge of exciting to hatred and contempt of . the government , butifie confiscation . ^ all the numbers of the « 'Peuplo" confided to-bho post has unfortunately prevented this composition from reaching us . In the meantime , a valuable testimony , of the warm sympathy of the population of Marseilles with the Hungarian cause- is furnished by the reply of tho same paper to . this blow of tho-authorities . It says : — " We have translated faithfully , in all the bIiioerity of oub- conscience , the popular indignation which we iav » seen burst & rth . An eiiilo for tha cause of tha-iiberty of peoplesa vict im of Austrian
* absolutism ,, a * great heart ,. a great numo in tbe history of peoples , has touched the soil of France . He demanded not even , hospitality , bat only tho right of passing through , the country with his family to save woiaen and children some days more of sulforing upon the . sea ; , and . a minister ol Franca answered , Ko ! Whatever may be done or said , all our woads are dwarfed before the gseat stain thrown on ova- French honour . The democracy of Marseilles-has protested , by its acclamations , its crown ? , and itabouquets :. & was the duty of the democratic organ to record the protest of the ' people . Wo accept the necessities of our' duty without empty , bragging as withoct . ' fear , and if we
are to go be & re a jury we will ask'it with confidence to sanction by a verdict of acquittal the national sentiment which has guided our pen . " TLo verdict of ihat jury will he eagerly expected . Not content with the repulse of Kossuth , tho " Patrie " undertakes to vilifyhim . It justifies tha measur & of tho government by attributing to tho ex-governor of Hungary all tho vulgar qualities of a pestilent demagogue , and draw ' s an invidiou 3 contrast between him and Casimer Battbyani , who has been permitted to take up his residence in Paris , The " Ordro " takes , with its usual adroitness , advantage of the impolitic acerbity of the government to woo the popular breath by condemning ithis absurd rigour
, . „ . ... for . The Peuple" of Marseilles , of the 3 rd instant , adds the following details about tho depaiture of Kossuth :- "At least 4 , 000 peop le ^ ollectcd oi the jetty and shore to give a last toker , of ^ the tf ^ ym pathy to the illustrious w ^^ ffl ^ ffiJjt * W wtaaeu came to ofler Kwwtb » wagnttw « S
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 11, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11101851/page/7/
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