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If If n . ^ UBSrS . , Ml Mr SquiresV Bricklayeya Arms , Gloucester lit , tt , Comraerc iai-raad East , on the body of raasnas Harrington , aged 10 years . The jury being mpm proceeded to view the body , but the stench Jf lg ing therefrom was so great , that it was with jjulteulty those present were enabled to breathe , iretn ^ turning to the inquest room , several of the rrg < ra expressed . their astonishment the corpes i ild bid be allowed to remain so long in a email room , wbiffbich the rest ef tbe family had to live , eat , ilk , th , and sleep ; tha reason , however , will be acnteated for by the following testimony . The raorr str stated that she was the wife of Peter Harring-,, lal labourerwho worked at the docks , and resided
, ji tin their four children , ( all ill at present ) in tho ja a in which her son lay ; that about twelve nth-itu * ago , he was afflicted with fever , subseintljntly measles and hooping cough , and had been indmded by Mr Watts , a skilful parish surgeon of GaGeorge ' s East ; bat a few weeks since , having j oveoved across the road to their present dwelling , gt gentleman directed her to apply to the parish fctortorof Stepney , but thinking the child was icirringing she did not take the trouble until Saturday miming , he appeared in a dangerous state , she thwhwith hastened to the workhouse for medical sstastauce , aud obtained an order for the attendance KlrUr Hewlett , left it at that gentleman ' s house , ifiafiadingnoattentioa paidand becoming alarmed
, llhelhe safety of her child , who was gradually get-II w , worse ; she went again at 5 o ' cloek , when the lunnng man' gave her some medicine , aad told tote call again at nine , but her poor child , after iinging the stuff , died at 7 o ' clock ; the doctor , or any av er person on his account , had not up to this time leded ; she afterwards applied for the doctor ' s certilte t te , without which the registrar could not aairizrizj the interment of the body , an enquiry before cc coroner , Mr Baker , was therefore necessary , i > tl > tho circumstances of the death . The coroner srerved , that he regreted to find the remains of pt poor boy in such a state , but only receiving injnanatioa ofthe death yesterdav , he could not hold h inquest sooner . Mrs CreaghAhe landlady ,
deeded to the kind and parental attention bestowed Iththe child by the mother . The foreman ( J . Shaw ) : ' , 1 , it was evident that much blame was attribute to some parties , and that the probability was , Iblihis poor child had received that prompt attendee , and medical aid timely administered , which p poor are clearly entitled to , there might have in n no occasion for their present assembling—fercididwelt on the evils of the popr law system , tha utatment of those requiring relief—the inadequate i amber of parish surgeons—their incompetent regeneration for services . < fco . Several jurors exissssed similar opinions , and a ' so wished these Ifcitiments to be embodied is the verdict , which i > 1 Natural Heath .
'' h ' he Lak Faxat , Espiosiox op Fibs-works . — ' more Mr Wm . Payne , at the Dover Castle , Old afat-read , oa the body of Mrs Isabella Bartrope , > 5 > se death was occasioned by an explosion of fire-¦ kks on the 5 th inst . It appeared that on Fridav nisiog , Mr Huff , foreman ofthe goods depot ot the c ' cklayera' Arms terminus ofthe South Eastern ililway , was letting off some fireworks in the yard of I Bartrope ' s house . A quantity of the combustibles ¦ ere placed in a washhonse near the spot , and on a kfcet being discharged which acadentally took a Mzoatal instead of a perpendicular course , the dessed being frightened took refuge in Iho washbous - . nne sparks from the rocket , however , were thrown sa g the door was opened , and falling on the box ©
winning the fireworks , occasioned the melancholy sastrophe . Daring the inquiry it was elicited that > > box in question had been brought up by one of the 11 way trains , and had remained some time at the ¦ ttion , notwithstanding the regulations of the comnoy prohibiting the conveyance or reception of such Dogerous articles . The jury ultimately returned a robot— ' That the deceased , Isabella Bartrope , was BidentaJiy burned to death by an explosion of firenks ; ' aad added , 'That they considered it was rough the loose manner in which tbe business at the iicklayera * Anns station is done , and they also coneered that great blame is attached to the directors tthe South Eastern Railway Company in not giving ificient and proper instructions to their servants . '
Luharok er MABsxiueHtBB . —Before Mr W . Carter ( the Ship , Waterside , Wandsworth , on the body of [ Dies Powell , aged 29 , who was drowned whilst ibting with a man named Wright , en toird a barge ing in the river off the Silk Mills , Battersea . The lamination of the different witnesses occupied a conilerable space of time , but the facts ofthe case are iiefly these : —The deceased and Wright formed a rtion ofthe gang employed on board the bawe Paiince . On Sunday morning some of thera went into e Waterman ' s Awns , where they had some beer , it not sufficient to intoxicate them . They were ken from thence , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , 7 Davies , the captain , who wanted them to go to ork again . On the way to the barge deceased and
fright had some words about which could do the tost work , and soon , alter they had got on board they ommenced fighting . The barge is aa open one , and he men fought on the gangway board on which they forked to raise the sand . They had several rounds ad one or two falls into the barge , which was nearly all of sand , when the captain insisted upon stopping he fighting . The deceased then jamped into the oat , and challenged Wrighttorenew tho fight . They ceordiDgiy did so ; they closed , and in the straggle 511 into the river , and sunk together . Wright rose nd was rescued by the captain , but the deceased , rhose arm only appeared above the wafer for a molenfc andthen disappeared , was not found until arenty minutes or half an hour expiredwhen his
, odywas dragged up by Abraham Baker , a waterm -j * *" taes 8 e 3 concurred instating that they onsidered the f alling into the river an accident-. he coroner having read the evidence over , thejury reiraedaverdictofmanslaughteragain 8 tWright , npen r -flicn he was committed to Horsemongerdane Gaol , le prisoner wag then taken away by Mr Superinendent Bicknell of the V division . Strang * Death . —Before Mr Higgs , at the Bull ' lead , Clapham , relative to the death of Mr Jonahan Orme , aged 76 , a retired tradesman , possessed i considerable property . On Saturday afternoon , it four 0 clock , the remains of the deceased arrived it S 6 Paul ' s Chapel forinterment . Aaron Orme , a son of the deceased , obtained an interview with the
Rey . Mr MeGili , the curate , and having stated that he believed his father ' s death te be the result of violence and improper means , the curate ordered the body to be locked up in a vaalt until a coroner ' s inquest could be holden . Aaron Orme depesed that his mother died in IBM ) , and that on the 23 rd of June , 1843 , the deceased married his servant girl , Eachel Ragebrook , a £ ed 23 . An estrangement consequently grow between ths deceased and Ms children , and for a twelvemonth none ofthe family had seen him . The last who saw the deceased was his sob Aaron , who went to him for some assistance , as iie was in distress , when he found his parent under the entire subjection of his wife , who told bim to take his children and himself Into the workhouse .
