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      Septembbb % 1848 . ii ,. w _^ _«^_^« _,- _^ . ' ' THE _NORTHERN STAR . 3 I _^^" _" _^

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      A Lament For Erin . Bt Thojus H:Oss. »Ii...

      A LAMENT FOR ERIN . BT _THOJUS h : oss . » _Iis gone aad for ever , the light we saw breaking _. Like heaven . ' * first dawn , o ' er the sleep of tha dead , * nsen man from tbe slumber af ages awaking , _Look'd _opward and blessed the pars ray ere it fled ! 'Tis gone , and the gleams it has left of its burning Bnt deepen tbe long night of bondage and mourning , That dark o'er the kingdoms of earth is returning , And , darkest of aU , hapless Erin , o'er thee ! . For high was thy hope , when those glories were darting Around thee , through all the grots clouds of tbe world ; When Tratb _. fros * . hir fetters , indignantly starting , At once like a snn burst her banner _anfarl'd . Oh , never shall earth sm a moment so splendid ! Then , then , hod oae hymn of deliverance blended The tongue * oi oil nations , how sweet had ascended The first note of Liberty , Erin I from the * .

      _Tbr n vanish'd for ever tha fair sunny _vfcrios , Which , spite of tbe slavish , the cold heart ' s derision , Shall long be remembered , pare , bright , and _eljsitn , As first It arose , say lost Erin ! on thee .

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      A Hand Booh Io The Boyal Stables At Wind...

      A Hand Booh io the Boyal Stables at Windsor Castle . By the Author of ' Sketches of Her Majesty ' s Household . ' London : W . Strange , 21 , Paternoster-row . Many a time it has been our lot to hear of tbe celebrated Whig vote of £ 70 , 000 for the building of new stables at _WinrLor Castle , but until we read this little book we were not fuHyinformed of the parti-<» lars of that generous vote of the ' collective wisdom . ' It was on the 5 th of June , 1839 , that the _notoriens Spring Rice , since elevated to ' the style and title' of Lord Straddlegoose , moved in the House of Commons a vote of £ 70 , 000 for tbe

      purpose of building stables at ¦ Wi ndsor . Mr \ fakley denounced the proposition as ' extravagant , ' and moved that the sura be reduced to £ 50 , 000 , but could not find a seconder . Lord Dungannon 4 thought it unbecoming a nation like the English to cavil at such a sura . ' There was no confuting this unanswerable argument , so of course the sum was Toted . The money secured , the ' silver trowel wbich had been used by his late Majesty King C & orge the Fourth upon similar occasions , ' was put into requisition , and the foundation stone laid on the 19 th of August , The buildings were completed in October , 1842 .

      There has been a terrible hubbub of late about 4 sanatory reform , ' but the whole question lies in a nutshell—whether the Queen ' s subjects shall be half as healthily situated in their dwellings as are the Queen ' s horses- We say half as healthily , 'for sure we are that whilst the present system lasts , the arrangements for the drainage and ventilation of tbe habitations of the poor , will by no means approach those in constant operation to insure the comfort and health of the animals whom tbe Queen delightetb

      to honour . Thus we read that 'in the centre of each stall tbere are iron gratings , communicating with cross drains under tbe flooring of Dutch clinkers ; and through these ( by merely turning a tap at the upper end of tbe stable ) a strong current cf water is forced , which clears away every accumulation from tbe under drains , into the common sewer , to the river . ' The whele of tbe arrangements are equally perfect . Happy horses ! Unhappy men !

      Look on thispicfure : — Twelve months ago the Marylebone Vestry published a statement setting forth that there were then sixty thousand destitute persons in the metropolis , who chiefly supported themselves by begging or thieving . The destitution of the approaching winter is likely to be still more appalling . It is notorious ? hat in the very bitterest weather crowds of human & eings were completely shelterless , the workhouses being overcrowded . Withia the workhouses the Ijest accommodated were sleeping three in a bed , but hundreds had no beds at all . 'In the East London Union , * says a visitor , ' the sleeping accommodation consisted of a sloping shelf for the men to

      lie on . They were closely huddled together with tbeir clothes on . Tbey complained generally of the cold , as the space for the window was occupied by tVort bars only , without any panes of glass whtlever . They urgently requested that some rugs might . be famished them . ' So recent as June last evidence was obtained that in the Strand , Kensington , and West London Unions , and the parishes of Whitechapel , St Fancras , Chelsea , St Luke ' s , & c , the inmates of the casual wards are allowed neither soap nor towels with which to cleanse themselves . Tbey are half-devoured by vermin ; sleep on tbe floor generally without rug 3 , and suffer every possible abomination of filth and wretchedness . Any night

      within the last two years tbere might be seen miserable btings , huddled together on the bare pavement in front of St Martin ' s Workhouse , and _immediately opposite St George ' s Barracks—filled with soldiers ready with musket and bayonet to defend our ' glorious institutions . ' We are wrong in saying that' any night might be seen , && , ' for on many occasions the poor , houseless creatures have been prevented sitting down , the pavement having been saturated with water under the pretence of cleaning it , but , in reality , to punish the poor creatures for their poverty by leaving tbem , like Noah ' s dove , no dry resting-place . Bat enough of this picture of' Happy England . ' Now look on this-. —

      We quote from the book under notice : — On the tight of the entrance to tbe Boyal mews , in St _Alban's-street , just within the gateway , there art ten loose boxes for sick and lame horses ; tbeir dimen sions being fifteen feet by ten , and of a _jropsrtionate height . They are each fitted up with two small mangers in either of the . farther corners , one for earn , and the other for mashes . The doors open in two divisions , the upper portions of which hare

      glazed windows over the doors , which open for the purpose of ventilation . * * * Each horse throughout the stable department has two sets o f _clothing—one for day , and one for night . Each stable is lighted by means of gas 1 * * Between tbe tiro last named carriage-bouses are a large boiler and furnace , for the purpose of heating water , and also air , wbich is conveyed by means of flues , throughout the coach-houses , in order t _» keep the royal carriages well aired during the cold

      and damp weather in winter . ' ' There are many curious matters contained in this Uttle boek , including descriptive sketches of Carriages , Horses , & c , presented to the Royal Family . It seems that all animals cannot be taught that loyalty , which is so characteristie of men in generaland Englishmen in particular—for a pair of milkwhite goats , a present from the Sbah of Persia to her Majesty , bave turned out perfectly incorrigible . They were intended to draw tbe royal juveniles , a ' petite

      carriage ' baring been built for tbe purpose ; bat their goatships were found as untameable as were the waves of the sea , despite the commands of Canute and tbe lashings of Xerxes . The ' Persians' were , therefore , turned loose into the Great Park , where now between two and three hundred splendid milk white goats sport and play , originating from the parent stock ; and this increase has taken place in less than five years . Such is the amazing fecundity of Roval Goats ! This little boek is an interesting supplement to tbe 'Sketches of Her Majesty ' s Household . '

      Court Jobbery: Or, The Black Book Of The...

