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J"6 THE NORTHERN STAR. October 17, 1846
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RENEWED AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER IN SCOTLAND . MR . DOYLE'S MiSS 10 ; C ^ Kiuuiwe-CK . —Mr . Doyle delivered a lecture in theCrott Hall , on the evening of Mondav , October 5 , on the Charier and the Land , The spacious buildlRg was well filled upoa the occasion bv the useful classes . Mr . Brown , a highly inteFment democrat vas elected to the chair , who opened ihe business by reading the placard , and then addressed tlie persons present in a concise but very effective snecch which was loudly cheered . Mr . Dovi . h spoke for nearly two hours , and made apowerful impression upon his hearers , in favour of the paramount questions—co-operation to obtain the Jana . an . J political coualitv , and £ , it down much ap plauded . i ue Ohairmaa said , as they ( the meeting ) ap proved of the sentiments which had fallen from the Speaker , they were bound to carry them into practice , he therefore suggested the propriety ot adopting the necessary stepsupon which
, Mr . Caictoth moved that thirteen of a committee , ¦ with power to add to their number , be chosen out ofthat meeting , in older to assist in getting up a National Petition to the House of Commons , pra-vimr that tbev do pass into law the document entitled the " People ' s Charter . " The motion was seconded and carried without a dissentient . Thirteen persons were then chosen , after which Totes of thanks were accorded to the Chairman and Lecturer , and the assembly then separated , perfectly satisfied with the evening ' s proceedings . There is a branch ot the Chartist Co-operative J , and Society held in Iulmainock , and there is every reason to believe tbat Mr . Doyle ' s lecture will tend to augment its numbers . GREAT AND IMPORTANT MEETING TN
GLASGOW .-BUNCOMBE AXD THE GLORIOUS TWELVE . On Tuesday evening , the 6 th instant , a public meetins was held in the Chartist church , Regentstreet , for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of electing a local Registration and Election Committee , to aid and assist the Central Committee now sitting in London to carry out the objects for which tliey were elected by the men of London : also to adopt the National Petition . Abont twenty minutes past eight o ' clock , Mr . James Lang , an old and staunch friend to the cause of universal right , was elected to fill the office of chairman amid < t the hearty plaudits of the numerous assembly . The venerable President commenced by
observing that they were met together for the purpose of considering questions vitally connected with their interests and those of common humanity , upon questions which must sooner or later occupy the minds of even the legislature and the government of the country , for it conld not be supposed for one moment that the present mind-debasimr , libertv-destroyins , and starvation system was to lie continued . ( No , no . and cheers . ) Was it possible for any man in his sober senses , and who reflected upon the awful amount of poverty , misery and wretchedness that prevailedthroughout the length and breadth of the united Kingdom , particularly in unhappy and long-Euffering Ireland , to believe tbat it was to last for any fgreafc length of time without producing con = e quen ' cs the most fatal to the p :-ace of society .
( Loud cheers . ) There must , in his opinion , be a cause which has produced the Immen ? c amount of human wee to which he had but briefly alluded , that cause was class legislation , class usurpation and class misrule , and they were there that eveniujr to solemnly protest against it , and to record their ( he honed ) iiuaniraons opinions in favour of that sublime and justice-dealing document entitled the " People ' s Charter , " which , if carried into effect would at once obliterate that hydra-headed monster from the Statute Book—class domination , and thereby enable the people through just , honest and impartial representation to hurl to destruction its corrupt and poisonous progeny . ( Repeated cheer * . ) He thanked them for the honour they had conferred upon him , and would now introduce to their notice Air . Erven to move the first resolution .
Mr . Brtex on presenting himself was loudlv cheered . lie said , Mr . Chairman and friends , ere I proceed to make any observations upon the resolution which I hold in my hand , I will first read it to you : — Resolved , that this meeting approve of the plan proposed and carried into . fleet by the Chartists of London in forming a Central Election Committee for the purpose of contesting places where there is n probability of success at tlie nest gen' ral election . Therefore we agree to form a Committee in Glasgow , to cooperate with them in raisin ? funds to carry out the principles of the Association , as agreed to by the democracy of the metropolis of the British empire .
Mr . Bryen then entered into the spirit of the resolution , and made an effective speech in its favour , and concluded by calling upon every man present to not only hold up his hand ia susport of it , but also to render his every assistance in " order to enable the Commltte to fulfil the duties which might devolve upon them . Mr . Jons Gavax in a concise , bnt pithv address , which was warmly applauded , seconded the motion . Air . Dotle was next called upon by the worthy Chairman to si'pport it , and was received with loud cheers . He spoke at considerable length , and was repeatedly applauded throughout his proverbial and eloquent appeal to his heavens , on behalf of the object which was then before them , and concluded bv giving his cordial and hearty support to tbe motion . It was then put from the chair , and carried without a di-sentient voice .
Mr . Jc . h . v Utslop moved the second resolution , which was as follows : — Tbat having adopted the princi ple of co-operation in a national capacity , in ord = r to contest certain boroughs throughout England and Scotland , so that a stall' of good and ^ truerntn , may be formed in the House of Commons , to suppjrt T . S . Buncombe , Esq ., in iris crusade Against tfee people ' s enemies , and also to make the "People ' s Charter" the law of the land . T 7 e therefore agree to elect a C immntee withpoxtr to add to tbeir number , to aid iu carrying into practical operation , so desirable am Qmer *
T « . o 3 pcaiier showed the necessity of the motion Twin ? acceded to , and the beneficial results that would accrue from its adoption , and sat down hi ^ hlv applauded . ° " Mr . Reid seconded it , and it was unanimously passed . A committee were immediatelv appointed , com-; prising the following persons ( viz )—Messrs . John ilyslop , James Bean , Daniel Paul . Win . Doughertv , Duncan Sherrington , Daniel Gibion , James Moir , . James Lang , Daniel Mitchell , George Ross , Thomas i Gordon , JJem-y Mulligan , Archd . AMnnis , James . Anderson , Thomas Ancott , Doctor Green , Samuel iRennet , William Chaplin , James Smith , John i Gavan , W . S . Brown , Thomas Reid , John Bryen , , James Wilkinson , William Shaw , James Moore . William M'ilillen , John Colqulioun , James Baird , , James Ewins * and James Mann .