aid not come troubling them . On Thursday last , the witness Aaron and his brother received each a letter from deceased ' s wife . The letters | were addressed from 6 , St . George ' s-place , Brixton-road , which was one of deceased ' s houses , and stated that their parent was dead , and that if they wished to see him before he was buried they were to come immediately . In one ofthe letters deceased wbs said to have expired on Sunday , and in the other on the Monday . The deoeased ' a son Aaron went to St George ' s-place on Thursdavovenin ? , and requested to see his father . The widow told him he must eome again on Saturday , when he would be buried , She then told him the deceased , who had been very imbecile for the last twelve months , had left her all
his property . Another extraordinary fact was , that xlthongh the widow had led the witness to suppose his father ' s body was then ia the house , he was in fact then lying dead at her mother ' s house , near Chelmsford , from whence he was only brought to town on Saturday , by the Eastern Counties Railway . When he saw his father oa Saturday , which he did not do without great difficulty , be was astounded at his attenuated appearance , which caused the communication to theclergyman . Dr M'Donengh proved he had made an external examination of tke body . It was much attenuated , and deceased had evidently been neglected ; and there were ulcers on the wrists , as if he had been bonnd with cords . The inquiry was adjourned , in order that a pott mortem examination might be made .
Citmojr to Paresis . —An inquest was held before Mr W . Carter , at the Hampton Court Tavern , Frauds-street , Newington , respecting the death of Harriet Jane Cloak , aged seven weeks , who died from the effects of poison—Mr R . Prior , surgeon , ef Marlboroush-place , Walworth , said that he was called on Wednesday week last to sea the deceased whom he found ia a dying state , and from its appearance he felt satisfied that it was suffering from the effects of a narcotic . He accused the parents of having given the child something of a deleterious aature , which the father denied ; but subsequently he admitted that he ; had given the deceased some medicine , which they had procured from Mr Bellamy , a chemist , residing at Newington Causeway . Witness examined the bottle , and found that it
contained a concoction of opium , commonly called syrup ef poppies , which was used to a great extent by persons totally ignorant of its poisonous properties . Witness had no hesitation in saying the child had been killed by the mixture which had been administered by the parents inadvertently . —The father state ! that on Snnday , the 31 st nit ., he and his wife took the deceased to Mr Bellamy ' s shsp , as it laboared under costiveness . They had been giving the child castor oil , when Mr Bellamy suggested a ahange , and gave them a powder , and on the following morning he sent them a bottle of medicine , which was that Mr Prior had taken charge of . The deceased was quite healthy previous to taking the medicine , and they were totally ignorant of its being dangerons . —The Coroner animadverted In strong " terms on the culpable nature of the esse , and the Westigaboa was eveatuaJJy adjourned , /
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{ From our own Corrtepsndenl . ) Dublin . That air of loneliness and desolation which marked our city during the last six months is , at length , beginning to wear away , and again Dublin exhibits some of the characteristics of a great town . Most of the opulent families who annually migrate to the green fields and sunny vales of the south sad west are new returning , and in their wake rash hundreds of respectable families who dread to remain In solitary districts of Ireland during ths winter . In my last letter I alluded to the horrors then being enacted through several ef the southern and midland counties , and with regret I must say that , since , matters hare got from bad to worse . More blond
has been spilt in Monster ; horror has been added to hgrrer , victims have fallen at the shrine of revenge , and Eiore than one , also , have dropped into the grave from . starvation . A gloomy , a terrific prospect is before us . The people are actually famishing , and they now rush to the perpetration of crime , as if courting death in any shape , rather than endure another winter ' s 'famine . ' No wonder , then , that persons who still have property left should feel ansons fsr their safety , and seek refuge in tho capital . The Protestant archbishop of Dublin , Dr Whate ' ey , and the renowned Rev . Thrashem Gregg , have at length come to open rupture . ' Long threatening , ' as they say , * comes at last , ' and the rod which his Grace had so long in pickle for poor
Gregg has at length been put to its purpose . The lovers ef fun—and in tbisgaggish town ef Dublin who does not love a ' shindy ?'—have had a rich treat in the proeeedings of onr Consistoriai Court last week where his lordship of Dublin proceeded agaifst the clerical Don Quixote , of Irish Orangeism . The case was briefly as follows : —It seems Mr Gregg , being chaplain ( by whose appointment I cannot tell ) to the private chapel of St Mary ' s , in the parish of St Nicholas Within , has long asserted his right to officiate in a general way in that parish , and acting on this alleged claim , was in the habit ef preaching and reading prayers te a considerable congregation of low Orangemen in the school-house of the parish ef St Nicholas Within , as
a oresaid . The Archbishop , whether influenced by private pique to poor Thrashem . or wishing to maintain the existing form of church discipline , frequently derounced the intruder , and notified to him that as he had no l ' oense to preach or teach in tbe arch diocese , he was acting illegally by persisting to do so , aad sewing the seeds ef much future troubles to himself , which one day or another would fall upon his devited and ' reverend head . ' Nothing daunted , Mr Gregg still maintained his ground , and day after day continued ( to instruct his docile ! followers in the ' wsy they should go , ' managing at the same time to fill them with a holy fear of Antichrist , who was Gregory XVI ., and who is Pius IX , and to enkindle ia their bosoms a glowing hatred to all their Roman Catholic fellow-christians , and Daniel O'Connell and lis ' tail , ' in particular . However , the bishop , nothirs grateful for the pious zeal of tbe
reverend madcap , determined that 'the steam ' should go down , and forthwith appealed to the laws for that justice which entreaty and remonstrance had failed to procure . The cafe was heard before Mr Radcliffe , when Serjeant Stock and Mr Battersby appeared for the Archbishep , and Dr Butt , Dr Gayer , and Dr Ball for the defence . After a patient investigation ef the ' pros' and' cons , ' at both sides , poor Gregg was ' beat / and heard judgment Erenounced ta the effect that he was doing the thing ehad noright to do , and that consequently hesheuld ' be admonished by Dr Whately to sin do more , ' or , in other words , ' ta abstain from performing divine service or preaching in the school-bouse of St Nicholas , or anywhere else in the arch-diocese of Dublin , until duly authorised to do so , and that he should pay all costs and expenses attending the hearing of said case . '
' Sic transit gloria mnndi . " We are to have subscriptions raised on Sunday , the 14 th instant , in all the chapels of Ireland , to defray the expenses of a national monument to the departed ' Liberator . ' This resolution appears to give ageod deal of offence to people in the country districts , andevenmanyofO'Connell ' swarm admirers in town , though not publicly inveighing against the plan , entirely condemn tha policy of introducing it at the present crisis . That O'Cennell deserves the affectionate remembrance of Irish Catholics ,-few will deny , and that it would be a national stigma to
refuse him some testimonial of that affection , I cordially admit . Yet , now , when the churchyards ofthe land are still red with the graves of famished paupers , and when another yearot pestilence and hunger is rapidly approaching , or already set in , when Irishmen must again be fed by the charities of their fellowman , or fall 'like the beasts that perish ;' when , I say , such things are coming to pass , men cannethelp feeling that it is neither wise nor generous to saddle the country with an unnecessary burthen , er try to wring that shilling from poor Paddy , which is so much needed ia the earning struggle for life or death .
