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October 25, J85L THE NORTHERN STAR 7
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October 25, J85l The Northern Star 7
October 25 , J 85 L THE NORTHERN STAR 7
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MR . JOHN MITCHEL . fFfflm the People ' s Advocate . ( Xew South Wales , ) F ™ Junel 4 th , 185 L ] In our last we called attention to a . paragraph « bich appeared in a recent ' number of the «« Iiiunces ton Examiner , " announcing that . the / gniily of Mr . Mitchel had arrived in Adelaide , and here on their way to join their noble-hearted relative . He , anxious to see those from whom he was so long and so painfully separated , asked and obtained permission to visit Launceston ; but , as tiofortunately he had omitted to provide himself with a written pass , he had no sooner arrived in that town than be was arrested and thrown into oaol , to remain there till communication could be
Sad with , and mstruction received from , llobart Town . This is tbe extent of our knowled ge , and ¦ we hare yet to learn the decision at bead quarters , whether " favourable or otherwise to the unfortunate state prisoner . But it would seem that a certain fatality attends those political martyrs , who have been located under the wise and paternal rule of Governor Denison , and more especially the gentleman whose name we have placed at the head of this article . The first who felt the indignation of England , he was sent to Bermuda , where his life was endangered , in consequence of the climate not agreeing with him . Eventually ho was removed , and was a passenger in the Xeptune , which was not allowed to discharge her cargo of crime at the
Cape of Good Hope , but was compelled to voyage further , and add fresh population to the colony of Tan Diemen ' s Land . We believe that the truehearted colonists of South Africa would have had no objection iobAve allowed the landing from thc ship , and subsequent residence among them , of John Mitchel , if it could have been so managed that be alone should be allowed to avail himself of the privilege . Tbis , however , could not be done , and he was compelled to journey onwards to "Van Diemen ' s Land , where at length he found a resting place for his wearied foot . Snce that time he has lived in comparative retirement , and has not been so prominently before the public as others of his compatriots , who have been subjected to the coarse
insults and indignities of the ruling authorities . But owing , as we said before , to that unfortunate fatality which seems to attach itself 10 those gentlemen , no sooner had he proceeded ( by permission ) to Launceston , to welcome his famil y , than be is thrown into prison , because ho had no writtea pass . Whether the Governor or Comptroller-General may deem this omission of sufficient importance to merit three mouths at tbe Cascades , we have yet to learn ; but we should not be at all surprised if it were so ; no despotic or arbitrary pi-oceeding of the Government of Yan Diemen ' s Land would astonish us . Tho petty malignity and vfndictiveness so often evinced iu its conduct to the Irish state prisoners , warrant us in supposing
that—& i long as it keeps -within the law—it may work as it will , and even stretch a point , not only iu equity but also in law , to accomplish its purpose of aggravating the distressing condition of those who are forced to dwell under ic , aud to submit to its every caprice . Surely it was quite sufficient that those gentlemen—many of them of a rank in society more stable aud more exalted than an adventitious Excellency , who might before tomorrow be ordered to join his corps and do dutyshould have been torn from their families and homes and forced into involuntary banishment , that they should not , in their place of exile , be harassed by the insolence of officials , who , unable to comprehend the virtuous and pure motives which
animated them , and urged them on the course which they pursued , to the overthrow of their own hopes and prospects—seem to take a malicious pleasure in subjecting them to annoyances , which ire deeply and acutely felt by the high-spirited men who are the victims of their whims . It may be said , that the authorities were fearful that Mr . Mitchel would folio * the example of M'Mdnus and fly from the Colony , but they need not—they could not entenaia any such apprehensions . In the case of the former there was no breach of that tacit agreement which existed between every State Prisoner and the government ; while in that of the latter , the bond bad been broken by the
Executive , and Mr . M'Manns , being relieved from all obligation then did what every man would do under similar circumstances—namely , relieve himself from the duresse to which he was subjected ; and we have before now expressed our sincere satisfaction that he had succeeded in eluding thevigihnce of his gaoler , and disappeared from the laud of bis bondage . But it was not very bkey that a man who bad just received the tidings of the arrival of his family , would harbour anv intention of absconding , from even such a place " as Van Clements Land , and we wait with anxiety to iearn the issue of the new proceeding , WMcb savors so strongly of the domineering aud despotic spirit of the officials of the Southern Colony .
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MIXING INTELLIGENCE . JFrom theDa & urstTree Pre & , ( Sew South Wales , ) June 14 th , 1 S 5 I . J As we have several times prognosticated the reckless inconsiderateness of many of the Sydney people is now followed b y its inevitable penalty . Uumbersare daily returning from the mines bankrupt—both in spirit and worldly goods , after an unsuccessful career of gold digging , and not a few instances have occurred at tne mines in which parties f ully equipped , have arrived there , looked about them for a short time and because ihey did not see the men -who were at wort picking pieces of srold out of their cradles , they have become
suddenly dispirited , and sold their rations and tools at an immense sacrifice . ' A large body of this disappointed class , amongst whom appeared to be many likely men , returned to town on Monday , and the stories told by some of them were sufficiently gloomy and disheartening to deter others who were not acquainted with the real state of afiairs , from attempting thc chances of a gold-di gger s career , Some of them Tented tUeir feelings ot bitter disappointment and chagrin upon the names of those who are connected with the early history-of gold mining , ¦ who if candidly disposed might * have attributed their discomfiture to their own imprudence and
recklessness , or perhaps their want of perseverance . Whilst writing these lines , one of this class disposed ofthe whole of his outfit , composed of two cradles , three spades , four picks , a new tarpaulin , two oil -coats , and two guns , certainly worth not less thau £ lo for the trifling sum of £ 5 : and flour has been sold at 15 s . per 100 lbs . at the diggings by brokenspirited miners . We listen to the dolorous recital Of an individual , one of a com p any of three Sydney people who had been industriously at work with a cradle for a week , at tbe conclusion ot which , they bad realised two particles . Tbis man ' s impressions and those of bis mates were of conrse ' unfavourable
towards gold di ggi n g , and their representations were the means of turning several people back who iad come from Sydney to Bathurst , including , we are informed , two teams . In a conversation " with Mr . Walker , a few moments afterwards , Tre learned from him that during the last week the joint produce of tbe labours of his company of six was only an ounce of gold , whilst on some day of the previous week , with his own hands he dug sis ounces of the precious metal out of the earth . And thus it appears to run with the most fortunate of the miners . Amongst many others who turned chickenhearted on their arrival in Bathurst was a Sydney company who came hither well equipped , but with
