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X 0 W > MOMETH ASD THE VtEWH EXILE * . —The foUOWjngletterhas been received by Mr . F . Mjfield . chahman of the Bwmsley Restoration CouHuittee : —" " Lon ' don , February 2 i . —Sir , —ItUalwaysmy wish tocomplj with the uedre of my constituents , hut , in justice tv manyvFho are sentenced to even severer punishments for less serious offences , 1 do not feci myself pre jared to vote for a remission to men whose offence was not feeing Chartists , but rebels and shedders of blood . 1 have the honour to he . sir , your faithful servant , 3 losteth . —Mr . Frank MirfieW . "— [ Will the Wbigtord ever dare to go to Bam rfey again ! we shall see . He had a warm reception in IStt—much" warmer than he liked—but the devil help him next time the Barnsley lids get hold of him . ] J . Geegort . —We believe the cheapest edtthm of Byron ' * poems is the volume edition , published at fifteen
-shillings , by Mr . Murray , Albemarle-streer , Tins edition may , we believe , be procured at still less cost at many of the London book dealers . Our correspondent will find in our advertising columns all the informariou we could impart to him concerning the "History of America . " Oar correspondent ' s third question we have forwarded to tbe Executive . Jaxes William * , So . 9 . Lowe-street , Hillgate , Stock port , wishes all sub-secretaries in South Lancashire to inform him -whether their respective localities are prepared to act on tbe suggestion offered by the South Lancashire delegate meeting—viz ., to hold a delegate meeting of all branches of the Land Society in South Lancashire , on the second Sunday in March . Mr . 'Williams wishes to have this information by , or before , the Srd of March . 3 > . Skeix , Coi > e-bbookpai . e . —Wears compelled to postpone the notice t-f jour communication till nextweels .
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RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIYE LA 5 D SOCEBir . SHAKES . ? EB XB . O ' COSKOB . £ S . d . Rouen , France , per 3 . Sidaway .. .. .. 5 18 2 Pershore , perW . Conn .. ~ .. .. 400 Ashton-nuder-Lync , jier E . Jlobson .. .. 4 IS 6 € orgie Mills , per W-Meohan .. .. .. 200 Balifox , per C . W . Smith M ~ .. 450 Addingharo , per S . Widdof M .. 140 Prescot . jter 3 . Robinson .. .. .. 0 16 ( i Sunderland , per W . Double .. .. .. 4 19 6 Stockport , per T . Vfoodhouse .. ~ ~ 2 0 0 Oldham , per W . Hamer .. 5 0 t > Bury , per W . Ireland - 3 19 6 Carlisle , per J . Gilbeitson .. .. ~ 7 0 0 JJorwicn . per 3 . Hnrry .. _ «• .. DouburstBrow . perJ . BowdeH ^ ~ - 2 o 0 Earasley , perJ . Ward .. .. .. 500 Carrington , per J . Ley * .. .. » .. 1210 0 Glasgow , per J . Smith .. .. .. ~ 0 12 0 Heywood , per R . Wrigby .. .. .. 4 18 S Leeds , per W . Brook _ .. .. .. 500 Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. » .. 6 Vi ii Hunter Osborne , per ditto .. .. .. 070 Rochdale .. .. .. .. .. 200 City of Loudon district , per J . Wyatt .. .. 319 2 Preston , per J . Brown .. .. .. .. 3 10 6 Thomas Sutton , Salisbury .. .. .. 5 0 0 Manchester , per J . Hurray .. .. .. 59 10 4 Jlanley and Shelton , pa- If . Foster ~ —500 Rochdale , per K . Mitchell .. „ .. 400 Bradford , per J . Alderson .. M .. 600 Waterloo , near Bradford , per ditto « .. 4 o 0 Hudderefield , perJ . Stead „ .. .. 9 IS H Ashford , perA . Diay .. .. » . .. 700 Bacop , perJ . Mawson .. .. ~ .. 500 Bolton , per Edward Hodgkinson .. .. 2 0 0 SewcAstle , per Martin Jude .. .. .. 4 10 10 * This sum was stated iu the letter as being advised through a London bank , hut upon application , no such remittance had been made . lVe wish the mistake corrected at once , as we are already £ 36 out of pocket by our depmy-treasnreiship . UVT Io * THE USD COSFEEESCE . SEC HC . o ' eoKSOB . Sunderland , per W . Bobbie .. .. .. 013 HeTwood , perR-Wrighy - ~ .. 0 1 !' Civ of London district , per J . Wyatt ~ .. 0 0 C AshfonLperA-Ihtty - . .. .. 009 LEVI FOB D 1 HECTOBS . PER MB . O ' CONSOB . Addhigham , per S . Widdof ~ .. .. 006 City of London district , per J . Wyatt .. .. 013 KATIOSAL AKTt-WUTIA FCSD . PER J 5 E . o ' cOKKOB . J . Sweet , Xottincham « 0 1 9
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RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE 1 ASD SOCIETY . EHABES . PES GESIEAl . BEGBETABT . £ s . d . £ s . d . Se % 2 0 0 Boulogne .. .. 320 Mr . W . Fox ~ .. 2 19 9 Burnley .. .. 400 Alfred Brians .. 017 Hyde 11 « Chorley .. .. 212 0 Somers Town .. 200 Westminster .. 186 Armley .. ~ O 1 I Ehlerslie ~ .. 1 19 0 3 Ii « n < len Stones .. O 17 4 "Whitrington & Cat 511 S Rachel Rowall .. 0 0 9 Lambeth .. .. 510 O M . S O 1 G Sutton-in-Ashfield O 2 6 Jfottrsin .. .. 1 17 0 Hindley .. ~ 0 1 4 Hanley & Shelton 8-6 2 Irfcester .. .. 400 Hull .. .. .. 200 Birkenhead .. -200 ECXEB . Norwich .. ~ 0 0 6 Hanley .. .. 008 XXVT FOB TBE USD CGKFEBH . CE Br ighton .. .. 009 Lower v »" orley .. 9 0 9 Eldcrtlae .. .. o 2 s Carrington .. .. 020 Norwich .. .. 083 Secretary .. .. 01 0 LEVI FOK DIEECTOES . Brighton .. .. 036 Darlaston .. ,. O O C Carlisle ~ .. 013 Lower Worley .. 014 Stalevhridge - 017 Bury 007 Stockport .. .. 075 Newcsstte-on-Tyne 013 The new rules are now out . All parties needing cards and rules are requested to immediately apply for tinsame . An error of a Terbnl nature occurred in the balance-sheet in Mr . O'Connor ' s name being substituted for that of . Mr . Robert ? , as tr-a . « urer . When the sheet was sent to press it did not contain the same of the treasurer or secretary , only those of die auditors . The printer supplied the omission , placing F . O'Connor instead of V . F . Roberts , aud the error was not detected until too late to be altered . The name of one of the audit-jrs should have been James Kr . ight , instead of William . T . -M . Wheeleh , Sec .