Mr . WiLKissox moved the third resolution , which i ran thus : — Tfcatit is the solemn conviction of this meeting , that 1 the E't dive Franchise , is the natural inheritanee of man , i without distincf-or . of class , or pecuniary circumstances , i and conse < jurntIy iliat n >/ man , or corporation of men , i can te justified for one moment , in preventing its exer-< else by the people . This meeting likewise considers the i exclusion " f fix-sevenths of the male adult population , i from the riglits and immunities of citizenship , to be an I enormous grievance , and thsreiore that every legal
t agency , should be immediatel y put into operation hy the t friends of freedom to effect such an organised change in 1 the constitution of the House of Parliament , as shall « gusrsutee to every male inhabitant of this empire , of i niSiturc age , and £ ane aiind , a voice in the composition < of that body , an * it is further the opinion of thii meetiinr , that the bill cntitleJ the " People ' s Charter , " is an t embodiment of tlie principles of equal rt-presentntion , * and the details f « r securing tlieir efficient operation . 1 This meeting therefore agrees t « the nrefentatioii of a 3 3 fational Petition praying Parliament to tender the doc cument aforesaid to be a statute of this realm .
The speaker delivered a speech replete with sound s sense and cogent arguments in favour of the motion , a and concluded much applauded . The motion was seconded by Mr . Dcvcax Sherlaixciox , in an effective and impressive address , and flwas put and carried by acclamation . Mr . Sherhixgton also read and moved the . utepttion of the National Petition , which was seconded by JMr . James Manx , and passed unanimously . A vote of thanks was then accorded to the excellent Chairman , whobrieflyreturned hisacknowlcdgenments , after which the numerousassemUy separated , hhighly delighted with the proceedings of the evening . " Hurrah 1 hurrah ! for the men of Glasgow , thev Have given a tone to all Scotland , by taking the lead irin the great question of human right . This is , irindeed , as it should be .
Eldersue . —( Birth place of theimmortal Wallace . On Wednesday evening , the 7 th instant , Mr . C . JDDoyle , one of the Directors of the Chartist Co-opera-Ititive Laud Society , delivered a highly instructive Iecffcoture to a crowded meeting in the People ' s Hall , upon Iththe subject of the Land . Mr . G . Wood , an intelligent , and very active CharftiSist , occupied the chair , and fulfilled the duties which developed upon him , with credit to himself and the nuiudience over whom he presided . At the close of tthche lecture , a few questions were asked , which Mr . [ DtDoyle answered to the apparent satisfaction of the ] jnjnerists and the meeting generally . —A young man iwkhosenanicwe are sorry to have ' forgotten , made a rrei ery excellent address upon the necessity of the workman ? people purchasing and reading the-iVorf / wra Star , llitlieirown organ , and the honest advocate of tlieir Jigights and interests—Ills sentiments met with the stntntire approval of the audience . Votes of thanks metere given to the chairman and lecturer .
J Johsstosb . —Mr . C . Doyle addressed the inhabiannts of Johnstone , on Thursday , the Sth , current , a tithe Assembly Room—Subject "The Land , the
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only sure source of wealth , and the means to obtain it . " Mr . D ' s lecture was listened to with market , attention , and appeared to fully satisfy every individual present . „ ,,.,, i-\ TT 5 AVDnIA-V «* OF LbVKN .-A PubllC McCtlUg waSd in the Odd Fellows Hall , on the evening o . Fridav the nth instant , for the purposeof electing a Committee to aid and assist the Central Registration and Election Committee now sitting in London , and also to adopt the . Va-bional Petition , praying the House of Parliament to make the People ' s Charter the Lswof the Land .
Shortly after S o ' clock , Mr . James M'intyre was unanimously elected to the chair , and briefly opened the business for which tliey were assembled together , and thanked the meeting for the honour it had conferred upon him . Severe ! speakers addressed the assembly in support of resolutions similar to those already passed in London , and other parts of England , n ' nd we are happy to -say that two Committee ' s were chosen , one for aesistisg to carry out the Election plan , and the other to forward the National Petition . Mr * Doyle was present on the occasion , and rendered effective service to both of tho laudable objects for which the meeting was called . ^ Votes of thanks were given to the Chairman and Mr . Doyle , for thoir labours ia the good cause , and thus ended this important meeting .
Torxcnoss . —On Saturday evening the 10 th instant , a public meeting was held in a Commodore ' s Room , in the above named village , when Mr . C . Doyle addressed a eoodly number of the hardy sons of labour upon the Charter and the Land . air . Alexasdkr Clkiaxd occupied tho chair , and delivered a very impressive speech in favour of the two great questions , for which he received the hearty applause of his brethren . Mr . Dotle spoko two hours , and was repeatedly applauded throughout his energetic speech , and when he concluded , a motion was moved , seconded , and carried unanimously to the following effet ( viz . )—That nine of a committee he formed with power to add to their number , for the purpose of assisting to carry into practical effect , the election plan agreed to by the late Chartist Convention , held in Leeds .
Votes of thanks were accorded to the chairman and lecturer , and tlie meeting broke up , after giving three rousing cheers for the Charter . Gobbals , Glasgow . —On the afternoon of Sunday tbe"llth instant , Mr . Doyle delivered a lecture in the Wheatsheaf Hall , upon the present physical and social condition of the working classes . The assembly was numerous , consid ring the unfavourable state of the weather . Mr . Doyle ' s speech occupied above an hour in the delivering , and in the course of it he showed np the
various monopolies which bore down upon the people , and reduced them to a state of the most deplorable wretchedness , and proved that until they combined together for the sacred purpose of destroying those monopolies , and the system that brought them into existence , they could not reasonably expect their discontinuance , lie called upon them , therefore , to use their best exertions to bring about such an organic change in this country , as would give them the power to elevate them to the dignity of men , and advance their physical , social , and moral condition amongst the nations of the earth .
J"6 The Northern Star. October 17, 1846
J" 6 THE NORTHERN STAR . October 17 , 1846
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^ m LETTEPtS OF RICHARD OASTLER . Mr . Oastler has been lately publishing a series of letters in the Mrning Post , which even if they had been unobjectionable in other respects have been far too lengthy for us to re-publish in the Star . "We select the following extracts : —
DESTITUTION IS THE HIGHLANDS OP SCOTLAND . The lax principles of Free Trade are now triumphant . Ko matter whether they be good or bad—wise or foolish —the professors of the Free Trade school have converted the Government to their views , and succeeded in obtaining the adoption of their scheme . It is professed that the poor are to reap the benefit of the destruction of monopoly . Some years must pass ere we can taste the fruits of this much-applaudeil measure . Meantime , it may be useful to mark what lias already resulted from the operation of Free Trade . The enlightened schemers have been at work some years ; at first , for experiment , they made war on little monopolies . Mark the result .
In order tbat Sterne might explain tbe true horrors of slavery , he wisely contemplated ft single sufferer . So , to prevent confusion in thought , and to enable a just estimate of the benefits to be expected ( more particularly by the labourers ) , from the destruction of all monoplics , it may not be an entire waste of time to examine into itsresults , in one case , where it has had time to produce its matured fruit—where it lias succeedud in destroying its inveterate foe—monopoly . It will then be seen whether want or plently has resulted to the poor from the conquest obtained for them by Frae Trade . It must never be forgotten that the benefit of the poor ia ever declared to be the grand object—the most powerful stimulus of all Free-traders — from Mr . Cobdendown to Sir Robeit Peel .
