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( From our own _GemspondtntJ _DnnuN , 27 th Dec . A WOW TO TBS READERS OF TBB XOBinEBS BTAE—THE COERCION ACT—THE CASTLE UKASE—THE KILKESKT
• ELECTION—MORE _OUTBASKB . la dosing my _labours for the expiring year , I . in my capacity as * Dublin Correspondent' of the _Nokiuesx Star , beg to make a 'few observations to the readers , and particularly to the Irish reader ? , of that excellent journa l . I will _nat occupy their attention ¦ very long , nor would I presume to obtrude myself 2 t ail upon their notice were it not that I learn ¦ with some degree t . f pain that my communications to the Star have been made a subject for misrepresentation , and unjust censure with certain parties , in tbis city . Now , I wish it to be distinctly understood , that with regard to those individuals , I am
quite indifferent as to what they say of my correspondence . But , lest others might be misled by their unfair animadversions , I think it due to myself to _tffeT a lew remarks on my past career , and , at the game time , to point out the _leading features by which my future correspondence with that popular public organ wii ! be distinguished . It is very painful to my feelings that I must bring myself before the public , or occupy the time or attention of my readers , even for m instant , yet when __ a necessity lias arisen , lam wiliing to sacrifice my inclinations to the vindication of my character , and in so doing , I fondly hope for the approval a ;> d sympathy of my _masy thousands of reader ? .
Ia the first _plaes , I am _maligned a 3 a _traducer of the Irish peasantry , and as a proof theieof _, those people point to the great avidity with which I report to the Star , the numerous murders and outrages which have unhappily been perpetrated in Ireland within the last three months . Now , a more silly accusation could not be made against a man ' s character than this . Those murders and outrages were no fabrication . They did occur . I mver reported a case of murder to the Stab of the actual perpetration of which I was not positively certain , and I made it a . rale not to allude to any murder on hearsay or _Yerbal rumour , though several instances of such came within my hearing —some of which were afterwards found to be only too true . "With respect to minor outrages , I seldom remarked on them at all . They
were too numerous and , unfortunately , any person reared in Ireland , must be too familiar with offences against law and mortality , to look on their perpetration with surprise , or _consid-. r them in any other "view , than as at _mos _* . a' nine days' wonder ! ' Besides , those crimes and murders constitute , and will ever constitute , a prominent position in the _history of Ireland at the present period . There is not a newspaper or public print in the united _kingdom—from the iron clifis o Kerry to the wind-lathed shores of Caithness—which does not } re-echo the death-cry of those ill-fated victims of the Irish' assassin . Why , should I then shrink from reporting them to that jonrnal with which I was connected , and the proprietor of which was paying me for my communications ?
Heaves knows it was in no unfriendly spirit I commented on tfcose _heart-rending occurrences , for I love my countrymen too well to wish to malign them . I knew too well the crying injustices perpetrated against them , and the reckless cruelty with ¦ which they were treated , and though my soul might Bicken , ray heart would fain pardon the infuriated peasant for his misdeed—even though I heard the explosion of his murderous carbine , or saw hisron ; : h hand crimsoned with his victim's blood . Hence , ¦ when I reoorted these tragedies , it vas merely as a matter of course , or , if any other feeling _predomirated , it was to show that the tranquillity of Ireland could not be effected by _coercien , or tyrannical
enactments ; and that the greater portion of Irish insubordination was solely attributable to the rapacity , and injustice , and heartle _? sness of those from whom -we ouvht naturally to expect sympathy and protection . It 13 well-known , too , that the Northern Star Is a warm advocate for the rights of Ireland , and that the Irish peasantry have rot on earth a mere faithful friend than the _pioprietor of that _journal—Sir Feargus O'Connor . Away , then , with the ridiculous assumption that the * Dublin Correspondent ' of the Stab is , by reporting , or the gentlemen presiding at that paper by publishing , the * Black LiBt ' of Irish c-irae . acting directly , or indirectly , in any manner hostile or unfriendly to the interests of Ireland .
In the next place , it is said that my feelings areteo much in favour of the' Old Ireland , ' and that I am , ss far as in me lies , mimical to the ' Young Ireland ' party , and the principles which they advocate . These are mistakes also . In lSi 3 , when Ireland ¦ was awake , and her 80 B 3 firm and united in the causa of their country , I became a member of the Repeal Association- and I gloried in being enrolled in that mighty band , which , I fondly hoped , vas to achieve the . _salvath n of my native isle , and who _misht have done so , had thev remained faithful to their vow—uncorrupted by the temptation of Whig _patronage , _andnncontaminated by the glare of British gold . Subsequently , I fell away from tie Repeal Association , for I discovered that Irishmen must sooner or later look elsewhere for the means of rescuing
themselves from the trammels of misrule , and the evils nnder which they writhed . The Irish Confederation , ' alias' Young Ireland , ' sprang up , and the principles which they _prnfesjedto adopt , and the system ¦ which they eked oufc 33 their line of policy , in a great measure' seemed good and creditable " . But ther & rty soon b °£ an to make itself ridiculous . Wise and respectable men kept aloof from the new organisation . The Catholic clergy denounced their doctrines as calculated to esciie hopes which cnnld not be realized , and _dlsseraiiate _thn seeds of sedition and revolution _amont-st the people . No man possessing _influence on the public mind , or having the wisdera , or experience , er weight of character necessary for a nation ' s chief , appeared at the councils of' loung Ireland . ' People did not _chiose to commit their hopes and chances to
the keeping of a few raw , inexperienced , hair-brained yeans men ; and the _result is that , up to this , the _fciine , so far as having effected any practical good , or as likely to effect any , has been a complete failure . Jn my letters to the Noethebk Stab , I have sometimes spoken in terms not perhaps so explicit , cut _Eomet fiin _^ similar to those which I now u _? e . Hence , sorr . e have tak- n _nmbrace , and would faio . have it th 3 t I am an ' Old IrelaDder , ' and hostile te the _piogr'ss of the principles of « Y < mng Irelandism . ' Well , I am neither an ' Old' or' Young _Irelander ; ' I love my country , and would wish her haupy , and prosperous , and free ; but I am fully _corvinced that neither the ' place-beggars' of Conciliation-hall , er
the _spouters of the Rotnndo , can restore onr fallen land , or raise her to her proper positioa amongst the oiti & ns of the earth . Other hands must do the work . Jealousies , bickering , and party squabbles must be laid aside . Irishmen must unite , not only with each _etiitr , bat also with their English _feilow-snbjeets . They must make common cause with each other , and forget all rivalry of rice and creed . When they tl us re-onerate , and say with one voice , ' We must be _Pkee , ' their chains will drop asunder ; empty bravado till no more be heard in the Dublin Rotundo , and _eoneiliatiOH-hall traitors and beggars will no longer Bave a' barter * to give in exchange for the gold of the once-hated , ' base , bloody , and brutal' _Sassasagh !