the most absurd and extravagant expectations . Upon hearing that gold digging was something more than mere amusementrand that the lumps were not to be found like pebbles , they sold ofi their stock-in trade , consisting of § 00 lbs . of flour , a bag of sugar , a quarter of a chest of tea , tarpaulin , & c , forming in all a complete outfit to Mr . Walker for £ 15 . " Mr . Pitzpatrick , store-keeper , purchased half a ton of flour at 30 s . per 100 lbs . aader similar circumstances . Several returned to town yesterday who had come up from Sydney , looked at the diggings , seen little gold , and despaired . These -will return to the metropolis and give a very lugubrious account of their own
experience and of mining prospects generally , and will be about as near the truth as some of those Sydney gentlemen who have sojourned amongst us for two or three days , made themselves familiar with tbe cases Of extraordinary luck and written most extravagant accounts to their friends , some of which have found their way into the Sydney papers , and assisted in driving people mad . Several large pieces of gold have come to light during- tho last / ew days . Yesterday an excellent specimen , flat and nearfy semi-circular and weighing 1 lb . llf ozs .,: waa shown us by Mr . Strachan . It was purchased by him from Messrs . Tom and Xyster ' s company for £ 70 , and considering its size and weight was the freest from impurity of any we Mdseeji . Some fortunate Individual at the time Stumbled on a Iumo of matter weighing nearly i lbs ., composed of mixed "old and quartz , about 4 . lbs . of which is said to be wold . He p laced his
treasure in the custod y of the Commissioner . Besides these we have beard of other pieces being found , varying from 1 lb . to 10 ozs . Yesterday we had a little conversation with a Bathurst butcher , who had been working in co . for a fortnight . The proceeds of their labour , when divided , came to £ 50 -a man , mating - something- over £ 4 . a day for each . Several have returned and sold their gold , who havo earned on an average from las . to 22 s . per day j and others have been altogether unsuccessful , as we have frequently stated . So far from the oppositiou which was anticipated with regard to the licenses , everything has gone on smoothly ; the men voluntarily referring their cases of dispute to the decision of the Commissioners . Up to Saturday night last upwards of 450 licenses had been issued , the amount , in nearl y every case , being paid in gold , la our last we omitted stating that the license fee was 2 s . less than the half ounce
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of gold . Large quantities of the precarious metal are deposited m the safe keeping of the Commissioners by the miners ; but anything in the shape of larceny or peculation at the diggings appears by all accounts to be unknown . From 300 to 400 passed upwards yesterday . A gentleman just arrived from Sydney who had taken some trouble in forming his calculation ^ gives it as his opinion that not less than 250 tons of flour is now on the way up . These supplies in addition to what may be expected from Maitland and doulburn will place ua on the safe side of starvation .
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J _ M > ¦ — ENGAGEMENTS WITH PIRATES . Capture op thb Pirate Negro . —The pirate j \ egro , for whom her Majesty ' s sloop Frolic has been so long . m search , has been killed under the following circumstances : —The French steamer Favorite perceived him and crew in a large boat - drove them ashore on a small island near Samesthe boats ot the French steamer blockaded the island until the steamer went to Samoa for the Turkish troops . They then proceeded to the island , and Negro having oflered a desperate reaiatance , he was shot immediately . " .
Pihates in the Mediterbanean . —The arrival of the Merlin at Malta , from Patras , puts the public in possession of the following facts : —A pirate boat has appeared in the vicinity of Ithaca , with seventeen men . They have seized several boats , and among them an Ionian , whose crew they beat and tore down her flag . Several persons were seizedone of them , Major Andrew Yaltero , had to pay a ransom of 500 dollars . Several boats were robbed . The occurrence took place on the 4 th inst . Pirates in the Straits . —The "Diario de Manila" of July says : — "On the 3 rd of May , a division of gun-boats had an engagement with four pirate boats on the coast of the island of Paragua ( Palawan ) in Iat . 8 deg . 52 , 30 , at the distance of
twelve miles from the shore . The pirates were sum moaed to surrender , but refusing were attacked , and a warm engagement ensued . One of the Spanish gun-boats was upset , but undeterred by this mischance the rest continued the attack , which resulted in the complete destruction of the pirates , three of which were carried by boarding , after much resistance , and destroyed , and the fourth was blown up by the pirates themselves . About one hundred pirates were killed . A midshi pman , an assistant surgeon , eight seamen , a grenadier , and two boys were killed , and twelve men wounded , on the side of the Spanish . Seventeen prisoners were shot , and one pirate ( a boy of twelve years ) and thirteen captives , women and children , who had been seized by
the pirates during their cruise , were brought away by the gun boats . The governor of the province of Iloilo writes , under date 3 rd June , that ' he had been grieved by receiving information that en the 19 th of May eight pirate prahus had entered the Bay of Agcanayan , and taken several persons prisoners , and that another division of six pirate prahus had captured a vessel of the Christians between the coasts of Iloilo and the Island of Negroes . A division of gun boats were immediatel y despatched in pursuit of these pirates and on the 22 nd observed twelve of the prahus anchored under the island of Guinanon . The pirates separated and took to flight
, fourjjf their boats being sunk , and three captives making their escape by saioiining to the Spanish boats . On a subsequent day two prahus were engaged , of which one escaped with three men killed , and the other was taken , having nine pirates killed and two made prisoners , who declared that they were Christians who had been carried off when children . Six captives were found in this boat , including a woman and child , one of whom was slightly wounded by the fire of the gun boats , and another was also wounded by the pirates when throwing himself into the water to swim to the Spanish boats . "
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Pretention of Accidents bv Fires-arms . —A land-owner and sportsman of Nantes , Belgium , M . Fontenau , has invented a modification of the percussion guu . In ordinary percussion guns the cylindrical hammer which strikes upon the ni pple whereon the cap . is placed is solid . Mr . Fontenan proposes that this solidity shall be drilled in tueh a manner as to admit of being fitted with a fine screw , which can , by turning , be easily raised or depressed in its bed . The inner end , if we may so speak , is alone to strike the cap . It is obvious that , if this screw , be turned so that the greater portion of it be oat ofthe hammer , that though the gun bo charged and capped and the hammer descends , the gun will not be fired ; whilst the turning down of tie screw at once places ' the gun in order for firing .
