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December 29, 1849. ^^ THE ^ OR THE Ry ; ...
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TBE WBECK JJ^Olgg GBIM8HAW The foUowme d...
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MEETING AT BRADFORD. On Thursday evening...
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tins case , from the heginning , was illegal , and I am glad to find , and it is creditable to the people of this country , that no one was found to bid for or purchase the miserable articles torn from this unfortunate vroman . I wittoot trust my feelings to speak on this ease , yet I will say that , with one exception , a case iri which 1 sent three men from this dock for nice months to Cork gaol , I never met with a more audacious or cue ! proceeding than tin * . —Mr . Moriarry , who appeared for the defendant , was here about to contend for the legality of the proceedings . —The Court : Mr . Moriarty , the less said about the matter the better , and I am sure ( except in yonr professional capacity ) you would be the first to denounce such a proceeding yourself . I therefore gives decree in this case for " £ 2 . —The decision gave general satisfaction .
Proiectiomst Movement . — Touching the-expression of puMic opinion , through the medium of the protectionist meetings held about the country ; the Evening Post says : — " "Where there are exclusive meetings , such ai that in Cork of protectionists alone , or in towns like Bandon , where tie territorial influence of an useful and active resident proprietor prevails ; the protectionists will find it easy to get up petitions ; bnt open and popular demonstrations cannot safely be attempted , after the sier-al and unexpected defeat in Lorgford . And . then , look to the north—the manifestations of public opinion are all the other way—the substantial farmers , or rather thore who hid been in comparatively prosperous circumstances five Years ago , whilst explaining of
{ o-sof realised capital , and the approach of distress , totally repudiate the notion of a revival of protection as a remedy . On tbe contrary , they declare they could goon better than ever without protection , provided they could obtain a re-adjustment of rents on equitable principles , and legal protection in thc shape of tenant right or compensation " " On the same subject , the- following remarks are tnade by the Jformem ttm ' o : —" The truth is that the chief effect of the protectionist movement ; will be -to call forth , the tenant farmers in repudiation of sympathy with such a cruel humbug , and to make -demands which might otherwise not have heen pressed , or , at least , not strongly . The landlords are in a situation of much difficulty , as well as the
tenants ; and , if they consult their own best interests , they will set about renewing tbeijraf £ urs , [ in a quiet , businesslike manner . - If we wished them ill , instead of being ever ready , as they well know , to stand by them , when unjustly assailed , we Could not , even in malignity , plan anything more destructive of * hem , than the masterstroke of policy an which Lord Glengall and his abettors have staked , or pretended to stoke , their great hopes of h gh rents and party triumps . " Tsxaxt Right . —In a letter ; to the chairman of the tenant-right meeting held last week in the county of Down , Mr . Shaman Crawford says : — " I have long been of opinion , that every attempt to Improve the condition of Ireland'must fas-vain and fruitless , unless the occupier of * the "' Mil has a security that it shall enjny the fruits of his industry ; that security has hitherto been found in this part of Ireland , by the custom of tenant-right :
"I therefore wish to see that custom secured bylaw . Bnt Ism , at the same time , of opinion that no valid . securry can be given for the due preservation of the tenants interest , whether under the custom of tenant- " light or any description of lease or agreement , unless a measure he passed which shall provide for the equitable adjustment of rents from time to time , ac-« ordin £ T to the prices of produce . If agreements , to He full extent of the landlords proportion of the profits of the soil , made under a high range of prices of produce , fictitiously sustained by what I consider were unjust laws , are maintained against tbe tenant , under a repeal of these laws , and a depression of those prices , then the value of the tenants interest will be proportionally impaired , or po-sibly entirely -destroyed , and the rained tenant will be incapable either of holding his lands or of selling them ^ This , can only be remedied by an equitable principle of ¦ adjustment such as I have referred to . "
Abbest of ak Outlaw . —Michael Hawkins , one -of those charged with the murder of Patrick Clarke , Esq ., of Sonthill , county Tipperary , committed in lS ^ . and who , having absconded at thai" time , has since remained at large , though the government had offered a considerable reward for his apprehension , was captured near Callan , ' on Thursday week , by Sub-Inspector Corr , of MuHinabone . Mr- Conhaving re-. eived information that the outlaw was harboured at the house ofa man named James Miles , situated rear Callan , proceeded thither at- three -o ' clock on Thursday morning with a party * . f about -thirty of the constabulary . Having surrounded the locality , an entrance was obtained , bnt Hawkins ,
beinsr fdllyTiware that the search was for him , made an effort to force his way through the thatch ofthe house , which' he had cearly succeeded in , when one ofthe policemen , hearing the noise , thrust his bayonet upwards , and wounded the fellow in the thigh . He still ' struggled to free himself by screwing the bayonet , which remained fast in the wound , iff the carbine , but failing in the effort , he was dragged down ; but he then seized a prong , and with that weapon defended himself for a considerable period , inflicting several severe wounds on the police , and not surrendering till one of the constables cocked his gun and declared Ms intention of shooting him if he made further resistance .
