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HE WC ASTLE-OH TINS . I Dreadfcl Mcboer . —Early on the morning of iiuriunday last a most dreadful murder was committed It It Newbrouah . near the Fourstones station , a few oilailes west of Hexham , on tiie Newcastle and Carlisle Railway . The following are the particulars irhVhich have r . ached us on the subject : —Tue rourlerlered man , who-e name was Proud , and was hind 10 o Mr . Mangban , of Newbrough Lodge , had a MMd to be baptised on Sunday afternoon , and , after ( eaeaving church . Proud and his friends had arnue to 11 pi public-house in the villa" * of Newbrousdi to get itonomerefreshment . While ) bore , some
littlemisun-Hederstaading to « k place bi-lw .-en Proud , tho father » f > f the child , and a man of the name of Welsh , who wavas a labourer at Pordueh ^ trnies linie-quarres , situntated in the neighbourhood ; and on Proud and his naparty leaving the pub ! ic-hou * e . Welsh left also , aud wevent in the same direction . It is reported < hat the piuarrel was renewed , and that something of th- ; na-Eiuture of a struggle took place between Welsh and PrProud , at the turn of the road leading to New-Drorough Lod ^ e . which is sitnat-d a little west of the irikillage . and that the latter having the best of it . as Kocoon as they were parted . Welsh went away , and the jMoarty supposed they had rot rid of him . However , iieiefore they had gone far up the lane , Welsh , who is a supposed to have taken a somewhat nearer road iiumddenly re-appeared , and . making up to Proud '
iseseired hold of his head , aad . lulling it back , cut bis ,-h . hroat so dreadfully , that the unfortunate victim : iidied almost immediately . Alter committing the hoririciddeed , Welsh instantly ran off , and called at the iasame public-house , where he uot a pot of whisky , and iiaaaving drunk it , he stated to the mistress of the ladurase that it was the last time she would see him . IHHe then left , and hastened to the Fourslones sta-IStion . On reaching it he seems to have been entirely iDTDrercome , partly by the liquor he had taken , and Ittthe exertions made to flee from the locality of his icicrime . In the meantime , intelligence of the murder iscsoon spread over the village , and Mr . Maugban Ihhaving arrived at the spot , gave directions to in . tke iirinstant pursuit , and the constable ( Mr . George Ridleley ) immediately mounted a how , and went to the TFourstones station , where Welsh was taken .
On Tuesday afternoon an inquest on the bndy of lithe mnrdered man « as held at Newbrnugh , before SS . Reed , Esq ., one of the coroners for Norihuraber-Lland , when after hearing the evidence of several witnesses , the jury returned a verdict of Wilful JMurder against Welsh , who was committed for trial aat the ensuing assicrs . WeWi is not more than 23 jjears of age . The deceased was much older , and hhas left a widow and family to lament bis fate .
LIVERPOOL . Alleged Abtful Robb 7 . bt . —A story is current there that a lady of this town stepped from her carrriage opposite the Royal Bank Buildings , passed tthroosh the area , and , entering tlie bank , presented aa cheque for a considerable sum , which she receive . ! iin bank notes . It is believed that she _ was minutely vwatched . She returned to her carriage , and was J Just about to step in , when a gentleman in spectacles , without his hot , and with a pen in his hand , hastily , tbnt politely , accosted her , saying , * ' 1 beg pardon , H & adam ; we have forgotten to make a memorandum < of your notes . Will you kindly return them to me Ifor a few minutes , and I will restore them to you ( directly . " The lady , believing the person who
addressed her to be one of the clerks of the bank , surrendered the notes at once , and the gentleman hastily retreated up the steps , through tlie cates , into the area , and ran in the direction of the bank The lady waited some time , and at length went to the bank to inquire why the notes were not sent back to her . She was assured tbat no person had been sent after her from the bank , ami that her business with the teller had been completed when the note ? were counted out to her . She perceived at once that she had been ingeniously robbed , and that the respectable looking gentleman in spectacles , after he had obtained the notes , must have made his exit from tbe buildings through the gates opening into Elbow Lane .
The Destitute Inisn . —At the usual fortnightly meeting of thevestry the statement of accounts for the fortnight ending oa Saturday last , was submitted by the vestry clerk . For the week ending the 30 th January , it appeared that there were 23 , 445 Irish eases attended to . comprising 25 , 405 men , 25 , 003 women , and 96 , 585 children ; total of individuals , 147 , 593 ; who received in money , SITS Cs 9 d ; and in bread and soup , £ 225 12 s Sid . ' The casual relie '/ to other poor was £ 13 lis . Total extra cost to the parish , for the week , caused by the Irish immigration , £ 333 8 s 5 Jd . For the week ending Saturday the 6 th
instant , the total number ol Irish emigrants whose wants were attended to was 55 , 130 ; being 9 , 184 men , 11 , 955 women , and 33 , 997 children ; at a cost in money of £ 1 & 5 , Is 3 d , and in soup and bread , £ 16213 s 6 | d ; to other casual poor , £ 11 2 s 6 d . Total cost , £ 327 Hs 9 * d , being an extra cost for the Irishpoor , of £ 316 12 3 Jd . On the motion of Mr . Schole & eld , seconded by Mr . Avison , it was resolved that a deputation from the board be authorised to proceed to London , to nrge upon government the necessity of some legis ' ativc means being adoptcl to check the continued influx of Irish immigration into this port .
HUXCOE . V . CninoE of Mussbb . —un Saturday last , a considerable sensation was cansed in Runcorn by the fact of a man named Richard Edwards , a carpenter by trade , having killed his wife . It appeared that Edwards , who is a man given to drink , had ken fuddling all that day , instead of being at his work ; and his wife Betty Edwards , who is described as having been a quiet , peaceable woman , had sent one of her children to receive what wages were dne to him . About four o ' clock in the afternoon , Edwards came home , and wanted to get some money ; but his wife declined to give him any , as all that she had received was due to the provision shop . Edwards immediately began to abuse and beat her , in the presence of her children ; he took her by the hair of her head and attempted to throw her out of doors , and then he struck iier several times about the head and neck ,
knocked her down , and kicked her most severely . His eldest son who is an apprentice , interfered on behalf of his mother , but was obliged to desist in consequence of the threats of his father ; but he ran out to fetch the neighbours iu , who found her on the floor quite dead , so that she had literally been beaten to death . Edwards took the matter quite coolly , and when his son was desired to send for a doctor he threatened that if he went he wouldkillhim . Again , when he was told his wife was dead , he made use of the brutal language , " Let her die , and to h—1 with her . " Edwards was immediately taken into custody . On Tuesday last , an inquest on the Irady was held at the Royal Hotel , Runcorn , before Mr . Henry Churton , coroner , when the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Richard Edwards , " who was accordingly committed to Chester Castle on the coroner ' s warrant , to take his trial at the next Chester
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MAXCHESTEB . Destitctiox—The Soup Hitches . —The distribution of soup and bread continues with unabated liberality . On Saturday , not tea than 1 , 500 gallons of soup , and 1 , 500 loaves of bread , were distributed to needy individuals ; on Monday , there were 1 , 400 gallons of soup , and 800 loaves of bread given away ; and on Tuesday , the quantity distributed was 1 , 500 gallons of soup , and 1 . 5 U 0 loaves of bread .
