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Forthcoming Meetings. Chartist. Halifax....
Aebi A __ ros-c s » sB-l- » B - —Ihcmtmberaot ibis branch FFtbe . tbe Land Company must in future pay their share j ^ J & James Taylar . Turner-tone , near the Leeds tUilw ^ ilw » y- » t * tl , n- Tne aembera in arrears are rel , l BarfBj _ noi .-The Land membew will meet on Monlilrf « % ? - * " ' * ° " * -- « the proporifiona , and also lie fch . instructions &* tbe delegates . —Namea of the «_ i «_ u _ didate 9 : —H " H J * ' * br Bristol ; Thomas Bol-« reu 7 reu 7 f ° r B , th : **• R' Mwf » ' Merthyr Tjdvil , Ejj fo- lffo . 1 Branch ; John Emery Jones . Merthyr Tydfil sKo 2 Ko 2 Branch . fl _ Basis * asd Sh __ to _ . —AUthe members of this jfiaBjaaeb of tbe Lind Company are requested to athten-ta > d- - Tuesday evening tA tbe meeting-room , w fend pay uptheir local expenses , aa it will be wanted [ b > «{_ tend tbe delegate to the Conference at Birming-^ _ mic _ joK-CSDi _ ---. » -:- —Ihcmtmberaotihabrancb
. 110410 . __ __ ut Crrr asd Fisbbuby Brahch op ihb N _ tioh __ [ UsJtiSD Cew-sr will meet at Hudson ' s Academy , 15 . [[ toreroB-afa ® 8 ^ Hatton-garden , on Monday evening WS &&& , October 2 Srd , at eight o ' clock . JL JLsCH- A-Eft . —Aa adjourned meetmg' of tbe Kfcjrihsrebolders will be held ia tbe People ' s Institute , on ' jlaetjaesdv evening , 0-tober 2- ! b , at eight o ' clock . jilllAll p nonsholding scrips notregistered are requea ' ed ( to-to bring tbem in on that night . —By order of the IBoifioudot Directors . L locGHBoaocoH . —On Monday . October 23 rd at I RVfRven o ' clock , at the Wheatsbeaf . B H-Twwd . —A general meeting _ f the Land Mem-Iber & rs will be beld oa Monday evening , in the Chartist jpKKjooo Hartley-street October 23 rd , to elect cfficera
for for the ensuing quarter . Tbe members must bear in lin mind that in consequence of their neglect there is lis no Committee to conduct the business , and the 1 st iste Secretary will net ( after this notice ) be respon-_ U )_ ih ! e unless re-elected by an average meeting and pit plara laid down for tbe local government of this lor locality . A plan is prepared , which it is supposed wi will only tske about one penny per quarter per membei ber to defray local expenses . ! Sow-bet . — Robert Sutdiffe of Halifax , wiO lei lecture at Holins , near S-werby . on Monday , tbtbe 2 _ rd , at seven o ' clock , p . m . Subject : 'The bs benefit * resnlting from tbe Charter , and tow to ob ta tain it . '
Noaxox-FoieATK asd Gb . ik-. _ t _ Brahch . —Tha jb members of the above branches are summoned to alatterda general meeting on Sunday next , at tbe D Duke of Lancaster , John-street , Kingsland-read , at hi half-past eight o ' clock , for the purpose of amalgamate ting and appointing officer .. SirDBB-ine- —A meeting of Lard members will _ be beld at the C own-room , on Monday . renin ? , ( October 23 rd , relative te the local receipts of the I fcraneb . Hktwcod— On Monday evening , October 23 rd , i in the Chartist room . Hartley-street . Cbkltzsbah . —On Monday evening next , in tbe J Land Members room , when Mr J . F . O'Brien is i expected to attend .
i ionises __ _ op ___ g __ s COSKBIKCX . B ___ rosn __ T , —On Monday evening . October 23 rd , i » t Mr Fowler ' s , Duke of Sussex , Grange Walk , at eight o ' clock . A levy it pat on all members of this branch which oust be paid by Monday , the 23 rd , together with local expenses already doe ; Dibbt—On Sunday evening , October 22 nd at the Meeting-room . Green-street , Derby , at five o ' clock . Basb-Ht —On Monday evening , October , 23 rd . at the Butchers' Arms Inn , at eight o'clock . Masc-xsns . —Oa Sunday morning . October 22 nd , at nine o ' clock , in the People ' s Institute .
M-Bxnxs Trora . —On Sunday afternoon , October 22 nd , at two o'clock , in tbe Branch-office , back of the Thr . e Horse Shoes . All branchea ia South Wales must send their share of the expenses . NxwcABH-wa-Tnia . —At Mr Martin Jude'a ( for country members ) on Saturday afternoon , ( this day fc at twe o ' clock , and Sunday afternoon , October 22 nd at foar o ' clock . For town members on Monday evei > inp . October 23 rd , at eight o'clock . Bust . —On Saturday and Sunday next at Mr John Coulter ' -, Butcher-lane . Country members axe requested to attend , as there will be no voting hy proxy . Acckikgtok . — On Saturday night , October 21 » t , in the TemperaBce-roota , Chapel-street , for the Blaekbara district . Names of candidates : —Anthony Armstead , of Blackbume ; Acerington , Henry Hunt Thorn ; Oswaldtwistle , William Brooks .
Csv * K- _ ar- —On Monday evening . October 23 rd , at seven o ' clock , at Mr Prifchard ' b Coffee-honae Gosford-street , Nobihampioh . —No . 1 branch , on Monday evening , at seven o ' clock , at Mr Monday ' s , Silverstreet . Glassow . — On Tnesday evening , October 2 _ tb , at eight o ' clock , in the Democratic Hall , __ Irongate . Oldham . — On Sunday afternoon next , at two o ' clock , in the School-room of tha Working Man's Hall . BccHDiLE , —In the Cbartist-ro-m , Yorkshirestreet , at two o ' clock . Noaia SHmna . —On Monday evening next , at eight o ' clock , at the honse of Mr Pratt . B _ s __ 5 sh __ £ —On Monday evening next , at halfpast seven o ' clock , at 111 , Rea-street . Bau-KOHA-r , S hip Imr , Siklhodsk Lure . —On Monday nextOetober 23 td . .
, _ . „ BiB-UXT . —On Monday evening , October 23 rd , at seven o ' clock , at Mr George Utfley ' e . Pbbs-OS ahd Ndghb 8 BBH 0 od . —On Monday evening , frem seven weight o'clock , in Mr Frankland ' a room , Lnne-ateeet Hu __ .-OnToe 3 d * ypven _ -6 October 24 ft . Tovnn . HAM-sra . —All the branches vrfll meet at the Crown and Anchor , Waterloo Town , on Monday , Oct 23 rd .