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"Wbeckof the Oseida . —The following particulars -ef the wreck of the American packet-ship Oneida , "Willard , of and from Xew York for Havre , we extract from the Gumsey Star of the 20 th inst . : — "Yesterday" morning , at 3 o ' clock , the American ship Oneida , with acrew of twenty men and twenty passengers , struck on some rocks about , two miles off the If . "W . of this island , and , after an unsuccessful attempt bein « rmade to wear ship , was driven on to tbe rocks on the southern extremity of La PerreUe Bay , where she remained fixed . By the concussion tiie * rudder was unshipped , the ship ' s back broken , . and the mainmast sprung , in consequence of which the latter was cut away and drifted out to . sea with
its sails and rigging-. The sea was now breaking ¦ violently over the ship , which it was apprehended would go to pieces ; in consequence , several ofthe boats were got out , but , as they were lowered , they were dashed to pieces with the exception ofthe longboat , which , however , from the boisterous state ofthe sea , could not be entered . By this time day was breaking , and the ship being seen from the shore , several boats put out to her assistance , but , owimrto tbe terrific breakers , by which she was surrounded , had great difficulty in approaching her . finally , however , they got under her bows , and the crew commenced lowering some of the passengers by slings from the bowsprit ; but while this
operation was in progress , Mr . Henry Tuppcr , Lloyd ' s a ^ ent , arrived , and seeing the peril to which the passengers were exposed by being slung into the boats and knowing that in the course of an hour or two bv tbe falling of the tide , they could be landed in saietv , advised thc master to keep all hands on board ' This advice being followed , the whole of the passengers and craw , with their personal effects , Tvere subsequent ^ brought , without any accident , -to shore , where they were kindly received m various neighbouring houses ; and in the evening the whole -were conducted into town . The cabin passengers were a French lady and gentleman and Dr . Edou-M-d a French savantwho had on board with him
, a very valuable collection of pictures and other works of art . accumulated by him during a residence of 35 vears in the United States , and which it is feared / will be destroyed by the sea water , as the y are in the ship's-hohl . The steerage passen gers were principally poor German emigrants , who were on their return to their own country from the United States , where they had failed m finning that employment of which they had gone mtsearch The wreck of the Oneida , consists oM , 9 dO bales of cotton , and a large quantity of pnw * and ashes , making m tbe whole nearly 1 , 000 ton * . Vhevrovextr has been taken possession of by Mr . Le ShX Sielonsul for the United States and , force boats
under fc directions , a strong omen . carts and horses is being employed to bring the Sbale of cotton brought to high water mark , S a proportionate payment for other parts of the fronertx . * The ship , it is believed , will becomes holaved . The Oneida , sailed from Aew York on Sb 1 st inst ., and had not made land till about II gcVckoa Tuesday nightThe ship , * tfatf tune rnnnin" a course east and by north , » " S &™ ouiio irc me v ; discovery being made the . ¥# t § 2 £ S toontottoooastofttoi ^ :
. „ , _ WDarin 2 a aer on u , " >*™? ' " , " _ An old man , wearing a A Poet our ** £ » " ?¦ Yesterday taken before shabby snmmer coat , ^ T ^ Ton ti , e charge of mendicity . « What as youry „ ered the president . . " ^ A'S "Do you live by EgS *** as " A- g-jp -J *; IKKV wham I was «^ £ J 0 v 0 tt live ?" you c annot sell jjjjr ^^ Xtmgwhatr « I employ myself uimy study . ^ -J ^ . "In mending shoes . *«• fl j ^ g 0 f uie
menuwuj = - Innoar to me to possess ™ > Imeetpwplewho appeartonie f d agk fad « Tnent , I speaktothemof mvnoe ^ , it appeared tlat the prisoner of to « g & hs » ^ ^ tndtesorat- ^ d »»^ £ 10 , 000 ™ r for-& % syis- *« * - ** *' WC 6 £ *
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TBE WBECK JJ ^ Olgg GBIM 8 HAW The foUowme detailed account ofthe destruction by fire ofthe snip Caleb Grimshaw , with tbe loss of 101 passengers , has been communicated to amorninc %£ ? %£ ?* : *? eyewitness of the melancholy event , who wrote , he says , from notes taken at the time : — . J' S 1 Ca > Grimshaw sailed from Liverpool on ** J ™ x 0 f las S Octol ) er with » general cargo , besides 100 tons of coal and , I believe , 600 or 700 tons of iron . She carried 427 passengers , including six in the cabin ; the . crew numbered eigbteenrwitn tour mates , also a -steward and stewardess , the capwm » . his-wife aud child , a doctor and two
cooksmall , 4 § £ snnl 3 . For pearly three weeks weexperiencedfliisjhing but contrary , winds and : calms , and the firjjt . fair wind we met with was on the day the fire was discovered—Sunday , Nov . 11 . It waa the first day we had our studding . -sails set . ; . Our latitude the daybefore-was 41 deg . grain . IS ., longitude 38 deg . W .-- . Atthe time the accident occurred we were in longitude about-37 deg . SOmin . 'M . -t Vtt nine o ' clock p . m ., the ship being under all-sail , going about two knots , the alarm of fire was . giveii , smoke being observed to ascend from the fere Batchway . -In a few minutes all was confusion V the steerage passengers rushed : up from their berths , and came aft on the quarter deck , lying and kneeling down in all : directions , impeding tbe exertions of
the crew , and hardly allowing the commands ofthe captain to be heard above their cries . A large force-pomp on the forecastlcdeck was immediately manned , and- a hose , fastened , to it , which played down between decks ., TBy ^ n ^ i means and the employment of the ship ' s buckets , there was soon a considerable quantity of water between decks , but still no abatement of the smoke . It was now evident the fire was in the lower hold ; the- hatchway , which had been caulked and pitched over when leaving ' Liverpool , was therefore opened , when ; immediately thick volumes of smoke ascended .- The hose was now directed down this hatchway , fresh hands were summoned to the pump ^ -and , in about an hour , the smoke appearing = to : decrease , Mr .
Hoxie , tbe first mate , volunteered to . go down and try if he could see the fire . A rope was accordingly tied ronndhis body , but he had hardly been lowered below the hatchway when he called out , and was immediately hauled up again quite insensible from the smoke .. His report , when after several minutes he recovered , was very discouraging ; he said she was all on fire below . . The exertions of those at the pumps were redoubled , and a constant stream of water directed below . Several ofthe passengers volunteered their services , but a great many had to be driven from among the women and children , where they lay groaning and crying . " While the captain and mates were forward a number of the passengers got into the larboard : quarter-boat , and
lowered her . She was soon swamped , and twelve were drowned . Shortly after the alarm of fire the man at the wheel deserted his post , . and he , the boatswain , the second cook , with one or two others of the crew , having placed two compasses and some provisions and water in the stern boat , igot into her , lowered her , and remained in her ; astern of the vessel , to which they did not return for several days . As soon as the force pump and buckets were regularly at work most of the sail was taken in , and the ship hove aback . By this time it was about midnight , and quite calm , and had the vessel bad a irun on board , it on ^ ht to have been fired all the night through , hut , strange to say , she was totally unprovided with cannon , nor do I think she had
rockets or blue lights either , at least none were burnt . There were two large tanks of water on the main deck , each containing . 1 , 100 gallons . These the passengers stove in , in spite ofthe captain ' s exertions to prevent them ' . They said the fire must be put out at any cost . About two o ' clock in the morning of . Monday the 12 tb , as the smoke was not observed to increase , the first alarm subsided , and the crying ceased , the people for the most part falling asleep . -In the course of the night the starboard quarter boat was * got down and veered astern , with three of the crew in her ; the stern boat was already lowered , and the other quarter boat which had been swamped , was baled ontbv the first mate and one or two of the crew ;
she was also passed astern , and three men placed in her , while .. all ' the boats were provided with oars , provisions and water having also , been placed in each . Dawn disclosed a scene of confusion—the quarter deck covered with filth , in which were lying women and children in all directions ,- while up the forehatch the smoke still continued to ascend , and it was penetrating' slowly into the cabin . Some of the crew now prepared to launch tbe long-boat , while others commenced making a raft , and the smoke , being observed . stealing aft , the pumps near the mainmast were set to work . The long-boat was launched about 9 a . m . and passed astern ; the captain ' s wife and child were ioweredfirst , out of his state room window through
which were also p-issed some compasses , charts , & c , and then the cabin passengers were lowered over the stern of the vessel . While this was going on tbe scene became painful in the extreme ; some rushed to the captain ' s state room , beseeching him to save them ; numbers crowded round the stern , where tbe second mate was employed lowering the ladies into the long-boat ; . others were to be seen at their prayers , while mothers and children , husbands and wives , embraced each other , and mingled their tears together . At this trying period the conduct of English and Irish contrasted strongly . While the English generally seemed to a ait their fate in silent resignation , - the Irish were loud in their lamentations , notwithstanding that a
priest had been employed giving tnem absolution all the night and morning . A remarkable instance of their extreme love of life was exhbited by two girls who lowered themselves by a rope hanging over the stern , although they were told that they would not be admitted into the boat ; they were , however , taken in , after being left hanging in the water until they were nearly exhausted . Four ' of the second cabin passengers , too , got in , and two Irishmen forced themselves on board , having basely deserted their wives in the burning vessel . When the writer left the ship for the longboat , tbe cabin floor was quite warm , and smoke was coming up through the scams ofthe deck , so that thc fire was evidently extending to the after
part of the vessel . In the afternoon the captain came off , and was put on board the longboat . On his leaving the vessel ' s side the poor creatures on board set up a general cry , " Oh , captain , dear , save us J save ns . '" He told them that he was not going to leave them , and that he would stay by the vessel to the last . "Why he did not stay in the vessel remains to be explained . Before he left thc crew had made two more rafts ; one of these was launched , and about thirty persons got on it , when , fearing they would be overcrowded , they cut themselves adrift , and soon after hoisted a small sail and went oSto the eastward before thc wind . It is most probable they all perished in a day or two , as , although they had a barrel of beef and one of pork , they had very little water , and I believe no bread .
