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1 The Musical Ewcnaxs . -lt Oacnn thereg ffi ^ ssasssasss KaUal candidates « the £ HH Liberal interest as KOffOBi the ' ^'" Siei ^ tion . -AtSHErmin ( ocnocmpu ^ wthttBgwgn ^ ^^^ dog 8 rt & K ^ vK wiU gain three , the Whigs lose two , S ^ mSJfahTone .-Itanni as last norar —At Portsmouth , out of the fifteen vacancies S eSeThtve been supplied by person not in the . last wwnnoii , and allof them Liberals-At S ^ rar , in ioHBnseQUJiice of the alleged blundering of an official , IHuthe Literals gained only one oat of four in the con-Kestests . —At Wechkstk the parties are equal , as
[[ artist year ; and at Newport ( Isle of Wight ) a similar ireeresulfc Tctsess . These elections show tho return of murine Coaservativaa and seven Liberals ^ -tiKCAerBR . irhThe Toriaaoatnumbeted the Liberals . —Pbksioh , aa lhvia * year . —At Bath there was a gain of one to the ILuTaberal cause . —At Sioctpobt the Conservatives had II ii majority in the contests , and hence a majority in IHie 2 ie councu . —The retiring councillors at Wabrisg iroWBr , where they offered themselves , were reelected , imand the candidates started by the ' publicans , ' for nosomesp «!; aloyect , d 6 feated ; the thirty-six coaneillora ibebeiEg composed of twelve Conservatives and twenty , [[ orfonr Liberals . —At GtoDCBsiEB , theConser 7 ati ? egaiH iMMSone . —The Durham Liberals beat the Conservawine . —Sharp contests took place at Wioan , when ei even retrenchment candidates were returned , and a
Ihahard ran for the ether three seats- —At Halifax the lolold councillors elected , with two exceptions . —Bbadihhbd shows a Conservative gain on the elections of iththrea votes . —There is a dispute at Cliihkbok , bat iif if the « Low Moar * lists of TOters are rejected , as aniHdicipated , there will ba a Idbentl . majority of four . —At AAsHiox-tJHBxa-LYNB , Conservative gain of two on tbthe contesti . Alleged intinridstioa on the part of tiitiwToriJS , and personation on both sides . —Boltom tMom a further viotory on the part of the CoiservaiiftfcY : b in all the wards , with the exception of the east . —Yosk »—Toryism is evidently on the decline in ' fi ' thia citr . aa evinced by the events of Wednesday last .
COa Tuesday evening the Torieslvuuated an agreenment entered into , and brought forward a candidste fifor CastlesateWard ( in his absence ) in conjunction wwith a Whig . The « unholy alliance , ' however , was ppromptlyrepudiated by the latter , and the Conservatitive was triumphantly defeated . The Liberals reialiliated in Guildhall Ward , in consequence of the fifbrmer prdceeding , and brought forward and retitumsd thsir candidates . The only other wards in wwhioa there wera contests were Walmsgate Band Monk ( yards , in which bribery to a considerable esxtent is alleged to have prevailed , and the Tories in © consequence achieved a trismpn . —At Andowb , no ccontesi , and consequently no interest .
APPBSHEKEION OP A MOBDBBIB . —TWO POliOO offieesrs from Kilmarnock arrived in Newcastle-open-TTyne a few days ago , in search of a man named EKdward Stewart Hill , whom they succeeded in captearing at Harlow Hill , about ten miles west of Neweeasile , charged with being an accomplice , with 3 Jamss M'Quillan , in the murder of a lad named J James Young . The crime for which the prisoner \ was apprehended was committed in the month of IMaylast . The lad was a farm servant at Forty i Acres , in the parish of Dundonnel , in Ayrshire , and i it would appear that ha had been attacked on the : Blaeahill road , and murdered . M'Qaiilan being liuspeeted of the murder was apprehended , tried , j / oandguUtr , and suffered the extreme penalty of the
1 law at Ayr . Previous , however , ti his execution , lbs confessed that he had been guilty of the crime for iwhich ha was about to suffer , bat that the prisoner ] now in custody was an accomplice . Inquiries were jihen instituted concerning Hill , when it was disco-1 tared that at the time of the murder he resided at Kilmarnock , about three miles from the scene if the crime , and that he had taken his departure almost simultaneously with the apprehension cf M Quil'an . It was soon discovered that he had come in the direction of Newcastle , and the officers having arrived thus , and being assisted by the police , joon traced him to Harlow Hill , whither , in company with Subinspector Grieves , the officers proceeded , and apprehended him , as above stated .
The Alleged Bradford Mobdhb . —It isstrongly suspected that Foster , t ' ae prisoner charged with the murder cf Robert Slater , is not in a sane state of mind . The Mbhdeb at Sieood . —Pending the adjournment of the inquest in this case , the magistrates have undertaken thorough l y to investigate the matter , and with this view , after an interview with Superintendent Tuff , in order to ascertain what were the facta with which he had become acquainted in the coarse of his researches , they met at the Guildhall , Rochester , on Saturday morning , and again in the evening , continuing in consultation until nearly
nine o ' clock , having previously issued a warrant for the apprehension of M'Gill , the hnsband of the female prisoner , who , it will ba remembered was the party who discovered the body of the murdered woman . Both prisoners were ' present during the examination of the several witnesses , but as t & e inquiry was conducted with closed doors the nature of tha evidanca disclosed . cannot at present be fcnown ; but among riots examined sera tires of M'dli'c ehfldren and Mrs Jarrett , landlady of the Black Bo ? pnblio house , in Rochester . The prisoner * , who teem to treat the matter with the utmost unconcern , wereagain removed in custody , aed the inquiry was adjourned .
Fibs at a Railway Statics . —A fire , which had nearly been attended with great loss of property , broke oat on Friday week , at the Darby Riilwa ? Station , in this town . It appears that about six o ' clock the clerks left the traffic manager ' s office for tie night , and in absut two hoars afterwards the attention of the persons engaged in the adjoining offi ja was arrested by a smell of fire . They immediately entered the manager ' s office , and found it in Sunea . An alarm was given , and by means of a good supply of water the fire was soon extinguished , having been fortunately confined to the room in which originated . The damage done is comparatively fc idjng . The cause of the accident is not known .
Labcxhy Extbaobdisabt—A true bill has bren found at the sessions against Mr H . Adams , attorney it Totsess , for larceny , the learned gentleman being charged with illegally retaining the rate books or Paignton . We have not heard the particulars of the case , bnt it has excited seme observations and no slight inconvenienca to the accused ; inasmuch as , from the form of the proceedings taken , we hear that he oould have been apprehended , taken before a magistrate , refused bail , and committed to prison . The consequence has bsen that the learned gentleman has , we hear , kept oat of the way till his advisers can more the case into the Corrriof Qaeen ' e Bench . — Western Times .