To recapitulate , I do not emblazon the crimes of my countrymen with any treacherous or base motive . I do so merely for tbe reasons I have stated . I am sot an ' Old Irelander / for I look on the greater _snmber oftke Conciliation-ball ' stars , ' as cheats and Ears , and craven cowards , _URwillicg , as they are incompetent , to serve their betrayed country . I eschew ' Young Ireland * because they do not go sensibly , and ¦ _wisely , and prudently , and _silentlj to work . They spout and talk too much , and' show their teeth when they know well they dare not bite . ' Hence , no practical , _soundiminded man can rely on them , or involve Kmself in the responsibilities of their organisation . 3 have no personal ill-will to any individual in either party , and would be sorry to give pain to the meanest ef them ail . but I say again , I hare no confidence in
them , and shall not shrink from expressing my _epiuions concerning them as public men , when ever opportunity may offer , ot occasion require . * Truth may be blamed , but never can be shamed . ' Another word and I am done . Since I became connected with tha . Northern Star , it has been my study to make my communications ss impartial and truthful 83 possible . It was say object to ' extenuate nothing' nor ' aught g et down in malice . ' I flattered none . I gave saerit where I considered it deserved , and if I have cccasionally laid stripes on others , they never were administered where they were net nchly earned . By these principles _Ipurpose to be governed in my future as well as in my past career . I never will flatter any man . - Though I was often in _Alunster I
; never was at Blarney ! nor administered a kiss to the far famed Blarney stone ; ' justice to all—favour to : rone' ever was and ever will he my shibboleth . " I will never shrink from telling'the truth , and though : I may incur censnre for so doing , I will feel strengthened by the reflection that ' truth is powerful and ¦ cinst prevail . ' My fature letters to the Stab shall be , ciore accurately compiled—richer in matter and more : interesting-in manner than those already published . II know ' Ireland and the Irish' intimately , and that 3 _knowledge shall be made subservient to the impart-: ing of _agreeableand useful information to my readers . lit will be my pleasure—a labour of love , _indeedi to amuse as well as impart ' news / and whilst faith-Ifnlly chronicling the events of the day , to make _i ay self a welcome weekly guest to the lovers of the t _dulte as well as to the lovers of the utile . *
I _prophesiedi-many a dayago , that the Coercion Jsw would become She panacea for Irish destitution , land time has proved that I did not err in my conjee 1 feres . I well knew the animus of our Saxon rulera t to pco .- Irehnd , and I knew , even better , " the' metal ' _< ft the men wim were fa , resist these measures , and 1 "Bho were to' die on the _Ssor of the House of Cora-: S _^" , tler . *»» permits Martial Law for Ireland . . _» _£ ;« £ . ? _* tteated to _atfo _^ fof _ourirangaillieing _ilS' _^^^ _^^ r _^ _- _^ _^ _itHan ' t ' _en of tbl S 2 H ?? , t , 33 _- of _fie'kflrrare proclaimed urn as state of lawles _? insubordination , and , of course ;
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entitled to the benefits of Coercion- Oh the 23 rd ult . the ukase was issuid from our vice-regal councilchambea , and the whole of the counties of Limerick and Tipperary _, three baronies in the county Longford , four baronies in the King ' s county , two in Waterford , three in Cavan , two in Cork , three in Leitrim , six in Roscommon , and seven in Clare are enjoying the blessings of Coercion , in addition to the luxuries of hungry stomachs , naked backs , and gutted cabins , "Verily , the new year , 1818 , finds ireland miserable , beyond conception—where will Ireland be in twelve months more ? Fallen beyond redemption or ' up and stirring !'
On Saturday , the 18 ih ult ., Mr Michael Sullivan , a native of Kilkenny , was elected without a contest , to represent his native citv in Parliament , vice John O'Connell , "" who sits for' the city of the broken treaty , ' in preference to the ' smokeless' Queen of the ' mudless * Nore . What a pity ( so it was ) Mr Sullivan was not present at the division on the Irish Coercion Bill . I am sure if he did not' die on the floor' out and out , ho would , at all events , go within the * prod of a battle' of the gate 3 of death ! Indeed , faith J be would , so he would ! It i 3 rumoured that Mr Fagan , M . P . for Cork , is already sick of St Stephens , and resigns his seat in favour of his brother-in-law , Mr M'Carthy . Very like , indeed , and St Stephens would be a much honester place than it is if a good many other Irish members would * die on the floor' there , or abandon it for ever .
So tbe Jews are to be' what they like' henceforward in the * home of the brave and the free '—old England . The Jew!—he who denies Christianitythe descendant of those who shed the blood of Jesus —i 3 cared for . and cherished , and respected , and recognised in England , while the unfortunate Irishman is trampled on , and crushed , and buffetted in the land of his nativity . Good God ! But we do grudge the Jews to be emancipated . We envy them not their good fortune . They are from the same Creative , Almi ghty hand with ourselves , and should not be persecuted tor their conscientious opinions * , but if Paddy had as much of the ' brass' as the Jews he would never hear tell of Coercion . 'Poverty makes us acquainted with strange bedfellows , ' and if we were as ' rich as Jews' we would be long ago made partakers of the benefits and blessings of great and glorious and happy English connexion !
The murderer still plies his frightful trade in Ireland . On Sunday , the 19 th ult ., a man named Henly was _shotdead near bis own residence in the county of Mayo , and on the same night Major M'Lane was fired at , near Shannon Harbour , in the county of Galway . On the same day , Mr William Talbot , of Mount Talbot , in the county Roscommon , was fired at by an armed party , who way-laid him in his own demense , on his return from church . So much for coercive measures in restoring tranquillity ? and so much | for the ' gratification , ' of ' the sapient dunder-head of the Glasgow Examiner , and others of his'kidney . '
Wishing the Northern Star a brilliant run through the forthcoming year , and praying that this time twelvemonths _may find us all better and wiser men , I conclude my labours until this day week 5
An Extraordinary Gazette Was Issued On F...
An extraordinary Gazette was issued on Friday , containing notifications from the Lord Lieutenant , signed by the Chief Secretary , appointing officers to grant licences forthe possession ot carrying of arras in the proclaimed districts . _Cou . vtv of _Leitbim . —The Loxgfokd Journal of Saturday states , that on Wednesday night last , an armed party attacked the house of a pensioner from the band of the Longford Militia , named Leary , residing about five miles from that town , in the county of Leitrim , near Drumlish , and shot him dead , sitin ? at his own fire . On receiving the shot , his body feli upon the fire , where it was found much burned . Newport , _Tuterart . —On Sunday , a miller , named _M'Mahon , in the employment of Mr O'Neill , merchant , of Limerick , on his way home from mass , was knocked down by a blow from a loaded stick , administered by a scoundrel from whose pockets protruded the butts of pistols . The assassin , seeing his victim senseless and weltering in his blood , made off .
A Voice From Tipperary. County Tipperary...