On Monday night and all Tuesday and Tuesday night the shi p lay to with the boats astern . On Tuesday morning the chief mate came off in one of the boats , and brought some provisions and a small tin vessel of water for the longboat . They had passed a terrible night on board . Ko sooner had the captain left than the steerage passengers rushed into the cabin , cut and broke open all the trunks and boxes they could lay hands on , and rifled them of their contents . They found two cases of brandy and a few bottles of wine , after having consumed which they became very riotous , attacking the first mate and some-of the crew , who had great difficulty in preserving their lives . They succeeded in taking two guns from them , and threw them overboard ,
and having armed themselves with pistols ana knives , kept these infuriated savages at bhyaintil the effects ofthe brandy wore off , when they became quiet enough . In tbe course of the day the boats brought us off afew mattresses , blankets , and leaves of thl cabin table , which were laid along the bottom of the boat , and which were very welcome , as she was leafcv and shipped so much water o ver her sides that twomen were kept constantly baling her out . On Wednesday morning , the Mtb a cask of bread was brought us ; the crew had found a cask of flour the evening before , ani the cook was employed baking it the whole night . This was very acceptable , as we had no bread in thc longboat , and had heen subsistine on a little cake and cheese , with a
few pickles . About nine a . m . the ship was squared awav before the wind , and ran on all day about north by west , towing the boats after ncr . Why they did not run her for tho Azores the day before , when the wind was favourable , seems very strange . She had now nine feet of water in her hold , but still the smoke ascended from the hatches , though they had been covered down to smother the fire as mnch as possible . We saw a good deal of smoke also issuin » from the cabin windows and from the ventilators jn ' the stern . On Wednesday night she lay to , the captain considering it unsafe to carry on during the night , as the longboat was shipping seas over her bows and sides , being much too heavily laden . She bad twenty-five or twenty-six persons in her , and a « ood deal of useless lumber besides , which might
have been thrown overboard . In the evening they nailed an old cover of a sail along the gunwale , and drew jfc over the boat , covering her like a tent ; this kept off a good . many heavy seas , and doabtles * saved us from being awamped several times in the c ourse ofthe night . As it was being qnitowet throuKh by the ram , wJuch poured down In torrents , and by the sea washing continually over us , we spent i miserable night . On Thursday morning , the 5 th , thewind [ being favourable , the mates and crew hedged of the captain to put the ship about and steer for the Azores . This he at last consented to do , and this day we made a run * ««»• «§"?* „; , Uv miles At noon we were in latitude 41 deg . gSLS longltndeSCdeg . 45 min . W As ft was feg £ *« bard , we lay to again during the ^ f ridav , th « 16 th . -We made sail again this morn-
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ing at dawn , but by nine a . m ., it fell nearly calm . Early this morning some of us went back : to the vessel , preferring anything to remaining in \ he long boat , where we had lain four days and nights , side by side , without being able to change our position , and completely wet through . In the course of tbe forenoon the rest of the passengers were taken out of her , thecaptain stillremaining , with his wife and child , the doctor , steward , and stewardess , and the crew of tbe boat . While in the boat all bore their sufferings without a murmur , with the exception of the captain ' s wife ; she , poor woman , never ceased to complain for four long days and ni g hts , thus rendering the position of the others still more unpleasant than it otherwise would have
been . Between nine and ten a . m ., the man on-tho look out saw a sail * , the ship was immediately put about , and stood after her , but there being very little wind , the second mate , with five bands , went 08 in one of the boats to try and overtake her . In about two hours we made her out a barque , standing west by north . We followed her tmtil nearly two' . p . m ., when , thinking she toieant to . avoid us , the ship was put about again on her former course . In a few minutes we observed the barque- coming round after us ; The fact was , she had not seen our flag of distress , which was in the mizen rigging , until we had turned our stern to her . She now bore down on us , while we lay to , waiting her approach . She came up to us at three o ' clock p . m ., and proved
to be the British barque Sarah , Captain Cook , from London , for Yarmouth , Nova Scotia , a timber vessel , in ballast . Being informed of our situation , and as it was too rough to take off any persons that night , Captain Cook directed ife to keep him company , both vessels showing iigbts . At dusk he picked up the second mate and crew of the boat which had gone after him in the morning ; and those in the long boat ( who had a narrow escape while gettiug . on board ) , and those in one of the quarter boats . These three boats . were lost that nightthe stern was dragged out of one , and the others were awamped . As" darkness set in the wind increased to a gale , and our situation in the Caleb Grimshaw was perilous in the extreme . Every mo «
ment wc expected togo down ; the vessel rolled in a fearful manner , dipping her studding-sail booms quite under , waier , ' - while at nearly every roll the sea came in ion the quarter-deck , and sometimes even into the / wheel-house . To add to our despair , about three ' o ' clock in . the morning we lost sight of the Sarah ' s light ; and were thus left to ourselves , without sextant ; chronometer , chart , or anything to guide as ., ; At length morning broke , when , to our great joj $ ? we discovered the Sarah five or six miles ahead of " us :-. We carried on after her for several hours , afraid ; she-was going to leave us , when , about two o ' clock p ' . m " . she shortened sail , and in an hour we came up with her . The sea having gone down a little , she lowered two boats , and by dusk had taken off the burning vessel 133 persons , including most ofthe women . It was not judged safe to attempt the . transfer of any more during the night , so the boats were taken up and we shaped our course for
the island of Fores , showing a light at our mizen cross-trees . On Sunday morning , the 18 th , the Caleb Grimshaw was far astern of us . We kept on our course all day , and lost sight of her in the afternoon ; we , therefore , lay to during the night , showing a lantern , and on Monday morning , thc 19 th , saw her about nine miles off on our lee bow , lying to . By ten a . m . we were up with her , and , telling her to follow us , we pursued our course . While passing her , the poor creatures on bsard called out for |* Water 1 water I" but , as the sea was too high to risk a boat , nothing could bo done to alleviate their sufferings . She followed us pretty well under her fore and main topsails , foresail , and forctopraast staysail ; the crew were too weak to make more sail on her . She seemed much shaken this morning ; the masts were all loose , the mainmast especially , which shook several feet from side to side , as the vessel rolled , lhe fore topgallant sail , too , was blown to ribbons .