CosFiAGRAinw . —Loss cp Paoprarr — Oa Friday week , a fire broke out in Mr Chadwichfs wool mill , at Villafield , Aberdeen . From some unaccountable mismanagement , intelligence of the fact did not reach the police office till half-past one on Saturday doming . Two engines were immediately despatched . They arrived to sea font huge , smouldering walls , where , on the previous day , there was a busy and thriving worsted mill . THE ALLEGED LOSS OF THE EjTIGRAST SHIP ThETIS . •¦ Tha report of an account having been received at Lloyd ' s of the loss of the emigrant ship Thetis , is incorrect . Glasgow . —On Friday sight last , as old woman finned M * D Jnald , in a fit of drunkenness , attempted io ' pnt an end to her existence by swallowing a quantity of landamun . She was saved by a prompt appliration of the stomach pump . -
Attempted Assassination asd Setose . —An investigation has taken place before the magistrates of Ross , elucidating the following facts : Samuel Garras , i discharged servant , occasionally lodged in the Fall Moon public house , which he had been forced to leave by the landlady , Mrs Phillips , who conceived a dislike to him on account of his leaving hia wife and two children in distressed circumstances a few miles from the town . He subsequently , however , went there and demanded a pint of beer on credit , which was refused . On the last ' , occasion she tcld him be was drank , and that he only eame'there to annoy her , upon which he polled a pistol from his pocket and fired it at her . She fell to the ground and it was
thought she was wennded ; but , however , the ball had missed her . He then discharged tha second pistrjlinhia mouth , tha ball passing horizontally along the roof of the mouth and lodging in the back of the neck . He was removed under the care of the police , and the latest accounts announce aim to ba still livin . A Yocxo Mother . —A fewdayaago , at Coventry , Julia Amelia Sprayson was confined of a son . The mother is only twelve years and seven months old , and the father of the child , who was convicted at the lift Coventry Assise , of a criminal assault upon the girl , is now ( undergoing his sentence of two years ' imprisonment
Lausktable Occdbbbkce . — Archibald Fisher , Esq , lace manufacturer , Exchange Square , Glasgow , was thrown ont of a cig , on the road from Larkhail to Hamilton , on Saturday afternoea last , and expired on Monday morning , from the effects of the injuries herecaived . The Halstead Mbbdkb . —On Monday last , the body of the female lately murdered in this neigh , boarhood was disinterred , in the presence of the police authorities and the clergyman of the district . A number { of persons gave evidence , which went to prove theidantity of the murdered woman ; on the wearing apparel ia the possession of the polios being produced , the witnesses swearing to having seen certain articles cf the apparel worn by the deceased . A man named Dean , who stated that he had cohabited with the deceased , identified the body . The woman ' s same was Margaret Thompson . A reward of £ 50 haabeenoffiKd for the apprehension of the murderers . Great excitement pervades the
neighboarhood . A Suspected Murbebeb , —It will be in the recol lection of oar readers , that on the night of Monday , fee 11 th ef January , 1847 , aboat twelve o ' clock , aa
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Mr John Riley , tobacconist , ofWaiugate , was proceeding to his residence in Occupation Road , he was attacked by some men , robbed of his watch and money , and beaten so severely that he died of the wounds on the following Saturday morning , at two o ' clock . For some time no clue could be obtained as to who had perpetrated the outrage ; but at length suspicion fell upon three men , named George Brad . Icy , James Bradley , and William Challinor , ail of Gtimesthorpe ; and , on the 13 th of April following they were brought op before the maeistratei at the
Sheffield Town Hall . After the evidence had been heard against them , they were remanded till the following Friday , on the ground that the magistrates did not feel justified in committing Challinor for trial with the two others . On the Friday the two Bradlejg were committedfor trial at the York assizes , and Challinor was discharged on his own recognisances of £ 20 and two sureties of £ 10 to appear again if required , the magistrates observing that there was not sufficient evidence upon which to commit him for iria ' , although there was certainly sufficient to fix suspicion npon him . At the Yorkshire rammer assizes , in 1847 , the two Bradleys ' , rere tried for the murder of Mr Riley ; but the jury returned a verdict of not guilty . On the followingday they werecharged
with the highway robbery , upon which count they were fonnd guilty , and sentenced to be transported for fifteen years . The evidence which seemed to implicate William Challinor was , that , according to his own admission , as well as the evidence of several witnesses , about twelve o ' elook on the night in question he was with James Bradley at a public house in the Wicker , from which place they went up Occupation Road , past the top of Spital Hill and past the vary spot where the deed was perpetrated , George Bradley aoknvsrledged that he saw a nun lying on the road , and that he picked up his money ; bnt Mr Riley before his death several times stated that he was attacked by three men , and that he knew the voice of one ef the men who spoke , and who he believed lived at Grimesthorpe . Since the trial ef the Bradlejs , William Challinor , woo is by trade a fotk maker , has never , to use a common but significant
expression , 'held up his head ; ' bis healthdeeUsed , his body wasted away , and he breathed bis last on Tuesday night , between nise and ten o'clock , at his parents' house in Grimesthorpe . It was generally rumoured that during his illnesshe had made a confession of his gui ! t in reference te the murder of Mr Riley ; bnt as far as we have teen able to learn , from those who were with him daring his last moments . it does not appear thst he ever made a disclosure of that character , though he expressed himself as exceedingly , penitent for the general misdeeds of his life . It was also rumoured that Ms friends had exercised great precautions not to let him be alone with any visitors , and that he had acknowledged h ' u guilt to those with whom he was meat intimately acquainted , bat who would be careful not to communicate it toothers . The unfortunate young man was abont twenty-four years of age .