Westminster Abbey . —An act was passed on the 7 th of August to "empower the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey to build on ground contiguous to Westminster Abbey and for other purposes . " Uy virtue of this act the Chapter can expend £ 25 , 000 in improvements connected with the Abbey in the purchase of property in Dean ' s-yard . Other acts have been passed by which the Chapter was empowered to make improvements , and they can be now carried into execution . According to the recital , the Chapter was "desirous of facilitating the formation of a spacious and convenient communication between the Houses of Parliament and that of Buckingham Palace , and of otherwise improving tbe adjacent nei ghbourhood , "
The Late Owner of the American Yacht , — At a dinner recently given to Commodore Stevens at Sew York to celebrate his return from England , the following graceful tribute was paid by that gentleman to the authorities of this country : — " Our arrival was greeted with every hospitality and courtesy , not onl y by the noblemen and gentlemen of the Royal Yacht Club , but by the officers of government . Lord Palmerston sent down an order that the America should be admitted in all the English ports on the footing of English yachts —tbe Custom-houses were all free to her , anil the admiral of the station at Portsmouth offered every assistance and civility . The Earl of Wilton and the venerable . Marquis of Anglesey , now eighty years of age , were among tho first visitors on
boara , and they and all the members and officers of the Yacht Club , and numberless others , evinced in every manner the kindest feelings , and showed us the most delicate attention . From the Queen herself we received a mark of attention rarely accorded even to the highest among her own subjects ; and I was given to understand that it was not only intended as a courtesy extended to myself and friends , but also as a proof of the estimation in which she held our country , thereb y giving a significance to the compliment infinitely more acceptable and valuable . Long may the bond of kindred affection and interest that binds us together at present remain unbroken . As a further proof of the feeling of the government and the people towards us I will mention the following act of kindness -.
—We had the misfortune , the day before the race with the Titania , to knock off a part of our outer shoe . This rendered it necessary that we should haul her out , and we repaired to the government dock at Portsmouth for the purpose . On the instant the application was made an order was issued by the admiral to repair her in the shortest time possible . If you could have witnessed the vigour and good will exhibited , from the admiral down to the humblest mechanic ofthe yard , to complete her for the next day ' s race , you would , I am sure , have felt tho obligation ( rendered so doubly binding by the manner in whicb it was
tendered ) as deeply and sincerely as ourselves , that any cause of quarrel should arise to separate two nations that want but to be better acquainted with each other ' s good qualities to become and to remain fast friends . She was docked at twelve . and finished by eight o ' clock the same evening . For tbis important service no remuneration , in any shape or way , would be listened to . The admiral , in expressing the pleasure it gave him to do us a service , endeavoured to prevail upon us to believe the obligation to be altogether en his side , I trust , with confidence , that if occasion should occur , this delicacy and feeling will be as promptly and as delicatelv reciprocated . " *
TueOmnibuses . —Now , we suppose , it will be the people ' s tarn to deal with the multitude of omnibuses called into action during the last six months . Short distance prices appear to be a desideratum , as well as a return to the old threepenny half-distances and Bank fourpenny fares . These , we dare say , will satisfy the middle classes , who would daily and constantly fill the 'buses for short lifts , at say 2 d ., while they retain even 3 d . in their pockets . There is wanted , too , in the metropolis—what Liverpool has alread y got—a workingclass omnibus at still cheaper fares , for certain distances , even so low as a penny ; though it must be admitted that , if these are to traffic throughout the whole length and breadth of the metropolis , the fare for the whole distance must be higher—say
threepencehalf the middle class price . The penny omnibuses at Liverpool are literally besieged by the working classes , and taken by storm , and the demand for more is about to be supplied b y a new . and superior kind of vehicle . In whatever -way it may be managed , there is likely to be a reform in the omnibus ranks in tbe metropolis , and a reform is needed in the vehicle no less tban in the fare . Let tbe Parian omnibus , even be simply imitated , and the proprietors will find the change to be for their advantage , and to enable them at once to re-arrange their fares on the desired scale . A little wider and a good deal longer—just such a machine as was exhibited in Hyde Park , if we mistake not from Glasgow —will do , Would not iron ones be li ghter to draw than those we have , even though they were larger . — Builder . -
Lobd Jobr Russell ' s New ILefobm Bill . —It is now pretty freely circulated that at the late council only three members of Lord John Russell ' s Cabinet supported his new . Reform Bill proposition . The ether members were opposed to any new . Reform Bill at all . This division in the Cabinet has caused grea $ constesnation , —Merniug Herald .
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . The October General Quarter Session of the Peace for tbe county of Middlesex commenced on Monday morning , st the Sessions House , Clerkenwell , before Mr . Sergeant Adams , Mr . Witbam , Mr . Pownall , Mr . Turner , Mr . Kemshead , Mr . Armstrong , & c . There are thirty-eight cases of felony , and seven of misdemeanour , for trial . Dock Robbery . —James Barker , 42 , was indicted for stealing two gallons of rum . the property of the East and West India Dock Company . It appeared that on the 8 th inst . a vessel laden with rum and susar was discharging her cargo at one of the quays of the East and West India Dock , and the prisoner , who ' was in the employ of the company as second class cooper , was on the quay at the time . He waa
observed by one of the servants of the dock to be paying particular attention to one of the puncheons of rum which had been landed , and on being watched he was seen to attempt to remove the bung by means of a cutting-in iron , but failing in that he went away , and returned shortly afterwards with an adze , with which he accomplished his object . With-the assistance of another person he tilted the cask on to a pail , and having got about two gallons out , he took it to tbe western remote cellar , where he was found with it , and he was given into custody . —The defence was that the prisoner ' s purpose was not to steal therum , but to stop some leakage that was taking place in the cask . —The jury found the prisoner Guilty , aud he was sentenced to one year ' s hard labour . Charge of Fraub . —Joseph West , a sweep , was indicted for havine unlawfully obtained from
Elizabeth Dick man eiaht shillings and sixpence , with intent to defraud the Rev . Richard Burgess . The case against the prisoner was that he went to the house of the prosecutor , No . 10 . Cadogau Place , aud asked for orders . Believing him to be tbe sweep regularly employed at the house , the servant asked him if he had got his bill , when he replied that he had not , but would soon fetch it . He then went away , and in about halfan hour he returned with a bill for eight shillings and sixpence , which sum he received , and receipted the bill . The debt was not owing to him but to another sweep , residing in Burton-street , Eaton-square . —The defence was , that the prisoner was not the person who received the money ; aud it appeared that when he ascertained that the servant said it was him be went to the police station to meet the chargCi- 'Mr . Sleigh addressed the jury , and they acquitted the prisoner .