WAltMXGTON . Increased Distress . —On Monday evening last , a meeting was held at the Sessions House , "to take into consideration the steps necessary to be adopted for providing some proper relief to tbe distressed able-bodied poor in the township of Warrington and Latchford , and t ) whom no other parochial aid can be given , except that afforded in the Union Workhouse . " Mr . Reynolds , the senior overseer , presided . Ultimately it was resolved , that a requisition to the constabler to convene a public meeting , for the purpose of establishing a soup kitchen , or adopting such other means as the urgency of the ease required , to relieve the able-bodied poor , should be adopted .
boltos . Fatal Coal Pit Accident . — On Friday last an inquest was held at the Hare and Hounds publichouse , Little Lever , on the body of George Baxendale , a boy aged ten years , son of Wm . Baxendale , brickmaker . The boy was employed as » drawer in one of Mr . John Fletcher ' s coal-nits , and was descending the shaft on Thursday cvenins , with some other boys , by means of ladders . The other boys wishing to pass the deceased , he stepped aside on one of the landings , where there was a board off , and fell through toj the bottom aud was killed . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . "
LBIOH . Fatal Colliery Accukxt . —On Friday afternoan an anqucst was hel at Westleigh , before Mr . Heuahall , deputy-coroner , en the body of Charles Burton , aged twenty , who has died from the effects of burns received by an explosion of fire damp , at the Liverpool and Manchester Coal Company ' s Works , Park Colliery . The explosion took place on Thursday tlie 23 th ult ; , and ten persons were burned , three of . the number being dangerously injured . Burton and a boy named James Cunliffe , ag « d twelve , died on the Tuesday after the accident . Verdicts to tlie effect that . the deaths were the result of accident were returned in both cases . The inquest on Cunliffe was held before Hayes , he having died in Hindlev , which is in a different district .
OLDHAM . Distress ox the Hatters . —Tho operatives engaged in the hat manufacture at Oldham , arc in great distress from deficiency of employment . Great numbers of them have not more than two days ' werk per week , and some not more than a day ' s work per fortnight . ASHTOS-CSDER-LYXEt ui ^ * \ Ic k- —On Mondav afternoon , John Shaw , a lad about sixteen vcata of age , went opon the Rye Croft Pit , as ho was returning after dinner to ttefactory , when the ice gave and befell
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in . The body was recovered in a short time after wards , and the usual means used to restore anima tion , but without effect . STALTBRlDaB . Charge of Fkloxt . —At the Stalybridge petty sessions , oa Monday last , Christopher Thornton was charged with stealing two deal boards , the property of Mr . James Woolley , of High-street , Stalybridge . It appeared from the prisoner ' s own statement , when cnarged with the offence , that he had stolen them "fs ^ v ^ ^ * - *^^^ - i ™ - ^\ I - watchman when carrying them SfilS ^* * - » prison er was
T BlUDfORO . namedTfnfn . op M **™ utBB .-A man Cnnf eph , - , , mes - afl * maker ' Bt Vic *<>™ Mill , XSr kllled on Tuesday , under circunistan-17 a i ^ -T ? caased a Srcat sensation in Bradford a"ain ? neighbourhood . Deceased was in partnersnip witn some other persons as fly makers . He was a young man , and resided with his widowed mother , wno , it is stated , had another son killed some time n nc f' Deceased was , on Monday night , at the Mney Moff Inn , where he quarrelled with the landlnrd of a beer-shop , in Bowling , known by the sign of the Rose and Crown ; and in a fight , the landlord ( Haley ) received a severe thrashing . Itaoneared
that the treatment which Haley had received the previous night , was , on the Tuesday morning , the subject of much conversation at the beer-shop , where John Hartley , aged forty , a labourer at Bowling Foundry , and a biscuit baker , named Thomas Rollins , living at Chapel-lane , better known as " Biscuit T « . m , " from iig hawking biscuits happened to be . Tom had , according to his confession before the magistrates , seven pints of ale at the Rose and Crown , and being a ' noted fighter , it was arranged he should drub Holmes for his conduct . Accordingly he was watched coming to his dinner . On his coming past the house , Elizabeth Haley accosted him , and asked him how he could fashion to . come past the house after he had used Iter husband in such a
manner . Hartley then , according to the evidence of William Benn , of Queen ' s Head , delver , seized Holmes and the prisoner . Rollins then struck hira two or three times about the head , having , at the same time , hold of his cellar . On Collins , the constable of Bowling , coming and charging peace , Rollins left hold of Holmes , who fell from the pavement and instantly expired . He was carrie J into the Rose and Crown , bleeding much at the nose and head . Mr . Field , surgeon , was soon on the spot , but could ren der no assistance , and made a post mortem
examination of the deceased ' s head , that he had found about two ounces of effused blood in the posterior part of the brain , and that deceased died from the effects of the rupture of a blood vessel of the brain caused by violence . The prisoner , Hartley , who was defended by Mr . Terry , said nothing in defence . Rollins said he was drunk at the time , having had seven pints of ale , and that deceased challenged him , Both prisoners were committed to York Castle for trial , but bail was accepted for Hartley . Rollins ia 27 years of age .