We hear a great deal just now about "the distress in the Highlands . " Last session of Parliament , while the discussions on Free Trade were pending , petitions were presented from the destitute inhabitants of the Highlands , praying for relief . I was surprised that the Protectionists did not ask , Why are Highlanders in distress ? The answer to that question would , during therree Trade discussion , have been useful . Tim Highlanders xcere not alvcaysin distress . Tliey once had a monopoly Under it tliey lived in tolerable comfort . Some years ago that monopoly was destroyed by-Free Trade — now , tlie IliglAanders are destitute ! But , what matter , that thousands of Highlanders are starving to death ! Our r / iar . ti / aefiirers can h \ y " cheap" fcelj > . ' Such are the results of Free Trade : such the benefit that the poor obtain from the adoption of Free Trade measures .
The poor Highlanders have lost their little monopoly —death is their portion ! But manufacturer gains the difference between home made and foreign made kelp ! One fact is worth a thousand arguments . There you have a free trade fact , divested of all ambiguity . Through your columus , I trill , if you please , tell the working men and women and children of Yotkshire and Lancashire an anecdote ; I know that it will be read with attention by them , because it relates to a man whose name they revere I * am not quite sure as to the exact period—I think it was in 1 S 32 . I am certain it was during the discussion in Parliament on the reduction or abolition of the duties on foreign kelp . That night I was sitting with the ever-tobe-remembered Michael Thomas Sadler , at Ginger ' s Hotel , "Westminster Bridge . He had just returned from the House of Commons . " Oastlsr , " said the philan . thropist , " I have just been presenting petitions from the
manufacturers of k « lp in the Highlands . They com . plain tbat , if the duty is taken off foreign kelp , they will be reduced to beggary . I fear , " added he , " it is useless trying to protect these poor mea any longer , from foreign competition ; there is such a determination to obtain everything at the lowest price ! Their sufferings will be disregarded . And , although nature freely furnishes them from the bosom of the ocean ( laying the raw material at their feet ) , with the means of subsistence , our modern political economists ( regardless of nature ' s bounty and the happiness of many thousand human beings ) demand everything at the ' cheapest , ' and these poor ereatures must , to satisfy this demand , be sacrificed . " And then , the really wise political economist added— "If we live a few years we shall have petitions to present to Parliament , from these poor Highlander ? , for relief in their destitution , that destitution being certain to follow theremovalof j-rott-ction from Kelp . "
Sadler is dead , I have lived to witness t ' .-e truth of Ins prophetic words . How strange , that his prediction should be verified during that session , " whtn free trade was triumphant !"
HOME . Home was formerly a sweet word/—it uus music fo the ears « f an Englishman ; but we have encouraged the breaking up of the valuable domestic habits of our forefathers . Instead of an attachment to home , our men of wealth and fashion revel in tfce luxuries and scenes of foreign countries ; many art seen to take up their abode altogether in countries ; between whose inhabitants and themselves no original connexion subsists ; thus destroying , by absenteeism , the bonds which were ordained to unite them to their / eHcw-countrymen ; and proving that
a love of luxurious indulgence is permitted by them to be a stronger impulse than that which arises from the most sacred obligations of social life ; a : id , instead of nourishing those whose services have been valuable in the creation of their wealth , they thus withdraw , that wealth which is indispensable for fhe well-being of those who exist on their estates , and for the increase of numbers , which naturally arises , and which ought to ) and but for tbeir . selfishness , would . ) constitute tbeir strength . I am aware that philosophers assert that absenteeism is not injurious—let tke present state of Ireland be my answer aud their warning .
FEESEHT EVILS AKD TCEIB BEJIEDT . Tht disorders in our social state have been augmented by our neglecting to extend the constitutional safeguards with the increase of our population , skill , and science . "Wehaveaot perceived that our strength consisted in a numerous , moral , healthy , and happy people ; and we have entirely neglected their protection , leaving them by thousands subject to the caprice and cruelty of their employers . We have legislated for the individual accumulation of wealth , instead of the general wealth and happiness of the whole people .
Our increase of wealth has been our constant koast , while a majority of the people lias been neglected , and vast numbers have been suffered to sink into a state of poverty , degradation , and vice . They have been used , according to the Utilitarian principle , as mere instruments for a disproportionate increase of wealth ; tlie facts , that their employers were responsible to the State for their good conduct and condition , and that they were members of a free constitutional comruunily , bavin rights secured to them in the Constitution have been entirely overlooked . They have tl . us , in their vast increase , been separated from our institutions , made aliens from the Constitution , and have , consequently become discontented and disaffected . Hence the neces- ' sity for coercive , unconstitutional , and expensive expedi- ' cuts to preserve peace . It is because our population has '
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been neglected that its increase is considered to be a nurse . To remedy this great social evil , we require a distinct recognition in our commonwealth of that sfeglected constitutional rule by-which advancement in-science and improvements In mechanics may be made to promote the general good , and tbui become helpmates to industry , ceasing to be the destroyers of the morals , health , and social and domestic happiness of those who are immediately connected with their operation . Our rulers have also failed to perceive that this kingdom was originally a confederation of self-governing parishes , in each of which the rights and privilegosof tho poor were as sacred and as clearly defined as those of tho rich , and tbat the union of tlie whole wac strengthened by local institutions , calculated to cement in one common brotherhood the different grades of society , by rendering each dependent on tlie rest . Wherever those local and peace-preserving principles are removed and government by centralisation is adopted , disorder must
ensue . The perfect symmetry ( and the adaptation to the natural character of the peeple ) of the institutions that were bequeathed to us by our great Alfred , are so complete , that they may not be changed without injury . By neglecting to preserve their spirit , and to adapt them to our growing population and wealth , wo have made a fearful separation between the rich and the poor ; we now reap the fruit of our wickedness and folly . We want a statesman convinced of these t & dths ; one who has nerve to stand out from his fellows , and say to the people of England , " Listen to me , and support me , and your old Constitution shall be restored . " When Britons listen to that statesman , when they have "plighted to him their troth , " we shall hear no more of industrious paupers , of barricaded mansions , of banishment under the name of " emigration , " nor of clearances under that of " notices to quit . "
The common lands of Britain will not then be taken away from the poor , to be added to the overgrown domains of tbe rich , without even the semblance of an acknowledgment of the former for their ancient common rights . In that day , the village greens wilt be restored , and the son * ef labour will everywhere find space and time for healthful and amusing recreation . Their habitations will no longer be noisome and incommodious , no more will the lives of young , hale , and old , male or female , be sacrificed , in useless competition , for thoir daily bread . In those days , we shall have no pluralists in our Church ; no idle and overpaid , no overworked and underpaid clergy , both strangers ( from opposite causes ) to their charge . Priests will again become shepherds of thoir flocks , and will not fail to instruct the lambs . We shall 'have free church-room then for all the poor , to whom , as in the first Christian age , " the Gospel will be preached . " Our national churches will not be boxed off in stalls and pews , to separate the different classes ; then all will worship on a level as Christian brethren .