Sdisids of Loan Uiddletoh . —lord Hldoleton , a man in the prime of Ufa , had been for some time rawer eccentric in hia manners , arirtng , it wai uadergtood , from faaily matUrs . Ha has latterly resided elmoit alone in the mansion In Peppetharrow-park , a short distance from Godalming . On the morning of Wednesday weak , the oil servant of his lordship feeling uneasy at not seeing his master up at the usual time , wint to his bed-room to see if he was ill , but ob enttrlsg he found that his lordship was not there . He searched the heose , and on entering- a small room he found his master ijiag on the ground , end an appearance of blood Usatag from his month . He instantly dispatched the sttward on horseback for the medical aid of Mr Steadman , the
/ amil / surgeon , bat on his arrival be fonnd that lord Hiddleton , had been dead some hours , and that death had been caused by the noxious fames of charcoal , Hia lordfbip ' a will was lying on a table near , as well at a ricgwHch he usually wore , and a pillow fetched from the deceased nobleman ' s bedroom was lying near the brasier , and on It his lordship ' s head was reclined . Littors were also found iadlo & ttve of his lordship ' s intention te destroy his life . The afflicted lad ; of the deceased arrived at Fepperharrow Park the following day , and It is stated that she was ia the act of writing to his lordship stating her intention of returning home , when cha meisengtr arrived with the dreaflial raws . His lordship dies without isiue , and is succeeded by Charles Brod . rlcke , son of the late Archbishop of Cashtl ,
The Ihqdest . —An inquest was opened . on Friday week at Fepperharrow , the seat of the above nobleman , for the purpose if investigating the circumstances at . tending his death . The evidence of two or three domestics examined on that occasion proved the deliberate manner in which the unfertnnate man had arranged his plans for ccmisittiog suicide . On the day preceding his death he desired his man-servant to place a pan of charcoal ia a brezhr in an unoccop ' . ed room , for the alleged purpose of drying the paper , which in some places was pealing eff the walls . When missed oa the following morning , search was made fjr him In this apartment , on the floor of which he was found with his head retting on a pillow , and quite dead . The door of the room was shut , but not bolted ; the charcoal had been fired , and
was burnt ont , and the fames were even tnen so . strong that the medical maa vtho was'called is , was obliged to ventilate the apartment In order to remain in it for a few moments . The evidence farther showed that the deceased had been in alow and desponding state of mind for some time past ; a circumstance which was accounted forty thafaotof Lady Hiddleton , having left P < rpperharfjw a hit months since . Ted Jury desiring that a post mortem examination should he made of the deceased ' * brain , tho inquiry was adjourned from Friday antU Monday , when the inquiry was again resumed . —Wm . Bone said that he had been in his lordship ' s service twenty jears . He had lately seen him low-spirited , and be conplalned of pains in bis bead . He was also very forgetfal at times . —Mr J . Dabenham , clerk to Mr Henry
Marshall , solicitor , said that he was frequently in his lordship's company—sometimes for a day together . He of : en noticed that he was very lew-spirited , and he seemed to suffer much in mind on account of a law-suit he had with a Mr Beaden . The last time ho was with him he was speaking of something he wanted completed ; for , in the event cf his death , he said , it would be difficult to finish . He then burst out crying . He left the room and en his return he ( witness ) noticed that he had besn crying much , —Mr Parsons , the surgeon who had since the last Court , made a postmortem examination cf the body described the cause of death , which was suffocation from oharcoil fames . —The Rev . Lawrence Elliott , ef Peppirharrow , said that he had known the deceased for many years . In July , 1817 ,
he came to him and communicated the intelligence of her ladyship having left him , and added that it was all his own fault . He was then in such a distressed state of mind that witness did not like to leave nimby him . self . He therefore tried to cheer him up . Two or three days afterwards he told witness that he was in such a distressed s : ate that ha had hardly been able to keep himself from laying violent hands ca hli person . He wss then in a molt unhappy ttite of mind , and wit . ness thought it dangerous to leave him , He could not attribute his state of mind to anything else than the separation tetwecn himself and Lady Middleton . Abort the middle ot March , 1848 , whilst conversing with witness , he said , ' Ob , ray life is a hell on earth ; ' and & € ded , that be had had inch a night that he would not have another lifco it for all the world , and he concluded by saying , that he had been on his knees alt the night . He was extremely violent
inhislanguag ? , and seemed to suspect bis best friends of wanting Lidy Middleton to set him at defiance . He often said he hoped he should be seized with a fit of apoplexy and die . During the last two months he had spoken of how he had disposed ef his property , and what would be the result after his death . On the morning of Wednesday he attended at'his lordship ' s late residence . In the room where ho wss lying were some verses end letters , with a document headed , ' The last will and testament . ' Several witnesses were examined , who merely corroborated the main features of the above evldence ; cno , however , stated that his lordship felt most aoaiely the death ef Lord George Bsntinck , and said he himself had a fit of a similar character when in France . Toere being no other witnesses te examlna the coroner proceeded to charge the jury , who , after twenty minutes deliberation , decided that his lordship had committed suicide , but that he was at the time in an unsound state of mind .
A Fatal Acctdekt on the South Western Railway occutred at the Farnborough Station on Friday week . A gentleman who baa been out shooting with a party of friends approached one of the trains , when he slippes * and fell headforemost into , the narrow space between the wheels and the waU of the platform , The unfortunate geutlemai was eventuaUy got out , but the injuries he had sustained wera so severe , that ho baa expired before he waseitricated . DiaiKQ Bdbqlam —On Thursday week the dwelling , house of Mr Nathaniel Neal , farmer , Stuchbury , near Brackley , was entered by six or seven men dressed as railway labourers , who demanded the money that was in the house . They took four £ 5 notes , eighteen sovereigns , and about £ i in silver . There were some old coins and silver spaoss , bat thry intimated that tbey rrauld not have them , and they were consequently left behind . They obtained an entrance by taking out part of a win . dow . The cetes were found the next morning near Mr Bntterfidd ' s farm at Halse .
B til wax Accident . —Oa Thursday week the 8 b . 25 m . p . m . train left the Nottingham station with threo c » rriages and passengers , for Rugby . On arriving at the Attenborough gates , five miles from Nottingham , the fire-box asd fire-bars fell from the engine , the train being at the time in rapid motion , when the stoker , who , it seems , apprehended that the train would be overturned , suddenly jamped eff the engine , and fell headforemost upon the fire-box and bats , ¦ The engine , driver , to whom great praise Is due for his
presence cf xalt-. d , remained at his post , and instantly turning off tbe steam , succeeded in stopping the train when onAy two of tbe englne » wheels bad been firorra off the line . Fortuaately all the passengers escaped unhurt . 1 ho stoker was taken up speechless , and his tkuii , forehead , and temples being dreadfully cut , he was convty ^ d te tbe Nottingham Infirmary , bnt death sjon put a ptrioi to bis sufferings , Tho deceased was named Thomas Csok , he resided at Lenton , near Nottingham , and has ltf : a wife and two children to lament their loss . He was 27 years of age .
Tbe late Fatal Accidmt at- Glasgow , — The bodies of the whole of the individuals who were deprived ef life by the fallisg of the sugar works ia Alston
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Street , have been recovered fron amongst the ruins . Fourteen is ths number billed , and five dangerously Injured by the accident . A subscription for the relief of ths famiUss left destitute by this melancholy accident has been orig inated by the Glasgow Town Council , and £ 3410 s has been glvsn by the members . Ibi BnaotAB * at SrcM . —At the County Magi « - trates' office , Rschester , on Friday week , Giovge Razy , « # as Stills , a waterman , living at No 3 , Maiden Row , Greenwich , the ringleader ia the outrageous attack on the cottage of William Eastmar , at Stoke , on the night of the 10 th of October last , was brought before ths magistrates to answer the charge . The prisoner was identified by Mrs Eastman as the party she struck with
an Iran bar , the mark from which was still visible on his forehead ; and Edwards , the constable of Stoke , proved that the prlsonsr was at tho Nag ' s Head public house in that village , la company with the six other offenders , who have already undergone examination , and been liberated oa bell . James Usher , the labouri r who pursued the party to Yantlett Creek , where they took to their boats , could not swear to the prisoner . Wilton said , from Information he had received , he succeeded in apprehending tbe prisoner on board the Vesper steamer , alongside the pier at Greenhlthe , On telling him that he was bis prisoner for being concerned ia tbe cassatSloke , he acknowledged that he was tbe party , and quietly surrendered . The prisoner applied : to be admitted to bait , and the court consrnted , himself being bound in £ 100 , and two sureties of £ 59 each .