NEWARK . Fatal Accident on the NomxonAU axd Lincoln Railway . —On Saturday last a fatal accident happened on the Nottingham and Lincoln Railway , near the Staythrope Gate , about four miles from Newark . It appears that at five o'clock in the morning , George Cvec , aged 28 years , in the employ of Messrs Craven and Son , contractors , took two horses on the railway when the mail train from London to Lincoln had been due nearly an hour , and the workmen had all ceased their employment to let the train pass . Cree perceiving the mail train approach ,
moved off the down line with his horses ; but at that moment a special cattle train from Lincoln happened to come up , and the engine caught Cree upon the head , and struck one of tbe horses . The roan was carried ab-ut 100 yards , his head was smashed to pieces , his brains were scattered ia all directions , his left leg cut off , Im riuht thigh broken , the bone protrudiiig through the flesh , and the horse killed upon the spot . The other horse escaped unhurt . Thebody of Crco was conveyed toRollcstona Church , and in the afternoon Mr . 1 - Falkner , Coroner , held an inquest , when the Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
WORCESTERSHIRE . Malicious Outrage . — In the beginning of last * eek , one of those acts which we have so often to record in the mining districts , resulting from the most fiendish and revengeful feelings , occurred at Brookmoor . It appears that before daylight on Wednesday morning four pieces of hard oak were introduced between the teeth of the crown wheel and the nnt wheel of the Star Pit winding engine , at the Widewaters Colliery , near Brookmoor , belonging to Long Ward . The object of the miscreant was to break the machinery , and destroy the lives of the first band of men ' who might happen to descend the shaft , a calamity which was happily averted by the timely discovery of the affair . A reward of £ 20 has been iffered by Lor J Ward ' s agent for the discovery of the miscreants engaged in this nefarious transaction .
CHELTENHAM . Suspected Murder . —A few days ago , while some men were making a new road through an orchard , belonging to Mr . Croome , of DuraWeton , they discovered some human bones . Inquiries were instituted , anJ it was ascertained that about eleven years ago a horse had been found tied toatreo near the spot , but the owner was never discovered . The man who found the horse kept it for twelve months , at the end of which time he sold it for £ 10 . The impression among persons living in the neighbourhood was , that the ownerof the horse hid been murdered , and the discovery of the boaes strengthens the supposition .
NORWICH . Extensive Fise . —On Saturday night last the anti-friction grease manufactory of Messrs . Kittore and Lockett , near the Foundry Bridge Wlwfs , Norwich , was entirely destroyed " by fire . How the fire originated is not ascertained , but suspicions are entertained that it was not accidental . ESSEX . Fike at Radwinter . —On Saturday evening , between six and seven o'clock , a fire broke out at an offhand farm occupied by Mrs . Carter , at Radwinter ; and though assistance wasspeedily rendered , and tlie fire engine from Walden was as quickly as possible conveyed to the snot , a small barn and some sheds
were destroyed , besides about fifteen quarters of oats and fifteen quarters of barley ; three cows « nd two calfs . which it was impossible to get out in time , were burnt in the latter . Superintendent Clark and four of the police hastened to the spot and rendered every assistance , and by great exertion the other partof the premises and the dwelling-house were saved . The damage is estimated at about £ 260 . There is no doubt the fire was entirely accidental . Mrs . Carter has had charcoal burners employed there through the winter , and on Saturday a quantity of charcoal was placed in the loft over the cow-shed before it was properly cold , and aa the fire broke out in that part there is no doubt that this caused the conllagrat . on .
boxfoud . Awfully Sudden Death of the Rrv . W . Plume . —On Moi . day evening last , abouteight o ' clock , while Mr- Plume was sitting by the fire , she perceived Mr . Plume ' s hand , upon whicli he had been previously reclining , drop , when in an instant he fell forward upon the hearth-rug . Before any ? ne could be called to his assistance he was a corpse . The deceased gentle man was deservedly respected and beloved by all who knew him . He had held the mastership of the grammar-sell-iol for nearly thirty-three years , and was in the sixty-sixth year of his age .
DEVON . Conscience-stricken Thilyes . — A short time since , ~ jn a parish on the confines of Devon and Cornwall , an honest and thrifty farmer engaged a sweep to come to his house for the purpose of sweeping his chimnies and flues ; and as the worthy knight of the soot-brush arrived late in the evening , he was provided with a warm supper and was comfortably do miciled in the barn , in order to commence his operations early on the iollowing morning . Sooty having wrapped himself in the winnowing sheet , anil stretched his weary limbs on some clean straw , had just resigned himself to the arms of Morpheus , when lo , a man with a dark lantern , and another with a number of sacks , entered the barn , and speedily began to fill the sacks with the wheat , which was lying in the barn-pool , just fit for the market . The sweep lay snug in his dormitory , and watched their
operations without saying a word ; when one of the thieves remarked to his companion , that they should get ou much more expeditiously in filling their sacks if they had got a third person to hold their candle . Sooty , with genuine simplicity , aroused himself from his rustic crib , and exhibiting his ebony figure to the astonished rabbets , coolly said to them , " I'll hold the candle for you , " 'f heconseience striken thieves , in their excited imagination , readily conceiving ' the gentleman in black" to be no Jess a personage than his Satanic Majaaty himself , hurriedly threw down the sacks , flew through the doorway like u flash of lightning , and in their terror and hurry to escape the clutches of Old Ni . k , actually took their departure , leaving a horse and cart behind them , which they had intended for the transit of the corn , and poor Sooty , the only actor left on the stage , speedily alarmed the sleeping inmates of the farmhouse and put them in pursuit of the marauders .
Great Influx of Irish Poor into Newport . — A correspondent writing from this place on Saturday says : " We have had frequent importations of Irish poor into this port every year in search of employment ; but the present number of immigrants from that unhappy country is quite unprecedented . A vessel , named the Wanderer , has just arrived here with nearly two hundred of the wretched and famished creatures , chiefly from Skibbereen , huddled { together in a mass of wretchedness unparalleled . I On examining the crowded vessel it was found that between twenty and thirty starving men , women , and children , were lying on the ballast in the hold in a dying condition . Their state was most deplorable ; and had it not been that surgical and charitable aid was rendered tbe moment the vessel came alongside the wharf , it is said that many would have been brought ashore dead .
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CLEARINGS IN IBS HEBRIDES . In South Uisfc there are places called Frobosts , where the people , generally speaking , were , upon the whole , comfortable and able to pay their way ; but they have been turned out of their small holdings , to the barren hills and mossy moors , to spend their energies on a stubborn soil , which can yield no remunerating crops for years to come ; and how in the meantime the poor people are to be supported , no one can tell . At Whitsunday last , d number of families were cleared from Watersay , to make room for cattle ,
and these families are now located on a most sterile spot , to the east of Castle Bay . The Sound of Eri » - kay was at tho same time cleared of a number of families , in order to accommodate sheep or cattle . And were are the people now ? On the wildest portions of the inhospitable hill of Kilbride . Again , the inhabitants of the east side of Binnmorehavebeen banished to tho outskirts of the Kilbride hills , and this for no other purpose than to provide additional grazings . Preparations are now making , it is reported , for another clearing at the ensuing Whitsunday ; the place to be cleared is said to be Ileiesay .
LOCnCADRON . Horrible Destitution . —A family in Kishorn , have subsisted for several weeks this season on boiled grass and nettles , without tasting any other species of food . Nothing whatever hare been done in tbe parish beyond giving the paupers a lew bolls of meal , and ere summer , Jeantown will be as utterly destitute as Skibbereen , in Ireland .
