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October 24, 1846. The Northern Star.
October 24 , 1846 . THE NORTHERN STAR .
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« And I will war , at least in words , { And—should my chance so happen—deeds , ) With aU who war with Thoug ht 1 " I fl unk I hear a little fcird , whosingi Tke people by and by will bethe stronger . —iJTXOK . THE REVOLUTION IN GENEVA , p _ . M A ^^ SiKEK in Smother cantons the most lively assurances of Sthv . Thenumberof killed and wounded on
fteside of the late government in the a ^" "J Misstated in this journal to 1 * TO tene ^ ghfeof this number , however , enfr ame or *«»« " ' ? £ j Jn tne side of the people there were only two killed ^ wSan ° be anxious to learn the proposals of the ^ visional government fo r the amendment of the i ^ srlfairJon . ana their views as to the instructions Jate eiven to the representative of Geneva at the sr f meeting of the Diet . We are the more anxious ^ canse the English Whig papers already affect to wcard the provisional government as one of '' moderate "' principles ; and the Morning- Chronicle announces with no info satisfaction that "Moixer , sio was the first to raise the cry of ' Liberty or Mtb'i 5 not a member of the provisional government . '' In Le Yocu du Peuple , a paper said to reagent the ultra-section of the revolutionists , it is jested that the enemies of the people , viz ., the Me povernment , should be made pecuniarily respon-5 oa for the damage done in the late collision , the
soonnt to be awarded to each hern ? estimated by & e declaration of the party injured , and that they Janla be tried and punished with exile , by a revolu-Smarrtribunal established for that purpose ; that tte Academvshould be dissolved and remodelled ; and that the Protestant clergy should be subjected to re-election by the people in their respective cures , these demands appear tons to be moderate enough , vet we at e » iven to understand that they are not regarded wiflf anv " great favour by the new Government Thisberns the case , the Morning Chronicle grnificanfiy remarks— " There is an intelligible rea-^ T rhv tiie Conservatives and higher classses in genera should for a time support the provisional porernment . -without however approving the
principles upon which it was formed , or condemning asis of iheirjredecetsor ? . " We trust that the English ffhig press does not truly represent the new Go-« rnment of Geneva ; any way , we trust that the ^ rnevese people will be on the alert , and not | -uffer -flumselves to be cheated out of the fruits of their ¦ J srdwon victory . The changes indicated in the Address of the Fraternal Democrats , given below , ¦ cm alone ensure to the Genevese rewards equal to ilieirsacrificess If now , with arms in their hands , -neiors over the purse-proud burgher-aristocrats , they neglect to secure to themselves the guarantees panted out by the Fraternal Democrats , their -victory will have been in vain , and the battle will have iobe once more fought , perhaps too , under more unfavourable circumstances . "We shall here introduce tJu Address" above alluded to . MEETING OF THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . — THE GENEVESE REVOLUTION .
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At the usual meeting of this body on Monday eve-Bin" \> sh October 19 , John Moy in'the chair , the MoVin : new members were elected : — Phillip M'Grath President of the Chartist Executive ) , John inrstt itbe Somers Town Chartist rhymer ) , and Wm . Kobson ( Manager of the Workmen ' s Own Shop , Brnry-lane ) . . . The Chairman read an important and interesting article from Young America , describing the " Proenss of Reform and Reformers , " from the days of Jean Jacques Rousseau to the present time . Thc article elicited much applause . Henry Rosa read from the Northern Star an aceenEt of the recent revolution in Geneva .
JcUM J IIakset read and moved the adoption of an Address to the People of Geneva . The Address vis received with much applause . Johx Arxott seconded , and Henbt Ross supported , the Address , which was unanimously adopted jnd ordered to be sent to the Northern Star for publication . . After the transaction of some minor business , the assemblv adjourned .
ADDRESS OP THE PRATERNAL DEMO GRATS ( ASSEMBLING IN LONDON ) TO THE PEOPLE OF GENEVA .
" All Men are Brethren . " VicroRiors Gexevess , We congratulate vou on your gallant victory over fte enemies of freedom and progress . As lovers of liberty and workers in the cause of rarfersal equality , we naturally regard with intense interest everv political movement occurring within the brands of Switzerland—the birth-place of Eurorean liberty . The fatally retrogressive ' and liberti- j tidal policy of Lucerne , which policy , has , unhappilv . been supported by some of the minor cantons , i Wild have caused us " the utmost alarm , but for the j patriotic acts of the people of the liberal cantons , , particularly those of Berne and the Canton de Vaud . i whose glorious though bloodless revolutions have ;
dose so much for the advance of democracy . The sxalled conservative , hut really destructive policy pursued bv the late government of Geneva , . unfortautelv rendered nugatory the sacrifices and efforts cf the liberal cantons ; that policy you have now put flora with a strong hand . Compelled to fall back span "the right of insurrection , " you have proven Tonrselves worthv of victory by your heroic and luimane exercise " of that sacred right—the last resource of an outraged people . Great questions which have hitherto been stiflea in the Federal Diet , must , and will now be brought
to an issue . The monstrous outrage of handing over one of the three directing cantons to those archplotters aeainst human progress—the Jesuits , must is remedied . The safety of Swiss liberty demands a radical change in the existing relations of the cantons , the Federal Pact must , therefore , beremodel le 3 5 menaced by the overgrown military despotisms surrounding her , Switzerland must become one indissoluble and vigorous whole . Lastly , that sbamcfol disgrace to the Swiss name , the sale of so-called freemen to princely despots , to de the work of tyraanv in keeping nations in slavery , must be brought tflaelose . We are aware that this heavy crime is
chargeable only upon some of the minor cantons , and " nnder present circumstances , cannot be prevented by the veritable freemen of the great and liberal cantons , but a proper revisal of the federal amstitution would place in the hands of the majority of the Swiss people the power to put an end to tins treason against liberty , aad blasphemy against tie free Swiss name . Veare gratified to observe that you have commanded your provisional government to examine and report upoa your present political constitution , with a view to its thorough reform . We trust that reform will be so effectual as to prevent the necessity hi future of such -violent remedies as that you have jnst passed through . That the popular sovereignty may not be illusory , two safeguards , it appears to ns . are essential : —
First , ths sovereign power of law-making , and the a ppointment of all the officers of the state , political , ovfi , and military , must be retained in the hands of we people . Deliberative assemblies , to mould and Pafect projected laws , are useful ; but those prrfleeted laws should never become the actual laws of the commo nweal Bnt jj sectioned by a majority of the people , b xlaeir " p rimary assemblies . " To delegate thepower oflaw-makingtoabody of representatives , j * en though those representatives may be elected ° J universal suffrage , is , in reality , to delegate the
werdse of tie popular sovereignty tea few mdividnals-afatalmistake . This great truth was first protauned bv that great citizen of your commonwealth , JEAX JACQUES ROUSSEAU , the glory of whose nnraortal name pales into utter darkness the names ti proudest kings , and mightiest conquerors . You have now an opportunity of reducing to practice the i sabUme theory he enunciated . Its realization was 2 2 * ce promised in the celebrated " Constitution of 93 ; " may Geneva—at this moment victorious as i trance , be more fortunate in securing the fruits of -awTictorv .