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WHIG PRISONS AND CHARTIST PRISONERS . io rai utrroa or ra _ ao-rano . sta * . Sib , —It was mj intention to have given s lengthened description of the treatment to which political prisoners are subjected in the Tarious dungeons to which Whig duplicity baa consigned them , and to publish it in * lengthy and detailed form in a projected periodical , bat as same disappointment has eccnrred , I think it my duty to call public attention to tha subject , through your friendly column ., in order to induce the people to cast off their present apathy and gross neglect toward , the wives and f amilies of their incarcerated brethren . It ia perhaps not generally known that all the Chartist prisoners confeed in Twkabire and Lancashire , aw subjected to the silentor separate system , being confined in
soli-, tary cells for twenty-three ont of ereij twenty-four hours , ons hour each day being devoted to what is termed ' exercise , * or , in other words a trotting match , fito so many horses . At Kirkdale , where Dr M'Donill has two jeara to serve , I waa detained for a week ; and , although merely waiting for bail , was placed in solitary confinement , an d trea t e d in tbo same maimer aa the convicts under sentence of transportation . Dr M'Douall waa in the same building and within four cells of me , and it is my firm conviction tbat unless an effort be made to cause bis removal tbat he cannot survive the period of bis imprisonment . I contrived to hold a few ehort conversations with bim whilst taking our ' exercise , ' asd he requests his friends to exert themselves in getting hhn placed as a first-class misde mesnast ; asd to direct attention to tbe case of Mrs
Ja _) onaD . He , in eommon with the other Chartists , isdressed in gaol clothing , and forced like them to pick wool in his solitude . The bread is abominable , being nearly black ; I have shown a portion of it to the leading Chartists in Manchester , Oldham , Rochdale , and Halifax , who can testify to the truth of this statement ; and I believe that the whole of our friends in the various dungeons are doomed to similar wage , as I generally found the turnkeys , and otter-fficia & make it their business to insult the Chartist prisoners , in addition to enforcing the most r igorous discipline of the prison . I could give a dismal account of tha lock-ups , and other places where I have been pent up during my late arrest * but it would occupy too much of your space and perhaps deprive me of the meansof calling the attention of tbe thousands who have cheered these men -on , so aa to cause them to be placed in their present positionto a sense of tbeir duty .
, Sinoa I was last liberated , I have been in several towns , and visited the families of the imprisoned Chartists , and in nearly every instance I have found them shamefully neglected—nay . deserted- ^ by the people , In many instances the wives and children of soma of our best men have been suffered to feel all the horrors of starvation . Oh ! shame on the working men for tins injustice ! Surely it is enough for our brethren to endure the heavy bodily suffering of starntion and solitude , without having their minds torfared byaknowtedgeef tiieprivationsendnred by their familiesI have conversed with several working
. men oa this salgecfc , and they generally stated their wilfiBjr __ B to do all in their sower , if proper flora aitteea were formed ; I , therefore , suggest to the rea i Chartists the propriety of forming small committees in each town , and to forward thename and address of some ef their number to tbe Nobthxbk Stab , to which place all subscriptions should be token . There are a large number of men yet to take their trials , a great many in a few weeks , and . it is high time that tbe work was vigorously begun . lam , yours truly , GXOBOE WHETS .
Latest From Ireland. Cwhiurx, Wednesday ...
LATEST FROM IRELAND . CwHiurx , Wednesday Evening . —Tte trial of Mr Meagher was resumed this morning , and the examination of witnesses has occupied the court during the day . On the direct examination , the evidence was similar to that given on the former trials , so that anything worthy of notice was not elicited on cross examination . Mr Meagher exhibit , greatcomposure , aad sometimes laughs heartily at hearing thepoliceasnread tbeir report- of his speeches , fleako aeea-jonally arany riirrtwM by writing autographs for tha ladles who ewwd tits calhoae .
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THB FRENCH REVOLUTIO N , versus BARON BALDERDASH BROUGHAM ^ Brother Phoiwamaks , Of late yean , s o li tt le h as b ee n heard of the o n ce renowned ' s lashing Harry , ' that some of you may have supposed him to have been reall y consigned to ' the tomb of all tbe Capuleta / if not to some less reputable resting place . But for tbe occasional galvanic-like contortions of the eld renegade , people might naturally suppose tbat , after all , his breakneck death , which was reported to hare occurred
some jean ago , was really no hoax . Indeed , but that' Radical Harry' had shown his intense enmity to the people some years before that precious hoax was manufac t ured , there would be good reason to regard the present * Lord Brougham' as only the vampire-likeness of tbe once roaring Radical who was for turning KINGS' HEADS INTO FOOTBALLS 1 After all , I despair of convincing those who remember Henry Brougham as the candidate for Yorkshire , that that ' popular favourite * is really the identical author of the ' Letter to the Marquis of Lansdowne , ' on tbe French Revolution Even if half-persuaded , s uch sce p tics will be likel y to exclaim , with Macbeth . —
'Ihe times bave been Tbat when Unfoarf was out , the man would die , And there an end : tut now , they riss again , With twenty moral suicides on thelrcrowns !' Wonderful ! But , to have done discussing the actuality of * Lord Brougham / there can be no mistake about bis 'Letter , ' which is as real as ' words ' can make it ; and which is charged to a supposed gullible public , tbe very substantial sum of four shillings . I should be sorry to add anything tbat might lead tbe reader to suppose it worth tbat sum . In tbe course of his four shillings worth of balderdash , the' noble' letter-writer goes out of his way to insult Louis Blanc , by sneering at tbat great and good man for taking refuge in this country from the
bloody—( ' ThepursMBls Brovgian ' s , and not misapplied' }—designs of bis bourgeois-enemies . He does more . Authors are proverbially an envious race—there are individual exceptions—and Brougham , who has written works which bave already been damned wit out hope of redemption ; and who , when he really shall be dead and gone , has no chance of being remembered as an author , though his name may have a short-lived notoriety , as that of a secondrate political charlatan—alluding to Louis Blanc ' s Organisation of Labour—* * work of which thousands . were sold at what was called tbe very low price of a franc' — -says : * I read it at the desire of a friend of the writer , and was bound in candour
to tell him I thought it the dearest book I ever bought . ' Quite sure am I that every one ** ho has been fool enough to lay out four shillings _ . _*¦ i * Letter' under notice , will say the same of 'his lordship ' s' ' rash . But , friends , you shall see the wherefore of the ' noble lord's' slap at Louis Blanc ' s book . The member of the ex-Provisional Government is the most successful political author in Europe . The History of Ten Years , has been translated into several languages , and has sold enormously . The Political Philosophy —( bard B . ' s ' very elaborate work' )—on tbe other hand , has
been known omy to Lord Brougham ' s ' admixers '—a circle ' more select than numerous . ' Brougham himself says , tbat' thousands were sold ' of the Organisation of Labour . The sale of the Political Philosophy ( which I would dar e wa g e r not ten of you ever before heard tell of ) , may be guessed from the fact , that its author—no doubt with the - new of getting the unsold stock off his handshas contrived to insert in his new pamphlet a pu ff of bis precious Philosoph y , which would do credit to the inventive genius of ' Professor Holloway * or the departed Morisson . The political , quack
says : — At tbe desire of our U « efdl Knowledge Society , and In constant commoniestion witb ear lamented friend and coUeagns , Althorp , I prepared a very elaborate work , Tek P-imc . L F _ x _ . sa . B _ , in which the principle , of gorrmment are folly explained , aad the theory as well a « the bittory » nd practice of the various conititu tions tbat bare S . inrifhed in ancient er in modern times is minutely described . Now what would you have more ? Here is tbe wisdom of Confucius , Moses , Minos , Lrcus Gus , Solon , Noma , Justinian , Alfred ,
Jefferson , && , concentrated in Lord Brougham s book ! Here you have the whole art and ! mystery of constitution-making made plain 'to the meanest capacity . ' The stuff is warranted genuine ; won't you bay . Alas ! no I There stands tbe ' very elaborate work , begtm in 1840 , finished 1846 , ' much waste paper ; whilst of that detestable work Organisation of Labour , 'thousands were sold . ' ' "Who'll buy a bottle ? ' was the constant cry of the unlucky fellow who possessed the celebrated ? imp ; ' but ' who'll buy a book ? ' is Brougham ' s c r y , with as little chance , I fear , of finding a customer .