A VOICE FROM TIPPERARY . County Tipperary , December 24 tb , 1847 . TEETH KOT _IBKASOX— ' ARMS AND TIIE MEK '— ' THE CATTLE ON ATHOUSASD HILtS' ARE TOE PEOPLE ' S' IRELAND AS IT IS , '—AKD IHISH ' PATRIOTS AS THBT ABE . ' Doge . —For what , then , do they pause ? J . . — An hour te strike _. Doge ( aside ) . —Saint Mark's shall strike th _* t hour 3 , Beb , — .. T now have placed My l : fe , my honour , my all _earthly hopes "Within thy power , but in the firm belief That injuries like ours , sprung from one cause , Will generate one vengeance : should it be so ,
Be onr chief now—our _severeign hereafter . Doge of Venice , Act 1 , scene 2 nd p , 90 . I write not treason . I speak not sedition , but I simply declare the truth . A nation , like an individual , bears and suffers , but thinks and waits also . So it was from the beginning , so it is , and so it ever _shallbe . Aman who writes thus may be called ' a sentimentalist , ' better suited to act the part of chaperon to a small tea party of _ladieg , than to debate on his country ' s wrongs , —but is it so ? I think not . To be a man is to be a patriot ; to be the latter is to be one of the noblest specimens of created generosity . A patriot thinks of his fellow-men , and acts but ior their welfare . Singular enough ! To be a liver of one ' s country in these venal times is to be a
* rara avis m terra . People think so ; Irishmen are hut too _well convinced on the subject . The Irish are suffering what no other people ever suffered . They are the victims of a double cruelty , persecution and famine ; they are the objects of a double robbery , landlord eviction and government taxes . The _Kussian ukase , begotten of despotism , and forged by tyranny , ia mild and tolerant when compared to our code of glorious laws . Absolute monarchy , even though vested in _tlra beastly despjt , Nicholas , is but a toy to play with when compared to the Coercion Bill of base , brutal , and bloody Whig _creation Bah ! Whig and Liberal are but synonimous with tyrant and despot , Whig vacillation ia despicable , —Repeal treachery is nauseous , —Conservative
consistency is honest . Give me Sir Robert Peel before Russell , —Lord George Bentinck before John O'Connell . Morgan O'Connell is the boy ; he is the spes gregis , the flower of the nobility of Irish traitors ; the charioteer of tke five-pound patriots ; the edifica « tion of the Whigs and the admired one of Dillon Browne and Grattan , ' Proh curia inversiquemores . ' You see I am classical on subjects . They afford one such a feast . They are pregnant with so much pure patriotism . Well now , Mr Browne , poor whellow , but I am super surprised at your unpurchaseable purity , wo never will find its like until the Greek _Kalends Oh ! then , sure after that we ought never stop nor stay until wedecree a statue to you in Conciliation Hall , and a civic crown to yonr brow ; unless , indeed , you assert your patriotism is too lofty to admit of even such trifling recompenses . Bah ! Mr Browne , yeu are a traitor . Ireland knows you now . Take
an advice go home to Mayo , get a place and pension , and thank God you had a country to sell . Grattan , too , be went to parliament ; for whatoh ! of course to support tenant-right , repeal , and all the other et ceteras . No more , Henry , will you have cause to say , as you said at the National CounciJ , 'that the enemies of Ireland hate the name ef Grattan . ' Not > faith 1 they need do so no more . _Grattan's remains are dishonoured in the tomb . His son has defiled the hero ' s grave . The son dug another sod to press on the grave where Irish independence was buried , o ' er which tho father ' s tears were abun . _danfcly poured out . John O'Connell , too , though he did not exactly go so far as the others in the game of deception , yet he also forgot his country , and voted for Ireland ' s degradation . lie went for food , foodand he helped to give us coercion in lieu ef it . He went , and they sang of him as follows j—
Oh ! oh ! he is gone , Oar beads are knocked about _. Oh ! he ' s gone , Does his mother knaw he ' s out . It seems he ' s gone to Lord John Russell , We have reasen to bewail , For he left us iu a puzzle for the soup and yellow meal , _Sup _] itup ! sup it up ! 'twill blow your belly oat ; Twill cure you of tbe gravel , the _chin-cough _, and the gout . But I hope he is reformed . I trust experience has changed his notions of Whig benignity , and that in future he will not be dazzled with the trappings of
government favour . Let him come back and work for his country , not as a leader , not as a dabbler in polemics , but as an honest Irishman who loves his country ; Let him return and _re-oonsccrate « Conciliation Hall . * Let him erect within an altar , where all may worship , an altar for politics , not for polemics ; the latter must be eschewed . To succeed , it is necessary to forget m the hall of liberty , that religion exists . Let man leave to churchmen the regulation of such matters ; it » their province , not his . He can support their views m parliament , but not in a hall sacred to national liberty ,-consecrated alike bv the libations of Protestant and Catholic _Irishmen ,-poured out on the altar of national love '
But , Irishmen , do not forget the O'Gorman Mahon . Ill ' _™ ' _teLoId _-VT _?' * a , _11 T ? fced for hia conn- ay ' s shame . Twere pityful to look upon such a mon doing such an act He wa true to Ireland _-once , what came o ' er him lately ? Perhaps old wounds opened , and he thought of bitter things . But he should think of nought but his country . _Heshonld hot trust too much to popular forbearance , _; iest he should be constrained to say with honest Don Jusa r " Like Lucifer _bnrl'd from Heaven for finding ' Oar tin the same , and hard as his tb ' _aie"h _$ ' ' ' ¦ _., Being pride which leads the mind to soar too-far ' 'Till our own weakness shows' us what ' we are ' . '''"' ¦ r , f ? _1 i , , _U - - n' _^ J _? _- t write . palm eve ota great and joyous _festiva— a eloriona _nWA—nno
_always celebrated with great eclat . _^ among jail " people who have received and adopted Christian ' revelation . It was a season of mirth ,, and usedrtp , ha . a time'bj
A Voice From Tipperary. County Tipperary...
feasting ih _lrelahdi' Will it be-so this season ? -Alas no The anniversary of a Saviour ' s birth must pass away among the greater number of Irishmen , . up . - marked by anything save mourning and desolation . How h appens this 1 It ia singular . Yes , indeed it is , but vet it must be . Turnip tops and herbs can not make a dainty dish to honour Chmtmnz . day with . A mud hovel , a firelesshearth , a cbairless floor , a foetid atmosphere , cannot permit merriment to pass over the thresbhold of a once-happy homestead . An emaciated b in _«—a half-starved skeleton—a mass of livinc pestilence—a c erced slave—a memory ot bygonehapp _iness—o'joyousdays _. spentamoBghappyand dear companions ; cannot—won't admit of pleasure .
It would be unnatural . No , rather let such as these go to the site of the home where they were born—let them gaze u P on tne blackened and roofless walls—let them think of the wife who was doomed to destruction , and sent forth on the dunghill or by the hedge side to die ; and all that to gratify a landlord ' s avarice . L <; t them go to the corner of that pulled-down dwelling , let them kneel on the spot where their parents died , and were waked in plenty—where their children were born . Let them offer up prayers for all , let them weep o ' er the dead , and if they be men , let them pant for vengeance . Let them swear by the heavens above Ihem , that but if asked why they paused—let them answer for an hour to strike . The Co-ercion Bill shall toll it .