FRASERBURGH . Food Riots . —In this town the condition of nearly three-fourths of the population is deplorable , and families have been living on turnips three times aday , with a handful of meal cast in amongst themothers have been without bread or meal in their houses for days—want is to be seen depicted in their countenances . They repeatedly applied to different parties for advice or relief , but nobbing having been done for them , and thinking that there would be nothing further for them but starvation .
from the shipment of grain continuing to be prettyextensive , they assembled here in large numbers on Friday and Saturday week , demanding relief for themselves and families . On entering the town , they immediately repaired to the harbour , and turned the carts which were shipping the grain up tho quay . No violence was done to any one , no > was a single pane of glass broken in the town ; and on both days , when an assurance was made by the Chief Magistrate that something would be done for them , they dispersed , and left town quietly .
Riots nr Females . —During the past week the village of Garmouth has been kept in a perfect ferment by the unruly proceedings of a number ot women . These Amazons were regularly mustered by a ringleader or two , who appeared on parade , with ( lag on shoulder . Guards were kept during night to warn tho party of the approach of any carts with grain for the stores ; and in the daytime the most perfect surveillance was observed . * * * Two of the ringleaders concerned in the riots , named Margaret M'Donald or Murray , and Isabella Bowie or Brown , were apprehended , and escorted by a guard of the 76 th , committed to Elgin prison .
ARDKE . A poor woman , resident within a mile of this town , was subject to attacks of epilepsy , and in one of the fits , a few days since , an infant she had in bed with her fell out , and was nearly devoured by a pig . The neighbours missing the woman , and conjecturing all was not right , burst open the door , and horrible to relate , found the head and some of the infant ' s limbs about the floor , and the unfortunate mother a corpse in tlie bed 1
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Dcdlin , Feb . 6 . —Detention of Forded Notes on the Bank of Ireland . —On Thursday , Thomas Jones Atkins , late of Grafton-street , and formerly of Wicfclow-street , engraver ; and Thomas James , of Mecklenburg-street , engraver ; and Henry Fitzsimon , of Whitehorse-yard , printer , were brought before Messrs . lletchcock and Tyndall , at College street Poice-office , in custody of Brennan , and some other officers of the detective police , charged with being concerned in the forgery of notes of the Bank of Ireland . The notes forged were dated May 11 , 1844 , aud 6 th of December , 1 S 45 . A witness named Daniel M'Cormick , of Tournevara , who had been engaged in circulating the forged notes , in various parts of the country , was examined at much length as to the mode of operations . An officer of the Bank of Ireland was also examined . The prisoners were committed for trial at the commission .
DISTRESS IN CLARE . The Rev . Mr . Moloney , writing from Kilkenny to the Clare journal , and alter recounting the various deaths caused by starvation in that parish within the last three months , says , "But why trespass on your space with a few isolated cases ? " There arc 6000 yet breathing skeletons of men anil women in the parish . Your reporter , when here , seemed to he deeply moved at the siuht of * omc . What if he had been here now * What if he had seen them all ? What if he had seen the'hundreds upon hundreds who
are unable to crawl abroad ? Had he visited the cabin of poor Blake , the death of whose child I have already stated , he would see there the mother of deceased , like a corpse on which a lingering comsumption had commuted all its ravages . He would have seen her and her other famishing little ones laid , not on a bed , as poor Blake called it , but on a wad of unwholesome , I might say loathsome , straw , on the damp earth , without a sheet , blanket or quilt , deserving the name—even tho ordinary inner article of dress of every female she had not , but a pioce of time-perforated calico about the neck and shoulders
STATE OF C . WAN . Distress is rapidly on the increaso , and in several localities the relief arrangements are very defective . A vast concourse of labourers , at least 590 in number , flocked into Cavan on Wednesday last , all of whom had ju-ft been thrown out of employment , in consequence of the cessation of the public works in the above parish .
CARRIOAHOT . Within the last thirty days 50 deaths have taken place in this locality 1 RAKTRV . Fourteen inquests were hold in one day , the verdict in each case being—Death from Starvation . TRAT . EE . So great is the famine here that several" donkies " have been sacrificed in that country by the starving peasants , and used as food .
CORK . —FAMINE RIOTS . On Friday morning , about half-past nine o ' clock a notice was brought to the Turkey-street guardhouse , stating that a lame mob , numbering from eight hundred to one thousand persons , had gone to the workhouse with the intention of attacking that establishment , and plundering the provisions contained there . A party of police , under the command of Sub-Inspector Walker and head-constable Condon , was immediately ordered out , and proceeded quickly to the scene of the anticipated riot . It appeared from the evidence of head-constable Crowley , delivered before the magistrates this morning , that he had also proceeded with a detachment of police to the workhouse , but , on his arrival there , he found that the mob had left it a short time previously
without committing injury or violence . After leaving the workhouse , the mob came down Douglas-strcct , and attacked the shop of Mr . Barry , baker , out of which they took a quantity of bread . They then proceeded down White street , and up George's ' quay , where they met a bread cart , which they rifled of the greater portion ef its contents . Head-constable Condan , and the party under his direction , met the mob at Parliament-street , and followed them into Prince ' s-street . They then attacked the shop of Mr . Thompson , baker , Prince ' s-street , and , notwithstanding the opposition of the police , carried off a large quantity of bread , after demolishing several panes of glass , and committing other injury . A party of three hundred or four hiin . liMd separated from the main body , and walked quickly by Prince ' s-
street , accompanied by head-constable Condon and h ' u party . On entering Patrick-street , they ran quickly towards the Parade , and on getting into the North Main-street , they rushed into the shop of Mr . David Walsh , broke the glass in the window with their shovels , and attempted to obtain possession ol the bread in the window . The police arrested two ol Hip no * t prominent actors in the outrage , named Daniel Wallis , and a man named Casey , at present living in Blackpool , but originally from the parish ol Macroom . The prisoners were talten into Mr . Walsh ' s shop , when the mob attacked tho police with thoir spades and shovels , and swore they would not ! c-ivo the place till their comrades were liberated . Several of the police were struck with stones , and
also bi'aten with the spares of the rioters . At this time tiie riot had assumed a mist serious aspect , the mob appearing determined to rescue the prisoners . Head-constable Condon took a bayonet from one ol the policemen , and with a few of the party charged the mub with drawn bayonets down the North Main-street , over North-gate bridge , up Shandonstruet , and Clavc-nce-strect . The rioters then retired towards Blackpool , and tiie constabulary returned into town . Daniel Wallis , Patrick Roche , Jeremiah Murphy , and Daniel Casey , were brought up to the police olh ' co in half <* m hour after the occurrence , and committed for trial before the Recorder . Up to the hour of one o ' cIock the baker ' s shops in Patri'Astrc-et , and the other principal streets of the city , remained close for fear of a second attack . " Dudlin , Fed . 8 . —The Rent going down to Famine PowT . —The usual weekjy meeting of tho Repeal As-
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sociation was held this day , at the Conciliation Hall , Thomas Steele , Esq ., in the chair . The Chairman , in taking his seat , addressed the meeting at seme len » th . In al'uding to Mr . Roebuck ' s rccenUttaok on Ireland and the Irish , he compared that individual to a certain crawling insect afflicted with a loathsome disease . The Secretary read the minutes of the last day's proceedings , and a letter from Mr . O'Connell , which was ordered to be inserted on the minutes . The rent for the week amounted to £ 28 9 i . fid .