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THE LATE DUXCOMBE SOIREE AT TIIE GROWN AND ANCHOR TAVERN . Atthe meeting of the General Committee , held on Monday evening , February 9 th . at tho Parthenium , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane , Mr . Cuflay in the chair , tiie annexed balance-sheet was presented and received . A vote of thanks was unanimously g iven to Messrs . Banattand Stallwood the Secretary and Assistant-Secretary , for their efficient services ; " also to the office bearers on the night of the soiree , for the very ablv maimer in which tbey conducted the proceedings . It was unanimously resolved , "That the surplus remaining in Laud be presented to the Secretaries . " Balasce Sheet of the " Duncombe Soiree , " held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern , January 26 th , 1816 . ESPESDIICEE . £ a . d . To Teas , and use of room for public meeting afterwards 35 5 0 Printing and other expenses S 9 « ¦ ¦ ¦ i 43 11 G IKCOMS By cash for tickets ... ' 36 10 0 By cash admission to public meeting .. . 1 11 6 44 1 « Balance 0 ? ) One ticket , 2 s ., only remaining due . Thomas Bareati , 1 Secretaries . Eduund Stallwood , J
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Mysterious Da-ath of a Gextleman ' s Bctler . — On Wednesday , Mr . Bedford held an inquest at St . George ' s Hospital , Hyde Park-comer , on the body of James Morgan , aged forty-four , late butler in the service of — Sanderson , Esq ., M . P ., of No . 40 , Belgrave-square . Robert Brown , a mechanic , deposed that about half-past six o ' clock on Saturday morning last , he was going to his employ in Grosvenor-crescent , Belgrave-square , when he found the deceased lying ou the pavement at the end of the crescent , in a state of total insensibility . His hat was lying a few feet from him , and the lower part of his dress was disordered . There were no marks of
external violence , beyond a slight bruise on the left side of his face . A man who was putting out the gas lights in the crescent came by , and recognised the deceased , and shortly afterwards , with the assistance of two of the deceased ' s fellow-servants , he was removed to the above hospital . Frederick Water * , steward to Mr . Sanderson , stated that the deceased had lived upwards often years In the family , and he was a very sober , steady man , and had net had a da / s illness during the whole of tbat time . After waiting at dinner , on Friday evening last , he went out for an hour , as was his usual custom , well and hearty . Mr . Mason , landlord of the Triumphant Chariot , Pembroke-mew ? , Gro & venor-place , said chat
the deceased was in his company for two hours ou Friday night , and left the house about half-past ten , to return home , quite -well and sober . Police-oonstable Moore , 119 B , stated that he was on Jutvii . Belsrave-square on Friday night , and passed " the spot where the deceased was found every twenty-five minutes during the night , and he was nottlierea few minutes before six o ' clock , when he went off duty . The coroner said , that in addition to the mystery in which the case was already involved , it had been intimated to him that the deceased ' s watch and some mouev was missing from his person . He should , therefore , advise the adjournment of the inquiry , to "btaia further evidence ; which the jury agreed to .
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MONDAY . Horrible Slaughter . —The first announecraeTd that meets the eye on this ; the first dav of the week is the account of a horrible slaughter that has taken place in India ; and , as we do not belong to that class who rejoice in triumphs over the British soldiery , nor yet in their triumphs over the native Indians fighting for tho re-possession of that property previousl y stolen from them , we have onl y to re-ret the great fact of torrents of blood having been shed , without reference to the GLORY OF OUR ARMS , or the establishment of our power in India . It appears that sixty-two officers have been killed , and one hundred and fifty wounded ; while the returns arc very imperfect , and that , upon an average , every regiment fi ghting under the British flasr has lost one hundred and fifty rank and file—so that , when the returns are complete , we have little doubt that from S . U 00 to 10 , 000 men will have been destroyed , or
made pensioners upon the industry of the British people for life ; whereas , if those 8 , 000 had been applied to the cultivation of two acres of land each , they would have produced a surplus , after good living , of £ 400 , 000 per annum , to exchange for the manufactures of the country . It is a truth , that what the eye docs not see the heart docs not feel for ; and that there is more horror at seeing one man dashcdfromascaffold . orotherwisesuddcnly destroyed , than of hearing of a whole distant empire beim swallowed up . If such a havoc of British life had taken place on Briti-h ground , the country would be ill mourning , whatever the loss of the enemy might have been ; while , to our horror , the ears of the relatives and friends of those who fell in the late conflict were shocked by the firing of cannon in honour of OUR triumph ! We have given an account of the slaughter at such length as to render further comment unnecessary .
The Great Measure axb the PEorEcnosisis . — Whenever a country is taken by surprise , the boldness of the measure that creates it for a short time has a paralysing effect , but rea-. 'tion is sure to follow ; aud hence we find that the majority calculated upon excitement is dwindling down as thought progresses , while the rejection of the measure by the Lords is no longer spoken of as a mad fresk of that mad assembly , but as an almost natural result . Before we go to press , it is not at all unlikely that the Earl of Lincoln , the son of his Grace of Newcastlewho , it appears , has SOT A RIGHT to do what he likes with nis own child—may be added to the list of rejected free traders . The Duke of Newcastle ( no
doubt emboldened by the defence offered by Sir Robert Peel , on the motion of Mr . Collett , for those peers who interfere at elections ) has addr & sed a very significant letter to the electors of South Nottinghamshire , calling upon them to - reject his son , and to send him back to the place from whence he came IViil the people be now prepared to believe that tiie "ELECTRIC SHOCK " is now at hand-and will they be prepared to meet it . ? Again we tell them , that , Stanley , the Lords , and the farmers that whistle at the plough , will rwk a revolution ( if the working classes are prepared to bear the blows ) rather than surrender that portion of their property with the loss of which the measure threatens them .
Trade . —Fromei'ery manufacturing town we . have notice of declining trade , fall in prices , and a general despondency , owing to want of confidence and tightuess in the money market . It is expected , however , that Sir Robert Peel ' s commercial measures , WHEN CARRIED , will alter the state of jiffiiirs . They may when carried , but those who _ are likely to sufier in the interim must never losesightof our oft-expressed dread of the time of settlement ; a period in which we have asserted that the poor alone will be the sufferers , while the rich can fold their arms and wait the change , living in idleness upon the produce of their slaves , while their slaves are bearing the blows in their battles , or supporting a miserable existence for another hour of misery in the Poor Law Bastile-Now is the time for a TEN HOURS' BILL ! Now is the time that the Protectionists will support it . Now is the time that the people should demand it with a loud and irresistible voice .
Cork Trade . —This branch of trade is bearing its full share of the doubt and uncertainty created by Sir Robert Peel ' s measure . ^ The farmers , thouuh unwilling to sell , cannot get prices up , even though a scanty supply . The patriotism of the millers does not induce tnem to purchase more than a mere handto-mouth supply , and therefore , even with the threat of famine staring us in the face , we have a simultaneous decline in the price of ail kinds of grain . Moskt axd Share Market . —Notwithstanding the coalition between the Government and the Bank of England , both these departments are very flat , and , in fact , together with all other channels of traffic , appear to partake of the general uncertainty pruuueed by the government measures .