Second , experience wiU hare taught vou that , for ; « e maintenance of vour liberty , without bloodshed , "t b essential , not only that all citizens should be ; ?""*» . hut also that thearmed force of the republic ; *? j ™ ° e under the direct controul of theentire body ' w the citizens . Had this been the case at the time of t * eceni conflict , the painful and fratricidal specjt * ' the militia tavning their arms against their ttif'T ^ ' wonld not haTe been witnessed . The power ' "nich invested a few burgher aristocrats with the : ™ ea . us of employing the armed force of the Republic 1 n ? 1 Dst the Pe ° plc , might have been fatal to your J pities , but for the heroism of the patriots of St . v » vaise . This lesson you will profit bv . i iii a J 5 the above-namedsafeguards of your libertla- ' P ere is no measure of social reform demanded WrVi l * Ww = c ^ Jou ' ma ^ not accomPlis ^ - . . aUeWft OllnilpA vmik hiinmnTh * nnt 1 |» D tlian TVmv * ii imic jum iiuuiauaj liuv ± ^ jio cuuu juui
. -- »» r . t . ,, m 7-T » hiIe we approve of your clemency to the * frrfi ^ 'stoerais , we would urge upon-you to henceccW 5 t out of the P ° wer of an - v cla 8 s of the hW nw ! 1 'ty to domineer over the masses . It has y « n a just reproach levelled against all pastrcvojjjV . that such changes lave hitherto benefitted fifrront political adventurers—transferring power aiaWi ntst 0 ^ emers , who , in their turn , have jjl ^ M tyrants , thepeoole experiencing merely "W ^ f of masters . Hitherto , social injustice has fe & -i erc 4 Political etmalits-where recognised—a , 3 ^ name . So l onv as a eW or classes of men , imerL-7 * :. ? roP » er » rship of the land , and are ^ Permuted to hea „ for themselves the profitable ^^ of industry urf the name of ; " capital , " * v S that «» j tal to ttaffie jn , and oppress labour , so
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long will the people be despoiled of that plenty and happiness which should be the reward of their toil . and which , in accordance with nature ' s laws , they should enjoy . Citizens of Geneva , Men of Switzerland , Brethren of the Human Race ) : to you , and through you to all the people of Switzerland , we express our earnest hopes , that you may triumphantly progress in perfectinsr your political and social institutions , until a state of veritable equality shall guarantee you a real and lasting liberty . Lastly , if conspiring despots should dare te interfere with the Swiss people in their efforts to reform and perfect their institutions , we earnessly hope that the nations will prove their brotherhood by refusing to follow the banners of their tyrants , and will , on the contrary , give their fraternal aid to the propaganda of regenerated Switzerland .
Signed by the Secretaries . G . Julian Harney , native ef Great Britain . Cari , Schapper , native of Germany . J . A . Michelot , native of France . J- Schabemtz , native of Switzerland . Peter Holm , native of Scandinavia . Louis Oborsri , native of Poland . N . Nemeth . native of Hungary . London , October 19 th , 184 G . In the above address it wil' be observed that war is invoked , not against the burgher-aristocrats , but against the principle of aristocracy . There can be no doubt that the conspirators who directed cannon
shot to be poured upon the people , richly deserved hanging , and if they had gottheir deserts would have got the gallows for their reward . Still , from an abhorence of bloodshed , we would rather that the rascals escaped with whole skins , provided the people take the necessarv measures to render their enemies powerless for the future . If they do not , the knaves will , when once they have recovered from their fright , conspiro acain to promote the restoration of the old order of things ; when the people may have cause to regret their moderation . Again . we say . there isno safety for the people , but in placing the actual power of the state in the hands of the proletarians , and securing to the workers thefiiU fruits of their labour .
On the question of the " interference of the great powers , " the National has the following excellent article : — We never doubted of the ill-will of the monarchies against the victorious insurrection of Geneva : we are aware that they will do all they can to prevent the Helvetic federation from constituting itself according to the wishes of the sovereign people . TVhat they have already attempted is a sufficient notice of what they may again endeavour to accomplish . At present a pressing demonstration on the part of Austria is announced , who wishes that a note should be prepared collectively by France , Prussia , and the Cabinet of Venna , expressing the opposition of those three Powers , and menacing , if necessary , an armed intervention . It will be curious to
see M . Guizot throwing off the mask , and openly uniting with two absolute monarchies against a nation mistress to organise her government as she pleases . The man of Ghent wanted hut this last chapter to his history . It will be complete after that . To speak the truth , however , we are but little alarmed at those menaces , because the employment of force at this moment is perilous for all parties . There is not a man in Europe who can tell the effects which may be produced by the first cannon shot , and if the Swiss resist , as we are convinced they will with the same patriotism and courage they have hitherto manifested , it would not he impossible but that the aggressors may have commenced a more expensive game than they calculated . Europe loves and desires peace . She is right ; it is the sentiment of conservation
which actuates her ; she will , therefore , consider twice before she engages in an adventure . Nations are brethren , and revolutions are allies . We fear much more secret intrigues , the seeds of division , concealed calumny , and all the vile means emplojd by men who . feel no scruple when their object is to return to power . The danger is there , and not elsewhere . And what pretext can be made for exciting an insurrection ? It is at present pretended that the Radicals wish to destroy the federal pact in order to accuse Switzerland of a violation of treaties and a want of faith . Bm , we repeat , the Radicals never entertained the intention of substituting a military for a federative republic . They loudly declared at Bern , at Vaud , at Zurich , and in the Council of State of Zurich itself , that it wished to draw closer
and strengthen the bonds of union between the members of the federation , by giving the necessary power to the government by which it is represented . It is not by us only that this opinion has been ann- unced . It has been a thousand times repeated , and with the greatest predion , during the agitation which proceeded the reform of the constitution of Bern . It was developed two years since at the Diet , and again this year , on the niscussion of the subject of the Jesuits and of the league of the seven Canton ? . About a year since , M . Eazy , who is now President of the Provisional Government of Genera , published in the National three remarkable articles , hi which he explained in what manner the
1 Radicals regarded the question , and how they proposed to resolve it . The hostile Governments , therefore , are fully aware of the bearing of the present movement ; tney know that it is legal , that it does not exceed the limits which every society possesses of modifying its condition ; they know that it in no manner violates the treaties of which the revolution of July destroyed the greater part . It would , therefore , be a declaration of war against the revolution of July , and against our frontiers at the gates of Lyons , and within a few leagues of Paris . It would then be cur duty to demand of the people of July whether they would support in silence Prussia , Austria , or their auxiliaries placing a lance to their heart and a kni- ' e to their throat !