DREADFUL INCREASE OF FAMINE . The deaths trom starvation aro rapidly increasing in the western and southern counties—to such an extent , indeed , that some of tho local journals find it impossible to publish reports of the inquests . The Sligo Cltampion reports sixteen inquests , in all of which the verdicts were " death from starvation . " ¦ The Cork Reporter ° ays : — '' The duty of publishing reports of inquests held on persons who have died by starvation' has now become so frequent , and such numbers are daily reaching us from every part of the county , that the limits of our space do not admit of their publication . Our reporter sends particulars of 15 such cases from mentions that
Bantry yesterday , and 20 more had occurred during the week , but inquests could not be held ; and we received this morning from Mallow reports of 11 inquests held by Richard Jones , Esq ., on persons who had died from want of food . Communications pmir in from every district , a tithe of which we could nit find room for , stating similar appalling facts . " The reports from Kerry aro equally afflicting aa to the ravages of famine . Mr . Stephen O'Rcardon , In a letter to the Tralee Chronicle , gives the particulars often inquests which he held from the 6 th to theSlst January , in which the verdicts were "died from want of food . " In addition to these he mentions several cabes of death from want of food , in which inquests have not been held .
The Longford Journal says" Our poor , notwithstanding all tho efforts made to relieve them , are wretchedly off , and throng to the workhouse to finish a miserable existence , as the following facts prove : — ' Deaths since the 1 st instant ( Monday ) , 44 ; ditto in the montii of January , llfj ; ditto in the month of December , 71 ; total , 231 . "' Typhus fever and dysentery are spreading in the most destitute districts .
CORK . A letter from the Rev . Cornelius Corkron , P . P . to Daniel O'Connell , dated January 26 th , and the oarticulars of which are attested by the chairman of the Ballyfeard Relief Comraitttee and others , givp * an appalling picture of the general destitution . The district subject to the Ballyfeard Relief Committee , of which 1 am a member , comprises a territory of three , miles radius ( ever remarkable for the cultivation of potatoes ); it contains 1 , 200 destitute subjects for relief , each on an average having five in family . Of these 700 are employed on the public works , earning from 4 s , to 6 s , per week , and paying 2 s . 9 d . a stone for Indian corn flour . Life thus sustained is but a protracted death .
The destitute unemployed on the public works are in a state of appalling misery , which I will not , be-•• aitse I / could not , describe . They are , to my own Knowledge , frequently without tasting any food for forty-eight hours , and then glad to get raw turnips , cabbage , or seaweed , which they greedily devour . Some sustain life by visiting in troops the houses of the gentry , sumo by casual charity , some by plunder . Our union workhouse is full . The weekly average of deaths in my parishes , from slow starvation , is four ; three such cases occurred this daynamely , Denn , of Faranbrien ; Cummins , of Ballinvuliing ; and Lyons , of Baliingarry . The last ( an able-hoilied young man , aged 27 , ) applied to our committee yesterday for work , after a hard competition , he succeeded in obtaining it , went home , and died of exhaustion . ( Since I wrote the above a coroner ' s jury has declared it starvation .
BANTRr . Fifteen additional inquests on cases of death from famine have been held since the . above , and twenty more have occurred during the week , but inquests could not be held .
MALLOW . Eleven inquests have been hold here by Richard Jones , E ? q ., on persons who had died from want of food . Communications pour in from every district , a tithe of which we could not find room for , slating similar appalling facts . THS IRISH poor law—out-door RELIEF . The fallowing requisition , bearing the signatures of ei » hteen priests , appears in the Cork Reporter ' . — " We , the undersigned , respectfully request a meeting of our brethren , the Roman Cathode clergy of tho united dioceses of Cloyue and Ross , at Fennoy , on Thursday , the 11 th inst ., to consider the propriety of petitioning parliament for outdoor relief for the ablebodied as well as for the infirm poor ol Ireland , and for an enactment affording cheap and speedy means to enforce such a right . "
FRIGHTFUL EXTERMINATION OF THE STARVING . The progress of distress in the county of Cork may be learned by the follqwing brief para graph extracted from the Southern Reporter of Saturday : — " The duty of publishing reports of inquests held on persons who have ' died by starvation' has now become so frequent , and such numbers ave daily reaching us from every part of the country , that the limits of our space do not admit of their publication . Our reporter sends particulars of 15 of such case ^ from Bantry yesterday , and mentions that 20 more had occurred during the week , but inquests could not be held ; and we received this morning from Mallow reports of 11 inquests held by Mr . Richard Jones on persons who had died from want of food . "
DREADFUL INCREASE OP MORTALITY . Dublin , Keb . 9 . —The most appalling statements come forth almost daily from different parts of th . country , but from the county ot Cork abore evc-i-v other . Take the following as a specimen . It is extracted from a letter from the Rev . Dr . Traill , rector of Schull , and the chairman of the relief committer of that parish , and it bears date from Schull Rectory , o ' . h inst .: — Frightful and fearful is the havoc around me . Oin medical friend , Dr . Sweetman . a gentleman of unimpeach able veracity , informed me yesterday that , if he stated the mortality In . ny parish , at an average of thirty-five laily , he would ba within the truth . The children in particular , he remarked , were disappearing with awful rapidity . And to this I nviy add the aged , who , with the young—neglected , perhaps , amidst the widespread destitution—are , almost without exception , swollen , and ripening for the grave .