ZBBZ . AND . Sir Robert Peel ' s Measure . —We take the following from the Tipperoru Vindicator , as the best proof of the indomitable courage and resolution of the labourers and cottier tenants of Tipperary : — Sia Eobeet Peel ' s Meascres—Tippekaky ih a Blaze . ' —Sunday night , the county for many miles was a sheet of flame . The tires were so singularly numerous and brilliant , that nothing of the Kind to ( SUrpBBS thcUl hap been remembered for a verj long period . They appeared to hitve originated in a northerly direction , and to have been caught up with surprising velocity ou all sidcn , so that for many minutes their appearance iras extremely grand , and attracted universal attention . The Duharrow
Hills , Keeper and Lattvragh Mountains , tbe Devil's Bit , and on to the Shannon at both sides to Galway and Clare the tires were everywhere lighted up , anil all nearly at the same moment . There were various conjectures as the cause of them , hut we believe we may state , with come degree ef truth , that they originated in a rumour having gone among the people that Sir Robert Feel ' s measures had been sanctioned by a large majority in the House of Commons , and that there was a positive certainty of their becoming law . There is no doubt that among the great bulk of the agricultural populationthat is , among the labourers and the cottier tenantryas far as they comprehend the nature of his measures , Sir Robert Peel's plans areextremely popular . —Tipperary Vindicator .
The labourers and cottier tenants are perfectly aware that they will be the first and greatest suft ferers from the proposed change ; and yet , from a wise belief that benefit mutt result from any change from a condition that cannot be worse , induces them with heroic virtue to brave all chances in favour of alteration , whatever it may be . It w seldom that the Irish people have had occasion to hail the measures of a Saxon Prime Minister , and the Tipiierary boys have been induced to the approval from a conviction that it is the wedge to split the Protestant Church , to destroy the monopoly of the landed aristocracy , and to compel them ( if they wish to live ) to bring their estates into the retail market , where an Irish Catholic will be held to be of equal value with the English Protestant or Scotch dissenter .
TUESDAY . Frost , Wjixiams , axd Jo . ves . —Themost important news of this day is the fact that petitions are arriving from all parts of the kingdom , praying for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones . One has just coiue _ to hand from the brave fellows of Manchester , signed by nearly 40 , 000 , carriage paid , aud which wc instantly despatched to Mr . Duncombe . This will be the best answer to tbe lying fabrications of Mr . Macaulay , which we shall distinguish with more extensive reprobation than a mere comment in our suoitnary . Wc shall use it here , however , to ask onesimple question ; It Is—what chance of justice , or even respect , the working clashes can expect from this babbling , hired lawyer—this wordy , glib philosopher—this devil , that looks more like a shaved baboon than a human creature ? Of all men living , we don ' t believe that this miserable speech-maker has a friend ou earth out of the friendless rump ef the Whig cabinet .
Axotuer Gnosr fob the Times . —The limes of this morning has an article from " a correspondent " ou the piiESEM state of AFFAiits ; and in which we find the two following significant passages : — The coufeqneiicfs of this hesitation may be seriout . la conjunction \ ritii tiie new elections , it tnsy considerably impnir the . Minister ' s strength . His expected majority may dwindle from ninety or one hundred to eighty , or seventy , or even sixty , in that case the question , " What will the Lords do ? " assumes more than ever importance . Will they throw out tbe bill altogether , or petition the Queen to dissolre Parliament ? Then the country will again be subjected to the process of as agitation such as it has not witnessed since the days of the Reform Bill .
Again , " wc may lament over this significant chapter iu the history of human nature , but we cau tiardly wonder if the Lords turn it to account . " Well , if the Tim' s had profited by our early intelligence , the question would have been beyond wonder by this time . The Debate . —Mr . E . Buller confined himself wholly t » statistics and figures , for the purpose of rays'ifjing the brains of the muddle-pated Protectionists . Captain Bateson , an Irish Protectionist , « uo : — Four millions of waste lands in Ireland would have heen brought into cultivation under the fostering influence of protection ; but the heath would still continue to flourish on one part , and the bog to encroach upon the remaining part of them , under the system now proposed . For such a . loss , what pecuniary grant could be a compensation f
We would ask the gallant captain , in passing , if tiie high pweos produced by protection , had not ' insured the cultivation of those four million acres for such a long period , what right we had to anticipate that its continuance would have Jed to such a result ! It is only now chat the Protectionists are endeavouring to tickle us with what THEY WOULD HAVE DONE , while we simply ask them WHAT THEY HAVE DONE ? Mr . LotKbart expressed the deep regret which he felt at being compelled to vote « gKi « gt Sir R . Peel on this measure ; but he had no choice , : is he was convinced that it would swe :-p away all the maUf-irmirs of the eoum . -r .
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and would tiirow out of cultimtiou all the ulterior laud in the country . No , Mr . Lockhart , the effect of the measure will not be to sweep away the small farmers , but it will be to break the farmers who have leases at such a rent as they cannot pay with reduced prices , and who have landlords who will vainl y hope to keep up the price of the raw material with diminished price for the produce . We ask Mr . L ., also , how it comes to pass , that neither he nor his chua ever thought of the Email formers until their own interests were at fitdlcC - Sir George Clerk , a government hack , made a long speech about prices , potatoes , Germany , Poland , Russia , and America , hut literally threw no new light upon the subject . Mr . LiddeH approved the proposed change in the law of settlement as a great boon to the agricultural interest , and an act of justice to the labouring
artisan . Mr . Huttsaid : — They had supported the Corn Lilw 0 f 1841 , and the last tariff . Step after step they had supported all Sir 11 . Peel ' s measures , relaxing protection aud approaching to free trade ; but now , when they came to the best tariff of all , they stopped short of a gudden , and began to prate ot their virtues and their sufferings . Docs not Mr . Hutt see that there was a pleasing mystery in the sliding scale of Sir R . Peel , suiting the weak intellects of the agricultural class , but that there is a certain understandable thrust in the present measure which defies solution in their muddled pates ? It possesses just the quality that thev don't wish for —the quality of certainty .