The National is right—nations are brethren , and Revolutions are allies . Should the tyrants march against Switzerland , the people may march against their tyrants !
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COUNTER-REVOLUTION IN PORTUGAL . Lisbon , Oct . 11 . —On the night of the Cth inst . a comter-revolution was carried into effect by orders directly and spontaneously conveyed to the Marquis of Saldanha , the Duke of Terceira , Don Carlos Mascarhenas , and the Marquis of Fronteira . This coup d ' etat the result of the joint action of French and Belgian influence exercised at this Court , intimately connected with the supposed predominance of French influence in Spain , is to be considered as the demonstration of a new policy in Portugal with respect to its foreign relations of an especial nature .
The Palmella ministry has ceased to exist—one headed by the Marquis of Saldanha is now in power , the fiery partisans of the Cabrals have been placed in the highest military commands . The constitution has been suspended , the kingdom placed under martial law , the capital put in a state of siege , the principal square thronged with troops , all the thoroughfares leading into it commanded by ^ artillery , the streets scoured by cavalry patroles , and a military reign of terror in fuil sway in Lisbon . On the 24 th ult . a conspiracy against the late government was detected and defeated by the measures of Viscount Sa da Bandeira , minister of war . That plot was concocted by Terceira , Mascarhenas , Fronteira , and Castilha . On its failure , it was then determined to revolutionize the country by means of the capitalists of Lisbon , instead of the military . The bank directors and those of the other insolvent
companies were induced to enter into the views of the conspirators of the . ' court and barracks , and a determination to thwart the government by all the means in the power of the former was come to . This determination made known to the government , it was expected would lead to the resignation of ministers , and that step the opponents of government knew was not foreign to the wishes of the Duke of Palmella . It did not take place , however ; the object to effect a counter revolution was too evident to the majority of the ministers .
The Cabralists then found themselves bafikd in all their attempts , and new efforts were made to get Saldanha to come forward as the ostensible leader of the party that was to upset the government . A new character was to be given to the conspiracy , new objects were to be avowed , and instead of a mere military bouleversement of a popular government , the counter-revolution was to be effected by the Court . On the night of the Cth instant the chiefs of the conspiracy assembled in the palace at Belem , Saldanha , Terceira , and Fronteira ; and in the gardens of the palace their active agents , the colonels lately dismissed from several regiments for acts of treason , had been clandestinely introduced and kept there in readiness for action . Among the latter was
a Colonel Lucotte , a Frenchman , who had obtained the road contract from the Cabrals . At ten o'clock at night the Duke of Palmella was summoned to the palace by Her Majesty . On his arrival , the . duke was received with offensive hauteur , and was immediately told that a change of ministry had been determined on , and it would be necessary at once to sign the decrees . The duke expressed his readiness to obey the Royal command ; but said the presence of his colleagues was necessary , and also of the Under-Secretary of State , to draw up the decrees . Her Majestv replied their presence was not necessary . The decrees were already drawn up , and they were immediatelv presented to him for signature . The first , wherein it was stated that "for just reasons represented to Her Majesty by the Duke of had been
Palmella , " the resignation of ministers accepted , the duke refused to sign . He said the statements set forth in it were not true . Very decided and angry language was then held to the duke , but he still persisted in bis refusal , and ultimately stated , if compelled to sign it , he would immediately state the real facts of the dismissal of the ministry . The duke -was then informed he should remain that night at the palace . The royal decree was altered , and instead of " resignations , " the "exoneration" of ministers appeared in it , countersigned by the duke . He was then called on to write a letter to the general in command of the garrison of Lisbon , the Count Bomfim , requiring his immediate presence at the palace on matters of importance tojthe Queen ' s service . Ob Bomfim's arrival , he was required to sign ordew , already written , to the different commanders of the regiments of the garrison ,. to obqy the ftueea ' a orders in
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resigning the command of the regiments . Some objections were made and removed , the decrees were signed , and the Duke of Palmella and the Count Bomfim remained prisoners in the palace that night , and were only liberated at noon the fo'lowing day , and all communications with _ them , while thus confined , was prohibited , except in the case of the Count Bomfim , whose own son was delegated by the conspirators to convey to the commanders of the different regiments the orders signed by his father . At about one o'clock in the morning , on the 7 th inst the " altas personagems " of the conspiracy , accompanied , it is stated in the Patriota , by his Majesty Don Ferdinand , and the dismissed colonels , who were in waiting for them at the door of the
Palace Gardens and the residence of the General Santa Maria , close to the latter , sallied forth , and proceeded to the barracks of the 1 st Regiment . Colonel Miranda , on being summoned to give up the command of Ms regiment , refused , but on the King coming forward and calling on him in the Queens name , he obeyed her orders , and the dismissed Cabralist , Colenel Marcelli , was placed in command . His Majesty then proceeded with the conspirators to the quarters of the Lancers , where matters were similarly arranged , and finally his Majesty , " seeing affairs s ettled , " and a sufficient number of troops poured into the thoroug hfare leading to the city to effect a counter-revolution , returned to the palace .
At four o ' clo-jk in the morning these troops entered Lisbon , sword in hand , and were joined there by about 200 of the Naval Battalion , 300 of the Grenadier Guards , and the 10 th and 10 th regiments . This force , not exceeding originally 1 , 600 men , took up their position in the principal square , and remained there under arms all that day . Colonel Cabrera , one of the patriot commanders , made a show of a refusal to give up the castle of St' George when first summoned ; but this patriotic gentleman , alter having refused admittance to a large body of the people , who came to the assistance of the caste governor , was prevailed upon to give up at an early hour in the morning , and . it is said , has been duly recompensed for his obedience . The only commander of the
who peremptorily refused to obey the orders triumphant conspirators , was Colonel Passos , of the Artillery ; he resisted all solicitations , offers , and menaces , until an order , signed by the Count of Bomfim , was brought to him to take his corps to the square , where the troops were assembled , and obey the orders of his superior officers there . In the morning , at eisht o ' clock , Lisbon had the appearance of a city suddenly invested by a military force . In the square of the Terrciro do Paco , a turbulent soldiery was collected , shouting for their newly restored commanders , and the Generals Sa - danha and Terceira ; Dom Carlos Mascarhenhas was again at the head of the municipal guards ; the Marquis of Fronteiraand all the most violent of the
, military partisans of the Cabral government , in uniform ; around this staff a large number of civil em . ploues , embracing their heroic allies with formidable moustaches and martial aspects , and affording touching spectacles of the civism of the members of the nwcn c clubs , and a sense of mutual ) satisfaction at the restoration of the good old regime of sword law and empreaado soxernme' t . The dependence of the new government on the people ' s affect ions was evinced by a goodly disposition of field-pieces in the Tcrreiro do Paeo , and a constitutional demonstration of the requisite physical force of horse , foot , and artillery to tramp le or to mow down all opposition to the will of the two marshals , who were settling the new forms of representative government in the midst
of a military horde in the streets of a peaceful capital . The people looked on in sullen silence and astonishment . The shopkeepers closed their stores , and orders were Issued to prevent the departure of all vessels . No resistance whatever was made or attempted . All people seemed utterly bewildered by this extraordinary step of the Queen . The general impression seemed to be that their interests were betrayed by a member of the government , and ^ ome of the military authorities entrusted with the defence of the city . Tt is needless to conceal the fact that the Duke of Palmella aud the Count of Bomfim , whether wrongfully or with reason , were , and still are , looked upon by a large portion of the supporters of the late government as being privy to the measures taken for the downfall of the government .