      Court Jobbery : or , the Black Book of the Palace . London : W . Strange , 21 , Paternoster-row . In this work the reader is supplied with an analytical list of all tbe pensions granted by tbe Queen ( from tbe period of ber Majesty ' s accession to the present time ) oat of the £ 1 , 200 placed , annually , ai the disposal of the Sovereign . Pointing out the 'deserving'and tte * undeserving' State pensioners , with notes and comments , aud historical references to their ' claims' upon tbe 'Royal Beneficence . '

      It appears tbat there are persons who are living ia the greatest splendour—keeping horses , carriages , and servants—giving dinners and evening partiesentertaining 1 , 200 visitors at a time at _ttfele _champetre—nith a box at tbe Opera , who are shamelessly drawing hundreds a-year from a sum of money voted by Parliament for * such persons only as have put claims on the royal beneficence , or who , bv their personal services to the Crown , by the performance of duties to the p ublic , or by their useful discoveries m sciences and attainments in literature and the arts , have merited the gracious conside r ation of the Sovereign , and the gratitude of the e < m » tr'

      S .. In this list of pensioners figure the celebrated seven teachers of her Majesty—French , German , aging , drawing , music , and dancing masters and

      Court Jobbery: Or, The Black Book Of The...

      _mutKssea . They are respectively the Rev . Henry Barez , the Queen ' s German muter , £ 100 & year ; J . B . Sale , Esq _. teacher of singing , jGIOO ' a-year T . Steward , writing-master , £ 100 a-year ; _Rangois Grandineare , French-master , £ 100 a-year ; Mrs Lucy Anderson , music-mistress , £ 100 a-year ; Sarah Matilda Bourd ' m , dancing-mistress , £ 100 a-year ; and _Guiseppe _Gaazzaroni , Italian-master , £ 50 a-year . ' The seven champions of Christendom were never so well provided for , wives and all . ' ' What a thing , ' says the author of the Black Book , ' for the Irish peasant , or the equally distressed imUtKssea . Tin ii lin ii ' _iiiliuh I In Ih li

      Dorsetshire labourer to read , tbat , whilst he is starving , a French _dandng-misiregs receives a hundred pounds a-year for having done the country the immense service of teaching her Majesty Queen Victoria te waltz and polk ! If such abominable pensions are tolerated , we may expect to hear of some of the respectable' darkies' being put upon the list for teaching the Queen to sing 'Dan Tucker and 1 Lucy Neal , ' or for giving lessons to the Prince of Wales upon the banjo , or initiating the Princess Royal in the mysteries of 'Sich a gitting up stairsV

      Passing by' the Newport job , ' andahost of tempting specimens of aristocratical _pauperism and plunder _, we single out three illustrations of ' how the money goes . '

      MADEMOISELLE AUGUSTA EMMA D ESTB . Two pensions , of Five Hundred Pounds each , yearly . Some few facts connected with this lady and ber family may be of interest ; The Bales of Sussex was married to Lady Augusta Marray , the daughter of the lata Earl ofDanmore , at Romp , and again in London , in 1793 . The Issue of this nn : on were Sir Augustus _D'fiite , who was born ia _Janu-ry , 1791 ; and Mademoiselle Augusta Emma _D'Bite , who was barn in tha folio-ring t / ear . The marriage was _dissolved , as contrary to tbe Boyal Marriage AC-, in 1791 ; thos , unfortunately for them , bastardising both tbe _children . In Jane , 1844 , Sir Augustas _D'Estr , wbo claimed ths tl'le olDake of Sawxat ths decease ot

      bis father brought bis cue befora a Committee for Privileges of the House of Lord *; Sir Thomas w"ilde being his leading connsel . Tne committee decided , ( Jaly 9 , 1814 . ) after lengthened sittings and examinations of wit nesm , tbatthe- claim was aot made oat . Mademoiselle Augusta Emma D'Este obtained one pension of £ 500 on the 5 th of March , 1845 , and another pension of £ 500 on the following 28 th of July . About a fortnight later , the lady was married to Sir Thomas Wilde , whose impartial administration of justice at the Old Bailey , in the case of the Chartist prisoners , will be fresh in the memory of the reader .

      Tbis anion gave rise to the following witticism . [ We mast premiss tbat D'Este ia a word of two syllables , tha final '«* being _pronoanred" _]—• Sir Thomas Wilde , considering tbe legal wear and tear ha bu bad , looks bala and hearty ; for her ladyship , however , to tarn WSde at her years , e _. n only be accounted for hy the . _Inlasnce of a D'Esie _. _vy tbat was as unexpected as it waa nnreslstteg 1 ' Towards ths end of the year it wat reported tbat Sir Thomas Wilde woald be raised to the peerage . Thia honour ha . aot , however , b «« n conferred upon ths learned Chief Jas ttee of the Court of Common Ptsa * j _» f ! Alt ta g » cd dm * . Wash-. aid then hope ber ladyship wonld not have ihe face to draw htr £ 250 every quarter day at the Treasury .

      Sir Thomas Wilds entered npon bis new duties , a * Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleat , at fh < St ffordshlra Ats * x 4 s la August , 1846 . ' His lordship , ' aaid tho _SriFroaosarss _HxaousT , 'isaocempanied by Lady Wilde , who bas attracted _cosslderable attention in consequence of her relationship to the royal family . ' She would bars attracted a good deal more attention in the Potteries , we will Ventura to say , if the poor drudges in those districts had been aware that they were then sweating and tolling to contribute towards raising ber lad-ship ' s £ 1 , 090 a year ! ' Brilliant dinner parties ' ara frequently announced in ths fashionable columns of the Mouths Post , as being given by 8 lr Thomas and Lady Wilde ; bat . then , as tha Lord _Caief Justice ' s salary is £ 8900 a-year , besides bis possessing an immense

      fortune realised by a long aad successful coarse of pro . _fesilonal exertions while at ths bar , h « ladyshlp's £ l , 000 s year may fairly ba laid by , as we have hinted before , for _tbs rent and taxes of their ' splendid mansion . ' As this lady pensioner Is' living ia all the splendour and afflaenca _bjfltting ber husband's high rank aad station , it waa foolishly supposed by many ( _funestcreatures !) that , upon her msrriagp , her lad * sbip would have resigned bar two passions ? Lady Wilde has not done ao yet , for she receives them aa ' regularly as clock-work , ' on the return , ( and thb is tbe only ' return' wa shall ever bear aboat tbem ) of every quarter day . Douglas Jerrold , in his newspaper of Jaly 15 m , 1848 . ia an article oa tha subject of Hr Soma ' s motion for a reform ia Par liament ,

      _says—« Tbe itstwof ths debate en Ur Hume ' s motion may be counted at ae such great victory . Mr Osborne—5 a a most damaging speech—showed the _telfishneu tbat rules an _* l reigns over tha people in the House of Com . moat . There it , at tke boat * Is at present centtttuta * , a moral _majority against retrenchment ; a majority knitted together closely as the rings of a highwayman ' s steel purse ; and for the tame purpose , to s < core stolen maney . Now , grant Ifr Home ' s paints of the Charteraad they will be at sorely granted at the rajs of _te-mor row _' a tan—and we obtain cheap government _andcqualitj of taxation . Why , Sir Thomas Wilde , himself—the

      awful judge who tried tbs Old Bailey Chartists—Is _intewttd against the Charter . With its essential points carried , tbe p-. ople wonld no longer pay such pensions at tbat enjoyed by _Ltdy Wilds—tbs lata _JlademolstUe D'Este—for no other reason than that , _legally , she Is the illegitimate daughter of tbe late Sake ot Sussex . At the very time that Sir Thomas Wlldepusrd sentence apon the prisoners , it is not impossible ths jadgo might have bad io his pockets a stray coin or two , part and parcel of tbe pension of bis wife . We woald sot _cossi-. ier the matter too _cnriaasly , but , candid reader , Chartist or non-Chartist , might tbit not be to !'