Capt . Fiizharris " condemned the present propositions of the government , and regretted that we were about to lose our place among the nations ol Europe , in order to become a great shop for the benefit of the whole world . " Well done , gallant captain!—who are ^ about to lose their place among the nations of Europe ? The landed aristocracy , forsooth ! The fellows who saddled the ' working classes with a debt of eight hundred millions , an overgrown standing army and navy , a civil list of prostitute pensioners , and all the appliances of tyranny , to preserve the country to their kindly use , so that at all times they might enjoy it while the people were starving . The Lords . —Coercion por Ireland . —The Earl of St . Germans moved the second reading of the Irish Coercion Bill , and having painted the Irish as devils , and Ireland as a black hell , he threw a bit of sympathy for the poor into his measure , by assuring their Lordships that it was MORE ESPECIALLY
INTENDED FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE POOR IN IRELAND . Oh , lack a-day . and when did their lordships ever cast a thought upon the condition Jof the poor of Ireland ? f" His lordship said , that as the crimes committed were concocted at night , the bill , amongst other provisions , should contain one to prevent the inhabitants from being OUT OF . THEIR HOUSES BETWEEN SUBSET AND SUNRISE IJAnd then , with true philanthropy , the noble earl continues—The house must not suppose that this was the only measure contemplated for
THE RELIEF OF IRELAND ! -Matchless effrontery ! So , then , to make it a crime for the Irish peasant to be out of his miserable hut from sunset to sunrise IS A RELIEF ! The people work from sunrise to sunset , and are coerced to remain in their houses till their tyrant task-masters require them for another day ' s toil ; and yet , instead of rising one after the other , with manly indignation , to threaten the Prime Minister with defeat , the Irish traffickers will first aid him in his commercial policy , and then , having given him strength , will vituperate him with
TARDY VENGEANCE ! The Cameleon , Harry Brougham , hoped there would be no delay in passing this measure , and advocated a clause to the effect , that trials should not take place in a part of the country where the accused would have any chance of escape . The Earl of Clancarty objected to a clause in the bill which gave the Lord Lieutenant a power adverse to the interests of the resident jobbers , and contended that the power to be lodged in the Executive should lie vested in the hands of the local magistracy . This , indeed , would be out of the frying-pan into the fire . It is the tyranny of those fellows , and their jobbing , that has given rise to every disturbance , and , would to God ! that some noble lord would propose an
amendment upon the principles laid down by Mr . Swanston—namely , that whenever a disturlwnce takes place , the nearest parson , the nearest landlord , the nearest magistrate , the nearest middleman , and the nearest lawyer , dioujd be hung upon the nearest tree . Every noble lord in succession , even the reforming son of Earl Grey , gave the measure their cordial support , and the bill was read a second time . After which the bloated buffoons adjourned to gormandise and get drunk ; white the demand of the native Irish for food , for the poorest food , is met by coercion , and every man , by law , is made a prisoner in kis own hut from sunset to sunrise . Oh . ' for an Emmett , or a Fitzgerald ; but , enough . Ireland has her patriots , and they will add another laurel to their wraith , by actually making a merchandise of Irish
coercion . "Alas ! poor country , Almost afraid to know itself . "
IRELAND . From all parts of the country there is sad intelligence of famine and increasing pestilence . Wc give tbe accounts as we find them in the several provincial papers , and we fear they are not overcharged . The CorJfc Constitution says—The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty ' s Treasury hare been pleased to extend the Warehousing Act to the port of Youghal ; and his Grace the Duhe of Devonshire lias already contracted for the building of warehouses for that purpose , which will be a . great advantage to the traders ot * the town , together with giving present employ ment to a number ot tradesmen and labourers iu a locality where much distress prevails . Another Cork paper ( the Reporter ) adds : —
We have reason to believe that it is the desire of government that those important buildings about to be erected in tbe city should be commenced as early as possible , and that , with that view , the arrangements for tbe purchase of sites are now in actire progress . The new District lunatic- Asylum will , it is understood , be built m the lauds of Shanakiel , and as the Soard of Works have a powtr of causing a valuation to be made , we expect to find all the preliminaries for that work soon arranged . The site for the college will most likely be Sans Souci , and when both buildings are in progress of erection they will anoid extensive employment to our deserving local artisans and labourers .
The Reporter also announces , that yesterday ( Thursday ) " the ship Emerald , Captain Thomas , arrived at Cove , from Naples , with a cargo of potatoes , consigned to tfessrs . D . and W . J ) . Seymour . Through the kindness of Mr . W . D . Seymour , Italian Consul at Cove , we have been favoured with a large sample , which to all appearance are as fine aud sound as any we have ever seen . Tbe captain of the vessel states that there is an immunee crop in the kingdom of Naples , and through the Italian states , and that no sign of disease has been ioundin it . We think it may be useful to our agricultural friends to examine tbe samples which have heen left at our office , as they appear to us most valuable for the purpose of seed . They are of the description called in that country 'Potato Ilosse . *"
Bmead or Feveb in the South . — Dr . Fitzgerald , the medical attendant of tbe Croom Dispensary , in tbe county of Limerick , has written an alarming statement to a local paper , respecting the rapid progress of fever among the lower orders , superinduced in a great measure by the badness and insufficiency of food : — " I am sorry to inform the public , " he writes , "that fever in a most aggmvflUd form Is raging here . There is scarcelya family in some of the localities livre that is not suffering under the malady . I am sorry to add , that I consider it is pro duced , iu a great degree , by the badness and insufficiency oflood . "
But why despond ?—there is an easy answer to all this : — " Uowluyour tongues , howld your tongues , you noisy devils ; arrab , what do you want , and ain't you going to get Coercion from the Saxons ? and ain ' t i hey kind to you , when they tell you that if you are hungry your neighbours mustn ' t see it , fur you must stay at home after sunset , and if you want a brusna ( a bundle of sticks ) to SOFTEN the praties—after sunset you must eat them raw , or do without them , and work again to-morrow , you sowls , with light hearts ? And isn ' t that relief for you , you devils ?—and what do you want more ? But ye ' s arc always complaining , so ye ' s are ; and , by all the crosses in a check apron , and but if their honours , the Saxons , would sarve you right , but they'd pass a short bill to
let the » ay flow into every parish where this noisy discontint was hard—and so thev would . What the devil do ye ' s want , ye dissatisfied beggars ! Ramnation to yoursowls;!—is it sound praties , for working twelve hours a day only , ve ' s ' ud be asking for , while the Queen and the quality , here , is forced to give a pinny a pound for them , and they hasn't the trouble of working at all ? Now , I tell ye ' a what it is ; take the Liberator ' s advice , and starve and be tranquil , or , by the holy Queen Mab—God forgive me for swearing—but ye ' s novcr will nee the Repale till ye ' s are all dead and buried , and yer children affer ye . " Iue " AlDRnERKn" Sekry . —We give the following excellent letter from the Rev . Mr . Savage , the clergyman who attended the murdered man in his last moments : —
The Kev . Mr . Saviige , the clergyman in attendance on the late utdiappy criminal , has addressed the subjoined letter , in reference to the recent communication of Sir Francis Hopkins , to tbe editor of the Freeman ' s Journal - — - " February 19 . " Dear Sir , —I have seen In your paper of jesUrduy a letter from Sir Franis Hopkins , which 1 consider deserves tome notice from the Catholic chaplain to the MuUingnr f ?«' i > A * le" « the young baronet takes a bigoicd fling at Catholic morality . "All Ireland , at present , mourns over the sad and appalling fate of Bryan Sew j , who solemnly declared before his < Jcd that he had neither act , hand , part , nor knowledge fe the , # rime for which he was to be hanged . His innoceney is believed and proclaimed by the people and by the press ; :--ubs « ri ptions pour in from England , and fr un every pait of Ireland , for the support of his afflicted w ' . dow aud his fiv eiitile wphiuiB . The man who actually
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attempted the assassination of Sir Francis Hopkins , tormented by his own conscience , and in a fruitless desperation , openl y declares that Bryan Seery is innocent , and that he himself is the man who Sred at Sir Francis Hop . kins ! There is no secret in this affair , the man is known to tha magistrates in the neighbourhood and to the police . Under such c ircumstances it might be expected tbat the prosecutor would pause , reflect , and say , " many mistakes have occurred in the identification of assailants ; I was attacked in the darkness of night : the rattling of
slugs was ringing in my ears ; I was excited ; and , perhaps , I was mistaken in swearing against Seery ! " Such would be the thoughts of a diffident and humane Christian ; but Sir Francis , in his oini conceit , is infallible . He is vexed at the sympathy for Seery as an innocent inaK and a martyr ; and , not satisfied with the result of his swearing at the coniin ' msion , he rushes into print , and attempts to fasten the infamous stain of perjury .-. on the memory ol ' the man who was sent by his testimony to a premature grave . ' Bryan Seery , on the scaffold , solemnly caUtil GodAo sviVness the truth of his declaration of his
innocence . Sir Francis , m his letter to the Freeman , says that , * ' notwithstanding Unreported dying declaration of innocence by Seery on tho scaffold , I again affirm that he was the person who fired at me . " " It was hetterfor the prosecutor to allow the ashes ef Seery to steep quiet in the grave than in such a spirit of bitterness to come out with his angry assertion that . Seery was not only a murderer during life , but a perjurer in his dying breath . The public will easily decide whether they will believe the lastsolenm declaration of a pious Catholic onthescaftbld . ortheangry affirmation of the prosecutor at the Saekville-street Club .