Since I penned the above I was hastily summoned to a sick bed . Fast as my horse ' s limbs could carry me I hurried to the spot , but ere I reached it the spirit had taken its flight . Over the corpse was one son weeping and wailing , while ia a corner lay another in fever—his wife , near her confinement , miserableaud wretched—and all starving together . On my way I had met a corpse , a little hay its only shroud , going to the place of interment ; and I passed a gentleman who stated that he had found a man in tho agonies of dissolution by the road iide . On my return 1 vUited three persons in fever . Ou a bed
of straw , in one of the cabins , lay a P'jor dying Roman Catholic , with one child , a little corpse , at his side , and another nearly expiring 1 at his feet , while a third was so feeble that the mother , wringing her hands in anguish—herself pale and emaciated—svas obliged to change its position as necessity required , From thii heartrending scene I proceeded homeward , aud stepping into a miserable hove ) , where lived another R man Catholic family , and where I had been not two days before , I beheld the father dead and ghastly , and his poor daughter , apparently in great pain , sitting opposite to her departed parent , herself not far from thu
grave . Nothing else have we to anticipate than another city of tho plague ! Three dead bodies—miserable visitwere recently conveyed in ono cart , side by fddc , to tho burying ground , and thrown into a hole , unmounted , unwept ; for , amongst us , sorrow has long since exhausted her tears . A piteous story I may hero relate . A female was obsirved directing hor way to the gr . iv » . yard , unattended , save by two children which she boro in her arms . One of these , it seems , was a corpse , and for it she scratched a hole , and having consigned it to its cold dwt-lling , she took up the otb » r and placed it in her lap , and was seen in that position waiting till it also should expire , that she might lay her two dead infants in one common grave .
TUB FAMINE IS ULSTER . The mortality is greater in one tewn in Ulster than in anv part of the south or west . In the workhouse of Lurgan , one of the principal scats of the linen manufacture in the county of Armagh , tho deaths have increased to a most alarming extent . In the first week oi " January they amounted to thirty-live ; but last week tho deaths in the workhouse , containing less than 800 poisons , amounted to ninety-live !
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This patriotic and nourishing society celebrated its seventh anniversary on Monday evening last , Fib . 8 th . In the course of the past twelve months the society has greatly advanced in numbers and resources . The members now number upwards of three hundred , and a branch society has been established in Whitechapel , which already numbers one hundred and sixty members . The parent society now holds itj meetings in a large audsplendid room in thorear of the White Hart , Drury-lane .
The library of several hundred volumes has been considerably increased ,. md the maps , musical instruments , and other appliances for the instruction and entertainment of the members have been considerably augmented . Altogether , the society is in a most flourishing condition—prospering , and evidently destined to prosper . The hall of meeting is alargeroom havinga raised roof , decorated with beautiful arabesque ornaments , composed of graceful scrolls , figures and flowers , associated with medallion portraits of Shakespeare , Schiller , Mozart , and Albert Diirer . On the centre of one of the walls immediately above tbe chairman ' s seat is an extensive view of Ilampstead Heath , taken during the last May festival of the association ( painted
by Messrs , IloIra . Ptaeniler . Olatisen . nndlins ) . On one side of tbw view is a statue of Liberty , and ou the other side a statue of Justice . The other sides of the room are decorated with large and beautiful maps , with which , on this occasion , were interwoven wreaths and festoons of laurjl and other t vergrcens . The room was brilliantly illuminated with gas , an extra quantity of which was supplied for the purpose of giving effect to a large and beautiful transparency gratuitously painted by an English member , Charles Keen . The painting represented a full-length female figure , combining the attributes of liberty and equality , trampling under her feet the hydra of corruption , and holding aloft le bonnet rouge , the rally ing-sign of
awakening nations , in the back-ground war and tyranny are represented as lading away beneath the influence of the rising sun of liberty , which lights up the happy homes of tho emancipated millions . The whole is surrounded by a golden wreath ( on crimson ground ) of oak leaves and acorns , with which is entwined a riband , bearing the society ' s motto : — " ALL MEN ARK BRETHREN , " in twelve different languages : German , English , French , Swedish , Danish , Dutch , Italian , Greek , Spanish , Polish , Hungarian , and Russian . The eatables provided by the worthv host , Mr . Rogers , were of the best quality , and ' supplied in abundance . This portion of the entertainment ( as every other portion ) cave unbounded satisfaction .
The tables having been cleared , and the chair taken by Carl Schapper , The Chairman ( who spoke in German ) said : Brothers , —This is indeed a happy evening for all who have the welfare of our society at heart , for all who have ranged themselves under the banner of liberty , equality , and universal fraternity . Our labours here in London have been crowned with success ; a branch of our society has been established in the east end of London , which already counts more than 160 members , all animated with the best spirit , and our society has nearly tripled since last year . ( Cheers . ) To be be successful in their struggle is all the reward whicli honest Democrats can hope for ; this reward we have received , therefore , wo are
satisfied . ( Applause . ) But although we have hitherto been successful , and have firmly established our society , we must not believe that our work is done , and that we can now repose . No ; we must still advance , for standing still must end in going backwards . The principles which we have made known in our meeting places in London , must also be spread on the continent ; it is , therefore , our intention to commence publishing this year a monthly paper called the Proletarian ; a paper which shall defend all those who are deprived of their due share of nature ' s bounties , against the usurers and money mongers who oppress and rob them ; a paper which shall advocate the principlcsof truth , justice , and fraternity all over the
world . ( Loud cheers . ) But in order to effect this , we must again make sacrifices , we must be more firmly united than ever . And , brothers , I am convinced every ono of us will do his duty . ( Hear , hear . ) We have heart and we have hope , for we know we struggle for truth against ignorance aud superstition , for justice against injustice and oppression . Therefore say , let the German parsons in London open rival establishments : let them fulminate against us from thtir pulpits , they can do us noharm , their time is past , all that they have done , and all that they can do , is to make our society known to all Germans who come to Loudon , and become thus the involuntary means of increasing our numbers . ( Loud cheers . ) One word more brothers and I have done . We are
no conspirators , all that we do , we do in the face of tho Sun , we can let every body known it ; but do not let us forget that on the continent we must , above all , gain our rights of which the people are deprived , and ithioli litppil / tho £ jti |; liali people pusacai tu a great extent . 1 moan the liberty of the press , the right of associating , < fcc . Wc must gain these rights peacefully if we can , forcibly if we must . Should therefore our princes resist the will of the people , resist with guns and swords , wc must do our puty . The communists and democrats must be found in the