When our Constitution is restored , every class of Britons will be heard by their own representatives in their " Commons' House . " The novel , unconstitutional plan , by which the poor have recently been excluded from all participation in the franchise , will give plaee to a restoration of that constitutional principle which secured to the sons of toil the freeman's right . We shall not again be shocked by hearing that the Bishops of our Church have recommended that the poor fhould be reduced to a harder condition ; nor shall we hear her Prelates raising their voices in support of the sin denounced by God and his Church—the sin of competition ( emulation , covetonsness ) . Nor will our soldiers be again dishonoured by being engagad in war against their brethren , to . force them quietly to feed on rotten carrion .
When the mind of England is restored to health , when her governors have regained their senses , the clergy , aristocracy , and magistracy , will cease to sit at boards of guardians , the slavish tools of proud and imperious commissioners—not daring ( without the consent of tbeir masters ) to give a few pence a week to a poor , deserving , widowed neighbour—nay , aiding those monsters to reduce the poor of England to live on the decayed pickings of stinking bones ! ( Were no crime but this the result of centralisation , it is warrant , for ever , to forswear the system . ) Never again will the family ties , sanctified by God , ratified by the Church , and ' cemented by the Constitution , be severed by the Law ; nor will our readers be stunned by the groans of thousands—murdered by the " orders " of "Acts-of-Parliament-made Commissioners ! " The shrieks of unhappy mothers , dooming themselves and their wretched offsprings to death , under the unbearable pressure of an unmanly and unnatural ' * Act , " will cease to invoke the vengeance of the Highest on this guilty land !
No Secretary of State will then become the systematic and lying apologist of the most corrupt and contemptible officials , nor again use them for the purpose of enabling him to vex and annoy a Member of Parliament by obtaining " false reports . " Nor will the House of Commons any more disgrace itself by sheltering a Secretary of State who has thus dishonoured his office and disgraced himself . The influence of Government will not be employed in election committees by base and sordid appliances to unseat an useful and humane , but , to it , obnoxious Member of the House of Commons . The chilling exhibition of the immorality , cruelty , injustice , and idleness of commissioners raised above the lair—commissioners on whom the fnte of millions of lives , and the disposal of millions of pounds dependedor the . vices of those assistant commissioners who knew no law but their tyrant masters' will , cannot then disgrace our father land .
The hcrrors of the New Poor Law and of the factory system will become as legendary tales . The Constitution will once more protect all from the injustice of the oppressor . The honest pauper and the innocent factory child will find a sure resting-place beneath its wing . The anomaly existing in Ireland , her inhabitants suffering under famine , and she daily exporting vast quantities of food of tbe best quality , and importing , in stinted measure , " a coarser sort of food , " ( paid for by England , ) on which to keep her people from perishing , such strange contradiction will no more disgrace our Government . The folly of travelling thousands of miles in search of a doubtful customer , while our native customer is unsupplied—the wickedness of encouraging universal rivalry in the productions of our soil , our skill , and our labour , ( thereby fostering instead of checking the sin of cempetiti » n . ) by which our labourers and artisans are deprived of their due reward , will never mors be esteemed wise , beneficient , patriotic , and Christian .
In those happy days we shall need no board of commissioners to force a national education upon a freepeopleparents will then be able to provide an education for their children . In a word , tbe Constitution will release us from the evil of centralisation , and its subsequent commissioners —it will restore our local self-government , and once more give the rich and the poor an interest in each others' welfare , It will control both home and foreign competition , and thus regulate tho supply to the demand ; at all times securing to labour , skill , and capital , a just reward .
These things have been effected under the Constitution To all our social maladies apply that remedy , and Bri tain will be herself again .
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minster-orioge , me uauy average iramc over tins bridee , from six o'clock in the morning till six in the evening , is—foot-passengers , 2 , 400 ; vehicles drawn by two horses , 060 ; ditto by three , 48 ; ditto by one , 2 , 6-18 ; trucks , SO ; and saddle horses , 30 ; according to the toils charged , giving a receipt of £ 44 9 s . Oil . per diem of 12 hours . Reduction of Rests . —Lord Rossmore has hist issued a circular , apprising his tenantry in thecounty of Monaghan , of his Lordship ' s determination to return 15 per cent , on the year ' s rent now in course of payment .
Launch of thk Iron Steam-ship Mihebva . —A magnificent new iron steam ship was launched from ths building yard of Messrs . "Vernon and Co ., at Liverpool , on Saturday . It is intended to be placed upon the Cork and Glasgow line , and it is one of the finest vessels those eminent builders have ever constructed . Tub Court of Common Pleas will exhibit some marked changes next Term—a new Lord Chief Justice , a new Puisne Judge , with a Court open to the new bar ; the exclusive privilege of scrgcants-atlaw having been put an end to , after an existence of 600 years , by an Act ef the last session of Parliameet .
SniAtFiELDS Ragged Schools . —On Tuesday evening a meeting , in support of this institution , was held at the British School , Bethnal Green . Mr . Gordon read the report , from which it appeared that the school was first established in Grcvillo Street , in the year 1843 , since which time SCO children have been admitted . Tbe number now on the books is 143 . The average attendance is 100 . The report bavins , been received , Mr . Gent , from the Ragged School Union , detailed accounts of the operation of such schools iu various parts of the kingdom . Parish of St . Gkorge ' s East , —A ' vestry poll on behalf of the measure for the adoption of the baths and washhouscs for the poor in this parish was closed on Tuesday , when tbe numbers stood—for the adoption of baths and washhouses , 273 ; against their adoption , 503 ; majority against , 230 .
SiniKB of Silk-workers at Colchester . —On Monday morning considerable sensation was excited in Colchester , in consequence of the whole of the hands usually employed at Messrs . Browne and Move's silk factory , 500 in number , parading Iji <» hstre ' et and other parts of the town in procession . On inquiry it was found that the girls had " struck" in consequence of thrir employers refusing to accede to an increase of wages of sixpence per week . The demand , they stated , they were compelled to make , in consequence of the hi-h price of provisions ; and tlie refusal to comply was made upon the ground that tho depressed state ef the market for "thrown" goods would not warrant it . Tho tumult remained unabated in the town till evening . About a dezen of the hands remained at their work . Jn the course of Tue & 'lay several more returned , and it is gcncnillv believed that the most resolute will return to their employment in the course of a day or two . —Horning i Advertisif .