: Tuesday the 20 th . —The sea was still running tohigh to attempt removing the rest of the passengers , but early this morning a boat was sent on board with the second mate and seven fresh hands , who soon made sail on her—setting the mainsail , main topgallant sail , and mizen topsail . The boat brought off five men who had heen on board thc wreck . They had a sad tale to tell . On Sunday night twenty died , last night sixteen , and four more this morning . Though most of these perished from thirst , it is probable some . had poisoned themselves , ab they had broken into the doctor ' s room , and drunk laudanum and whatever other liquors they found there . At eleven a . m . we saw land , about forty miles distant , which proved to be FJorcs . Bv
eight p . m . wc were under tho lee of the island , and the boats were employed all night removing the people from the burning vessel , which task was safely completed by five o ' clock in the morning of Wednesday , the 21 st , when the first mate and men who had been employed in it removed the hatches , and shortly after thc flames burst out . Theship burnt from thc stern forward , the mizen mast falling first , and then the main mast , which fell before the flames reached the main topgallant sail . Thc last we saw . of her was about ten a . m . ; she was then sbm & two miles south-west of Florcs . We made but little progress this day , the wind being against us . As there were but six small casks of water on board , and provisions for one week , thc people had
to be . put on short allowance ; all that could be afforded each person was half a pitt of water and half a biscuit , morning and evening . Thursday , the 22 nd . —Eight bodies were thrown overboard this morning , two women and six children , having died in the night . The poor people were all crowded together on the main deck , quite exposed to the weather , which fortunately was not cold , or no doubt many more would have perished imthcir then weak state , several not having tasted water from thc Sunday till tho Wednesday morning . It fell nealy calm about noon , but in the afternoon a breeze sprang up , so favourable that we were just able to lay our course for Fayal . On the morning of Friday the 23 rd wc found ourselves
about fifteen miles to leeward of the island , with the wind right against us . Wo were all that day and night beating up to windward , when at length , on Saturday , the 24 th , about noon , wc made the harbour of Fayal , at which time there were only two small casks of water remaining , and two hundred weight of bread . Shortly after wc dropped anchor . We were now informed that we should have to ride quarantine for five days . The British consul immediately sent us off bread and water , while from the American , Mr . Dabney , we received a present of oranges and wine . . Next day , Sunday , the 25 th , was employed getting water and provisions on board , and in taking off about one hundred persons to the lazaretto , and the
ship was brought a little further lp the harbour in the course ofthe day . In the evening a small barque , the Clara C . Bell , sailed for JJew York ; her captain offei-ed to take eight cabin passengers ; but only two were allowed to go by captain lioxie , who went himself , leaving his crew and passengers behind him ; and taking his wife and child , steward and stewardess , and first and second mates . An elderly lady , a cabin passenger , intrcated to be allowed " to go ; bnt Captain lloxio gave thc preference to his mates , and even to his servants . On Monday , the 2 Gth , nearly 100 more were taken off to the lazaretto . ; and , owing to thc repeated complaints of Captain Cook about the state the people were in r lyirig exposed on tho decks , we
were informed that our quarantine would he over the next morning . It having come on to blow fresh from the south-west , an additional anchor and chain cable were brought from shore , which were let go in the afternoon . The wind still increasing we let go another anchor ; but at dark the gale blowing still harder we began to drag all three anchors . At 10 p . m ., we parted our best chain , cable , and , during the next hour and a half dragged our others about five hundred yards . Our danger was now imminent , as the breakers could be seen almost under our stern , and we were driving right
on a frightful Ice shore . We thought it hard to perish thus , having escaped destruction so lately , to be sacrificed to those absurd quarantine laws ; imd , harder still , that Captain Cook should die a victim to his humanity in saving our lives . Just after ho had come down to tell tbe ladies to get up and dress themselves , and when five minutes more would have seen us on the rocks , the wind suddenly chopped round to west , and the vessel was saved . It was found next morning , on weighing anchor for tho purpose of getting the vessel to safer moorings , further in the harbour , that both tho fluxes of one ofthe two remaining anchors were broken .
On Tuesday , the 27 th , the remainder of the passengers were taken ashore , where wc experienced every kindnes ^ and attention from the consuls . Sothing could equal the kindness of Mr . Dabney in particular . Thus , after more than two weeks' suffering and privations , and at the risk of starvation , and , as it afterwards proved , of shipwreck to himself and crew , the lives of 366 human beings were saved by means of Captain Cook's noble and praiseworthy conduct . Ninety-two were missing when all were got on board the Sarah , eight died , on the passage to Fayal , and one after we came to anchor . Of the ninety-two about thirty wentoff on the-raft the day after the accident ; forty perished from want of
water and food ; about twelve were drowned by the swamping of the quarter boat , and the remainder were probably smothered iu their berths . All the cabin passengers were saved . The doctor reported four second cabin passengers among the lost . I regret that I do not know their names , nor those of any ofthe missing , I believe nothing was saved by any one . Everything went down with the vesselall the passengers' property , with a cargo to the value of 300 , 000 dols . To the chief mate , Mr . Iloxie , a young man only 22 years of ago , all praise is due , for , under Providence , it was mainly , owing to his unwearied exertions " thatthe vessel . . kept afloat and our lives preserved until we fell in with the Sarah . While the captain deserted his vessel only afew hours after the accident occurred , this fearless
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young man remained on board as long as ho could be of any service , arid this at the risk of his life , which was attempted several times . Most of the crew , too , behaved , well throughout ; and I am sorry I do not know the names of some to whose exertionsIwas a witness , Why the captain left his vessel of course he can best explain himself . I understand he said there was a mutiny on board ; but surely he ought to have been as competent to quell it as his mate . There was as much danger for one as lor tbo other , and his mate remained on board nearly a whole week . Again , why the captain should leave Fayal in such a hurry seems also strange . Perhaps a landsman may be incapable of judging on these matters . However , there was
but one opinion among the captains at Horta on the subject . 1 cannot , sir , lay down my pen without calling your attention to the shameful neglect of precautions against tho consequences of such disasters on board emigrant vessels . As I remarked before , the Caleb Grimshaw carried no cannon , nor had she a lifeboat on board—at least , I did not see oupwhile theboats > she did ' possess could not possibly have saved the lives of ono-tenth of tho passengers , in oven moderate ' ' weather . * - I do not know whether she was provided with rockets or blue lights ; but
none were burnt , either on the night of tho accident or during any of the five nights she was in company with the Sarah . If thc fire did not originate in spontaneous combustion , it was ' most probably smouldering in tho hold from tho time the ship left Liverpool . I am not aware of what the cargo consisted , but surely passenger vessels ought not to be permitted to carry ¦ any cargo liable to ignite of itself . I hope , sir , you will direct the attention of your readers to these circumstances , so that we shall soon see shipowners forced to provide ample means for tho safety of passengers—at least by public opinion , if not by move stringent acts * of the legislature .