"bir Francis is annoyed at the comments that have been made by the press on the contradiction between the testimony of Mr . French , the stipendiary magistrate , and his own . He tells us that he has letters from a policeman and an attorney's clerk to prove that he himself was right , and then , in triumph , he concludes by saying the '' public can now fairly judge between Mr . F rench ' s testiinony nnd my own . " How a drowning , man catches at reeds ! I wish the baronet may attempt an explanation in his next letter of the contradiction betwuon Sir Francis Hopkins on the first trial and Sir Francis Hopkins on the second . Will the police or the attorney ' s clerk stand to him on this point % Iteport states that Mr . French is to be sent out of the country for his swearing on the trial of Bryan Seery , nnd why it was that the prosecutor volunteers an explanation onthe contradictionVith Mr . Freroh , more than on his contradiction with the other witnesses , 1 am not able to tell ; hut this I can say with truth , that
if tiie Tories send Mr . French out of tiie country , he will take with him , the blessings of the poor , and the good wishes Of every man , who loves justice and the impartial administration of the law ; while , if ( Sir Francis Hopkins sells Kochfort and goes to the continent , as it is reported , his loss will not be felt cither as a guardian or a landlord , and his few poor workmen can then hear mass on the holidays of the Catholic church . —I have the honour to be , dear Sir , your humble servant , "J . Savage . " Chapel-house , MuUingnr . " There , young baronet , how does your young Sirship like that ? The sooner you leave the scene of your former glory the better the Irish people will love you . The 0 'Co . vxxll Tiubutk . —In the midst of famine , pestilence , coercion , and national degradation , we find the following disgusting passage in the Liberal papers : —
The O'Conneli Tribute , —The subjoined ample contributions to this great claim upon the country speak for themselves . The tribute of 1845 is to be completed iu all the patriotic parishes still outstanding , in the course of the next month , and early arrangements for tbe purpose will materially facilitate aud secure the success of the collection then . We shall not trust ourselves with a single comment upon this wholesale patriotic plunder of the poor by THEIR LIBERATOR . We wish Sir J . Graham would answer his jabber about famine by reading the above , and ask him if it is true .
WEDNESDAY . The slaughter and the debate take up so much of the public attention , and require so much of our space , that we are compelled to be brief in our summary , and must devote the entire space allowed , to a review of an article , in the Times of this morning , in justification of the murder of Bryan Seery . The Time * , according to its high Protestant vocation , labours hard on behal f of its Protestant client , Sir Francis Hopkins . But it is one of those strained fanatical effusions wliich carries with it its own conviction . The advocate , in attempting to prove too much , weakens tbe principal points upon which be makes his client ' s ense to rest . We shall quote a few of the passages from the Times . Number one : —
"Both the assassins fled , but not before Sir Francis had seen the countenance of the first fully and looked at his pronle- » the countenance of the man was indelibly imprinted on his mind . A hat was afterwards found on the scene of the outrage , which two policemen swore to having seen on the prisoner ' s head some months before . " Again , tbe Times says — "With regard \ to the evidence of identity , we would ask these plain questions : — * Will any one deny the po > sibility , tbe probability , the almost certainty of one man ' s remembering the features of another so close to him , though but for a moment , aud even in a gleam of uncertain light , when the two were struggling face to face , in a contest for life or death ?" Now such is the case against Seery , suygested br
the Times , and such is the evidence , the , probable , the possible , the almost certainty by which the advocate sustains the charge ; as to the general reasoning , we shall say a word presently . We have before thrown over the evidence of Sir Francis Ilopkins upon the question of identity altogether , or rather Mr . French has done it for us , and we can only offer a derisive laugh at the testimony given bv the two policemen against Seery ' s hat . As to the probability , the possibility , the almost certainty of the witnesses' knowledge of the prisoner , they are not altogether sufficient to establish guilt . The question
is not , " Arc you almost certain as to the'identity ?" but the question is , " Could you by possibility be mistaken ? " And if the fact is not thus clearly sworn to , the identity is not proved ; but when an Irish Catholic is murdered , then circumstances , whieh in other cases would go to cast doubt upon testimony , are here relied upon as the strongest possible proof . For instance , having seen Seery ' s features BUT FOR A MOMENT , and in a gleam of UNCERTAIN LIGHT , aud during a struggle for life or death , why , merciful Providence l was there ever defence stronger than this would have been upon the trial of a Protestant for murdering a Catholic ?
Seeing the features but for a moment in a gleam of uncertain light , and in a life and death struggle , tbe very time of all others when it man would pay all attention to the mode of defending himself , and little to the appearance of his assailant 1 If a technical doubt existed as to the murder of Seery , the Times has relieved our mind of that doubt , and has established the fact beyond the possibility of doubt . The Times admits great uncertainty in all things , while the law presumes certainty as indispensable . We did not wait for the hanging of tliis poor Catholic to proclaim the fact that if he was executed upon the finding of the second jury he would have been murdered .