foremost ranks . ( Applause . ) We will not conspire to make revolutions , we do not like revolutions , but if revolution is forced upon us , then wc we will show that we know how to do our duty . The star of liberty is rising . No priest nor king can make it descend auain . ( Cheers . ) Forward then brothers , and let us always remember the words of our immortal poet : — " The man who dies for liberty , Even if feoii hanged , Dies the most glorious desth , Tbat man can die . "
[ Der Mann der fur die Freiheit fallt And wiird' er auch gehangen I ) er hat auf dieser Erdenwelt Das si-hoQste Loos empfaugen , ] ( Gs-eat cheering . ) The Chairman then introduced Juliam Harney ( Cheers ) who said , 1 bog , Citizen Chairman , to congratulate you and my brother members on the progress of this society as evidenced by this numerous assemblage , tlm great increase of members and the possession of this beautiful room This hall is truly a temple of liberty , where under the banner of fraternity men of all nations gather to commune with each other , to learn of each other , to help each other , and to work together for the advancement
of tho freedom aud happiness of the whole human race , without distinction of country or creed . ( Applause . ) There is one proof of progress , I might add , namely , tho opposition of thoso who fear the march of our principles . I understand that some of the German priests residing in Londonhavo become alarmed at the progress of this society , and have opened rival shops , loyal and orthodox societies , to which the young men of Germany arc entreated to come to supply their mental waiits . ( Hoar , and laughter . ) As is customary , the rival establishments seek to gain custom by abusing the old established concern ; and , therefore , denounce this society as " revolutionary , " " inlidel , " and so forth . I have not heard , however , that our rivals have been very successful ; at any
rate , they have not yet injured this society ; on the contrary , the more the society is denounced the bettor it becomes known , and its advance is in proportion . ( Cheers . ) It is not unnatural for the German parsons to take this step—they are interested in supporting the present order of things ; for , like the Epliesian silversmith , by this craft they have their living . They have not , however , moved wholly of their own accord . They have , doubtless , been stimulated by the Gorman despotisms and their diplomatic agents . It is an old trick of despots to make priests their mouthpieces . Alexander knew the way to make the oracle utter a favourable response , anil no doubt the Prussian ambassador—though no Alexander—is equally able ti " work the oracle . " ( Hear ,
hear , and laughter . ) I beg to assuiw the Prussian ambassador , his master , and his tools , that the young men of Germany aro butter taught in ibis society than theycan teach them . All the ordinances of moralityarc taught and acted up to by the members of this society . There is not one drunkard , nor one idler amongst . ' our members . We do not teach perjury , robbery nor murder , nor have wo perjurers , robbers and murderers for members . Can our royal . aristocratical and evangelical encmicssay the same ? No ' . 'they have broken oaths , torn treaties , and violated solemn engagements entered into with nations . Where are the long promised free institutions which the Germans and Poles were to have ? I shall speak of the Prussian constilution presently . Has not the treaty of Vienna
been torn in shreds ? Arc not our enemies convicted of perjury . Are they not robbers ? Have they not robbed nations of their freedom , and only within the last throe months confiscated an entire state they had sworn to respect , protect and maintain . ? Is not the sin of murder upon their souls ? Are they not crimsnn-dyed with the blood of . patriots whom they have Hogged to death , ahotta oeath , hanged , stabbed and poisoned , and tortured in a thousand ways ; and whom they have consigned , to the daggers of assassins ? ( applau-e ) . Ever , more , have they not undo war upon the immortal "mind of man ? Do not their censor * hack and hew and strive to murder the thoughts of men ? lias not the king of Prussia tried
to covrupi , every man who had tho power ami will to teach the people and lead the multitude in the path of knowledge nnd freedom ! and where ho has failed to corrupt , bus he nut proscribed , persecuted , and ' exiled the , men who free in soul dared to give their free thoughts utterance ? ( Applause . ) At last weave assured tho Prussian Constitution has heen produced .. News from Germany has been received this day , that after thirty years conception the Royal LSussian mountain has brought forth its mouse ' . ( Laughter . ) 'Behold tho Prussian constitution . There are to be two Parliamentary houses . The upper house is to consist of princes of the blojd royal , » : nl of other princes of non-reigning bouse * Yilieuj seals
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are to be hereditary . The lower honse is to con . ; . * of elected members of the nobility , inferior nobili / f and of members elected by cities . What is to bo tSl ' qualification of the citizen members wo are not toM nor what is to be the electoral qualifW tion ; but you may safely calculate that bolt will be of the most aristocratic character So it appears the Prussians are to have—first an hereditary hospital of incurables ; and , secondly » tax-trap , which will be a cross between the old En ' " lish boroaghtnoiigering House of Commons and th ' * present infamous trench Chamber of Deputies . Suph a constitution will neither compel responsibiVtv tZ the part of the rulers , nor guarantee the libcrti « t of the people . The effect will bo merely to corrun ? and satisfy the so-called higher orders , and give tha king a number of partners , who will together con stitute the firm of oppression , taxation , hnmbu " " and co . ( Loud cheers . ) I denounce this constitution ns " a mockery , a delusion , and a snare . " ( Great applause . ) ' Like a certain constitution nearer home it may be said of the Prussian constitution in n , « words of Thomas Paine :- ' UlQ
"Of all the wonders time e ' er saw That merit men ' s applauses , Since Adam delved in Paradise , And Ere made beds of roses The greatest wonderof them all And free from all delusion , Is , oh lift up your hands and eyes , The Prussian Constitution !" ( Laughter . ) And in the concluding words of tha I '" . , ? . quoting . . ' * may be truly said of Frcderidr William ' s constitution •— JencK
" 'Tis this—' tis that— 'tis t ' other thing—Tis everything and Kotuino !" Laughter and arplnu « e . ) The only good I see in the Prussian constitution is , that it is the entrance of the wedjre of revolution , the begin " ning of the end . All those who mav hope anything from the constitution , will soon find themselves nnt deceived . " Blessed are they who expect nothing ; verily , they shall not be disappointed . " ( Lauchtor . ) The German masses may be sure that whether the Prussian constitution is aristocratic or shopocratic they will derive no benefit from it . The evils that
afflict them are sochl as well as political , and only the most thorough social as well as political reforms can afford them relief . The Communists and real Democrat ?—indeed the two are one—are the men whose banner the German people must follow . ( Loud cheers . ) The Prussian king will miserably deceive himself , if he imagines that the German people will be better pleased with promises than performance , that they have no love for realities ard no desire for substantial )? . Perhaps they still think you the contented denizens of Dreamland . One of your poets has
said—The Russian * and French take the land , The British tak « the ocean :