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IRELAND . PROGRESS OF THE FAMINE . Skibbkrmw- —The Correspoadenfc of the [ Cork Reporter says : — Monday ovcning .-On Friday last , in my hurried com . munication , I stated to you that this town and the country surrounding it were in a state of impending danger . I regret now to say , that my apprehensions were too well founded , a day Of anxiety and alarm having only passed , unattended , however , thank God ! with any serious consequences , thanks to the promptitude and vicilance of the authorities , and to the exertions and [ influence of the gentlemen of the Relief Committee . This W » S a day of meeting here of the late General Relief Committee ; but before tho hour of meeting ( 12 o ' clock ) ru .
mours of an intended attack upon the town , from the labouring population of Caheragh , which had been cir . culated ut an early hour in the morning , but disregarded , became more rife , and before tho hour of 12 o'clock , the principal inhabitants of the town had met , for the purpose of adopting precautionary measures , and , if neces . sary , to swear in special constables ; wkon Dr . Donovan , who had been on professional duty , rode , in to say that a multitude of men armed with spades were coming in , and then close upon the town . And so it was , for , in a few moments , appeared in full view of the town , « inding by the angle formed on the road , near tbe workhouse , a body of from 800 to 1 , 000 as athletic men as I ever saw , marching in line ; they came ten abreast , each with a spade shouldered , on the polished iron of which an unclouded sun shone , offering tothe eye a very alarming and imposing appearance . Mr . Gallwey , a
magistrate , with his usual ac tivity and zeal for the public peace , proceeded to the barracks at the other end of tha town , and , having ordered out the military , the bugle immediately sounded to arms , and in an instant , the town , but five minutes before enjoying its usual quiet and tranquillity , became a scene of alarm and consternation . The military , who had been scattered through the town , on tho call of the bugle were to be seen running in all directions towards their barraek , the men of business , all confusion and haste , closing up their win . ' dows and shops ( under order of the magistrate ); parents in every quarter anxiously looking for their cliiU dren to place them out of danger , and the men of tho town preparing to render every assistance to the military and police . "Whilst the military were getting under arms , the Rev . Mr . Fitzpatrlck , the valued and resuected Roman Catholic administrator of the town ,
whose indefatigable exertions during the present crisis are beyond all praise , proceeded outside the town , ac . companied by Mr . T . II , Marmion , Dr . Donovan , and several influential gentlemen , and remonstrated with the people , by which they were retarded for some minutes ; and in the meantime GO men of the C 7 th , commanded ^ by Captain Byrne , and some dozen policemen with Sub-in . spector Pinchin , all under the orders of Mr . Gallwey , look up their position on a rising ground , just at the en . trance of the town , and within about fifty yards of the multitude . This was an anxious and critical momenfrone hasty and false ' step taken , and'many lives would in all probability have been sacrificed . During the Itev . Mr . Fitzpatriek ' s remonstrance with the people , they stated that they would be satisfied if Mr . Gallwey , Mr .
M'Carthy Downing , and the Rev . Mr . Webb went out to them . Shortly after Mr , Downing arrived , as Mr . SomervilleofDrishane , the chairman of the Relief Committee , was addressing them on their folly and illegal proceed , ings , and having got into a field off the road was followed by the people , by which the immediate danger of contact with tbe military was unavoided . Mr . Downing addressed them at length , and inquired of them what could have led the inhabitants ^ so peaceable a parish as Caheragh into so crmininal a proceeding , which led to answers that I would to God the Minister of England could have heard . We have come , " said they , "because we are famishing ; because we have no food of any kind ; we could suffer death from hunger ourselves ; but can we look upon our
children and our wives dying of hunger , and we ready and anxious to work for bread , if we can only get as much as will give us one good meal a-day ! But it is not 8 d . a-day will give our families a meal , and Indian moal Is . lOd . a stone . " The truth and force of this distressing appeal could not be resisted , but Mr . Downing , Mr . FitKpatrick , and Mr . Donovan assured them that it was to the government they should attribute the price of food , and upon whom the maledictions of the hungry multitude were poured in unmeasured terms . During this conversation , Mr . Gallwey again and again called upon the people to disperse , and at length proceeded to rend the Riot Act . But an universal shout was raised , "We might"as well be shot as starved ; we have not eaten a morsel for more than twenty-four hours . " Mr , Downing then besought of the people to follow him out
as far as the workhoust , and that he would procure them bread as far as the town could afford it , which , after much solicitation , they did , and regularly encamped on the rising ground outside the workhouse , where they remained until Mr . Downing returned with SOs . worth of biscuit , which he and the R-.-v . Mr . Webb , assisted by the Messrs . Levis , distributed in the workhouse yard , and about four o ' clock the multitude moved on for their dreary homes , yet sullen , discontented , and unhappy , say . ing , " That while a stack of corn remained in the coun . try , they would not allow their children to starve , " and denouncing , in the strongest manner , the Government , The military were then withdrawn , and I cannot close this recital without stating , with the utmost satisfaction , that a better conducted body of men was never stationed here , nc t one man being seen drunk . Siuce their arrival they arc greatly liked by the people .
Since I concluded , I am informed on authority , that our commissary has , by this day ' s post , received an order to raise the price of Indian meal to £ 10 a ton , and biscuits from £ 10 to £ 12 . Oh ! thank you , Lord John Russell ; eternal gratitude to you , Irish Whigs . Your claims on Irish constituencies at the next general election will be large indeed ; remember , hadinage aside , that the cry amongst all will be , " A Tory , a Repealer , a a Chartist—anything but a mongrel Whig ! " May I ask , through your journal , where is O'Coimell from us ? or why does he not denounce the base , blood y , and brutal Whigs ? Under the head of " Aprehended Disturbances in Bandon , " the Reporter has the following : — In consequence of the following notice , which was extensively posted through the Bandon Union on Sunday , considerable apprehensions existed that a large and ex . cited assemblage of the people would take place in Bandon yesterday : —•
"distress and husger . "Take notice , that all and every one , both young and old , that are in want of provisions and also of employ , ment to support tlieir families with the sweat of their brow , and expect no relief from gentlemen ( our patience is worn out ) , you are requested to come and assemble from every parish in the district of the Bandon Union on Wednesday , the 7 th of October , 18-10 . "N . B . —To the poor-houso of Bandon . " We have great satisfaction in 9 t ? . tisg that this mischievous production entirely failed in its purpose ; there was no gathering of people at tho workhouse , nor was there the slightest indication of any disposition to violate the peace of the town or neighbourhood . It is right ,
however , ( o state , that many attributed that to the public works recently presented for having ieen commenced on Monday morning , while others ascribed it to the severe inclemency of the day , which , from the heavy torrents of rain and storm during the forenoon , rendiredjit difficult to travel , even in the ordinary vehicles , through tbe country . The magistrates , being apprehensive of the consequences of allowing a multitude of excited people to c * me into Bundon , took the precaution of obtaining a reinforcement of military for the protection of the town , in addition to the usual number stationed there ; and , accordingly , a detachment of the 55 ih Regiment , from Cork garrison , marched iu on Tuesday evening iuaid of the civil power .