Simp Stealing . —Thomas Barnett , a butcher , was indicted for stealing two ewes , value £ & , the property of Stephen Lowe . From the evidence it appeared that last Friday fortnight , at about nine o ' clock , the horse patrol on duty in the Seven Sisters' Road , Tottenham , saw the prisoner running away from a horse and cart in the road ; and , on examining tbe cart , he found in it a sheep with its legs tied , and at a short distance , close by the gate of a field where some sheep had been turned in , he found another sheep with its legs tied , as if ready to be deposited in the cart also . Eethengallopped after the prisoner , but could not overtake him , and he returned to the cart , of which , with the horse and thc sheep , he took possession , and conveyed them to the Green Yard ; and whilst he was at a public hou-e at Westminster , inquiring for the person whose name
appeared on the cart as owner , the prisoner came in , and the officer having recognised him , took him into custody . The prisoner afterwards said , " Patrol , you are the only witness against me : make it as favourable as you can ; I shall get transported . " At the time tbe officer was in plain clothes , and had not said he was the patrol . The cart had been hired by the prisoner and another person , to whom , and to his connexion with certain women , he imputed his being apprehended . —Be was found Guilty . —Mr . Metcalfe said the prisoner ' s friends were very respectable , and he had been brought up to the business of a butcher , and they entertained no doubt of his having been drawn into the present transaction by bad companions . —The court sentenced him to be transported for ten years .
Fraud upon Fraud . —John Whitmore was indicted for fraudulently obtaining by false pretences , from Alexander Mills , two casks , the property of Alexander Berwick , with intent to cheat and defraud him of the same . There were three other charges against the prisoner . —It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner effected these frauds in this way . He had been in the employ of Mr . Lockwood , of Woodbridge , but was discharged from bis employ five or six months ago . He appeared to have a knowledge of those public houses where Mr . Lockwood ' s barrels and those of other brewers
were , having been collector to several houses , and ho engaged carmen to go and fetch barrels from public houses , giving them a written authority to do so , and having by these means obtained the casks , he sold them , stating that his name was Loekwood . It was sworn that the prisoner had no authority to send for or deal with these casks in any way whatever . —The prisoner complained that he had entrusted certain papers whicb were of great importance to him as far as regarded bis defence , to a solicitor , who had neglected to attend . —Mr . Metcalfe said there were a number of persons who , under the guise of legal practitioners , defrauded persons who were under charge of money , and
sometimes , as thc prisoner in this case-averred , of papers , which were of importance to the defence . —The learned judge said there were , it was true , about that court a set of people who acted in this way , and had he but the power he should not be slow to put it in operation to cleanse the court of them , for he would take care that they were safely lodged between four walls during every sitting of the court ; but he had not the power , and could not do anything in the present case . If tbe person alluded to was an attorney , there was a remedy in tbe Court of Queen ' s Bench . —The jury found the prisoner Guilty , and he was sentenced to six months ' hard labour .
The Case of Dugdaie , of Holywell street , — In the ease of this defendant , who Is sentenced to two years' imprisonment , for having in his possession , with intent to sell , obscene prints and publications , it was submitted on his behalf that no offence was stated on the face of the indictment , and the court took time to consider whether it would grant a case on the point for tho decision of the Court of Appeal . —The learned judge now said that he had well considered the matter , and his opinion was that the indictment was sufficient . He should therefore leave the defendant to his writ of error , if his advisers thought it desirable that he should avail bimself of it .
Robbtsrv ra a Servant . —Margaret Carey , 24 , was indicted for stealing in the dwelling house of Henry Lambert , a gold watch , value £ 13 , and six sovereigns , his property and moneys . —The prosecutor was a publican , keeping the Caledonian Arms , Caledonian-road , and about a fortnight ago the prisoner entered his service as maid of all work . It was his custom to keep money in a cash-hox which was deposited in an iron safe in his bedroom , to which there were two keys , one of which he kept himself and the other was kept by Mrs . Lambert in a dressing case in the bed-room . On Tuesday last , whilst the prisoner was employed scouring the bod . room , the prosecutor went to the safe , and at that time there were forty-six sovereigns in it , but when he went to it again , a short time afterwards , he found that six sovereigns h . id been abstracted . Suspecting the prisoner , and knowing that she had no money when she entered
his employ , he examined a bundle belonging to her , and in tho pocket of a gown he found three sovereigns , one of which he recognised by a peculiar mark as one he had put in the cash-box on the preceding Saturday . Mrs . Lambert ' s key was found safe in the dressing-case . The prisoner , when accused , was excessivel y insolent , and a policeman was called in and directed to take her into custody . The prisoner then said she would not go without an old petticoat which was in the back kitchen or washbouse , but that was disregarded , and she was conveyed to tho station-house . Afterwards , on a further examination ofthe safe , a jrold watch was missed , and , after a search , it was found wrapped up in the petticoat which the prisoner bad been so desirous of possessing when she was apprehended , and which was found in the back washhoiise concealed under the sink .-The Jury found the prisoner Guilty , and the Court sentenced her to nine months' imprisonment .
How to Get Relief . —George Lapgley , PJ , p leaded guilty to an indictment in which he was charged with assaulting Thomas Birchmore , relieving overseer of the parish of St . Pancras . —The defendant was one of a number of idle , dissolute , and disorderly persons who are a source of the greatest annoyance to the authorities of St . Paneras , their habit being to get admitted into the workhouse , and after remaining there long enough to receive food sufficient to satisfy themselves , refusing to work , and then insisting upon their immediate discharge . In 1846 the prisoner was
apprenticed , " at the expense of the parish , in the merchant service , but ho was too lazy Jo like the discipline , and he ran away . Since , then he had been a complete pest to tbe parish officers . On Friday last he applied to the board of Guardians to advance him some money to enable- him to start as a walnut vender , and because his request was refused , he waited about the passage leading to the board-room , and as Mr . Birchmore was leaving he attacked mm in a violent manner , inflicting a very heavy blow on tho side of his throat , and declaring " he would serve tbe b- ^— -y director ' s in the same way . — ine court sentenced him to six months' imprisonment ...
Assadxt with Intent , « fce . —Joseph Willis Ford , 38 , was indicted for unlawfull y assaulting four-little girls , under the age of ten years , with intent , ^ ° - ~~ There were four separate ; indictments against the prisoner , on one of which onl y he was tried : and the evidence given in support thereof , caniaot , of course , bo given in detail . —The defence w ; is that the evidence did not bring home guilt to tb e prisoner and that ho was a person of weak ? jit $ lecfc ; and a witness waa called who stated that tuo prisoner was an inmate of a private lunatic asy lum for six years from 1833 to 18 il . —The ; jur y found him
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Guilt y , and the court did not proceed with the other cases . —The learned judge said he was satistied with tbe verdict , but at the samo time he was also satisfied that the prisoner waa a person of weak intellect , ' but not to such an extent as ren * dered him irresponsible for his acts . Ho thought the prisoner s friends ought to adopt means to have him taken care of when he came out of prison in order that he mi ght not be guilty of such offences again . This was a very serious crime , but under the circumstances ofthe case the sentence was that tbe prisoner be imprisoned and kept to hard labour tornine calendar months .