      ' Her Hf >} etty , ' as wo are informed by % newspaper of January 11 , 1815 , ' with her accustomed generosity , has given oat of her Privy Parse the sum of £ 1 , 090 s year to Sir Augustas D'Este , which it equal to the earn Sir Aagustos lest by the death of tbe Dake of Sussex . ' It U a great pity , for tbe take of all parties interested ( and we Include tbe tax payer * , for tbey are tery deeply Interested In tb _« matter ) , that ths Queen bad not also exercised ' ber accustomed generosity' in _theoateof the sister of Sir Augustus . This woald havo been exceedingly creditable oa the port of her Majesty—creditable to far at liberality went . Bat what ia tbe name of all the judge *' _wlge in _Christendom dost Lady Wilde want with a thousand a-year out of anybody ' s parte , unless it ba her Butbaud ' s !

      We bave next to introduce to our readers a celebrated ' political economist , ' one of the gang who write to prove that there are too many of us , and that for the surplus' there is no room at Nature ' s festive board . This fellow bas tbe assurance to take from the miserable people of this country a sum of £ 1 , 100 a-year , to say nothing of tbe money he has made by his ponderous volumes of truthless statistics , written to show that the present infernal system is natural and inevitable . Here he is : —

      JOHN KAMSAY H ' COIAOCH _, _ESft . A pension of £ 200 a-year . Another author ! Bat we have a word or two to say about this graat of £ 200 , because we think tbat tbit pension to Mr _JTCaUocb ongbt not , in common justice . ever to have been conferred . This gentleman is the author of many useful works to tbe public , and highly profitable to himself . Bat what will oar readers think of the justice (!) of her Majesty permitting this indefatigable writer oa ananas and eommerea to drag £ 200 per annum ont of our pockets , when they ara informed that he Is the Comptroller of tbe _Stationary-omce , sta salary of £ 900 a year t Sir Bobert Peel r « _Vgned office , to make way for Lard John B « _sell and the Whigs , on tbe 1 st o'July , 1848 . Thegrantcf Ifr if _Colloch' _tdiigrscefal pin sion ( disgraceful ander the circumstances ) is dated onl . i the very day before ! Sir Robert la to blame in tbis matter _, and not the Qietn . HrM'Callocb wat amply _provided for by a most lucrative Government appointment . Sham ? , Sir Bobert 3 to throw away tbe public money in this way

      The ? ast we shall notice is the precious Poet-Laureate Wordsworth . How true bis portrait is sketched by the master-hand of glorious Byron : — Wordworth's place may be in the Customs—it is , I think , in that or the Excise—besides another at Lord Lonsdale s table , where this poetical charlatan and political parasite licks np the crumbs with a hardened alacrity ; the converted Jacobin having long subsided into the clownish sycophant of the worst prejudices of tbe aristocracy . '

      WILLIAM "WORDSWORTH , ESQ . A pension o / £ 300 a-year . This pension it all very well , as far as its being ia consideration of the * distinguished literary attainments ' of the Poet Laureate ; for whioh appointment he gets a salary of £ 11 ) 0 a 3 ear—little enough , in all conscience , ss it has betn remarked , 'if he is liable to be called apon to write an eulogistic ode npon such an _ocoosien as the late installation of Field Marshal the Prince _Csnsortas Prince Chancellor of Cambridge ! ' It wot , however , poor wishy-washy , namby-pamby stuff , after all . But Hr does

      Wordsworth It not ia want of tbis £ S 09 a-year—ha not require It . There are hundreds of literary _msnandanthora of tome eminence , too—to whom a ttih * of tbis £ 300 a year wonld be a god-send , indeed ! We find that at the time this pension was granted , Mr Wordsworth wat * Distributor of Stomps for the Counties of Westmoreland and Cumberland , with emoluments amounting to £ 3 , 000 a year—which office and emoluments hi afterwards resigned to hit son . ' Where i » the man , we would ask , who will attempt to _jwtlfy the payment of this £ 390 a year npon thB gronad of tho _neces-ities of Mr Word-worth reqnirirg it !

      Tbe quotations we have given constitute this little book's best recommendation . _

      Court Jobbery: Or, The Black Book Of The...

      3 _?* _£ _^ formers . London : W . Strange , _^ _V _™ ™ P _»^* row . ; Manchester : A . Heywood . _Huddersfield : % Brook , _Buxtonioad . _-i ™ _nYS ertbe - h _/" d of Politics for Workers , ' we 22 _^ T i _i tract - which was explained the 33 m _* oh D h «» _. «» weater , having to send his child to bed withbnt . a supper . The present tract by the same author , is written to show tbe mission of Reformers in these critical times , and the work which they are particularly caUed upon to W " ! . \ r r ng ab ° utsuch a state of things as shall enable John Dobson , the weaver , to obtain supper for his children . in n

      This tract contains further and unquestionable evidence of the deterioration of the condition of the working classes ; and shows up the evils of the present crushing system of taxation , and the falsehoods of the Malthusian theory . From the author ' s discussion of a question which has of late much occupied pubHc attention , we extract the following sensible observations on

      t . . , _ . . _ralHOAL * r 0 RCB . Let ut look _falrlyat our preient _poilHou , sad tee what chance there it of succeeding in any attempt to upset the government by _pbyslosl _tetce . There are at tha _veryleatt a million and ahalf , who are _direotly interested in the taxes , _—whoreoeive them andliTe upon them ; and who , bear in mind , wW . fight for ( _heirvontinuones . There are another ; mUllpn of soldiers , parsons , b inkers , polloemen , and lawyers including their depend-» nts . This tjttemglves food and clothing to thousands

      upra theusauds of brokers , eictsemen , grooms , footmen , _plmpt , toaoeatert and parasites . It also adds , as we have already tees , very largely to the profitt of the _trad' _-men who pay the tases , in the first instance . And observe for every one whs _lirtt out of the _tyttem—for every individual wbo it in tbe actual eoj yment of a fat _Irringoutoftheei-cet ; thero are at tha least ti » ont >« , wbo _exeejipeclingsoto live . These expectants , generally speaking , will struggle harder to keep up the pretest ordtr of things , and wilt be found more bitter against reformers than these ia actual possession .