County of Mayo . — The Rev , James M'Hale n parish priest in the county of Mayo thus describes the state of bis district : — Deaths , 1 regret to say innumerable , from starvation , aud its direful effects —plunder , robberies , and open attacks on property , are occurring every d : iy ; the bonds of society are almost dissolved . Parliament has made ample provisions for obviating these unparalleled evils , and yet tliey are suffered to continue . Tho pampered officials appointed to carry into effect the merciful and just dispositions of the Legislature , removed as they are from these scenes of heartrending distress , can have no idea of them , and don ' t appear to give themselves much
trouble about them , though well paid for doing so . Were they , however , to see the tears running down the squalid faces of the parents when their children were crying in vain for food ; were they to hear the piercing cries of the poor children ; were they to witness the scene that occurs when the clergyman is called onto administer the last rites of the church to the poor creatures sinking tinder the weight of destitution , then , in . deed , might they , if they could all bestow a thought on such things , form some idea of these appalling occurrences . I usk , then , in the name ef humanity , is this state of society to continue—nay , can it continue , and who are responsible for these monstrous evils *
County of Cavan . —Tho Rev . M . M'Q , uaid , P . P ., of Kell , thus writes to the Anglo-Cell . •— "The people are enduring in silence , the privations are most unheard of . We cheered them on with the hope that tlie baronial sessions would do everything for them . We told them last Sunday that they had but one week more to endure the cries of their poor little ones for food , without any to give them . Yet wc hear of nothing being done amidst all expectation the most intense and awful tbat . ever existed in anv country . Disappoint it , or even prolong it , and the conscqurnccs may be terrible . There can be no misrepresentation , no exaggeration in the matter . The countenances of many clearly prove that famine already exists , and is prosecuting its work of destination .
MrciniNO o * Lmiovrihis . —The Tyrone Constitution says : — "On Tuesday hiso about 000 of the poorer class of labourers assembled in the town of Bcrngh demanding _ relief in- employment-. Thu itomaii Catholic priest of the parish , " accompanied by six respectable persons of tho district , proceeded to tin ) Iter , James J / owry , ot Clogbcrny , to inquire what means'of relief could he obtained i' » r the destitute people . iMr . Lowry informed them that a meeting was to bo held on Thursday next in Oniagh ' o take matter into ,-wnei < icnition . The clergyman and those by whom he wa # aceouioatucd then returned to
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Beragh , and cammunieated Mr . Lowry ' s answer to the people , when they quietly separated , County of Monaoiias . — The distress here is rapidly increasing . Dublin , Oct . 12 . —The accounts from the country this day are generally of the same g loomy characterdestitution extending , especially in the western province , and the peasantry becoming hourly more impatient of control . More troops have been ordered to some parts of the counties of Mayo and Galway , where opposition has been made to the transit of provisions . It appears that oats and Indian corn had been sent into Galway from Tuam and other places , to be ground into meal ; but owing to the determined resistance of the populace , the meal could not be sent back when ground , and great scarcity was caused in the places from which it had been forwarded .
There are , however , some gratifying features in this day ' s intelligence . The public works arc in full operation in some localities , and speedily employment will become very general . From statements that are published , it would appear that persons employed in the public works are able to earn , by task work , trom Is . 3 d . to Is . Od . per day . But this is higher than the ratei of earnings amongst the ordinary labourers . Another important fact is , that an effective system of voluntar . - relief lias commenced among the Rentry in some parts of Kerry , which has thus afforded an excellent example to the other parts of the country . There are some furthe- gratifying evidences of tho success of the system of reproductive labour authorised by the Lord Lieutenant ' s circular . Drainage works have been applied for at the baronial sessions in Wexford and other counties .
Efforts are now made in various places to promote the cultivation of rye , as a substitute for potatoes . COUNTY OF GALWAY . —FOOD HIOIS . The Galway Vindicator contains the following : — Galwat , Oct . 10 . —Every moment is adding to the intense excitement of the famishing labouring population of this town and its vicinity . The people are literary perishing for want of anything with which to procure the necessaries of life . Notwithstanding all the appeals of their venerated clergy , and the exhortation ot the more forbearing and enlightened of their own class , the prevailing feeling am « ng the labouring poor is that of utter destitution , urging them to deeds of violence , and entire contempt of law and order . In consequence of the disposition thus manifested on the part of the unfor .
tunate people , the magistrates of the town , actuated by a feeling of humanity , have been for the last few days unwilling to bring tke military or police force in contact with them in escorting meal or flour out of the town for the interior of the country . They awaited to see whether the excitement—the frantic excitement—existing would cool down , and they therefore directed the carts laden with meal and flour destined for the interior to be placed und » r the protection of the military at the Castle-barrack , until a favourable opportunity might present itself for having it forwarded to its destination . But , in the meantime , some of what was thus circumstanced was becoming damaged , owing to exposure to the rain , and a few of the inhabitants , learning the terrible condition in which the people of Tuam and other localities in the
country were placed for want of supplies , and for whom seme of thisjmealand flour was intended , most pro . perly determined at once to procure some of the clergy of the parishes through which it would have to pass to lend them their assistance in having it safely proceed to its destination . Mr . John Connor , of Cross-street with some twenty or thirty of his acquaintance , went , on Thursday last , to invite the aid of the Rev . John Eoche , R . C . C ., in forming an escort for conveying the carts out of the town and suburban parishes , and the Rev . Mr . Roohe at once consented to act with them . They accordingly induced the carman to proceed with them , Mr . Roche taking the lead , Mr . Connor and his friends stationed themselves in the rear , and after much remonstrance and no little fatigue , in the midst of the pelting rain , the
rev . gentleman and those who formed the escort had about forty cart loads of meal and flour conveyed safely to Clare Galway , about six miles out of the town . "We are glad to learrt that some of it reached Tuam that night , and that the conduct of the reverend gentleman , and of our other fellow citizens who formed themselves into an . escort on the occasion , met with the applause which it most certainly merited . Thus far all was well ; but shortly afterwards a most lamentable occurrence took place at Boherbeg , one of the thoroughfares leading out of the town . It appears that the men of this street having proceeded to the cross-ioad at Bohermore to arrest the carts which the Rev . Mv . Roche and the other parlies forming the escort induced tliem to permit to pass in safety , the women determined upon stopping any which , in the mean time , might come that way , aud accordingly when four or five other carts laden with flour and meal were proceeding through Boherbeg , the
women , frantic with hunger and the cries of their famishing children , rushed upon the provisions and endeavoured to plunder some of them . In doing so we regret that one of the starving creatures , whom we have been credibly given to understand had nothing but one meal a day and a-half previous , met a violent and untimely death . She laid hold of the head of one of ihe horses , exclaiming she would have some of the meal or lose her life . The driver at the same moment struck the horse with his whip , the result of which was that the unfortunate women fell , when tha wheel of Die cart passed over her throat , killing her on the spot . Yesterday morning some more carts laden with flour , while passing through the same thoroughfare , were also attacked , and three or four of them plundered . The magistrates , in coimequence , have determined to escort them in future on Mondays and Thursdays , with a large military force , and thus prevents trade from being obstructed .