Stealino and Receiving . —Charters Falkner , a marine store dealer , carrying on business on Eyrestreet-hill , and William Thomas Jackson , also a marine store dealer , in Turnmill-street , at the rear of the Sessions House , were indicted for stealing , and also for feloniousl y receiving forty pounds oi tinfoil , value £ 2 , the property of Messrs . Simpson andEmsley , of Union . buildings , Gray ' s-inn-lane . — lhe learned Jud ge having summed up tho case , the jury , after about twenty minutes' consideration , found Falkner Not" Guilty , and Jackson Guilty of receiving . —The learned Judge said he
agreed with the verdict , and hoped Falkner would for the future learn not to purchase unfinished goods without strict inquiry . As to Jackson he had not , the slightest doubt of his guilt , and he felt certain that the present was not tho only transaction he had had with the person of whom he purchased the tinfoil . The court would always punish with severity convicted receivers of stolen goods—they were the promoters and encouragers of crime ; and the sentence upon him was that ho be transported beyond the seas for the term of ten years . —This case lasted tho whole day , and the court was crowded .
Surrey Adjourned Quarter Sessions. The A...
SURREY ADJOURNED QUARTER SESSIONS . The Adjourned Quarter Sessions for the county of Surrey commenced on Monday at the Courthouse , Newington-causeway , before Thomas Puckle , Esq . ( chairman ) , and a full bench of magistrates . Attempted Burglary . —T . Collier , 25 , aud J . Tovey , 25 , were indicted for attempting to break into the dwelling-house of Sarah Willis , at Chcrtsey . —Prosecutrix , an old woman , seventy-two years of age , stated that she lived alone in a cot » tage , near tho Addlestone railway station . She was in receipt of an annuity , but as soon as she received it from the Bank of England she placed the money in a lady ' s hand for safety . On Saturday night , the 20 th ult > , she went to bed about
tune o ' clock , and about three hours afterwards she was alarmed by hearing some glass break in her window . She had fastened the house up prior to retiring to rest . As soon as she heard the noise she got out of bed and struck a light , and went to the windows . She there saw some faces , when she thought it was some one come to frighten her , One of the men , who she believed to bo Collier , called out , " Give us some money , or it will be worse for you , " It was at the little window at the back of the house , She told them to go about their business , but they refused to do so , and commenced forcing the door open . She put a piece of iron against the door to prevent them from breaking it open . She then saw that part of the shutter had been cut through with a knife , the blade of which
she perceived thtough the shutter . Sho was very much afraid of that , but she seized up a candlestick and pushed against the knife , to prevent the blade coming any further . With one hand she held the candlestick , and the other the shutter . She told them to remember the Frimley murder , and go about their business . They again demanded a sovereign , a half-sovereign , or a half-crown , when she told them she had none . But she recollected afterwards that she had a shilling , and offered to give them that if they would go away . She then told them to go round , and when they got there she threw out the shilling and some bread and cheese . She was afraid her strength would fail her , which induced her to give them the shilling . She was positive she knew Collier , as he lived with his
parents in tho next cottage to her . She said to him , " You bad boy , Tom , go away ; " but both of them said , " No , we shan ' t ; we will have more . " Witness then got an old dagger , but she was afraid to handle such a deadly weapon , but still she threatened them with it , and they went away , —Walter Ay ling , one of the Surrey police , said he watched the prisoners from a beer-shop on the night in question to tiie house of the prosecutrix . They crossed a hedge and went to the back of the house , where he followed them and hid himself in an out-house close by , where he could observe all their actions . Ho then saw them trying to break open the door , when Mrs . Willis came to the window aud asked them what they wanted . They replied , " Money , and if she would not make a noise , they
would not hurt her . " They then broke several panes of glass , when the old lady told them to go round , and she would give them some money . Witness followed them , and as soon as he got round they ran away , but he pursued and captured Tovey , whom he took to Collier ' ft house . While standing there Collier came home , and having sent for the superintendent , they were both taken to the police station . —Superintendent Biddelcombo , of the Surrey police , said he examined thc old lady ' s house afterwards , and found the back door broken very much , and the thieves intended to force the look by wrenching off the . bottom board . The
shuttors were also very much cut , and the marks corresponded with a knife found on Collier . —The Chairman summed up the evidence , and , after a few minutes' consultation , a vcrdiet of Guilty was returned against both . —A former conviction having been proved against Tovoy , the court sentenced him to ten years ' transportation , and the other prisoner was sentenced to twelve months' hard labour inthe House of Correction . The Chairman told them that had it not been for tho courageous conduct of the old lady , they would have entered her house , and might have succeeded in committing a crime similar to that in another part of the county , for which two men suffered so recently .
Attempting to Drfraud the So cm Western Railway Company . — W . Warden , 3 D , was indicted for having attempted to defraud the South Western Company of the sum of £ 20 , under false pretences . Ho was also indicted for stealing several articles of silver plate , the property of J . Haydon , banker , Guildford . —From evidence it appeared that the prisoners entered the service of Mr . llaydon about a month ago . After two or three days remaining at Guildford , ho was sent to London to transact some business , and on his return to the-railway station he went to the secretary s officeand said that he had lost his carpet bag ,
, containing property worth £ 20 . Inquiries were instantl y instituted , and it being ascertained that the prisoner ' s story was doubtful , a police constable was called in , and ho was given into custody . Mr . Haydon was made acquainted with the-facts , when he examined the plate , and missed two dessert forks and other articles , some of which were found in the prisoner ' s possession . It was also ascertained that he obtained tho situation by means of a false character . —The prisoner , who pleaded guilty , and threw himself on the mercy of the court , was sentenced to be transported for fifteen years .
The Inhabited House Duty.—Tbe First Half...