      In addition to all 'these ) there are great numbers of men who are of such _serrile and slavish dlipoiltlous , that tbey will follow wberevtr a rich or a titled man chooses to lead . It hat been truly said , ifalordora dake were knows te be in favour of Cannibalism ; that oms men would be found roasting their own children , la order to he like lords and dukes . These men never in . qoire into the truth of a doctrine , political or otherwise : bas inquire . who is the . author ; and excepting it _oomes from tome great man ( whioh _reeolleot meant rich man ) , although It may exhibit the wisdom of Solomon or Socrates , it does not produce tha slightest effect upon their minds .

      It Is always the best to lock ell our difficulties fairly In the fact , and to be able to do this , we matt know tbem . Beiides the hundreds of thousands direeUy living npon the taxes ; there are Immense numbers living up > n them in an t » dir « l manner . See the vast numbers of tradesmen , who lire" by sapplying ' the tax-eaters with luxuries and other commodities . The national debt alone fives employment to _FoaTT _Thoossjrd Bsoxem , all of whom live like fighting cooks , by merely buying and selling tharet la this debt for others . Good God , what a system ! These men employ at the very _leatt _, an cqatl anmber of _clexks , foo'men , and otker servants , all of whom will stick to tbe system like leeches ; and as the 10 th of last April folly prored , are _naiyto corns _forward with arms In their hands to fight in its defence . There are about a million of families engaged in the _oaltlratloa of the toil of Eogland , Scotland ; and Walts ; the average of whose _wagat Is £ 16 a year to each family : thlt mtkes up a turn of _t'xteen millions a year which

      it paid for tbe cultivation of the sell . Now tbe money paid to tht men who collect the ttxes , It above eight millions a year : that is" to s » y there it more money paid to the mea whose business is to collect tbe _fakss ; the bare gathering op of these taxes costs a greater turn , than the cost of cultivating one half of the toil of Ens LMD _, _Scotlahd , and Waub ' . If we add to this , tha < _-x < ra soldiers and police necessary for enforcing the payment ; tbe legal expenses ; the distraints npon tbe < _oodt , and selliog up of those who cannot pay in any other way ; the expant _* t of brokers , _aaotloneers and bums : tbe time lest in appeals , and dancing attendanoe upon commissioners ; we shall Inevitably be led to thlt most astounding cono ' _uslon _, that tbe bare cost of col . lecting the taxes , is greater than the cast of _cultlratlog the land ; that thera is mora money expended in rats : ng the taxes , than is expanded in raising the food for seventeen millions of people I Never since the creation of the world wat there _anyihing equal to this .

      We have much pleasure in recommending this tract as a trustworthy enunciator of ' Politics for Workers . '

      Cholera. How To Treat In All Its Stages....

      Cholera . How to treat in all its stages . London : E . Mackenzie , 111 , Fleet-street , and J . Cleave , Shoe-lane . Tbis tract investigates the question of ' contagion , ' and asserts the non-contagious character of the cholera . It explains the premonitory symptoms ; gives advice as to diet ; and contains directions by a medical gentleman , who practised in one of the most affected metropolitan districts in 1832 . There is added the directions recently issued by tbe Russian government . Now , that tbis frightful scourge is fast approaching our shores , if indeed it be not already here , it behoves every man to make preparations to repel the destroyer . Every one anxious for his own safety , or that of his family , Bhould , therefore , purchase this cheap and useful publication , to which to turn for advice in any emergency . We hope this tract will obtain a wide circulation .

      Publications Received.—An Explanation Of...

      Publications Received . —An Explanation of the Embossed Systems for educating the Blind . By G . A . Hughes . London : Wilkinson and Co ., Tysoe-street _, Wilmington-square . The Vegetarian Advocate , No . 1 . The Odd-Fellows' Chronicle , August .

      Lord Palmbsston.—There Never Was A Momen...

      Lord _Palmbsston . —There never was a moment , perhaps , in the history of the world , when tbe state of European affairs called for greater soundness of principle and greater discretion of conduct in the administration of our foreign department than the present . In whichever _tswaction we cast our eyes , difficulties and _embarsassments of the most formidable nature present themselves . And in this state of things Britain ' s character and Britain ' s interests are committed to the keeping of a man whose rashness of action and insolence of tone , when he thinks he bas the game in his own bands , is only to be equalled by the imbecility of bis measures when he finds his match , and by the total absence of all principle to regulate his conduct , either in a national or an international point of new . —John Bull .

      Dissolution o _? this Mitchel' Irish Confederate Club . —On Friday night a meeting of this club was held at the Chartist Assembly Rooms , Blackfriars-road , at which a resolution dissolving it forthwith was unanimously adopted . A collection was made for the defence of Dowling , charged with treason : and a . vote of censure was passed on the Times and Dispatch newspapers . About 50 policemen , armed with cutlasses , were on duty in Webber * street . Powell the Informer—On Tuesday night the Chartists of Cripplegate ( from whence Powell was

      returned as a delegate to the Convention ) assembled at Cartwright ' s coffeehouse , _Kedcross-street . The meeting was addressed by several speakers , the whole of whom declared emphatically that the delegate Powell bad been returned to agitate peacefully and legitimately for the People ' s Charter , and for no other _purpose . The following resolution was carried unanimously : — ' We , the Chartists of tbe Cripplegate locality , solemnly declare that the man Powell was elected as a delegate by us for none other than a legal purpose , but whilst we disavow all attempts at anarchy and confusion , we declare our de termination to use our best efforts to advance the cause of the

      People ' s Charter . ' Melancholy Accidhnt . —On Friday week , Mr George Sinclair , a master baker , residing at Stroud , having spent the evening with a party of friends at Watermill Tavern , near the terminus of the Gravesend and Rochester Railway , left that house about eleven o ' clock on bis return home , and about two o ' clock in the morning the body was found in the adjoining mill-pond , into which he had no doubt accidentally fallen , in consequence of the darkness of the night . . ,, __

      Suicide ik a _Cab—Au inquest was held on Tuesday before Mr Mills , at the University _College Hospital , on the body of William Everett Protnero , aged 27 , a surgeon . The week before last tht deceased returned from Germany and embarked at Rotterdam for England . On the way he was very much depressed in spirits , and spoke to his fellowtravellers of shooting himself or leaping overuoara . On his arrival ia London he formed an acquaintance with a soldier in the Grenadier Guards , to whom ne stated tbat he was in great distress from the want of professional occupation , and who assisted him with money and food . He endeavoured to enlist , but being below the standard height , was _rejectea . He lodged several nights at the King's Head , James-street , Pimlico , and leaving the house early on Saturday morning last hired a cab to take mm to _Gower-street , Bedford-square , and just as he in

      had got into that street an explosion was heara the cab , and it was found that he bad shot himselt in the mouth , the discharged pistol being found iu his right hand . Verdict- . 'That the deceased shot himself , but in what state of mind there was no evidence to show . '

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      'We Cull The Choicest. *

      'We cull the choicest . *

      A Obiat Ratrr. W» Vesvehher Safety, Unit...

      a obiat _ratrr . W » _vesvehher safety , unity , nor peace , Por tbe foundation's lost of common good ; JubiIm is lame , at well at blind , among ut ; The lawi ( corrupted to tbeir ends that make them ) Serve bat for instruments ef some new tyranny , That every day starts up to enslave ut deeper . ' Otwat .