JPoisohihs bi Waodo MEDiciNE .--An adjourned Inquiry into the circumstances which occasioned the £ eath of Mrs Serglson Smyth was resumed at the White Horse Inn , in Romier , on Friday week . —Mr Taylor , surgeon , who performed the poet mortem examination , deposed to the healthy state of the body , and that it was impossible to detect the cause ef death , strychnine leaving no indication of its presence . Assisted by Mr Randall , of Southampton , he . had analysed , the mixture of which MrsSmjth took a part , being the contents of the bottle delivered to him by the nsrse , end the results by the various tests exhibited was to prove the presence of poison sufficient to destroy eight or nine persons . Ice latter portion of the evidence of Mr Jones , the chemist , who mixed the medicine , using ths strychnine bottle for
thatcontainlBgsaliolne , wasto the following effect : — After I had breakfasted and gene np stairs to dress , I went into the shop as usual . My young man said , 'Did you see the horse gallop into the town with Captain Smyth ' s servant this morning ? ' I said , 'No ; what was the reason , do you know ! ' He said , 'No ; but I saw Mr Taylor go off directly afterwards . ' I . said ,, 'I hope Mrs Smyth is not worse / and turning round towards my desk I then saw the bottle I had . used the previous night .. I took It up , and saw that it was labelled strychnine , I said , ' Oh , mj G ] d , I have given this in mistake to Mrs Smyth . ' I then rushed and told Mrs Jones , bat I was so agitated that she did not at first understand me . I then sent ths young man to Mr Taylor ' s surgery to know what was the matter with Mrs Smyth . He returned and said he did not know what was tbe matter as Mr Taylor had not returned . I had a partial hope that she had not taken the medicine . I then ordered a horse and chaise to be got ready Immediately , and waited
while it was getting ready . JTy wife seeing me so much excited , met me at the White Horse gateway to go with me , fearing lest I should drive too rapidly and produce another accident . I soon got to Jermyc ' s ; When on the grounds I met Mr Taylor . I asked Mr Taylor how Mrs Smyth was ? He said she was dsad . I cannot ex . press what were my feelings .- This is all I have to say . As far as I can recollect , they are the principal facts . The reason I kept salicine is so small a bottle is because I want very little , and the same with strychnine . That is my reason for keeping those articles in an upper cor . nerof the shop , because they are seldom used . The jury deliberated for nearly two hours , and then returned a verdiet of' Manslaughter . ' The coroner then infotmsd Mr Jones of the result , and took ths opportunity of complimenting him upon his conduct since the melancholy misadventure , and the frankness and read ) , ness with which he had disclosed all the circumstances connected with it . Mr Jones was committed under the coroner ' s warrant for trial .
A Lahcashiek Cahnibal . —Eirly on Sunday morning last a police officer of the C division observed a man , having the appearance of an excavator , busily engaged searchtsg in a field , off Store Street , for something which he appeared to have lost . The officer went up to and questioned the man , who at first seemed remarkably taciturn , and indisposed to answer questions , but at last hogathered that the fellow be was addressing had that morning been engaged ia > n up-and-down fight , Lancashire fashion , and that he was looking for one of his ears , which his antagonist had bit off ! Commiserating the poor wretch , the policeman assisted him to leok for his ear , which , after a while , he found , when tho officer strongly advised him to appear at the Borough Court next morning , to apply for a warrant against , the brute who had so maimed him . 'Noa , noa , ' rejoluea the fellow , coolly depositing his stray ear in his waistcoat pocket , < an ' st do now ' t at sort ; It war a fair gradaly stand-up battle , un aw want nother law nor warrant , '
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TOTAL AND ACQUITTAL OP MB WILLIAMS . On Thursday , Mr Williams , ' partner in the proprietorship and the publisher of the Tribune , was tried for the articles in that paper , on which Mr Doherty had been convicted . The trial wis not closed on that day , and was resumed on Friday . Judge TorrenSSUmmed up , asd the jury retired at a qnarter past two o ' clock , and at half-past four returned into the box , bringing the issue paper with them , which the foreman handed down to the Clerk of the Crown ; The names of the jury having been called over , The Clerk of the Crown said—Gentlemen of the jury have yen agreed to your verdict ? Foreman —We have .
. Clerk of the Crown ( reading the issue paper ) . — You say the prisoner is guilty qj being the pub . Usher of the newspapers in question , but not guilt ; of the intents to depose the Queen or to levy war . Foreman . —That is our verdict . Mr Ferguson . —That is a verdict of not guilty . Judge Torrens . —Gentlemen , the issue sent to yon to try was as to the intentions of the prisoner ) the faot of publication by him of the articles in question having been already established . ' If you are of opinion that the prisoner did not entertain the intentions so frequently put to you as inferences from the articles you are to say 'Not guilty ; ' if you think otherwise , you are to say Guilty . ' Your present verdict is inconsistent in its members . Perhaps you had better retire .
A Juror . —If we believe that the articles expressed the intentions of the prisoner we are to find a verdict of guilty , ' and if we do not we are to find a verdict of not guilty . Is that what we are to do ? Judge Torrens . —Pretty much to that effect . The issue paper was then handed up to the jury , who retired to their room . Shortly afterwards they came out again , and The Foreman said . —My lord , the jury cannot agree to any other verdict than that which they have already brought in . Mr Ferguson . —Then Iprayyonr lordship to receive that verdict .
Judge Torrens . —The court will not receive that verdict . If the court has not thoroughly explained to the jury anything which it is necessary that they should understand , they will be kind enough to say so . The charge against the prisoner is , that he put . lished those articles with the intentions ascribed to him in the indictment . If you are of opinion that ho published the newspapers in question without having those intentions , yen ought to say 'Not guilty . ' If yon are of opinion that he published them with , those intentions , JOUought to say ' Guilty . ' lb is late now , and we have had a very exhausting day , so go to your rooms , and return your verdict one way or another . Sir Colman O ' Loghlen submitted that the caurt was hound to take the verdict in the way in which the jury had brought it io . It was a clear principle of law that a jury bad a right to return a special verdict .
Judge Torrens—That was no special verdict ; As at present advised , Sir Colman , we cannot receive the verdict . Sir Colman O'Loghlen . —We only ask your lordship to take a note that a verdict had been found in those terms by the jury . Judge Torrens . —Oh . certainly , wewilldothct . The . Attorney General said , that the jury should either find aveidictof guilty or not guilty . Shortly afterwards the High Sheriff was sent into the jury-room to inquire if there was any probability of thejury agreeing , and oa hia return he stated that they would be ia court in five minutes . At five minutes past five o ' clock the jury agai n came into the box , and the foreman then handed down the issue paper . The names of the jury having been called over The Clerk of the read
Crown from the issue naner Not guilty of the intents to depose the q 52 . orto iGYy ir & r * . . Judge Torrens-Hand back the issue paper to the jury : If yourverdict is 'Not guilty , ' glntlemen , oKbSftfa WMd 8 ' * ' hoae ' ou m Judge Crampton addressed an observation to a similar { fleet to the jury . A Juror-Will youthrdship please to speak out . Seme of the gentlemen cannot hear you Judge Torrens-I spoke very loud and very distinctly . Yoa are to say whether the party is euiltv or not . According to yourspecial verdict you don't sf ^ NoriSfty r . ' emIty - therefore J * ^ ,- £ Ja * l" ~?/ he ] h 6 h ! m to J " ™ bsen tho pub-Usherof the fmBuw , does Out compel U 9 to p ttfla him guilty of the intents charged in the indictment ? _ Judge Torrens-What do you think vonraMf X ;
all that has been said on the subject ? ( Laughter . ) for the * mght . & 8 ° J ° mwt be 8 fiat " The jury retired again . After a lapse of five minutes they returned to their box . At ten minnti past five the issue pap : r was handed to the Clerk ot Clark of the Crown-Gentlemon of the jury , have y < W agreed to your verdict ? * v , mry , nave Foreman—We have .