Talking of O'Connell—his memory is certainly dear to the middle and lower classes of Irish Catho lies . Notwithstanding that so many have started np , and . boldly and energetically condemned his latter political delinquencies , still , in private conversation , he is generally spoken of in terms of respect * foi affection . Still the dynasty which O'Connell p lanned and built op cannet stand much longer . It is crumbling every day , and some other line of policy—some other mode of ' political warfare' must quickly be adopted . The ' moral force' humbug is getting odious ia the eyes of every class of Irishmen ,
and Paddy can no longer gulp the twaddle which would fain persuade him that 'the salvation of his country , or her rescue from the gripe of the oppressor , would be too dearly purchased at tbe price of one drop of human blood ! ' This cant will go down no longer . The humblest peasant laughs at its hypocritical absurdity , and in his own waggish way , tells yon that' when the euld man could not coax the youngster with 'blarney , ' or force bim with a 'wisp of grass' from the apple-tree , he tried the virtue of a few thumping limestones , and seen had the culprit on his marrow bones , suing for mercy and pardon . ' The moral is there—mors oi this in future letters .
childhood ' s ecbjes—coming evests cast thbir SHADOWS BKFOBS—DECLDfB OP THE CATHOLIC PRIESTHOOD ' S lirfLUEKOK— PROGRESS 0 ? THB POTATO KOI—THE D 0-K 0 IHIKO ABISTECRAIS—THB ' XOUKO IRELAND' HUMBUGS—THB * COSCIUATIOS ' UANIBAP—MORE BLOOD I Doblin , 8 th Nov ., 1847 . I hare only on this morning returned to town from 1 four or five days'visit to my native place , in oae of the finest and most fertile of the Midland Counties . But how describe the mournful changes which occurred there , since I last went that waynow about twelve or thirteen months ago ? I could scarcely believe the evidence < f my eevs & , and had it not been for tbe well-remembered features ofthe
landscape , tho green old hills , the red bogs , tbe erumbling eastle , and rushing mountain river , I might have imagined myself in sjme climate ' far off and alone , ' where providence seemed repentant for the glories which his creative powers had , 'in the beginning , ' scattered over the land , and was bow commencing to undo what his omnipotence had then effected . It was a chill November evening when I sat down in the village where Iwasborn , and where I had passed my youth and the earlier diys of my manhood . But what a change was there ! Those whom I left after me , the playmates of my infancy , and the friends of my boyhood—where were they ? Alas ! some wandering far and wide asunder , over the wilds of America . And—oh I tell it not I Thousands
rotting in their lone and already-forgotten graves . It was , indeed , a melancholy evening with me , that first evening on my own old hearthstone . The song and shout and merry laugh , which used to come so cheerily on the twilight breeze , sainted not my ear . and the few pale miserablewretchef , who came to 'welcome me home , ' spoke piteously of the famine and the ' sickness , ' and all the other horrors of the by-gone year . The old man wept for his ' poor woman' and his three ' strapping boys , ' carried away by dysentery . That little fellow , now alone in tha world , wailed for his father and mother , asd brothers and sisters , swept down by typhus . Another said : 'What matter if people died of natural sickness ! ' She lamented only that far friends died of ' rale starvation . ' Whilst all united in giving a most revolting detail ofthe horrors of 1847 ; at the same time vowing before God that they will endure their
wrongs so longer , and that , if those who hare the power to save them , neglect to do so . the annals of 1848 will be memorable in the history of Great Britain ! ' Thinned as we have been b y the famine and pestilence , ' they cry—' Thinned as we are in numbers , and exhausted as are those who still survive , still there are men enough left to strike a heavy stroke , and though we may be crashed into the earth , 'tis a manly thing to die fighting for justice , rather than linger another year , insulted , derided , half famished paupers . ' This strain of conversation is quite common now amongst the peasantry of every district of Ireland , asd though there is no organisation , no absolute resource * for an effective insurrection , still lam certain that if something really useful and permanent benotdone for the people , the country will soon become one vast scene of outrage , bloodshed , and devastation .
Throughout the district of country which I visited , the condition of the small farmers and labouring classes is pitiable . Stripped of every thing which they hitherto po'Sessed , cow , sheep , ass , pig—yea . the coverings off their beds , and the little furniture from their cabins , all sold or ' pawned' during tbe last summer . They are now as completely destitute and a hundred fold more helpless , than the * shiver ing tenantry' of the polar regions . Last harvest was a prolific and bountiful one , the fields waved with luxuriant crops , which a splendid season ripened into maturity ; but it brought little' amelioration in the condition ef the poor Irish peasantry . In thousands Ofinjit sees , their gardens and potato patcbejj wiro
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left fallow , the wretched proprietors not having tbe means ot planting them , or being too heartless in ' spirit , and too enfeebled in body , to bestow on them the necessary labour in their eultivation . But even where the peasant was enabled to sow and cultivate his garden , he had , to use bis own expressive phrase * , "logy , 'he had the produce eaten'before the gleaning d » y arrived , and the huckater ^ ahd flour-factor , and « meal-monger , ' swept away what the landlord failed in clutching to himself . Thus , their condition is deplorable , whilst that ofthe small farmer—the man holding from ten fc » thirty acres—is full as destitute , and much more embarrassed , He must' pay poor rates , county cesses , and other tributes , in addit ion ' to his rent ; whilst many of those whom I visited
had not a four-footed beast in their possession , nor a stack of « orn , nor even a comfortable coat on their back . A listless , sullen " apathy has settled down amongst these unfortunate beings . They have lost all relish for their former amusements and pastimes . The pipers' and fiddlers ' vocations have become sineeures . Wakes and fairs are deserted , and more than one Roman Catholic Priest , whom I was conversing with , assured me that amongst the most remarkable changes effected by past and present calamities , was the strange factthat the peasantry were becoming quite negligent of their religious duties , seeming to lose much of their usual confidence in Providence , and more or less disposed to shake off a goodly portion of that allegiance
which thoy have ever paid to the Roman Catholic clergy . The Roman Catholic chapels are nearly deserted , most of the people not having apparel in which they could appear in public ; and even many who have not that apology to offer , seem to take example from their more wretched compeers , and remain at home , impressed evidently with the notion that their sufferings will atone for all omissions and delinquencies before Heaven . Happy lam te say , however , that the same reverend gentleman assured me , that more had been effected in the lapse of thebygono , in the way of smothering down the old fends and religious acerbities between Catholic and Protestant , than could be hoped for , perhaps , in half a century . The priest and the parson have met together to hold council about their dying parishioners : the Orange magistrate and the mob orator sat at the same ' committee . ' to devise , as best they
could , how to still the cries of their famishing neighhours . The Protestant artisan and the Catholic labsurer , with their wives and children , appeared together at the' Relief Depot , ' to receive their daily ' rations . ' They chatted about their common privations . They spoke of their native country , her wrongs , her woes , and the injustice and indignities under which she bled . They felt something was to blame . They investigated the matter in their own shrewd way , and in a thousand instances , became convinced that their own unnatural feuds , their wild animosities to each other , their religious bickerings , and all the evils springing from prejudice and bigotry , were mainly blameable for the poverty and degradation of their island heme . Thus ' out of evil cometh good , ' and the famine of 1847 has , as I said before , performed more in the wav of reconciling the Irish population to each other , than all the preaching and teaching ef political philosophers could effect in a thousand
years . I regret to . add , that in my prerambulations .-I found the littiestook of potatoes still remaining in the hands Jef the farmers , likely ta be dimiuisbed by the ' rot . ' Several told me that they ( the potatoes ) wire going quick , and that they did not suppose one of them would remain fit for use by Christinas . However , this circumstance , even admitting its truth , can scarcely have much influence on the resources ef the country . The fact is , there are very little potatoes in Ireland at the present moment ^ and those who are fortunate enough to possess any considerable quantities ef them , will ( in the event of their maintaining their useful qualities ) hold them over , for famine prices ; thus completely depriving the poor man of the benefits which he might derive from having them in the hands of his neighbours .