      _MIOIUNIMHT . When the Emperor Vespasian oommanded a Roman senator to give his voice against the interest of bis oountry , and threatened him with immediate death if he spoke on tbe ether side ; the Roman , _ponscioua . that tbe attempt to serve a people was in in hiB power , though the event was ever so uncertain , answered with _» smile- 'Did 1 ever tell you tbat I was immortal ? Myviriue is in my own _disposalff i _^ _W ? - * $ If 8 » in the ««™ e of my _ooun"SitSiSS _^ tribmph iD y dwith _« thanyou

      _BPIAKINS MR TIME . The most successful , if not tbe most eloquent , effort that Mr Curran made at the bar , was in the defence of Patrick Finney , who was tried for high treason in 1798 . It was / also the most important , since the , fate of fifteen other persons depended ' on it . The principal witness on this . trial , was the informer , James O'Brien , whoae subsequent crimes rendered bim so notorious in Ireland . _Thisfellow had extorted money by assuming ' tbe character of a revenue officer . and _^ Mr _Ourrarij with great skill ; _eontinued to make him develofe his own eharao ' er , in th of

      to' the jury , e ; course a very curious crossexamination . But tbis was not sufficient ; a witness necessary to prove O'Brien ' s perjury , lived a few miles from Dublin ; and in order to afford time for his being brought , it was agreed by Mr Curran , 'that his colleague , Mr M'Nally , should commencei the prisoner ' s defence , and continue speaking as' long as he oould find a syllable to say . This he did with great ability until he was exhausted , and the evening so far advanced , that the court contented to a temporary adjournment ; and before it lesumed its Bitting , tbe material witnees arrived ;

      Adioobaph MSS . op Lord _Btbon . —A few _intrresting autographs oi Lord Byron occurred in a sale which took place on Saturday , atthe room of Messrs Patrick and ' Simpson , auctioneers . ' ef Piccadilly . We extract from tbe catalogue the following lots : — Lot 863 . 'The Curse of Miiierv ' a . _' ' 13 pages . 4 to , entirely autograph , sold for _dfld . _c ; tot , , 864 . The wellknown ' Maid of Athena . ' tbe original MSS :, two pages , sV . o .. entirely autograph , sold for . £ _iit . Lot 865 . The poem , 'Waterloo , ' from the French , four paees , 4 te _, entirely autograph , sold for £ i 15 s . Lot 866 . 'Lines written on a Cup formed of a Skull , ' two pages , 2 to , soldfbr £ 7 _> Lot 867 . 'Lines on the Elgin Marbles , ' two pages , ' folio , sold for £ . 3 . Lot 869 . Three leaves , being tbe opening lines of' English Bardi and Scotch Reviewers , 'Aa ., sold for £ 5 . THB TOILERS' HOMES 0 * ENGLAND . BT THE _IATIIOWASD POIItf .

      (To Prevent Misconception, The Au Hor Of...

      ( To prevent misconception , the au hor of tbe following _ttansat may state , that no one can more admire the poetry of tbe late Mrs Hemans than he does , end particularly that _besutifjl poetical burst , the ' Hornet of England ; ' but with all its _t-xquislte beauty it is only one side of a picture , the darker side of which , is unfortunately , the most correct : and to shew which it tht _parpote of the _following bumble attempt , ] Tbe toilers' homes of England 1 Ah ! know ye how they stand 'Midst all this show of wealth aad pride O ; England ' s boasted land ! For bread their children wildly cry , Where want alone appears : Too oft , alas I the sad reply—A wretohed mother ' s tears .

      The mournful homes of England ! Aronnd the cheeriest hearth—Where erst were looks of honsebeld love , And sounds of household mirth-There childhood ' s tale or woman's song No more is gladly heBrd : VIoilms of law—protected _wrong—Esch heart with grief It stirred _. The welched homes of England ! How tad their dingy walls—Whereon tbe tollers'heart no more Bless'd Sabbath qalet falls Thera mirth , with drunken tiot fraught , Salutes the peaceful mom—Aud short-lived joy , of want begat . And crime ef bondage born .

      Tbe hovel homes of Eogland 1 In crowded city lanes ; Tbey are darkling in each dirty nook Wbere rudest clamour reigns . Where dark disease and death embrace , Wbere want and filth abound-Where health hath Hft each oare-worn face There labour * t _homtt are found . The poor slave homes of England J , Hay nerer hat or hall Have peace while England ' s millions pint In such unhol ; tbrall ; Till they shall tread their fatherland At once their fathers tr » d—Fearing no power but heaven's command , No matter but their Cod !

      DEFINITION _CrNOTHHO . At the Donegal assizes , the following humorous cross examination of a witnestoccuioned sueh merriment in the court , ' Mr Doberty— ' What business do you follow VI am asohoolmaster . "Didyou turn eff your scholars , or did tbey turn yoa off ! ' 'I do not wish to answer irrelevant questions' ( Laughter . ) ' Are you a great favourite with your pupils ? " Ay ! troth am I ;» much greater favourite than you are with the public' ' Where were you , sir , _thisnigat V ' This night ! ' said the witness ; ' there iB a learned man for jou— this night it sot eome yet ; ' I suppose

      you mean that night . ' ( Here the witness looked at the judge and winked his eye , as if in triumph . ) ' I presume the ' schoolmaster was abroad'that night , doing nothing ? ' inquired the attorney , 'Define * nothing , ' said witness . Mr _Djherty did not comply . 'Well , ' said the learned schoolmaster , ' I will define it — it is a footless stocking without a leg . ' ( Roars of laughter , in whioh ths judge joined . ) Youmay no down , sir . ' ' Faith , I well _balieve yon ' re tired enough of me ; but it it my profession to enlighten the publio , and if you have any mere questions to ask , I will answer them . ' , , . FIBBMONt _, THS DOMINIONS OF CHABLS 8 ALBERT .

      The Italian dominions of the * King of Sardinia are thoroughly priest-ridden ; the priests , the monks , and their processions , convents , and monasteries , cover the whole kingdom . And the government , however it may latterly affect liberality in trade , and even in politics , is , thoroughly bigoted , and its 'practice most intolerant . Irecolleot meeting an English family in Geneva , who mentioned that they had spent a Sunday with several other English people in a village in Savoy ( which belongs to Sardinia . ) Wishing to read the church service together on the Sabbath day , they assembled in the saloon of the hotel for tbat purpose ; tbe landlord quickly appeared , and inquired what they had oolleoted to do ; hearing it was to worship , he

      inquired—was it according lo the Protestant religion ? and being answered in the affirmative , he , with many apologieB , required of the company to desist ; declaring he should be heavily fined , nay , punished , should he permit _suoh an impropriety in his house . No native , I apprehend , dares to change his religion . It it one of the curious facts to be remembered respecting Italy , that the sovereign who now professes the utmost liberality of feeling , the desire to enoourage learning and learned men , and even to enlarge the municipal privileges and political freedom of his people , is outwardly a bigot , and his government and dominions as much apparently , and I believe in rea . _lity , under tbe control of priestly influences as those of RomeitBelf .