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MEETING AT BRADFORD . On Thursday evening a crowded and enthusiastic meeting over which the M » yi « r presided , was held in the Temperance-hall , Bradford , - for the purpose of receiving Mr . Cobden and Colonel Thompson , and of siving them welcome . Alderman Mimjgan proposed , and Mr . Brown seconded , the following resolution -. —" That this meeting recalls with- lively satisfaction the part taken by Iti Cobden , Esq ., mem 6 erforthe West Riding . and Colonel l ' eironet Thompson , member for the borough during the last session of Parliament , especially for their speeches and votes in support of motions inteuded to promote economy in the public expenditure , a large extension of the elective franchise , and the maintenance of peace with other nations , and in our own colonics ; and deeply convinced that in tbe
speedy and practical enforcement of the principles involved in these measures depends the luiure welfare and prosperity of the empire , hopes their distinguished visitors wlI persevere in their exertion * for the attainment of these objects , and assures them of its cordial sympathy and support . " ( Clieers . ) Mr . Cobdkn , wiio was greeted with the most vociferous and protracted cheering , having expressed the delight he felt at such a flattering reception and such proof ofthe sirong feeli » g in favour of reform pervading the borough ,,. pioceeded as follows : — Now , gentlemen , in the resolution just submitted and carried , you have been kind enough to express your approbation of the course pursued by my hon . and pliant friend Colonel Thompson and m > self in the House of Commons . Why , gentlemen , I need not
assure you— fur , as experienced men in the country , you must know it—that we shculd be powerless to effect any good in the House of Commons unless we were backed and constantly supported by demonstrations such as this . Now , allusion has been made , in the motion which has been . passed , to three great questions—the question of fiuancitl reform , the question of pe ce , and the question of Parliamentary reform . In that resolution , too , there has been a passing allii-ion made , in only , 1 believe , two words , to peace not only abroad but in our colonies . Now , Kentlemen , there is a vr . s > t import for your interests and the interests of this kingdom in these two words , refer ring to our colonies . 1 have no apprehension at the present moment of peace being disturbed abroad amongst foreign nations—I mean that there should
bo any war in which this country should be involved . I lonk nith considerable satisfaction at the present financial embarrassments of every one of the great nations of . tho continent ; I thank Heaven that financial embarrassments do follow in the tiain of large standing armies and wars , ( hear , hear , and cheers , ) and I see in the financial ruin of the nations of the continent the best guarantee against war for the future . ( Loud Applause . ) But I am wit so sure _ with regard to the future state of things in our colonies . You have heud , no doubt , lately of the alarming accounts which have reached us from Canada , from tlio Cape of Good Hope , from Australia , aud you may probably before long hear of similar accounts from the still more distant colony of jSew Zealand . You have seen
latelythe manifesto published from Canada , proclaiming great discontent on the part of the people of Canada , and attributing their present distress and discontent to the free trade measures which have been lately passed in this country ; and you will have observed that the Protection party " in England take up tbe question of our colonies " and say— " See what ruin you free traders have brought upon our colonial empire . " ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Now , sec what this manifesto states . The Canadians complain of their backward and retrogade condition of tho United States—they tell us that while the United States is covered with railroads and electric telegraphs , tiicy have only got five railroads mado in Canada , and that they are now at a discount of fifty per cent . Now , can any
rational man say that free trade in corn , which has only existed since the beginning of this year has prevented Canada from making railroads , whilst America was making thorn ton or fifteen years ago ( Hear , hear . ) Ikt we have had news of ' discontent from Australia and the Cape of Good Hope , whilst no free trade measures affect those colonics . We import their wool and their oil , in reference to which there has been no change in consequence of our free trade policy . We import the wool from Australia , and there lias been no alteration in that , and the oil from the Capo , and that remains as it was . No , it is absurd—it is hypocritical —( hear , hear , )—it is dishonest to mix up freetrado with the question of colonial discontent . ( Hear , hear , and applause . ) That there is a g » -eat inferiority in the
condition of Canada as compared with the condition ofthe United States , I can hear testimony from ocular demonstration afforded to me whilst visiting those countries , not at so recent a period as yesterday , but thirteen years ago . " I say nobody can dispute who has been in these countries that Canada , at the pace at which she moves , is at least fifty years lehiiid the United States ns regards wealth and civilisation . And Why ? When I was there protection was rife ; Canada had the benefit of this protection with thc English market . And why was Canada inferior ? Why , I firmly believe it Was owing to this very protection . ( Hear , hear , and great , cheering . ) Kow , I always approach this question ofthe colonies with this preliminary poiat of faith . Canada , which has an area of five or six
times the surface of England , cannot for ever be dependent on and governed by England . ( Hear , hear . ) It would be n monstrous absurdity ; it would be contrary to nature for us to suppose that either Canada or Australia , which is as large nearly as the whole habitable part of Europe , or the Cap ' c of Good Hope , which is twice as large as Franco , and especially when those countries become populated , as probably they will , with millions of inhabitants , can be always considered as the political property of this country , ( lleav , Ucav . ) My doctrine for the colonics is this—I would give to our countrymen abroad the fullest amount of self-government they can possibly claim . ( Ilear , hear . ) I say Englishmen—whether living at Bradford or Montreal , or at Sidnev . or at . Oann Town—ftnfWioli .