Whatever chance there might have been previous to last February of disposing of the unsold stock of the ' noble lord ' s' ' Useful Knowledge , ' that chance is now evidently gone . The Revolution which ' in a few hours destroyed an established monarchy , and created off-hand a Republic , ' being ' wholly at vanance with every principle' of Lord Brougham ' s Politieal Philosophy , that philosophy is clearly done for .
• Pacts are chiela tbat winsa ding , An' _____ be refuted . ' And the ? great fact * of the February Revolution being ' wholly at variance' with Lord Brougham ' s theories , 'his lordship ' can be no longer regarded , even by his select admirers , as an authority in political philosophy . No wonder he objects to * revolutions made with the magic wand of an enchanter , —monarchies destroyed at a blow , —republics founded in a trice , —constitutions made extempore ? Such strange doings have totally destroyed the value of his ' very elaborate work . ' Lord Brougham is politically bankrupt ; his trade' is ruined—his ' occupation gone !'
I proceed to notice three principal points of Brougham ' s * Letter : ' —his railings at the Revolution ; his vituperation of the Press ; and bis comical abuse of' agitators . ' Here I must premise that Bassanio ' s description of Gratiano exactly applies to ' bis lordship , ' as self-exhibited in his Letter : '' Gratiano speaks an infinite deal ef nothing , more than any ether man in all Venice . His reasons are as two grains of wheat , bid in two bcihels of chaff ; yon shall stek , aU day , era joa find them , and when yon have them , they are not worth the search . '
While admitting that there were some defects in the system presided over by Louis Philippe , the noble lord' contends tbat all tbe reforms ' which might bave been desirable , were really hardly worth a struggle ; ' at any rate not more than the struggle involved in' tbe common play of political party' a siruggfeof rie ' outs' against the 'ins . ' But a Revolution ! there was no reason whatever why a revolution should have taken place . That revolution he describes as ' the work of a moment ; ' a change ' prompted by no felt inconvenience—announced by no complaint * Instead of actingin accordance with the principles of bis lordship ' s ' Political Philosophy , ' « theindignation of the multitude in Paris suddenly bursts forth ; because the police threaten to stop a dinner and procession , an armed
mob resists the authorities * * * the populace , further exasperated , march to to the National Assembly [ He means the anti-national Chamber of Deputies ] , and without tbe assent of any regular body whatever , proclaims a Republic' He describes the revolutionists as ' some half-dozen artisans met in a printing office , and leading on two or threa thousand in a capital of one mfflion souls . ' Again , he speaks of the actors in the glorious days of February as' a handf u l of a r med ruffians beaded by a shoemaker and a sub-editor , ' and associated with ' ten or twelve thousand felons , eager for the pillage which they surely foresaw . ' He add * : — ' Yes ! yes ! tbis is the truth—tbe terrible truth . ' If ' his lordship' had written a 'terrible lie . ' he would have been much nearer the
The ' noble lord ' s' calumnies will rot injure the pure and heroic men of the barricades . Their virtnes were proclaimed by their bitterest enemies ; and reyal and aristocratic conspirators are living monuments ot the magnanimity of their proletarian conquerors . ' Lord BsonoHAir in trying to throw dirt at tbe founders of the Republic , will but soil bis fingers ; already nottoo clean . A few facta willfully answer Bbouqhah ' s assertions that the Revolutisn was ' prompted by no inconve-Bianee—announce d by no complaint . ' Waa U no iae . & ve _ i- _« a * for & nation of thirty-five millions to bt ruled by anolectoral oligarchy of one
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uuuwBB umtai r under the blessed reign of King » „ M , S ctor 8 were said tonumberfrom 200 , 000 to 250 000 . It is generally beu ' eved that the number did not really exceed two hundred thousand . . The re g ul a r p lacemen ' numbered 288 , 000 , exclusive of the clergy , the officials of the courts of justice , thei rural police , pensioners , members of the 'legion SLrS 5 S ' , & 0 ' » -3 *» g an addition of upwards of ZTO OQO salaried servants , or persons attached to the government from private interest ; lastly , those demrag emoluments from various monopoh' es numbered some 150 . 000 more .
Thia gigantio system of patronage was carried on at a cost to the mass of the French people perfectly inconceivable by the people of this country . Where the English people pay three millions to the occupiers of good berths in the civil departments of the ' public service , ' tbe French , under Loins Phh-ppi , were paying thirteen millions for the same service—mind , I mean not francs , but pounds—thirteen millions of pounds sterling ! Ia the most disastrous year of Napol _ os ' b reigu the taxes amoanted to only *_ -, 000 , OW ; whereas in the last year of tbe reign of the 'Napoleon of Peace / the taxes amounted to < f 68 , 000 , 000 sterling ! This was not all , a deficit was in course of creation at tbe rate of £ 44000 a day !
, To say tbe least , between twoand three places were iutbegiftoftbegovernmentforevery elector . Without any displacement , upwards of thirty thousand of these places must , in the natural course of mortality , have fallen vacant every year . Of course almost the entire body of electors were bribed by the government . Under such a system , Guizor knew he could always count upon a' satisfied majority . ' But th e w ork of c o r r u p t io n and p lunder went further . Every description of malversation was
connived at as long as the cheats and robbers supported the government . Occasionally quarrels amongst the thieves themselves enlightened the public as to tbe manner in which this system of wholesale plunder was carried on . The condemnation of Tins and his accomplices has not yet been forgotten . I might string together other' inconveniences' to the extent of a column or two ; but baying indicated tbe orincipal , I am satisfied that I have supplied' my lord' Brougham with a sufficiency of' Useful Know * ledge' in connexion with tbis part of my subject .