_Porsecutioa generates vengeance . So it ever shall , Christmas will pass over thus ; the old year will end thus and a new one open thus ; and before its termination God knows what may happen ; surely it is not possible for people to be quiet for ever under grievancesauch as ours . The worm trodden upon turns and bites , so do enslaved nations . It is only natural . But I predict not . . Our / _orte here is gone , hope exists no longer ; and the following fact will prove that some at least are resolved not to starve while there's food to be had . A man named Flannery got himself relieved of the
burden of seven _s-heep and aheifer , and several farmers have , within the last few days , found themselves minus Bheep , heifers , and cows . The special commission for Limerick , it is said , is to take place immediately after Christmas ; surely the first week in January . The Lord-Lieutenant is behaving genteel t owards the police in these parts . His Excellency is every other day awarding sums of money to these worthies , as premiums for their activity . Lord bless him ! it would be much better to send these sums to the Kenmare poorhouse , against which there are no less than seven writs for the sum of £ 2 , 500 . ,
On Monday last , a shot was fired into tbe house of a land-bailiff named McCarthy , on tho estate of W . N . Lee , Esq ., Killonshaw , by a fellow called Hinchy . He was captured by the bailiff and his children , who pursued him and handed him over to tho authorities . In the King ' s County , the office of Captain Bernard , one of his Excellency ' s staff , was broken into by an armed party , who robbed the steward , and tore all the books . The gallant captain is determined to close up his castle and retire to England . Edward _Fitzgerald , OHe of the carriers between Limerick and Castletown _Conyers , was stopped by three countrymen , who deprived him of some meal , stating they only wanted a little to eat , and not to injure him or his property-I am happy to inform you that the murderers of the Rev . Mr Lloyd have been come at , and ten of the conspirators . I trust the law will deal with them as they deserve .
On Saturday night week last , another barbarouB and revolting murder was committed near _Lisnamrock , in the colliery district , The unfortunate victim , a man named St John , went to a ne ghbour ' s house , and was dragged out by four armed ruffians , who murdered him outside the door . The particulars or causes of the murder are not known as yet . Several persons charged with murder have been arrested , and the government officers have returned to Dublin . It is expected we will have the commission at once for the trial of the persons in prison for murder . The calendar is very weighty in thia county .
On Saturday last , the resident magistrate of this district , W . Regan , Esq ., accompanied by sub-inspector Fosberry , proceeded to Rathroman , and , with the police , gave chase to a party of eight fellows , who fired shots into tbe house of Mr P . Murphy , and deprived carriers of four sacks of flour . The ruffians escaped , but lost the flour . The Master of the Mint has generously seut £ 800 to Dungarvan , for tbe relief of the poor . Tbe times are getting good . The wealth of the rich is seldom ii employed . The weather for the last week has been terrific . The Suir has overflowed its banks , and inundated the lands all round . Such floods have not been remembered since the year 1 S 25 . A fine young fellow , named Pat Kirwin , was shot by the discharge of a pistol which he had in his pocket , and which exploded , wounding him in the thigh and abdomen . He died in the evening .
the ruffian , _Hogan , whom I mentioned before is one . of an armed party who attacked the house of a man named Hackett . and who was charged with the murder of Mr Waller , and other abominable deeds has turned Queen ' s evidence in the county gaol , at Nenagh , where I announced to you he was located for hi 3 part in the melee at Hackett ' _s of Denaraohill . The spy and informer have a fine field . for their traffic now , and they seem determined to make a golden harvest . A vote of censure waa passed , on Thursday evening last , on the committee of the Clonmel Mechanics ' Institute , by the memberB assembled at a general
meeting , for tho uncourteous and uncivil way the committee refused to meet the members' wishes on some matters connected with the future government of the institute . I never witnessed such a signal triumph of democracy . It was worthy men who desire to think and act as men would , and not as tyrants would dictate . They , the mechanics of the town , showed arbitrary dictation in committee was not a bolus to physic them , however _Bkill ' ul at compounding the hand which dared administer it . I would dwell longer upon this subject , but I wish to keep space for any fresh intelligence that may reach before post hour .
There was a general illumination at Nenagh , at the convalescence of N . U . Bayly , Esq ., who , a few weeks since , was shot at , and narrowly escaped assassination . The demonstration gave great offence to Protestant and Catholic , who looked upon it as unusual and uncalled for . On Friday the poor broke into the Cashel Workhouse , and therelievicgofficer , MrWayland _. ran upstairs to _ths board-room , and called out , addressing the Rev . Mr Ryan , C . C .: ' Father John , _fot God ' s sate , come down , the poor people have broken into the house ; if you do not interfere and-keeD them quiet , there will be murder . ' Mr Ryan refused to interfere—he said : ' There was a time when I or any priest would interfere , but the lying and scoundrel members of
the Saxon "legislature have said that the priests only interfere to denounce and mark out a victim lor slaughter . Lord Farnham might have me tried fer my life for speaking of murder at all ; and as long as I live I will never take the trouble I did heretofore , to save the lives of oppressive landlords and agents , and unfeeling poor law guardians . ' Mr Ralph B . Osborne is accused of the most scoundrel cruelty towards the tenants of his amiable and ! good lady . His accuser is the Rev . Michael O'Connor , P . P ., Kigobinet , ' . county of Waterford ; the reverend gentleman makes out and substantiates a case , which is clear enough , if uncontradicted . Certain it is his ( Mr Osborne ' s ) agent is greatly disliked . Whether these charges against Mr Osborne
be true or not , it is quite certain there was nothing like complaint previous to his coming over as landlord . He should take care , English though he be . He might be taught a little civility here , as I believe he ia not bullet proof . Mr O'Connor brings forward the card of a poor man named Lonergan , whom Mr Osborne evicted and turned out of his house and lands , when the man was after reclaiming a large tract of mountain , and was quite able to pay his rent . Speaking of the mountain tract ho reclaimed , Mr O'Connor says . j } ' Little , _' poor Lonergaa thought , whilst he was exhausting the blood from his veinswhilst labouring under the scorching heat of a summer ' s sun , with a crow-bar , spade , and pickaxe , the only implements , that could be available to create a mould upon Buch barren w _& 8 te , that fie was making an enduring property for the Osborne family , and so transitory in its beneficial results to himself . ' Another dreadful and atrocious murder has just
been committed in the county of Limerick , at Lodge , within a mile of Hospital , on Thursday last . A respectable farmer , named Murphy , was the victim . He was at Bruff , the early part of Thursday , where he disposed of a large quantity of butter , in order to be able to meet his rent next day , due to Lord Kenmar d . Some time previous he received notice to prepare bis coffin , if he dared pay rent to his landlord . Shortly after he retired to bed on Thursday night last , he was awakened by an armed band of ruffians , who got in secretly and possessed themselves of £ 37 in notes . They then were ahout decamping , when Murphy , struggling to retain his property , received two shots , and was immediately killed . Mr Fagan , M . P . for Cork , js going to retire , when his brotherin-law , Mr M'Carthy , is to seek thesepresentation . Richard Penefather . Esq ., Darling-hill , Clonmel , is to be High Sheriff for Tipperary this year ; John Maher , Esq ., Tullemain Castle , having declined the office .