In 1840 , the Dispatch charged the moral editor of the Times with having administered the sacrament to a jackass : we presume that it is the same orthodox scribe who now so zealousl y comments upon the stiff conscience af a dying Catholic . The writer says , in speaking of the inducements to persevere in innocence , it is but the sentenceof man he has to undergo , and that sentence may be revoked by man . To this unreal shadow of a hope he clings with desperate fondness . It deserts him only with his latest breath , and for it he perils his immortal soul , by adding to a fife of crime a death without repentance , and crowned with a wicked lie . How magniloquent ! — how charitable ! —how State Church Christian-like ! But where was Seery ' s life of crime ? His was proved to be a life of honesty ; and , however the Times mav
sneer at the sympathy of the Rev . Mr . Savage , and presumptuously mock the conscious innocence of the murdered man , we tell the Timet that we do not believe that there is an instance upon record of an Irish Catholic dying without making a full confession to his p riest ; nor do we believe that a single Roman Catholic priest in Ireland would assert the innocence of a man whom he knows to be guilty . That Seery wag murdered , no man of common sense can entertain a doubt ; and we tell his murderers that the day will yet arrive when they will stand in the awful presence ot that great God into whose councils neither the dictum of a cabinet , the quibble of a judge , the prejudice of a jury , or the perjury ofa witness will dare to enter . Where murder will be such , but not by construction of human law or professional ingenuity .
THURSDAY . South Noiiikohamshirk Elkction . —Mr . Ilildyard , the son of a country parson , has beaten Lord Lincoln , the son of the Duke of Newcastle , for the representation of this division of the county , by a majority of 691 . We have but little interest in the triumph of the Church , while we fear tllat « ur very worst predictions with respect to the turn that county elections will henceforth take , will be realised . We certainly would prefer even the rule of the
pulpit to the rule of the never-ceasing stcam-engme . We prefer York , with its churches , to Manchester , with its chiinnevs ; but there is no necessity for the alternative . The churches may stand , provided those who worship in them maintain them by voluntary contribution ; the long chimneys may stand , provided their wnoke is equally divided amongst all classes . We may now talk of clerical and commercial abuses , because wc have the power , if we but evince the will , to get rid of both . Wc must tilkl ) cure , however , that our hatred of Steam monopoly does not lead us to encouragement of church
tyranny . No Vote ! no Mbsket !!—The letter of Sharman Crawford , which will be found elsewhere , will be read with delight ; its tenor is in strict accordance with our views : — " Let every man have a castle of his own land of his own , and a musket of his own , and he will Hy to the cry of' My cottage is in danger ! ' with more alacrity than the hired mercenary will fly to the cry of' The Church and State are in danger !"' The letter of the racnilier for Rochdale contrasts strangely with the beastly cpis ;! e of the
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Whig nominee of Edinburgh . When the ballot for the militia comes , as in all other cases the sufferers when too late , will sing out , "Oh ! why didnt 1 pay more attention to the advice given in theAbrthem Star J" Now , wetell once more the unprotected , that the government is only waiting , the ' Mwoffltt present debate , to bring in a swingeing Militia fill , and then , while we have done our duty , the people will regret that they have not done theirs . Sir Robert J > * L and ine " Timks . " - ! he : altered tone of the rimes upon the question of tree trade , and upon tne character of the Prime Minister , is no longer a secret , as it now appears that the Minister and the scribe were in consultation at the period that the Times was so busilv engaged making
prophesies , which , however , have not been fulfilled . Fhost , Wii / Liams , and Jones . —Wc rejoice to state that petitions pour in from all quarters on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and that Mr . O'Connell and others have promised their cordial support to the measure . The Executive are daily waiting upon members of Parliament , and , notwithstanding the beastly letter of the grew criminal Macaulay , we have every reason to anticipate a favourable result . London and Chartism . —It will be cheering to our country friends to learn that even in the hottest agitation of 1 S 39 tiie principles of the People ' s Charter were never so favourably received , or so anxiously looked for in London , as they are at the present moment .
The Ten Houns' Biu .. —It will be seen that Mr . Fielden has postponed bis motion for a month upon the Ten Hours' Kill . He lias done this partly upon our suggestion , from the conviction that the Protectionists are not yet in a fit state of mind to vote , and from a well-founded belief that justice would not be done to the subject pending the great debate . He has acted wisely , and now the question is , will the country act bravely and energetically ? Will the country hack us in our humble exertions , and send Mr . Fielden two millions of signatures to support his motion ? Will the Short Time party send twenty-one or thirty delegates to sit in London tor the week previously to the motion of Mr . Fielden ? Will they bring their petitions with them , and will they take the trouble—for it requires no more—to escort those petitions with 200 , 000 men to the House of Commons ?
If they don't do that , they DON'T WANT the Ten Hours' Bill ; if they do that , THEY WILL get the Ten Hours' Bill . The cost of twenty-one delegates at Cs . a-day each for ten days would be £ 63 . We'll give a pound , making ourselves the sixty-third part of the nation ; the expense of a room will be £ 10 ; the expense of coming and going will average 30 s . a man that ' s £ 31 10 s ., making in all £ 104 10 s . That's just the price of the Ten Hours' Bill . The moment we hear upon this subject from the central committee , wc will take all the trouble of making the necessary arrangements for tlieir reception , and will engage the Crown and Anchor , White Conduit House , and other noted places of meeting , for them to lecture in , and we will lecture for them ; and we will farther tell them , that however their pride may urge them to do without us , they cannot . Wc tell them more , and with that we close — KING
RICHARD IS IN LONDON . IRELAND . The Potatoe , Pestilence , aw > Famine . — Still we continue to receive the most disastrous and heartrending accounts from Ireland . It is really treason of the darkest dye to occupy night after night in a wrangle about party interests and class privileges , while a plundered , abused , aud trampled-upon people are allowed to pine for want of the commonest necessaries of life . We declare that the House » f Commons has rebelled against the people of Ireland by giving them coercion when they ask for food .
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MR . MACAULEY AND HIS CONSTITUENTS . THE FRANCHISE . —TIIE MILITIA . —THE CHAR . TIST EXILES . The Edinburgh Chronicle publishes the following letters from the Right Hon . Mr . Macaulcy—the first being a reply to Mr . David Greig , on the subject of the militia ; and the second an answer to a letter from the secretary of the committee for the liberation of Frost , Williams , and Jones : — Albany , London , Jan . 30 , 1846 , " Sir , —You quite misunderstand my sentiments about the elective franchise . I never in my life said that you who hare no votes were not interested in the public weal . God forbi d ! My reasons for objecting to universal suffrage are very different . I believe that the non-electors are ns deeply interested as I «» i in the security of property nnd the maintenance of order ; but I believe that a very liirge portion of them do not understand their own interest , and might easily be induced by the pressure of
immediatf ) distress , to act in opposition to their own intercut , That this is so 1 have proof under their own hands . I refer to the petition which Mr . Duncombe presented to the House of Commons in 1842 . In that document some hundreds of thousands of Chartists asked for tha franchise , and told us how the ; meant to use it , They avowed that their objects were national bankruptcy , confiscation of the soil , of canals , of railroads , of machinery—in short , the destruction of all property . I was firmly convinced , and am firmly convinced , that such measures would produce indescribable misery to the great majority ot the petitioners themselves . I refused them the franchise , not from disregard of their interests , but from the same feeling which would lead me to refuse a rassor to a man who told me that he wanted it in order to cut his throat ; and I assure you that I hare never inquired of any inhabitant of Edinburgh who complained to me of a grievance whether he was an elector or not .