Call for Tnoors . —The monthly meeting of the Town Commissioners was held on Monday , when the following resolution was unanimously " adopted : — " That an application be made to government for a sufficient military force , and a resident magistrate to be stationed in Tuam , for the purpose of securing the sale transit of food , and of affording protection to property , for the want of which Tuam is at present in a deplorable state ; and further , that Tuam be appointed a depot for provisions , inasmuch as the town has been for the last tbree days , and still continues , without a supply of meal or flour , and that , in consequence , cattle have been taken oft" the streets , and slaughtered by a starving populace : —Tucim Herald .
DISTRESS—POPULAR BXCITKME . NT . Limerick , Oct . 10 . —A report reached town this morning that a large number of cars bringing corn into the city were stopped at Boher , near Pallasgrean , by the country people . Mr . Yokes , R . M ., and Mr . Fitzmaurice , county inspector , immediately proceeded to the place with a party of the Soth Regi . ment , but had not returned at the time we went to press . During last night a large number of country people assembled at Shower , on the border of the county Tipperary , and dug up the road , in order to prevent the ' farmers from bringing corn into market .
Dublin . —The usual weekly repeal meeting was held on Tuesday . The attendance was meagre , and the rent only amounted to Ml , Air . J . O'Connell read the weekly missive from Darrynaiie , which praised the Lord Lieutenant for bis bravery and wisdom on taking upon himself the responsibility of ordering an extension of Government aid to reproductive works—stated that a meeting of parliament wits now unnecessary , but still urged the assembling of a National Committee of landlords in Dublin , and rebuked Mr . Bernal Osborne for " his snappish , attacks on the Whigs , " over whom the agitator feels disposed to throw his protection at the present moment , and all and sundry of tlwir assailants . John O'Connell as usual made the speech of the day , and
after the customary abuse of the Young Ireland party , the following occurred showing tbat there is something rotten in the state of Conciliation Hall , which even its recent expurgation has not healed . Mr , J . A . O'Neil then rose for the purpose of moving the adoption of certain resolutions of which he had given notice on the last day of meeting , in reforeiio-j to the existing distress . Having dwelt on the particular subjects of hia motion for sometime , tlie honourable gentleman proceeded to advert to the prospects of the repeal cause—to the probability of a speedy general election , and the absolute
necessity thore existed on the part of the association to have candidates , tried candidates , made ready to represent that constituency where the repeal interest was predominant . It was his ( Mr . O'Neill ' s ) intention to offer himself at the next election as a candidate for the city of Dublin as a Repealer , and he trusted that he , an old and tried friend of the people , one who had constantly operated in tbat hall , would not be set aside for a man of yesterday , one who had secured his scat by the payment of a live pound note , cheers , ) or perhaps had chalked *• repeal" on his arm the night previous to the election ( continued cheering . )
Mr . John O'Connell then said that he did not rise to oppose the motion , but be rose to refer to some observations which had tallen from Mr . O'Neil and which in his ( Mr . O'Connell ' s ) opinion referred to the character of his father . Air . O'Neil . —Oh , O Connell , not at all ; I pledge my honour , in the most emphatic , in the most incontrovertible manner—1 pledge my honour , as a gentlemen , as a Christain man , that 1 never intended this day to do anything but honour to O'Connell . I respect him ; and if any word fell from mc conveying anything but honour to him , it grossly misrepresents me ; I never intended anything but respect to O'Connell .
Mr . John O'Connell then proceeded to comment on the speech of Mr . O'Neil , and stated that the allusion tothe live-pound note alluded to no one but Mr . Cecil Lawless . Mr . Cecil Lawless was not there to defend himself . He ( Mr . O'Connell ) was sure Mr , Lawless would have been present to defend himself if ho bad been aware- that his conduct would have been called into account . Mr . Lawless joined tho Association when he saw that thev got rid of tlie physical force men . Tlie Hon . Gentleman then went on to .--bow that Dumlalk and Cionmel was oll ' ered to Mr . O'Muil , but he refused to stand for cither .
Mr . OWcil then spoke , at some ]« m " th . in ansys . " fc » Mv . O'Connell , and stated that if the sentiinsits just expressed b y Mr . O'Connell fell from any other but one of the O'Connell family , he would meet thorn with scorn and indignation .
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After some discussion , Mr . O'Neil rose and said , " John O'Connell , I shall never be satisfied until this is done i" public , "—( Here Mr . O'Ncilshook hands with Mr . J . O'Connell amidst loud and continued cheering . ) [ Humbug . ] Mr . Molloy brought up a report from the Repeal Discussion Committee on the Drainage Act , Oth and 10 th Vic . cap . 101 . Mr . O'Dow moved the adoption of the report . Mr . John Riely rose to second the motion , and in so doing , said that be had just returned from the west of Ireland , and the scenes he had there seen had taken away his political ardour , and Mr . Riely then described the dreadful sufferings of the people , and said that they should be on the look out for food , and sacrifice everything .
Mr . Steele—Oh , Mr . Chairman . —( Cries of sifc down—silence . ) No man shall dare to put me down . Silence , / say . Hr . Steele then called Mr . Riely to order , and stated that such language could not be permitted at such a state of the country . Mr . R ' s language might be misunderstood . Mr . Riely rose and said , that he was thankful to Mr . Steele for calling him to order . What he meant was , that every one ouglit to sacrifice private interests to procure food for the people . At such a period they ouglit not to be talking of who will stand for such and such a borough when the people were starving . What would they think in the country when they hear *' , of what they were doing in the Association , instead of procuring food for the people ? [ Mr . Riely , you ' re a sensible ' man . ]
A FALPAlltE HIT . A correspondent of the Nation gives the following point blank shot at the toadies and frequenters of the vice Regai mansion . Sir , —I have remarked that Mr . John O'Connell * M . P ., has , since the gracious coming of Lord Besborough , been particulary attentive to his duties at the Viceregal Court . Hay I , therefore , take the liberty of asking him , through the Nation , whether or not his personal experience of a certain locality corroborates this , his theoretic definition ? I extract from the "Repeal Dictionary" ( a capital book of reference ) as follows : — Castle ( of Dublin ) . —A moral sink I Tho focus of corruption , tyranny , and insult during Tory rule—the focusof corruption and impertinence during Whig rule . Pardon me , Sir , as I am an ardent student of Irishtopography , especially of the topography of character , which is sometimes , I confess , a bog more shifting than , that of Allen .