men arc entitled , as their inherent birthright , to the privilege of aelf-govevnment , ( Loud and repeated cheering . ) Well , I would give the colonies abroad the fullest right ofsetf-govcrnmcnt /' attd that will involve the loss to the government of a great deal of that patronage to which our excellent friend the Mayor has referred in his opening speech . ( Hear , hear . ) It will involve the appointment of officers and functionaries in the colonies by Englishmen living there , instead of their being appointed by an English living in Downing-street . ' ( Hear , hear , laughter , and cheers . ) But if you persist in making these appointments , and using this patronage for the purpose of favouring your dependents and partisans in this country , one or two things
must follow—either you must pay them yourselves , as we dp now to a large extent by our annual votes in parliament , or else , if they ( the colonists ) pay them themselves , it will be under the impression that they got the money out of ytii in some other way . ( Laughter and cheers . ) And that has been the delusion which the Protectionists have helped to foster in the colonies , just as they have helped to foster a great deal of delusion and ignorance , which we shall soon put an end to in this country . ( Hear , hear . ) The motion which has been passed refers to financial ro ' orm . Now I have no . hesitation in stating , I have seen it from tho first , that you can
make no reduction in the public expenditure unless you fully remodel your uolonal system , for at present the great cause of your vast expenditure for the army and navy is on account of your colonies . I say , then , to these colonists , I will give you the fullest self-government you can require ; but , on bohall of the people of England , I say you must pay for this government—I say you must pay for your own army—you must pay for your own functionaries—you must pay for your own ecclesiastical establishment . ( Cheers . ) Haviag repeated his recent remarks on the small siandiug army ofthe United States , and having eompared it with the force maintained by this , sounixy . h \ America , tbe
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hon . gentleman continued -. —Now , I want to know why the English here should pay for any standing army in Canada at all ? I want to know how it is you are compensated for this ? Ilear in mind our colonies have never paid anything into our exchequer forull this . ( Hear , hear . ) This is a fact which shows the incredible folly of the arrangement for keeping our colonies . Such a thing never happened before in the world ; and if tho middle and labouring classes had had the government in their hands instead of its being in the iiands ofthe aristocracy I never will believe that anything so silly and suicidal as this sort of policy could have existed . ( Hear , hear . ) Why , Spain realises an immense amount of revenue from Cuba every year ; wc all know Holland is much indebted for tho amount of
its finances to what she realises from her colonies ; even Franco has an amount in her balance-sheet from Algiers—certainty it is not a large amount , but , though small , it shows that Algiers contributes something towards tho expenses of maintaining the army . Uut is there any such item in our balancesheets ? No . I will just give you a l tt ! o specimen of what you are doing for Canada—They keep in Canada not soldiers alone , but ordnance stores , such as powder and ball , horse accoutrements , and things of that sort . They had last year a stock which amounted to £ 050 , 000 . ( ' « Shame , shame ! " ) You see they don ' t even contribute for the priming of their muskets . ( Hear , and a voice— " They ' ve more sense . " ) But what do wc for them besides ? I allude to their ecclesiastical establishments , and I
will read to you what we pay for them yearly . Having read a list of bishops and ministers ' in the Canadas , Nova Scotia , Kew Brunswick , Bermuda , findA ' ew / bundland , with their salaries attached , the hon . gentleman went on : —The total of all this is £ 11 , 578 8 s . Od . That is just one item we vote every year for the support of tho ecclesiastical establishment of our' North American colonies . ( " Shame , shame . " ) You soe wo pay not only for the spiritual comforts of the Roman Catholics , the Presbyterians , and the Protestants-not only , the expenses of their christenings , their marriages , and their burials , but wo pay the rentjif the burialground fore eye no of them . ( Hear , and Uughter . ) 1 'hey can neither be christened , married , nor buried at their own expense . ( Hear , hear , and laughter , and cries of " More shame for them . " ) Sow ,
gentlcmen , what I have read to you here is only a specimen of other items .. which we vote annually in the House of Commons . It has not been for the benefit of the colonists any more than ourselves , and I call in proof tho statements of tho . Canadia ' ns themselves ; when in their manifesto , which I . referred to . they tell us of their backward stato and condition , as compared with that of tho Unjiei States . ( Hear . ) I point to this , as showing what you have done by sending your army , your ordnance stoves—by making them bond slaves—by petting , and patronising , and protecting them in every possible way . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Now I have alluded to tho Cape of Good Hope . Well , you have 3 , 000 or 4 , 000 people living at the Cape , or something like that population . Two or three years ago a quarrel took place on the African frontier of the colony between the colonists and a tribe of half-naked
savages called Caffres . It arose out of some very trifling incident like the stealing of two hatchets and ten goats . ( Laughter and cheers , ) You know that our government here declared war against the Caffres ; wc had to countenance it with great parade and expense , and a degree of jobbing which never characterised tho worst governments ; and after spending two millions of money this war was put an end to . ( Hear , hear . ) Every farthing of this expense wis borne by the people of this country . ( "Shame . " ) Well now , on what assumption was this war carried on ? On the principle that the colonists were not capable of defending themselves against a few savages . Now , what is thc present position of these colonials ? Why , after having treated them like children in their mothers' arms .