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Clerk of the Crown-You say not 'Not guilty . ' ( Applause in the gallery , which was immediately checked . ) Mr Ferguson applied that Mr Williams might be forthwith discharged , Judge Torrens-r-In a moment , if you please , gentlemen—when the court comes to discharge the gaol . The correspondent of the Moeniko Herald says : — 'Mr Williams , when discharged from the dock in Green Street , walked deliberately away to pay his respects to several friends in the , cheerful parts of the city , and having . diecharged bis duty as far as the circumstances of the case enabled him , he returned ta Newgate and knocked at the' hatch' with all the anthoritvofalodaerinlegal possession . ; 'What dp
you want here , sir ? ' asked the turnkey . To which Mr W . replied , I desire to spend this night in my room , and in the company of my friends—firstly , for the sake of their society ; and secondly , because all my cloth es and dressing materials are there . In the morning I shall leave . * The request was refused , and Mr Williams walked away apparently much disappointed . ' This little anecdote is given as an answer to a rumour that Williams ran away from Dublin the moment he was discharged from the custody of the gaoler of Newgate , leaving his extra wearing apparel and dressing case still in his cell . It is quite clear the gentleman does not apprehend arrest under the Habeas Corpus Act .
8 KNTBKCE UPON MR KEVIN IZ 0 D O ' dOHERIY . Mr Kevin Izpd O'Doherty was then placed at the bar . Judge Crampton addressed the prisoner at some length , strongly reprobating what he considered a mischievous and wicked abuse of the press , concluding thus : —I must add . that ! have never read an ; publication more dangerously wicked and cleverly designed to excite rebellion and revolution than these which have emanated from you , and of which you have been ascertained by- the verdict of your jury to be the euilty publisher . Under these circumstances , the Court is called on to pronounce on yon the sentence of transportation for ten years .
Mr O Doherty said—May I be permitted to say a few words , my lord ? Judge Crampton—We have no objeotien to your saying something , if it bs not anything inconsistent with what it is our duty to listen to , considering the circumstances in which you are placed . Mr O'Doherty—I have been placed in the dock for the third time , after two juries of my fellow citizens had refused to decide against me . I had hoped that my persecutors would have been more scrupulous , and that , in . attempting to uphold their laws , they would not have violated every principle of justice-Judge Crampton—I must , tell yon that . we feel great difficulty in preheating you from saying anything ; but if you mean to cast imputations on the Government ar . d the law
Mr O'Doberty-I do not wish to oast any imputations . If you hear ms out , my lord , you will find I do not . The Attorney General stated in the course of my trial that three Roman Catholics had been set aside from the Jury—Jud ( fe Crampton-rl cannot hear that . Mr O'Doherty—Well , I will not press it ; but really I think it a very hard case that I cannot be permitted to refer to facts that I think have prejudiced me very much . Judge Crampton : You mav say anything that will
be uspful to you , but if you begin to cast oblequy , or to make complaints of the course whichhas bean pursued , thfl Court will not hear you . Mr O'Doherty : I do not desire to do so , but merely to mention a matter offset . As the Attorney Genera ) mentioned the fact which I allude to , I had been desirous of putting the matter in its truelichk ; however , I will not make any further observations on the subject . I would feel obliged if I were permitted to say a few words as to my motives and feelings . Judep Crampton : Certainly .
Mr O'Doherty : I can say , with perfect truth , that I had Hut one object in view . I did feel deeply for thesufferings of my fellow countrymen . andldesired , I confess , by all means consistent with a manly and honourable resistance to put an end to that Buffering . It 5 a very true , and I will confess it , that I desired an open resistance of the people to the government which , in my judgment , entailed those sufferings on them . I used the terms * honourable resistance , ' in order that I might refer in terms of the strongest disapproval to one of ths articles brought forward against me , in which the writer of it made asuggestion of throwing burning hoops on the soldiery . I never saw thatarticle , nor did I know anything about it until I read it in tbe paper ; and I did not bring the only person who could prova that fact on tbe table , because he was tho writer of the article ; and I knew that in doin ? so I would be only at your court-house doors handing him over to the law . With respect to
myself , I trust I shall he enabled to bear the sentence of the jury with allthe forbearance due to what I believe to be the punishment of twelve conscientious enemies to me ; and to endure the wrath of tbe government , whose mouthpiece they were , with all due patience . But I never will cease to deplore the unhappy destiny which gave me birth in this wretched country , and compelled mo , an Irishman , to take my stand in the , dock , and receive at your hands afelon ' s doom for dischargine what 1 conceived , and still conceive ,: to be my duty to my country , flere Mr O'Daherty was . about to retire frem the bar , when he stopped , and added—There were inquiries made by my frienda with respect to the matter of fact to which I before alluded , and in consequence I had felt it my duty to do justice to myself a * well as to my Roman Catholic fellow countrymen . The names of the jurors who were struck off are mentioned in this paper , and , instead of three , I find there
are—Jr dg . i Cwrapton : Thisisa matter unconnected with the i roceeilinge . . Tie prisoner then withdrew from the dock . Judge Torrens : Is there any other case to be disposed of ? The Attorney General : No , my lord . ; Judje Crampton : Mr Williams is to be discharged immediately . Mr Williams was accordingly liberated forthwith . The commission was then adjourned until the 12 th of December , at eleven o'clock . The sentence upon Mr O'Doherty was not expected to be so severe . He is an extremely young man , not
more than twentytwo , and his high character for humanity and thereoommendation of the jury induced the public to believe that though the sentence would be severe cthe punishment would not so nearly approach that of those who preceded him in his career . Mr DoFFr—While thejury were deliberating on the case-of Mr Williams , Mr Butt made an application onbebaltof Mr Duffy for an order as to his custody , which was rendered necessary by the postponement of his trial . The . Attorney General , however , refused to interfere , and Mr Duffy was left in his old quarters .
t Liberation op State Prihosers . —The Lords Justices held a meeting of the Privy Council last Saturday , when leave was granted to take bail for the appearance of the following political prisoners , who are confined in Dublin and elsewhere for treasonable practices , viz ,: Eugene O'Reilly , James M'Kenna , John Da Courcev Youn ? , John Russell . James Russell , Patrick Corvan , James O'Dmnell , Laurence Gahaga ? , Patrick Conway , Gaorge Whelan , Nicholas Nagle , 3 Michael Doherty , Robert Cave , Richard Dalton . Edward Egan , John Hiokey , Patrick Dunne ,
' nomas Hennessey , Anibony O'Ryan , Thomas Parker O'Fianagan , and Robert Lambkin . On Saturday morning an order was received at the county eaol ( Limerick ) for the discharge of Mr Richard Dalton . of Tipperary , one of the political offenders , on finding bail himself in £ 100 , and two sureties in £ 50 each . An order is expected to admit to bail Mr Thomas M'Namava , solicitor , of R-athkeale , and Mr William Hartnett , of Newcastle . The other political offenders remaining in custody are Mr Richard O'Shaughnessy , of Rathkeale , grocer , and Michael O'Neil , stonemason .