But hesajs the Revolution was ' announced by no complaint . ' What a blind leader of the blind mutt be this teasher of 'Political Philosophy . ' If there was no complaint why was the Press gagged , seised , prosecuted , and persecuted throughout the reign of Louis Philip . _ f Why did theseaffold flow with the blood of tbat 'illustriousPrince . ' political enemies ? Why were the dungeons oi Saint Pelagie , Mount St Michael , & o , gorged witb political prisoner * ? Why was the said ' Prince , ' so ' renowned' for his ' capacity , ' compelled year after year to make himself a pritoutr in his palace , or only appear in public when surrounded by thousands of armed mercenaries ? If there was no complaint what was the meaning of the Reform Banquets ? and why , at most of those banquets did the guest * refuse to drink the health , or acknowledge the sovereignty , of Ring Smith ! Lastly : Why did the Parisians , even on the 23 rd of February , march against the government to the cry of' Down with the system ?'
The' inconvenience' ef the system was notorious to every one brth in and out of France , except those who profited by it ; and the' complaint ' of the overburdened people bad resounded through Enropa . Bbouoeau says the Revolution was made by ' half a dozen artisans in a printing-o _ . ee . ' What be tt . r proof would he have that the system was- nnj . rmined , rotten , doomed to perish before the firs ; u ' -. t of the popular whirlwind ? Really ' his lorb _ ip ' should go back to school ; it must be a long -ime sinoe he and' Useful Knowledge' parted company .
But , necessary or unnecessary , it is evident that 'Lord Bhouqhah' would have been satisfied with the Revolution , if the Revolutionists bad enly shown the good sense to have consulted his wishes . He is furiously indignant that tbe Republicans did thenwork ' without even affecting to aak the consent of any human being , or even to apprise any one beforehand (!) of what they intended to do . ' Ah ! why did they nok apprize Lord Bbouoham t Why did they not ask his' consent ? ' Had tbey done so . ' his lordship ' would , doubtless , have superintended the whole affair , and conducted the Revolution in accordance with the most approved ' principles of government , ' as * explained' in bis Political Philosophy . Had he only been ' called in ' at tbe birth of the Repablio he might at this time ha ? e been its champion , iwtefld of its opponent : and the wearisome task would have been spared me of wading through his four-shilling rigma < ole .
Over and ever again , our political philosopher lets his readers know that he entertains the most sove reign contempt for the men who were placed in power in February—men who had 'not tbe shadow of a title to any authority whatever , '—' men who with the single exception of my illustrious friend , M . Arago , were even wholly unknown before in any way even to their very names and existence ; or who were known ss authors of no great fame ; or who were known as of bo indifferent reputation that they had better bave not been known at all . ' This last character exactly fits ' his lordship's' noble self ! The ' noble and learned' critic also takei care to impress
upon bis readers that he has no faith in the Republic , which ' he regards enly aa' a passing scene , ' doomed to make way ' for a return to Royalty ' - He was not always of this opinion . He denounces the press for having , as he asserts , 'joined the cause of the revolution , ' and for 'the fawning position assumed towards the authors of the convulsion . ' I shall now proceed to show that this same BBoroniH did , at one time , voluntarily acknowledge the ' authority' of the revolutionary government ; did profess unbousded confidence in the Republic ; and did himself assume a ' fawning-position' to the revolutionary leaders , until they cast bio from them , I take the following from the Truss ;—
'On Friday , April 7 th , Lord Brougham , being then at Paris , wrote a note to M . Crbmibux , requesting letters of naturalisation as early as convenient . On Saturday , April 8 , M . Cbsuiiux answered this note , pointing ont to Lord Bbougham thatif France adopted him as one of ber sons , he would cease to be an Englishman , —he would no more be Lord Bbougham . —but Citizen Brougham j and , indeed , would letealltbe advantages of every kind be possessed as an Englishman . On Monday , April 10 , Lord Bbougham , being then in London , sent the following reply to the above : — M . Ia -. inistre , —I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of jonr letter of the 8 th .
I nerer doubted tbat in being naturalised in France I should lose all my rights of an English peer and subject in France , and ahonld oaly preserve my prlvllrgta of an EogUihman in England . In France I must be all that the laws of France gr _ nt to the citizens of the R-pubHo . As I desire above all things the happiness and the mutual peace of the two countries , I thought it my duly to show tny confidence in French tnttitution . ly encouraging my countrymen to tiustin ( hem as I would do . H . Baenoutif . ' The very next day , Tuesday , April lltb , Citizen Bro-ghak made a speech in tbe House of Lords , on the affairs of Italy , in the course of which he digressed to France , and attacked tbe Revolution and the Provisional Government in the most
unmeasured terms . He declared he had ' no confidence at all'in the Revolutionary government , and the aots of that government he held up to ridicule and scorn . The next day , the 12 tb , the Minister Crbmi _ . x being , up to that time , ignorant of the' noble lord ' s * rapid conversion from ' confidence' to' no confidence at all , ' sent another letter to Citizen Brougham , explaining more fully and clearly than before , that , in order to become a Frenchman in France , ' bis lordship' must cease to be an Englishman altogether , and all over the world . France allowed no participation . The surprise and just indignation excited by Brougham ' s speech of the 11 th . when read at Paris , naturally induced the publication of the correspondence between the ex-Chancellor and the Minister
of Justice ; and Brougham , covered with contempt , became the laughing-stock ef Europe : The copyist of Brass cannot plead that he gave in his 'adhesion to tbe Republic' in a fit of unconsidered enthusiasm , seeing that he professes to have always regarded the Revolution with feelings of disgust ; and , moreover , had allowed six weeks to elapse from the 24 th of February , before he first wroteierletters of naturalisation ' as early as convenient . ' It was then , after mature consideration , that the ' noble lord * acknowledged the sound' title of the Provisional Government to exercise the supreme' authority i that he declared bethought it a institutions
' duty * to show his ' confidence in French ; and that , in his anxiety to become a French citizen , he professed himself ready to resign ' all hisnghteas an English peer and subject in France . ' Was not this joining 'the cause of the Revolution ? ' Was not this assuming' a fawning position towards tbe authors of tho convuUnan ? ' He vituperates the Parisian populace as ' tbatmany . headed idol— 'that Juggernaut . ' To that' idol * he ' meekly bowed the head ; before tbat' Juggernaut * he flung himself prostrate . But Us Insincere worship was rejected—bis dma _ a allegiance refused ; therefore , he is enraged—therefere , he has published his' Let t er *—therefore , he has ' written himteif down an ass !'