      A Conboikncb _sraicxBN Sinner , —Mr Thome , the proprietor of a perambulating theatre now at Huntalet , whilst visiting Dewabury a few days ago , received a penny postage stamp enclosed in a letter , of whioh the following is a copy : —* August 5 ± , 1848 . —Daar Sir , —Many years ago I came to your theatre when you was in Dewabury , and on the occasion when yon was quite busy I gave you 2 | d instead of 3 d for admission . Since that time , however , I believe the Lord has wrought a ohange in my heart , and I enclose you tbe admission due , with interest . —From your _Wellwishbr —To Mr Thome , Olympic Theatre , at present in Dewsbury . _' _-ieerf * Intelligencer .

      _hbiobt . History and the writers of historic narrative are thus spoken of by William Godwin : — ' We put together seeming ? , and we draw our inferences as well as we may . Contemporaries , who employ themselves in preserving _faots , are sure to omit some of the most material , upon the presumption of tbeir notoriety , and that they are what everybody knows . Ilistoryi in Home ofits most essential _membera _, dies , even as generations of men pass off the Btage , and the men who wero occupied in the busy scene become victims of mortality . If we could oall up Cromwell

      from the dead—nay , if we could oall up some of the comparatively iuaiguficant _aotors in the time of wbiph we are treating , and were allowed the opportunity of proposing to him the proper questions , how many doubts would be cleared up , how many perplexing matters would be unravelled , and what a multitude of interesting anecdotes would be revealed to the eyes of posterity . Bat history comes , like a beggarly gleaner in the field , after Death , tbo great lord of the domain , has gathered the crop with his mighty hand , and lodged it in his garner , wh ich no map . can open . '

      A SOLVENT BANK . The best bank ever jet known ' a bank of earth ; it never refuses to discount to honest labour ; and tbe best share ia the plough _Bhare , on which dividends are always liberal .

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      THS QOISK » , JOHH KilTIK . We have read the challenge put in by tbe prisoner , John Martin , In this case , to William Doff one of the jury by whom the said John Martin was tried and con . rioted , and the demurrer to suoh challenge put in by her _Mojestj's Attornej-Oemral , and we ara of opinion that there are reasonable grounds for holding suoh challenge to be good in point of law , and therefore for issuing a writ of error to reverse tbe judgment against the told John Martin In this oase . Bated tbe 19 , h of August , 1848 . Isaac Butt . Robut _Houtss . Coikan M . _O'LoflBiirf . John _OIBaoan . The grounds on whioh the oonviot ' s counsel rely an these : —

      The anolent charter creating the corporation of Dublin gives to that body all the estate and property of every person who shall be convicted of treason or felony within that _munlolpality , nod suoh right it recognised , prmivefl , and confirmed In subsequent charters and Acts of Parliament . When tbe number of the pritsner ' t perempiory challenge ! , namely twenty , was _eihautted , his connsel challenges the next jaror wbo was about to be sworn , Mr Duff , « for _oanse , ' that it , tbat be being a barg * st of tht city of Dublin , subject to the payment of rates and other municipal tales , whioh might be reduced the

      by forfeiture of the property of a person _convlotedof falony , wat thereby Interested In suoh conviction , and did not ttsnd indifferent at a juror In the oaate . To tbit challenge count el for tbe crown demurred ; and the juror wat sworn , tuhjeot to the objeotlon , which applies alike to all the others impannslled . Consequently , before hit sentenoe will be carried out , tbit question will be submitted to the highest judicial tribunal , of the kingdom , and if they should decide In its favour , ths convlotion must be bold bad , and the prisoner discharged .

      An application was made on Monday , on the part of Mr Gavsn Duff / and others , confined in Newgate , to be removed to Richmond Bridewell , ' as being less unhealthy , and it is said the authorities have refuted to travel out of tbe ordinary course oi proceeding . The prisoners must , therefore , remain in Newgate until after trial , unless in tbe meantime the government deem it advisable to remove them , as they did in the case ef the fourteen persons sent to Belfast last Friday . The _Pestonjee-Bomanjee transport ship arrived in Kingstown Harbour this morning , for the purpose of taking away the male convicts under transportation in the Irish gaols .

      T he iollowing barbarous and abominable specimen of the inveterate agrarian criminality of the country is reported from Kilkenny : —The lands of a farmer , named William Carroll , residing in the barony oi Iverk . were entered byoightbyapartyofRockites > who first shot his . horse , then stabbed eight cows , some of which bave since died from the injuries , and concluded their work by burning four stacks of oats . The former owner of tbe farm , named Power , was ejected , Tbe constabulary of Kilkenny were busily

      emphjed yesterday in a search for arms . A great many bouses were visited and . examined , but the fruits of the search were very disproportionate to the extent ef the operations—a brace of pistols and a _portion of a gun barrel being the entire of the spoil obtained on the occasion . The Post-office authorities have offered a reward of £ 2 ft for discovery of the parties who rifled the mail bagsot ' Carlow , Callan , and Carrick—lost tome time since by tbe guard , near Kilkenny , and subsequently found concealed in a dike . ~

      ASOTHBR _ABRKW . A man named Cornelius Joseph O'Neal was arrested in Middleton ( county of . Cork ) , on Saturday night , charged with treason , lie had been an officer of a Confederate Club in Cove .

      ( From _tbeitai / y News ) Dobun , August 24 . —The storm whieh has been so fatal in Scotland has visited our southern coast , and at Dungarvau seven lives have been lost . The parties were fishermen , and have left large families . All tho vessels of war have bees withdrawn fro ii Waterford , txcept the Rhadamanthus and Driver . Messrs O'Brien and Meagher continue in good health . It is said they are al _' owed to spend much time in each other ' s society . Mr Doffy is said to suffer in mind and body . The auction of Mr Duffy ' s furniture , books , & c , commenced to-day . All Mr Dillon's movables were disposed of yesterday . I have beard to-day , on authority which I do not doubt that Mr Doheny waaiu Dublin tor nearly two days in the early part of last week .

      Government must have had agents much nearer the centre of the Confederate action tban those who moved that party were aware . I am assured that certain letters from a distinguished _| lesder not engaged actively in the late insurrection , are in the hands of the _authorities . These letters show that there were _advised and deliberate advances made to ' America and France for the purpose of ensuring aid in a contemplated rebellion / .