Bankeuptot of Mr Duffy . —Mr Gavan Daffy , in a letter to the Freeman ' s Journal , explains the oiroumstanoeofhis bankruptcy , which was , he says , caused by a creditor who would not be satisfied with the arrangement vesting his property in trustees , though these will pay all his debts in full . The Wbits of Error . —In the Court cf Queen ' s Bench , on Monday , Mr Smyly , counsel for the orown , applied to have a writ cf habeas corpus issued , to bring John Martin into court , for the purpose of assigning errors , the usual certificate having been lodged in the proper office The court granted the application , and Thursday next was fixed for the purpose . It is not yet known whether the arguments in the case of Mr Smith O'Brien can be heard this term . Nothing faai yet been done in the matter . A PKIESl ' g HORSE EOLD FOR NON-PATHBKX OF POOR
RA 1 BS . The poor rate collector of the Longford Union had occasion to lay a distress for non-payment of his rate on sorae stacks of oats , the property of a Mr Farrell , of Tarmonbsrry ., The coadjutor of the parish , the Rev . Mr Farrell , and brother to the defaulter , on hearing the affair , went to' the lands to remonstrate with the collector . ; Having alighted from his horse to visit the family , it was immediately seized upon by the collector , and sold for the poor rates . The reverend gentlemen endeavoured to prevent tho sale , but be was told that he had no redress , as all property found en the premises was subject to the poor rates . —Westmeath Guardian .
Daring Murder and Robbbrt . —On Thursday morning , between eight and nine o ' oVack , as Major Phibto , staff officer of pensioners , accompanied by Sergeant Grant ( who acted aa hia , clerk ) , were proceeding on a oar from this town to Roscrea , for the purpose of issuing out the monthly pay to the out pensioners in that district , they were attacked at Oloukelly by a party of six or eight men , all of whom Wore armed with blunderbusses and pistols . The party stopped the car , presented arms , and demanded men ? y . Poor Grant , having hesitated to comply , one of the ruffians tired ; the contents entered his heart , and deprived him of life in a few moments . The banditti then compelled Major Phibbs to give up his cash box . contain ng £ 180 in small notes and silver , with , which they decamped . The Major then had the
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body of Grant placed on the car and drove to the Military Barracks , which is situate about a milefrom the seene of the outrage ? Information of the attack having reached this town , Sob-Inspector Duncan and a party of police immediately proceeded in the dire * tion which the assassins had taken , and searched the country for several miles around . The £ arl of Kosse , with the local magistrates , and several of the respect * able inhabitants ,, alas soon followed , together with about 500 men of the 59 th and 89 : h Regiments . A diligent , but as yet ineffectual , search was made for the assassins , though it is reported that the police have obtained some clue to the murderers . — King ' s County Chronicle . —Four most ferocious looking fellows , handcuffed across jaunting cars , have been lodged
in tbe Borris-in-Ossory bridewell . These four persons have been arrested for shooting Sergeant Grant on Thursday morning . At the time of arrest , they had their tares paid for Dublin at the Ballybrophy station . The sergeant fired one shot , After the robbery the eight men divided the booty between them : One of the four fellows has been already tried for shooting at Connors , steward to Mr White , of Gbarleville , and alio for conspiracy to murder Mr White himself , but escaped on account of the jury having disagreed three times . — -Uimter Express , — The government has offered a reward of £ 100 to discover the offenders . Murder of Another Bailiff . —Denis Cosgrave , driver to Mr Browne , agent and magistrate , of O'Brien's Bridge , was found dead sear a ditch
convenient to his house , about four o ' clcck on Tuesday , His head was dreadtully shattered . He was put into possession some time since of a farm from which a man named Denis . O'Brien was evicted by Mr B - owns . Denis O'Brien and his two sons w < re arrested on suspicion by constable Moran , of the O'Brien ' s Bridge station . A coroner ' s inquest was held on Wednesday . —Limerick Examiner . Poor Law—Numerous instances of the harah operation of the hware coming to light ; Last week an inquest was held on the body of a man who was said to have travelled from Balliogarry to Newcastle , county Limerick , three times , to obtain relief from the vice-guardians of the onion , bur . was unsuccessful . A verdict inculpating those gentlemen was returned The Limerickpapars contain a worse case—that of a
child starved to death , and a corresponding verdict returned . It appeared in evidence that the grand , mother of this child , in whose care it was , had gon e two journeys to' Newcastle—forty Irish miles going aid returning—and also four journeys to Ballingairy —twenty-four Irish miles—to attend the levees of the relieving officer of her district ; but was unsuccessful en each occasion in having her claim invest ! - gf > ted . On returning home from her last visit to this < nicer , the old woman was overtaken by the storm which raged on the 27 th nit , and toadd to her misery , wss unable to approach any house for shelter , owing to the darkness and paucity of dwellings in the district . Next morning an inhabitant found the old woman and the child in a field—the woman senseless from exhaustion , and the child ( six months old ) dead in her arms .
Public Health ;—A clergyman of one of the most extensive Roman Catholic unions of Dublin states , chat the health of the poorer classes is this year more than ordinarily good . Not only is there , he says , less sickness than at the corresponding period of the last three years , but he never , during a considerable experience en this mission , remembers less . Above all , there seems to bean absence of those symptoms which are said to precede cholera among the poor . Thb Writ oj ? Error . —The initiatory proceedings upon the writ of error in the case of Mr Smith O'Brien will ba raised before the judges on Wednesday , the J 5 th iost . It is calculated that the argument will not occupy the court beyond the second day . The decision of their lordships , whatever it may be , will apply equally to all the prisoners capitally convicted at the Special Commission in Cionmel .