The Inhabited House Duty . —Tbe first halfyear s duty on inhabited houses is now due , and will be shortly collected under the following schedule , forming part of the assessed taxes : — " For every inhabited dwelling-house , which with the household and other offices yards , and gardens , therewith occupied and charged , is or shall be worth the rent of £ 20 or upwards by the year , where any such dwelling-house shall be occupied by any person in trade who shall expose to sale and sell any goods , wares , or merchandise , in any shop or warehouse being part of the same dwelling bouse , and in the front and on the t'round or basement storey thereof , and also where any such dwelling-house shall be occcupied by any person who shall be duly
licensed by the laws in foree to sell therein by retail , beer , ale , wine , and other liquors although the rooms thereof in which any such liquors shall be exposed to sale , sold , drunk , or consumed ,, shall not bo such shop or warehouse , as aforesaid , and also where any such dwelling-house shall be a farmhouse : occupied by a tenant or farm servant , and bona fide used for the purposes of husbandry only , there shall be charged for every 20 s . of such annual value of any such dwelling-house the sum of 6 d ., and where any such dwelling-house shall not be occupied and used for any such purposes and in manner aforesaid , there shall be . charged for every such annual value thereof the sum of 9 d . " Spaxisu Banditti . —Aa act of great audacity was lately perpetrated near Avilft > - a town about thirty leagues from Madrid , oru the-road to Seville . At about nine in the morning ,, on . a Sunday ., six !
men , well armed and mounted , took possession of a . small inn by the roadside ,, and ,, after having , mads their arrangements , stoppe & and' robbed every person that passed ^ By five-in . the evening they had had about 100 horses or mules , shut up within a narrowspace , and forty persons tied hand and foot . Tfcey did not maltreat any , ono , and even gave their prisoners some food . Sear the close of tho day a post chaise passed , containing two men , ladies , and a child . They riUpd these travellers completely ,, taking away even ladies * mantles and bonnets ., At last , when night had set in , tho robbers tw > k their departure , carrying with them nine mules loaded with booty , and nearly lO . OODfr . From some words which fell from one of them , it is- conjectured that they Were expecting the arrival of & rich family from Madrid , whom they intended to hold to ransom .. Fortunately the expected [ party took some other road . ,
. Departure of the Lord Bishop of Bombay . — On . Saturday his lordship left his residence at St . Andrew ' s Hill , Doctors Commons , accompanied by his lady , for his newly appointed station as Lord Bishop of Bombay .
The Suffolk Poisonings. William Rawlinso...
THE SUFFOLK POISONINGS . William Rawlinson was again brought up last week at Clare on the charge of having administered arsenic to his daughter-in-law , Mary Rawlinson , and after a further examination before the Rev . w . Mayd was again remanied for further examination at Clare . Diligent inquiries have been made by Superintendent Deathrinto the several cases of supposed poisoning , and from the '¦ informr . tion he has obtained it appears that " Mary Rawlinsoa ( who is since married ) was first taken ill on the 7 th August , but got better ; that on the 14 th , having eaten some black currant pudding which she had made , she was again seized with sickness and a burning sensation in the throat ; and her niece , Susan Cornell , coming to see her that night , ate some of the
pudding , and was also taken sick , and remained very ill all that night and next day ; that she went home on Saturday , the 16 th , having eaten nothing else in the house , carrying with her the remainder ofthe pudding , of which her father and the other children partaking were all taken ill ; that the mother , Ann Cornell , having gone to bo with Mary Rawlinson , was sent for to her husband , and herself complained of sickness and pain in her head ; but they all got better at that time ; that three weeks after Ann Cornell went again to nurse Mary Rawlinson on tho Saturday , and after taking some mutton broth was seized with vomiting aud purs * ing , but got-better in the morning ; that two of her children came on the Sunday and dined with her
off some mutton pudding , after which they all-were taken ill in the same way ; and the husband being sent for to his wife took her home about six in the evening , and she died about eight thc same ni ght . On the 16 th inst ., an information was laid by Superintendent Death before the llev . \ V . Mayd , for the purpose of having the body ol Ann Cornell disinterred for examination ; that an order to that effect having been made by the magistrate , the body -was apeped by Mr . Sutter , of Wiokhambrook , and the intestines have been delivered to Mr . Image , of Bury , for analysis ; hut at present we believe no examination has been made . Cornel ) , the husband of the deceased , still feels the effects of the deleterious matter which he took , in numbness of his feet and hands .
Another Death by Poisoning . —Mysterious Death . —On the 16 th inst ,, an inquest was held before Harry Wciyman , Esq ., coroner , at the Fox Inn , Great Bradley , on . the body of Hester Radford , who died on the Tuesday week previous . Ann Radford , widow , deposed that the deseased , who was in her seventeenth year , was one of four daughters of Joseph Radford , her late husband ' s brother , with whom witness now lived as his wife , and by whom she had two children , aged three and five years respectively . The deceased slept at her uncle ' s , next door , Joseph lladford and the witness , with four children , sleeping in one room , the rest of the house , the property of Mr , Lamprell . having been pulled down . The deceased
kept company with a young man named Alfred Hinds . On Sunday , the 28 th ult ., she was taken with a bowel complaint , which continued till the Saturday , when Mr . Baker , surgeon , saw her ; and she kept bey bed from the Sunday night till her death , which took place on Tudsday afternoon about two o ' clock . Two of her sisters and two of tho witness ' s children had been taken ill during tbe Same period , but were better now . They all had their victuals together . Tho inquest was adjourned until Monday next , in order that a post mortem examination might bo made ; and wo understand that a quantity of plant , well known for its use in procuring abortion , has been found by Mr . Image in the intestines . —Bury Post .
Daring Robbery At Liverpool By Barring I...
DARING ROBBERY AT LIVERPOOL BY BARRING ION , THE RETURNED CONVICT . At the Liverpool police court on Wednesday John Barrington , a well-known character when here , and a returned discharged convict , was brought up , charged with having stolen £ 220 from Mr . Livingstone , the celebrated cotton-broker . The prisoner only returned from transportation about a fortnight ago : and from , the statement made by Inspector Bates , it appears that on the 8 th instant , the iiignt before the Queen ' s visit , Mr . Livingstone , had been assaulted and robbed just before entering his house , in Bold-place , by some men , who cut away his pocket , and stole from him a silver lever watch , a bill of exchange for £ 187 Ss ., a Bank of England note for £ 100 , and two others for £ 20 each . Since that time the
inspector had been in search of the thieves , and his suspicions , from ; his professional knowledge , fell upon the prisoner who had just returned from feransportion . He ascertained that he ( the prisoner ) had taken a beer house in Bronte street ( off Russell-street ) . On the day previous he ( Bates ) took with hini two other detective officers , Lloyd and Murphy . This went to the house and told tbe prisoner that they had como to search the house . Lloyd fastened the door , and they commenced the search . When they came to the pigeon-cote one of tbe birds flew out , and the prisoner said " Stop , there ia money there . " Witness put bis hand there and pulled out eleven sovereigns . In a bag , mixed up with pigeon dirt , he found a < silver lever watch , which had since been identified by Mr , Livingstone as that stolen from him . Tho prisoner , when brbu ? ht to the office , denied the charge . —
Murphy , another of the detective officers , said that they received information that the prisoner had left iCSO with Mrs . Hume , a publican in Whiteehapel . Since tho 8 th inst ., the prisoners bad called , and got £ 40 , and the other £ 40 was handed over to him ( witness ) . —Mr . Livingstone identified the watch , and stated that on the 8 ih instant , when within a few yards from his own house , he was attacked by three men . One seized him by tho throat , another held him by the arms , and the third , who he recognised as the prisoner , came in front of him and attempted to pull down his trowsers . Failing in this the prisoner took a knife and cut away the left hand pocket , and stole the money stated . He ( the prisoner ) also dragged away prosecutor ' s watchi The thieves then effected their escape , —The prisoner was committed for trial .