we proposed to send them over the very scum of our society , the emptying of our gaols . I hoy declared they would not receive them —( hear , hear)—they denounced tho government , told the governor they would not receive tho convicts ; they set at defiance his order to receive the vessel sailing under her Majesty ' s authority : and resolved on " passive resistance , saying they would not supply thc governor with provisions . ( Hear . ) They shutnip their shops , and the governor has had to seize bullocks in the street that he might not starve himself . The hon . gentleman havingread a strongly-worded passage from the speech ofa rev . gentleman , at a meeting in Cnpc-Town ,-on the . ' ith of July , showing that the organisation of the colony was entirely military , he proceeded : —Now , what does this
mean ? Nobody who heard this passage read can doubt for a moment that tho speaker intends us to understand that if wc insisted on forcing our convicts on them , they were prepared , not only to defend themselves against a few half-nnkod savages , but that they were ready to throw down the gauntlet , and go against thc English government ikelf . I say , after that speech , and the manner in which it was received , there is no reason for putting you to one shilling expense for the protection of th . s colony . _ ( Hear , hear . ) I don't say this in a retaliatory spirit against that speech , for I think if I had lived at the Cape , instead of living here , I should probably have been one of the first to oppose the reception of these convicts . Then , as to Sow South Wales—there is an agitation going on there ; they
have held meetings , and they sent me newspapers . I got one the other day in which was reported a meeting of 0 , 000 persons ( and from which he read au extract of a speech recommending thc assertion of Australian freedom ) . I read you these extracts , and I publicly state these facts to tho country at large , not merely to show the temper of the colonists , and the danger which arises irom a conflict with thein , but also to express my conviction—and I hope yours too—that there cannot bo any ground , in thc relation which exists between the colonists and the mother country , lor a collison between us for those things whioh these persons claim . ' ( lleav , hear . ) They say they want self-government , and I am an advocate for self-government . You will find these colonists will not be content to receive votir
convicts , and I am sure the quarrel , ns raised by this convict question , is a miserable ground of quarrel . You have no right to spread the virus of your criminals amongst the population of any country . We have taken possession of these distant possessions on the ground that wo were going to benefit by the exclusive trade of these colonics . Why , what is this exclusive trade ? Look at an individual in this town saying , " I will not go into the market to buy my vegetables , I will have n garden and grow my own . " ( Hear , bear . ) We said , we will go and take these colonies and have the exclusive trade with them , forgetting what is proved now , that it is better to have au open market to receive the whole world ' s produce , and that all nations will benefit more by perfect commercial
freedom than by any selfish restrictions whatever . ( Hear , hear , and loud applause . ) Gentlemen , it is not merely large colonics , such as Australia and tho Cape , that thc government is anxious to have , but taking possession of barren rocks in all parts of the world , and which are made the means of burdening you with enormous taxation . Why , we lately took posscssion ' of a rock on the coast of Borneo , seven miles long , without an inhabitant upon it . ( Laughter . ) And what did our government do ? Why , they sat down and coolly drew out an establishment for it—and wc in Parliament voted £ 0 , 000 for the expenses of the government of that island without an inhabitant . ( Loud laughter . ) We voted £ , 2000 a year for the governor of this rock without an inlmlitant upon it—( laughter , and cries of "Shame" )—nearly
four times as ~ much as is ' paid to the governor of California . ( Hear , hear . ) Sot merely that , but the person appointed as governor there was governor of Labium—a person who has assumed to himself the outlandish title ol Rajah of Sarawak , —( laughter ) that is , lie disposscd . somo other Rajah and dubbed himself Ilajah in his place . Well , this person , Jiving some' thousands , of miles away , could not be attlvb place , and as ho could not bo there we voted £ 1 , 200 a-year for a lieutenant-governor-. And how do . you think this £ 0 , 000 was made up ? Why , > ve voted a clerk , a store-keeper , —( laughter)—a postmaster , —( more laughter)—a police-magistrate , and a police-officer . ( Peals of laughter . ) Wc voted the whole . establishment—ay , more than you find it necessary to have lor this town of Bradford , aud we voted all * this money for this rock without an inhabitant , oil it . ( Laughter , and cries of " Shame . " )
We go to the Ionian Islands and spend £ 2 , 000 or £ 3 , 000 a-year , whilst we have spent hundreds and thousands in building fortifications for a place that does not belong to us , in which we have no more right to set foot than in Russia or Austria . Then instead of making them pay for this protection , they call upon you to pay for all . ( Hear , hear . ) Only last year 1 found out an item in the account for conveying the King of Musquito to Jamaica and back . Sow this King of Musquito—it is not a very inviting name —( laughter)—this King of Musquito , I find , from the best description and account I can get of him , rules over 8 , 000 or 10 , 000 half-naked savages , and I believe I am not wrong in stating that ho is as barbarous as any of tho rest . ( Laughter . ) A gentleman told me thc King of Musquito had only one great accomplishment . 1 asked , " What is
that ? " He said , the English find he is very skilful in removing " chiggers" from their feet . ( Much laughter . ) These " chiggers '" are what get under the skin in thc feet—and , in more polite words , wc might say His Majesty is a good eoni-cuty * . ( Peals of laughter . ) This Musquito country isi ^ dm centre of the " continent of America , but it is divided by Mexico from tho United States . Now , what is coming on ? . The Republic of Nicaragua is giving land to some of tbe citizens of the United States for the purpose of constructing a ship canal , and then the English government come forward and say , " It is the land ofthe King of Musquito , and he is under our protection . " Jonathan then steps in and says , " We do not recogniee this King ; the land belongs to the Republic of Nicaragua , and wo will protect our citizens , in maintaining their right . " ( Hear , hear . ) Here it is v that you are involving yourselves
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by these protectorates , and consequently are constantly increasing your expenses and having discredit brought upon you . ( Hear , and applause . ) The Governor of the Ionian Islands is bringing discredit upon you in the eyes of Europe , Look at Rajah Brooke—he has been upon a marauding excursion with your ships , and ho has murdered in the most savage manner 1 , 500 of these people —(" shame" )—• who have been shot down by grape and canister , and their fragile boats beat to pieces and slink by tho paddle-wheels of your steamers . AH thin has been done , too , without the loss of a single English life . It was like a battue of sheep or rabbits , and I have no hesitation in stating that the object of that individual is one of the most sinister character . Jlo deserves the narnoofs second Pizarro , in murdering these pagans ; and yet
ought to repudiate such conduct as you protest against tho butcheries of a Haynau or a Radetzki . ( Loud applause . ) If people tell me that I want to dismember tbe empire and abandon the colonics , I say , I want Englishmen who are free to possess them . Now , I shall be told that I am going to leave the connexion between the mother country and the colonies of so frail and fragile a character , that it will surely he severed . Well , I admit that the political connexion between , the colonies and the mother country must become less and less strong , and ultimately , I can see that it will bebuta . iner thvead of connexion , politically speaking . Bnt on the other hand , by giving tho colonies the right of self-government , with a ri g ht good will shaking hands with them , you will retain the connexion
commercially and morally , far more- strongly than you could by any political bond—the ono is by the sword , the other is by the strong bond of affection for the mother country , ( Applause . ) Now , we do not seek to bring the trade of these colonics to the country by any force . When wo havo proclaimed this principle of free trade , w " e have said wo believe tho self-interest of mankind will teach them to trade with us . What if the colonies can trade with us better than elsewhere , they will be bound to us by the instincts of self-interest , and will not desire to deal with any one else . ¦ ( Hear , hear . ) Inabandoning our monopolies wo only do it for tho sake of the trade of thc whole world . ( Applause . ) But some persons may say thai the colonics are Valuable as nlaces for the emigration of our
superabundant population , Will ycu give up this meant of giving meat to this surplus population ?! believe by giving them self-government they will b » far better outlets for ourpopulation than they are under colonial misgovcrnment . What is thc fact now ? Why more Englishmen go to tbo United States , wliich is perfectly independent of us , than to all the colonies throughout the world . ( Applanse . ) You will hear this subject discussed in Parliament next session , and you will sec a constant attack made upon tho Home-office . ( Hear , hear . ) I do not stand hero to defend Lord Grey or Mr . llawcs , but I say the people of this country will be directed to a false issue if they allow their attention to be directed to the conduct of tho Colonial-ofBce
/ " Hear , hear , " and loud applause . ) I believe it io be impossible for any gentleman iu England to settle or control thc conduct of people 12 , 000 miles off . Why , twelve months will be employed in travelling from the period of dispute to the time an answer is returned , and the cause of dispute may long before that time have passed away . Well , it will bo attempted to show that these things can be better managed in the Houso of Commons than in the Coloninl-offlcc . Now , this I utterly deny . ( Hear , hear . ) You will he miserably deluded if you think that it can be better done by the House than by Lord Grey , a man of comprehensive intelligence , and Mr . Hnwcs , who has thorough business habits . Tho House of Commons has already plenty to do . ( Applause . ) We aro expected to settle tbe affairs of
countries with whose geography , history , and general government wc are , most of us , profoundly ijrnorant . Now , - take British Guiana as an example . Well , wo are expected to settle that nation's affairs , and yet I would lay a wager that there are not fifty men in the House of Commons who know what is thc form of Government in British Guiana . ( Cheers , and a voice— " Let us have your views on Ireland . " ) Ireland is very much connected witk this question ; for if you do as I have hinted , you will induce thc colonists to accept ow emigrants , both from Ireland and this country , and of course that will bo a benefit to both . Moreover , if you place your colonies on a proper footing , you will be enabled to reduce your expenditure— " not £ 10 , 000 , 000 only but £ 15 , 000 , 000 annually . ( Cheers . ) Thc hon . gentleman , at some length .