• LordBBonen-M' ia the course of his 'Letter delivers himself of such fierce and repeated tirades against the press , that it ' « jf nt that it is from no want of good-will on his part that there is not a Russian censorship established in this country . God knows I have no respect for-or fellowfeeling with-the venal andbeartteMcrew whoconstitutothe great body of ourj best : f ° » M *™*™ i ton' But the noble ' censor' assails the journahs--not for their heavy and endless offences against the cause of mankind ' s progression ; but , because of supposed virtues , which-in general-they have no claim to and indeed haye been at some trouble to repudiate since the publication of' his lordship a pamphlet . I have already shown tbat the exChan * cello , charges tbe press of this country , as well as that of Franca , with ' having almost entirely joined the cause of the revolution . ' As the Twis , the Ch _ . oni . _ -, the G _ ob _ . and the rest of the ' jresp _ otabl . ' _ Mss _ ang nava ; iidignantlj darned tta / . to | t impeachment , ' I need say nothiagoore on that ttan
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of his lordship's' charges . He misses no opportumty of sneering at ' oditots , writers , newsmongers , and dealers in daily papsre ; a class of men well known for the influence which th . py wert considerably above their merits . ' After foaming through some pages against tbe press in general , he asks : —* Is the press to be left entirely free even in peaceable times V Not so . In the first place he would have the law ' discourage anonymous writing , and give every inducement to publhh in eaoh writer ' s own name . ' Very good . A law which
would unmask the veiled enemie * of the people would have the hearty approbation of every honest man . But this would not be likely to answer the object' his lordship' has in view ; he would therefore give "the Executive Government tbe power of suspending , for a time to bs limited , any journal once convicted cf sedition . ' Thank you for nothing , most liberal legislator ! But I must place on record in this letter * J _ » d Brougham ' s' estimate of tbe press . He says ie _ te an anonymous tyrant' and ' an obscure despot ' — an absolute power Belf . oreated , domineering over the atate and the laws . ' He adds
It is on the uninformed and irritable multitude that 2 ? h \ _? d tokefi P holdover that multitude , it , ^ - » rS . yieldmi , art t 0- ^ ir dictatei , going two fi ^ t ^ T ^ 0 ?* 6 * that they might take three with it ; pandering to their more -iolent propensities ; joining in their most cherished delusions ' i T' V » What -hall be s . id of wilful falsehood ., propagated either ef f ^ LT 8 ^ . in . ' " 8 0 rt of Pwt * ma-ttuvrea * -
Really , rf not naturally an unRratefulman , 'his lordship must be possessed of a very indifferent me . mory . Either he is the most ungrateful , or the most forgetful of men ; seeing how much he owes to the public press . When a candidate for the representation of Yorkshire , ' HenryBbo-GHam' did not think such small beer of the press as he seems to do now . On the contrary , he was very glad of tbe support of the Lbkd 3 Mercury , to which he mainly owed his election . . ' Hekrt Brougham' was , in fact , the nominee of tbe late Edward Bainbs , proprietor of the Leeds Mebcurt . It was the inflated articles i _ that journal—puffing off ' slashing Barry' as the greatest Reformer alive '— as the showman says , alive ! alive ! ' that pot up the Whig steam and enabled Harry to win bis election tor the most noble , but usually most misrepresented , county in
England . * His lordship' did not always turn up his nose at ' editors , writers , nswsmongers , and dealers in papers / One Sunday , in tin time of his Chancellorship , being on his way to or from the North , he appeared in Leeds , in * a carriage and four , ' and driving to the Mkrcurt Office , his flunkies tried the bell at the door of tbe newspaper office , but no one was within ; Mr B _ m _ s . private residence being in another part of the town . Some neighbour , or person standing in the street , informed the occupier of the carriage that the person he wanted was not to ba found there . On which the new-fledged lord made answer : —* Tell Mr Baines the Lord-Chancbllor has called upon him III My informant heardJthese words , he being on his way to Church at the titne . and was arrested in his progress by the unexpected sight cf Lord Bbouoham whom he well knew — in the streets of Leeds on that
occasion . Tbereisnodoubt a good deal of truth in what * Lord 3 B . _ flB _ M' says of the press pandering to the « delusions' and' yirfflntCpropensities' of the' multitude ; 'and inciting' to rev . lution , to mob violence ) to tha iavaiion of private property ,.. making a run upon tbe bank , ' & b ., & o . Within ths last eighteen years the prass has excite-, sustains , and inflamed two great popular delusions—the R e f o rm ' and the 'Free Trade * agitations . 'His lordship ' of course writes with" a full recoiioaSinu of tbe revolution .. v
years 1830 31 . 32 ; and points particularly to that grand ' delusion' the Reform Bill , ' He remembers the ' wilful falsehoods' of the Press which led to the burning of Nottingham Castle . He remembers the incitements to mob violence' which led to the sackina of a large part ofSristoV . He remembers that the Tisieb recommended an application of ' Bbick bats and B-tjdoxosb' to the Tories to bring them to their senses ; and the formation of a ' National [ ' Conservative' !] Guard ' to coerce'that faction'the Honse of Lords . He remembers the advice given by the Whig press to the people to' Run for Gold
!'—' STOP THE DUKE ! GO FOR GOLD !* And , I dare say , be baa not forgotten that at tha timeme was Lord Chancellor , one o ! ' his lordship ' s ' most ardent supporters—one of the staff of the Leeds Mercubv , proposed to a great , snd excited , and 'irritable multitude' to give
• THREE GROANS FOR THE QUEENP —Queen Adelaide . Doubtless the recollection of these doings has fired tbe ' noble lord ' s virtnous indignation against the press . lam sorry that I have yet the disagreeable task of showing tbat his' lordship ' was about that time an ardent oo-worker with tbe Press in' pandering to the cherished delusions , and violent propensities of tbe multitude . ' Having exhausted his wrath against the press , the * noble and learned lord , next indulges himself with a slap at' the agitators . ' He says : — The trade of the agitator , the professional mischiefmaker , should in every possible waj be discouraged . As long as erery idle good-for . little person can be assured thatif he only d-Totes himself to stiring up the people on any ground , either as a canting preacher of grievances or a quack distributor of remedies , he will both become a popular favourite and earn a subsistence , rely upon it there will new * be wanting many to fellow this rery easy and not very honest calling , and many more to be the dupes of their nostrums .