There has been much bravura about the ' council meetings' in our good city in the last week . Of course the Irish papers will furnish you with the particulars anext these same conclaves , therefore all I will say about them is , that they are more likely to render the nebles and gentry , who attended them , more despicable than otherwise in the eyes of the country . They absolutely did ' nothing . ' They will do' nothing ;' and to wind op the climax , if wo are to judge by their proceeedings during tfee bygone week , they ate incapable of effecting anything creditable to themselves as public men , or beneficial to their country . Every body here is laughing at them . They feel those' National councils' but national humbugs , and until the leaders of this movement assume a more definite atti
tude , and a firmer and mere manly tone , they will never have the confidence of the great bulk ot the Irish people . More of this next week . On this day ( Monday ) , the ' Young Irelanders' of Ulster are to muster iu Belfast , and on next Wednesday , we are to be favoured with more of their ' yarn , 'in the ' Round room ' of the Dublin Rotundo . Whether these people feed their fancies with the hope of wresting euld Ireland from the Saxon or net , they are very earnest in one respect , namely—in the dissemination of their principles all over tbe land . They are entirely eclipsing the glories of the old bazaar en Burgh Quay , and yet , I don't know how it is , the leaders ofthe Confederation are universally hated ; and ia my intercourse with the different classes of society in Dublin ; I scarcely ever heard
anybody speak but in terms of unmeasured contempt ot ths' warriors' of Music Hall , and undisguised disapprobation ofthe line of conduct which they pursue in their public movements . When they talk of ' thunder and daggers , ' people say they are the veriest cowards in existence , and if they try to establish their claim to the character of good Catholics and 'faithful men , ' they are spurned , not only by the Jackeenarch y of Dublin , but by the Roman Catholic Hierarchy of the entire kingdom . Thus , they are unfortunate whithersoever they look for countenance ; and though , for the ' gag ' of the thing , many hundreds of hot-blooded , young scapegraces , are flocking to their standard ; still is is as plain as noon-day , that they are net the men destined to achieve substantial good for their country , or make
her—First flower of the earth and first Rem of the sea . The doors of Conciliation Hall still are to be found open every Monday at noon , and whatever God sends in the way of' brass , ' i * still grabbed up as greedily as ever . ^ But , indeed , like the ' Banqnet hall' of Moore , ' Us lights are dead ; ' and before many moons shall wax and wane again , it will be as totally ' deserted' . as the moat rabid * swords-man' of the ' Younglreland' clique could desire . O'Connell is no longer there to fan the flame of its ' long-fading glories , ' and the Burgh Quay' Hall' will soon be converted into more useful purposes than a gigantic mantrap .
The organisation for the purpose of preparing a monument to the memory of O'Connell , goes on swimmingly . It appears the certainty of another year ' s devastation , by famine and sickness of the Irish people , does not fright those friends of the departed leader from their purpose . Well , if they will have it so , let them generously open their own purses , and pay a'l expenses attending their project ; but for the sake of mercy and of decency , let them not impose another 'tribute' on the unfortunate , famishing ; , despairing peasantry of Ireland . In life , O'Connell ' s wants and wishes were ministered to b y a confiding , generous people—but now , that he is gone where worldly pomp can afford him no good , let the starving peasant keep his ' shilling' to procure a ' meal ' s meat' for his family .
More blood has flowed in Ireland . You will see in the papers an account of the foul murder of Major DenisMahon , ofthe county Roscommon , who was shot dead on Monday , November 1 st , on his return from attending a meeting of Poor Law guardians , in the village of Strokestown , in that county . He was a wealthy man , highly respectable , but , as report says , a ' bad landlord , ' and amused himself latterly witn freighting a couple of vessels with' paupers' off his ' superabundantly-populated' estates , and shipping them to Canada , where , of course , tbo survivors ( if any sush there be ) will not mourn his doom .
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HOBRIBLB EXTERMINATION OP TENANTRY . We copy from the Dublin Freeman ' s Journal the following circumstantial statement of a transaction which recently took place in the county of Leitrim j—Onthc 39 lhnltim » , the Sheriff , with a detachment of military from Mobili , and fifty police from tho surroundiag stations , proceeded to the townland of Ltgaaamer , in the parish of Aughavess , in this country , the property of Major Ormsby Gora , Porkington . Wales , for the purpose of dispossessing tbe tenaats on that farmfifty-five human beings were left houaeless on that night . Tha placet they used to call their houses were burnt to
the ground . The number of dwelling homes burnt was ten , together with the ottlce houses attached to each . Now , had thos » poor people been exterminated for noni psyment of rent , there might be some palliation for the eruelty , but such was not tho case ; for , of three half year ' s rent due the 1 st of September , 1847 , they offered to pay one year ' srent ( the custom in this country being that one half year ' s rent should remain unpaid ) , which Mr tawder refused to accept , saying ; , « He would take no r » c » iptfroni nny tenant holding under twenty acres of land . ' But as none of them came up to that standard they were all cleared away . '
I send you tho names of the heads of families dispossessed , with the number of family ;—1 . Jouit Giant , four iu family , held eight acres" of land , a very solvent tenant . 2 . Johk Qoink and wife , two in family ; himself agtd , 67 , was dragged from his sickbed , and laid on a wad of straw , to see the house In which these 87 years were spent burned , 8 . Thomas Cobbis , six in family , held six acres of land , 4 . Johk Cdbbut , eight in family ; a solvent tenant , holding thirteen acres , of which he lately purchased seven acres for the sum of £ 20 . 5 . Beibn Cobbis , eight in family , held four acres ef land ; solvent .
s . Pat . Donohub , seven in family , held five acres of land ; Pat . Donohue being in Scotland earning the rent bis wife and foe , children , just recovering from
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fever , refused to leave the houss , but the fire being ap plied , she was ferced to depart , 7 . Thomis Qbinh , four'lh family , held seven aores and a half of land . 8 . J * bh Qoinn , four In family , held seven acres of land ; his family recovering from fever could scarcely crawl but before the house was burnt ; 9 . Laubenoe Qoinn , four in family , held six aores of land . 10 . Widow Qoinn , eight In family , held seven aores of land .