On the 1 th instant the decrees were published dismissing the late ministers , and appointing the Marquis of Saldanha President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of War ; Viscount de Oliveira Minister < f the Interior ; Viscount da Carreira , Minister for Foreign Affairs , now Portuguese Min ister at the Court of France ; Dom Manoel de Portugal e Castro Minister of Marine ; Senhor J . J . V . 1 lente Farinho Minister of Justice . A decree was published on the 10 th inst . annulling the new law of elections , under which the deputies were to be elected forth ? nerr Cortes ( that were to be ) , on the 11 th inst .
REPORTED INSURRECTION AGAINST THE ABSOLUTE QUEEN . By special express letters from Lisbon of the 12 th , have come to hand , which state that the new government has received telegraphic information from Oporto of a very unpleasant nature , respecting the Queen ' s Lieutenant of the Northern provinces to the following effect : — "The Duke of Terceira has been arrested . The new ministry does not possess the confidence of the nation . " Other information , no less disagreeable , but which could not be altogether depended on , had been received , namely , that the Count of Antas , who had been in command of the troops in the Northern provinces , and had been offered a marquisate , it is stated , by her Majesty , in expectation of hissubmission to the new order of things , had retired with the troops under his command to Braga , and proclaimed a regency in the name of the young prince Dom Pedro .
The ( Ma drid ) Espectador of the 14 th inst . states , from the frontiers of Portugal , that the connter-re . volution has caused great dissatisfaction at Campomayor and at Elvas . A letter from Badajoz of the 10 th states that on the morning of that day a heavy firing was heard , and it was reported that the people on the frontier bad risen , and demanded the revocation of the decrees of the Queen , and the restoration of tfcg constitution of 1820 . It was added that two otncen & f . thc garrison ef Elvas and one of the garrison of . Campomayor had been killed in the movement , which was still going on .
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CAPE OF GOOD IIOPE .-TilE WAR IN KAFFIRLAND . ( From the South African Commercial Advertiser of August 19 . ) The latest intelligence from head-quarters is dated the 7 th of August . The forces , estimated at three thousand infantry and two thousand horse , were moving in three columns on that district of rugged country at the sources of the Buffalo where the main strength of tiie Gaika Kaffirs is supposed to be concentrated . A few days more will settle this point . In the meantime , it is reported that a body of Kaffirs arc attempting to interpose themselves between the
troops and the colony , with the view of intercepting convoys , and acting by small parties on various parts of the frontier . In this last they have been unhappily successful ; for though their parties generally suffer great loss in killed and wounded , they have carried off great numbers of cattle and sheep , and the loss of life on the side of the colonists have been unusually severe—five brave young men of the Stellenbosch levy having fallen in one skirmish . At the above date , the General was encamped on the Buffalo mountains . On the 5 th , Colonel Somerset left head-quarters to co-operate with Colonel Hare in a movement on the Kaffirs in the Amatola . Very little seems to have been done by the troops .
( From the Frontier Times of Aug . 11 . ) Mohday . —Yesterday , during the morning service , the mournful tidings were received from Niemand ' s kraal , that five of the Stellenbosch ' s burghers had fallen on that morning in an encounter with the enemy in the neighbourhood of the favourite Kaffir haunt , " Hell Poorfc . " Tuesday . —Received information from Fort Beaufort , that fourteen hundred sheep , belonging to Mr . B . Trollop , were taken by Kaffirs from Fort Beaufort , also thirty or forty cattle , the property of the contractor , with a number of others belonging to different people . A party was sent out the same day , and recovered nine hundred sheep , and a Fingo received a severe assegaai wound in the back . On Sunday about forty head of cattle and four hundred
sheep were on the way from the f arka to the contractor at Fort Beaufort , in the charge of six Hottentots . These men were waylaid by Kaffirs , at a drift near Hermann ' s Place , Blinkwater , who fired a volley amongst them without effect . The Kaffirs afterwards surrounded them , and , rushing on them with their assegais , killed four and wounded two . One of the wounded men was pursued for some distance , but fired on his pursuer and killed him . Another party was sent out in pursuit of the marauders on Sunday . Fort Beaufort is represented as being in a defcncless state . A muid of meal lately fetched £ 5 46 . 6 d . in the market . At a late hour last night , the bodies of the five Stellenbosch burghers , who were killed on Sunday , were brought into town by Lieut . Skead .
SOUTH AUSTRALIA . Files of the Adelaide Observer and of the South Australian Register , to the 13 th of June , have reached us . The resources of the colony continue to be developed in a highly satisfactory manner . Manufacturing industry and eommcrciaVactivity seem to be mere prevalent than ever ; whilst t ' je agricultural aril pastoral interests are ably sust ' . lined in all respects . v NEW ZEALAND . The Terror arrived at Sydney ^ aDO ut the 5 th May , having sailed f « Jm AuekF < huon the 10 th April . There was nothing posttivf , ly nCTr respecting the northern islands , but . it ifRV believed Heki had not
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HURRICANE AT NEWFOUNDLAND , Geeat Destruction of Life and PaorEHiY .-One of the most terrific and destructive storms of wind and ram by which Newfoundland has ever been visited occurred on Saturday , ScptemborlOlh . We lament having to record , as the effect of this visitation ( so far as already ascertained ) , a ( jreat loss of life and property , and much fear that we shall jet hear of numerous other disasters . Many vessels have been totally wrecked or dismasted ; boats in immense numbers havebecn swamped , or driven from their moorings , and dashed to pieces ' against the rocks . A vast number of fishing stages and flakes in various harbours on tho eastern coast and
in Conception Bay , with , in some instances , the fruits of the owners' toils during the fishing season , entirely swept away . Houses liave been blown from their foundations , and torn in fragments—in two lamentable in . stances crushing beneath the ruins some of their unfortunate tenants , Trees , in almost even direction , have , been uprooted from their beds , or broken in pieces , by the fury of the gale . Many bridges , fences , and other erections have also been carried away , or much injured by the great and rapid rise of the rivers , which , in some instances , rose fully ten feet above their ordinary levels , deluging the low lands near their courses , and strewing their marg ins with immense quantities-of wrecked materials .