      ( From the Morning Post . ) Dobun , August 24 . —Sir George Grey has written to the Lord Primate of Ireland in acknowledgment of the _address of thanks for the relief afforded to the poor of Ireland during the late famine . . An application has been made to the Under-Secretary , on behalf of Mr Daffy ; to have bim removed from Newgate , on the ground of ill health . The result of the application is not yet knows . The ssle of Mr Charles G . Duffy ' s property was commenced on Wednesday by Mr Thomas Dillon , the auctioneer , of Henry-street . The sale , which had been advertised for some days previously , attraotetf very great attention , and an immense concourse of most . _respeotable persops were present . The property

      sold at very huh figures , m every instance realising more than the original cost . Yesterday the sale commerced with the greenhouse plants , dec . The grounds about the house presented a very novel appearance . Some hundreds of vehioles drove op at an early hour , and there conld not have been less than 2 , 000 persons , all of the moat respeotaWe appearanoe , present . There was a _decree of anxiety , suoh at was scarcely ever witnessed at a publio sale , manifested to possess some relic of Mr Duffy . When the greenhouse property bad been disposed of , the parlour furniture was set up . The utmost interest was manifested when some six or seven persons ( eabinet sis *) of the writers of the Nation were held uo for competition . These consisted of

      Jobn O'Connell , Banim , _M'Mauu ? , Barry , Heylett , and the late Thomas _M'Nevin . There were several other _portrait , ail of which sold at enormously high prices , as thev were portable . Some Frenoh engravings and pictures alto brought double their original value . The wines ( principally port and sherry ) went off at high figures . Mrs Daffy ' s harp sold for £ 26 Mr _Doffy's costume , as T . C , and his bar wig and gown , brought between three and four pounds eaoh article . A parlour screen , worked by Mrs Duffy , brbusht £ 5 , and window curtains were knocked down at £ 17 a pair . The _bronza and bisque ornaments sold at four times their cost . The piotures of' Reading the Nation' and ' Seizing for Rent' sold for £ 15 , and every other article went of at equally high _prioes . The furniture used by the state prisoners , when confind in Richmond Bridewell , will beset up this day ,

      aB the auction had to be adjourned in csnBequenoe of the immense crowd oolleoted yesterday . On Wednesday evening a ooroner ' s _inquest was held by Mr M 'Carthy , on tbe remains oi Mrs Peck , authoress of ' Eman & o Kuuck' and other works , at her residence , _Booterstowoi from the proceedings of which it appeared that Mrs Peck had been for Borne time in a distressed state of mind , arising from the pressure of circumstances connected with property , and although watched with great kindness by the lady in whose house ahe resided , during her , _absenco on Tuesday morning , Bbe swallowed tbe contents of nn ounce phial of pruesio acid , which must have been for some time in her _ooasession , and died almost im . mediately from the effects of the dose . The deceased was considerably advanced in life , and had met with trialBand great reverses ; The verdict of the jury was ' Temporaryinsanity . ' .

      ( From the Morning Chronicle . )

      THE STATE TRIALS POR HIGH TBBASW . Dobus , Thursday Evening . —No day ha 9 yet been fixed for the Speoial Commission in Tipperary ; but the briefs for the Crown counsel who are to conduct the _proseoutions against Messrs Smith O'Brien , Meagher , and the other perrons oharged with high treaBon _. are nearly completed . ; It has been stated that Mr Whiteside . Q . C , has returned the retainer received from Mr # Smith O'Brien , on the ground that he could not , consistently with his position as one of the Crown couiisel in the prosecutions against Martin aud _O'Diherty , undertake the defence of Smith O'Brien . I have reason to believe that there is no foundation for this statement ,

      and tbat Mr _WhiteBide will appear as _coudbkI lor the pri 8 _ontr at the Speoial CommifBion . It has _alBo been stated that Mr Jonathan Henn , Q . C ., has been re . _tained by Mr Smith O'Brien ; but that learned gentleman _has _ not , like Mr Whiteside , obtained his licence , and it appears that _s me difficulty has amen on the point . 'Ihe crown clairaB tbe _smicts of Mr Henn as a Q , ueen _' 8 counsel , and the matter yet remains undeoided . Mr Henn , it is said , ia _connic ' ed by relationship with the family of Mr Smith O'Brien . The Special Commission caonot commence ao soon as has been stated . I have ascertained that tbe caunsel for the prisoners are to receive an official intimation on the _subjeot a fortnight before the day fixed for tbe opening of the _comtniauoo ,

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      With regard to the separate commission for Du blin ! at which Mr Duffy is to be tried for high treason , no further step has yet been taken .

      CAHBriNO _AWAT ( T CROPS . Tbe _Watcrtord _Cubohiclb contains the following curious statement : — On Saturday _nl-ht last , in the parish ef _Bsrrysto-ro , in the county of Wexford , a number of persons _assem . bled for tbe purpose of mowing , reaping , and carrying off . all the standing crops then on tha lands , in antlclpa . tion of a poise of ballift ' s who were _txpeoted to arrive there on last Monday , to take _poswtsie-n of the stocks and orops of the defaulters . In the early part of tha night numbers of persons were induced to _rlsltthe land through cariosity , bnt , to their great astonishment , tbey _wtra secured by tbe depredators , and compelled to take partinthe work , either io tbe capaoity of binders or

      reapers . It is sail that on Sunday morning , at eleven o clock , at the time tho last of the corn waa removed , there oould not ba lets than between 300 and 400 parsons engaged in , 'the labour . On Monday , we understand , when the agent to the property went down to distrain the tenants , his _attoiiisbmen' must bare been very great to and bare stubble _fieldt and empty oow houses , whew _aUteemedtobe in such a thriring condition but two days before . Up to this we have not heard of any part of the property _btlag recovered . The worst of suoh a movement is , that it will _tncourage dishonest men , who possess the means ef paying their rents , to aot dishonour _, ably , whilst struggling , upright farmers will be made to suffer for their misdeeds .

      AMERICAN SYMPATHISERS . The Cobs Exporter contains the following letter from Dublin : — Within the last three days the authorities here bars received Information , In addition to what they were previously in possession of , that smral American vessels wore on thtir way to Ireland , conveying arms aad men connected with an espcoted outbretk . Acting upon thlt , the whole of . the _government steamers , cruisers , & o . in Kingstown harbour , have been despatched to cruise along the coast , and ordered to keep a sharp look out for aU

      westward bound schooners , clippers , and other' rakish ° ** 'V _.- h ! ° h I' 't believed some _entbuslastio _m-n are endeavouring to reach this country , little _imoglning how many of those with whose _docttinet they sympathise are now end « _avouring to escape ts tbat great continent which bat always afforded a home to those wbo , in the land of their birtb / bad not where to lay tbeir beads . It it most _Uktly that tome of _thets vessels will be captured , and tbat those wbo may be found in tbtm will pay a heavy penally for their rash devotion to what ihey may _havt _btlitvel to be tbe Interests of Ireland .

      TBRXATMIKG UTTBR , A letter was on Wednesday afternoon received through tbe post-office ; by Captain White , of which tbe following is a copy . This is the second letter of the same kind he has received sinoe tbe recent attack on him » t bis house . It was directed' Capt . White , Esq ., J . P ., Patrick ' s Hill , Cork : 'Cork , August 28 d , 16 * 8 . White—You bloody ruffianly blackguard thief , I will thoot yon , and by the blood o ( the mtn tbat you got baaged in 1798 I will shoot jou , and by my bleed that stains tbis papir , I will shoot yoa like a crow , I am , your waiting assassin , Richard _Tospin . Opposite the " signature is the outline of a coffin daubed over with b _' ood _. Captain White waa in com * mand of a ship off the Cape of Good Hope during tbe year ' 08 . ( From a correspondent of the Morning Chronicle , _ FAILURE OF TBI MALLOW SAVINGS BACK .