It was a moat heart-rending scene to witness , on the day after the burning , the smoking embers of the consumed village , the fragments of broken furniture sca t * tered around , as it was rescued from the flames , and tbe sorrowful looks of that group of old and young as they gathered around mo to tell ths sad story of their misfortunes . They said , 'We all lived in psaceietbis village ; we are never at law with each other .. Our forefathers lived here for generations past . You would say , if you saw it before this ruin came , that ' it was a nice little village ; ' ' so I am sure it WbS * Another said , 'Doyou think does the law sanction such erueltv !'
STATK OT THE COUNTRY . The accounts from Limerick and Clare are again mest disheartening . Another shocking murder has been committed in Clare . The Limerick Examiner cays : — ' Michael Walsh , steward to Charles G . O'Connell , Esq . ) Ballinahinch , while proceeding from his house to Ennis , on Saturday morning last , was shot dead by some assassins concealed in the plantation of Fortanne , and while Walsh lay dead , a party of vagabonds came up and robbed bim of £ 1710 s . ' There are further accounts of outrages inRoscommon , and of threatening notices served en some proprietors in the district where the late Major Mahon was murdered . There are ten or twelve per * sons in custody , but merely on suspicion , charged with being concerned in the murder of that unfortunate gentleman . ATTACK ON THB TRAIiBB' WOBKHOUSB .
The Tralee Chronicle contains the following : — ' While the guardians were holding a special meeting at the workhouse , on the 4 th inst , to arrange for the commencement ofout-deor relief to the infirm classes , W . Denny , Esq ., in the chair , a policeman came into the room and announced that a large mob , with a black flaz , were forcing the workmen from their work in the streets , and coming up to the workhouse . There were several magistrates at the board , and all agreed that the military , should be called our . Mr George D . Stokes , J . P ., immediately volunteered to go for them , and for fear of being cut off by the mob , ran across the fields to the barracks . The mob soon after made their appearance , led on by a man from Strand-street , who - immediately forced open the
workhouse gate . The magistrates and some of tbe other guardians went down te reason with them , but in vain , they would not disperse . Some three or four of them threatened mischief , and were very violent in their language , but did not proceed further . The police soon after came up under their officer ; but even then the mob would not disperse , though , every persuasion was used . In a short time the military , with Mr George Stokes , were seen coming across the fields , but the mob still persisted in remaining—asking for work—that ' they were willing to work , but would not starve . ' All they wanted was work , but
this they would have or . ' Mr Stokes , when tho military were drawn up , immediately ordered the flag to be seized ; and , having in vain for sometime argued with the mob and cautioned some ofthe most prominent , whom he knew by name , to go away , he seized two ofthe principals . This did not suffice , and at a further interval he was obliged to seize two more . The mob soon after dispersed , and the prisoners were marched off to the gaol , under the escort ofthe police and military , and the guardians returned to their business , which they did not complete until dark . A pound of meal ration was fixed on by the boardfor out-door relief , '
, Frightful accounts ofthe destitution ofthe peasantry were read at the meeting of the Repeal Association on Monday . A COERCION BILTi VOR IRELAND . The Dublin Mail and ( London ) Times announce a Coercion Bill , to ' put down the conspiracy against life and property , which has existed for the last six months . ' An ' Arms Act' and the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act are loudly demanded by tbe above-named journals . No doubt both are coatem * plated by the government .
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FBARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P ., AND THE NA TIONAL LAND COMPANY , vEasns THE PRESS GANG .
LETTER FROM MR CULLINGHAM . TO TUB SUITOR OF TBE NOKTHEBN STAB , Sib , —Ha « ing nad in various papers the diabolical and infamous attacks on Feargus O'fionnor , Esq ., M . P ., charging him with lavishing in on extravagant and reckless manner the funds of the Land Company , I have thought It my duty to contradict so base and villanous an attempt to injure bis character . Perhaps no man has had so good an opportunity as myself of witnessing the conduct and judging the motives of Mr O'Connor , having been engaged by him and his brother directoi s from the commencement of the Company's operations at He rrlngtgate to the present moment . Why , sir , the very reverse of these charges is the fact . I have thought
and told Mr O'Connor that he ' was too hard in his bar . gains with the various parties he purchased articles from , » nd also with the men whom be engaged t » perform the labour and I have told him he was driving the bargains too close , and acting contrary to the doo vines advocated in our glorious Stab , His reply to me was , 1 that if it was his own work he was agreeing for , or bis own money be was paying away , he should be more liberal ; 'jand he | has many times draws my attention to the fact that the money was tbe hard earnings of working men hundreds of whom were ia a much worst situation than those he was employing , and that every additional five pounds expended on the house wonld entail fire shillings per annum more rent for ever . Sir , I doubt that there is an employer in the kingdom who studied
more te save his property , and to lay out his cash to the best advantage than Mr O'Connor does the pence of the working men . I could not tell you how many hundred hours I have been with him . after tho men have left the work , going from house to house , traversioe the estates , even by moonlight , for tbe purpose of making improvements , and reducing any expense where practicable . Do these conceited , ignorant asses , suppose for one moment that Mr O'Connor has a single set of har ness a cart , or even a wheelbarrow , mads without an estimate from three or four different tradesmen in each branch ! After agreeing with tbe best and tbe most
reasonable , be has always required an article of each kind made for inspection and approval . No less than four tradesmen at Gloucester made ranges and sent them as patterns and before Mr O'Connor gave aa order . Facts are stubborn things . What I have bera stated Is the truth , and nothing but the truth , and ean be attested by the tradesmen , if necessary ; and every working man that we have had in our employ will bear mo out as far as they have seen , and been able to judge of tbe correctness of these assertions . I would state a great deal more but I am aware tbat every inch of your paper is so valuable , J am fearM I lare intruded at too great length already .