This is too bad ! Here is a successful quack , who has made a fortune and retired from business , crying down the system by which he obtained his gains . Does' his lordship' suppose such conduct ia in accordance with the principles of Free Trade V Alluding to the ' great gains' of agitators , the ' noble lord' has a special fling at thefrte O'Connell ; this is very mean of' bis lordship . ' He can hardly have a worse opinion of that prince of charlatans than I bave always entertained ; but I cannot helo believing that his hostility to O' 0 omne __ when living , and abuse of him when dead , is to be accounted for in tbe fact tbat' his lordship' is conscious that be was but a second-rate quack compared with the great Dan . Here I may remark that it is not true tbat
O ' Co-kku . made ' great gains . ' His power over masses of bis fellow-countrymen was never approached by Bbougham in the latter , palmiest days , stili ; the northern lord has been luckier in clutching the ' siller . ' True , O'Conhbh . got his fifteen , twenty , or twenty-five thousand pounds yearly for agitating , but he also spent it in agitation —principally in keeping tbe cormorants about him . Ha died poor . Most probably he would have died a r ich man , had he kept to his profession and never fingered the' rent . ' - ' Lord Brougham' is mistaken if he supposes that agitators generally make the pretty pickings he has made by hawking quack remedies for popular grievances . Of the notorious agitators of the last fifty years I know but two—Lord Brougham
and a certain other ' noble and learned lord '—who have made great gains by agitation . Certain Whig wire-pullers have also done pretty well , such as the celebrated letter-writer , Thomas _ o . no , formerly secretary to Lord Melbbubb ., and now enjoying a salary of £ 1 , 000 a year as Post office Secretary ; and the notorious Joe Pab _ . br , now enjoying the good berth of Examining Master in tbe High Court of Chancery , with & salary of £ 2 000 per annum . As regards' Lord Brougham' himself , it is notorious that his doings as an agitator won for him the Chancellorship . It is also notorious that he made a mar ket of his popularity to obtain that place . His election for Yorkshire was made the stepping-stone to the woolsack ; and this , too , in defiance of his solemn pledge to the contrary . On the occasion of hi <| e ! eetion , he said : — ' The Ring of England had it not in his power to bribe bim . No place in the K n ur s government could induce him to desert the
people ; not even if the King were to offer him that BAUBLE , hiscrouml' A few weeks elapsed , and lo I' slashing Harry ' dese r t e d the Y o rk s hir e men fe r the woolsack . Tbis wheel-about was so unexpected by his admirers , tbat en the news first being told to the late Mr Baines he declared he would not believe it ; but added , if it should prove true , ' he would never again , as long as he lived , believe the professions of a public man . ' I should add , tbat I believe Mr Baines subsequently relented and again took the erratic Harry to his sorely wounded affections . It is pretty well known tbat the only notable thing done by Lord Bbouoham , during his Chancellorship , was to get tbe retiring salary attached to his office increased from four to five thousand pounds a year . Ho has the assurance to continue to take tbat sum from the earnings of that people against whom he manufactured his Poor Law Bill , to throw the aged , the sick , and the unemployed upon ' their own resources . ' Consistent and philanthropic patriot 1
But I promised to speak of ' the noble lord's ' pandering to the che rished delusions and violent propensities of ike multitude . I might cite many instances , but I must limit myself to two . On the occasion of contesting the county ef York , Hmrt Beodgham , when at Halifax , said in the course of his harangue—• What do you want , my boys ? What can I do for you V Several voices answered , Cheap bread ! ' On which ' slashing Harry ' rejoined— ' No 1 no ! tbat is not what you want ; you want cheap leer ; and I'll let the Duke of WbllinO '
ton have no rest , day nor night , till I get you a cheap Beer Bill . ' This pandering to the low passions of the multitude ' . had the intended effect , and loud rose the shout Hurrah for Cheap Beer 1 ' This pledge was something like redeemed . Those highly creditable'institutions '—the Tom and Jerry-shops , a rose , and the ugly mug of a . certain ! ' ' noble and learned lord' was very extensively exhibited over the free and easy announcement— ' Allowed to be drunh on the premises I ' On the day of his election , in the Castle Yard at York , Henri Bbougham delivered a flaming address ,
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Tuw ' iJt ^? ! l aD ( 1 8 'orifi ^ d the 'heroes of ^ ro ? w „ J _ V » teoh , he «*«*»•* ^ e following MAOif P ? AXn ?_ U _ L HEADSWILL fiE foTyo ' u . ^ tootballs -s _^ ra ^« s = ft f « T w e »_ V . 4 , ult 8 tion - I ™ notrt IlK fw-Iwasnotat York-butlcan fully depend on inH oS ? J , ? Uth 0 rity _"««*> characterisSc anecdotes of theselfappointed censor of the French A itatora "' denunoiatoN S <» e * -l ot 'pandering '
1 o cap the ohmax of' Lord Brougham ' s * repnta . tion , it ni only necessary I should add , that in his letter to Lord Lansdowne he bravely stands up for the gallows and tte guillotine , as the great safeguards ot humanity ! And his remedy for popular distur-V I V 7 t 0 ' mow nowNiitMASBKB ! ' But enough . The name of Bbouoham how , and in coming years , ' to every aye The climax of all scorn shall hang on high , E failed o'er bis less abborr'd compeers—And festering in the infamy of . ears . ' October 19 , 1848 . L'Ami du Peuple .
* At The Time Of Henry Brougham's Euotio...
* At the time of Henry Brougham ' s eUotion , count , of torkwas . as an electoral disteist . ' one asd is . dtrisible . '
(From Our Third Edition Of Last Week.) F...
( From our Third Edition of last week . ) FRANCE . There is a ministerial crisis at Paris . Cavaignao . power is drawing to its close : He is trying to patch up an alliance with the ultra-moderates . Good ! The sooner the reaction' is complete , the sooner will come the ' Red Republic '
AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY . The Emperor has fled once more to his beloved Tyrolese . The Constituent Diet has assumed the reins of government . A triumvirate ot Hornbostl , Dobhlhoff , and Kraus has been appointed to combine a ministry ; tbe former tendered his resignation in the sitting of the 7 cb , which was not accepted ; the military , driven from the town , were encamped near the Belvedere , which commands the immense open plain or glacis that surrounds tbe inner city or citadel of Vienna , and the people were in possession of the town .
There was but little further known in Paris yes terday morning relative to the progress of the insurrection at Vienna . The Reforms , is a postcript , states that the people had burned the Palace of So-O-nbiiinn after the Emperor's flight , and that the Imperial troops , in a state of intoxication , had marched against Vienna , which by the last accounts they were bmbarding . [ The bombardment of Vienna is discredited . ] It is further stated that Baron Jellaehich was forced to abandon bis position in consequence of the rising of the population , and that he had fled into Bosnia .
The L A Te Horrible Disclosure S A T Wal...