DISCHARGE OF CMJBBI 8 TS . ' The government , ' says the Morning Herald correspondent , 'is discharging the clubbists of the second order—as tho orators and organisers are usually designated in contradistinction to the presidents , drillers , and avewed red republicans , against whom strong cases are alleged . Mr Eugene O'Reiily has been discharged on giving bail to appear Mben called upon .. Mr Robert Lambkin was released from Cotk gaol on Saturday , and several other clubbists in that city expect the benefit of the amnesty which isdaily proclaimed at Dublin Castle . ^ Tab Fugitive Leaders . —The following incidents in connexion with tbe escape of Messrs Stephens and Djheny are furnished by the Limerick Examiner :
— 'WhenMr Stephens had taken his exit from the collieries , he directed his wandering fo ) tsteps to Tipperary , suffering from a wound he had received in the side . He reached Tipperary early in tbe night , and , having disguised himself , walked up and down the streets ,- thinking to meet with some kind friend , who might assist him in his misfortunes . He met with some .. He called at the house of a respectable family in Tipperary , but they , of course , received him coldly , aware of the penalty of the law .. Poor Stephens , however , made the best of his way out cf town , accompanied by friends , who shared his daggers and misfortunes for the night . They slept with him in a stack of hay . Next morning ho disguised himself as a poor scholar , and made for the
Corntseragh mountains , where , peradventnre . he met his old friend Mr Dobeay , who had assumed the character of a schoolmaster . Both ' schoolmasters ' lived in the Commeragh mountains for some weeks , baffling the police . It is stated ¦ that a policeman once gave Mr Stephens a few pence , such was his forlorn appearance , being , of course quite ignorant of his identity . The track of the fugitives was at last , however , found , and immediate separation was deemed the only alternative tiSBDurethe safety of both . They parted ; MrDoheny for Cork , and Mr Stephens for Waterford . The history of Mr Dobeny ' s escape to Paris has already been ( o ' . d—that of Mr Stephens remains tobe narrated ; It is said that he disguised himself in the costume of a
woman ; he had a feminise appearance ; and , having lingered away some days in Waterford , was met at last by a friend , who : gave him money to travel to England or France . With great courage aad cleverness he crossed the channel , leaving his enemies behind ; and having travelled by railway to Dover took a passage ticket for Boulogne . There he was detained a prisoner by the English authorities in France , and was subsequently liberated by order of the Republic . It is said that he instituted an action against the English authorities for false imprisonmont , aud received £ 50 to compromise the proceed * ing . The end of all poor Stephens's misfortues and dangers was his arrival in Paris , where he is now in the National Guards in the rank of an officer . '
THE PERSECUTION — ' SHAMROCK . ' — CONVICTIOS OF o ' bohBBTY—MR C . Oi DUFiT—THB TRAIIOB
HUTCHINSON—SOCIAL ASARCHY . { From our own Correspondent . ) Dublin , 1 ± November . For once in the campaign of forensic vengeance the Attorney-General has been unhorsed , and the prose * cution of Richard Dalton Williams has failed . This is a source of great triumph to the people , for Mr Williams was deservedly s favourite , and in propertfrn to the satisfaction of the country so is the chagrin and vexation of the Whigs . Mr Williams was one of the conductors of the late Tribune newspaper , but his popularity and literary reputation rests more
on his inimitable poetical contributions to the Nation , ' under the signature of' Shamrock . ' . Theseparticularly the series entitled ' Misadventures of a Medical Student '—were rare things in their way . For wit , point , terseness , and genuine Irish frolio , tbey were deservedly esteemed , and 1 question if there b ? , at present , any other man in Ireland capable of anything at all so good in the way & f comic poetry . Mr Williams is a credit to Ireland : his loss would ba a national one , and his triumph over dirty Monahan and the Whigs is a cause of delight in every circle outside the Castle gates .
Poor Kevin Iz ) d O'Doherty has not been so successful , though he fought the battle manfully to the list—ho was worsted . His sentence is transportation for ten years , —a hard fate indeed for one so young , s ) gifted , so generous , and so confiding . Hh fate is mourned by everybody , though oeittainly he was far from being as well known , or as much a favourite as R . D . Williams . But , nevertheless , ho has the sympathy of Ireland , and if the tears of a nation could wash out his sentence he would never cross the seas as a convict .
O . G . Duff / will not be tried until the sitting of the ndjourned commission in December . Mr Duffy has been badly treated on all hands . Even certain paltry parties here have made him a bankrupt , and assigned him & place , — ' the last place on earth , ' to use his own words , ' where an honest man would wish to see his name , '—in the records of the Court of Insolvency . Mr Daffy , however , is not virtually a bankrupt . He is well able and willing to meet all claims , and he has instructed his lawyers to take the necessary proceedings to annul the decree which makes him a bankrupt . The case will come on for
investigation on next Saturday , when a strange tale will be unfolded on the occasion , The treachery of Hutchinson , the policeman , who bgures so discreditably in the projected escape of Mr Duffy from Newgate , exceeds all I ever heard of treachery in this country . The newspapers will give a full history of this disgraceful business , but they do not come up to a tithe of the vilJany enacted by this traitor . If any man ever deserved the opprobrium of a nation . it is certainly this monster Hutchinson . The conduct of Dobbins , or M'Keever . was angelic when compared with his .
toe accounts from the interior of Ireland exceed all belief . Society is fast resolving itself into its original disorder , chaos , and confuaioa . Propartyis Appearing as quickly as the mountain snow in ftft and even what little 8 ti 11 "Mi" 2 fi ™ t 0 U ? pOB 8 es 8 M ' « » « ay ! Such ia Ireare all v & ' ' ^ V" ? T ' and thMe H » pS I 5 n ? i ^? * #° robbera aBd « m »« jm ; and fSS , «? nd WIBdhB B ' t and mnrdOT 8 « faqwntiy « fRnn ; nf 5 T , , J M ^ beoomin 8 the main features ot society in Ireland . Tho people are determined to ! L «* J * v bFiway ^? y 1 & ri' whloh > inPlaiQ English , %%££ " * a 5 ? T V ? t * W «» Set by nook © r crook and thaafc nobody ,
The Rev. J. Barker. We Last W£Ek Receive...
THE REV . J . BARKER . We last w £ ek received a letter from Mr Barker almost as long at the great sea-serpent , in reply to one from Mr Geo : White , which appeared in this journal of the week previous . The letter is principally occupied with tbe author ' s views on the qnes tions ot' physical versus moral force ; the policy of Chartist leaders , & s . ' We give such portions as seem to us to be confined to the question at issue be . tween Mr Barker aad Mr White . Mr B . says : — George White says , ' That at tho conclusion of my address at Bradford , Mr Roberts proposed that a Defence and Victim Committee eheuld be established , in aid of the families of the imprisoned Chartists and that I ob . jected , and said , that ths meeting Was my meeting , and that I would not allow myself to be identified nith tha Chartists »
Hera are several false statements . It is true that at the conclusion of my lecture soma ens proposed that a committee should be formeil to raise funds for the defence orthe prosecuted Chartist ? , and for tbe support of thsir families , but it is not trne that I oljeoted to the formation ef such a committee . I neither did object , nor had I the least disposition to object to the formation of such a committee tfor did I say that I wonld not allow myself to bo Identified with tho Chartists . How could If I have allowed myself to be Identified with tbe Cbarthts from , the beginning . 7 identify myself with the Chartists every day . I Identify myself nith the Chartists in every political leoturj that I deliver , and in every political tract I publish . I think it bo dishonour to be a Chartist . I thick it no dishonour to be a pnblio advocate of Chartism . And George White knows , as well as I do , that this charge , of objecting to be identified with tbe Chartists , is utterly false .
Nor did I style tbe Chartists' physical force men , ' X dla net think them such . I knew that niie-tenthi •( the Chartists in this district were moral-force men . * * What I did do was this ; when some one proposed that b joint defence fund ehoald bo formed for me , and a number of others who were physical force men , I pro * posed that they should form a separate committee for the physical force men , and leave my friends to form ft separate committee for me . I made no objection to the formation of a committee for the physical force prisoners . What I objected to was , a joint committee for them and me .