I remain . Sir , yours truly , Henry Cullingham , Foreman and Overseer of the Works November 3 rd , 1847 ,
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THE 'MANCHESTER EXAMINER' SANG . TO TUG EDITOR OF TEE NORTHEBN STAB , Sib , —Having for several weeks back read the Manchester Examiner , wherein I find that the writers of that paper have held out matters to the public of a very serious nature —some touching on tbe private character of Mr O'Connor , and others aa it were to cast a cloud ever tbe Land Scheme ; and feeling persuaded that when Mr O'Connor saw these charges , be would make some observations respecting them , induced me to also read the Northern Star , and I there find that instead of Mr O'Connor acting as most culprits do when suspicion lights upon them , namely , resorting to subterfuge whereby to conceal bis guilt ; that instead of doing this ho is willing , of which he has given proof , of meeting those charges , either under the broad caaepy of heaven —in any court of equity—or any other investigation that
his accusers may think proper to appoint . Having read the charges of the Examiner and tbe answers of the Star , and after giving the matter a fair and deliberate onsidoration , I have eome to a conclusion that the charges are groundless ; and I could wish , sir , through the medium of your paper to submit to the public in general , my reasons for coming to that conclusion Now , in the first place , it has been said by the writers ' of the Examiner , that the Land Plan was unsafe In couseque » ce of not being enrolled , and that the Company were liable to penalties of great amount ; this matter I conceive was sufficiently disposed of on Tuesday night , October 26 th , by Mr O'Connor . But what most a- < t « , nishos me in this charge is this , —that providtes- Hi O'Conner ' s statements be false , which Mr Hobson ssye they are how itis that if the Compaay be amenable to the law for any act or d « ed they have done , that the law . has not taken advantage of the Company before how ? Weighing matters over in this way , sir , induces
me to roly on the statement of Mr O'Connor , that a law to punish the members of this noble project is not in existence . The next thing that has been said is . that there is a deficiency in Mr O'Connor ' s accounti ; this is a charge which I believe Mr O'Connor met with the conscience of an innocent man . The ifawhetltr Examiner states that tha Hull of Science will hold three thousand individuals , and if 1 must take tl-oAr own . re porter ' s . word for granted , « they say that Mr O'Connor stated to that large bod y' that if they laboured under
any impression that the accounts were wrong , they were at liberty to appoint auditors to examiue those accounts , and In order that there might be no expense incurred by the members , he ( Mr O'Connor ) would defray the ex . pense of such examination . Whi n I find a man coming forward with such frankness as this , it strikes conviction into my miudthat he is an honest man , inasmuch as ha is not afraid ol meeting any investigation , provided the investigator * bo menofhoneAi y and integrity . These gea . ttemenoftheUa'amiiifirniythey are wishful of putting we WQrkinj classes on , their guard against imposition ;
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but I da not consider that th'ey are Uncere , ft they were , thsy would be more just i »\^ S # * f $ Zv wi « would give it where it was nectary , oaly . « « ey jnn of Manchester , I have no doubt bu't that they will find cause to caution the public against . m [ ' ¦*""" £ ' * . ths shape , for instance , of bazaars or to ^ 'Jj ™ * look upon it that it is not the Interniof . tto working classes that tho Examiner has fn view , but the ruin of Mr O'Connor . But I have , reason to believe , frOBjAie demonstration of October 26 W « ut this vie attempt has failed In that particular , and Ihepe andI trust ; that the feelisg that was displayed on the night of the above date will be universal through the country . So far have the statements of the Examiner been from baring their intended effect upon me that I intend to take up a four acre share . John Howahtb . Manchester , Nov . 2 nd , 1817 .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sis —Having been looking over the . -4 fa » 0 B « fer f « - aminer oi Saturday the 20 th ult ., I find in an article signed by ' One who has . Whistled at the Plough , " the fol . lowing sentence . « We have been the cause of many societies not banking their money in the Laud and ha . hour Bank , and have also been instrumental in caus tig the mechanics to withdraw their moueyfrom that Bank . Now as the ' Whistler' presumes to be actuated in his desire to benefit the public by asserting the truth , I her * hr wquest that he will notice tho following , so that in his % eal to ba the benefactor of the publie , ho may not lead them into an error , by publishing a falsehood . The Mechanics of Manchester have nfli withdrawn their mone y from the National Land and Labour Bank , ntitber do they intend to withdraw » , or any portion
thereof ( unless compelled by the present state of trade to do so for tbe support of our members out of employment ) For tbe ' WbistlerV further consolation , I beg to inform him and through him the public , that instead of withdrawing , the No . 5 Manchester Branch deposited £ 20 . in the hands of F « argus O'Connor , Esq ., on the Tuesday he was in Mancfceiter , and that several others are about to follow In thelrsteps . Now , sir , the Manchester Society , above all others , have reason to endeavour to step the supplies of their oppressors , inasmuch as they have , aad that very recently , bad a specimen of the folly of placing their money in the banks , where their employers may g * t tw 0 others to be bond for them , for say five or ten thousand pounds—perhaps of the very money deposited by the operatives , which enabled them to dictate terms to their workmen . The Newton conspiracy case
has cost our society near £ 2 , 800 ., besides being the cause of tha death of Alfred Cheesborougb , ( own cousin to me , ) and a good member of tbe Mechanics Society , No , no Mr Whistler , ' so far as our branch is concerned , wa will not alio w , If we can help it , ourtrades society to be broken up , and thus lay ourselves completely at the merey of our employers . Trades' socuties , Mr' "Whistler / 1 hope will continue to form a barrier against the oppressor until justice shall be done to all , indeed it is to bo deplored that the capitalists force their hands to resist , reduction after redaction taking place , witness the amount of money lost in the following striker-Cotton spinners of Manchester in 1810 £ 224 , 040
Again in 1826 , 200 , 090 Sincetbattime ... ... ... 176 , 000 Spinners of Preston ... ... ... 74 , 313 Town of Preston . ... 107 . 096 Glasgow cotton spinners ... ... 47 . 600 City of Glasgow ... 209 , 009 Loss to County of Lanarkshire ... ... 500 , 00 * Strike in the Potteries ... ... 50 , 001 Leeds Mechanics strike , twelve months .... ' 137 , 000 Wool Coombers of Bradford , ten months ... 400 , 000 Colliers ' strike 50 . 000 Total £ 2 216 . 009 And whilst the capitalists can make use of the law to protect himself , and crush the producers , the producer can never make use of the law to protect himself , Witness the Glasgow cotton spinners , and Dorchester labourer * . Hon Mr Whistler , 'do you really think th at if we lend our money to the Land and Labour Bank , and thereby ease tbe labour market , and get each ot our members a good house and four acres of land , that the master class will turn us out , without a dread that we shall betake ourselves to ths cultivation of tbe soil ? I am sir , One of the Trustees of the Manchester Foarth Branch . S , Churchstreet , Gsoboe Sauuex Opfobd . Rochdale-road , Manchester .
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THE LAND COMPANY AND THE 'MANCHESTER EXAMINER . ' TO THE EDITOR OP THE MOBTBEBH STAB . Sib , —I recently troubled yoa with a communication , a copy of which I had sent to the Manchester . Eaaminer , but which that worthy declined inserting , until I gave a reastn for the faith within me . I then sent the following ; and in tbe answers to correspondents , he says my faith rests entirely in my confidence in Mr O'Connor , and that he should have inserted it , had It not contained so much ' personal abuse' ( a fit fellow to find fault with that ) . If you deem the letter worthy of a place ia your columns , its insertion will oblige . I would just observe to tho ' Whistler , ' that so far from his letters shaking my confidence , I have this week taken up two other shares , and paid them up . Yours respectfully , E . B . 85 , BonsalUstreet , Hulme , Nov . 3 , 1817 .
TO TBE EDITOR OF THE EXAMINEE . Sib , —In yonr notice to correspondents on Saturday last , in answer to my communication , you say I must give you some reasons for the faith that is in me , or yon shall think I am one ef O'Connor ' s' dupes' or paid subalterns , of which you say ha has many in the country . I am neither the one nor the other . Tbe faith that is in me , I owe to long observation and study , strengthened by frequent proofs from parties who have wrote upen the capabilities ofthe Land from practical experience . The i raeticability snd carrying out of the Land Plan depends much npon confidence in its founder , and which the ' Whistler * tries in vain to destroy .