THE L A TE HORRIBLE DISCLOSURE S A T WALWORTH . Lambbth , Friday . —The prisoners in this case having been remanded till this day . the charge was to have been proceeded with , but a message was delivered at the court from thegovernorof Horsemongerlane gaol , to the effect tbat Mrs Dryden , one of those charged , was so unwell as to be unable to attend . Tbe case was consequently postponed until Thursday next . The magistratoat the same time directed that if any of the prisoners wished to say any thing , be waa willing to hear tbem . This message was delivered to thr prisoEers , and soon after Mrs Lindfield and hor s « . a appeared at the bar . —The son , addressing th _ magistrate , wished to know the nature of the chavte against him?—Mr Norton said , the charge up to tbe present was not of a serious character , and
therefore it was that he had , en the last examination , agreed to accept bail for him . —Mrs Lindfield said , tbat in consequence of the affliction of her son , and the secluded manner in which they lived , keeping themselves aloof from all their neighbours , a prejudice was entertained against them , and to this she attributed the difficulty in procuring bail : The charge against herself she would admit waa of a serious description , and it was most essential to her that her son should be at large , to enable her to engage a counsel for her defence—Mr Morton eaid , that under the circumstances , he should accept the young man ' s bail in the sum of £ 50 , to a ppe ar on Thursday next . —The required surety being given , the prisoner was discharged . Mrs Lindfield was again remanded .
Another Body Found Oo Friday, Mr Bedford...
ANOTHER BODY FOUND Oo Friday , Mr Bedford held an inquest at the Feathers , Dean-street , Westminster , on the body of a newly-born female child , found in a field on Thursday morning last . Police sergeant Pranger , of the A division , said that on the morning in question be was passing along the Vauxhall Bridge-road , when he was called to by some boys who were in a field at the back ef Lillington-atreet . On proceeding there he perceived a bundle lying on the grcuud , and , upon opening it , he found the body of the deceased therein . He immediately conveyed the body to the station house , and item thence to the workhouse . The body n as packed , first , in four sheets of brown paper , and
afterwards wrapped in some new canvass . The hands of the deceased were folded across the breast , its tongue protruded , and the parcel was bon _ d round exceedingly tight with cord . He had made inquiries , but was unable to ascertain who had placed the child there . Dr Wright , who had examined the body , said the child was full grown , It bad not received medical attendance at birth , and from the decomposed state of the body , it was hardly possible to tell the cause of death , although it was probable that it might have died from neglect .
The Coroner said , after thehombl disclosures that bad taken place a few days since at Walworth , he was in hopes that he should not be called upon to investigate any more of these shocking cases , but he was sorry to inform the jury that such was not the case , and as he was leaving his office to bold the present inquiry , he received information of another child being found in Hyde Park under similar circumstances . No one could ever make him ( the Coroner ) believe that these children were born and disposed of in such a barbarous manner without the instrumentality of more persons than their parents . It was not possible for a female to be confined and take her child out of her house without being seen by the neighbours . Dr Wright said tbat tbe present was not a cste of abortion .
Ihe Coroner—No , but you state that the child bad not been attended te at its . birth , and it seemed quite probable to him that these children might be thus neglected on purpose to cause their death . It was most extraordinary that during the many cases of tbis description he bad been called to investigate , no one had ever been seen to convey the bodies to the place where tbey were found . Sergeant Pranger was here recalled , and asked by tbe Coroner whether the police had ever discovered a pers o n w ith one of these dead c hildren ? The officer replied in the negative .
The Coroner said a premium ought to be beld out to the police to make such discoveries , for he was sure if that was once made , they would be able to get such information as would startle tbe public The Jury returned a verdict of 'Found dead , ' and the Coroner requested the police to use all diligence in searching for the parties who had placed the deceased where found .
The Masons. A Crowded Public Meeting Was...
THE MASONS . A crowded public meeting was held at the Tern , perance Hal ) , Broadway , Westminster , on Thursday evening , October 12 tb , to express sympathy with the twenty-one men indicted for conspiracy , and about to take their trials at the ensuing Old Bailey
Ses-. Mr Rsger Grey was unanimously called to the chair , and congratulated the committee and the aud ience on t be ver y numerou s att e nd a nce , and said most probably tbat would be the last meeting previous to the trial , but after trial he hoped to see a tremendous meeting to congratulate their brethren on their acquittal . ( Great applause . ) He called on Mr Wood to read the report . The report was very similar to that which has already appeared in the Norihbrn Star ; he concluded by stating that Messrs Clarkson , Parry , and BallanUne were engaged to defend the victims .
The report was agreed to with great applause throughout . We learn from the report that the sum already received on account of the matter exceeds £ 250 , from masons and the public . Mr Tnrnerlmoyed the first resolution , to the effect That the four o ' clock system was jui ., and should be maintained . ' Mr Peel ( dyer , and member of the Executive of the United Trades ) , seconded th e motion , and said , he agreed with the resolution , as there was a surplus of labour in the market , and one of the best means of getting rid of this surplus was the shortening the hours of labour . . " The resolution was adopted unanimously . Mr Joseph Wood , in an able and eloquent . speech moved the second resolution , urgently calling for support in the cause and defence of those indicted
men . Mr Walton seconded the motion , and said , ho thought their indicted friends need not labour under an y apprehension as to a ebnviotion , as from the enquiries he had made it would result in an acquittal . Be it remembered that some of the bast of the employers had gone so far as recommending the 'four o ' clock' movement , which had given rise to the indictment . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr A . Campbell supported the motion , which w a s p ut , and carried unanimously . A yote of thanks was then given to tbe Nobthben Stab , and other paper ., and the meeting quietly dispersed .
. The Irish Trials For High Treason. '. ...
. THE IRISH TRIALS FOR HIGH TREASON . ' . Dublin , Thursday Morning . Mr Butt , Q . C , opened tbe defence of Mr M'Manns yesterday , in an address to the jury charaoterised by eloquence , legal acumen , and , we may add , ingenuity . He baa certainly pot tbe case of hn client in about tbe best position it could be placed before the Court and jury ; but the main facts being admitted—of bia participation in the affairs of Mullinabone and Ballingarry , which formed tbe overt aots of high treason of which Mr O'Brien stands convicted , leaves little room for anticipating any other verdict than oneof ' guilty . ' Mr O'Callagban followed Mr Butt on the same side , and shortly after five o ' clock the court adjourned . c-imo-nw op t . m ' manos roR high tbbasoit .
CtoN-ifit , Tlror-day Evening . —A verdict of Guilty , after three hours' deliberation , waa banded in by the jury against Mr M 'Manus . Mr Barton handed in apaper , which was read by the clerk— ' We strongly recommend the prisoner to the merciful consideration of the crown . ' The prisoner , who conducted himself throughout with great firmness and nonehalance , was observed to smite as tbe recommendation was read . On baing ordered to bo removed from the dock , the prisoner , previous to his leaving , reached forward and shook bands eoidially with his counsel , Mr O'Callagban , bowed respectfully to the court , and retired .
Mr O'Donohue was then put on bis trial , w hich very probably will eccupy the court up to Saturday . We best it is not intended to try Mr Meagher at present , an it is apprehended there will not be sufficient time to do so before the opening of toe Dublin commission , or before tho day in the ensuing week when it will be necessary for the crown officers to proceed to Dublin , to prepare for the commission there . The rumour is , that the special commission will bo adjourned , and that when the court resumes its sittings , Mr Meagher will be pot on trial . - As the proceedings ia Mr O'Djnohuo ' a case are similar to those already disclosed on tbe former trials , ir weald be a mere waste of time a . d space to make any lengthened reference to them ; it is enough to say that the prisoner was proved to have been with Mr O'Brien during the insurrectionary movement at Killenaule .