Among the most distressing results of the gale , we may particularise the total destruction of that spacious but unfinished building , the Natives' Hall , which , since the late fire , has afforded shelter to several families . At about rive p . m ., it fell with an awful crash , and toy its fall , melancholy to relate , a brother and sister , of the name of Duggan , of the respective ages of about five and twenty years , were killed , and their mother so severely injured that hopes are scarcely entertained of her recovery . Several others were more or less hurt , Tiie new church of St . Thomas appears to have been
lifted from its foundation by the force of the gale , as It has ben removed several inches from its former position . A great portion of the fine new brick house in course of erection for E . M . Archibald , Esq ,, and rapidly approching completion externally , was blown down . About twenty other buildings , mostly unfinished , have been levelled to the ground , and many others injured . Every bridge crossing the river , from Qtiidi Vldi to Long Pond , has been either swrptaway by the fiood or much damaged . The arch of that fine stone erection , the King ' s-bridge , is entirely gone . The River-head bridges have also suffered , although not to the same
extent . From ports to the southward the news is very distressing . At Petty Harbour , where , as before stated , the Dartford was lost , considerable damage was done to the fishing boats , stages , < fcc , and one man , named Patrick Kelly , a cooper , was killed by the fall of a stage . At Bay Bulls , about forty boats are stated to have been swamped or broken to pieces against the rocks , many stages destroyed and . by the fall of a store , two brothers , young men darned Erien , were crushed to death , and their father had his limbs fractured , Four vessels
bound to this port , three of which had run into Bay Bulls for shelter , barely escaped shipwreck by cutting away their masts ; they are , we are informed , the Margaret Parker , Culleton , belonging to Messrs . Parker and Gleeson , from Sydney ; the Sir John Harvey , belonging to Messrs . C . P . Bennett and Co . ; and schooner Trial , also schooner Pioneer , belonging to Mr . W . Greeve , loading , Poach Cove—one man drowned . The schooner Dartford , of tins port , belonging lo Mr . W . Dillon , loading with fish at Petty Harbour , was likewise lost . We have also heard that a vessel was wrecked at
Harbour Grace , and another at Carboneai
FRANCE . The price of bread in Paris had undergone no change for the second fortnight of October . The prospects , however , had not improved , and there was even every reason to fear that it would increase during the winter , although five or six hundred vessels laden with corn were now on their way from America and Southern Russia for the French shores . A portion of that supply will be required for Algeria , where the heat , which in some places rose to Ooo centigrade , had completely burnt up the crops . The quantity of foreign wheat necessary to provide for the deficiency , which on no former occasion bad exceeded 22 days ' consumption , will this year probably amount to upwards of 40 .
The Paris Opposition papers begin to complain o ( theexpen / e to which France is already subjected by its new Spanish connection . Speaking of a new credit demanded by M . Guizot for the expense of couriers , the Nationel says : — The Moniteur published yesterday , in its official part , another royal ordinance , bearing the date of Oct . 10 , and opening to the Minister of Foreign Affairs a supplementary credit of 200 , 000 f . for expenses of couriers and travelling . This is ihe fourth ordinance of the same kind which bus been issued during the last few weeks . It is calculated that the proceedings to which the matrimonial conventions of Madrid have given rise , cannot cost the budget less for travelling expenses than D 00 , 000 f . It has been already stated that anions the Spanish
officers transferred to the citadel of Bfaje , in consequence of the flight of Count de Montemolino , is the Marquis de Valdespina . The Guycnnc states that the Marchioness , who was residing at her seat at Marquina , on hearing of the incarceration of her husband was struck with apoplexy , and died instantaneousl y On learning this dreadful intelligence , the Marquis de Valdespina remained without sensation for several hours . A physician was obliged to visit him twice during the day , and at present he is confined to his bed . The marquis is upwards of ' TO , and wants the right arm ; his health , previously delicate , is ntucli impaired by the humidity and unwholesomeness of the citadel of Blaye . [ This is the work of that hypocritical and intriguing old scoundrel , Louis Philippe . ]
SPAIN . The ceremony of the velacion of the Queen and the Infanta took * place on the 11 th u ! t ., agreeably to the programme . At twelve o ' clock the royal family left the Palace for the Church ofAtocha . The cortege consisted of 30 carriages of the Queen ' s household and that oi Count Cresson , theJFrench Ambassador . The streets were lined with troops and tilled with a dense population , but not a single cheer was uttered in favour of Her Maj ' esty , the Infanta , or the French Prince . The Court organ , the Heraldo , states that the title of ** King" has by a Royal decree been conferred on the Infanta Don Francisco de A ^ siz . Amongst tiie persons destined to wear , in the shape of titles and decorations , the stigma which will serve as thc record of venality , are the following Gold Key of Gentleman of the Chamber , to Isturiz .
Golden Fleece , to tho Duke of Rianzares . Title of Castile , Count de Mon , to the Minister of Finance . Gold Key , to Pidal , Minister of the Interior . Title oi Castile Count of Mino , to Sanz , Minister at War . Grand Cross of Charles III ., to Caneja , Minister of Grace and Justice . Hank of Grandee of Spain , to the Marquis of Palacios . Crosses of Charles III ., to the whole of the French Embassy . Recompense , in the shape of honours and deorations , paid , for value received , by the French Government , viz : — Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour to the Duke of Rianzares . Ditto , to Isturiz . Grand Officer of the Legion ot Honour , Donoso Cortes . Ditto , General Pezuela , Ditto
Marquis of Acapulco . Ditto , Luis Jose Sartorious , editor of the Heraldo . Ditto , Political Chief ot Madrid . ( This last for preventing the circulation of those journals that gave a true account of the manner the French Princes were received in Madrid . Officer of thc Legion of Honour , Ventura dela Vega , Clerk in the Foreign-office . Ditto , Gonzalo Vilehcs , deputy . Knights of the same order , to a multitude of inferior persons . A magnificent diamond snuffbox , to Senor Mon . Ditto , to Senor Arana . A dia , mond pin to the lady of Arana . The value of the box received by Isturiz from the French Ambassador is estimated at 12 , 000 dollars . M . Bresson has received one of the same value from Isturiz .