My faith is further strengthened by daily witnessing the hundreds ofthe capitalists turned into thousands , by various investments ; and because I cannot see why tbe capital ef the working classes cannet also be turned to profit—and what better and safer investment is tkere than in land , where the labourer creates a free labour fidd for himself and family . Your attempt at comparing our receipts and tbe receipts of the Repeal Association , is weak , inasmuch as the r < peal rent is spent infeedingasetofgreedy agitators , whose visionary promises they never intended to realise for the people , any more than tbe Anti-Corn Law League did' Cheap Bread—High Wages , and Plenty to Do , ' whilst ours is converted into profit immediately in purchasing for the subscribers a' stake in the hedge , ' That there is no question at issue betweea Feargus O'Connor and the public , I again assert ; the question with ths ' Whistler' he will soon settle . .
The ' WbistUrV trash about security is not worth notice . It is an insult to the common sense understanding of tbe community , to hoist such rubbish upon them . Tour correspondents vary much in the length of time it will take to locate a section—viz ., from sixty to five or six hundred years . Ah I sir , if there had been a similar company established—even sixty years ago—we should have a different state of things to that we have now . Your employers would not have had the power to boast the possession of their millions , whilst tbe producers wers starving . What might have been prevented , may yet be corrected ; but as they have an interest iu a surplus population , they dread the system that would throw the people en their resources , on their own land and thus create a class ef free labourers . '
In conclusion , sir , I beg to say I have been a close observer of Mr O'Cosnw ' s career for more than ten years , and have seen nothing during that time to cause me to think other than that be is a gentleman in every respect worthy the confidence of tbe working classes and all tho Whistler' may write for twelve months , will not alter their opinion in that respect . Tbe' Whistler ' s' assertions are unfounded , and made for the meanest purpose , but—• Thrioe is he armed that hath his quarrel just , And he but naked , though locked in steel , Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted 1 ' Your employers know well the thorn he was 1 b their side during the Free Trade Agitation , and Iheyfenr his expssure of their fallacious doctrines , in their non-realisation of their extravagant promises of' Cheap Bread—Hifth Wages , and Plenty to Do . ' Oh ! bat what a shame that Feargus should live out of
the hard- « arned pence of tbe working classes . You are right , their pence is hard-earned , but you don ' t lire out of it , I suppose ! A reason— -because not one of them will purchase your trash . Is there none of it in the £ 8 e , fl 0 a to be given to Cobden , or in the testimonial to Bright aad Geo . Wilson , for getting them ' Dear Bread Low Wages , and Little to Do '; and what a shame for them to take it ? Now , Mr Editor b » honest for once and acknowledge the truth , that your and tbe Whistler ' s' ravings are through your enmity to O'Connor , and a fear of his increasing popularity and power . Tell the' Whistler' to be quiet > little , elsahe'll have people thinkingof the adage , « the greatest rogue is the first to er , stop tbut ' nA to your next number stick to facts , and
flotbing extenuate , or ought set down in malice . ' I am sir , E . B ., a- „ „ , .. A Paid-up Shareholder 85 , Bonsall-street , Hulme , Oct . 25 , 1847 .
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MmsiBR LovBt . —At a meeting of the workingmen employed on the Minster Lovel estate , which , was addressed by Messrs Doyle , Cullingham , Ooutts , and Moody , the following resolution was unanimously adopted : — That we , the working men employed by the National Land . Company , at their works now in operation on tho estate at Minster Lovel , seeing tlwtl tha judgment and honesty of onr principal director and superintendent , Feargus O'Connor , has been basely and unjustly attacked by a portion of tbe press of this country , wehavefeltit to be our duty to come forward and contradict tbe falsa accusations of these vile slanderers , and , for the satisfaction of our brother shareholders , to inform them that , so far frem their- funds being squandered , we are
cornpolled to state , injustice to ourselves and brother trades . men , that it is only by perseverance and great industry , that we are enabled to realise a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work . As to the ability of Mr O'Connor , he has proved to us , as practical tradesmen , by the extent of 'bis practical and general knowledge , his untiring zeal ; continued perseverance , and devoted attention , to bs the only man in this country competent to carry on the Corepanj ' s business , And we challenge tbe country to point out any other company that can equal the rapid progress we have made , the economy exercised , and tbe facilities we now possess , for enabling us to proceed with onr operations , in tViat regular and systematic ordre ? which ea * only be arrived at by the united energy , skill , and practical knowledge of sxperienced and intelligent
men . Cardiff . —At a meeting of this branch ofthe Land Company , resolutions , denunciatory of the ' Whistler , ' the editor of the Dispatch , and other lying liblers , were unanimously adopted , with the following addition : — And we hereby resolve , that the thanks of this branch be given to Feargus O'Conaor , Esq ., M . P ., for tbe able refutation of the various charges brought against him ; and temder to him our best wishes for bis long life and triumph over « ll his enemies . Oswaldwhistle . —At our meeting the following resolution was agreed to : — That the best thanks of this meeting are hereby given to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., for bis spirited reply to the Dispatch and other papers ; and this meeting places implicit confidence in Mr O'Connor ' s integrity , and will support him ! n his prosecution Of the Manchester Ex . aminsr .
SwuBBRiBoai—A quarterly meeting of members was held on Wednesday , November 3 rd . The following officers were appointed : —Edmund Dalby , secretary ; George Hill , scrutineer ; John Pegg and Wra . Morris , auditors ; Peter Chance , treasurer ; Alfred Thomson , John Brown , Edward Weaver , John Pegg , Ferdinand Rolanson , and William Morris , committee . The following resolution was adopted : — That this meeting has the fullest confidence in F , O'Connor , M . P ., as the Land Company ' s bailiff and treasurer ; and that we pledge ourselves to support bin in bis struggle with the ' press-gang / and that a collection be commenced for that purpose , to be continued for three months .