A Dreadful Case Op Child Murder Was Disc...
A Dreadful Case op Child Murder was discovered in Wakefield on Monday . Shortly after five o ' clock on the morning of that day one of the porters , named Jackson , employed at the railway station of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company , went to his work as usual . A young man named Park , employed as a clerk in the telegraph office , was also in attendance , and booked four persons to go by the train , namely , two men and two females . On the departure of the train , Jackson , as was his usual custom , went into the passage leading from the railway yard to tho platform , where passengers were booked to go by the trains , and took away a ladder , and proceeded to extinguish all the gas lights . The passage at this time was perfectly clear ,
but after an absence of five or ten minutes he returned to deposit his ladder in its proper place , when he found a common blue band-box rather clumsily tied with cord , lying in the passage . He took up the box and carried it into the booking office to show it to the other clerk , and their curiosity or suspicion being aroused by the weight and appearance of the band-box , they opened it , when they found it contained a child wrapped up iu a white cloth , with its throat cut from ear to ear , the head being almost severed from the body . The booking clerk states that about ten minutes afser the departure of the half-past five o ' clock train a man and woman came to the booking office window , and * requested to know if the train had gone to Thornhill .
On learning that it had , and that there was no other train until half-past eleven , they went away , and he saw nothing more of them until they were afterwards taken into custody , when he positively identified the woman as the person who made inquiries respecting the trains at the booking office-window . The man arid woman are also Identified by . a porter , warned Thomas Smith ,, ' who met them in . the railway yard , on their way from the station , as be was going on duty , about twenty minutes before six o clock . The porter , Jackson , . swears that the bos must have been , placed ; in the passage while he was extiaguishing the gas lights , and if so ,, and the fact of the man and woman being at the station at the time fixes suspicion on them as being implicated
in the diabolical transaction . The man . aad woman , whose-names are James- Doyle aud . Ann Smith , were taken , into custody about seven , o ' clock the same morning . They wera brought baforo the magistrates on Monday , at . tiie CoutM & ou & e , aud remandsd for a week , to . give the police an . opportunity of obtaining further evidence respecting this wystesJous transactiooi . The « oroner s jary , after a brief consaltation , returned a verdict of . " Wilful ) Murder against some person or persona unknown . " . McnsER is S . BADV . —Oil the night of Friday last a . youag man , named Pivti'ick M'Court , was mu rdorcd in Keady , by sosae persons at present unknown .- An inquest was held on tho body , before George Henry , Esq ., coroner , and adjourned to Monday ; but notwishstanding a most patient investigation nothing vm elicited criminating any
person , and Samuel Young , James Hayes , and Thomas M'Williams , who bad been in custody , were discharged . Yarious rumours are afloat as to the cause of the murder . —Armagh Guardian . . . In reference to the Martin Estates in Galway , their acquisition was-strenuously recommended to a great capitalist , by a party who said the whole could be had for 40 s . an aero in fee simple , or at a price of £ 500 , 000 . The reply was characteristic and instructive—V I can buy the whole at 20 s . an acre or for £ 250 , 000 ; but who will guarantee me a maximum poor rate , or insure against tho " whole being swallowed up . in feeding sturdy , . beggars ? ' ' Bloomerism . —A lecture on the new style of ladles' costume , was delivered in the Hound Room of the Rotunda , last evening , by Mrs . Wilson and I Miss Fleming . This has been the first attempt to introduce the startling innovation here ,
Kossuth. Meeting Of The Inhabitants Of W...
KOSSUTH . MEETING OF THE INHABITANTS OF WEST * MINSTER . A public meeting of the inhabitants of West " minster washeld on Monday , at the Hanover-square ltooms j for the purpose of adopting an address " to the great patriot and statesman , " Kossuth , " on his arrival in England . Shortly after ono o ' clock the chair was taken by Sir De Lacy Evans , Bart ., M . P , ; and on the platform were Lord Dudley Stuart , M . P ., Mr . Feargua O Connnor , M . P ., a number of foreigners and members of the Westminster Reform Association , under whose auspices the meeting appeared to have been got up .
Sir Do Lacy Evaxs , on presenting himself , was loudly and repeatedly cheered . Ho said it was now about twenty years since he first had the honour of participating with the inhabitants of Westminster in the promotion of public questions of great interest and importance . Many matters of great moment with regard to foreign and domestic politics had during that time occupied the attention of the citizens of Westminster , but ho would say that there never was a public occasion on which ho felt more honoured , than on being called to preside that dav ( hear , hear ) , or one in which he felt more dearly ' aiid distinctly thejustice , in every sense of tho word , of the cause which they had taken up . ( Cheers . ) It was true that ostensibly the object of
lhe meeting was a personal one—it was an expression of the sentiments of the citizens of Westminster , as to the conduct of the late governor of Hungary ; but ho and they viewed it in a much larger and more important sense . Their great object was through him to do honour to the noble cause of which he was tho champion . ( Cheers . ) He believed that the great mass of the people of that country , with tho exception of a few ultra-Tories , who were always slow to imbibe ideas of liberality—he be « lieved that tho great mass of the English peoplo were of opinion that the cause of Hungary was a good and noble one . ( Cheers . ) Although he _ had not had much time to look closely into the political transactions that had taken place recently in that
country , he had felt it his duty before coming there to preside , to inquire somewhat minutely into tho main features of tho Hungarian question . Further inquiry had onl y more fully convinced him that the original impressions he had formed upon this question were correct . The cause was one intimately allied , and parallel to , that cause for which , the people of England had been themselves struggling many years . The object of the Hungarian people w .-is two-fold—the first was to maintain theie national ri g hts and their national independence , which they had clung to for the long period of GOO years . The next was the desire of improving and deliberating upon those important privileges that had been handed down to them for so long a period .