M . de Bresson has already been rewarded to some extent for his diplomatic cleverness . His son and heir ( ten months old , ) has been created a grandee of Spain , by the title of Duke of Santa Isabel . On this the Clamor Publico says : — "In former times the rank of Grandee was won by heroic acts of valour and patriotism , either by flinging from the walls the sword to sacrifice their own children , like ( wuzman the Good , or by conquering towns and cities from the Moors , like ] Fernandez du Cordova . At the present day , it is the recompense of amorous inclinations , of matrimonial intrigues , and of political apostasy . The Grandees of Spain may well flatter themselves at the addition they have received to theinranks . "
POLAND . The Journal des Dibats publishes a letter ,, dated the 0 th instant from Leaiberg , in Ci . allicin , which states that chose who wish to propagate a belief that all is tranquil in GaUiciaare entirely contradicted by facts . Count Stadion , the GovernoB of the province , who had . proceeded to Vienna to procure more extensive poweis , had returned to Gallicia armed with full authority , and had declared the province under m artial law , and had likewise yttblisbed a . stringent proclamation against strangers .
UNITED STATES . We extract the following articles from loumj Ameriea of September oth ;¦ — THE r-BICB Or UCKLANDERS . TheDcmocratic Standard , of Hollidaysburgh , Pa ., thus alludes to the a 6 tion of the late Congress in relation to the pay of the soldiers : " Congress had offered au increase of the regular army , a % well as the enrolment of volunteers . Tho pay of thc privates in tho regular army was 7 dols . per month , of the volunteers 8 dols . Some Whig had sought to make a little political capital by raising the pay of the Bolunkere to 10 dols . per month . To this the Democrats did not object ; but knowing that it would be in vain to expect any addition to the regular army , wbUe thc pay was 7 dola . there aud for volunteers 10 dols ; , aud helming
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moreover that "all men are equal , "—and seeing no : ta . son why one set of men should be required to do the same duty , serve in the same campaign , and iHituV same battles for 7 dols . per month , for which other ; received 10 dols ., proposed to increase also the pay oi privates in the' regular army . And te this the Whigs , who probably did not see that any votes could be got from the regular army , would not , or at any rate , M not assent . So that it was the Democrats who wished to do justice to the heroes of the 8 th and 9 th of May , and not the Whigs , whose proposition only embraced volunteers , who , it is well known , did not participate in these glorious actions . "
i , ri } t a PPeara t ! lftfc the difference between the Wings and Democrats [ how long shall these names be prostituted ?] was merely the difference between tweedledum and tweedledee . Neither proposed that the soldiers who were to fight for the country should nave tho smallest piece of the country they were required to fight for ; neither propesed that the fighters should be taken by lot from rich and poor without any chance of backing oat or bw / ing out ; neither proposed that the pay of the officers and men should be alike , whatever the amount might be : neither asserted that a soldier's wife and
children required as much for sustenance and education as a cwigressman ' a -. " neither proposed even that the soldiers should choose tlieir own officers I In my opinion , both Whigs ami Democrats of the last Congress ought for ever hereafter to be excused from serving the people in a legislative capacity ; and if I had the power I would make- them swallow their own medicine : they should serve , every devil of chem . in the ranks , for 1 dols . a month , till the end ot the villainous war which thej have taxed upon the people , and 1 feel sure that if the people could
take a VOte Oil thn Sllhiur-t . thav i ^ nM onv o / t .. ^ j take a vote on the subject they would sav , so mote it be
REFORM IN MISSISSIPPI . The cause of reform has an able and influential advocate , J . J . McCaughan , M . L ., of Mississippi . and the Stingarec publishes various evidences of the favour with which his doetrines are received in that State , together with the following remarks : — The articles which we copy into our paper of to-day , relating to our fellow citizen , Hsu . J . J . MeCaughan , and the great measures of reform , of which he is the prominent advocate , ere a few of many indications that the publie milld is becoming aroused , and determined to have light upon the subjects of those glaring and costly evils —those relics of olden-time barbarism—our savage Shyloclt-lilce security and coercive debt-collecting legal
systems . Independent-minded men , it secras , in various parts of the land , undeterred by the sneers of sell-constituted and interested oracles , are for hearing Paul before they pronounce him "mad "—albeit "he seemeth a setter forth of strange gods , " and although " eertsiin of the Epicureans and of the stoics *; are in fear , and trembling for their " turnips , " and murmur together . "Ye know that by this craft we have our wealth . Moreover , ye see that not alone at Epliesua , but almost throughout all Asia / this Paul is persuading and turning away much people , so that not only this our ciai ' t is in danger to be set at nought , but also that ( that cunningest pattern of excelling humbug ) the temple of the great goddess { of Litigation ) Diana should be difpeiaed , and her magnificence would be destroyed , " in ,
The benighted opposer of progressive democracy may stand by the wayside and warn the philanthropist " that a perfect state of society is unattainable—the Mo : ited aristocrat and well-fed drone who Know not , never knew , poverty or want , may clap their hands on tlieir fat bellies , and with a complacent smile declares that " society is all very well at present ; " but who have supped full of horrors of poverty , know that they preach a LIE—knowthat the natural and inalienable rights of every son of Adam are alike—know that the poor man lias the same right to luxury and leisure that the rich maw has—know that the present inequality of condition is the consequence of establishing systems and laws b y which one part of mankind is made drones to do nought but enjoy lcasure and luxury , another part drudges to do nil and
enjoy neither , and of failing to establish laws and systems by which one part of mankind would be prevented from monopolizing the SOIL , the LEISURE , and the LUXUltlES of the earth , to the deprivation of the other part . Having , many of us , arrived at a knowledge of these fixed facts , we are for progressing to the remedy , which instead of being " impracticable , " is more natural and easy , than continuing to suffer . "Revolutions never go backwards . " The working classes of this country are not going to endure much longer the load ol TWO 11 UND 11 ED MILLIONS OP DOLLARS annually , and the missery , strife , discord , poverty , and human suffering , in every way , which are now imposed upon them , occasioned by the two evil systems Mr . Mc ' caughan's reforms would free them from . The working classes artnot always going to produce all the wealth , and allow
useless , proud and idle drones to monopolize all the leizure and all the luxuries , and all but a miserable moiety of the necessaries of life . The producing classes are not always going to allow unjust and acquisitive members of Congress to rob the national treasury of EIGHT DOLLARS per day , and fob off those who right the battles of the country with less than negro wagi s per month ! The producing classes are not MUCH LONGER to he deprived of their birthright , as much of the COMMON SOIL , as will furnish every man , who desires it , a FARM sufficient for his support , from which most of them are now cut off by governmental usurpation and tolerated monopolies of the public lands . Those who lliinls tbo tvorjciiigf jrioti of tills Union - »» -o f ? r > in (? to Pitntinue to suffer outrageous INJUSTICE , after they have ascertained the imposition , will find out their mistake by and bye .