But tbe Germans find in the land of dream ; , The empire of great emotion . This unsubstantial empire will not , however , much longer satisfy the Germans . Lately I saw an extract from a German paper , the name of which I forget , in which the writer announced a scheme lor a new German empire . Where do ynu think ? Why | in the heart of Africa . Armies of emigrant Germans were to proceed fo the interior of the Afriean continent , there to build up a new and free Germany I But I hope the Germans are not such fools as to go in search of a new Germany when the old one is a
paradise formed for happiness , and only rendered miserable bv the injustice and wickedness of a few contemptible tyrants , ( i . oud ^ cheers . ) If there must be emicrations to Africa , it is not the German people , but the German princes who should be sent packing . It is the kings , nobles , priests and usurers , the devourers of society , who " are best fitted to herd with murderous savages , and the lions , tigers , serpents and monsters of Africa . ( Applause . ) Let the German peaple act on the answer ( fiven by an Englishman when told if he did not like his country he had better leave it : —
If hugs molest me as lo hod I lie , Shall I desert my bed for them ! Not I . I will arise nnd every b « R destroy , New make my bed , and all its sweets enjoy . ( Great , cheerinc . ) The chairman then called on Mr . Ernest Jones , who was received with great applause , and spoke as follows : —Citizen Chairman and Brother Democrats 1 When we recollect that the time was , and not long ago , in which a Frenchman could not walk tho streets of London without men calling after him : " there goes a Frenehfrng ! " or an '; EnglishmanJthe streets of Paris without beirc ^ - greeted as an " English bif-steak I" When his ap . pellation in Berlin or Vienna was a " verruckter Eng * i
lander /'—when wc remember that a celebrated Italian author , Goldoni , ridiculed him in one of his plays as " Milord Round-o ' -beef , " and a Frenenniaa satirized him as " Milord God-damn , " when w « think that bloody battles were the unhohlers of ihesti prejudices , and that Rossbach , Fontonay , an'i Waterloo , the shame of humanitv , were the glories * -J the results of kingcraft ; recolleeH » ff tfcesfe things , I say , we can but feol » p" > ua hope , in seeinghere united , mciitlrcn of those different countries , banded for the cause of democracy , who , a few years back , would have beencuttingeach other's throats in the cause of kings . ( Cheers . ) It needs , indeed , no braver armment , to prove how superior democracy is to monarchy , since democracy is destroying the
ignorant prejudices that monarchy created , —and handaging the wounds of nations with the banisof fraternity . ( Hear . ) We are met here on a convivial occasion , but not on a convivial ono alone—it is a solemn , though a joyous meeting ! Every glass is a health to equality , —and as cabinet measures are con « coetcd at cabinet dinners , be our resolves strengthened to-night on this festive occasion , to save ourselves from the clutch of privilece , since its measures only tend to fill the measure of endurance . What do we demand ?—That which we can obtain . Wa demand fair distribution of earth ' s wealth for all . What says privilege ? "Oh ! " it cries , "iftha wealth of England were equally divided among Englishmen , there would be £ 150 ner annum for each !"
Without adverting to whether this estimate is high enough , I tell them , taking them at their own words , they have passed sentence on class-legWatioii . Would that every man had £ 150 a-year ' . and I slwnld not mourn , if even a Lord John Russell had no more . ( Loud Cheers . ) You see , by their own confession , we do not ask for what it is impossible to ebtain . Now , let us look to the power we possess of obtaining it . Revert again to the past , and find encouragement . Not many years ago , man dared not have said not even havo whispered , that which they'speak loudly now . ( IIear . ) Who dares silence the bold voice ? Where are the shrinking satellites of power to-day ? Oh ! they are afraid to challenge that , which they know they cannot conquer . We havo
achieved our first victory—of troe speech ;—now onward for the second ;—the victory of free action . ( Cheers . ) You are not ' alone-every capital . everyvillage of Europe has detachments of your army . You are but one of the outposts of that vast force , keep , in ? your bivouack through the niu-ht if tyranny . Hold sharp watch , and be ready to march with the -morning , for the trumpets of liberty may sound with every hour . ( Cheers . ) You may not remain together long—ties of affection or the power of ae : ceasity may call vou back to your far homes m oucr . lands—but , remember , you take with you a s-wrca misaion , —you are the apostles of the holiest rdiginn . the religion of humanity ; become the prophet ? ot a millennium , —the millennium of liberty . vW « . etne priest hurls anathemas on your head , and lures you oi
throiifih the slough of despond in a shadowy cnasc heaven , tell him , a bird in the hand is worth two m the bush , that you can make a heaven of this earth , which will much smooth the way in searching alter another ! Tell vourcountrymen . when you ' Cturn , what vou have seen in England , I am proud ot it . English democracy need not be ashamed . ten them the British Chartists are in the mw ,-and scorning national antipathies , proclaim the brotherhood of man throughout the world , —aim are ready to prove their s incerity in your cause , ( tlieers ) Tell them too we ar . ; no noisy brawlers . —we are men of peace—but not men of abject submission ; While ive see the sword striking our foreign brethren , fell them our palms are burning ;—( cheeri ) tell them wc known better sword is ready to leap from its scabbard on the Vistula and tho Seine ,
the Elbe and the Po , the Danube and the Douro , — tell them wo believe there are some other streams in Europe by whose side democracy ' s soldiers pace impatiently ;—but tell them at the same time , ( and this is cheering news , ) that here in Eng land there will be no violence—that monopoly is vanish ; " ! . ' **" fore us . as the snow melts before the sun ; ^ r \ K the urcen fields , as wo lift the green flag of the Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) Tell them , wo hate bloodshed , even where it is to strike a tvrant ; but tell them , in those lands , where tyrannv will not yield to Reason , that it sAaZ / vio'd to Force ! ( Loud applaud . ) Hi «' may be another Waterloo . 1 hope there will not . But , if there should , it will not bo Englishmen against Frenchmen , but the Waterloo of democracy against despotism ! ( Rapturous Applause . ) ^ Messrs . Mick-lot , Putr , Strauss , Bauer , Ob > rs ' .. i , and Pfaemler , delivered eloquent addresses in the French and German languages , which excited , the utmost enthusiasm .
[ Wo were promise . ! translations of the seivral speeches , but have not received them , otheirwise they should have appeared . " ! Jelmn IIauxev bein * again called on , di >! ivereJ a second speech , in which he showed tha advance ot the fraternal alliance of nations , and severely ern > ciscd the absurd doctrines—absurd under prescn * circumstances—of the preachers of permanent ; JJ ! ' univevs-. il peace . " Ho concluded by proposing' lJ ' 1 union of the Proletarians of all nations , and ' ! j * n ' nihiheion of inequality in evury shape ami iorni . lU ^ if . iusiatie c ' . uoring . ) . .- ntio ¦ " Tlv ? Ma well Wro , " and a number of pa-r » n « j Songs , German , French , and English , were s "";* i the course of the evening . The festival was a . « s thcr most cheerily , and imucativeoC" tho good "" . coming . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 13, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_13021847/page/6/
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