      _DrjiLiv , Saturday . —The Cork Examiner contains the following : — What an _sppalling announcement for tbe frugal tradesman , the tailing servant , the laborious farmer , the _proiident _shopkeeper . ' Another savings bank gone ! It it the Mallow _Btiik that bas smashed . As yet all it _oonfusion and uncertainty . Tbe liab'lity may be £ 900 , or it may be £ 9 , 000 , The _faar is that tbe latter sum la nearer to tbe mark . Like the double smash in K . rry , 'ft few days may bring up tbe £ 9 , 000 to 20 , 007 , or more _. We are told that an effiuer—or ( As offioor—bas thought it oeccisary to retire for _awhilo from the scene of bit official labours and beneficial management . But it it said—the same was ' _taid in Trtlte and Killarnej— tbat there It quite sufficient private property of this _i-mcer to make up any deficiency that may be proved to exist after the books of the banks are compared with those of the _depository ( From the cerrespondent of the Morning Chronicle . )

      THX STATE _FBISOSXRB IN KILUAUHAM . _Dobun _, Monday . —The Frekman ' s _JotrBtrAt , alluding to a rumour that Mr T . F . Meagher has been seized with typhus fever , says : — Mr Meagher felt a little indisposed some evening in the week in _eontiquenoe of a cold . The _surgeon of the prison , Sr Rooney _, wax , as a matter of course , in the discharge ot his doty , calltid to see him . He ordered Mr Meagher to bed , and in tbe morning he got up , ' aa well at ever . ' He is at present ia the enjoyment of exoellent health , as is also Mr O'Brien and tho other state prisoners .

      MORE ARRESTS . I The Tkalsk Chronicli contains the following : —> _Absist of Mr Justin Supple . —We are sorry to state tbat Mr Justin Supple , solicitor , and one of ton coroner * for this county , waa arrested _yet'erdty morning at three o ' clock , by Sur-Intp « otor Wyse , Head Constable Willis , and _Constable Sheehan , and immediately conveyed to oar gaol . Mr Supple , who was taken rim the connubial bed , was treated with every kindness , and tbe arrestwas mads in tbe most delioate manner . A search was made forarmt , but none werefonnd ; neither was there anything ' of a treasonable _oharaoter diicovered among _hts papers , of which an actiyo scrutiny took place . The warrant sets forth , 'for being concerned in treasonable practices , and on suspicion of being guilty of , high treetea against her . _Mujesty the _Qieen _, ' _tud rumoor hat it that _tbote proceedings ou tbe part of the _authoritlet have been based upon a letter of Mr _Supply ' s , found among Mr Smith O'Brien ' s papers . Other arrests in the town and neighbourhood are spoken of .

      _Regarding the ' state prisoners in Belfast , the _Northmm Whig says : — Though the fourteen gentleman transmitted _brrefroa Newgate and Kilmainham , and lodged in the New Houso of Cotreotlon , were at first obliged to submit tj the prison regulations as regards food , we understand that the magistrates , after a consultation on Thursday , _reiolred that the parlies should get any food which they thought proper to pay for , and that their parents should be permitted to see them once a > month . Dublin , August 26 tb . — A correspondent of the Daily Nbws states , tbat Lord John Russell intends shortly to visit Ireland ..

      XSOAPB OF THX _IJfBBBOm _CflllFS . It is stated' in well-informed quarters that the trials for treason will take place about the 25 h of September . The government . are now persuaded that Mr Dillon ia in France , although at tint the announcement wa * . supposed to to / a ruse . Mr O'Gorman and Mr Doheny are alto supposed io have escaped . Mr Magee ia said to bave passed to thfl continent through Scotland , and Mr Devin Reilly to have got away frora _Batbriggan ; a little town on tht _coasti sixteen miles north of Dublin , in a fishing boat , whence he got onboard the steamer from Drogheda to Liverpool . Ado ' her account states that he embarked openly fiom Dublin for Liverpool , dressed aa a groom , and having a led horse with him .

      THB POOR RATB . The poor rate is _exhibiting some atartlinz evidences ot our condition . At Moycullen , Gal way , the rate struck for maintenance is 153 in tbe pound . I can teil yoa , from personal knowledge , tbat no man would take any fifty _aores in tbe barony on lease at Id ) rental per acre . In ths town of _Galwsy the rate ia 91 id . Upon three divisions in Emu ' s Union , the rate struck is 5 _j _10 d , 6 > 8 l _, and 9 * 7 d respectively-The lowest rate in any division it 2 s Id . The guar _, dians have determined upon closing tha outdoor relief lists , and discouraging tbe admission of able bodied paupers to the h use . Tbe Dubli-i Eveiiko _Hxrald , of last Monday , says : —

      _iDiorruatioo has been received by the government that _mestof the officers and non-commissioned ofikm , with a considerable number of the _private soldiers , ct a disbanded American rogiment , recently _empfoyrd in tbe Mexican war , sailed from a Tixaa pert on the 18 hor 19 : h of last month , to }<> ln tha Irish insurgents , _wbtm they exp ct d to find in aims on thtir atiival . Bo . h officers and men aro nearly all Irish ; they are provided , it is said , with _ttitlve ptic . cS of cannon , and ibtircb . ject was to direct tho military _organisation of the Irish _revolutionary army . Arrsngcmentt have ¦ beeri- ' mads calculated to ensure tbe eaptare of tbis bind of pirates , and Sir C . Napier , we believe , has _received id » t _< UJiioe > t to deal with them in the most _turn-cary manner should they fa'l Into hit bands _.

      Tbe Frbeuan of Tuesday says tbat the pritoners who _wwe taken after I he affair at Ballingarry , and who were subsequently transmitted lo Newgate ; were yesterday visited atthe prison hy Sub _Ionoectop Trant , Major Brownrigg , nnd some other _clriciah" . The object of tbe visit was understood to be the identification of the parties , as having been concerned in tbe affray at Balliugarry . A police constable was brought from tie country to Kilmainham , in order to identify Mr Smith O'Brien as the _gentleman who shook hands with him ( the constable ) at the house of Mrs M'Cor mat k on the occasion alluded to .

      _Arrbsts at _Rathkbals . — Limegick , August 2 T . This morninj * , _Meisrs M _Naruara , attorney , _O'Shaughnessy , groopr , and O'Nwile , were marched into this city under a strong escort of mounted dragoons and a strong body of police , and lodged in the county gaol under a wat rant signed by the hud Li _utenant , ir under the Habeas Co'pus Act . Gionmhl—On Saturday law , the _renewing persons were _lotted in the _coun * v _saol i— Ensiuni Manor , John _Prbsmo , JertmiabK ' aler _. Johnl . iui . ne _, _IV-rick Ormond . John _Breunan . Stephen Morr . _sy , James ButJer , James Day , Edmond _IL-nnedy , Miobacl Brien , and James Britain . [ Continued to the Fifth Page )

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      Their _oxists in B rn ingham an icdeperdent Order if' Old Women . " The lodge is _»}> iio , > iiatJ ' v c & ilcd . The Lily of the Valley . '

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 2, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_02091848/page/3/