AMERICAN SLAVERY . ( From the Albany "Anti-Renter . " ) In providential time did the people of this Republic take up the foundation principle of true liberty and enlig htenment . In our cities , the crime , the destitution , and the brutality of European cities is springing up with rampant and overshadowing growth . In the North , the dollar , dollnr has become the ' brazen calf" of our worship . Iu the West , the solid patriotism of the pastage is giving way before the greed of acres , acres . In the South , Republicanism is only worn to cover the bloodspotudness of a despotism as much worse than that of llussia as ten million of poison snakes , scattered over a country , are worse than one huge solitary serpent filling his fair at a central point .
Liberty , Equality , Republicanism ! Shame and dishonor upon the men who desecrate these dignified namci ; by linkirg them with the foul and blasphemous injustice that makes a chattle of the human body—God's imagea merchandise of the human soul—the spirit of God himself . Infamy and scorn be the man's portion who can say t « his brother , " Your body is not your own—it is my goods . Your soul is under my influence and control , to drive it into crime here , into torment hereafter . " Perish the miscreant who can say this , first , and call himself a Republican afterwards . A young female was some time since strangled to death on the gallows at New Orleans . For what erime ? Aye , let us examine for what crime .
She was the servant , or called the properly of a man of refinement—a gentlemen . He paid his addresses to her —seduced her—his wife , of course , acted like all wivesthere was betwean ihem those feelings of hate and jealousy which seems natural under such circumstances . It would further feem that the paramour of the girl encouraged her to resist the authority of his wife—in what shape we don't see by the documents before us . The Courts became apprised of the circumstances—they seize upon the female servant , ( or slave , ) « hey find her guilty of" cruelty toher mistress" —and that , too , atthe •¦ instigation of her master . " For this she is sentenced to be — " to l > e huvg to death upon the gallows . ''
God ! Do we believe in a christian land ? Are we men of sober intellect ? Has one grain of Humanity or Justice place in rhe formation of our minds t That jiooi slave—she had a master , a seducer , to whom she lo / oki il up with a reverence , like that due to a superior being . He encouraged her to be unkind to her mistress . Under all the circumstances , who could expect from her anything else 1 She is brought before the courts of Louisiana . Republican Justice with her even scales , ever leaning to mercy , weighs her failings , aud here ' s the rosuit :
" Shortly before twelve o ' cloek the Sheriff waited upon the unfortunate CElprit who had been in company with priest Louis in her cell , and announced that all was in readiness . She was then dressed in a long white robe , her arms bound with a black eoiid , the white cap . placed upon her head , and walked- accompanied hy the priest , sheriff , keeper of ; thepiison aud other officers of the Criminal Count , to the gallows , which was erected upon a platform between the two prisons , fronting on Orloan . Street , screened by a double gate . She was p' -rfietlj firm , and apparently indifferent to her fat * , After pinijing with tho clergyman upontae gallows , the crucifin was placed upon her neeft , and the white pocket handkerchief in hen- left handt—Hie rope was adjusted wi her neck by Olio of the- eonviot 3 whose face- was blacked , and she tooihor scat upon , the bench crecied upon the platform . The gate * were then open , and a louii murmur ran Shwnigh tic populace fat the jsight of th & wretched
woman .. ^ She-par ty on the p latform uncovered — tke cap was pulled over the culprit ' s eyes , and the gallows was slid o * t so that it projected a few feet into the street . In a few seconds- the drop platform fell — . the seat upon which she & at gave way , aud she dangled in thc air , It was painful , terrible , to see the fearful struggles of the dying woman , for it was several minutes before all was over , as her neck was not broken by the fall , and she died from strangulation , At the expiration of nbout twenty minutes , she was taken in , and pronounced dead by thc physician , As she was taken in and the gates were closed , a sort of ill-suppressed shout arose from a portion of the crowd , and gradually the whole assemblage broke up and wefct away . "—[ A' . O . Pic .
" It will be recollected that Pauline was convicted of ill-using her mistress at the instigation ot her master , by whom she became a mother , and the execution was delayed until after the blrtti of the child . " - [ A * . }' . Com mercial . ¦
TIIE RIVER PLATE . Mercantile letters wai received at Liverpool on Wednesday , dajed Mente Video , Aug . 98 . These letters state thitt Mr . Heed has fulfilled his object ; but that thc merchants were completely in thc dark as to what tesult had been arrived at . _ Matters remaineu in a most perplexing state , ' .. ii & uarf
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BnioANDAOE fir the RoMA . v States . —By a letter - dated Rome , the- 7 th inst ., published in the Gazeete des Tribunuux , is appears- that thcmiinbcrof hi"h--way robbers and burglars confined in tho prisons of the Roman states amounts to 5 i , 000 , which form two per cent on the entire popupnlatinn of those states . To relieve the Government from the expense of their maintenance , it tons baen determined to liberate all who are not condemned' to snore than five years imprisonment , and to conclude the ne » ot-iatinns already commenced wMi' Fraince , to permit the remainder of the convicts' to settle in Algeria as colunists .
Duelling in Phussia . —The Gazette , des Tribunauas calls the attention of its readers- to the state ol tho law with respect to duelling in Prussia , by which olncers in the army are placed fa asihgiilardilemma . lue penal code punishes them with imprisonment in a fortress if they accept a challenge , and the Court if Honour deprives them of tlieir commission if they refuse . An example lately occurred when a lieutenant of artillery w .-is condemned , bv 27 votes to 3 to lose his commission for bavin- ; refused to accept a challenge .
Stoiim at Naples . —A letter from Naples , dated the < th instant , says- . — " We have this morning had a most frightful storm , accompanied by a waterspout . The greatest fears are entertained for the provinces . Many houses are destroyed at P-rtico . The number of victims at present known are fifteen ! A violent storm has a ho ravaged Messina and has caused the greatest distress ; seven villages have been swrpt away by Hie water . Nbw Smock asb Petticoat for the " Virois" ! —We read in the Constitution ^;~ ' U is said that the Virgin of Alocea , on the day of the marriage , was covered with a magnificent eheraisetto , a present of Ferdinand VII ., on his return in 1 S 14 , and a petticoat admirabl y embroidered , by Don Antonio , the unc-lc of Ferdinand . "
J ' hk Austkiaks is Italy . —Letters from Verona of the I 2 th inst . mention that ihu grand iuanoeuvr « . s of the Austrian army , which commenced in the neichboiireocd of that city on the Cth , wire terminated on the 10 th . Their object was to cover the place against an invading force advancing from Pescbiera . Fitly battalions of infantry and 28 squadrons of cavalry , with 00 pieces of artil ' cry , were engaged in those evolutions . On thelith ' a general review took place at which the young Duke of Modcna assisted . Several English , " Russian , Piedmontcca , and Swiss officers were present at those manoeuvres .