And now to the main subject of your letter . I shall give my best consideration to the measures which may be proposed respecting the militia ; but I must frankly tell you tbat my conduct will be guided fcy principles which differ widely from yours . I hold defensive war to be lawful and necessary . I conceive that the State has a right to call on every citizen to bear a part in protecting his native . soil against assailants . That the exertion and burden ought to be reduced as much as possible , and divided as fairly as possible , is quite true . But I suspect that all the inconveniences which even a vexatious enrolment can produce would be small , indeed , when compared with the misery which would be caused by the appearance of a hostile armament in the Forth .
I cannot at all understand your scruple about joining a protection society . You pay taxes , 1 presume , directly or indirectly . Ton must be aware that a large part of these taxes go to support the regular army and navy . Now , if jou may lawfully contribute to the support of a hind of force which has been and may be employed in offtusive war , surely you may , without any twinge of conscience , contribute to the support of a forco which is , by its nature , strictly defensive , and whieh is not likely ever to shed a drop of blood , unless danger of the most fearful kind should come near to our own hearths . I persuade myself that your aversion to the use of arms does not go to such a height that you would bold yourself morally
bound to see Edinburgh sacked by invaders without striking a blow for your home and family . Now , the militia is meant to be peculiarly a security against invaders . It is not an instrument of aggression . You must therefore admit it to be , as compared with the regular army , an innocent institution . If , then , you refuse to pay anything towards the militia , while you are paying the soldiers and sailors- who have just been fighting at Buenos Ayres , I must say that you strain at a gnat and swallow a camel . If you have any special hardship to complain of , it shall receive my best attention . I have the honour to be , sir , Your faithful and obedient servant , T . B . Macauiit .
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Albany , London , Feu . 1 G , 18 iG . Sib , —I cannot agree with you in thinking that the law hiu . as respects Frost and his accomplice * , been thoroughly satisfied . Consider what they did , and what they have suffered . They raised a rebellion , which you admit to have been unjustifiable—led thouiauds of ignorant men into guilt and danger—fired on the Queen ' s troops , wounded a magistrate in the discharge of his dutycaused the deaths of several unhappy creatures—and would , if their attempt had not been stopped in tbe outset , have caused such a destruction of life nn . d _ prop . rty as has not been known in England for ages . This is their offence . What has been their punishment ? Transportation for about five years—a lighter punishment than has been inflicted on many poor lads for picking pockets . You disclaim very properly all projects of insurrection . But rely on it tbat there will be insurrections enough if turbulent and designing men are apprised that the penalty of raising a civil war is henceforth to be less than the penalty of robbing a hen roost . Thinking this , I cannot hold out any hope that I shall vote for any address in favour of thcs « great criminals . I have the honour to be , Sir , you faithful servant , T . B . Macadlet .
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Accident . —Shkebness , Fkb . 2 L—We are sorry to have to record an accident of an alarming character , which occurred on Monday afternoon to Mr . 1 roodger , master of the Elcctra , corvette , fitting out at Sheerness , and which had also well nigh proved destructive to several others of the party engaged in the particular duty at the time . It appears that Mr . Woodger was superintending a party of seamen and marines in stocking the anchor ; and while doing so , by some means or other ( we have heard that unfortunately there was no shank-painter attached ) tbe flukes slipped from the forecastle , dragging Mr . Woodger by the legs against the gunwhale , and so overboard into the basin . While in the act of sinking , the first lieutenant , Mr . A . 1 ) . Gordon , rushed on the forecastle and leaped into the water in an instant , and supported the unfortunate gentleman till the arrival of one of the caulker ' s boats , which was fortunately moored by the stern of the Elcctra . Having got both gentlemen inboard , they proceeded to land them by the accommodation afforded by tho ladder of the Tartarus steamer refitting in the basin . Mr . Woodger was then conveyed to the surgery , when his right leg , three or four inches above the ancle , was found to be very severely fractured , and liy a large wound exposing the bone for several inches in length . The catch of sprats on the North Lincolnshire coast has been so prodigious , that they have been removed bv waL'tron loads and sold to larmuvs as manure .
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GKEAT BATTLES iN INDIA . VICTORIES oFrilE BIUTISH . IMMENSE SLAUGHTER ! The extraordinary express fr « n Marseilles , in anticipation of the Bombay mail of the 17 th of January , brings some of the important details of the three actions which took place on the 18 th , the 21 st , and 22 nd of December . The conflicts took place at Moodkoe and Fcrozesliukur , about twenty miles from Eerozepore . The Sikhs having passed the Sutlej in great numbers on the 12 th , 13 th , and 14 th of December , proceeded to attack the post of Ferozepore , which was held by Sir John Littler with about 7 , UO 0 men . Aftersome feints , the Sikh army finding the Governor-General and the Commandepiu ' -Chief were hastening to support the Ferozepore division at the rate oi thirty miles per day , moved off to intercept them .
In the evening of the 18 th the Governor-General , with the British army , after a long march , had reached Moodkeo and encamped , when the Sikh army , 30 , 000 strong , came hun-Aing forward and attacked . A short but severe conflict ensued ; the Sikhs retired , leaving their guns in the hands of the British . Amongst the killed was General Sir John M'Caskil . Sir Robert Sale was wounded , and died subsequently . , , . . The 19 tb and 20 th were spent by both armies in burying their dead and procuring reinforcements .
Sir John Littler , at tho head of 5 , 000 men , joined the British on the 21 st , about sixteen miles fromthe camp . The British army then formed itself into four divisions—the right under ihe command of * Sir Hugh Gough , the centre commanded by Major-General W . R . Gilbert , the left by Sir J . Littler , and the rear by Sir Harry Smith . The Sikhs were commanded by Tej Singh , and had formed entrenchments in a jungle country , which rendered the march of Infantry exceedingly difficult . The Sikhs' have long been remarkable for tbeir artillery ; they were provided with heavy guns , which did great execution . Sir J . Littler failed in his attack on their position . General Gilbert was successful . The first position ot the enemy was taken : the darkness of the night
prevented the continuance ol the conflict ; The British troops bivouacked on the ground . The Sikhs found out where the Commander-in-Chief and the Governor-General had taken their station , and they opened a heavy fire on it . The British troops rose up and drove them off . On the tuoming of the 22 nd the fight was renewed , and General Gilbert stormed several parts of the enemy ' s position , although every effort had been made during the night to strengthen it . Thirty large guns were taken . The British soldiers afterwards began to collect their wounded , and to bury the dead ;
when large bodies of cavalry and of the camel corps , with swivels , attacked them . The British Artillery and Cavalry hud retired towards Ferozepore , but the infantry drove the enemy back three several times at the point of the bayonet . The contest of the 22 nd appears to have been carried on by General Gilbert and by the Governor-General , who headed the centre . The Sikh .-, from their acquaintance with the country , possessed gieat advantage , of which they profited to the utmost . ' . Tkey worked mines before their entrenchments , and in their front position , which they blew up 011 the approach of the British , and destroyed hundreds .