alluded to tho stato of the suffrage , and reiterated the statements and arguments he has recently used in aid of the 40 s . freehold movement , and thus concluded ¦ : —Our worthy chairman has said that I should say a few words on Protection . I saisl a good denl upon it at Leeds , and I tell you that if there is a serious effort made to restore tho corn laws , or Is . of the corn laws , I will he down amongst you very soon . Yes , I am not sure that I shall not comeana live amongst vou , so long as there is any real danger of the rcimposing of thc corn laws . ( Loud plaudits . ) I shall perhaps have a motive in coming here . I havo been told since I came into Yorkshire , by gentlemen who live amongst the working classes , that if anything could drive the orderly , peaceable , industrious people of this
district into rebellion , it would be an attempt by a Stanley-Richmond Government to put on acorn law . ( Pear , hear . ) Now , wo want no rebellions ; but I will promise you that if wc have such an attempt made I will speedly be down here amongst you , and wo will have one of tho most striking peaceable demonstrations that wo ever had yet . ( The hon . member resumed his scat amidst vociferous cheers again and again repeated . ) Colonel Thompson who was received very warmly , having made a speech which drew forth repeated cheers , it was resolved : — " That this meeting has no hope of the principles avowed in thc present resolution being adopted by the present Parliament , to an vjxtwvt at all commensurate with their intrinsic merits or with the wishes of the nation ; and , therefore , desires most earnestly to urge upon all real / reformers the importance of nromotimr . bv
every legitimate method , an immediate extension of tho suffrage , as the only means of insuring ultimate success ; and further desires especially to record its approval of freehold land and building societies , as valuable auxiliaries to political progress , and as powerful incentives to economy , sobriety , and political improvement . " Mr . Boitomlkv proposed , and Mr . Mkssfobth i seconded , tho following resolution : — " That tins i meeting rejoices in the presence of Mr . Cobden and L Colonel Thompson , bids them a hearty welcome , , and expresses its grateful sense of their eminent ser- - vice . " Which was adopted unanimously , and a vote i of thanks to the Mayor havingbecn carried by accla- - mation , three vociferous cheers were then " given i for Mr . Cobden , a similar number for Colonel 1 Thompson , and the proceedings terminated at a a quarter before eleven o ' clock .
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1 ItAUPS ARISING OUT OF TI 1 K TnucK SYSTEM . —Our ir readers will recollect that Messrs . Attersley "vcrere tho contractors for making lhe . Nottingham andid Mansfield line of railway , which has recently bconm completed . As is usual with persons engaged inin extensive undertakings , they have been in thchabiidt of giving the men in their employ numbers of tickctsts for 3 s . and 5 s . each , in part payment of their wages . )? . These tickets , which were signed by tho contrac-ictors' agent , John Sowter , the men have , taken to to different tradesmen in the town , and have obtaineded goods for them . This practice lias been carried onon
for some time past . These tickets have , this lastist week , been called in , for the purpose of paying thehe amount of them ( somewhere about £ G 0 O ) , " in casbish to their holders . On this being done , it was dis-liscovercd that about £ 100 worth wore forged ; andnd , as the contractors will not pay them , the loss in in some cases will bo very severe . * No clue can be hadiati as to who the forgers arc . Wc cannot speak in toctoc strong language against a system like this , wherebjebj , the poor man , because he wants a small advance oi ol i money , is made to pay nearly twenty per cent , fw fin i it . —Nottingham Journal .
IIatiab BKTweek Wri & k m ; i > Consisn Mwfus . —s . — For a number of years a kind of jealousy has exs ex : isted between the native miners and the Cornisniisn i men employed on the works , Goginan Mines , ani ani i which at times has been carried to such a pitch ah a . to lead to serious consequences , and to call for thr thi i interference of magisterial authority . Such .-h a a scene of violence as that exhibited on Satuvdai'da ;; week at Aberysiwlth has seldom been witnessed i ? d i " that part of the country . Missiles of ail descrifcrijE tions were resorted to , and in one or twoinstancemce j
guns were introduced to the scene of action . Th Tin conflict was of a savage character , and lasted : ed long time , a numbor of broken bends and oihwuhtf injuries were tho consequence , aud it was reporteortci that in one instance a gun-shot had taken effeffffce During tho conflict a house near Mr . John Saver / yer *' the Druid , resembled "La Belle Alliance , " at tfet ttl celebrated field of Waterloo , being repeatedly takttakti possession of by both parties , and the windows airs an some of the furniture completely domolished .-ted ... Liverpool Chronicle .
Pkkuvian Potatoes —At a council of tbe liorliovr Agricultural Society of England lately held ia llaiillaiiii ver-square , Mr . II . Manning communicated thef < hef <"< lowing result of his cultivation of potatoes fro ) free South American seeds -. —The Peruvian potato seto sec was set in ordinary garden-ground at BbacklewMcw f in 1848 , and in due course showed fair stems . ins ai leaf , but , on opening the ground last autumn . W tt result was found to be only a few bulbs , about tout tl size of very small marbles , which , conseqnentuentt were disregarded . This year , however , irW pm , ¦ seed left accidentally in the ground , there sprungrung * several vigorous stems , some of which had extraordinary sizo ; the p of colours . The yield from small set , was large , and tho ably increased . A 110 M 19 H ESTABLISHMENT , Pnor-park , Bath , has been petty is in the market . »«¦« leaTesuvtes
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