Gsorge White refers to the sale of my tracts at ths meeting in question . I would ask , 'Is there any thingwrong in selling tracts at a meeting , provided the tract * be good , and true , and cheap ? Ought not the lovers of truth and reform to endeavour to aid the cause in every way they can V The Chartlsts , Mn my judgment , wonld have done more good , if they had done more in the way of multiplying and circulating thorough . going democra * tic tracts . George White acknowledges in another part ef his letter that I said , the physical force men might aet foe themselves I eek , what could I do more 1 I left them at liberty , tbeugh the meeting was my own , to makeuiet of the opportunity it afforded them of forming a com * mltteofor themselves .
The charge that I am disposed to hold up the unfortunate Chartist prisoners to government as legitimate ob * jeots of persecution ia both false and outrageous . So far from holding up the Caartiet prisoners to governmentas legitimate objects of persecution , I have done just the contrary , I have denounced the conduct of the govern * ment in persecuting even tho physical force Chartists , till they have censed to provoke physical force by their tyrannical proceedings . I have declared , over end over again , both in my lectures and publications , that the government ought to be ashamej of persecuting any re . former , however imprudent or extravagant he may be , till they themselves have shown a disposition to do the people justice .
George White says , « He hopes the psople will not allow a sccoeq Stephens to swallow up their subscriptions , to the exclusion of others as well worthy their support . ' I answer , so far from wishing to ewaiiow np the subscriptions of the Chartists , I have never so much as asked fee a subscription from the Chartists , and I never expect to ask for one from them , On tbe contrary , I have expressly recommended tbe Ctaarthts to employ the nbols of their resources in helping their own particular friends , or tho members of their owe association , and have desired them te leave me to the support of others .
I may add that I shall do what I can to secure jeitlee even to the physical f . irce Chartists . Instead of holding them up to government as legitimate objects of persecution , I shall hold up the government as a legitimate obj'ot of reprobation end loathing . Instead of holding up the physical force Chartists as legitimate objects for government persecution , tbe worst that I shall do towards them will be to sorrow over their distress , and to aid them ia obtaining justice . As far as I have the means , I shall contribute towards their defence , and towards the support of their wires and f-milies . Joseph Baei . ee .
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THE SEA SERPENT . The following has appeared in the Times : — ' Sir . —As some interest has been excited by tha alleged ^ appearance of a sea ser * ent , I venture to transmit a few remarks on the subject , which yon may or may not thins : worthy of insertion in your columns . There does not appear to bs a single well authenticated instance of these monsters having been seen in any southern latitudes ; but in the north of Europe , notwithstanding the fabulous character so long ascribed to Pontoffidon's description , I am con * viuoed that they both exist and are frequently seen . During three summers spent in Norway I have re * peatedly conversed with the natives on this subject . A parish priest , residing on Romsdal Fiord , about two days'journey south of Drontheim , an intelligent person , whose veracity I have no reason to doubt , gave me a circumstantial account of one which ha
had himself seen . It rese within thirty yards of tho boat in which he was , and swam parallel with it for a considerable time . Its head he described as equal * ling a small cask in s zs , and its mouth , which it repeatedly opened and shut , was furnished with formidable teeth ; its neck was smaller , but its body- * of which he supposed that he saw about half on tha surface of the water—was not less in girth than that of a moderate sizsd horse . Another gentleman , ia whose house I stayed , had also seen one , and gave a similar account of it ; it also eame near his boat upon the Fiord , when it was fired at , upon which it turned and pursue 1 them to the shore , which was luckily near , when it disappeared . They expressed great surprise at the general disbelief attaching to the existence of these animals amongst naturalists , and assured me that there was scarcely a sailor accustomed ta those inland lakes , who had not seen them at one time or another . : I remain , Sir , your obedient servant , Oxford , Nov . 3 . OxwibnsisV
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Dbath op a Genuine Celt . —Died , on the 12 th of August , at Seymour , Newcastle District , Upper Ca * nada , at the advanced age of Y 5 , 'Mr Dugald Maccoll , formerly ^ of Kenmore , Lochfynesi . de ,. Argyleshirei In addition to nobln * and better qualities , Mr Mao * coll was possessor of great strength and courage ; and he possessed a richer store of Highland song and tradition than perhaps any man of bis day . He was one ot the last in Argyleshire , of his condition of life , to give up the habitual wearing of the Highland garb . As a holiday dress he stuck to it long after it had ceased to be worn by all others on Loohiy neside . Hia strength of arm was remarkable . On one occasion he engaged a few men to load a oart with some half .
dozm barrels of cured herrings . Although using a plank , it seemed as if their efforts would never succeed in getting the first barrel in its place ; and , indignant at their pucy efforts , Maccoll dashed aside their plank , and with stentorian voice ordered these awkward sons of Sisyphus to give way . Without hesitation he lifted barrel after barrel breast high , and flung them into the cart with as much ease as others might so many kegs of butter . One of tho sons of the deceased is Evan Maccoll , the accorn * plished author of the 'Mountain Minstrel , ' and also of' Clareach nam Beann , ' whieh last places him at the head of our living Celtic bards . The post has written some elegant and mnch quoted verses on his father ' s esieratiou to Amnrins
Ths Wotjldbk-Empbror , —M . Buonaparte hag a sad defect—he speaks French with a strong German accent . Your readers are no doubt awara that of all the b & rbavous mutilations of tho French language committed by foreigners that of tha Ger * mans is , without exception , the most abominable . The English , to At them justice , murder French ruthlessly ; but they are mild aud merciful compared to the Germans . The German fellow has no pityhe makes you shudder and grincer les dents as ha speaks . He turns b ' s into p ' s , p's into b ' d , f ' s into v ' s , v ' s into f » s , o ' s into g ' s , g's inte o ' a , and so on ; and then such a vile accent withal ! And yet that is the way M . Buonaparte speaks 1 Really the citizen must be a bold man to bs able to face the immense ridicule which will assail him . Fancy him , for instance , when President , addressing my Lord Normanby , 'Che reg . iis , Moaieu teNormanpy , la leddra te la raine Fictoria afeo le blus crant blaisir . '—Correspondent of ffte BritoRm ' a .
bicniAN Nuns . —An establishment of Sicilian nuns have lately purchased the Park Hotel , with mora than twenty acres of land , at Norwood , Surrey , which is about to be enclosed with a wall twelve feet high . Several Romiah priests and sisters of the order ata located near the spot . SisouiAfc Circumstance , —Mr Mason , publican , of Park Gate , near Rothernam , has in his posseasionan ewe sheep , about two years old , which has undsr one of its shoulders a fifth foot , pretty much corresponding in siza with its other feet- The ewe has had one lamb .-
Ii w seldom that the sparkling diamond of a great estate , is set in the gold ring of a gracious heart . . « man may be great with Saul , and graceless ; rich with Dives , and miserable . The richest men sw oftentimes the poorest ; and the poorest the richest . IVlany threadbare souls may be found under silken ooata and purple tohm . —Dyeii' . Enlistment for the royal navy has been suspended
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 11, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11111848/page/2/
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