I have the honour , < fcc , OLIVER BLANK . Mowldes-terrace , Oct ., 1840 . Another Quarrel . —On 'Monday , Mr . J . O'Connell accompanied by T . Steele and several other Conciliation Hall gentlemen , preferred a charge at the Henry-street Police-office , against Mr . Shea Lawlor of having written a letter to him , calculated to provoke a breach of the peace , and of vhreatening to send a hostile message , whereby the lives of himself and Mr . Lawlor would be placed in ptyil : — Mr . O'Connell was sworn , and asked by Dri Kelly , if Mr . Lawlor was the gentleman against whomhfr had lodged the information ? Mr . O'Connell . —Yes , that ia the gentleman .
Dr . Kelly . —From the expressions used in the letter alluded to in the information , are you apprehensive of a breach of the peace ? Mr . O'Connell . —I am . Dr . Kelly . —Are you still under that impression ? Mr . O'Connell . —I am . Dr . Kelly . —Mr . Lawlor , you are now free to answer the charge made against you , and I am ready to hear anything you may wish to offer in explanation or justification , if you have anything to offer ; and if not , it will be for me to take the best course I can .
Mr . Lawlor . —I shall not offer any observation ; . I shall leave the case entirely with you . You I conceive to be the beat judge of the whole case . Were I aware thatjthe case would get such extensive notoriety , as it unfortunately has , I should have como here prepared with a professional gentleman , not for the purpose of saying anything to any person , but of leaving the office without saying one word on the subject . Dr . Kelly . —You don't deny having written this letter to Mr . O'Connell ? Mr . Lawlor . —I neither deny nor admit anything ; lam quite silent on the whole affair . Dr . Kelly . —Then I have only one course to pursue , and that is , to bind you to keep the peace . I shall require you to give me two sureties in th & sum of £ 200 each , and yourself ui £ 400 , to keep , tho peace .
Dr . Kelly , after some further discussion , directed Mr . Lawlor to enter into security to keep the peace towards Mr . O'Connell , and Mr . Peirce Mahonyand Mr . F . B Healy having entered into the necessary bond , Mr . Lawlor was discharged . Dublin-, Oct . 13 . —With one or two districts excepted ^ tranquility remains uninterrupted , the few provincial journals published yesterday making little or no mention of further disturbances in their several localities . There were reports in town last evening of the commission of two murders in the north riding of Tipperary . By a letter from Borroskane , in the Packet of this evening . iit appears tbat there was part foundation for the report , but that
no loss of life has yet ensued , although there is but little hope for the recovery of one of the victims . Private letters also speak in great alarm of the general state of Isorth Tipperary , which is represented to be in a most deplorable condition , owing to tlie renewal of predial outrages , such as robbery of arms and money , assaults on the person , die , rendering it quite insecure even for persons not obnoxious to " the people" to quit their homes without taking every due precaution for their personal safety ; and this , too , frequently in tbe open glare of day . Such at least is said to be the casein a portion of the barony of Lower Ormond . The following is tha brief notice of the attempted murders above alluded to : —
"On the evening of Friday , the Oth instant , between G and 1 o ' clock , an armed man entered the house of Michael Gnynor , a respectable farmer , re » siding near this town , and discharged a gun loaded with slugs at him , 10 of which entered his chest . He now lies in a hopeless state . On the same evening , another respectable farmer , named Cleary , residing at Kilf ' ada , in this neighbourhood was fired at , but without effect . This is the second attenipton Cleary ' s life within two months . " The Clare Journal gives the subjoined list of outraces in that county .
" In different places , within the last few days , tho people assembled in masses , and dug out for their own use potatoes belonging to some of the large farmers . On Saturday morning , about 5 o'clock , six men stopped a horse and car bringing oats to market , near Shally-h ' ill , and snapped a gun at the horse . The animal started at the flush , and fell under the car , where he remained for a long time , the people being afraid to give the owner assistance . At the hour of 10 o ' clock , a party similar in number stopped a horse with a load of corn , on the road at
Powderhole , near Ruan , and fired two shots at the horse , wounding him dreadfully . The owner entreated them not to injure the horse , and he would return home with the oats , but the legislators refused compliance with the request . The police stationed at Ruan immediately went in pursuit , but were notable to come up with the party . The country is at this time in a Lamentable condition . In every direction outrages are committed with impunity . The police are altogether incapable of preserving the peace . "We really dread that a general system of plunder will be resorted to .
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way . —An inquest was held last Monday , OU the body of Henry Coleman , a signal-man , employed on the Croydon Atmospheric Railway . The foreman rff the engineers on tho line , said that the deceased was a signal-man employed on that and the adjoining Railway . At ten o ' clock that morning , witness was in the first , or piston , carriage , proceeding behind the Brighton express train , at- the rate of between ferty and fifty miles an hour , and on getting a little past Sydenham , he saw the deceased Rive the " all right " signal to the Brighton train . Deceased was then standing close by the rails of tbe atmospheric line ,
looking after the train which had just passed ; and when about one hundred yards from him , witness and Mr . Samuda , who was also in the carriage , shouted to him , but deceased did not turn round until too late , for the carriage struck him with such force as to knock him a distance of nineteen yard * . He was struck in the side by the scraper of the carriaire , and on the head _ by one of the corners . He was " immediately put into a first-cbiss carriage , and conveyed to the London Terminus , and from thence to the hospital , llatl the deceased been in his proper position , which was a box six feet from the rails , iho accident could not have happened . Tho Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
Fatal Accident ox Loxdox Bridge . —On Saturday evening , about eight o ' clock , a lad was attempting to jump behind an omnibus proceeding towards the Brighton Railway terminus , when he stepped on one silled and was struck on the head by the pott of a Brompton omnibus , which completely smashed one side ot his head , lie was conveyed to Guy ' s Hospital , where he expired on Monday in dreadful agony . Accident ox the Eastern Counties Railway . —Oa Friday cveniiu :, at half-past ci » ht o ' clock , a fatal accident occurred on this line . Immediately before
the up-train had reached the platform at Briek-latif , where tlie tickets arc taken , a young man , a servant ; of the Company , opened the door of the carriage in which ho was seated , while tho train was at fullspivf ' , and whs in the act of hastily desendine , when his foot slipped , and he fell on She rail . The wheels of the carriages passed over him , literally cutting hia bedv in two . The frightful accident was solely attributable to the unfortunate man himself . It appears that ho had been married only five or six weeks , and that lie was on his way mi fivin Tottenham , where ho is stationed , to see his wife .
Tub 1 'oisonisos in K * sskx . —The enquiry tub this atrocious case was further adjourned for three weeks on Saturday last . !
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