Captain Baldwin , M . P ., is to be High Sheriff for the King ' s County . There are one hundred and twenty prisoners to be tried in Limerick , at the Special Commission , and there are four hundred and twenty in gaol there . The Court sits on the 3 rd of January . The Judges are to be Chief Justice _Blackbume and Baron _Pigot On Saturday , ' Mr . Sullivan , of Inch , was returned for Kilkenny , without opposition . He is a Repealer . ,.. Tipperary is rather quiet _jusfc now . There were never more arms _purchased than within these few . days past , God knows for what . The piiblio mind is rather agitated at the approach of the' commission ' I . fear it will but badly secure the peace of the county . Coercion and' commission are sorry remedies for star , vation , however we will see . Limerick is in a ferment , —it seems that the good people there
A Voice From Tipperary. County Tipperary...
_shanft befri _gbtenectbycocroion . : Clare is not much better ; and | Ti ? perary is breathing . Poor-law houses are becoming bankrupt ; boards of guardians are fearing for their lives ; and the poor on the qui _VlVe for Some means to get food . It is hard to say what end comes foremost . Each new day presents more gloomy aspects . Ireland betrayed is becoming more desperate . It is a sore misfortune that she has not the valuable assistance of Mr O'Connor in her present trying difficulties ; if her evicted Bona had him as arefuge ,-if tbey could uke him as thwr protector when turned out to starve , —oh I it hia Lana
property system were but in force here , what misery would it not prevent , —what horrore would it not avoid , —what benefits would it not confer on the evicted tenant . Alas 1 tor poor Ireland that she lost his brilliant services ; she will curse those who drove him from her . But I trust there is yet hope . He did her material service in the late Repeal debate , — he struck many a home blow in her favour on the Coercion debate , —he worked well for her , the people know that . Others may abuse him for doing what they should do , but their calumnies are light . Ireland appreciates Ins services—she honours a & d reveres him . .. _ Z . T . O .
Tilt Mlk.Fljb.Lijj Murviirjrvo. Last Wee...
Tilt MlK _. _flJB _. LiJJ MUrviirjrvO . Last week _M'Cabe and Reid were tried and found guilty of the mnrder of Caroline Ellis , and sentenced to death . Reid has since acknowledged his _guilty and the following is his confession : — That on the day the murders were committed he went to Mr Wraith ' s house about twenty-five minutes to one o ' clock thathe conversed with the servant girl , Caroline Eliu , about five _minuted—that he then took out the soldering-iron ho bad that day borrowed from a person named Kilty , and had concealed in his _basket , and struck Caroline _ElHs a severe blow on the back of the head . She shrieked out and staggered to the back door , when he struck her again and felled her to the ground , and Mr Wraith coming at that moment from the eellar into the passage which connects the kitchen with the two front
imriourB , with a silver pint containing beer in his hand , he ( Reid ) struck him a violent blow on the head with the iron , in doing which the iron flew from tbe handle , and Mr Wraith . staggered into the parlour . Reid then returned and got the kitchen poker , ran . to the parlour , and met Mrs Wraith running out to the front door . He then struck her two or three blows on the head , and felled her to the ground . He went into the parlour , and Mr Wraith then lay bleeding On tbe floor insensible . He rifled his pockets and took his keys out , and opened the drawers with them . He then heard a knock at the kitchen deor , which he thought was Caroline Ellis getting- up . He went to the kitchen and found her perfecllj still , and again returned . He then got some money out
of the drawers , took the watch from Mr Wraith , and the ring from Mrs Wraith ' s finger , and then heard another knook at the door . He therefore went to the door and slightly opened It , when he saw tho other prisoner , M'Cabe , who inquired if they wanted anything in his lino , and he ( Reid ) rfplied 'No , sir ; ' and thinking M'Cabe was a stranger , and would not recognise him , he shut " and bolted tha door . He then returned and ransacked the drawers , and found in them a razor case containing two razors , with one of which be cut the throats of the three parties . He afterwards washed his hands and wiped them upon the towel , left the house , locked the kitchen door , threw the soldering iron and the key into the well near the back door , and then hurried towards his own home .
This statement Reid corroborated after he was removed to the condemned cell , and consequently a proper representation will be made to Sir George Grey for the liberation of M'Cabe . la eonsequence of a communicationrmade by Mr Justice _Pattessn , relative to the case 'f Michael _M'Cab ' , now under sentence of death in York Castle , for murder , the Secretary of State has advised tbe Queen to respite the prisoner .
Successful Industry Of A Labourer. [The ...
SUCCESSFUL INDUSTRY OF A LABOURER . [ The following article appeared in the'Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England , ' and was transferred to the fifth number ( new series ) of ' Chambers ' s Edinburgh Journal , Saturday , February 3 rd , 1844 —D . Stewabt , Manchester . ] Tho following interesting case of successful industry is furnished by a correspondent to the' Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England . ' In passing through Norfolk lately I met with such a remarkable and pleasing instance of successful industry that I think the particulars may interest the members of the Royal Agricultural Society . Edward Chaney , of Carlton Rode , eleven miles south-east of Norwich , aged 49 years , was brought home to his parish about twenty years ago , with a family of six children ; the overseers granted him an allowance of half-acrown per week , and supplied him with a wheelbarrow , desiring him to "find employment in wheeling out marl from the pit to the land . lie obtained work of this sort from a farmer
in a neighbouring parish , who , finding him a sensible and industrious man , kindly lent him money to buy a donkey , and _afterwardB a pony , which he repaid from tbe produce of his labour . Some time after-Wards , by the advice and assistance of the same kind friend , he engaged to rent four acres of land belonging to the parish in which he was settled . This undertaking proving successful , he hired 24 acres more nine years ago last Michaelmas ; two years ago he engaged 23 acres more ffonrteen of arable and nine of fen land ) , with a dwelling-house and buildings ; the following year , 22 acres more—and he has recently added another 24 acres to his occupation , making in all 93 acres—the four acres belonging to the parish having been taken from him when he hired the other land . In order to stock these
different parcels of land , he was of course Under the necessity of borrowing money , but by industry and good management he has been enabled to pay it off , and is mow free as the world (?) . To make his history still more remarkable , he has brought up a family of fourteen children , and buried two others . The circumstances of the case , as I heard them related , appeared to me so extraordinary , that I was induced to go over to Carlton to see the land , and to inquire into thesystem pursued with such admirable results . I found that Chaney has two sons grown up and married , who work for him as day labourers , and three unmarried , who also work for him , in addition , he sometimes employs two or three other handa . He has five working horses , besides a brood mare and foal , nine breeding sows and a boar , five milch cows
and nine young cattle of different ages : I did not see any Bheep . I could not find that he adopts any regular system of cropping , but the appearance of his crops bore testimony to the high condition of the land , though originally , I was informed , of inferior quality . The great secret of his good management and extraordinary success seems to be in a very liberal application of manure , and of labour in improving the soil . He told me that he never sells any barley , beans , or peas , but devotes ) _hiB whole growth of these to ihe feeding of stock , chiefly hogs , of which he fattens a great number . The particulars of this case are so extraordinary , that I should scarcely have given credit to them , had I not verified them on the spot . They appear to me to furnish a proof , as delightful as it is remarkable , of the benefit of high (?) farming .