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MARLBOROUGII-STUEET . Assault anu Alleged Crim Con , —On Saturday , Mr . Richard Temple , jun ,, was brought before llr . Hardvvick charged with having committed a violent assault on Mr . Francis Samwell , a medical gentleman residing at 52 , Margaret Street , Cavendish Square . Mr . Samwell said he was walking in Portland Street , about Half an hour ago , when he was suddenly struck in the face by some « ne tvhom !> e did not immediately recognise . The blow was followed up by other blows , and he at last took refuge in a tobacconist ' s shop , and then gave his assailant into custody . Mr . Hardwick—Was nothing s . iid to you b y the defendant ? Complainant—Nothing . Defendant —Speak the truth . Complainant—1 did not hvar any
words . Defendant—Did I not say to you , " Now , you villain , I have got you , and I will pay you out for seducing my wife ? " Complainant—I did not hear those words , and I deny the charge contained in them . A gentleman , named Mitchell , said he was with Mr . Samivell when the defendant struck him . The attack was so sudden , that he was really at a loss how to act at the moment . Mr . Hardwick asked the defendant what ho had to allege in explanation of his conduct . Defendant—I had good cause for what I did . I have good proof that since February last that man has had illicit connexion with my wife . I have got my wife ' s letters , acknowledging what that villain has done . As soon as I learned what had occurred , I determined to give him a good drubbing . I went to his house , and gave him sundry blows there .
I did not meet with him again until this morning . When 1 did see him , 1 went up to him to retaliate upon him the injury he had inflicted upon me . There he stands , and he cannot . deny what I have said . Mr . Temple , sen ., ¦ ihu nua 1 ( 1 Ouutt , Oc . m ^ ca IV be allu „ cu IU BifcJ a lew words . The person at the bar is my son . The complainant is Dr . Samwell , a medical man . who has attended my family for years , and who is well known , aad bears a high character in Marylebone , iu which parish I have resided for forty years . Dr . Samwell has attended my son's wife , and the greatest confidence was reposed in him . 1 never was mora astonished when I heard the charge against liira of seducing my son ' s wife . I cannot justify my son ' s conduct , but I can excuse His feelings .
Dr . Samwell has completely broken up the heme and happiness of my son . I hope the charge is not true , but my son s wife has confessed it to her sister . She says Dr . Samwell gave her some kind of wine which over , powerrd her . I hope to God the charge is not true ; but I am bound to say the wife has confessed all . Dr . Sam . well—I distinctly deny the charge . Defendant—Did you not give my wife a ring ? Complainant—I shall say nothing , except that 1 hare been violently assaulted , and 1 expect to be assaulted again , and therefore claim the protection of the law . Is he not boand to answer the question about the ring ? Mr . Hardwick—No ; the case before me is an Jassault . The evidenco shows that an assault has been committed , and I therefore call on you to find bail to answer the charge at the sessions .
MARYLEBONE . Captdbe of two Coiners . —It may be remembered , that in tli * month of June last an extensive seizure of spurious money was made by Inspector Penny and Sergeant Rrcnnnn , of the G division , at a house in Ducklane , Westminster , where thc coin had evidentl y been manufactured , as it wis ascertained that a man named Anderson had been the occupant of the room in which the discovery of his nefarious practices was made ; moulds , . te , were taken from the premises , and every effort was made to secure thedelinquet , who . upon obtaining information of the " scent" which the police had gained , speedily decamped , and for a long time eluded pursuit . On Monday , Inspector Penny and Sergeant Brcnnun brought up Willinm Anderson , the man alluded
to , and a female , who gave her name Eliza Wright ; both of them charged with being concerned in coining . Inspector Penny said , on Saturday last , in consequence of information which I received , I and Sergeant Urennan went to the Wheatsheaf , Edgware-road , where we found Anderson and another man in the front of thebar ; I told Andirsonhe mustconsiderhimself in custody for coining , when he said , " Oh , that hi , 1 won ' t move an inch till I have had some gin . " I audBrennan took him out by force , and putting him into a cab , conveyed him to the I ' addington station house . On tho way thither he resisted very much . He had on him genuine coin to tho amount of Is . 8 d . in silver and copper , and a bitch key . He was locked up , and I andBrennan went toCO Devonshire Street , Bissofl-grovc ; wheal undid the street door
with the latch key ia question . I spoke to the landlady ,, to whom 1 described the man , and she told me that a ., person answering his description lodged with a female whom she understood to- be his wifu , in a back room on . the second fiooi ' . I wont up , and finding the dour lucked , forced it open , and in a box found a galvanic buttery , by 4 means of which they give the silvery appearance t > coin ; on a table was a jug containing spirits , . Mid in a dish was . a quantity of plaster of fcinia . s & ixed up iu moulds , surrounded by binders , and which are used when the plaster is wet . I and the sergeant also found a ( jaantity of copper wire . aiul a vaniety of other implement- used in coining .. While the seaneh was goini : on , thalVinale prisonen suddenly enteved the room , when llreanan iuiiiiediaiely laid buhl of hen . She resisted niucl-.-,. and endeavoured to pus herhaiidiisvio h < r bosom , with . the . view ,
us I Munpined , of taking something out . I than , put my hand on the upper part nt'her dress , before she had time to eft ' tct her c > td > ot , and drew therefrom ttro . p . iipers . con * taming twcntytlivee counterfeit fourpiumy pieces . She was- violent , and erica out "Murder ! " savtral times * She was ultimately conveyed to the st'itioaand locked up . Witness added , that in a closet in the backyard , to which the female prisoner was in the habit of goini ; upon . ' aln most every occasion previous to her having thij house , he found concealed from view a baj containing two double and two single moulds , and Iwo * p'ni . > us half , crowns . Numerous packages , in tviieh were al ! the materials requisite for carrying on thv practice o ); coining , wore produced by Mr . Penny and athcr oflictts , and the prisoners wore remanded until Friday , on which day evidence will be forthcoming ajriiiiist Auduison as to the coining in Westminster . The Miat solicitwp will then bo
in attendance . W 011 SU 1 P-STREET . EXTEAOHDINAllY . CllABGE OF DROWXINfi A W ) FB . —On Monday , Alfred W . ilton , a sullen-looking fellow about nineteen years of ago , was brought before tho Magistrate , on suspicion of having been concerned in drowning his Wife , a girl rather younger than himself , and to whom he had beK « married only three weeks . —hdwaru Allen , a stonemason , deposed , that »» 0 Ut one o Clock on Sunday morning , while passing tlftough Prichard s-row , ZSto v & oe . of a man and woman quarreling and on arriving at the Cat and Mutton Bridgehe found hat ssx . ** -. r T r ^/ ing - path of the Agent ' s Canal ' ^ continued . He listened , and' Heard « B „„ , ™ ihan n . ut up with the words
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 24, 1846, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24101846/page/7/
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