The defence of Mr O'Donohoe was opened on Su turday with the examination of Patrick Hanrahan , whose evidence went to negative the proposition that the prisoner was engaged in the insurrectionary attack on the _ 9 . h July , the dsy of tbe stormine of Widow M'Cormiok ' a house at Ballingarry . This witness and two otheta positively' swore that O'Donohoe , Meagher , and Lej ne spent the whole of tbat day in bis bouse at Turioob . which is eight or ten miles from the scene of that famous battle Hanra ban admitted that be knew of the proclamation against Meagher when he thus rendered himself liable to tbe charge of felony for barbonring him , aid that ho waa a member of a Confederate Club . Mr Butt delivered another powerful appeal to the
jury . He maintained tbat the clear interpretation of theaotaof the prisoner , and those with whom he waa associated , was , that from tho 28 thof July he and they separated from O'Brien—jought shelter in tha hills—resorted to no violence—joined no armed bodies , but merely endeavoured to preserve themselves from arrest , and remained together wandering about till they were arrested by tbe police on the high road on their way towards Holyeroas . The learned gentleman ably reviewed the evidence for the prosecution , and pointed ont a variety ef palpable discrepancies in the facts deponed to . He contended that the ehief witness made up a very different story ol what he had witnessed for eaoh of the thr . e trials oa which he had been examined .
The Solicitor General replied ; and Mr Justice Moire summed up . Thejury retired at half-past seven o ' clock . During their absence , and that of the judges , tbe following scene occurred : — Mr Butt said—Mr High Sheriff , Mr Going to * Under Sheriff has now been two or three times in with the jury—he is in with them now , and he ought not to be . You'll excuse me for calling your attention to it , but it is my duty to do to on . behalf < £ the prisoner , who has placed bis ease in royhands ^ While Mr Butt was speaking thesnhsheriffcame out , and when he concluded said : How was I to take them a message ?'
The High Sheriff : The first message , Mr Botfj , wa ! to know if the jury were likely to agree . Mr Butt-That is the rery reason , Mr High Sheriff , that I hsvr objected to those repeated messages being sent them ; for ( with emphasis ) they look like an intimation tbat they ought to agree . The Attorney General—Really , Mr Butt , you have no right-Mr Butt—Really Mr Attorney , I have a right and 1 have a perfect right to aay this , that tha judges ought to come into court , and send their massage , whatever it is , in the presence of theprisoner an _ his counsel . After tbe lapse of two or three minutes , the judgea came into court , and having take * tbeir seats on the bench—Mr Butt rose and said—I wish to state to your lordships-Chief Justice Blackbume—We don't wish to hear anything from you , sir .
Mr Butt—But , my lords , I wish to make a state * meat to the court , and it is my doty to mate it , and I will . It ia this , that in the absence of yonr lordsbips the sub-Bheriff was several tines in tbe juryroom ( the sub sheriff interrupting twice , and without any direction from your lordships . Chief Justice Blackbume . —That ' s a mistake . Mr Butt— tie has been there , my lords . The Sub-staeriff-Thaf aquitea mistake ; 1 ban not . Chief Justice Blackbume—Mr High Sheriff , ask the jury if they are likely to agree . The High Sheriff proceeded to tbe door of the jury room , and having made the inquiry , returned and
said , 'Ttey wish not ( ogive an answer for a row moments . ' At the same instant a rap was heard inside the door of the jury-room , and the High Sheriff again went to them , and on bis return said , ' My lords , they aay tbat they an not likely to agree . ' At this announcement manifestations of applatoa were beard through the court , At eleven o ' clock the judges returned into court and directed the sheriff to call in the jury . When tbe jury had taken their seats in tbe box , the fore man said some of the jury were anxious to know whether if a man wera guilty of high treason , and that another joined him , and waa not conscious of the treason , would he ba equally implicated in tha crime ?
Judge Moore : If he does aay act assisting the man who is committing treason , the man who does that act , though not conscious of the intent ot the other , is equally guilty . After a few moments had elapsed , his lordship said—GenttoflMn , we called yon into court to state that we an now about to retire for the night ; and we wish to know whether we can afford you any further assistance in point of law ; or whether there is any other portion of the notes you wish to have read ? If so , of course wo an ready to afford you every assistance ioour power . The foreman intimated that tbey did not then require any further information , and requested that their lordships would allow them a few minutes mora for consideration before the court was adjourned for the night .
At ten minutes past eleven o ' clock an intimation was conveyed to their lordships that the jury aad agreed to their verdict . The jury then came into court with a verdict of Guilty . After a short pause , Judge Moore perused the issue paper , and then handed it to the Clerk of tint Crown , and directed him to read it . It was to tha following effect : — ' We find ' guilty ' o . the bra . five counts , and ' not guilty' on the sixth . We unanimously recommend the prisoner to mercy in the strongest manner , in consequenosef his having with drawn , and having disconnected himself from fail associates previous to the attack at Fart inrory . ' The Chief Justice then directed tbo court to be adjourned till ten o ' clock on Monday , immediately upon which the judges retired .
A rash was instantly made to the dock by several friends of Mr O'Donohoe , indading Mr Maber- _ a _ junior counsel , and bis solicitor , Mr Laffan , who wera anxious to take their leave of him feafore he was con veyed back to tbe prison . He shook bands cordially with them , and sustained a brief conversation wtth oheerfulness and composure . Aa he was leaving the court an incident occurred which strikingly es > amplifies the spirit of the man . A person in tbe crowd leant over the dock , and , stretching out his band to Mr O'Donohoe , addressed some words to him , the purport of which did not reach us . O'Donohoe , however , turned round and addressed thil
individual in the following terms : — Sir , I do not knew who yon are , but tbe observations-jou have just made induce me to think thai you are lifctk . better than the witnesses who bare aworn away my lite , I think you are one of the Dublin dete . tiv _ % and I will not pollute my hand by touching youra ? The person thus addressed slunk away abashed , and O'Donohoe then retired , with an unfaltering step , to the department underneath , from whence he waa shortly afteiwardj conveyed to the gaol in the prima van , guarded by a strong force of peliee . On Monday morning , the trial of T . F . Meagher commenced .
The indictment is similar to tbat on which tbe other prisoners were tried ; bat there will be some difference in tbe evidence produced against Mr Meagher . For instance , in tome of those oratoried effusions which callei forth Music-hall and elsewhere against him . When MrMe bar , imprisonment did not his health . He looked a With tbis exception then appearance . He was very portment was firm and The youth and personal his eloquence and ability , * " "TT * '" " ¦ - — " - — who aire more readily
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 21, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_21101848/page/5/
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