Liverpool.—A Black Draught.—The Other Da...
Liverpool . —A Black Draught . —The other day a respectable looking man walked into a druggist ' s shop in this town , and , in a confused and hurried manner , asked for an ounce of laudanum . The shopman did not like the appearance of his customer , and , fancying that he intended to make his own quietus , refused to execute the order . The man pressed his demand with much importunity , and at last said he would be content with only half the quantity . A lucky thought crossed the mind of the druggist , and he turned round to his bottles , apparently with the intention of furnishing the laudanum . Instead , however , of taking hold of the bottle
containing the somHonfio poison , he handed down that containing black draught , which , in appearance , is not much unlike a strong tincture of opium . Having transferred the desired quantity to a small phial , the man in the shop eagerly seized it as it lay on the counter , and swallowed the contents . A policeofficer wa 3 immediately sent for , and to his tender mercies the would-be suicide was consigned ; but , as the statute law of England affords no punishment for drinking ' black _y draught , ' the poor fellow was set at liberty , and it is hoped that , having repented of his folly , he has spent a ' merry Christmas , 'and will live to enjoy ' a happy new year . '
Flooding of the Tat . — -The recent and repeated inundations in the Tay , particularly at Perth , have led to serious considerations as to remedial measures . The heavy rains have doubtless been tho leading causes , but their influence has . been greatly augmented by the thorough draining of the ground ; in the immediate neighbourhood of the river , and also , although to a less extent , by the erection of railway bridges . The alterations proposed for deepening , & _0 ,, will likely improve the navigable properties of the Tay .
Lord William Paget . —The list of persona lately outlawed contains the name of a noble lord , a captaia in the royal navy , for whose apprehension , on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences a reward ia offered . It is rumoured in ths naval circles that a letter from the Admiralty has been addressed to the noble Lord , requiring a satisfactory explanation to the charges preferred , otherwise the name of the noble Lord will not be suffered to remain on the Navy List . A Beggar ' s _Savihos . —An old beggarwoman _; named Price , abeut ninety years of age , residing in _Northgate-street , Chester , was taken to the workbouse the other day , in a state of destitution and imbecility . On searching her . wretched abode , the officers found stored away upwards of 4200 in coin , and a bank-book for £ 100 .
A French inventor has succeeded in discovering a method of gilding _silk 6 . without injuring the material , and a most dazzling effect is said to be produced by the gilding , especially upon satins . English attorneys are hot considered an eminently bashful race—nor are the Irish . At the Bruff petty sessions , Attorney O'Grady said to a witness , —* You scoundrel , get down out o' that ! ' and to the reporter , — ' You . need ' nt take that down . '
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_ .-.-: ¦ _= . ¦ . - THE ASIATIC . _OaOLBRA . - To THE EDITOa OF THE _NOBTflEBK 5 _TAB . _Sia _. —At this period , when that dreadful scourge the Asiatic cholera is so rapidly and bo surely approaching us , so surely that we _maylbe said to be already under the shadow cast by Us coming , it behoves every man , how _« ever limited his experience or humble his pretensions , to contribute the mite which that experience may have taught him towards tho alleviation of the sufferings which , mast necessarily bo entailed on its arrival . Having witnessed this dreadful malady in its worst forma at tho hospitals of _Wawuw in the year 1831 ; having combated with it while it devastated the ranks of the Polish army in the same year ; having met with it in Gallicia , and subsequently is Champagne , in Prance , in 1832 ; I trust that I may , without presumption , be allowed to addreaa you on thia snt-ject , even if my remarks should be but the recapitulation of what others have already observed . rfn aTit n « Hf > LEriA . _^
And first , with _respeot to prevention , I witness with the greatest satisfaction the efforts which the friends of sanitary reform are making towards the improvement of our densely populated cities . My esperieoce entirely coincides with their observation , that thepeculiar haunts of chelera on its arrival are those districts where the scavenger comes not , and where consequently poverty and crime have their dwelling . The poor , dirty , ill-fed , and consequently diseased , and frequently criminal inhabitants of our cities are those who are the especial prey of this fetal malady . The richer classes of the better districts escape not , it is true , but the wretched dwellings of their poorer brethren constitute tbe / o « from which the devastating influence radiates . To cleanse these localities , and to raisa the physical condition of their inhabitants by a better supply of food , is the preventive against this disease ' , and I earaeatly recommend this duty at once to all for all can contribute , but particularly to tbe rich ; and in this their duty—the duty of common charitythey will find their own best protection .
With respect to the treatment of cholera ( for we have too much to do , and the enemy is too near our frontiers to hope entirely to avert his attacks ) I wish to be allowed to say a few words . While practi & in _^ as _surgeon . major in tbe military hospitals of Warsaw , I had much personal experience , and followad attentively the treatment pursuedby the highest medical authorities of the time ; I mast confess , however , that our efforts , which consisted chiefly in the administration of large doses ef calomel and opium were almost entirely unsuccessful ; tbe mortality waa frightful , and few , but very few , recovered the attacks . Oar practice ,. while in attendance upon the army , was scarcely more successful ; tbe disease baffled all eut attempts under the treatment then adopted , even to alleviate materially the suffering of the poor soldier ; death seemed to be bis only hope .
After the disasters of the army in 1831 , and while a refugee on the frontiers of Austria , a pamphlet by Dr _BastlBr _. of Vienna _* , fell _accvJeatally in my way . Amongst much matter of doubtful character is much that is most valuable _. His observations on the disease are accurate and well digested . He particularly comments upon the intense depressing influence which accompanies and even precedes the first attack of Cholera , The vital force seems entirely suspended . The functions Of the skin , lungs , kidneys , and other organs are almost annihilated , and in a short time , in some cases in a few hours , the patient dies , as it were , _aaphyxied .
Dr Bastlcr insists , and the correctness of the treatment has since been _recegnised by tbe highest authorities , that to be successful we must instantaneously address ourselves to this symptom . He recommends the immediate application of heat , friction , & c „ and the administration of the strongest stimulants . Of these he found the essential oils most efficacious , and the formula he finally fixed upon is the following : — Rp , olei _anisl , " olei junipori , olei esjoputi , _singlornm eerupulum unum ; spiritus aether , sulpb . comp . _drachmam unam , tinctures cinnamomi drachmas duas , liquo _. _ris acidi _Halteritf minima qninqne—M . Re giv « S thia every half-hour in doses of from eight to ten drops in two table-spoonfuls of warm peppermint tea , alternately with an effervescing draught , increasing the frequency of the doses , in proportion to the violence of the attack , until the body resumes its functions . If perspiration can he induced , with ordinary care in the subsequent treatment the patient is saved .