Those objects wore precisely such as were sought for within their own memory by tho people of England . ( Hear . ) Tho speaker then entered into tho details of tho Hungarian constitution , and vindicated Kossuth and Mazzini from the calumnies of tho English press . Had any of them read the letters of Mr . Gladstone , who was neither a Communist nor a Socialist , and had they seen how he had described tbe deplorable condition of the people of Niiples ? ( Hear ,. hear . ) He need not tell them that the condition of tho people of Rome was much worse , and they groaned under a most detestable civil and ecclesiastical tyranny . ( Hear , bear . ) Sow , if in such circumstances Miizzini thought that the best uiodo of accomplishing
his ohject of freeing the people from his galling yoke , ' was the declaration of a ropublc , was there anything impugning in thut ? ( Cvies of "No . " ) Taking that present cursory view of the position of the Roman people , and of Mazzini , as their acknowledged leader , bo really did not sue bow Kossuth was dishonoured by being compared to ono of the patriots of the Italian people . ( Great cheering . ) As a military man he knew too that Mazzini had performed his duty in the most heroic manner , and whether a republic was good or bad he sincerely lamented tb ;> fc the efforts of Mazzini bnd not been crowned with success . ( Vociferous cheers and cries of "bravo" for some minutes . ) And if possible his sorrow was the greater when ho saw the
battalions of a noble people like tho French employed in putting down the expression of the popular will . ( Loud cries of " Shame . " ) He was not sufficiently acquainted with the details of the question to give any opinion upon the matter , or why attempts had been made to damp the feelings and divert tho sentiments of tbe people of England upon tho present great occasion , by some references to tho private character and conduct of Kossuth . He would not enter upon any of those matters . If an inquiry was commenced into the private characters of public men , althoug h men with £ 10 , 000 or £ 20 , 000 a year might not have any inducement to peculation , they might yet bo abandoned aud prri « Iligato men , * and if they onco commenced , where were thev to stop ? ( Hear , hear . ) Their business
was with the public conduct of public men , and ha believed no man in the modern history of Europo had displayed more energy , and ability , and patriotism than Kossuth . ( Loud cheers . ) Although yet young , he had spent twenty years of his life in the public service , and many years of his life had been passed in adungeon , Some might say , what business had they with the internal affairs of other nations ? But were the despotic powers of Europo to have the power of interfering by means of largo armies , and assisting the tyrant against thc oppressed , without liberty on their part to express an opinion ? They were living in a community of civilised nations , and their obligations and responsibilities were the Same as those of . private
individuals in society . That principle had been acted upon in various instances by many countries . America had been assisted by France in her strunglos to obtain hor independence . In 1 C 8 S , 14 , 000 Dutch troops were sent into that country , to aid the English in accomplishing their revolution . He had himself some personal feeling in the question , as ho had assisted an old and allied nation ' of that . country in n similar case . ( Loud cheers . ) A . nd he was happy to say , notwithstanding what was asserted to the contrary , that the great objects contemplated by the public men of that country were now in the course of accomplishment . The first was the casting off of the kingly and priestly rule and yoke under which the Spanish people groaned . They had taken away the sinews of war from the Church of Spain—they had taken away
the landed property of tho Church , and sold it to the people at a small price . ( Hear . ) lie feared he had trespassed too long upon the time of the meeting ; but he believed that although the Hungarians were not successful in all they contemplated , one most important object Had been achieved , which the Austrian government had not dared to reverse—namely , the emancipation ofthe 12 , 000 , 000 of Hungarian ' serfs . { Great cheering . ) Mr . Prout moved tho following resolution : — *• That tho recent struggles of the Hungarian people to defend constitutional government against Austrian despotism and Russian aggression does , in the highest degree , dcmand . our warmest admiration ; and we earnestly hope that , notwithstanding tbe recent unr \« Uteoua aAitogatiou of their liberates , the time is not far distant for the recovery of their rights in their full integrity . "
Lord Dudley . STUART ,. in comiag forward to second tbe resolution , was received with the most vociferous cheering , which was frequently renewed . Ho denied that Kossuth , or any of his friends , were anarchists ov revolutionists- —on the contrary , tbey rose to defend their ancient rights and liberties , and the rb'hts of constitutional government , and for the preservation of their ancient institutions . IH-y endeavoured to do this by . legal means ,, atid had obtained the sanction of the government to the reforms they introduced , and Kossuth and the Hungarians would have been willing to submit tb . the sovereignty of Austria , or that of any other , monarch who . would take tse oaths to tae constitution
and observe them . Their taking up arms was : v matter of necessity ,, not choice—when the right ' s nf the people were invaded—when the Emperoi-. attempted to rule without the Diet—they did wbat every freeman . oughts , to do , they rose in resistance . ( Loud cheers . ); He did not heshate to say Englishmen would do . the same in similar circumstances . ( . Tremendous cheesing . ) Haviag paid a high , eulogium to the Sultaa of Turkey , the speaker vindicated tto character of Kossuth from the slanders . cast upon it , a : id said that the very journals of Pesth , although opposed to the government of K « , s « suth , had declared they were false . ( Cheers . )
Mfr Feabqu 3 O'Connor , M . P ., said ho would not address them longer thanflve minutes , for his blood so boiled within him when he thought ol Hungary , that he was afraid he should make a rebellious speech . ( Lnugbter and great cheering . ) They would all remember that Cobbett called a certain journal" the bloody old' Times '"—( loud . laog . httr and cheers)—aud tiioy saw hov ? . it had treated Kossuth . When that infernal old ruffian Ilaynau , ^ w ! io pulled the legs and arms off women , aud threw tkein over tho ramparts for the p igs to eat , . when he Cr . rne to England , and when Barclay and Perkins' u . ca
gave him the reception be would so long remember —and they rea'ly ought to have put fawn- into a brewing vat and boiled him—( loud laughter v . P . d cheers)—tho " Times" abused them as it would abuse the meeting for taking the part of Kossuth . ( Cheers . ) But he ( Mr . O'Connor ) had been tried eight times , and had had ei g hteen months' solitary confinement for making speeches , and therefore he would only now propose three cheers for Kos .-uth . These were according ly given with great vigour , and were followed b y three as hearty groans for the "Times . "
. The resolution was then put from tbe chair , and carried unanimously . " " . * Mr . Tbelawnt Saunders d ¦• ' the adoption M an address to M . Kossuth , whW wm introduced by a resolution , hailing with cordial welcome tho arrival Of the chosen governor ' of Hungary , and i » y-
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 25, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_25101851/page/7/
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