South Shields . —The Chartists and members of the Land Company have passed resolutions and an address , expressive of their unbounded confidence in Mr O'Connor , and their determination to support him against all his enemies . Meetings are held every Sunday evening at the Scarborough Arms , for mutual instruction and discussion . Alva—Ata meeting of this branch of the Land Company , a vote of thanks was passed to Mr O'Connor , all present pledging themselves to support that gentleman , in spite ofthe calumnies directed against him The
. members of this branch suggest that an honest , practical man shall be appointed at Manchester at Nottingham , and at London , the three to value the house a „ d land wished for byMrO'Oonnor , on the estate in Oxfordshire , and Mr o'Ooimo . to have the property at their valuation . The editor ofthe Stirling Obsemerh & s been having a fling at the Land Plan , but-fee will get his settling when Mr Kydd comes this way . Hanlev—A meeting of land members and friends took place on Wednesday evening , November 3 rd , in the Christian Brethren ^" meeting room , when tha fo'Iowing resolutions were adopted : —
That wo think it unjust to allow Mr O'Connor to be at any expense in bringing to justice the base maligaera of his character , and that we pledge ourselves to use our best endeavours to render him as much pecuniary aid as possible towards defraying the expenses of tbe forthcoming trial . That we return ouv best thanks to Feargus O'Connor M . P ., for his past services , and that wo place undoubted confidence in him , as we have always foundlhis character unspotted . The members and friends aro informed tbat the subscription book lies at Mr Yates ' s . Hide . —At the weekly of this branch the following resolution was carried unanimously : —
That the members of this branch tender their warm and cordial thanks to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., for his ab e exposition and his spirited reply to the Weekly Dispatch and other papers . This meeting places the most implicit confidrnce in Mr O'Connor ' s integrity , and trusts that tbat gentleman will go on as usual in the advocacy ofthe claims of the working classes , and this meeting pledges itsclt to subscribe its proporffon of tie expense attendant on the prosecution of the Manchester Examiner . Tunbridgs Wells . —We , tbe members of the Tunbridge Wells branch ofthe National Land
Company , m expressing our unbounded confidence in the : conduct and integrity of Mr O'Connor , eulogise him i on his manly and straightforward reply to the infa- - nioua press-gang , and we ssncereiy hope that all such i filthy rascals and such heroes of the cat o ' nine tails i as the * Whistler' will receive from the publie their r just deserts . —W . H . Lawjibk , secretary . Liverpool . —Two lectures were delivered inifhis » town onJThursday and Friday evenings Nov . 4 th and 1 oth , by Dr M'Douall , subject :- « The present alarm- - ing Crisis , Bank Failures , and the Causes . ' The B lectures were very respectabl y attended , and were a listened to with great attention ! After tbe second i lecture , Mr Thomas Jonee in a speech of great t length , in which the gentlemen of the press came in a for a sound and severe caatigation , moved the iolleff- ring resolution : —
That we view with feelings of pity snd contempt tbe ie conduct ofthe Maneiisler Examiner , and others of the ie venal press gang in their onslaught on Feargas O'Con- onor Ejq ., M . P ., and tbe National land Company , and id beg to inform those gentlemen , that their calumnies will ill have no other , i ffect than to cement us closer in tbe bonds as of brotherhood nad co-operation , being impressed w ' b < h the conviction tbat the social emancipation of tb » b » masBesmustbo ' iberesultoftheliaadMovement . Wefur- rtther consider tie conduct of tha Liwrped Journal to b 9 ' be highly censurable in giving publicity to the calumnies ot ot
the Manchester Examiner , and refusing to insert an an * - nswor when one was sent . And further , we wish to true ** lit our mest sincere thanks to thosa papers that bav & s * , s » nobly and manfully defended our principles , and w * w- resolve to frequent no public or coffee house that f opi , ort , ort those papers that have been so lavish in their abus ^ i ase , and so spsring ofthe truth wben'dealing with our views . < its . Lastly , we declare our unbounded confidence in Fe . irgu " gu » O'Connor Esq . M . P ., and the directors ofthe Land Com * offl * pany , and assure those gentlemea that aothiag but » at » erellction of duty on his part , will ever lead to a to '* *> '* foiture of tbat confidence ,
, The resolution wassecondedby M * Edmund Jo 0 38 * 3 in a very eloquent speech , « nd carried unanirooow ; nig On Sunday evening a lecturd was delivered by * ' *» Thomas Jones , subject :-. ' How can Labour ws * bean Emancipate itself , '
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE JOURNEYMEN STEAM ENGINE MACHINE MAKER AND MIIifc-WRIGHTS ' FRIENDLY SOCIETY . *«* iwu & You have been oppealed to by the exeuutive council of our society , tedacide ' whether o » not any branch shall be allowed to deposit the fundi ta their National Land and Labour Bank . ' ' While this subject was under consideration the servloea of the degraded 'Whistler' were procured to aid jour deliberations ; you had weekly , ia theMAKCHEsTMi Examiner , several columns of what this hireling pleased to call argument , consisting . ot the vilest abuse of Mr O'Connor ; tho most wicked nnd slanderous attacks upon that geatUjmau ' s private character , as well as wilful
Ilea ; wrote by wholesale 'expressly for ths baned [ f tbe mecbaa ' ci , * in his letter upon the Land Bank , which appn ^ on Saturday , October 30 th . he Bays , * We have causej the machine makers to withdraw thtir money froia it { the land Bank ) , and we shall continue to perform th | g ' very necessary branch of public service . ' Those members who entertained doubts of the seca . rity of the Land Bank , or of Mr O'Connor ' s honest y must feel truly grattful for the valuable services of thu kin -hearted friend and benefactor of yours for having saved your £ 620 from being lost . That assertion , thoug h as true as any other ha ha , written for your instruction ,-is false . The No . 4 branch has only drawn f £ 30 , required to pay donations ; £ S 9 ilB in tbe bank still . I may also add that th 9 Manchester No . 5 branch has deposited £ 170 , making £ 760 , which is in the bank yet ; so much for the veracity of the' Whistler . ' .
But , why did not this « whistling' friend of yours ap . priso you of the danger to which yonr funds were ex . posed that were deposited in the Royal Bank of Liver , pool ? Surely , the £ 840 in that bank belonging to the Liverpool branch , required the care of your guardian . Perhaps , the Whistler'tbougbt tho £ 810 sesure in the Royal Bank , and so it is ; it is so secure that the Liverpool branch cannot get it , although they might want it to pay the men out of work . What will you say nhen j tell you that one of the' Whistler ' s' pupils , the Ashtoo delegate to the executive council , held on Saturday , Octo . bar 301 b , seriously propo . ad putting about £ 800 more in the Royal Bank of Liveipool ? Each individual branch , from the commencement of onr society to the presenttime , has exercised tho right of depositing its funds in what bank soever it thought best ; what right have you to make exceptions of the I and 5 Manchester branches ?
If you wish to prevent the dismemberment of our gg . ciety , jou must allow to those branches the same rights JOB allowed to others ; and , indeed , I am very much , mistaken with the material of which those two branches are composed , if you will be allowed to coerce them . A Mancdesteb Mechanic . P . S . —A short time ago , H . Selsby , on bis own authority , advised the Warrington branch to withdraw their funds out of the savings' -bank , and deposit them in tho same bank in Liverpool . The Crewe branch , thinking
Sir Benjamin Heywood ' sbonk unsafe attbepresenttime , have , on their own authority , withdrawn their funds from that bank , and deposited them in the Manchester Savings ' B * nk . Now , as Mr Selsby thinks savlngs' -banks unsafe , will he appeal to the society against tbe Crewe branch for having removed their funds to it ? Or , is the latter branch a privileged one ? The truth is , the Manchester Nos . 4 and 5 branches claim equal rights and privileges with other branches of onr society , and should they bo suspended , you may hereafter regret allowing prejudice < o warp your belter judgment .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 13, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_13111847/page/6/
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