On my way to Paris , after leaving Austria , I waa detained by the authorities at Chalons-sur-JIarne , and earnestly requested to remain in attendance upon the eick ; my papers showing that I was of the medical profeseion _, and leaving a country over which tbe pestilence bad _paeosd . I was first sent to Avize , where the cholera was then raging fearfully . Having been impressed with the conviction of the soundness of Dr _Baetler ' s views , and struck with tbe success which , had attended hl » practice , my first step
was to have prepared a quantity of his stimulant with directions for Its use , and I caused these to be freely distributed , recommending its administration immediately on the symptoms appearing , and while the medical man was being sent for . My recommendation was very generally adopted , and with the greatest possible benefit . In many cases , on arrival , I found that the remedy had already produced the most beneficial effects , and even in those cases where the patient had not procured the medicament , or used the external application of heat and friction , the prompt adoption of this treatment generally succeeded .
Out of a & _ont 400 patients whom I attended in tbe Department de la Marne , in all stages of the disease , only seventeen died . My success was beyond my most sanguine hopeB , and I was honoured ty the warmest approbation of the authorities , and rewarded by permission , through special Royal ordoBnance , ( of the 6 th of February , 1833 , ) to practice medicine in Prance . I attribute my success entirely to tbe treatment of Dr Bastlcr , viz ., the prompt administration of external and internal stimulants , with a view to restore the depressed vital functions . I confidently recommend this treatment , not to medical men , for tbe majority of these I believe are now advocates of thi 6 system , but to the unprofessional persons who may have the misfortune to be attacked with the disease ; I earnestly entreat them , if they valne their safety , to have recourse instantly to it on the first symptoms showing themselves ; for in this disease , if the arrival of the physician be waited for without remedies being adopted , bis assistance may _Irequoilly Vie unavailing .
I would recommend that all families should keep by them a phial of the above medicine , or of some similar one obtained from their medical attendant , and use it in the manner indicated _. By these means I doubt not that many valuable lives may be saved , by arresting the progress of tbis rapidl y Sural disease until medical assistance can be procured . Trusting that these remarks will be received in the spirit ; in which they are offered , that of a sincere desire to prevent or to alleviate the sufferings which hang over the inhabitants of this country . I have the honour to be , Sir , Tour very obedient servant , L . A . RlTTBBBAHDT , M . D _., Of the University of Berliu , Surgeon-Major in the Polish army of 1831 . 1 , _Jermyn-street , St JameB ' _s .
P . S . —While writing the above , I have received the WABSiw Codries of the 20 th and 21 st of November last , in which I find official directions to the non . mcdical inhabitants of that city . The treatment there insisted upon is precisely that reeommended above , the stimulant being eight drops of oil of petrolium instead of the above prescription .
* 'Die Cholera In Wien, 1832. F Three Pa...
* 'Die Cholera in Wien , 1832 . f Three parts of alcohol , one of sulphuric acid . P . B . [ Forcibly impressed with the value of the above letter we have copied it from tbe Tikes , and would strongly urge upon our readers to be prepared with the medicine _prescribed by Dr Kitterbandt , for immediate use , if _necessary , We must add tbe expression of onr strong conviction of the great importance of external heat applied to a perjon attacked by chelera . Hot bricks applied to the body and lower extremities will be found of the greatest utility as conductors of heat to the suf . ferer . _—Bo . N _. S , ]
Death Op A Mav.Ot-War's Maw. — Remikisce...
Death op a _Mav . ot-War ' s Maw . — Remikiscencbb _or bib _Mubbiagb—Mr Alex & nder Brown , Mariner , a native ot Scotland , died at Hartley , near Tynemouth , on Sunday , aged 13 . Ho served hia apprenticeship ou board tbe Maxwell , of Seaton Sluice , and at the espiratioH of his indenture found himself in the midst of tbe revolutionary war .. A full share of the hardships and hazards of that g reat conflict fell to his lot . Man-of-war ( floating prison ) and French prison kept him from Seaton Sluice until the peace , when , having escaped the perils of the sea , he fell a victim to the perils of the land . He waa one day taking a walk from Shields to Hartley , and fell in with a group of merry damsels near the stile at Whitley Park Corner . Some jokes were exchanged , until at length one of the girls , going beyond a joke , asked him if he did not want a wife J To be sure I do '
was his reply . Following up her advantage she popped the question , ' Then which of us will you have ?' This was a poser , 'the English tar was no Turk , or he would have had them all . He must make his choice , and really they were so equally attractive that he knew not which to prefer . In this extremity he did what man is m fond of doin »—ho threw his fate on chance . _« I'll marry tbe girl , said he , « who jumps the furthest . ' The humour of the thing tickled the fancy of the _maidene , and the next moment they were jumping for a husband . Nancy Nesbitt was the victor , and Alick bought a license forthwith . They were married on tbe following morning , and lived long and happily together , and brought up a large family . For the last twenty-nine years the deceased had sailed in the Gratitude , of Seaton Sluice . —67 < M « _Aea ( 2 Observer .
An Erratum . —Miss Biddy Fudge , in her history of the Fudge family , recounting tae miseries of authors , says , ' that though an angel should write , ' tis devils must print , and gives the _following instance of the havoc made by the printer in one of her effusions ;—But a week or two since- in my ode upon Spring , Which I meant to have made a most beautiful thing , Where I talked of the dew-drops ' from _froshJy blown roses , ' The nasty things made it' from freshly tlown _bobbs . '
Dumfries—, Dkcomfiiture,Of •The Saints:'...