The action of the 21 st and 22 nd is called the battle of Ferozcshah , and is looked upon as one of tbe severest ever fought in India . The British troops have earned the highest praise for their bulldog valour ; but their ignorance of the country , or of the mode of fighting adopted by the enemy , has been alluded to as having produced an unnecessary loss of some of the bravest men of the army . On the 25 th the Governor-General issued a proclamation announcing the victories achieved by the British torces , and inciting ail British subjects to " return thanks to Almighty God for his signal assistance to the British arms . " The vakwr of the British troops caused dismay amongst the majority of the turbulent Khalsa soldiery . Some of them attempted to' fortify their positions between Ferozepore and Hureeka Ghat , the principal passage of the river on the road to Lahore ; but they soon abandoned them . Tej Singh , their commander , had an interview with the Governor- General ,
who refused to enter into any terms until the British were under the walls of Lahore . Tej Singh retired with some of the Sikhs to an island , where he was threatened by the British and by his own country , men . At length the whole of the Sikhs retired from the British territory . The conduct of some of the protected Sikh chiefs having been found culpable , they have been severely punished . The Rajah of Putteala was hanged on a tree for treachery . The Rajah of Ladwa , on the 4 th of January , approached Loodiana , where he burned the European barracks ; but it was expected that he would be driven back . The Sikh troops having been disappointed of their plunder , and driven out of the British territory , doubtsareentertained of their uniting to fight another battle . A party under Runjoor Singh has approached Loodiana , as if desirous of plundering there , but nothing was known of the results of their movements . Toe yueen-Mother has , it is said , encouraged the troops to fight in order to get rid of their turbulent
rule . It was reported at Bombay , at the departure of the mail , that the Governor-General had resolved to maintain his position within the British territory , and not to make any attack on the Sikhs until the expedition against Moultan , which was preparing in Scinde , under the orders of Sir Charles . Napier , had begun operations . Tranquillity prevails in the other parts of India .
FURTHER PARTICULARS . The grand army of the Sikhs , consisting of 80 , 000 men , and abou MO guns , has been put hors de combat , with immense slaughter , and beaten across the Sutlej , leaving behind them all their guns , camp equipage , stores , & c . They acknowledge the loss oi 0 , 000 men killed , and from 20 , 000 to 30 , 000 wounded . Would that 1 could add that our loss was hut small . The official returns have not yet been received , but the accounts above given show the fri ghtful amount of 57 officers killed and 50 wounded ; and the loss in rank and file is estimated at 4 , 000 . The whole ot the operations leading to the decisive defeat of the enemy are as yet but imperfectly known . The following detail , however , may be considered pretty
correct : —It was formerly stated that the Governor . General , accompanied by the Commander-in-Chief , with a numerous bod y of stati ' , was pushing on for Ferozepore . On the ISth of December they arrived at a village called Miodkee , about twenty-two miles from Ferozepore , and were encamped ; when , about four o clock p . m ., the alarm was given that a large body of the enemy was marching to attack them ; and scarcely had our troops got under arms when the Sikh forces , consisting of 20 , 000 horse , 7 , 000 foot , and about 3 , 000 artillery , were upon them , and commenced a heavy fire from about twenty-five guns , llere occurred tbe immense loss which the Governor-General ' s staff suffered , and ou this occasion fell the survivor of a hundred battles—Sir R . Sale . Here
also fell Sir John M'Caskill , Captains Muuro and llerries , of the Governor-General ' s Staff—Major Grant , Deputy Adjutant-General , Captain Biller , Aide-de-Camp , and many other officers being wounded . The enemy was , however , routed , ; with great slaughter , and with the loss of seventeen of his iwenty-iive guns . During the 10 th and 20 th , the forces ' halted at Moodkeo ; and on the 21 st advanced about ten miles to the atttck of the entrenched camp of the Sikhs , at % placu called Ferozepore . Previous to this attack the Commander-in-Chief s force was reinforced by General Littler , with 5 , 000 men , from Ferozepore , and it would seem had been joined by a portion of the Loodiana force . The entire force at Ferozepore , Umballah , and Loodiana , amounted to
eight troops o Horse Artillery , five companies of Foot Artillery , one regiment of Dragoons , two of . Native Cavalry , Governor-General ' s Body Guard , two regiments of Irregular Cavalry , seven regiments of European and sixteen regiments of iS ' ative Infantry , or say , in round numbers , that they consisted ot forty-eight Horse Artillery guns ; Foot Artillery , unknown ; Cavalry , 3 , 500 ; European Infantry , 0 , 000 ; Native Infantr y , 12 , 000 ; total , 21 , 500 of all arms , But a portion of the above must have been left at Loodiana , at Ferozepore , and even at Umballali ; aud it is not improbable to suppose that the actual force engaged with the Sikhs on the 21 st and 22 nd did uot excued B ) , U 00 men . In addition to these may he added the 1 st European and 29 th Foot ,
perhaps 1 , 500 strong , which would increase our force to near 21 , 000 men . The force of the enemy is variously stated at from 60 , 000 to 80 , 000 men , and from 100 to 104 guns ; but the Governor-General ' s announcement to tho Vice-President in Council states the number of troops at 00 , 000 , and of guns in the entrenchment camp at seventy pieces , many oi them of large calibre , and much longer than is usaal in our armaments . As at Maharajpove , the principal loss in our army was caused by the overwhelming superiority of the enemy ' s guns to ours , and the difficulty of our gallant fellows getting at them with tho bayonet ; for the Sikhs had taken up a very strong position , and fortified it in a masterly manner Between two and three o ' clock , p . m ., the attack began , our infantry advancing by brigades in line from the right ; and when our > vtilIerv ceased firing our centre column forced their way into the enemy ' s
position , carrying everything bclove them in most gallant style by the bayonet , although hundreds of them were mowed down bv every discharge of the enemy ' s guns which wore ' splendidly served . The British force was formed into four divisions , the right having the Commander-in-Chief at its he . id ; the left , General Littler ; the centre , General Gilbert ; and the reserve General Smith . The Sikh army was commanded by Itnjah Lali Singh and Sirdar Tej Singh , who appear to have made a most noble stawt against us . The attack by our left division seems to have failed ; but from theimmensenumberof officers killed and wounded in her Majesty ' s C 2 d Foot , and 14 th Native Infantry , which formed a part of General Littler ' s force , they must have met with insurmountable obstacles . The centre , under General Gilbert , was more successful , gallantly penetrating into the centre of the enemy ' s position , and driving ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 28, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_28021846/page/5/
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