_DUMFRIES— , _DKCOMFIitURE _, OF the saints : ' " ; : _~~' - ~ _r A society has , it seems ; been formed _^ in Edinburgh under the appellation of the Sabbath Alliance , its object being , aa Sir Andrew hath it— ' The bitter ob . servance of tho Lord ' s day . ' Its members ; wiIJ , no doubt , be of ths . t _clasa whom Byron apostrophises , as'Iteforming saints , too delicately nice ! By whose decrees our sinful souls to save No Sunday tankard foams , no barbers shave , And beer undrawn and beards unshorn display Their holy reverence for the Sabbath day . ' DU _^ RlES _^ DISLaOMEUM _, 0 F
This precious lot deputed two of the eleot to lay the humbug before the sensible _inhabitasts of our good town ; and on Thursday evening ( 16 th ult ., ) pursuant to advertisement , a meeting for this purpose was held in one of the dissenting churches , aud nretty well attended . the * workies' mustering in great force . The platform was crowded with the parsonocracy—the apostles of this newest new move were appropriately enough a Scribe and a 1 barisee , the former an Edinburgh ' writer , named Lyon ( it ought to have been Liar ) , the other a parson yclept M'Cr / e , ' God
A littlo round , fat , oily man of . ' These worthies , and the object of their expedition , were eminently suggestive of the characters and the celebrated raid of _Iludibras and hia faithful squire , Ralpho , they being of those' That with more care keep holiday , The wrong than others the right way , Compound for sins they are inclined to , By damning those they have no mind to . Still so perverse and opposite _. As if they worshipped God for spite . ' Although one of them did not look aa if he , like But * ler _' _s heroes , would ' Quarrel with minced pies , and disparage His best and dearest friend _plum-porridge . Fat pig and goose itself oppose , And blaspheme custard through the nose . '
Bailie _Nicholson _. one of the burgh magistrates , was called to the chair ; but , before he had assumed his seat , Mr Samuel Welsh , compositor , rose and asked whether discussion would be allowed . This question was attempted to be shirked _jhowever , it was said that the proper time had not come for the query ; and Mr W . was requested to leave the matter in the hands of the chairman . This he very properly and flatly refused to do , alleging that the clergy of Dumfries had , on similar occasions , deceived the people in the way ho was now anxious to guard against , ana persevered in restricting the speakers to time , and in demanding discussion . The charge of deceit had an excellent effect—it was known to be perfectly true by the majority present , although a Jesuitical Free offendershimself denied it
Kirker , one of the actual , , and blamed the speaker for thus libelling' The servants of God / which title he arrogated to his class , and for which Mr Welsh took him smartly to task ; for had it not been made , they would , there is little doubt , have played a similar slippery trick that night . Lyon attempted several times to get a hearing ; but until a pledge that the deputation would restrict themselves to an hour and allow debate had been given , he was stopped as often as he tried it by a complete torrent of hisses and other marks of disapprobation . At length the promise having been given , fee began his yarn . After stating the basis and institution of the Alliance , which is chiefly aimed at Sunday travelling by railway , he gave the audience scripture , for evermore , contradictory and explana . tory , from the Garden ef Eden to that of Gethaeraanein favour of the perpetual obligation of' the
, Sabbath , ' Coming to modern tim _63 he said God had blessed all who kept the Sunday , properly p i course , and gave us an instance of the truth of this , that Captain Scoresby caught more whales in 1822 by observing that day , than did the others who fished Sunday and Saturday . ' This was cutting it rather fat ; but his hearers did not by any means seem inclined to swallow the story—the Dumfries public are not , as the nigger hymn says of the prophet Jonah , ' Such dibbels for fish . ' One wag in the gallery sung out ' Verv like a whale . " After more of suchlike trasb , the orator declared that he was only anxious for the interests of the werkiDg classes , so help him God . which was responded to with such a derisive laugh from a thousand throats , that the speaker was thoroughly staggered , and remained during the rest of the evening what Hood describes as testaceous and crustaceous — he fairly lost his temper through their unbelief .
Parson _M'Crie followed . He talked of the men of the world , whose care was only to wring gold from the sweat and the blood and the sinews of the working classes , and that God—meaning of course the black slug ? , his representatives , was their only friend , and all thatsort of gammon ; butall wouldn'tdo , and he sat down without making any impression on his wide awake audience any more than his chum . Mr Welsh then rose for the purpose of replying tothe statements of the preceding speakers . Alluding to the question of the Sunday trains , he held that these had a tendency rather forthe preservation of the Sabbath than its desecration , as . on a railway four or five men and an engine , which was not a beast ef burden , could convey 1000 people to church ; while at preaent hundreds of private carriages were used for this purpose , involving the deprivation of ordinances to as many coachmen , footmen , and . the em .
ployment of horses . If these gentlemen were such friends to the working classes , why did they not assist them in their endeavours by trades unions to shorten the present excessive hours of labour ; and how came it that the ministers of the gospel , instead of supporting , petitioned against Lord Ashley ' s bill for suppressing the employment of women and children in the noisome mines , under circumstances the mo _.-t repulsive to every well-constituted mind ? The speaker then broached the theory , that no proof could be adduced from the New Testament for the transference of the obligations of the fourth commandment to the first or Lord ' _s-day , but without entering at any length into the argument , and concluded by calling upon the gentlemen on the platform to drop the Alliance , and adopt some other means better fitted to advance the moral and physical condition of the people .
An old parson'from the country got up to reply to the _charge about Ashley ' s bill ; but the meeting wouldn't hear him . It was a curious scene . A perfect storm of whistling , hisses , and yells , and the old chap jumping like a mechanical figure on the platform . There was an attempt on the part of the _getters-up of the meeting to repl y to Mr Welsh , but they failed utterly . One of them declared that the word Sabbath was never used in the New Testament , unless in reference to the ' abrogated' Jewish institution ; and Lyon said they did not intend to interfere with the carriages of the aristocracy , _because— ' they were not hired conveyances' (!) . The parson of tho church
in which the meeting was held , sported some curious notions relative to the right of speaking in public meetings ; and Mr Andrew Wardrop delivered one of his best speeches in favour of Sunday trains . The saints bolted without proposing the resolutions they had broug ht with them , without even asking a vote of thanks for the chairman . ' The devil go with them and sixpence and then they'll want neither money nor company . " They'll not come to Dumfries again in a hurry . This was the first meetin ? they had held ; and as they intend an expedition into England , we hope they'll be looked after , and sent back , a 3 we say here , ' with a flea in their lug . '
What A Gentleman Mat Do, And What Hb Ma?...
What a Gentleman mat Do , and what hb ma ? not Do . —He may carry a brace of partridges , but not a leg of mutton . He may be seen in the _omnibua-box of the Opera , but not on the box of aa omnibus , nemay be seen in a stall inside a theatre , but notatastall outside one . He may dust another person ' s jacket , but mustn't brush his own . He may kill a man in a duel , but he mustn't eat peas with s knife . He may thrash a coal-heaver , but he must ' nt ask twice for soup . He must pay his debts of honour , but he needn't trouble himself about his tradesmen ' s
bills . He . may drive a stage coach , but he _musn'fc take or carry coppers . He may ride a horse as a jockey , but he mustn't exert himself in the least to get his living . He must never forget what he owes to himself as a gentleman , but he needn't mind what he oweB as a gentleman to his tailor . He may do anything , or anybody , in fact , within the range of a gentleman-go through the Insolvent Debtors ' Court , or turn billiard-marker ; but he must never on any account carry a brown paper parcel , or _appear in the streets without ; a pair of gloves . —Comic Atmanncfe for 1848 . The Jesuits . —We find the following in the _Constitutiosnel :-- ' Among the papers seized at the Lollege of the Jesuits , at Frioourg , was a catalogue of the members of the society of Jesus , printed at Lyons in 1846 , by the society itself , perhaps with the very presses which have been the cause of a process still pending . This cataloguewhich has been published
, by a Swiss Journal , the Gazette db Bbbnb , is , therefore , later by a year than the negotiation of M . K . _OSSI , than the declarations of M . Guizot , and than the famous note published in the _Momtbur of the 6 th ot July , 1845 , thus conceived : — ' The government has received intelligence from Reme . The negotiation with which M . Rossi was charged has attained its object . The community ot the Jesuits will cease to exist in France ; it will dissolve itself ; its convents will ba _oloaed , and its novitiates dissolved . _^ _Wow , the catalosue shows that the community has not ceased to exist in France , that it has not dissolved itself , and has not closed its convents ; for it indicates the convents , the members , and the missions 01 the Jesuits in the province of Lyons subsequent to this false declaration . Nay , more ; if we compare the _personnel of the order in the province of Lyons at the beginning of the year 1846 . with what it was
at the beginning of 1845 , we find a considerable increase . " A wag having one night removed the signboard of a cutler , and placed it over the watoh-house , the town s-people were equally surprised and diveriednext morning to read over the door of the cage , Blades put in here . '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 1, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_01011848/page/6/
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